PROLYNX PL-DVR1004N1 User Manual

PROLYNX PL-DVR1004N1 User Manual

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PL-DVR1004N1 / PL-DVR1008N2
E-Series WD1 Standalone DVR
User Manual
MADE BY PROLYNX
Design & specifications are subject to change without notice.
www.prolynx.ae

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  • Page 1 PL-DVR1004N1 / PL-DVR1008N2 E-Series WD1 Standalone DVR User Manual MADE BY PROLYNX Design & specifications are subject to change without notice. www.prolynx.ae...
  • Page 2 User Manual Regulatory information FCC information compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 3: Trademarks And Registered Trademarks

    User Manual Trademarks and Registered Trademarks • Windows and Windows mark are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • HDMI, HDMI mark and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
  • Page 4 User Manual Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. This manual may contain several technically incorrect places or printing errors, and the content is subject to change without notice. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. We will readily improve or update the products or procedures described in the manual.
  • Page 5: Preventive And Cautionary Tips

    User Manual Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. • Keep all liquids away from the device. •...
  • Page 6: Product Key Features

    User Manual Product Key Features General Connectable to the network cameras and network domes (this feature is supported by HDVR series). PAL/NTSC adaptive video inputs. H.264 video compression with high reliability and superior definition. Encoding at up to WD1 (PAL: 960×576, NTSC: 960×480) resolution Each channel supports dual-stream.
  • Page 7 User Manual and manual recording. Searching record files by event. Customization of tags, searching and playing back by tags. Locking and unlocking record files. Local redundant recording. Searching and playing back record files by channel number, recording type, start time, end time, etc.
  • Page 8 User Manual Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status. Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse. Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading. Remote system restart. Alarm event and exception information can be sent to the remote host. Remotely start/stop recording.
  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    User Manual TABLE!OF!CONTENTS! Product Key Features ......................5! C H A P T E R 1 ................Error! Bookmark not defined.! Introduction .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.! 1.1 Front Panel ..............Error! Bookmark not defined.! 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations ........Error! Bookmark not defined.! 1.3 USB Mouse Operation ..........
  • Page 10 User Manual Record Settings ........................44! 5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters ................45! 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule ..................48! 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record ............... 52! 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record ......Error! Bookmark not defined.! 5.5 Configuring Manual Record ..................55! 5.6 Configuring Holiday Record ..................
  • Page 11 User Manual 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings ................102! 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings ................102! 9.2.2 Configuring Extranet Access ................. 103! 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server ................107! 9.2.4 Configuring SNMP ..................107! 9.2.5 Configuring NAT ................... 108! 9.2.6 Configuring Remote Alarm Host ..............110! 9.2.7 Configuring Multicast ..................
  • Page 12 User Manual 12.2 Searching & Exporting Log Files ................145! 12.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files ............... 148! 12.4 Upgrading System ....................149! 12.4.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device ............149! 12.4.2 Upgrading by FTP ..................149! 12.5 Restoring Default Settings ..................150! C H A P T E R 1 3 .........................
  • Page 13: Chapter 2

    User Manual C H A P T E R 1 Getting!Started...
  • Page 14: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual 1.1 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration The Setup Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Operating the Setup Wizard: You can set the system language after the device is started. Click Apply to save the language settings. Figure'2.1'Start'Wizard'Interface' The Setup Wizard will start after the language settings are configured.
  • Page 15 User Manual Figure'2.3'Login'Window' Click the Next button to enter the Date and Time settings window, as shown in Figure 2.4. Set the time zone, date format, system date and system time. Figure'2.4'Date'and'Time'Settings' Click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window, as shown in Figure 2.5. Set the network parameters, including the NIC type, IPv4 address, IPv4 subnet mask, default gateway, etc.
  • Page 16 User Manual Figure'2.5'Network'Configuration' ' ' ' ' ' Click Next button to enter the advanced network settings window. Configure the advanced network parameters, including the server port, HTTP port, RTSP port, UPnP and DDNS settings. Figure'2.6'Advanced'Network'Configuration' ' ' ' ' ' Click Next button to enter the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2.7.
  • Page 17 User Manual Figure'2.7'HDD'Management' Click Next to enter the IP Camera Management window (only supported by HDVR series). Figure'2.8'IP'Camera'Management' Click Search to search IP Camera. Click Add to add IP Camera (only supported by HDVR series). After finishing IP Camera settings lick Next to enter the Record Settings window.
  • Page 18: Menu Operation

    User Manual Figure'2.9'Record'Settings' Click Copy to copy the record settings of the current camera to other camera (s) if needed, as shown in Figure 2.10. Figure'2.10'Copy'Record'Settings' ' Click OK to return to the Record Settings window. Click OK to complete the startup Setup Wizard. 1.2 Menu Operation After entering the local operation interface of the device, the main menu bar will be displayed on the top of the screen.
  • Page 19 User Manual Figure'2.11'Main'Menu'Bar' ' The icon of the current submenu is marked in light green. To exit from the main menu bar, right-click on the screen and you will go back to the live view interface.
  • Page 20: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual 1.3 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras Note: This Chapter is available for the HDVR models only. 1.3.1!Adding!the!IP!Cameras! ! Purpose: The HDVR series can be connected with the network cameras and record the video from them. Before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.
  • Page 21 User Manual Figure'2.13'IP'Camera'Management' Select a camera from the list and click the icon to add it automatically. Or click the button Add All to add all the online cameras automatically. The user name and password are admin and 12345 by default. Optionally, you can click the button Custom Adding to enter the Custom Adding interface.
  • Page 22 User Manual Figure'2.15'Successfully'Added'IP'Cameras' Import/Export the configuration file of the IP cameras. Import the configuration file of IP cameras to the device: Connect the backup device on which the configuration file is stored. Click the IP Camera Import/Export tab. Figure'2.16'Import'IP'Camera'Configuration'File' Select the backup device from the drop-down list and you can click the Refresh button to get the latest information of the backup device.
  • Page 23: Configuring The Connected Ip Cameras

    User Manual Click the IP Camera Import/Export tab. Select the backup device from the drop-down list. You can click the Refresh button to get the latest information of the backup device. Click the Export button to export the configuration file of IP cameras to the backup device. Click OK on the pop-up message box after the exporting process is complete.
  • Page 24: Chapter 3

    User Manual C H A P T E R 2 Live View...
  • Page 25: Introduction Of Live View

    User Manual 2.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The device automatically enters Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus pressing the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) brings you to the Live View mode.
  • Page 26: Operations In Live View Mode

    User Manual 2.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, the following functions can be realized: • Single Screen: showing only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. • Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next one. And you must set the dwell time for each screen on the configuration menu before enabling the auto-switch.
  • Page 27: Using An Auxiliary Monitor

    User Manual Main Menu Enter the main menu of the system. Single Screen Switch to the single full screen live view mode. Switch to multi-screen live view mode. Multi-screen The multi-screen icon varies according to the device models. Normal Record Start all-day normal recording for all channels.
  • Page 28: Main/Aux Output Switching

    User Manual Note: In the live view mode of the main output monitor, the menu operation is not available while Aux output mode is enabled. 2.2.4!Main/Aux!Output!Switching! ! ! When the HDMI/VGA output is configured as the main output, you can perform the following operation to switch to CVBS output as the main output.
  • Page 29: Instant Playback

    User Manual Table'3.4'Description'of'Quick'Setting'Toolbar'Icons' Icons Description Icons Description Icons Description Enable Manual Instant Playback Mute/Audio on Record PTZ Control Digital Zoom Image Settings Close Instant Playback 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.
  • Page 30 User Manual Outdoor: the image is relatively clearer and sharper. The degree of contrast and saturation is high. Figure'3.5'Image'Settings' ' Adjust the image parameters including the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness level and denoising level by moving the sliding bar or increasing/decreasing the value. Note: The adjustable value range is 0~255 for the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue, 0~15 for the sharpness level and 0~5 for the denoising level.
  • Page 31: Configuring Live View Settings

    User Manual 2.3 Configuring Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc. Steps: 1.
  • Page 32 User Manual Figure'3.8'Live'View['Camera'Order' To set the camera order: Click the View tab to enter the camera order settings interface. Select an output interface and select a screen layout. Click to select a screen in the right region and double-click to select a channel in the left region. Thus the selected channel will be displayed in the corresponding screen.
  • Page 33: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual 2.4 Channel-zero Encoding Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is supported as an option for you.
  • Page 34 User Manual Figure'3.10' Video'Quality'Diagnostics' Notes: Connect the analog signal to the device for the video quality diagnostics. Three exception types can be diagnosed: Blurred Image, Abnormal Brightness and Color Cast. You can enter Menu> Configuration> Video Quality Diagnostics to adjust the value of the Blurred Image, Abnormal Brightness and Color Cast.
  • Page 35: User Logout

    User Manual 2.6 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: 1. Enter the Shutdown menu. Menu>Shutdown Figure'3.11'Shutdown'Menu' 2.
  • Page 36: Ptz Controls

    User Manual C H A P T E R 3 PTZ!Controls!
  • Page 37: Configuring Ptz Settings

    User Manual 3.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera. Before you start: Check that the PTZ and the device are connected properly through RS-485 interface. Steps: 1.
  • Page 38: Calling Presets

    User Manual Figure'4.2'PTZ['More'Settings 2. Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set preset. 3. Click the round icon before Save Preset. 4. Click the preset number to save the preset. Repeat the steps2-4 to save more presets. If the number of the presets you want to save is more than 17, you can click […] and choose the available numbers.
  • Page 39: Customizing Patrols

    User Manual Figure'4.4'PTZ['Call'Preset 3. Choose the preset number. Call preset in live view mode: Steps: 1. Click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar to enter the PTZ setting menu in live view mode. Figure'4.5'PTZ'Toolbar['Call'Preset' 2. Choose Camera in the list on the menu. 3.
  • Page 40 User Manual Figure'4.6'PTZ['Add'Key'Point 4. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol. The key point is corresponding to the preset. The Key Point No. determines the order at which the PTZ will follow while cycling through the patrol.
  • Page 41: Calling Patrols

    User Manual 3.2.4!Calling!Patrols! Purpose: Calling a patrol makes the PTZ to move according the predefined patrol path. Call patrol in the PTZ setting interface: Steps: 1. In the PTZ setting interface. Menu> Camera> PTZ> More Settings 2. Select the patrol number, and then click to call the patrol.
  • Page 42: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual 3.2.5!Customizing!Patterns! Purpose: Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PTZ. You can call the pattern to make the PTZ movement according to the predefined path. Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Control interface. Menu>Camera>PTZ>More Settings 2. Choose pattern number in the option box. Figure'4.11'PTZ['Pattern 3.
  • Page 43: Ptz Control Toolbar

    User Manual Figure'4.12'PTZ['Calling'Pattern Call pattern in live view mode. Steps: 1. In the live view mode, press PTZ control on the IR remote control, or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting toolbar. 2. And then choose Pattern on the control bar. 3.
  • Page 44 User Manual Figure'4.14'PTZ'Toolbar Table'4.1'Description'of'the'PTZ'toolbar'icons' Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button Zoom+, Focus+, Zoom-, Focus-, and auto-cycle Iris+ Iris- button Speed bar of PTZ Light on/off Wiper on/off movement Image 3D-zoom Menu Centralization Start the Previous item Next item pattern/patrol Stop patrol or Minimize PTZ...
  • Page 45: Record Settings

    User Manual C H A P T E R 4 Record!Settings!
  • Page 46: Configuring Encoding Parameters

    User Manual 4.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Purpose: By configuring the encoding parameters you can define the transmission stream type, the resolution and so on. 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.
  • Page 47 User Manual Figure'5.3(1)'Encoding'Parameters[Main'Stream'(Analog'Camera) Figure'5.4'(2)'Encoding'Parameters[Main'Stream'(IP'Camera)' 2. Set encoding parameters for main stream Select Record to enter the main stream settings interface. Select the camera for configuration. Configure the following parameters for the Main Stream (Continuous) and the Main Stream (Event): Stream Type: Set the stream type to be Video or Video & Audio. Resolution: Set recording at resolution of WD1, 4CIF, 2CIF, CIF or QCIF.
  • Page 48 User Manual Video Quality: Set the video quality of recording, with 6 levels configurable. Notes: The Stream Type, Resolution, Bitrate Type and Video Quality are not configurable for the Main Stream (Event) of the IP Camera. The selectable resolution for the IP camera is determined by the camera type (please refer to the Appendix List of Compatible IP Cameras);...
  • Page 49: Configuring Record Schedule

    User Manual Figure'5.5'Copy'Camera'Settings On the Record settings interface, click Apply to save the settings. Note: For the analog cameras, you can click the Restore button to restore the current main stream settings to the default parameters. 3. Set encoding parameters for sub-stream. Click the Substream tab to enter the Substream settings interface.
  • Page 50 User Manual Steps: 1. Enter the Record Schedule interface. Menu>Record>Schedule 2. Configure Record Schedule 1) Click Schedule to enter the record schedule settings interface. Figure'5.7'Record'Schedule' ' 2) Choose the camera you want to configure. 3) Check the check box after the Enable Schedule item. There are two ways to configure the record schedule.
  • Page 51 User Manual Figure'5.8'Edit'Schedule 4) To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time and Type. Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods can’t be overlapped each other. Repeat the above steps2)-5) to schedule recording for other days in the week.
  • Page 52 User Manual Task 2: Draw the Schedule Steps: 1) Click the icon on the right to select a record type. Different recording types are available for different models. 2) Use the mouse to drag and draw time periods. Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. Figure'5.11'Draw'the'Schedule' ' 3) You can repeat the above steps to set schedule for other channels.
  • Page 53: Configuring Motion Detection Record

    User Manual 4.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the device can analyze it and perform some response actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notify the surveillance center and so on.
  • Page 54 User Manual Figure'5.14'Motion'Detection['Mask 4) Click the beside Settings and the message box for channel information will pop up. Figure'5.15'Motion'Detection'Handling' ' Note: IP Camera is supported by HDVR series only. 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings.
  • Page 55 User Manual Figure'5.16'Record'Schedule 1) Check the checkbox after the Enable Schedule item. 2) Click Edit. Figure'5.17'Edit'Schedule['Motion'Detection 3) In the message box, you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. 4) Set the Type as Motion. 5) To schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox after the All Day item. 6) To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time.
  • Page 56: Configuring Manual Record

    User Manual 7) Click OK to back to upper level menu. If you can to copy the same schedule settings to other camera (s), click Copy to enter the Copy Camera interface, and then select the camera (s) you want to copy. Figure'4.19'Copy'Schedule'to'Other'Channels' ' 4.4 Configuring Manual Record Purpose:...
  • Page 57: Configuring Holiday Record

    User Manual Figure'5.21'Start'Normal'or'Motion'Detection'Recording' 2) Click Yes to enable all-day normal recording or all-day motion detection recording of all channels. 4.5 Configuring Holiday Record Purpose: You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday. Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday.
  • Page 58 User Manual Figure'5.23'Edit'Holiday'Settings 2) Check the checkbox after Enable. 3) Select Mode from the dropdown list. There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule. 4) Set the start and end date. 5) Click Apply to save settings. 6) Click OK to exit the Edit interface.
  • Page 59 User Manual Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods can’t be overlapped each other. In the time table of the channel, both holiday schedule and normal day schedule are displayed. Repeat the above steps4)-7) to set Holiday schedule for other channel. If the holiday schedule can also be used to other channels, click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings.
  • Page 60: Configuring Redundant Record

    User Manual 4.6 Configuring Redundant Record Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving the record files not only in the R/W (read/write) HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. Note: You must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before you set the HDD property to Redundant.
  • Page 61 User Manual Figure'5.27'Encoding'Record 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Check the checkbox of the Redundant Record. otes: 1. The Redundant Record option is only available when the HDD mode is Group. 2. The redundant record is used when you want to save the record files in the redundant HDD. You must configure the redundant HDD in HDD settings.
  • Page 62: Configuring Hdd Group For Record

    User Manual 4.7 Configuring HDD Group for Record Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. Steps: Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD Figure'5.28'HDD[General 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 10.3 Managing HDD Group.
  • Page 63: Files Protection

    User Manual 4.8 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> Export Figure'5.30'Export' Select the channels by checking the checkbox to Configure the record type, file type and start/end time.
  • Page 64 User Manual Click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected. Figure'5.32'Unlocking'Attention Protect file by setting HDD property to Read-only Note: To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 10.3 Managing HDD Group.
  • Page 65: Playback

    User Manual C H A P T E R 5 Playback!
  • Page 66: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual 5.1 Playing Back Record Files 5.1.1!Playing!Back!by!Channel! ! Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel: Steps: Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
  • Page 67 User Manual Figure'6.3'Playback'Interface' Check the checkboxes to select the channel(s), and then the video from the selected channels will be played back synchronously. Up to 16 channels can be set for synchronous playback. Click the Max. Camera for Playback tab, and you can play back the video from 16 channels at a time. Click the Min.
  • Page 68: Playing Back By Time

    User Manual About video type bar: represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording; represents smart search recording. 5.1.2!Playing!Back!by!Time Purpose: Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported. Steps: 1. Enter the normal playback interface. Menu>Playback>Normal 2.
  • Page 69: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual Figure'6.6'Interface'of'Playback'by'Time' Figure'6.7'Toolbar'of'Playback'by'Time' Table'6.2'Detailed'Explanation'of'Playback[by[time'Toolbar' Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute / Audio Start/Stop Save clipping clip(s) default tag Digital Smart customized managemen Zoom Search Pause/Play Pause/Play Stop 30s reverse reverse Slow Fast Previous 30s forward forward forward Scaling Next day...
  • Page 70 User Manual Figure 6.8 Video Search by Motion Detection You can click Back to return to the search interface. Note: Pre-play and post-play can be configured for the playback of event triggered record files. Pre-play: The time you set to play back before the event. For example, when an alarm triggered the recording at 10:00, if you set the pre-play time as 5 seconds, the video plays back from 9:59:55.
  • Page 71: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual 5. Event playback interface. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure'6.10'Toolbar'of'Playback'by'Event Table'6.3'Detailed'Explanation'of'Playback[by[event'Interface' Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Start/Stop Save clip(s) /Mute clipping default tag Digital Smart customized...
  • Page 72 User Manual Figure'6.11'Interface'of'Playback'by'Time Click button to add default tag. Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Note: Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file. 2. Tag management. Click button to check, edit and delete tag(s). Figure'6.12'Tag'Management'Interface Steps: 1.
  • Page 73 User Manual Figure'6.13'Video'Search'by'Tag' 3. Optionally, you can input the keyword of the tag name in the Keyword text field to narrow the search. 4. Click Search, and the tags matching the search conditions will be displayed on a list. 5. Click button to play back the file.
  • Page 74 User Manual Table'6.4'Detailed'Explanation'of'Playback[by[tag'Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Start/Stop Save clip(s) /Mute clipping default tag Digital Smart customized management Zoom Search Pause/Play Pause/Play Stop 30s reverse reverse 30s forward Slow forward Fast forward Previous tag Scaling Next tag up/down time...
  • Page 75 User Manual Figure'6.16' Playback Smart Interface Table'6.5'Detailed'Explanation'of'Playback[by[smart'search'Toolbar' Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Scaling up/down the Stop Pause play/ Play time line Video type / Process bar picture Note: Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames.
  • Page 76 User Manual Figure'6.17'Log'Search'Interface' 2. Specify the start time and end time for search. 3. Select the major type of the log from the drop-down list. 4 major types are selectable: Alarm, Exception, Operation and Information. 4. Check the checkboxes to select the minor type of the log for search. 5.
  • Page 77 User Manual Figure'6.19'Interface'of'Playback'by'Log 5.1.7!Playing!Back!External!Files! Purpose: The record files stored in the external storage devices, e.g., USB flash drives, USB HDDs, can be searched and played back. Before you start: Insert the external device(s) with available record files into the device. Steps: 1.
  • Page 78 User Manual 5.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 5.2.1!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: • Using a Mouse: Go to Playback interface. If you choose playback of the record file: click button until the speed changes to Single frame and one click on the playback screen represents playback of one frame.
  • Page 79 User Manual 2. Click the icon on the playback control toolbar to enter Smart Search mode. The smart search toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen. Figure'6.22' Smart'Search'Toolbar' 3. Click-and-drag the mouse to draw area(s) for smart search. You can click the icon to set the full screen as target searching area.
  • Page 80: Reverse Playback

    User Manual 5.2.3!Digital!Zoom! Steps: 1. Enter the Playback interface and start the playback. For details, see Chapter 6.1. 2. Click the icon on the playback control toolbar to enter Digital Zoom mode. 3. Click-and-drag the mouse to draw a red rectangle on the window in the lower-right corner of the interface.
  • Page 81 User Manual Figure'6.26'Normal'Playback'Interface' 3. Click the icon on the playback control toolbar, and the record files will be played back reversely.
  • Page 82: Backup

    User Manual C H A P T E R 6 Backup!
  • Page 83: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual 6.1 Backing up Record Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 6.1.1!Backing!up!by!Normal!Video!Search! Purpose: Export record files to backup device(s) quickly. Steps: 1. Enter Video Export interface. Menu>Export>Normal Figure'7.1'Quick'Export'Interface' ' ' Note: The IP cameras are available for the HDVR series. 2.
  • Page 84 User Manual Note: If the inserted device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drives or USB HDDs via the device. USB writer, SATA writer and eSATA HDD cannot be formatted.
  • Page 85: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual Figure'7.5'Export'Finished 7. The exported video files will be displayed on a list. Click the icon , and you can play the selected video file. Click the icon , and you can delete the selected video file from the backup device. Figure'7.6'Normal'Export'Result'using'USB'Flash'Drive' 6.1.2!Backing!up!by!Event!Search! Purpose:...
  • Page 86 User Manual Figure'7.7'Event'Search'for'Backup Note: The IP cameras are available for the HDVR series. 5. Click Search button to enter the Search Result interface. Figure'7.8'Result'of'Event'Search 6. Select record files to export. You can use the following two ways to enter the Export interface. Select motion detection event (s) from the list and click Quick Export button to enter the Export interface, as shown in Figure 7.8.
  • Page 87 User Manual Figure'7.9'Event'Details'Interface (2) Select record file (s) from the list and click Export button to enter the Export interface, as shown in Figure 7.10. Figure'7.10'Normal'Export'Interface'using'USB'Flash'Drive 2. Select the backup device from the drop-down list, click the button Export. On the pop-up message box, select to export the video files or the player to the backup device.
  • Page 88: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual Figure'7.11'Export'Selection' A prompt message box will pop up after the backup process is complete. Click OK to confirm. Figure'7.12'Export'Finished 3. The exported video files will be displayed on a list. Click the icon , and you can play the selected video file. Click the icon , and you can delete the selected video file from the backup device.
  • Page 89 User Manual USB HDDs, USB writer) or SATA writer. Steps: 1. Enter Normal Playback/Event Playback/Tag Playback interface, and start the playback. For details, see Chapter 6.1.2~Chapter 6.1.4. 2. During playback, use buttons in the playback toolbar to start or stop clipping record file(s). Figure'7.14'Interface'of'Playback'by'Time 3.
  • Page 90 User Manual Figure'7.16'Export'Finished 5. The exported video files will be displayed on a list. Click the icon , and you can play the selected video file. Click the icon , and you can delete the selected video file from the backup device. Figure'7.17'Video'Clip'Export'Result'using'USB'Flash'Drive...
  • Page 91: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual 6.2 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drive or USB HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the Export interface of backup device. For details, see Chapter 7.1~7.2. Figure'7.18'Management'of'USB'Flash'Drives'or'USB'HDDs' ' Figure'7.19'Management'of'USB'Writers'and'DVD[R/W' 2. Select a record file/folder/picture in the backup device, click the icon , and you can delete it.
  • Page 92 User Manual Click the button Format, and you can format the backup device. Two kinds of file system can be configurable, including FAT32 and NTFS. For USB Writers and DVD-R/W: Click the button Erase, and you can erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD. Note: If the inserted device is not recognized, you can perform the following steps: Click the button Refresh.
  • Page 93: Alarm Settings

    User Manual C H A P T E R 7 Alarm!Settings!
  • Page 94: Setting Motion Detection

    User Manual 7.1 Setting Motion Detection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface and choose a camera you want to set motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure'8.1'Motion'Detection'Setup'Interface 2. Set motion detection area and sensitivity. Check the checkbox of Enable Motion Detection to enable motion detection, use the mouse to draw detection area(s) and drag the sensitivity bar to set sensitivity.
  • Page 95 User Manual Figure'8.3'Set'Trigger'Camera'of'Motion'Detection' 4. Set up 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. Click Apply to save the arming settings of the selected day. Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week.
  • Page 96: Detecting Video Loss

    User Manual 7.2 Detecting Video Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Management. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure'8.6'Video'Loss'Setup'Interface 2. Select a channel you want to detect. 3.
  • Page 97: Detecting Video Tampering

    User Manual 7.3 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. Menu> Camera> Video Tampering Figure'8.8'Video'Tampering'Detection'Setup'Interface 2. Select a channel you want to detect video tampering. 3.
  • Page 98: Handling Exceptions

    User Manual 7.4 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. • IP Conflicted: Duplicated IP address. •...
  • Page 99 User Manual Figure'8.11' 'Settings'Interface Exception...
  • Page 100: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual 7.5 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: The alarm response actions will be activated when an exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning, Notify Surveillance Center, and Send Email. Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm event (motion detection/tamper-proof/video loss detection) is triggered, the local monitor (HDMI/VGA or BNC monitor) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.
  • Page 101: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual 8.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate device over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the General tab. Figure'9.1'General'Network'Settings' ' 3. In the General Settings interface: You can configure the following settings: NIC Type, IPv4 Address, IPv4 Gateway, MTU and DNS Server.
  • Page 102 User Manual Figure'9.2'Multi[address'Working'Mode' Load Balance Mode: By using the same IP address, two NIC cards share the load of the total bandwidth, which enables the system to provide two Gigabit network capacity. Figure'9.3'Load'Balance'Working'Mode' Net Fault-tolerance Mode: The two NIC cards use the same IP address, and you can select the Main NIC to LAN1 or LAN2.
  • Page 103: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual Figure'9.4'Net'Fault[tolerance'Working'Mode' 8.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 8.2.1!Configuring!PPPoE!Settings Purpose: Your device 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'9.5'PPPoE'Settings'Interface' Check the PPPoE checkbox to enable this feature.
  • Page 104: Configuring Extranet Access

    User Manual You can go to Menu>Maintenance>System Info>Network interface to view the status of PPPoE connection. Please refer to Chapter 12.1Viewing System Information for PPPoE status. 8.2.2!Configuring!Extranet!Access! ! You can choose the access to the DVR by Cloud P2P or by DDNS through the settings on the Extranet Access menu.
  • Page 105 User Manual Configuring)DDNS) Purpose: If your device is set to use PPPoE as its default network connection, you may set Dynamic DNS (DDNS) to be used for network access. Prior registration with your ISP is required before configuring the system to use DDNS. Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface.
  • Page 106 User Manual • PeanutHull: Enter User Name and Password obtained from the PeanutHull website. Figure'9.11'Peanut'Hull'Settings'Interface' • NO-IP: Enter the account information in the corresponding fields. Refer to the DynDNS settings. 1) Enter Server Address for NO-IP. 2) In the Device Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the NO-IP website (www.no-ip.com).
  • Page 107 User Manual Figure'9.14'Register'an'Account In the DDNS Management System interface, click the Device Management tab on the left menu bar and then click to register the device. Figure 9.15 Register the Device Note: Only lower-case English alphabet, numeric and ‘-’ can be used in the alias of the device and the alias must be started with letters of the lower-case English alphabet.
  • Page 108: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual 8.2.3!Configuring!NTP!Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your device to ensure the accuracy of system date/time. Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Select the NTP tab to enter the NTP Settings interface. Figure'9.16'NTP'Settings'Interface' Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this feature.
  • Page 109: Configuring Nat

    User Manual Check the SNMP checkbox to enable this feature. Configure the SNMP settings. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. Note: Before setting the SNMP, please download the SNMP software and manage to receive the device information via SNMP port.
  • Page 110 User Manual Figure'9.19'UPnP™'Settings'Finished[Auto Task2: Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Steps: Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Configure the external port No. for server port, http port, RTSP port and https port respectively.
  • Page 111: Configuring Remote Alarm Host

    User Manual If your router does not support the UPnP function, perform the following steps to map the port manually in an easy way. Before you start: Make sure the router support the configuration of internal port and external port in the interface of Forwarding.
  • Page 112: Configuring Multicast

    User Manual installed. Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface. Figure'9.24'More'Settings'Interface' Enter Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port in the text fields. 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).
  • Page 113: Configuring Rtsp

    User Manual Figure'9.26'Configure'Multicast Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 8.2.8!Configuring!RTSP! Purpose: The RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers. Steps: Enter the Network Settings menu by clicking Menu > Configuration > Network. Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings men.
  • Page 114: Configuring Https Settings

    User Manual Figure'9.28'Host/Others'Settings'Menu' Enter the Server Port and HTTP Port in the text fields. The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80, and you can change them according to different requirements. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. Note:! The Server Port should be set to the range of 2000-65535 and it is used for remote client software access.
  • Page 115: Configuring Email

    User Manual Figure'9.30' signed Create Self- Certificate Enter the country, host name/IP, validity and other information. Click OK to save the settings. OPTION 2: Create the authorized certificate Click the Create button to create the certificate request. Download the certificate request and submit it to the trusted certificate authority for signature. After receiving the signed valid certificate, import the certificate to the device.
  • Page 116 User Manual Figure'9.32' Network'Settings'Interface' Click the Apply button to save the settings. Select the Email tab to enter the Email Settings interface. Figure'9.33' Email'Settings'Interface Configure the following Email settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature.
  • Page 117 User Manual Figure'9.34'Configure'Email'Settings' Click the Apply button to save the Email settings. You can click the Test button to test whether your Email settings work. The corresponding Attention message box will pop up.
  • Page 118: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual 9.3 Checking Network Traffic Purpose: You can check the network traffic to obtain real-time information of device such as linking status, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. Steps: Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure'9.35'Network'Traffic'Interface You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface.
  • Page 119: Network Detection

    User Manual 8.4 Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of device through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 8.4.1!Testing!Network!Delay!and!Packet!Loss! ! Steps: Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection menu. Figure'9.36'Network'Detection'Interface' Enter the destination address in the text field of Destination Address.
  • Page 120: Checking Network Status

    User Manual Figure'9.37'Export'Network'Packet' 4. Click the Export button to start exporting. 5. After the exporting is complete, click OK to finish the packet export. Figure'9.38'Packet'Export'Attention' Note: Up to 1M data can be exported each time. 8.4.3!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.
  • Page 121: Checking Network Statistics

    User Manual If the network is normal the following message box pops out. Figure'9.40'Network'Status'Checking'Result' If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one, you can click Network button to show the quick setting interface of the network parameters. Figure'9.41'Network'Parameters'Configuration' 8.4.4!Checking!Network!Statistics! ! Purpose:...
  • Page 122 User Manual Figure'9.42'Network'Stat.'Interface' 3. View the bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, bandwidth of Net Total Idle information. 4. Click Refresh button to get the latest bandwidth statistics.
  • Page 123: Hdd Management

    User Manual C H A P T E R 9 HDD!Management...
  • Page 124: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual 9.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your device.! Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure'10.1'HDD'Information'Interface' Select the HDD to be initialized. Click the Init button.
  • Page 125: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual 9.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to device, and use it as network HDD. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD > General Figure'10.4'HDD'Information'Interface' Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 10.5. Figure'10.5'Adding'NetHDD'Interface Add the allocated NetHDD.
  • Page 126 User Manual Or you can just manually enter the directory in the text field of NetHDD Directory. 4) Click the OK button to add the configured NAS disk. Note:!Up to 8 NAS disks can be added. Figure'10.6'Add'NAS'Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field.
  • Page 127 User Manual Figure'10.8'Initialize'Added'NetHDD...
  • Page 128: Managing Hdd Group

    User Manual 9.3 Managing HDD Group 9.3.1!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 > HDD > Advanced Set the Mode to Group, as shown below: Figure'10.9'Storage'Mode'Interface' ' Note:...
  • Page 129: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual Select HDD from the list and click the icon to enter the Local HDD Settings interface. Figure'10.11'Local'HDD'Settings'Interface Select the Group number for the current HDD. Note: The default group No. for each HDD is 1. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure'10.12'Confirm'HDD'Group'Settings In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the settings.
  • Page 130 User Manual Figure'10.13'Set'HDD'Property Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list. Note: At least 2 disks (HDD or network disk) must be installed or connected on your device when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and there is one HDD with R/W property.!
  • Page 131: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual 9.4 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. Note: The device must be rebooted to enable the changes to take effect. Figure'10.14'Storage'Mode'Settings'Interface Enter the storage capacity in the text field of Max.
  • Page 132: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual 9.5 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on device so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure.! Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu >...
  • Page 133: Checking S.m.a.r.t. Information

    User Manual 9.6 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 S.M.A.R.T. Settings interface. Menu >...
  • Page 134: Detecting Bad Sector

    User Manual 9.7 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: The bad sectors of a HDD may cause the system to slow down when reading or writing data. You can detect the bad sectors of the HDD and thus to take immediate measures to repair it. Steps: 1.
  • Page 135: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual 9.8 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal. Steps: Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. Click the checkbox(s) below to select the HDD error alarm type (s).
  • Page 136: Camera Settings

    User Manual C H A P T E R 10 Camera!Settings...
  • Page 137: Configuring Osd Settings

    User Manual 10.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2. Select the camera to configure OSD settings. 3.
  • Page 138: Configuring Privacy Mask

    User Manual 10.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed by the operator. Steps: 1. Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Privacy Mask 2. Select the camera to set privacy mask. 3.
  • Page 139: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual 10.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Image 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. Set the period of a day for configuring independent image parameters so as to satisfy different light conditions, e.g., daylight and night time.
  • Page 140: Configuring Video Quality Diagnostics

    User Manual 10.4 Configuring Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: When the video quality is diagnosed abnormal (e.g., blurred image, abnormal brightness and color cast), the alarm will be triggered and linked with the configured response actions Steps: 1. Enter the Video Quality Diagnostics interface. Menu>...
  • Page 141 User Manual Figure'11.8'Image'Settings'Interface 7. Click Apply to save the settings. You can click Copy to copy the settings to other analog cameras; or click Restore to restore the values of the Blurred Image, Abnormal Brightness and Color Cast to the default settings.
  • Page 142: Device Management And Maintenance

    User Manual C H A P T E R 1 1 Device!Management!and!Maintenance!
  • Page 143: Viewing System Information

    User Manual 11.1 Viewing System Information 11.1.1!Viewing!Device!Information! Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. Click the Device Info tab to enter the Device Information menu to view the device name, model, serial No. , firmware version and encoding version.
  • Page 144: Viewing Record Information

    User Manual 11.1.3!Viewing!Record!Information! Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. Click the Record tab to enter the Record Information menu to view the recording status and encoding parameters of each camera. Figure'12.3'Record'Information'Interface' ' 11.1.4!Viewing!Network!Information! Steps: 1.
  • Page 145: Viewing Hdd Information

    User Manual 11.1.5!Viewing!HDD!Information! Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status, free space, property, etc. Figure'12.5'HDD'Information'Interface...
  • Page 146: Searching & Exporting Log Files

    User Manual 11.2 Searching & Exporting Log Files Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the device can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time. Steps: 1. Enter the Log Search interface. Menu >...
  • Page 147 User Manual Figure'12.7'Log'Search'Results' 5. You can click the button of each log or double click it to view its detailed information. And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available. Figure'12.8'Log'Details 6. If you want to export the log files, click the Export button to enter the Export menu. You can also export all the log files stored in the HDD.
  • Page 148 User Manual Figure'12.9'Log'Export'Interface' Check checkbox to select the HDD and click Export to enter the export interface. Figure'12.10'Export'Log'Files 7. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. 8. Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device. You can click the New Folder button to create new folder in the backup device, or click the Format button to format the backup device before log export.
  • Page 149: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    User Manual 11.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the device can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one device can be imported to multiple device devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters. Steps: 1.
  • Page 150: Upgrading System

    User Manual 11.4 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your device can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 11.4.1!Upgrading!by!Local!Backup!Device! Steps: 1. Connect your device with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2.
  • Page 151: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual 11.5 Restoring Default Settings Steps: Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure'12.14'Restore'Factory'Default Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Note: Except the network parameters (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU and server port), all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings.
  • Page 152: Others

    User Manual C H A P T E R 1 2 Others!
  • Page 153: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual 12.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the BNC output standard, VGA/HDMI output resolution, mouse pointer speed, etc. Steps: Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General Select the General tab. Figure'13.1'General'Settings'Interface Configure the following settings: •...
  • Page 154: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual 12.2 Configuring DST Settings Steps: Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General Choose DST Settings tab. Figure'13.2'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 set the date of the DST period.
  • Page 155: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual 12.3 Configuring More Settings Steps: Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface. Figure'13.3'More'Settings'Interface Configure the following settings: • Device Name: Edit the name of device. •...
  • Page 156: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual 12.4 Managing User Accounts 12.4.1!Adding!a!User Steps: Enter the User Management interface. Menu > Configuration > User Figure'13.4'User'Management'Interface Click the Add button to enter the Add User interface. Figure'13.5'Add'User'Menu Enter the information for new user, including User Name, Password, Level and User’s MAC Address. Level: Set the user level to Operator or Guest.
  • Page 157 User Manual • Operator: The Operator user level has permission of Local Log Search in Local Configuration, Remote Log Search and Two-way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating permission in Camera Configuration. • Guest: The Guest user has permission of Local Log Search in Local Configuration, Remote Log Search in Remote Configuration and only has the local/remote playback in the Camera Configuration.
  • Page 158: Deleting A User

    User Manual property), upgrading system firmware, clearing I/O alarm output. • Local Shutdown /Reboot: Shutting down or rebooting the device. Remote Configuration • Remote Log Search: Remotely viewing logs that are saved on the device. • Remote Parameters Settings: Remotely configuring parameters, restoring factory default parameters and importing/exporting configuration files.
  • Page 159: Editing A User

    User Manual Click the icon to delete the selected user. 12.4.3!Editing!a!User! Steps: Enter the User Management interface. Menu > Configuration > User Select the user to be edited from the list. Figure'13.9'Edit'a'User' Click the icon to enter the Edit User interface. Figure'13.10'Edit'User'Interface' Edit the user information, including user name, password, level and MAC address.
  • Page 160 User Manual Figure'13.11'Change'Password' Select the admin user and click to change the password. Figure'13.12'Change'Password' Enter the old password, check checkbox, enter new password and confirm password on the menu. Click to save the settings and exit the menu.
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