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DS-9000-ST Series Hybrid DVR 

                                         DS-9600-ST/RT/XT Series NVR 

DS-7700NI-SP Series NVR 

USER

’S MANUAL 

Version 3.3 

Summary of Contents for DS-7700NI-SP Series

Page 1: ...1 DS 9000 ST Series Hybrid DVR DS 9600 ST RT XT Series NVR DS 7700NI SP Series NVR USER S MANUAL Version 3 3 ...

Page 2: ...OUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THE HIKVISION SOFTWARE HIKVISION DOES NOT WARRANT GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE HIKVISION SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS ACCURACY RELIABILITY CURRENTNESS OR OTHERWISE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE HIKVISI...

Page 3: ...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 with this symbol cannot be disposed of as un...

Page 4: ... unit is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the 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 batte...

Page 5: ...4 Rebooting Your DVR 45 Locking Your DVR 45 Setting Date and Time 46 Checking the Status of Your DVR 47 C H A P T E R 4 Live Feed 52 Watching a Live Feed 52 Understanding Live Feed Icons 52 Operating the Live Feed 53 Using Display Menu 59 Configuring Live Feed Displays 62 Setting Camera Order 64 Channel Zero Encoding 65 C H A P T E R 5 Record Settings 68 Configuring Settings for Recording 68 Confi...

Page 6: ...g up Recorded Files 92 C H A P T E R 8 System Configuration 94 Configuring Network Settings 94 Configuring General Settings 94 Configuring DDNS 95 Configuring SNMP 96 Configuring UPnP 97 Configuring More Settings 97 Managing User Accounts 99 Changing Password 99 Adding a New Remote Local User 100 Changing the permission of User 101 Deleting a User 103 Editing a User 103 Switch User 103 Resetting P...

Page 7: ...Configuring Privacy Mask 142 Configuring Tamper proof 142 Configuring Video Loss 144 Configuring OSD Settings 144 Configuring Video Quality Diagnosis 145 Configuring VCA 146 C H A P T E R 10 RAID Configuration 148 Configuring Array and Virtual Disk 148 One touch Configuration 148 Manually Creating Array and Virtual Disk 149 Rebuilding Array 152 Automatically Rebuilding Array 153 Manually Rebuildin...

Page 8: ...HDD Detect 167 S M A R T 167 Bad Sector Detection 167 Managing Files 169 Searching for Recorded Files 169 Searching for Event Files 170 Searching for Captured Picture 171 Searching for POS event files 172 Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files 176 C H A P T E R 1 2 DVR Management 177 Managing System 177 Upgrading the System Firmware 177 Restoring Default Settings 178 Exporting Importing Configuratio...

Page 9: ...ation s Manual and this User s Manual thoroughly The DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 series HDVR NVR is a new generation product developed by HIKVISION Built on an embedded platform and combining the latest advanced H 264 video encoding and decoding technologies the DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 series HDVR NVR contains the perfect combination of rock solid reliability and high performance Figure 1 DS 9000 9600 S...

Page 10: ...automatic cycle live view is also provided the interval of automatic cycle can be adjusted The selected live view channel can be shielded Motion detection tamper proof video exception alert and video loss alert functions Manual video quality detection and handling Privacy mask Several PTZ protocols supported PTZ preset patrol and pattern Zooming in by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging...

Page 11: ...detection Tampering HDD Full HDD Error Network Disconnected IP Conflicted Illegal Login Video Signal Exception Input Output Video Standard Mismatch Recording Capture Exception etc Alarm triggers full screen monitoring audible warming notifying surveillance center sending email and alarm output Automatic restore when system is abnormal Support push alarm notification Other Local Functions Users can...

Page 12: ...d program upgrading Remote system restart and shutdown Alarm and exception information can be sent to the remote host Remotely start stop recording Remotely start stop alarm output Upgrade by remote FTP server is supported Remote PTZ control Remote JPEG capture Two way voice talk and voice broadcasting Embedded WEB server Support N 1 hot spare function NVR and H DVR support this function Support A...

Page 13: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 13 Figure 5 DS 9000HWI ST DS 9000HFI RT ...

Page 14: ...Interface Connector for RS 232 devices 10 VGA DB9 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 11 HDMI HDMI video output connector 12 eSATA Connects external SATA HDD CD DVD RM 13 LAN Interface Connector for LAN Local Area Network 14 Termination Switch RS 485 termination switch Up position is not terminated Down position is terminated with 120Ω resistance 15 RS 485 Interface Connec...

Page 15: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 15 Figure 6 DS 9600NI ST RT Figure 7 DS 9600NI XT Figure 8 DS 7700NI SP ...

Page 16: ... with 120Ω resistance 10 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices T and T pin connects to R and R pin of PTZ receiver respectively Controller Port D D pin connects to Ta Tb pin of controller For cascading devices the first device s D D pin should be connected with the D D pin of the next device ALARM IN Connector for alarm input ALARM OUT Connector for alarm output 11 GROUND Ground needs to b...

Page 17: ...700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 17 Product Application Diagram Figure 9 Product Application Diagram Note DS 9600NI ST DS 9600NI RT DS 9600NI XT DS 7700NI SP can only connect network cameras ...

Page 18: ...Front Panel Controls The controls on the front panel include 1 Status Indicators Alarm Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected Ready Ready indicator turns blue when DVR is functioning properly Status Status indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time H...

Page 19: ...M Button The ZOOM button is used to zoom the PTZ camera in when in the PTZ Control menu A FOCUS Button The A FOCUS button is used to adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu It is also used to switch between input methods upper and lowercase alphabet symbols and numeric input It can also be used to clear entire masked areas such as in the Motion Detection and Privacy Mask menus EDIT IRIS Button The ED...

Page 20: ...vance the video by a single frame 9 Jog Shuttle Control The Jog Shuttle control can be used to move the active selection in a menu In the playback mode the outer ring is used to speed up slow down the video The inner ring can be used to jump 30 seconds forward backward in a video In Preview mode it can be used to cycle through different channels 10 Power Button Powers DVR on off Figure 12 7700 NVR...

Page 21: ...vious menu 5JKL EDIT Enter numeral 5 Enter letters JKL Delete characters before cursor Select the checkbox and ON OFF switch Start stop record clipping in playback SHIFT Switch of compound keys between the numeric letter input and functional control 6MNO PLAY Enter numeral 6 Enter letters MNO In Playback mode it is used for direct access to playback interface 7PQRS REC Enter numeral 7 Enter letter...

Page 22: ...ton on front panel 6 REC Same as REC SHOT button on front panel 7 PLAY Same as MNO PLAY button on front panel 8 INFO Same as ZOOM button on front panel 9 VOIP Same as MAIN SPOT ZOOM button on front panel 10 MENU Same as MENU WIPER button on front panel 11 PREV Same as PREV FOCUS button on front panel 12 DIRECTION ENTER Buttons Same as DIRECTION ENTER buttons on front panel 13 PTZ Same as PTZ IRIS ...

Page 23: ...a USB Mouse A regular 3 button Left Right Scroll wheel USB mouse can also be used with this DVR To use a USB mouse 1 Plug USB mouse into one of the USB ports on the front panel of the DVR 2 The mouse should automatically be detected If in a rare case that the mouse is not detected please refer to the recommended device list from your provider The buttons on the mouse corresponds to 1 Left Button 8...

Page 24: ...nual 24 Figure 14 Soft Keyboard The buttons on the soft keyboard represents Switch to Uppercase Switch to uppercase input Symbols Number Switch to symbols and numbers input Backspace Delete the character in front of the cursor Enter Confirm selection ...

Page 25: ...Firmware Version Value Series IP Camera DS 2CD2xxx V5 3 0 Smart Series IP Camera DS 2CD4xxx V5 3 0 NVR Hybrid DS 9016HWI ST DS 96xxNI ST DS 7716NI SP 16 V3 1 5 Plug n Play NVR DS 76xxNI EI E2 P V3 1 0 Turbo DVR DS 72xxHGHI SH DS 73xxHQHI SH DS 90xxHQHI SH V3 1 6 Super NVR DS 96128NI E24 H DS 96256NI E24 H TBD NOTE DVRs NVRs starting with the latest firmware see chart above WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DE...

Page 26: ...icator Acceptable Level 2 Fair orange indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong blue indicator Acceptable Activation will not be allowed unless the password is of acceptable strength Figure 18 Figure 19 and Figure 20 3 Retype the password into the Confirm Password field Figure 15 Activation Window NOTE The strength level indicator colors can vary by activation process model number and device type ...

Page 27: ... 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 27 Figure 16 Risky Inadequate Strength Password Figure 17 Invalid Password Message Figure 18 Weak Adequate Password Strength NOTE The password strength is shown with a color indicator ...

Page 28: ... Fair Adequate Password Strength Figure 20 Strong Password Strength 3 After an acceptable password has been created a confirmation message will appear on the screen Figure 21 4 Press the OK button to proceed NOTE The password strength is shown with a color indicator ...

Page 29: ...nes The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky no indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will not be allowed unless the password is of acceptable strength Figure 25 Figure 26 Figure 27 If the passwor...

Page 30: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 30 Figure 22 Security Field Figure 23 Password Field with Risky Unacceptable Password Risky Password The Strength Meter does not light up ...

Page 31: ... Field with Weak Strength Password NOTE The password strength is shown with a color indicator A message indicates that the password has to meet minimum requirements Valid password range 8 16 You can use a combination of numbers lowercase uppercase and special characters for your password with at least two kinds of them contained ...

Page 32: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 32 Figure 26 Password Field with Medium Strength Password Figure 27 Password Field with Strong Strength Bar ...

Page 33: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 33 Figure 28 Confirmation Window ...

Page 34: ...rd field Figure 17 See Password Strength Levels table on page 37 for guidelines The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky no indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will be allowed if the password is...

Page 35: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 35 Figure 29 iVMS 4200 Control Panel Figure 30 Inactive DVR NVR Status NVR Status Inactive ...

Page 36: ...sky Inadequate Password Strength Warning Message Risky Password The Strength Meter does not light up A message indicates that the password has to meet minimum requirements Valid password range 8 16 You can use a combination of numbers lowercase uppercase and special characters for your password with at least two kinds of them contained ...

Page 37: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 37 Figure 33 Weak Adequate Password Strength Figure 34 Medium Adequate Password Strengt ...

Page 38: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 38 Figure 35 Strong Adequate Password Strength Figure 36 Active DVR NVR Status NVR Status Active ...

Page 39: ...ator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Figure 24 Activation will be allowed if the password is of acceptable strength Figures 26 27 28 A white checkmark will appear in a green circle to the right of the password field If the password is unacceptable strength ...

Page 40: ...isky Inadequate Password Warning Window The Strength Meter does not light up Valid password range 8 16 You can use a combination of numbers lowercase uppercase and special characters for your password with at least two kinds of them contained A message indicates that the password has to meet minimum requirements ...

Page 41: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 41 Figure 40 Weak Acceptable Strength Password Figure 41 Medium Acceptable Strength Password ...

Page 42: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 42 Figure 42 Strong Acceptable Strength Password ...

Page 43: ...east eight characters This type of password will be accepted Level 2 Medium Fair NVRs will accept a Level 2 password Password contains two types of characters The combination is neither number lowercase letter nor number uppercase letter and the password length is at least eight characters This type of password will be accepted Level 3 Strong NVRs will accept a Level 3 password Password contains m...

Page 44: ...when it s connected to a VGA monitor Press the POWER switch on the back rear panel The Power indicator LED should turn blue The unit will begin to start After startup the Power indicator LED will remain blue A launch screen with the status of the HDD will be shown Figure 43 If an X is shown it means that the HDD is not installed or cannot be detected Figure 43 Startup Splash Screen Shutdown Your D...

Page 45: ...your DVR by clicking Reboot Locking Your DVR Locking your DVR will return you to the Live Feed mode which will require the correct user name and password to exit out of it and do operation You have two methods to lock your DVR Enter the Shutdown menu by going to Menu Maintenance Shutdown and click the Lock button Click on the lower left corner of Menu interface to lock your DVR Note You can also s...

Page 46: ...e 45 Figure 45 System Configuration Menu 3 The current system time and date as well as the time zone will be displayed Using the directional buttons on the front panel remote or the mouse select the correct date time and time zone 4 To enable Daylight Savings Time click and check the Enable DST checkbox and there will pop up the DST Setting menu as shown in Figure 46 You can check the Auto DST Adj...

Page 47: ...NTP server 6 Click the Apply button to save the settings and click to exit out of the menu Clicking without clicking the Apply button will exit the menu without saving Checking the Status of Your DVR The current status of your DVR can be checked at anytime by going to the System Information menu The System Information menu as shown in Figure 47 can be accessed by going to Menu System Information F...

Page 48: ... the Camera tab to enter the Camera Information menu to view the status of each camera as shown in Figure 49 You can click the refresh button to renew the information displayed Figure 48 Camera Information Menu 3 Select the Record tab to enter the Record Information menu to view the recording status and encoding parameters of each camera as shown in Figure 49 You can click the refresh button to re...

Page 49: ...al 49 Figure 49 Record Information Menu 4 Select the Alarm tab to enter the Alarm Information menu to view the alarm information as shown in Figure 50 You can click the refresh button to renew the information displayed Figure 50 Alarm Information Menu ...

Page 50: ...twork information as shown in Figure 51 You can click the refresh button to renew the information displayed Figure 51 Network Information Menu 6 Select the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status free space capacity etc as shown in Figure 52 You can click the refresh button to renew the information displayed ...

Page 51: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 51 Figure 52 HDD Information Menu ...

Page 52: ... started from a schedule and or triggered from motion or alarm Manual Record Icon Enable disable manual record Instant Playback Icon Instant playback the record in last five minutes Audio On Audio Off Icon Enable disable audio for selected display Capture Icon Capture images for the selected display PTZ Control Icon Enable PTZ control mode for the selected display Digital Zoom Icon Zoom in the sel...

Page 53: ...sable manual record by clicking the icon for a selected display Instant Playback Click the Instant playback icon to show the record in last five minutes If no record is found it means there is no record during the last five minutes Audio Enable disable audio for a selected display To enable disable audio 1 Select one display to enable disable audio 2 Enable audio by clicking the Enable Audio icon ...

Page 54: ...Click the PTZ Control icon This will bring up additional PTZ control buttons as shown in Figure 55 Figure 55 PTZ Control Mode 3 Control the PTZ by using PTZ control buttons Pan and tilt PTZ by clicking on the directional buttons Zoom in and out using the Zoom In Out buttons and recall presets patrols and patterns by clicking the corresponding icons Below is the description of the PTZ control icons...

Page 55: ... the zoomed in view will be shown on the full screen The zoomed in region may be changed by moving the red rectangle in the regular feed window as shown in the Figure 56 Right click to back to the Live Feed mode Figure 56 Digital Zoom Image Settings Set the image mode and image parameters like brightness contrast saturation hue and so on for selected display To adjust the image settings of a displ...

Page 56: ...tings can be applied in other channels click the Copy button to pop up a Copy to box and check the corresponding checkbox Click the OK button to save and back to Image Setting menu Click Cancel to exit without saving Click OK to save the settings and return to the Live Feed mode 5 For IP camera only Customize is supported You can adjust the Brightness Contrast Saturation and Hue by dragging the co...

Page 57: ...lay as follows 1 Select display 2 Click the Live View Strategy icon This will bring up the Live View Strategy menu as shown in Figure 60 Figure 60 Live View Strategy Menu 3 There are three strategies for selection Real time Balanced and Fluency 4 Click OK to save the settings Display POS Data on the Live Video Settings for configuring how to display POS information on live feed 1 Enter the POS con...

Page 58: ...ct one camera or multiple cameras to be triggered for each POS terminal Figure 61 Handle Settings b Handling Click the check boxes to select different ways to notify user that transactions begin Figure 62 Handle Settings c PTZ Linking Select the PTZ s which will start action preset patrol and pattern during the transaction Users can select one camera or multiple cameras to be triggered for each PO...

Page 59: ...displayed The zone within the yellow rectangle is the overlay zone Figure 64 Overlay Zone Using Display Menu The Display Menu can be accessed by right clicking the mouse on any of the display in Live Feed mode The Display Menu as shown in Figure 65 allows you to quickly change into different display modes and to start stop auto switching of the display modes ...

Page 60: ...I SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 60 Figure 65 Live Feed Display Menu Menu Click to go to DVR Main Menu If the system is locked you must enter the current Admin password to exit out of the Live Feed ...

Page 61: ... stop auto switch Auto switch will cycle through selected cameras Switching of camera can be based on an individual or multiple cameras Start Recording Click the Continues Record Event Record item This will bring up an attention box shown below If you click yes it will start all day continues event recording of all channels Output Mode Click the Output Mode item This will bring up an Output Mode m...

Page 62: ...conds of inactivity the DVR will automatically exit out of the Display menu and go back into the Live Feed mode Note The auto lock menu setting is selected by default meaning the Admin password must be enter to exit out of the Live Feed into the Main Menu Configuring Live Feed Displays Live Feed displays can be customized to your own needs To customize display settings 1 Set language CVBS output s...

Page 63: ...mouse pointer and 4 levels are configurable Double Click Speed Set the double click speed of mouse Enable HDMI Resolution Auto Automatically adjust the resolution of HDMI output based on display Enable Password Require password when access menu in preview mode 2 Set device name device no CVBS output brightness auto lock time menu output mode and VGA HDMI synchronous output by going to Menu System ...

Page 64: ...ailable to configure for each video output include Video Output Interface Designates the output including Main CVBS HDMI VGA and Spot Output1 Spot Output2 Spot Output3 and Spot Output4 Live View Mode Designates the display mode for Live Preview Dwell Time Set the time to dwell between switching of channels when Start Auto switch is selected in Live Preview Enable Audio Output Enable or disable aud...

Page 65: ...yed in the corresponding screen Note means no channel will be displayed in this screen 6 Click to start live view of all channels and click to stop live view all channels Click or to go to the previous or next page For example in 2x2 screen configuration mode pressing the Next button will bring up the next set of 4 displays 7 Click the Apply button to save settings 8 Click to exit out of the menu ...

Page 66: ...or If selected display event information when errors on the HDD are detected Network Disconnected If selected display event information when a network disconnected is detected IP Conflicted If selected display event information if an IP conflicted is detected Illegal Login If selected display event information when illegal logins are detected Video Exception if selected display event information w...

Page 67: ...nction is abnormal VCA Exception If selected display event information when VCA event is triggered All if selected trigger action when any one of events above is detected 4 Select the Apply button to save the exception settings and select to return to the previous menu Selecting without clicking Apply will quit out of the menu without saving settings Select the Apply button to save the exception s...

Page 68: ...st set of settings to configure in this menu is the recording quality settings To configure the recording quality settings as following steps 1 Enter the Recording Quality Settings menu by going to Menu Recording Configuration Recording Quality as shown in Figure 72 Figure 72 Recording Quality Settings Menu 2 Select main stream tab to configure the parameters of main stream 1 Select the camera to ...

Page 69: ...ze 32 8192kbps 9 Check the checkbox of record audio to enable or disable audio while recording 10 Select the Video Stream to choose different kind of stream as recording stream The options for the video stream include main stream and substream 11 Click the Apply button to save the settings 12 Click the Copy button to copy the settings to other channels if the same settings can also be used for oth...

Page 70: ...ed from motion detection and or from an external alarm See Configuring Alarms and Exceptions on Page 85 Note If an event occurs during Continuous recording the frame rate will automatically switch to that set for Event recording Note For holiday settings you can refer to Page 55 Configuring Record Schedule A record schedule allows you to schedule multiple time periods per day for recording Setting...

Page 71: ...multiple time periods uncheck 24HR and enter the Start End Time for the selected day The start End time are listed using a 24 hr cycle i e 18 00 is equivalent to 6 00 pm Up to 8 discontinuous periods can be configured for each day 3 Select recording type under Type for selected day of the week Recording type includes Continuous for continuous recording or Event for recording when an event is trigg...

Page 72: ...ages such as those shown in Figure 77 will appear Figure 77 Schedule Configuration Error Messages 6 Repeat the above steps to set recoding schedule for other days in the week Edit the schedule 1 Click the Edit button on the bottom right to pop up the Edit Schedule menu as shown in Figure 78 Figure 78 Edit Schedule Menu 2 Select a day from Monday to Sunday ...

Page 73: ...ing checkbox of the day to copy the record schedule to 7 Click the OK button to save the settings and back to upper level menu or click the Cancel button to back without saving 8 Click the Apply button to save the settings and click OK to exit Draw the schedule 1 Click to select a recording type None means no recording 2 Use the mouse to drag and draw time periods in the assigned area Up to 8 disc...

Page 74: ...hedule to 8 Click the OK button to save the setting and back to upper level menu or click the Cancel button to back without saving 9 Click the Apply button to save the settings Note Enable the Start Recording in the Display Menu will also create a schedule in Schedule Configuration It will start all day continue or event recording for all channels ...

Page 75: ...Recording Configuration Holiday Figure 81 Holiday Settings Menu 2 Choose a holiday on the List show on the right Click to pop up an Edit menu as shown in Figure 82 Figure 82 Edit Menu 3 Edit the Holiday Name or use the default one 4 Check the Enable checkbox 5 Select Mode in the dropdown list There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule 6 Set the start and end ...

Page 76: ...tion dropdown list The options for the capture resolution include AUTO 4CIF CIF and QCIF 5 Select the picture quality to High Medium of Low in the dropdown list 6 Select the time period in second between two capturing actions 7 If the parameters can be used to other channels click Copy to copy the settings to other channels 8 Click the Apply to save the settings Note The interval is the time perio...

Page 77: ...era to configure from the camera dropdown list 4 Check the Enable Schedule checkbox to enable the capture schedule If the checkbox is unchecked the capture schedule will be disabled 5 Edit the capture schedule The setting steps are the same with the record schedule settings 6 Click the Apply button to save the settings ...

Page 78: ...d back using the Playback Interface You must first search for recordings to play them back Understanding the Playback Interface It s important to understand how to use the Playback Interface to efficiently navigate through recorded files To access the Playback Interface shown in Figure 85 go to Menu Playback Record Figure 85 Playback Interface ...

Page 79: ...t of the calendar You may change the month and year of the calendar by clicking the left and right arrows next to the month and year Dates with recordings in the selected month and channel are displayed in light blue Dates without recordings are light gray The active selected date is lighted up with a green box 4 Click on the desired date that is highlighted in light blue to search for recordings ...

Page 80: ...utton to enable and disable audio in playback mode Add Default Tag Button to add default tag Add Customized Tag Button to add customized tag and input tag name Edit Tag Button to check edit and delete tag s Enter Exit Full Screen Mode Button to enter into and out of full screen mode To playback recorded files 1 Search and select recording to play back in the Playback Interface 2 Click the Play For...

Page 81: ...o control playback Playing Back Multiple Channels You may also playback recordings from multiple channels simultaneously To playback recordings from multiple channels 1 Search and select recording to playback in the Playback Interface 2 Enter into Full Screen mode shown in Figure 88 by clicking the Full Screen button 3 In Full Screen mode you may select additional channels to playback by clicking ...

Page 82: ...same time Smart Playback Search and view events records in HDD more efficiently Playback will be fast in non event period and will be normal speed during event period To do Smart Playback 1 Enter the Smart interface shown in Figure 88 by going to Menu Playback Smart Figure 88 Smart Playback Interface ...

Page 83: ...use into the video window and drag an area for motion detection analysis The button is used for clearing all the area and the button is used for choosing the full screen area 3 After selecting the area click to search you will get the motion detection events easily from the long time line Time line turns to red when motion detection events happen 4 You can get the scene you need conveniently by mo...

Page 84: ...t Capture or All 5 Select the start time and stop time 6 Click the search button and the pictures found will be listed in Result interface 7 Click the picture you want to view and it will be display on the preview interface 8 Click to choose the previous next picture 9 Click to play back the pictures in Full Screen mode as shown in Figure 91 Figure 91 Picture Playback Playing Back Tags 1 Enter the...

Page 85: ...ct start time and end time 6 Select the pre play and post play time 7 Click the Search button and the tag recording found will be listed in Result interface 8 Click or double click the tag you want to play and it will be display in the Playback interface as shown in 错误 未找到引用源 2 9 Drag the timeline to the place you want to play 10 Click to enable or disable the audio 11 Click to play back the pictu...

Page 86: ...ich channel ready to be searched 3 Click on Match box to choose to use Approximate match or Exact match then type in keywords to be searched in right box Approximate match means search results can just match to one of the keywords Exact match means search results should match all the keywords typed in 4 Set the record Start Time and End Time and the Pre play and Post play indicates record length o...

Page 87: ...o get record played in the pink area Note in small screen playback mode there is no POS data overlay function please switch to full screen playback mode to get the POS overlay function which is enabled by default In full screen mode if you want to hide the POS information click on the button to disable the overlay function as shown below ...

Page 88: ...panel shown in Figure 94 Figure 94 Mark Clip For Export Controls The controls found in the Mark Clip For Export panel include Start Stop Button Mark the starting ending point for the video clip When you click the Start it will turn to the Stop button Play Button Play the selected video clip Save Button Save the selected video clip to the HDD Clear Button Clear the selected video clip To select vid...

Page 89: ...e video one second minute or hour at a time 10 Click the Save button to save clip to the DVR Clip must be first saved to the DVR before it can be backed up to an external USB storage device or to a DVD writer Clicking the Clear button will remove the video clip 11 Repeat steps 2 10 to select additional clips If you would like to backup video clips at this point click the Clips Export button Note T...

Page 90: ...k the Channel No box will choose all clips Check the Merge file option to merge all selected video clips and export in one video file 4 Connect at least one USB storage device to the DVR If the device is compatible with the DVR it will automatically be detected Select the backup device from the Device Name dropdown menu 5 If the available space on the storage device is adequate select the Export b...

Page 91: ...eries HDVR NVR User s Manual 91 There is also NO WARNING MESSAGE after clicking the Format button to format the storage device Please proceed with caution and backup all critical data from the storage device before formatting ...

Page 92: ... files to export 4 Click the Export button this will take you to the Export menu as shown in Figure 98 Figure 98 Files Backup Menu 5 In the Export menu connect a USB storage device and click the Refresh button If the device is detected a list of its file contents as well as the available free space will be shown 6 You may delete files on the USB storage device to free up additional storage space b...

Page 93: ...000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 93 9 Click the Cancel button to return to the File Management menu 10 You can also click Quick Export in the Record menu to export all the record files for the selected channel ...

Page 94: ...you re able to use your DVR over the network Configuring General Settings To configure network general settings 1 Enter the Network Configuration menu shown in Figure 100 by going to Menu System Configuration Network Figure 100 Network Settings Menu 2 Select the General tab The current network settings are displayed on the right side of the menu shown in Figure 101 ...

Page 95: ...oad Balance Mode By using the same IP address and two NIC card share the load of the total bandwidth which enables the system to provide two gigabit network capacity 7 Net Fault tolerance Mode the two NIC cards use the same IP address and you can select the Main NIC By this way in case of one NIC card failure the device will automatically enable the other standby NIC card so as to ensure the norma...

Page 96: ... IP 1 Enter Server Address for NO IP 2 Enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website www no ip com in the Domain Name textbox 3 Enter the User Name and Password registered in the NO IP website HiDDNS 1 The Server Address defaults to www hik online com 2 Enter the Device Domain Name The domain name can only contain the lower case letter numeric and and it must start with the lower case letter a...

Page 97: ...lish 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 To configure UPnP 1 Select the UPnP tab to enter the UPnP settings interface as shown in Figure 104 Figure 104 UPnP Settings Menu 2 Check the Enable UPnP checkbox 3 Select the Mapped Type There are two types Auto...

Page 98: ...th the built in Web Server Multicast IP Enter the Multicast IP to enable multicast RTSP Port Enter the PTSP Port PTSP is a network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communication systems to control streaming media servers HTTPS Port Check the Enable HTTPS checkbox and enter the HTTPS Port HTTPS is used for secure communication over network 3 More Enable High speed Download Che...

Page 99: ...efault password for Administrator should be changed right away for security reasons The Administrator has the authority to add delete or configure parameters for many of the system functions Changing Password You can change the default password by going to Menu System Configuration User as shown in Figure 106 Figure 106 User Settings Menu To change the password 1 Click to pop up the Edit User menu...

Page 100: ...can also enter the User s MAC or IP Address of the remote PC If it is configured and enabled it only allows the remote user with this MAC or IP address to access the device 6 Click the OK button to save the setting and back to the up level Adding a New Remote Local User You may add up to 31 new users to your DVR To add new users 1 On the User tab shown in Figure 108 click Add to enter Add User int...

Page 101: ...perator Operator has the default permission of local log search remote log search two way audio and camera configuration 3 Click the OK button to confirm adding the user Once a new user has been created the fields behind Users will become editable as shown in Figure 108 Figure 109 User Settings Menu Changing the permission of User The Administrator can change the permission of both guest and opera...

Page 102: ...oting 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 Camera Management Remotely enabling and disabling analog camera s and adding deleting and editing of network camera s Remote Serial Port Control Configu...

Page 103: ...t your supplier with the serial number of your DVR to obtain a secure code to reset your DVR Note User settings only appear on the list of System Configuration when login with Administrator accounts Deleting a User To delete a user from the DVR 1 Enter the User menu shown in Figure 109 by going to Menu System Configuration User 2 Select a user and click to delete 3 Click the Yes button to confirm ...

Page 104: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 104 Figure 111 Main Menu ...

Page 105: ...7716NI SP 16 V3 1 5 Plug n Play NVR DS 76xxNI EI E2 P V3 1 0 Turbo DVR DS 72xxHGHI SH DS 73xxHQHI SH V3 1 6 Super NVR DS 96128NI E24 H DS 96256NI E24 H TBD Figure 112 You need to download a new version of the SADP Tool software v2 2 3 5 Build 20150408 NOTE Once you update your DVR NVR or camera firmware it cannot be downgraded to a previous version the upgrade is not reversible By using the new SA...

Page 106: ... SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 106 Figure 113 New SADP Tool lets you determine if front end device is using OLD firmware V3 1 1build 150122 shown Figure 114 or NEW firmware V3 3 0build 150328 shown ...

Page 107: ...nto which to export the XML file Figure 115 Create a new folder into which to export the XML file 2 Open the SADP Tool and highlight the device for which you need a recovery code Click the Browse button Figure 116 Figure 116 Click the Browse button 3 Select the directory path to the folder you ve created and click Choose Figure 117 ...

Page 108: ...ile to Passwordreset hikvisionusa com as an e mail attachment Figure 118 Click Export and a file named DeviceKey xml will be generated 6 Once you send the DeviceKey xml file you ll receive an encrypted file named Encrypt xml back via e mail in approximately 24 hours Save this file in the same folder you ve previously saved the DeviceKey xml Figure 119 You ll need the path to import the encrypted k...

Page 109: ...ct the path where you saved the Encrypt xml file Figure 120 Figure 120 Select device again and click Browse to locate the path where you saved the Encrypt xml file 8 Create a password of your choice by entering a new password into the New Password field on the bottom right of the screen Figure 123 See Reference section on page 15 for guidelines 9 Retype the password into the Confirm Password field...

Page 110: ...file you received and saved from Hikvision Technical Support Figure 121 Set up a password by clicking New Password and Confirm Password then click Import 11 A Reset password succeed message will appear Figure 122 12 Press the X in the top right corner of the pop up confirmation window to dismiss the window Figure 122 Reset password succeed message will appear ...

Page 111: ...ning box will be displayed Figure 124 Password Strength Levels STRENGTH LEVEL DESCRIPTION Level 0 Risky Cameras will not accept a Level 0 password Password length is fewer than eight characters contains only one type of character is the same as the user name and or is the mirror writing of the user name This type of password will not be accepted Level 1 Weak Cameras will accept a Level 1 password ...

Page 112: ...123 Password Field with Risky Unacceptable Password Figure 124 Risky Unacceptable Password Warning Message Risky Password The Strength Meter does not light up A message indicates that the password has to meet minimum requirements Valid password range 8 16 You can use a combination of numbers lowercase uppercase and special characters for your password with at least two kinds of them contained ...

Page 113: ...Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 113 Figure 125 Password Field with Acceptable Weak Strength Password Figure 126 Password Field with Acceptable Medium Strength Password NOTE The password strength is shown with a color indicator ...

Page 114: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 114 Figure 127 Password Field with Acceptable Strong Strength Password ...

Page 115: ... 128 General Settings of PTZ Configuration 2 Select the General tab 3 Select the camera to configure in the Camera dropdown list 4 Configure PTZ settings including those of Baud Rate Data Bit Stop Bit Parity Flow Ctrl PTZ Protocol and Address according to the parameters of the PTZ camera s 5 If the same configuration can be applied to other PTZ channels click the Copy button 6 Click the Apply butt...

Page 116: ...Figure 130 PTZ Controls Button 5 If PTZ camera is not working properly make sure PTZ is connected and configured with the correct settings under the General tab Customizing PTZ Presets Patterns and Patrols Your DVR allows you to customize presets patterns and patrols for a connected PTZ camera A PTZ camera must first be configured before PTZ presets patterns and patrols can be customized See Confi...

Page 117: ...TZ control buttons 6 Click to save pattern 7 To test out your new pattern click to play and to stop The PTZ should move as it did during the recording process You may click the stop button at any time to end the pattern Clicking the play button again will start playing the PTZ pattern again at the initial position To customize PTZ patrols 1 Enter the PTZ menu by going to Menu Cameras Setup PTZ 2 S...

Page 118: ...e checkbox to disable motion detection 4 Set the motion detection sensitivity by adjusting the green Sensitivity bar The more lime green rectangles selected in the bar the higher the sensitivity will be to motion 5 Set the motion detection region in the preview screen on the right side of the menu by left clicking with the mouse on an open area A red grid will be shown designating that the selecte...

Page 119: ... Channel tab and check the checkbox of channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording Click Apply to save the setting 2 Select the Arming Schedule tab as shown in Figure 133 Choose one day in a week and set an arming schedule If the schedule can also be applied to other days click Copy Click the Apply button to save the settings Figure 133 Arming Schedule Settings Menu 3 S...

Page 120: ...ons of the camera Notify Surveillance Center DVR will notify surveillance center when motion is detected Send Email DVR will send an email out to the designated recipients when motion is detected Please refer to configure email settings on Page 91 for details Trigger Alarm Output DVR will trigger alarm output when motion is detected When you check the Trigger Alarm Output checkbox there will displ...

Page 121: ...tup trigger actions 1 Enter the Trigger menu shown in Figure 136 by going to Menu Recording Configuration Trigger Figure 136 Trigger Settings Menu 2 Select the Alarm Input tab 3 Select the Alarm Input No in the dropdown list 4 Edit the Alarm Name 5 Select the trigger Type for the external alarm input device N O means Normal Open N C means Normal Close These two types can be selected 6 Check the En...

Page 122: ...save the settings 3 Select the Handing tab which is same as Figure 137 to set other actions Click Apply to save the settings 4 Select the PTZ Linking tab as shown in Figure 138 to set the PTZ actions only if a PTZ camera is configured on the DVR Only one PTZ action can be selected per alarm input Figure 138 PTZ Linking Settings Menu 8 If the same settings can be applied to other alarm inputs click...

Page 123: ...t by click Handing Set Choose one day in a week and set an arming schedule If the schedule can also be applied to other days click Copy Click Apply to save the settings and back to the Alarm Output interface 7 If the same setting can also be applied to other alarm output click Copy 8 Click Apply to save the settings 9 You can check the alarm output status in the Alarm Output Status list in the Ala...

Page 124: ...tion when video signal is abnormal Input Output Video Standard Mismatch If selected trigger action when video output standard does not match Record Capture Exception If selected trigger action when record capture exception is detected Hot Spare Exception If selected trigger action when Hot Spare Exception is detected All if selected trigger action when any one of exception above is detected 3 Sele...

Page 125: ...tected or exceptions have been triggered you must first setup the e mail settings To setup e mail settings 1 Enter the Email Configuration menu by going to Menu System Configuration Network 2 Select the Email tab as shown in Figure 141 Figure 141 Email Configuration Menu 3 In this tab enter all pertinent email information including Enable Server Authentication Enable if email server requires authe...

Page 126: ...eed sending email between time intervals The time interval can be set 1 3 5 10 minutes 4 You may now test the e mail settings by clicking the Test button 5 Select the Apply button to save the e mail settings and select to return to the previous menu Selecting without clicking Save will quit out of the menu without saving settings Configuring Hot Spare Settings If there are a group of DVRs working ...

Page 127: ...s 1 Enter the POS configuration menu by going to Menu System Configuration POS Figure 143 POS configuration 2 Choose the POS channel for parameters setting 3 Click on the Enable check box and configure Device Name Connection and POS Protocol 4 Click Connection to select one connection mode between the Text In device and DVR Note For the communication protocol AVE it only supports RS 232 connection...

Page 128: ...32 Setting b For the TCP Listen mode Click Set to enter TCP Listen Settings as follows Figure 145 TCP Setting Note The IP Address should be exactly the same as the IP Address of POS terminal For this kind of connection you should use a hub between the POS terminal and DVR ...

Page 129: ...6 TCP listening c For the TCP Receive mode Click Set to Network Receive Settings as follows Note The port should be exactly the same as the port of POS terminal you can click and edit it via virtual keyboard The default port number is 10000 Figure 147 TCP Receive mode ...

Page 130: ... which is a numeral system based on 16 common symbols 0 9 and A F or a f Click Hex check box to enable Hexadecimal mode Figure 148 POS Setting 2 End Line Identifier You can edit the End Line Identifier string when the transaction data should be finished to display on the video Note Hex stands for Hexadecimal which is a numeral system based on 16 common symbols 0 9 and A F or a f Click Hex check bo...

Page 131: ... End Line Identifier string This option is designed for transaction data which ends with dynamic information such as transactional time etc which could not be set as End Line Identifier string yet is still required to be displayed Figure 149 POS Setting 7 Ignore Line Click to select how many strings of transactional data shall be ignored to display on the video Maximum is four And then click lower...

Page 132: ...VR User s Manual 132 Every POS events will be filtered according to the Descriptions listed in the above interface and then be labeled by the filter Names Click Add to add filters There are three kinds of filter modes Key Mode String Mode ...

Page 133: ...l enable DVR to send a notifying email to designated email address when a POS event matching this filter happens Figure 151 Filter Setting f For the AVE protocol click Set to configure AVE settings as follows 1 Protocol Click to select the AVE protocol from the drop down list 2 Address The Address should be exactly the same as the Address of POS terminals 3 Timeout Click to set the Timeout period ...

Page 134: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 134 Figure 152 POS Setting ...

Page 135: ... the Refresh button to automatically detect connected IP cameras on the network 4 Check the checkbox of certain detected cameras to add The basic information of the selected camera will display on the left side of the interface 5 If the password of the selected IP camera is default you can click Quick Add to add the camera Otherwise enter the password in the Camera Password box on the left side Yo...

Page 136: ...he left side of the interface 9 Click Add to add this camera You can also use the right click menu during live view to quickly add IP cameras To quickly add IP cameras 1 Enter the live view menu and right click the mouse as shown Figure 155 in then choose the Add IP camera option Figure 155 Right Click Menu 2 Click Auto to automatically detect and add IP cameras Or click Manual to manually manage ...

Page 137: ...era list to pop up an Edit IP Camera menu as shown in Figure 157 Figure 157 Edit IP Camera 2 You can edit the IP Camera Address Protocol Configuration Port and Video Port 3 Click the Apply button to save the settings Click OK to exit this menu Click Cancel without click Apply or OK will back without saving 4 For editing more parameters click the Advance Set button to pop up an Advance Settings win...

Page 138: ...he IP Camera Address and Configuration Port Click Apply to save the settings 6 Select Password tab to change the password Click Apply to save the settings 7 Click OK to exit this menu 8 Click to delete camera 9 Click to get the live view of the camera Note Support third party IP camera PANASONIC SONY AXIS SANYO BOSCH and ACTI ...

Page 139: ...gure 159 Analog Camera Settings Menu 3 To enable a camera check the box of the corresponding camera number To disable a camera uncheck the box You may also check and uncheck Analog to enable and disable all cameras 4 Select the Apply button to save the camera settings There will pop up an Attention message box as shown in Figure 160 Figure 160 Enable Disable Analog Camera Attention Message 5 Click...

Page 140: ...on the DVR 3 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 You can click the New Folder button to create a new folder 5 Select the location where you would like the configuration to be stored on the USB storage device 6 Click Export to export an IP camera list file to USB storage device 7 Click to exit out of the Import Export menu To import IP camer...

Page 141: ...E power consumption information and configuration can be accessed in this tab To access the PoE information 1 Enter the Cameras menu by going to Menu Cameras Setup Cameras Select the PoE Information tab as shown in Figure 162 Figure 162 PoE Information interface 2 Choose the corresponding IPC channel and choose the suitable PoE protocol PoE af PoE at and no PoE 3 Click Apply button 4 Click to exit...

Page 142: ...r different colors yellow green blue and grey Using the mouse click and drag out rectangular boxes defining the desired zones 5 You may clear a privacy zone at any time by clicking on the corresponding Clear Zone button or Clear All button to clear all zones 6 If the same settings can be applied to other channels click Copy 7 Select the Apply button to save the privacy mask settings and select to ...

Page 143: ...nable tamper proof on Press the Clear button to clear region 6 Press the Handing Set button to set up handing method 1 Select the Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule Up to 8 periods can be configured If the same schedule can be applied in other days click Copy 2 Select the Handing tab to set the actions to take if tamper proof is detected 3 Click Apply to save the settings Click OK to b...

Page 144: ...lect the Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule Up to 8 periods can be configured If the same schedule can be applied in other channel click Copy 2 Select the Handing tab to set the actions to take if video loss is detected 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings Click OK to back to the previous menu 6 If the same settings can be applied in other channels click Copy to copy the same ...

Page 145: ... location 5 If the same configurations can be applied to other channels click Copy to copy the settings to other channels 6 Select the Apply button to save these settings and select to return to the previous menu Selecting without clicking Apply will quit out of the menu without saving settings Configuring Video Quality Diagnosis Video Quality Diagnosis settings can be enabled on any of the channe...

Page 146: ...st the color cast of image 9 If you want to reset the default settings of threshold click Default to set a default threshold value to each kind of diagnosis mode 10 If the same configurations can be applied to other channels click Copy to copy the settings to other channels 11 Select the Apply button to save these settings and select to return to the previous menu Selecting without clicking Apply ...

Page 147: ...p handing method 3 Select the Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule Up to 8 periods can be configured If the same schedule can be applied in other channel click Copy 4 Select the Handing tab to set the actions to take if VCA event is detected 15 Click the Apply button to save the settings Click OK to back to the previous menu 16 If the same settings can be applied in other channels click ...

Page 148: ...HDD only after you have created the virtual disk or you have configured network HDD refer to Setting Network HDD Our device provides two ways for creating the virtual disk including one touch configuration and manual configuration The following flow chart shows the process of creating virtual disk Note Please install the HDD s properly and it is recommended to use the same enterprise level HDDs in...

Page 149: ... 4 HDDs or above for one touch configuration a hot spare disk will be set as default Note By default one touch configuration creates one array and one virtual disk If the capacity of the array created by one touch configuration is larger than 16TB two arrays and two virtual disks will be created Note By default one touch configuration adopts foreground initialization to initialize the virtual disk...

Page 150: ...reate Vd to enter the Create Virtual Disk interface Figure 172 Create Virtual Disk Interface 9 Edit the Virtual Disk Name 10 Set the Capacity of the virtual disk And at least 100 GB capacity must be configured for each virtual disk You can click the Information of Array Capacity area to set the remaining capacity of the array for the disk 11 Select the Initialization Type from Background Foregroun...

Page 151: ... enter the virtual disk interface The successfully created virtual disk will be listed on the interface 14 Enter the HDD Information interface and the virtual disk will display For operation guide of initializing the virtual disk please refer to Page 116 if you adopt foreground initialization the virtual disk will display in the HDD Information interface after the initialization is complete Figure...

Page 152: ... 2 HDDs needs to be configured for RAID 1 At least 3 HDDs must be installed for RAID 5 4 6 8 HDDs need to be cofigured for RAID 10 Note A physical disk count error attention box will pop up if the number of HDDs you select is not compatible with the requirement of the RAID level Note The device supports creating at most 8 virtual disks Note It is recommeded to create one virtual disk of an array R...

Page 153: ...tomatically used for array rebuilding when the status of the array is Disk Loss You can check the rebuild status by going to Menu System Configuration RAID 1 Select Array tab to view the array rebuilding status Figure 177 Array Interface 2 Select Virtual Disk tab to view the virtual disk rebuilding status Figure 178 Virtual Disk Interface Note If there is no hot spare disk after rebuilding it is r...

Page 154: ...view the rebuilding status 6 After rebuilding successfully the array and virtual disk will restore to Functional Note At least one available physical disk should exist for rebuilding the array Note It is recommended to enable the Auto rebuild function and set the hot spare disk for automatically rebuilding the array Repairing Virtual Disk When the disk cannot display in the HDD Information interfa...

Page 155: ...rtual disk s under this array must be deleted first Deleting the Virtual Disk To delete the virtual disk 1 Enter the Virtual Disk interface by going to Menu System Configuration RAID Virtual Disk 2 Select a virtual disk and click to delete the virtual disk Figure 182 Attention Message 3 Click the Yes button to confirm the virtual disk deletion Note Deleting virtual disk will cause to delete all th...

Page 156: ...migrating and expanding 1 Enter the Physical Disk interface by going to Menu System Configuration RAID Physical Disk to confirm at least one available physical disk has existed for the array migration 2 Select Array tab to enter the Array interface 3 Select the array to be migrated and click to enter the Migrate Array interface Figure 183 Migrate Array Interface 4 Select the available physical dis...

Page 157: ...ting by going to Menu System Configuration HDD HDD Information 9 Select an expandable virtual disk and click the Expand button to expand the capacity of the virtual disk Figure 186 HDD Information Interface 10 In the pop up message box click OK to start expanding Figure 187 Expand Warning Message 11 After expanding finished the following message box will pop up Click OK to finish the settings Figu...

Page 158: ...al disk can be calculated by the following formula Expanded VD capacity Original VD Capacity Original Array Capacity Newly Added Capacity of Hard Disk Upgrading Firmware You can view the information of the firmware and upgrade the firmware by local backup device or remote FTP server 1 Enter the Firmware interface to check the information of the firmware including the version maximum physical disk ...

Page 159: ...DS 7700NI SP 9000 9600 Series HDVR NVR User s Manual 159 Figure 190 Upgrade Interface ...

Page 160: ...d under the HDD menu To check the status of installed disks 1 Enter the HDD menu shown in Figure 191 by going to Menu System Configuration HDD Figure 191 HDD Management Menu 2 Select the HDD Information tab to check the disk status capacity property type and free space Setting Network HDD Add the allocated DVR Storage Space of NAS or disk of IP SAN to DVR this part will work as network HDD To set ...

Page 161: ... hard drive Then enter in the IP address and the directory of network hard drives 4 If you do not know the directory of network hard drives you can click Search after you enter the IP address The network hard drives in this subnet will be listed below Select the one you want to add 5 Click OK to save the settings and return the pervious menu The added hard drives will appear on the list of HDDs 6 ...

Page 162: ... button 4 A confirmation message similar to the one shown in Figure 193 will appear on the screen Click OK to continue formatting process Figure 193 Disk Format Confirmation 5 A format progress bar will be shown on the menu After the disk has been formatted the status of the disk will change to Normal Figure 194 Disk Format Progress Bar Enabling HDD Overwrite Enabling HDD overwrite will allow the ...

Page 163: ...ck to exit Enabling eSATA Auto Archive Enabling eSATA Auto Archive will allow DVR automatically backup record files on external eSATA devices according to a preset schedule To enable eSATA Auto Archive 1 Enter the HDD menu by going to Menu System Configuration HDD 2 Select the Record Information tab as shown in Figure 195 3 Click on Setting button as shown below Figure 196 Auto Archive Settings Me...

Page 164: ...hown in Figure 197 Figure 197 Quota Mode Settings Menu 3 Select the Mode to Quota 4 Select a camera for which you want to configure quota 5 Enter the storage capacity in the text fields of Max Record Capacity GB and Max Picture Capacity GB 6 If the same settings can be applied in other channels click Copy 7 Click the Apply button to save the settings Note If the quota capacity is set to 0 then all...

Page 165: ... rebooting you can configure local HDD settings To configure local HDD settings by going to Menu System Configuration HDD HDD Information 1 Select a HDD and click to pop up the Local HDD Settings menu as shown in Figure 200 Figure 200 Local HDD Settings 2 Select the HDD Property from R W Read only and Redundancy Read only mode can prevent important recorded files from being overwritten when the HD...

Page 166: ...mode and one of them with R W property Disk Clone Internal HDDs can be backup to external eSATA HDDs intact using this function To clone HDD 1 Enter the HDD menu by going to Menu System Configuration HDD 2 Select the Disk Clone tab as shown in Figure 201 Figure 201 Local HDD Settings 3 Select the Clone Source by checking the box 4 Select the Clone Destination by choosing the eSATA devices and set ...

Page 167: ...ettings menu by going to Menu System Maintenance HDD Detect 2 Select the S M A R T Settings tab as shown in Figure 202 3 Select a HDD to view its S M A R T information list 4 You can choose the Self test Type from the dropdown list including Short Test Expanded Test and Conveyance Test 5 Click the Test button to start the S M A R T HDD self evaluation Note If you want to use the HDD even when the ...

Page 168: ...list 4 Choose Key Area Detection or All Detection 5 Click the Detect button to start the detection 6 Click the Pause Cancel button to pause cancel at any time you want 7 If the HDD is normal you can see the green color icon on the screen while red means damaged and yellow means shield 8 Click the Error Info to see the detail damage or shield information ...

Page 169: ...e first row preceded with the letter A If you would like include all analog cameras in the search check the Analog checkbox Digital cameras are listed on the second row preceded with the letter D If you would like include all IP cameras in the search check the IP Camera checkbox 3 Select the Video Type Video type includes Continuous Event Manual and All 4 Select the File Type File type includes Lo...

Page 170: ...evice To export recorded files connect a USB storage device to the DVR select the record files to export and click the Export button 10 Click the Cancel button to exit out of the File Management menu Searching for Event Files Event recorded files can be searched by criteria in the File Management menu To search for all recorded Event files 1 Enter the File Management menu by going to Menu File Man...

Page 171: ...iteria will be shown at a pop up box 5 You can set the Pre play and 6 Post play time 7 Select one result to see the details by clicking Details button or quick export by clicking the Quick Export button If you select type Alarm Input 1 First you select one alarm input channel or you can check the Alarm Input No box to select all channels 2 Select the start time and the end time 3 Click the Search ...

Page 172: ...ed in HDD To search for specified POS events 1 Enter File Management menu by going to Menu File Management POS Figure 208 POS events a Click the Include Cameras check box to select the channels b Set the search time Start Time and End Time c Select the Match mode during video search Exact match Approximate match Event Flag match and Guide match ...

Page 173: ...you set multiple conditions these settings will be displayed in the windows The search results will all fit the settings listed Approximate match Click to select Approximate match and then type in the keywords you want to search The search results are the record POS files that contain the keywords When multiple keywords are typed in POS files with only one of the keywords will also be displayed ...

Page 174: ...uding the Filter Event Flag Acknowledge and Notes Guide match Click to select Guide match and then check the boxes according to which kinds of criterion when do searching like item name total etc The POS records matching all or one of these criterion depends on logic choice AND means all and OR means one of them will be displayed d The search result will show like the interface below ...

Page 175: ...h result 1 All results not confirmed will be marked with yellow mark once you have confirmed the records you can click on this mark and it will turn into which means this incident has been confirmed 2 Click on Event Flag the following window will pop up Figure 210 POS event flag ...

Page 176: ... playback feature 3 Double click on selected event bar detailed POS transaction information will show in a pop up window as shown below Figure 211 POS Information Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files To lock and unlock recorded files 1 Search for recorded files using the File Management menu 2 Select the file you would like to lock unlock 3 Click the Lock icon for the selected file Note Locked fil...

Page 177: ...to Menu Maintenance Upgrade 2 Select the Local Upgrade tab as shown in Figure 212 Figure 212 Local Upgrade Menu 3 Connect the USB storage device to a USB port on the DVR 4 Click the Refresh button The contents of the USB storage device will be shown on the screen 5 Select the firmware file The firmware file is named digicap mav 6 Click the Upgrade button to upgrade the DVR The DVR will automatical...

Page 178: ...Upgrade tab as shown in Figure 213 Figure 213 FTP Upgrade Menu 3 Enter the FTP Server Address 4 Click the Upgrade button to upgrade the DVR The DVR will automatically reboot after the upgrade is completed Restoring Default Settings To restore factory default settings to your DVR 1 Enter the Factory Default menu shown in Figure 214 by going to Menu Maintenance Factory Default ...

Page 179: ... NVR User s Manual 179 Figure 214 Factory Default Menu 2 Select the OK button to restore factory defaults or select to return to the previous menu Note Network information such as IP address subnet mask and gateway will not be restored ...

Page 180: ...SB storage device will be shown on the screen 4 You can click the New Folder button to create a new folder 5 Select the location where you would like the configuration to be stored on the USB storage device 6 Click Export to export a configuration file to USB storage device The configuration file will be named devCfg bin Click to exit out of the Import Export menu To import DVR configuration 1 Ent...

Page 181: ...vents 1 Enter the System Logs menu shown in Figure 216 by going to Menu Maintenance System Logs Figure 216 System Logs Menu 2 Select the Start Time and the End Time 3 Select the Major Type from the dropdown list Four major types are available Alarm Exception Operation and Information You can also select All 4 Select the Minor Type under the Major Type to efficiently find the logs 5 Click the Searc...

Page 182: ...lick Previous Next to view the previous next log information 8 Click OK to back to the previous menu 9 If applicable you may also view the associated video to the selected log entry by clicking 10 Log files can also be exported onto a USB storage device To export a log file connect a USB storage device to the DVR select the log files to export and click the Export button 11 Click to exit out of me...

Page 183: ...rk Detection 2 Select the Traffic tab and you can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface as shown in Figure 219 The traffic data is refreshed every 1 second Figure 219 Traffic Detection To configure network detection 1 Enter the Network Detection menu by going to Menu Maintenance Network Detection 2 Select the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection menu...

Page 184: ...xported to USB flash disk SATA eSATA CD RW and other local backup devices 1 Enter the Network Detection menu by going to Menu Maintenance Network Detection 2 Select the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection menu 3 Click the Export button to start exporting 4 After the exporting is complete click OK to finish the packet export as shown in Figure 221 Figure 221 Export Process Bar Note...

Page 185: ... to Menu Maintenance Network Detection 2 Select the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Stat menu as shown in Figure 222 Figure 222 Network Stat Interface 3 Check the bandwidth of IP Camera Remote Live View Remote Playback Net Receive Idle and Net Send Idle 4 You can click the Refresh button to get the latest status ...

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