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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:1 RK and RKK SERIES DVR and NVR Configuration manual - Menu 6.0 How to configure all system operating options DSE SRL – ITALY – WWW.DSE.EU...
Contents of the manual This manual explains in detail all the configuration options for make the best use of our RK Series DVRs/NVRs. For using normal live viewing functions and playback, for hardware installation and for connecting cameras download the installation manual .
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CCTV system. In this manual we start from the login window in which to enter the username and password for access. The factory access data for the RK Series NVRs and DVRs are: USERNAME: admin PASSWORD: 12345 To access the configuration menu you must right-click on the screen DSE SRL –...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:4 DSE SRL – ITALY – WWW.DSE.EU...
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:5 Navigation bar At the top of the monitor there is a navigation bar to browse the different control environments of the device. LIVE PLAYBACK MAINTENANCE CONFIGURATION SEARCH The first 3 environments LIVE, PLAYBACK and SEARCH, for viewing and playback, are explained in installation manual .
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:6 CONFIGURATION | SYSTEM Click the CONFIGURATION button to open the page containing the configurable options of the your NVR/DVR BASIC AND COMPLETE CONFIGURATION In the bottom left corner you can select whether to see the basic configuration or the advanced configuration.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:7 LANGUAGE – The factory language is Italian, but you can choose another from the dozens available TIME ZONE – Choose the time zone of your area which in Italy is GMT+1 DATE FORMAT –...
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:8 SYSTEM | LIVE MONITOR | CYCLIC SCAN Here you can configure the cyclic scanning of cameras on the monitor. Cyclic scanning is possible activate and suspend with one button in the live window.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:9 RESET PASSWORD – The first button allows you to enter the email address that will be used for possible future recovery of the forgotten password. ADMIN USER – The administrator user is already present in the list and cannot be deleted.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:10 LEVEL - There are two pre-configured permission levels that you can choose when creating the user: Operator User (access to all operations except configuration) and User Normal (access to viewing and playback only), but after creating the new user you can customize the access level as desired, for example allowing access only to certain cameras.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:12 CONFIGURATION | NET Click the buttonCONFIGURATION then NETWORKto open the network port settings NETWORK | CONFIGURATION | TCP/IP In this section you can enter the NVR network data. NETWORK ADDRESSES – IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway and primary and secondary DNS are the addresses that allow your DVR/NVR to communicate with the network.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:13 IP INTERNAL NETWORK CARD – If you have purchased an NVR with built-in POE ports you can find it here the starting address that will be assigned to the cameras connected to the NVR ports. From Our POE NVRs use the class 192.168.11...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:14 Remember that if you use a DDNS service, instead of our P2P cloud you will need to map appropriately the ports in the router to be able to communicate with the DVR/NVR.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:15 Normally you will not need this page because today it is preferred to use routers for Internet access and this protocol is not necessary NETWORK | CONFIGURATION | NTP The NTP protocol is used to automatically synchronize the time of the NVR via the Internet DSE SRL –...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:16 If you enable NTP protocol management, the NVR will synchronize the time via the Internet with an NTP server. SERVER - You will find the most popular free servers for time synchronization listed. You can too insert a custom one.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:17 DVR/NVR (factory 80,5000,554,6000) are transferred from the Internet side to your DVR/NVR on the internal network. It would be a good idea to do the mapping manually in the router configuration. However if your router accepts upnp mapping you can also enable it in the NVR so it runs automatically.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:18 If you use the BLACKLIST mode you can then add all the IP addresses or MAC addresses to which you do not you want to grant access to the system. If you use the WHITELIST mode you can insert the IP addresses or MAC addresses to which access is allowed, while all others will be excluded.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:19 BSSID/ESSID – It is the name that distinguishes the wifi network generated by the NVR PASSWORD – It is the access password to connect to the NVR's WiFi network. From the factory “lspassword”...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:20 IoVedo.RK ENABLE P2P – You must enable P2P if you want to easily use the web connection with ours app and our software. If for privacy reasons you prefer that your DVR/NVR not connect to the cloud server, you can disable this function, but to connect via the web you will need an IP static on the Internet and configure your router manually.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:21 Always check the status of your cloud connection before trying to connect via the Internet. If the server is offline, the most likely thing is that the network settings of the DVR/NVR are incorrect are correct.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:22 USERNAME/PASSWORD – These are your login credentials, to be used if your provider requires authentication on the SMTP server SMTP SERVER/SMTP PORT – These are the main data to be able to communicate with your SMTP server for sending e-mail and the provider of your e-mail account must provide them to you.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:23 The widespread providerGMAILIt can be used to send emails from automatic devices such as NVRs and DVR, but requires a more complex procedure to bypass double authentication than NVRs they cannot perform.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:24 To be able to use gmail it is not enough to set up the NVR, you also need to access the security settings of your gmail account and generate a so-called PASSWORD FOR...
This manual describes the other commands in the section UPDATE CAMERA – With this button you can update the firmware of one or more cameras with a DSE update file that must be copied to a connected USB stick to the NVR.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:26 ADD MANUALLY – Allows you to enter the data of a new camera manually when it is not possible to use the network search function, for example to connect a camera connected to another network or via the web.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:27 Shows the status of the ports which are colored green if the camera is connected with the indication of the power absorbed by each camera and the total power delivered and residual...
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In this section you can define the screen overlays for each camera. This is a feature you can useonly with analog cameras orwith ours RK Series IP cameras connected with PRIVATE protocol (not Onvif) . With other IP cameras you have to set the overlays directly in the camera's internal menu.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:29 You can overlay the date and time (SHOW DATE AND TIME), choosing the date format, and also the camera name (SHOW NAME), which you type in the box at the top CHANNEL NAME.
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If you connect one of our RK series cameras via the private protocol you can adjust all the internal image options of the camera, while with different IP cameras or with cameras analogue you can only adjust the basic parameters DSE SRL –...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:31 The settings available in this menu depend on the camera model. For the detailed explanation of all the adjustments refer to the configuration manual of the camera. DSE SRL – ITALY – WWW.DSE.EU...
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You can choose PelcoD, PelcoP, UTC protocol PelcoD – It is used for all DSE motorized cameras that are controlled via the door RS485 serial port on the back of the DVR. Address, Baudrate, Data Bit, Stop Bit and Parity Check must be the same as those set in the camera.
This is a feature you can useonly with analog cameras orwith ours RK Series IP cameras connected with PRIVATE protocol (not Onvif) . With other IP cameras you need to set privacy masks directly in the camera settings.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:34 The DVRs in this range are supplied from the factory with all analogue channels enabled so as to be able to use all the rear BNC inputs. In this window you can decide to disable one or more analog inputs to enable some IP inputs.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:35 CONFIGURATION | EVENTS Click the CONFIGURATION button then EVENTS to configure the camera detections. Note that in analog DVRs intrusion detections are made by the DVR while in IP cameras the detections reside in the camera and when you configure the detections in the NVR these will simply transfer them to the cameras.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:36 NORMAL EVENTS | MOVEMENT DETECTION In this section you can activate the motion detection function, also called: motion detection. Motion detection is a very useful function that allows the DVR/NVR to record only when an intrusion occurs, thus saving a lot of disk space.
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Our NVR can send these adjustments only to our RK Series cameras, connected with private protocol. With cameras from other manufacturers, the NVR may not be able to control...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:38 motion adjustment is not effective is because your camera requires you to perform it directly in the camera menu and not through the 'NVR. You have 3 configuration tabs available.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:39 In the factory the detection is always active so the table is completely coloured. ACTIONS – These are the actions that the NVR/DVR will perform following a detection GO TO FULL SCREEN – You can automatically bring the camera to full screen case of alarm.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:40 DETECTION TEST To verify that your motion settings are effective you need to perform walk tests while moving within the field of vision, as an intruder might do. It is ideal to have a collaborator for do these tests more comfortably.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:41 ENABLE – Enables detection SETTINGS – Trace with the mouse the portion of the image on which to activate the detection SENSITIVITY – Set the sensitivity if the camera supports it SCHEDULED ARMING –...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:42 NORMAL EVENTS | LOST VIDEO In this section you can activate alarm actions in case of loss of a video signal it may be caused by a fault or sabotage.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:43 ALARM INPUT – Each input on the terminal block has its own programming ENABLE – Enables the selected alarm input ALARM TYPE - You can choose NO operation (Normally open, alarm on closing) or NC (Normally closed, alarm on opening) ALARM NAME –...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:44 NORMAL EVENTS | ALARM OUTPUTS If your DVR/NVR has alarm outputs you can configure them here ENABLE – Enables the selected alarm output ALARM NAME – For each output on the terminal board you can edit an identifying name...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:45 DURATION – You can define how long the output remains active in the event of an alarm (from 5 sec to 10 min) ALARM TIME - Colors the time bands in which to enable the alarm output...
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RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:46 RK Series camera setup for more details on these features. CHANNELS – You can set intelligent functions only for cameras that support them. DRAW/END DRAWING – Click to draw the crossing line with the mouse on the live image SENSITIVITY –...
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Page:47 allows you to set the configuration and send it to the camera. Refer to the manual RK Series camera setup for more details on these features. CHANNELS – You can set intelligent functions only for cameras that support them.
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Note that the adjustments for these intelligent functions reside in the camera. The NVR gives you allows you to set the configuration and send it to the camera. Refer to the manual RK Series camera setup for more details on these features. DSE SRL – ITALY – WWW.DSE.EU...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:49 CHANNELS – You can set intelligent functions only for cameras that support them. DRAW/END DRAWING – Click to trace the area in which to survey with the mouse the crowding % CROWDING –...
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If your DVR/NVR has alarm inputs for external contacts, in addition to the yellow and green colors you can also color the table RED (recording from alarm input). If you use ours RK Series IP cameras with intelligent human detection, you can also color the table BLUE (intelligent recording).
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:51 You can set up several types of recording at the same time so it is advisable Always keep the green continuous recording active to ensure you never lose no image.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:52 With the EDIT button you have another way to schedule recordings. You can set each day's time slots manually instead of tracking them with the mouse. REGISTRATION VERIFICATION To make sure you have set the registration table correctly, check...
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However, our NVRs allow you to adjust the streaming of our RK series IP cameras by configuring the options which are then sent to the camera. You will find two separate configuration pages for the two video streams.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:54 In this manual we do not explain in detail the meaning of the adjustment items video streaming from IP cameras. You can find this information in the camera manual.
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:55 constant quality) BITRATE – Sets the maximum bandwidth (Kb/s) that the camera will occupy FRAME RATE – The number of frames/second that you set to the highest value or possible reduce to limit the space occupied on the disk at the expense of less fluidity of the images movement.
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Page:56 STORAGE | CLOUD STORAGE The RK Series NVR/DVRs allow you to save images recorded in the event of an alarm on a server CLOUD storage via the Internet. Google cloud service is supported. In this case, yes These are services similar to our P2P Cloud to facilitate connection, but rather archive spaces web that you can purchase from Google to store data online.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:57 DISK FULL – If you choose Overwrite the NVR will overwrite the oldest files once it runs out disk space. If you choose Don't overwrite recording stops when it runs out of space on disk.
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:58 DSE SRL – ITALY – WWW.DSE.EU...
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:59 MAINTENANCE In the maintenance section there are various operations for maintaining the system. SYSTEM INFORMATION On this page there is information about the video recorder with the firmware version it is...
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CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:60 RESTORATION On this page you can restore the device's factory parameters. You can choose between complete restore of all parameters and simple restore that preserves credentials login and network settings.
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:61 AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE On this page you can set the automatic restart of the DVR/NVR which is set at the factory once a week IMPORT / EXPORT On this page you can export the entire DVR/NVR configuration to a file or import one previously exported configuration.
CONFIGURATION MANUAL RK SERIES – NVR and DVR GUI 6.0 Page:62 CHANNEL INFORMATION On this page you can check information on the cameras connected to the different channels with the video resolution and camera firmware version DSE SRL – ITALY – WWW.DSE.EU...
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