User Manual
At least 2 devices are online.
A bidirectional connection shown in the figure below is required to be built between the hot spare device and
each working device.
Start
7.3.1 Setting Hot Spare Device
The camera connection will be disabled when the device works in the hot spare mode.
It's highly recommended to restore the defaults of the device after switching the working mode of the hot
spare device to normal mode to ensure the normal operation afterwards.
Steps:
1. Enter the Hot Spare settings interface.
Menu > Configuration > Hot Spare
2. Set the Work Mode as Hot Spare Mode, click the Apply button to confirm the settings.
3. Reboot the device to make the change take effect.
4. Click the Yes button in the pop-up attention box.
7.3.2 Setting Working Device
Steps:
1. Enter the Hot Spare settings interface.
Menu > Configuration > Hot Spare
2. Set the Work Mode as Normal Mode (default).
3. Check the checkbox of Enable to enable the hot spare function.
4. Enter the IP address and admin password of hot spare device.
User Manual of Network Video Recorder
Add a hot spare
Set a hot spare
device on normal
device
device
Figure 7. 13 Building Hot Spare System
Figure 7. 14 Reboot Attention
Add the normal
device on the hot
spare device
106
Finish