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  • Page 1 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR...
  • Page 2 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Regulatory information FCC information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, FCC 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 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. •...

  • Page 4: Product Key Features

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Product Key Features General  Connectable to network cameras, network dome and DVS.  Connectable to the third-party network cameras like AXIS, ONVIF, PANASONIC, PSIA, SAMSUNG and SANYO.  PAL/NTSC adaptive video inputs.  Each channel supports dual-stream.
  • Page 5 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR schedule and manual recording.  Searching record files and captured pictures by events (alarm input/motion detection).  Tag adding for record files, searching and playing back by tags.  Locking and unlocking record files. ...
  • Page 6 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR  Remote reverse playback through RTSP.  Support accessing by the platform via ONVIF.  Remote search, playback, download, locking and unlocking of the record files, and support downloading files broken transfer resume.  Remote parameters setup;...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR TABLE OF CONTENTS Product Key Features ..........................4 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................11 Front Panel ............................ 12 IR Remote Control Operations ...................... 19 USB Mouse Operation ........................21 Input Method Description ......................22 Rear Panel ............................. 23 Chapter 2 Getting Started ..........................
  • Page 8 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Configuring Redundant Recording and Capture ................77 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture..............79 Files Protection ..........................80 Chapter 6 Playback ............................82 Playing Back Record Files ......................83 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel .................... 83 6.1.2 Playing Back by Time ....................
  • Page 9 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Configuring UPnP™ ....................142 9.2.11 9.2.12 Configuring High-speed Download ................144 Checking Network Traffic ......................145 Configuring Network Detection ....................146 9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss ..............146 9.4.2 Exporting Network Packet ..................146 9.4.3 Checking the network status ..................
  • Page 10 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13.2 Searching & Export Log Files ..................... 192 13.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files ..................195 13.4 Upgrading System ........................196 13.4.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device ................. 196 13.4.2 Upgrading by FTP ..................... 196 13.5 Restoring Default Settings ......................198 Chapter 14 Others ..........................

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 12: Front Panel

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 1.1 Front Panel Figure 1. 1 9600/R Figure 1. 2 9600-X Figure 1. 3 8600 Table 1. 1 Description of Control Panel Buttons Name Function Description ALARM Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. Ready indicator is normally blue, indicating that the device is READY functioning properly.
  • Page 13 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Name Function Description MODEM Reserved for future usage. (Not for 9600-X) TX/RX Blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly. Guard indicator turns blue when the device is in armed status; at this time, an alarm is enabled when an event is detected. GUARD The indicator turns off when the device is unarmed.
  • Page 14 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Name Function Description In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light (if applicable). In Playback mode, it is used to switch between play and reverse play. Cycle through tab pages. F2/ AUX In synchronous playback mode, it is used to switch between channels.
  • Page 15 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Name Function Description In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera. POWER ON/OFF Power on/off switch. Figure 1. 4 7700 Table 1. 2 Description of Control Panel Buttons Name Function Description POWER Turns green when NVR is powered up.
  • Page 16 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Name Function Description Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the SHIFT composite keys. (Input letter or numbers when the light is out; Realize functions when the light is red.) Enter numeral “1”; 1/MENU Access the main menu interface.
  • Page 17 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Name Function Description In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera. POWER ON/OFF Power on/off switch. Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB Interfaces USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Figure 1.
  • Page 18 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Enter letters “GHI”; Exit and back to the previous menu. Enter numeral “5”; Enter letters “JKL”; 5/JKL/EDIT Delete characters before cursor; Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch; Start/stop record clipping in playback. Enter numeral “6”;...

  • Page 19: Ir Remote Control Operations

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations The NVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 6. Note: Batteries (2× AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1. 6 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones on the front panel.
  • Page 20 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Buttons PTZ Button Same as the PTZ/IRIS- button on front panel. ESC Button Same as the ESC button on front panel. RESERVED Reserved for future usage. Same as the F1/LIGHT button on front panel. F1 Button Buttons to adjust the iris, focus and zoom of a PTZ camera.

  • Page 21: Usb Mouse Operation

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 1.3 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this NVR. To use a USB mouse: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the NVR. 2.

  • Page 22: Input Method Description

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 7 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 6 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icons Description Icons Description English Capital English Numbers Symbols Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace...

  • Page 23: Rear Panel

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 8 9600/R Figure 1. 9 9600-X Figure 1. 10 8600 Figure 1. 11 7700...
  • Page 24 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Table 1. 7 Description of Rear Panel Interfaces Item Description VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. CVBS AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output. This connector is synchronized with CVBS video output. VGA AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output.
  • Page 25 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR RS-232 Interface Connector for RS-232 devices. DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu. HDMI HDMI video output connector. eSATA (Optional) Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RM. LAN Interface Connector for LAN (Local Area Network). Termination Switch RS-485 termination switch.
  • Page 26 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device. Figure 1. 14 7600-P8 Table 1. 10 Description of Rear Panel Interfaces Item Description Network Interfaces Network interface for the cameras and to provide power over Ethernet. with PoE function BNC connector for video output.

  • Page 27: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 2 Getting Started...

  • Page 28: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Nvr

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the NVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the NVR. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the NVR‟s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.

  • Page 29: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 2.2 Using the Wizard for basic configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the NVR has loaded, as shown in Figure 2. 2. Figure 2. 2 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1.
  • Page 30 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 2. 4 Date and Time Settings 6. After the time settings, click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window, as shown in Figure 2. 5. 9600/R/X and 8600 7700/7600...
  • Page 31 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 7700/7600S-P8 Figure 2. 5 Network Configuration Note: Dual-NIC is only supported in 9600/R/X and 8600 device. And for 7700/7600S-P8 series NVR, the internal NIC IPv4 address should be configured for the cameras connecting to the PoE network interface of the NVR. 7.
  • Page 32 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 2. 7 HDD Management 9. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD. 10. Click Next button. You enter the Adding IP Camera interface. 11.
  • Page 33 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13. Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels, as shown in Figure 2. 10. Figure 2. 10 Copy Record Settings 14. Click OK to complete the startup Setup Wizard.

  • Page 34: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 2.3 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras 2.3.1 Adding the online IP Cameras Purpose: The main function of the NVR is to connect the network cameras and record the video got from it. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.

  • Page 35: Editing The Connected Ip Cameras And Configuring Customized Protocols

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 2. 12 Camera Settings Interface Check the checkbox of certain cameras to be added. Click Quick Add to add the camera. To add other IP cameras: On the left side of the interface, you can enter the IP address, protocol, management port, user name, password and other information of the IP camera to be added.
  • Page 36 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 2. 13 Edit the Parameters Click apply to save the settings and click OK to exit the editing interface. To edit more parameters: Click the Advance Set icon. Figure 2. 14 Network Configuration of the Camera You can edit the network information and the password of the camera.
  • Page 37 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Explanation of the icons Edit basic parameters of the camera Delete the IP camera Get the live view of the camera Configuring the customized protocols Purpose: To connect the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols, you can configure the customized protocols for them.

  • Page 38: Editing Ip Cameras Connected To The Poe Interfaces

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 2. 17 Protocol Setting Select the custom protocol and enter the IP address, user name and password of the camera. Click the Add button to add the network camera. Figure 2. 18 Adding an IP Camera through Customized Protocol 2.3.3 Editing IP cameras connected to the PoE interfaces The PoE interfaces enables the NVR system to pass electrical power safely, along with data, on Ethernet cabling to the connected network cameras.
  • Page 39 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR PoE interfaces, you must disable 2 PoE interfaces in the Edit IP Camera menu. To add Cameras for NVR supporting PoE function: Before you start: Connect the network cameras via the PoE interfaces. Steps: Enter the Camera Management interface.
  • Page 40 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 2. 20 Edit IP Camera Interface - Plug-and-Play • Manual: You can disable the PoE interface by selecting the manual while the current channel can be used as a normal channel and the parameters can also be edited. Figure 2.

  • Page 41: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 3 Live View...

  • Page 42: Introduction Of Live View

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The NVR automatically enters Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus pressing the ESC many times (depending on which menu you‟re on) brings you to the Live View mode.

  • Page 43: Operations In Live View Mode

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: showing only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. •...

  • Page 44: Using The Mouse In Live View

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Switch between main Press Main/Aux button. and aux output 3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View Table 3. 4 Mouse Operation in Live View Name Description Menu Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse. Single Screen Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number from the dropdown list.

  • Page 45: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR dropdown list. • Multi-screen: Switch between different display layout options. Layout options can be selected from a dropdown list. • 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 46 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 3. 3 Digital Zoom Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Image Settings menu. Figure 3. 4 Image Settings- Preset You can also choose the Customize mode to set the image parameters like brightness, contrast, saturation and hue. Figure 3.
  • Page 47 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 3. 6 Live View Strategy...

  • Page 48: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 49 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Select a View mode in Select the small window, and double-click on the channel number to display the channel on the window. You can click button to start live view for all the channels and click to stop all the live view.

  • Page 50: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 3.4 Channel-zero Encoding Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS(Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is supported as an option for you.

  • Page 51: User Logout

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 3.5 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password tog in again. Steps: 1.

  • Page 52: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 4 PTZ Controls...

  • Page 53: Configuring Ptz Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 control the PTZ camera. Before you start: Check that the PTZ and the NVR are connected properly through RS-485 interface. Steps: 1.

  • Page 54: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols & Patterns

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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. Steps: 1.

  • Page 55: Calling Presets

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 56: Customizing Patrols

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 3. Double click the preset in the Preset list to call it. 4.2.3 Customizing Patrols Purpose: Patrols can be set to move the PTZ to different key points and have it stay there for a set duration before moving on to the next key point.

  • Page 57: Calling Patrols

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Repeat the above steps to add more key points. You can also delete all the key points by clicking the trash icon Select a key point, then click button to adjust the order of the key points. Figure 4.

  • Page 58: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 4. 9 Calling Patrol Calling patrol in live view mode: Steps: 1. Press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote, or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting panel, to show the PTZ control panel. 2.

  • Page 59: Calling Patterns

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Menu>Camera>PTZ>More Settings 2. Choose pattern number in the option box. Figure 4. 11 PTZ- Pattern 3. Click and use your mouse to drag the image or click the eight directional buttons in the control box under the image to move the PTZ camera.
  • Page 60 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Call pattern in live view mode. Steps: 1. In the live view mode, press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote control, or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting panel. 2.

  • Page 61: Ptz Control Panel

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 62: Chapter 5 Record And Capture Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 5 Record and Capture Settings...

  • Page 63: Configuring Encoding Parameters

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Purpose: By configuring the encoding parameters you can define the parameters which affect the image quality, such as the transmission stream type, the resolution and so on. Before you start: 1.
  • Page 64 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR • Pre-record: The time you set to record before the scheduled time or event. For example, when an alarm triggered the recording at 10:00, if you set the pre-record time as 5 seconds, the camera records it at 9:59:55.
  • Page 65 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Note: The interval is the time period between two capturing actions. You can configure all the parameters on this menu on your demand.

  • Page 66: Configuring Record/Capture Schedule

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.2 Configuring Record/Capture Schedule Purpose: Set the record schedule, and then the camera automatically starts/stops recording according to the configured schedule. Note: In this chapter, we take the record schedule procedure as an example, and the same procedure can be applied to configure schedule for both recording and capture.
  • Page 67 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR You can click the button to set the accurate time of the schedule. To schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox after the All Day item. Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule III. To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time. Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day.
  • Page 68 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 5. 10 Draw the Schedule Descriptions of the color icons are shown in the figure below. Figure 5. 11 Descriptions of the color icons Click the Apply button to validate the settings. If the settings can also be used to other channels, click Copy, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy.
  • Page 69 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 5. 12 Copy Schedule to Other Channels...

  • Page 70: Configuring Motion Detection Record And Capture

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record and Capture Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the NVR 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, notify the surveillance center and so on.
  • Page 71 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 4) Click Handling, and the message box for channel information pop up. 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.

  • Page 72: Configuring Alarm Triggered Record And Capture

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record and Capture Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording or capture. Steps: Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 16 Alarm Settings Click Alarm Input. Figure 5.
  • Page 73 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 74: Manual Record And Continuous Capture

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.5 Manual Record and Continuous Capture Purpose: Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual record and continuous capture. Using manual record and continuous capture, you need to manually cancel the record and capture. The manual recording and manual continuous capture is prior to the scheduled recording and capture.

  • Page 75: Configuring Holiday Record And Capture

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.6 Configuring Holiday Record and Capture Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record or capture schedule on holiday for that year. You may want to have different plan for recording and capture on holiday. Steps: Enter the Record setting interface.
  • Page 76 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Select Mode from the dropdown list. There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule. Set the start and end date. Click Apply to save settings. Click OK to exit the Edit interface. Enter Record/Capture Schedule settings interface to edit the holiday recording schedule.

  • Page 77: Configuring Redundant Recording And Capture

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.7 Configuring Redundant Recording and Capture Purpose: Enabling redundant recording and capture, which means saving the record files and captured pictures not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. . Steps: 1.
  • Page 78 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 5. 26 Encoding Record 2) Select Camera you want to configure in the drop-down list. 3) Check the checkbox of Redundant Record/Capture. 4) Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps for configuring other channels.

  • Page 79: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording And Capture

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 5.8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files and captured pictures in certain HDD group. Steps: Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD Figure 5. 27 HDD General Select Advanced on the left bar.

  • Page 80: Files Protection

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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: Enter Export setting interface. Menu>...
  • Page 81 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 5. 31 Unlocking Attention Protect file by setting HDD property to Read-only Steps: Enter HDD setting interface. Menu> HDD Figure 5. 32 HDD General Click to edit the HDD you want to protect. Figure 5.

  • Page 82: Chapter 6 Playback

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 6 Playback...

  • Page 83: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 84 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 6. 3 Playback Interface Click the channel(s) to execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels. Figure 6. 4 Toolbar of Playback Note: indicates the start/end time of the record. Table 6. 1 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button...

  • Page 85: Playing Back By Time

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 6.1.2 Playing Back by Time Purpose: Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported. Steps: 1. Enter playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Check the checkbox of channel(s) in the channel list and then double-click to select a date on the calendar. Figure 6.

  • Page 86: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 6. 7 Toolbar of Playback by Time Table 6. 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-time Interface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Start/Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Speed down customized tag management...
  • Page 87 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 88 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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. Note: Pre-play and post-play can be configured. 6.

  • Page 89: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 Audio on/ Start/Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Speed down customized tag management...
  • Page 90 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 6. 13 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag. Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Note: Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file. 3.
  • Page 91 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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. Note: Pre-play and post-play can be configured. Figure 6.

  • Page 92: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Table 6. 4 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-tag Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Start/Stop 30s forward 30s reverse Mute clipping Add default Speed down customized tag management Pause reverse Pause play/ play/ Scaling...

  • Page 93: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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. Note: Figure 6.
  • Page 94 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR You can click the button to refresh the file list. 3. Select and click the button to play back it. Figure 6. 21 Interface of External File Playback...

  • Page 95: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in case of checking image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: • Using a Mouse: Go to Playback interface.

  • Page 96: Reverse Playback Of Multi-Channel

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 6.2.3 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel Purpose: You can play back record files of multi-channel reversely. Up to 16-ch (with 1280*720 resolution) simultaneous reverse playback is supported; up to 4-ch (with 1920*1080P resolution) simultaneous reverse playback is supported and up to 1-ch (with 2560*1920 resolution) reverse playback is supported.

  • Page 97: Picture Playback

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 6.3 Picture Playback Purpose: Search and view captured pictures stored in HDD. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Select the Picture in the drop-down list on the top-left side. Figure 6. 24 Interface of Playback by Picture 3.
  • Page 98 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 6. 25 Result of Picture Search 5. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 26 Picture Playback Toolbar Table 6. 5 Detailed Explanation of Picture-playback Toolbar Button Function Button...

  • Page 99: Chapter 7 Backup

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  • Page 100: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 7.1 Backing up Record Files 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose: The record files can be backup to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), and SATA writer. Backup using USB flash drives and USB HDDs Steps: 1.
  • Page 101 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup. Note: 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 drives or USB HDDs via the device. Figure 7.
  • Page 102 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 6. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically during record file export. Figure 7. 6 Checkup of Export Result using USB Flash Drive Backup using USB writer and SATA writer Steps: 1.
  • Page 103 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 8 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup. Note: If the inserted USB writer or SATA writer is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. •...
  • Page 104 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 10 Export Options Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message box “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 105: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 7.1.2 Backing up by Event Search Purpose: Back up event-related record files using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), or SATA writer. Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported. Steps: 1. Enter Export interface. Menu>Export>Event 1) Select “Alarm Input”...
  • Page 106 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR size, etc. Figure 7. 15 Event Details Interface 3. Export. Click the Export button and start back up. Note: If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. •...
  • Page 107 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 17 Export Options Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”. Figure 7. 18 Export Finished 5. Check backup result. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically during record file export. Figure 7.

  • Page 108: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 7.1.3 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips to export directly during Playback, using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer) or SATA writer. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Please refer to Chapter 7.1 Playing Back Record Files.
  • Page 109 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 22 Export Video Clips Using USB Flash Drive 6. Select the file type in the by clicking the icon of corresponding option and click the OK button to start backup. Figure 7. 23 Export Options Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”.
  • Page 110 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 25 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive...

  • Page 111: Backing Up Pictures

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 7.2 Backing up Pictures Purpose: Back up pictures using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer or eSATA HDD. Steps: 1. Enter Export interface. Menu>Export>Picture Select channel(s), image type, start time and end time, and click Search button to enter the Search Result interface.
  • Page 112 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 28 Export Pictures Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”. Figure 7. 29 Export Finished 4. Check backup result. Figure 7.

  • Page 113: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 7.3 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drives, USB HDDs and eSATA HDDs. Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. Note: At least one channel shall be selected.
  • Page 114 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR • Check for compatibility from vendor. Figure 7. 33 USB Flash Drive Management Management of USB writers and DVD-R/W Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. Note: At least one channel shall be selected.
  • Page 115 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 7. 35 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup Backup device management. Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD. Note: There must be a re-writable CD/DVD when you make this operation. Note: If the inserted USB writer or DVD-R/W is not recognized: •...

  • Page 116: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

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  • Page 117: Setting Motion Detection Alarm

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Alarm 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 118 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 8. 3 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection 5. Click Handling tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). 6. If you want to set motion detection for another channel, repeat the above steps or just click Copy in the Motion Detection interface to copy the above settings to it.

  • Page 119: Setting Sensor Alarms

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms Purpose: Set the 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 120 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 8. 6 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Input Choose one day of a week and Max. eight time periods can be set within each day, and click Apply to save the settings. Note: Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped.
  • Page 121 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR inputs to copy the settings to them. Figure 8. 8 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...

  • Page 122: Detecting Video Loss Alarm

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 8.3 Detecting Video Loss Alarm 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>...
  • Page 123 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 8. 11 Set Arming Schedule of Video Loss 4. Select Handling tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). 5. Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel.

  • Page 124: Detecting Video Tampering Alarm

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 8.4 Detecting Video Tampering Alarm 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 125 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 8. 14 Set Arming Schedule of Video Tampering 4. Select Handling tab to set up alarm response actions of video tampering alarm (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). 5. Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel.

  • Page 126: Handling Exceptions Alarm

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 8.5 Handling Exceptions Alarm Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error or unformatted HDD. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. •...

  • Page 127: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Upload Picture to FTP, Trigger Alarm Output and Send Email.
  • Page 128 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 2. Set up arming schedule of the alarm output. Choose one day of a week and up to 8 time periods can be set within each day. Note: Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8.

  • Page 129: Triggering Or Clearing Alarm Output Manually

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 130: Chapter 9 Network Settings

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  • Page 131: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate NVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>Network 2. Select the General tab. 9600/R/X and 8600 7700/7600 7700/7600S-P8 Figure 9.
  • Page 132 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Note: For the 7600/7700NI-SP series NVR, you need to configure the internal NIC address, so that IP addresses are assigned to the cameras connected to the PoE interfaces. Note: The valid value range of MTU is 500 ~ 9676. 4.

  • Page 133: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: Your NVR also allows access by Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface, as shown in Figure 9. 3. Figure 9.
  • Page 134 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 9. 4 DDNS Settings Interface Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. Select DDNS Type. Five different DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, DynDNS, PeanutHull, NO-IP and EasyDDNS. • IPServer: Enter Server Address for IPServer. Figure 9.
  • Page 135 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 2) In the NVR Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the NO-IP website (www.no-ip.com). 3) Enter the User Name and Password registered in the NO-IP website. Figure 9. 8 NO-IP Settings Interface •...
  • Page 136 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR In the Device Management interface, click to register the device. Figure 9. 11 Register the Device The device name can only contain the lower-case English letter, numeric and „-‟; and it Note: must start with the lower-case English letter and cannot end with „-‟. Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software After having successfully registered the device on the HiDDNS server, you can access your device via web browser or Client Software with the Device Domain Name (Device Name).

  • Page 137: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your NVR to ensure the accuracy of system date/time. Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network Select the NTP tab to enter the NTP Settings interface, as shown in Figure 9. 13. Figure 9.

  • Page 138: Configuring Remote Alarm Host

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 4. Configure the following SNMP settings: • Trap Address: IP Address of SNMP host. • Trap Port: Port of SNMP host. 5. Click to save and exit the interface. Note: Before setting the SNMP, please download the SNMP software and manage to receive the device information via SNMP port.

  • Page 139: Configuring Rtsp

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR address ranging from 239.252.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network 2. Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 9. 15. 3.

  • Page 140: Configuring Https Port

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 9. 19 Host/Others Settings Menu 4. Enter the Server Port and HTTP Port in the text fields. The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80, and you can change them according to different requirements. 5.
  • Page 141 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Settings menu, as shown in Figure 9. 21. Figure 9. 21 Network Settings Interface Click to save the settings. Select the Email tab to enter the Email Settings interface. Figure 9. 22 Email Settings Interface Configure the following Email settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature.

  • Page 142: Configuring Upnp

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR You can click to test whether your Email settings work. The corresponding Attention message box will pop up. Refer to Figure 9. 23. Figure 9. 23 Email Testing Attention 9.2.11 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.
  • Page 143 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 9. 25 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Auto Task2: Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Steps: Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box.

  • Page 144: Configuring High-Speed Download

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.2.12 Configuring High-speed Download Purpose: You can enable the High-speed Download function to widen the outgoing bandwidth of the device. In this way you can speed up the download of record files through IE browser or CMS software. Note: If you enable the high-speed download function, the local menu operation will be affected.

  • Page 145: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.3 Checking Network Traffic Purpose: You can check the network traffic to obtain real-time information of NVR such as linking status, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >Maintenance>Net Detect Figure 9.

  • Page 146: Configuring Network Detection

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.4 Configuring Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of NVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps: Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >Maintenance>Net Detect Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection menu, as shown in Figure 9.

  • Page 147: Checking The Network Status

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Note: Click 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 NVR. You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect. Figure 9.
  • Page 148 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 9. 35 Network status checking If the network is normal the following message box pops out. Figure 9. 36 Network status checking result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one, you can click show the quick setting interface of the network parameters.

  • Page 149: Checking Network Statistics

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 9.4.4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose: You can check the network status to obtain the real-time information of NVR. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Detection interface. Menu>Maintenance>Net Detect 2. Choose the Network Stat. tab. Figure 9. 38 Network Stat. Interface 3.

  • Page 150: Chapter 10 Raid

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  • Page 151: Configuring Array And Virtual Disk

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Notes: This chapter is applicable for 9600-R series only. 10.1 Configuring Array and Virtual Disk Purpose: RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit. A RAID setup stores data over multiple hard disk drives to provide enough redundancy so that data can be recovered if one disk fails.
  • Page 152 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Through one-touch configuration, you can quickly create the disk array and virtual disk. By default, the array type to be created is RAID 5. Steps: Enter the Physical Disk Settings interface. Menu > HDD > RAID > Physical Disk Figure 10.

  • Page 153: Manually Creating Array And Virtual Disk

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 4 Array Settings Interface Click Virtual Disk tab to view the automatically created virtual disk. Notes: By default, one-touch configuration adopts foreground initialization to initialize the virtual disk. By using foreground initialization, the virtual disk can be used only after the initialization is complete. If the capacity of the array created through one-touch configuration is greater than 16TB, two arrays and two virtual disks will be created.
  • Page 154 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 6 Physical Disk Settings Interface Click Creat button to enter the Create Array interface. Figure 10. 7 Create Array Interface Edit the Array Name; set the RAID Level to RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10; select the Physical Disk that you want to configure array.
  • Page 155 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 8 Error Message Box You can click Array tab to view the successfully created array. Figure 10. 9 Array Settings Interface Click to select an array and click Creat Vd button to enter the Create Virtual Disk interface. Note: The device supports creating at most 8 virtual disks.
  • Page 156 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR totally and the bad sector of the hard disks can be detected and repaired. The virtual disk can be used only after the initialization is complete. Background: The background initialization can synchronize the disks, and detect and repair the bad sector of the disks.
  • Page 157 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 14 Physical Disk Settings Interface Select a disk and click to enter the Set Hot Spare interface. Figure 10. 15 Set Hot Spare Interface Set the hot spare type of the selected HDD to Global Hot Spare or the specified hot spare for the existing array.

  • Page 158: Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 10.2 Rebuilding Array Purpose: The working status of array includes Functional, Degraded and Offline. By viewing the array status, you can take immediate and proper maintenance for the disks so as to ensure the high security and reliability of the data stored in the disk array.

  • Page 159: Manually Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 18 Set Hot Spare Disk Interface 10.2.2 Manually Rebuilding Array Purpose: If you do not enable the Auto-rebuild in Firmware Settings interface (Menu>HDD>RAID>Firmware) or the hot spare disk has not been configured, then you can rebuild the array manually to restore the array when the virtual disk is in Degraded status.
  • Page 160 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Note: At least one available physical disk should exist for rebuilding the array. Figure 10. 21 Rebuild Array Interface Select the available physical disk and click OK button to confirm to rebuild the array. The “Do not unplug the physical disk when it is under rebuilding”...

  • Page 161: Repairing Virtual Disk

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 10.3 Repairing Virtual Disk Purpose: When the disk cannot display in the HDD Information interface while the virtual disk can still show in the Array Settings interface, you have to repair the virtual disk. Note: If the virtual disk is under foreground initialization, the repairing cannot be done.

  • Page 162: Deleting Array / Virtual Disk

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 10.4 Deleting Array / Virtual Disk Note: Before deleting the array, the virtual disk(s) existing under this array must be deleted first. Deleting array and virtual disk will cause to delete all the data saved in the disk. 10.4.1 Deleting the Virtual Disk Steps: Enter the Virtual Disk interface.
  • Page 163 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 27 Array Settings Interface Select an array and click to delete the array. Figure 10. 28 Confirm Array Deletion In the pop-up message box, click Yes button to confirm the array deletion. Note: Deleting array will cause to delete all the data in the array.

  • Page 164: Migrating And Extending

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 10.5 Migrating and Extending Purpose: When the remaining storage space is lower than the actual needs, you can take array migration and online extend to enlarge the capacity of the virtual disk. Before you start: At least one available physical disk should exist for the array migration.
  • Page 165 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 31 Migrate Array Interface Select the available physical disk(s) and click OK button to confirm the settings. The message box of “Do not unplug the physical disk when it is under migration” will pop up. Click OK button to start migration. You can enter the Array Settings interface (Menu>HDD>RAID>Array) and Virtual Disk interface (Menu>HDD>RAID>Virtual) to check the process of the migration.
  • Page 166 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 10. 35 Message Box for Expansion After expanding finished, the following message box pops up. Click OK button to finish the settings. Figure 10. 36 Message Box for Expanding Finished Note: After RAID migration and capacity expansion, the expanded capacity for each virtual disk can be calculated by the following formula: Expanded VD capacity＝(Original VD Capacity / Original Array Capacity) * Newly Added Capacity of Hard Disk.

  • Page 167: Upgrading Firmware

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 10.6 Upgrading Firmware Purpose: You can view the information of the firmware and upgrade the firmware by local backup device or remote FTP server. Steps: Enter the Firmware interface to check the information of the firmware, including the version, maximum physical disk quantity, maximum array quantity, auto-rebuild status, etc.

  • Page 168: Chapter 11 Hdd Management

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  • Page 169: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your NVR. Note: A message box pops up when the NVR starts up if there exits any uninitialized HDD. Figure 11.
  • Page 170 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 11. 5 HDD Status Changes to Normal Note: Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it.

  • Page 171: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to NVR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 11. 6 HDD Information Interface Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 11.
  • Page 172 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 11. 8 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search button to search 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 173: Managing Esata

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.3 Managing eSATA Purpose: When there is an external eSATA device connected to NVR, you can configure eSATA for the use of Record/Capture or Export, and you can manage the eSATA in the NVR. Steps: Enter the Advanced Record Settings interface.

  • Page 174: Managing Hdd Group

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.4 Managing HDD Group 11.4.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu >...

  • Page 175: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 11. 15 Local HDD Settings Interface 7. Select the Group number for the current HDD. Note: The default group No. for each HDD is 1. 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 11.
  • Page 176 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 11. 17 Set HDD Property 3. Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. 4. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. 5. In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list. Note: At least 2 hard disks must be installed on your NVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and there is one HDD with R/W property.

  • Page 177: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose: Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files or captured pictures. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2.
  • Page 178 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 11. 20 Copy Settings to Other Camera(s) 6. Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same quota settings. You can also click the checkbox of IP Camera to select all cameras. 7.

  • Page 179: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.6 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on NVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: 1.
  • Page 180 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 11. 22 View HDD Status (2)

  • Page 181: Hdd Detection

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.7 HDD Detection Note: This function is not supported with 9600-R series NVR. Purpose: The device provides the HDD detection function such as the adopting of the S.M.A.R.T. and the Bad Sector Detection technique. 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.
  • Page 182 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Click the Detect button to start the detection. Figure 11. 24 Bad Sector Detection Note: represents normal sector; represents bad sector detected by Bad Sector Detection; represents bad sector detected by recording. And you can click Error info button to see the detailed damage information. And you can also pause/resume or cancel the detection.

  • Page 183: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 11.8 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 184: Chapter 12 Camera Settings

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  • Page 185: Configuring Osd Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 12.1 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 186: Configuring Privacy Mask

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 12.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed by the operator. The privacy mask can prevent certain surveillance areas to be viewed or recorded. Steps: 1.

  • Page 187: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 12.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera >Image Figure 12. 4 Image Settings Interface 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. You can click on the arrow to change the value of each parameter. 4.

  • Page 188: Chapter 13 Nvr Management And Maintenance

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  • Page 189: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13.1 Viewing System Information 13.1.1 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 encode version, as shown in Figure 13.

  • Page 190: Viewing Alarm Information

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the Record tab to enter the Record Information menu to view the recording status encoding parameters of each camera, as shown in Figure 13. 3. Figure 13. 3 Record Information Interface 13.1.4 Viewing Alarm Information Steps: 1.

  • Page 191: Viewing Hdd Information

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 13. 5 Network Information Interface 13.1.6 Viewing HDD Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status, free space, property, etc., as shown in Figure 13.

  • Page 192: Searching & Export Log Files

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13.2 Searching & Export Log Files Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the NVR can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time. Steps: 1. Enter the Log Search interface. Menu >Maintenance>Log Information Figure 13.
  • Page 193 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 13. 8 Log Search Results Note: Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time. 5. You can click the button of each log or double click it to view its detailed information, as shown in Figure 13.
  • Page 194 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 13. 10 Export Log Files 7. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. 8. Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device. You can click the New Folder button to create new folder in the backup device, or click the Format button to format the backup device before log export.

  • Page 195: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the NVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one NVR can be imported to multiple NVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters. Steps: 1.

  • Page 196: Upgrading System

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13.4 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your NVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 13.4.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps: 1. Connect your NVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2.
  • Page 197 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Figure 13. 14 FTP Upgrade Interface 3. Enter the FTP Server Address in the text field. 4. Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading. 5. After the upgrading is complete, reboot the NVR to activate the new firmware.

  • Page 198: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 13.5 Restoring Default Settings Steps: Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 13. 15 Restore Factory Default Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Note: Except the network parameters (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode, default route and server port), all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings.

  • Page 199: Chapter 14 Others

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Chapter 14 Others...

  • Page 200: Configuring Rs-232 Serial Port

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 14.1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in two ways: • Parameters Configuration: Connect a PC to the NVR through the PC serial port. Device parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal. The serial port parameters must be the same as the NVR‟s when connecting with the PC serial port.

  • Page 201: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 14.2 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the BNC output standard, VGA output resolution, mouse pointer speed through the Menu > Configuration > General interface. Steps: Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> General Select the General tab.

  • Page 202: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 14.3 Configuring DST Settings Steps: Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 14. 3 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 203: Configuring More Settings For Device Parameters

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 14.4 Configuring More Settings for Device Parameters Steps: Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 14. 4 Figure 14. 4 More Settings Interface Configure the following settings: •...

  • Page 204: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 14.5 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the NVR: 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. 14.5.1 Adding a User Steps: Enter the User Management interface.
  • Page 205 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR all operating permission in Camera Configuration by default. • Guest: The Guest user has no permission of Two-way Audio in Remote Configuration and only has the local/remote playback in the Camera Configuration by default. User’s MAC Address: The MAC address of the remote PC which logs onto the NVR.

  • Page 206: Deleting A User

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR • Remote Parameters Settings: Remotely configuring parameters, restoring factory default parameters and importing/exporting configuration files. • Remote Camera Management: Remote adding, deleting and editing of the IP cameras. • Remote Serial Port Control: Configuring settings for RS-232 and RS-485 ports. •...

  • Page 207: Editing A User

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 14.5.3 Editing a User Steps: Enter the User Management interface. Menu >Configuration>User Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 14. 9. Click the icon to enter the Edit User interface, as shown in Figure 14. 10. Note: The admin user can also be edited.
  • Page 208 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR of Password and Confirm. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the menu.
  • Page 209 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR Appendix...

  • Page 210: Appendix209 Glossary

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR 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 NVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 4CIF and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.

  • Page 211: Faq

    User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR • Why does my NVR make a beeping sound after booting? The possible reasons for the warning beep on the NVR are as follows: There is no HDD installed in the NVR. The HDD is not initialized. HDD error To cancel the beeping sound and use the NVR without HDD, enter the Exception Settings interface.

  • Page 212: List Of Compatible Ip Cameras

    DS-2CD883F-E V4.0.1 build 120508 2560× 1920 √ √ DS-2CD886BF-E V4.0.3 build 120913 2560× 1920 √ √ DS-2CD886MF-E V4.0.3 build 120913 2560× 1920 Hikvision √ √ DS-2CD8283F-E(I) V3.0 build110921 2560× 1920 √ √ DS-2CD854F-E V4.0.1 build 120508 2048× 1536 √ √...
  • Page 213 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR √ √ DS-2CD8254F-E(I) V4.0.1 build 120508 2048× 1536 √ √ DS-2CD754FWD-E V4.0.1 build 120508 1920× 1080 √ √ DS-2CD753F-E(I) V4.0.1 build 120508 1600× 1200 √ √ DS-2CD853F-E V4.0.1 build 120508 1600× 1200 √ √ DS-2CD8153F-E V4.0.1 build 120508 1600×...
  • Page 214 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR DS-2CD977(C) DS-2CD986A(B) V3.1.0 build120423 2448× 2048 × × DS-2CD986A(C) V3.1.0 build120423 2448× 2048 × × DS-2CD986C(B) V2.3.6 build 120401 2560× 1920 × × √ √ DS-2DF1-572 V4.0.2 build 120813 1280× 720 √ √ DS-2DF1-57A V4.0.2 build 120813 1280×...
  • Page 215 User Manual of 9600/8600/7700/7600 Series NVR √ √ IP8161 0104a 1600× 1200 IP8331 0102a 640× 480 × × IP8332 0105b 1280× 800 × × √ √ VS8102 0200S 704× 576 √ D5110 MG.1.6.03P8 1280× 1024 × √ √ F3106 M2.1.6.03P8 1280×...

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