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Digital Video Recorder 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

User Manual 

UD.6L0202D1962A01 

 

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Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual UD 6L0202D1962A01 ...

Page 2: ...oned below are the properties of their respective owners Legal Disclaimer TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED WITH ITS HARDWARE SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AND ERRORS AND HIKVISION MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION MERCHANTABILITY SATISFACTORY QUALITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEM...

Page 3: ...erference 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 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 unsorted municipal waste...

Page 4: ... safety regulations of the nation and region Please refer to technical specifications for detailed information Input voltage should meet both the SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage and the Limited Power Source with 100 240 VAC or 12 VDC according to the IEC60950 1 standard Please refer to technical specifications for detailed information Do not connect several devices to one power adapter as adapter ov...

Page 5: ...is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the device in 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 ...

Page 6: ... DS 7204HGHI SH DS 7208HGHI SH DS 7216HGHI SH Network DVR DS 7200HQHI SH DS 7204HQHI SH DS 7208HQHI SH DS 7216HQHI SH Network DVR DS 7200HGHI E1 DS 7204HGHI E1 DS 7208HGHI E1 DS 7216HGHI E1 Network DVR DS 7200HGHI E2 DS 7208HGHI E2 DS 7216HGHI E2 Network DVR DS 7300HGHI SH DS 7304HGHI SH DS 7308HGHI SH DS 7316HGHI SH DS 7324HGHI SH DS 7332HGHI SH Network DVR DS 7300HQHI SH DS 7304HQHI SH DS 7308HQ...

Page 7: ...ew are also provided the interval of automatic cycle can be adjusted Quick setting menu is provided for live view The selected 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 dr...

Page 8: ... when playback locating by dragging the mouse on the progress bar 4 8 16 24 32 ch synchronous playback Backup Export data by a USB SATA or eSATA device Export video clips when playback Management and maintenance of backup devices Alarm and Exception Configurable arming time of alarm input output Alarm for video loss motion detection video tampering abnormal signal video input recording resolution ...

Page 9: ...ping by UPnPTM Remote search playback download locking and unlocking the record files and downloading files broken transfer resume Remote parameters setup remote import export of device parameters Remote viewing of the device status system logs and alarm status Remote keyboard operation Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading Remote syste...

Page 10: ... 3 Editing the Connected IP Cameras and Configuring Customized Protocols 48 Chapter 3 Live View 52 3 1 Introduction of Live View 53 3 2 Operations in Live View Mode 54 3 2 1 Front Panel Operation 55 3 2 2 Using the Mouse in Live View 55 3 2 3 Main Aux Output Switching 56 3 2 4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode 57 3 3 Channel zero Encoding 60 3 4 Adjusting Live View Settings 61 3 5 Manual Vid...

Page 11: ...ch 105 6 1 6 Playing Back by System Logs 107 6 1 7 Playing Back External File 109 6 2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 110 6 2 8 Playing Back Frame by Frame 110 6 2 9 Digital Zoom 110 6 2 10 Reverse Playback of Multi channel 110 Chapter 7 Backup 112 7 1 Backing up Record Files 113 7 1 1 Backing up by Normal Video Search 113 7 1 2 Backing up by Event Search 116 7 1 3 Backing up Video Clips 119 7 2 M...

Page 12: ...ing HDD Groups 171 10 4 2 Setting HDD Property 172 10 5 Configuring Quota Mode 174 10 6 Checking HDD Status 175 10 7 Checking S M A R T Information 176 10 8 Detecting Bad Sector 177 10 9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms 178 Chapter 11 Camera Settings 179 11 1 Configuring OSD Settings 180 11 2 Configuring Privacy Mask 181 11 3 Configuring Video Parameters 182 Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance 1...

Page 13: ...3 5 Managing User Accounts 196 13 5 1 Adding a User 196 13 5 2 Deleting a User 198 13 5 3 Editing a User 199 Appendix 201 Glossary 202 Troubleshooting 203 List of Compatible Hikvision IP Cameras 206 List of Compatible Third party IP Cameras 207 ...

Page 14: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 15: ...en data is being read from or written to HDD 3 Indicator blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly Figure 1 2 Front Panel of DS 7204 7208HGHI SH Figure 1 3 Front Panel of DS 7216HGHI SH Please refer to Figure 1 2 and Figure 1 3 for the front panel of DS 7200HGHI E1 E2 Table 1 2 Description of Front Panel No Name Function Description 1 POWER Power indicator turns yellow when the p...

Page 16: ...rns yellow when the SHIFT function is realized Tx Rx Tx Rx indictor blinks yellow when network connection is functioning properly 2 Composite Keys SHIFT Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the composite keys 1 MENU Enter numeral 1 Access the main menu interface 2 ABC F1 Enter numeral 2 Enter letters ABC The F1 button when used in a list field will select all items in the li...

Page 17: ...umeric input 3 DIRECTION The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus In the Playback mode the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video The Left and Right button will select the next and previous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of t...

Page 18: ...s well b when the DVR is controlled by IR remote control with the address from 1 254 and the SHIFT button is used ALARM Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected HDD HDD indicator blinks in red when data is being read from or written to HDD Tx Rx Tx Rx indictor blinks in green when network connection is functioning properly 2 DVD R W Slot for DVD R W 3 Composite Keys SHIFT Switch b...

Page 19: ... used to navigate between different fields and items in menus In the Playback mode the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video The Left and Right button will select the next and previous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera ENTER The ENTER button is used to co...

Page 20: ... blinks in blue when network connection is functioning properly GUARD Indicator turns blue when the device is armed Indicator does not light when the device is disarmed The arm disarm state can be initiated by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds in live view mode 2 Alphanumeric Buttons Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode Input numbers and...

Page 21: ...he Manual Record setting menu In PTZ control settings press the button and then you can call a PTZ preset by pressing Numeric button It is also used to turn audio on off in the Playback mode PLAY AUTO Enter the Playback menu Auto scan in the PTZ Control mode ZOOM Zoom in the PTZ camera in the PTZ Control setting A FOCUS Adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu It is also used to switch between input m...

Page 22: ...ot for DVD R W Figure 1 7 Front Panel of DS 9000HQHI SH Table 1 6 Description of Control Panel Buttons No Name Function Description 1 ALARM Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected READY Ready indicator is normally blue indicating that the device is functioning properly STATUS Status indicator turns blue when device is controlled by an IR remote if the device ID is 255 the indicat...

Page 23: ...k mode It is also used to auto scan in the PTZ Control menu ZOOM Zoom in the PTZ camera in the PTZ Control setting A FOCUS Adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu It is also used to switch input methods upper and lowercase alphabet symbols and numeric input EDIT IRIS Edit text fields When editing text fields it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in front of the cursor On...

Page 24: ...ough 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 video by a single frame In Auto switch mode it can be used to stop start ...

Page 25: ...R Remote Control Buttons No Name Description 1 POWER Power on off the device Power on off the device by pressing and holding the button for 3 seconds 2 MENU Button Press the button to return to the main menu after successful login Press and hold the button for 5 seconds will turn off audible key beep In PTZ Control mode the MENU button will start wiper if applicable In Playback mode it is used to ...

Page 26: ...ack to the previous menu Press for Arming disarming the device in Live View mode 9 PLAY Button The button is used to enter the All day Playback mode It is also used to auto scan in the PTZ Control menu 10 PREV Button 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 Troubleshooting Remote Control Make sure y...

Page 27: ...Digital Video Recorder 26 2 Batteries are fresh and not out of charge 3 IR receiver is not obstructed If the remote still cannot function properly please change the remote and try again or contact the device provider ...

Page 28: ...st from your provider The operation of the mouse Table 1 8 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 29: ...ure 1 9 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard Table 1 9 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description Number English letter Lowercase Uppercase Backspace Switch the keyboard Space Positioning the cursor Exit Symbols Reserved ...

Page 30: ...r for VGA output Display local video output and menu 4 AUDIO OUT RCA connector 5 AUDIO IN RCA connector 6 Network Interface Connector for network 7 USB Port Universal Serial Bus USB port for additional devices 8 GND Ground 9 Power Supply DC 12V power supply Figure 1 11 DS 7200HGHI Figure 1 12 DS 7200HQHI Table 1 11 Description of Front Panel No Item Description 1 VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and...

Page 31: ...etwork 8 RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices 9 Power Supply 12V DC power supply 10 Power Switch Switch for turning on off the device 11 GND Ground 12 Alarm In Out for DS 7200HQHI SH only Connectors for alarm inputs and alarm outputs Figure 1 13 DS 7316HQHI SH and DS 7316HGHI SH Figure 1 14 DS 7332HGHI SH Figure 1 15 DS 8116HGHI SH ...

Page 32: ...ctor DS 8124 8132HGHI SH provides HDMI1 and HDMI2 interfaces 6 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output 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...

Page 33: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 32 No Item Description 14 eSATA Connects external SATA HDD CD DVD RW 15 RS 232 Interface Connector for RS 232 devices ...

Page 34: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 33 Chapter 2 Getting Started ...

Page 35: ...ar 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 off th...

Page 36: ...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 37: ...ly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing using a minimum of 8 characters including upper case letters lower case letters numbers and special characters in order to increase the security of your product And we recommend you reset your password regularly especially in the high security system resetting the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product 2 Click OK to...

Page 38: ... some important settings of the device If you don t want to use the Start Wizard at that moment click Exit You can also choose to use the Start Wizard next time by leaving the Start wizard when device starts checkbox checked 2 Click Next to enter the date and time settings window Figure 2 6 Date and Time Settings 3 After the time settings click Next button which will take you back to the General N...

Page 39: ...balance network fault tolerance and 1 self adaptive 10M 100M 1000M network interface for other models 4 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 5 Set the parameters of port No EZVIZ Cloud P2P Auto UPnP or DDNS if required 6 Click Next button ...

Page 40: ...ng the camera make sure the IP camera to be added is in active status If the camera is in inactive status you can click the inactive icon of the camera to set the password to activate it You can also select multiple cameras from the list and click the One touch Activate to activate the cameras in batch Click the Add to add the camera Figure 2 10 IP Camera Management 10 After finishing IP Camera se...

Page 41: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 40 Figure 2 11 Record Settings 12 Click OK to complete the wizard settings ...

Page 42: ...12 Login Interface 2 Input Password 3 Click OK to log in In the Login dialog box if you have entered the wrong password for 7 times the current user account will be locked for 60 seconds Figure 2 13 User Account Protection 2 4 2 User Logout Purpose After logging out the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to perform some operation you need to enter user name and password log in aga...

Page 43: ...l of Digital Video Recorder 42 Figure 2 14 Logout 2 Click Logout After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system ...

Page 44: ...n from the right click menu in live view mode or click Menu Camera Camera to enter the IP camera management interface For the IP camera detected online in the same network segment the Security status shows whether it is active or inactive Figure 2 15 IP Camera Management Interface 2 Click the inactive icon of the camera to enter the following interface to activate it You can also select multiple c...

Page 45: ...crease the security of your product And we recommend you reset your password regularly especially in the high security system resetting the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product 4 Click OK to finish the acitavting of the IP camera And the security status of camera will be changed to Active 2 5 2 Adding the Online IP Cameras Purpose Before you can get a live view or record of t...

Page 46: ...tton to add all cameras with the same admin password from the list Make sure the camera to add has already been actiavted by setting the admin password and the admin password of the camera is the same with the DVR s 4 For the encoders with multiple channels only check the checkbox of Channel Port in the pop up window as shown in the following figure and click OK to add multiple channels Figure 2 1...

Page 47: ...nterface 3 Click Add to add the camera For the successfully added IP cameras the Security status shows the security level of the password of camera strong password weak password and risk password Figure 2 21 Successfully Added IP Cameras For the DS 7200 series DVR 1 ch or 2 ch IP cameras can be added and for the DS 7300 8100 9000 series DVR 1 more IP camera can be added by disabling 1 analog chann...

Page 48: ...GHI SH 1 ch 5 ch DS 7308HGHI SH 2 ch 10 ch DS 7316HGHI SH 2 ch 18 ch DS 7324HGHI SH 8 ch 32 ch DS 7332HGHI SH DS 7300HQHI SH DS 7304HQHI SH 2 ch 6 ch DS 7308HQHI SH 10 ch DS 7316HQHI SH 18 ch DS 8100HGHI SH DS 8104HGHI SH 1 ch 5 ch DS 8108HGHI SH 2 ch 10 ch DS 8116HGHI SH 2 ch 18 ch DS 8124HGHI SH 16 ch 32 ch DS 8132HGHI SH DS 8100HQHI SH DS 8104HQHI SH 2 ch 6 ch DS 8108HQHI SH 10 ch DS 8116HQHI S...

Page 49: ...odels only which support the ONVIF protocol After the adding of the IP cameras the basic information of the camera lists in the page you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras Steps 1 Click the icon to edit the parameters you can edit the IP address protocol and other parameters Figure 2 22 Edit the Parameters Channel Port If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple chan...

Page 50: ...Configuration of the Camera 3 Click OK to save the settings and exit the interface Configuring the customized protocols Purpose To connect the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols you can configure the customized protocols for them Steps 1 Click the Protocol button in the custom adding IP camera interface to enter the protocol management interface ...

Page 51: ...era Port Path Example rtsp 192 168 1 55 554 ch1 main av_stream Protocol Name Edit the name for the custom protocol Enable Substream If the network camera does not support sub stream or the sub stream is not needed leave the checkbox empty Type The network camera adopting custom protocol must support getting stream through standard RTSP Transfer Protocol Select the transfer protocol for the custom ...

Page 52: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 51 Figure 2 26 Protocol Setting 3 Choose the protocols you just added to validate the connection of the network camera ...

Page 53: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 52 Chapter 3 Live View ...

Page 54: ...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 55: ... and you can do some basic operation on the live view mode for the Aux output The DS 7100 DS 7200 and DS 7324 7332HGHI SH models do not support Aux Main output switch The priority level for the main and aux output for other models is as follows For the DS 8124 8132HGHI SH The DS 8124 8132HGHI SH provides HDMI1 HDMI2 and VGA interfaces and the priority level for the main and aux output is HDMI1 VGA...

Page 56: ...ed by DS 7200HGHI and DS 7100 series Table 3 5 Front Panel Operation in Live View Functions Front Panel Operation Show single screen Press the corresponding Alphanumeric button E g Press 2 to display only the screen for channel 2 Show multi screen Press the PREV button Manually switch screens Next screen right direction button Previous screen left direction button Auto switch Press Enter button Pl...

Page 57: ...trol interface of the selected camera Aux Monitor Switch to the auxiliary output mode and the operation for the main output is disabled If you enter Aux monitor mode and the Aux monitor is not connected the mouse operation is disabled you need to switch back to the Main output with the F1 button on front panel or VOIP MON button on IR remote control and then press the Enter button DS 7200 Series D...

Page 58: ...gs 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 you point the mouse to the bottom of the screen Figure 3 3 Quick Setting Toolbar Table 3 7 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons Icons Description Icons Description...

Page 59: ...r 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 to restore the default settings and click Copy to copy the image settings to other analog cameras Refer to the Chapte...

Page 60: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 59 Figure 3 6 Live View Strategy ...

Page 61: ...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 7 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 62: ...316HQHI SH and DS 8108 8116HQHI SH provide HDMI VGA and CVBS outputs and other models provide HDMI VGA and CVBS outputs for selection The DS 7300 SH and DS 8100 SH provide the Channel zero video output option for configuring the parameters 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 swi...

Page 63: ...hen double click 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 64: ...Manual Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Figure 3 10 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 11 Diagnostics Result Connect the camera to the device for the video quality diagnostics Three exceptio...

Page 65: ...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 3 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 3 12 Shutdown 4 Click Logout ...

Page 66: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 65 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls ...

Page 67: ... 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 68: ...Z protocol to HIKVISION 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 69: ...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 70: ...rresponding text field 5 Click the Call Preset button to call it When the Coaxitron camera dome connected and the PTZ protocol is selected to HIKVISION C Coaxitron you can call the preset 95 to enter the menu of the connected Coaxitron camera dome 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 the PTZ to differe...

Page 71: ... 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 72: ...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 73: ...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 74: ... 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 view mode 2 Click the button to show the one touch fu...

Page 75: ... 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 undefined preset will be skipped Park Patrol 1 The dome starts...

Page 76: ...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...

Page 77: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 76 Chapter 5 Recording Settings ...

Page 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...otion alarm motion alarm and VCA triggered 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 DS 7100 SH and DS 7200HGHI SH Other Models Figure 5 6 Record Schedule 2 Choose the camera you want to configure in the Camera dropdown list 3 Check...

Page 82: ...Start 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...

Page 83: ... 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 84: ... 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 85: ...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 86: ... Steps 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 recordi...

Page 87: ...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 88: ... for DS 7200 7300 8100 9000HQHI models DS 7100 SH does not support VCA 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...

Page 89: ... of VCA Alarm The PTZ 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 90: ...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 91: ...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 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...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 96: ... 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 97: ...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...

Page 98: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 97 Chapter 6 Playback ...

Page 99: ...s Choose a channel in live view mode and click the button in the quick setting toolbar In the instant playback mode only record files recorded during the last five minutes on this channel will be played back Figure 6 1 Instant Playback Interface 6 1 2 Playing Back by Normal Search Playback by Channel Enter the Playback interface Mouse right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback fro...

Page 100: ... mode the recorded files of the top left channel will be played back For the DS 7300 8100 9000 pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding camera during playback process Playback by Time Purpose Play back video files recorded in specified time duration Multi channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported Steps 1 Enter playback interface Menu Playback 2 Chec...

Page 101: ...following figure Figure 6 4 Playback Interface Click the channel s if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels Figure 6 5 Toolbar of Playback Table 6 1 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute Audio on Start Stop clipping Save clip s Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management ...

Page 102: ...ss bar to locate special frames 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 Playback by alarm input search is not supported by DS 7100 and DS 7200HGHI series DVR DS 7100 does not support VCA type Steps 1 Enter the playback interface Menu Playback 2...

Page 103: ...the 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 ...

Page 104: ...xample 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 7 You can click or button to select the previous or next event Please refer to Table 6 1 for the description of buttons on the toolbar 6 1 4 Playing Back by Tag Purpose Video tag allows you to record related information like people and location of a certain time ...

Page 105: ...s can be added to a single video file 3 Tag management Click button to check edit and delete tag s Figure 6 10 Tag Management Interface Steps 1 Select the Tag from the drop down list in the Playback interface 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 ...

Page 106: ...rough the less effective information When you select the smart playback mode the system will analyze the video containing motion or VCA information and mark it with green color on the playback process bar The filtering rule of record files and playback speed for the non related and related video can be configured on your demand The playback by smart search is not supported for IP cameras Steps 1 E...

Page 107: ... point of the line Intrusion Detection Click the button and specify 4 points to set a quadrilateral region for intrusion detection Only one region can be set Motion Detection Click the button and then click and draw the mouse to set the detection area manually You can also click the button to set the full screen as the detection area 5 Click the to search and then the result will be displayed as i...

Page 108: ... or schedule represents event recording represents smart search recording Table 6 2 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 after searching system logs Steps 1 Ente...

Page 109: ...type and click Search button Figure 6 15 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 110: ...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 17 Interface of External File Playback ...

Page 111: ...t panel Not supported by DS 7100 SH and DS 7200HGHI SH 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 9 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 rectangle and the image within it will b...

Page 112: ...ted 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 19 4 ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3 Click to play back the record files reversely ...

Page 113: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 112 Chapter 7 Backup ...

Page 114: ...sh 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 115: ...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 116: ...rt 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 ...

Page 117: ... 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 118: ... enter the Search Result interface Figure 7 8 Event 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 informatio...

Page 119: ...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 120: ...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 121: ...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 122: ...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 123: ...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 124: ...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...

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Page 126: ...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 127: ...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 128: ...larm 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 S...

Page 129: ... 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 130: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 129 Figure 8 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input ...

Page 131: ...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 132: ...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 133: ...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 134: ...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 135: ... Menu Camera VCA The selected camera must support the VCA function 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 bidirect...

Page 136: ...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 137: ...ttings 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 region the target object enters that can trigger the alarm For example when you set the percentage as 50 when the target enters half of the r...

Page 138: ...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 139: ...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 140: ...ecording resolution Record Exception No space for saving recorded files Steps 1 Enter Exceptions interface and handle various exceptions Menu Configuration Exceptions DS 7100HGHI SH and DS 7200HGHI SH 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 d...

Page 141: ...User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 140 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 142: ...udible 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 configur...

Page 143: ...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 144: ...f dwell 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 cl...

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Page 146: ...ral Settings Purpose Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu Configuration Network DS 8100 9000 SH DS 7100 and DS 7200HGHI Other Models Figure 9 1 Network Settings Interface ...

Page 147: ...ngs click the Apply button to save the settings Working Mode There are two 10M 100M 1000M NIC cards provided by the DS 8100HGHI HQHI SH series devices and it allows the device to work in the Multi address Load Balance and Net fault Tolerance modes Multi address Mode The parameters of the two NIC cards can be configured independently You can select LAN1 or LAN2 in the NIC type field for parameter s...

Page 148: ... address is dev ezviz7 com If you want to customize the server you can enable the Custom and enter the server address in the text field 4 Check the Enable EZVIZ Cloud P2P checkbox to activate this feature 5 If required check the Enable Stream Encryption checkbox to encrypt the video stream 6 Enter the verification code of the device The verification code consists of 6 capital letters and is locate...

Page 149: ...etwork access Prior registration with your ISP is required before configuring the system to use DDNS Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu Configuration Network 2 Select the DDNS tab to enter the DDNS Settings interface Figure 9 3 DDNS Settings Interface 3 Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature 4 Select DDNS Type Five different DDNS types are selectable IPServer DynDNS PeanutHu...

Page 150: ...omain obtained from the NO IP website www no ip com 3 Enter the User Name and Password registered in the NO IP website Figure 9 7 NO IP Settings Interface HiDDNS 1 Select the continent and country of the server on which the device is registered You can also select the Custom option for customized settings 2 The Server Address of the HiDDNS server is set by default www hik online com For the Custom...

Page 151: ...u can also enter the domain name directly on the DVR to create a new one Figure 9 8 HiDDNS Settings Interface Register the device on the HiDDNS server 1 Go to the HiDDNS website www hik online com Figure 9 9 Login Interface 2 Click to register an account if you do not have one and use the account to log in Figure 9 10 Register an Account ...

Page 152: ...r Alias refers to the Device Domain on the device or the Device Name on the HiDDNS server Example http www hik online com nvr If you mapped the HTTP port on your router and changed it to port No except 80 you have to enter http www hik online com alias HTTP port in the address bar to access the device You can refer to Chapter 11 2 8 for the mapped HTTP port No OPTION 2 Access the devices via iVMS ...

Page 153: ...ings Interface 3 Check the PPPoE checkbox to enable this feature 4 Enter User Name and Password for PPPoE access The User Name and Password should be assigned by your ISP 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings 6 After successful settings the system asks you to reboot the device to enable the new settings and the PPPoE dial up is automatically connected after reboot You can go to Menu Mainte...

Page 154: ...tes and the default value is 60 minutes If the DVR is connected to a public network you should use a NTP server that has a time synchronization function such as the server at the National Time Center IP Address 210 72 145 44 If the DVR is set in a more customized network NTP software can be used to establish a NTP server used for time synchronization 9 2 4 Configuring SNMP Purpose You can use SNMP...

Page 155: ...function to enable the fast connection of the device to the WAN via a router without port mapping Before you start If you want to enable the UPnP function of the device you must enable the UPnP function of the router to which your device is connected When the network working mode of the device is set as multi address the Default Route of the device should be in the same network segment as that of ...

Page 156: ...TSP 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 router The value of the RTSP port No should be 554 or between 1024 and 65535 while the value of the other ports should be between 1 and 65535 and the value must be different from each other If multiple devices are configured for the UPnP se...

Page 157: ...han the maximum number of cameras through network A multicast address spans the Class D IP range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 It is recommended to use the IP address ranging from 239 252 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 When adding a device to the CMS Client Management System software the multicast address must be the same as the device s multicast IP RTSP Port The RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol is a ...

Page 158: ... through the web browser Steps 1 Open web browser input the IP address of device and the web server will select the language automatically according to the system language and maximize the web browser 2 Input the correct user name and password and click Login button to log in the device 3 Enter the HTTPS settings interface Configuration Remote Configuration Network Settings HTTPS 4 Create the self...

Page 159: ...send an Email notification to all designated users if an event is detected e g an alarm or motion event is detected etc Before configuring the Email settings the DVR must be connected to a local area network LAN that maintains an SMTP mail server The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e mail accounts to which you want to send notif...

Page 160: ... Receiver The name of the receiver of the Email Receiver s Address The Email address of the receiver Enable Attached Pictures Check the checkbox of Enable Attached Picture if you want to send email with attached alarm images The interval is the time between two captures of the alarm images Interval The interval refers to the time between two actions of sending attached pictures E mail Test Sends a...

Page 161: ...ser Manual of Digital Video Recorder 160 Figure 9 28 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 162: ...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 163: ...Digital Video Recorder 162 Figure 9 30 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 164: ...k Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out Figure 9 32 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 33 Network Parameters Configuration 9 4 4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose You can check the network statistics to...

Page 165: ... Maintenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Statistics menu Figure 9 34 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 ...

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Page 167: ...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 168: ...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 169: ...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 170: ...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 171: ...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 172: ...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 173: ...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 174: ... 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 175: ... 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 176: ... 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 177: ...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 178: ...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 179: ...s below 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 DS 7300 8100 9000 series DVR Please refer to Chapter 8 8 Setting Alarm Response Actions Figure 10 25 Configure HDD Error Alarm 4 When the Trigger Alarm Output is ...

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Page 181: ...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 182: ...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 183: ...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...

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Page 185: ...the system information of the device Figure 12 1 System Information Interface This alarm information is not available for the DS 7100 and DS 7200HGHI 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 ...

Page 186: ...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 187: ... 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 188: ...d on your PC like adding or deleting 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 impo...

Page 189: ...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 190: ... 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 191: ... all parameters except the network including IP address subnet mask gateway MTU NIC working mode default route server port etc and user account parameters to the factory default settings Factory Defaults Restore all parameters to the factory default settings Restore to Inactive Restore the device to the inactive status 3 Click the OK button to restore the default settings The device will reboot au...

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Page 193: ... 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 DS 7100 and DS 7200 series Steps 1 Enter the RS 232 Settings interface Menu Configuration RS 232 Figure 13 1 RS 232 Settings Interface 2 Configure RS 2...

Page 194: ...CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL which must be the same with the video input standard DS 7100 DS 7200 DS 7324 7332HGHI and DS 8124 8132HGHI provide no CVBS output 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 sys...

Page 195: ...nter the General Settings interface Menu Configuration General 2 Choose DST Settings tab Figure 13 3 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 196: ...default No is 255 CVBS Output Brightness Adjust the video output brightness via the CVBS interface DS 7100 DS 7200 DS 7324 7332HGHI and DS 8124 8132HGHI 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 screen after 5 minutes of menu inactivity Menu Output Mode...

Page 197: ...ice for the first time The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters 13 5 1Adding a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User Figure 13 5 User Management Interface 2 Click the Add button to enter the Add User interface Figure 13 6 Add User Menu 3 Enter the information for new user including User Name Password Confirm Level ...

Page 198: ...wo way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating permission in Camera Configuration by default Guest The Guest user has no permission of Two way Audio in Remote Configuration and only has the local remote playback in the Camera Configuration by default User s MAC Address The MAC address of the remote PC which logs onto the NVR If it is configured and enabled it only allows the remote user wi...

Page 199: ... remote control panel signal Two way Audio Realizing two way radio between the remote client and the device Remote Alarm Control Remotely arming notify alarm and exception message to the remote client and controlling the alarm output Remote Advanced Operation Remotely operating HDD management initializing HDD setting HDD property upgrading system firmware clearing I O alarm output Remote Shutdown ...

Page 200: ...13 10 Figure 13 10 Edit User Interface 4 Edit the corresponding parameters Operator and Guest You can edit the user information including user name password permission level and MAC address Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password and input the new password in the text field of Password and Confirm A strong password is recommended Admin You are only allowed to edit ...

Page 201: ...ers and special characters in order to increase the security of your product And we recommend you reset your password regularly especially in the high security system resetting the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product 5 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the menu 6 For the Operator or Guest user account you can also click the button on te user management interf...

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Page 203: ...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 204: ... 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 205: ...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 206: ...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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