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User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 Hikvision® Netw ork Digital V ideo Recorder User Manual This ma nual, as w ell as the software described in it , is furnished under license and may be used or copied on ly in accordance with the terms of suc h license.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 2 Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 3 Regulator y informa tion FCC infor mation FCC compliance : This equipment has been tested and found to com p ly with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 4 Preventive and Ca utionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 5 Pr od uct Key Featur es General Connectable to the network cameras, network dome and encoders. Connectable to the third-party n etwork cameras like ACTI, Arecont , AXIS, Brickcom, Bosch, Canon, P ANASONIC, Pelco, SAMSUNG and SANYO, SONY , V ivotek and ZA V IO.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 6 8 recording time periods with separated recording ty pes. Pre-record and post-record for alarm , motion detection recording, and pre-record time for schedule and manual recording. Searching record files by events (alarm input/motion detection).
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 7 broken transfer resume. Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters. Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status. Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and m ouse.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 8 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Product K ey Feat ures ................................................................................................ ......... 5 Chapter 1 Intr oduction ...................................
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 9 Chapter 6 Playback ................................................................................................ .......... 70 6.1 Playing Back Record Fi les .................................................
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 10 9.4 Network Det ection .............................................................................................. 134 9.4.1 T esting Network Del ay and Pa cket Loss ........................................
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 11 Chapter 14 Appendix ....................................................................................................... 181 Glossary ........................................................................
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 12 Chapter 1 Intr od uction.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 13 1.1 Fr ont Panel The front panel of the device is shown in Figure 1.1. Figure 1. 1 Front Panel Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel No. Name Function Description 1 POWER POWER indicator turns green when device is powered up.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 14 1.2 IR Remote Contr ol Operati on s The device may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 2. Note: Batteries (2× AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1. 2 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones on the fr ont panel.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 15 In Playback mode, it can be used to generate video clips for back up. Enter/exit the folder of USB device. 5 A Button Adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu. It is also used to switch input methods (upper and lowercase alphabet, symbols and numeric input).
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 16 Troubleshooting Remote Control: Note: Make sure you have install ed batteries p roperly in the rem ote con trol. And you have to aim the remote control at the IR receiver in the front panel. If there is no response after you press any button on the rem ote , follow the procedure below to troubleshoot.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 17 1.3 USB Mouse O peration A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this device. To use a USB mous e: 1. P lug USB m ouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the device.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 18 1.4 Input Method Descrip tion Figure 1. 3 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft key board: Table 1.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 19 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 4 Rear Panel Table 1. 5 Description of Rear Panel No. Item Description 1 VIDEO IN BNC connector for analog video input. 2 VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. 3 AUDIO IN RCA connector for audio input.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 20 1.6 S tarting Up a nd Shutting Down the Devic e Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding th e life of the d evice.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 21 Chapter 2 Getting S tarted.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 22 2.1 Using the Wiz ard fo r Basic Configuratio n By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded, as shown in Figure 2.1. Figure 2. 1 Start Wizard Interface Op erating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 23 Figure 2. 3 Date and Time Setti ngs 6. Af ter the time settings, click which takes you to the Network Start Wizard window, as shown in Figure 2.4. Note: DS -7604HI-ST only supports 10 M/100M bps NIC ty pe. Figure 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 24 9. Click to enter the IP Camera Management window , as shown in F igure 2.6. Figure 2. 6 IP Camera Management 10. Click to search IP Cam era. Click to add IP Camera. 11. After finishing IP Ca mera settings , c lick to enter the Record Settings w indow.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 25 2.2 Adding and Connecting t he IP Cameras 2.2.1 Adding the Online IP Ca meras Purpose: HDVR can connect the network camera s and record th e video got from them. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cam eras to the conn ection list of the device.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 26 Note: If the user n ame and password are changed, the auto adding o f IP camera will fail, you may add it manually . • Manual S teps: 1. T o add the online cam eras with same network segment: 1) The detected online camera will be listed in the came ra list, as shown in th e figure below .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 27 3) Click Add to add the camera. Option 2: S teps: 1. En ter the Camera Management interf a ce. Menu> Camera> Camera Figure 2. 13 Main Menu Not e: In Analog Camera Management interface, the status of analog cameras displa y .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 28 Figure 2. 15 IP Camera Management 3. F or the encoders with multiple channels, check checkbox in the pop-up window to select the channels and click to finish adding. Figure 2. 16 Selecting Multiple Chann els 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 29 Figure 2. 17 Edit IP Camera 2. Cli ck to save the settings and exit the editing interfac e. T o edit more parameters: 1. Drag the h orizontal scroll bar to the right side and click the icon. Figure 2. 18 Advance Set-Network 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 30 Explanation of the button s: Get the latest status of the IP cameras. Delete all the IP cameras. Add all the detected IP camera s.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 31 Figure 2. 21 Configure Custom Protocol 5. S elect the custom protocol and enter the I P ad dress, user name and passw ord of the camera.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 32 Chapter 3 Live V iew.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 33 3.1 Intr oduction of Live V iew Live view shows you the video imag e getting from each camera in real time. The device automatically enters Live View mode when powered on.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 34 3.2 Operations in Li ve V iew Mode In live view mode, there are many functions p rovided. Some of the functions are listed below. • Single Screen : showing only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 35 Note: The dwell time of the live view configuration must be set before u sing S tart Auto-sw itch . Refer to Chapter 3.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 36 Figure 3. 2 Quick Setting Toolbar Table 3. 4 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons Icons Description Icons Description Icons Description / Enable/Disable.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 37 Figure 3. 4 Image Settings fo r Analog Camera You can adjust the image parameters, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue , sharpness and denoising. You can also click to restore the default settings and click to copy the image settings to other analog channels.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 38 3.3 Adjusting Li ve V iew Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interf a ce, dwell time for screen to be shown, m ute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 39 To set the camera order: 1) Select View tab. 2) Select a Video Output Interface and select a screen layout . 3) Click to select a screen in the right region and double-click to select a channel in the left reg ion .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 40 3.4 User Logout Purpose: After logging ou t, the monitor turns to the live view mode an d if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: 1. Enter th e Shutdown m enu.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 41 Chapter 4 PTZ Contr ol s.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 42 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the P TZ param eters should be done before you control the PTZ camera. Before you start: Check that the analog PTZ camera and the device are connected properly through RS-485 interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 43 4.2 Setting PTZ P resets, Patr ols & Patterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 44 4.2.2 Calling Presets Purpose: This feature enables the came ra to point to a specified position such as a window when an event takes place. Call preset in the PTZ setting interface: S teps: 1. Enter th e PTZ Control interfa ce.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 45 2. Choo se C am era in the list on the menu. 3. Doub le-click the preset y o u want to call in the Preset list. 4.2.3 Custo mizing Patr ols Purpose: Patrols can be set to move the PTZ to diff erent key points and have it stay there f or a set duration b efore m o ving on to the next key poin t.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 46 5. Click to save the key p oint to the patrol. Repeat the above steps to add more key points. You can also click to delete the correspondi ng ke y point and click to delete all the key points . Figure 4. 8 KeyPoints Deletion 4.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 47 Figure 4. 10 PTZ Panel- Patrol 4.2.5 Custo mizing Patterns Purpose: Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PTZ. Y ou can call the pattern to make the PTZ move ment according to the predefined path.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 48 4.2.6 Call ing Patterns Purpose: Follow the procedure to move the PTZ camera according to the predefined patterns. Calling pattern in the PTZ setting inter face Steps: 1. Enter th e PTZ Control interfa ce. Menu> Camera> PTZ> More Settings 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 49 4.3 PTZ Contr ol Panel In th e Live V ie w mode, you can press the PTZ Control button on the front panel or o n the remote control, or choose the PTZ Control icon to enter the PTZ panel. Note: In P TZ control mode, the PTZ panel will display when a mouse is connected with th e device.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 50 Chapter 5 Recording S ettings.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 51 Note: The interfaces of the device are subject to the actual model. 5.1 Configuring E ncoding Param eters Purpose: By configuring the encoding parameters you can define the parameters w hich affect the image quality, such as transmission stream type, the resolution and so on.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 52 2. Encoding Parameters for Recording 1) Select Record tab to configure t he p arameters o f main stream. Y o u can configure th e stream t ype, resolution, video quality , etc. • Pre-r ecord: The time you set to record before the sched uled ti me or event.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 53 Figure 5. 5 Copy Camera Settings 3. Encoding Parameters for Sub -stream 1) Select Sub stream tab to set the param eters of sub -stream. Configure the stream t ype, resolution, frame rate, etc. Figure 5. 6 Sub-stream Encoding 2) Click to save the settings.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 54 5.2 Configuring Recor d Schedule Purpose: Set the rec ord schedule, and th en the camera au tomatically starts/sto ps recording accordin g to th e configured schedule. Steps: 1. Enter th e Record Schedule interf ace.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 55 Figure 5. 9 Edit Schedule 5) T o arrange oth er schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End tim e and T ype . Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day . And the time p eriods can’t be overlapped each other .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 56 T ask 2 : Draw the Schedule S teps: 1) Click to select a record type, including Continuous, Motion, Alarm, M | A, M & A and Non e.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 57 Schedule interface to save the settings. Figure 5. 14 Copy Schedule to Other Cha nnels.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 58 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recor ding Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion d etection p aram eters. In the live view mode, on ce a motion detection event takes place, the device can analyze it and perform some response actions to handle it.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 59 3. En ter Record Schedule settings interface (Menu> Record> Schedule>Record ). For detailed information about record schedule settings, refer to step 2 in Chapter 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule. Note: Y ou need to select the T y pe as Motion in record schedule settings.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 60 5.4 Configuring Alarm T rigger ed Recording Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording. S teps: 1. En ter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 18 Alarm Settings 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 61 Figure 5. 20 Alarm Settings 5) Check the checkbox to choose the alarm tri ggered recording channel. 6) Click to save settings. 7) Click to back to the upper level me nu. 8) Click in the Alarm Input interface to save the settings.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 62 5.5 Configuring Manu al Recording Purpose: Follow the steps to set parameters for the m anu al recording. Using ma nual recording, you n eed to manually cancel the recording. The m anual recording is prior to the scheduled recording.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 63 5.6 Configuring Holi day Recording Purpose: Y ou may want to have diffe rent plan for recording on holiday . Follow the steps to configure th e record schedule on holiday for that year . Note: The priority of holiday schedule is higher than any other schedule.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 64 There are th ree different modes for the date forma t to config ure holiday sch edule, incl uding Date, W eek and Month. 4) Set the start and end date. 5) Click to save settings. 6) Click to exit the Edit interfa ce.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 65 5.7 Configuring Redund an t Recordin g Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving th e record files no t only in the R/W (read/write) HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will eff ectively enhance the data safety and reliability .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 66 Figure 5. 32 Record Parameters 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Check checkbox to enable redundant recordin g. 4) Click to save settings. Repeat the above steps 2) -4) for configuring o ther chan nels.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 67 5.8 Configuring HDD Gr oup for Recording Purpose: Y ou can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. S teps: 1. En ter HDD setting interfac e. Menu>HDD Figure 5. 33 HDD General 2. S elect Advanced on the left bar .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 68 5.9 Files Pr otection Purpose: Y ou ca n lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Rea d -only to protect th e recor d f iles fro m being overwritten. T ask 1: Protec t file by locking the record files: S teps: 1.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 69 Figure 5. 37 Unlocking Attention T ask 2: Protec t file by setting HDD property to Read-only Note: T o edit HDD property , y ou need to set the storage mode of th e HDD to Group. S ee C hapter 1 0.3 Managing HDD Gr oup.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 70 Chapter 6 Playback.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 71 6.1 Playing Back Record File s 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a spec ific channel in the live view mode.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 72 Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View 2. P layback management. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing progress, as shown in Figure 6.3. Figure 6. 3 Playback Interface Click the channel(s) if you want to execute synchronous playback of multiple channels.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 73 Table 6. 1 Detailed Explanation of Pla yback Inte rface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on /Mute / Start/S top cli.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 74 The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process, as shown in Figure 6. 6. Figure 6. 6 Interface of Playback by Time Figure 6. 7 Toolbar of Playback by Tim e Note: The indicates the start/end time of the record.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 75 Note: Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the prog ress bar or drag the progress bar to locate specific frames. 6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose: Play back record files on one or severa l channels searched out by restricting event type (e.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 76 If you want to play back rec orded files associated with motion detection, choose Motion as event type, edit the Start time and End time and click to search the related re cord file(s). Figure 6. 10 Video Search by Motion 5.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 77 Figure 6. 11 Interface of Playback by Ev ent Figure 6. 12 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6. 3 Detailed Explanation of Play back - by -event Interface Butt.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 78 6.1.4 Playing Back by T ag Purpose: Video tag allows you to record related inform ation like people and location of a certain time point during playback. You are also allowed to use video tag(s) to search for record files and position time point.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 79 Figure 6. 14 Tag Management Interfac e Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Click and select to enter the Tag Playback interface. 3. Choo se channels, edit the Start an d End ti me , and click to enter Search Result interface .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 80 Figure 6. 16 Interface of Playbac k by Tag Figure 6. 17 Toolbar of Playback by Tag Table 6. 4 Detailed Explanation of Play back - by -tag Interface Button Ope.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 81 6.1.5 Playing Back by Sea r ching System Lo g Purpose: Play back record file(s) associated with channels after sea rchin g system logs. Steps: 1. Enter Log Information interface. Menu>Maintenance>Log Information>Log Search Figure 6.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 82 Figure 6. 20 Interface of Playback by Log 6.1.6 Playing Back External Files Purpose: Perform the following step s to search and play back record files stored in th e external storage devices, e.g., USB flash drives, USB HDDs.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 83 6.2 Auxiliary Functions o f Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check image details of the video when abnormal eve nts happen . Steps: Go to Playback interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 84 Figure 6. 23 Interface of Playback by Time 2. Click the o n the playback control toolbar to enter Smart Search mode. 3. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s) . You can click button to set the full screen as targ et searching area.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 85 Figure 6. 25 Smart Search Result Figure 6. 26 Toolbar of Smart Search Pla yback Note: The indicates the start/end time of the record.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 86 6.2.3 Digital Zoom Steps: 1. Enter th e Play b ack interface and play a rec ord file. Refer to Chapter 6.1.2 for the detailed information about searching and playback of the record files. 2. Click the on the play back control toolbar to enter Digital Zoom mode.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 87 Figure 6. 28 4-ch Synchronous Playbac k Interface 3. Click to play back the record files re versely..
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 88 Chapter 7 Backup.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 89 7.1 Backing up Record Fil es Before you st art: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Quick Expo rt Purpose: Export record files to backup device(s) quickly. Steps: 1. Enter Vid eo Export interf ace.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 90 Figure 7. 2 Quick Export using USB1 -1 Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported. Figure 7. 3 Export Finished 3. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and click button to check it.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 91 Figure 7. 4 Checkup of Quick Export Result Using USB1 -1 7.1.2 Backing up by No rmal V ideo Search Purpose: The record files can be backup to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer) and DVD-R/W .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 92 Click button to play the record file if you wa nt to check it. Check the checkbox before the record files y ou want to back up. Note: Th e size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower -left corner of the window.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 93 Figure 7. 8 Export by Normal Vid eo Search using USB Writer Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop - up message box “Export finished ”. Figure 7. 9 Export Finished 5. Check backup result.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 94 Figure 7. 11 Checkup of Export Resul t using USB Writ er 7.1.3 Backing up by Ev ent Search Purpose: Back up event-related record files u sing USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), or DVD-R/W. Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 95 2. Select record files to export. 1) Select an alarm input in the list and click to enter Export interface. 2) Clicking will take you to the interfac e with detailed information of all channels triggered by the selected alarm input.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 96 Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop - up message “Export finished ”. Figure 7. 15 Export Finished 4. Check backup result. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically durin g rec ord file export.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 97 Figure 7. 17 Interface of Playback by Time 4. Click to save video clips and enter Ex port interface, or click No t o quit and do not save video clips. Figure 7. 18 Attention to Video Clip Savi ng 5. Export. Click and start backup.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 98 Figure 7. 19 Export Video Clips Usin g USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop - up message “Export finished ”. Figure 7. 20 Export Finished 6. Check backup result.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 99 7.2 Managing Backup De vices Management of USB flash drives and USB HDDs. Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interfac e of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click to enter Search Result interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 100 Note: If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click . • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility f rom vendo r. Figure 7. 24 USB Flash Drive Manage ment Management of USB writers and DVD-R/W 1.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 101 Figure 7. 26 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Back up device management. Click if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD. Note: There must be a re -writable CD/DVD when you make this operation.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 02 Chapter 8 Alarm Settin gs.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 103 8.1 Setting Motion De tection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface and choose a cam era you want to set motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Set tings Interface 2. Set detection area and sensitivity.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 104 4. Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab and set arming schedule of the channel. Choose one d ay o f a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day. S et up arming schedu le of other days of a week.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 105 Figure 8. 6 Copy Settings of Motion Detection.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 106 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms Purpose: You can s et handling method of an external sensor alarm. Note: DS -7600HI-ST series HDVR only supports the sensor alarm of the I PC that connected to it. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Settings interface and select an alarm input.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 107 Figure 8. 9 Set Arming Schedul e of Alarm Input 5. Select Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of the alarm input ( please refe r to Ch apter 8.6 ). 6. If necessary, select PTZ Linking tab and set PTZ linkage of the alarm input.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 108 Figure 8. 11 Copy Settings of Alarm Inpu t.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 109 8.3 Detecting V ideo Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interface and select a channel you want to detect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 10 Click to save the settings and click to complete the video loss se ttings of the channel. 5. If you want to set video loss handling method for another channel, repeat the above steps or just click in Video Loss interface to copy the above settings to it.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 111 8.4 Detecting V ideo T ampering Purpose: Trigger alarm and take alarm respon se action(s) when the lens is covere d. Steps: 1. Enter Video Tampering interface and select a channel you wa nt to detect video tampering.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 12 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of video tam pering alarm (p lease refer to Ch apter 8.6 ). Click to save the settings and c lick to complete the video tampering settings of the channel.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 13 8.5 Handling Exc eptions Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling m ethod o f various exce ptions, e.g. HDD Full: The HDD is full. HDD Error: Writing HDD error, unforma tted HDD, etc. Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 14 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Alarm respon se actions will be activated when an alarm o r exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 15 Click to set the arming schedule of alar m o utput. Choose one day of a week and u p to 8 time periods can be set within each day. Note: Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8. 20 Set Arming Schedul e of Alarm Output 3.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 16 8.7 T riggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually Purpose: Sensor alarm can be triggered or cleared manually. If “Manually Clear” is selected in th e dropdown list of dwell time of an alarm output, the alarm can be cleared only by clicking button in the following interfac e.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 17 Chapter 9 Network Setting s.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 18 9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate device over network. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Figure 9.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 19 9.2 Configuring Advanced Setti ngs 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: Y our device also allows access by Point- to -Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). S teps: 1. En ter the Network Settings interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 120 Figure 9. 4 DDNS Settings Interface 3. Ch eck checkbox to enable DDNS . 4. S elect DDNS Type . Five different DDNS types are selectable: IP Server, DynDNS , PeanutHull, NO - IP and Hi DDNS . • IPServer: Enter Server Address for IPS erver , and other fields are read only.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 121 Figure 9. 7 Peanut Hull Settings I nterface • NO -IP: Enter the account information in the corresponding f ields. 1) Enter Server Address for NO - IP . 2) In the Device Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the NO -IP website (www.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 122 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 3) In th e Device Managem ent interface, click to register the device.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 123 User Name : Enter the user name of the device. By default it is admin. Password : Enter the password of the device. By default it is 12345. Figure 9. 12 Access Device via iVMS4200 5. Cli ck to save and exit the interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 124 9.2.4 Configuring SNMP Setting s Purpose: Y ou can use SNMP protocol to get device sta tus and parameters related information. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interfa ce. Menu > Configuration > Network 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 125 Default Route of the device should be in the same network segment as that of the LAN IP add ress of the router . S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interfa ce. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the UPnP tab to enter the UPnP ™ interface .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 126 the port No. for each device should be unique. Figure 9. 18 External Port Settings Dia log Box 2) Click to save the settings. 3) Y ou can click to get the latest status of the port m apping. Figure 9. 19 UPnP ™ Settings Finish ed-Manual 9.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 127 3. Enter Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port in the text fields. The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS (Client Management System) software (e.g., iVMS-4200) is installed, and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monitoring port configured in the software.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 128 The R TSP (Real T ime Streaming P rotocol) is a network contro l protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 129 The HTTP p ort is used for rem ote IE access. 9.2.10 Co nfiguring HTTPS Se ttings Purpose: HTTPS (Hy p er Text Transfer Protocol Secure) ensures the data tra nsferred is encrypted u sing Secure Socket Layer (SSL) o r Transport Layer Security (TLS) .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 130 Figure 9. 26 High -speed Download S ettings 3. Check checkbox to enable the High-speed Download and the following message box pops up. Click to confirm the settings Note: If you enable the high-speed download function, the local menu operation will be affec ted.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 131 Figure 9. 28 Network Settings Interface 3. Click to save the settings. 4. Select the E m ail tab to enter the Email Settings interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 132 Interval: The interval refers to the time betwee n two actions o f sending attached pictures. Figure 9. 30 Configure Email Settings 6. Click to save the Email settings. 7. You can click to test whether your Email settings work.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 133 9.3 Checking Network T raffic Purpose: Y ou can check the netw o rk traff ic to obtain real-time information of device su ch as li nking st atus, MT U, sending/receiving rate, etc. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network T raffic interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 134 9.4 Network Detection Purpose: Y ou can obtain n etwork connecting status of d evice through the network detection function, including network delay , packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 T esting Netwo rk Delay and Packet Loss S teps: 1.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 135 3. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. Note: Click if the connected local back up device cannot be displayed. When it fails to detect the backup device, please check whether it is compatible with the device.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 136 9.4.3 Checking Netw ork S tatus Purpose: Y ou can also check the network status and quick se t the network parameters in this interface. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network T raffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 137 Figure 9. 39 Network Parameters Conf iguration 9.4.4 Checking Netw ork S tatistics Purpose : Y ou can check the network statistics to obtain the real-time information of the device. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Statistics interf ace.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 138 Chapter 10 HD D Ma nagement.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 139 10.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used w ith your device. Note: If there is uninitialized HDD existed in the device, the follow ing message box pops up when the device starts up.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 140 Figure 10. 3 Confirm Initialization 4. Select to start initialization. Figure 10. 4 Start Initialization 5. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change f rom Uninitialized to Normal .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 141 10.2 Managing Netw ork HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of I P SAN to device, and use it as network HDD. S teps: 1. En ter the HDD Inform ation in terface. Menu > HDD > General Figure 10.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 142 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click to search the available NAS disks. 3) Select the NAS disk from the list shown below. Or you can just manually enter the directo ry in the text field of NetHDD Directory.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 143 Note: If the added NetHDD is uninitialized, please select it and click for initialization. Figure 10. 10 Initialize Added NetHDD.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 144 10.3 Managing HD D Gr oup 10.3.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. S teps: 1. Enter th e Storage Mode interf ace.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 145 Figure 10. 13 Local HDD Settings Interfa ce 7. Select the Group number for the current HDD. Note: The default group No. for eac h HDD is 1. 8. Click to confirm the settings. Figure 10. 14 Confirm HDD Group Settin gs 9.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 146 Figure 10. 15 Set HDD Property 3. Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-o nly or Redundancy . 4. Click to save the settings and exit the interface . 5. In th e HDD Inf ormation menu, the HDD property will be displaye d in the list.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 147 10.4 Configuring Quota M ode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. S teps 1. Enter th e Storage Mode interf ace. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the M ode to Quota, as show n in Figure 1 0 .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 148 Figure 10. 18 Copy Settings to Othe r Camera (s) 6. Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same quota settings. You can also click the che ckbox of Analog or IP Camera to select all cameras. 7. Click to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 149 10.5 Checking HDD S tatus Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on device so as to take imme diate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD S tatus in HDD Information Interface S teps: 1.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 150 10.6 Checking S.M.A. R.T . Infor mation Purpose: The S.M.A.R.T . ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reportin g T echnology ) is a monitoring system for HDD to d etect a nd report on various indicators o f reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 151 10.7 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: Y ou can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. S teps: 1. Enter th e Bad Sector Detection interf ace. Menu>Maintenance>HDD Detect>Bad Sector Detection Figure 10.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 152 10.8 Configuring HDD Err or Alarms Purpose: Y ou can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitiali zed or Abnormal . S teps: 1. Enter th e Exce ption interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 153 Chapter 11 Came ra Setting s.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 154 11.1 Configuring OSD Set tings Purpose: Y ou can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera , including date /time, camera name, etc. S teps: 1. Enter th e OSD Conf iguration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 155 checkbox to select all cameras. 3) Click to finish the Copy settings and back to the OSD Configuration interfa ce.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 156 11.2 Configuring Pri vacy Mask Purpose: Privacy mask enables you to co ve r certain areas o n the live video to prevent certain spots in the surveillance area from being live viewed and recorded. S teps: 1. Enter th e Privacy Mask Se ttings interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 157 11.3 Configuring V ideo Parameters S teps: 1. Enter th e Imag e Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Image Figure 11.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 158 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. Select the mode from the dropdown list of Mode . For analog cameras, four modes are selectable: Standard, Indoor, Dim Light and Outdoor. While for network cameras, only Customize is supported.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 159 Chapter 12 Device Ma nagement and Maintenance.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 160 12.1 V iewing Syste m Information 12.1.1 V iew ing Device Infor mation S teps: 1. Enter th e Sy stem Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S ystem Info 2. Click the Device Info tab to enter the Device Information interface to view the device name, model, serial No.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 161 12.1.3 V iew ing Record Information S teps: 1. Enter th e Sy stem Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S ystem Info 2. Click the Record tab to enter the Record Information in terface to view the recording status and encoding parameters of each came ra.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 162 2. Cli ck the Network tab to enter the Network Information interface to view the network information. Figure 12. 5 Network Information In terface 12.1.6 V iew ing HDD Info rmation S teps: 1. Enter th e Sy stem Information interface.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 163 12.2 Sear ching & Exporting Log Files Purpose: The operation, alarm, ex ception , information and running status of the device can be stored in log files, w hich can be viewed and exported at any time. S teps: 1.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 164 Figure 12. 8 Log Search Results 5. You can click of each log or double-click the log to view its detailed information. And you can also click the button to view the related video files if a vailable. Figure 12.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 165 Figure 12. 11 Export Log Files 8. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name . 9. Click to export the log files to the selected backup device. You can click to create new folder in the backup device, or click to form at the backup device before log export.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 166 12.3 Importing/Exportin g Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the device can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one device can be imported to multiple device device s if they are to be configured with the same parameters.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 167 12.4 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your device can be upgraded by local backup device or rem ote F TP server . 12.4.1 Upg rading by Local Backup Devic e S teps: 1. Conn ect your device with a local backup d evice w here the update firmware file is located.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 168 Figure 12. 14 FTP Upgrade Interface 3. Enter th e FTP Serve r Address (the IP add ress of the PC that runs th e FTP server) in the text field. 4. Click to start upgrading. 5. After the upgrading is co mplete, re boot the device to activate the new firmware.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 169 12.5 Restoring Default Set tings S teps: 1. En ter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 12.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 170 Chapter 13 Others.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 171 13.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the BNC output standard, HDMI/VGA output resolution, mouse pointer speed, etc. S teps: 1. En ter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 172 13.2 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. En ter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Ch oos e DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 2 DST Settings Interface You can check checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 173 13.3 Configuring Mor e Settings S teps: 1. En ter the Ge n eral Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Cli ck the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interf ace. Figure 13. 3 More Settings Interface 3.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 174 13.4 Managing Use r Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the dev ice: Admin istrator . The Administrator user nam e is admin and the password is 12345 . The Administrator has th e p erm ission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 175 • Operator: The Operator user level has permission of Local Log Sea rch in Local Configuration, Remote Log Search and Two-way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating perm issio n in Camera Configuration.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 176 • Local Camera Management: Enabling and disabling analog camera (s). Adding, deleting and editing of network camera (s). • Local Advanced Operation: Operating HDD manageme nt (in itializing HDD, setting HDD property), upgrading system firmware, clearing I/O alarm output.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 177 Figure 13. 8 Delete a User 3. Cli ck to delete the selected user. 13.4.3 Editing a User S teps: 1. En ter the User Management interface. Menu > Configuration > User 2. S elect the user to be edited from the list.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 178 Figure 13. 10 Edit User Interface 4. Ed it the user informa tion, in cluding user nam e, password, level and MAC address. Note: If you want to change the password of the user, check checkbox to enable changing the password.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 179 Figure 13. 12 Change Password 3. En ter the old password, check checkbox, enter new passw ord and confirm password on the menu.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 180 13.5 Lo gg ing out/Shutting down/Rebooti ng Device Steps: 1. Enter th e Shutdown interfa ce. Menu > Shutdown Figure 13. 13 Shutdown Menu 2. Click to log out, or Click to shut down the device, or Click to reboot the device.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 181 Chapter 14 Append ix.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 182 Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally w hile transmitting a lower resolution stream ove r th e network.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 183 T roubles hoot ing No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally . Possible Reasons a) No VGA or HDMI connections. b) Conn ection cable is dam aged. c) In put mode of the monitor is inco rrect.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 184 2) If not, please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process. The status of the added IPC displays as “ Disconnected ” when it is connected through the protocol of our company. Select “ Menu>Camera>Camera>IP Camera ” to get the camera status.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 185 shows as Connected; and then you connect th e HDVR with the monitor via VGA or HDMI interface and reboot the device, there is black scre en w ith the mo use cursor.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 186 4. Ch eck 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 HDVR is playing back by single or m ulti -channel IPC.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 18 7 List of IP Cameras Compatible List of Hik vision IP Cameras Com patible Note: For the list, our company holds right to interpret. T ype Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio HD Network Camera DS -2CD883F-E V4.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 188 T ype Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio DS -2CD7164-E V4.1.0 buil d 1301 11 1280× 720 √ × DS -2CD764FWD- E(I) V4.1.0 buil d 1301 11 1280× 720 √ √ DS -2CD8264FWD -E(I ) V4.1.0 buil d 1301 11 1280× 720 √ √ DS -2CD2012-I V4.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 189 T ype Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio DS -2CD976-V(B) DS -2CD976(C) V3.1.0 buil d120423 1600× 1200 × × DS -2CD976-V(C) V3.1.0 buil d120423 1600× 1200 × × DS -2CD977(B) DS -2CD977(C) V3.1 buil d 120423 1920× 1080 × × DS -2CD986A(B) V3.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 190 T ype Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio DS -6604HCI DS -6601HFI DS -6602HFI DS -6604HFI V1.2.0 buil d 120215 704× 576 × √.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 191 List of Thir d-party IP Ca meras Com patible Note: ONVIF co mpatibility refers to the camera can be supported bo th when it us es the ONVIF protocol and its private protocols. Only ONVIF i s supported refers to the camera can only be supported when it us es the ONVIF protocol.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 192 IPC Manufac t urer or Protocol Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio compatibility ) WFB- 100Ap V3.1.0.9 1280× 800 × √ Canon VB -M400 V er .+1.0.0 1280× 960 × √ VB -M6000D V er .+1.0.0 1280× 960 × × VB -M7000F V er .
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 193 IPC Manufac t urer or Protocol Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio SAMSUNG (ONVIF compatibility ) SNB-5000P V2.00_1 10727 1280× 1024 √ (Only O NVIF is supported) √ SANYO VCC-HD 2300P 2.03-02(1 10318-00) 1920× 1080 × × VCC-HD 2500P 2.
User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 194.
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