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Digital Video Recorder
DS-7100/7200/7300/8100/9000 HGHI and HQHI
User Manual
02/28/17

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  • Page 1 Digital Video Recorder DS-7100/7200/7300/8100/9000 HGHI and HQHI User Manual 02/28/17...
  • Page 2 Any and all information, including, among others, wordings, pictures, graphs are the properties of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. or its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to be “Hikvision”). This user manual (hereinafter referred to be “the Manual”) cannot be reproduced, changed, translated, or distributed, partially or wholly, by any means, without the prior written permission of Hikvision.
  • Page 3 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 4 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.
  • Page 5 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. •...
  • Page 6 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. The figures in this manual are for reference only. This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table. Series Model Type...

  • Page 7: Product Key Features

    Connectable to the Coaxitron camera/dome with long transmission distance; Connectable to IP cameras; The IP camera connection is not supported by DS-7100; Each channel supports dual-stream. Main stream supports up to 1080P resolution and sub-stream supports up to WD1 resolution;...
  • Page 8 Multiple recording types: manual, continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm and VCA; DS-7100 does not support VCA triggered recording type. 8 recording time periods with separated recording types; Pre-record and post-record for motion detection triggered recording, and pre-record time for schedule and manual recording;...
  • Page 9 Importing and exporting of configuration file of devices; Getting cameras type information automatically. Network Functions 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for DS-7100, DS-7204/7208HGHI; 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces for DS-8100/9000 series, with three working modes configurable: multi-address, load balance, network fault tolerance; and 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface for other models;...

  • Page 10: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Product Key Features Chapter 1 Introduction ........................... 13 Front Panels .............................. 14 IR Remote Control Operations ......................... 24 USB Mouse Operation..........................26 Input Method Description ......................... 27 Rear Panel ..............................28 Chapter 2 Getting Started ..........................
  • Page 11 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2.8 Calling Linear Scan ......................... 72 4.2.9 One-touch Park ..........................73 PTZ Control Panel ............................ 74 Chapter 5 Recording Settings ........................75 Configuring Recording Parameters ......................76 Configuring Record Schedule........................79 Configuring Motion Detection Record ..................... 82 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record ......................
  • Page 12 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.1 Configuring Extranet Access ......................147 9.2.2 Configuring PPPoE Settings ......................152 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server ........................ 152 9.2.4 Configuring SNMP ........................153 9.2.5 Configuring NAT .......................... 154 9.2.6 Configuring More Settings ......................156 9.2.7 Configuring HTTPS Port ......................
  • Page 13 13.5.1 Adding a User ..........................196 13.5.2 Deleting a User ..........................198 13.5.3 Editing a User ..........................199 Appendix .................................. 201 Glossary ................................202 Troubleshooting ..............................203 List of Compatible Hikvision IP Cameras......................206 List of Compatible Third-party IP Cameras ...................... 207...

  • Page 14: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 15: Front Panels

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.1 Front Panels Figure 1. 1 Front Panel of DS-7100 Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel Icon Description Indicator turns red when DVR is powered up. Indicator lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
  • Page 16 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description panel is turned on. Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to STATUS HDD. Tx/Rx indictor blinks yellow when network connection is Tx/Rx functioning properly. Receiver for IR remote IR Receiver Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB Interfaces...
  • Page 17 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Delete characters before cursor; Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch; Start/stop record clipping in playback. Enter numeral “6”; Enter letters “MNO”; 6/MNO/PLAY In Playback mode, it is used for direct access to playback interface.
  • Page 18 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 1. 5 Front Panel of DS-7300HGHI-SH and DS-7300HQHI-SH Table 1. 4 Description of Front Panel Name Function Description Power indicator lights in green when DVR is powered up. POWER Ready indicator is normally green, indicating that the DVR is READY functioning properly.
  • Page 19 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Exit and back to the previous menu. Enter numeral “5”; Enter letters “JKL”; 5/JKL/EDIT Delete characters before cursor; Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch; Start/stop record clipping in playback. Enter numeral “6”;...
  • Page 20 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB USB Interface mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). IR Receiver Receiver for IR remote control. Figure 1. 6 Front Panel of DS-8100-SH Table 1.
  • Page 21 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes. It can also be used to tick checkbox fields. ENTER In Playback mode, it can be used to play or pause the video. In single-frame Playback mode, pressing the button will advance the video by a single frame.
  • Page 22 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Press the button will help you return to the Main menu (after successful login). Press and hold the button for 5 seconds will turn off audible key MENU/WIPER beep. In PTZ Control mode, the MENU/WIPER button will start wiper (if applicable).
  • Page 23 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder The indicator turns off when the device is unarmed. The arm/disarm status can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds in live view mode. Receiver for IR remote IR Receiver Front Panel Lock You can lock or unlock the panel by the key.
  • Page 24 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder In PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button. Enter the PTZ Control mode. PTZ/IRIS- In the PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the iris of the PTZ camera. The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus.

  • Page 25: Ir Remote Control Operations

    In Playback mode, it is used to show/hide the control interface. Enter the Manual Record setting menu. REC Button In PTZ control settings, press the button and then you can call a PTZ preset by pressing Numeric button. Does not apply to DS-7100, which does not support remote control use.
  • Page 26 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Description It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback mode. Navigate between different fields and items in menus. In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video.

  • Page 27: Usb Mouse Operation

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.3 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this DVR. To use a USB mouse: Steps: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2.

  • Page 28: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 9 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 9 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description Number English letter … …...

  • Page 29: Rear Panel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.5 Rear Panel The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figures are for reference only. Figure 1. 10 DS-7100 Table 1. 10 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input.
  • Page 30 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices. USB Port Network Interface Connector for network RS-485 Interface Connector for RS-485 devices. Power Supply 12V DC power supply. Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device. Ground Alarm In/Out (for Connectors for alarm inputs and alarm outputs.
  • Page 31 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 1. 16 DS-8132HGHI-SH Figure 1. 17 DS-8100/9000HQHI-SH Table 1. 12 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. CVBS output is not provided by DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH and DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH series.
  • Page 32 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Item Description eSATA Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RW. RS-232 Interface Connector for RS-232 devices.

  • Page 33: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Getting Started...

  • Page 34: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Dvr

    2. Select the Shutdown button. 3. Click the Yes button. 4. Turn off the power switch on the rear panel when the note appears (for DS-7200 and DS-7100 series). Figure 2. 2 Shutdown Tips OPTION 2: By operating the front panel (for DS-7300 and DS-8100 series) 1.
  • Page 35 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down. The device remains standby mode after shutting down, and the POWER indicator turns red; you can turn on the device by pressing the POWER button on the remote control. Rebooting the DVR While in the Shutdown menu (Figure 2.

  • Page 36: Setting The Admin Password

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.2 Setting the Admin Password Purpose: For the first-time access, you need to activate the device by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation. You can also activate the device via Web Browser, SADP or Client Software. Steps: 1.

  • Page 37: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.3 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Figure 2. 5 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the Start Wizard at that moment, click Exit.
  • Page 38 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 7 General Network Configuration 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for DS-7100, DS-7204/7208HGHI-SH and DS-7200HGHI-E1/E2; 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces for DS-8100HQHI&HGHI-SH series, with three working modes configurable: multi-address, load balance, network fault tolerance; and 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface for other models.
  • Page 39 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 9 HDD Management 7. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD. 8. Click Next to enter the IP Camera Management window (only supported by HDVR series). 9.
  • Page 40 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 11 Record Settings 12. Click OK to complete the wizard settings.

  • Page 41: Login And Logout

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.4 Login and Logout 2.4.1 User Login Purpose: If the device has logged out, you must login the device before operating the menu and other functions. Steps: 1. Select the User Name in the dropdown list. Figure 2.
  • Page 42 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 14 Logout 2. Click Logout. After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system.

  • Page 43: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.5 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras This section is not available for the DS-7100 series DVR. 2.5.1 Setting the Admin Password for the IP Camera Purpose: Before adding the camera, make sure the IP camera to be added is in active status.

  • Page 44: Adding The Online Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3. Set the password of the camera to activate it. Use Admin Password: when you check the checkbox, the camera (s) will be configured with the same admin password of the operating NVR. Figure 2. 17 Set New Password Create New Password: If the admin password is not used, you must create the new password for the camera and confirm it.
  • Page 45 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 18 Adding IP Camera Interface The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the camera list. Select the IP camera from the list and click the button to add the camera (with the same admin password of the DVR’s).
  • Page 46 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Camera (Custom) interface. Figure 2. 20 Custom Adding IP Camera Interface 2) You can edit the IP address, protocol, management port, and other information of the IP camera to be added. If the IP camera to add has not been actiavated, you can activate it from the IP camera list on the camera management interface.
  • Page 47 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 2. 1 Connectable IP Cameras for Different Models Number of Connectable IP Cameras Default (without disabling Max. Number (by disabling Series Models analog channel) all analog channels) DS-7204HGHI-E1 1-ch 1-ch DS-7200HGHI-E1 DS-7208HGHI-E1 2-ch 2-ch DS-7216HGHI-E1 2-ch...

  • Page 48: Editing The Connected Ip Cameras And Configuring Customized Protocols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder click the icon to get the exception information of camera. Play the live video of the connected Advanced settings of the camera. camera. Show the security status of the camera Upgrade the connected IP camera. to be active/inactive or the password Security strength (strong/medium/weak/risk)
  • Page 49 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 23 Network Configuration of the Camera 2. You can edit the network information and the password of the camera. Figure 2. 24 Password Configuration of the Camera 3. Click OK to save the settings and exit the interface. Configuring the customized protocols Purpose: To connect the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols, you can configure the...
  • Page 50 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 25 Protocol Management Interface There are 16 customized protocols provided in the system, you can edit the protocol name; and choose whether to enable the sub-stream. 2. Choose the protocol type of transmission and choose the transfer protocols. Before customizing the protocol for the network camera, you have to contact the manufacturer of the network camera to consult the URL (uniform resource locator) for getting main stream and sub-stream.
  • Page 51 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 26 Protocol Setting Choose the protocols you just added to validate the connection of the network camera.

  • Page 52: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Live View...

  • Page 53: Introduction Of Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) will bring you to the Live View mode.

  • Page 54: Operations In Live View Mode

    Aux output. The DS-7100, DS-7200, and DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH models do not support Aux/Main output switch. The priority level for the main and aux output for other models is as follows:...

  • Page 55: Front Panel Operation

    √ means the interface is in use, × means the interface is out of use or the connection is invalid. And the HDMI, VGA and CVBS can be used at the same time. 3.2.1 Front Panel Operation This function is not supported by DS-7200HGHI and DS-7100 series. Table 3. 5 Front Panel Operation in Live View Functions Front Panel Operation Press the corresponding Alphanumeric button.

  • Page 56: Main/Aux Output Switching

    The Add IP Camera is not supported by DS-7100 series DVR. 3.2.3 Main/Aux Output Switching The DS-7100-SH, DS-7200-SH, and DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH models do not support Aux/Main output switch. When the HDMI, HDMI/VGA or HDMI1/VGA (DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH) output is configured as the main output, you can perform the following operation to switch to CVBS, VGA or HDMI2 (DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH) output as the main output.

  • Page 57: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Steps: 1. Use the mouse wheel to double-click on the HDMI (1)/VGA output screen, and the following message box pops up: Figure 3. 2 Switch Main and Aux Output 2. Use the mouse wheel to double-click on the screen again to switch to the Aux output, or click Cancel to cancel the operation.
  • Page 58 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder as shown in Figure 3. 4. Figure 3. 4 Digital Zoom Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Image Settings menu. Four modes are selectable according to the real situation: • Standard: for general lighting conditions (default). •...
  • Page 59 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 3. 6 Live View Strategy...

  • Page 60: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.3 Channel-zero Encoding This chapter is not applicable to DS-7100 and DS-7200 series DVR Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is supported as an option for you.

  • Page 61: Adjusting Live View Settings

    Figure 3. 8 Live View-General The settings available in this menu include: • Video Output Interface: Designates the output to configure the settings for. The DS-7100, DS-7200, and DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH provide HDMI/VGA outputs; DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH provides HDMI1/VGA and HDMI2 outputs; DS-7308/7316HQHI-SH and DS-8108/8116HQHI-SH provide HDMI, VGA and CVBS outputs;...
  • Page 62 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 3. 9 Live View- Camera Order 2) Click a window to select it, and then double-click a camera name in the camera list you would like to display. Setting an ‘X’ means the window will not display any camera. 3) You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live view of all...

  • Page 63: Manual Video Quality Diagnostics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.5 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The video quality of the analog channels can be diagnosed manually and you can view the diagnostic results from a list. Steps: 1. Enter the Manual Video Quality Diagnostics interface. Menu>...

  • Page 64: User Logout

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.6 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: 3.

  • Page 65: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 PTZ Controls...

  • Page 66: Configuring Ptz Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera. Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Settings interface. Menu >Camera>...
  • Page 67 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder For the Coaxitron camera/dome connected, you can select the PTZ protocol to HIKVISION-C (Coaxitron). Make sure the protocol selected here is supported by the connected camera/dome. When the Coaxitron protocol is selected, all the other parameters like the baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity and flow control are not configurable.

  • Page 68: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols & Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Customizing Presets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place.

  • Page 69: Customizing Patrols

    5. Click the Call Preset button to call it. When the Coaxitron camera/dome connected and the PTZ protocol is selected to HIKVISION-C (Coaxitron), you can call the preset 95 to enter the menu of the connected Coaxitron camera/dome. Use the directional buttons on the PTZ control panel to operate the menu.

  • Page 70: Calling Patrols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 4. 5 PTZ Settings 2. Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. 3. Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4. 6 Key point Configuration 4. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol.

  • Page 71: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2. Click the button to show the general settings of the PTZ control. Figure 4. 7 PTZ Panel - General 3. Select a patrol in the dropdown list and click the Call Patrol button to call it. 4.

  • Page 72: Calling Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2.6 Calling Patterns Purpose: Follow the procedure to move the PTZ camera according to the predefined patterns. Steps: 1. Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface; Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel.

  • Page 73: Calling Linear Scan

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 4. 10 PTZ Settings 2. Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set the limit, and click the Left Limit or Right Limit button to link the location to the corresponding limit. The speed dome starts linear scan from the left limit to the right limit, and you must set the left limit on the left side of the right limit, as well the angle from the left limit to the right limit should be no more than 180º.

  • Page 74: One-Touch Park

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder reboot to make settings take effect. 4.2.9 One-touch Park Purpose: For some certain model of the speed dome, it can be configured to start a predefined park action (scan, preset, patrol and etc.) automatically after a period of inactivity (park time). Steps: 1.

  • Page 75: Ptz Control Panel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.3 PTZ Control Panel To enter the PTZ control panel, there are two ways supported. OPTION 1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower-right corner which is next to the Back button. OPTION 2: In the Live View mode, you can press the PTZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control, or choose the PTZ Control icon...

  • Page 76: Chapter 5 Recording Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 5 Recording Settings...

  • Page 77: Configuring Recording Parameters

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.1 Configuring Recording Parameters Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 HDD- General 2. Click Advance to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) Whether the HDD mode is Quota , please set the maximum record capacity.
  • Page 78 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1) Select the Record tab to configure. 2) Select a camera number in the camera dropdown list. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, the video quality and other parameters on demand for Main Stream (Continuous) and Main Stream (Event) respectively. The Input Resolution of camera connected will be displayed in the live view for 5 seconds when the camera is connected, or the DVR is powered on.
  • Page 79 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 4 Copy Camera Settings 3. Set encoding parameters for sub-stream. 1) Select the Substream tab. Figure 5. 5 Sub-stream Encoding 2) Select a camera in the camera dropdown list. 3) Configure the parameters. 4) Click Apply to save the settings.

  • Page 80: Configuring Record Schedule

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule The DS-7100 models support the continuous and motion triggered recording only, DS-7200HGHI models support continuous, motion and VCA triggered recording types, and other models support continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm and VCA triggered recording types.
  • Page 81 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Click Edit . In the message box, you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. To schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox after the All Day item. Figure 5. 7 Edit Schedule- All Day To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time.
  • Page 82 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Draw the schedule Click on the color icon to select a record type in the event list on the right-side of the interface. Figure 5. 10 Draw the Schedule Descriptions of the color icons are shown in the figure below. Figure 5.

  • Page 83: Configuring Motion Detection Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the DVR can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notifying the surveillance center, sending email and so on.
  • Page 84 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 14 Motion Detection Settings 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 8) Exit the Motion Detection menu.

  • Page 85: Configuring Alarm Triggered Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record The DS-7100 and DS-7200 series do not support the alarm input. Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording. Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5.
  • Page 86 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Check the checkbox to select channel. Click Apply to save settings. Click OK to back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters. If the setting can also be applied to other alarm inputs, click Copy and choose the alarm input number. Figure 5.

  • Page 87: Configuring Vca Record

    The VCA settings and VCA event triggered recording is supported by 1 analog camera for DS- 7200/7300/8100HGHI models and 2 analog camers for DS-7200/7300/8100/9000HQHI models. DS-7100-SH does not support VCA. Steps: 1. Enter the VCA settings interface and select a camera for the VCA settings.
  • Page 88 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 20 Set Trigger Camera VCA Alarm The PTZ Linking function is only available for the VCA settings of IP cameras. 4. Enter Record Schedule settings interface (Menu> Record> Schedule>Record Schedule), and then set VCA as the record type.

  • Page 89: Configuring Manual Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.6 Configuring Manual Record Purpose: Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual record. Using manual record, you don’t need to set a schedule for recording. Steps: 1. Enter the Manual settings interface. Menu>...

  • Page 90: Configuring Holiday Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.7 Configuring Holiday Record Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday for that year. You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday. Steps: 1. Enter the Record setting interface. Menu>Record 2.
  • Page 91 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4. Configure the record schedule. Please refer to the Chapter 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule , while you may choose Holiday in the Schedule dropdown list, or you can draw the schedule on the timeline of Holiday. Figure 5.

  • Page 92: Configuring Redundant Recording

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.8 Configuring Redundant Recording Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving the record files not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. Before you start: You must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before you set the HDD property to Redundant.
  • Page 93 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 27 Encoding Parameters 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Check the checkbox of Redundant Record . 4) Click Apply to save settings. If the encoding parameters can also be used to other channels, click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings.

  • Page 94: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.9 Configuring HDD Group for Recording Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. Steps: 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD>Advanced 2. Select Advanced on the left bar. Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group.

  • Page 95: Files Protection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.10 Files Protection Purpose: You can lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten. Protect file by locking the record files Steps: 1. Enter Playback setting interface. Menu>...
  • Page 96 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 10.4 Managing HDD Group. Steps: 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu> HDD Figure 5. 31 HDD General 2.

  • Page 97: Chapter 6 Playback

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 6 Playback...

  • Page 98: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Instant Playback Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel Steps: Choose a channel in live view mode and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
  • Page 99 Other Models Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View The DS-7100, DS-7200, and DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH provide no Aux Monitor option. Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back recording files of the channel under single-screen live view mode. Under multi-screen live view mode, the recorded files of the top-left channel will be played back.
  • Page 100 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder If there are record files for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is displayed as Otherwise it is displayed as Playback Interface You can use the toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface to control playing progress, as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 101: Playing Back By Event Search

    Play back record files on one or several channels searched out by restricting event type (motion detection, alarm input or VCA). Channel switch is supported. Playback by alarm input search is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. DS-7100 does not support VCA type.
  • Page 102 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 6 Video Search by Motion Detection 4. Click Search , and the record files matching the search conditions will be displayed on a list. 5. Select and click button to play back the record files. You can click Back to return to the search interface.

  • Page 103: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6. Event playback interface. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 8 Interface of Playback by Event Pre-play and post-play can be configured for the playback of event triggered record files. Pre-play: The time you set to play back before the event.
  • Page 104 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 9 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag. Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file. 3.

  • Page 105: Playing Back By Smart Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 11 Video Search by Tag 3. Click button to play back the file. You can click the Back button to back to the search interface. Pre-play and post-play can be configured. You can click button to select the previous or next tag.
  • Page 106 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 12 Draw Area for Smart Search The VCA event is not supported by DS-7100 series. 4. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s) for smart search of VCA event or motion event.

  • Page 107: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 13 Smart Playback Interface Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames. About video type bar: represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording;...
  • Page 108 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 14 System Log Search Interface 2. Click Log Search tab to enter Playback by System Logs. Set search time and type and click Search button. Figure 6. 15 Result of System Log Search 3.

  • Page 109: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 16 Interface of Playback by Log 6.1.7 Playing Back External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. Steps: 1. Enter Tag Search interface. Menu>Playback 2.

  • Page 110: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    It is also feasible to use button in toolbar. • Using the front panel (Not supported by DS-7100-SH and DS-7200HGHI-SH) Press the button to set the speed to Single frame. One click on the playback screen or press button on the front panel represents playback or adverse playback of one frame.
  • Page 111 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder supported. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Check more than one checkboxes to select multiple channels and click to select a date on the calendar. Figure 6. 19 4-ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3. Click to play back the record files reversely.

  • Page 112: Chapter 7 Backup

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 7 Backup...

  • Page 113: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.1 Backing up Record Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose: The record files can be backed up to various USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs, and USB writer.
  • Page 114 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format the USB device by clicking the Format button. Figure 7.
  • Page 115 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder This function is supported by DS-7300/8100/9000 series DVR. Steps: 1. Enter Record>Advanced and set the usage of eSATA HDD at “Export”. Menu>Record>Advanced Choose eSATA and set its usage at Export. Click Yes when pop-up message box “System will reboot automatically if the usage of eSATA is changed.

  • Page 116: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 6 Export by Normal Video Search Using eSATA HDD Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”. 5. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it.
  • Page 117 Here we take the backup by motion detection as the example. Backup by alarm input is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. Backup by VCA (Line Crossing Detection, Intrusion Detection) search is not supported by DS-7100. 2) Check the checkbox of cameras and set the search time.
  • Page 118 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 10 Event Details Interface 4. Export. Click the Export button and start backing up. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device.

  • Page 119: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 12 Checkup of Event Export Result Using USB Flash Drive 7.1.3 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips to export directly during Playback, using USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs, and USB writers.
  • Page 120 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 14 Clips Export Up to 30 items of video clips can be selected for backup at one time. 4. Click the button Export to export the selected video clips to the backup device. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: •...
  • Page 121 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6. Click Yes to save video clips and enter Export interface, or click No to quit without saving video clips. 7. Check backup result. The Player player.exe will be exported automatically during record file export. Figure 7.

  • Page 122: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.2 Managing Backup Devices Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. At least one channel shall be selected. Figure 7. 18 Normal Video Search for Backup 2.
  • Page 123 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 20 USB Flash Drive Management Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device. Select a record file or folder in the backup device and press button if you want to delete it.

  • Page 124: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

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  • Page 125: Setting Motion Detection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2.
  • Page 126 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8. 4 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection 5. Click Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions ).

  • Page 127: Setting Sensor Alarms

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms This function is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. Purpose: Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input.
  • Page 128 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 7 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Input 5. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of the alarm input (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week.
  • Page 129 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...

  • Page 130: Detecting Video Loss

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.3 Detecting Video Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8.
  • Page 131 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions). 5. Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel. Repeat the above steps to finish settings of other channels, or click the Copy button copy the above settings to them.

  • Page 132: Detecting Video Tampering

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.4 Detecting Video Tampering Purpose: Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Tampering interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect video tampering.
  • Page 133 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days. 4) Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel.

  • Page 134: Detecting Vca Alarm

    The VCA settings and VCA alarm is supported by 1 analog camera for DS-7200/7300/8100HGHI models and 2 analog camers for DS-7200/7300/8100/9000HQHI models. DS-7100-SH does not support VCA. Steps: 1. Enter VCA Alarm interface of Camera Management and select a camera you want to detect VCA alarm.
  • Page 135 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 15 Set Triggering Channel of VCA Alarm Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record/capture or become full-screen monitoring when a VCA alarm is triggered, and click Apply to save the settings. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule of handling actions.
  • Page 136 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 17 Set Direction of Line Crossing Detection Set the sensitivity of the line crossing detection to 1-100. Click and set two points in the preview window to draw a virtual line. Figure 8. 18 Draw Virtual Line in the Image You can use the to clear the existing virtual line and re-draw it.
  • Page 137 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder longer than the set time, the alarm will be triggered. Click and draw a quadrilateral or click to draw the full screen in the preview window for the selected intrusion region. You can use the to clear the existing region and re-draw it.

  • Page 138: Setting All-Day Video Quality Diagnostics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.6 Setting All-day Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The device provides two ways to diagnose the video quality: manual and all-day. Perform the following steps to set the threshold of the diagnosing and the linkage actions. Steps: 1.

  • Page 139: Handling Exceptions

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.7 Handling Exceptions Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. •...
  • Page 140 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 22 Detailed Event 3. Set the alarm linkage actions. For details, see Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions. 4. Click Apply to save the settings.

  • Page 141: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    Please refer to Chapter 9.2.8 for details of Email configuration. Trigger Alarm Output Trigger an alarm output when an alarm is triggered. This function is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Output interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm> Alarm Output Select an alarm output and set alarm name and dwell time.
  • Page 142 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 23 Alarm Output Settings Interface 2. Set up arming schedule of the alarm output. Choose one day of a week and up to 8 time periods can be set within each day. Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped.

  • Page 143: Triggering Or Clearing Alarm Output Manually

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.9 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually This function is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. Purpose: Sensor alarm can be triggered or cleared manually. If “Manually Clear” is selected in the dropdown list of dwell time of an alarm output, the alarm can be cleared only by clicking Clear button in the following interface.

  • Page 144: Chapter 9 Network Settings

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  • Page 145: Configuring General Settings

    9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network DS-8100/9000-SH DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI Other Models Figure 9. 1 Network Settings Interface...
  • Page 146 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface is provided for DS-7100, DS-7200HGHI series; 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces for DS-8100/9000 series, and three working modes are configurable: multi-address, load balance, network fault tolerance; and 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface for other models.

  • Page 147: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring Extranet Access Configuring EZVIZ Cloud P2P Purpose: EZVIZ Cloud P2P provides the mobile phone application and as well the service platform page to access and manage your connected DVR, which enables you to get a convenient remote access to the surveillance system. Steps: 1.
  • Page 148 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder P2P application is installed or by the EZVIZ website (http://www.ezviz7.com). For more operation instructions, please refer to the help file on the EZVIZ official website (http://www.ezviz7.com). Configuring DDNS Purpose: If your DVR is set to use PPPoE as its default network connection, you may set Dynamic DNS (DDNS) to be used for network access.
  • Page 149 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2) In the DVR Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website. 3) Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website. Figure 9. 5 DynDNS Settings Interface PeanutHull: Enter the User Name and Password obtained from the PeanutHull website.
  • Page 150 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder name in the HiDDNS server first and then enter the alias to the Device Domain Name in the DVR; you can also enter the domain name directly on the DVR to create a new one. Figure 9.
  • Page 151 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3) In the Device Management interface, click to register the device. Figure 9. 11 Register the Device 4) Input Device Serial No ., Device Domain ( Device Name ) and HTTP Port . And click OK to add the device.

  • Page 152: Configuring Pppoe Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 12 Access Device via iVMS-4200 5. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 9.2.2 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR also allows access by Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: 1.

  • Page 153: Configuring Snmp

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder date/time. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the NTP tab to enter the NTP Settings interface. Figure 9. 14 NTP Settings Interface 3. Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this feature. 4.

  • Page 154: Configuring Nat

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 16 Configure SNMP Settings 5. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. Before setting the SNMP, please download the SNMP software and manage to receive the device information via SNMP port. By setting the Trap Address, the DVR is allowed to send the alarm event and exception message to the surveillance center.
  • Page 155 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1) Click Apply button to save the settings. 2) You can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping. Figure 9. 18 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Auto OPTION 2: Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking to activate the External Port Settings dialog box.

  • Page 156: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.6 Configuring More Settings Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface. Figure 9. 21 More Settings Interface Configure the remote alarm host, server port, HTTP port, multicast, RTSP port. Alarm Host IP/Port : With a remote alarm host configured, the device will send the alarm event or exception message to the host when an alarm is triggered.

  • Page 157: Configuring Https Port

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.7 Configuring HTTPS Port Purpose: HTTPS provides authentication of the web site and associated web server that one is communicating with, which protects against Man-in-the-middle attacks. Perform the following steps to set the port number of https. Example: If you set the port number as 443 and the IP address is 192.0.0.64, you may access the device by inputting https://192.0.0.64:443 via the web browser.

  • Page 158: Configuring Email

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3) Click OK to save the settings. OPTION 2 : Create the authorized certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the certificate request. 2) Download the certificate request and submit it to the trusted certificate authority for signature. 3) After receiving the signed valid certificate, import the certificate to the device.

  • Page 159: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3. Configure the following Email settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature. User Name : The user account of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. Password : The password of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com).
  • Page 160 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 28 Network Traffic Interface 2. You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface. The traffic data is refreshed every 1 second.

  • Page 161: Configuring Network Detection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.4 Configuring Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >...
  • Page 162 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 30 Export Network Packet 4. Click the Export button to start exporting. 5. After the exporting is complete, click OK to finish the packet export. Up to 1M data can be exported each time.

  • Page 163: Checking Network Status

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.4.3 Checking Network Status Purpose: You can also check the network status and quick set the network parameters in this interface. Steps: Click Status on the right bottom of the page. Figure 9. 31 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out.
  • Page 164 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1. Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect 2. Click the Network Stat. tab to enter the Network Statistics menu. Figure 9. 34 Network Stat. Interface 3. View the bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, and bandwidth of Net Total Idle. Click Refresh button to get the latest bandwidth statistics.

  • Page 165: Chapter 10 Hdd Management

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  • Page 166: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General. Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interface 2.
  • Page 167 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs. Click Menu > HDD > Advanced. Figure 10. 5 Enable HDD Sleeping Check the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping (by default), and the HDDs which are free of working for a long time will be set to sleep.

  • Page 168: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to DVR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 10. 6 HDD Information Interface 2.
  • Page 169 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 8 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search button to the available IP SAN disks. 3) Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below. 4) Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk.

  • Page 170: Managing Esata

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.3 Managing eSATA Purpose: When there is an external eSATA device connected to DVR, you can configure eSATA for the use of Record or Export, and you can manage the eSATA in the DVR. Steps: Enter the Advanced Record Settings interface.

  • Page 171: Managing Hdd Group

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.4 Managing HDD Group 10.4.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu >...

  • Page 172: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 15 Local HDD Settings Interface 7. Select the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 10.
  • Page 173 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 17 Set HDD Property 3. Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. 4. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. 5. In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list. At least 2 hard disks must be added on your DVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and there is one HDD with R/W property.

  • Page 174: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. Steps 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 10. 18. The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take effect.

  • Page 175: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.6 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: 1.

  • Page 176: Checking S.m.a.r.t Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.7 Checking S.M.A.R.T Information Purpose: The S.M.A.R.T. ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology ) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect a nd report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. Steps: 1.

  • Page 177: Detecting Bad Sector

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.8 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 10. 23 Bad Sector Detection 2.

  • Page 178: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal . Steps: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3.

  • Page 179: Chapter 11 Camera Settings

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  • Page 180: Configuring Osd Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2.

  • Page 181: Configuring Privacy Mask

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed or recorded by the operator. Steps: 1. Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Privacy Mask 2.

  • Page 182: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Image Figure 11. 5 Image Settings Interface 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. Two periods for different image settings are provided, select the period name in the dropdown list. The time periods cannot be overlapped with each other.

  • Page 183: Chapter 12 Dvr Management And Maintenance

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  • Page 184: Viewing System Information

    2. You can click the Device Info , Camera , Record , Alarm , Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device. Figure 12. 1 System Information Interface This alarm information is not available for the DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI series. 12.2 Searching and Exporting Log Files Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the DVR can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time.
  • Page 185 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2. Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time, Major Type and Minor Type. 3. Click the Search button to start search log files. 4. The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below. Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time.
  • Page 186 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 12. 5 Export Log Files 7. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name . 8. Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device. You can click the New Folder button to create new folder in the backup device, or click the Format button to format the backup device before log export.

  • Page 187: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info The network camera connection is not supported by DS-7100 series. Purpose: The information of added IP camera can be generated into an excel file and exported to the local device for backup, including the IP address, manage port, password of admin, etc.

  • Page 188: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters. Steps: 1.

  • Page 189: Upgrading System

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.5 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 12.5.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps: 1. Connect your DVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2.

  • Page 190: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.6 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 12. 9 Restore Defaults Select the restoring type from the following three options. Restore Defaults: Restore all parameters, except the network (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode, default route, server port, etc.) and user account parameters, to the factory default settings.

  • Page 191: Chapter 13 Others

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  • Page 192: Configuring Rs-232 Serial Port

    Transparent Channel: Connect a serial device directly to the device. The serial device will be controlled remotely by the PC through the network. RS-232 serial port is not available for DS-7100 and DS-7200 series. Steps: Enter the RS-232 Settings interface.

  • Page 193: Configuring General Settings

    CVBS Output Standard: Select the CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL, which must be the same with the video input standard. DS-7100, DS-7200, DS-7324/7332HGHI and DS-8124/8132HGHI provide no CVBS output. • Resolution: Select the output resolution, which must be the same with the resolution of the VGA/HDMI display.

  • Page 194: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.3 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 3 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item. Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox, and then you choose the date of the DST period.

  • Page 195: Configuring More Settings

    • CVBS Output Brightness: Adjust the video output brightness via the CVBS interface. DS-7100, DS-7200, DS-7324/7332HGHI and DS-8124/8132HGHI provide no CVBS output. • Auto Logout: Set timeout time for menu inactivity. E.g., when the timeout time is set to 5 Minutes , then the system will exit from the current operation menu to live view screen after 5 minutes of menu inactivity.

  • Page 196: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.5 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the NVR: Administrator . The Administrator user name is admin and the password is set when you start the device for the first time. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
  • Page 197 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Address . Password : Set the password for the user account. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.

  • Page 198: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder (2) Set the operating permission of Local Configuration, Remote Configuration and Camera Configuration for the user. Local Configuration • Local Log Search: Searching and viewing logs and system information of device. • Local Parameters Settings: Configuring parameters, restoring factory default parameters and importing/exporting configuration files.

  • Page 199: Editing A User

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 13. 9 User List Click the icon to delete the selected user account. 13.5.3 Editing a User For the added user accounts, you can edit the parameters. Steps: 1. Enter the User Management interface. Menu >Configuration>User Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 13.
  • Page 200 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.

  • Page 201: Appendix

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Appendix...

  • Page 202: Glossary

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.

  • Page 203: Troubleshooting

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Troubleshooting No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally. Possible Reasons: a) No VGA or HDMI connections. b) Connection cable is damaged. c) Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. Steps: 1.
  • Page 204 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2) If not, please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process. Live view stuck when video outputs locally. Possible Reasons: a) The frame rate has not reached the real-time frame rate. Steps: 1.
  • Page 205 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Possible Reasons: a) The time setting of system is incorrect. b) The search condition is incorrect. c) The HDD is error or not detected. Steps: 1. Verify the system time setting is correct. Select “Menu > Configuration > General > General”, and verify the “Device Time” is correct. 2.

  • Page 206: List Of Compatible Hikvision Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder List of Compatible Hikvision IP Cameras The IPC connection is not supported by DS-7100 series DVR. Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution √ DS-2CD7153-E V5.1.0 build 131202 1600×1200 × √ √ DS-2CD754F-EI V5.1.0 build 131202 2048×1536...

  • Page 207: List Of Compatible Third-Party Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder List of Compatible Third-party IP Cameras • The IPC connection is not supported by DS-7100 series DVR. • The ONVIF protocol is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200 series DVR Max. Manufacturer Model Version...

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