HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Table of Contents FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ..............1 Overview ..............................1 Features ..............................1 Specifications ............................2 1.3.1 HCVR5104C Series .......................... 2 1.3.2 HCVR51XXC-V2 Series ........................5 1.3.3 HCVR7104C-V2 Series ........................7 1.3.4 HCVR410XC-S2 Series ........................8 1.3.5...
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HCVR51XXHC/ HCVR51XXHC-V2/ HCVR71XXHC-V2 Series ..........55 2.1.4 HCVR41XXHE-S2/ HCVR51XXH-S2/ HCVR51XXHE-S2/ HCVR710XH-S2/ HCVR710XHE-S2/ HCVR41XXHE-S3/HCVR51XXHE-S3/HCVR71XXH-S3/HCVR71XXHE-S3 /HCVR41XXHS-S2/ HCVR21XXHS-S2/ HCVR21XXHS-S3/HCVR41XXHS-S3/51XXHS- S3/7104HS-S3 Series ..........................56 Rear Panel ............................56 2.2.1 HCVR5104C Series ........................56 2.2.2 HCVR5104C-V2/HCVR5108C-V2 Series ................... 57 2.2.3 HCVR7104C-V2 Series ......................... 58 2.2.4 HCVR4104/HCVR4108C-S2/HCVR2108C-S2 Series .............. 59 2.2.5 HCVR5104/5108C-S2 Series......................
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Connection Sample ..........................88 2.3.1 Smart Box Series ..........................88 2.3.2 Smart 1U Series ..........................88 2.3.3 Compact 1U Series ........................89 2.3.4 Mini 1U Series ..........................90 Remote Control ............................ 90 Mouse Control ............................92 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS .............
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual RS485..............................100 Other Interfaces ..........................100 OVERVIEW OF NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS .......... 101 Boot up and Shutdown ........................101 4.1.1 Boot up ............................101 4.1.2 Shutdown ............................101 4.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure ....................101 4.1.4 Replace Button Battery ........................
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.6.4 Tour ..............................119 4.6.5 Favorites ............................119 4.6.6 Channel ............................119 4.6.7 PTZ ..............................120 4.6.8 Color ............................... 120 4.6.9 Search ............................120 4.6.10 Alarm Status ..........................120 4.6.11 Channel Info ..........................120 4.6.12 Remote Device .........................
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Login ..............................232 LAN Mode ............................233 Live ..............................234 PTZ ..............................235 Image ..............................236 5.6.1 Image .............................. 236 WAN Login ............................237 Setup ..............................238 5.8.1 Camera ............................238 5.8.2 Network ............................247 5.8.3 Event ...............................
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 5.13 Log out ..............................303 5.14 Un-install Web Control ........................304 PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ..........305 FAQ ......................... 306 APPENDIX A HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION ..........311 APPENDIX B COMPATIBLE BACKUP DEVICE LIST........312 APPENDIX C COMPATIBLE CD/DVD DEVICE LIST ........... 318 APPENDIX D COMPATIBLE DISPLAYER LIST ..........
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Welcome Thank you for purchasing our Dahua HDCVI DVR! This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Important Safeguards and Warnings 1.Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes. The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 1.1 Overview This series product is an excellent digital monitor product designed for security field. It adopts embedded Linux OS to maintain reliable operation. It is easy to use and can realize surveillance function after some simple setups.
UPnP It is to establish the mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN via the UPnP protocol. Slight function differences may be found due to different series. 1.3 Specifications 1.3.1 HCVR5104C Series HCVR5104C Parameter System High-performance industrial embedded micro controller...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 1-ch VGA output. Video 1-ch HDMI output. Output Support VGA/HDMI video output at the same time. Video Video monitor Support PAL/NTSC. Standard Real-time Mode: PAL 1f/s to 25f/s per channel and NTSC 1f/s to 30f/s Record per channel Speed...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Storage Support channel record quota setup Mode Recording 1 to 120 minutes single record duration (Default setup is 60 minutes) Length Playback Repeat When hard disk is full, system can overwrite previous video file. Record Various search engines such as time, type and channel.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 2 USB 2.0 port. Interface Interface Network 1 RJ45 10M/100M self-adaptable Ethernet port connection RS485 RS232 System Hard Disk Display HDD current status Information Information Data Data stream statistics for each channel (in wave mode) Stream Statistics Backup to 1024 log files.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104C-V2 HCVR5108C-V2 Resolution Video Frame PAL:1~25f/s;NTSC:1~30f/s Rate Video Frame 1536Kbps-4096Kbps, Rate For 720P: default setup is 2Mbps,max supports 4Mbps Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream Support Audio Encode G.711A/G.711U/PCM Parameters Standard Audio Sampling 8KHz,16Bit Rate Audio Bit Rate...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 1.3.3 HCVR7104C-V2 Series Parameters HCVR7104C-V2 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P /720P/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution Video Frame PAL:1~25f/s;NTSC:1~30f/s Rate Video Frame 2048Kbps-6144Kbps, Rate For 1080P: default setup is 4Mbps,max supports 6Mbps Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104C-S2 HCVR4108C-S2 Alarm Output HDD Port 1 SATA port,does not support eSATA port Space Communication Network 1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port Port Communication 2 USB ports Others Power DC12V Power ≤15W(With power adapter, no HDD) Consumption Working -10℃-+55℃...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104C-S2 Rate Audio Bit Rate 64Kbps Video Port Analog Video 4-channel,BNC port Input Network Video Max 2-channel IPC connections (16M) Input Video Output 1-channel VGA output, 1-channel HDMI output (of the same video source), HDMI/ VGA video output at the same time.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR2108C-S2 CVBS:1~20f/s(PAL);1~20f/s(NTSC) Video Frame 1024Kbps-4096Kbps, Rate For 720P: default setup is 1Mbps,max supports 4Mbps. For 1080P: default setup is 1Mbps,max supports 2Mbps. Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream Support Audio Encode G.711A/G.711U/PCM Parameters Standard Audio Sampling 8KHz,16Bit...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104C-S3 HCVR4108C-S3 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080N/720P/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF 1080N@12f/720P(Non Resolution realtime)/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/ Video Frame PAL:1~25f/s;NTSC:1~30f/s Rate Video Frame 32Kbps-4096Kbps, Rate For 720P: default setup is 1.5Mbps,max supports 4Mbps. For 1080P: default setup is 1.5Mbps,max supports 4Mbps.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104C-S3 HCVR4108C-S3 Port Communication RS485 port 2 USB2.0 ports( at the rear panel) Others Power DC12V ≤7W ≤8W Power Consumption (No HDD) Working -10℃-+55℃ Temperature Working 10%~90% Humidity Dimensions SMART 1U case, 270mm(W)×205mm(D)×41mm(H) ( No ≤0.5KG ≤0.55KG Weight...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104C-S3 Dual-Stream Support Audio Encode G.711A/G.711U/PCM Parameters Standard Audio Sampling 8KHz,16Bit Rate Audio Bit Rate 64Kbps Video Port Analog Video 4-ch BNC port(HDCVI HD video/general standard definition video self- Input adaptive) Network Video Max add 2 IP channel connections.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual HCVR5104H HCVR5108H Parameter High-performance industrial embedded micro controller Main System Processor Embedded LINUX System Multiplex operations: Multiple-channel record, multiple-channel playback Resources and network operation simultaneously User-friendly graphical user interface Interface Input USB mouse Devices Input Arabic number, English character, donation and extension Chinese Method (optional)
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Channel Channel name, recording status, screen lock status, video loss status Information and motion detection status are shown on the bottom left of display screen. Color Hue, brightness, contrast, saturation and gain setup for each channel. Configuratio 1-ch 200-2000mv 10KΩ(RCA) Audio...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Network View alarm information such as motion detection and video loss via Function client. Support network PTZ lens control File download backup and playback Multiple devices share information via corresponding software such as professional surveillance software (PSS) Duplex transparent COM Network alarm input and output Zero-channel encoding.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Power General Consumptio ≤15W (With adapter, exclude HDD) Parameter Working -10℃-+55℃ Temperatur Working 10%-90% Humidity 86kpa-106kpa Pressure 325(W) x245 (D) x45mm(H) Dimension Weight 1.25KG(Exclude HDD) Installation Desktop installation Mode 1.3.12 HCVR51XXH-V2 Series Parameters HCVR5104H-V2 HCVR5108H-V2 HCVR5116H-V2 System Main Processor...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104H-V2 HCVR5108H-V2 HCVR5116H-V2 Alarm Output HDD Port 1 SATA port,does not support eSATA port Space Communication Network 1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port Port Communication RS485 port 2 USB ports Others Power DC12V ≤30W(With power adapter, no HDD) Power Consumption Working...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Monitor Support monitor tour functions such as motion detection, and schedule Touring auto control. PAL/NTSC Real-time monitor: 720P 1280*720 Resolution Playback: (PAL/NTSC All-ch: 720P 1280*720, 960H 960 ×576/960×480, D1 704×576/704×480, HD1 352×576/352×480, 2CIF 704×288/704×240, CIF 352×288/ 352×240 , QCIF 176×144/176×120 Support dual streams: extra stream resolution CIF 352×288/ 352×240, QCIF 176×144/176×120.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Various File Can switch to previous or next file or any file in current play list. Switch Can switch to file on other channel of the same time. (If there is a file) Ways Support file continuous play, when a file is end system auto plays the next file in the current channel Playback Support mark playback...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Display version information: channel amount, system version and release Version date. On-line user Display current on-line user User Multi-lever user management; various management modes Management User Integrated management for local user, serial port user and network user. Manageme Configurable user power.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104HC-V2 HCVR5108HC-V2 HCVR5116HC-V2 Network Video Input Video Output 1-channel VGA output, 1-channel HDMI output (of the same video source), HDMI/ VGA video output at the same time. Loop Output Matrix Output Audio Port Audio Input Audio Output Bidirectional Talk Input...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Compression Video Standard Compressio H.264 Audio Compressio G711A, G711U, PCM 4-CH composite video input: 8-CH composite video input: Video Input 75Ω) 75Ω) (NTSC/PAL) BNC (1.0V (NTSC/PAL) BNC (1.0V P- P, P- P, 1-ch VGA output. Video 1-ch HDMI output.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Audio:PCM 28.8MByte/h Hard Disk Occupation Video:56-900MByte/h Manual recording, motion detection recording, schedule recording and alarm recording Recording Priority: Manual recording> alarm recording>motion detection Mode Record and recording>schedule recording. playback Storage Support channel record quota setup Mode Recording 1 to 120 minutes single record duration (Default setup is 60 minutes)
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Manual Enable or disable alarm input channel Alarm Support analog alarm signal to specific alarm output channel. Control 8-ch alarm input(NO/NC ) Alarm Input 4-ch alarm input(NO/NC) Alarm 3-channel relay output. Output 2A,125VAC 1A(activation alarm ) Alarm Relay 30V DC 2 USB 2.0 ports.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 1.3.16 HCVR51HE-V2 Series Parameters HCVR5104HE-V2 HCVR5108HE-V2 HCVR5116HE-V2 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 720P/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution Video Frame PAL:1~25f/s;NTSC:1~30f/s Rate Video Frame 1536Kbps-4096Kbps, Rate For 720P: default setup is 2Mbps,max supports 4Mbps Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104HE-V2 HCVR5108HE-V2 HCVR5116HE-V2 Dimensions Mini 1U case,325mm(W)×245mm(D)×45mm(H) Weight 1.25KG(No HDD) Installation Desk Mode 1.3.17 HCVR71XXH-V2 Series Parameters HCVR7104H-V2 HCVR7108H-V2 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P /720P/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104H-V2 HCVR7108H-V2 2 USB ports Others Power DC12V Power ≤30W(With power adapter, no HDD) Consumption Working -10℃-+55℃ Temperature Working 10%~90% Humidity Dimensions Mini 1U case,325mm(W)×245mm(D)×45mm(H) Weight 1.25KG(No HDD) Installation Desk Mode 1.3.18 HCVR71XXHC-V2 Series Parameters HCVR7104HC-V2 HCVR7108HC-V2...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104HC-V2 HCVR7108HC-V2 Alarm Output HDD Port 1 SATA port,does not support eSATA port Space Communication Network 1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port Port Communication RS485 port 2 USB ports Others Power DC12V ≤30W(With power adapter, no HDD) Power Consumption Working...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104HE-S2 HCVR4108HE-S2 HCVR4116HE-S2 3Mbps. Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream Support Audio Encode G.711A/G.711U/PCM Parameters Standard Audio Sampling 8KHz,16Bit Rate Audio Bit Rate 64Kbps Video Port Analog Video 4-channel,BNC port 8-channel,BNC port 16-channel, Input BNC port Network...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104H-S2 HCVR5108H-S2 HCVR5116H-S2 Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P(1~15fps)/720P/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution Video Frame HDCVI:1~25f/s(PAL);1~30f/s(NTSC) Rate CVBS:1~25f/s(PAL);1~30f/s(NTSC) Video Frame 2048Kbps-4096Kbps, Rate For 1080P/720P: default setup is 2Mbps,max supports 4Mbps. For 960H: default setup is 1Mbps,max supports 3Mbps. Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104H-S2 HCVR5108H-S2 HCVR5116H-S2 Dimensions Mini 1U case,325mm(W)×245mm(D)×45mm(H) Weight 1.25KG(No HDD) Installation Desk Mode 1.3.22 HCVR51XXHE-S2 Series Parameters HCVR5104HE-S2 HCVR5108HE-S2 HCVR5116HE-S2 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P(1~15fps)/720P/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104HE-S2 HCVR5108HE-S2 HCVR5116HE-S2 Port Communication RS485 port 2 USB ports Others Power DC12V Power ≤15W(With power adapter, no HDD) Consumption Working -10℃-+55℃ Temperature Working 10%~90% Humidity Dimensions Mini 1U case,325mm(W)×245mm(D)×45mm(H) Weight 1.25KG(No HDD) Installation Desk Mode 1.3.23 HCVR710XH-S2 Series...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104H-S2 HCVR7108H-S2 Playback Backup Mode HDD, burner, USB device, network backup Alarm Alarm Input Alarm Output HDD Port 1 SATA port,does not support eSATA port Space Communication Network 1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port Port Communication RS485 port...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104HE-S2 HCVR7108HE-S2 HDMI/ VGA video output at the same time. Loop Output Matrix Output Audio Port Audio Input 4-channel RCA port. Audio Output 1-channel RCA port. Bidirectional Reuse the audio input/output port. Talk Input Record Record Mode Schedule record/manual record/MD record/Alarm record...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104HE-S3 HCVR4108HE-S3 HCVR4116HE-S3 Rate Audio Bit Rate 64Kbps Video Port Analog Video 4-ch port 8-ch BNC port(HDCVI 16-ch Input (HDCVI video/general port(HDCVI video/general standard definition video/general standard definition video self-adaptive) standard definition video self-adaptive) video self-adaptive) ...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104HE-S3 HCVR4108HE-S3 HCVR4116HE-S3 ≤1.1KG ≤1.25KG ≤1.45KG Weight Installation Desk Mode 1.3.26 HCVR51XXHE-S3 Series Parameters HCVR5104HE-S3 HCVR5108HE-S3 HCVR5116HE-S3 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P@12f/720P@15f/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF Resolution Video Frame...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104HE-S3 HCVR5108HE-S3 HCVR5116HE-S3 Talk Input Record Record Mode Schedule record/manual record/MD record/Alarm record Playback Mode Instant playback, normal playback, event playback, mark playback, smart playback Record 4-channel 8-channel 16-channel Playback playback playback playback Backup Mode HDD, burner, USB device, network backup Alarm Alarm Input...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104HE-S3 HCVR7108HE-S3 HCVR7116HE-S3 video/general standard definition video/general standard definition video self-adaptive) standard definition video self-adaptive) video self-adaptive) Network Video Max add 2 IP Max add 4 IP Max add 8 IP Input channel channel...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104HE-S3 HCVR7108HE-S3 HCVR7116HE-S3 Installation Desk Mode 1.3.28 HCVR71XXH-S3 Series Parameters HCVR7104HS3 HCVR7108H-S3 HCVR7116H-S3 System Main Processor Industrial embedded micro controller Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P/720P/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF Resolution Video Frame PAL:1~25f/s;NTSC:1~30f/s Rate Video Frame...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104HS-S2 HCVR4108HS-S2 HCVR4116HS-S2 setup is 1Mbps,max supports 3Mbps. Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream Support Audio Encode G.711A/G.711U/PCM Parameters Standard Audio Sampling 8KHz,16Bit Rate Audio Bit Rate 64Kbps Video Port Analog Video 4-channel,BNC port 8-channel,BNC port 16-channel,...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR2108HS-S2 HCVR2116HS-S2 Embedded LINUX Video Video Encode H.264 Parameters Standard Encode 720P(1-15f/s)/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Resolution Video Frame HDCVI:1~12f/s Rate CVBS:1~20f/s(PAL);1~20f/s(NTSC) Video Frame 1024Kbps-4096Kbps, Rate For 720P: default setup is 1Mbps,max supports 4Mbps. For 960H: default setup is 1Mbps,max supports 3Mbps. Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters 2104HS-S3 2108HS-S3 2116HS-S3 HDD Port 1 SATA port,does not support eSATA port Space Communication Network 1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port Port Communication RS485 port 2 USB2.0 ports(One at the front panel and one at the rear panel) Others Power DC12V...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR4104HS-S3 HCVR4108HS-S3 HCVR4116HS-S3 switch. Max 5 IP switch. Max 9 IP switch. Max 18 channel channel IP channel connections connections connections Connection Connection Connection bandwidth:4Mbp bandwidth:8Mbp bandwidth:8Mbp s-20Mbps s-40Mbps s-56Mbps Video Output 1-channel VGA output,...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104HS-S3 HCVR5108HS-S3 HCVR5116HS-S3 Parameters Standard Encode 1080P@15f/1080N/720P/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF/1080P@15f/720P@ Resolution 15f/960H/D1/HD1/2CIF/CIF Video Frame PAL:1~25f/s;NTSC:1~30f/s Rate Video Frame 32Kbps-6144Kbps, Rate For 720P: default setup is 2Mbps,max supports 4Mbps. For 1080P: default setup is 2Mbps,max supports 6Mbps. Bit Stream Type Video stream/composite stream Dual-Stream Support...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR5104HS-S3 HCVR5108HS-S3 HCVR5116HS-S3 Space Communication Network 1 RJ45 port, 100Mbps Ethernet port Port Communication RS485 port 2 USB2.0 ports(One at the front panel and one at the rear panel) Others Power DC12V Power ≤7W ≤8W ≤10W Consumption...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameters HCVR7104HS-S3 Audio Port Audio Input 1-channel RCA port. Coaxial Audio 4-ch Input Audio Output 1-channel RCA port. Bidirectional Reuse the audio input/output port of the 1 channel. Talk Input Record Record Mode Schedule record/manual record/MD record/Alarm record Playback Mode Instant playback, normal playback, event playback, mark playback, smart playback...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 2 Overview and Controls This section provides information about front panel and rear panel. When you install this series DVR for the first time, please refer to this part first. 2.1 Front Panel 2.1.1 HCVR5104C/HCVR51XXC-V2/HCVR71XXC-V2/ HCVR4104/4108C-S2/ HCVR5104 5108C-S2/ HCVR7104C-S2/ HCVR2108C-S2/ HCVR410XC-S3/HCVR510XC- S3/7104C-S3 Series The front panel is shown as below.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-2 Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information. Icon Name Function To connect USB storage device, USB mouse and USB port etc. When an alarm occurs, the light becomes red to Alarm Alarm indicator light alert you.
The blue light is on when the power connection is USB2.0 port Connect to peripheral USB 2.0 storage device, mouse, burner and etc. 2.2 Rear Panel 2.2.1 HCVR5104C Series The HCVR5104C rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-5.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-5 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video input signal. USB2.0 port Connect to USB storage device, mouse, burning DVD-ROM and etc. VGA video output VGA video output port.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-6 The HCVR5108C-V2 rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-7. Figure 2-7 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Ground end Power input port Input 12V DC. Network port 100M Ethernet port VGA video output...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-8 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Ground end VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video output.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-9 The HCVR4108C-S2/HCVR2108C-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-10. Figure 2-10 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Ground end USB2.0 port Connect to USB storage device, mouse, burning DVD-ROM and etc.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual HDMI port of the display device. AUDIO OUT Audio output port Connect to video output device such as sound box. 2.2.5 HCVR5104/5108C-S2 Series The HCVR5104C-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-11. Figure 2-11 The HCVR5108C-S2 series rear panel is shown as below.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video input signal. Power input port Input 12V DC. Network port 100M Ethernet port HDMI High definition High definition audio and video media interface signal output port.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Network port 100M Ethernet port AUDIO OUT Audio output port Connect to video output device such as sound box. 2.2.7 HCVR410XC-S3/HCVR510XC-S3/7104C-S3 Series These series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-14. The following figure is based on the HCVR4108C-S3/5108C-S3 series. Figure 2-14 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-15 The HCVR5108H series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-16. Figure 2-16 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video input signal.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Power on-off button Power on/off button. Ground end 2.2.9 HCVR5104H-V2/HCVR5108H-V2/HCVR5116H-V2 Series The HCVR5104H-V2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-17. Figure 2-17 The HCVR5108H-V2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-18. Figure 2-18 The HCVR5116H-V2 series rear panel is shown as below.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-19 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power on-off button Power on/off button. VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video output.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-21 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video input signal. VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-23 The HCVR5116HC-V2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-24. Figure 2-24 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power input port Input 12V DC. Network port 100M Ethernet port VGA video output VGA video output port.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HCVR5104HE4 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-27. Figure 2-25 The HCVR5108HE series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-28. Figure 2-26 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual mouse, burning DVD-ROM and etc. Network port 100M Ethernet port RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You RS485(RS-485) can connect to the control devices communication port such as speed dome PTZ. RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HCVR5116HE-V2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-29. Figure 2-29 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power on-off button Power on/off button. Alarm input/Alarm Input/output alarm signal. output VGA video output VGA video output port.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HCVR7104H-V2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-30. Figure 2-30 The HCVR7108H-V2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-31. Figure 2-31 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Power input port Input 12V DC. RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You RS485(RS-485) can connect to the control devices communication port such as speed dome PTZ. RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video input signal. Ground end Power input port Input 12V DC. HDMI High definition High definition audio and video media interface signal output port. transmits uncompressed high definition video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display device.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Alarm input/Alarm Input/output alarm signal. output Power on-off button Power on/off button. Network port 100M Ethernet port VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video output.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HCVR4108HE-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-37. Figure 2-37 The HCVR4116HE-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-38. Figure 2-38 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Power input port Input 12V DC. RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You RS485(RS-485) can connect to the control devices communication port such as speed dome PTZ. RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-40 The HCVR5116H-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-41. Figure 2-41 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power on-off button Power on/off button. VGA video output VGA video output port.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HCVR5104HE-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-42. Figure 2-42 The HCVR5108HE-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-43. Figure 2-43 Figure 2-44 The HCVR5116HE-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-44 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Power on-off button Power on/off button. Alarm input/Alarm Input/output alarm signal. output VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video output. AUDIO IN Audio input port Connect to audio input device such as speaker.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-45 The HCVR7108H-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-46. Figure 2-46 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power on-off button Power on/off button. VGA video output VGA video output port.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ. HDMI High definition High definition audio and video media interface signal output port. transmits uncompressed high definition video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display device.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Alarm input/Alarm Input/output alarm signal. output VGA video output VGA video output port. Output port analog video signal. Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video output. AUDIO IN Audio input port Connect to audio input device such as speaker.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HCVR71XXH-S3 rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-50. The following figure is based on the HCVR7116H-S3. Figure 2-50 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Alarm input/Alarm Input/output alarm signal.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Power on-off button Power on/off button. Power cable Use clamp to secure the power cable fastener on the device in case there is any loss. 2.2.23 HCVR41XXHS-S2/ HCVR2108HS-S2/ HCVR2116HS-S2 Series The HCVR4104HS-S2 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-51. Figure 2-51 The HCVR4108HS-S2/HCVR2108HS-S2 series rear panel is shown as below.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-53 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note Power input port Input 12V DC. RS485 ( RS-485 ) RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You can connect to the control devices communication port such as speed dome PTZ.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-54 The HCVR7104HS-S3 series rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-55. Figure 2-55 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Note VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video input signal.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual communication port such as speed dome PTZ. RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ. Power input port Input 12V DC. Ground end When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the straight cable to connect to the switcher or router.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-57 2.3.3 Compact 1U Series Please refer to Figure 2-58 for connection sample. The following figure is based on the HCVR2116HS-S3/HCVR4116HS-S3/5116HS-S3 series product. Figure 2-58...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 2.3.4 Mini 1U Series Please refer to Figure 2-59 for connection sample. The following figure is based on HCVR4116HE-S3/HCVR5116HE-S3/HCVR7116HE-S3 series. Figure 2-59 2.4 Remote Control The remote control interface is shown as in Figure 2-60. Please note remote control is not our standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 2-60 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Serial Number Name Function Power button Click it to boot up or shut down the device. Address Click it to input device number, so that you can control it. Forward Various forward speeds and normal speed playback.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Cancel Go back to previous menu or cancel current operation (close upper interface or control) Record Start or stop record manually In record interface, working with the direction buttons to select the record channel. Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the Manual Record interface.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual In input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding button on the panel you can input numeral/English character (small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace button. _ stands for space button. In English input mode: _stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for deleting the previous character.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 3 Installation and Connections Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 3.1 Check Unpacked DVR When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 3.3.2 Smart 1U Series The smart 1U series includes HCVR5104C/HCVR51XXC-V2/HCVR71XXC-V2/ HCVR4104/4108C-S2/ HCVR5104 5108C-S2/ HCVR7104C-S2/ HCVR2108C-S2/ HCVR410XC-S3/HCVR510XC-S3/7104C-S3 series. The series DVR has one SATA HDD. ○ ○ ○ . Loosen the screws of the upper Fix four screws in the Place the HDD in cover and side panel.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 3.3.3 Compact 1U and Mini 1U Series The mini 1U series includes HCVR51XXH/51XXHC/51XXHE/51XXH-V2/HC-V2/HE-V2/71XXH- V2/71XXHC-V2/71XXHE-V2/ HCVR41XXHE-S2/ HCVR51XXH-S2/ HCVR51XXHE-S2/ HCVR710XH-S2/ HCVR710XHE-S2/ HCVR41XXHE-S3/HCVR51XXHE-S3/HCVR71XXH- S3/HCVR71XXHE-S3. The compact 1U series includes HCVR41XXHS-S2/ HCVR2108HS-S2/ HCVR2116HS- S2/HCVR21XXHS-S2/ HCVR21XXHS-S3/HCVR41XXHS-S3/51XXHS-S3/7104HS-S3. The series DVR has one SATA HDD. ①...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please check input voltage and device power button match or not. We recommend you use UPS to guarantee steady operation, DVR life span, and other peripheral equipments operation such as cameras. 3.5 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices 3.5.1 Connecting Video Input The video input interface is BNC.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Audio transmission is similar to video transmission. Try to avoid interference, dry joint, loose contact and it shall be away from high tension current. 3.6.2 Audio Output The audio output signal parameter is usually over 200mv 1KΩ (BNC or RCA). It can directly connect to low impedance earphone, active sound box or amplifier-drive audio output device.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear panel. The following interface is based on the HCVR7108HE series. See Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1 ALARM 1 to ALARM 16.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4 Overview of Navigation and Controls 4.1 Boot up and Shutdown 4.1.1 Boot up Before the boot up, please make sure: The rated input voltage matches the device power on-off button. Please make sure the power wire connection is OK.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual After system booted up, you can see the following interface if it is your first login or you have restored default setup. See Figure 4-1. Please input old password and then input new password twice to confirm the change. ...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Once you forgot password, you can answer the security questions you set in chapter 4.2.1 to reset the password. In login interface, click . See Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 System pops up the following dialogue box, please answer the security questions and then input the new password twice.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Cancel the Startup button, system goes to the login interface directly when it boots up the next time. Figure 4-5 Click Cancel button or Next Step button, system goes to login interface. See Figure 4-6. System consists of three accounts: ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-7 Click Next button, you can go to network interface. See Figure 4-8. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.3. Figure 4-8...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click Next button, you can set P2P function. Scan the QR code, download the App to the cellphone, you can use the smart phone to add the device. See Figure 4-9. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.11.2.15. Figure 4-9 Now you can go to the remote device interface to add the camera to the corresponding channel.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-10 Click Next button, you can go to Encode interface. See Figure 4-11. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.11.1.3. Figure 4-11...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click Next button, you can go to Schedule interface. See Figure 4-12. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.11.4.1.1. Figure 4-12 Click Finish button, system pops up a dialogue box. Click the OK button, the startup wizard is complete. See Figure 4-13.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Preview drag: If you want to change position of channel 1 and channel 2 when you are previewing, you can left click mouse in the channel 1 and then drag to channel 2, release mouse you can switch channel 1 and channel 2 positions.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-16 Put the middle button at the centre of the zone you want to zoom in, and move the mouse, you can view an interface shown as in Figure 4-17. Figure 4-17 Right click mouse to cancel zoom and go back to the original interface. Manual record function It is to backup the video of current channel to the USB device.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.5 Right-Click Menu On the preview interface, right click mouse, you can view menu interface shown as in Figure 4-18. Tips After you go to the corresponding interface, right click mouse to go back to the upper-level. Figure 4-18 4.5.1 Window Switch System supports 1/4/8/9-window (The options here depend on your product channel amount).
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.5.3 PTZ Control The PTZ setup is shown as in See Figure 4-20. Please note the commend name is grey once device does not support this function. The PTZ operation is only valid in one-window mode. Here you can control PTZ direction, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, scan, pattern aux function, light and wiper, rotation and etc.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-22 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Please note the above interface may vary due to different protocols. The button is grey and can not be selected once the current function is null. Right click mouse or click the ESC button at the front panel to go back to the Figure 4-20.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click Set button and then input preset number. Click Set button to save current preset. Figure 4-24 Tour Setup In Figure 4-23, click tour button. Input tour value and preset No. Click Add preset button to add current preset to the tour. See Figure 4-25.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-26 Scan Setup In Figure 4-23, click Scan button. Use direction buttons to set camera left limit and then click Left button. Use direction buttons to set camera right limit and then click Right button. Now the scan setup process is complete.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Call Scan In Figure 4-22, input Scan value and then click to call a tour. Click again to stop call. Rotate In Figure 4-22, click to enable the camera to rotate. System supports preset, tour, pattern, scan, rotate, light and etc function. Note: ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-29 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Item Note Period There are two periods in one day. You can set different sharpness, brightness, and contrast setup for different periods. Effective Time Check the box here to enable this function and then set period time.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Item Note from 0 to 100. The default value is 50. The larger the number, the strong the color is. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the whole video. The video color may become too strong if the value is too high. For the grey part of the video, the distortion may occur if the white balance is not accurate.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.5.9 Alarm Output Please refer to chapter 0 for detailed information. 4.5.10 Remote Device Please refer to chapter 4.11.1.1 for detailed information. 4.5.11 Video Matrix Please refer to chapter 4.11.5.3 for detailed information. 4.5.12 Main menu Please refer to chapter 4.8 for detailed information.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual It is to pop up channel tree. You can left click to select a channel on the tree and then drag it to the preview window on the left pane. 4.6.7 PTZ Click , system goes to the PTZ control interface. Please refer to chapter 4.5.3. 4.6.8 Color Click button , system goes to the color interface.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual , system goes to the HDD manager interface. It is to view and manage HDD information. Click Please refer to chapter 4.11.4.2. 4.6.15 USB Manager , system goes to the USB Manager interface. It is to view USB information, backup and Click update.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-35 4.9 Operation 4.9.1 Search Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-36. Usually there are three file types: R: Regular recording file. A: External alarm recording file. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-36 Please refer to the following sheet for more information. Name Function Here is to display the searched picture or file. Display Support 1/4/8-window playback. window Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file. You can select to play from the read-write HDD, from peripheral device or from redundancy HDD.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual option. The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card Card number/field setup bar. You can implement advanced search. number search Click it to go to mark file list interface. You can view all mark information of current Mark file channel by time.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The volume of the playback Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode, the system can snapshot 1 picture. System supports custom snap picture saved path. Please connect the peripheral device first, click snap button on the full-screen mode, you can select or create path.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Other Functions When system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin smart search. Click the motion detect button to begin play. Once the motion detect play has begun, click button again will terminate current motion detect file play.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click the , you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again, system stops smart search playback. Important System does not support motion detect zone setup during the full-screen mode. During the multiple-channel playback, system stops playback of rest channels if you implement one-channel smart search.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-39 Playback Mark During 1-window playback mode, click mark file list button in Figure 4-36, you can go to mark file list interface. Double click one mark file, you can begin playback from the mark time. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Double click one mark information item, you can see system pops up a dialogue box for you to change mark information. You can only change mark name here. Delete Here you can check the mark information item you want to delete and then click Delete button, you can remove one mark item.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-42 Note Select split mode, so that the record can be spliced in several sections. Select splice file. Click Playback, system playbacks from the first of current date by default. Click time bar, system playbacks from the time you click. ...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Name Function Display It is to display human face detection file list. The latest file is at the top. \ Click Export, you can export the selected file to the USB device. There are two types: image/record. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-45 System only backup files with a √ before channel name. You can use Fn or cancel button to delete √ after file serial number. Click Start button, system begins copy. At the same time, the backup button becomes stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The file name format usually is: Channel number+Record type+Time. In the file name, the YDM format is Y+M+D+H+M+S. File extension name is .dav. Tips: During backup process, you can click ESC to exit current interface for other operation. The system will not terminate backup process.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-48 4.10.1.1 HDD Information Here is to list hard disk type, total space, free space, video start time and status. See Figure 4-49. SATA: 1 here means system max supports 1 HDD. ○ means current HDD is normal. X means there is error.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-49 Double click one HDD information; you can see the HDD SMART information. See Figure 4-50. Figure 4-50 4.10.1.2 Record Info It is to view record start time and end time. See Figure 4-51.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-51 4.10.1.3 Record Estimate System can calculate the record time based on the HDD space, or you can input the record time you want to calculate the HDD space you need. See Figure 2-50. Figure 4-52...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click after the channel name, system pops up Edit dialogue box. See Figure 2-49. You can input resolution, frame rate, bit stream, record time of the corresponding channel, system can calculate the record time based on the channel setup and HDD space. Figure 4-53 ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-54 Calculate the HDD space based on the record period Check the channel you want to record file. Input days(s) you want to records, system can auto calculate the HDD space needed (such as 5.109TB). See Figure 4-55.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-56 4.10.1.5 Version Here is for you to view some version information such as version number, built date, serial number and etc. See Figure 4-57. Figure 4-57 4.10.2 Event It is to display device status and channel status. See Figure 4-58.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-58 4.10.3 Network 4.10.3.1 Online Users Here is for you to manage online users. See Figure 4-59. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system right. Max disconnection setup is 65535 seconds.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Network load is shown as in Figure 4-60. Here you can view the follow statistics of the device network adapter. Here you can view information of all connected network adapters. The connection status is shown as offline if connection is disconnected.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-61 4.10.4 Log Here is for you to view system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 4-62. Log types include system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, account manager, log clear, file operation and etc. It optimized reboot log. There are only three types: normal reboot, abnormal reboot and protection reboot.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-62 Select an item on the list and then click the Details button or double click the log item, you can view the detailed information such as log time, log type, log user, IP address and etc. See Figure 4-63. Figure 4-63 4.11 Setting It is for you to set camera, network, event, storage, system and etc.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Note You can see this interface after you set IP channel in chapter 4.11.1.3.5. System supports ONVIF standard protocol. 4.11.1.1.1 Remote Device In the main menu, from Camera ->Remote, you can go to an interface shown as in Figure 4-64. Here you can add/delete remote device and view its corresponding information.
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This series product supports the IPC from many popular manufactures such as Sony, Hitachi, Axis, Samsung, Dynacolor, Arecont, Onvif and Dahua. System default IP address is 192.168.0.0 if you do not input IP address. System will not add current IP address.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-66 You can check several devices at the same time and then click the edit button .See Figure 4-3. Please check Batch modify button and then input start IP, end IP and default gateway. Figure 4-67 ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-68 Select the directory and then click the OK button. System pops up a dialogue box to remind you successfully exported. Please click OK button to exit. Note The exported file extension name is .CVS. The file information includes IP address, port, remote channel number, manufacturer, user name and password.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Select the import file and then click the OK button. System pops up a dialogue box to remind you successfully exported. Please click OK button to exit. Note: If the imported IP has conflicted with current added device, system pops up a dialogue box to remind you.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-71 4.11.1.2 Image For analog channel, the image interface is shown as in Figure 4-72. For digital channel, the image interface is shown as in Figure 4-73. Channel: Select a channel from the dropdown list. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual BLC: The device auto exposures according to the environments situation so that the darkest area of the video is cleared WDR: For the WDR scene, this function can lower the high bright section and enhance the brightness of the low bright section.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-72 Figure 4-73 4.11.1.3 Encode It is to set video bit stream, picture bit stream, video overlay parameter and etc. 4.11.1.3.1 Video Video setting includes the following items. See Figure 4-74. Channel: Select the channel you want. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Type: Please select from the dropdown list. There are three options: regular/motion detect/alarm. You can set the various encode parameters for different record types. Compression: System supports H.264 and MJPEG. Smart codec: Select Start from the dropdown list to enable smart codec function. The DVR can auto reduce the video bit stream of the non-important surveillance object to save the storage space.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-75 4.11.1.3.3 Overlay Overlay interface is shown as in Figure 4-76. Cover area: Here is for you to set cover area. You can drag you mouse to set proper section size. In one channel video, system max supports 4 zones in one channel. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-76 Figure 4-77 4.11.1.3.4 Channel Name It is to modify channel name. It max supports 31-character. See Figure 4-78.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-78 4.11.1.3.5 Channel Type It is to set channel type. It supports coaxial/UTP/IP. See Figure 4-79. Figure 4-79 Important Add/cancel IP CAM function is for some 4/8/16-channel series product only. Add IP CAM: Click it; you can add corresponding X IP channels. Here X refers to the product channel amount such as 4/8/16.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-80 For example, there is a 4-channel analog device, after the A/D switch, it can max supports 4 analog channels and 4 IP channels. Once it has become the 3+1 mode (3 analog channels+1 IP channel), you click button, system becomes 3+5 mode (3 analog channels+5 IP channel).
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.1.3.1 Upgrade It is to update the camera. From main menu->setting->camera->remote upgrade, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-82. Click Browse button and then select the upgrade file. Then select a channel (or you can select device type filter to select several devices at the same time.) Click Start upgrade button to update.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual may pop up dialog box for you to confirm setup when you want to change MTU setup. C lick OK button to confirm current reboot, or you can click Cancel button to terminate current modification. Before the modification, you can check the MTU of the gateway;...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Important: System needs to reboot after you changed and saved any setup of the above four ports. Please make sure the port values here do not conflict. Figure 4-84 4.11.2.3 WIFI The WIFI interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-85. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-85 WIFI working status: Here you can view current connection status. Please note: After successful connection, you can see WIFI connection icon at the top right corner of the preview interface. When the hotspot verification type is WEP, system displays as AUTO since the device can not detect its encryption type.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual User name: It is the user name for you to login the 3G network. Password: It is the password for you to login the 3G network. Pulse interval: You can set dialup duration. Once you disable the extra stream, the connection time begins.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-87 4.11.2.6 DDNS Setup DDNS setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-88. You need a PC of fixed IP in the internet and there is the DDNS software running in this PC. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server).
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2) Function Introduction The Dahua DDNS client has the same function as other DDNS client end. It realizes the bonding of the domain name and the IP address. Right now, current DDNS server is for our own devices only. You need to refresh the bonding relationship of the domain and the IP regularly.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Except default domain name registration, you can also use customized domain name (You can input your self-defined domain name.) After successful registration, you can use domain name to login installed of the device IP. User name: It is optional.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-89 Figure 4-90 4.11.2.8 Email The email interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-91. SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here. Port: Please input corresponding port value here. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Interval: Please check the above box to enable this function and then set the corresponding interval. System can send out the email regularly as you set here. Click the Test button, you can see the corresponding dialogue box to see the email connection is OK or not.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-92 You can use a PC or FTP login tool to test setup is right or not. For example, you can login user ZHY to H140H140H140HTUFTP://10.10.7.7UTH and then test it can modify or delete folder or not. See Figure 4-93. Figure 4-93 System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-94 4.11.2.10 UPnP The UPNP protocol is to establish a mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN. Please input the router IP address in the LAN in Figure 4-83. See Figure 4-95. UPNP on/off :Turn on or off the UPNP function of the device.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual When you are setting the router external port, please use 1024~5000 port. Do not use well-known port 1~255 and the system port 256~1023 to avoid conflict. For the TCP and UDP, please make sure the internal port and external port are the same to guarantee the proper data transmission.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-97 Please enable the SNMP function. Use the corresponding software tool (MIB Builder and MG-SOFT MIB Browser. You still need two MIB file: BASE-SNMP-MIB, DVR-SNMP-MIB) to connect to the device. You can get the device corresponding configuration information after successfully connection. Please follow the steps listed below to configure.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-98 Here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. IP multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 -“D” address space The higher four-bit of the first byte=”1110” ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please note multiple cast function applies to special series only. 4.11.2.13 Register This function allows the device to auto register to the proxy you specified. In this way, you can use the client-end to access the DVR and etc via the proxy. Here the proxy has a switch function. In the network service, device supports the server address of IPv4 or domain.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-100 4.11.2.15 P2P You can use your cell phone to scan the QR code and add it to the cell phone client. Via the SN from scanning the QR code, you can access the device in the WAN. Please refer to the P2P operation manual included in the resources CD.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Open Google Play app in your smart phone. Search gDMSS Lite or gDMSS Plus, download it and install. iOS: Open App Store app in your smart phone. Search iDMSS Lite or iDMSS Plus, download it and install.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual support local activation function. The front-end can get enable/disable status, sensitivity and region setup. You can get corresponding prompt if front-end can not get the above information. You can change front-end setup if it can get. 4.11.3.1.1 Motion Detect After analysis video, system can generate a video loss alarm when the detected moving signal reached the sensitivity you set here.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled this function. Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre) if you enabled current function.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-107 Motion detect here only has relationship with the sensitivity and region setup. It has no relationship with other setups. 4.11.3.1.2 Video Loss In Figure 4-103, select video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is shown as in Figure 4-108.This function allows you to be informed when video loss phenomenon occurred.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-108 4.11.3.1.3 Tampering When someone viciously masks the lens, or the output video is in one-color due to the environments light change, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. Tampering interface is shown as in Figure 4-109.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-109 4.11.3.1.4 Diagnosis Note This function is for some series only. System can trigger an alarm when the stripe, noise, color cast, out of focus, over exposure event occurred. See Figure 4-110. Please refer to chapter 4.11.3.1.1 motion detection for detailed information.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-110 This function allows you to be informed when video is blurry, over exposure or color cast occurs. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function. Click the Rule Set button, or move the cursor to Set button and then click the Enter button on the fron t panel, the interface is shown as below.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-111 Note Video analysis alarm can trigger PTZ preset, tour, and pattern. Please refer to chapter 4.11.3.1.1 motion detection for detailed information. 4.11.3.2 Intelligence (Optional) The intelligence function is optional. The intelligence function and the human face detection can not be valid at the same time! From main menu->Setting->Event, you can go to the intelligence interface.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-112 Check the Enable box to enable tripwire function. Click Rule setup to draw the tripwire. See Figure 4-113. Figure 4-113 Select SN (Line1/2/3/4) and direction, and then input customized rule name. Line1/2/3/4: System supports four tripwires. Each SN stands for one tripwire.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Direction ( ): System can generate an alarm once there is any object crossing in the specified direction. Now you can draw a rule. Left click mouse to draw a tripwire. The tripwire can be a direct line, curve or polygon.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual In Figure 4-106. Click button after one date or a holiday, you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-107. Alarm output: when an alarm occurs, system enables peripheral alarm devices. Latch: when tripwire complete, system auto delays detecting for a specified time.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-116 Figure 4-117 4.11.3.2.2 Intrusion (Cross warning zone) Note: The intrusion function is valid once your network camera or your DVR supports this function. If your purchased DVR supports the intrusion function, it supports one analog channel. It is not for the digital channel.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-118 Check the enable box to enable intrusion function. Click Rule setup to draw the zone. See Figure 4-119. Figure 4-119 Select SN (Area1/2/3/4) and direction, and then input customized rule name. Area1/2/3/4: System supports four zones. Each SN stands for one zone. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click to delete the corresponding rule. You can refer to the chapter 4.11.3.2.1 to set parameters. 4.11.3.2.3 Object protection (Optional) Note: The object protection function is valid once your network camera or your DVR supports this function. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-121 Select SN (object1/2/3/4) and direction, and then input customized rule name. Object1/2/3/4: System supports four zones. Each SN stands for one zone. Direction ( ): For icon , system can generate an alarm once the object left in the one for the specified time.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Alarm face number: Once the detected human face number reaches the threshold you set here, system can generate an alarm. Human face RO (region of interest): Check the box, system can highlight the human face region. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual If it is your first time to boot up the device, the disconnection status of the front-end network camera will not be regarded as offline. After one successfully connection, all the disconnection events will be regarded as IPC offline event. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual interface. Once there two tours are both enabled, system can enable the alarm tour as you set here when an alarm occurred. If there is no alarm, system implements the tour setup in the Display interface.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.3.5 Abnormality There are three types: HDD/Network/user. HDD: HDD error, no disk, no space. See Figure 4-131 and Figure 4-132. Network: Disconnection, IP conflict, MAC conflict. See Figure 4-133. User:Illegal login. See Figure 4-134 . ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-134 4.11.3.6 Alarm Output Here is for you to set proper alarm output such as schedule, manual. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding alarm output. After all the setups please click OK button, system goes back to the previous menu. See Figure 4-135. Figure 4-135...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.4 Storage It is to set HDD management, storage parameters, set record plan and record control. 4.11.4.1 Schedule It is for you to set record plan and snapshot plan. 4.11.4.1.1 Record Note: You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-137 Please draw manually to set record period. There are six periods in one day. See Figure 4-138. Figure 4-138 Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-139 Figure 4-140 4.11.4.1.1.1 Quick Setup Copy function allows you to copy one channel setup to another. After setting in channel 1, click Copy button, you can go to interface Figure 4-141. You can see current channel name is grey such as channel 1.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-141 4.11.4.1.1.2 Redundancy Current series product does not support redundancy function. Redundancy function allows you to memorize record file in several disks. When there is file damage occurred in one disk, there is a spare one in the other disk. You can use this function to maintain data reliability and safety.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Schedule interface, please enable snapshot function. See Figure 4-144. Please refer to the following figures for detailed information. Figure 4-142 Figure 4-143...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-144 4.11.4.1.2.2 Trigger Snapshot Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred. In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input snapshot mode as trigger, size, quality and frequency.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-146 4.11.4.1.2.3 Priority Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.4.2 HDD Manager Here is for you to view and implement hard disk management. See Figure 4-148. You can see current HDD type, status, capacity and etc. The operation includes format HDD, and change HDD property (read and write/read-only/redundancy). Figure 4-148 4.11.4.3 Record 4.11.4.3.1 Record Control...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-149 4.11.4.3.2 Snapshot Operation Check the corresponding box to enable/disable schedule snapshot function. See Figure 4-150. Figure 4-150 Tips You can check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel snapshot function. 4.11.4.4 HDD Detect...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The HDD detect function is to detect HDD current status so that you can clearly understand the HDD performance and replace the malfunction HDD. There are two detect types: Quick detect is to detect via the universal system files. System can quickly complete the HDD scan. If you want to use this function, please make sure the HDD is in use now.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-152 4.11.4.4.2 Detect Report After the detect operation, you can go to the detect report to view corresponding information. The detect report interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-153. Figure 4-153 Click the item you can see the detailed information such as detect result. See Figure 4-154.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-154 4.11.5 System 4.11.5.1 General 4.11.5.1.1 Device General setting includes the following items. See Figure 4-155. Device ID: Please input a corresponding device name here. Device No: Here you can set device number. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Startup wizard: Once you check the box here, system will go to the startup wizard directly when the system restarts the next time. Otherwise, it will go to the login interface. Mouse property: You can set double click speed via dragging the slide bard. You can Click Default button to restore default setup.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-156 4.11.5.1.3 Holiday Holiday setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-157. Click Add new holiday button, you can input new holiday information. See Figure 4-158. Here you can set holiday name, repeat mode and start/end time. Note ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-157 Figure 4-158 4.11.5.2 Display It is to set display, TV adjust, tour, zero-channel encode, and preview favorites information. 4.11.5.2.1 Display Display setup interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-159.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Time display: You can select to display time or not when system is playback. Channel display: You can select to channel name or not when system is playback. Image original rate: Check the box here, the video can be displayed at its actual size. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Delete: Click it to remove selected channel group. Move up: Click it to move current selected channel up. Move down: Click it to move current selected channel down. Default: Click it to restore default setup. Tips: ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Bit Rate: The bit rate value may vary due to different device capabilities and frame rate setups. Please select from the dropdown list. Save: Click the Save button to save current setup. If this function is disabled, you can not operate zero-channel encoding function at the WEB, the video is black or null even you operate when the function is disabled.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.5.4 PTZ The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. See Figure 4-165. PTZ type: There are two options: local/remote. Please select remote if you are connecting to the network PTZ. See Figure 4-166. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-166 4.11.5.5 ATM/POS The ATM/POS function is for financial areas. It includes Sniffer, information analysis and title overlay function. The Sniffer mode is network. The network type interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-167. Here we take the ATM/POS protocol to continue.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-167 Without the protocol For the ATM/POS without the protocol, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-168. Source IP refers to host IP address that sends out information (usually it is the device host.) Destination IP refers to other systems that receive information.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.5.6 Voice The audio function is to manage audio files and set schedule play function. It is to realize audio broadcast activation function. 4.11.5.6.1 File List Here you can add audio file, listen to the audio file, or rename/delete audio file. Here you can also set audio volume.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual In Figure 4-169, when it is USB mode, after you imported, you need to connect the USB device all the time; otherwise, the audio link function may fail. So, if you want to use the audio trigger function, please make sure the audio file is on the UBS device and the USB device has connected to the DVR before the DVR boots up.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-171 4.11.5.7.1 Add User Click modify user button in Figure 4-171 , the interface is shown as in Figure 4-172. Please input the user name, password, select the group it belongs to from the dropdown list. Then you can check the corresponding rights for current user.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-172 When you create a new user, you can input the corresponding MAC address of current user. If you leave this item in blank, any MAC address user can share this user account to login. Please note system needs to check the validity of MAC.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click Set button, you can set six periods in one day. See Figure 4-174. Check the box after the period, you can enable current setup. Figure 4-174 4.11.5.7.2 Modify user Click , you can go to the following interface to change user information. See Figure 4-175. For admin, 888888, and default (hidden user), you can not change period setup.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.5.7.3 Change Password In Figure 4-175, check the Modify password box, you can change password. Please input old password, and then input new password twice to confirm. The password can contain 32-byte and the space at the begin or at the end of the password are null. It can contain in the middle of the password.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-177 4.11.5.7.5 Security Question The security question is shown as below. See Figure 4-178. Here you can change security questions. Figure 4-178...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 4.11.5.8 Auto Maintain Here you can set auto-reboot time and auto-delete old files setup. You can set to delete the files for the specified days. See Figure 4-179. You can select proper setup from dropdown list. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual If you go to the configuration backup interface first and then insert the peripheral device, please click Refresh button to view the newly added device. Figure 4-180 4.11.5.10 Default Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore default factory setup.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 4-181 4.11.5.11 Update Here is for you to view hardware features, software version, built date, release SN information and etc. You can also update system here. See Figure 4-182. Start: Please insert the USB device that have the update file to the device and then click the Start button to begin the update.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 5 WEB OPERATION Slightly difference may be found in the interface due to different series. 5.1 Network Connection Before web client operation, please check the following items: Network connection is right DVR and PC network setup is right. Please refer to network setup(main menu->Setting->Network) ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 5.3 LAN Mode For the LAN mode, after you logged in, you can see the main window. See Figure 5-3. Figure 5-3 This main window can be divided into the following sections. Section 1: there are six function buttons: Live(chapter 5.4), playback (chapter 5.10) setup (chapter 5.8), info (chapter 5.9), alarm (chapter 5.11), face search (chapter 5.11)and logout (chapter 5.13).
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please note, if audio input port from the device to the client-end is using the first channel audio input port. During the bidirectional talk process, system will not encode the audio data from the 1-channel. Figure 5-6 ...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual In section 2, left click the channel name you want to view, you can see the corresponding video in current window. On the top left corner, you can view device IP (10.15.6.144), channel number (1), network monitor bit stream (61Kbps) and stream type: M (Main stream)/S (Sub stream).
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameter Function Select Tour from the dropdown list. Tour Input preset value in the column. Click Add preset button, you have added one preset in the tour. Repeat the above procedures you can add more presets in one tour.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-12 5.7 WAN Login In WAN mode, after you logged in, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-13. Figure 5-13 Please refer to the following contents for LAN and WAN login difference. 1) In the WAN mode, system opens the main stream of the first channel to monitor by default.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-14 Important The window display mode and the channel number are by default. For example, for the 16- channel, the max window split mode is 16. 3) Multiple-channel monitor, system adopts extra stream to monitor by default. Double click one channel, system switches to single channel and system uses main stream to monitor.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-15 Figure 5-16 Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Click Device search button, you can view the searched device Device information on the list. It includes device IP address, port, device search name, manufacturer and type.
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Note: System supports manufactures such as Panasonic, Sony, Dynacolor, Samsung, AXIS, Arecont, Dahua and Onvif standard protocol. If you do not input IP address here. System uses default IP 192.168.0.0 and system does not connect to this IP.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-18 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Period It divides one day (24 hours) to two periods. You can set different hue, brightness, and contrast for different periods.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual ranges from 40 to 60. The gain adjust is to set the gain value. The smaller the value Gain is, the low the noise is. But the brightness is also too low in the dark environments. It can enhance the video brightness if the value is high.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual video according to the device feature (The general bright of the video or there is IR light or not.) B/W: The device outputs the black and white video. Sensor: It is to set when there is peripheral connected IR light.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The main bit stream supports H.264. The extra stream supports Compression H.264, MJPG. Select Start from the dropdown list to enable smart codec Smart Codec function. The DVR can auto reduce the video bit stream of the non-important surveillance object to save the storage space.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual set. Trigger snapshot only is valid when motion detect alarm, tampering alarm or local activation alarm occurs. Image size It is the same with the resolution of the main stream. It is to set the image quality. There are six levels. Quality It is to set snapshot frequency.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The storage path interface is shown as in Figure 5-22. Here you can set snap image saved path ( in the preview interface) and the record storage path in the preview interface).The default setup is C:\PictureDownload and C:\RecordDownload. Please click the Save button to save current setup.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-24 5.8.2 Network 5.8.2.1 TCP/IP The TCP/IP interface is shown as in Figure 5-25. Figure 5-25 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Mode There are two modes: static mode and the DHCP mode. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual IP/submask/gateway from the DHCP. If you switch from the DHCP mode to the static mode, you need to reset the IP parameters. Besides, IP/submask/gateway and DHCP are read-only when the PPPoE dial is OK. Mac Address It is to display host Mac address.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual RTSP port The default value is 554. 5.8.2.3 WIFI Please note this function is for the device of WIFI module. The WIFI interface is shown as in Figure 5-27. Figure 5-27 Please check the box to enable WIFI function and then click the Search SSID button. Now you can view all the wireless network information in the following list.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual APN/Dial No. Here is the important parameter of PPP. Authorization It includes PAP,CHAP,NO_AUTH. Pulse interval It is to set time to end 3G connection after you close extra stream monitor. For example, if you input 60 here, system ends 3G connection after you close extra stream monitor 60 seconds.
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Device IP is not fixed if you use ADSL to login the network. The DDNS function allows you to access the DVR via the registered domain name. Besides the general DDNS, the Dahua DDNS works with the device from the manufacturer so that it can add the extension function.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The Dahua DDNS client has the same function as other DDNS client end. It realizes the bonding of the domain name and the IP address. Right now, current DDNS server is for our own devices only. You need to refresh the bonding relationship of the domain and the IP regularly.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-33 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Please check the box here to enable email function. Enable Input server address and then enable this function. SMTP Server Port Default value is 25. You can modify it if necessary. For the server supports the anonymity function.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameter Function Please check the box here to enable this function. Health mail enable This function allows the system to send out the test email to Update period check the connection is OK or not. (interval) Please check the box to enable this function and then set the corresponding interval.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-35 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Check the corresponding box to enable PAT function. Status Display UPnP function status. It is corresponding to the UPnP mapping information on the router. Check the box before the service name to enable current PAT service.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-36 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function The listening port of the proxy program of the device. It is a SNMP Port UDP port not a TCP port. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. The default value is 161 It is a string.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-37 5.8.2.13 Auto Register The auto register interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-38. This function allows the device to auto register to the proxy you specified. In this way, you can use the client-end to access the DVR and etc via the proxy.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual The P2P interface is shown as in Figure 5-40. Check the Enable box to enable P2P function and then click the Save button. Now you can view the device status and SN. Figure 5-40 5.8.2.16 HTTPS In this interface, you can set to make sure the PC can successfully login via the HTTPS.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-42 You can see the corresponding prompt. See Figure 5-43. Now the server certificate is successfully created. Figure 5-43 5.8.2.16.2 Download root certificate In Figure 5-41, click button, system pops up a dialogue box. See Figure 5-44. Figure 5-44 Click Open button, you can go to the following interface.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-45 Click Install certificate button, you can go to certificate wizard. See Figure 5-46. Figure 5-46 Click Next button to continue. Now you can select a location for the certificate. See Figure 5-47.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-47 Click Next button, you can see the certificate import process is complete. See Figure 5-48. Figure 5-48 Click Finish button, you can see system pops up a security warning dialogue box. See Figure 5-49. Figure 5-49...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click Yes button, system pops up the following dialogue box, you can see the certificate download is complete. See Figure 5-50. Figure 5-50 5.8.2.16.3 View and set HTTPS port From Setup->Network->Connection, you can see the following interface. See Figure 5-51. You can see HTTPS default value is 443.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-54 Figure 5-55 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check the box to enable motion detection function. Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Motion detection function becomes activated in the specified Period periods.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameter Function to select a zone. The corresponding color zone displays different detection zone. You can click Fn button to switch between the arm mode and disarm mode. In arm mode, you can click the direction buttons to move the green rectangle to set the motion detection zone.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-56 5.8.3.1.3 Tampering The tampering interface is shown as in Figure 5-57. After analysis video, system can generate a tampering alarm when the detected moving signal reached the sensitivity you set here. For detailed setups, please refer to chapter 5.8.3.1.1 motion detect for detailed information. Figure 5-57 5.8.3.1.4 Diagnosis...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual System can trigger an alarm when the stripe, noise, color cast, out of focus, over exposure event occurred. See Figure 5-58. Figure 5-58 Click Set button, you can check the corresponding box to select diagnosis type. See Figure 5-59. Figure 5-59 Note Video diagnosis alarm can trigger PTZ preset, tour, and pattern.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual System generates an alarm once there is any object crossing the tripwire in the specified direction. Figure 5-60 Check the Tripwire box to enable tripwire function. Select SN (Line1/2/3/4) and direction, and then input customized rule name. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click to draw filter object. See Figure 5-62. Figure 5-62 Select the blue line and then use mouse to adjust zone size. Note Each rule can set two sizes (min size/max size). Once the object is smaller than the min size or larger than the max size, there is no alarm.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-63 Check the Intrusion box to enable intrusion function. Select SN (Area1/2/3/4) and direction, and then input customized rule name. No. and Area1/2/3/4: System supports four zones. Each SN stands for one zone. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-64 For detailed setups, please refer to chapter 5.8.3.1.1 motion detect for detailed information. 5.8.3.2.3 Object Detect Note: The object detection function is valid once your network camera or your DVR supports this function. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-65 Check the Object box to enable object detect function. Select SN (object1/2/3/4) and rule type, and then input customized rule name. No. and Object1/2/3/4: System supports four zones. Each SN stands for one zone. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-66 Now you can draw a rule. Left click mouse to draw a line, until you draw a rectangle, you can right click mouse. Click Ok to complete the rule setup. For detailed setups, please refer to chapter 5.8.3.1.1 motion detect for detailed information. 5.8.3.3 Face Detect (Optional) The face detection function is optional.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual For detailed setups, please refer to chapter 5.8.3.1.1. Figure 5-67 5.8.3.4 Alarm Before operation, please make sure you have properly connected alarm devices such as buzz er. The input mode includes local alarm and network alarm. 5.8.3.4.1 Local Alarm The local alarm interface is shown as in Figure 5-68.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-69 Figure 5-70 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check the box to enable this function. Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Period This function becomes activated in the specified periods.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameter Function current channel as schedule record. System can delay the record for specified time after alarm Record Delay ended. The value ranges from 10s to 300s. Alarm out Enable alarm activation function. You need to select alarm output port so that system can activate corresponding alarm device when an alarm occurs.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual It includes three types: HDD/Network/User. See Figure 5-72 and Figure 5-74. HDD includes: No disk, disk error, disk no space. Network includes net disconnection, IP conflict, and MAC conflict. User: It includes illegal login. Figure 5-72 Figure 5-73...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-74 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event The abnormal events include: No disk, disk error, disk no space, net Type disconnection, IP conflict and MAC conflict. You can set one or more items here. Less than: You can set the minimum percentage value here (For disk not space only).
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameter Function Buzzer Check the box here to enable this function. The buzzer beeps when an alarm occurs. Check the box here, system can record the network event alarm log. 5.8.4 Storage 5.8.4.1 Schedule In this interfaces, you can add or remove the schedule record/snapshot setup. See Figure 5-75. There are three record modes: general (auto), motion detect and alarm.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-77 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Pre-record Please input pre-record time here. The value ranges from 0 to 30. Redundancy Check the box here to enable redundancy function.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-78 5.8.4.3 Record The interface is shown as in Figure 5-79. Figure 5-79 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can view channel number. Channel The number displayed here is the max channel amount of your device.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Check the corresponding All button, you can enable or disable all Start all/ channels record. stop all 5.8.5 Setting 5.8.5.1 General The general interface includes general, date/time and holiday setup. 5.8.5.1.1 General The general interface is shown as in Figure 5-80. Figure 5-80 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-81 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can select date format from the dropdown list. Date format There are two options: 24-H and 12-H. Time Format The time zone of the device. Time zone It is to set system time.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-82 5.8.5.2 Display Display interface includes GUI, TV adjust, Tour and zero-channel encoding. 5.8.5.2.1 Display Here you can set background color and transparency level. See Figure 5-83. Figure 5-83 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function There are four options:...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-84 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Check the box here to enable tour function. Enable tour Here is for you to adjust transparency. The value ranges from 5 to Interval 120s.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please select from the dropdown list. The value ranges from 1- Frame rate 25(PAL) or 1-30(NTSC). Please select from the dropdown list. Bit rate 5.8.5.3 Video Matrix The interface is shown as in Figure 5-86. Here you can set video output channel and interval.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Delete channel group Select a channel group and then click ,you can delete it. Modify channel group Select a channel group and then double click, you can see the following interface. See Figure 5-88. You can change the setup and then click OK button.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Parameter Function mode HDCVI. The control signal is sent to the PTZ via the coaxial cable. For the serial mode, the control signal is sent to the PTZ via the RS485 port. Please select corresponding protocol from the dropdown list. Protocol Set corresponding dome address.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Source IP refers to host IP address that sends out information (usually it is the device host.) Destination IP refers to other systems that receive information. Usually you do not need to set source port and target port. There are total four groups IP.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Add user: It is to add a name to group and set the user rights. See Figure 5-93. There are three default users: admin/888888 and hidden user “default”. Hidden user “default” is for system interior use only and can not be deleted. When there is no login user, hidden user “default”...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-94 5.8.5.6.2 Group The group management interface can add/remove group, modify group password and etc. The interface is shown as in Figure 5-95. Figure 5-95 Add group: It is to add group and set its corresponding rights. See Figure 5-96. Please input the group name and then check the box to select the corresponding rights.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-96 Modify group Click the modify group button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-97. Here you can modify group information such as remarks and rights. Figure 5-97 5.8.5.7 Auto maintain The auto maintain interface is shown as in Figure 5-98.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Here you can select auto reboot and auto delete old files interval from the dropdown list. If you want to use the auto delete old files function, you need to set the file period. Click Manual reboot button, you can restart device manually. Figure 5-98 5.8.5.8 Import/Export The interface is shown as in Figure 5-99.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please select the upgrade file and then click the update button to begin update. Please note the file name shall be as *.bin. During the upgrade process, do not unplug the power cable, network cable, or shutdown the device.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data Type operation, event operation, record operation, user management, log clear. Set the start time of the requested log. Start time Set the end time of the requested log.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 5.10 Playback Click Playback button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-106. Figure 5-106 5.10.1 Search Record Please set record type, record date, window display mode and channel name. Select Date You can click the date on the right pane to select the date.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-108 Now you can select one or more channel(s) and then click to search record(s). System supports one or more channels. The window split mode can auto adjust according to the channel amount. System max supports 16-split. Click button to select all channels at the same time.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-110 5.10.3 Playback Select a file you want to play and then click Play button, system can begin playback. You can select to playback in full-screen. Please note for one channel, system can not playback and download at the same time.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-111 5.10.5 Load more It is for you to search record or picture. You can select record channel, record type and record time to download. Or you can use watermark function to verify file. 5.10.5.1 Download By File Select channel, record type, bit stream type and then input start time and end time.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Click Download to local, system pops up the following interface for you to set record format and saved path.See Figure 5-113. Figure 5-113 You can click OK to download and view the download process. After the download operation, you can see corresponding dialog box.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-115 Set record format and saved path, you can click OK to download and view the download process. After the download operation, you can see corresponding dialog box. 5.10.5.3 Watermark Watermark interface is shown as In Figure 5-116. Please select a file and then click Verify button to see the file has been tampered with or not Figure 5-116 5.11 Face Search...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-117 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Name Function Display It is to display human face detection file list. The latest file is at the top. \ Click Export, you can export the selected file to the USB device. ...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-118 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Type Parameter Function Alarm Video loss System alarms when video loss occurs. Type Motion detection System alarms when motion detection alarm occurs. Tampering System alarms when camera is viciously masking. Disk full System alarms when disk is full.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Figure 5-119 5.14 Un-install Web Control You can use web un-install tool “uninstall web.bat” to un-install web control. Please note, before you un-installation, please close all web pages, otherwise the un-installation might result in error.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 6 Professional Surveillance System Besides Web, you can use our Smart PSS to login the device. For detailed information, please refer to Smart PSS user’s manual.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual 7 FAQ 1. DVR can not boot up properly. There are following possibilities: Input power is not correct. Power connection is not correct. Power switch button is damaged. Program upgrade is wrong. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual DVR color or brightness setup is not correct. 6. Can not search local records. There are following possibilities: HDD ribbon is damaged. HDD is broken. Upgraded program is not compatible. The recorded file has been overwritten.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual PTZ decoder and DVR address is not compatible. When there are several decoders, please add 120 Ohm between the PTZ decoder A/B cables furthest end to delete the reverberation or impedance matching. Otherwise the PTZ control is not stable.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Burner and DVR are in the same data cable. System uses too much CPU resources. Please stop record first and then begin backup. Data amount exceeds backup device capacity. It may result in burner error. ...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Please contact your local service engineer or our sales person for help. We can guide you to solve this problem. 24. When I login via HTTPS, a dialogue says the certificate for this website is for other address. Please follow chapter 5.8.2.16.1 to create server certificate.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte.
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Appendix B Compatible Backup Device List Compatible USB drive list NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. If you use the USB drive, please confirm the format FAT or FAT32. Manufacturer Model Capacity...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Netac U228 Compatible SD Card List Please refer to the following sheet for compatible SD card brand. Brand Standard Capacity Card type Transcend SDHC6 16GB Kingston SDHC4 Kingston Kingston Sandisk SDHC2 Micro-SD Sandisk Micro-SD Compatible Portable HDD List Please refer to the following sheet for compatible portable HDD brand.
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Seagate Seagate SV35.1 ST3250824SV 250G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.1 ST3500641SV 500G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3250820SV 250G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3320620SV 320G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3500630SV 500G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3750640SV 750G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.3...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Seagate Seagate ST2000NM0031 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST1000NM0031 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST500NM0031 500G SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST2000NM0051 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST1000NM0051 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST500NM0051 500G SATA Constellation ES Seagate...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Westem WDAV-GP—AVCS WD2500AVCS 250G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—EVCS WD10EVCS-63ZLB0 SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—EVCS WD20EVCS-63ZLB0 SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD5000AVVS-63ZWB0 500G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD7500AVVS-63E1B1 750G SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVVS WD7500AVVS-63E1B1 750G...
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HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Maxtor DiamondMax 20 STM3320820AS 320G SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 20 STM3250820AS 250G SATA...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual APPENDIX C Compatible CD/DVD Device List NOTE: Please upgrade the DVR firmware to latest version to ensure the accuracy of the table below. And you can use the USB cable with the model recommended to set USB burner. Manufacturer Model Port Type...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Appendix D Compatible Displayer List Please refer to the following sheet for the compatible device brand. Brand Model Dimension (Unit: inch) BENQ(LCD) ET-0007-TA 19-inch (wide screen) DELL(LCD) E178FPc 17-inch BENQ(LCD) Q7T4 17-inch BENQ(LCD) Q7T3 17-inch LENOVO(LCD)...
HDCVI Series DVR User’s Manual Appendix E Compatible Switcher List Please refer to the following sheet form compatible switcher list. Brand Model Network Working Mode D-LinK DES-1016D 10/100M self-adaptive D-LinK DES-1008D 10/100M self-adaptive There are five network modes: 1、AUTO 2、HALF-10M Ruijie RG-S1926S 3、FULL-10M...
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