FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ..............1 Overview ..............................1 Features ..............................1 Specifications ............................2 1.3.1 General 720P(V2) Mini 1U Series ....................2 1.3.2 General 1080P(V2) Mini 1U Series ....................6 OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS ................. 10 Front Panel ............................10 2.1.1 General 720P(V2) /General 1080P(V2) Mini 1U Series ............
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HDD Installation ........................... 18 3.3.1 General 720P(V2) /General 1080P(V2) The series DVR has one SATA HDD..... 18 Connecting Power Supply ........................19 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices .................. 19 3.5.1 Connecting Video Input ........................19 3.5.2 Connecting Video Output ....................... 20 Connecting Audio Input &...
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4.4.1 Window Switch ..........................31 4.4.2 PTZ Control............................32 4.4.3 Color ..............................37 4.4.4 Search .............................. 38 4.4.5 Manual Record ..........................38 Navigation Bar ............................38 4.5.1 Main Menu ............................38 4.5.2 Output Screen ..........................38 4.5.3 Favorites ............................38 4.5.4 Color ..............................
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4.10.6 System ............................94 WEB OPERATION ..................109 Network Connection .......................... 109 Login ..............................109 LAN Mode ............................110 Live ..............................112 PTZ ..............................113 Image ..............................114 5.6.1 Image .............................. 114 WAN Login ............................114 Setup ..............................116 5.8.1 Camera ............................
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5.13 Un-install Web Control ........................161 PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ..........162 FAQ ......................... 163 APPENDIX A HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION ..........168 APPENDIX B COMPATIBLE BACKUP DEVICE LIST......... 169 APPENDIX C COMPATIBLE CD/DVD DEVICE LIST ........... 175 APPENDIX D COMPATIBLE DISPLAY LIST ............176 APPENDIX E COMPATIBLE SWITCH LIST ............
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Welcome Thank you for purchasing our Amcrest HDCVI DVR! This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree.
Important Safeguards and Warnings 1.Electrical safety All installation and operation should conform to your local electrical safety codes. The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock. We assume no liability or responsibility for any fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation.
1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 1.1 Overview This series product is an excellent digital monitor product designed for the security field. It adopts an embedded Linux OS to maintain reliable operation. It is easy to use and can utilize the surveillance function after some simple setups.
UPnP This is used to establish the mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN via the UPnP protocol. Slight function differences may be found due to different series. 1.3 Specifications 1.3.1 General 720P(V2) Mini 1U Series 4-Ch 8-Ch 16-Ch...
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4-CH composite video 8-CH composite video 16-CH composite input: (NTSC/PAL) input: (NTSC/PAL) video input: Video Input 75Ω) BNC (1.0V 75Ω) BNC (1.0V (NTSC/PAL) BNC P- P, P- P, 75Ω) (1.0V P- P, 1-ch VGA output. Video Video monitor 1-ch HDMI output. Output Support VGA/HDMI video output at the same time.
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Manual recording, motion detection recording, schedule recording and Recording alarm recording Mode Priority: Manual recording> alarm recording>motion detection Record and recording>schedule recording. playback Storage Support channel record quota setup Mode Recording 1 to 120 minutes single record duration (Default setup is 60 minutes) Length Playback Repeat...
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Manual Alarm Control Alarm Input Alarm Output Alarm Relay 1 USB 2.0 port. Interface Interface Network RJ45 10M/100M self-adaptable Ethernet port connection PTZ control port RS485 Support various PTZ control protocols. RS232 System Hard Disk Display HDD current status Information Information Data Data stream statistics for each channel (in wave mode)
1.3.2 General 1080P(V2) Mini 1U Series 4-Ch 8-Ch Parameter System High-performance industrial embedded micro controller Main Processor Embedded LINUX System Multiplex operations: Multiple-channel record, multiple-channel playback Resources and network operation simultaneously User-friendly graphical user interface Interface Input USB mouse Devices Input Arabic number, English character, donation and extension Chinese Method...
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Channel Channel name, recording status, screen lock status, video loss status Information and motion detection status are shown on the bottom left of display screen. Color Hue, brightness, contrast, saturation and gain setup for each channel. Configuratio Audio 1-ch 200-2000mv 10KΩ(RCA) Audio Input 1-ch audio output 200-3000mv 5KΩ(RCA) Audio...
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Upgrade via client or browser to perform remote maintenance. Network View alarm information such as motion detection and video loss via Function client. Supports network PTZ lens control File download backup and playback Multiple devices share information via corresponding software such as professional surveillance software (PSS) Duplex transparent COM Network alarm input and output...
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Power General Consumptio ≤15W (With adapter, excludes HDD) Parameter Working -10°C+55°C Temperatur Working 10%-90% Humidity 86kpa-106kpa Pressure 325(W) x245 (D) x45mm(H) Dimension Weight 1.25KG(Exclude HDD) Installation Desktop installation Mode...
2 Overview and Controls This section provides information about front panel and rear panel. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first. 2.1 Front Panel 2.1.1 General 720P(V2) /General 1080P(V2) Mini 1U Series The front panel is shown as below.
When playback, click these buttons to control Right playback bar. 2.2 Rear Panel 2.2.1 General 720P(V2) Mini 1U Series The 4-channel series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2 The 8-channel series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-3.
The 16-channel series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power on-off button Power on/off button. VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal.
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Figure 2-5 The 8-channel series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-6. Figure 2-6 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power on-off button Power on/off button. VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal.
communication port can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ. RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ. Network port 100M Ethernet port AUDIO OUT Audio output port Connect to video output device such as sound box.
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Figure 2-8 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Serial Number Name Function Power button Click it to boot up or shut down the device. Address Click it to input device number, so that you can control it. Forward Various forward speeds and normal speed playback.
Cancel Go back to previous menu or cancel current operation (close upper interface or control) Record Start or stop record manually In record interface, work with the direction buttons to select the record channel. Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds and the system will go to the Manual Record interface.
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In input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding button on the panel you can input numeral/English character (small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace button. _ stands for space button. In English input mode: _ stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for deleting the previous character.
3 Installation and Connections Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 3.1 Check Unpacked DVR When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation.
7. Put the cover in accordance 8. Secure the screws in the with the clip and then place the rear panel and the side panel. upper cover back. Important: You can connect the HDD data cable and the power cable first and then attach the HDD in the device.
Keep connection lugs in well contact The signal line and shielded wire should be fixed firmly and in well connection. Avoid dry joint, lap welding, and oxidation. 3.5.2 Connecting Video Output ,75Ω)output, a VGA output, and a HDMI output. Video output includes a BNC(PAL/NTSC1.0V System supports BNC, VGA and HDMI output at the same time.
The alarm output port should not be connected to high power load directly (It should be less than 1A) to avoid high current which may result in relay damage. Please use the relay between the alarm output port and the load. 3.
Please parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector. Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input (ALARM) Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device. Figure 3-2 3.7.3 Alarm Output Port ...
3.8 RS485 When the DVR receives a camera control command, it transmits that command up the coaxial cable to the PTZ device. RS485 is a single-direction protocol; the PTZ device can’t return any data to the unit. To enable the operation, connect the PTZ device to the RS485 (A,B) input on the DVR. Since RS485 is disabled by default for each camera, you must enable the PTZ settings first.
4 Overview of Navigation and Controls 4.1 Boot up and Shutdown 4.1.1 Boot up Before the boot up, please make sure: The rated input voltage matches the device power on-off button. Please make sure the power wire connection is secure. Then click the power on-off button. ...
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If the Startup option is checked here, the system goes to startup wizard again when it boots up the next time. Unchecking the Startup option makes the system go to the login interface directly when it boots up the next time. Figure 4-1 Click Cancel button or Next Step button, system goes to login interface.
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Within 30 minutes, three times login failure will result in system alarm and five times login failure will result in account lock! Click OK button, you can go to General interface. See Figure 4-3. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.6.1. Figure 4-3 Click the Next Step button to advance to the Encode interface.
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Figure 4-4 Click the Next Step button to advance to the Record interface. See Figure 4-5. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.5.3. Figure 4-5...
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Click the Next Step button and you can go to Schedule interface. See Figure 4-6. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.5.1.1. Figure 4-6 Click Next button, you can go to network interface. See Figure 4-7. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.9.3.
Figure 4-7 Click Finish button, system pops up a dialogue box. Click the OK button, the startup wizard is complete. See Figure 4-8. Figure 4-8 4.3 Manual Record 4.3.1 Live Viewing After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time, channel name and window No.
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Supports real-time backup function. You can follow the contents listed below for operatin instructions. Preview control interface Move you mouse to the top center of the video of the current channel, you can see system pops up the preview control interface. See Figure 4-9. If your mouse stays in this area for more than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.
Realtime playback Is used to playback the previous 5-60 minutes recorded from the current channel. Please go to the Main menu->Setting->->System->General to set real-time playback time. System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no such record in current channel. Manual Snapshot Click to snapshot 1-5 times.
4.4.2 PTZ Control The PTZ setup is shown as in See Figure 4-7. Please note the command name is grey if a device does not support this function. The PTZ operation is only valid in one-window mode. Here you can control PTZ direction, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, scan, pattern aux function, light, wiper, rotation, etc.
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Figure 4-9 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Please note the above interface may vary due to different protocols. The button is grey and can not be selected, the current function is null. Right click the mouse or click the ESC button at the front panel to go back to the Figure 4-7. Icon Function Icon...
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Preset Setup In Figure 4-10, click preset button and use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-11. Click the Set button and then input preset number. Click the Set button to save current preset. Figure 4-11 Tour Setup In Figure 4-10, click tour button.
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Pattern Setup In Figure 4-107, click the Pattern button and input pattern number. Click the Begin button to start the direction operation. Or you can go back to Figure 4-7 to operate zoom/focus/iris/direction operation. In Figure 4-10, click End button to complete the pattern. Figure 4-20 Scan Setup In Figure 4-10, click Scan button.
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In Figure 4-9, input the preset value and then click to call a preset. Click again to stop the call. Call Pattern In Figure 4-9, input the pattern value and then click to call a pattern. Click again to stop the call.
Here you can set hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, gain, color mode, etc. See Figure 4-14. Figure 4-14 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Item Note Period There are two periods in one day. You can set different sharpness, brightness, and contrast setup for different periods.
Item Note The larger the number, the strong the color is. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the whole video. The video color may become too strong if the value is too high. For the grey part of the video, the distortion may occur if the white balance is not accurate.
4.5.6 Alarm Status Click button and the system goes to the alarm status interface. It is used to view device status and channel status. Please refer to chapter 4.10.4. 4.5.7 USB Manager Click and the system goes to the USB Manager interface. It is used to view USB information, backup, and update.
4.6 USB Device Auto Pop-up After you inserted the USB device, the system will auto detect it and pop up the following dialogue box. It allows you to conveniently backup files, logs, configurations, or update the system. See Figure 4-17. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2, chapter 4.9.4, chapter 4.10.6.7, and chapter 4.10.6.9 for detailed information.
4.8 Operation 4.8.1 Search Click search button in the main menu. The search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-19. Usually there are three file types: R: Regular recording file. A: External alarm recording file. M: Motion detection recording file Figure 4-19 Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
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The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel pane. option. Card The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card number number/field setup bar. You can implement an advanced search. search Click it to go to mark file list interface.
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Smart search The volume of the playback Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode. The system can snapshot 1 picture. System supports custom snapshot save path. Please connect the peripheral device first, click snap button on the full-screen mode, you can select or create path.
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Record In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type. type Other Functions When system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin smart search. Click the motion detect button to begin play. ...
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Click the and you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again and the system stops smart search playback. Important System does not support motion detect zone setup during the full-screen mode. During the multiple-channel playback, system stops playback of the rest of the channels if you implement one-channel smart search.
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When system is played back, click the Mark button, and you can go to the following interface. See 4-21 Figure Figure 4-21 Playback Mark During 1-window playback mode, click mark file list button in Figure 4-19, you can go to mark file list interface.
Figure 4-22 Modify Double click one mark information item. You can see the system pops up a dialogue box for you to change mark information. You can only change mark name here. Delete Here you can select the mark information item you want to delete and then click Delete button, you can remove one mark item.
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Figure 4-23 Select backup device and then set the channel, file start time, and end time. Click the add button, and the system begins a search. All matched files are listed below. The system automatically calculates the capacity needed and remaining. See Figure 4-25. Figure 4-24 System only backs up files with a √...
Click Start button and the system begins the backup. At the same time, the backup button becomes the Stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. See Figure 4-25. Figure 4-25 When the system completes the backup, you can see a dialogue box prompting a successful backup. ...
Figure 4-26 4.9 Information 4.9.1 System Info Here you can view system information. There are a total four items: HDD (hard disk information), Record, BPS (data stream statistics), and Version. See Figure 4-27. Figure 4-27 4.9.1.1 HDD Information Here is listed hard disk type, total space, free space, and status. See Figure 4-28. ...
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Means there is an error. – means there is no HDD. If the disk is damaged, the system shows as “?”. Please remove the broken hard disk before you add a new one. Type: The corresponding HDD properties. Total space: The HDD total capacity.
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Figure 4-29 4.9.1.2 Record Info It is used to view recordings’ start time and end time. See Figure 4-40. Figure 4-40...
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4.9.1.3 BPS Here is for you to view current video data stream (KB/s), resolution, etc. See Figure 4-30. Figure 4-30 4.9.1.4 Version Here you can view some version information such as version number, built date, serial number, etc. See Figure 4-31.
Figure 4-31 4.9.2 Event It is used to display device status and channel status. See Figure 4-32. Figure 4-32 4.9.3 Network 4.9.3.1 Online Users Here is where you manage online users. See Figure 4-33. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system right. Max time until disconnection is set to 65535 seconds.
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Figure 4-33 4.9.3.2 Network Load Network load is shown as in Figure 4-34. Here you can view the following statistics of the device network adapter. The connection status is shown as offline if connection is disconnected. You can view the flow statistics such as send speed and receive speed at the bottom panel.
Figure 4-34 4.9.3.3 Network Test Network test interface is shown as in Figure 4-35. Destination IP: Please input valid IPV4 address or domain name. Test: Click it to test the connection with the destination IP address. The test results can display average delay and packet loss rate and you can also view the network status as OK, bad, no connection, etc.
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Here you can view the system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 4-36. Log types include system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, account manager, log clear, file operation, etc. It has an optimized reboot log. There are only three types: normal reboot, abnormal reboot, and protection reboot.
Figure 4-37 4.10 Setting 4.10.1 Camera 4.10.1.1 Camera The camera interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-38. Channel: Select a channel from the dropdown list. Saturation: Used to adjust monitor window saturation. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50.
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Figure 4-38 4.10.1.2 Encode It is used to set video bit stream, picture bit stream, video overlay parameter, etc. 4.10.1.2.1 Video Video settings include the following items. See Figure 4-50. Channel: Select the channel you want. Type: Please select from the dropdown list. There are three options: regular, motion detect, and alarm.
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Figure 4-50 4.10.1.2.2 Snapshot Here you can set snapshot mode, picture size, quality and frequency. See Figure 4-39. Snapshot mode: There are two modes: regular and trigger. If you set the timing mode, you need to set the snapshot frequency. If you set trigger snapshot, you need to set the snapshot activation operation.
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Figure 4-39 4.10.1.2.3 Overlay Overlay interface is shown as in Figure 4-40. Cover area: Here is where you to set cover area. You can drag your mouse to set the proper section size. The system supports a max of 4 zones in one channel. ...
Figure 4-41 4.10.1.2.4 Channel Name It is to modify channel name. It max supports 31-character. See 42. 4.10.2 Network 4.10.2.1 TCP/IP The interface is shown as in Figure 4- IP Version: There are two options: IPv4 and IPv6. Right now, the system supports these two IP address formats.
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IP address: Here you can input the corresponding number to input the IP address. Then you can set the corresponding subnet mask the default gateway. Default gateway: Here you can input the default gateway. Please note the system needs to check the validity of all IPv6 addresses.
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Figure 4-55 4.10.2.2 Connection The connection setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-. Max connection: The system supports a maximum of 128 users. 0 means there is no connection limit. TCP port: Default value is 37777. UDP port: Default value is 37778.
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Figure 4-56 4.10.2.3 PPPoE PPPoE interface is shown as in Figure 4-43. Input the PPPoE user name and the PPPoE password. You obtain this information from your ISP (Internet service provider). Click the save button and you will need to restart to activate your configuration. After rebooting, DVR will connect to the internet automatically.
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Figure 4-43 4.10.2.4 DDNS Setup DDNS setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-44. You will need to setup an account with a DDNS service to use this feature. Some fields may vary depending on the service used. Please check with the DDNS service provider for information for these fields.
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Figure 4-44 Please note supported DNNS services includes: CN99 DDNS, NO-IP DDNS, Quick DDNS, Dyndns DDNS, and sysdns DDNS. All the DDNS can be valid at the same time and you can select whichever is required. Private DDNS functions should work with special DDNS servers and special Professional Surveillance Software (PSS).
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Start address/end address: You can input the IP address in the start address and end address. Now you can click Add IP address or Add IP section to add. For the newly added IP address, it is in enable status by default. Click the delete icon to remove the IP address.
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4.10.2.6 Email The email interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-45. SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here. Port: Please input the corresponding port value here. User name: Please input the user name to login to the sender email box. ...
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Serv-U Administrator. Now you can set user password and FTP folder. Please note you need to grant the write right to the FTP upload user. See Figure 4-46. Figure 4-46 You can use a PC or FTP login tool to test if the setup is configured correctly. For example, you can login with the user ZHY to FTP://10.10.7.7 and then test if it can modify or delete a folder or not.
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Figure 4-48 4.10.2.8 UPnP The UPnP protocol is used to establish a mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN. Please input the router IP address in the LAN in Figure 4-. See Figure 4-49. PAT Enable/Disable: Turn on or off the UPnP function of the device. ...
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For the TCP and UDP connections, please make sure the internal port and external port are the same to guarantee the proper data transmission. Figure 4-49 Figure 4-50 4.10.2.9 SNMP SNMP is an abbreviation of Simple Network Management Protocol. It provides the basic network management frame of the network management system.
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Figure 4-51 Please enable the SNMP function. Use the corresponding software tool (MIB Builder and MG-SOFT MIB Browser. You still need two MIB files: BASE-SNMP-MIB, DVR-SNMP-MIB) to connect to the device. You can get the device’s corresponding configuration information after a successfully connection. Please follow the steps listed below to configure.
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Figure 4-52 Here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. IP multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 -“D” address space The higher four-bit of the first byte=”1110” Reserved local multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255 -TTL=1 When sending out telegraph -For example...
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After you have logged in the Web, the Web can automatically get a multiple cast address and add it to the multiple cast groups. You can enable real-time monitor function to view the view. Please note multiple cast function applies to special series only. 4.10.2.11 Register This function allows the device to auto register to the proxy you specified.
This screen gives you access to the QR which can be used to connect to your DVR from a smart phone or tablet. You can find this by searching “Amcrest View” in your app store. It also allows you to see the...
Figure 4-70 4.10.4 Event 4.10.4.1 Detect In the main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, you can see the motion detect interface. See Figure 4-53.There is three detection types: motion detection, video loss, and tampering. The video loss and tampering have no detection region or sensitivity setup. ...
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shown as in Figure 4-57. There are four recording types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, and MD & alarm. Alarm output: When an alarm occurs the system enables peripheral alarm devices. Latch: When motion detection completes, the system auto delays detecting for a specified time. The value ranges from 1-300(Unit: second) ...
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Figure 4-56 Figure 4-57 Motion detection here only has a relationship with the sensitivity and region setup. It has no relationship with other setups. 4.10.4.1.2 Video Loss In Figure 4-53, select video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is shown as in Figure 4-58.
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Figure 4-58 4.10.4.1.3 Tampering When someone viciously masks the lens, or the output video is in one-color due to the environments light change, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. The tampering interface is shown as in Figure 4-59. You can enable “Alarm output “or “Show message” function when a tampering alarm occurs.
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Figure 4-597 4.10.4.2 Abnormality There are two types: HDD/Network. HDD: HDD error, no disk, no space. See Figure 4-60 and Figure 4-79. Network: Disconnection, IP conflict, MAC conflict. See Figure 4-61. Alarm output: Please select alarm activation output port (multiple choices). ...
Figure 4-610 4.10.5 Storage 4.10.5.1 Schedule 4.10.5.1.1 Record Note: You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed. After the system boots up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode. You can set the record type and time in the schedule interface.
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Pre-record: The system can pre-record the video before the event occurs and is written into the file. The value ranges from 1 to 30 seconds depending on the bit stream. Redundancy: The system supports a redundancy backup function. You can highlight the Redundancy button to activate this function.
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Once you have set to record when the MD and alarm occurs, the system will not record neither motion detect occurs nor the alarm occurs. Figure 4-65 Figure 4-66 4.10.5.1.1.1 Quick Setup The copy function allows you to copy one channel setup to another. After setting up channel 1, click the Copy button, and you can go to the interface shown in Figure 4-67.
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name is grey such as channel 2. Now you can select the channel you want to paste to such as channel 1/3/4. If you want to save the current setup of channel 2 to all channels, you can click the first box “ALL”. Click the OK button to save the current copy setup.
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On the preview interface, right click mouse and then select Manual->Record, or in the main menu, from Setting->Storage->Record, check the box to enable snapshot function of corresponding channels. See Figure 4-68. In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, you can input the snapshot mode as regular, size, quality, and frequency.
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Figure 4-88 Figure 4-69 4.10.5.1.2.2 Trigger Snapshot Please follow the steps listed below to enable the snapshot function. After you have enabled this function, the system can take snapshots when the corresponding alarm occurrs.
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In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, you can input the snapshot mode as trigger, size, quality, and frequency. See Figure 4-70. In main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, please enable the snapshot function for the specified channels (Figure 4-71). Figure 4-70 Figure 4-71...
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4.10.5.1.2.3 Priority Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than the scheduled snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, the system can activate the activation snapshot when an alarm occurs. Otherwise, system just operates the scheduled snapshot. 4.10.5.1.2.4 Image FTP In the main menu, from Setting->Network->FTP, you can set the FTP server information.
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Figure 4-73 4.10.5.3 Record 4.10.5.3.1 Record Control Note: You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDD has been properly installed. There are three ways for you to go to manual record menu. ...
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Figure 4-74 4.10.5.3.2 Snapshot Operation Check the corresponding box to enable/disable the scheduled snapshot function. See Figure 4-75. Figure 4-75 Tips You can check the All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel snapshot function.
4.10.6 System 4.10.6.1 General 4.10.6.1.1 Device General setting includes the following items. See Figure 4-76. Device ID: Please input a corresponding device name here. Device No: Here you can set the device number. Language: The system supports various languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish (All languages listed here are optional.
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4.10.6.1.2 Date and Time The interface is shown as in Figure 4-77. Date format: There are three types: YYYYY-MM-DD, MM-DD-YYYYY, or DD-MM-YYYY. Date separator: There are three denotations to separate the date: dot, dash, and slash. DST: Here you can set the DST time and date. Here you can set start time and end time by setting corresponding week setup or by setting the corresponding date setup.
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Figure 4-78 Figure 4-79 4.10.6.2 Display 4.10.6.2.1 Display Display setup interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-800.
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Transparency: Here is for you to adjust transparency. The value ranges from 0-100%. Channel name: Here is where you modify the channel name. The system supports a max of 25- digits (The value may vary due to different series). Please note all your modifications here only apply to the DVR local end.
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Figure 4-81 4.10.6.2.3 Zero-channel Encoding Click the zero-channel encoding button and you can go to the following interface. See Figure 4-82. Here you can enable and set zero-channel encoding function so that you can view several video sources at one channel. ...
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Figure 4-822 4.10.6.3 PTZ The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select the channel first. See Figure 4-83. Control mode: You can select the control mode from the dropdown list. There are two options: Serial/HDCVI. For HDCVI series products, please select HDCVI. The control signal is sent to the PTZ via the coaxial cable.
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Figure 4-83 4.10.6.4 ATM/POS The ATM/POS function is for financial areas. It includes a Sniffer, an information analysis and title overlay function. The Sniffer mode is network. The network type interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-84. Here we take the ATM/POS protocol to continue. There are two types: with or without the protocol according to client’s requirements.
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Figure 4-84 Without the protocol For the ATM/POS without the protocol, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-85. Source IP refers to host IP address that sends out information (usually it is the device host.) Destination IP refers to other systems that receive information. Usually you do not need to set source or target port.
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Figure 4-85 4.10.6.5 Account Here you can manage the accounts. See Figure 4-86 and Figure 4-87. Here you can: Add a new user Modify user Add group Modify group Modify password. For account management please note: ...
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Figure 4-86 Figure 4-87 4.10.6.5.1 Add/Modify Group Click the add group button in Figure 4-87. The interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-88. Here you can input group name and then input some memo information if necessary.
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There are a total of 98 rights such as control panel, shut down, real-time monitor, playback, record, record file backup, PTZ, user account, system information view, alarm input/output setup, system setup, log view, clear log, upgrade system, control device, etc. The modify group interface is similar to the Figure 4-88.
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Figure 4-89 When you create a new user, you can input the corresponding MAC address of current user. If you leave this item in blank, any MAC address user can share this user account to login. Please note system needs to check the validity of MAC. Only the 12-digit 0-f format address can pass the validity verification. System only saves small character even you input capitalized one.
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Figure 4-90 4.10.6.7 Config Backup The configuration file backup interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-91. This function allows you to import/export system configuration. You can use this function when there are several devices need the same setup. Export: Please connect the peripheral device first and then go to the following interface.
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Figure 4-91 4.10.6.8 Default Click the Default option to reset the system settings to default. You can highlight to restore the default factory setup. See Figure 4-92. Camera Network Event Storage System Please highlight the icon to select the corresponding function.
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Figure 4-92 4.10.6.9 Update Here you can view hardware features, software version, built date, release SN information, etc. You can also update system here. See Figure 4-93. Start: Please insert the USB device that has the update file to the device and then click the Start button to begin the update.
5 WEB OPERATION Slight differences may be found in the interface due to different series. 5.1 Network Connection Before the web client operation, please check the following items: Network connection is setup correctly. DVR and PC network setup is correctly on the same local network. Please refer to network setup(main menu->Setting->Network) ...
Figure 5-2 5.3 LAN Mode For the LAN mode, after you logged in, you can see the main window. See Figure 5-3. Figure 5-3 This main window can be divided into the following sections. Section 1: There are six function buttons: Live (chapter 5.4), playback (chapter 5.10), alarm (chapter 5.11), setup (chapter 5.8), info (chapter 5.9), and logout (chapter 5.12).
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Figure 5-4 Please refer to Figure 5-5 for main stream and extra stream switch information. Figure 5-5 Section 3: Start Talk button. You can click this button to enable audio talk. Click to select bidirectional talk mode. There are four options: DEFAULT,G711a,G711u and PCM.
Figure 5-8 Section 6: PTZ operation panel. Please refer to chapter 5.5 for detailed information. Section 7: Image setup and alarm setup. Please refer to chapter 5.6 for detailed information. Section 8: From left to right, it is to set video quality, video fluency, full screen, scan, 1-window, 4- window, 6-window, 8-window, 9-window, 13-window, and 16 window.
5.5 PTZ Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set the PTZ protocol. (Please refer to chapter 5.8.5.3). There are eight direction keys. In the middle of the eight direction keys, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. Click 3D intelligent positioning key and the system goes back to the single screen mode.
3D Intelligent Positioning Figure 5-11 5.6 Image Select one monitor channel video and then click the Image button in section 7. The interface is shown as in Figure 5-12. 5.6.1 Image Here you can adjust its brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. (The current channel border becomes green).
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Figure 5-13 Please refer to the following contents for LAN and WAN login difference. 1) In the WAN mode, the system opens the main stream of the first channel to monitor by default. The open/close button on the left pane is null. 2) You can select different channels and different monitor modes at the bottom of the interface.
4) If you login via the WAN mode, the system does not support alarm activation to open the video function in the Alarm setup interface. Important For multiple-channel monitoring mode, the system uses the extra stream to monitor by default. You can not modify this manually.
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Brightness This is to adjust monitor window brightness. The default value is The larger the number is, the brighter the video is. When you input the value here, the bright and the dark sections of the video will be adjusted accordingly. You can use this function when the whole video is too dark or too bright.
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Figure 5-16 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Video enable Check the box here to enable the extra stream video. This item is enabled by default. Code stream This includes the main stream, motion stream, and alarm type...
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Figure 5-17 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function There are two modes: Regular (schedule) and Trigger. Snapshot type Regular snapshot is valid during the specified period you set. Trigger snapshot only is valid when a motion detect alarm, tampering alarm, or local activation alarm occurs.
video in the preview or monitor video. The system supports a max of 4 privacy mask zones. Time Title You can enable this function so that the system overlays the time information in video window. You can use the mouse to drag the time position. You can view the time on the live video of the WEB or the playback video.
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Figure 5-21 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Mode There are two modes: static mode and the DHCP mode. The IP/submask/gateway fields are read-only when you select the DHCP mode to auto obtain the IP. ...
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Figure 5-22 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Max connection This is the max web connections to the same device. The value ranges from 1 to 120. The default value is 120. The default value is 37777. You can input the actual port TCP port number if necessary.
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Figure 5-23 5.8.2.4 DDNS The DDNS interface is shown as in Figure 5-24. The DDNS is to set to connect to various servers so that you can access the system via a web address. Please go to the corresponding service website to apply for a domain name and then access the system via the domain.
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(Generated by MAC address) for you as an option. You can also use a customized valid domain name (that has not been registered.). 3) Operation Before you use Quick DDNS, you need to enable this service, set the proper server address, port value, and domain name.
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Figure 5-26 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Please check the box here to enable the email function. Enable Input the server address and then enable this function. SMTP Server Port The default value is 25. You can modify it if necessary. Anonymity For the server that supports the anonymity function.
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Parameter Function activated by the abnormity events, which may result in a heavy load for the email server. Please check this box to enable this function. Health mail enable This function allows the system to send out a test email to Update period check the connection is OK or not.
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Figure 5-28 5.8.2.9 SNMP The SNMP interface is shown as in Figure 5-29. The SNMP allows the communication between the network management work station software and the proxy of the managed device. It is reserved for a 3 party to develop. Figure 5-29 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
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Parameter Function This is a string. It is a command between the manage process Write Community and the proxy process. It defined the authentication, access control, and the management relationship between one proxy and one group of the managers. Please make sure the device and the proxy are the same.
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Figure 5-31 5.8.2.12 Alarm Center The alarm center interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-32. This interface is reserved for you to develop. The system can upload alarm signals to the alarm center when a local alarm occurs. Before you use alarm center, please set server IP, port, etc. When an alarm occurs, the system can send out data as the protocol defines, so the client-end can get the data.
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In Figure 5-33, click the button, input country name, state name, etc. Click Create button. See Figure 5-34. Note Please make sure the IP or domain information is the same as your device IP or domain name. Figure 5-34 You should see the corresponding prompt. See Figure 5-35. The server certificate has been successfully created.
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Click the Open button and you can go to the following interface. See Figure 5-37. Figure 5-37 Click Install certificate button and you can go to the certificate wizard. See Figure 5-38. Figure 5-38 Click the Next button to continue. Now you can select a location for the certificate. See Figure 5-39.
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Figure 5-39 Click Next button and you can see the certificate import process is complete. See Figure 5-40. Figure 5-40 Click the Finish button and you can see system pops up a security warning dialogue box. See Figure 5-41.
Figure 5-41 Click the Yes button and the system pops up the following dialogue box. You can see the certificate download is complete. See Figure 5-42. Figure 5-42 5.8.2.13.3 View and set HTTPS port From Setup->Network->Connection, you can see the following interface. See Figure 5-43. You can see the HTTPS default value is 443.
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Figure 5-46 Figure 5-47 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check the box to enable the motion detection function. Please select a channel from the dropdown list.
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Parameter Function Period The motion detection function becomes activated in the specified periods. See Figure 5-45. There are six periods in one day. Please check the box to enable the corresponding period. Click the save button and the system goes back to the motion detection interface.
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5.8.3.1.2 Video Loss The video loss interface is shown as in Figure 5-48. After video analysis, the system can generate a video loss alarm when the detected moving signal reaches the sensitivity you set here. Please note, video loss does not support anti-dither, sensitivity, or region setup. For the rest of the settings, please refer to chapter 5.8.3.1.1 motion detect for detailed information.
Figure 5-50 Figure 5-51 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event The abnormal events include: No disk, disk error, disk no space, net Type disconnection, IP conflict, and MAC conflict. You can set one or more items here. Less than: You can set the minimum percentage value here (For disk no space only).
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There are three record modes: general (auto), motion detect, and alarm. There are six periods in one day. You can view the current time period setup from the color bar. Green color stands for the general recording/snapshot. Yellow color stands for the motion detect recording/snapshot. ...
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Figure 5-54 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Pre-record Please input pre-record time here. The value ranges from 0 to 30. Redundancy Check the box here to enable the redundancy function. Please note this function is null if there is only one HDD.
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Figure 5-55 5.8.4.3 Record The interface is shown as in Figure 5-56. Figure 5-56 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can view channel number. Channel The number displayed here is the max channel amount of your device.
5.8.5 System 5.8.5.1 General The general interface includes general, date/time, and holiday setup. 5.8.5.1.1 General The general interface is shown as in Figure 5-57. Figure 5-57 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Device ID This is to set the device name. Device No.
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Figure 5-58 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can select the date format from the dropdown list. Date format There are two options: 24-H and 12-H. Time Format The time zone of the device. Time zone This is to set the system time.
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Figure 5-59 5.8.5.2 Display Display interface includes GUI, TV adjust, Tour and zero-channel encoding. 5.8.5.2.1 Display Here you can set the background color and transparency level. See Figure 5-60. Figure 5-60 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function There are four options: 1920×1080, 1280×1024(default),...
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Figure 5-61 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Check the box here to enable tour function. Enable tour Here is where you adjust the interval between view changes. The Interval value ranges from 5 to 120s. The default setup is 5s. Here you can set the window mode and channel group.
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Compression System supports H.264 compression. Please select from the dropdown list. The system supports Resolution D1/CIF/QCIF etc. Please select from the dropdown list. The value ranges from 1- Frame rate 25(PAL) or 1-30(NTSC). Please select from the dropdown list. Bit rate 5.8.5.3 PTZ The PTZ interface is shown as in Figure 5-63.
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Parameter Function Parity Default setup is none. Please set according to the speed dome dial switch setup. 5.8.5.4 ATM/POS The ATM/POS function is for financial areas. It includes a Sniffer, an information analysis and title overlay function. The Sniffer mode is network. The network type interface is shown as below.
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Figure 5-65 5.8.5.5 Account Note: For the string in the following user name or the user group name, the system supports a max of 6 characters. The space in the front or at the end of the string is null. The valid characters include: letters, numbers, and underscores.
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Figure 5-66 Add user: This is used to add a user to a group and set the user’s rights. See Figure 5-67. There are four default users: admin/888888/666666 and the hidden user “default”. Except for user 6666, all other users have administrator rights. The user 666666 can only have the monitor right. The hidden user “default”...
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Please note, the password ranges from 1-digit to 6-digit. It should include numbers only. For the user with account rights, he can modify the password of other users. Figure 5-68 5.8.5.5.2 Group The group management interface can add/remove group, modify group password, etc. The interface is shown as in Figure 5-69.
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Figure 5-69 Add group: This is used to add groups and set its corresponding rights. See Figure 5-70. Please input the group name and then check the box to select the corresponding rights. It includes: shutdown/reboot device, live view, record control, PTZ control, etc. Figure 5-70 Modify group Click the modify group button and you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-71.
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Here you can modify group information such as remarks and rights. Figure 5-71 5.8.5.6 Auto maintain The auto maintain interface is shown as in Figure 5-72. Here you can select to auto reboot and auto delete old files in an interval from the dropdown list. If you want to use the auto delete old files function, you need to set the file period.
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Figure 5-72 5.8.5.7 Import/Export The interface is shown as in Figure 5-73. Figure 5-73 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function This is to import the local setup files to the system. Import This is to export the corresponding WEB setup to your local PC. Export 5.8.5.8 Default The default setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-74.
Please select the upgrade file and then click the update button to begin the update. Please note the file name should end in .bin. During the upgrade process, do not unplug the power cable, network cable, or shutdown the device. Important Improper upgrade programming may result in device malfunction! Figure 5-75...
Figure 5-77 Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data Type operation, event operation, record operation, user management, and log clear. Set the start time of the requested log. Start time Set the end time of the requested log.
Figure 5-78 5.10 Playback Click the Playback button and you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-79. Please set the record type, record date, window display mode, and channel name. You can click the date on the right pane to select the date. The square outlined date is system’s current date and the blue highlighted date means it has recorded files.
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Figure 5-80 Select a file you want to play and then click the Play button and the system begins playback. You can select to playback in full-screen mode. Please note for one channel the system can not playback and download at the same time. You can use the playback control bar to implement various operations such as play, pause, stop, slow play, fast play, etc.
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Select the file(s) you want to download and then click download button. You can see an interface shown as in Figure 5-82. The Download button becomes the Stop button and there is a process bar for your reference. Please go to your default file saved path to view the files. Figure 5-82 Load more It is for you to search record or picture.
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Figure 5-83 Figure 5-84 Watermark Watermark interface is shown as in Figure 5-85. Please select a file and then click the Verify button to see the file has been tampered with or not.
Figure 5-85 5.11 Alarm Click the Alarm function and you can see an interface is shown as Figure 5-86. Here you can set the device alarm type and alarm sound setup (Please make sure you have enabled audio function of corresponding alarm events.). Figure 5-86 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Type Parameter Function Operation Prompt Check the box here and the system can automatically pop up an alarm icon on the Alarm button in the main interface when there is an alarm. Alarm Play alarm The system sends out an alarm sound when an Sound sound alarm occurs.
6 Professional Surveillance System Besides the Web, you can use our Professional Surveillance Software (PSS) to login the device. For detailed information, please refer to PSS user’s manual.
7 FAQ 1. DVR cannot boot up properly. Here are a few possibilities: Input power is not correct. Power connection is not secure. Power button is damaged. Program upgraded incorrectly. HDD malfunction or something wrong with the HDD cable. ...
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6. Can not search local recordings. Here are a few possibilities: HDD cable is damaged. HDD is broken. Upgraded program is not compatible. The recorded file has been overwritten. Recording function has been disabled. 7. Video is distorted when searching local records. Here are a few possibilities: ...
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When there are several decoders, please add a 120 Ohm resistor between the PTZ decoder A/B cables at the furthest end to delete the reverberation or impedance matching. Otherwise the PTZ control is not stable. The distance is too far. 12.
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Backup device is not compatible. Backup device is damaged. 17. Keyboard can not control DVR. Here are a few possibilities: DVR serial port setup is not correct Address is not correct. When there are several switchers, the power supply is not enough. ...
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Please follow chapter 5.8.2.13.1 to create server certificate. 25. When I login via HTTPS, a dialogue says the certificate is not trusted. Please follow chapter 5.8.2.13.2 to download root certificate. 26. When I login via HTTPS, a dialogue says the certificate has expired or is not valid yet. Please make sure your PC time is the same as the device time.
Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte.
Appendix B Compatible Backup Device List Compatible USB drive list NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. If you use the USB drive, please confirm the format is FAT or FAT32. Manufacturer Model Capacity...
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Netac U228 Compatible SD Card List Please refer to the following sheet for compatible SD card brands. Brand Standard Capacity Card type Transcend SDHC6 16GB Kingston SDHC4 Kingston Kingston Sandisk SDHC2 Micro-SD Sandisk Micro-SD Compatible Portable HDD List Please refer to the following sheet for compatible portable HDD brands. Brand Model Capacity...
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Seagate Seagate SV35.1 ST3250824SV 250G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.1 ST3500641SV 500G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3250820SV 250G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3320620SV 320G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3500630SV 500G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3750640SV 750G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.3 ST3250310SV 250G SATA Seagate...
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Seagate Seagate ST2000NM0031 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST1000NM0031 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST500NM0031 500G SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST2000NM0051 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST1000NM0051 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST500NM0051 500G SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST33000650NS SATA Constellation ES.2...
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Westem WDAV-GP—AVCS WD2500AVCS 250G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—EVCS WD10EVCS-63ZLB0 SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—EVCS WD20EVCS-63ZLB0 SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD5000AVVS-63ZWB0 500G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD7500AVVS-63E1B1 750G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD7500AVVS-63E1B1 750G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—EVVS WD10EVVS-63E1B1...
APPENDIX C Compatible CD/DVD Device List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And you can use the USB cable with the model recommended to set a USB burner. Manufacturer Model Port Type Type...
Appendix E Compatible Switch List Please refer to the following sheet form compatible switch list. Brand Model Network Working Mode D-LinK DES-1016D 10/100M self-adaptive D-LinK DES-1008D 10/100M self-adaptive There are five network modes: 1、AUTO 2、HALF-10M Ruijie RG-S1926S 3、FULL-10M 4、HALF-100M 5、FULL-100M H3C-S1024 10/100M self-adaptive TP-LINK...
Appendix F Compatible Wireless Mouse List Please refer to the following sheet for compatible wireless mouse brands. Brand Model Rapoo 3500 Logitech M215 Shuangfeiyan Tianyao G7-630...
Appendix H Toxic or Hazardous Materials or Elements Toxic or Hazardous Materials or Elements Component Name Cr VI PBDE Sheet ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Metal(Case) Plastic Parts ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ (Panel) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○...
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