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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Network Video Recorder User Manual UD.6L0202D1574A01...
  • Page 2 The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Hikvision). Hikvision assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in the book.
  • Page 3 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Regulatory information FCC information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant compliance: to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 4: Preventive And Cautionary Tips

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only.

  • Page 5: Trademarks And Registered Trademarks

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Trademarks and Registered Trademarks • Windows and Windows mark are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • HDMI, HDMI mark and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
  • Page 6 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. The figures in the manual are for reference only. This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table.

  • Page 7: Product Key Features

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Product Key Features General  Connectable to network cameras, network dome and encoders.  Connectable to the third-party network cameras like ACTI, Arecont, AXIS, Bosch, Brickcom, Canon, PANASONIC, Pelco, SAMSUNG, SANYO, SONY, Vivotek and ZAVIO, and cameras that adopt ONVIF or PSIA protocol.
  • Page 8 User Manual of Network Video Recorder  Holiday recording schedule configuration.  Continuous and event video recording parameters.  Multiple recording types: manual, continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm.  8 recording time periods with separated recording types.
  • Page 9 User Manual of Network Video Recorder  IPv6 is supported.  TCP/IP protocol, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP, SNMP, NFS, and iSCSI are supported.  TCP, UDP and RTP for unicast.  Auto/Manual port mapping by UPnP  Remote web browser access by HTTPS ensures high security.

  • Page 10: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder TABLE OF CONTENTS Product Key Features ..........................6 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................14 Front Panel ............................ 15 IR Remote Control Operations ...................... 22 USB Mouse Operation ........................24 Input Method Description ......................25 Rear Panel ............................. 26 Chapter 2 Getting Started .........................
  • Page 11 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Manual Recording and Continuous Capture .................. 79 Configuring Holiday Recording and Capture ................81 Configuring Redundant Recording and Capture ................83 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture..............85 Files Protection ..........................86 5.9.1 Locking the Recording Files ....................
  • Page 12 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Configuring Advanced Settings ....................152 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings ....................152 9.2.2 Configuring DDNS ......................152 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server ....................156 9.2.4 Configuring SNMP ......................156 9.2.5 Configuring Remote Alarm Host ..................157 9.2.6...
  • Page 13 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.1 Initializing HDDs ........................201 12.2 Managing Network HDD ......................203 12.3 Managing eSATA ........................205 12.4 Managing HDD Group ........................ 206 12.4.1 Setting HDD Groups ......................206 12.4.2 Setting HDD Property ......................207 12.5 Configuring Quota Mode......................
  • Page 14 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Summary of Changes ..........................251 List of Compatible IP Cameras ......................253 List of Hikvision IP Cameras ...................... 253 List of Third-party IP Cameras ....................257...

  • Page 15: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 16: Front Panel

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 1.1 Front Panel Figure 1. 1 DS-9600NI-ST/RT Figure 1. 2 DS-9600NI-XT Figure 1. 3 DS-8600NI-ST Table 1. 1 Description of Control Panel Buttons Name Function Description ALARM Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.
  • Page 17 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Function Description Turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time. Blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
  • Page 18 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Function Description Switch between main and spot output. MAIN/SPOT/ZOO In PTZ Control mode, it can be used to zoom out the image. Select all items on the list when used in a list field.
  • Page 19 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Function Description down the record files and the inner ring is used to jump 30s forward/backward in records files. In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera. POWER ON/OFF Power on/off switch.
  • Page 20 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Function Description Realize functions when the light is red.) Enter numeral “1”; 1/MENU Access the main menu interface. Enter numeral “2”; Enter letters “ABC”; The F1 button when used in a list field will select all items in the 2/ABC/F1 list.
  • Page 21 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Function Description POWER ON/OFF Power on/off switch. Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB Interfaces USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Figure 1. 5 DS-7600NI-ST/SP Table 1. 3 Description of Control Panel Buttons...
  • Page 22 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Function Description Enter letters “GHI”; Exit and back to the previous menu. Enter numeral “5”; Enter letters “JKL”; 5/JKL/EDIT Delete characters before cursor; Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch; Start/stop record clipping in playback.

  • Page 23: Ir Remote Control Operations

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations The NVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 6. Batteries (2× AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1. 6 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones on the front panel.
  • Page 24 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Name Description PREV Button Same as the PREV/FOCUS- button on front panel. DIRECTION/ENTER Same as the DIRECTION/ENTER buttons on front panel. Buttons Same as the PTZ/IRIS- button on front panel. PTZ Button Same as the ESC button on front panel.

  • Page 25: Usb Mouse Operation

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 1.3 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this NVR. To use a USB mouse: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the NVR.

  • Page 26: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 7 Soft Keyboard (1) Figure 1. 8 Soft Keyboard (2) Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 6 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon...

  • Page 27: Rear Panel

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 9 DS-9600NI-ST/RT and DS-8600NI-ST Figure 1. 10 DS-9600NI-XT Figure 1. 11 DS-7700NI-ST Figure 1. 12 DS-7708NI-SP...
  • Page 28 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 1. 13 DS-7716 / 7732NI-SP Table 1. 7 Description of Rear Panel Interfaces Item Description VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. BNC connector for audio output. This connector is synchronized with CVBS AUDIO OUT CVBS video output.
  • Page 29 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 1. 14 DS-7600NI-ST Figure 1. 15 DS-7600NI-SP Table 1. 8 Description of Rear Panel Interfaces Item Description VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. AUDIO OUT BNC connector for audio output. AUDIO IN BNC connector for audio input.

  • Page 30: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 2 Getting Started...

  • Page 31: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Nvr

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the NVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the NVR. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the NVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.
  • Page 32 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Rebooting the NVR In the Shutdown menu, you can also reboot the NVR. Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. 2. Click the Logout button to lock the NVR or the Reboot button to reboot the NVR.

  • Page 33: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 2.2 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the NVR has loaded, as shown in Figure 2. 2. Figure 2. 2 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1.
  • Page 34 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 2. 4 Date and Time Settings 6. After the time settings, click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window, as shown in Figure 2. 5. DS-9600NI-ST/RT/XT and DS-8600NI-ST...
  • Page 35 User Manual of Network Video Recorder DS-7700/7600NI-SP Figure 2. 5 Network Configuration Dual-NIC is only supported in DS-9600NI-ST/RT/XT and DS-8600NI-ST device. And for DS-7700/7600NI-SP series NVR, the internal NIC IPv4 address should be configured for the cameras connecting to the PoE network interface of the NVR.
  • Page 36 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 2. 7 Array Management 9. Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2. 8. Figure 2. 8 HDD Management 10. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD.
  • Page 37 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 2. 10 Record Settings 14. Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels, as shown in Figure 2. 11. Figure 2. 11 Copy Record Settings 15. Click OK to complete the startup Setup Wizard.

  • Page 38: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 2.3 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras 2.3.1 Adding the Online IP Cameras Purpose: The main function of the NVR is to connect the network cameras and record the video got from it. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.
  • Page 39 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3. The online cameras with same network segment will be displayed in the camera list. Click the button to add the camera. Or you can click the One-touch Adding button to add all the detected online IP cameras.
  • Page 40 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Repeat the step 3 and 4 of OPTION 1 to add the camera. Figure 2. 16 IP Camera Management Interface Table 2. 2 Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera.

  • Page 41: Editing The Connected Ip Cameras And Configuring Customized Protocols

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 2.3.2 Editing the Connected IP Cameras and Configuring Customized Protocols After the adding of the IP cameras, the basic information of the camera lists in the page, you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras.
  • Page 42 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 2. 20 Password Configuration of the Camera 3. Click Apply to save the settings and click OK to exit the interface. Configuring the customized protocols Purpose: To connect the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols, you can configure the customized protocols for them.

  • Page 43: Editing Ip Cameras Connected To The Poe Interfaces

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder  Protocol Name: Edit the name for the custom protocol.  Enable Substream: If the network camera does not support sub-stream or the sub-stream is not needed leave the checkbox empty.  Type: The network camera adopting custom protocol must support getting stream through standard RTSP.
  • Page 44 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Steps: 1. Enter the Camera Management interface. Menu> Camera> Camera Figure 2. 23 List of Connected Cameras The cameras connecting to the PoE interface cannot be deleted in this menu. 2. Click the button, and select the Adding Method in the drop-down list.
  • Page 45 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 2. 25 Edit IP Camera Interface - Manual...

  • Page 46: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 3 Live View...

  • Page 47: Introduction Of Live View

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The NVR automatically enters Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus pressing the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) brings you to the Live View mode.

  • Page 48: Operations In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: showing only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.

  • Page 49: Using The Mouse In Live View

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Functions Front Panel Operation Auto-switch Press Enter button. Playback Press Play button. Switch between main Press Main/Aux button. and aux output 3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View Table 3. 4 Mouse Operation in Live View...

  • Page 50: Using An Auxiliary Monitor

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 3. 1 Right-click Menu 3.2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor Certain features of the Live View are also available while in an Aux monitor. These features include: • Single Screen: Switch to a full screen display of the selected camera. Camera can be selected from a dropdown list.
  • Page 51 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Table 3. 5 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Enable/Disable Instant Playback Mute/Audio on Manual Record Capture PTZ Control Digital Zoom Live View Stream Image Settings Strategy Information Close Instant Playback only shows the record in last five minutes.
  • Page 52 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Live View Strategy can be selected to set strategy, including Real-time, Balanced, Fluency. Figure 3. 5 Live View Strategy Move the mouse onto the icon to show the real-time stream information, including the frame rate, bitrate and resolution.

  • Page 53: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3.3 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc.
  • Page 54 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 3. 8 Live View- Camera Order Select a View mode in , including 1/4/6/8/16/25/32/36/64-window division modes are supported. Select the small window, and double-click on the channel number to display the channel on the window.

  • Page 55: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3.4 Channel-zero Encoding Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is supported as an option for you.

  • Page 56: User Logout

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3.5 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password tog in again.

  • Page 57: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 4 PTZ Controls...

  • Page 58: Configuring Ptz Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera. Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Settings interface.
  • Page 59 User Manual of Network Video Recorder All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters. 5. Click Apply button to save the settings.

  • Page 60: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols & Patterns

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Customizing Presets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place.

  • Page 61: Customizing Patrols

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel.

  • Page 62: Calling Patrols

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3. Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4. 6 Key point Configuration 4. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol.

  • Page 63: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4. You can click the Stop Patrol button to stop calling it. 4.2.5 Customizing Patterns Purpose: Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PTZ. You can call the pattern to make the PTZ movement according to the predefined path.

  • Page 64: Customizing Linear Scan Limit

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 4. 9 PTZ Panel - General 3. Click the Call Pattern button to call it. 4. Click the Stop Pattern button to stop calling it. 4.2.7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit Purpose: The Linear Scan can be enabled to trigger the scan in the horizantal direction in the predefined range.

  • Page 65: Calling Linear Scan

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder The speed dome starts linear scan from the left limit to the right limit, and you must set the left limit on the left side of the right limit, as well the angle from the left limit to the right limit should be no more than 180º...
  • Page 66 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 4. 12 PTZ Panel - One-touch 3. There are 3 one-touch park types selectable, click the corresponding button to activate the park action. Park (Quick Patrol): The dome starts patrol from the predefined preset 1 to preset 32 in order after the park time.

  • Page 67: Ptz Control Panel

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4.3 PTZ Control Panel To enter the PTZ control panel, there are two ways supported. OPTION 1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower-right corner which is next to the Back button.

  • Page 68: Chapter 5 Recording And Capture Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 5 Recording and Capture Settings...

  • Page 69: Configuring Parameters

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.1 Configuring Parameters Purpose: By configuring the parameters you can define the parameters which affect the image quality, such as the transmission stream type, the resolution and so on. Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it.
  • Page 70 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Select Record tab page to configure. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, and other parameters on your demand. • Pre-record: The time you set to record before the scheduled time or event. For example, when an alarm triggered the recording at 10:00, if you set the pre-record time as 5 seconds, the camera records it at 9:59:55.
  • Page 71 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4. Parameters Settings for Capture Select the Capture tab. Figure 5. 5 Capture Parameters Configure the parameters. Click Apply to save the settings. The interval is the time period between two capturing actions. You can configure all the parameters on...

  • Page 72: Configuring Recording/Capture Schedule

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.2 Configuring Recording/Capture Schedule Purpose: Set the record schedule, and then the camera automatically starts/stops recording according to the configured schedule. In this chapter, we take the record schedule procedure as an example, and the same procedure can be applied to configure schedule for both recording and capture.
  • Page 73 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 5. 7 Recording Schedule Interface You can click the button to set the accurate time of the schedule. II. To schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox after the All Day item. Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule III.
  • Page 74 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 5. 9 Copy Schedule to Other Days V. Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu. VI. Click Apply in the Record Schedule interface to save the settings. Draw the schedule: Click on the color icons, you can choose the schedule type as continuous or event.
  • Page 75 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4. Click Apply to save the settings. Figure 5. 12 Copy Schedule to Other Channels...

  • Page 76: Configuring Motion Detection Recording And Capture

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recording and Capture Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the NVR can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notify the surveillance center and so on.
  • Page 77 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 5. 15 Motion Detection Handling 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu.

  • Page 78: Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording And Capture

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording and Capture Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording or capture. Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 16 Alarm Settings 2. Click Alarm Input.
  • Page 79 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 5. 18 Alarm Settings Choose the alarm triggered recording channel. Check the checkbox to select channel. Click Apply to save settings. Click OK to back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters.

  • Page 80: Manual Recording And Continuous Capture

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.5 Manual Recording Continuous Capture Purpose: Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual recording and continuous capture. Using manual recording and continuous capture, you need to manually cancel the record and capture. The manual recording and manual continuous capture is prior to the scheduled recording and capture.
  • Page 81 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Green icon means that the channel is configured the capture schedule. After rebooting, all the continuous capture will be canceled.

  • Page 82: Configuring Holiday Recording And Capture

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Configuring Holiday Recording and Capture Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record or capture schedule on holiday for that year. You may want to have different plan for recording and capture on holiday.
  • Page 83 User Manual of Network Video Recorder There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule. 4) Set the start and end date. 5) Click Apply to save settings. 6) Click OK to exit the Edit interface.

  • Page 84: Configuring Redundant Recording And Capture

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.6 Configuring Redundant Recording and Capture Purpose: Enabling redundant recording and capture, which means saving the record files and captured pictures not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. .
  • Page 85 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 5. 26 Record Parameters Select Camera you want to configure in the drop-down list. Check the checkbox of Redundant Record/Capture. Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps for configuring other channels.

  • Page 86: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording And Capture

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.7 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files and captured pictures in certain HDD group. Steps: 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD Figure 5. 27 HDD General 2.

  • Page 87: Files Protection

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5.8 Files Protection Purpose: You can lock the recording files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten. 5.8.1 Locking the Recording Files Lock File when Playback Steps: 1.
  • Page 88 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 5. 30 Locked File Management In the File Management interface, you can also click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected.  Lock File when Export Steps: 1.

  • Page 89: Setting Hdd Property To Read-Only

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. Protect the record files. 1) Find the record files you want to protect, and then click the icon which will turn to , indicating that the file is locked. The record files of which the recording is still not completed cannot be locked.
  • Page 90 User Manual of Network Video Recorder  You cannot save any files in a Read-only HDD. If you want to save files in the HDD, change the property to R/W.  If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-only, the NVR can’t record any files. Only live view mode is available.

  • Page 91: Chapter 6 Playback

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 6 Playback...

  • Page 92: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel...
  • Page 93 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back record files of the channel under single-screen live view mode. Pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding channels during playback process.

  • Page 94: Playing Back By Time

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder  The indicates the start/end time of the record.  About video type bar: represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm, VCA).  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar to locate special frames, and drag the cursor to show the thumbnail of the current time.
  • Page 95 User Manual of Network Video Recorder If there are record files for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is displayed as Otherwise it is displayed as In the Playback interface: The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process, as shown in Figure 6.

  • Page 96: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Single-frame play reverse play 30s forward 30s reverse Speed down Speed up Scaling Previous day Next day up/down the Process bar time line Playback type /...
  • Page 97 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 4. Click Search button to get the search result information. You may refer to the right-side bar for the result. Figure 6. 9 Search Result Bar(Motion) 5. Click button to play back the file.

  • Page 98: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 11 Toolbar of Playback by Event  The indicates the start/end time of the record.  About video type bar: represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm, VCA).
  • Page 99 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 12 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag. Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file.
  • Page 100 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 14 Video Search by Tag 3. Click button to play back the file. You can click the Back button to back to the search interface. Pre-play and post-play can be configured. Figure 6. 15 Interface of Playback by Tag...

  • Page 101: Smart Playback

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder  The indicates the start/end time of the record.  About video type bar: represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm, VCA).  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar to locate special frames.
  • Page 102 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 17 Draw Area of Smart Search 5. Set the smart search rules. Traversing Virtual Plane Detection Click the button , and click on the screen to specify the beginning point and move the mouse to the end of the plane and click again.

  • Page 103: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7. Click the to search, and then the result will be displayed as in the progress bar of the Smart Playback interface. Or you can click the button to clear all the set areas.
  • Page 104 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 19 System Log Search Interface 3. Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “No result found” will pop up.

  • Page 105: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 6. 21 Interface of Playback by Log 6.1.7 Playing Back External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface.

  • Page 106: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in case of checking image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: • Using a Mouse: Go to Playback interface.

  • Page 107: Reverse Playback Of Multi-Channel

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 6.2.3 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel Purpose: You can play back record files of multi-channel reversely. Up to 16-ch (with 1280*720 resolution) simultaneous reverse playback is supported; up to 4-ch (with 1920*1080P resolution) simultaneous reverse playback is supported and up to 1-ch (with 2560*1920 resolution) reverse playback is supported.

  • Page 108: Picture Playback

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 6.3 Picture Playback Purpose: Search and view captured pictures stored in HDD. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Select the Picture in the drop-down list on the top-left side. Figure 6. 25 Interface of Playback by Picture 3.
  • Page 109 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 27 Picture Playback Toolbar Table 6. 6 Detailed Explanation of Picture-playback Toolbar Button Function Button...

  • Page 110: Chapter 7 Backup

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 7 Backup...

  • Page 111: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7.1 Backing up Record Files 7.1.1 Quick Export Purpose: Export record files to backup device(s) quickly. Steps: 1. Enter Video Export interface. Menu>Export>Normal Choose the channel(s) you want to back up and click Quick Export button.

  • Page 112: Backing Up By Normal Video Search

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 3 Export Finished 3. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it. The Player player.exe will be exported automatically during record file export. Figure 7. 4 Checkup of Quick Export Result Using USB1-1 7.1.2 Backing up by Normal Video Search...
  • Page 113 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 5 Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Select record files you want to back up. Click to play the record file if you want to check it. Check the checkbox before the record files you want to back up.
  • Page 114 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 7 Export by Normal Video Search using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message box “Export finished”. Figure 7. 8 Export Finished 5.
  • Page 115 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Menu>Export>Normal 2. Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface. Figure 7. 10 Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Select record files you want to back up. Click button to play the record file if you want to check it.
  • Page 116 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 12 Export by Normal Video Search using USB Writer Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message box “Export finished”. Figure 7. 13 Export Finished 5. Check backup result.
  • Page 117 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Menu>Record>Advanced Choose eSATA and set its usage at Export. Click Yes when pop-up message box “System will reboot automatically if the usage of eSATA is changed. Continue?” The usages of eSATA HDD contain Record/Capture and Export. And changes in usage will take effective after rebooting the device.
  • Page 118 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Please format the eSATA first when using it for the first time. If the inserted eSATA HDD is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor.

  • Page 119: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 19 Checkup of Export Result Using eSATA HDD 7.1.3 Backing up by Event Search Purpose: Back up event-related record files using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer or eSATA HDD.
  • Page 120 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 2. Select record files to export. 1) Clicking Quick Export button will export record files of all channels triggered by the selected alarm input. Figure 7. 21 Result of Event Search 2) Click Details button to view detailed information of the record file, e.g. start time, end time, file size, etc.

  • Page 121: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 23 Export by Event Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”. Figure 7. 24 Export Finished 4. Check backup result.
  • Page 122 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 25 Clips Export Interface 4. Check the checkbox of files and click Export button and start backup. Or the click the Export All button to export all the files. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: •...
  • Page 123 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. Check backup result. The Player player.exe will be exported automatically during record file export.

  • Page 124: Backing Up Pictures

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7.2 Backing up Pictures  Backing up Captured Pictures When Playback Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Please refer to Chapter 6.1 Playing Back Record Files. 2. During playback, click the button to capture picture.
  • Page 125 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Here we take USB flash drive as an example. For more backup devices, please refer to Chapter Backing up by Normal Video Search. Figure 7. 30 Result of Picture Search 3. Export. Click Export All button to export all the recording files.

  • Page 126: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7.3 Managing Backup Devices Management of USB flash drives, USB HDDs and eSATA HDDs Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface.
  • Page 127 User Manual of Network Video Recorder If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. Figure 7. 34 USB Flash Drive Management Management of USB writers and DVD-R/W 1.
  • Page 128 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 36 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Backup device management. Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD.  There must be a re-writable CD/DVD when you make this operation.

  • Page 129: Hot Spare Device Backup

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7.4 Hot Spare Device Backup Purpose: Several devices, including NVR and HDVR, can form an N+1 hot spare system. The system consists of several working devices and a hot spare device; when the working device fails, the hot spare device switches into operation, thus increasing the reliability of the system.

  • Page 130: Setting Working Device

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7.4.2 Setting Working Device Steps: 1. Enter the Hot Spare settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Hot Spare 2. Set the Work Mode as Normal Mode (default). 3. Check the checkbox of Enable to enable the hot spare function.
  • Page 131 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 41 Add Working Device 3. You can view the working status of the hot spare device on the Working Status list. When the working device works properly, the working status of the hot spare device is displayed as No record.
  • Page 132 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 7. 44 Synchronizing...

  • Page 133: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 8 Alarm Settings...

  • Page 134: Setting Motion Detection Alarm

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Alarm Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2.
  • Page 135 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 8. 3 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection 5. Click Handling tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). 6. If you want to set motion detection for another channel, repeat the above steps or just click Copy in the...

  • Page 136: Setting Sensor Alarms

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms Purpose: Set the handling action of an external sensor alarm. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Select Alarm Input tab to enter Alarm Input Settings interface.
  • Page 137 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 8. 6 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Input Choose one day of a week and Max. eight time periods can be set within each day, and click Apply to save the settings. Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped.
  • Page 138 User Manual of Network Video Recorder to copy the settings to them. Figure 8. 8 Copy Settings of Alarm Input...

  • Page 139: Detecting Video Loss Alarm

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.3 Detecting Video Loss Alarm Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect.
  • Page 140 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel.

  • Page 141: Detecting Video Tampering Alarm

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.4 Detecting Video Tampering Alarm Purpose: Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Tampering interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect video tampering.
  • Page 142 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 8. 12 Set Arming Schedule of Video Tampering 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of video tampering alarm (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). 5. Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel.

  • Page 143: Detecting Vca Alarm

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.5 Detecting VCA Alarm Purpose: The NVR can receive the VCA alarm sent by IP camera, and the VCA detection must be enabled and configured on the IP camera settings interface first. Refer to the user manual of IP camera for detailed instructions to set the VCA rules.
  • Page 144 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.

  • Page 145: Handling Exceptions Alarm

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.6 Handling Exceptions Alarm Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling action of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error or unformatted HDD. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable.

  • Page 146: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Event Hint Display, Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Trigger Alarm Output and Send Email.
  • Page 147 User Manual of Network Video Recorder You must select during “Trigger Channel” settings the channel(s) you want to make full screen monitoring. Audible Warning Trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected. Notify Surveillance Center Sends an exception or alarm signal to remote alarm host when an event occurs. The alarm host refers to the PC installed with Remote Client.
  • Page 148 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 8. 19 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output 3. Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.

  • Page 149: Triggering Or Clearing Alarm Output Manually

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 8.8 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually Purpose: Sensor alarm can be triggered or cleared manually. If “Manually Clear” is selected in the dropdown list of dwell time of an alarm output, the alarm can be cleared only by clicking Clear button in the following interface.

  • Page 150: Chapter 9 Network Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 9 Network Settings...

  • Page 151: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate NVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>Network 2. Select the General tab. DS-9600NI-ST/RT/XT and DS-8600NI-ST...
  • Page 152 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Dual-NIC configuration is only applicable for DS-9600NI-ST/RT/XT and DS-8600NI-ST series NVR. 3. In the General Settings interface, you can configure the following settings: Working Mode, NIC Type, IPv4 Address, IPv4 Gateway, MTU and DNS Server.

  • Page 153: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: Your NVR also allows access by Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network 2. Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface, as shown in Figure 9. 3.
  • Page 154 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 4 DDNS Settings Interface Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. Select DDNS Type. Five different DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, DynDNS, PeanutHull, NO-IP and HiDDNS. • IPServer: Enter Server Address for IPServer.
  • Page 155 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 2) In the NVR Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the NO-IP website (www.no-ip.com). 3) Enter the User Name and Password registered in the NO-IP website. Figure 9. 8 NO-IP Settings Interface •...
  • Page 156 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 11 Register the Device The device name can only contain the lower-case English letter, numeric and ‘-’; and it must start with the lower-case English letter and cannot end with ‘-’. Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software After having successfully registered the device on the HiDDNS server, you can access your device via web browser or Client Software with the Device Domain Name (Device Name).

  • Page 157: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your NVR to ensure the accuracy of system date/time.

  • Page 158: Configuring Remote Alarm Host

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 14 SNMP Settings Interface 3. Check the SNMP checkbox to enable this feature. 4. Configure the following SNMP settings: • Trap Address: IP Address of SNMP host. • Trap Port: Port of SNMP host.

  • Page 159: Configuring Multicast

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 9.2.6 Configuring Multicast Purpose: The multicast can be configured to realize live view for more than 128 connections through network for the device. A multicast address spans the Class-D IP range of 224.0.0.0 to239.255.255.255. It is recommended to use the IP address ranging from 239.252.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.

  • Page 160: Configuring Https Port

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder You can change the server and HTTP ports in the Network Settings menu. The default server port is 8000 and the default HTTP port is 80. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network 2.
  • Page 161 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 19 HTTPS Settings OPTION 1: Create the self-signed certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the following dialog box. Figure 9. 20 Create Self-signed Certificate 2) Enter the country, host name/IP, validity and other information.

  • Page 162: Configuring Email

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 9.2.10 Configuring Email Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an alarm event is detected, etc., an alarm or motion event is detected or the administrator password is changed.

  • Page 163: Configuring Nat

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Password: The password of sender’s account registered on the SMTP server. SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com). SMTP Port No.: The SMTP port. The default TCP/IP port used for SMTP is 25.
  • Page 164 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 25 UPnP™ Settings Interface checkbox to enable UPnP™. 3. Check 4. Select the Mapping Type as Manual or Auto in the drop-down list. OPTION 1: Auto If you select Auto, the Port Mapping items are read-only, and the external ports are set by the router automatically.
  • Page 165 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 27 External Port Settings Dialog Box Click Apply button to save the settings. You can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping. Figure 9. 28 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Manual ...

  • Page 166: Configuring High-Speed Download

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 29 External Port Settings Dialog Box 5. Click OK to save the setting for the current port and return to the upper-level menu. 6. Click Apply button to save the settings. 7. Enter the virtual server setting page of router; fill in the blank of Internal Source Port with the internal port value, the blank of External Source Port with the external port value, and other required contents.

  • Page 167: Configuring Virtual Host

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 3. Check the checkbox of Enable High-speed Download. And click the OK button in the pop-up message box to confirm the settings. Figure 9. 31 High-speed Download Settings Menu Figure 9. 32 Message Box of High-speed Download 4.

  • Page 168: Configuring Telnet

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 34 Connect to IP Camera 5. Click the link and the page of IP camera management appears. 9.2.14 Configuring Telnet Purpose: Telnet function provides an easy way to get access to the NVR. You can see the advanced information about the device by inputting command;...

  • Page 169: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 9.3 Checking Network Traffic Purpose: You can check the network traffic to obtain real-time information of NVR such as linking status, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure 9.

  • Page 170: Configuring Network Detection

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 9.4 Configuring Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of NVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface.

  • Page 171: Checking The Network Status

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Click Refresh button if the connected local backup device cannot be displayed. When it fails to detect the backup device, please check whether it is compatible with the NVR. You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect.

  • Page 172: Checking Network Statistics

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 41 Network Status Checking If the network is normal the following message box pops out. Figure 9. 42 Network Status Checking Result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one, you can click Network button to show the quick setting interface of the network parameters.
  • Page 173 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 9. 43 Network Stat. Interface 3. Check the bandwidth of IP Camera, bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, bandwidth of Net Receive Idle and bandwidth of Net Send Idle. 4. You can click Refresh to get the newest status.

  • Page 174: Chapter 10 Raid (Only For Ds-9600Ni-Rt Series Nvr)

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 10 RAID (Only DS-9600NI-RT series NVR)

  • Page 175: Configuring Array And Virtual Disk

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder This chapter is applicable for DS-9600NI-RT series only. 10.1 Configuring Array and Virtual Disk Purpose: RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit. A RAID setup stores data over multiple hard disk drives to provide enough redundancy so that data can be recovered if one disk fails.

  • Page 176: One-Touch Configuration

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 10.1.1 One-touch Configuration Purpose: Through one-touch configuration, you can quickly create the disk array and virtual disk. By default, the array type to be created is RAID 5. Steps: 1. Enter the Physical Disk Settings interface.

  • Page 177: Manually Creating Array And Virtual Disk

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. You can click Array tab to view the information of the successfully created array. By default, one-touch configuration creates an array and a virtual disk. Figure 10. 4 Array Settings Interface 6. Click Virtual Disk tab to view the automatically created virtual disk.
  • Page 178 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 10. 6 Physical Disk Settings Interface 2. Click Creat button to enter the Create Array interface. Figure 10. 7 Create Array Interface 3. Edit the Array Name; set the RAID Level to RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10; select the Physical Disk that you want to configure array.
  • Page 179 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 10. 8 Error Message Box 5. You can click Array tab to view the successfully created array. Figure 10. 9 Array Settings Interface 6. Click to select an array and click Creat Vd button to enter the Create Virtual Disk interface.
  • Page 180 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Foreground (Recommended): By using foreground initialization, the virtual disk will be initialized totally and the bad sector of the hard disks can be detected and repaired. The virtual disk can be used only after the initialization is complete.
  • Page 181 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 10. 14 Physical Disk Settings Interface 13. Select a disk and click to set it as a global hot spare disk, which can be used as the hot spare for any array created in the system.

  • Page 182: Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 10.2 Rebuilding Array Purpose: The working status of array includes Functional, Disk Loss and Offline. By viewing the array status, you can take immediate and proper maintenance for the disks so as to ensure the high security and reliability of the data stored in the disk array.

  • Page 183: Manually Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 10.2.2 Manually Rebuilding Array Purpose: If you do not enable the Auto-rebuild in Firmware Settings interface (Menu>HDD>RAID>Firmware) or the hot spare disk has not been configured, then you can rebuild the array manually to restore the array when the virtual disk is in Degraded status.
  • Page 184 User Manual of Network Video Recorder The “Do not unplug the physical disk when it is under rebuilding” message box pops up. Click OK button to start rebuilding. You can enter the Array Settings interface and Virtual Disk interface to view the rebuilding status.

  • Page 185: Repairing Virtual Disk

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 10.3 Repairing Virtual Disk Purpose: When the disk cannot display in the HDD Information interface while the virtual disk can still show in the Array Settings interface, you have to repair the virtual disk.

  • Page 186: Deleting Array / Virtual Disk

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 10.4 Deleting Array / Virtual Disk Before deleting the array, the virtual disk(s) existing under this array must be deleted first. Deleting array and virtual disk will cause to delete all the data saved in the disk.
  • Page 187 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Menu>HDD>RAID>Array Figure 10. 25 Array Settings Interface Select an array and click to delete the array. Figure 10. 26 Confirm Array Deletion In the pop-up message box, click Yes button to confirm the array deletion.

  • Page 188: Upgrading Firmware

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 10.5 Upgrading Firmware Purpose: You can view the information of the firmware and upgrade the firmware by local backup device or remote FTP server. Steps: Enter the Firmware interface to check the information of the firmware, including the version, maximum physical disk quantity, maximum array quantity, auto-rebuild status, etc.
  • Page 189 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 10. 28 Upgrade the Firmware...

  • Page 190: Chapter 11 Raid (Only For Ds-9600Ni-St&Xt And Ds-8600Ni-St Series Nvr)

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 11 RAID (Only DS-9600NI-ST&XT and DS-8600NI-ST series NVR)

  • Page 191: Configuring Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 11.1 Configuring Array Purpose: RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit. A RAID setup stores data over multiple hard disk drives to provide enough redundancy so that data can be recovered if one disk fails.

  • Page 192: One-Touch Configuration

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder  OPTION 1: Enable the RAID function in the Wizard when the device startup, please refer to step 7 of Chapter 2.2.  OPTION 2: Enable the RAID function in the HDD Management Interface.

  • Page 193: Manually Creating Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 11. 4 One-touch Array Configuration Edit the array name in the Array Name text filed and click OK button to start configuring array. If you install 4 HDDs or above for one-touch configuration, a hot spare disk will be set by default. It is recommended to set hot spare disk for automatically rebuilding the array when the array is abnormal.
  • Page 194 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Steps: Enter the Physical Disk Settings interface. Menu > HDD > RAID > Physical Disk Figure 11. 7 Physical Disk Settings Interface Click Creat button to enter the Create Array interface. Figure 11. 8 Create Array Interface Edit the Array Name;...
  • Page 195 User Manual of Network Video Recorder message box will pop up. Figure 11. 9 Error Message Box You can click Array tab to view the successfully created array. Figure 11. 10 Array Settings Interface...

  • Page 196: Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 11.2 Rebuilding Array Purpose: The working status of array includes Functional, Degraded and Offline. By viewing the array status, you can take immediate and proper maintenance for the disks so as to ensure the high security and reliability of the data stored in the disk array.

  • Page 197: Manually Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 11. 12 Array Settings Interface If there is no hot spare disk after rebuilding, it is recommended to install a HDD into the device and set is as a hot spare disk to ensure the high security and reliability of the array.
  • Page 198 User Manual of Network Video Recorder start rebuilding. You can enter the Array Settings interface to view the rebuilding status. After rebuilding successfully, the array and virtual disk will restore to Functional.

  • Page 199: Deleting Array

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 11.3 Deleting Array Deleting array will cause to delete all the data saved in the disk. Steps: Enter the Array Settings interface. Menu>HDD>RAID>Array Figure 11. 15 Array Settings Interface Select an array and click to delete the array.

  • Page 200: Checking And Editing Firmware

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 11.4 Checking and Editing Firmware Purpose: You can view the information of the firmware and upgrade the firmware by local backup device or remote FTP server. Steps: Enter the Firmware interface to check the information of the firmware, including the version, maximum physical disk quantity, maximum array quantity, auto-rebuild status, etc.

  • Page 201: Chapter 12 Hdd Management

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 12 HDD Management...

  • Page 202: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your NVR. A message box pops up when the NVR starts up if there exits any uninitialized HDD.
  • Page 203 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal. Figure 12. 5 HDD Status Changes to Normal Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it.

  • Page 204: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to NVR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 12. 6 HDD Information Interface Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 12.
  • Page 205 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 12. 8 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search button to search the available IP SAN disks. 3) Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below.

  • Page 206: Managing Esata

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.3 Managing eSATA Purpose: When there is an external eSATA device connected to NVR, you can configure eSATA for the use of Record/Capture or Export, and you can manage the eSATA in the NVR.

  • Page 207: Managing Hdd Group

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.4 Managing HDD Group 12.4.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface.

  • Page 208: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 7. Select the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 12. 16 Confirm HDD Group Settings 9.
  • Page 209 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 5. In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list. At least 2 hard disks must be installed on your NVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and...

  • Page 210: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose: Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files or captured pictures. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2.
  • Page 211 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 12. 20 Copy Settings to Other Camera(s) 6. Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same quota settings. You can also click the checkbox of IP Camera to select all cameras.

  • Page 212: Configuring Disk Clone

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.6 Configuring Disk Clone Purpose: If the S.M.A.R.T. detection result declares the HDD is abnormal, you can choose to clone all the data on the HDD to an inserted eSATA disk manually. Refer to Chapter 12.8 HDD Detection for details of S.M.A.R.T detection.
  • Page 213 User Manual of Network Video Recorder The capacity of destination disk must be the same as that of the clone source disk. 4. Check the checkbox of the HDD to be cloned in the Clone Source list. 5. Click the Clone button and a message box pops up.

  • Page 214: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.7 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on NVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: 1.
  • Page 215 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 12. 26 View HDD Status (2)

  • Page 216: Hdd Detection

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.8 HDD Detection This function is not supported with DS-9600NI-RT series NVR. Purpose: The device provides the HDD detection function such as the adopting of the S.M.A.R.T. and the Bad Sector Detection technique. The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures.
  • Page 217 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Click the Detect button to start the detection. Figure 12. 28 Bad Sector Detection And you can click Error info button to see the detailed damage information. And you can also pause/resume or cancel the detection.

  • Page 218: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12.9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal. Steps: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list.

  • Page 219: Chapter 13 Camera Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 13 Camera Settings...

  • Page 220: Configuring Osd Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 13.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2.

  • Page 221: Configuring Privacy Mask

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 13.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed by the operator. The privacy mask can prevent certain surveillance areas to be viewed or recorded.

  • Page 222: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 13.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera >Image Figure 13. 4 Image Settings Interface 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. You can click on the arrow to change the value of each parameter.

  • Page 223: Chapter 14 Nvr Management And Maintenance

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 14 NVR Management Maintenance...

  • Page 224: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 14.1 Viewing System Information 14.1.1 Viewing Device Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the Device Info tab to enter the Device Information menu to view the device name, model, serial No. , firmware version and encode version, as shown in Figure 14.

  • Page 225: Viewing Alarm Information

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 14. 3 Record Information Interface 14.1.4 Viewing Alarm Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the Alarm tab to enter the Alarm Information menu to view the alarm information, as shown in Figure 14.

  • Page 226: Viewing Hdd Information

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 14. 5 Network Information Interface 14.1.6 Viewing HDD Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status, free space, property, etc., as shown in Figure 14.

  • Page 227: Searching & Exporting Log Files

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 14.2 Searching & Exporting Log Files Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the NVR can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time. 14.2.1 Searching the Log Files Steps: 1.

  • Page 228: Exporting The Log Files

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 14. 8 Log Search Results Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time. 5. You can click the button of each log or double click it to view its detailed information, as shown in Figure 14.
  • Page 229 User Manual of Network Video Recorder enter the Export menu, as shown in Figure 14. 10. Figure 14. 10 Export Log Files 2. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. 3. Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device.

  • Page 230: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 14.3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info Purpose: The information of added IP camera can be generated into an excel file and exported to the local device for backup, including the IP address, manage port, password of admin, etc.. And the exported file can be edited on your PC, like adding or deleting the content, and copy the setting to other devices by importing the excel file to it.

  • Page 231: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 14.4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the NVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one NVR can be imported to multiple NVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters.

  • Page 232: Upgrading System

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 14.5 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your NVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 14.5.3 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps: 1. Connect your NVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located.
  • Page 233 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 14. 13 FTP Upgrade Interface 3. Enter the FTP Server Address in the text field. 4. Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading. 5. After the upgrading is complete, reboot the NVR to activate the new firmware.

  • Page 234: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 14.6 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 14. 14 Restore Factory Default 2. Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Except the network parameters (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode,...

  • Page 235: Chapter 15 Others

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Chapter 15 Others...

  • Page 236: Configuring Rs-232 Serial Port

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 15.1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in two ways: • Parameters Configuration: Connect a PC to the NVR through the PC serial port. Device parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal. The serial port parameters must be the same as the NVR’s when connecting with the PC serial port.

  • Page 237: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 15.2 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the BNC output standard, VGA output resolution, mouse pointer speed through the Menu > Configuration > General interface. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> General 2.

  • Page 238: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 15.3 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 15. 3 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item.

  • Page 239: Configuring More Settings For Device Parameters

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 15.4 Configuring More Settings for Device Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 15. 4 Figure 15.

  • Page 240: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder 15.5 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the NVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
  • Page 241 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Figure 15. 7 Added User Listed in User Management Interface 5. Select the user from the list and then click the button to enter the Permission settings interface, as shown in Figure 15. 8.

  • Page 242: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder • Local Manual Operation: Locally starting/stopping manual recording, picture capturing and alarm output of the selected camera (s). • Remote Manual Operation: Remotely starting/stopping manual recording, picture capturing and alarm output of the selected camera (s).
  • Page 243 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Operator and Guest Admin Figure 15. 10 Edit User Interface 4. Edit the corresponding parameters. • Operator and Guest You can edit the user information, including user name, password, permission level and MAC address.

  • Page 244: Appendix

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder Appendix...

  • Page 245: Glossary

    United States and Japan. Each frame of anNTSC signal contains 525 scan lines at 60Hz. • NVR: Acronym for Network Video Recorder. An NVR can be a PC-based or embedded system used for centralized management and storage for IP cameras, IP Domes and other DVRs. •...

  • Page 246: Troubleshooting

    4. Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  There is an audible warning sound “Di-Di-Di-DiDi” after a new bought NVR starts up.
  • Page 247 4. Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  The IP camera frequently goes online and offline and the status of it displays as “Disconnected”.
  • Page 248 5. Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 4. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  No monitor connected with the NVR locally and when you manage the IP camera to connect with the device by web browser remotely, of which the status displays as Connected.
  • Page 249 If the resource is not enough, please end some unnecessary processes. 4. Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.
  • Page 250 4. Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  The image gets stuck when NVR is playing back by single or multi-channel.
  • Page 251 Select “Menu > HDD > General” to view the HDD status, and verify the HDD is detected and can be read and written normally. 4. Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.

  • Page 252: Summary Of Changes

    Support the ANR (Automatic Network Replenishment) function. (Product Key Features) Updated 1. Update the List of Hikvision IP Cameras. (List of Compatible IP Cameras) 2. Update the operating steps and GUI of the log search and export. (Chapter 14.2) 3. Update the decoding capability of the device. (Quick Start Guide-Specifications) Version 3.1.2...
  • Page 253 User Manual of Network Video Recorder 12. Support virtual host and telnet function. (Chapter 9.2.13 and Chapter 9.2.14) 13. Support disk clone to the eSATA disk. (Chapter 12.6) Updated 1. Optimize the layout of soft keyboard. (Chapter 1.4) 2. Optimize the control panel of PTZ, adding the configuration shortcut on the panel. (Chapter 4.3)

  • Page 254: List Of Compatible Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder List of Compatible IP Cameras List of Hikvision IP Cameras For the list, our company holds right to interpret. Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution √ DS-2CD7133F-E V5.1.0 build 131202 640*480 × √...
  • Page 255 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution √ DS-2CD4312FWD-I V5.1.7 build 140527 1280*960 × √ DS-2CD4324F-I V5.1.7 build 140527 1920*1080 × √ √ DS-2CD4332FHWD-IS V5.1.7 build 140527 2048*1536 √ DS-2CD4332FHWD-I V5.1.7 build 140527 2048*1536 ×...
  • Page 256 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution √ iDS-2CD9151A V3.7.1 build140509 2448*2048 × √ iDS-2CD9151A-E V3.7.0 build140403 2448*2048 × √ DS-2CD9152 V3.7.1 build140417 2560*1920 × √ iDS-2CD9152 V3.7.1 build140417 2560*1920 × √ DS-2CD9152-H V3.7.1 build140417 2592*2048 ×...
  • Page 257 User Manual of Network Video Recorder Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution √ √ DS-6508HCI- SATA V1.0.1 build130607 352*288 √ √ DS-6508HFI V1.0.1 build130607 704*576 √ √ DS-6508HFI- SATA V1.0.1 build130607 704*576 √ √ DS-6516HCI V1.0.1 build130607 352*288 √...

  • Page 258: List Of Third-Party Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Network Video Recorder List of Third-party IP Cameras ONVIF compatibility refers to the camera can be supported both when it uses the ONVIF protocol and its private protocols. Only ONVIF is supported refers to the camera can only be supported when it uses the ONVIF protocol.
  • Page 259 User Manual of Network Video Recorder IP Camera Max. Manufacturer or Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution Protocol CB-500Ap(Brickcom-50xA) √ (× ) Brickcom v3.2.1.3 1920*1080 × (ONVIF compatibility) VB-H410(ONVIF 1920*1080 √ Ver.+1.0.0 × compatibility) (1280*960) VB-S9000F Ver. 1.0.0 1920*1080 × ×...
  • Page 260 User Manual of Network Video Recorder IP Camera Max. Manufacturer or Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution Protocol (ONVIF compatibility) √ (× ) D5110 (ONVIF compatibility) MG.1.6.03P8 1280*1024 × F3106 (ONVIF compatibility) M2.1.6.03P8 √ (× ) √ 1280*1024 F3110 (ONVIF compatibility) M2.1.6.01...
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