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  • Page 1 Digital Video Recorder User Manual...
  • Page 2 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Regulatory information FCC information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, compliance: 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 3 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your DVR, 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 4 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Trademarks and Registered Trademarks • Windows and Windows mark are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • HDMI, HDMI mark and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
  • Page 5 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 toTurbo HD DVR. Some function is only for certain models, check the specification for whether it supports the function.

  • Page 6: Product Key Features

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Product Key Features General z Connectable to HD-TVI and analog cameras; z Connectable to the Coaxitron camera/dome with long transmission distance; z Connectable to IP cameras from our company for HDVR series; z Each channel supports dual-stream. Main stream supports up to 1080P resolution and sub-stream supports up to WD1 resolution;...
  • Page 7 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder z Normal and event video encoding parameters; z Multiple recording types: manual, continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm; z 8 recording time periods with separated recording types; z Pre-record and post-record for motion detection triggered recording, and pre-record time for schedule and manual recording;...
  • Page 8 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder z Extranet access by SIMPLEDDNS. z TCP, UDP and RTP for unicast; z Auto/Manual port mapping by UPnP z Remote search, playback, download, locking and unlocking the record files, and downloading files broken transfer resume; z Remote parameters setup;...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Product Key Features ..........................6 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................13 Front Panels ........................... 14 IR Remote Control Operations ...................... 18 USB Mouse Operation ........................20 Input Method Description ......................21 Rear Panel ............................. 22 Chapter 2 Getting Started ..........................
  • Page 10 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Configuring Motion Detection Record ..................67 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record .................... 69 Manual Record ..........................71 Configuring Holiday Record ......................72 Configuring Redundant Recording ....................74 Configuring HDD Group for Recording ..................76 Files Protection ..........................77 Chapter 6 Playback ............................
  • Page 11 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.6 Configuring the Remote Alarm Host ................. 135 9.2.7 Configuring Multicast ......................136 9.2.8 Configuring RTSP ......................136 9.2.9 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports .................. 136 9.2.10 Configuring HTTPS Port ....................137 9.2.11 Configuring Email ......................138 9.2.12 Telnet Settings........................
  • Page 12 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.5.1 Adding a User ........................178 13.5.2 Deleting a User ........................180 13.5.3 Editing a User ........................180 13.6 Logging out/Shutting down/Rebooting Device ................182 Appendix 183 Glossary ..............................184 Troubleshooting ............................. 185...

  • Page 13: Chapter 1 Introduction

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

  • Page 14: Front Panels

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.1 Front Panels Figure 1. 1 Front Panel of 4ch/8ch/16ch 720P Models Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel Name Function Description POWER indicator turns green when DVR is powered up. POWER STATUS indicator lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD. STATUS Tx/Rx indictor blinks green when network connection is functioning properly.
  • Page 15 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Indicator turns green when DVR is controlled by an IR remote control with the address from 1~254; Indicator turns red when the SHIFT button is used; Indicator does not light when the DVR is controlled by a keyboard or by the IR remote control with the address of 255;...
  • Page 16 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Access PTZ control interface. Enter numeral “9”; Enter letters “WXYZ”; Multi-camera display in live view; 9WXYZ/PREV In Playback mode or MenuÆPlaybackÆTag playback interface, this button can be used to delete the selected tag. Enter numeral “0”; Switch between input methods (upper and lowercase alphabet, symbols and numeric input).
  • Page 17 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder call a PTZ preset. Enter the Playback menu; PLAY/AUTO Auto scan in the PTZ Control mode. In PTZ control mode, the ZOOM+ button is used to zoom in the PTZ camera. ZOOM+ Button Adjust focus in the PTZ Control mode. Switch between input methods (upper and lowercase alphabet, symbols and A/FOCUS+ numeric input).

  • Page 18: Ir Remote Control Operations

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations The DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 4. Batteries (2×AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1. 4 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel.
  • Page 19 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Description Same as Alphanumeric buttons on front panel. Alphanumeric Buttons Same as EDIT/IRIS+ button on front panel. EDIT Button A Button Same as A/FOCUS+ button on front panel. Same as REC/SHOT button on front panel. REC Button Same as the PLAY/AUTO button on front panel.

  • Page 20: 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 21: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 5 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 5 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icons Description Icons Description English Capital English Numbers Symbols Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace...

  • Page 22: Rear Panel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 6 Rear Panel of 720P Series Table 1. 6 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. RCA connector AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT RCA connector DB15 connector for VGA output.
  • Page 23 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 1. 7 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. AUDIO IN RCA connector USB Port Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices. HDMI HDMI video output connector.

  • Page 24: Chapter 2 Getting Started

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

  • Page 25: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Dvr

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the DVR. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the DVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.
  • Page 26 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder z Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down. z 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 27: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.2 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard will start once the DVR has loaded, as shown in Figure 2. 3. Steps: 1. Please select the system language in the drop-down list on your demand. Figure 2.
  • Page 28 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 5 Login Window 4. Enter the admin password. By default, the password is 12345. You are highly recommended to change the default password right after the first login to avoid safety problem. 5.
  • Page 29 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 7 General Network Configuration 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for 4ch 720P 1U chassis models; 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces for 2U chassis models; 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface for other models. 8.
  • Page 30 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 8 Advanced Network Configuration 9. Set the parameters of port No., Auto UPnP or DDNS if required. 10. Click Next button after configuring the advanced network parameters, which will take you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2.
  • Page 31 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 10 Record Settings 13. Click Copy to copy the recording setting to other cameras. 14. Click OK to save the settings and exit the wizard.

  • Page 32: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.3 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras 2.3.1 Adding the Online IP Cameras Purpose: The main function of the NVR is to connect the network cameras and record the video got from it. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.
  • Page 33 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 12 Adding IP Camera Interface 3. The online cameras with same network segment will be displayed in the camera list. Click the button to add the camera. Or you can click the Add All button to add all the detected online IP cameras. Table 2.
  • Page 34 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3) Click Add to add the camera. OPTION 2: Steps: 1. Enter the Camera Management interface. Menu> Camera> Camera Figure 2. 14 Main Menu 2. Repeat the step 3 and 4 of OPTION 1 to add the camera. Figure 2.

  • Page 35: Editing The Connected Ip Cameras And Configuring Customized Protocols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 16 Selecting Multiple Channels 2.3.2 Editing the Connected IP Cameras and Configuring Customized Protocols After the adding of the IP cameras, the basic information of the camera lists in the page, you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras.
  • Page 36 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 18 Network Configuration of the Camera 2. You can edit the network information and the password of the camera. Figure 2. 19 Password Configuration of the Camera 3. Click Apply to save the settings and click OK to exit the interface.

  • Page 37: Chapter 3 Live View

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

  • Page 38: 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 39: Operations In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: show only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. •...

  • Page 40: Using The Mouse In Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View Table 3. 4 Mouse Operation in Live View Name Description Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse. Menu Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number from the dropdown Single Screen list.

  • Page 41: Using An Auxiliary Monitor

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor Certain features of the Live View are also available while in an Aux monitor. These features include: • Single Screen: Switch to a full screen display of the selected camera. Camera can be selected from a dropdown list.

  • Page 42: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2.5 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode On the screen of each channel, there is a quick setting toolbar which shows when you point the mouse to the bottom of the screen. Figure 3. 3 Quick Setting Toolbar Table 3.
  • Page 43 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder • Outdoor: the image is relatively clearer and sharper. The degree of contrast and saturation is high. Figure 3. 5 Image Settings You can adjust the image parameters, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness and denoising. You can also click Default to restore the default settings and click Copy to copy the image settings to other analog cameras.

  • Page 44: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.3 Channel-zero Encoding This chapter is applicable to 1080P series. 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 45: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.4 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc. Steps: 1.
  • Page 46 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 channels.

  • Page 47: 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 48: 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: 1.

  • Page 49: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

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

  • Page 50: 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 51 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder For the Coaxitron camera/dome connected, you can select the PTZ protocol to HDCAM-C (Coaxitron) or PELCO-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 52: 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 53: Customizing Patrols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 54: 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 55: 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 56: 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 57: 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 58: One-Touch Park

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder You can click the Restore button to clear the defined left limit and right limit data and the dome needs to 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).

  • Page 59: 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 60: Chapter 5 Recording Settings

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

  • Page 61: Configuring Encoding Parameters

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.1 Configuring Encoding 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 62 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 63 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 64: Configuring Record Schedule

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule Purpose: Set the record schedule, and then the camera will automatically start/stop recording according to the configured schedule. Steps: 1. Enter the Record Schedule interface. Menu> Record> Schedule 4/8/16ch 720P Series Other Models Figure 5.
  • Page 65 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 7 Edit Schedule- All Day To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time. Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule- Set Time Period Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped with each other. Repeat the above steps 1)-4) to schedule recording for other days in the week.
  • Page 66 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 10 Draw the Schedule Descriptions of the color icons are shown in the figure below. Figure 5. 11 Descriptions of the Color Icons Click and drag the mouse on the schedule. Click on the other area except for the schedule table to finish and exit the drawing. You can repeat step 4 to set schedule for other channels.

  • Page 67: 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 68 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 69: Configuring Alarm Triggered Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record The 4ch/8ch/16ch 720P series do not support the alarm input by default. Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording. Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5.
  • Page 70 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 71: Manual Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.5 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> Manual Figure 5.

  • Page 72: Configuring Holiday Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.6 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 73 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. See the two figures below.

  • Page 74: Configuring Redundant Recording

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.7 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 75 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 26 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 76: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.8 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 77: Files Protection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.9 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 78 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. 30 HDD General 2.

  • Page 79: Chapter 6 Playback

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

  • Page 80: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. z z OPTION 1 Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
  • Page 81 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4ch/8ch/16ch 720P 1080P Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View 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. For the models with front panel, pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding camera during playback process.

  • Page 82: Playing Back By Time

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 4 Toolbar of Playback Table 6. 1 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Mute Start/Stop clipping Save clip(s) Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Pause / Reverse play/ Digital Zoom Smart Search...
  • Page 83 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 5 Playback Calendar 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 In the Playback interface: The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process, as shown in Figure 6.

  • Page 84: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Pause play/ Play/ Stop 30s reverse Single-frame play 30s forward Speed down Speed up Scaling up/down the Previous day Next day time line Full Screen Exit Video type Process bar Video type bar z z The indicates the start time and end time of the record files.
  • Page 85 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 9 Search Result Bar 5. 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. 6. (Optional) If multiple channels are triggered recording by the alarm input, clicking the button will pop up a synchoronouse playback channel selection window.

  • Page 86: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 11 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6. 3 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-event Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Mute Start/Stop clipping Save clip(s) Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Pause / Reverse play/ Smart Search...
  • Page 87 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 12 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 88 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 14 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. Figure 6. 15 Interface of Playback by Tag Figure 6.

  • Page 89: Smart Playback

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 6. 4 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-tag Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Mute Start/Stop clipping Save clip(s) Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Pause / Reverse play/ Digital Zoom Smart Search Single-frame reverse play...

  • Page 90: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 17 Smart Playback Interface Table 6. 5 Detailed Explanation of Smart Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Scaling Pause play/ Stop up/down the Play time line Smart search Video type / Process bar result picture...
  • Page 91 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 18 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. 19 Result of System Log Search 3.

  • Page 92: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 20 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 93: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: • Using a Mouse Go to Playback interface and click button until the speed changes to Single frame.
  • Page 94 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s). You can click button to set the full screen as target searching area. After drawing area(s), press button to execute smart search in this area. Multi-area and full-screen searching modes are supported.

  • Page 95: Digital Zoom

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.2.3 Digital Zoom Steps: 1. Click the button on the playback control bar to enter Digital Zoom interface. 2. Use the mouse to draw a red rectangle and the image within it will be enlarged up to 16 times. Figure 6.
  • Page 96 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 27 4-ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3. Click to play back the record files reversely.

  • Page 97: Chapter 7 Backup

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

  • Page 98: 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 99 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 100 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder This function is supported by 1080P 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 101: 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 102 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder z Here we take the backup by motion detection as the example. z Backup by alarm input is supported by 1080P series DVR. 2) Check the checkbox of cameras and set the search time. 3) Click Search button to enter the Search Result interface.
  • Page 103 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 104: 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 105 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 106 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 107: 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 108 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 109: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 8 Alarm Settings...

  • Page 110: 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 111 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 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions).

  • Page 112: Setting Sensor Alarms

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms This function is not supported by 4ch/8ch/16ch 720P series. Purpose: Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu>...
  • Page 113 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 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
  • Page 114 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...

  • Page 115: 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 116 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.7 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 117: 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 118 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 8.7 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 119: Setting All-Day Video Quality Diagnostics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.5 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 120: Handling Exceptions

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.6 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 121 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 16 Detailed Event 3. Set the alarm linkage actions. For details, see Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions. 4. Click Apply to save the settings.

  • Page 122: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output. Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor (HDMI, VGA or CVBS monitor) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.
  • Page 123 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 17 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 124: Triggering Or Clearing Alarm Output Manually

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.8 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually This function is not supported by 4ch/8ch/16ch 720P series. 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 125: Chapter 9 Network Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 9 Network Settings...

  • Page 126: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 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 Figure 9. 1 Network Settings Interface 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for 4ch 720P 1U chassis models;...
  • Page 127 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Working Mode There are two 10M/100M/1000M NIC cards provided by certain models, and it allows the device to work in the Multi-address, Load Balance and Net-fault Tolerance modes. Multi-address Mode: The parameters of the two NIC cards can be configured independently. You can select LAN1 or LAN2 in the NIC type field for parameter settings.

  • Page 128: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR also allows access by Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface. Figure 9.
  • Page 129 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 3 DDNS Settings Interface 3. Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. 4. Select DDNS Type. Five different DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, DynDNS, PeanutHull, NO-IP and SIMPLEDDNS. IPServer: Enter Server Address for IPServer. Figure 9.
  • Page 130 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 7 NO-IP Settings Interface SIMPLEDDNS: 1) The Server Address of the SIMPLEDDNS server appears by default: www.simpleddns.com. 2) Enter the Device Domain Name. You can use the alias you registered in the SIMPLEDDNS server or define a new device domain name.
  • Page 131 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 10 Register the Device The device name can only contain the lower-case English letter, numeric and ‘-’; and it must start with the lower-case English letter and cannot end with ‘-’. Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software After having successfully registered the device on the SIMPLEDDNS server, you can access your device via web browser or Client Software with the Device Domain Name (Device Name).

  • Page 132: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 11 Access Device via CMS 5. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your DVR to ensure the accuracy of system date/time.

  • Page 133: Configuring Snmp

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.4 Configuring SNMP Purpose: You can use SNMP protocol to get device status and parameters related information. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the SNMP tab to enter the SNMP Settings interface. Figure 9.
  • Page 134 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Default Route of the device should be in the same network segment as that of the LAN IP address of the router. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2.

  • Page 135: Configuring The Remote Alarm Host

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 17 External Port Settings Dialog Box 2) Click Apply button to save the settings. 3) You can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping. Figure 9. 18 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Manual 9.2.6 Configuring the Remote Alarm Host Purpose: With a remote alarm host configured, the DVR will send the alarm event or exception message to the host when...

  • Page 136: Configuring Multicast

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 9.2.7 Configuring Multicast Purpose: The multicast can be configured to realize live view for more than 128 cameras through network. A multicast address spans the Class-D IP range of 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. It is recommended to use the IP address ranging from 239.252.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.

  • Page 137: Configuring Https Port

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 9. 23. 3. Enter new Server Port and HTTP Port. Figure 9.

  • Page 138: Configuring Email

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 24 HTTPS Settings OPTION 1: Create the self-signed certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the following dialog box. Figure 9. 25 Create Self-signed Certificate 2) Enter the country, host name/IP, validity and other information. 3) Click OK to save the settings.
  • Page 139 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an event is detected, e.g. an alarm or motion event is detected, etc. Before configuring the Email settings, the DVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server.

  • Page 140: Telnet Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5. You can click the Test button to test whether your Email settings work. The corresponding Attention message box pops up. Figure 9. 28 Email Testing Attention 9.2.12 Telnet Settings Purpose: Telnet function provides an easy way to get access to the DVR. You can see the advanced information about the device by inputting command;...
  • Page 141 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder The telnet function turns invalid after the device shutting down or rebooting, you have to enable it again if required.

  • Page 142: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.3 Checking Network Traffic Purpose: You can check the network traffic to obtain real-time information of DVR such as linking status, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure 9.

  • Page 143: 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 144 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. Click the Refresh button if the connected local backup device cannot be displayed. When it fails to detect the backup device, please check whether it is compatible with the DVR. You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect.

  • Page 145: 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. 35 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out.
  • Page 146 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. 38 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 147: Chapter 10 Hdd Management

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 10 HDD Management...

  • Page 148: 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 149 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 150: 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 151 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 152: 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 153: 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 154: 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 155 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 156: 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 157: 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 158: 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 and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. Steps: 1.

  • Page 159: 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 160: 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 161: Chapter 11 Camera Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 11 Camera Settings...

  • Page 162: 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 163: 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 164: 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 165: Chapter 12 Dvr Management And Maintenance

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance...

  • Page 166: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.1 Viewing System Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. You can click the Device Info, Camera, Record, Alarm, Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device.
  • Page 167 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 168 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 169: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info 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. And the exported file can be edited on your PC, like adding or deleting the content, and copy the setting to other devices by importing the excel file to it.

  • Page 170: 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 171: 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 172: 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 Factory Default 2. Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Except the network parameters (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, default route and server port), all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings.

  • Page 173: Chapter 13 Others

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 13 Others...

  • Page 174: Configuring Rs-232 Serial Port

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in two ways: Parameters Configuration: Connect a PC to the device through the PC serial port. Device parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal. The serial port parameters must be the same as the device’s when connecting with the PC serial port.

  • Page 175: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.2 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution, system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Select the General tab. 720P Series Other Models Figure 13.

  • Page 176: 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. 2 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 177: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.4 Configuring More Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in 0. 4/8/16ch 720P Series Other Models Figure 13.

  • Page 178: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.5 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the DVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters. 13.5.1 Adding a User Steps: 1.
  • Page 179 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 13. 6 Added User Listed in User Management Interface 5. Select the user from the list and then click the button to enter the Permission settings interface, as shown in Figure 13. 7. Figure 13.

  • Page 180: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder • Local Manual Operation: Locally starting/stopping manual recording and alarm output of the selected camera(s). • Remote Manual Operation: Remotely starting/stopping manual recording and alarm output of the selected camera(s). • Local Playback: Locally playing back recorded files of the selected camera(s). •...
  • Page 181 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 13. 10 Edit User Interface-operator and guest Figure 13. 11 Edit User Interface-admin 4. Edit the parameters. • Operator and Guest You can edit the user information, including user name, password, permission level and MAC address. Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password, and input the new one in the text field of Password and Confirm.

  • Page 182: Logging Out/Shutting Down/Rebooting Device

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.6 Logging out/Shutting down/Rebooting Device Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown interface. Menu > Shutdown Figure 13. 12 Shutdown Menu 2. Click the Logout button to log out, or Click the Shutdown button to shut down the device, or Click the Reboot button to reboot the device.
  • Page 183 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Appendix...

  • Page 184: Appendix 183 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 185: 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 186 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 187 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.

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