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  • Page 1 X4S Series DVR User's Manual Please read this manual before using your DVR system and retain it for future reference.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS..............10 Overview ............................... 10 Features ..............................10 Specification ............................11 1.3.1 Standard X4S series........................11 1.3.2 Simple Entry Level Series ......................15 OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS ................. 19 Front Panel ............................19 2.1.1 Standard X4S series........................
  • Page 3 Check Unpacked DVR ........................28 About Front Panel and Real Panel ....................28 HDD Installation ........................... 28 3.3.1 Standard X4S series........................28 3.3.2 Simple Entry Level Series ......................29 Connecting Power Supply ........................30 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices .................. 30 3.5.1...
  • Page 4 4.1.5 Replace Button Battery ........................41 Manual Record............................. 42 4.2.1 Live Viewing............................. 42 4.2.2 Manual record..........................42 Search & Playback ..........................44 4.3.1 Search Menu ........................... 44 4.3.2 Basic Operation..........................45 4.3.3 Calendar............................46 Schedule ............................... 46 Schedule Menu ..........................46 4.4.1 4.4.2 Snapshot ............................
  • Page 5 4.9.5 Pattern Setup ............................60 4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function ........................61 4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup ..........................61 4.9.8 Activate Auto Scan..........................61 4.10 Flip ................................. 61 UNDERSTANDING OF MENU OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS ....62 Menu Tree ............................62 Main Menu ............................62 Setting ..............................
  • Page 6 5.6.4 Version ............................. 83 5.6.5 Online Users ............................ 83 Shutdown .............................. 84 ABOUT AUXILIARY MENU ................85 Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu ......................... 85 6.1.1 3D Intelligent Positioning Key ....................... 85 Preset /Patrol / Pattern /Border Function..................86 6.2.1 Preset Setup ............................ 87 6.2.2 Activate Preset ..........................
  • Page 7 Alarm ..............................128 About ..............................129 Log out ..............................130 Un-install Web Control........................130 PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ..........131 FAQ......................... 132 APPENDIX A HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION ..........137 APPENDIX B COMPATIBLE USB DRIVE LIST ..........138 APPENDIX C COMPATIBLE CD/DVD BURNER LIST........139 APPENDIX D COMPATIBLE SATA HDD LIST ...........
  • Page 8 Welcome Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This operating manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree.

  • Page 9: Important Safeguards And Warnings

    Important Safeguards and Warnings 1．Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation. 2．Transportation security Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.

  • Page 10: Features And Specifications

    It has analog output port, VGA port and HDMI port. You can use monitor or displayer to realize surveillance function. System supports TV/VGA/HDMI output at the same time. Please note HDMI is for standard X4S series only. Storage function Special data format to guarantee data security and can avoid vicious data modification.

  • Page 11: Specification

    RS232 port can connect to keyboard to realize central control, and can also connect to PC COM to upgrade system and realize maintenance, and matrix control. Standard Ethernet port can realize network access function. Please note RS232 port is for standard X4S series only. PTZ control Support PTZ decoder via RS485.
  • Page 12 1-ch PAL/NTSC, BNC (1.0VP- P, 75Ω) composite video signal output. Video monitor Video 1-ch VGA output. Output 1-ch HDMI output. Support TV/VGA/HDMI video output at the same time. Video PAL (625 line, 50f/s), NTSC (525 line, 60f/s) Standard Real-time Mode: PAL 1f/s to 25f/s per channel and NTSC 1f/s to 30f/s Record per channel Speed...
  • Page 13 Manual recording, motion detection recording, schedule recording and Recording alarm recording Mode Priority: Manual recording> alarm recording>motion detection Record and recording>schedule recording. playback Recording 1 to 120 minutes single record duration (Default setup is 60 minutes) Length Playback Repeat When hard disk is full, system can overwrite previous video file. Record Various search engines such as time, type and channel.
  • Page 14 16-ch alarm input 4-ch alarm input（You 8-ch alarm input（You （You can set can set normal open or can set normal open or normal close type to normal close type to normal open or Alarm Input normal close select the alarm type. ） select the alarm type.

  • Page 15: Simple Entry Level Series

    Installation Desktop installation Mode 1.3.2 Simple Entry Level Series Simple Entry Level Series Parameter High-performance industrial embedded micro controller Main System Processor Embedded LINUX System Multiplex operations: Multiple-channel record, multiple-channel playback Resources and network operation simultaneously User-friendly graphical user interface Interface Input Front panel, USB mouse, remote control...
  • Page 16 Image Channel information, time information and privacy mask zone. Information TV Adjust Adjust TV output zone suitable to anamorphic video. Channel Cover secret channel with blue screen though system is encoding Lock normally. Screen-lock function to prevent unauthorized user seeing secret video. Channel Channel name, recording status, screen lock status, video loss status Information...
  • Page 17 Support network PTZ lens control File download backup and playback Multiple devices share information via corresponding software such as professional surveillance software (PSS) Duplex transparent COM Network alarm input and output Bidirectional audio. Motion Zone setup: support 396((PAL 22×18, NTSC 22×15)) detection zones. Motion Detection Various sensitivity levels.
  • Page 18 Power General Consumption 12W (Exclude HDD) Parameter Working 0℃－＋55℃ Temperature Working 10%－90% Humidity 86kpa－106kpa Pressure 325×242×55mm (Including feet) Dimension Weight 2.5KG(Exclude HDD) Installation Desktop installation Mode...

  • Page 19: Overview And Controls

    This section provides information about front panel and rear panel. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first. 2.1 Front Panel 2.1.1 Standard X4S series The front panel is shown as in Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1 2.1.2 Simple Entry Level Series...
  • Page 20 Confirm current operation Enter ENTER Go to default button Go to menu Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys Record or numeral keys to select the recording channel. Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback. Slow play/8 In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V). One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color.

  • Page 21: Rear Panel

    The light becomes off once the alarm light stops. 2.2 Rear Panel 2.2.1 Standard X4S series The 4-ch rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-3. Figure 2-3 The 8-ch rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-3.

  • Page 22: Simple Entry Level Series

    When connect the Ethernet port, please use straight cable to connect the PC and use the crossover cable to connect to the switcher or router. 2.2.2 Simple Entry Level Series The simple entry level series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-6. Figure 2-6 Please refer to the following sheet for detail information.
  • Page 23 Figure 2-7 Please refer to Figure 2-8 for simple entry level series connection sample. X 2 8 1 H 2 8 1 H 2 8 1 H...

  • Page 24: Remote Control

    Figure 2-8 2.4 Remote Control The remote control interface is shown as in F igure 2-9. X 2 8 2 H 2 8 2 H 2 8 2 H Please note remote control is not our standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.
  • Page 25 Figure 2-9 Serial Number Name Function Address Click it to input device serial number, so that you can control Multiple-window switch Please refer to the multiple- window switch button in the front panel (MULT) 0-9 number key Input password, channel or switch channel.

  • Page 26: Mouse Control

    button in the front panel. 2.5 Mouse Control Left click System pops up password input dialogue box if you have not logged in. mouse In real-time monitor mode, you can go to the main menu. When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu content.

  • Page 27: Virtual Keyboard & Front Panel

    Right click In real-time monitor mode, pops up shortcut menu: one-window, four-window, mouse nine-window and sixteen-window, Pan/Tilt/Zoom, color setting, search, record, alarm input, alarm output, main menu. Among which, Pan/Tilt/Zoom and color setting applies for current selected channel. If you are in multiple-window mode, system automatically switches to the corresponding channel.

  • Page 28: Installation And Connections

    3.3 HDD Installation 3.3.1 Standard X4S series This series DVR has only one SATA HDD. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher. You can refer to the appendix for recommended HDD brand.

  • Page 29: Simple Entry Level Series

    7. Connect the HDD cable and 8. Place the upper cover back power cable. and screw firmly. After completing HDD installation, please check connection of data ribbon and power cord. 3.3.2 Simple Entry Level Series This series DVR has only one SATA HDD. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher. You can refer to the appendix for recommended HDD brand.

  • Page 30: Connecting Power Supply

    Keep connection lugs in well contact B T T T B The signal line and shielded wire should be fixed firmly and in well connection. Avoid dry joint, lap welding and oxidation. B T T T B Figure 3-1 Standard X4S Series...

  • Page 31: Connecting Video Output

    Using TV as video output device is not a reliable substitution method. You also need to reduce the working hour and control the interference from power supply and other devices. The low quality TV may result in device damage. Figure 3-3 Standard X4S Series...

  • Page 32: Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio

    F igure 3-6. 3 0 6 H Audio transmission is similar to video transmission. Try to avoid interference, dry joint, loose contact and it shall be away from high tension current. Figure 3-5 Standard X4S Series Figure 3-6 Simple Entry Level Series...

  • Page 33: Audio Output

    Please refer to F igure 3-7 and Figure 3-8. 3 0 7 H Figure 3-7 Standard X4S Series Figure 3-8 Simple Entry Level Series 3.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection Please refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output connection. See...
  • Page 34 Figure 3-9 Standard X4S Series Figure 3-10 Simple Entry Level Series There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC). 1. Alarm input a. Please make sure alarm input mode is grounding alarm input.

  • Page 35: Alarm Input And Output Details

    You can refer to the following sheet and F igure 3-11for alarm input and output information. 3 0 9 H AB Connection port Figure 3-11 Standard X4S Series Parameter Grounding Alarm Ground line Alarm Input 1, 2, …, 8. It becomes valid in low voltage.

  • Page 36: Alarm Input Port

    Figure 3-13 3.7.3 Alarm Output Port The standard X4S series has 3-wayrelay alarm output (NO contact) and the simple entry level series has one relay alarm output. Provide external power to external alarm device. To avoid overloading, please read the following relay parameters sheet carefully.
  • Page 37 2. Connect the other end of the cable to the proper pins in the connector on the camera. 3. Please follow the instructions to configure a camera to enable each PTZ device on the DVR. 485 Port Figure 3-14 Standard X4S Series...

  • Page 38: Other Interfaces

    3.10 Other Interfaces There are still other interfaces on the DVR, such as USB ports. You can refer to F igure 3-16 and 3 1 3 H F igure 3-17 for more information. 3 1 4 H Figure 3-16 Standard X4S Series...
  • Page 39 Figure 3-17 Simple Entry Level Series...

  • Page 40: Overview Of Navigation And Controls

    4 Overview of Navigation and Controls Before operation, please make sure: You have properly installed HDD and all the cable connections. The provided input power and the device power are matched. The external power shall be DC +12V 3.3A. Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure. 4.1 Login, Logout &...

  • Page 41: Logout

    Figure 4-2 4.1.3 Logout There are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option: In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See F igure 4-3 X 2 9 3 H 2 9 3 H 2 9 3 H 3 1 7 H Figure 4-3 There are several options for you.

  • Page 42: Manual Record

    Before replacement, please save the system setup, otherwise, you may lose the data completely! 4.2 Manual Record 4.2.1 Live Viewing After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->General).
  • Page 43 You can use mouse or direction key to highlight channel number. See F igure 4-6 X 2 9 6 H 2 9 6 H 2 9 6 H 3 2 0 H Figure 4-6 4.2.2.4 Enable all channel recording Highlight ○ below All, you can enable all channel recording. All channel schedule record Please highlight “ALL”...

  • Page 44: Search & Playback

    Figure 4-9 4.3 Search & Playback 4.3.1 Search Menu Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-10. Usually there are three file types: R: Regular recording file. A: External alarm recording file. M: Motion detection recording file Select playback mode Playback control bar...

  • Page 45: Basic Operation

    Fast play Previous frame Next frame Volume Previous file Next channel Next file Previous channel Search Backup 4.3.2 Basic Operation 4.3.2.1 Playback There are various search modes: video type, channel number or time. The system can max display 128 files in one screen. You can use page up/down button to view if there are more than one page.

  • Page 46: Calendar

    Backward play: In normal playback mode, left click backward When system is in in playback backward play or play button , system begins backward interface. frame by frame playback. playback mode, you Double click backward play button again, can click play system goes to pause mode.

  • Page 47: Snapshot

    Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. At the bottom of the menu, there are color bars for your reference. Green color stands for regular recording, yellow color stands for motion detection and red color stands for alarm recording.
  • Page 48 Figure 4-13 4.4.2.2 Activation Snapshot Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred. In Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and frequency.

  • Page 49: Image Ftp

    4.4.3 Image FTP In Network interface, you can set FTP server information. Please enable FTP function and then click save button. See Figure 4-15. Please boot up corresponding FTP server. Please enable schedule snapshot (Chapter 4.4.2.1) or activation snapshot (Chapter 4.4.2.2) first, now system can upload the image file to the FTP server.
  • Page 50 Send email: System can send out email to alert you when alarm occurs. PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour &pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in F igure 4-18 X 3 0 5 H 3 0 5 H 3 0 5 H 3 2 9 H...

  • Page 51: Video Loss

    Figure 4-17 Figure 4-18 Figure 4-19 Figure 4-20 4.5.3 Video Loss F igure 4-16 , select video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is shown as in X 3 1 0 H 3 1 0 H 3 1 0 H 3 3 4 H F igure 4-21 .

  • Page 52: Camera Masking

    Figure 4-21 4.5.4 Camera Masking When someone viciously masks lens, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. Camera masking interface is shown as in F igure 4-22 X 3 1 2 H 3 1 2 H 3 1 2 H 3 3 6 H Tips: You can enable preset/tour/pattern activation operation when video loss occurs.

  • Page 53: Go To Alarm Setup Interface

    4.6.1 Go to alarm setup interface In the main menu, from Setting to Alarm, you can see alarm setup interface. See F igure 4-23 X 3 1 3 H 3 1 3 H 3 1 3 H 3 3 7 H 4.6.2 Alarm setup Alarm interface is shown as below.
  • Page 54 Figure 4-23 Figure 4-24 Figure 4-25...

  • Page 55: Backup

    Figure 4-26 4.7 Backup DVR support USB device backup and network download. Here we introduce USB backup first. You can refer to Chapter 7 Web Client Operation for network download backup operation. 4.7.1 Detect Device Click backup button, you can see an interface is shown as in F igure 4-27 .

  • Page 56: Ptz Control And Color Setup

    Figure 4-28 Click backup button, system begins burning. At the same time, the backup button becomes stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. See F igure X 3 2 1 H 3 2 1 H 3 2 1 H 3 4 5 H 4-29 Figure 4-29 The file name format usually is: SN_CH+channel number+time Y+M+D+H+M+S.

  • Page 57: Ptz Setup

    Connect the dome RS485 port to DVR 485 port. Connect dome video output cable to DVR video input port. Connect power adapter to the dome. 4.8.2 PTZ Setup Note: The camera video should be in the current screen. Before setup, please check the following connections are right: PTZ and decoder connection is right.

  • Page 58: Intelligent Positioning Key

    Figure 4-31 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below. See F igure 4-32 X 3 2 4 H 3 2 4 H 3 2 4 H 3 4 8 H Here you can set the following items: Step: value ranges fro 1 to 8. Zoom Focus Iris...

  • Page 59: Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan

    4.9 Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan F igure 4-32 , please click the “set” button. The interface is shown as below. See F igure 4-35 X 3 2 8 H 3 2 8 H 3 2 8 H 3 5 2 H X 3 2 9 H 3 2 9 H 3 2 9 H 3 5 3 H Here you can set the following items: Preset Tour...

  • Page 60: Activate Preset

    F igure 4-32 , use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. X 3 3 5 H 3 3 5 H 3 3 5 H 3 5 9 H F igure 4-35 , click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in F igure X 3 3 6 H 3 3 6 H 3 3 6 H 3 6 0 H X 3 3 7 H 3 3 7 H 3 3 7 H 3 6 1 H...

  • Page 61: Activate Pattern Function

    Figure 4-39 4.9.6 Activate Pattern Function F igure 4-36 , input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button. X 3 4 6 H 3 4 6 H 3 4 6 H 3 7 0 H 4.9.7 Auto Scan Setup F igure 4-35 , click border button.

  • Page 62: Understanding Of Menu Operations And Controls

    5.1 Menu Tree This series DVR menu tree is shown as below. Backup Information HDD Info Version Online Users Setting General Encode Schedule (This function is for X4S series RS232 Menu Network Alarm Detect Pan/ Tilt/Zoom Display Default Search Advanced...

  • Page 63: Setting

    See F igure 5-2. X 3 5 6 H 3 5 6 H 3 5 6 H 3 8 0 H Please note RS232 function is for standard X4S series only. Figure 5-2 5.3.1 General General setting includes the following items. See...
  • Page 64 HDD full: Here is for you to select working mode when hard disk is full. There are two options: stop recording or rewrite. If current working HDD is overwritten or the current HDD is full while the next HDD is no empty, then system stops recording, If the current HDD is full and then next HDD is not empty, then system overwrites the previous files.

  • Page 65: Encode

    5.3.2 Encode Encode setting includes the following items. See F igure 5-6. X 3 6 1 H 3 6 1 H 3 6 1 H 3 8 5 H Please note some series do not support extra stream. Channel: Select the channel you want. Compression: System supports H.264.

  • Page 66: Schedule

    Figure 5-6 Figure 5-7 5.3.3 Schedule Please refer to chapter 4.4 schedule. 5.3.4 RS232 Please note RS232 function is for standard 1U series only. RS232 interface is shown as below. There are five items. See Figure 5-8 X 3 6 3 H 3 6 3 H 3 6 3 H 3 8 7 H Function: There are various devices for you to select.

  • Page 67: Network

    Figure 5-8 5.3.5 Network Here is for you to input network information. See F igure 5-9. X 3 6 4 H 3 6 4 H 3 6 4 H 3 8 8 H IP address: Here you can input IP address. DHCP: It is to auto search IP.
  • Page 68 Advanced setup interface is shown as in F igure 5-10 . Please draw a circle to enable X 3 6 5 H 3 6 5 H 3 6 5 H 3 8 9 H corresponding function and then double click current item to go to setup interface. Figure 5-10 5.3.5.2 IP Filter IP filter interface is shown as in...
  • Page 69 -224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 -“D” address space The higher four-bit of the first byte=”1110” Reserved local multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255 -TTL=1 When sending out telegraph -For example 224.0.0.1 All systems in the sub-net 224.0.0.2 All routers in the sub-net 224.0.0.4 DVMRP router 224.0.0.5 OSPF router 224.0.0.13 PIMv2 router...
  • Page 70 Host IP: Input your PC address. Port: This series DVR supports TCP transmission only. Port default value is 123. Update interval: minimum value is 1. Max value is 65535. (Unit: minute) Time zone: select your corresponding time zone here. Here is a sheet for your time zone setup. City /Region Name Time Zone London...
  • Page 71 Figure 5-15 Please note NNDS type includes: CN99 DDNS、NO-IP DDNS、Private DDNS、Dyndns DDNS and sysdns DDNS. All the DDNS can be valid at the same time, you can select as you requirement. Private DDNS function shall work with Dahua DDNS server and Dahua Professional Surveillance Software (PSS).
  • Page 72 Then select First, please enable DNS item DHCP function here. here. Figure 5-17 5.3.5.8 FTP You need to download or buy FTP service tool (such as Ser-U FTP SERVER) to establish FTP service. Please install Ser-U FTP SERVER first. From “start” -> “program” -> Serv-U FTP Server -> Serv- U Administator.

  • Page 73: Alarm

    Figure 5-19 System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. F igure 5-9 , select FTP and then double click mouse. You can see the following interface. See X 3 7 4 H 3 7 4 H 3 7 4 H 3 9 8 H F igure 5-20 X 3 7 5 H 3 7 5 H 3 7 5 H 3 9 9 H Figure 5-20...

  • Page 74: Pan/Tilt/Zoom

    Please refer to chapter 4.5 Detect. 5.3.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. See F igure 5-21 X 3 7 6 H 3 7 6 H 3 7 6 H 4 0 0 H Protocol: Select corresponding PTZ protocol such as PELCOD.
  • Page 75 Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. Figure 5-22 F igure 5-22 , click modify button after channel. You can see an interface is shown as in F igure X 3 7 8 H 3 7 8 H 3 7 8 H 4 0 2 H X 3 7 9 H 3 7 9 H 3 7 9 H 4 0 3 H...

  • Page 76: Default

    Figure 5-24 5.3.10 Default Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore default factory setup. See F igure 5-25 X 3 8 1 H 3 8 1 H 3 8 1 H 4 0 5 H Select all General Encode...

  • Page 77: Search

    Figure 5-25 5.4 Search Please refer to chapter 4.3 Search. 5.5 Advanced Double click advanced icon in the main window, the interface is shown as below. See F igure X 3 8 2 H 3 8 2 H 3 8 2 H 4 0 6 H 5-26 .

  • Page 78: Abnormity

    Figure 5-27 Click alarm set button, the interface is shown as below. See F igure 5-28 (This interface is just X 3 8 4 H 3 8 4 H 3 8 4 H 4 0 8 H like the abnormity setup). Please refer to chapter 5.5.2 for detail information. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.

  • Page 79: Alarm Output

    Figure 5-29 5.5.3 Alarm Output Here is for you to set proper alarm output. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding alarm output. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the previous menu. See F igure X 3 8 6 H 3 8 6 H 3 8 6 H 4 1 0 H 5-30 Figure 5-30...

  • Page 80: Auto Maintain

    For account management please note: System account adopts two-level management: group and user. No limit to group or user amount. For group or user management, there are two levels: admin and user. The user name and group name can consist of eight bytes. One name can only be used once.

  • Page 81: Tv Adjust

    5.5.7 TV Adjust Here is for you to adjust TV output setup. See F igure 5-33 X 3 8 9 H 3 8 9 H 3 8 9 H 4 1 3 H Please drag slide bar to adjust each item. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the previous menu.

  • Page 82: Bps

    When HDD confliction occurs, you can check system time and HDD time are identical or not. If they are not identical, please go to General (Chapter 5.3.1) to adjust system time or go to HDD Management (Chapter 5.5.1) to format HDD and then reboot the DVR. Figure 5-35 Tips: Please click Fn button or left click mouse to view HDD record time and HDD type and time.

  • Page 83: Version

    Figure 5-37 5.6.4 Version Here is for you to view some version information. See F igure 5-38 X 3 9 4 H 3 9 4 H 3 9 4 H 4 1 8 H Channel Alarm in Alarm out System version: Build Date Figure 5-38 5.6.5 Online Users...

  • Page 84: Shutdown

    Figure 5-39 5.7 Shutdown Double click shutdown button, system pops up a dialogue box for you to select. See F igure 5-40 X 3 9 6 H 3 9 6 H 3 9 6 H 4 2 0 H Logout menu user: log out menu. You need to input password when you login the next time. Restart application: reboot DVR.

  • Page 85: About Auxiliary Menu

    6 About Auxiliary Menu Go to Pan/Tilt/Zoom Menu In the one-window surveillance mode, right click mouse (click “fn” Button in the front panel or click AUX key in the remote control). The interface is shown as below: See F igure 6-1 X 3 9 7 H 3 9 7 H 3 9 7 H 4 2 1 H Figure 6-1 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as in...

  • Page 86: Preset /Patrol / Pattern /Border Function

    In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See F igure X 4 0 1 H 4 0 1 H 4 0 1 H 4 2 5 H . Please make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control.

  • Page 87: Preset Setup

    Figure 6-6 6.2.1 Preset Setup Note: The following setups are usually operated in the F igure 6-2 F igure 6-5 F igure 6-6 X 4 0 5 H 4 0 5 H 4 0 5 H 4 2 9 H X 4 0 6 H 4 0 6 H 4 0 6 H 4 3 0 H X 4 0 7 H 4 0 7 H 4 0 7 H 4 3 1 H F igure 6-2...

  • Page 88: Activate Pattern Function

    You can memorize all these setups as pattern 1. Figure 6-9 6.2.6 Activate Pattern Function F igure 6-6 input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button. X 4 1 9 H 4 1 9 H 4 1 9 H 4 4 3 H 6.2.7 Border Setup F igure 6-5 , click border button.
  • Page 89 Figure 6-11...

  • Page 90: Web Client Operation

    7 WEB CLIENT OPERATION Please note all the operations here are based on our 4-ch DVR. There might be slightly difference in the interface due to different series. 7.1 Network Connection Before web client operation, please check the following items: Network connection is right DVR and PC network setup is right.
  • Page 91 Figure 7-2 After installation, the interface is shown as below. See F igure 7-3 X 4 3 0 H 4 3 0 H 4 3 0 H 4 5 4 H Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin. Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login.

  • Page 92: Real-Time Monitor

    Section 1: there are five function buttons: configuration (chapter 7.3), search (chapter 7.4), alarm (chapter 7.5), about (chapter 7.6), log out (chapter 7.7). Section 2: there are channel number and three function buttons: start dialog and local play, refresh. Section3: there are PTZ (chapter 7.2.2), color (chapter 7.2.3) button and you can also select picture path and record path.
  • Page 93 In section 2, left click the channel name you want to view, you can see the corresponding video in current window. On the top left corner, you can view device IP, channel number, network monitor bit stream. Figure 7-7 On the top right corer, there are six unction buttons. See F igure 7-8 X 4 3 4 H 4 3 4 H 4 3 4 H 4 5 8 H 3 4 5...

  • Page 94: Ptz

    Refresh You can use button to refresh camera list. Start Dialogue You can click this button to enable audio talk. Click 【▼】 to select bidirectional talk mode. There are two options: DEFAULT/G711a. Please note, the audio input port from the device to the client-end is using the first channel audio input port.
  • Page 95 3D Intelligent Positioning You can click this icon to display or hide the PTZ control platform. Figure 7-11 7.2.2.1 Direction key and 3D positioning key In Figure 7-10, there are eight direction keys. In the middle of the eight direction keys, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. Click 3D intelligent positioning key, system goes back to the single screen mode.
  • Page 96 Figure 7-12 7.2.2.4 Auto Scan F igure 7-12 , move the camera to you desired location and then click left limit button. X 4 3 9 H 4 3 9 H 4 3 9 H 4 6 3 H Then move the camera again and then click right limit button to set a right limit. 7.2.2.5 Pattern F igure 7-12 , you can input pattern value and then click start record button to begin PTZ...

  • Page 97: Color

    Figure 7-13 7.2.3 Color Click color button in section 3, the interface is shown as F igure 7-14 X 4 4 4 H 4 4 4 H 4 4 4 H 4 6 8 H Here you can select one channel and then adjust its brightness, contrast, hue and saturation. (Current channel border becomes green).

  • Page 98: Configure

    Figure 7-16 Click record path button, you can see an interface is shown as in F igure 7-17 X 4 4 8 H 4 4 8 H 4 4 8 H 4 7 2 H Please click choose button to modify path. Figure 7-17 Click reboot button, system pops up the following dialogue box.
  • Page 99 Figure 7-19 7.3.1.2 HDD information Here you can view local storage status and network status including, free capacity and total capacity. See F igure 7-20 X 4 5 0 H 4 5 0 H 4 5 0 H 4 7 4 H Figure 7-20 7.3.1.3 Log Here you can view system log.

  • Page 100: System Configuration

    Figure 7-21 Click backup button, the interface is shown as in F igure 7-22 X 4 5 2 H 4 5 2 H 4 5 2 H 4 7 6 H Figure 7-22 Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data...
  • Page 101 7.3.2.1 General Setup Here you can set system time, record length, video format and etc. See F igure 7-23 X 4 5 3 H 4 5 3 H 4 5 3 H 4 7 7 H Figure 7-23 Figure 7-24 Figure 7-25 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
  • Page 102 Parameter Function Here is for you to modify system time. Please click Save button after System your completed modification Time Sync PC You can click this button to save the system time as your PC current time. Here you can select data format from the dropdown list. Data Format Please select separator such as –...
  • Page 103 Figure 7-26 Figure 7-27 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here is for you to select a monitor channel. Channel Here is to display current channel name. You can modify it. Channel Name Compression H.264 Main Stream It includes main stream, motion stream and alarm stream.
  • Page 104 Parameter Function Audio/Video For the main stream, recorded file only contains video by default. You need to draw a circle here to enable audio function. For extra stream, you need to draw a circle to select the video first and then select the audio if necessary.
  • Page 105 Parameter Function Copy It is a shortcut menu button. You can copy current channel setup to one or more channels. The interface is shown as in F igure 7-28 X 4 5 5 H 4 5 5 H 4 5 5 H 4 7 9 H Save You can click save button after you complete setup for one channel, or you can complete the whole setups and then click save button.
  • Page 106 Refresh Click this button to get device latest configuration information. 7.3.2.4 RS232 Please note RS232 function is for standard X4S series only. The RS232 interface is shown as in F igure 7-31 X 4 6 1 H 4 6 1 H 4 6 1 H 4 8 5 H...
  • Page 107 Figure 7-31 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function RS232 There are two options: COM 01 and keyboard. Console is to upgrade the program or debug via COM or Function mini terminal software. Keyboard: COM control protocol. You can use keyboard to control DVR via COM.
  • Page 108 Figure 7-32 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Ethernet Please select the network card first. DHCP Dynamically get IP address. You can get the device IP from the DHCP server if you enabled this function. TCP Port Default value is 37777.
  • Page 109 Figure 7-33 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Input server address and then enable this function. SMTP Server Port Default value is 25. You can modify it if necessary. The sender email account user name. User Name The sender email account password.
  • Page 110 Figure 7-34 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Server Type You can select DDNS protocol from the dropdown list and then enable DDNS function. The private DDNS protocol means you use your self-defined private protocol to realize DDNS function. Server IP DDNS server IP address Server Port...
  • Page 111 Figure 7-35 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Please select network storage protocol and then enable NAS enable NAS function. Server IP Input remote storage server IP address. Input Remote storage server port number. Port Log in user account.
  • Page 112 transmission only and its port shall be 123.The update interval ranges from 1 to 65535. Default value is 10 minutes. Figure 7-36 You can refer to the following sheet for time zone information. City /Region Name Time Zone London GMT+0 Berlin GMT+1 Cairo...
  • Page 113 Figure 7-37 7.3.2.6 Alarm Alarm setup interface is shown as in F igure 7-38 X 4 6 7 H 4 6 7 H 4 6 7 H 4 9 1 H Please make sure you have connected the corresponding alarm output device such as the light, buzzer and etc.
  • Page 114 Figure 7-39 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event It includes local alarm/network alarm. Type Local alarm: Device detects alarm from input port. Network: Device detects alarm from network. Alarm in Select corresponding alarm channel. Enable You need to draw a circle here so that system can detect the alarm signal.
  • Page 115 Parameter Function Capture You need to input capture channel number so that system can backup snapshot file when alarm occurs. Copy It is a shortcut menu button. You can copy current channel setup to one or more (all) channels. Save You can click save button after you complete setup for one channel, or you can complete the whole setups and then click save button.
  • Page 116 Figure 7-41 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event There are three types: Motion detection/video loss/Camera Masking. Type Channel Select channel name from the dropdown list. Enable You need to draw a circle to enable motion detection function. There are six levels.
  • Page 117 Parameter Function Here you can set PTZ movement when alarm occurs. Such as go to Activation preset x when there is an alarm. Capture You need to input capture channel number so that system can backup motion detection snapshot file. Copy It is a shortcut menu button.
  • Page 118 Parameter Function Data Bit Default setup is 8. Please set according to the speed dome dial switch setup. Default setup is 1. Please set according to the speed dome dial switch Stop bit setup. Parity Default setup is none. Please set according to the speed dome dial switch setup.

  • Page 119: Advanced

    7.3.3 Advanced 7.3.3.1 HDD Management HDD management includes net storage management and local storage management. Please note, if you want to use local storage function, your storage device need to support current function. Please select the storage device first and then you can see the items on your right become valid. You can check the corresponding item here.
  • Page 120 Figure 7-45 Important The alarm output port should not be connected to high power load directly (It shall be less than 1A) to avoid high current which may result in relay damage. Please use the co contactor to realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
  • Page 121 Figure 7-46 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function System enables auto record function as you set in record schedule Auto setup. Enable corresponding channel to record no matter what period Manual applied in the record setup. Stop current channel record no matter what period applied in the Stop record setup.
  • Page 122 Figure 7-47 7.3.3.5 Auto Maintenance Here you can select auto reboot and auto delete old files interval from the dropdown list. See F igure 7-48 X 4 7 6 H 4 7 6 H 4 7 6 H 5 0 0 H Figure 7-48...
  • Page 123 7.3.3.6 Snapshot Snapshot interface is shown as in F igure 7-49 X 4 7 7 H 4 7 7 H 4 7 7 H 5 0 1 H Figure 7-49 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel It is the monitor channel.

  • Page 124: Additional Function

    Figure 7-50 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event The abnormal events include: no disk, no space, disk error, net error. Type You need to draw a circle to enable this function. Normal The corresponding alarm activation output channel when alarm occurs, There are three channels.

  • Page 125: Search

    Figure 7-51 7.4 Search Click search button, you can see an interface is shown as in F igure 7-52 X 4 7 9 H 4 7 9 H 4 7 9 H 5 0 3 H Please select record playback mode, and then select start time, end time and channel. Then please click search button, you can see the corresponding files in the list.
  • Page 126 Figure 7-52 Select the file(s) you want to download and then click download button, system pops up a dialogue box shown as in F igure 7-53 , then you can specify file name and path to download the X 4 8 0 H 4 8 0 H 4 8 0 H 5 0 4 H file(s) to your local pc.
  • Page 127 Figure 7-55 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Type Parameter Function Type Record Search general record, alarm record and motion detection record. Alarm Search alarm record. Motion Search motion detection record. Detection Local Search local record. Snapshot Search snapshot file.

  • Page 128: Alarm

    2: Pause 3: Stop 4: Slow play 5: Fast play Playback device IP address and channel number. Playback control bar Figure 7-56 7.5 Alarm Click alarm function, you can see an interface is shown as in F igure 7-57 X 4 8 3 H 4 8 3 H 4 8 3 H 5 0 7 H Here you can set device alarm type and alarm sound setup.

  • Page 129: About

    Figure 7-57 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Please make sure current device can upload the alarm. Type Parameter Function Alarm Video loss System alarms when video loss occurs. Type Motion detection System alarms when motion detection alarm occurs, Disk full System alarms when disk is full.

  • Page 130: Log Out

    Figure 7-58 7.7 Log out Click log out button, system goes back to log in interface. See F igure 7-59 X 4 8 5 H 4 8 5 H 4 8 5 H 5 0 9 H You need to input user name and password to login again. Figure 7-59 7.8 Un-install Web Control You can use web un-install tool “uninstall web.bat”...

  • Page 131: Professional Surveillance System

    8 Professional Surveillance System Besides Web, you can use our Professional Surveillance Software (PSS) to login the device. For detailed information, please refer to PSS user’s manual.

  • Page 132: Faq

    9 FAQ 1. DVR can not boot up properly. There are following possibilities: Input power is not correct. Power connection is not correct. Power switch button is damaged. Program upgrade is wrong. HDD malfunction or something wrong with HDD ribbon. Seagate DB35.1，DB35.2，SV35 or Maxtor 17-g has compatibility problem.
  • Page 133 DVR color or brightness setup is not correct. 6. Can not search local records. There are following possibilities: HDD ribbon is damaged. HDD is broken. Upgraded program is not compatible. The recorded file has been overwritten. Record function has been disabled. 7.
  • Page 134 PTZ decoder and DVR address is not compatible. When there are several decoders, please add 120 Ohm between the PTZ decoder A/B cables furthest end to delete the reverberation or impedance matching. Otherwise the PTZ control is not stable. The distance is too far. 12.
  • Page 135 System uses too much CPU resources. Please stop record first and then begin backup. Data amount exceeds backup device capacity. It may result in burner error. Backup device is not compatible. Backup device is damaged. 17. Keyboard can not control DVR. There are following possibilities: DVR serial port setup is not correct Address is not correct...
  • Page 136 There is no DivX503Bundle.exe control when you play the file transformed to AVI via media player. No DivX503Bundle.exe or ffdshow-2004 1012 .exe in Windows XP OS. 23. Forget local menu operation password or network password Please contact your local service engineer or our sales person for help. We can guide you to solve this problem.

  • Page 137: Appendix A Hdd Capacity Calculation

    Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte.

  • Page 138: Appendix B Compatible Usb Drive List

    Appendix B Compatible USB Drive List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. If you use the USB drive, please confirm the format FAT or FAT32. Manufacturer Model Capacity Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512M Sandisk...

  • Page 139: Appendix C Compatible Cd/Dvd Burner List

    Appendix C Compatible CD/DVD Burner List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And you can use the USB cable with the model recommended to set USB burner. Manufacturer Model Port Type Type Sony...

  • Page 140: Appendix D Compatible Sata Hdd List

    Appendix D Compatible SATA HDD List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And SATA HDD should be used for the DVR with SATA port. Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode Seagate Barracuda.10...
  • Page 141 Western Digital Cariar SE16 WD5000KS2 500G SATA Western Digital Cariar SE16 WD4000KD2 400G SATA Western Digital Cariar SE16 WD3200KS2 320G SATA Western Digital Cariar SE16 WD2500KS2 250G SATA Western Digital RE series WD5000ABYS 500G SATA Western Digital Caviar Green series WD20EADS SATA Samsung...

  • Page 142: Appendix E Compatible Displayer List

    Appendix E Compatible Displayer List Please refer to the following sheet form compatible displayer list. Brand Model Dimension (Unit: inch) BENQ（LCD） ET-0007-TA 19-inch (wide screen) DELL（LCD） E178FPc 17-inch BENQ（LCD） Q7T4 17-inch BENQ（LCD） Q7T3 17-inch LENOVO（LCD） LXB-L17C 17-inch SANGSUNG（LCD） 225BW 22-inch (wide screen) LENOVO(CRT) LXB-FD17069HB 17-inch...

  • Page 143: Appendix Fearthing

    Appendix F Earthing 1. What is the surge? Surge is a short current or voltage change during a very short time. In the circuit, it lasts for microsecond. In a 220V circuit, the 5KV or 10KV voltage change during a very short time (about microseconds) can be called a surge.
  • Page 144 work. The signal lightning arrester has many specifications, and widely used in many devices such as telephone, network, analog communication, digital communication, cable TV and satellite antenna. For all the input port, especially those from the outdoor, you need to install the signal lightning arrester. Antenna feed cable lightning arrester: It is suitable for antenna system of the transmitter or the device system to receive the wireless signal.
  • Page 145 Mixed ground: The mix ground consists of the feature of the one-point ground and multiple-point ground. For example, the power in the system needs to use the one-point ground mode while the radio frequency signal requires the multiple-point ground. So, you can use the following figure to earth.
  • Page 146 The monitor system usually can adopt the one-point ground. Please connect the ground end of 3-pin socket in the monitor system to the ground port of the system (protection ground cable) 4. The shortcut way to check the electric system using the digital multimeter For 220V AC socket, from the top to the bottom, E (ground cable), N (neutral cable), L(live cable).
  • Page 147 For L (live cable) Turn the digital multimeter to 750V AC, use your one hand to hold the metal end, and then the other hand insert the pen to the L port of the socket. See the following figure. If the multimeter shows 120, then you can see current live cable connection is standard.

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