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Digital Video Recorder

User Manual

SP-8HDSET
EFB Elektronik GmbH
www.efb-elektronik.de

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  • Page 1: Digital Video Recorder

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual SP-8HDSET EFB Elektronik GmbH www.efb-elektronik.de...

  • Page 2: Regulatory Information

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual User Manual About this Manual This Manual is applicable to HD-TVI Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons.

  • Page 3: Safety Instruction

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual points. For more information see: www.recyclethis.info 2006/66/EC (battery directive): This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. See the product documentation for specific battery information. The battery is marked with this symbol, which may include lettering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or mercury (Hg).

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Preventive And Cautionary Tips

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 1 Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. •...

  • Page 5: Product Key Features

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Product Key Features General  Connectable to HD-TVI and analog cameras;  Connectable to the Coaxitron camera/dome with long transmission distance;  Connectable to IP cameras; The IP camera connection is not supported.  Each channel supports dual-stream. Main stream supports up to 1080P resolution and sub-stream supports up to WD1 resolution;...
  • Page 6 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Searching and playing back record files by camera number, recording type, start time, end time, etc.;  Smart playback to go through less effective information;  Zooming in for any area when playback;  Multi-channel reverse playback; ...
  • Page 7 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Alarm and exception information can be sent to the remote host;  Remotely start/stop recording;  Remotely start/stop alarm output;  Remote PTZ control;  Remote JPEG capture;  Two-way audio and voice broadcasting; ...
  • Page 8 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Preventive and Cautionary Tips..................4 Chapter 2 Introduction ........................11 Front Panel ............................ 11 USB Mouse Operation ........................12 Input Method Description......................13 Rear Panel ............................. 14 Chapter 3 Getting Started ........................
  • Page 9 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Configuring Holiday Recording ....................47 Files Protection..........................49 Configuring 1080p Lite ........................ . 51 Chapter 6 Playback ..........................52 Playing Back Record Files ......................52 6.1.1 Instant Playback ........................52 6.1.2 Playing Back by Normal Search ..................52 6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search .....................
  • Page 10 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.10.2 Exporting Network Packet ....................91 8.10.3 Checking Network Status..................... 92 8.10.4 Checking Network Statistics ....................93 Chapter 9 HDD Management......................94 Initializing HDDs .......................... 94 Managing Network HDD ......................95 Managing HDD Group ........................97 9.3.1 Setting HDD Groups......................

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Introduction

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 2 Introduction 2.1 Front Panel Figure 2. 1 Front Panel Table 2. 1 Description of Front Panel Icon Description Turns red when DVR is powered up. Turns red when data is being read from or written to HDD. Flickers blue when network connection is functioning properly.

  • Page 12: Usb Mouse Operation

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.2 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this DVR. To use a USB mouse: Steps: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2.

  • Page 13: Input Method Description

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.3 Input Method Description Figure 2. 2 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 2. 3 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description Number English letter … … Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace Switch the keyboard...

  • Page 14: Rear Panel

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.4 Rear Panel The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figures are for reference only. Figure 2. 3 Table 2. 4 Description of Front Panel Item Description BNC interface for TVI and analog video input.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Getting Started

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 3 Getting Started 3.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the DVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly. Starting up the DVR Steps: 1.

  • Page 16: Activating The Device

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1. Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. 2. Click the Logout button to log out or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR. 3.2 Activating the Device Purpose: For the first-time access, you need to activate the device by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation.

  • Page 17: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 4 Warning 3.3 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Figure 3. 5 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the Start Wizard at that moment, click Exit.
  • Page 18 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 7 General Network Configuration 4. Click Next button after you configured the basic network parameters. Then you will enter the Cloud P2P interface. Configure the Cloud P2P according to your need. Figure 3. 8 Advanced Network Configuration 5.
  • Page 19 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 9 Advanced Network Parameters 6. Click Next button after you configured the network parameters Array Management 7. Click Next button after configuring the advanced network parameters, which will take you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 3.
  • Page 20 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 11 IP Camera Management 11. After finishing IP Camera settings, click Next to enter the Record Settings window. 12. Click the icon , and you can enable the continuous recording or motion Detection recording for all channels of the device.

  • Page 21: Login And Logout

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.4 Login and Logout 3.4.1 User Login Purpose: If the device has logged out, you must login the device before operating the menu and other functions. Steps: 1. Select the User Name in the dropdown list. Figure 3.

  • Page 22: Live View

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 15 Logout 2. Click Logout. After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system. Live View 3.6 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time.

  • Page 23: Operations In Live View Mode

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.7 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: show only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. •...

  • Page 24: Hdmi And Vga Non-Simultaneous Output

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3. 16 Right-click Menu The Add IP Camera is not supported 3.7.4 HDMI and VGA Non-Simultaneous Output DVR support HDMI and VGA non-simultaneous output. Steps: Enter the Configuration Menu Menu > Configuration Click More Settings to enter the more settings interface. Figure 3.

  • Page 25: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.7.5 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode On the screen of each channel, there is a quick setting toolbar which shows when you point the mouse to the bottom of the screen. Figure 3. 18 Quick Setting Toolbar Table 3.

  • Page 26: Adjusting Live View Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual • Outdoor: the image is relatively clearer and sharper. The degree of contrast and saturation is high. Figure 3. 20 Image Settings You can adjust the image parameters, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness and denoising. You can also click Default to restore the default settings and click Copy to copy the image settings to other analog cameras.
  • Page 27 Digital Video Recorder User Manual • Volume: Adjust the volume of the audio output. • Event Output: Designates the output to show event video; if available, you can select a different video output interface from the Video Output Interface when an event occurs. •...

  • Page 28: Manual Video Quality Diagnostics

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.9 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The video quality of the analog channels can be diagnosed manually and you can view the diagnostic results from a list. Steps: 1. Enter the Manual Video Quality Diagnostics interface. Menu>...

  • Page 29: User Logout

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3.10 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: 3.
  • Page 30 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4. 1 PTZ Settings 2. Choose the camera for PTZ setting in the Camera dropdown list. 3. Click the PTZ Parameters button to set the PTZ parameters. Figure 4. 2 PTZ- General 4. Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera. All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters.

  • Page 31: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols And Patterns

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5. Click Apply button to save the settings. 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols and Patterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Customizing Presets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place.

  • Page 32: Customizing Patrols

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Steps: 1. Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface; Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel.

  • Page 33: Calling Patrols

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4. 5 PTZ Settings 2. Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. 3. Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4. 6 Key point Configuration 4. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol.

  • Page 34: Customizing Patterns

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel. 2.

  • Page 35: Calling Patterns

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual click the Stop button to stop it. The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern. 4.2.6 Calling Patterns Purpose: Follow the procedure to move the PTZ camera according to the predefined patterns. Steps: 1.

  • Page 36: Calling Linear Scan

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4. 10 PTZ Settings 2. Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set the limit, and click the Left Limit or Right Limit button to link the location to the corresponding limit. The speed dome starts linear scan from the left limit to the right limit, and you must set the left limit on the left side of the right limit, as well the angle from the left limit to the right limit should be no more than 180º.

  • Page 37: One-Touch Park

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 3. Click Linear Scan button to start the linear scan and click the Linear Scan button again to stop it. You can click the Restore button to clear the defined left limit and right limit data and the dome needs to reboot to make settings take effect.

  • Page 38: Ptz Control Panel

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4.3 PTZ Control Panel To enter the PTZ control panel, there are two ways supported. OPTION 1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower-right corner which is next to the Back button. OPTION 2: In the Live View mode, you can press the PTZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control, or choose the PTZ Control icon...

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Recording Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 5 Recording Settings 5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 HDD- General 2.
  • Page 40 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 3 Record Parameters 2. Set the parameters for recording. 1) Select the Record tab to configure. 2) Select a camera number in the camera dropdown list. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, the video quality and other parameters on demand for Main Stream (Continuous) and Main Stream (Event) respectively.
  • Page 41 Digital Video Recorder User Manual an alarm triggered the recording ends at 11:00, if you set the post-record time as 5 seconds, it records till 11:00:05. • Expired Time: The time for keeping the record files in the HDDs, once exceeded, the files will be deleted.

  • Page 42: Configuring Recording Schedule

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 6 Sub-stream Encoding 2) Select a camera in the camera dropdown list. 3) Configure the parameters. 4) Click Apply to save the settings. 5) (Optional) If the parameters can also be used to other cameras, click Copy to copy the settings to other channels.
  • Page 43 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 7 Record Schedule Different recording types are marked in different color icons. Continous: scheduled recording. Event: recording triggered by all event triggered alarm. Motion: recording triggered by motion detection. Alarm: recording triggered by alarm. M/A: recording triggered by either motion detection or alarm.
  • Page 44 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 9 Edit Schedule- Set Time Period Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped with each other.  To enable Event, Motion, Alarm, M | A (motion or alarm) and M & A (motion and alarm) triggered recording, you must configure the motion detection settings, alarm input settings or VCA settings as well.

  • Page 45: Configuring Motion Detection Recording

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 11 Draw the Schedule Click and drag the mouse on the schedule. Click on the other area except for the schedule table to finish and exit the drawing. You can repeat step 4 to set schedule for other channels. If the settings can also be used to other channels, click Copy, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy.

  • Page 46: Configuring Manual Recording

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2. Configure Motion Detection: 1) Choose camera you want to configure. 2) Check the checkbox after Enable Motion Detection. 3) Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse. If you want to set the motion detection for all the area shot by the camera, click Full Screen.

  • Page 47: Configuring Holiday Recording

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 15 Manual Record 2. Enable manual record. Click the status icon before camera number to change it to Or click the status icon of Analog to enable manual record of all channels. 3. Disable manual record. Click the status icon to change it to Or click the status icon...
  • Page 48 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5. 17 Edit Holiday Settings 2) Check the checkbox of Enable. 3) Select Mode from the dropdown list. There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule. By Month, By Week, and By Date are selectable.

  • Page 49: Files Protection

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.6 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: 1. Enter Playback setting interface. Menu>...
  • Page 50 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2) Click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected. Protect file by setting HDD property to Read-only Before you start: To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 9.3 Managing HDD Group.

  • Page 51: Configuring 1080P Lite

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.7 Configuring 1080p Lite Purpose: When 1080p Lite Mode is enabled, 1080p lite (real time) is supported. Steps: Enter the Record menu Menu > Record Click Advanced to enter the advanced interface. Figure 5. 23 Advanced Interface Check the checkbox of 1080p Lite Mode and click Apply to pop up the attention box.

  • Page 52: Chapter 6 Playback

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 6 Playback 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Instant Playback Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel Steps: Choose a channel in live view mode and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
  • Page 53 Digital Video Recorder User Manual figure: Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View The DVR provide no Aux Monitor option Playback by Time Purpose: Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported.

  • Page 54: Playback Interface

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Playback Interface You can select the main stream or sub stream from the dropdown list for playback. You can also use the toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface to control playing progress, as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 55: Playing Back By Event Search

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual  The indicates the start time and end time of the record files.  represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm).  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar to locate special frames. 6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose: Play back record files on one or several channels searched out by restricting event type (motion detection, alarm...

  • Page 56: Playing Back By Tag

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 6 Select Channels for Synchronous Playback 6. Event playback interface. You can select the main stream or sub stream from the dropdown list for playback. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6.
  • Page 57 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Video tag allows you to record related information like people and location of a certain time point during playback. You are also allowed to use video tag(s) to search for record files and position time point. Before playing back by tag: 1.

  • Page 58: Playing Back By Smart Search

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Steps: 1. Select the Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface. 2. Choose channels, edit start time and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface. You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command.

  • Page 59: Playing Back By System Logs

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 11 Smart Playback Interface 4. Select a date in the calendar and click the button to play. The Result Filter function is supported by the IP camera only. 6.1.6 Playing Back by System Logs Purpose: Play back record file(s) associated with channels after searching system logs.

  • Page 60: Playing Back By Sub-Periods

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Set search time and type and click Search button. Figure 6. 13 Result of System Log Search 3. Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “No result found” will pop up. 4.

  • Page 61: Playing Back External File

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4. Select the Split-screen Number from the dropdown list. Up to 16 screens are configurable. Figure 6. 15 Interface of Sub-periods Playback According to the defined number of split-screens, the video files on the selected date can be divided into average segments for playback.

  • Page 62: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 16 Interface of External File Playback 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: •...

  • Page 63: Reverse Playback Of Multi-Channel

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6. 17 Draw Area for Digital Zoom 3. Right-click the image to exit the digital zoom interface. 6.2.3 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel Purpose: You can play back record files of multi-channel reversely. Up to 16-ch simultaneous reverse playback is supported.

  • Page 64: Chapter 7 Backup

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 7 Backup 7.1 Backing up Record Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose: The record files can be backup to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer) Backup using USB flash drives and USB HDDs Steps:...
  • Page 65 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7. 2 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 5. Select video files from the Chart or List to export, and click the button Export to enter the Export interface. You can also click Export All to select all the video files for backup and enter the Export interface. Figure 7.

  • Page 66: Backing Up By Event Search

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9. A prompt message will pop up after the backup process is complete. Click OK to confirm. Figure 7. 5 Export Finished The backup of video files using USB writer or SATA writer has the same operating instructions. Please refer to steps described above.

  • Page 67: Backing Up Video Clips

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7. 7 Result of Event Search Export the video files. Please refer to step5 of Chapter 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search for details. 7.1.3 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips in playback mode to export directly during Playback, using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer).

  • Page 68: Managing Backup Devices

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 7.2 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drives or USB HDD Steps: 1. Enter the Export interface. Figure 7. 9 Storage Device Management 2. Backup device management. Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device. Select a record file or folder in the backup device and click button if you want to delete it.

  • Page 69: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 8 Alarm Settings 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2.
  • Page 70 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection 4. Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel’s arming schedule. Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day. Or you can click the Copy button to copy the time period settings to other day(s).

  • Page 71: Detecting Video Loss

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.2 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 and select a channel you want to detect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8.

  • Page 72: Detecting Video Tampering

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 6 Set Arming Schedule of Video Loss Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days. 4.
  • Page 73 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2. Check the checkbox of “Enable Video Tampering”. 3. Drag the sensitivity bar and choose a proper sensitivity level. 4. Click to set handling method of video tampering. Set arming schedule and alarm response actions of the channel.

  • Page 74: Setting All-Day Video Quality Diagnostics

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.4 Setting All-day Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The device provides two ways to diagnose the video quality: manual and all-day. Perform the following steps to set the threshold of the diagnosing and the linkage actions. Steps: 1.

  • Page 75: Handling Exceptions

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.5 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. •...

  • Page 76: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4. Click Apply to save the settings. 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output. Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor (HDMI or VGA) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.

  • Page 77: Network Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2. Click the Apply button to save the settings. Network Settings 8.7 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >...

  • Page 78: Configuring Advanced Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.8 Configuring Advanced Settings 8.8.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR also allows access by Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface. Figure 8.

  • Page 79: Configuring Ddns

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual scanning tool of your phone to quickly get the code by scanning the QR code below. Figure 8. 15 Cloud P2P Settings Interface 7. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. After configuration, you can access and manage the NVR by your mobile phone on which the Cloud P2P application is installed or by the website (http://www.
  • Page 80 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 16 IPServer Settings Interface • DynDNS: 1) Enter Server Address for DynDNS (i.e. members.dyndns.org). 2) In the Device Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website. 3) Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website. Figure 8.
  • Page 81 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 19 NO-IP Settings Interface • HiDDNS: 1) Select the continent/country of the server on which the device is registered. 2) The Server Address of the HiDDNS server appears by default: www.hiddns.com. 3) Enter the Device Domain Name. You can use the alias you registered in the HiDDNS server or define a new device domain name.
  • Page 82 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 21 Register an Account 2) Click to register an account if you do not have one and use the account to log in. Figure 8. 22 Register an Account 3) In the Device Management interface, click to register the device.
  • Page 83 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 23 Register the Device 4) Input Device Serial No., Device Domain (Device Name) and HTTP Port. And click OK to add the device.  Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software After having successfully registered the device on the HiDDNS server, you can access your device via web browser or Client Software with the Device Domain Name (Device Name).

  • Page 84: Configuring Ntp Server

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 24 Access Device via iVMS Click the Apply button to save the settings. After setting all the required parameters for the DDNS, you can view the connecting status of the device by checking the Status information. 8.8.4 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your DVR to ensure the accuracy of system...

  • Page 85: Configuring Nat

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.8.5 Configuring NAT Purpose: Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) can permit the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, etc. You can use the UPnP™...

  • Page 86: Configuring More Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1) Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Configure the external port No. for server port, http port and RTSP port respectively.  You can use the default port No., or change it according to actual requirements. ...

  • Page 87: Configuring Https Port

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual exception message to the host when an alarm is triggered. The remote alarm host must have the CMS (Client Management System) software installed. The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS (Client Management System) software (e.g., iVMS) 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 88 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2. Input the correct user name and password, and click Login button to log in the device. 3. Enter the HTTPS settings interface. Configuration > Remote Configuration > Network Settings > HTTPS 4. Create the self-signed certificate or authorized certificate. Figure 8.

  • Page 89: Configuring Email

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.8.8 Configuring Email Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an event is detected, e.g. an alarm or motion event is detected, etc. Before configuring the Email settings, the DVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server.

  • Page 90: Checking Network Traffic

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Interval: The interval refers to the time between two actions of sending attached pictures. E-mail Test: Sends a test message to verify that the SMTP server can be reached. 4. Click the Apply button to save the Email settings. 5.

  • Page 91: Configuring Network Detection

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8.10 Configuring Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 8.10.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >...

  • Page 92: Checking Network Status

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 39 Export Network Packet 4. Click the Export button to start exporting. 5. After the exporting is complete, click OK to finish the packet export. Up to 1M data can be exported each time. 8.10.3 Checking Network Status Purpose: You can also check the network status and quick set the network parameters in this interface.

  • Page 93: Checking Network Statistics

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8. 42 Network Parameters Configuration 8.10.4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose: You can check the network statistics to obtain the real-time information of the device. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect 2.

  • Page 94: Chapter 9 Hdd Management

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 9 HDD Management 9.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General. Figure 9.

  • Page 95: Managing Network Hdd

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 4 HDD Status Changes to Normal Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it. The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs.
  • Page 96 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 7 HDD Information Interface 3. Add the allocated NetHDD. 4. Select the type to NAS or IP SAN. 5. Configure the NAS or IP SAN settings. • Add NAS disk: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click Search to search the available NAS disks.

  • Page 97: Managing Hdd Group

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Up to 8 IP SAN disks can be added. Figure 9. 9 Add IP SAN Disk 5) After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk, return to the HDD Information menu. The added NetHDD will be displayed in the list.
  • Page 98 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 11 Storage Mode Interface 3. Click the Apply button and the following Attention box will pop up. Figure 9. 12 Attention for Reboot 4. Click the Yes button to reboot the device to activate the changes. 5.

  • Page 99: Setting Hdd Property

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9. In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the settings. 9.3.2 Setting HDD Property Purpose: The HDD property can be set to redundancy, read-only or read/write (R/W). Before setting the HDD property, please set the storage mode to Group (refer to step1-4 of Chapter 9.3.1 Setting HDD Groups).

  • Page 100: Configuring Quota Mode

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9.4 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. Steps 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 9. 16. The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take effect.

  • Page 101: Checking Hdd Status

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 8. Click the Apply button to apply the settings. If the quota capacity is set to 0, then all cameras will use the total capacity of HDD for record. 9.5 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure.

  • Page 102: Checking S.m.a.r.t Information

    Digital Video Recorder 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: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu >...

  • Page 103: Detecting Bad Sector

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9.7 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 9. 21 Bad Sector Detection 2.

  • Page 104: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    Digital Video Recorder 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: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3.

  • Page 105: Configuring Osd Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Steps: Enter the Firmware interface to check the information of the firmware, including the version, maximum physical disk quantity, maximum array quantity, auto-rebuild status, etc. Figure 9. 24 Firmware Interface 2. You can set the Background Task Speed in the drop-down list. 9.10 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc.

  • Page 106: Configuring Privacy Mask

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 26 Copy Settings to Other Cameras Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same OSD settings. You can also check the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras. Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the OSD Configuration interface. 8.

  • Page 107: Configuring Video Parameters

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 28 Set Privacy Mask Area 6. You can click the Copy button to copy the privacy mask settings of the current camera to other cameras. Please refer to step 7 of Chapter 9.10Configuring OSD Settings. 7.
  • Page 108 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9. 30 Image Settings Interface (IP Camera) 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. Two periods for different image settings are provided, select the period name in the dropdown list. The time periods cannot be overlapped with each other. 4.

  • Page 109: Chapter 10 Dvr Management And Maintenance

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 10 DVR Management and Maintenance 10.1 Viewing System Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. You can click the Device Info, Camera, Record, Alarm, Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device.
  • Page 110 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 2 Log Search Interface 2. Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time, Major Type and Minor Type. 3. Click the Search button to start search log files. 4.

  • Page 111: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 4 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 112: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 10.4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters. Steps: 1.

  • Page 113: Upgrading By Ftp

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Menu > Maintenance > Upgrade 3. Click the Local Upgrade tab to enter the local upgrade menu, as shown in Figure 10. 6. Figure 10. 6 Local Upgrade Interface 4. Select the update file from the backup device. 5.
  • Page 114 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10. 8 Restore Defaults Select the restoring type from the following three options. Restore Defaults: Restore all parameters, except the network (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode, default route, server port, etc.) and user account parameters, to the factory default settings.

  • Page 115: Chapter 11 Others

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 11 Others 11.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution, system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Select the General tab. Figure 11.

  • Page 116: Configuring Dst Settings

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.2 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 11. 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 you choose the date of the DST period.

  • Page 117: Managing User Accounts

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.4 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the DVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is set when you start the device for the first time. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
  • Page 118 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Address. Password: Set the password for the user account. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.

  • Page 119: Deleting A User

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual (2) Set the operating permission of Local Configuration, Remote Configuration and Camera Configuration for the user. Local Configuration • Local Log Search: Searching and viewing logs and system information of device. • Local Parameters Settings: Configuring parameters, restoring factory default parameters and importing/exporting configuration files.

  • Page 120: Editing A User

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11. 8 User List Click the icon to delete the selected user account. 11.4.3 Editing a User For the added user accounts, you can edit the parameters. Steps: Enter the User Management interface. Menu >Configuration>User Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 11.

  • Page 121: Chapter 12 Appendix

    For the Operator or Guest user account, you can also click the button on te user management interface to edit the permission. Chapter 12 Appendix 12.1 Specifications Model SP-8HDSET Video compression H.264 8-ch Analog and HD-TVI BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω)

  • Page 122: Glossary

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1; 10 M/100 M self-adaptive Ethernet interface External Network interface interface USB port 2 × USB 2.0 Power supply 12 VDC Consumption ≤ 15 W (without hard disks) Working temperature -10º C to +55º C (14º F to 131º F) General Working humidity 10% ~ 90%...

  • Page 123: Troubleshooting

    Digital Video Recorder User Manual • NVR: Acronym for Network Video Recorder. An NVR can be a PC-based or embedded system used for centralized management and storage for IP cameras, IP Domes and other DVRs. • PAL: Acronym for Phase Alternating Line. PAL is also another video standard used in broadcast televisions systems in large parts of the world.
  • Page 124 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2) If the status of the HDD is “Uninitialized”, please check the checkbox of corresponding HDD and click the “Init” button. 3. Verify the HDD is detected or is in good condition. 1) Select “Menu>HDD>General”. 2) If the HDD is not detected or the status is “Abnormal”, please replace the dedicated HDD according to the requirement.
  • Page 125 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Select “Menu > Record > Encoding > Record”, and set the resolution and bitrate to a lower level. 3. Reduce the number of local playback channel. Select “Menu > Playback”, and uncheck the checkbox of unnecessary channels. 4.

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