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  • Page 1 PDVR-S4L15 1080P 4 Channel NVR...
  • Page 2 Notes  Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.  There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3  The storage of the personal data depends on the capacity of the storage devices the users use and all data stored in the device shall be handled by themselves. Our company shall not be responsible for the data loss. Cybersecurity Recommendations ...
  • Page 4 Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance The products have been tested and found in compliance with the council FCC rules and regulations part 15 subpart B. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

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

  • Page 6: Contents

    DVR User Manual Contents 6.2 Preset Setting ....................... 42 6.3 Cruise Setting ......................43 6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting ....................44 Record & Disk Management ..................45 7.1 Record Configuration ....................45 7.1.1 Mode Configuration ..................45 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ................... 47 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ..................
  • Page 7 DVR User Manual Contents 9.5.1 Alarm-out ......................79 9.5.2 E-mail ....................... 79 9.5.3 Display ......................79 9.5.4 Buzzer ......................80 9.5.5 Push Message ....................80 9.5.6 Alarm Server ....................80 9.6 Manual Alarm ......................81 9.7 View Alarm Status ....................... 81 Account &...
  • Page 8 DVR User Manual Contents 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ..................108 12.2 Web LAN Access ....................108 12.3 Web WAN Access....................109 12.4 Web Remote Control ....................110 12.4.1 Remote Preview ................... 111 12.4.2 Remote Playback ..................114 12.4.3 Remote Backup .................... 115 12.4.4 Remote Configuration ..................

  • Page 9: Introduction

    DVR User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, our DVRs adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. The DVRs are powerful and easy to use and provide excellent image quality and stable system.
  • Page 10 DVR User Manual Introduction size  Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras)  Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live view interface  The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consistent with that of the DVR after adjusting the live camera sequence of the DVR, but the live camera sequence of the DVR will not be changed if that of the web client is changed Disk Management...
  • Page 11 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Management  Support alarm schedule setting  Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable ...

  • Page 12: Front Panel Descriptions

    DVR User Manual Introduction export and local upgrading by USB mobile device  Support auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution  You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface  You can click the middle mouse button at any interface to go to the live view interface ...

  • Page 13: Rear Panel Descriptions

    DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Multi-Screen Switch Change the screen mode Enter Confirm selection To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections.
  • Page 14 DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors Ground AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box AUDIO IN Audio input ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarms VIDEO IN 8 CH video inputs HDMI...

  • Page 15: Connections

    DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Connectors for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is RS485 AUDIO IN Audio input AHD VIDEO IN 16 CH AHD video inputs HDMI Connect to monitor Connect to monitor Network port AUDIO OUT Audio output CVBS CVBS video output;...
  • Page 16 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available. The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below: The alarm input is an open/closed relay.
  • Page 17 DVR User Manual Introduction  RS485 Connection There are two types of RS485 interfaces: （Type 1） （Type 2） Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are used to connect speed dome. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are not only used to connect speed dome but also to connect keyboard.

  • Page 18: Basic Operation Guide

    DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to extending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ①...
  • Page 19 DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Power Button Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image To go to sequence view mode Audio...

  • Page 20: Mouse Control

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

  • Page 21: Common Button Operation

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

  • Page 22: Wizard & Main Interface

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard You can quickly configure the DVR by wizard setup to make the DVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the DVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the wizard next time).
  • Page 23 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Enable pattern lock and click “Edit” to set the pattern lock. Click “Next” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details. Click “Next”...
  • Page 24 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface required. Network Fault Tolerance and Multiple Address Setting are available. ⑥ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the to add the searched camera. Click “Add same local network with DVR and then click to delete the added camera.
  • Page 25 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface or the added IPC is online. Click “Next” to continue. Tips：Please skip Step ⑦ and ⑧ if the DVR do not support RAID function. ⑦ Disk Mode. Click “Enable RAID” to enable the RAID function. Click “Next” to continue. ⑧...

  • Page 26: Main Interface

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ⑩ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details). You can scan the QRCode through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or tablet to log in the mobile client instantly.
  • Page 27 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.

  • Page 28: Setup Panel

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Button Meaning information, backup status and user status. Click this button to enable/disable cloud upgrade. Introduction of area ②: Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one IP camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.
  • Page 29 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligent Detection” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below. There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface.

  • Page 30: Main Functions

    DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3.2.3 Main Functions  Camera The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.4 Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details) and PTZ (see Chapter 6 PTZ for details) and so on. ...

  • Page 31: Camera Management

    DVR User Manual Camera Management 4 Camera Management 4.1 Camera Signal Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraCamera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels, accordingly increasing (or decreasing) the number of IP channels with the total channels unchanged.
  • Page 32 DVR User Manual Camera Management  Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

  • Page 33: Edit Camera

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

  • Page 34: Live View Introduction

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

  • Page 35: View Mode

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

  • Page 36: Quick Sequence View

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

  • Page 37: Scheme View In Sequence

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Go to the live view interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode.

  • Page 38: Spot View

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction  Add Scheme in area ① to create a new scheme. Click Click on the top right corner of the scheme to delete it.  Configure Scheme Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme.

  • Page 39: Pos Settings

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.3 POS Settings Some models may not support this function. ① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to go to the following interface. ③...
  • Page 40 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction ⑥ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to multiple channels, but one channel can only be bound to one POS. ⑦ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time.

  • Page 41: Image Configuration

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

  • Page 42: Image Settings

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

  • Page 43: Water Mark Settings

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

  • Page 44: Image Adjustment

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.4.5 Image Adjustment Go to live view interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface.  Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture.
  • Page 45 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Parameter Meaning White Balance Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically. Image Mirror Turn the current video image horizontally. Image Flip Turn the current video image vertically.  Lens Control Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens.

  • Page 46: Ptz

    DVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below.
  • Page 47 DVR User Manual  Analog Joystick Control The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates.
  • Page 48 DVR User Manual  Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image;...
  • Page 49 DVR User Manual Button Meaning Click it to change the menu mode or decrease the menu value. Click it to change the menu mode or increase the menu value. Click it to go to the previous menu. Click it to go to the next menu. ...

  • Page 50: Preset Setting

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

  • Page 51: Cruise Setting

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

  • Page 52: Ptz Protocol Setting

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

  • Page 53: Record & Disk Management

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings”...
  • Page 54 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management motion/sensor/intelligence alarm happens. ⅹ Always(24 7) Record+Motion Record+Sensor Record+Analytics Record+POS Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; motion/sensor/Analytics/POS alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/ Analytics /POS alarm happens. Some models may not support POS recording. You can add more auto modes on intelligence record.

  • Page 55: Advanced Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management will be taken up. Bitrate Type: CBR and VBR are optional. CBR means that no matter how much change is seen in the video scene, the compression bitrate will be kept constant. VBR means that the compression bitrate will be adjusted according scene changes.

  • Page 56: Schedule Setting

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management camera in “Event Recording Settings” and “Schedule Recording Settings” interfaces. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can set the record stream of each camera one by one or set them in bulk for all cameras. Click StartSettingsRecordStream Settings to go to “Sub Stream”...
  • Page 57 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management shown below. “24 ⅹ 7”, “24 ⅹ 5” and “24 ⅹ 2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or delete “24 ⅹ 7” while “24 ⅹ 5” and “24 ⅹ 2” can be edited and deleted. Click the schedule name to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface.
  • Page 58 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area. You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click and then click “Manual”...

  • Page 59: Record Schedule Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week. 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleSchedule Configuration to go to the interface as shown below.

  • Page 60: Sensor Based Recording

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Configuration for details. The camera will start motion based recording once you finish the above settings. 7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording ① Set the sensor based recording schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details.
  • Page 61 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management ② Create an array. (Go to StartSettingsDiskPhysical Disk) a. Click “Physical Disk” tab and then click “Create an array”. b. Enter the user name and password which has the authority of Disk Management. If you don’t have one, you can use the user name and password that you login system (the default username: admin).
  • Page 62 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management e. Select a hot spare. In the physical disk interface, select the disk that is not in the array and click as shown in the following pictures.  RAID Rebuilding If one of your disks is broken, the disk indicator on the front panel will turn red. Of course, a warning tip will pop up if the relevant HDD exception alarm is set.

  • Page 63: Storage Mode Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.5.1 Storage Mode Configuration Click StartSettingsDiskStorage Mode to go to the interface as shown below. There are four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The DVR with e-SATA interface supports e-SATA recording.

  • Page 64: View Disk And S.m.a.r.t. Information

    Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual You can add the important channels into the backup group to avoid data loss. Select “BK Group” and then click to add a disk as the backup disk. Then an authentication box will pop up. After entering the login username and password, click “Format Now”...

  • Page 65: Playback & Backup

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to set the default playback time).
  • Page 66 Playback & Backup DVR User Manual The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera.
  • Page 67 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Button Meaning Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s. Click it to show the water mark on the image; click to hide the water mark. Event list/tag button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/ motion and the tag information.

  • Page 68: Smart Playback

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the Add Tag added tag. Click it and then enter the tag name in the popup window. Click “Add” to add tag. Click it to switch the playback camera.
  • Page 69 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup  Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle Click and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.

  • Page 70: Record Search, Playback & Backup

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup  Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files.
  • Page 71 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be shown. If the camera thumbnail number is more than 64, the cameras will be listed directly by their camera name, not the thumbnail.

  • Page 72: Smart Search

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

  • Page 73: Search, Playback & Backup By Time

    DVR User Manual Playback & Backup the intelligence detection record. ③ Check the channel and select the smart playback. ④ Set the backup time and select the channel to backup. : Smart playback settings button. Click it to set intrusion percentage. : Full screen motion button.

  • Page 74: Search, Playback & Backup By Event

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

  • Page 75: Search & Playback By Tag

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

  • Page 76: View Backup Status

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

  • Page 77: Alarm Management

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

  • Page 78: Motion Alarm

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

  • Page 79: Motion Alarm Handling Configuration

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as a continuous movement;...
  • Page 80 DVR User Manual Alarm Management are two detect types: Abandoned object and missing object. Abandoned object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area. Missing object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles missing in the detection area drawn by the users.

  • Page 81: Exception

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

  • Page 82: Tripwire

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

  • Page 83: Intrusion Detection

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management A->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from A to B. A<-B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A. ④ Draw line. Refer to the interface as shown above. Check “Draw line” and then drag the mouse in the image to draw an alert line.
  • Page 84 DVR User Manual Alarm Management ③ Select the alarm area. Up to 4 alarm areas can be set up. ④ Draw the alarm area of the intrusion detection. Refer to the interface as shown below. Check “Draw Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the alarm area in the image (the alarm area should be a closed area).

  • Page 85: Exception Alarm

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

  • Page 86: Video Loss Settings

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

  • Page 87: Alarm Event Notification

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5 Alarm Event Notification 9.5.1 Alarm-out ① Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent Notification to go to the following interface. ② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the schedules (see 7.3.1 Add Schedule for details). ③...

  • Page 88: Buzzer

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5.4 Buzzer Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationBuzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer. 9.5.5 Push Message Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationPush Message to go to the interface as shown below.

  • Page 89: Manual Alarm

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management the device will transfer the alarm event to the alarm server. If an alarm server is not needed, there is no need to configure this section. 9.6 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger”...
  • Page 90 DVR User Manual Alarm Management If the exception information is more than one page, you can enter the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page. Click to view the exception alarm information in the previous/next page. Click to play the alarm record.

  • Page 91: Account & Permission Management

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

  • Page 92: Edit User

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (enter the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. If the password security level is changed, please follow the tips shown in interface to set the password.
  • Page 93 DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Enter the current password and then set new password. Click “OK” to save the settings.  Modify Pattern Lock Some models may not support this function. Click “Modify Pattern Lock” to pop up a window. Enter the current password and then check “Enable”...

  • Page 94: User Login & Logout

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

  • Page 95: Edit Permission Group

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

  • Page 96: Preview On Logout

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

  • Page 97: Password Security

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.6 Password Security Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurityPassword Security to go to the following interface. In this interface, you can set the level and expiration time of the password. Level: 4 levels—weak, medium, strong, stronger. Expiration Time: 4 options --Never expire, 30 days, 90 days or 180.

  • Page 98: Device Management

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

  • Page 99: Port Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually enter the network addresses; select one NIC card connected to the Internet as the default route and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 100: Pppoe Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management certificate. Enter the country (only two letters available), domain (DVR’s IP address/domain), validity date, password, province/state, region and so on. Then click “OK” to save the settings. * If there is a signed certificate, click “Browse” to select it and then click “Install” to install it. * Click “Create a certificate request”...

  • Page 101: Ddns Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management dealer. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 11.1.4 DDNS Configuration The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. You can access the DVR easily if the DDNS is enabled and configured. Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 102 DVR User Manual Device Management ② Click Registration to go to the interface as shown below. Set the DDNS account information (username, password and so on) and then click Submit to save the account. ③ Create domain name and then click Request Domain.

  • Page 103: E-Mail Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management ④ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list. ⑤ Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the www.dvrdydns.com DDNS type. Enter the registered username, password and domain name and then click “Apply”.
  • Page 104 DVR User Manual Device Management Enter the sender’s name, e-mail address, SMTP server and SMTP port (you can click “Default” to reset the SMTP port to the default value) and then enable or disable the SSL and attaching image. Select the username (the username list will be updated automatically according to the email address you enter) and enter the password of the sender and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 105: Upnp Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.6 UPnP Configuration By UPnP you can access the DVR through the web client which is in WAN via router without port mapping. ① Click StartSettingsNetworkUPnP to go to the following interface. ② Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. ③...
  • Page 106 DVR User Manual Device Management You can scan the QRCode through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or tablet PC to log in the mobile client instantly. Access Type: NAT1.0 or NAT2.0 can be selected. Note: if you want to use cloud upgrade, you must enable NAT2.0. 11.1.8 802.1X If it is enabled, the DVR data can be protected.

  • Page 107: Ftp Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.9 FTP Configuration Some models may not support this function. Click StartSettingsNetworkFTP to go to the interface for FTP configuration. Check “Enable” and enter the server name, port, username and password, max file size and remote directory.

  • Page 108: 4G (Optional)

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.11 3G/4G (Optional) ① Plug in the USB wireless device with SIM card. ② Click StartSettingsNetwork 3G/4G to go to the interface for wireless settings. ③ Enable 3G/4G function. ④ Choose the 3G/4G type as needed. ⑤...
  • Page 109 DVR User Manual Device Management ④ Choose the desired wireless router and then click “Connect”. ⑤ Enter the key/password in the Wi-Fi connection box and then click “Connect”. The connection status will be displayed after the Wi-Fi is connected. ⑦ Exit the Wi-Fi connection interface, you can view the detailed Wi-Fi information, such as IP address, gateway, etc.

  • Page 110: Snmp (Optional)

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.13 SNMP (Optional) ① Click StartSettingsNetworkSNMP to go to the interface for SNMP configuration. ② Check SNMPv1or SNMPv2 to enable this function. ③ Set the port of the SNMP. ④ Set the trap address and the trap port. ⑤...

  • Page 111: Basic Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to view network status conveniently. 11.2 Basic Configuration 11.2.1 Common Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to go to the following interface. Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output resolution. Enable or disable wizard, “Log In Automatically”, “Log Out Automatically”...

  • Page 112: Recorder Osd Settings

    DVR User Manual Device Management Set the system time, date format, time format and time zone of the DVR. The default time zone is GMT+08 Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei. If the selected time zone includes DST, the DST of the time zone will be checked by default. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can manually set the system time or synchronize system time with network through NTP.

  • Page 113: Backup And Restore

    DVR User Manual Device Management Select the USB device in “Device Name” option and go to the path where the upgrade software exists. Select the upgrade software and then click “Upgrade”. The system may automatically restart during upgrading. Please wait for a while and do not power off the DVR during upgrading.

  • Page 114: Restart Automatically

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

  • Page 115: View System Information

    DVR User Manual Device Management the log list will show the checked log contents only. Click to play the video log. 11.8 View System Information Click StartSettingsSystemInformation and then click the corresponding menu to view the “Basic”, “Camera Status”, “Alarm Status”, “Record Status”, “Network Status” and “Disk” information of the system.

  • Page 116: Remote Surveillance

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

  • Page 117: Web Wan Access

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

  • Page 118: Web Remote Control

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

  • Page 119: Remote Preview

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Enter the current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click the “OK” button to save the new password.
  • Page 120 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance view all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras. For instance, the left number 3 in on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras; the right number 4 stands for the number of all the added cameras.
  • Page 121 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 122: Remote Playback

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

  • Page 123: Remote Backup

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

  • Page 124: Appendix A Faq

    DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them.
  • Page 125 DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Q6. The system cannot record, why? Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record.
  • Page 126 DVR User Manual Compatible Device List ② Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 8-1. ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 8-2. ④ Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 8-1 Fig 8-2 Q9.
  • Page 127 DVR User Manual Compatible Device List  If you select the private format when backing up recorded video by DVR, a RPAS compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.zip” and then click “RPAS.exe” to set up RPAS. After the setup is completed, open RPAS player and then click the “Open Folder”...
  • Page 128 DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Fig 9-2...

  • Page 129: Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity

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

  • Page 130: Appendix C Compatible Device List

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

  • Page 131: Appendix D Communication Port List

    DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix D Communication Port List Port Protocol(TCP/UDP) Descriptions Description: HTTP communication port. It is opened by default and used to access the WEB client. Authentication: Username and password Encryption: NO Description: HTTPs communication port. It is opened by default and used to access the WEB client.

  • Page 132: Appendix E Personal Data Collection Description

    DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix E Personal Data Collection Description There are five functions concerning the personal data collection under the network modules of the device, including PPPoE, DDNS, E-mail, 802.1x and FTP. In the device, these functions are used by the client-end of the device to communicate with the server of the customer’s company (or service supplier).

  • Page 133: Appendix F Default Account List

    DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix F Default Account List Username Default Descriptions Password Purpose：log onto the device and its clients Description： When you log in for the first time, a wizard will be displayed. You must set the password, or you cannot access the device. admin Purpose：Test via serial port Description：The default password of “root”...

  • Page 134: Appendix G Command List

    DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix G Command List Command Function Command Contents Type add-shell addgroup adduser arp ash awk basename blkid blockdev btools busybox cat chat chmod chpst cmp cp cut date dd delgroup deluser depmod devmem df diff dmesg dnsdomainname dos2unix du echo ed egrep eject env envdir envuidgid expr fbset fgrep find free fsck.vfat fsync getty grep groups halt head hexdump hiddrs himc himd himd.l himm hostname hwclock i2c_read i2c_write id ifconfig ifstat init insmod iostat ip...

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