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Page 2 Notes  Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.  There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
DVR User Manual Contents Contents Contents ............................i Introduction ........................1 1.1 Summary ........................1 1.2 Features ......................... 1 1.3 Front Panel Descriptions ....................4 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions ....................5 1.5 Connections ........................7 Basic Operation Guide ....................10 2.1 Startup &...
Page 4: Contents
DVR User Manual Contents 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction ................40 6.2 Preset Setting ....................... 44 6.3 Cruise Setting ......................45 6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting ....................46 Record & Disk Management ..................47 7.1 Record Configuration ....................47 7.1.1 Mode Configuration ..................47 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ...................
Page 5 DVR User Manual Contents 9.5 Alarm Event Notification .................... 77 9.5.1 Alarm-out ......................77 9.5.2 E-mail ....................... 77 9.5.3 Display ......................78 9.5.4 Buzzer ......................78 9.5.5 Push Message ....................78 9.6 Manual Alarm ......................79 9.7 View Alarm Status ....................... 79 Account &...
Page 6 DVR User Manual Contents 12.4.2 Remote Playback ..................106 12.4.3 Remote Backup .................... 107 12.4.4 Remote Configuration ................107 Appendix A FAQ ......................... 108 Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity ..............113 Appendix C Compatible Device List ................. 114...
Page 7: Introduction
DVR User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of the DVR adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. This series of the DVR which are powerful and easy to use are provided with excellent image quality and stable system.
Page 8 DVR User Manual Introduction  Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size  Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras)  Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live preview interface ...
Page 9 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Management  Support alarm schedule setting  Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable ...
Page 10: Front Panel Descriptions
DVR User Manual Introduction export and local upgrading by USB mobile device  Support auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution  You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface  You can click the middle mouse button at any interface to go to the live view interface ...
Page 11: Rear Panel Descriptions
DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Enter Confirm selection To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections.
Page 12 DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors Ground AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box AUDIO IN Audio input ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarms VIDEO IN 8 CH video inputs HDMI...
Page 13: Connections
DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Connectors for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is RS485 AUDIO IN Audio input AHD VIDEO IN 16 CH AHD video inputs HDMI Connect to monitor Connect to monitor Network port AUDIO OUT Audio output CVBS CVBS video output;...
Page 14 DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available. The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below: The alarm input is an open/closed relay.
Page 15 DVR User Manual Introduction  RS485 Connection There are two types of RS485 interfaces: （Type 1）（Type 2） Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are used to connect speed dome. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are not only used to connect speed dome but also to connect keyboard.
Page 16: Basic Operation Guide
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ①...
Page 17 DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Power Button Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image To go to sequence view mode Audio...
Page 18: Mouse Control
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function Record manually Search To enter search mode MEUN To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in No function temporarily To control playback.
Page 19: Common Button Operation
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters.
Page 20: Wizard & Main Interface
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk;...
Page 21 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ② Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure. Set the time zone, system time, date format and time format.
Page 22 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the to add the searched camera. Click “Add same local network with DVR and then click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All”...
Page 23 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface subnet mask, gateway and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the DVR.
Page 24: Main Interface
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “Next” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details. ⑦ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details).
Page 25 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button.
Page 26: Setup Panel
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Introduction of area ②: Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one IP camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.
Page 27 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligent Detection” and “PTZ”.
Page 28: Main Functions
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions ...
Page 29 DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface  Account and Authority The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on.  System The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.7 View Log for details) and Configuration File Import&Export (see 11.5...
Page 30: Camera Management
DVR User Manual Camera Management 4 Camera Management 4.1 Camera Signal Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraCamera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels, accordingly increasing (or decreasing) the number of IP channels with the total channels unchanged.
Page 31 DVR User Manual Camera Management  Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera. ...
Page 32: Edit Camera
DVR User Manual Camera Management Input the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input window, input the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol.
Page 33 DVR User Manual Camera Management Click to edit the IP address, user name or password and other information of the DVRs/NVRs. behind “Add” button to add the IPC selected and the user may edit the IP address, Click behind “Edit” button. user name or password by clicking...
Page 34: Live Preview Introduction
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5 Live Preview Introduction 5.1 Preview Interface Introduction The connected analog camera will be added automatically in the live preview interface for previewing. You should add IP camera manually for previewing (see 4.2.1 Add Camera for details).
Page 35: Preview Mode
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Button Menu List Meaning Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface. Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.3.5 Image Adjustment for details. Click it to view the IP camera information. Camera Info The single channel amplification interface is as shown below.
Page 36: Quick Sequence View
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction  Add Display Mode Method One: ① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as needed. ③ Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click the “OK”...
Page 37: Scheme View In Sequence
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode.
Page 38: Spot View
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction  Add Scheme in area ① to create a new scheme.0 Click Click on the top right corner of the scheme to delete it.  Configure Scheme Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme.
Page 39: Pos Settings
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.3 POS Settings Some models may not support this function. ① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to go to the following interface. ③...
Page 40 DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction ⑥ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to multiple channels, but one channel can only be bound to one POS. ⑦ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time.
Page 41: Preview Image Configuration
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction One POS is bound to multiple cameras: 5.4 Preview Image Configuration 5.4.1 OSD Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera, input the camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and time OSDs directly in the image view area to change the OSDs’...
Page 42: Image Settings
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction and select the date and time formats. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced”...
Page 43: Water Mark Settings
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction mouse on the image area to set the mask area; click “Delete” button to delete the mask areas; click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.4 Water Mark Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageWater Mark Settings to go to the interface as shown below.
Page 44: Image Adjustment
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.4.5 Image Adjustment Go to live preview interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface.  Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture.
Page 45 DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Parameter Meaning White Balance Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically. Image Mirror Turn the current video image horizontally. Image Flip Turn the current video image vertically.  Lens Control Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens.
Page 46: Ptz
DVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below.
Page 47 DVR User Manual Button Meaning Click it to return to the live preview interface.  Analog Joystick Control The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates.
Page 48 DVR User Manual  Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image;...
Page 49 DVR User Manual  Preset Setting Click “Preset” to go to preset operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below. Select the preset and then input the preset name in the window; finally click “OK”...
Page 50: Preset Setting
DVR User Manual Click to start the cruise and click to stop the cruise in the cruise list of the cruise operation tab; click “Delete” button to delete the selected cruise. You can also go to cruise setting interface for cruise setting, see 6.3 Cruise Setting for details. 6.2 Preset Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZPreset to go to the interface as shown below.
Page 51: Cruise Setting
DVR User Manual 6.3 Cruise Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZCruise to go to the interface as shown below.  Add Cruise Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise” of the dome and then click window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface;...
Page 52: Ptz Protocol Setting
DVR User Manual 6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZProtocol to go to the interface as shown below. You can enable or disable the PTZ and set the protocol, baud rate and address of the analog dome in the interface. Please make sure the analog speed dome camera is well connected to the DVR before you control it.
Page 53: Record & Disk Management
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings”...
Page 54 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Some models may not support POS recording. You can add more auto modes on intelligence record. Click “Advanced” button to pop up a window as shown below. Check the modes in the window and then click “Add” button to show the modes in the record mode list (in the window, the checked modes can be showed in the ⅹ...
Page 55: Advanced Configuration
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management If the manual mode is selected, you need to set the encode parameters and record schedules of each camera. See 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting and 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration Click StartSettingsRecordAdvanced to go to the following interface.
Page 56: Schedule Setting
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management encode, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality and max bitrate of sub-stream for each camera in the interface and then click “Apply” to save the settings. 7.3 Schedule Setting 7.3.1 Add Schedule Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below.
Page 57 DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button.  Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time;...
Page 58: Record Schedule Configuration
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management in a day; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a day. Click “Copy To” to copy the schedule of the day to other days. Refer to the picture below. Check the days in the window and then click “OK”...
Page 59: Record Mode
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Go to “Edit Schedules” interface and then click to edit the schedule. The settings of “Edit Schedule” are similar to that of the “Add Schedule”. Click to delete the schedule. 7.4 Record Mode 7.4.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to enable...
Page 60: Intelligence Recording
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.4.5 Intelligence Recording ① Set the intelligence recording schedule of each IP camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. ② Enable the intelligence detection (object detection, exception, line crossing or intrusion detection) and draw alert surface or warning area of each IP camera. See 9.3 Intelligence Alarm for details.
Page 61: View Disk And S.m.a.r.t. Information
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.5.2 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information Click StartSettingsDiskView Disk Information to view the HDD information; click “S.M.A.R.T. Information” to view the working status of the HDD. Refer to the picture below.
Page 62: Playback & Backup
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time).
Page 63 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera.
Page 64 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Button Meaning Next frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode. Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s. Click it to show the water mark on the image; click to hide the water mark.
Page 65: Smart Playback
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the Add Tag added tag. Click it and then input the tag name in the popup window. Click “Add” to add tag. Click it to switch the playback camera.
Page 66 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup  Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle Click and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.
Page 67: Record Search, Playback & Backup
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup  Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files.
Page 68: Search, Playback & Backup By Time-Sliced Image
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image ① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time-sliced Image to go to “By Time-sliced Image” tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be showed.
Page 69 DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤ Click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details).
Page 70: Smart Search
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Time Slice Mode Selecting: Method One: Click the “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day;...
Page 71: Search, Playback & Backup By Time
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup : Draw quadrilateral. You can search the record in this quadrilateral after drawing it. 8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time ⑤ Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time to go to “By Time” tab as shown below. on the bottom of the interface to add playback camera.
Page 72: Search & Playback By Tag
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click to search the record.
Page 73: Image Management
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup delete the tag. 8.4.6 Image Management Click StartSearch and BackupImage Management to go to “Image Management” tab. The system will display all the snapped images automatically in the list. to pop up the “Export” window. Select the device Click to delete the image.
Page 74: Alarm Management
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ②...
Page 75: Motion Alarm
DVR User Manual Alarm Management delay time of the buzzer, please see 9.5.4 Buzzer for details. Pop-up Video: After camera setting, the system will pop up the corresponding video automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the video, please see 9.5.3 Display for details.
Page 76: Motion Alarm Handling Configuration
DVR User Manual Alarm Management the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as a continuous movement;...
Page 77 DVR User Manual Alarm Management “Draw Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the alarm area in the image (the alarm area should be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw Area” if you finish the drawing.
Page 78: Exception
DVR User Manual Alarm Management ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Article Protect Config” to go to the object detection configuration interface. 9.3.2 Exception Exception Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionException to go to the following interface. ②...
Page 79: Line Crossing
DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③...
Page 80: Intrusion Detection
DVR User Manual Alarm Management Direction: A<->B, A->B and A<-B optional. It is the crossing direction of the intruder who crosses over the alert line. A<->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A or from A to B.
Page 81 DVR User Manual Alarm Management drawing. Click the “Clear” button to delete the alarm area. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of intrusion detection. Intrusion Detection Alarm Handling Configuration: ①...
Page 82: Exception Alarm
DVR User Manual Alarm Management intrusion detection configuration interface. 9.4 Exception Alarm 9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionIPC Offline Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box”...
Page 83: Alarm Event Notification
DVR User Manual Alarm Management interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Alarm-out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The exception handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.5 Alarm Event Notification 9.5.1 Alarm-out ①...
Page 84: Display
DVR User Manual Alarm Management interface. Set the e-mail address of the recipients. See 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration for details. 9.5.3 Display Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationDisplay to go to the display configuration interface. Set the duration time of the pop-up video and the pop-up message box. Click “Apply”...
Page 85: Manual Alarm
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.6 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start alarm. Click “Clear” to stop alarm. 9.7 View Alarm Status Click StartSettingsAlarmAlarm Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to view the alarm status.
Page 86 DVR User Manual Alarm Management If the exception information is more than one page, you can input the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page. Click to view the exception alarm information in the previous/next page. Click to play the alarm record.
Page 87: Account & Permission Management
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①.
Page 88: Edit User
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click the user list or double click the user to edit the user information.
Page 89 DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Input the current password and then set new password. Click “OK” to save the settings.  Modify Graphical Lock Some models may not support this function. Click “Modify Graphical Lock” to pop up a window. Input current password and then check “Enable”...
Page 90: User Login & Logout
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click the “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown”...
Page 91: Edit Permission Group
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details).
Page 92: Preview On Logout
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List (white list)” or “Enable Block List (black list)” (the PC client of which the IP address is in the allow list can access DVR remotely while the PC client in the block list cannot).
Page 93: Device Management
DVR User Manual Device Management 11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually input the network addresses.
Page 94: Pppoe Configuration
DVR User Manual Device Management HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used to client remote access. If you want to access the DVR through a web browser, you should input IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81.
Page 95 DVR User Manual Device Management Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Input the server address, domain name, username and password according to the selected DDNS type. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You will have to input the server address and domain name if some DDNS types are selected.
Page 96 DVR User Manual Device Management ③ Create domain name and then click Request Domain. ④ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list.
Page 97: E-Mail Configuration
DVR User Manual Device Management ⑤ Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the www.dvrdydns.com DDNS type. Input the registered username, password and domain name and then click “Apply”. ⑥ Map the IP address and HTTP port in the router (you can skip this step if UPnP function is enabled).
Page 98 DVR User Manual Device Management Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window.
Page 99: Upnp Configuration
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.6 UPnP Configuration By UPnP you can access the DVR through the web client which is in WAN via router without port mapping. ① Click StartSettingsNetworkUPnP to go to the following interface. ② Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. ③...
Page 100: Platform Access
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.9 Platform Access Some models may not support this function. This function is mainly used for connecting ECMS/NVMS. The setting steps are as follows. Click StartSettingsNetworkPlatform Access to go to the interface. Platform Access ① Set “Access Type” as “Platform Software” and select “Enable” as shown below. ②...
Page 101: View Network Status
DVR User Manual Device Management ② Check SNMPv1or SNMPv2 to enable this function. ③ Set the port of the SNMP. ④ Set the trap address and the trap port. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. Trap Address: The IP address of SNMP host. Trap Port: The port of SNMP host.
Page 102: Date And Time Configuration
DVR User Manual Device Management Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize the device remotely. Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera. Spot: If the DVR supports spot output, you should enable spot output.
Page 103: Factory Default
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.3 Factory Default Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceFactory Default and then click the “Reset to factory default” button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings(check “Reset retain Network Configuration” to retain the network settings). Note: Resetting to the factory default settings will not change time zone. 11.4 Device Software Upgrade ...
Page 104: Backup And Restore
DVR User Manual Device Management ① Copy the flash upgrade files into the USB storage device. ② Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR. ③ Restart the DVR. Then the system will automatically upgrade.  Cloud Upgrade ①...
Page 105: View Log
DVR User Manual Device Management to save the settings. The DVR will restart automatically at the pointed time every interval days. 11.7 View Log Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceView Log to go to the log view interface. to set start time and end time and then click the “Search” Select the log main type, click button.
Page 106: Remote Surveillance
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance 12 Remote Surveillance 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the DVR. Refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “SuperLive Plus” into the mobile device with the Android or iOS system.
Page 107: Web Wan Access
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the DVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the DVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2.
Page 108: Web Remote Control
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Input the serial number (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to see the serial number of the DVR), user name (the user name of the DVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the DVR, 123456 by default) of the DVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the interface and then click the “Login”...
Page 109: Remote Preview
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Input current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click the “OK” button to save the new password.
Page 110 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance  Left Panel Introduction Click on the left panel to hide the panel and click to show the panel. You can view all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras. For instance, the left number 3 in on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras;...
Page 111 DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply”...
Page 112: Remote Playback
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click to rotate the dome; click to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click to zoom in/out camera image. Click to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click to increase/decrease the iris of the dome.
Page 113: Remote Backup
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Button Meaning Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. 12.4.3 Remote Backup Click “Backup” in the remote interface to go to the backup interface. You can back up the record by event or by time.
Page 114: Appendix A Faq
DVR User Manual Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them.
Page 115 DVR User Manual Q6. The system cannot record, why? Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the recycle function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details).
Page 116 DVR User Manual ② Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 8-1. ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 8-2. ④ Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 8-1 Fig 8-2 Q9.
Page 117 DVR User Manual  If you select the private format when backing up record by DVR, a RPAS compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.zip” and then click “RPAS.exe” to set up RPAS. After the setup is completed, open RPAS player and then click the “Open Folder”...
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Page 119: Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity
DVR User Manual Calculate Recording Capacity Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times.
Page 120: Appendix C Compatible Device List
DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Brand and Series Capacity Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB Seagate SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Blue Series 500GB /1TB Western Digital...

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