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  • Page 1 Digital Video Recorder User Manual...
  • Page 2 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Regulatory information FCC information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, compliance: 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.

  • Page 3: Preventive And Cautionary Tips

    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 is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. •...
  • Page 4 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.

  • Page 5: Product Key Features

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Product Key Features General  Connectable to the HD-SDI cameras.  Each camera supports dual-stream. Main stream supports up to 1080P resolution and sub-stream supports up to 4CIF resolution.  Independent configuration for each channel, including resolution, frame rate, bit rate, image quality, etc.
  • Page 6 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder  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. ...
  • Page 7 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder  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. ...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Product Key Features ..........................4 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................10 Front Panels ........................... 11 IR Remote Control Operations ...................... 12 USB Mouse Operation ........................16 Input Method Description ......................17 Rear Panel ............................. 18 Chapter 2 Getting Started .........................
  • Page 9 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel ..................... 62 6.1.2 Playing Back by Time ......................64 6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search ..................... 65 6.1.4 Playing Back by Tag ......................68 6.1.5 Playing Back by System Logs ..................... 71 6.1.6 Playing Back External File ....................
  • Page 10 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.1 Initializing HDDs ........................126 10.2 Managing Network HDD ......................127 10.3 Managing eSATA ........................130 10.4 Managing HDD Group ........................ 130 10.4.1 Setting HDD Groups ......................130 10.4.2 Setting HDD Property ......................132 10.5 Configuring Quota Mode......................

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 12: Front Panels

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.1 Front Panels Figure 1. 1 Front Panel Table 1. 1 Description of Control Panel Buttons Name Function Description POWER Power indicator turns yellow once the power switch turns on. READY Ready indicator turns yellow when system is running. Status indicator turns red when SHIFT mode is on.

  • Page 13: Ir Remote Control Operations

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Start/stop record clipping in playback. Enter numeral “6”; Enter letters “MNO”; 6/MNO/PLAY Playback, for direct access to all-day playback interface. Enter numeral “7”; Enter letters “PQRS”; 7/PQRS/REC Open the manual record interface. Enter numeral “8”;...
  • Page 14 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 1. 2 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Refer to Table 1. 2, they include: Table 1. 2 Description of the IR Remote Control Buttons Name Description Power on/off the device.
  • Page 15 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Description preset by pressing Numeric button. It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback mode. Enter the Playback menu; PLAY Button Auto scan in the PTZ Control mode. INFO Button Zoom in the PTZ camera in the PTZ Control setting.
  • Page 16 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 17: Usb Mouse Operation

    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.

  • Page 18: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 3 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 4 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description Number English letter … …...

  • Page 19: Rear Panel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 4 Item Description VIDEO IN HD-SDI interface for video input. AUDIO IN RCA connector AUDIO OUT RCA connector DB15 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu. HDMI HDMI video output connector.

  • Page 20: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Dvr

    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.

  • Page 21: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    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. 2. Steps: 1. Please select the system language in the drop-down list on your demand. Figure 2.
  • Page 22 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 4 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.
  • Page 23 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8. Click Next button after you having configured the network parameters, which will take you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2. 7. Figure 2. 7 HDD Management 9. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD. 10.
  • Page 24 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12. Click OK to save the settings and exit the wizard.

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Live View...

  • Page 26: Introduction Of Live View

    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.

  • Page 27: Operations In Live View Mode

    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. • Single Screen: show only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. •...

  • Page 28: Using The Mouse In Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View Right-click on the live view window, and a live view toolbar appears on the top of the screen as follows: Figure 3. 1 Live View Toolbar Table 3. 4 Mouse Operation in Live View Name Description Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse.

  • Page 29: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder • 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. • 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.
  • Page 30 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 3. 3 Digital Zoom...

  • Page 31: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.3 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.
  • Page 32 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 3. 5 Live View- Camera Order Select View tab. 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. Click the Apply button.

  • Page 33: User Logout

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.4 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.

  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 PTZ Controls...

  • Page 35: Configuring Ptz Settings

    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.

  • Page 36: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols & Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & 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.

  • Page 37: Calling Presets

    User Manual of Digital 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>Camera>PTZ>More Settings 2.

  • Page 38: Customizing Patrols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2. Choose Camera in the list on the menu. 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.

  • Page 39: Calling Patrols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Repeat the above steps to add more key points. You can also click to delete the corresponding key point and click to delete all the key points. Figure 4. 8 KeyPoints Deletion 4.2.4 Calling Patrols Purpose: Calling a patrol makes the PTZ to move according the predefined patrol path.

  • Page 40: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 41: Calling Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2.6 Calling Patterns Purpose: 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.

  • Page 42: Ptz Control Panel

    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 to enter the PTZ panel. Figure 4.

  • Page 43: Chapter 5 Record Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 5 Record Settings...

  • Page 44: Configuring Encoding Parameters

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 HDD- General 2. Click Advance to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) If the HDD mode is Quota, please set the maximum record capacity and maximum picture capacity.
  • Page 45 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder frame rate of the camera, e.g. 1080P25. 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.
  • Page 46 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Select a camera in the camera dropdown list. Configure the parameters. Click Apply to save the settings. If the parameters can also be used to other channels, click Copy to copy the settings to other channels.

  • Page 47: Configuring Record Schedule

    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> Record> Schedule Figure 5. 6 Record Schedule 2.
  • Page 48 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule- Set Time Period Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped 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.
  • Page 49 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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. Repeat step 4 to set schedule for other channels.

  • Page 50: Configuring Motion Detection Record

    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 recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notifying the surveillance center, sending email and so on.
  • Page 51 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 52: Configuring Alarm Triggered Record (Optional)

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record (Optional) Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording. Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 16 Alarm Settings 2. Click the Alarm Input tab. Figure 5.
  • Page 53 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 18 Alarm Handling 5) Choose the alarm triggered recording channel. 6) Check the checkbox 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.

  • Page 54: Manual Record

    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 recording. Steps: 1. Enter the Manual settings interface. Menu> Manual Figure 5.

  • Page 55: Configuring Holiday Record

    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>Record 2.
  • Page 56 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 57: Configuring Redundant Recording

    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 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.
  • Page 58 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 can also be used to other channels, click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings.

  • Page 59: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording

    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>HDD>Advanced Figure 5. 28 HDD General 2. Select Advanced on the left bar. Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group.

  • Page 60: Files Protection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.9 Files Protection Purpose: You can lock the recorded 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>...
  • Page 61 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 62: Chapter 6 Playback

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 6 Playback...

  • Page 63: Playing Back Record Files

    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.
  • Page 64 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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. Figure 6. 3 Playback Interface Click the channel(s) if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels.

  • Page 65: Playing Back By Time

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 66: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 7 Toolbar of Playback by Time Table 6. 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio Start/Stop customized clipping default tag Digital Smart Pause/Play management Zoom Search reverse...
  • Page 67 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 8 Alarm Input Search Interface 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.
  • Page 68 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 69: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 12 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6. 3 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-event Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio Start/Stop Add default customized clipping Smart Search Digital Pause/Play (Not management Zoom...
  • Page 70 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 13 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag. Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file. 3) Tag management.
  • Page 71 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 15 Video Search by Tag 3. Click button to play back the file. You can click the Back button to back to the search interface. Pre-play and post-play can be configured. Figure 6. 16 Interface of Playback by Tag Figure 6.

  • Page 72: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 6. 4 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-tag Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio Start/Stop Add default customized clipping Smart Search Digital Pause/Play (Not management Zoom reverse supported) Pause/Play Stop 30s backward 30s forward Speed down Speed up...
  • Page 73 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 18 System Log Search Interface 3. Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “No result found” will pop up. Figure 6.

  • Page 74: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 20 Interface of Playback by Log 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 Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2.

  • Page 75: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    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: • Using a Mouse Go to Playback interface and click button until the speed changes to Single frame.
  • Page 76 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s). You can click button to set the full screen as target searching area. Multi-area and full-screen searching modes are supported. Figure 6. 23 Draw Area of Smart Search 4.

  • Page 77: Digital Zoom

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Digital Smart Pause/Play management Zoom Search reverse Pause/Play Stop 30s forward backward Previous Speed down Speed up Next day Scaling up/down time Process bar Full Screen Exit Normal playback...
  • Page 78 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Purpose: 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>Playback 2. Check more than one checkboxes to select multiple channels and click to select a date on the calendar. Figure 6.

  • Page 79: Chapter 7 Backup

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 7 Backup...

  • Page 80: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.1 Backing up Record Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 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.
  • Page 81 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format the USB device by clicking the Format button. Figure 7.
  • Page 82 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message box “Export finished”. Figure 7. 6 Export Finished 6. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it.
  • Page 83 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface. 3. Select record files you want to back up. Click button to play the record file if you want to check it. Tick record files you want to back up.

  • Page 84: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 1. 1 Export Selection Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”. Figure 7. 11 Export Finished 6. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it.
  • Page 85 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Alarm Input type is supported after the alarm module is plugged in. Steps: 1. Enter Export interface. Menu>Export>Event 2. Search for events. 1) Select the type of event from the dropdown list of Event Type. 2) Select the alarm input No.
  • Page 86 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 16 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. The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower-right corner of the window. Figure 7.
  • Page 87 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4. Click the Export button to pop up the backup device management interface. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device.

  • Page 88: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 22 Checkup of Event Export Result Using USB Flash Drive 7.1.3 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.
  • Page 89 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 24 Attention to Video Clip Saving 5. Export. Click Export button and start backup. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB devices by clicking the Format button.
  • Page 90 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 27 Export Finished 7. Check backup result. Figure 7. 28 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive...

  • Page 91: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.2 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drives and USB HDDs. 1. Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. At least one channel shall be selected. Figure 7.
  • Page 92 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 31 USB Flash Drive Management Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device. Select a record file or folder in the backup device and press button if you want to delete it.
  • Page 93 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 33 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Backup device management. Figure 7. 34 USB Writer Management Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD. ...

  • Page 94: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 8 Alarm Settings...

  • Page 95: Setting Motion Detection

    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> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2.
  • Page 96 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection 4. 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).
  • Page 97 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 5 Copy Settings of Motion Detection...

  • Page 98: Setting Sensor Alarms

    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> Configuration> Alarm Select Alarm Input tab to enter Alarm Input Settings interface. Figure 8.
  • Page 99 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 alarm input. Please check whether the PTZ or speed dome supports PTZ linkage.
  • Page 100 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 10 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...

  • Page 101: Detecting Video Loss

    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> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8.
  • Page 102 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder copy an arming schedule to other days. 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.

  • Page 103: Detecting Video Tampering

    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.
  • Page 104 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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. 4) Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel. Repeat the above steps to finish settings of other channels, or click the Copy button copy the above settings to them.

  • Page 105: Handling Exceptions

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.5 Handling Exceptions Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. •...

  • Page 106: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    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. ...
  • Page 107 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. Figure 8. 17 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output 3.

  • Page 108: Triggering Or Clearing Alarm Output Manually

    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.

  • Page 109: Chapter 9 Network Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 9 Network Settings...

  • Page 110: Configuring General Settings

    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 > Configuration > Network Figure 9. 1 Network Settings Interface 2.

  • Page 111: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring 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.
  • Page 112 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 4 DynDNS Settings Interface  PeanutHull: Enter the User Name and Password obtained from the PeanutHull website. Figure 9. 5 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.
  • Page 113 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 7 HiDDNS Settings Interface Register the device on the HiDDNS server. 1) Go to the HiDDNS website: www.hiddns.com. 2) Click to register an account if you do not have one and use the account to log Figure 9.

  • Page 114: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder For client software, 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.hiddns.com Device Domain Name: It refers to the Device Domain Name on the device or the Device Name on the HiDDNS server you created.

  • Page 115: Configuring Snmp

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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).

  • Page 116: Configuring Upnp

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.4 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™...

  • Page 117: Configuring The Remote Alarm Host

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Steps: 1) Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Configure the external port No. for server port, http port and RTSP port respectively.

  • Page 118: Configuring Multicast

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 17 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 System) software (e.g., client software) is installed, and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monitoring port configured in the software (default port is 7200).

  • Page 119: Configuring Server And Http Ports

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.8 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.
  • Page 120 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 18 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.

  • Page 121: Checking Network Traffic

    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 > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure 9.

  • Page 122: Configuring Network Detection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 >...
  • Page 123 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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.

  • Page 124: Checking Network Status

    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 button on the lower- right corner of the page. Figure 9. 24 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out.

  • Page 125: Checking Network Statistics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 26 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: 1. Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect 2.

  • Page 126: Chapter 10 Hdd Management

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 10 HDD Management...

  • Page 127: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.1 Initializing 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 > HDD>General Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interface 2.

  • Page 128: Managing Network Hdd

    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: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 10. 5 HDD Information Interface 2.
  • Page 129 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 7 Add NAS Disk • 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 the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk.
  • Page 130 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 9 Initialize Added NetHDD...

  • Page 131: Managing Esata

    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: Enter the Advanced Record Settings interface.
  • Page 132 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 12 Storage Mode Interface 3. Click the Apply button and the following Attention box will pop up. Figure 10. 13 Attention for Reboot 4. Click the Yes button to reboot the device to activate the changes. 5.

  • Page 133: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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).

  • Page 134: Configuring Quota Mode

    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 > HDD > 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.
  • Page 135 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6. Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same quota settings. You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras. 7. Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface. 8.

  • Page 136: Checking Hdd Status

    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.

  • Page 137: Checking S.m.a.r.t Information

    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.

  • Page 138: Detecting Bad Sector

    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>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 10. 23 Bad Sector Detection 2.

  • Page 139: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    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 > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3.

  • Page 140: Chapter 11 Camera Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 11 Camera Settings...

  • Page 141: Configuring Osd Settings

    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 > Camera > OSD 2.

  • Page 142: Configuring Privacy Mask

    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 > Camera > Privacy Mask 2.

  • Page 143: Chapter 12 Dvr Management And Maintenance

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

  • Page 144: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.1 Viewing System Information 12.1.1 Viewing Device Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > 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.

  • Page 145: Viewing Network Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 12. 3 Record Information Interface 12.1.4 Viewing Network Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. Click the Network tab to enter the Network Information menu to view the network information, as shown in Figure 12.
  • Page 146 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 12. 5 HDD Information Interface...

  • Page 147: Searching And Exporting Log Files

    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 >...
  • Page 148 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 12. 7 Log Search Results 5. You can click the button of each log or double-click it to view its detailed information, as shown in Figure 12. 8. And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available.
  • Page 149 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 1. 2 Log Export Interface 2) Select the backup device from the drop-down list, and click Export to start the export process. Figure 1. 3 Export Selected Log 3) Click OK to confirm the settings on the pop-up message box after the export process is complete. 4) The exported log files will be displayed on a list.

  • Page 150: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    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.

  • Page 151: Upgrading System

    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. Connect your DVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2.

  • Page 152: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.5 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 12. 12 Restore Factory Default 2. Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Except the network parameters (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, default route and server port), all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings.

  • Page 153: Chapter 13 Others

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 13 Others...

  • Page 154: Configuring General Settings

    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 > Configuration > General 2. Select the General tab. Other Models Figure 13.

  • Page 155: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.2 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 2 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item. Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox, and then you choose the date of the DST period.

  • Page 156: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.3 Configuring More Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 13. 3. Figure 13.

  • Page 157: Managing User Accounts

    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.
  • Page 158 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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. Figure 13.

  • Page 159: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder • 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). •...
  • Page 160 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 13. 10 Edit User Interface-operator and guest Figure 13. 11 Edit User Interface-admin 4. Edit the parameters. • Operator and Guest You can edit the user information, including user name, password, permission level and MAC address. Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password, and input the new one in the text field of Password and Confirm.

  • Page 161: Logging Out/Shutting Down/Rebooting Device

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.5 Logging out/Shutting down/Rebooting Device Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown interface. Menu > Shutdown 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.

  • Page 162: Chapter 14 Appendix

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 14 Appendix...

  • Page 163: Glossary

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Glossary • 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.

  • Page 164: Troubleshooting

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Troubleshooting  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 incorrect. Steps: 1.
  • Page 165 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.
  • Page 166 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder No record file found in the device local HDD, and the prompt “No record file found” pops up when you  search the record files. Possible Reasons: a) The time setting of system is incorrect. b) The search condition is incorrect.

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