Before reading this manual This operation manual contains basic instructions on installing and using DirectIP™ Network Video Recorder, an IDIS product. Users who are using this product for the first time, as well as users with experience using comparable products, must read this operation manual carefully before use and heed to the warnings and precautions contained herein while using the product.
Before reading this manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 14. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified is operated. service personnel under the following conditions: 2.
Before reading this manual In-Text Symbol Type Description Caution Important information concerning a specific function. Note Useful information concerning a specific function. User’s Caution Statement Caution: Any changes or modifications to the equipment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment.
Part 1 - Getting Started Setup Wizard Select the desired Setup Wizard option and click Next. Setup Wizard lets you configure basic settings required for operating the system. Setup Wizard only appears during initial booting. To use Wizard after initial booting, go to Live menu and select Wizard.
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Part 1 - Getting Started Choose the desired Recording Method and click Quick Wizard Next. Select Quick Wizard. Choose the desired Recording Quality and click Next. Specify the current date and time and then click Next. • Higher recording quality uses up more disk space.
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Part 1 - Getting Started – Recording resolutions used under each recording method Network Wizard and record video quality setting are as follows: After exiting from Quick Wizard, you can click Go to High Video Standard Longer Quality Priority Recording Recording Time Network Setup and set up the network with Network Profile...
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NVR directly from clients • If the NVR is on a network connected to a such as the IDIS Center. Check the name's network that has a DHCP server, selecting Auto availability to complete the registration Configuration retrieves LAN settings such as process.
Part 1 - Getting Started Click Finish to exit Network Wizard. Camera Scan Button You can scan and search and register cameras that were not detected automatically or third party cameras. Pressing the Scan button displays the following submenu. Rescan Scans for DirectIP™...
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Part 1 - Getting Started ● Advanced Setup: If the camera is networked but not scanned, use this setup. This setup allows you to change the network setting of the NVR’s VIDEO IN port which is camera’s network environment. Check the camera’s network setting first before you use this setup.
Part 1 - Getting Started – DHCP Server: It makes the NVR run as a DHCP Go To Camera server. Select Diagnosis to check if there is any DHCP server in the same network. If there is no Moves the focus automatically to the camera using the DHCP server, this option is enabled.
Part 1 - Getting Started Camera List Area 1 Screen Position/Registration Status: Identifies the camera’s position in the video display area. A blue background indicates a camera that is available for registration. A grey background indicates an already registered camera. Other registered cameras are shown in black background.
Part 1 - Getting Started Video Display Area Camera Screen Left-click on the video display area to toggle between split screen and single screen modes. Drag the camera screens around to rearrange them. 1 Camera Title Indicates the camera’s title. Left-click on the title to edit the camera’s title.
Part 1 - Getting Started Camera Registration Mode Camera Menu Right-click on the video display area to bring up the camera menu. While in Live mode, right-click and select Camera Registration. ● Remove Camera: Removes the registered camera. ● Remove Device: Removes the registered encoder. ●...
Part 1 - Getting Started Login To log out, bring up the Live menu and click on (Log out) using the mouse. Configuring the NVR’s settings and accessing its searching and other functions require an authorized user login. Bring up the Live menu and either press the SETUP button on the remote control or click on (Login) using the mouse.
Part 1 - Getting Started Live Mode Live Menu Press the MENU button on the remote control while in Live mode to bring up the Live menu on the top of the screen. Press MENU button once more to hide the menu. Use the Arrow buttons on the remote control to select the menu options.
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Part 1 - Getting Started 6 Alarm • If using the Full Sequence setting, page numbers Pressing this button while the alarm has been appear on the system status area on the upper right activated resets all NVR outputs, including the built- part of the screen, next to the Sequence icon.
Part 1 - Getting Started Zoom Status Indication Indicates remote control receptivity. Press the ZOOM button on the remote control and Indicates connection to the NVR from a select a channel you wish to zoom in on. A zoom frame remote program.
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Part 1 - Getting Started Setting Up a PTZ Preset Select the camera you wish to control. The icon will begin to flash on the selected camera’s OSD window. While in PTZ mode, select the VIEW button on the Use the Arrow buttons to pan and tilt the camera up, remote control to display the Set Preset window and down, left, and right.
Part 1 - Getting Started Advanced Settings PTZ Camera Pan and Tilt In PTZ mode, selecting a camera and then clicking Zoom In/Out Menu button loads the Advanced PTZ screen as shown below. You can load the Advanced PTZ screen also Focus Near / Far by pressing the Play/Pause button and then SETUP button on the front panel.
Part 1 - Getting Started Covert Camera ● Information: Select a network channel to display information about the selected channel’s device. ● Edit Group: Rearrange the split screen layout. Use this feature to assign Covert Camera View ● Camera Registration: Activate Camera Registration permissions.
Part 1 - Getting Started Video Recording Audio Recording If the Record Audio option under Record Setup > Video recording will only take place if all the General has been enabled the camera will record audio connections are made correctly as per information contained in Part 2 of this operation manual.
Part 1 - Getting Started All Channel Playback Context Menu While in Search mode, press the remote control’s button and then the Menu button to display the Press the Menu button while in Live mode. Context Menu window. Alternatively, right-click on the mouse to access the Context Menu.
Part 2 - Configuration Menu Use Use the remote control’s arrow buttons to select an option and then press the remote control’s button or left-click on the option using the mouse. Information contained in this section (Menu Use) applies to all other instructions found throughout Part Change the setting and then select Apply or OK to 3 - Configuration.
Part 2 - Configuration Batch Assignment ● Site: Used to enter a description about the system’s installation site (no description by default). You can edit the information using the virtual keyboard. Certain table-format menus such as the shown in the ●...
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Setup: Exports current NVR settings or imports existing settings. ● Import: Decide whether to import network settings as well. If you do not wish to change the current network settings, do not select Include Network Setup.
Part 2 - Configuration Date/Time Select Automatic Sync. Enter the Time Server’s IP address or domain name or select and then choose a server from the list of ● Date: Used to change the system’s date setting. registered time servers. ●...
Part 2 - Configuration ● Holiday: Designate holidays. On specified holidays, User recording takes place according to the holiday recording schedule specified under Record Schedule. Use this option to register users and assign permissions. Select the + button at the bottom of the window. Select a date.
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Part 2 - Configuration Select + User and then enter a user name. Select Apply or OK to exit. • Group names, user names, and passwords can be entered using the virtual keyboard. For more information on using the virtual keyboard, refer to the Text Input via Virtual Keyboard on page 28 •...
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Part 2 - Configuration Group Permissions System Shutdown May shutdown the system from the system menu. Upgrade May upgrade the system from the system menu (System Setup). Color Control May adjust each camera's brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue settings. System Check May view System Check results.
Part 2 - Configuration Storage Monitoring Use this option to configure storage settings. Use this option to configure Monitoring settings. ● Settings: Configure when and what the system ● Type: Indicates the type of the installed disk. should monitor for. ●...
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Part 2 - Configuration Monitoring Options Define monitoring times. If self-diagnosis is not performed on a regular basis, the system System will assume an error. Bootup, Restart, Define bootup, restart and shutdown actions. Shutdown Panic Record Define panic recording actions. The system will assume an error if the system has been scheduled to record normally but recording does not take place during scheduled intervals.
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Part 2 - Configuration Disk Config Change It will be highlighted when the NVR reboots after the hard disk drive has been replaced. No Storage Found It will be highlighted when no hard disk drive has been connected. • For system events, only an e-mail notification of actions can be selected. •...
Part 2 - Configuration Camera Setup Advanced Setup Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic Configure security and other advanced camera settings. information on using the Setup menus. General Enable/disable the covert view and rename cameras. ● Video: Adjust the camera image sensor settings such as white balance and exposure.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● PTZ: If using an RS-485-compliant camera, configure Types of configuration options shown vary depending it for use in PTZ Mode. on the PTZ functions supported by the camera. – PTZ Product: Choose to select the model of installed PTZ device.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Test: Select a scan profile and then click Test to test ● Set: Choose a preset number and then enter a name. This saves the current preset under the ● Edit: Used to edit the selected scan profile. specified preset number and name.
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Part 2 - Configuration 4 Tour ● Test: Select a tour profile and then click Test to Used to set up a tour profile of multiple functions in a test it. designated sequence. ● Edit: Used to edit the selected tour profile. ●...
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Part 2 - Configuration Privacy Masking Options 6 Auto Run: Specify which action to take if the camera has not been controlled for the specified duration of time. 7 Auto Pan: Specify the camera's panning direction. When Auto Pan is selected from a remote program, the camera pans in the direction selected here.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● IR Mode: IR Mode blocks out the infrared spectrum. Image Sensor Options You can ensure clear images at all times by blocking out the infrared spectrum in high-lighting conditions and allowing the infrared spectrum to pass through in low-lighting conditions.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Setup Mode: Select desired setup mode between White Balance Options Normal and Number-Identification. In Number- Identification mode, when a certain area of images is too bright due to backlight under low lighting conditions and it causes the other area to be too dark, this function provides the other area of images brightly and clearly by blocking the backlight in the certain area.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Slow Shutter: Activate Slow Shutter. The slow shutter Exposure Options mode functions only under low lighting conditions. When the slow shutter mode is enabled, images are displayed bright even under the low-lighting conditions. There may be a difference in the way it functions depending on the camera model.
Part 2 - Configuration Stream Miscellaneous Configure the camera’s live and recording resolution, encode, picture quality, transfer speed, and ips speed ● Image Stabilizer: Activate Image Stabilizer. The settings. Image Stabilizer reduces blurring caused by camera ● Camera Channels: It’s possible to configure a unique shake that results from external conditions such as the wind.
Part 2 - Configuration ● Video Profile: Select Live 1, Live 2, Remote, or Audio Custom (available from Record Video Profile only). Live 1 and Live 2 allows the user to change Bitrate Configure audio recording settings for all cameras and Quality settings only and configures the simultaneously.
Part 2 - Configuration Record Setup Upgrade Select Firmware Upgrade to display the USB search Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic window. information on using the Setup menus. Select the corresponding upgrade package from the storage device connected to the NVR’s USB port. After selecting an upgrade package, select Apply to General upgrade the camera.
Part 2 - Configuration ● Auto Deletion: Configure this option to delete ● Recording Failover Service: If the network goes recording data automatically after the specified down, this feature will transfer temporary data stored number of days has elapsed. Select between 1 day in the camera’s buffer to the NVR when the network and 999 days.
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Part 2 - Configuration Disabling Schedule On suspends schedule recording icon appears on the upper regardless of the schedule and displays the icon on left corner of the screen. The icon the upper left corner of each camera screen. Pressing appears when the specified event occurs the Panic Record button displays the icon and...
Part 2 - Configuration Pre-Event Advanced Mode Options Select to configure event types and video profiles. ● Type: Event-specific and time recording icons are as When an event occurs, enabling this option includes follows: the specified duration prior to the event in the event- triggered recording.
Part 2 - Configuration Event Setup ● Zone: Define the motion detection block. Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic information on using the Setup menus. Video-Analytics Video-Analytics methods are Motion, Trip Zone, and Tampering. Use the remote control’s arrow buttons to move the block selection window up, down, left, and right.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Min. Blocks: Motion needs to be detected in more than the specified number of blocks in order to trigger a Motion Detection event. You may select a value between 1 and the number of blocks selected under Zone for daytime and nighttime, each.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Motion Ignoring Time: The system does not produce ● Zone: Define the motion detection block. event log entries or issues remote notifications regarding motion detected during the specified time following the initial motion detection. Set a value between 1 sec and 5 secs or choose Never.
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Actions: Specify which actions to take when Trip Zone is detected. – Record: Specify which cameras to begin linked recording on when an event occurs. If the schedule is set to Event or Time & Event mode, the selected cameras will begin linked recording when an event occurs.
Part 2 - Configuration ● Use Ignoring Time: Select Time Setup to specify Tampering the tampering detection ignore time. Tampering detection will be disabled during the specified time frame. Alarm-In ● No.: Select which cameras to apply Tampering to. ● Sensitivity: Set to between 1 (Low) and 5 (High). ●...
Part 2 - Configuration ● Actions: Specify which actions to take when Alarm-In Video Loss is detected. – Record: Specify which cameras to begin linked recording on when an event occurs. If the schedule is set to Event or Time & Event mode, the selected cameras will begin linked recording when an event occurs.
Part 2 - Configuration Audio Detection ● Ignoring Interval: The system does not produce event log entries or issues remote notifications regarding audio detected during the specified time following the initial audio detection. Set a value between 1 sec and 5 secs or choose Never. ●...
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Part 2 - Configuration ● Text-In Product: The setup window is updated so ● Time Out: Once Time Out has been enabled, the that the portion below the port setting matches the system will assume the end of a transaction if no new corresponding text-in device.
Part 2 - Configuration Device Setup Network Setup Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic information on using the Setup menus. information on using the Setup menus. Alarm-Out General Select the + icon at the bottom left corner of the screen...
Part 2 - Configuration ● IDIS Web: If you wish to use IDIS Web, select IDIS Web ● Ping Test: Select to test the current WAN settings you - Use IDIS Web Service. Select IDIS Web - IDIS Web made.
Part 2 - Configuration ● To use the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) feature, select Use UPnP. If using an IP router (or NAT), UPnP service allows the device to automatically forward the If using a dynamic IP address, FEN service makes it easy port to the NVR.
• If the device name contains the #, \, and/or % symbol, it might not be able to connect to the NVR from the IDIS Web program. ● Status: Used to check the status of the device being registered to the FEN server.
Part 2 - Configuration Callback Mail Configure Callback settings. Configure Mail settings. Select the + icon at the bottom left corner of the screen Enter the IP address of the receiving server and set Retry to between 1 and 10 in case of connection failure. to add a mail account.
Part 2 - Configuration SMTP Setup Select SMTP Setup at the bottom right corner of the screen to configure an SMTP server. This option enables the NVR to send out SNS messages. Select the SMTP server Type. Enter the SMTP Server’s IP address or domain name and then configure the Port and Sender settings.
Part 2 - Configuration Display Setup Push Configure Push settings. Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic information on using the Setup menus. Show OSD (On Screen Display) information on the bottom of the screen. Select Push to use Push feature. The Push feature sends out event-related messages to mobile phone.
Part 2 - Configuration Main Monitor Camera ● No.: Displays the camera number on the upper left corner of the camera screen. Configure monitor-related settings. ● Title: Displays the camera name on the upper left corner of the camera screen. ●...
Part 2 - Configuration Status Setup Refer to the Menu Use on page 28 for basic information on using the Setup menus. Event This screen displays an overview of all events. When an event occurs, the corresponding channel flashes for 5 seconds.
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Part 2 - Configuration Event Types Alarm-In Check Alarm-In Motion Video Loss Audio Detection Trip Zone Tampering Text-In ● Panic Record: Displays event status based on current Panic Record status. ● Check Recording: Displays event status based on System Monitoring settings. For more information, refer to the Monitoring on page 35.
Part 2 - Configuration Storage Indicates each disk's status. Configure Disk Bad and Disk Temperature settings under Setup > System > Monitoring.
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Part 2 - Configuration Not Formatted A disk that has never been used before. ● Disk performing normally. Good ● If the HDD is partially damaged, indicates the bad sector Disk Bad percentage. ● If the HDD's bad sector ratio is higher than as designated by the user.
Part 2 - Configuration Network This page provides a complete overview of the network status in real-time.
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Part 2 - Configuration Information shown include camera connection status, LAN port link status, power consumption, number of connected clients, and network connection info. indicates the camera is connected. indicates the camera is not connected. Camera Connection Clicking the image displays the camera's channel number. indicates a network switch is connected to the LAN port and shows how many Network Switch cameras are connected.
Part 3 - Search Time-Lapse Search While in Live mode, select the Search Mode icon and select Time-Laspe Search or Event Log Search. Select MENU button on the remote control while in Search mode to display a menu from which you can select Control Area.
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Part 3 - Search The Control Area consists of Top, Center, Right, Bottom, and None. 1 Top: Activates top Search menu. Use the arrow buttons to select an option. 2 Center: Activates the middle screen section. Use the arrow buttons to select a camera. 3 Right: Activates the control buttons on the right.
Part 3 - Search Search Menu 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Layout Used to change the screen layout to single screen, 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4. 2 Previous/Next Group Loads the previous/next screen group. 3 Display ● OSD On/Off: Enables/disables the OSD feature. ●...
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Part 3 - Search CAM3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Bookmark ● Select the icon to add a bookmark to the current playback position. ● Select a bookmark from the Bookmark setup window on the right side of the Time-Lapse Search mode screen to move to the registered playback position.
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Part 3 - Search 2 Playback Controls 4 Event Search Play and scan through video recordings. Playback Selecting Event Search provides Motion Search and controls have the same functions as their remote control Text-In Search options. counterparts. ● Motion Search: Perform Motion Search. (This ●...
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Part 3 - Search Selecting on the upper right portion of the 7 Print Time-Lapse search window changes the size of search Save the current image as a .pdf file. window and displays all or minimum channels. 8 Zoom Using the scroll, the information of other channels Zoom in.
Part 3 - Search Context Menu Select the Menu button or right-click on the Camera screen to access the context menu. ● Zoom: Zoom in. ● Audio: Enable/disable audio. Audio playback of the selected camera is available in full screen mode only. ●...
Part 3 - Search Text-In Search Select Option... to configure Text-In Search options. Select Text-In Search from the Search menu to bring up the Text-In Search window. ● Select First under From and Last under To to search the recording from start to finish. Alternatively, you can uncheck the First and Last options and specify the search time frame manually.
The maximum size limit for One-Touch Clip Copy files is 2GB. • Clip Copy files can be played back on Windows systems. For more information, refer to the IDIS ● Channels: Specify which channel to save the Center operation manual.
Part 3 - Search Event Log Search Do not disconnect the USB cable or power off the USB device while USB Clip Copy is in progress. Doing so can cause the NVR to malfunction or critically damage Select Search Mode > Event Log Search to bring up the external USB device's file system.
Part 3 - Search Overlapped Recording Search ● Use event filters to include/exclude specific system events such as Panic Record, Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Bad, Disk If the system’s clock is changed to a point in the past, Temperature, Disk S.M.A.R.T., Fan Error and Disk overlapping recordings may be produced.
Part 4 - IDIS Web IDIS Web is a program that allows you to view and search video from remote locations over the Internet and can be accessed on a regular web browser such as Internet Explorer. System requirements for running IDIS Web are as follows: ●...
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IDIS Web program. • If running IDIS Web, the bottom section of the screen may get cut off if the address bar or the status bar is shown. In this case, change Internet Options so that the address bar or the status bar is hidden. (Tools → Internet Options →...
Press to terminate IDIS Web. Place the mouse pointer on the logo to check IDIS Web's version. Displays the current time. Select the desired mode. Changing the mode places the selected camera in the first cell of the layout that will be changed.
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Part 4 - IDIS Web Click to switch over to Web Search mode. Shows login information. Select the camera you wish to monitor. Use the arrow buttons to navigate to the previous/next camera group. Used to control a PTZ camera at a remote location.
& Press to terminate IDIS Web. Place the mouse pointer on the logo to check IDIS Web's version. Displays time information of the video recording from the remote NVR. Select the desired mode. Click to print the current video screen using a printer connected to the computer.
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Part 4 - IDIS Web Click to save the video recording as an executable file. Click to save the current video screen as an image file. Click to configure rendering mode and OSD settings. Select rendering mode to adjust the video output rate or select which OSD elements to display on the screen from the OSD list.
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TYPE 1 Part 4 - IDIS Web Select to enable time lapse search mode and search/play back video recordings in chronological order. In Time Lapse Search mode, search is conducted by selecting days on the calendar. The time table at the bottom displays recording data information for the selected date. Select a point in time to display video from that moment.
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