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HIKVISION DS-C30S Series User Manual

HIKVISION DS-C30S Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 Video Wall Controller User Manual...

  • Page 2: Legal Information

    Document, which may include licenses obtained from third parties. ● Any part of the Document, including text, pictures, graphics, etc., belongs to Hikvision. No part of this Document may be excerpted, copied, translated, or modified in whole or in part by any means without written permission.
  • Page 3 Video Wall Controller • User Manual HIKVISION SHALL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ABNORMAL OPERATION, PRIVACY LEAKAGE OR OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM CYBER-ATTACK, HACKER ATTACK, VIRUS INFECTION, OR OTHER INTERNET SECURITY RISKS; HOWEVER, HIKVISION WILL PROVIDE TIMELY TECHNICAL SUPPORT IF REQUIRED.

  • Page 4: Applicable Models

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Preface Applicable Models This manual is applicable to the DS-C30S series video wall controller. Default Parameters Type Default Parameter  Device Login user name: admin  IP address: 192.0.0.64 SSH connection To improve system security, it is highly recommended to change password regularly. In order to protect your privacy and corporate data and avoid network security issues, it is recommended to set strong password that meets security requirements.

  • Page 5: Safety Instructions

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Safety Instructions In the use of the product, you must be in strict compliance with the electrical safety regulations of the nation and region.  Provide a surge suppressor at the inlet opening of the device under special conditions such as the mountain top, iron tower, and forest.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ....................... 1 Overview ................................1 First-Time Configuration Process .......................... 2 Chapter 2 Device Basic Settings ....................3 Connect Screen and Device ..........................3 Activate and Log In to Device ..........................4 Configure the Network Address ...........................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The video wall controller (hereinafter referred as the device) is the core control device of the screen splicing control system. As a new-generation FPGA-based pure hardware image processing device, it adopts the structure of main control board and service boards to provide the following advantages: ...

  • Page 8: First-Time Configuration Process

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual First-Time Configuration Process Connect screens and the device Activate and log in to the device Configure the network address Lighten the LED screens Configure the scale of a video wall Configure the output of a video wall Manage signal sources Bind signal sources to a video wall...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Device Basic Settings

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Chapter 2 Device Basic Settings Connect Screen and Device The following figure is for illustration only, showing the connection method between the screen and the device:  Connect an LCD screen and the device: Use a video cable to connect an output port of the device output board to an LCD screen.

  • Page 10: Activate And Log In To Device

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Connect Screen and Device 1. LCD screen 2. LED screen 3. HDMI or DVI video cable 4. Mini-DP to RJ-45 adapter cable 5. Output board 6. LED controller board 7. Device 8. External LED controller 9.
  • Page 11  Password cannot contain user name, 123, admin (case insensitive), hik (case insensitive), hkws (case insensitive), hikvision (case insensitive), 4 or more continuously ascending or descending digits, or 4 or more consecutive repeated characters. Use SADP Client and Web Page Edit the computer’s IP address to ensure it is in the same subnet as the device’s IP address.
  • Page 12 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Login Page (Optional) To edit the password, you can click the username in the upper right corner of the web page and then click Change Password. Change Password Use Web Page Use a network cable to connect a computer to the device. Set the computer IP address to any IP address in the range of 192.0.0.2 to 192.0.0.253 (excluding 192.0.0.64) and set the computer gateway address to 192.0.0.1.
  • Page 13 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Activate the Device via Browser Enter the user name and the set activation password on the login page, and then click Log In. Login Page (Optional) To edit the password, you can click the username in the upper right corner of the web page and then click Change Password.

  • Page 14: Configure The Network Address

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure the Network Address Go to Configuration → Network → Network Configuration → TCP/IP. Configure the Device IPv4 Address Set the IPv4 address, IPv4 subnet mask, and IPv4 gateway for the device according to the on- site network environment.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Video Wall Management

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Chapter 3 Video Wall Management Configure Directly Connected LED Screens Before configuring the LED video wall, configure the LED screens first. If the LED screens are connected to the device through an external LED controller, configure the LED screens through the web page of the LED controller, LED batch controller client, or LED Tool client.
  • Page 16 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Select General Configuration Configure the LED screens and click Next. 1) Set the screen size according to the receiving card quantity. Make sure the product of the screen column and screen row is equal to the actual receiving card quantity. 2) Select one of the following methods to import the receiving card configuration file: −...
  • Page 17 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure General Screens Configure the signal cable connection. 1) Click Show Connection to display the network port number on the actual screens. 2) According to the network port number on the actual screens, select a network port of the LED controller board and then take either of the following methods to connect the selected network port to the screens: −...
  • Page 18 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure Signal Cable Connection for General Screens Click Save. Lighten Complex Screens If the loading resolutions of multiple receiving cards controlled by a single LED controller board are inconsistent, lighten the complex screens. On the Video Wall Configuration page, click of the output port of an LED controller board.
  • Page 19 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure the LED screens and click Next. 1) Set the screen size according to the receiving card quantity. Make sure the product of the screen column and screen row is equal to the actual receiving card quantity. 2) Set the resolution.

  • Page 20: Configure Led Controller Board

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual 1) Press and hold the left mouse button to draw a selection box around multiple screens. 2) Select one of the following methods to import the receiving card configuration file. − Select Load from Screen and then click Load. −...
  • Page 21 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Select Correction Area Correct the receiving cards: 1) (Optional) Load the original correction file: − For the HUB receiving cards, loading the factory correction data is not required. − For the AXS receiving cards, click Load Original Correction File to load the factory correction data of the lamp board to the receiving cards.
  • Page 22 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Correct Receiving Cards Click Live View to preview the display effect. When the desired display effect is reached, click Save. (Optional) You can perform the following operations as required:  If the historical manual correction data do not meet the requirements, select the screen areas and click Clear History Manual Correction Data.
  • Page 23 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Select a display mode. If the current display mode parameters do not meet the requirements, edit the corresponding parameters, and then click Save.  Select a color standard: − The wide color gamut color standard is applicable to UHD devices. −...
  • Page 24 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Set Basic Display Effect  Click Advanced Parameter to set the contrast mode, Gamma coefficient, environment brightness, and initial brightness. − A smaller Gamma coefficient makes the low gray areas brighter, while a larger Gamma coefficient makes the low gray areas darker.
  • Page 25 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Set Advanced Display Effect  Go to Display Effect → Advanced Display Effect → Image Parameters, enable Ultra-Low Gray Control to avoid low gray halos.  Go to Display Effect → Advanced Display Effect → Image Parameters, enable Gray Scale Optimization to make the transition between grayscale levels become natural.
  • Page 26 Video Wall Controller • User Manual View Receiving Card Basic Parameters  Go to Display Effect → Advanced Display Effect → Gamma Table to check whether the display effect parameters are correct. You can import or export the Gamma table. View Gamma Table View Receiving Card Status Go to Screen Lightening Configuration →...
  • Page 27 Video Wall Controller • User Manual View Receiving Card Status Quickly Maintain a Receiving Card If the display is installed with a new receiving card, you can use this function to copy the configuration of the reference receiving card to the new receiving card. Make sure the newly installed receiving card is connected with the LED controller.
  • Page 28 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Quickly Maintain Receiving Cards Test Screen Condition Go to Maintenance → Screen Test. Enable the screen test. Select a pure color, gray scale, or line to check whether the screen color is normal or whether the dead pixels exist.
  • Page 29 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure Dehumidification Go to Maintenance → Dehumidification. Enable Auto Dehumidification. Select the area according to the actual humidity condition of the device location. If you select Custom, set the time step, brightness step and duration. ...

  • Page 30: Configure Multi-Function Card

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual  Go to Maintenance → System Maintenance → Backup and Reset, export the receiving card debug file, export the receiving card configuration file, export the LED controller configuration file, or import the LED controller configuration file. Backup and Reset Page Configure Sensors Go to Video Wall Configuration, and click...
  • Page 31 Video Wall Controller • User Manual 1) Select Human Body Sensor for the corresponding channel and set the sensor quantity. 2) Click to refresh the sensor settings. 3) Enable Auto Sleep. 4) Set the brightness reduction time, OSD prompt time, and sleep time. Configure Sensors Configure Power Distribution Cabinet When the LED controller board is connected to the multi-function card, and the multi-function...
  • Page 32 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Go to Video Wall Configuration, and click of an output port of the LED control board. Go to Multi-Function Card Configuration → Power Distribution Cabinet Settings, use either of the following methods to control the power distribution cabinet and click Save. ...

  • Page 33: Configure A Video Wall

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Set Timed Power On/Off Configure a Video Wall Go to Video Wall Configuration, select a video wall in the upper left corner and click Edit Video Wall Specification. You can click Edit Name to change the video wall name. Video Wall Configuration Page According to the actual screen quantity, set the video wall scale and click Save.

  • Page 34: Configure The Output Of A Video Wall

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Set the Video Wall Scale You can also drag the mouse with the left button held to scale the video wall. Edit the Output Port Parameters On the Video Wall Configuration page, click of an output port of an output board to configure the following items: ...
  • Page 35 Video Wall Controller • User Manual  For an output board with four HDMI ports or four DVI ports, the loading capacity of each port cannot exceed 2.6 MP.  For an output board with two HDMI ports, the loading capacity of each port cannot exceed 8.8 ...
  • Page 36 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Edit DVI Output Port Bind Output Ports with Video Wall A video wall can contain one screen or multiple screens. At a time, one screen can join only one video wall, and one output port can be bound with only one screen. On the Video Wall Configuration page, click Display Output No.
  • Page 37 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Bind Output Ports with Video Wall Configure an Audio Output On the Video Wall Configuration page, click Audio Configuration and select Link to Audio. Click at the upper right corner of an audio output to set it as the audio output of the video wall. ...

  • Page 38: Manage Signal Sources

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure Other Output Parameters At the top of the Video Wall Configuration page, you can perform the following operations as required:  Click Output Background to edit the background color or import images. Edit Output Background ...
  • Page 39 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Add a Network Signal Source via IP Address Add a Network Signal Source via URL Address Go to Video Wall Operation → Source, click , and select URL. Enter the device name and the URL address. Select an added group or click Add Group to create a new group.

  • Page 40: Bind Signal Sources With A Video Wall

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Add a Network Signal Source via URL Address Batch Delete Network Signal Sources To batch delete invalid network signal sources, you can select multiple network signal sources with Ctrl or Shift pressed and then click Go to Video Wall Operation and then select a video wall.
  • Page 41 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Bind a Signal Source to LCD Video Wall  Drag a default signal source group or a newly created signal source group rightwards to the video wall.  By default, the local signal sources join the video input signal group. ...

  • Page 42: Operate A Video Wall

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Batch Bind Signal Sources to Video Wall Operate a Video Wall Edit a Signal Source Window On the Video Wall Operation page, select a video wall. Select a signal source window and perform the following operations as required: ...
  • Page 43 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Adjust a Signal Source Window  Enable audio: Make sure that you have configured the audio output for the video wall on the Video Wall Configuration page. Click Audio On.  Control a network signal source: Set the decoding delay level or stop decoding. Enable Audio...
  • Page 44 Video Wall Controller • User Manual  View the window status: You can click Show All to enter decoding status list to view details. Edit Multiple Signal Source Windows On the Video Wall Operation page, select a video wall and perform the following operations as required: ...

  • Page 45: Configure Subtitles

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Go to Video Wall Operation, click Subtitle, press and hold the left mouse button to drag subtitles to the video wall. To add multiple subtitles, you can drag the remaining subtitles. Add a Subtitle ...
  • Page 46 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Add a Text Subtitle  Add a time subtitle: 1) Select Time as the subtitle type. 2) Adjust the subtitle position and size, adjust the time format, and set the text and background. Add a Time Subtitle...

  • Page 47: Manage Scenes

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Up to 128 scenes are supported. Go to Video Wall Operation to manage scenes.  Click Save Scene to save the current video wall configuration as a new scene or overwrite the existing scene. Save Scene ...
  • Page 48 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure Serial Port  If you select Keyboard Control working mode, connect the keyboard to the device and set the baud rate of the device same as the baud rate of the keyboard.  If you use a serial keyboard, click Get/Refresh Signal Source to obtain the local signal sources, and click Add Signal Source to add network signal sources.
  • Page 49 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Control Serial Keyboard Use a serial port cable to connect a screen and the device RS-485/RS-232 port. Go to Screen Maintenance. Select the video wall and select the screen that is connected with the serial port cable. Select an input source type.
  • Page 50 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Control Screen via Serial Port...

  • Page 51: Configure Image Effect On Screen

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure Image Effect on Screen Edit a Local Signal Source Go to Video Wall Operation, hover over a local signal source and then click to edit its parameters: Edit a Local Signal Source  Click Video Param, select a color mode, and adjust the brightness.
  • Page 52 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Clip a Signal Source  If the resolution of a signal source does not match the resolution of the screen, you can customize the signal source resolution. 1) Click Custom Resolution. 2) Enable custom resolution and set the refresh rate and resolution. The width should be a multiple of 4 and the height should be a multiple of 2.
  • Page 53 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Add OSDs Edit a Network Signal Source Go to Video Wall Operation, hover over a network signal source and then click to edit its parameters. Edit a Network Signal Source...

  • Page 54: Splice Signal Source

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual This function allows you to splice multiple signal source images into one signal source image. After the signal source splicing, the spliced signal sources will disappear from the signal source list.  Only local signal sources support splicing. ...

  • Page 55: Set Other Parameters Of Device

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual  Go to Configuration → Performance Configuration to select a performance mode of the UHD input board and the UHD output board, and click Save.  If you select Standard Mode, a UHD input board supports 2 channels of 4K 60 fps signal source input, and a UHD output board supports 2 channels of 4K 60 fps signal source output.
  • Page 56 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Configure No Signal Image Configure Displayed Video Wall on Client To display the image of a whole video wall on a video wall management client (such as HikCentral Professional Control Client) in real time, configure this function. Go to Configuration →...
  • Page 57 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Display A Video Wall Image on Client...

  • Page 58: Chapter 4 Device Maintenance

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Chapter 4 Device Maintenance Configure System Parameters Go to Configuration → System to configure the following parameters:  Go to System Settings → Basic Information to view the device information and edit the device name as required. You can click Upgrade to go to the Upgrade page. View Basic Information ...
  • Page 59 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Select NTP Sync  On the Time Settings page, if you select Manual Time Sync, you can click Sync with Computer to make the device time same as the computer time. Select Manual Time Sync ...

  • Page 60: Configure Http(S) Parameters

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual  Click Add to import a new font and enable the new font. Set Font  Go to User Management → User Management to add users, edit the user name or password, or delete the users. You cannot edit the user name or password of the admin user or delete the admin user.

  • Page 61: Configure Events

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Select an authentication mode. Click Save. Configure HTTP (S) Parameters Configure Events Go to Configuration → Event to configure the audible warning and alarm reporting to the platform when the following exceptional events occur: ...

  • Page 62: Maintain The System

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual Set Device Exception Alarm Maintain the System Go to Maintenance and Security → System Maintenance to configure the following parameters:  On the Restart page, click Restart.  On the Upgrade page, Click to select an upgrade file, and click Upgrade. You need to get the upgrade file in advance and save it locally.
  • Page 63 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Backup and Reset Device Parameters  On the Log page, set the search condition and click Search. You can view the searched logs in the list below. Search Logs  On the Device Debugging page, configure the following parameters: ...

  • Page 64: Maintain The Device Security

    Video Wall Controller • User Manual  Insert a USB flash drive into the device, and click Export to export the logs to the USB flash drive. Format the USB flash drive before inserting into the device. Only the USB flash drives in FAT32 format are supported.
  • Page 65 Video Wall Controller • User Manual Enable Syslog...
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