Digital Video Recorder User Manual User Manual About this Manual This Manual is applicable to Turbo HD Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Regulatory Information FCC Information Please take attention that changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Applicable Models This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table. Series Model DS-7104HGHI-SH DS-7100HGHI-SH DS-7108HGHI-SH DS-7100HQHI-SH DS-7104HQHI-SH DS-7204HGHI-SH DS-7200HGHI-SH DS-7208HGHI-SH DS-7216HGHI-SH DS-7204HQHI-SH DS-7200HQHI-SH DS-7208HQHI-SH DS-7216HQHI-SH DS-7204HQHI-E1 DS-7200HQHI-E1 DS-7208HQHI-E1 DS-7208HQHI-E2 DS-7200HQHI-E2 DS-7216HQHI-E2...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Symbol Conventions The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows. Symbol Description Provides additional information to emphasize or supplement important points of the main text. Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which if not avoided, could result in equipment damage, data loss, performance degradation, or unexpected results.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Product Key Features General Connectable to HDTVI and analog cameras; Connectable to the Coaxitron camera/dome with long transmission distance; Connectable to IP cameras; The IP camera connection is not supported by DS-7100. ...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual HDD quota management; different capacity can be assigned to different channels. For DS-9000HQHI-SH series, hot-swappable HDD supporting RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID10 storage scheme, and can be enabled and disabled on your demand. Up to 16 arrays can be configured and 16 TB capacity is allowed.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Completeness of operation, alarm, exceptions and log writing and searching; Manually triggering and clearing alarms; Importing and exporting of configuration file of devices; Getting cameras type information automatically. Network Functions 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for DS-7100, DS-7204/7208HGHI-SH, and DS-7204/7208HQHI-E1/E2;...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Table of Contents Product Key Features ..........................5 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................13 Front Panels ........................... 14 IR Remote Control Operations ...................... 23 USB Mouse Operation ........................26 Input Method Description ......................27 Rear Panel ............................. 28 Chapter 2 Getting Started ........................
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4.2.9 One-touch Park ........................73 PTZ Control Panel ......................... 74 Chapter 5 Recording Settings......................75 Configuring Encoding Parameters ....................76 Configuring Recording Schedule ....................79 Configuring Motion Detection Recording ..................82 Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording ..................84 Configuring Event Recording ......................
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Face Detection ..........................135 Vehicle Detection ........................136 Line Crossing Detection ......................137 Intrusion Detection ........................139 Region Entrance Detection ......................141 Region Exiting Detection ......................142 Loitering Detection ........................142 People Gathering Detection ......................142 Fast Moving Detection ........................
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16.5 Managing User Accounts......................219 16.5.1 Adding a User ........................219 16.5.2 Deleting a User ........................222 16.5.3 Editing a User ........................222 Chapter 17 Appendix ........................... 224 17.1 Specifications ..........................225 DS-7104HGHI-SH ......................... 225 DS-7104HQHI-SH ......................... 226 DS-7200HGHI-SH ......................... 227...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7200HQHI-SH ......................... 228 DS-7200HQHI-E1 ......................... 228 DS-7200HQHI-E2 ......................... 229 DS-7300HGHI-SH ......................... 230 DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH ........................ 231 DS-7300HQHI-SH ......................... 232 DS-8100HGHI-SH ......................... 233 DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH ........................ 234 DS-8100HQHI-SH ......................... 235 DS-9000HQHI-SH ......................... 236 17.2 Glossary ............................237 17.3 Troubleshooting ........................... 238 17.4 List of Compatible Third-party IP Cameras .................
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1.1 Front Panels Figure 1. 1 Front Panel of DS-7100 Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel Icon Description Turns red when DVR is powered up. Turns red when data is being read from or written to HDD. Flickers blue when network connection is functioning properly.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Function Description STATUS Flickers red when data is being read from or written to HDD. Flickers yellow when network connection is functioning properly. Tx/Rx Receiver for IR remote IR Receiver Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB USB Interfaces mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Function Description Accesses to playback interface in Playback mode. Enters numeral “7”; Enters letters “PQRS”; 7/PQRS/REC Accesses to manual record interface; Manually enables/disables record. Enters numeral “8”; 8/TUV/PTZ Enters letters “TUV”; Accesses PTZ control interface. Enters numeral “9”;...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Function Description Turns blue when device is controlled by an IR remote. STATUS Turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time. Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. ALARM Flickers in red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Function Description Shifts the input methods in the editing text field. (Upper and lowercase, alphabet, symbols or numeric input). Navigates between different fields and items in menus. Uses the Up and Down buttons to speed up and slow down the playing of video files in Playback mode.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Function Description Turns blue when the device is in armed status; at this time, an alarm is enabled when an event is detected. GUARD Turns off when the device is unarmed. The arm/disarm status can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds in live view mode.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Function Description Adjusts the iris of the camera in PTZ control mode. Generates video clips for backup in playback mode. Enters/exits the folder of USB device and eSATA HDD. Switches between main and spot output. MAIN/SPOT/Z OOM- Zooms out the image in PTZ control mode.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Turns off when the device is unarmed. The arm/disarm status can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 GUARD seconds in live view mode. Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. Receiver for IR remote IR Receiver Front Panel Lock...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Switches between single screen and multi-screen mode. PREV/FOCUS- Adjusts the focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button in PTZ control mode. Enters the PTZ Control mode. PTZ/IRIS- Adjusts the iris of the PTZ camera in PTZ control mode. Navigates between different fields and items in menus.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations The DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 8. Batteries (2×AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1. 8 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Refer to Table 1. 7, they include: Table 1.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Name Description It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback mode. Navigate between different fields and items in menus. In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual IR receiver is not obstructed. If the remote still cannot function properly, please change the remote and try again, or contact the device provider.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1.3 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this DVR. To use a USB mouse: Steps: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 9 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 9 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description Number English letter … … Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace Switch the keyboard...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1.5 Rear Panel The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figures are for reference only. Figure 1. 10 DS-7100 Table 1. 10 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 1. 13 DS-7200HQHI-E1/E2 Table 1. 11 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. AUDIO IN RCA connector AUDIO OUT RCA connector DB15 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 1. 16 DS-8116HGHI-SH Figure 1. 17 DS-8132HGHI-SH Figure 1. 18 DS-8100/9000HQHI-SH Table 1. 12 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. CVBS output is not provided by DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH and DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH series.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Item Description Connector for RS-485 devices. T+ and T- pins connect to R+ and R- pins of PTZ receiver respectively. D+, D- pin connects to Ta, Tb pin of controller. For cascading devices, RS-485 Interface the first DVR’s D+, D- pin should be connected with the D+, D- pin of the next DVR.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the DVR. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the DVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down. The device remains standby mode after shutting down, and the POWER indicator turns red; you can turn on the device by pressing the POWER button on the remote control. Rebooting the DVR While in the Shutdown menu (Figure 2.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.2 Activating the Device Purpose: For the first-time access, you need to activate the device by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation. You can also activate the device via Web Browser, SADP or Client Software. Steps: 1.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 4 Warning...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.3 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Figure 2. 5 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the Start Wizard at that moment, click Exit.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 7 General Network Configuration self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface DS-7100, DS-7204/7208HGHI-SH DS-7204/7208HQHI-E1/E2; self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces DS-8100HQHI&HGHI-SH and DS-9000HQHI-SH series, with three working modes configurable: multi-address, load balance, network fault tolerance; and 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface for other models.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 9 Advanced Network Parameters 6. Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the RAID configuration window (for DS-9000HQHI-SH only). Figure 2. 10 Array Management 7. Click Next button after configuring the advanced network parameters, which will take you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 11 HDD Management 8. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD. 9. Click Next to enter the IP Camera Management window (only supported by HDVR series). 10.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 13 Record Settings 13. Click OK to complete the wizard settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.4 Login and Logout 2.4.1 User Login Purpose: If the device has logged out, you must login the device before operating the menu and other functions. Steps: Select the User Name in the dropdown list. Figure 2.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 16 Logout Click Logout. After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.5 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras This section is not available for the DS-7100 series DVR. 2.5.1 Activating the IP Camera Purpose: Before adding the camera, make sure the IP camera to be added is in active status. Steps: 1.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3. Set the password of the camera to activate it. Use Admin Password: when you check the checkbox, the camera (s) will be configured with the same admin password of the operating DVR. Figure 2. 19 Set New Password Create New Password: If the admin password is not used, you must create the new password for the camera and confirm it.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 20 Adding IP Camera Interface The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the camera list. Select the IP camera from the list and click the button to add the camera (with the same admin password of the DVR’s).
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual (Custom) interface. Figure 2. 22 Custom Adding IP Camera Interface 2) You can edit the IP address, protocol, management port, and other information of the IP camera to be added. If the IP camera to add has not been actiavated, you can activate it from the IP camera list on the camera management interface.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Table 2. 1 Connectable IP Cameras for Different Models Number of Connectable IP Cameras Max. Number Series Models Default (without disabling disabling analog analog channel) channels) DS-7204HGHI-SH 1-ch 1-ch DS-7200HGHI-SH DS-7208HGHI-SH 2-ch 2-ch DS-7216HGHI-SH DS-7204HQHI-SH DS-7200HQHI-SH DS-7208HQHI-SH 2-ch...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 24 Edit the Parameters Channel Port: If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple channels, you can choose the channel to connect by selecting the channel port No. in the dropdown list. 2.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2. 26 Password Configuration of the Camera 3. Click OK to save the settings and exit the interface.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) will bring you to the Live View mode.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: show only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. •...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual VGA and CVBS can be used at the same time. For Other Models For the other models, the priority level for the main and aux output is HDMI/VGA>CVBS. See the table below. Table 3. 4 Priorities of Interfaces VGA/HDMI CVBS Main output...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual If you enter Aux monitor mode and the Aux monitor is not connected, the mouse operation is disabled; you need to switch back to the Main output with the F1 button on front panel or VOIP/MON button on IR remote control and then press the Enter button. Figure 3.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4. On the pop-up message box, click Yes to restart the device to enable the CVBS output or HDMI2 as the main output. You can select the Menu Output Mode under Menu>Configuration>More Settings to Auto, or HDMI (1)/VGA and then restart the device to switch the main output back to HDMI (1)/VGA output.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual PTZ Control Digital Zoom Image Settings Close Live View Instant Playback only shows the record in last five minutes. If no record is found, it means there is no record during the last five minutes. Digital Zoom can zoom in the selected area to the full screen.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual cameras. Refer to the Chapter 14.3 Configuring Video Parameters for details.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.3 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.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.4 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc. Steps: Enter the Live View Settings interface.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 9 Live View- Camera Order 2) Click a window to select it, and then double-click a camera name in the camera list you would like to display. Setting an ‘X’ means the window will not display any camera. 3) You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live view of all...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.5 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The video quality of the analog channels can be diagnosed manually and you can view the diagnostic results from a list. Steps: Enter the Manual Video Quality Diagnostics interface. Menu>...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.6 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: Enter the Shutdown menu.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 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. Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Settings interface. Menu >Camera>...
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All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters. For the Coaxitron camera/dome connected, you can select the PTZ protocol to HIKVISION-C (Coaxitron). Make sure the protocol selected here is supported by the connected camera/dome.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols and 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: Enter the PTZ Control interface.
Click the Call Preset button to call it. When the Coaxitron camera/dome connected and the PTZ protocol is selected to HIKVISION-C (Coaxitron), you can call the preset 95 to enter the menu of the connected Coaxitron camera/dome. Use the directional buttons on the PTZ control panel to operate the menu.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4. 5 PTZ Settings Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4. 6 Key point Configuration 4. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel. Click the button to show the general settings of the PTZ control.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual click the Stop button to stop it. The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern. 4.2.6 Calling Patterns Purpose: Follow the procedure to move the PTZ camera according to the predefined patterns. Steps: Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface;...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4. 10 PTZ Settings 2. Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set the limit, and click the Left Limit or Right Limit button to link the location to the corresponding limit. The speed dome starts linear scan from the left limit to the right limit, and you must set the left limit on the left side of the right limit, as well the angle from the left limit to the right limit should be no more than 180º.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Click Linear Scan button to start the linear scan and click the Linear Scan button again to stop it. You can click the Restore button to clear the defined left limit and right limit data and the dome needs to reboot to make settings take effect.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4.3 PTZ Control Panel To enter the PTZ control panel, there are two ways supported. OPTION 1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower-right corner which is next to the Back button. OPTION 2: 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...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 HDD- General 2. Click Advanced to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) Whether the HDD mode is Quota, please set the maximum record capacity.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1) Select the Record tab to configure. 2) Select a camera number in the camera dropdown list. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, the video quality and other parameters on demand for Main Stream (Continuous) and Main Stream (Event) respectively. ...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Redundant HDD is required for the redundant record function. For detailed information, see Chapter 11.4.2 Setting HDD Property. For network cameras, the parameters of Main Stream (Event) are not editable. Click Apply to save the settings. Optionally, you can click Copy to copy the settings to other analog channels if needed.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.2 Configuring Recording Schedule The DS-7100 models support continuous, motion and event triggered recording types, and other models support continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm and event triggered recording types. In this chapter, we take the record schedule procedure as an example, and the same procedure can be applied to configure schedule for both continuous recording.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual To schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox after the All Day item. Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule- All Day To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time. Figure 5.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings. See Chapter 5.7 Configuring Holiday Record. Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu. Draw the schedule Click on the color icon to select a record type in the event list on the right-side of the interface. Figure 5.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recording Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the DVR can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notifying the surveillance center, sending email and so on.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 14 Motion Detection Settings 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 8) Exit the Motion Detection menu.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording The DS-7100 and DS-7200 series do not support the alarm input. Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording. Steps: Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 15 Alarm Settings Click the Alarm Input tab.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Check the checkbox to select channel. Click Apply to save settings. Click OK to back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters. If the setting can also be applied to other alarm inputs, click Copy and choose the alarm input number. Figure 5.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.5 Configuring Event Recording Purpose: The DS-7200/7300/8100/9000 support the VCA (line crossing detection and intrusion detection) triggered recording. The VCA settings and VCA event triggered recording is supported by 1 analog camera for DS-7200/7300/8100HGHI DS-7200HQHI-E1/E2 models, analog...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 20 Set Trigger Camera of VCA Alarm The PTZ Linking function is only available for the VCA settings of IP cameras. 5. Enter Record Schedule settings interface (Menu> Record> Schedule>Record Schedule), and then set Event as the record type.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.6 Configuring Manual Recording Purpose: Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual record. Using manual record, you don’t need to set a schedule for recording. Steps: Enter the Manual settings interface. Menu> Manual Figure 5.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.7 Configuring Holiday Recording Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday for that year. You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday. Steps: Enter the Record setting interface. Menu>Record Choose Holiday on the left bar.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Configure the record schedule. Please refer to the Chapter 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule, while you may choose Holiday in the Schedule dropdown list, or you can draw the schedule on the timeline of Holiday. Figure 5. 24 Edit Schedule- Holiday Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.8 Configuring Redundant Recording Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving the record files not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. Before you start: You must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before you set the HDD property to Redundant.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 27 Encoding Parameters 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Check the checkbox of Redundant Record. 4) Click Apply to save settings. If the encoding parameters can also be used to other channels, click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.9 Configuring HDD Group Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. Steps: Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD>Advanced Select Advanced on the left bar. Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group. If not, set it to Group. For detailed information, please refer to Chapter 12.4 Managing HDD Group.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.10 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 Playback setting interface. Menu>...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 12.4 Managing HDD Group. Steps: Enter HDD setting interface. Menu> HDD Figure 5. 31 HDD General Click to edit the HDD you want to protect.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.11 Configuring 1080p Lite Purpose: When 1080p Lite Mode is enabled, 1080p lite (real time) is supported. If not, up to 1080p (12fps) is supported. DS-7200HQHI-E1/E2 support 1080p lite mode. Steps: Enter the Record menu Menu >...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Instant Playback Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel Steps: Choose a channel in live view mode and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View DS-7100, DS-7200, DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH provide Monitor option, DS-7200HQHI-E1/E2 has Aux Monitor Option. Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back recording files of the channel under single-screen live view mode. Under multi-screen live view mode, the recorded files of the top-left channel will be played back.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual If there are record files for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is displayed as Otherwise it is displayed as Playback Interface You can select the main stream or sub stream from the dropdown list for playback. You can also use the toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface to control playing progress, as shown in the following figure.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation time line The indicates the start time and end time of the record files. represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm). ...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual If several channels are triggered, clicking button takes you to the synch playback interface. Check checkbox to select one channel for playback or select multiple channels for synchronous playback. The max. number of channels for synchronous playback supported varies to different models. Figure 6.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual recording ends at 11:00, if you set the post-play time as 5 seconds, the video plays back till 11:00:05. 7. You can click button to select the previous or next event. Please refer to Table 6.1 for the description of buttons on the toolbar.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 9 Tag Management Interface Steps: Select the Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface. Choose channels, edit start time and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface. You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 6.1.5 Playing Back by Smart Search Purpose: The smart playback function provides an easy way to get through the less effective information. When you select the smart playback mode, the system will analyze the video containing the motion or VCA information, mark it with green color and play it in the normal speed while the video without motion will be played in the 16-time speed.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Draw quadrilateral Draw rectangle for Draw line for the line for the intrusion the intrusion crossing detection detection detection Set full screen for Start/Stop Clear all motion detection clipping File management for Pause playing / Stop playing...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 14 Set Result Filter The Result Filter function is supported by the IP camera only. 6.1.6 Playing Back by System Logs Purpose: Play back record file(s) associated with channels after searching system logs. Steps: Enter Log Information interface.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 16 Result of System Log Search 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. Playback management.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 18 Interface of Sub-periods Playback According to the defined number of split-screens, the video files on the selected date can be divided into average segments for playback. E.g., if there are video files existing between 16:00 and 22:00, and the 6-screen display mode is selected, then it can play the video files for 1 hour on each screen simultaneously.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 19 Interface of External File Playback 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: •...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 20 Draw Area for Digital Zoom Right-click the image to exit the digital zoom interface. 6.2.3 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel Purpose: You can play back record files of multi-channel reversely. Up to 16-ch simultaneous reverse playback is supported.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 7.1 Backing up Record Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose: The record files can be backup to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer and e-SATA HDD.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7. 2 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 5. Select video files from the Chart or List to export, and click the button Export to enter the Export interface. You can also click Export All to select all the video files for backup and enter the Export interface. Figure 7.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9. A prompt message will pop up after the backup process is complete. Click OK to confirm. Figure 7. 5 Export Finished The backup of video files using USB writer or SATA writer has the same operating instructions. Please refer to steps described above.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7. 7 Result of Event Search Export the video files. Please refer to step5 of Chapter 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search for details. 7.1.3 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips in playback mode to export directly during Playback, using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer or eSATA HDD.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 7.2 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drives, USB HDDs and eSATA HDDs Steps: 1. Enter the Export interface. Figure 7. 9 Storage Device Management 2. Backup device management. Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device. Select a record file or folder in the backup device and click button if you want to delete it.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2. Set detection area and sensitivity. Check checkbox to enable motion detection, use the mouse to draw detection area(s) and drag the sensitivity bar to set sensitivity.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection 4. Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel’s arming schedule. Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day. Or you can click the Copy button to copy the time period settings to other day(s).
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms This function is not supported by DS-7100, DS-7200HGHI and DS-7200HQHI-E1/E2 series DVR. Purpose: Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm. Steps: Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu>...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 7 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Input 5. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of the alarm input (please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.3 Detecting Video Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Steps: Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days. 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions).
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.4 Detecting Video Tampering Purpose: Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Tampering interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect video tampering.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3) Select Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of video tampering alarm (please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.5 Setting All-day Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The device provides two ways to diagnose the video quality: manual and all-day. Perform the following steps to set the threshold of the diagnosing and the linkage actions. Steps: 1.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.6 Handling Exceptions Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. •...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 16 Detailed Event 3. Set the alarm linkage actions. For details, see Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions. 4. Click Apply to save the settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output. Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor (HDMI, VGA or CVBS monitor) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 17 Alarm Output Settings Interface 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. Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.8 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually This function is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. 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.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Purpose: The DS-7200/7300/8100/9000 series DVR can receive the VCA alarm (line crossing detection, intrusion detection, sudden scene change detection and audio exception detection) sent by analog camera, and the VCA detection must be enabled and configured on the camera settings interface first. All other VCA detection features must be supported by the connected IP camera.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 2 Set Face Detection Sensitivity Click Apply to activate the settings. 9.2 Vehicle Detection Purpose: Vehicle Detection is available for the road traffic monitoring. In Vehicle Detection, the passed vehicle can be detected and the picture of its license plate can be captured. You can send alarm signal to notify the surveillance center and upload the captured picture to FTP server.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual content settings. Up to 4 lanes are selectable. Figure 9. 4 Rule Settings Click Save to save the settings. Please refer to the User Manual of Network Camera for the detailed instructions for the vehicle detection. 9.3 Line Crossing Detection Purpose: This function can be used for detecting people, vehicles and objects cross a set virtual line.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Click-and-drag the slider to set the detection sensitivity. Sensitivity: Range [1-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered. Click-OK to save the rule settings and back to the line crossing detection settings interface. Figure 9.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9.4 Intrusion Detection Purpose: Intrusion detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which enter and loiter in a pre-defined virtual region, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Steps: Enter the VCA settings interface.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 8 Draw Area for Intrusion Detection Click Apply to save the settings. The sudden scene change detection and the intrusion detection cannot be enabled at the same channel.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9.5 Region Entrance Detection Purpose: Region entrance detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which enter a pre-defined virtual region from the outside place, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Steps: Enter the VCA settings interface.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9.6 Region Exiting Detection Purpose: Region exiting detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which exit from a pre-defined virtual region, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Please refer to the Chapter 9.5 Region Entrance Detection for operating steps to configure the region exiting detection.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Please refer to the Chapter 9.4 Intrusion Detection for operating steps to configure the fast moving detection. The Sensitivity in the Rule Settings defines the moving speed of the object which can trigger the alarm. The higher the value is, the more easily a moving object can trigger the alarm.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Please refer to the Chapter 9.4 Intrusion Detection for operating steps to configure the object removal detection. The Threshold [5s-20s] in the Rule Settings defines the time of the objects removed from the region. If you set the value as 10, alarm is triggered after the object disappears from the region for 10s.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual environment sound, the higher the value should be. You can adjust it according to the real environment. Check the checkbox of Sudden Decrease of Sound Intensity Detection to detect the sound steep drop in the surveillance scene. You can set the detection sensitivity [1-100] for sound steep drop. Click Apply to activate the settings.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Click to configure the trigger channel, arming schedule and linkage action for the PIR alarm. Click the Rule Settings button to set the rules. Please refer to the Chapter 9.2 Face Detection for instructions. Click Apply to activate the settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual With the configured VCA detection, the device supports the VCA search for the behavior analysis, face capture, people counting and heat map results. 10.1 Face Search Purpose: When there are detected face picture captured and saved in HDD, you can enter the Face Search interface to search the picture and play the picture related video file according to the specified conditions.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 2 Face Search Interface 7. Play the face picture related video file. You can double click on a face picture to play its related video file in the view window on the top right, or select a picture item and click to play it.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 10.2 Behavior Search Purpose: The behavior analysis detects a series of suspicious behavior based on VCA detection, and certain linkage methods will be enabled if the alarm is triggered. Steps: Enter the Behavior Search interface. Menu>VCA Search>...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 5 Behavior Search Results Play the behavior analysis picture related video file. You can double click on a picture from the list to play its related video file in the view window on the top right, or select a picture item and click to play it.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 6 Plate Search Select the country from the drop-down list for searching the location of the vehicle plate. Input the plate No. in the field for search. 6. Click Search to start searching. The search results of detected vehicle plate pictures are displayed in list or in chart.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 7 People Counting Interface 6. You can click the Export button to export the statistics report in excel format.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 10.5 Heat Map Purpose: Heat map is a graphical representation of data represented by colors. The heat map function is usually used to analyze the visit times and dwell time of customers in a configured area. The heat map function must be supported by the connected IP camera and the corresponding configuration must be set.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network DS-8100/9000-SH DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI Figure 11. 1 Network Settings Interface self-adaptive 10M/100M network...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Working Mode There are two 10M/100M/1000M NIC cards provided by the DS-8100HGHI&HQHI-SH series devices, and it allows the device to work in the Multi-address, Load Balance and Net-fault Tolerance modes. Multi-address Mode: The parameters of the two NIC cards can be configured independently. You can select LAN1 or LAN2 in the NIC type field for parameter settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 11.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR 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. Figure 11.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual scanning tool of your phone to quickly get the code by scanning the QR code below. Figure 11. 3 Cloud P2P Settings Interface 7. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. After configuration, you can access and manage the DVR by your mobile phone on which the Cloud P2P application is installed or by the website (dev.hicloudcam.com).
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 4 IPServer Settings Interface • DynDNS: 1) Enter Server Address for DynDNS (i.e. members.dyndns.org). 2) In the Device Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website. 3) Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website. Figure 11.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 7 NO-IP Settings Interface • HiDDNS: 1) Select the continent/country of the server on which the device is registered. 2) The Server Address of the HiDDNS server appears by default: www.hiddns.com. 3) Enter the Device Domain Name. You can use the alias you registered in the HiDDNS server or define a new device domain name.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 9 Register an Account 2) Click to register an account if you do not have one and use the account to log in. Figure 11. 10 Register an Account 3) In the Device Management interface, click to register the device.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 11 Register the Device 4) Input Device Serial No., Device Domain (Device Name) and HTTP Port. And click OK to add the device. 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).
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 12 Access Device via iVMS-4200 Click the Apply button to save the settings. After setting all the required parameters for the DDNS, you can view the connecting status of the device by checking the Status information. 11.2.4 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your DVR to ensure the accuracy of system...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.2.5 Configuring NAT Purpose: Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) can permit the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, etc. You can use the UPnP™...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1) Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Configure the external port No. for server port, http port and RTSP port respectively. You can use the default port No., or change it according to actual requirements. ...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual exception message to the host when an alarm is triggered. The remote alarm host must have the CMS (Client Management System) software installed. The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS (Client Management System) software (e.g., iVMS-4200) is installed, and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monitoring port configured in the software (default port is 7200).
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Input the correct user name and password, and click Login button to log in the device. Enter the HTTPS settings interface. Configuration > Remote Configuration > Network Settings > HTTPS Create the self-signed certificate or authorized certificate. Figure 11.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.2.8 Configuring Email Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an event is detected, e.g. an alarm or motion event is detected, etc. Before configuring the Email settings, the DVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual with attached alarm images. The interval is the time between two captures of the alarm images. Interval: The interval refers to the time between two actions of sending attached pictures. E-mail Test: Sends a test message to verify that the SMTP server can be reached. Click the Apply button to save the Email settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.4 Configuring Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 11.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps: Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 27 Export Network Packet Click the Export button to start exporting. After the exporting is complete, click OK to finish the packet export. Up to 1M data can be exported each time.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.4.3 Checking Network Status Purpose: You can also check the network status and quick set the network parameters in this interface. Steps: Click Status on the right bottom of the page. Figure 11. 28 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.4.4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose: You can check the network statistics to obtain the real-time information of the device. Steps: Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect Click the Network Stat. tab to enter the Network Statistics menu. Figure 11.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General. Figure 12. 1 HDD Information Interface Select HDD to be initialized.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it. The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs. Click Menu >...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to DVR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 12. 6 HDD Information Interface Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 12.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12. 8 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search button to the available IP SAN disks. 3) Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below. 4) Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12. 10 Initialize Added NetHDD 12.3 Managing eSATA Purpose: When there is an external eSATA device connected to DVR, you can configure eSATA for the use of Record or Export, and you can manage the eSATA in the DVR. Steps: Enter the Advanced Record Settings interface.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.4 Managing HDD Group 12.4.1 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: Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu >...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12. 15 Local HDD Settings Interface 7. Select the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 12. 16 Confirm HDD Group Settings 9.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12. 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. At least 2 hard disks must be added on your DVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and there is one HDD with R/W property.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. Steps Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 12. 18. The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take effect.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8. Click the Apply button to apply the settings. If the quota capacity is set to 0, then all cameras will use the total capacity of HDD for record.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.6 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: 1.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.7 Checking S.M.A.R.T Information Purpose: The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. Steps: Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu >...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.8 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 12. 23 Bad Sector Detection Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interface.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal. Steps: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual This chapter is valid for DS-9000HQHI-SH series DVR only. 13.1 Configuring Array 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.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 13.1.1 Enable RAID Purpose: Perform the following steps to enable the RAID function, or the disk array cannot be created. OPTION 1: Enable the RAID function in the Wizard when the device startup, please refer to step 7 of Chapter 2.2. ...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 13. 3 Physical Disk Interface Check the checkbox of corresponding HDD No. to select it. Click the One-touch Create button to enter the One-touch Array Configuration interface. Figure 13. 4 One-touch Array Configuration Edit the array name in the Array Name text filed and click OK button to start configuring array. If you install 4 HDDs or above for one-touch configuration, a hot spare disk will be set by default.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual A created array displays as an HDD in the HDD information interface. Figure 13. 6 HDD Information Interface 13.1.3 Manually Creating Array Purpose: You can manually create the array of RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. In this section, we take RAID 5 as an example to describe the manual configuration of array and virtual disk.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 13. 8 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. If you choose RAID 0, at least 2 HDDs must be installed. ...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 13.2 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.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 13. 12 Array Settings Interface If there is no hot spare disk after rebuilding, it is recommended to install a HDD into the device and set is as a hot spare disk to ensure the high security and reliability of the array. 13.2.5 Manually Rebuilding Array Purpose: If you do not enable the Auto-rebuild in Firmware Settings interface (Menu>HDD>RAID>Firmware) or the hot...
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual start rebuilding. You can enter the Array Settings interface to view the rebuilding status. After rebuilding successfully, the array and virtual disk will restore to Functional.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 13.3 Deleting Array Deleting array will cause to delete all the data saved in the disk. Steps: Enter the Array Settings interface. Menu>HDD>RAID>Array Figure 13. 15 Array Settings Interface Select an array and click to delete the array. Figure 13.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 13.4 Checking and Editing 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.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 14.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Steps: Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD Select the camera to configure OSD settings. Edit the Camera Name in the text field.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 14.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed or recorded by the operator. Steps: Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Privacy Mask Select the camera to set privacy mask.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 14.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Image Figure 14. 5 Image Settings Interface (AnalogCamera) Figure 14. 6 Image Settings Interface (IP Camera) Select the camera to set image parameters. Two periods for different image settings are provided, select the period name in the dropdown list.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4. Select the mode from the drop-down list of Mode, there are four modes selectable: Standard, Indoor, Dim Light and Outdoor. 5. Adjust the image parameters according to actual needs. The parameters include Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue, Sharpness and Denoising.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 15.1 Viewing System Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. You can click the Device Info, Camera, Record, Alarm, Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2. Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time, Major Type and Minor Type. 3. Click the Search button to start search log files. 4. The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below. Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Please connect the backup device to DVR before operating log export. The log files exported to the backup device are named by exporting time, e.g., 20110514124841logBack.txt.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 15.3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info The network camera connection is not supported by DS-7100 series. Purpose: The information of added IP camera can be generated into an excel file and exported to the local device for backup, including the IP address, manage port, password of admin, etc.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 15.4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters. Steps: 1.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 15.5 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 15.5.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps: 1. Connect your DVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 15.6 Restoring Default Settings Steps: Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 15. 8 Restore Defaults Select the restoring type from the following three options. Restore Defaults: Restore all parameters, except the network (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode, default route, server port, etc.) and user account parameters, to the factory default settings.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 16.1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in two ways: Parameters Configuration: Connect a PC to the device 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 device’s when connecting with the PC serial port.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 16.2 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution, system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Select the General tab. Figure 16. 2 General Settings Interface DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH provides HDMI1, HDMI2 and VGA outputs.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 16.3 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 16. 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.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 16.4 Configuring More Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 15.3. DS-7100-SH, DS-7200-SH, DS-7324/7332HGHI and DS-8124/8132HGHI Other Models Figure 16.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 16.5 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the DVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is set when you start the device for the first time. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Address. Password: Set the password for the user account. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED–We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (Using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three of the following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.) in order to increase the security of your product.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 16. 8 User Permission Settings Interface (2) Set the operating permission of Local Configuration, Remote Configuration and Camera Configuration for the user. Local Configuration • Local Log Search: Searching and viewing logs and system information of device. •...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual • Remote PTZ Control: Remotely controlling PTZ movement of the selected camera (s). • Local Video Export: Locally exporting recorded files of the selected camera (s). Local Camera Management is provided for the IP cameras only. (3) Click OK to save the settings and exit.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 16. 10 Edit User Interface Edit the corresponding parameters. • Operator and Guest You can edit the user information, including user name, password, permission level and MAC address. Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password, and input the new password in the text field of Password and Confirm.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 17.1 Specifications DS-7104HGHI-SH Model DS-7104HGHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 4-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Video/Audio 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, input Supported camera types CVBS G.711u...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7200HGHI-SH Model DS-7204HGHI-SH DS-7208HGHI-SH DS-7216HGHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, Supported camera types Video/Audio 1080p/30Hz, CVBS input 1-ch 2-ch...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7200HQHI-SH Model DS-7204HQHI-SH DS-7208HQHI-SH DS-7216HQHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, Supported camera types Video/Audio CVBS input 2-ch...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7200HQHI-E2 Model Model DS-7204HQHI-E1 DS-7208HQHI-E2 DS-7208HQHI-E1 DS-7216HQHI-E2 Video compression Video compression H.264+/H.264 H.264+/H.264 Analog and HDTVI Analog and HDTVI 4-ch 8-ch 8-ch 16-ch video input video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera Supported camera...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7300HGHI-SH Model DS-7304HGHI-SH DS-7308HGHI-SH DS-7316HGHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 Analog and HDTVI video 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, Supported camera types CVBS Video/Audio input 1-ch (up to 5-ch)
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH DS-7332HGHI-SH Model DS-7324HGHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 32-ch 24-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, CVBS types Video/ 8-ch (up to 32-ch) Audio input IP video input Up to 2 MP resolution...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-7300HQHI-SH Model DS-7304HQHI-SH DS-7308HQHI-SH DS-7316HQHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 Analog and HDTVI video 4-ch (up to 6-ch) 8-ch (up to 10-ch) 16-ch (up to 18-ch) input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera types 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, CVBS Video/Audio 2-ch...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-8100HGHI-SH Model DS-8104HGHI-SH DS-8108HGHI-SH DS-8116HGHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 Analog and HDTVI video 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera types 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, CVBS 1-ch 2-ch Video/Audio...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH DS-8124HGHI-SH DS-8132HGHI-SH Model Video compression H.264+/H.264 32-ch 24-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera types 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, CVBS 16-ch (up to 32-ch) Video/Audio IP video input input...
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-8100HQHI-SH Model DS-8104HQHI-SH DS-8108HQHI-SH DS-8116HQHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 16-ch 4-ch 8-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera types 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, CVBS 2-ch (up to 6-ch) 2-ch (up to 10-ch) 2-ch (up to 18-ch)
Digital Video Recorder User Manual DS-9000HQHI-SH Model DS-9004HQHI-SH DS-9008HQHI-SH DS-9016HQHI-SH Video compression H.264+/H.264 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch Analog and HDTVI video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection Supported camera types 720p/25Hz, 720p/30Hz, 720p/50Hz, 720p/60Hz, 1080p/25Hz, 1080p/30Hz, CVBS 6-ch (up to 10-ch) 10-ch (up to 18-ch) 18-ch (up to 32-ch)
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 17.2 Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 17.3 Troubleshooting No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally. Possible Reasons: a) No VGA or HDMI connections. b) Connection cable is damaged. c) Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. Steps: 1.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2) If not, please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process. Live view stuck when video outputs locally. Possible Reasons: a) The frame rate has not reached the real-time frame rate. Steps: 1.
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Digital Video Recorder User Manual Possible Reasons: a) The time setting of system is incorrect. b) The search condition is incorrect. c) The HDD is error or not detected. Steps: 1. Verify the system time setting is correct. Select “Menu > Configuration > General > General”, and verify the “Device Time” is correct. 2.