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DS-9500NI-S Series NVR USER MANUAL Version 1.2.0...
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The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Hikvision). Hikvision assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in the book.
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Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your NVR, 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. • Keep all liquids away from the NVR. •...
TABLE OF CONTENTS C H A P T E R 1 ............................5 Introduction ............................. 5 1.1 Front Panel Introduction ......................6 1.2 Starting and Shutting Down Your NVR ..................8 C H A P T E R 2 ............................ 10 Network Parameters Configuration.......................
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C H A P T E R 10 ..........................58 Appendix ............................... 58 Glossary ............................59 FAQ ............................... 60 List of Compatible IP Cameras ..................... 61 List of Hikvision IP Cameras Supported by DS-9500NI-S NVR ......... 61 List of Third-party IP Cameras Supported by DS-9500NI-S NVR ........62...
1.1 Front Panel Introduction DS-9504NI-S Front Panel: Name Description Turning red indicates power supply but without system running, turning blue Power indicates power supply and system running. Alarm Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. Status TX/RX TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly.
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DS-9508NI-S Front Panel: Name Description Turning red indicates power supply but without system running, turning blue Power indicates power supply and system running. Status Alarm Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. TX/RX TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly. Indicators HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
DS-9516NI-S Front Panel: Name Description Turning red indicates power supply but without system running, turning blue Power indicates power supply and system running. Status Alarm Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. TX/RX TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly. Indicators HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
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Power Off Standard Shutdown Press and hold the POWER button for 3 seconds; the device will enter power off process, when power indicator turns red, turn off the power switch on the back panel. Other Methods of Shutdown Shutdown with Power Switch Please try to avoid shutting down the unit by turn off the power switch on the back panel (especially during recording).
DS-9500NI-S Series NVR are mainly for IPC, DVS network video storage and playback. Network configurations are needed before operating, including: IP address, subnet mask, gateway and port. Note: The factory default username is admin, password is 12345. The factory default IP address of DS-9500NI-S series is 192.168.0.1. 2.1 Hyper Terminal Setup The common method is to connect NVR and PC with serial line, run Hyper Terminal and modify parameters with serial command.
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Figure 2.1.2 Step 4: Serial port setup. Set port parameters in “COM1 Properties” dialogue box as follow: (Fig 2.1.3) Figure 2.1.3 The parameters should be: Bits per second: 115200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None Press “Apply”...
Figure 2.1.4 Step5: Disconnect and save connection. According to the tips, disconnect and save “HK” for the next time. After saving, there will be a new “Hyper Terminal” item established in the program group “Start”-> “Accessories”->“Communications”->“Hyper Terminal”. “Connection” names of all Hyper Terminal are included. You can see an icon named as “HK” here. 2.2 Network Configuration by Hyper Terminal Enter Hyper Terminal Click “Start”->“Programs”->“Accessories”->“Communications”->“Hyper Terminal”->“HK”, then the Hyper Terminal...
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Figure 2.2.1 Commands Utilities helpm Console help command is used to print common commands, show as Figure 2.2.1. Show the current IP address of NVR. Command format: getIp “Enter”. getIp Setup NVR IP address. Command format: setIp IP: mask setIp e.g.
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DS-9500NI-S series NVR can be accessed and configured by web server. Open IE browser, input the IP address of DS-9500NI-S and then click Enter. The system will remind you to install the ActiveX control. After the installation, you can configure and manage the NVR remotely. The ActiveX control has English and Chinese to selections.
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Open IE browser, input the IP address of NVR, the web server will select the language automatically according to the system language and maximize the IE browser. Figure 4.1 On the top right corner, language is selectable between Chinese and English. Input the correct user name, password and port, click “Login”...
After login, the preview interface will display: Figure 5.1 Interface description: Area Description Area Description Channel list Live view Video adjustment Play control Play control buttons description: Button Description Button Description 4 windows division 1 window division 16 windows division 9 windows division Stop all preview Capture image...
5.1.2 Preview Preview by channel: After choosing window division mode, select one window, and click on channel list to preview the current channel. If preview successful, the icon will become Preview by page: Click the device node on the list, then multiple channels will start to display synchronously according to the selected window divisions.
5.1.4 Stop Preview Click on the playlist, it will become . This can stop the channel preview. Click to stop all channels preview. 5.2 Recording and Capturing Image The previewing channel is required when recording and capturing image. Note: When stop previewing, will also stop the recording of this channel. 5.2.1 Recording Click “Config”, enter local configuration menu where can change the directory of saving recording...
Note: If saving file disk space is less than 500M, the web server will stop recording automatically. 5.2.2 Capturing Image Click “Config” to enter local configuration menu, where can modify the saving capturing image directory. Select a previewing window, click to capture image.
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If the front-end connects with PTZ, PTZ control is available when preview. With the direction buttons, it can achieve 8 directions control. Also zoom, focus, iris, light and wiper are adjustable. Click to enable auto scan, click again to stop it. If preset point is set, the point can be called by selecting in the draw down list and clicking...
Click “Playback” to enter playback menu. Figure 7.1 Playback interface description: Area Description Area Description Channel list Playback video Playback control Playback status Download/ Backup Calendar Timeline Playback control buttons description: Button Description Button Description Stop Play Speed up Slow down Snapshot Play by single frame Open/Close audio...
Step 2: Select a date in calendar. Step 3: Click “Search” to search the matched recorded files. If there are search results, then they will be shown in the time line area. Drag the timeline to select the specific time. Different file types will be indicated with different colors. 7.2 Play Recording File After searching file, click to play.
Recording file location: , input the time in the pop-up box and click “Go”. Click This will start the file playback from the specified time. Drag timeline, and set “ ” to the specified time to play back the video. 7.3 Capturing Image and Download Click “Config”...
After searching file, click to pop up a new page where list all the files for the specific day. Select one file and click to start download, click again to stop download. During download, the window will display the file number and download progress.
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Click “Log” to enter log query menu: Figure 8.1 Select the log type and date, and click to list all matched logs. Enable “Start” as to search the log file in a certain period of a day. Click can export the logs as Excel or TXT file. Note: Up to 2000 logs can be listed;...
Click “Config” button in the menu bar and enter parameters setup menu, which displays local configuration by default. 9.1 Local Configuration Figure 9.1 Local Parameters Information: Parameters Descriptions Protocol Type Select network transmission protocol: TCP or UDP. The Size of File Packaging Set the size of recordings Main Stream for recording.
Figure 9.2 Model Name IP camera connections DS-9504NI-S Up to 4-ch D1 or 2-ch 720P or 1-ch UXGA IP cameras DS-9508NI-S Up to 8-ch D1 or 4-ch 720P or 2-ch UXGA IP cameras DS-9516NI-S Up to 16-ch D1 or 8-ch 720P or 4-ch UXGA IP cameras Note: For DS-2CD852MF series IP camera at UXGA resolution, up to 1 channel can be connected to DS-9504NI-S model, 2 channels to DS-9508NI-S model and 4 channels to DS-9516NI-S model.
Figure 9.3 Tick a box in front of the listed camera and click OK to finish. 9.2.2 Single Add of IP camera This function enables you to add a single IP camera quickly. When there are supported IP cameras in the same network segment of a LAN with NVR, you may add it in one button with default user name, password and port number.
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Figure 9.4 Select one camera in the list and click to finish. Then you can change IP address, sub mask or user name, password in the menu on the right, and click “Modify” to confirm. IP camera Manually Add First select a Channel No. to enable IP camera Config menu shown on the right. Input the IP address, port, user name and password, click “Modify”...
9.3 Recording Settings Click “Remote Config” and select to enter remote settings menu where you can configure recording, alarm, network settings and etc. Figure 9.5...
9.3.1 Video Parameters Figure 9.6 Settings for recording: Items Descriptions Encoding Main Stream (Normal/Event) and Sub stream. Parameters Stream Type Video and Video & Audio Resolution Recording Resolution Bit rate Type Variable and Constant Frame Type BBP,BP and Single P 9.3.2 Schedule Recording Step1: Enable Schedule Recording.
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Figure 9.7 Step 2: Set recording time and type. Click Settings button besides to “Record Time” to enter setup page. Select one day in a week, and select All Day recording if necessary. You may also set period recording by disable All Day Recording;...
Go to Motion Detection page: Figure 9.8 Note: If you are using IP camera that is not from Hikvision, please setup this function by using its own software. Step1: Select Channel No. for motion detection recording. Step2: Enable motion detection by tick the box.
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Step4: Tick box of Start Draw and draw an area on the image by lift-pressing and holding the mouse. Double-click can select full screen. Step5: Select a sensitivity level for motion detection. Level 1 is the lowest, 6 is the highest. Step6: Arm Schedule Setup You may select one day in a week, or select several time periods in one day.
“NO” is the default status. The settings will become effective after rebooting. If you are using IP camera that is not from Hikvision, please setup this function by using its own software. Step3: Enable “Alarm Handle” to activate “Arm Schedule” &...
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Step4: Set the fortify time for alarm input. Click “Settings” in “Fortify Time” menu. Select “Weekday” as some day of the week or the whole week for recording time. The “All Day Record” or 8 “Segments” can be selected as well. Note: The time of each segment can not be overlapped.
Step7: Select one day in a week, and select All Day recording if necessary. You may also set period recording by disable All Day Recording; there are 8 time periods in one day. Then you can select Alarm Recording from the drop-down menu beside the periods.
Step5: Set the alarm linkage for motion detection and select alarm output channel. Alarm Linkages Description: Linkage Description When the alarm signal is detected, the image of corresponding channel will pop out as Warning on Monitor single screen. Audio Warning Alarm triggers buzzer Upload to Center Upload the alarm signal to the center, such as client software...
9.4.3 Video Loss Note: This function is only available on IP cameras from Hikvision. Step1: Select the channel number for video loss. Select Step2: Enable “Video Loss” to activate settings of “Fortify Time”...
Step4: Set linkage for video loss. Click “Settings” in the “Linkage” menu. 9.4.4 Video Tampering Note: This function is only available on IP cameras from Hikvision. Step1: Select the channel number for video tampering. Select Step2: Enable “Video Tampering Alarm” to activate settings...
Step3: Set the video tampering area and sensitivity. The sensitivity can be divided into three levels: Low, Medium, and High. Enable “Start Draw”, and select the detection area by using mouse. Step4: Set the fortify time for video tampering. Click “Settings” in “Arm Schedule” menu. Select “Weekday”...
Select the exception type and handle method. Select enter configuration interface. 9.5 Network Configuration 9.5.1 Basic Configuration Select Configure the network according to the actual situation. If there is DHCP server in the network, enable “Obtain Auto” and reboot the device to get the IP address under this network segment automatically.
9.5.2 PPPoE Settings Select Enable PPPoE by ticking , input the user name and password, then save the changes and reboot the device to make the parameters become effective. If succeed to dial, the current IP address will be displayed in the blank “DDNS IP”.
Select Tick to enable NTP function. Note: Time Synchronization Interval: 0~10080 min (default 60min). If the device connected to the public network, the IP address of NTP server provided by carrier can be input in the blank “Server Address”; If the device connected to private network, the IP address of NTP server built by NTP software can be input the blank “Server Address”.
9.6 Channel Configuration 9.6.1 Channel Display Settings Note: This function is only available on IP cameras from Hikvision. Select You can configure channel name, OSD and related parameters here. 9.6.2 Video Mask Note: This function is only available on IP cameras from Hikvision.
Step2: Set the mask area. Click “Settings” to enter area set menu. Enable “Start Draw” (i.e. ), select the mask area by clicking and dragging the mouse. Note: Max. 4 areas can be configured in one image. 9.7 Account Management The default user name and password of device administrator are “admin”...
Click “Add” to add user. Note: If you set the IP address or physical address, and then only the PC with the same IP address or physical address can visit the device through network. Note: Local PTZ Control: Locally control PTZ cameras. Local Manual Record: Locally start and stop manual recording on any of the channels.
9.9 HDD Settings HDD Formatting: Click Note: Please backup the data before formatting hard disk. Disk Group Management: Select one disk and select one HDD Group you want it to be shown as figure right. Note: NVR supports up to 16 HDD Groups. HDD Property Settings: Select one disk, and configure its property by selecting Read-Write, Read-Only or redundant from drop-down menu,...
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HDD Group record channel: Click “HDD Group attribute” button to enter setup page. First select a HDD group and then tick channels you want to record in this HDD group, and then click OK to finish Note: Recording the images of one channel in one HDD group is recommended.
Glossary DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network application protocol used by devices (DHCP clients) to obtain configuration information for operation in an Internet Protocol network. Acronym for Network Time Protocol. A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network. PPPoE PPPoE, Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet, is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames.
• Why does my NVR make a beeping sound after booting? There are a few reasons for the warning beep your NVR makes after booting. 1. There is no HDD present in the NVR. 2. The HDD has not been initialized. 3.
List of Compatible IP Cameras List of Hikvision IP Cameras Supported by DS-9500NI-S NVR Main Stream Resolution IPC Sub Stream Audio Encoding Latest Platfo Model Supported by Stream Resolution Compr Type Resolution Format/Transmission/ Version Stream 9500NVR Resolution Supported ession Packaging Format 9500NVR HIK H.264+HIK...
List of Third-party IP Cameras Supported by DS-9500NI-S NVR Mode Video Audio Manufa Firmware Supported Resolution Supported Alarm In/Out Compressi Compression Motion Detection cturer Version BitRate Panasonic MPEG4(supp Allow NVR to receive ort: private CBR: (support: 64, AlarmIn(1 alarm 1.00Ex(x motion detection alarm protocol G726A-Law(sup...
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H.264 BP+ (support: 640*480/320*240/ VBR: (not support) RTSP: single 704*576/704*288/352*288/176* CBR: (support: NBC25 2048, 1536, 1024, stream) 18500400 G711(support) Not support Not support (not support frame rate settings) 512, 384, 256, 128, H.264MP(not (Note: the resolution actually 64, self-defined support) supported is 640*480/320*240) 32-8192 kbps) MJPEG(not...
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AlarmIn MPEG4(supp Allow NVR to receive (support: ort: private motion detection alarm undetermined Spectra protocol 4CIF/CIF 01.00.0022 G711(support) Not support information, but not to alarm inputs), Mini IP UDP); (not support frame rate settings) set motion detection AlarmOut(suppo MJPG(not zone rt: undetermined support) alarm outputs)
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