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USER MANUAL
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  • Page 1 D-P1600 D R USER MANUAL 1.3.3...
  • Page 2 Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and  safely. There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The  updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3 consequences resulting from illegal operations. The storage period of the personal data depends on the capacity of the storage devices the  users use and all data stored in the device shall be handled by themselves. Our company shall not be responsible for the data loss. Cybersecurity Recommendations Change passwords and use strong passwords.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    DVR User Manual Contents Contents Contents ............................i Introduction ........................1 1.1 Summary ........................1 1.2 Features ......................... 1 1.3 Front Panel Descriptions ....................4 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions ....................5 1.5 Connections ........................7 Basic Operation Guide ....................10 2.1 Startup &...

  • Page 5: Contents

    DVR User Manual Contents 6.2 Preset Setting ....................... 45 6.3 Cruise Setting ......................46 6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting ....................47 Record & Disk Management ..................48 7.1 Record Configuration ....................48 7.1.1 Mode Configuration ..................48 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ................... 50 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ..................
  • Page 6 DVR User Manual Contents 9.5.1 Alarm-out ......................83 9.5.2 E-mail ....................... 83 9.5.3 Display ......................83 9.5.4 Buzzer ......................84 9.5.5 Push Message ....................84 9.6 Manual Alarm ......................84 9.7 View Alarm Status ....................... 84 Account & Permission Management ................. 86 10.1 Account Management ....................
  • Page 7 DVR User Manual Contents 12.4.3 Remote Backup .................... 115 12.4.4 Remote Configuration .................. 115 Appendix A FAQ ......................... 116 Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity ..............121 Appendix C Compatible Device List ................. 122...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    DVR User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of DVRs adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. This series of DVRs are powerful and easy to use and provide excellent image quality and stable system.
  • Page 9 DVR User Manual Introduction Supports image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras)  Supports quick camera adding in the camera window of the live view interface  The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consistent with that of the DVR after ...
  • Page 10 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Management Supports alarm schedule setting  Supports enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input,  intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable Supports IPC offline alarm trigger configuration of PTZ, snap, pop-up video, etc.

  • Page 11: Front Panel Descriptions

    DVR User Manual Introduction Supports auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution  You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface  You can click the middle mouse button at any interface to go to the live view interface ...

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Descriptions

    DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Multi-Screen Switch Change the screen mode Enter Confirm selection To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections.
  • Page 13 DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors Ground AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box AUDIO IN Audio input ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarms VIDEO IN 8 CH video inputs HDMI...

  • Page 14: Connections

    DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Connectors for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is RS485 AUDIO IN Audio input AHD VIDEO IN 16 CH AHD video inputs HDMI Connect to monitor Connect to monitor Network port AUDIO OUT Audio output CVBS CVBS video output;...
  • Page 15 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available. The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below: The alarm input is an open/closed relay.
  • Page 16 DVR User Manual Introduction RS485 Connection  There are two types of RS485 interfaces: （Type 1） （Type 2） Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are used to connect speed dome. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are not only used to connect speed dome but also to connect keyboard.

  • Page 17: Basic Operation Guide

    DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to extending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ①...
  • Page 18 DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Power Button Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image To go to sequence view mode Audio...

  • Page 19: Mouse Control

    DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function Record manually Search To enter search mode MEUN To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in No function temporarily To control playback.

  • Page 20: Common Button Operation

    DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters.

  • Page 21: Wizard & Main Interface

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk;...
  • Page 22 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Click “Edit Security Question” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details. Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard. ②...
  • Page 23 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface If the DVR has two network ports or above, you can select the network work pattern as  required. Network Fault Tolerance and Multiple Address Setting are available. Refer to the pictures below. Please refer to 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for more detailed information.
  • Page 24 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with DVR and then click to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera.
  • Page 25 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface settings. Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Enter the new camera name, IP address, port, username and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the DVR.
  • Page 26 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “Next” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details. ⑨ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details).

  • Page 27: Main Interface

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface to save the settings. 3.2 Main Interface 3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button.

  • Page 28: Setup Panel

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Button Meaning Alarm status button. Click it to view the alarm status. Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status. Network status button. Click it to view the network status. Information button.
  • Page 29 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligent Analytics” and “PTZ”.

  • Page 30: Main Functions

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions Camera ...
  • Page 31 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Account and Authority  The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on. System  The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.7 View Log for details) and Backup and Restore(see 11.5 Backup and...

  • Page 32: Camera Management

    DVR User Manual Camera Management 4 Camera Management 4.1 Camera Signal Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraCamera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels, accordingly increasing (or decreasing) the number of IP channels.
  • Page 33 DVR User Manual Camera Management Quickly Add  Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

  • Page 34: Edit Camera

    DVR User Manual Camera Management Add Manually  Enter the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input window, enter the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK”...

  • Page 35: Live View Introduction

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5 Live View Introduction 5.1 Live View Interface Introduction The connected analog camera will be added automatically in the live view interface for previewing. You should add IP camera manually for previewing (see 4.2.1 Add Camera for details).

  • Page 36: View Mode

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Button Menu List Meaning Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface. Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.4.5 Image Adjustment for details. Camera Info Click it to view the IP camera information. The single channel amplification interface is as shown below.

  • Page 37: Quick Sequence View

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Add Display Mode  Method One: ① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as needed. ③ Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click the “OK”...

  • Page 38: Scheme View In Sequence

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Go to the live view interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode.
  • Page 39 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Add Scheme  Click in area ① to create a new scheme. Click on the top right corner of the scheme to delete it. Configure Scheme  Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme.

  • Page 40: Spot View

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Check “Dwell” and then set scheme view in sequence of the adjuvant output. The setting steps are similar to that of the main output. Set quick sequence view if “Dwell” is not checked. The setting steps are as follows: ①...

  • Page 41: Pos Settings

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.3 POS Settings Some models may not support this function. ① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to go to the following interface. ③...
  • Page 42 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction ⑥ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to multiple channels, but one channel can only be bound to one POS. ⑦ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time.

  • Page 43: Image Configuration

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction One POS is bound to multiple cameras: 5.4 Image Configuration 5.4.1 OSD Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera, enter the camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and time OSDs directly in the image view area to change the OSDs’...

  • Page 44: Image Settings

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.4.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced” button or in the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up “Image Adjust”...

  • Page 45: Water Mark Settings

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction mouse on the image area to set the mask area; click “Delete” button to delete the mask areas; click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.4 Water Mark Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageWater Mark Settings to go to the interface as shown below.

  • Page 46: Image Adjustment

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.4.5 Image Adjustment Go to live view interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface. Image Adjustment  Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture.
  • Page 47 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Parameter Meaning White Balance Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically. Image Mirror Turn the current video image horizontally. Image Flip Turn the current video image vertically. Lens Control  Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens.

  • Page 48: Ptz

    DVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below.
  • Page 49 DVR User Manual Button Meaning Click it to return to the live view interface. Analog Joystick Control  The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates.
  • Page 50 DVR User Manual Advanced 3D Control  Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image;...
  • Page 51 DVR User Manual Button Meaning Click it to change the menu mode or decrease the menu value. Click it to change the menu mode or increase the menu value. Click it to go to the previous menu. Click it to go to the next menu. Preset Setting ...

  • Page 52: Preset Setting

    DVR User Manual ① Enter the cruise name in the “Add Cruise” window and then click “Add preset” to pop up the “Add Preset” window (Before adding preset to the cruise, please add preset of the dome first). ② In the “Add Preset” window, select the preset name, preset time and preset speed and then click “OK”...

  • Page 53: Cruise Setting

    DVR User Manual Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset. The operations of the “Add Preset” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface;...

  • Page 54: Ptz Protocol Setting

    DVR User Manual Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise” interface. Enter the new cruise name and then click to save the cruise name. Click “Add Preset” to add preset to the cruise. Click to edit the preset. Click to delete the preset from the cruise.

  • Page 55: Record & Disk Management

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings”...
  • Page 56 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management motion/sensor/intelligence alarm happens. Always(24 7) Record+Motion Record+Sensor Record+Analytics Record+POS Record: ⅹ Normal record is enabled all the time; motion/sensor/Analytics/POS alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/ Analytics /POS alarm happens. Some models may not support POS recording. You can add more auto modes on intelligence record.

  • Page 57: Advanced Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluency the video is. However, more storage room will be taken up. Bitrate Type: CBR and VBR are optional. CBR means that no matter how much change is seen in the video scene, the compression bitrate will be kept constant.

  • Page 58: Encode Parameters Setting

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting Click StartSettingsRecordEncode Parameters to go to the interface as shown below. Set the encode, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of main stream for each camera in “Event Recording Settings” and “Schedule Recording Settings” interfaces. Click “Apply”...

  • Page 59: Schedule Setting

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.3 Schedule Setting 7.3.1 Add Schedule Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24 7”, “24 5” and “24 2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or ⅹ...
  • Page 60 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. Set Day Schedule  Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time;...

  • Page 61: Record Schedule Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set Week Schedule  Click and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the start and end time, check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.

  • Page 62: Record Mode

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management “Edit Schedule” are similar to that of the “Add Schedule”. Click to delete the schedule. 7.4 Record Mode 7.4.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to enable recording of the camera.

  • Page 63: Disk Management

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.5 Disk Management Click StartSettingsDiskDisk Management to go to disk management interface. You can view the DVR’s disk number and disk status and so on in the interface. Click the “Format” button to format the HDD. Note: The new HDD should be formatted for normal use.
  • Page 64 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management d. Select physical disk. If you have 16 disks, please check 15 disks. The remaining one should be set to a hot spare. If higher data security is needed, you can decrease physic disks and increase hot spare disks. Please set them as needed.

  • Page 65: Storage Mode Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management RAID Rebuilding  If one of your disks is broken, the disk indicator on the front panel will turn red. Of course, a warning tip will pop up if the relevant HDD exception alarm is set. You need to rebuild the RAID after you replace the broken disk with a new one.

  • Page 66: View Disk And S.m.a.r.t. Information

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management There are four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The DVR with e-SATA interface supports e-SATA recording.
  • Page 67 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management...

  • Page 68: Playback & Backup

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to set the default playback time).
  • Page 69 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera.
  • Page 70 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Button Meaning Next frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode. Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s. Click it to show the water mark on the image; click to hide the water mark.

  • Page 71: Smart Playback

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the Add Tag added tag. Click it and then enter the tag name in the popup window. Click “Add” to add tag. Click it to switch the playback camera.
  • Page 72 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle  Click and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.

  • Page 73: Record Search, Playback & Backup

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral  Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files.
  • Page 74 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be shown. If the camera thumbnail number is more than 64, the cameras will be listed directly by their camera name, not the thumbnail.

  • Page 75: Smart Search

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤ Click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details).

  • Page 76: Search, Playback & Backup By Time

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup ④ Set the backup time and select the channel to backup. : Smart playback settings button. Click it to set intrusion percentage. : Full screen motion button. : Motion button. : Draw line button. You can search the record of crossing the line after drawing the line. : Draw quadrilateral.

  • Page 77: Search, Playback & Backup By Event

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8.4.4 Search, Playback & Backup by Event Some models may support searching POS event. ① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Event to go to “By Event” tab as shown below. ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③...

  • Page 78: Search & Playback By Tag

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup one record data or check multiple record data in the list and then click the “Backup” button for record batch backup. ⑥ Select one record data in the list and then click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface.

  • Page 79: View Backup Status

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8.4.7 View Backup Status Click StartSearch and BackupBackup Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the playback interface to view the backup status.

  • Page 80: Alarm Management

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ②...

  • Page 81: Motion Alarm

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. You need to set the delay time and the schedule of the alarm outputs. See 9.5.1 Alarm-out for details. Preset: check it and then the “Trigger Preset” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger preset of each camera.

  • Page 82: Motion Alarm Handling Configuration

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as a continuous movement;...
  • Page 83 DVR User Manual Alarm Management are two detect types: Abandoned object and missing object. Abandoned object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area. Missing object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles missing in the detection area drawn by the users.

  • Page 84: Exception

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of object detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③...

  • Page 85: Tripwire

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③...

  • Page 86: Intrusion Detection

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management A->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from A to B. A<-B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A. ④ Draw line. Refer to the interface as shown above. Check “Draw line” and then drag the mouse in the image to draw an alert line.
  • Page 87 DVR User Manual Alarm Management ③ Select the alarm area. Up to 4 alarm areas can be set up. ④ Draw the alarm area of the intrusion detection. Refer to the interface as shown below. Check “Draw Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the alarm area in the image (the alarm area should be a closed area).

  • Page 88: Exception Alarm

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of intrusion detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③...

  • Page 89: Video Loss Settings

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.4.2 Video Loss Settings ① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionVideo Loss Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The Video Loss Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details).

  • Page 90: Alarm Event Notification

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management exception handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.5 Alarm Event Notification 9.5.1 Alarm-out ① Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent Notification to go to the following interface. ②...

  • Page 91: Buzzer

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5.4 Buzzer Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationBuzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer. 9.5.5 Push Message Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationPush Message to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 92 DVR User Manual Alarm Management live view interface to view the alarm status. Click the “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click view the detail information as shown below. If the exception information is more than one page, you can enter the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page.

  • Page 93: Account & Permission Management

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①.

  • Page 94: Edit User

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (enter the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click the user list or double click the user to edit the user information.
  • Page 95 DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Click “Modify Pattern Lock” to pop up a window. Enter the current password and then check “Enable” to set pattern lock. Recover Password  Click “Recover Password” to reset the password to 123456. Edit User ...

  • Page 96: User Login & Logout

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click the “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown”...

  • Page 97: Edit Permission Group

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as required and then set the “Local” and “Remote” permissions. Click “Add” to save the settings. 10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group”...

  • Page 98: Preview On Logout

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List (white list)” or “Enable Block List (black list)” (the PC client of which the IP address is in the allow list can access DVR remotely while the PC client in the block list cannot).

  • Page 99: Password Security

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.6 Password Security Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurityPassword Security to go to the following interface. In this interface, you can set the level and expiration time of the password. 10.7 View Online User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityUser Status to view the online user information (you can view the online user name, login type, IP address and login time;...

  • Page 100: Device Management

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually enter the network addresses.

  • Page 101: Port Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management Multiple Address Setting: If “Multiple Address Setting” is selected, the IP addresses of the two Ethernet ports should be set respectively. Refer to the picture as shown below. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically”...
  • Page 102 DVR User Manual Device Management required and then click “Apply” to save the settings. HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used to client remote access. If you want to access the DVR through a web browser, you should enter IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81.

  • Page 103: Pppoe Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management Click “Create” to create the certificate request. Then download the certificate request and submit it to the trusted certificate authority for signature. After receiving the signed certificate, import the certificate to the device. ③ After the certificate has been installed, enable this function and apply it. Then the camera can be accessed by entering https://IP: https port via the web browser (eg.

  • Page 104: Ddns Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.4 DDNS Configuration The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. You can access the DVR easily if the DDNS is enabled and configured. Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable”...
  • Page 105 DVR User Manual Device Management ② Click Registration to go to the interface as shown below. Set the DDNS account information (username, password and so on) and then click Submit to save the account. ③ Create domain name and then click Request Domain.

  • Page 106: E-Mail Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management ④ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list. ⑤ Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the xcelddns.com DDNS type. Input the registered username, password and domain name and then click “Apply”.
  • Page 107 DVR User Manual Device Management Enter the sender’s name, e-mail address, SMTP server and SMTP port (you can click “Default” to reset the SMTP port to the default value) and then enable or disable the SSL and attaching image. Select the username (the username list will be updated automatically according to the email address you enter) and enter the password of the sender and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 108: Upnp Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.6 UPnP Configuration By UPnP you can access the DVR through the web client which is in WAN via router without port mapping. ① Click StartSettingsNetworkUPnP to go to the following interface. ② Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. ③...

  • Page 109: View Network Status

    DVR User Manual Device Management Click StartSettingsNetworkPlatform Access to go to the interface. Platform Access ① Set “Access Type” as “Platform Software” and select “Enable” as shown below. ② Check the IP address and port of the transfer media server in the ECMS/NVMS. The default server port for auto report is 2009.

  • Page 110: Date And Time Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output resolution. Enable or disable wizard, “Log In Automatically”, “Log Out Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time) “App Live Self-Adaption” and “Dwell Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time).

  • Page 111: Factory Default

    DVR User Manual Device Management Manual: select “Manual” in the “Synchronous” option and then click after the “System Time” option to set the system time. NTP: select “NTP” in the “Synchronous” option and then choose the NTP server. 11.3 Factory Default Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceFactory Default to go to the following interface.

  • Page 112: Backup And Restore

    DVR User Manual Device Management exists. Select the upgrade software and then click “Upgrade”. The system may automatically restart during upgrading. Please wait for a while and do not power off the DVR during upgrading. Note: The file system of the USB mobile device which is used for upgrading, backing up and restoring should be FAT32 format.

  • Page 113: Restart Automatically

    DVR User Manual Device Management Select the USB device in “Device Name” option; find the configuration backup file and then click the “Recover” button; finally click the “OK” button in the popup window. 11.6 Restart Automatically You can set the automatic restart time for the DVR to maintain it regularly. Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceAuto Maintenance to go to the interface as shown below.

  • Page 114: View System Information

    DVR User Manual Device Management on the “Content” title bar to pop up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show the checked log contents only. Click to play the video log. 11.8 View System Information Click StartSettingsSystemInformation and then click the corresponding menu to view the “Basic”, “Camera Status”, “Alarm Status”, “Record Status”, “Network Status”...

  • Page 115: Remote Surveillance

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance 12 Remote Surveillance 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the DVR. Refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “SuperLive Plus” into the mobile device with the Android or iOS system.

  • Page 116: Web Wan Access

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the DVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the DVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2.

  • Page 117: Web Remote Control

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Enter the serial number (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to see the serial number of the DVR), user name (the user name of the DVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the DVR, 123456 by default) of the DVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the interface and then click the “Login”...

  • Page 118: Remote Preview

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Enter the current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click the “OK” button to save the new password.
  • Page 119 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Click on the left panel to hide the panel and click to show the panel. You can view all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras. For instance, the left number 3 in on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras;...
  • Page 120 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 121: Remote Playback

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click to rotate the dome; click to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click to zoom in/out camera image. Click to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click to increase/decrease the iris of the dome.

  • Page 122: Remote Backup

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Button Meaning Backup end time button. Click the time scale and then click it to set the backup end time. Backup button. Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. 12.4.3 Remote Backup Click “Backup”...

  • Page 123: Appendix A Faq

    DVR User Manual Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them.
  • Page 124 DVR User Manual Q6. The system cannot record, why? Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the recycle function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details).
  • Page 125 DVR User Manual ② Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 8-1. ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 8-2. ④ Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 8-1 Fig 8-2 Q9.
  • Page 126 DVR User Manual If you select the private format when backing up recorded video by DVR, a RPAS  compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.zip” and then click “RPAS.exe” to set up RPAS. After the setup is completed, open RPAS player and then click the “Open Folder”...
  • Page 127 DVR User Manual Fig 9-2...

  • Page 128: Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity

    DVR User Manual Calculate Recording Capacity Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times.

  • Page 129: Appendix C Compatible Device List

    DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Brand and Series Capacity Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB Seagate SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /2TB /3TB /4TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) /6TB/8TB Blue Series 500GB /1TB Western Digital Green Series...
  • Page 130 TD-LA4...

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