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DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Embedded Mobile Net DVR User Manual (V1.20.00)
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Statement Please kindly note and understand that there may be misprints and technically inaccurate description. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice from time to time accompanying with the release of new version.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Table of Contents Production Description ......................................5 Overview ........................................5 Key Functions ......................................5 Installation help ........................................8 Check device and accessories ..................................8 Interface Description ....................................8 HDD Installation ......................................10 SIM/UIM Card Installation ..................................
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) PTZ Control ....................................... 26 Manual Record ......................................26 Playback ........................................27 Backup Recorded Files ....................................29 4.7.1 USB Backup ....................................29 4.7.2 HDD Backup ....................................30 4.7.3 Backup File Playback ..................................30 Parameters Setup Guide .....................................
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 5.4.1 Recording parameters description ..............................43 5.4.2 Pre-Record Time and Post-Record Time ............................43 5.4.3 Record Schedule Setup .................................. 43 Network Parameters ....................................44 PTZ ..........................................45 Exceptions ......................................... 47 Mobile Setup ......................................48 5.8.1 Boot &...
Overview The DS-8104HMI-A (/XX) Embedded DVR is an excellent product designed for vehicle surveillance. It supports local recording of HDD, driving information recording, voice talk, GPS, wireless, alarm triggering, etc. This mini mobile DVR with lower power consumption is very easy to install. The chassis is made from aluminum and designed according to the requirement of thermal dissipation.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) • Video parameters dynamic setting; • OSD and LOGO display. Feature of local process Video recording • Variety of recording models: Schedule recording, manual recording, alarm recording, etc; • Support HDD storage;...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) • Audio preview and screen capture at client software; • PPP enabled. Client developing • Network protocol provided for platform system development; • SDK provided for client development; • DEMOs with source code provided.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 2 Installation help 2.1 Check device and accessories Please check carefully according to the list inside once you get it. 2.2 Interface Description DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) front panel is shown as below: Note: the descriptions are subject to the physical product.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Symbol Physical Name Description DC IN1(+ -) Power Input Connect to DC supply; DC+ 6V to +36V.The power should be over 36W. Connect to ignition switch or battery according to booting method. (Details please refer...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Figure 2.2 Input Aviation Connector Figure 2.3 Output Aviation Connector 2.3 HDD Installation Note: Tips for HDD purchase: please choose recommended high-quality 2.5’’ HDD from creditable provider (e.g. Seagate, Hitachi and etc), that should be comfortable for longtime and frequent read &...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Declaration: Recording time may be not so precise, it is just for reference, and we will not take the responsibility for this. HDD installation steps: 1. Please prepare all the tools 2.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 7. After inserting the second 8. Install the HD screws, and 9. After the HDD installation, HDD, face the HDD connector to fasten the HDDs (4 screws per push in the HDD box and screw...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 1. Use the “L” screwdriver in 2. Then you will see the SIM/ 3. Press the yellow bar on the right of accessories box to twist-off the UIM socket (Indicated by red...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) (1) Power supply interface has correct power connection; (2) KEY interface has correct power connection; In practice, please connect “+ -” of DC IN to vehicle battery, and KEY to ignition switch or batteries, the details please refer to the below connection figures.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) (2) Connection of Negative Pole Switch (Fig 2.7): Connect the “DC IN +” and “KEY +” of DVR to the positive pole of vehicle batteries; Connect the “KEY -” of DVR to the vehicle ignition switch;...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Note: 1. When testing the DVR, please refer to the power connection. When the basic two power on conditions are met, the DVR will work. 2. To make sure the DVR can power on normally, the power consumption should be more than 36W, the working voltage is DC 6V to 36V.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 3 Operation Guide 3.1 Wire Control Name Description POWER Reserved Reserved Numeric Input number, upper and lower case, symbol, and Chinese character. Keys 1. Enter the edit state, and then delete the character in the front of the EDIT cursor;...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Direction Up [], Down [], Left [], Right []: Keys 1. In menu mode, moving the activity frame by press [] & [], and selecting the data items by press [] & [];...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 3.2 Menu Description 3.2.1 Menu items Item Option Item Option Item Option Unit Name Select Camera Device ID Name & Position Require Password Brightness, Contrast, Hue, If HDD full Overwrite /Stop Recording...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Copy to Camera Save Parameters Restore Parameters Boot & Halt Upgrade Add & Del User User Password & Verify Mobile Utilities Stop Alarm Out Default & Set Right Reboot IVMS Power Off...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Fig 3.3 Fig 3.4 There is a rectangular box in the main menu interface, which is referred to as “Activity Frame”, you can move it from one icon to another by pressing [ ] or [ ] on the IR control.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) iv. Press [ENTER] or [ESC] to exit edit. d) Button: Execute a special function or enter into next sub-menu. For example, press “Policy” button to enter into sub-menu. Press [Confirm] to save parameters and return to parent menu.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 4 Basic Operation Guide Note: The user must have the appropriate rights for basic operations described in this chapter. The following Fig.4.1.are login prompt boxes: In this box, you can use [ ] and [ ] to select one username, then press [ ]to move to password. After entering the password, please press [ENTER] to exit the password box and press confirm to enter the menu.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 4.2 Preview The preview interface will show up after the device started up. The date, time, channel name and GPS info (Enable GPS function) can be seen in the preview interface, if you want to reset them, please refer to the section 5.2.3 OSD Setup.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) their user rights. Modify password for the users created by admin: For example, a user named “user” (The method of adding and deleting user please refer to section 5.1.2), please modify the password as follow: Step 1: Enter the main menu and select “User”...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 4.4 PTZ Control Note: The user must have the “PTZ Control” right. Under the main menu mode, press the “PTZ” to enter the PTZ control interface. PTZ control keys description: Direction control keys:[ ],[ ],[ ],[ ];...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Exit manual record: Press [ESC] key to exit manual record and enter preview mode. Press [MENU] key to enter main menu. Press [Play] key to enter into playback menu. Press [PTZ] key to enter PTZ control mode.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Playback operations: In the playback interface, you can set search channels, record type, time section, and select “Search” button. DVR will search and list the matched files. (Fig.4.6) If the matched files are more than8, you can use “Page No.” to select page. In the file list box, use [ ], [ ] keys to move the scroll bar to the file, press [ENTER] key to playback the file.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 4.7 Backup Recorded Files 4.7.1 USB Backup Note: The user must have “Playback” right. Please connect with backup devices first, such as USB flash, USB HDD and SATA device. Please enter the layback interface to apply the backup operation. (Fig.4.9) There are two methods of backup: 1.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 2. Backup all the files in a certain period of time. After entering the playback interface, move “Active Frame” to “Backup Setup” button, press [ENTER] key to enter the backup menu (Fig.4.10).Firstly, select the “Save Device” and “Camera” (“√”means the camera is selected, press [EDIT] to switch “×”and”√”...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Playback one backup file. Please use our company’s player which can be found in the CD to play the file. You can also download the plug-in from our website to play it with other software.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 5 Parameters Setup Guide Note: Only the users have “Parameters Setup” right can set the parameters. You must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters take into effective, when the following parameters are modified and saved (Fig.5.1).
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Step 3: Use [ ],[ ]key to move “Active Frame” to password edit box, input the new password. Move “Active Frame” to “Verify password” edit box, input the verify password. Then choose the “Confirm” button, the password will be saved and taken into effective.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) “Remote Rights”: Remote rights define the rights of operating by IE or Client Server. PTZ control: Remote control PTZ; Record: Remote manual start/stop recording; Parameters setup: Remote setup the DVR parameters;...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Unit name is the name of DVR; it can be modified according to the requirement of monitoring. For example, it can be named as the car license number to facilitate the search of backup files.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) In “Display” menu, you can setup DVR system date and time.(Fig.5.6) In “Image Setup” menu (Fig.5.7), you can setup time display position in the image. Move “Active Frame” to “Position” button on the right side of “OSD” and enter setup image, you can use[ ],[ ],[ ],[ ]keys to move the OSD position.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) NTSC). Firstly, move the yellow pane to your hope position and press[EDIT]key, the yellow pane will be turned into red, then you can use[ ]to expand downward ,[ ]to shrink upward,[ ]to expand rightward,[ ]to shrink leftward. After you make sure the red mask area, press[EDIT]key to save the mask area. The area will be blacked in the preview image.(Fig.5.9) Press[ESC]key to cancel the mask area.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Switch time: That is image preview switch time. You can use [ ] or [ ]keys to select switch time. There are many options, including “5 Seconds”, “10 Seconds”,”20 Seconds”, “30 Seconds”, “1 Minutes”, “5 Minutes”...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) External alarm input setup: Select one alarm input from 1,2,3,4, and then choose an alarm type from “Normal Open” and “Normal Close” according to the sensor type. External alarm input setup includes alarm in handling and alarm in schedule. Alarm in handling includes record camera, PTZ linkage, trigger alarm out, etc.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) In “Handle Method”, you can also setup “Audible warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger Alarm Out”. The alarm in schedule is in “Alarm In Handling” menu. Note: The schedule is settled by day, you can copy this to the other days.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) You can use [PTZ] key to set the whole screen as motion area, and multi motion areas can be defined. Press [A]key to clear all motion areas. The minimum area is one panel. After you setup the areas, press [ENTER] key to return “Image Setup”...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 5.3.3 Video Loss Alarm When the video cable or camera has something wrong, the video image is lost. If you enable video loss alarm, in such case, DVR will make alarm.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Before the recording parameters you need to decide whether “Overwrite” or “Stop Recording” when HD is full. If you select “Overwrite”, when HD in DVR are full, DVR will overwrite the earliest recorded files and continue recording. If you select “Stop recording”, when HD is full, DVR will handle it as “HD Full” exception, please refer to chapter 5.17 for exception menu.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) All Day, Rec. Type: If you need to record 24 hours, you can enable “All Day” option and select a record type. Period: If you do not need record all day or you need to record different types in different ...
RS-485 parameters: Including baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ Protocol. PTZ parameters: The PTZ protocol of DVR includes Hikvision, Pelco-p, Pelco-D, SAE/YAAN, Samsung, Howell, Panasonic, Philips, etc. The PTZ address in this ...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Fig.5.21 Fig.5.22 The parameters of adding cruise point are: Cruise No: 1 to 16; Preset: 1 to 128, please ensure the preset point has already been defined. Dwell Time: the dwell time on the preset point;...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Fig.5.23 Fig.5.24 5.7 Exceptions The exceptions can be handled include: Hard disk full, Hard disk error, illegal access, IP address conflict, network failure , NTSC/PAL differ and speed limit, etc. The parameters can be set in “Exceptions”...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) You can select more than one handle methods. For example, if you choose exception type as “HD Error”, you can select “Audible Warning” and “Upload to Center”. When the HDD has an error, the DVR will warning and the center host PC will receive a warning message.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) If you have directly connected the positive pole of DVR KEY to vehicle battery (Please refer to section 2.3.3), you can also select auto work function. The auto work time can be set in “Boot & Halt” menu. The device will auto power on/off according to the setup time.
When setting dial-up parameters, user needs to input numbers, letters and symbols. The input details please refer to section 3.3. 5.8.4 Server Login Setup DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) series mobile DVR can support WVS platform and iVMS platform, the corresponding login parameters have to be set before the device login the wireless network server in “WVS” menu and “iVMS” menu.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) The WVS login interface is shown in Fig.5.30: Used For: there are 4 options for the network environments: CDMA/EDGE/GPRS, 3G, WLAN, LAN. Server IP: input the WVS server static WAN IP.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 6 Utilities The “Utilities” menu is used for day-to-day management and maintenance of DVR. Including “SavePara” ,”RestorePara” ,”Upgrade”, ” Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot” ,”Power Off” ,”View Log” and “System Info”. The “Utilities” menu is shown in Fig.6.1.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 6.3 Upgrade You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Please confirm the language is matched. Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog, you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 6.5 Clear Alarm Out Clear the alarm output manually. 6.6 Reboot Reboot DVR 6.7 Power Off Not available for mobile DVR. 6.8 View Log After enter into the “LOG” menu, you can check the log(Fig.6.7) Press[ ]key on the front panel to view all the log, this will list the earliest 2000 record log.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) get Status, Net Alert On, Net Alert Off, Net Reboot, BiComStart(Start Voice Talk), BiCom Stop(Stop Voice Talk), Net Upgrade, Net File Play, Net Time Play, Net PTZ and so on. For alarm major type, the minor type includes: External Alarm In, External Alarm Out, Motion Detect Start, Motion Detect Stop, View Tamper Start, View Tamper Stop and so on.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity that is the capacity of each channel needed for every hour, unit Mbyte.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) ∑ ×a% In the formula: a% -- Alarm occurrence rate For example: According to the above formula, if the bit rate type is FIXED, for different bit rate, the file size of ONE channel in ONE hour is:...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Appendix B ETHERNET Connect Cable Made Method Material and tool: One twist cable (8 pin, the length can be defined as to the actual demand, but must be within 100m), 2 standard RJ45 head, one tool for RJ45.
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Appendix C Specifications Model DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Operating System Embedded RTOS Video Compression Standard H.264 Preview Resolution PAL: 704×576(4CIF); NTSC: 704×480(4CIF) Playback Resolution 4CIF(6fps)/DCIF(12fps)/2CIF(15fps)/CIF(25fps)/QCIF(25fps) Video Input 4-ch (1.0Vp-p,75Ω),PAL/NTSC adaptive Video Output 1-ch (1.0Vp-p,75Ω),PAL/NTSC optional Frame Rate PAL: 1/16~25fps;...
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Power Supply 6VDC~36VDC Power Output 12VDC/2A, 5VDC/2A Power Consumption ≤ Operating Temperature -10℃~+55℃ Humidity 10%~95% Size(mm) 236(W)×73(H)×210(D) Weight About 3Kg Device Control IR remote control...
User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) Appendix D FAQ Q: Why a new machine has “di-di-di-di” voice warning after boot? A: Reason1: there is no HDD in DVR; Reason2: the HDD is not initialized; Reason3: HDD is broken.
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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 255.) If it still does not work after repeating many times. Please check the reasons: 1. Check the battery’s positive and negative polarity; 2. Check the battery’s power; 3. Make sure the remote controller is not tampered;...