Speco HRLN User Manual

Speco HRLN User Manual

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HRLN (6/16/24 Channel DVR)
User Manual
H6HRLN
H16HRLN
H24HRLN
Version 1.0
Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com for firmware updates.

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  • Page 1 HRLN (6/16/24 Channel DVR) User Manual H6HRLN H16HRLN H24HRLN Version 1.0 Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com for firmware updates.
  • Page 2 DVR User Manual Notes& Contents Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.  The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.  Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other devices that produce heat. ...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    DVR User Manual Notes& Contents Contents Introduction....................................... 1 1.1 Welcome ........................................... 1 1.2 Features ..........................................1 1.3 Front Panel Descriptions ....................................4 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions ..................................... 4 1.5 Connections........................................4 Basic Operation Guide ....................................5 2.1 Startup & Shutdown ......................................5 2.1.1 Startup ........................................
  • Page 4 DVR User Manual Notes& Contents 5.3.2 Image Settings ...................................... 25 5.3.3 Mask Settings ....................................... 25 5.3.4 Water Mark Settings ..................................... 25 5.3.5 Image Adjustment ....................................26 PTZ .......................................... 29 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction .................................. 29 6.2 Preset Setting ........................................32 6.3 Cruise Setting ........................................
  • Page 5 DVR User Manual Notes& Contents 8.4.6 Snapshots ......................................53 8.4.7 View Export Status ....................................54 Alarm Management ....................................55 9.1 Sensor Alarm ........................................55 9.2 Motion Alarm ........................................56 9.2.1 Motion Configuration ................................... 56 9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration ..............................56 9.3 Smart Event ........................................
  • Page 6 DVR User Manual Notes& Contents 10.7 View Online User ......................................71 Device Management ....................................72 11.1 Network Configuration ....................................72 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration ..................................72 11.1.2 Port Configuration ....................................72 11.1.3 PPPoE Configuration ................................... 74 11.1.4 DDNS Configuration .................................... 74 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration ...................................
  • Page 7: Introduction

    DVR User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing this DVR. If technical assistance is needed, please contact Speco Technologies Technical Support. Phone: 1-800-645-5516 option 3 Email: techsupport@specotech.com 1.2 Features Basic Functions Supports network device access including IP camera/dome and ONVIF IP cameras ...
  • Page 8 DVR User Manual Introduction Supports any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size   Supports image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras) Supports quick camera adding in the camera window of the live view interface ...
  • Page 9 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Management Supports alarm schedule setting  Supports enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP  address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable Supports IPC offline alarm trigger configuration of PTZ, snapshot, pop-up video, etc.
  • Page 10: Front Panel Descriptions

    DVR User Manual Introduction 1.3 Front Panel Descriptions The following descriptions are for reference only. Name Descriptions When recording the light is blue When you have access to a network the light is blue Power Power indicator: when powered the light is blue 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions To quickly get started, connect the following to your recorder in the following order.
  • Page 11: Basic Operation Guide

    3. Check IR controller sensor for any obstructions. If it still doesn’t work, please contact your distributor or Speco Technologies’ tech support. You can just turn the IR sensor of the remote control towards the IR receiver of the DVR to control it when you are controlling multiple devices by remote control.
  • Page 12: Mouse Control

    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 No function temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image To go to sequence view mode...
  • Page 13: 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. The legend of input box keys is shown below. Button Meaning Button...
  • Page 14: Ez Setup & Main Interface

    DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface 3 EZ Setup & Main Interface 3.1 EZ Setup The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk;...
  • Page 15 DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface Enable pattern lock and click “Edit” to set the pattern lock. Click “Edit Security Question” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details.
  • Page 16 DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard. ② Network Settings. Select the network configuration as required. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the IP address and DNS automatically (the DHCP function of the router in the same LAN should also be enabled), or manually enter them. Enter the HTTP port, RTSP port and Server port (please see 12.1.2 Port Configuration for details).
  • Page 17 DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface ④ Add Camera.To add cameras from the LAN, make sure all cameras are set to DHCP. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with DVR and then click to add the searched camera.
  • Page 18: Main Interface

    ⑦ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.8 NAT Configuration for details). You can scan the QRCode through the Speco Blue App available for iOS and Android to easily and securely view your cameras.
  • Page 19 DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button.
  • Page 20: Setup Panel

    DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window. Click “Customize Layout” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Display Mode for detailed configuration of the display mode).
  • Page 21: Main Functions

    DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligence Analytics” 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 22 DVR User Manual EZ Setup & Main Interface Alarm  This module covers functions such as Sensor and Motion Alarm Handling and Alarm Out Settings. Please see Chapter 9 Alarm Management for details. Disk  This module covers functions such as Disk Management, Storage Mode and Disk Information and so on. Please see Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management for details.
  • Page 23: Camera Management

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 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 switching analog signals to IP signals, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels will accordingly increase (or decrease) the number of IP channels.
  • Page 24: Edit Camera

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 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. Add Manually ...
  • Page 25 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction header line and then click “Modify IPC Password” to pop up a window (check the IPCs in the window, set the new password and then click “OK” button; only the online IPCs passwords can be modified, though a batch of IPCs passwords can be modified at the same time). Click upgrade an online IPC ( or click in the “Upgrade”...
  • Page 26: Live View Introduction

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5 Live View Introduction 5.1 Live View Interface Introduction As shown in the interface below, you can drag one camera in the preview window to another window to exchange preview location in the grid. The recording symbols with different colors in the live view window refer to different recording types when recording: green stands for manual recording, red stands for sensor based recording, yellow stands for motion based recording, blue stands for schedule recording and cyan stands for intelligent recording.
  • Page 27: View Mode

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction The single channel zoom interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for magnification. Click “Back” to return to the live view interface. 5.2 View Mode 5.2.1 Display Mode Set different screen modes and cameras’...
  • Page 28: Quick Sequence View

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 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” button to save the current display mode.
  • Page 29: Scheme View In Sequence

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays all the sequence schemes; area ② shows the detailed information of the scheme; area ③ displays all the cameras and groups; area ④...
  • Page 30: Image Configuration

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Click on the left to create a new scheme. Each scheme can only add one analog camera. Select a scheme on the left and then double click or drag a camera on the right to the scheme window in the middle of the interface. After finishing the settings of all the schemes, select the sequence interval and click “Apply”...
  • Page 31: Image Settings

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.3.2 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 the “Image Adjust”...
  • Page 32: Image Adjustment

    DVR User Manual Live View Introduction 5.3.5 Image Adjustment Go to the 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. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue value.
  • Page 33 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Parameter Meaning Sharpen Relates to the resolution level of the image plane and the sharpness level of the image edge. The wide dynamic range (WDR) function helps the camera provide clear images even under back light conditions.
  • Page 34 DVR User Manual Live View Introduction Button/Parameter Meaning Day/night mode If checked, the lens will focus automatically when the camera switches between switch autofocus day/night mode. This is the time interval when camera lens is auto-focusing. The interval can be set in the Time Interval drop-down list.
  • Page 35: Ptz

    DVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the IP dome or PTZ camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below. You can select another IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera on the top right of the interface for PTZ control.
  • Page 36 DVR User Manual further you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog joystick. 3D Control  Click the camera image on any area and then the image will be centered on the clicked point. Refer to the picture as shown below.
  • Page 37 DVR User Manual of the image. Move the cursor of the mouse to the camera image and then slide the scroll wheel of the mouse forward to zoom in the image, slide the scroll wheel of the mouse backward to zoom out the image. OSD Settings ...
  • Page 38: Preset Setting

    DVR User Manual  Cruise Setting Click “Cruise” to go to cruise operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below left. You can add up to 8 cruises for each dome. 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).
  • Page 39: Cruise Setting

    DVR User Manual  Add preset Select camera and then click “Add” button to add a 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 a preset.
  • Page 40 DVR User Manual then click to move down the preset and click to move up the preset. Click to start the cruise and click to stop it. Delete Cruise  Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click on the top right corner of the cruise to delete the cruise.
  • Page 41: 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” and then click “Apply” to save the settings. There are two recording modes: auto mode and manual mode.
  • Page 42: Advanced Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Select one auto mode to pop up the corresponding window. Set the encode, GOP, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of each camera and then click “OK” to save the settings. Please adjust the parameters according to the actual condition. Video Encode: the available options are H.265 and H.264 if the connected IP camera supports H.265, or the option will be H.264 only.
  • Page 43: Encode Parameters Setting

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Pre-alarm Record Time: set the time to record before the intended recording begins. Post-alarm Record Time: set the time to record after the intended recording is finished. Expiration Time: set the expiration time for recorded video. If the set date is overdue, the recorded data will be deleted automatically. 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting Click StartSettingsRecordEncode Parameters to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 44: Schedule Setting

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.3 Schedule Setting 7.3.1 Add Schedule Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24 7”, “24 5” and “24 2” are the default × × × schedules; you cannot edit or delete “24 7”...
  • Page 45 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button.  Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time;...
  • Page 46: Record Schedule Configuration

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set Week Schedule  Click and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the start and end time, check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings. Click “All”...
  • Page 47: Motion Based Recording

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set the timing record schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. 7.4.3 Motion Based Recording Motion Based Recording: the system will start motion-based recording when the motion object appears in the setup schedule. The setup steps are as follows: ①...
  • Page 48: View Disk And S.m.a.r.t. Information

    DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management There are four disk groups. By using disk groups, you can correspond the camera to a disk (the recording data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). ADVR with e-SATA interface supports e-SATA recording. The added disks and cameras will be added into group one automatically.
  • Page 49 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management...
  • Page 50: Playback& Backup

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 8 Playback& Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back recorded video (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to set the default playback time). Refer to the picture below. Drag the playback progress bar to change the playback time. You can also click the right-click menu “Instant Playback”...
  • Page 51 DVR User Manual Alarm Management the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The system supports a maximum of 16 synchronous playback cameras. The buttons on the tool bar (area ①) at the bottom of the playback interface are described in the table below. Button Meaning Start button.
  • Page 52 DVR User Manual Alarm Management Button Meaning Click to go to the live view interface; see Chapter 5 Live View Introduction for details. Click on the playback window to show the tool bar as shown in area ③; right click on the window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below.
  • Page 53: Smart Playback

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 8.3 Smart Playback Smart Playback Settings  Click to go to the following interface. Set the value of “Speed of non-interest video” (You will skip this if you select “Skip non-interest video”), “Speed of interest video” and “Intrusion percentage”. ...
  • Page 54: Record Search, Playback &Export

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral  Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. The system will then automatically search the recordings of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the recording. 8.4 Record Search, Playback &Export The recording data and the captured pictures can be exported through USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD).
  • Page 55 DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Select one camera in the interface and then click “Open” button. ③ Click the image box to play the recording in the small playback box on the left side of the interface (the box which has image inside indicates that the record data exist).
  • Page 56: Museum Search

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management EZ Search: Method One: Click “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute”...
  • Page 57: Time Search

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management : Smart playback settings button. Click to set intrusion percentage. : Full screen motion button. : Motion button. : Draw line button. You can search the record of crossing the line after drawing the line. : Draw quadrilateral.
  • Page 58: Event Search

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 8.4.4 Event Search ① Click StartSearch and ExportEvent Search to go to “Event Search” tab as shown below. ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ④...
  • Page 59: Bookmark Search

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management ⑤ Click in the list to play back the recording in the popup window. Click to back up one recordings data or check multiple recordings data in the list and then click “Backup” button for recording batch backup. ⑥...
  • Page 60: View Export Status

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 8.4.7 View Export Status Click StartSearch and ExportExport Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the playback interface to view the export status.
  • Page 61: Alarm Management

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete 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 62: Motion Alarm

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management To set the duration time of the message box, please see 9.5.3 Display for details. E-mail: if enabled, the system will send an e-mail when the sensor alarm is triggered. Before you enable the email, please configure the recipient’s e-mail address first (see 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration for details).
  • Page 63: Smart Event

    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 settings of motion alarm the same as the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Motion Settings” to go to the motion configuration interface. 9.3 Smart Event 9.3.1 Object Detection Abandoned/ Missing Object Detection Configuration:...
  • Page 64: Tampering

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of object detection alarm is like that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Object Config” to go to the object detection configuration interface. 9.3.2 Tampering Tampering Configuration: ①...
  • Page 65: Tripwire

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is like that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Exception Config” to go to the exception detection configuration interface. 9.3.3 Tripwire Line Crossing Configuration: Alarms will be triggered if someone or something crosses the pre-defined alarm line.
  • Page 66: Intrusion Detection

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management Tripwire Alarm Handling Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmTripwire to go to the following interface. ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of line crossing alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③...
  • Page 67: Exception Alarm

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management Click “Clear” to delete the alarm area. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of intrusion detection. Intrusion Detection Alarm Handling Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmIntrusion to go to the following interface. ②...
  • Page 68: 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 like that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details).
  • Page 69: E-Mail

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 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 Click “Apply” to save your settings. You can click “Test” to test the alarm output. 9.5.2 E-mail Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationE-mail to go to the e-mail configuration interface.
  • Page 70: Push Message

    DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5.5 Push Message Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationPush Message to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable” and then click “Apply” button to save your settings. If the Push Server is online, it will push messages to associated mobile clients. 9.5.6 Alarm Server Go to AlarmAlarm Server interface as shown below.
  • Page 71 DVR User Manual Alarm Management Click the “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click to view the detail information as shown below. If the exception information is more than one page, you can enter the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page.
  • Page 72: 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. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced”...
  • Page 73: Edit User

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Set the username, password and group. User can also set the pattern lock here. The e-mail address is optional. Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user information.
  • Page 74: User Login & Logout

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Enter current password and then check “Enable” to input pattern lock. Recover Password  Click “Recover Password” to reset the password. Edit User  Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. Admin is enabled, its permission control is closed and permission group cannot be changed by default.
  • Page 75: Permission Management

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.3 Permission Management 10.3.1 Add Permission Group Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit Permission Group to go to the interface as shown below. Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as needed and then set the “Local” and “Remote” permissions. Click “Add”...
  • Page 76: Block And Allow List

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.4 Block and Allow List ① Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurity to go to the following interface. ② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List” or “Enable Block 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 77: View Online User

    DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management In this interface, you can set the level and expiration time of the password. 10.7 View Online User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityUser Status to view the online user information (you can view the online username, login type, IP address and login time;...
  • Page 78: 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. You can modify the MTU value according to the network condition (MTU, Maximum Transmission Unit, can be modified according to network condition for higher network transmission efficiency).
  • Page 79 DVR User Manual Device Management ② Install a cer ficate. * You can create a private certificate here. Click the “Create” button to create a private 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”...
  • Page 80: Pppoe Configuration

    11.1.4 DDNS Configuration The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. Speco Technologies provides free DDNS service with US-based servers. 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. The default DDNS type will be “specoddns.net”.
  • Page 81: Upnp Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then enter the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking in the “Schedule”...
  • Page 82: Nat Configuration

    QR code number under the QR code. Via Internet Explorer, go to connect.specotech.cloud, input the QR code number, your username and password to login. You can also scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue app on your mobile client phone or tablet to log into the recorder instantly. 11.1.9 Platform Access This function is mainly used for connecting SpecoVMS.
  • Page 83: View Network Status

    DVR User Manual Device Management Platform Access ① Set “Access Type” as “Platform Software” and select “Enable” as shown below. ② Check the IP address and port of the transfer media server in the VMS. The default server port for auto report is 2009. If it is modified, please go to the transfer media interface to check.
  • Page 84: Date And Time Configuration

    DVR User Manual Device Management Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize the device remotely. Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera. Sequence Automatically: Check it and set “wait time”.
  • Page 85: Recorder Osd Settings

    DVR User Manual Device Management 11.2.3 Recorder OSD Settings Click StartSettingsSystemBasicRecorder OSD settings to go to the following interface. Name, icon and address OSD can be enabled here. 11.3 Factory Default Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceFactory Default and then click “Reset to factory default” button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings(check “All except the network”...
  • Page 86: Backup And Restore

    DVR User Manual Device Management 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 the process to finish and do not power off the DVR during upgrading. Note: The file system of the USB mobile device which is used for upgrading, backing up and restoring should be FAT32 format.
  • Page 87: View System Information

    DVR User Manual Device Management Choose the log file in the list and then click “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the “Content” title bar to pop up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show the checked log contents only. Click to play the video log.
  • Page 88: Remote Surveillance

    ① Enable NAT in the DVR. Refer to 11.1.8 NAT Configuration for details. ② Scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue App available for iOS and Android to view your cameras easily and securely. ③ Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface, and then click to scan the QR Code of the DVR (Go to StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view the QR Code of the DVR).
  • Page 89: Web Wan Access

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance 12.3 Web WAN Access ① Set the network of the DVR. Please refer to 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for details. ② Click Start→Se ngs→Network→NAT to go to the interface for NAT configura on and check “Enable”. Click “Apply” to save the settings and make note of the QR code number under the QR code.
  • Page 90: Remote Preview

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance follows: admin: the current login username. Logout: click to logout and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click to change the password of the current login user. Enter the current password and then set a new password in the popup window.
  • Page 91 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance View Camera  Click to view the cameras. 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. Enter the camera name in the search box and then click to search the camera.
  • Page 92 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Operation panel introduction: Button Meaning Click to take snapshots. Click to start recording to computer; click it again to stop recording. Click to zoom in the image of the camera and then drag the mouse on the camera image to view the hidden area.
  • Page 93: Remote Playback

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Button Meaning Click to zoom in/out camera image. Click to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click to increase/decrease the iris of the dome. Click to view the preset list and then click the button in the list to call the preset. Click to view the cruise list and then click the corresponding buttons in the list to start or stop the cruise.
  • Page 94: Intelligent Analysis

    DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Check the record type on the left side of the interface and then click to set the start time and end time; check the cameras and then click on the right side to search the record (the searched record data will be displayed in the list); check the record data in the list and then click “Export”...
  • Page 95: Appendix A Faq

    For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating your HDD. Please use the power adaptor supplied along with the DVR. Please make sure the HDDs are compatible with the DVR. Contact Speco Technologies customer service for a list of compatible hard drives. The HDD could have gone bad.
  • Page 96 DVR User Manual Q6. The system will not record, why? Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the overwrite function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details).
  • Page 97 DVR User Manual ② Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 10-1. ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 10-2. ④ Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 10-1 Fig 10-2 Q9.
  • Page 98 DVR User Manual Select camera in the resource tree on the left side of the interface to play the camera record. Click on the tool bar under the camera image to enable audio. Refer to Fig 11-2. Note: The record will not have audio output if you disable the audio when recording by DVR. Please see 7.1.1 Mode Configuration and 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting for details.
  • Page 99 DVR User Manual Fig 11-2...
  • Page 100: Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity

    DVR User Manual Calculate Recording Capacity Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the recording resolution, recording 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 101: Appendix C Specifications

    Record, snapshot, preset, e-mail, pop-up window, etc. RJ45 Interface RJ45 10M/100Mbps×1 RJ45 10M/100M/100Mbps×1 10M/100M/100Mbps×1 Network Protocol TCP/IP,PPPoE,DHCP,DNS,DDNS,UPnP,NTP,SMTP, HTTP, HTTPs, RTSP Web Client Multiple online users monitoring Mobile Speco Blue iOS, Android Device Storage SATA×1,max 14TB per HDD SATA×2, max 14TB per HDD SATA×2,max 14TB per HDD...
  • Page 102 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Responsible Party: Speco Technologies 200 New Highway Amityville, NY 11701...

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