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1. After the import process is completed you must reboot the DVR E NoTE After having finished the import of configuration files the device will reboot automatically 165 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12 4 Upgrading System Purpose The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server 12 4 1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps 1 2 4 5 6 Connect your DVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located Enter the Upgrade interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Upgrade Click the Local Upgrade tab to enter the local upgrade menu as shown in Figure 12 12 Refresh hs MA digicap mav 18 299KB File 2012 04 18 71 06 44 Figure 12 12 Local Upgrade Interface Select the update file from the backup device Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading After the upgrading is complete reboot the DVR to activate the new firmware 12 4 2 Upgrading by FTP Before you start Configure PC running FTP server and DVR to the same Local Area Network Run the 3 party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root directory of TFTP Steps 1 Enter the Upgrade interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Upgrade Click the FTP tab to enter the local upgrade interface as shown in Figure 12 13 Local Upgrade Figure 12 13 FTP Upgrade Interface 3 Enter the FTP Server Address in the text field Click the Upgrade button
2. Full Frame 135 4096 1280 720 HD Normal Normal Figure 12 3 Record Information Interface 12 1 4 Viewing Alarm Information E This function is only supported by DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST series DVR Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt System Info 2 Click the Alarm tab to enter the Alarm Information menu to view the alarm information as shown in Figure 12 4 N C N C N C N C Not supported Figure 12 4 Alarm Information Interface 12 1 5 Viewing Network Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt System Info 2 Click the Network tab to enter the Network Information menu to view the network information as shown in Figure 12 5 161 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder iPv4 Address 172 8 2 250 IPy4 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 IPy4 Default Gateway 172 8 2 1 IP 6 Address 1 fe80 240 48ff fe4c Tff 7 64 IPv6 Address 2 IPv6 Default Gateway Preferred DNS Server 192 0 0 200 Alternate DNS Server Enable DHCP Disabled Enable PPPOE Disabled PPPOE Address PPPOE Subnet Mask PPPOE Default Gateway Main NIC DS 8100HFHI ST IPv4 Address 172 6 23 216 IPv4 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 IPv4 Default Gateway 172 6 23 1 IPv6 Address 1 fe80 8ee 7 48ff fe24 4214 64 IPv6 Address 2 iPv6 Default Gateway Preferred DNS Server 0 0 0 0 Alternate DNS Server 0 0 0 0 Enable DHCP Disabled Enable PPPOE Disabled PPPOE
3. Management and maintenance of backup devices Alarm and Exception Configurable arming time of alarm input output Alarm for video loss motion detection tampering abnormal signal video input recording resolution mismatch illegal login network disconnected IP confliction record exception HDD error and HDD full etc Alarm triggers full screen monitoring audio alarm notifying surveillance center sending email and alarm output Automatic restore when system is abnormal Other Local Functions O Users can operate by mouse and remote control O Three level user management admin user can create many operating account and define their Operating permission which includes the permission to access any channel O Completeness of operation alarm exceptions and log writing and searching O Manually triggering and clearing alarms O Importing and exporting of configuration file of devices O Getting cameras type information automatically Network Functions Oo self adaptive 10M 1I00M _ network interface for DS 7204HFHI SL 2 self adaptive 10M 100M 1000M network interfaces for DS 81 00HFHI ST series and various working modes are configurable multi address load balance network fault tolerance etc and 1 self adaptive 10M 100M 1000M network interface for other models O I Pv6 is supported e TCP IP protocol PPPoE DHCP DNS DDNS NTP SADP SMTP SNMP NES iSCSI and UPnP are supported O TCP UDP and RIP for unic
4. Figure 3 3 Right click Menu on CVBS Output Monitor 4 On the pop up message box click Yes to restart the device to enable the CVBS output as the main output S NOTE You can select the Menu Output Mode under Menu gt Configuration gt More Settings to Auto or HDMI VGA and then restart the device to switch the main output back to HDMI VGA output 3 2 5 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 OR SNe _ ME E Figure 3 4 Quick Setting Toolbar Table 3 5 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons lA Playback only shows the record in last five minutes If no record is found it means there is no 39 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder record during the last five minutes DR Zoom can zoom in the selected area to the full screen Click and draw to select the area to zoom in as shown in Figure 3 5 tee Figure 3 5 Digital Zoom 40 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 3 Channel zero Encoding This chapter is only applicable to DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST Purpose Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS Client Management System software in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality channel zero encoding 1s supported as an option for you Steps 1 Enter the Live View Settings
5. Function Description channels In PTZ eN AA mode it can control the movement of the PTZ eN AA The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu errar can Tt can also be used to tick checkbox fields 00 be used to tick checkbox fields ENTER In In Playback mode it can be used to play or pause the video mode it can be used to play or pause the video In Pree erent aia darian balan frame Playback mode pressing the button will advance the video a nn a single frame In Auto switch mode it can be used to In Auto switch mode it can be used to stop start auto switch start auto switch LJ m HIK VISION POWER READY STATUS ALARM HDD END 1 2 ABC 3 DEF 4 GH SIKL CA 6 MNO 7 PORS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ Figure 1 4 Front Panel of DS 7300HFHI ST Table 1 3 Description of Front Panel No Name Function Description POWER Power indicator lights in green when DVR is powered up Ready indicator is normally green indicating that the DVR is READY e functioning properly Indicator turns green when DVR is controlled by an IR remote control with the address from 1 254 Indicator turns red when the SHIFT button is used Indicator does not light when the DVR is controlled by a keyboard or by the IR remote control with the address of 255 Indicator turns green when the DVR is controlled by IR remote STATUS control with the address from 1 254 and keyboard at the same time and the SHIFT button 1s not used
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7. 126 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder NO IP Figure 9 7 NO IP Settings Interface e HiDDNS 1 The Server Address of the HiDDNS server appears by default www hik online com 2 Enter the Device Domain Name You can use the alias you registered in the HiDDNS server or define a new device domain name If a new alias of the device domain name is defined in the DVR it will replace the old one registered on the server You can register the alias of the device domain name in the HiDDNS server first and then enter the alias to the Device Domain Name in the DVR you can also enter the domain name directly on the DVR to create a new one HiDDNS www hik online com Figure 9 8 HiDDNS Settings Interface Register the device on the HiDDNS server 1 Go to the HiDDNS website www hik online com 2 Click Besistermew user to register an account if you do not have one and use the account to log in Register new user Figure 9 9 Register an Account 3 In the Device Management interface click Lada to register the device 127 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Add Device dvr Device Serial DS DVR V2000678677 8a6tts0t Figure 9 10 Register the Device nore The device name can only contain the lower case English letter numeric and and it must start with the lower case English letter and cannot end with Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software After having successfully regist
8. 8 Export Finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it NOTE The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Export Refresh g1 Folder 06 23 2011 20 07 22 Backu Folder 06 23 2011 20 07 28 E Export record files to me OKB File 06 23 2011 20 07 53 El Welcome to use backup OKB File 06 23 2011 20 07 36 BH ch03 _20110623000000 26 MB File 06 23 2011 20 15 02 E ch03_20110623042932 280MB File 06 23 2011 20 11 14 E ch03_20110623091403 4 423KB File 06 23 2011 20 11 20 1cho3 r 99391 AB File 6 93 7 A ch03_20110623113325 110MB File 06 23 2011 20 12 54 BH chO3_20110623132800 18 36 7KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 02 E ch03_20110623134743 37 305KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 12 B player exe 608KB File 06 23 2011 20 09 40 Pe ee dee A nn hin nti nn MO Fita MOL MA ANAA 44 49 Al lt el gt 0 OS gt New Folder Format Cancel Figure 7 9 Checkup of Export Result using USB Flash Drive 94 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder USB CD DYD RW v Refresh Folder 06 23 2011 20 07 22 cku Folder 06 23 2011 20 07 28 Al Export record files to me OKB File 06 23 2011 20 07 98 E Welcome to use backup OKB File 06 23 2011 20 07 36 Bch03 20110623000000 267MB File 06 23 2011 20 15 0 E ch03_201 10623042932 280MB File 06 23 2011 20 11 14 E ch03_201 1062309140 4 423KB File 06 23 2011 20 11 20 C cho2 2011062309232 127MB Fil
9. A lt 4 A lt 4 A lt 4 A lt 4 A lt 5 07 29 2013 10 58 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 16 12 24 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 16 12 24 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 16 12 24 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 10 58 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 16 12 24 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 16 12 24 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 16 12 24 07 29 2013 11 15 05 Total 22 P 141 PI Quick Export Details Cancel Figure 7 18 Result of Video Search by Alarm Input 4 Click Details button to view detailed information of the record file e g start time end time file size etc Event Details Ea E A1 A1 2012 11 13 09 12 50 09 13 57 2 523KB A1 Al 2012 11 13 10 03 25 10 04 36 2 147KB HDD 1 Start time 2012 11 13 08 56 00 End time 2012 11 13 08 57 20 Total size 8 365KB Cancel Figure 7 19 Event Details Interface Alarm Input Event Details 398KB 398KB 395KB 396KB 6 396KB 6 414KB O 382KB 6 O 06 27 2011 08 59 49 09 00 09 06 27 2011 13 58 03 13 58 23 06 27 2011 14 01 15 14 01 35 06 27 2011 15 42 58 15 43 18 06 27 2011 15 53 36 15 53 56 06 27 2011 15 53 36 15 53 56 06 27 2011 15 53 36 15 53 56 3 SBE SSsasaeg 8 D HDD 1 Start time 06 27 2011 15 5
10. 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 NOTE Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it 143 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 2 Managing Network HDD Purpose You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to DVR and use it as network HDD Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu gt HDD gt General 1 93151GB Normal Local 906GB Figure 10 5 HDD Information Interface 2 Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface as shown in Figure 10 6 Add NetHDD NetHDD 1 NAS NetHDD IP Address NetHDD Directory Cancel Figure 10 6 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 e Add NAS disk 1 Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field 2 Enter the NetHDD Directory in the text field 3 Click the OK button to add the configured NAS disk Nore Up to 8 NAS disks can be added 144 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Add NetHDD NetHDD 2 ype NAS NetHDD IP Address 192 0 0 28 NetHDD Directory idvr 9000 Cancel Figure 10 7 Add NAS Disk e Add IP SAN 1 Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field 2 Click the Search button to the available IP SAN disks 3 Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below 4 Click th
11. Follow the procedure to move the PTZ camera according to the predefined patterns Calling pattern in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface 2 Select the pattern number 3 Click ol then the PTZ moves according to the pattern Click o to stop it Pattern 1 foo o Figure 4 12 PTZ Calling Pattern Call pattern in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote control or click PTZ Control coo on the quick setting toolbar 2 And then choose Pattern on the control bar 3 Double click the pattern you want to call or you can click to select the pattern and click o to call the pattern Pattern1 Figure 4 13 PTZ Panel Pattern 51 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 3 PTZ Control Panel In the Live View mode you can press the PTZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control or choose the PTZ Control icon LJ to enter the PTZ panel Pattern1 Figure 4 14 PTZ Panel Table 4 1 Description of the PTZ panel icons Direction button and Zoom Focus the auto cycle button Iris The speed of the PTZ movement Image 3D Zoom Preset Centralization Pattern Sar patterv patro Menu Minimize windows 52 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 5 Record Settings 53 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Before you start 1 Make sur
12. Playback 2 Select the Event in the drop down list on the top left side Select Alarm Input or Motion as the event type edit the Start time and End time B Event s x Type Alarm Inpt A lt 2 A lt 3 A lt 4 A lt 5 A lt 6 A lt 7 A lt 8 A lt 9 A lt 10 Start Time 07 29 2013 00 00 00 End Time 07 29 2013 23 59 59 Q Search 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 242 4 Figure 6 8 Alarm Input Search Interface 78 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 Event Motion Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Start Time 07 29 2013 00 00 00 End Time 07 29 2013 23 59 59 Q Search Figure 6 9 Motion Search Interface 4 Click Search button to get the search result information You may refer to the right side bar for the result 10 58 07 le E EAT 11 15 05 11 15 05 T NEZI 11 15 05 11 15 05 11 15 05 TENEZ 11 15 05 11 14 35 11 49 56 11 53 32 12 08 26 13 32 32 15 47 38 16 45 24 16 57 09 17 41 20 09 40 36 11 19 12 11 05 32 12 08 48 497 NaA AQ 9999999090909 IDIDIPIIIPIIIPIIDD YD Total 10 P 1 1 Total 46 P 1 1 Pre play 30s Pre play 30s Post play 30s Post play 30s 4 gt Back 4 gt Back Figure 6 10 Search Result Bar Alarm In and Motion 5 Click button to play back the file You can click the Back button to back to the search interface Pre play and post play can be configured 6
13. 1 None None HIKVISION 0 Address range 0 255 Figure 4 1 PTZ General 2 Choose the camera for PTZ setting next to Camera label 3 Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera NOTE All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters 4 Click Copy if you want to configure same settings to other PTZ cameras 5 Click Apply button to save and exit menu 45 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 2 Setting PTZ Presets Patrols amp Patterns Before you start Please make sure that the presets patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols 4 2 1 Customizing Presets Purpose Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu gt Camera gt PTZ gt More Settings Analog 1 O Save Preset mp ages een eee age PI 7 8 9 10 1141 12 TIVTA TSN TE Er e Call Preset Pattern 1 060 Patrol 4 Figure 4 2 PTZ More Settings 2 Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set preset 3 Click the round icon before Save Preset 4 Click the preset number to save the preset Repeat the steps2 4 to save more presets If the number of the presets you want to save is greater than 17 you can click and choose the available numbers Preset Cancel Figure 4 3 More Presets 46 User Manual of Dig
14. 5 Conticutine Redundant Recordin ait T 68 38 Conheunns HDD Group Lor RECO A 70 A A 71 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 6 Playback a A A AS 73 6 1 Blayine Back Record Biles sad A di 74 OL Plame Back by CHINNE bessie cad 74 CEZ Playin Baek Dy TIME a SAA ASAS AE AEREAS 76 CL Playime Back bY Event cata a lo Era 78 6 14 Plaine Back DY da lios 81 Owes Playn back DY ys MLS nad ias 83 GEO Play mie Back x teria el OC iia A E Mdaecesustsete nee 85 62 Auxiliary Punctons ol Play Wack coat 86 G21 Playine Back Frame Dy Fraime seis ti A A AA A Ad 86 O22 DM CALC Mita aan E pacha aan ete E E E vane vetoes 86 020 DIA ZOOM ices id AAA ETA A cen A 88 6 2 4 Reverse Playback of Multi channel vii ri ER 88 Chapter 7 Baku wiscsvssevecessesescccecesecsseascacavesssncsseacenwaxsapvaqseeassncacoossecsssasuaceveapseasseenuerecvannaieeasen tite eerie 90 Tal TBackino up Record lesa isis 91 DAA QUIE PO tai A a 91 712 Backineup by Normal Video Seat easels aaa ai 92 LI lo aa by Event Search AAA A E S E 97 TA Backin up vdeo CANS ia orion cea 101 Ta Mane Bac k p DEVICES aa A ADA E E AS 104 Chapter S Alarm Selnes cranna a EA A Ainas 107 SI SCS Motion Detection merrnin EE T S 108 2 ELMO Senor Ala a E E a 111 So Derecenin Vid COO SS ace a RA A E 114 Ba Detecta Video Tamperinos eoi a e E E a 116 S53 Handi Exceptions saa E EA EE E N E AAA 118 SG Senne Ahmi Response ACH ONS lt a dc 119 8 7 Triggering or Clearing Alarm
15. 7 1 Backing up Record Files Before you start Please insert the backup device s into the device 7 1 1 Quick Export Purpose Export record files to backup device s quickly Steps 1 Enter Video Export interface Menu gt Export gt Normal 2 Check the checkbox of the channel s you want to back up and click Quick Export button i NoTE The time duration of record files on a specified channel cannot exceed one day Otherwise the message box Max 24 hours are allowed for quick export pops up El Analog A2 E A3 2011 08 31 11 10 23 2012 11 13 08 58 53 All All 2012 11 13 00 00 00 2012 11 13 23 59 59 Figure 7 1 Quick Export Interface 3 Export In the Export interface choose the backup device and click the Export button to start exporting NOTE Here we use USB Flash Drive and please refer to the next section Normal Backup for more backup devices supported by the device USB1 1 Refresh 2 004MB New Folder Format Cancel Figure 7 2 Quick Export using USB1 1 91 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are being exported Export finished Figure 7 3 Export Finished 4 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it 45 NOTE The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export USB1 1 Y Refresh gt El player exe 538KB File 04 26
16. 9 4 Configuring Network Detection Purpose You can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function including network delay packet loss etc 9 4 1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Net Detect 2 Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection menu Traffic Network Stat Network Delay Packet Loss Test LAN1 Network Packet Export vice Na USB1 4 Refresh LAN1 TA O2 213 1 976Kbps Export Figure 9 27 Network Detection Interface Select a NIC to test network delay and packet loss 4 Enter the destination address in the text field of Destination Address 5 Click the Test button to start testing network delay and packet loss The testing result pops up on the window If the testing 1s failed the error message box will pop up as well Result Attention e Average delay 0 ms e The destination is unreachable Packet loss rate 0 Figure 9 28 Testing Result of 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 gt Maintenance gt Net Detect 2 Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection interface 138 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 Select the
17. A1 07 29 2013 13 51 35 15 50 29 152 191KB O A2 07 29 2013 08 29 09 10 56 24 190 535KB A2 07 29 2013 10 53 0 11 09 44 15 038KB A2 07 29 2013 11 11 27 11 13 21 2 556KB A2 07 29 2013 11 15 05 12 52 01 124 846KB A2 07 29 2013 13 51 35 15 21 30 115 848KB O A2 07 29 2013 15 21 30 15 49 29 35 997KB O A3 07 29 2013 03 29 09 10 56 24 190 169KB A3 07 29 2013 10 58 07 11 09 44 15 005KB A3 07 29 2013 11 11 27 11 13 21 2 553KB m HDD 3 Start time 07 29 2013 08 29 09 End time 07 29 2013 09 06 54 Y Ea ta Ea a Ea Ea J SEERERRKKKKLEKLKE otal 95 P 1 4 Total size 7 533MB Figure 7 11 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 4 Export Click Export button and start backup HH NOTE O Please format the eSATA first when using it for the first time O If the inserted eSATA HDD is not recognized e Click the Refresh button e Reconnect device e Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format eSATA HDD via the device ESATAO 1 Refresh 76 279MB New Folder Format Export Cancel Figure 7 12 Export by Normal Video Search Using eSATA HDD Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished 96 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Export finished Figure 7 13 Export Finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button oR check it mm Th
18. BY SOME STATES THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN NO EVENT WILL HIKVISION ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION AND THE LIKE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE HIKVISION SOFTWARE EVEN IF HIKVISION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Regulatory information FCC information FCC compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense FCC conditions This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following tw
19. CREE PEE FEE CEE FES LEE ESE E EEE DOE FISE SrA EFE ECH ELE Fi 931 51GB Figure 10 16 Set HDD Property 3 Set the HDD property to 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 NOTE 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 149 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files Steps 1 Enter the Storage Mode interface Menu gt HDD gt Advanced 2 Set the Mode to Quota as shown in Figure 10 17 The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take effect Quota Analog 1 10 240MB 931 0 2 Free Quota Space 931 GB Figure 10 17 Storage Mode Settings Interface 3 Select a camera for which you want to configure quota 4 Enter the storage capacity in the text field of Max Record Capacity GB as shown in Figure 10 18 Quota Analog 1 10 240MB Free Quota Space 831 GB Figure 10 18 Configure Record Quota 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 19 150 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Copy Camera Analog Al BA2 PA fC
20. Configuration Remote Configuration and Camera Configuration for the user Local Configuration Local Log Search Searching and viewing logs and system information of DVR Local Parameters Settings Configuring parameters restoring factory default parameters and importing exporting configuration files Local Advanced Operation Operating HDD management initializing HDD setting HDD property upgrading system firmware clearing I O alarm output Local Shutdown Reboot Shutting down or rebooting the DVR Remote Configuration Remote Log Search Remotely viewing logs that are saved on the DVR Remote Parameters Settings Remotely configuring parameters restoring factory default parameters and importing exporting configuration files Remote Serial Port Control Configuring settings for RS 232 and RS 485 ports Remote Video Output Control Sending remote button control signal Two way Audio Realizing two way radio between the remote client and the DVR 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 Reboot Remotely shutting down or rebooting the DVR Camera Configuration Remote Live View Remotely viewing live video of the selected camera s 173 User Manual of Digital Vid
21. Indicator turns orange a when the DVR is controlled by IR remote control with the address from 1 254 and keyboard at the same time and the SHIFT button is used as well b when the DVR is controlled by IR remote control with the address from 1 254 and the SHIFT button is used Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected HDD indicator blinks in red when data is being read from or written to HDD TX RX indictor blinks in green when network connection is functioning properly DVD R W Slot for DVD R W z 7 Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the omposite 3 p SHIFT composite keys Input letter or numbers when the light is out Realize functions when the light is red 15 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Function Description ame Enter numeral 1 1 MENU Access the main menu interface Enter letters ABC The F1 button when used in a list field will select all items in the list 2 ABC F1 In PTZ Control mode it will turn on off PTZ light and when the image is zoomed in the key is used to zoom out 4 GHI ESC Check the checkbox and select the ON OFF switch Start stop record clipping in playback Enter letters GHP Exit and back to the previous menu 6 MNO PLAY Enter letters MNO T 5 JKL EDIT In Playback mode it is used for direct access to playback interface Enter letters PQRS 7 PQRS REC Manual record for direct access to manu
22. Optional If multiple channels are triggered recording by the alarm input clicking the button will pop up a synchoronouse playback channel selection window Select channel s you want to play and click the OK button 79 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7 Playback management The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process B Event x gt 08 5 7 04 08 58 25 08 58 45 08 59 14 08 59 53 09 00 42 09 01 02 09 01 33 09 02 39 09 03 59 09 04 26 09 04 54 09 05 22 Na NE AA gt lt d O O O O AO DI IAIO Total 191 P 1 2 Pre play 30s Post play 30s Figure 6 12 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6 3 Detailed Explanation of Playback by event Toolbar Audio on Start Stop E ds 30s forward 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Add E Speed down tag customized tag Pause reverse Pause play play Play Reverse play Single frame Single frame play reverse play B a Scaling LEN Process bar Video type Digital Zoom up down the time line Smart Search Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to MIES E NOTE locate special frames 80 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6 1 4 Playing Back by Tag Purpose Video tag allows you to record related information like people and location of a certain time point during playback You are also allowed to use video t
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24. Record and Motion Detection Recording are selectable from the dropdown list Playback Enter the playback interface and start playing back the video of the selected channel immediately 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 eE Nore If the corresponding camera supports intelligent function the Reboot Intelligence option will be included when right clicking mouse on this camera 37 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Menu Menu Single Screen Single Screen Multi screen Multi screen Previous Screen Previous Screen Next Screen Next Screen Start Auto switch Start Auto switch Start Recording Start Recording Quick Set Quick Set Playback Playback Aux Monitor DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE amp ST DS 7300HFHI ST DS 8 1OOHFHI ST Figure 3 1 Right click Menu 3 2 3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor Certain features of the Live View are also available while in an Aux monitor These features include e Single Screen Switch to a full screen display of the selected camera Camera can be selected from a dropdown list e Miulti screen Switch between different display layout options Layout options can be selected from
25. an arming schedule to other days Click the OK button to complete the arming schedule setting of alarm output Click the Apply button to save the settings 120 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 7 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually Purpose Sensor alarm can be triggered or cleared manually If Manually Clear is selected in the dropdown list of 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 gt Manual gt Alarm Click Trigger Clear button if you want to trigger or clear an alarm output Click Trigger All button if you want to trigger all alarm outputs Click Clear All button if you want to clear all alarm output Local Figure 8 18 Clear or Trigger Alarm Output Manually 121 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 9 Network Settings 122 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9 1 Configuring General Settings Purpose Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network Working Mode Select NIC NIC Type Enable DHCP v4 Address 4 Subnet Mask v4 Default Gateway O Address 1 Net Fault tolerance bi ndo 10M 100M 1000M Self adaptive da a a E Ol E ee fecO a 240 48ff fe62 dcd 64 2
26. interface Menu gt Configuration gt Live View 2 Select the Channel Zero Encoding tab 12fps General 1024 Figure 3 6 Live View Channel Zero Encoding 3 Check the checkbox after Enable Channel Zero Encoding 4 Configure the Frame Rate Max Bitrate Mode and Max Bitrate 5 Click the Apply button to activate the settings After you set the Channel Zero encoding you can get a view in the remote client or web browser of 16 channels in one screen 41 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 4 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose Live View settings can be customized according to different needs You can configure the output interface dwell time for screen to be shown mute or turning on the audio the screen number for each channel etc Steps 1 Enter the Live View Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Live View VGA HDMI 272 No Switch E VGA HDMI 10s Figure 3 7 Live View General The settings available in this menu include e Video Output Interface Designates the output to configure the settings for Outputs include HDMI depends on the model and VGA e Live View Mode Designates the display mode to be used for Live View e Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when enabling auto switch in Live View e Enable Audio Output Enables disables audio output for the selected video output e Event Output Designates the output to show event video e F
27. is installed in a well ventilated dust free environment Unit is designed for indoor use only Keep all liquids away from the DVR Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications Ensure unit is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the DVR in conjunction with an UPS if possible Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device Improper use or replacement of the battery may result in hazard of explosion Replace with the same or equivalent type only Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions provided by the battery manufacturer User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product If there is any question or request please do not hesitate to contact dealer This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table DS 7208HFHI SL DS 7208HFHI SE DS 7208HFHI ST 7300HFHI ST DS 7304HFHI ST Network DVR DS 7308HFHI ST DS 7316HFHI ST 8 100HFHI ST DS 8104HFHI ST Network DVR DS 8116HFHI ST User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Product Key Features General Support HD SDI camera connection Each channel supports dual stream Main stream supports up to 1080P resolution and sub stream supports up to 4CIF resolution Independent configuration for
28. notify a domain name server to change in real time ad hoc the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames addresses or other information stored in DNS e Hybrid DVR A hybrid DVR is a combination of a DVR and NVR e NTP Acronym for Network Time Protocol A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network e NTSC Acronym for National Television System Committee NTSC is an analog television standard used in such countries as the United States and Japan Each frame of an NTSC signal contains 525 scan lines at 60Hz e NVR Acronym for Network Video Recorder An NVR can be a PC based or embedded system used for centralized management and storage for IP cameras IP Domes and other DVRs e PAL Acronym for Phase Alternating Line PAL is also another video standard used in broadcast televisions systems in large parts of the world PAL signal contains 625 scan lines at 50Hz e PTZ Acronym for Pan Tilt Zoom PTZ cameras are motor driven systems that allow the camera to pan left and right tilt up and down and zoom in and out e USB Acronym for Universal Serial Bus USB is a plug and play serial bus standard to interface devices to a host computer 178 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Troubleshooting e No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally Possible Reasons a No VGA or HDMI connections b Connection cable is damaged c Input mode of the monitor is incorr
29. numbers and characters in Edit mode The light of the button is blue when the corresponding channel is Switch between different channels in Playback mode recording it 1s red when the channel is in network transmission status it is pink when the channel is recording and transmitting 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 DIRECTION the next and previous record files In Live View mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels Control In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ In single frame Playback mode pressing the button will advance the video by a single frame In Auto switch mode 1t can be used to stop start auto switch Move the active selection in a menu It will move the selection up and down In Live View mode it can be used to cycle through different The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes channels JOG SHUTTLE Control In the Playback mode the outer ring is used to speed up or slow down the record files and the inner ring is used to jump 30s forward backward in records files In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ Camera POWER Power on off switch Universal Serial Bus USB ports for additional devices such as USB U
30. redundant HDD will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability Before you start You must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before 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 gt HDD E E 1 931 51GB Normal Local M3 931 51GB Normal Local Figure 5 25 HDD General 2 Select the HDD and click f to enter the Local HDD Settings interface 1 Set the HDD property to Redundant Local HDD Settings HDD Property R W Read only O Redundancy Group CEEE PEE E CH E DEE EEE I CEN SUE DIE DPA EFE ECH EDE Ai 931 51GB Cancel Figure 5 26 HDD General Editing 2 Click Apply to save the settings 3 Click OK to back to the upper level menu 3 Enter the Record setting interface Menu gt Record gt Encoding 1 Select the Record tab 68 Analog 1 Main Stream Normal Video amp Audio HD720P Variable Medium Full Frame General 4096 2304 3840 Kbps 5S S User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Main Stream Event Video amp Audio HD720P Variable Medium Full Frame General 4096 2304 3840 Kbps Figure 5 27 Encoding Record 2 Select Camera you want to configure 3 Check the checkbox of Redundant Record 4 Click Apply to save settings If the encoding parameters ca
31. the device to the group Cancel Figure 9 11 Access Device via 1VMS4200 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface 9 2 3 Configuring NTP Server Purpose A Network Time Protocol NTP Server can be configured on your DVR to ensure the accuracy of system date time Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the NTP tab to enter the NTP Settings interface General PPPOE DDNS Email SNMP UPnP More Settings m Figure 9 12 NTP Settings Interface 3 Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this feature 4 Configure the following NTP settings e Interval Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server The unit is minute e NTP Server IP address of NTP server e NTP Port Port of NTP server 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface E The time synchronization interval can be set from 1 to 10080 minutes 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 129 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9 2 4 Configuring SNMP Purpose You can use SNMP protocol to get device status and parameters related information Ste
32. to start upgrading After the upgrading 1s complete reboot the DVR to activate the new firmware 166 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12 5 Restoring Default Settings Steps 1 Enter the Default interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Default System will reboot after restoring the default settings Continue Figure 12 14 Restore Factory Default 2 Click the OK button to restore the default settings Except the network parameters including IP address subnet mask gateway MTU default route and server port all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings 167 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 13 Others 168 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 1 Configuring General Settings Purpose You can configure the output resolution system time mouse pointer speed etc Steps 1 Enter the General Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt General 2 Select the General tab English NTSC 1024 768 60HZ GMT 08 00 Beijing Urumqi Singapore MM DD YYYY 07 30 2013 15 23 07 DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST English 1024 768 60HZ GMT 08 00 Beijing Urumqi Singapore MM DD YYYY 07 30 2013 15 23 07 Other Models Figure 13 1 General Settings Interface 3 Configure the following settings e Language The default language used is English e CVBS Output Standard Select the CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL which must be the s
33. 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 y External File USB1 4 Play G FileZilla _3 4 El digicap mav wre El player exe El Baseline Quic El Baseline Quic E ch03 201211 E cn03_ 201211 E ch03_ 201211 E ch01_ 201212 E ch02_201212 STE Presenta 999999999991 1 1 1 1 sr lt a AN AN 4 Refresh Figure 6 21 Interface of External File Playback 85 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6 2 Auxiliary Functions of 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 events happen Steps e Using a Mouse Go to Playback interface and click button EEE ana DA until the speed changes to Single frame One click on the playback screen represents playback or adverse playback of one frame It is also feasible to use button oO in toolbar e Using the front panel Not supported with DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE Press the KA button to set the speed to Single frame One click on the playback screen or press button on the front panel represents playback or adverse playback of one frame 6 2 2 Smart Search Purpose In order to locate motion detection event easily and accurately in the playback progress bar you are allowed to analyze a certain area scene dynamically and to get all of the related motion detection eve
34. transmitted automatically at detection mode when remote alarm host is configured Please refer to Chapter 9 2 6 Configuring the Remote Alarm Host for details of alarm host configuration Send Email Send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected Please refer to Chapter 9 2 10 Configuring Email for details of Email configuration o Trigger Alarm Output Trigger an alarm output when an alarm is triggered Steps 1 Enter Alarm Output interface Menu gt Configuration gt Alarm gt Alarm Output Select an alarm output and set alarm name and dwell time Click button to set the arming schedule of alarm output ki NOTE If Manually Clear is selected in the dropdown list of Dwell Time you can clear it only by going to Menu gt Manual gt Alarm Alarm Status Alarm Input Alarm Output No Alarm Name Dwell Time Handling Figure 8 16 Alarm Output Settings Interface 2 Set up arming schedule of the alarm output 119 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Choose one day of a week and up to 8 time periods can be set within each day Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Handling Mon lt 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 8 17 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week You can also use Copy button to copy
35. 0 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Edit HHHH 1 Normal TITE Event EHHH Motion E mmm 6 Alarm MIA None 1 Note Operation is invalid when the number of time segments exceeds the Figure 5 10 Draw the Schedule Descriptions of the color icons are shown in the figure below Normal Normal recording Event Motion Recording triggered by motion Alarm Recording triggered by Recoding triggred b MIA alarm either motion or alarm Mv RA Recording triggered by both motion and alarm Delete the set schedule None 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 59 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Copy Camera Analog Al PT PS WA4 Cancel Figure 5 12 Copy Schedule to Other Channels 5 Click Apply in the Record Schedule interface to save the settings 60 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 3 Configuring Motion Detection Record Purpose Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters In the live view mode once a motion detection event takes place the DVR can analyze it and do many actions to handle it Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recor
36. 0 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 660600000 Cancel Figure 8 12 Set Arming Schedule of Video Loss 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 114 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 Select Handling tab to set up alarm response action of video loss please refer to Chapter 8 6 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 115 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 4 Detecting Video Tampering Purpose Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action s Steps 1 Enter Video Tampering interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect video tampering Menu gt Camera gt Video Tempering Detection Analog 1 Figure 8 13 Video Tempering Interface 2 Check the checkbox 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 wi
37. 002 ac06 1578 a 240 48ff fe62 dcd 64 00 40 48 62 0d cd MTU Bytes 1500 Preferred DNS Alternate DNS S Main NIC DS 8100HFHI ST 10M 100M 1000M Self adaptive M Al A a a ER E 200 0 fault Gateway EY A FL fe80 8ee 1 48ff fe 24 4214 64 ult Gateway 8c e 1 48 24 42 14 1500 Other Models Figure 9 1 Network Settings Interface 2 Select the General tab 3 In the General Settings interface you can configure the following settings Working mode applicable for DS 8100HFHI ST only NIC Type IPv4 Address IPv4 Gateway MTU and DNS Server If the DHCP server is available you can check the checkbox of DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server E The valid value of MTU is from 500 to 1500 123 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 After having configured the general settings click the Apply button to save the settings Working Mode There are two 10M 100M 1000M NIC cards provided by the DS 8100HFHI ST series device 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 settings You can select one NIC card as default route And then the system is connecting with the extranet the data will be forwarded through the default route Net fault Tolerance Mode The tw
38. 19 790KB File 2011 06 23 09 05 20 OCIO New Folder Format Cancel Figure 12 10 Export Log Files 7 Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name 8 Click the Export to export 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 O Please connect the backup device to DVR before operating log export O The log files exported to the backup device are named by exporting time e g 2011051412484 llogBack txt 164 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12 3 Importing Exporting Configuration Files Purpose The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device for backup and the configuration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters Steps 1 Enter the Import Export Configuration File interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Import Export Refresh Device Name E 201205091709531 24KB File 05 09 2012 17 09 52 E 201205091711011 24KB File 05 09 2012 17 11 00 E 201205091716101 24KB File 05 09 2012 17 16 10 1 309MB New Folder Import Figure 12 11 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
39. 2012 11 13 08 44 46 2012 11 13 08 44 52 2012 11 13 08 44 52 2012 11 13 08 44 52 2012 11 13 08 44 52 2012 11 13 08 45 28 2012 11 13 08 45 28 2012 11 13 08 45 29 2012 11 13 08 4 7 20 2012 11 13 08 55 42 00 00 00 23 59 59 Local HDD Information N A Local Operation Login N A HDD SMART N A Start Recording N A Start Recording N A Start Recording N A Start Recording N A Remote Operation L N A Remote Operation Int Network Remote Operation Al N A Stop Motion Detection N A Start Motion Detection N A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Figure 12 8 Log Search Results 5 You can click the button of each log or double click 1t to view 1ts detailed information as shown in Figure 12 9 And you can also click the button to view the related video files 1f available 163 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Log Information 11 14 2012 08 39 40 Alarm Stop Motion Detection N A N A N A A1 Description N A Previous Figure 12 9 Log Details 6 If you want to export the log files click the Export button to enter the Export menu as shown in Figure 12 10 Refresh Folder 2010 09 17 11 19 04 Folder 2011 04 02 17 45 24 Folder 2010 08 04 17 35 20 a Folder 2011 06 21 17 55 42 El Book1 xls 23KB File 2011 05 26 18 32 14 E Compare Excel exe 129KB File 2011 04 20 09 51 42 E Recycled 4KB File 2011 02 22 14 16 18 E bond0_ 201106241 72C 1 024KB File 2011 06 24 17 20 48 El digicap mav
40. 2012 16 47 06 m C 1 864MB New Folder Format Export Cancel Figure 7 4 Checkup of Quick Export Result Using USB1 1 7 1 2 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose The record files can be backed up to various USB devices such as USB flash drives USB HDDs and USB writer Backup using USB flash drives USB HDDs and USB writer Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu gt Export gt Normal 2 Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface 92 Al Al Al A1 Al A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A3 A3 A3 Ea id Y Ea Ea a ga Ea ta zd otal 95 P11 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 07 29 2013 09 06 54 07 29 2013 10 58 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 1351 35 07 29 2013 08 29 09 07 29 2013 10 53 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 15 21 30 07 29 2013 03 29 09 07 29 2013 10 58 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 Total size 7 533MB 10 56 24 11 09 44 11 13 21 12 52 01 15 50 29 10 56 24 11 09 44 11 13 21 12 52 01 15 21 30 15 49 29 10 56 24 11 09 44 11 13 21 Search result 140 575KB 14 959KB 2 530KB 124 144KB 6 152 191KB 190 535KB 15 038KB 0 2 556KB 124 846KB 115 848KB O 35 997KB 190 169KB 15 005KB 2 553KB _ EELEE EELE HDD 3 Start time 07 29 2013 08 29 09 End time 07 29 2013 09 06 54 lt Figure 7 5
41. 3 309KB File 06 27 2011 19 50 12 B player exe 608KB File 06 27 2011 19 50 00 New Folder Format Export Cancel Figure 7 28 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive 103 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7 2 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drives and USB HDDs Steps 1 Enter Search Result interface of record files Menu gt Export gt Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface At least one channel shall be selected Analog E A1 y A2 E A3 E A4 2011 08 31 11 10 23 2012 11 13 08 58 53 All All 2012 11 13 2012 11 13 00 00 00 23 59 59 Figure 7 29 Normal Video Search for Backup 2 Select record files you want to back up Click Export button to enter Export interface Bore At least one recording file shall be selected A1 A1 Al A2 A2 A2 AQ A2 A2 A3 A3 A3 IRE BERESBEBEEBEEBEEBEBEBEEBEEBSS 07 29 2013 11 11 2 f 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 08 29 09 07 29 2013 10 53 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 07 29 2013 11 15 05 07 29 2013 13 51 35 07 29 2013 15 21 30 07 29 2013 03 29 09 07 29 2013 10 58 07 07 29 2013 11 11 27 otal 95 P 1 1 Total size 7 533MB A1 07 29 2013 09 06 54 10 56 24 A1 07 29 2013 10 53 07 11 09 44 11 13 21 12 52 01 15 50 29 10 56 24 11 09 44 11 13 71 12 52 01 15 21 30 15 49 29 10 56 24 11 09 44 11 13 21 Search result 140
42. 3 36 End time 06 27 2011 15 53 56 Total size 3 176KB Cancel Figure 7 20 Event Details Interface Alarm Input 99 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 Export Click the Export button and start backing up If the inserted USB device is not recognized e Click the Refresh button e Reconnect device e Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device USB1 1 BH ch03 201106230000C 267MB File 06 23 2011 20 15 02 E ch03_ 2011062304292 280MB File 06 23 2011 20 11 14 E ch03_201106230914C 4 423KB File 06 23 2011 20 11 20 E ch03_ 2011062309232 127MB File 06 23 2011 20 12 12 E ch03_2011062311332 110MB File 06 23 2011 20 12 54 E ch03_201106231328 18 367KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 02 E ch03_ 20110623134 74 37 305KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 12 99999999 B player exe 608KB File 06 23 2011 20 09 40 New Folder Format Figure 7 21 Export by Event Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Export finished Figure 7 22 Export Finished 5 Check backup result mem The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export 100 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Export USB1 1 Refresh Folder 06 23 2011 20 07 22 Bac Folder 06 23 2011 20 07 28 Al Export record files to me OKB File 06 23 2011 20 07 58 El Welcome to use backup OKB Fi
43. 39 0 vay 172 9 4 a Previous Cancel Other Models Figure 2 7 Network Configuration 8 Click Next button after you having configured the network parameters which will take you to the HDD Management window shown in Figure 2 8 Wizard fa M 1 93151GB Normal Local 910GB Previous gt Cancel Figure 2 8 HDD Management 9 To initialize the HDD click the Init button Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD 10 Click Next button to enter the Record Settings window as shown in Figure 2 9 32 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Camera Analog 1 Start Recording Normal 0 Motion Detection Previous Cancel Figure 2 9 Record Settings 11 Click Copy to copy the recording setting to other cameras 12 Click OK to save the settings and exit the wizard 33 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Live View 34 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy thus hitting the ESC many times depending on which menu you re on will bring you to the Live View mode Live View Icons In 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
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45. 85 Interface the first DVR s D D pin should be connected with the D D pin of the next DVR Power Supply 11__ Power Switch 25 R PPP User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Connector for RS 232 devices RS 485 termination switch Up position is not terminated Down position is terminated with 120Q resistance 26 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Getting Started 21 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2 1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR Purpose Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the DVR Before you start Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the DVR s requirement and the ground connection is working properly Starting up the DVR Steps 1 Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS be used in conjunction with the device 2 Turn on the power switch on the rear panel and the Power indicator LED should turn on indicating that the unit begins to start up 3 After startup the Power indicator LED remains on Shutting down the DVR Steps There are two proper ways to shut down the DVR To shut down the DVR e OPTION 1 Standard shutdown 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu gt Shutdown Shutdown ale m Fi Logout Shutdown Reboot Figure 2 1 Shutdown Menu 2 Select the Shutdown button 3 Click the Yes bu
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47. Address PPPOE Subnet Mask PPPOE Default Gateway Other Models Figure 12 5 Network Information Interface 12 1 6 Viewing HDD Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt System Info Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status free space property etc as shown in Figure 12 6 Normal 931 51GB 901GB RAW Normal 20 448MB 19 456MB Redundancy Figure 12 6 HDD Information Interface 162 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 gt Maintenance gt Log Search Log Export 05 30 2012 05 30 2012 All All 00 00 00 E 23 59 59 Figure 12 7 Log Search Interface 2 Set the log search conditions to refine your search including the Start Time End Time Major Type and Minor Type 3 Click the Search button to start search log files 4 The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time Log Export Information Operation Information 5 Information Information B Information Information Operation Operation Operation Alarm Alarm 2012 11 13 2012 11 13 All All 2012 11 13 08 44 44 2012 11 13 08 44 46
48. Cancel Figure 10 19 Copy Settings to Other Camera s Select the camera s to be configured with the same quota settings You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface Click the Apply button to apply the settings If the quota capacity is set to 0 then all cameras will use the total capacity of HDD for record 151 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 6 Checking HDD Status Purpose You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu gt HDD gt General 2 Check the status of each HDD which is displayed on the list as shown in Figure 10 20 MN 1 931 51GB Normal RAW Local 901GB M 17 20 448MB Normal Redundancy NAS 19 456MB Figure 10 20 View HDD Status 1 NOTE 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 gt Maintenance gt System Info 2 Click the HDD tab to view the status of each HDD displayed on the list as shown in Figure 10 21 Device Info Came
49. Digital Video Recorder the other ports should be between and 65535 and the value must be different from each other If multiple devices are configured for the UPnP settings under the same router the value of the port No for each device should be unique External Port Settings Server Port 8002 Cancel Figure 9 17 External Port Settings Dialog Box 2 Click Apply button to save the settings 3 You can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping Manual Port Type External Port Mapping IP Address Status HTTP Port 8 RTSP Port 554 172 6 21 31 Active 172 6 21 31 Active Refresh Figure 9 18 UPnP Settings Finished Manual 9 2 6 Configuring the Remote Alarm Host Purpose With a remote alarm host configured the DVR will send the alarm event or exception message to the host when an alarm is triggered The remote alarm host must have the Network Video Surveillance software installed Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface Figure 9 19 More Settings Interface 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 132 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder System software e g VMS 4200 is installed and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monit
50. FHI ST and DS 8100HFH ST Embedded Net DVR 255 Never Other Models Figure 13 3 More Settings Interface 3 Configure the following settings e Device Name Edit the name of DVR e Device No Edit the serial number of DVR The Device No can be set in the range of 1 255 and the default No is 255 e CVBS Output Brightness Adjust the video output brightness e Operation Timeout 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 e Menu Output Mode You can choose the menu display on different video output There are auto HDMI VGA and Main CVBS selectable 4 Click the Apply button to save the settings 171 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 4 Managing User Accounts Purpose There is a default account in the DVR Administrator The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345 The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters 13 4 1 Adding a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu gt Configuration gt User 00 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 13 4 User Management Interface 2 Click the Add button to enter the Add User interface Add User 01 Frrit ES Operator 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 13 5 Add User Menu 3 Enter the information for new user including User
51. HDD gt General 2 If the status of the HDD is Uninitialized please check the checkbox of corresponding HDD and click the Init button 3 Verify the HDD is detected or is in good condition 1 Select Menu gt HDD gt General 2 If the HDD is not detected or the status is Abnormal please replace the dedicated HDD according to the requirement 4 Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3 1 If it 1s solved finish the process 179 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2 If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process Live view stuck when video outputs locally Possible Reasons a The frame rate has not reached the real time frame rate Steps 1 Check the parameters of Main Stream Normal and Main Stream Event Select Menu gt Record gt Encoding gt Record and set the resolution of Main Stream Event the same as the one of Main Stream Normal 2 Verify the frame rate is real time frame rate Select Menu gt Record gt Parameters gt Record and set the Frame rate to Full Frame 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 When using the device to get the live view audio there is no sound or there is too much noise or the volume is too low Possible Reasons a Cable between the pickup and camera is not c
52. I CVBS VGA CVBS O Y means the interface is in use X means the interface is out of use or the connection is invalid And the HDMI VGA and CVBScan be used at the same time When the aux output is enabled the main output cannot do any operation and you can do some basic operation on the live view mode for the Aux output 3 2 1 Front Panel Operation 2 nore This function is not supported by DS 7200HFHI SL and DS 7200HFHI SE series Table 3 3 Front Panel Operation in Live View 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 Next screen right direction button screens Previous screen left direction button Auto switch Press Enter button Playback Press Play button 36 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 2 2 Using the Mouse in Live View Table 3 4 Mouse Operation in Live View Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse Single Screen Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number from the dropdown list Adjust the screen layout by choosing from the dropdown list Switch to the previous screen Switch to the next screen Start Stop Enable disable the auto switch of the screens The dwell time of the live view configuration must be set before using Auto switch Start Auto switch Start Recording Start recording of all channels Normal
53. Name Password Level and User s MAC Address Level Set the user level to Operator or Guest Different user levels have different operating permission e Operator The Operator user level has permission of Local Log Search in Local Configuration Remote Log Search and Two way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating permission in Camera Configuration e Guest The Guest user has permission of Local Log Search in Local Configuration Remote Log Search in Remote Configuration and only has the local remote playback in the Camera Configuration User s MAC Address The MAC address of the remote PC which logs onto the DVR If it is configured and enabled it only allows the remote user with this MAC address to access the DVR 4 Click the OK button to save the settings and go back to the User Management interface The added new user 172 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder will be displayed on the list as shown in Figure 13 6 admin Admin 00 00 00 00 00 00 operator1 Operator 00 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 13 6 Added User Listed in User Management Interface 5 Select the user from the list and then click the button to enter the Permission settings interface as shown in Figure 13 7 Permission Remote Configuration Camera Configuration El Local Log Search Local Parameters Settings Local Advanced Operation Local Shutdown Reboot Figure 13 7 User Permission Settings Interface 6 Set the operating permission of Local
54. R W HDD If there is only one HDD the recording will be stopped 72 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 6 Playback 73 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6 1 Playing Back Record Files 6 1 1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode Channel switch is supported OPTION 1 Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar Only record files recorded during the last five minutes on this channel will be played back Figure 6 1 Instant Playback Interface e OPTION 2 Steps 1 Enter the Playback interface Mouse right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback from the menu as shown in Figure 6 2 74 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Menu Menu Single Screen Single Screen Multi screen Multi screen Previous Screen Previous Screen Next Screen Next Screen Start Auto switch Start Auto switch Start Recording Start Recording Quick Set Quick Set Playback Playback Aux Monitor DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE amp ST DS 7300HFHI ST amp DS 8100HFHI ST Figure 6 2 Right click Menu under Live View Front Panel press PLAY button to play back record files of the channel under single screen live view mode Under multi screen live view mode the recorded files of the top left channel will be played back a NOTE For the DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST pressi
55. 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 you want to back up Note The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower left corner of the window 4 Export Click Export button and start backup Nore If the inserted USB device is not recognized e Click the Refresh button e Reconnect device e Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format the USB device by clicking the Format button USB1 1 E chO3_201106230000C BH ch03_ 2011062304292 Hi ch03_201106230914 E ch03 2011062309232 E ch03_2011062311332 E ch03_201106231328C E ch03_2011062313474 i B player exe Figure 7 6 Export by Normal Video Search using USB Flash Drive 267MB File 280MB File 4 423KB File 127MB File 110MB File 18 367KB File 37 305KB File 608KB File New Folder 93 06 23 2011 20 15 02 06 23 2011 20 11 14 06 23 2011 20 11 20 06 23 2011 20 12 12 06 23 2011 20 12 54 06 23 2011 20 13 02 06 23 2011 20 13 12 06 23 2011 20 09 40 Format 999999099 Cancel User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Export USB CD DVD RW v Refresh Figure 7 7 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 Export finished Figure 7
56. SB Interfaces mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive HDD Exit and back to the previous menu ESC Arm disarm the DVR in live view mode Enter the Manual Record setting menu In PTZ control settings press the button and then you can call a PTZ REC SHOT l l Composite preset by pressing Numeric button 7 Keys It is also used to turn audio on off in the Playback mode Enter the Playback menu PLAY AUTO 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 18 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Function Description It is also used to switch between input methods upper and lowercase alphabet symbols and numeric input 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 checkbox fields pressing the button will tick the checkbox In PTZ Control mode the button adjusts the iris of the camera EDIT IRIS In Playback mode it can be used to generate video clips for backup Enter exit the folder of USB device and eSATA HDD MAIN SPOT Z Switch between main and spot output OOM In PTZ Control mode it can be used to zoom out the image Select all items on the list when used in a list field F1 LIGHT In PTZ Control mode it will turn on off PTZ light 1f applicable In Playback mode it is used to switch between play and reverse play Cycle
57. USB CDIDVD RW Refresh Figure 7 34 USB Writer Management Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re writable CD DVD HS NOTE O There must be a re writable CD DVD when you make this operation O If the inserted USB writer is not recognized e Click the Refresh button e Reconnect device e Check for compatibility from vendor 106 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 8 Alarm Settings 107 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 1 Setting Motion Detection Steps 1 Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection Menu gt Camera gt Motion Analog 1 Full Screen Clear Figure 8 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2 Set detection area and sensitivity Check checkbox to enable motion detection use the mouse to draw detection area s and drag the sensitivity bar to set sensitivity Click to set alarm response actions Analog 1 Full Screen Clear 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 108 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Handling Arming Schedule Handling M Analog PAE PUE PA fe Figure 8 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection 4 Set arming schedule of the channel de Select Arming Schedule tab to set
58. Wizard at this time click the Cancel button You can also choose to use the Setup Wizard next time by leaving the Start wizard when DVR starts checkbox in checked status Wizard Start wizard when device starts Cancel Figure 2 4 Start Wizard Interface 3 Click Next button on the Wizard window to enter the Login window as shown in Figure 2 5 30 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Wizard Previous Cancel Figure 2 5 Login Window 4 Enter the admin password By default the password is 12345 5 To change the admin password check the New Admin Password checkbox Enter the new password and confirm the password in the given fields 6 Click the Next button to enter the date and time settings window as shown in Figure 2 6 Wizard OMT 0800 Bejing Uruma Singapore MbM DD 1PrY 06 24 2011 16 18 12 Previous Cancel Figure 2 6 Date and Time Settings 7 After the time settings click Next button which will take you back to the Network Setup Wizard window as shown in Figure 2 7 Wizard 10M 100M Self adaptive a 172 6 23 185 255 255 255 0 tay 172 6 23 1 Serv 8 8 8 8 nate DNS Server Previous DS 7204HFHI SL 31 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Wizard Multi address LAN1 10M 100M 1000M Self adaptive a 172 6 241 O 299 299 295 0 1172 S 1 Previous DS 8100HFHI ST Wizard 10M 100M 1000M Self adaptive a 172 9 4 65 299 299 2
59. a dropdown list e Previous Screen When displaying less than the maximum number of cameras in Live View clicking this feature will switch to the previous set of displays e Next Screen When displaying less than the maximum number of cameras in Live View clicking this feature will switch to the next set of displays e Quick Set Set the video output mode to Standard Bright Gentle or Vivid e Menu Output Mode Select the menu output mode to HDMI VGA Main CVBS or Auto e Main Monitor Enter Main operation mode ME a NoTE In the live view mode of the main output monitor the menu operation is not available while Aux output mode is enabled 3 2 4 Main Aux Output Switching When the HDMI VGA output is configured as the main output you can perform the following operation to switch to CVBS output as the main output Steps 1 Use the mouse wheel to double click on the HDMI VGA output screen and the following message box pops up 38 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Tip Double click the mouse again to switch the auxiliary and main output Figure 3 2 Switch Main and Aux Output 2 Use the mouse wheel to double click on the screen again to switch to the Aux output or click Cancel to cancel the operation 3 Select the Menu Output Mode to Main CVBS from the right click menu on the CVBS output monitor Single Screen Multi screen Previous Screen Next Screen Quick Set Menu Output Mode Main Monitor
60. ag s to search for record files and position time point Before playing back by tag 1 Enter Playback interface Menu gt Playback 2 Search and play back the record file s Refer to Chapter 6 1 1 Playing Back by Channel for the detailed information about searching and playback of the record files Normal Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Figure 6 13 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag Click button to add customized tag and input tag name ki Max 64 tags can be added to a single video file 3 Tag management Click button to check edit and delete tag s Tag management 06 18 2012 11 0 38 A mi 06 18 2012 11 07 38 Z mi Figure 6 14 Tag Management Interface 81 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 NOTE You can enter keyword in the textbox pedal to search the tag on your command Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Gamera 05 Camera 06 Gamera 07 Camera 08 Gamera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Keyword Start Time 07 01 2013 00 00 00 End Time 07 29 2013 23 59 59 Q Search Figure 6 15 Video Search by Tag 3 Click button to play back the fil
61. aged 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 S M A R T Settings Bad Sector Detection 931 516B 232MB Testingj 1 0 E Normal Damaged 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 information 154 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal Steps 1 Enter the Exception interface Menu gt Configuration gt Exceptions Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list 3 Check the checkbox 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 il OE Trigger alarm output is applicable to the DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST Please refer to Chapter 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Exception Type HDD Full Audible Warning surveillance Cente end Email Iinagger Alarm Outp Figure 10 25 Configure HDD Error Alarm 4 When the Trigger Alarm Output is selected you can also select the alarm output to be t
62. al record interface manually enable disable record 8 TUV PTZ Delete characters before cursor 9 WXY Z PREV In live view or playback mode the F1 button can be used to switch between main and spot video output Enter letters WXYZ Multi channel display in live view Enter numeral 0 0 A Shift the input methods in the editing text field Upper and lowercase alphabet symbols or numeric input 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 DIRECTION 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 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Function Description 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 auto switch Move the active selection in a menu It will move the selection up and down In Live View mode it can be used to cycle through different JOG SHUTTLE Control Eme i i In the Playback mode it can be used to
63. alarm input NOTE 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 Handling Trigger Channel Arming Schedule Handling Analog 1 2 e Cancel Figure 8 9 Set PTZ Linking of Alarm Input 7 If you want to set handling method of another alarm input repeat the above steps or just copy the above settings to it 112 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Copy Alarm Input Cancel Figure 8 10 Copy Settings of Alarm Input 113 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 3 Detecting Video Loss Purpose Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action s Steps 1 Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect Menu gt Camera gt Video Loss Analog 1 Figure 8 11 Video Loss Setup Interface 2 Set up handling method of video loss Check the checkbox of Enable 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 Handling Handling Mon 00 0
64. ame with the video input standard for DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST only e Resolution Select the output resolution which must be the same with the resolution of the monitor screen e Time Zone Select the time zone e Date Format Select the date format e System Date Select the system date e System Time Select the system time e Mouse Pointer Speed Set the speed of mouse pointer 4 levels are configurable e Enable Wizard Enable disable the Wizard when the device starts up e Enable ID Authentication Enable disable the use of the login password 4 Click the Apply button to save the settings 169 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 2 Configuring DST Settings Steps 1 Enter the General Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt General 2 Choose DST Settings tab General More Settings E Auto DST Adjustment Ed Apr Oct 60 Minutes Figure 13 2 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox and then you choose the date of the DST period 170 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 3 Configuring More Settings Steps 1 Enter the General Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt General 2 Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface as shown in Figure 13 3 Embedded Net DVR 255 YBS Output Brightnes eration Timeout Never Menu Output Mode Auto DS 7300H
65. ast O Auto Manual port mapping by UPnP O Remote search playback download locking and unlocking the record files and downloading files broken transfer resume User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 system restart and shutdown Support upgrading via remote FTP server RS 232 RS 485 transparent channel transmission Alarm and exception information can be sent to the remote host Remotely start stop recording Remotely start stop alarm output Remote PTZ control Remote JPEG capture Two way audio and voice broadcasting Embedded WEB server Development Scalability O SDK for Windows and Linux system O Source code of application software for demo O Development support and training for application system User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Product key FEINES a a lala soit duupandianaiiudameanan so auateudemamianeenaa en Guiaalare veamtoniaiun 6 Chapter t Introduce thn wesiescscceccccs sendevcesuevessssecdcseusaecddscusuevasessisdcueucuudavcnssevsscseusvesencesdesssusvussencuesevavoediescessevesss 12 KE O od 13 L2 IR Remote Control Opera Sid A AA AA EEEE 20 LS SU STB MOUse OPE oa acid 22 E4 Biput Method Descrip da A AA
66. backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name NOTE Click the Refresh button if the connected local backup device cannot be displayed When it fails to detect the backup device please check whether it is compatible with the DVR You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect Traffic Network Stat Network Delay Packet Loss Test LAN1 Network Packet Export USB1 4 Refresh LAN1 172 65 23 213 5 148Kbps Figure 9 29 Export Network Packet 4 Click the Export button to start exporting 5 After the exporting is complete click OK to finish the packet export Packet exporting Attention e Packet export succeeded Figure 9 30 Packet Export Attention Up to 1M data can be exported each time 139 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9 4 3 Checking Network Status Purpose You can also check the network status and quick set the network parameters in this interface Steps Click Status on the right bottom of the page Traffic Network Stat Network Delay Packet Loss Test LAN1 Network Packet Export USB1 4 Refresh 1126 023 213 1 976Kbps Export Figure 9 31 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out Result e Network status is normal 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 interfac
67. be connected Support eSATA disks for recording or backup Support S M A R T and bad sector detection Support HDD standby function HDD property redundancy read only read write R W HDD group management HDD quota management different capacity can be assigned to different channels Recording and Playback Holiday recording schedule configuration Cycle and non cycle recording modes Normal and event video encoding parameters Multiple recording types manual normal alarm motion motion alarm motion amp alarm 8 recording time periods with separated recording types Pre record and post record for motion detection triggered recording and pre record time for schedule User Manual of Digital Video Recorder and manual recording Searching record files by events alarm input motion detection Customization of tags searching and playing back by tags Locking and unlocking of record files Local redundant recording Searching and playing back record files by channel number recording type start time end time etc Smart search for the selected area in the video when playback Zooming in for any area when playback Reverse playback of multi channel Supports pause fast forward slow forward skip forward and skip backward when playback locating by dragging the mouse on the progress bar Up to 16 ch synchronous playback at 1080P Export data by a USB SATA or eSATA device Export video clips when playback
68. ble 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 66 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 Click Apply to save settings 6 Click OK to exit the Edit interface 4 Configure the record schedule Please refer to the Chapter 5 2 Configuring Record Schedule while you may choose Holiday in the Schedule dropdown list or you can draw the schedule on the timeline of Holiday See the two figures below Edit Holiday Normal Cancel Figure 5 23 Edit Schedule Holiday Analog 1 ga 8 Edit Normal Event Motion Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Holiday Note Operation is invalid when the number of time segments exceeds the limit 8 Figure 5 24 Draw Schedule Holiday E 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 channel you want to apply the settings 67 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 7 Configuring Redundant Recording Purpose Enabling redundant recording which means saving the record files not only in the R W HDD but also in the
69. ce of record files Menu gt Export gt Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface At least one channel shall be selected El Analog DA E A2 y A3 MAA 2011 08 31 11 10 23 2012 11 13 08 58 53 All All 2012 11 13 00 00 00 2012 11 13 23 59 59 Figure 7 32 Normal Video Search for Backup 2 Select record files you want to back up Click Export button to enter Export interface 105 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder At least one record file shall be selected Search result 5 A1 07 29 2013 09 06 54 10 56 24 140 575KB 0 A1 07 29 2013 10 53 07 11 09 44 14 959KB 0 A1 07 29 2013 11 11 27 11 13 21 2 530KB II RE a A 124 144KB A1 07 29 2013 13 51 35 15 50 29 152 191KB A2 07 29 2013 08 29 09 10 56 24 190 535KB A2 07 29 2013 10 53 07 11 09 44 15 038KB 0 A2 07 29 2013 11 11 27 11 13 21 2 556KB A2 07 29 2013 11 15 05 12 52 01 124 846KB 6 A2 07 29 2013 13 51 35 15 21 30 115 848KB 0 A2 07 29 2013 15 21 30 15 49 29 35 997KB O A3 07 29 2013 03 29 09 10 56 24 190 169KB A3 07 29 2013 10 58 0 7 11 09 44 15 005KB 0 A3 07 29 2013 11 11 27 11 13 21 2 553KB HDD 3 Start ime 07 29 2013 08 29 09 End time 07 29 2013 09 06 54 Y a ta a a Y ga SLLLLLLLLLLLLDE n ao an en nn ome nm cs E otal 95 Total size 7 533MB Exporl Figure 7 33 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3 Backup device management
70. ck No to quit without saving video clips Attention There are some video clips to be saved Do you want to save them now Yes No Figure 7 25 Attention to Video Clip Saving 5 Export Click Export button and start backup NOTE If the inserted USB device is not recognized e Click the Refresh button e Reconnect device e Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB devices by clicking the Format button USB1 1 El ch03 201106230000 267MB File 06 23 2011 20 15 02 ch03_2011062304292 280MB File 06 23 2011 20 11 14 E ch03_201106230914C 4 423KB File 06 23 2011 20 11 20 ch03 2011062309232 12 IMB File 06 23 2011 20 12 12 E ch03_2011062311332 110MB File 06 23 2011 20 12 54 E ch03 201106231328 18 367KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 02 B ch0O3_ 20110623134 74 37 305KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 12 El player exe 608KB File 06 23 2011 20 09 40 999999099 New Folder Format Cancel Figure 7 26 Export Video Clips Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Export finished Figure 7 27 Export Finished 6 Check backup result 102 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder NOT E The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export USB1 1 x Refresh E ch01_2011062714191 8 850KB File 06 27 2011 19 50 00 E ch01_ 2011062714291 14 165KB File 06 27 2011 19 50 06 E ch01_ 2011062714482 1
71. click button to enter Playback interface NOTE If there is no record file at the time point of the log the message box No result found will pop up 06 18 2012 00 00 00 06 18 2012 23 59 59 All All Operation 06 18 2012 09 42 51 Local Operation Login N A Operation 06 18 2012 09 42 51 Local Operation Login N A Exception 06 18 2012 09 43 35 IP Camera Disconnec N A Exception 06 18 2012 09 43 46 IP Camera Disconnec N A Exception 06 18 2012 09 43 53 IP Camera Disconnec N A Exception 06 18 2012 09 43 59 IP Camera Disconnec N A Exception 06 18 2012 09 44 05 IP Camera Disconnec NIA Exception 06 18 2012 09 44 11 IP Camera Discomnec N A Operation 06 18 2012 10 08 48 Local Operation Add N A Operation 06 18 2012 10 08 48 Local Operation Con Preview A Exception 06 18 2012 10 10 10 IP Camera Disconnec N A Operation 06 18 2012 10 15 41 Local Operation Con Preview DO 30 dfn hh uN ONO 9999009090000 Figure 6 19 Result of System Log Search 4 Playback management The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Playback Figure 6 20 Interface of Playback by Log 84 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6 1 6 Playing Back External File Purpose Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices Steps 1 Enter Tag Search interface Menu gt Playback 2 Select the External File in the drop down list on the
72. corded files or set the HDD property to Read only to protect the record files from being overwritten Protect file by locking the record files Steps 1 Enter Playback setting interface Menu gt Export El Analog E A2 08 31 2011 11 10 23 All All 11 12 2012 11 12 2012 MA3 EAA Figure 5 30 Export 11 12 2012 16 57 45 00 00 00 23 59 59 2 Select the channels you want to 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 i m 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 E mE E TE 11 11 12 Z2U 12 SA 12 2012 15 25 58 12 2012 15 34 36 12 2012 16 22 35 12 2012 16 23 12 12 2012 16 23 26 12 2012 09 15 37 12 2012 09 4 7 58 12 2012 15 03 40 12 2012 15 25 58 12 2012 09 15 3 7 12 2012 09 4 7 58 12 2012 15 03 40 12 2012 15 25 58 12 2012 16 23 47 19 29 90 15 34 36 16 21 57 16 23 07 16 23 12 16 23 40 09 45 36 15 02 29 15 23 39 16 23 12 09 45 36 15 02 29 15 23 39 16 23 12 16 57 45 Search result 22 D IND Y 15 807KB 59 126KB 0 3 684KB 114KB 0 953KB 30 259KB 316 258KB 0 20 187KB 0 57 634KB 30 235KB 0 315 836KB 20 158KB 0 64 533KB 38 781KB 0 LLLLLLLELEEBELLLKE HDD 1 Start time 11 12 2012 16 23 41 End time 11 12 2012 16 59 40 Detail Cancel Figure 5 31 Export Search Result 5 Protec
73. deo Recorder Edit User operator Operator 00 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 13 10 Edit User Interface operator and guest Edit User 00 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 13 11 Edit User Interface admin 4 Edit the parameters e 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 one in the text field of Password and Confirm e Admin You are only allowed to edit password and MAC address Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password and the input the correct old password and the new one in the text field of Password and Confirm 5 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface 175 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13 5 Logging out Shutting down Rebooting Device Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown interface Menu gt Shutdown Shutdown ial Logout Shutdown Reboot Figure 13 12 Shutdown Menu 2 Click the Logout button to log out or Click the Shutdown button to shut down the device or Click the Reboot button to reboot the device NOTE After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required a user name and password to login the system 176 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 14 Appendix 177 User Manual of Digita
74. ding or trigger full screen monitoring audio warning notifying the surveillance center sending email and so on Steps 1 Enter the Motion Detection interface Menu gt Camera gt Motion Analog 1 Full Screen Clear Figure 5 13 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 by the camera click Full Screen To clear the motion detection area click Clear Analog 1 Full Screen Clear Figure 5 14 Motion Detection Mask 4 Click Handling and the message box for channel information pops up 61 3 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Handling Arming Schedule Handling E Analog PA PU PA Fe Figure 5 15 Motion Detection Handling 5 Select the channels which 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 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 62 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record A m The DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE amp ST series DVR does not support the alarm input by default Purpose Follow the proced
75. e 97 3 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Click Search button to enter the Search Result interface Motion 40 Ey 4 fey fe Y 00 00 00 2012 11 13 23 59 59 El Analog E A1 1 A2 MA3 E A4 Figure 7 15 Event Search for Backup Motion Alarm Input 2012 11 14 00 00 00 2012 11 14 23 59 59 Figure 7 16 Event Search for Backup Alarm Input 3 Select record files to export 1 2 3 Select an alarm input in the list and click Quick Export button to enter Export interface Clicking Details button will take you to the interface with detailed information of all channels triggered by the event Clicking Quick Export button will export record files of all channels triggered by the selected alarm input Motion 2012 11 13 08 47 13 2012 11 13 08 47 19 2012 11 13 08 55 42 2012 11 13 08 55 48 2012 11 13 08 56 30 2012 11 13 08 56 50 2012 11 13 09 02 30 2012 11 13 09 02 38 2012 11 13 09 12 43 2012 11 13 09 12 51 2012 11 13 09 13 04 2012 11 13 09 13 12 2012 11 13 09 13 20 2012 11 13 09 13 27 2012 11 13 09 13 29 2012 11 13 09 13 35 2012 11 13 09 13 36 2012 11 13 09 13 43 2012 11 13 10 04 50 2012 11 13 10 04 57 2012 11 13 10 06 51 2012 11 13 10 06 57 2012 11 13 10 07 07 2012 11 13 10 07 18 EEECQCEHEC EEECGEE E Quick Export Details Cancel Figure 7 17 Result of Event Search by Motion 98 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder A lt 1 A lt 1 A lt 1 A lt 1 A lt 1 A lt 3 A lt 3 A lt 3
76. e You can click the Back button to back to the search interface S NOTE Pre play and post play can be configured y r bd D e AA ae pa e A 11081 f 999999090999 Total 10 P 1 1 Pre play 120s Post play 120s 4s Back Figure 6 16 Interface of Playback by Tag 82 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6 17 Toolbar of Playback by Tag Table 6 4 Detailed Explanation of Playback by tag Toolbar sf uP r Audio on Start Stop 303 30s forward ans 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Tag EN Speed down tag customized tag management Pause reverse Pause play play a ay uE Reverse play 010 Stop Speed up Single frame Single frame play reverse play a Scaling Process bar Video type Digital Zoom up down the time line E smarseren of yo ooo cH INOTE Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 6 1 5 Playing Back by System Logs Purpose Play back record file s associated with channels after searching system logs Steps 1 Enter Log Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Log Information 2 Click Log Search tab to enter Playback by System Logs Set search time and type and click Search button 83 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 06 23 2011 MM 00 00 00 06 23 2011 235959 All All Figure 6 18 System Log Search Interface 3 Choose a log with record file and
77. e 06 23 2011 2C y E ch03 20110623113325 110MB File 06 23 2011 20 12 54 B ch03_20110623132800 18 367KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 02 E ch03_20110623134743 37 305KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 12 El player exe 608KB File 06 23 2011 20 09 40 LA ere A A MIO Fito NE NA ANAA 44 49 AD lt o o Q o o fm gt 150MB Figure 7 10 Checkup of Export Result using USB Writer Backup using eSATA HDDs Steps 1 Enter Record gt Advanced and set the usage of eSATA HDD at Export Menu gt Record gt Advanced Choose eSATA and set its usage at Export Click Yes when pop up message box System will reboot automatically if the usage of eSATA is changed Continue nor The usages of eSATA HDD contain Record and Export And changes in usage will take effective after rebooting the device Enter Export interface Menu gt Export gt Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface 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 ar The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower left corner of the window 95 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Search result A1 07 29 2013 09 06 54 10 56 24 140 575KB A1 07 29 2013 10 53 0 11 09 44 14 959KB A1 07 29 2013 11 11 27 11 13 21 2 530KB A1 07 29 2013 11 15 05 12 52 01 124 144KB
78. e OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk NOTE Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added Add NetHDD NetHDD 1 IP SAN 172 9 2 210 iqn 2004 05 storos t 8 iqn 2004 05 storos t 41 iqn 2004 05 storos t 1000 Search Cancel Figure 10 8 Add IP SAN Disk 6 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 nore If the added NetHDD is uninitialized please select it and click the Init button for initialization M1 931 51GB Normal Local 906GB 1 17 40 000MB Normal IP SAN 22 528MB 1 Figure 10 9 Initialize Added NetHDD 145 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 3 Managing eSATA Purpose When there is an external eSATA device connected to DVR you can configure eSATA for the use of Record or Export and you can manage the eSATA in the DVR Steps 1 Enter the Advanced Record Settings interface Menu gt Record gt Advanced 2 Select the eSATA type to Export or Record from the dropdown list of eSATA Export use the eSATA for backup Refer to Backup using eSATA HDDs in Chapter 7 1 2 Backing up by Normal Video Search for operating instructions Record use the eSATA for record Refer to the following steps for operating instructions eSATA Record Figure 10 10 Set eSATA Mode 3 When the eSATA type is selected to Record enter the HDD Information interface Menu gt HDD gt General 4 Edit the property of the
79. e Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export ESATAO 1 Be UNV i LVI iveviivy E ch01_ 20110831132 E ch0O1_ 20110831141 E ch01_ 20110831143 E ch01_20110831143 E ch01_20110831145 E ch01_20110831150 E ch01_20110831150 E ch01_20110831163 E ch01_ 20110831164 E ch01_ 20110831164 E ch01_ 20110831164 E ch01_ 20110831164 19 UIT I NS 43 013KB File 39 825KB File 10 606KB File 28 07KB File 17 163KB File 302KB File 18 860KB File 3 410KB File 265KB File 2 361KB File 266KB File 14 025KB File 76 013MB New Folder LY A 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 2011 08 31 Format 7 1 3 Backing up by Event Search Purpose Back up event related record files using USB devices such as USB flash drives USB HDDs and USB writer Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported a IV vS v 16 54 59 16 55 00 16 55 01 16 55 02 16 55 02 16 55 02 16 55 03 16 55 03 16 55 03 16 55 03 16 55 03 16 55 04 OA AA K Export Cancel Figure 7 14 Checkup of Export Result Using eSATA HDD Alarm Input type is supported after the alarm module is plugged in Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu gt Export gt Event 2 Search for events 1 Select the type of event from the dropdown list of Event Type 2 Select the alarm input No and tim
80. e of the network parameters Network 10M 100M 1000M Self adaptive a A lt 213 E y 172 6 23 Figure 9 33 Network Parameters Configuration 9 4 4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose You can check the network statistics to obtain the real time information of the device Steps 140 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 Enter the Network Statistics interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Net Detect 2 Click the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Statistics menu Traffic Network Detection Remote Live View Obps Remote Playback 2 048Kbps Net Total Idle 58Mbps Refresh 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 141 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 10 HDD Management 142 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 1 Initializmg HDDs Purpose A newly installed hard disk drive HDD must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu gt HDD gt General 1 93151GB Normal Local 906GB Figure 10 1 HDD Information Interface 2 Select HDD to be initialized 3 Click the Init button Initialize Initialization will erase all data on the HDD Continue Figure 10 2 Confirm Initialization 4 Select the OK button to start initialization
81. e that the HDD has already been installed If not please install a HDD and initialize it Menu gt HDD gt General a NM 1 931 51GB Normal Local 909GB Figure 5 1 HDD General 2 Click Advance to check the storage mode 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 Ifthe HDD mode is Group you should set the HDD group For detailed information see Chapter 5 8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording nd or g Analog y PAS y TVN y TC y FY v YC y EN y We y ES MAS BAI y AN y EAN y AE y PAN y O BAI16 Figure 5 2 HDD Advanced Steps 1 Enter the Record settings interface to configure the encoding parameters Menu gt Record gt Encoding Substream Analog 1 Main Stream Normal Main Stream Event Video amp Audio Video Audio HD720P HD720P Variable Variable Medium Medium Full Frame Full Frame General General 4096 4096 2304 3840 Kbps 2304 3840 Kbps Figure 5 3 Record Encoding 2 Set the encoding parameters for recording 54 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 Select the Record tab to configure 2 Select a camera number in the camera dropdown list You can configure the stream type the resolution the video quality and other parameters on demand for Main Stream Normal and Main Stream Event respectively The Input Resolution of camera connected will be displayed in the liv
82. e view for 5 seconds when the camera is connected or the DVR is powered on The input resolution includes the resolution and frame rate of the camera e g 1O80P25 3 You can configure the advantage parameters including pre record post record time expired time redundant record this option is only available when the HDD mode is Group and whether you want to record audio Pre record The time you set to record before the scheduled time or event For example when an alarm triggered the recording at 10 00 if you set the pre record time as 5 seconds the camera records it at 9 59 55 Post record The time you set to record after the event or the scheduled time For example when an alarm triggered the recording ends at 11 00 if you set the post record time as 5 seconds it records till 11 00 05 Expired Time The expired time is the longest time for a record file to be kept in the HDD if the deadline is reached the file will be deleted You can set the expired time to O 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 Enabling redundant record means you save the record in the redundant HDD See Chapter 5 7 Configuring Redundant Recording Record Audio Check the checkbox of Record Audio to record the sound otherwise record the image without sound 4 Click Apply to save the settings 5 You can copy the settings to other channels b
83. each channel including resolution frame rate bit rate image quality etc Encoding for both video stream and video amp audio stream audio and video synchronization during composite stream encoding Watermark technology Local Monitoring Simultaneous HDMI VGA and CVBS outputs no CVBS output for DS 7200HFHI SL DS 7200HFHI SE and DS 7200HFHI ST HDMI output and VGA output at up to 1920 1080 resolution 1 4 6 8 9 16 screen live view is supported and the display sequence of screens is adjustable Live view screen can be switched in group and manual switch and automatic cycle live view 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 and video loss alarm functions Privacy mask Several PTZ protocols supported PTZ preset patrol and pattern Zooming in out by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging mouse HDD Management For DS 7200HFHI SL series 1 SATA hard disk can be connected for DS 7200HFHI SE and DS 7200HFHI ST series up to 2 SATA hard disks can be connected for DS 7300HFHI ST series 4 SATA hard disks and 1 eSATA disk can be connected and for DS 8100HFHI ST series 8 SATA hard disks and 1 eSATA disk can be connected Each disk with a maximum of 4TB storage capacity 8 network disks 8 NAS disks or 7 NAS disks 1 IP SAN disk can
84. ect Steps 1 Verify the device is connected with the monitor via HDMI or VGA cable If not please connect the device with the monitor and reboot 2 Verify the connection cable is good If there is still no image display on the monitor after rebooting please check if the connection cable is good and change a cable to connect again 3 Verify Input mode of the monitor is correct Please check the input mode of the monitor matches with the output mode of the device e g if the output mode of DVR is HDMI output then the input mode of monitor must be the HDMI input And if not please modify the input mode of monitor 4 Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3 If it is solved finish the process If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process e 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 1s broken down Steps 1 Verify at least one HDD is installed in the device 1 Hf not please install the compatible HDD NOTE Please refer to the Quick Operation Guide for the HDD installation steps 2 If you do not want to install a HDD select Menu gt Configuration gt Exceptions and uncheck the Audible Warning checkbox of HDD Error 2 Verify the HDD is initialized 1 Select Menu gt
85. eiver USB Interface SHIFT Name Composite 1 MENU 2 ABC F1 3 DEF F2 4 GHI ESC Keys 5 JKL EDIT 6 MNO PLAY 7 PQRS REC 8 TUV PTZ 9 WXY Z PREV 0 A DIRECTION Function Description Receiver for IR remote Universal Serial Bus USB ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive HDD Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the composite keys Input letter or numbers when the light is out Realize functions when the light is red Enter numeral 1 Access the main menu interface Enter numeral 2 Enter letters ABC list image is zoomed in the key is used to zoom out Enter numeral 4 Enter letters GHT Enter letters JKL Check the checkbox and select the ON OFF switch Start stop record clipping in playback Enter letters MNO Exit and back to the previous menu Playback for direct access to all day playback interface Delete characters before cursor Enter numeral 0 Shift the input methods in the editing text field Upper and lowercase alphabet symbols or numeric input The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus In the Playback mode the Up and Down button 1s used to speed up and slow down recorded video The Left and Right button will select the next and previous record files 14 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder
86. eo Recorder Local Manual Operation Locally starting stopping manual recording and alarm output of the selected camera s Remote Manual Operation Remotely starting stopping manual recording and alarm output of the selected camera s Local Playback Locally playing back recorded files of the selected camera s Remote Playback Remotely playing back recorded files of the selected camera s Local PTZ Control Locally controlling PTZ movement of the selected camera s Remote PTZ Control Remotely controlling PTZ movement of the selected camera s Local Video Export Locally exporting recorded files of the selected camera s 7 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit interface fore Only the admin user account has the permission of restoring factory default parameters 13 4 2 Deleting a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu gt Configuration gt User 2 Select the user to be deleted from the list as shown in Figure 13 8 00 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 13 8 Delete a User 3 Click the 3 icon to delete the selected user 13 4 3 Editing a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu gt Configuration gt User 2 Select the user to be edited from the list as shown in Figure 13 9 00 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 13 9 Edit a User 3 Click the af icon to enter the Edit User interface as shown in Figure 13 10 and Figure 13 11 174 User Manual of Digital Vi
87. ered the device on the HiDDNS server you can access your device via web browser or Client Software with the Device Domain Name Device Name OPTION 1 Access the Device via Web Browser Open a web browser and enter http www hik online com alias in the address bar Alias refers to the Device Domain Name on the device or the Device Name on the HiDDNS server Example http www hik online com dvr NOTE 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 9 2 5 Configuring UPnP for the mapped HTTP port No OPTION 2 Access the devices via iVMS4200 For 1iVMS 4200 in the Add Device window select HIDDNS and then edit the device information Nickname Edit a name for the device as you want Server Address www hik online com Device Domain Name It refers to the Device Domain Name on the device or the Device Name on the HiDDNS server you created User Name Enter the user name of the device By default it is admin Password Enter the password of the device By default it is 12345 128 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Adding Mode IP Domain IP Segment IP Server e HIDDNS Add Offline Device Server Address www hik online com Device Domain Name User Name Password Y Exportto Group Setthe device name as the group name and add all the channels connected to
88. f the device should be in the same network segment as that of the LAN IP address of the router Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the UPnP tab to enter the UPnP interface Edit External Port Mapping IP Address Status LA E E Figure 9 15 UPnP Settings Interface 3 Check checkbox to enable UPnP 4 Select the Mapping Type as Manual or Auto in the drop down list OPTION 1 Auto If you select Auto the Port Mapping items are read only and the external ports are set by the router automatically 1 Click Apply button to save the settings 2 You can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping Auto Edit External Port Mapping IP Address Status A 8 172 A 31 172 59826 l Refresh Figure 9 16 UPnP Settings Finished Auto OPTION 2 Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking LA to activate the External Port Settings dialog box Steps 1 Click LA to activate the External Port Settings dialog box Configure the external port No for server port http port and RTSP port respectively NOTE O You can use the default port No or change it according to actual requirements O 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 131 User Manual of
89. gt Exceptions Please refer to Chapter 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions for detailed alarm response actions HDD Full DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE amp ST xception Type HDD Full Audible Warning a Notify Surveillance Center end Email lrigger Alarm Outpul DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST Figure 8 15 Exceptions Settings Interface 118 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose Take alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs including Full Screen Monitoring Audible Warning buzzer Notify Surveillance Center Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output o Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered the local monitor HDMI or VGA monitor display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring If alarms are triggered simultaneously in several channels their full screen images will be switched at an interval of 10 seconds default dwell time A different dwell time can be set by going to Menu gt Configuration gt Live View Auto switch will terminate once the alarm stops and you will be taken back to the Live View interface Oo Audible Warning Trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected eo 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 aH The alarm signal will be
90. il 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 test message to verify that the SMTP server can be reached 4 Click the Apply button to save the Email settings 135 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 You can click the Test button to test whether your Email settings work The corresponding Attention message box pops up Attention Attention Failed to send test email please check the parameters or network status Email test succeeded Figure 9 25 Email Testing Attention 136 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9 3 Checking Network Traffic Purpose You can check the network traffic to obtain real time information of DVR such as linking status MTU sending receiving rate etc Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu gt Maintenance gt Net Detect Network Detection Network Stat 4 096Kbps Sending 465Kbps Receiving 28Kbps LAN1 Successful Ethernet 8c e1 48 07 e2 2c 1500 100M Full dup Figure 9 26 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 137 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder
91. ing DDNS Purpose If your DVR is set to use PPPoE as its default network connection you may set Dynamic DNS DDNS to be used for network access Prior registration with your ISP is required before configuring the system to use DDNS Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the DDNS tab to enter the DDNS Settings interface 125 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 PeanutHull NO IP and HiDDNS IPServer Enter Server Address for PServer IPServer Figure 9 4 PServer Settings Interface DynDNS 1 Enter Server Address for DynDNS i e members dyndns org 2 Inthe DVR Domain Name text field enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website 3 Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website Figure 9 5 DynDNS Settings Interface PeanutHull Enter the User Name and Password obtained from the PeanutHull website PeanutHull Figure 9 6 PeanutHull Settings Interface NO IP Enter the account information in the corresponding fields Refer to the DynDNS settings 1 Enter Server Address for NO IP 2 Inthe DVR Domain Name text field enter the domain obtained from the NO IP website Www no 1p com 3 Enter the User Name and Password registered in the NO IP website
92. 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 record motion detection or alarm triggered record tee Alarm amp Record 35 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode there are many functions provided The functions are listed below e Single Screen show only one screen on the monitor e Multi screen show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously e Auto switch the screen is auto switched to the next one And you must set the dwell time for each screen on the configuration menu before enabling the auto switch Menu gt Configuration gt Live View gt Dwell Time e Start Recording normal record and motion detection record are supported e Quick Set select the output mode to Standard Bright Gentle or Vivid e Playback play back the recorded videos for current day e Aux Main output switch the DVR checks the connection of the output interfaces to define the main and auxiliary output interfaces The priority level for the main and aux output is HIDMI gt VGA gt CVBS This means 1f the HDMI is used 1t will be the main output If the HDMI is not used the VGA output will be the main output See the table below Table 3 2 Priorities of Interfaces Main output Auxiliary output HDMI VGA HDM
93. it is solved finish the process If not please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process No record file found in the device local HDD and the prompt No record file found pops up when you search the record files 180 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Possible Reasons a The time setting of system 1s incorrect b The search condition is incorrect c The HDD is error or not detected Steps 1 Verify the system time setting 1s correct Select Menu gt Configuration gt General gt 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 gt HDD gt 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 contact the engineer from our company to do the further process 0203041031024 181 First Choice for Security Professionals HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO LTD www hikvision com
94. ital Video Recorder 4 2 2 Calling Presets Purpose This feature enables the camera to point to a specified position such as a window when an event takes place Call preset in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu gt Camera gt PTZ gt More Settings 2 Check the round icon before Call Preset Analog 1 Save Preset PEZAN ESA EAT ESA EG Tes a SS Tree te Fes dls is ree dlls O Call Preset Pattern 1 foo Patrol 4 Figure 4 4 PTZ Call Preset 3 Choose the preset number Call preset in live view mode Steps 1 Press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon a in the quick setting bar to enter the PTZ setting menu in live view mode X Bnr ROGE nanne Preset Figure 4 5 PTZ Toolbar 2 Choose Camera in the list on the menu 47 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 Double click the preset you want to call in the Preset list 4 2 3 Customizing Patrols Purpose Patrols can be set to move the PTZ to a set of different key points sequentially and have it stay there for a set duration before moving on to the next key point The key points are corresponding to the presets The presets can be set following the steps above in Customizing Presets Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu gt Camera gt PTZ gt More Settings 2 Select patrol number 3 Select the a under Patrol option box to add key points for the patrol Anal
95. jump 30s forward backward in video files In PTZ control mode it can control the movement of the PTZ camera e POWER Power on off switch Universal Serial Bus USB ports for additional devices such as 7 USB Interface l l USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive HDD 8 IRReceiver Receiver for IR remote control O ALI Aux RIS more 700w FOCUS 6 8 9 3 2 4 Figure 1 5 Front Panel of DS 8100HFHI ST Table 1 4 Description of Front Panel Function Description Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected Ready indicator is normally blue indicating that the DVR is functioning properly Indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and orange when STATUS IR remote and keyboard 1s used at the same time Indicator does not light when the DVR is controlled by the IR remote i Status control with the address of 255 Indicators HDD indicator blinks in red when data is being read from or written to HDD TX RX indictor blinks in blue when network connection is functioning properly 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 17 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Function Description Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode Input
96. l Video Recorder Glossary e Dual Stream Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network The two streams are generated by the DVR with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub stream having a maximum resolution of CIF e DVR Acronym for Digital Video Recorder A DVR is device that is able to accept video signals from analog cameras compress the signal and store it on its hard drives e HDD Acronym for Hard Disk Drive A storage medium which stores digitally encoded data on platters with magnetic surfaces e DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a network application protocol used by devices DHCP clients to obtain configuration information for operation in an Internet Protocol network e HTTP Acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol A protocol to transfer hypertext request and information between servers and browsers over a network e PPPoE PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet is a network protocol for encapsulating Point to Point Protocol PPP frames inside Ethernet frames It is used mainly with ADSL services where individual users connect to the ADSL transceiver modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks e 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
97. le 06 23 2011 20 07 36 ch03 20110623000000 26 7MB File 06 23 2011 20 15 02 E ch03_20110623042932 280MB File 06 23 2011 20 11 14 E ch03_20110623091403 4 423K6B File 06 23 2011 20 11 20 ch03_20110623113325 110MB File 06 23 2011 20 12 54 E ch03_20110623132800 18 36 KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 02 E ch03_20110623134743 37 305KB File 06 23 2011 20 13 12 B player exe 608KB File 06 23 2011 20 09 40 Ph nen chee bes rs bien nti nn usd itn OL MA ANAA 44 49 A lt 9999090999099 1 New Folder Format Cancel Figure 7 23 Checkup of Event Export Result Using USB Flash Drive 7 1 4 Backing up Video Clips Purpose You may also select video 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 2 During playback use buttons and in the playback toolbar to start or stop clipping record file s 3 Quit Playback interface after finishing clipping and you will be prompted to save the clips 1 A maximum of 30 clips can be selected for each channel Normal Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Mina Ll e y AN Pus Figure 7 24 Interface of Playback by Time 101 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 Click Yes to save video clips and enter Export interface or cli
98. ly button to apply the settings 157 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11 2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose You are allowed to configure the four sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed or recorded by the operator Steps 1 Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface Menu gt Camera gt Privacy Mask Select the camera to set privacy mask 3 Check the checkbox of Enable Privacy Mask to enable this feature Analog 1 Clear All C Clear Zone 1 Clear Zone 2 Clear Zone 3 Clear Zone 4 Figure 11 3 Privacy Mask Settings Interface 4 Use the mouse to draw a zone on the window The zones will be marked with different frame colors NOTE 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 Zone 1 4 icons on the right side of the window or click Clear All to clear all zones Analog 1 Clear All C Clear Zone 1 Clear Zone 2 Clear Zone 3 Clear Zone 4 Figure 11 4 Set Privacy Mask Area 6 You can click the Copy button to copy the privacy mask settings of the current camera to other cameras Please refer to step 7 of Chapter 11 1Configuring OSD Settings 7 Click the Apply button to save the settings 158 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance 159 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12 1 Viewing Syste
99. m Information 12 1 1 Viewing Device Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt System Info 2 Click the Device Info tab to enter the Device Information menu to view the device name model serial No firmware version and encoding version as shown in Figure 12 1 Embedded Net DVR XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Vx x x Build xxxxxx Vx x Build xxxxxx Figure 12 1 Device Information Interface 12 1 2 Viewing Camera Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt System Info 2 Click the Camera tab to enter the Camera Information menu to view the status of each camera as shown in Figure 12 2 Camera 01 Enabled Used Not used Not used Camera 02 Enabled Not used Not used Not used Camera 03 Enabled Not used Not used Not used Camera 04 Enabled Not used Not used Not used Figure 12 2 Camera Information Interface 12 1 3 Viewing Record Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu gt Maintenance gt System Info 2 Click the Record tab to enter the Record Information menu to view the recording status encoding parameters of each camera as shown in Figure 12 3 160 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Video amp Full Frame 3726 4096 1280 720 HD Normal Normal Video amp Full Frame 135 4096 1280 720 HD Normal Normal Video amp Full Frame 150 4096 1280 720 HD Normal Normal Video amp
100. n also be used to other channels click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings 69 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording Purpose You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group Steps 1 Enter HDD setting interface Menu gt HDD gt Advanced 931 51GB Normal Local 908GB Figure 5 28 HDD General 2 Select Advanced on the left bar Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group If not set it to Group For detailed information please refer to Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group 3 Select General in the left bar Click H to enter 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 Group Ji j loft uf 1 E Analog Figure 5 29 HDD Advanced 2 Choose Group number in the dropdown list of Record on HDD Group 3 Check the channels you want to save in this group 4 Click Apply to save settings NOTE After you have configured the HDD groups you can configure the Recording settings following the procedure provided in Chapter 5 2 5 7 70 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 9 Files Protection Purpose You can lock the re
101. n intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e mail accounts to which you want to send notification Additional the Preferred DNS server must be configured Before you start Make sure you have configured the IPv4 Address IPv4 Subnet Mask IPv4 Gateway and the Preferred DNS Server in the Network Settings menu Please refer to Chapter 9 1 Configuring General Settings for detailed information Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the Email tab to enter the Email Settings interface 126 smtp com 25 test01 test01 126 com Receiver 1 test02 test02 163 com 2s Figure 9 24 Email Settings Interface 3 Configure the following Email settings Enable Server Authentication optional Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature User Name The user account of sender s Email for SMTP server authentication Password The password of sender s Email for SMTP server authentication SMTP Server The SMTP Server IP address or host name e g smtp 263xmail com SMTP Port No The SMTP port The default TCP IP port used for SMTP is 25 Enable SSL optional Click the checkbox to enable SSL if required by the SMTP server Sender The name of sender Sender s Address The Email address of sender Select Receivers Select the receiver Up to 3 receivers can be configured Receiver The name of the receiver of the Email Receiver s Address The Ema
102. ndar 3 M 5 12 19 Ma sjaje pr dy 18 Figure 6 5 Playback Calendar 76 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder NOTE If there are record files for that camera in that day in the calendar the icon for that day is displayed as 2 Otherwise it is displayed as In the Playback interface The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process as shown in Figure 6 6 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 07 09 2013 15 35 23 07 09 2013 18 04 08 Figure 6 7 Toolbar of Playback by Time Table 6 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Audio on Start Stop da 30s forward S 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Add s 44 Speed down customized tag management Speed up ds al tag Pause reverse Pause play play Bical Scaling ay Reverse play np up down the 03 Single frame Single frame time line play reverse play 11 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2 NOTE Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 6 1 3 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose Play back recording files on one or several channels searched out by restricting event type e g alarm input and motion detection Steps 1 Enter the Playback interface Menu gt
103. ng numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding channels during playback process 2 Playback management The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing progress as shown in Figure 6 3 Normal Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 v Md W T ExcS Figure 6 3 Playback Interface Click the channel s 1f you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels 75 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 07 09 2013 15 35 23 07 09 2013 18 04 08 Figure 6 4 Toolbar of Playback Table 6 1 Detailed a eas of Playback Toolbar Audio on Start Stop 305 30s forward 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Tag EN Speed down tag customized tag management Wo Pause reverse Pause play play Scaling Play Reverse play up down the Speed up Single frame Single frame time line play reverse play at Playback progress bar use the mouse to drag the progress bar to locate special frames 6 1 2 Playing Back 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 gt Playback 2 Check the checkbox of channel s in the channel list and then double click to select a date on the cale
104. nput List Local Local Local Local Alarm Output List A gt 1 Local Figure 8 6 Alarm Status Interface of System Configuration 2 Set the handling method of the selected alarm input Check the Setting checkbox and click Handling button to set its alarm response actions Alarm Status Alarm Output A lt 1 Figure 8 7 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 is input 4 Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel s arming schedule Choose one day of a week and Max eight time periods can be set within each day Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped 5 Select Handling tab to set up alarm response actions of the alarm input please refer to Chapter 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions 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 111 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Handling Trigger Channel ming Schedule Handling PTZ Linking lt Mon 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 8 8 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Input 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
105. nts that occurred in this area Steps 1 Go to Playback interface and play the video Normal Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Gamera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 W i9 0 232 2 3 uS lt o ES Ow A pe pg g Xa s Figure 6 22 Interface of Playback by Time 2 Click the E button to go to analysis area selection interface 86 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 Click and drag the mouse to draw area s You can click button Pe to set the full screen as target searching area After drawing area s press button D to execute smart search in this area Multi area and full screen searching modes are supported Figure 6 23 Draw Area of Smart Search The results of smart search will be marked as m in the progress bar gt Normal Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 HANA Camera 14 lt BANKAS BB 8 8 5 o BENSSAE 07 09 2013 15 35 23 D7 29 2013 14 13 34 Figure 6 25 Toolbar of Smart Search Playback Table 6 5 Detailed Explanation of Smart search playback Toolbar Start Stop 30s forward 30s reverse clipping 87 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Pause reverse Pause play play Play mfa Reverse play Stop Cc Speed up Single f
106. o NIC cards use the same IP address and you can select the Main NIC to LAN1 or LAN2 By this way in case of one NIC card failure the device will automatically enable the other standby NIC card so as to ensure the normal running of the whole system Load Balance Mode By using the same IP address and two NIC cards share the load of the total bandwidth which enables the system to provide two Gigabit network capacity 124 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9 2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9 2 1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose The DVR also allows access by Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet PPPoE Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface NTP Email SNMP UPnP More Settings Figure 9 2 PPPoE Settings Interface 95 Check the PPPoE checkbox to enable this feature Enter User Name and Password for PPPoE access ME ee The User Name and Password should be assigned by your ISP u 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 gt Maintenance gt System Info gt Network interface to view the status of PPPoE connection Please refer to Chapter 12 1 5 Viewing Network Information for PPPoE status 9 2 2 Configur
107. o conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation EU Conformity Statement CE This product and if applicable the supplied accessories too are marked with CE and comply therefore with the applicable harmonized European standards listed under the Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC the RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU 2012 19 EU WEEE directive Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union For proper recycling return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent new equipment or dispose of it at designated collection points For more information see www recyclethis info 2006 66 EC battery directive This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union See the product documentation for specific battery information The battery 1s marked with this symbol which may include lettering to indicate cadmium Cd lead Pb or mercury Hg For proper recycling return the battery to your supplier or to a designated collection point For more information see www recyclethis info User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your DVR please be advised of the following tips Ensure unit
108. og 1 O Save Preset sl ll la gg lll alli 6 pls la ll Wp 13 14 15 16 17 Call Preset Pattern 1 a A Patrol 1 Add KeyPoint ojo O j Figure 4 6 PTZ Add Key Point 4 Configure key point parameters such as the key point No duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol The key point is corresponding to the preset The Preset determines the order at which the PTZ will follow while cycling through the patrol The Duration refers to the time span to stay at the corresponding key point The Speed defines the speed at which the PTZ will move from one key point to the next KeyPoint KeyPoint 1 Orar Preset l Duration Figure 4 7 Key point Configuration 5 Click OK to save the key point to the patrol 48 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Repeat the above steps to add more key points You can also click i to delete the corresponding key point and click El to delete all the key points O Save Presets 1 2 3 4 5 6 Call Preset z a sa is Ta ve ta ee Pattern 1 f ODO Patrol 1 Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Figure 4 8 KeyPoints Deletion 4 2 4 Calling Patrols Purpose Calling a patrol makes the PTZ to move according the predefined patrol path Calling patrol in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 Inthe PTZ setting interface Menu gt Camera gt PTZ gt More Settings Select the patrol number and then click to call the patrol 3 Click E to sto
109. onnected well impedance mismatches or incompatible b The stream type is not set as Video amp Audio Steps 1 Verify the cable between the pickup and camera is connected well impedance matches and compatible 2 Verify the setting parameters are correct Select Menu gt Record gt Parameters gt Record and set the Stream Type as Audio amp 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 frame rate b The DVR supports up to 16 channel synchronize playback at the resolution of 4CIF if you want a 16 channel synchronize playback at the resolution of 720p the frame extracting may occur which leads to a slight stuck Steps 1 Verify the frame rate is real time frame rate Select Menu gt Record gt Parameters gt Record and set the Frame Rate to Full Frame 2 Verify the hardware can afford the playback Reduce the channel number of playback Select Menu gt Record gt Encoding gt Record and set the resolution and bitrate to a lower level 3 Reduce the number of local playback channel Select Menu gt Playback and uncheck the checkbox of unnecessary channels 4 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps If
110. oooooooooonncccnncnnnnnnnnononononanonnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnoss 176 Chapter 14 APPEAR ies 177 LOS A ASS aaa a S 178 Jro bles hooo td id cios 179 11 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 1 Front Panels HIKVISION HIKVISION Figure 1 2 Front Panel of DS 7208HFHI SE Table 1 1 Description of Front Panel Function Description Power indicator turns yellow when the power switch on the real POWER l panel is turned on Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to STATUS TX RX indictor blinks yellow when network connection TX RX Fita properly Universal Serial Bus a A ports for additional devices such as USB Interfaces USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive HDD SHIFT MENU EDIT OO Gs Gs Ga Ga 6100 tro 8 10 Oven REC PTZ PREV Figure 1 3 Front Panel of DS 7200HFHI ST Table 1 2 Description of Control Panel Buttons Function Description POWER Power indicator turns yellow once the power switch turns on READY Ready indicator turns yellow when system is running STATUS Status indicator turns red when SHIFT mode is on 1 ALARM Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD TX RX indictor blinks yellow when network connection is TX RX o functioning properly 13 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder IR Rec
111. oring port configured in the software default port is 7200 172 5 8 111 1200 8000 80 Figure 9 20 Configure Alarm Host 4 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface 9 2 7 Configuring Multicast Purpose The multicast can be configured to realize live view for more than 128 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 Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface Set Multicast IP When adding a device to the CMS Client Management System software the multicast address must be the same as the DVR s multicast IP UPAS TE a 1200 8000 80 239 252 2 50 554 Figure 9 21 Configure Multicast 4 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface 9 2 8 Configuring RTSP Purpose The RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol is a network control protocol designed for using in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings menu Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings menu 133 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 172 5 8 111 1200 8000 80 239 252 2 50 954 Figure 9 22 RTSP Settings Interface 3 Enter the RTSP p
112. ort in the text field of RTSP Service Port The default RTSP port is 554 and you can change it according to different requirements 4 Click the Apply button to save and exit the menu 9 2 9 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports Purpose You can change the server and HTTP ports in the Network Settings menu The default server port is 8000 and the default HTTP port is 80 Steps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface as shown in Figure 9 23 3 Enter new Server Port and HTTP Port Figure 9 23 Host Others Settings Menu 4 Enter the Server Port and HTTP Port in the text fields The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80 and you can change them according to different requirements 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface E NOTE The Server Port should be set to the range of 2000 65535 and it is used for remote client software access The HTTP port is used for remote web browser access 9 2 10 Configuring Email Purpose The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an event is detected e g an alarm or motion event is detected etc 134 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 a
113. ou want to configure in the Camera dropdown list 3 Check the checkbox of Enable Schedule 4 Configure the record schedule Edit the schedule 1 Click Edit 2 Inthe message box you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule 3 To schedule an all day recording check the checkbox after the All Day item 57 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Cancel Figure 5 7 Edit Schedule All Day 4 To arrange other schedule leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start End time j Normal 12 00 18 00 j Normal 18 00 22 00 f Normal Normal Normal 00 00 00 00 y Normal 00 00 00 00 ji Normal 00 00 00 00 Y Normal 00 00 00 00 j Normal Cancel Figure 5 8 Edit Schedule Set Time Period NOTE Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day And the time periods cannot be overlapped each other Repeat the above steps 1 3 to schedule recording for other days in the week If the schedule can also be set to other days click Copy Copy Week v p vE 7 gj Holiday Cancel Figure 5 9 Copy Schedule to Other Days 58 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder NOTE The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings See Chapter 5 6 Configuring Holiday Record 5 Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu Draw the schedule 1 Click on the color icon to select a record type in the event list on the right side of the interface Analog 1 8 141
114. p it O Save Presets Call Preset Pattern 1 f Ho O Patrol 1 Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Figure 4 9 Calling Patrol Calling patrol in live view mode Steps 1 Press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote or click PTZ Control icon a on the quick setting 49 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder toolbar to show the PTZ control panel 2 Choose Patrol on the control bar 3 Double click the patrol you want to call or click to select the patrol and click A to call the patrol 4 Preset Patrol2 Patrol3 Patrol4 Figure 4 10 PTZ Panel Patrol 4 2 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 gt Camera gt PTZ gt More Settings 2 Choose pattern number in the option box General Analog 1 O Save Preset ll dl dls dlls calls dalt ss lis Ea lis lis lis lia llos Call Preset Pattern 1 fo 60 Patrol 4 Figure 4 11 PTZ Pattern 3 Click EA and use your mouse to drag the image or click the eight directional buttons in the control box under the image to move the PTZ camera The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern 50 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 Click E to save the pattern Repeat the above steps to save more patterns 4 2 6 Calling Patterns Purpose
115. panel Refer to Table 1 5 they include Table 1 5 Description of the IR Remote Control Buttons POWER Power on off the device Enables Disables Remote Control 20 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder S 93 T f DIRECTION ENTER Same as the DIRECTION ENTER buttons on front panel N Buttons a 1s 7 0 is Troubleshooting Remote Control No 3 C CN 7 CN CN ECN EN B E ECN E o ES Note Make sure you have install batteries properly in the remote control And you have to aim the remote control at the IR receiver in the front panel If there is no response after you press any button on the remote follow the procedure below to troubleshoot Steps 1 Go into Menu gt Settings gt General gt More Settings by operating the front control panel or the mouse 2 Check and remember DVR ID The default ID is 255 This ID is valid for all IR remote controls 3 Press the DEV button on the remote control 4 Enter the DVR ID in step 2 5 Press the ENTER button on the remote If the Status indicator on the front panel turns blue the remote control is operating properly If the Status indicator does not turn blue and there is still no response from the remote please check the following 1 Batteries are installed correctly and the polarities of the batteries are not reversed 2 Batteries are fresh and not out of charge 3 IR receiver is not obstructed If the remote still cannot function pro
116. perly please change the remote and try again or contact the device provider 21 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 3 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3 button Left Right Scroll wheel USB mouse can also be used with this DVR To use a USB mouse 1 Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR 2 The mouse should automatically be detected If in a rare case that the mouse is not detected the possible reason may be that the two devices are not compatible please refer to the recommended the device list from your provider The operation of the mouse Table 1 6 Description of the Mouse Control Single Click Live view Select channel and show the quick set menu Menu Select and enter Left Click Click and Drag PTZ control Wheeling Privacy mask and motion detection Select target area Digital zoom in Drag and select target area Live view Drag channel time bar Right Click Single Click Live view Show menu Menu Exit current menu to upper level menu Scroll Wheel Scrolling up Live view Previous screen Menu Previous item Scrolling down Live view Next screen Menu Next item 22 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 4 Input Method Description apa pafofsfo rfofofo ofjwjefrjrjvjufifoje Alsjolelc apsj ty lzlxfclvfo n m Figure 1 7 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard Table 1 7 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons ig Engli
117. ps 1 Enter the Network Settings interface Menu gt Configuration gt Network 2 Select the SNMP tab to enter the SNMP Settings interface General PPPOE DDNS NIP Email UPnP More Settings Figure 9 13 SNMP Settings Interface 3 Check the Enable SNMP checkbox to enable this feature 4 Configure the following SNMP settings e Trap Address IP Address of SNMP host e Trap Port Port of SNMP host V2 161 public private 162 Figure 9 14 Configure SNMP Settings 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface OE Before setting the SNMP please download the SNMP software and manage to receive the device information via SNMP port By setting the Trap Address the DVR is allowed to send the alarm event and exception message to the surveillance center 9 2 5 Configuring UPnP Purpose Universal Plug and Play UPnP can permit the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing communications etc You can use the UPnP function to enable the fast connection of the device to the WAN via a router without port mapping 130 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 o
118. r Local HDD Settings HDD Property oO RAV Read only Redundancy Group HE eee FEE CEE om LEE EEE E EEE DLE DIE rS MEM ECH MEM Fi 931GB Cancel Figure 10 14 Local HDD Settings Interface 7 Select the Group number for the current HDD NOTE The default group No for each HDD is 1 8 Click the OK button to confirm the settings Attention Regroup the cameras for HDD if the the HDD number is changed Nao Figure 10 15 Confirm HDD Group Settings 9 In the pop up Attention box click the Yes button to finish the settings 10 4 2 Setting HDD Property Purpose The HDD property can be set to redundancy read only or read write 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 so as to ensure high security and reliability of video data Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu gt HDD gt General 2 Select HDD from the list and click the A icon to enter the Local HDD Settings interface as shown in Figure 10 16 148 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Local HDD Settings HDD Property O R W Read only Redundancy Group
119. ra Record Network 931 51GB 901GB RAW 20 448MB 19 456MB Redundancy Figure 10 21 View HDD Status 2 152 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 7 Checking S M A R T Information Purpose The S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a monitoring system for HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures Steps 1 Enter the HDD Detect interface Menu gt HDD gt HDD Detect 2 Click the S M A R T Settings tab to enter the interface Select the HDD to view its S M A R T information list as shown in Figure 10 22 NOTE 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 item Bad Sector Detection Continue to use this disk when self evaluation is failed 1 Not tested Short Test o 39 267 Pass Functional S M A R T Information Spin Up Time Start Stop Count Reallocated Sector Count Seek Error Rate Power on Hours Count Spin Up Retry Count Figure 10 22 S M A R T Settings Interface 153 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 8 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD Steps 1 Enter the HDD Detect interface Menu gt HDD gt HDD Detect S M A R T Settings Bad Sector Detection 1 Detect 931 51GB 232MB Not tested E Normal Dam
120. rame Single frame play reverse play Add Add Tag customized 3 EKI Speed down default tag management tag Scaling Process bar Video type Digital Zoom up down the time line Smar serra OT Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 6 2 3 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 1t will be enlarged up to 16 times Figure 6 26 Draw Area for Digital Zoom 3 Right click the image to exit the digital zoom interface 6 2 4 Reverse Playback of Multi channel Purpose 88 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder You can play back record files of multi channel reversely Up to 16 ch with 1920 1080 resolution simultaneous reverse playback is supported Steps 1 Enter Playback interface Menu gt Playback 2 Check more than one checkboxes to select multiple channels and click to select a date on the calendar Normal ee se A Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Gamera 05 Camera 06 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Eislele Figure 6 27 4 ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3 Click pa to play back the record files reversely 89 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 7 Backup 90 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder
121. rding Steps 1 Enter the Manual settings interface Menu gt Manual Analog Recording by schedule Recording by manual operation Figure 5 20 Manual Record 2 Enable manual record Click the status icon O before camera number to change it to ON Or click the status icon OFF of Analog to enable manual record of all channels 3 Disable manual record Click the status icon EJ to change it to Ed Or click the status icon EJ of Analog to disable manual record of all channels E Nore After rebooting all the manual records enabled are canceled 65 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 6 Configuring Holiday Record Purpose Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday for that year You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday Steps 1 Enter the Record setting interface Menu gt Record 2 Choose Holiday on the left bar 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Holiday2 Holiday3 Holiday4 Holiday5 Holiday6 Holiday Holiday Holiday9 Holiday10 Holiday1 1 Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1 Jan Disabled 1_Jan Disabled 1 Jan Disabled 1_Jan i i Bi Be Bh Bh i Be Be he Holiday12 Disabled 1 Jan Figure 5 21 Holiday Settings 3 Enable Edit Holiday schedule 1 Click A to enter the Edit interface Holiday1 By Date 02 07 2012 02 08 2012 Figure 5 22 Edit Holiday Settings 2 Check the checkbox of Ena
122. riggered from the list below 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings 155 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 11 Camera Settings 156 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11 1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose You can configure the OSD On screen Display settings for the camera including date time camera name etc Steps 1 Enter the OSD Configuration interface Menu gt Camera gt OSD Select the camera to configure OSD settings Edit the Camera Name in the text field Configure the Display Name Display Date and Display Week by checking the checkbox Select the Date Format Time Format Display Mode and the OSD font oP oe Analog 1 Camera 01 Y MM DD YYYY 24 hour Non Transparent Not Flashing 32x32 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 Copy Camera Analog Al EA2 HEA3 FY Cancel Figure 11 2 Copy Settings to Other Cameras 2 Select the camera s to be configured with the same OSD settings You can also check the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras 3 Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the OSD Configuration interface 8 Click the App
123. selected eSATA or initialize it is required NOTE Two storage modes can be configured for the eSATA when it is used for Record Please refer to Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group and Chapter 10 5 Configuring Ouota Mode for details Free Space 921GB Ml abel Capacity Status Property Type 4 931 51GB Normal RIW Local M 18 10 048MB Uninitialized RAW NAS OMB a Figure 10 11 Initialize Added eSATA 146 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10 4 Managing HDD Group 10 4 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 Steps 1 Enter the Storage Mode interface Menu gt HDD gt Advanced 2 Set the Mode to Group as shown in Figure 10 12 ord on HDD Group Y Analog y PAS y FG y FC y Y y TC y FT BW BS y EXT y ELO MA11 y EAN MA13 BAI y y Figure 10 12 Storage Mode Interface 3 Click the Apply button and the following Attention box will pop up Attention Reboot to take effect of the changing of the storage mode Continue Yes No Figure 10 13 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 gt HDD gt General 6 Select HDD from the list and click the A icon to enter the Local HDD Settings interface as shown in Figure 10 14 147 User Manual of Digital Video Recorde
124. sh Capital English as Numbers B Symbols TB Lowercase Uppercase MM Backspace MSpace II E eee 23 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 5 Rear Panel 89999900 E 1 56 7 11 Figure 1 12 DS 7208HFHI SE and DS 7208HFHI ST VIDEO IN HD SDI interface for video input AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT a4 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 24 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder HDMI HDMI video output connector 10 11 USB Port Universal Serial Bus USB port for additional devices Network Interface RS 485 Interface Connector for RS 485 devices 9 Power Supply DC 12V power supply ao Power Switch Switch for turning on off the device Ground 5 059 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PB9505050505080802809080202020 OP02620252529929696 959695950596 DPT 999525959595 95 9695954952525 82999999995 959595950595 O Sos o8o8o8o8o80808 08080802020202620 02020952525 20 20020202020 0 0 02 029 2909009 Figure 1 13 DS 7300HFHI ST F 59999959595050 0509 0 0 50 0 AS U hem p 9 0808080295909595969520 eSATA 050970 LA RS 485 KB ALARM OUT Goo 2 eer mide PERE ERER h x ASOC ooo y PO 0 0 Ml T Poses N2 LANI Figure 1 14 DS 8100HFHI ST No 7 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 RS 4
125. t the record files 1 Find the record files you want to protect and then click the icon which will turn toli indicating that the file is locked The record files of which the recording is still not completed cannot be locked 2 Click A to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected 71 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Attention Record file may be overwritten after unlocking Continue Yes No Figure 5 32 Unlocking Attention Protect file by setting HDD property to Read only Before you start To edit HDD property you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group See Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group Steps 1 Enter HDD setting interface Menu gt HDD E 1 931 51GB Normal Local 908GB Figure 5 33 HDD General 2 Click A to edit the HDD you want to protect Local HDD Settings HDD Property ORW O Read only Redundancy Group REE PEE FEE CEE FES LEE ee E CEM DUE SIE rS MEM DCE BEE FL 931 51GB Cancel Figure 5 34 HDD General Editing 3 Set the HDD to Read only 4 Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu por O 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 O If there is only one HDD and is set to Read only the DVR cannot record any files Only live view mode is available O If you set the HDD to Read only when the DVR is saving files in it then the file will be saved in next
126. ta adas 153 19 8 Detecta Bad SE a A A leidos 154 109 Conticutino HOD Error Alaris acid dada 155 Chapter 11 Camera Selinas eccone aran RATA Ninel 156 H Conmennts OSD Serine ss ati aida irdaa 157 U2 Contontinoa Privacy MasK iii A AAA A AA Ad AS A 158 Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance cccccccccsssssssssssssssscsssccccccccccccssssssssscscccsccccsssssseees 159 EZ Vie wane System torna Ora AA AAA AA AA 160 IZLE Viewine Device MOMO ara a ln e 160 12 2 View ine Camera AO edi 160 Z Lo Vie wine Record onna O see E 160 1214 View ine Alarmi tora li A A E 161 12 5 Viswine Network MiOrmatiOn isis ii bi 161 IALO View ine HDD TOO EMO ir Ai E E ii ide 162 122 Searcnine and Exporti o Los Piles ddr 163 123 Importine Exportins Configuration Files 1d a a in a a a 165 124 MWperadiio System dadas 166 12 4 1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device ccccccccnooonoonnnnnnnncnonnnnnonononononnnnncnncnnnnnnnnnnnononanininos 166 142 Sp Crain orlando 166 ZO Restoring Default clear AR d 167 Chapter 13 OEIS saaa 168 13 1 Contontino General SEUUMES uv A E E A A A EE cede 169 P Bois ii Ty eye LRG PO net tented ORI y E ER endure eancie tareuase ahaia ereu sees a eesuaranenee 170 15 35 Contiene More Sees srta iia T AA EA AAA 171 134 Mma ne User Accon So ll is eases Saas 172 134 1 Addie A AA AA AA 172 1542 Dele alcaldia 174 15 43 Edina User ua A AAA A dd 174 13 5 Logging out Shutting down Rebooting Device co
127. 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 A NOTE Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Handling Trigger Channel Arming Schedule Handling lt 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 8 4 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection Click Handling tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm please refer to Chapter 8 6 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 If you want to set motion detection for another channel repeat the above steps or just copy the above settings to it mm You are not allowed to copy the Trigger Channel action 109 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Copy Camera M Analog Al EA2 PE O Cancel Figure 8 5 Copy Settings of Motion Detection 110 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 2 Setting Sensor Alarms Purpose Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm Steps 1 Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input Menu gt Configuration gt Alarm Select Alarm Input tab to enter Alarm Input Settings interface Alarm Input Alarm Gutput Alarm I
128. thin each day Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped Handling Handling Mon lt 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 8 14 Set Arming Schedule of Video Tampering 3 Select Handling tab to set alarm response actions of video tampering alarm please refer to Chapter 116 4 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions 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 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 117 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8 5 Handling Exceptions Purpose Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions e g e HDD Full The HDD is full e HDD Error Writing HDD error unformatted HDD etc e Network Disconnected Disconnected network cable e IP Conflicted Duplicated IP address e Illegal Login Incorrect user ID or password e Input Recording Resolution Mismatch The input resolution is smaller than the recording resolution Record Exception No space for saving recorded files Steps Enter Exception interface of System Configuration and handle various exceptions Menu gt Configuration
129. through tab pages ryAUX Oee through tab pages OO O In synchronous playback mode it is used to switch between channels Press the button will help you return to the Main menu after successful login Press and hold the button for 5 seconds will turn off audible key MENU WIPER beep In PTZ Control mode the MENU WIPER button will start wiper 1f applicable In Playback mode it is used to show hide the control interface noc Switch between single screen and multi screen mode PREV FOCUS In PTZ Control mode it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A FOCUS button ram Enter the PTZ Control mode PTZ IRIS In the PTZ Control mode it is used to adjust the iris of the PTZ camera 8 IRReceiver Receiver for IR remote control 9 DVD R W Slot for DVD R W 19 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 2 IR Remote Control Operations The DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control shown in Figure 1 6 su Batteries 2xAAA must be installed before operation C pa 2 O 5 INFO aii E VO1P MON 9 Lal 11 gt w O o m m 0 O ep C A p o 030 O 00 _ un gt lt lt N co m 2 D Ps m O U E gt O 00 eh 12 PTZ ESC 13 Ea gt 14 i 15 16 17 f A 18 Figure 1 6 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front
130. tton 4 Turn off the power switch on the rear panel when the note appears for DS 7200HFHI SE and DS 7200HFHI SL series only Please power off Figure 2 2 Shutdown Tips e OPTION 2 By operating the front panel for DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST series 28 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 Press and hold the POWER button on the front panel for 3 seconds 2 Enter the administrator s username and password in the dialog box for authentication 3 Click the Yes button q NOTE Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down The device exclude DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE remains standby mode after 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 gt Shutdown 2 Click the Logout button to log out or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR 29 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2 2 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default the Setup Wizard will start once the DVR has loaded as shown in Figure 2 3 Steps 1 Please select the system language in the drop down list on your demand Language English Cancel Figure 2 3 Resolution Selection 2 The Setup Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the DVR If you do not want to use the Setup
131. ull Screen Monitoring Dwell Time The time in seconds to show alarm event screen 2 Set the camera order General VGA HDMI 1 Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Figure 3 8 Live View Camera Order 1 Select View tab 2 Click a window to select it and then double click a camera name in the camera list you would like to display Setting an X means the window will not display any channel 3 Click the Apply button 42 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3 5 User Logout Purpose After logging out the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation you need to enter user name and password to log in again Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu gt Shutdown Shutdowm ial Logout Shutdown Reboot Figure 3 9 Shutdown 2 Click Logout ee After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required a user name and password to login the system 43 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 PTZ Controls 44 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4 1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you set the PTZ camera Before you start Check that the PTZ and the DVR are connected properly through RS 485 interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Settings interface Menu gt Camera gt PTZ More Settings Analog 1 9600 8
132. ure to configure alarm triggered recording Steps 1 Enter the Alarm setting interface Menu gt Configuration gt Alarm Alarm Input Alarm Output Alarm Input List Alarm Output List Figure 5 16 Alarm Settings 2 Click the Alarm Input tab Alarm Status Alarm Output A lt 1 Figure 5 17 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 i 4 Click the button 63 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Handling Arming Schedule Handling PTZ Linking _ Analog MA1 MHA2 y FO y C Cancel Figure 5 18 Alarm Handling 5 Choose the alarm triggered recording channel 6 Check the checkbox CA to select channel 7 Click Apply to save settings 8 Click OK to back to the upper level 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 Copy Alarm Input Cancel Figure 5 19 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 64 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 5 Manual Record Purpose Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual record Using manual record you don t need to set a schedule for reco
133. y clicking Copy if the setting can also be used for other channels NOTE Copy Camera E Analog Al PS PA FY Cancel Figure 5 4 Copy Camera Settings 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 HDD settings For detailed information 55 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder see Chapter 10 4 2 Setting HDD Property 3 Set encoding parameters for sub stream 1 Select the Substream tab Record Analog 1 Video amp Audio QCIF Variable Medium Full Frame General 128 192 320 Kbps 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 channels click Copy to copy the settings to other channels 56 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5 2 Configuring Record Schedule 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 gt Record gt Schedule Analog 1 Oo 0 B WH a DS 7200HFHI SL amp SE amp ST Analog 1 8 10 Edit Normal Event Motion Alarm MIA Muvueza None 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Holiday DS 7300HFHI ST and DS 8100HFHI ST Figure 5 6 Record Schedule 2 Choose the camera y
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