Hikvision DS-9008HQHI-SH manual

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    Digital V ideo Record er User Manual UD.6L0202D 1962A01[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 User Manual COPYRIGHT © 2 015 Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any and all in forma tio n, including, among oth ers, wordings, pictures, graphs are the properties of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. or its su bsidiaries (hereinafter referred to be “Hikv[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 2 Regulator y Information FCC Infor mation FCC compliance: This equipment has b een tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of th e FCC Ru les. These limits are designed to provide reasonable p rotection against harmful in terference when the equip ment is[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 3 Safety Instr uction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “W arnings” and “Cautions” W arnings: Serious injury or death may o ccur if any of the warnings are neglec ted . Cautions: I[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 4 Preventive and Ca utionary Tips Before connecting and operating y o ur 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. • Keep all liquids away from th e device. • Ensure environmental co[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 5 Thank you for purchasing our p roduct. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer . The figures in this manual are for reference only . This manual is applicable to the m o dels listed in the following table. Series Model T ype DS -71 00H G HI - SH DS -7104HG HI - SH DS -[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 6 Pr oduct Key Featur es General  Connectable to HD-TVI and analog cam eras;  Connectable to the Coaxitron ca mera/dome with long transmission distance;  Connectable to IP cameras; Th e IP cam er a connection is not supported by DS -7100 ;  Each channel supports dual -stream. Main stream sup port[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 7 Recording and Playback  Holiday recording schedule configuration;  Cycle and non-cyc le re cording modes;  Norma l an d event video encoding parame t ers;  Multiple recording types: ma n ual, continuous, alarm, motion, motion | al arm, motion & alarm and VCA; DS -7100 does not support VCA t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 8  Im p orting and exporting of configuration file of device s;  G ettin g cameras type information automatically . Network Functions  1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for DS -7100, DS -7204 /7208HG HI ; 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M n etwork interfaces for DS -8100/9000 se ries , w ith t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 9 Table of Contents Product Key Features ................................................................................................................................ . 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 10 4.3 PTZ Control Panel ......................................................................................................................... 75 Chapter 5 Recording Settings ....................................................................................................................... 76 5.1 Con[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 11 9.2.1 Co nfiguring Extranet Acc es s ............................................................................................. 147 9.2.2 Co nfiguring PPPoE Settings .............................................................................................. 152 9.2.3 Co nfiguring NTP Server ........[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 12 13.5 Managing User Accounts ............................................................................................................. 196 13.5.1 Adding a User .................................................................................................................... 196 13.5.2 Deleting a User[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 13 Chapter 1 Intr oductio n[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 14 1.1 Fr ont Panels Figure 1. 1 Front Panel of DS - 7100 Table 1. 1 Description of Front Pa nel No. Icon Description 1 Indicator turns red when DVR is powered up. 2 Indicator lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD. 3 Indicator blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 15 No. Name Function Description panel is turned on. ST A TUS Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD. Tx /R x Tx /R x indictor blinks yellow when network connection is functioning properly . 2 IR Receiver Receiver for IR remote 3 USB Interfaces Universal Serial Bus (USB) p[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 16 No. Name Function Description Delete characters before cursor; Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch; Start/stop record clipping in play b ack. 6/MNO/PLA Y Enter numeral “6”; Enter letters “MNO”; In Playback mode, it is used for direct ac ces s to playback interface. 7/PQRS/REC Enter num[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 17 Figure 1. 5 Front Panel of DS-7300HG HI-SH and DS -7300HQHI- SH Table 1. 4 Description of Front Pa nel No. Name Function Description 1 POWER Power indicator lights in green when DVR is powered up. READY Ready indicator is normally green, indicating that the DVR is functioning properly . ST A TUS Indicator[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 18 No. Name Function Description Exit and back to the previous menu. 5/JKL/EDIT Enter numeral “5”; Enter lett ers “JKL”; Delete characters before cursor; Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switc h ; Start/stop record clipping in play b ack. 6/MNO/PLA Y Enter numeral “6”; Enter letters “MN[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 19 No. Name Function Description 7 USB Interface Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). 8 IR Receiver Receiver for IR remote control. Figure 1. 6 Front Panel of DS- 8100 - SH Table 1. 5 Description of Front Pa nel No. Name Function Description[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 20 No. Name Function Description ENTER The EN TER bu tton is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes. It can also be used to tick checkbox fields. In Playback mode, it can be used to play o r pause the video. In single-frame P laybac k mode, pressing the b utton will advance th e video by a single[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 21 No. Name Function Description MENU/WIPER Press the button will help you return to th e Main menu (after successful login). Press and hold the b utton for 5 seconds will turn of f audible key beep. In PTZ Control mode, the M ENU/W IP ER button will start wiper (if applicable). In Playback mode, it is used [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 22 The indicator turns o f f w h en the device is unarm ed . T he arm/disarm status can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds in live view mode. 2 IR Receiver Receiver for IR remote 3 Fron t Pa nel Lock Y ou can lock or unlock the panel by the key . 4 DVD -R/W Slot for [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 23 In P TZ Contro l mode, it is used to ad just the focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button. PTZ/IRIS- Enter the PTZ Control mode. In the PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the iris of the PTZ cam era. 8 DIRECTION The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between diffe rent fields and items in men[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 24 1.2 IR Remote Contr ol Oper at ions The DVR may also be controlled w ith the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 8. Batteries (2 × AAA) must be installed before operati on. Figure 1. 8 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely re semble the ones found on the fro nt panel. Refer to [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 25 No. Name Description It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Play b ack mode. 4 DIRECTION Button Navigate between diff eren t fields and items in me n us. In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video. The Left and Right button will select th e next and [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 26 2. Batteries are fresh and not out of charge. 3. IR receiver is not obstructed. If the remote still cannot function properly, please change the remote and try aga in , or contact the device provider.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 27 1.3 USB Mouse O peration A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this DVR. To use a USB m o use: Steps: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2. The mouse should automatically be detected. If in a rare case that the m o use is [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 28 1.4 Input Method Descrip tion Figure 1. 9 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft key b oard: Table 1. 9 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description … Number … English letter Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace Switch the keyboard Space Positioning the cursor Exit S[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 29 1.5 Rear Panel The rear panel vaires according to diff erent models. Please refe r to the actual product. The following f igures are for reference only . Figure 1. 10 DS - 7100 Table 1. 10 Description of Front Pa nel No. Item Description 1 VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. 2 HDMI HDMI[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 30 6 USB Port Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices. 7 Network Interface Connector for network 8 RS -485 Interface Connector for RS-485 devices. 9 Power Sup ply 12V DC power supply . 10 Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device. 11 GND Ground 12 Alarm In/Out (for DS -7200HQHI- SH onl[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 31 Figure 1. 16 DS - 8132 HGHI- SH Figure 1. 17 DS - 8100 /9000HQHI- SH Table 1. 12 Description of Front Pa nel No. Item Description 1 VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. 2 VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. CVBS outp u t is no t provided by DS- 7 324/7332HGH I-SH and DS -8124/8132H[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 32 No. Item Description 14 eSA T A Connects external SA T A HDD, CD/DVD-R W . 15 RS -232 Interface Connector for RS-232 devices.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 33 Chapter 2 Getting S tarted[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 34 2.1 S tarting Up and S hutting D ow n the DVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding th e life of the DVR. Before you st art: Check that the voltage of th e extra power supply is the same with the DVR ’ s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly. S tar[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 35  Do not press the POWER button again w h en the system is shuttin g down.  The device remains standby mode af ter sh utting down, and the POWER indicator turns red; you can turn on the device by pressing the POWER button on the remote control. Rebooting the DVR While in the Shutdown menu (Figure 2. [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 36 2.2 Setting the Admin Passw ord Purpose: For the first-time access, you need to activate the d evice by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation. Y ou can also activate the device via W eb Browser, SA DP or Client Software. Steps: 1. Input the same password in the text field of[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 37 2.3 Using the W izard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Figure 2. 5 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the Start Wizard at that m[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 38 Figure 2. 7 General Network Configurat ion 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M network interface for DS-7 100, DS-7204/7208HGHI- SH and DS -7200HGHI-E1/E2 ; 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network in terfac e s for DS-8100HQ HI &HGHI- SH series , with three working modes c o nfigurable: m ulti -address, loa d bal[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 39 Figure 2. 9 HDD Management 7. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD. 8. Click Next to enter the IP Cam era M anagem e nt window (only supported by HDVR series). 9. Click Search to search the online IP Camera and the Security status shows whe[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 40 Figure 2. 11 Record Settings 12. Click OK to complete the wizard settings.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 41 2.4 Login and Logout 2.4.1 User Log in Purpose: If the device has logged out, you m u st login th e device bef ore o perating the menu and other functions. S teps: 1. Select the User Name in the dropdown list. Figure 2. 12 Login Interface 2. Input Password . 3. Click OK to log in. In the Login dialog box,[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 42 Figure 2. 14 Logout 2. Click Logout . After you have logged out the s ystem, menu operation on th e screen is in valid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system .[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 43 2.5 Adding and Connecting t he IP Cameras This section is not available for the DS-7100 series DVR. 2.5.1 Setting the A dmin Passwo rd for the IP Camera Purpose: Before adding the camera, make sure the IP camera to be added is in active status. S teps: 1. Select the Ad d IP Camera optio n from th e right-[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 44 3. Set the password of the camera to activate it. Use Ad min Passw ord: when you check the checkbox, the camera (s) will be configured with the same admin password of the operating NVR. Figure 2. 17 Set New Password Crea te New Password: If the admin password is not used, y ou must create the n ew passwor[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 45 Figure 2. 18 Adding IP Camera Interfac e 2. The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the came ra list. 3. Select the IP cam era fro m th e list and click the button to add the camera (with the same admin password of the DVR ’ s). Or you can click the One-touch Addin[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 46 Camera (Custom) interface. Figure 2. 20 Custom Adding IP Cam era Interface 2) Y ou can edit the IP address, protocol, management p ort, and other information of the IP came ra to be added. If the IP camera to add h as not been actiavated, you can activate it from the IP camera list on the camera managemen[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 47 Table 2. 1 Connectable IP Ca meras for Different Models Series Models Number of Connectable IP Cameras Default (without disabling analog channel) Max. Number (by disabling all analog channels) DS -7200HGHI- E1 DS -7204HGHI- E1 1- ch 1- ch DS -7208HGHI- E1 2- ch 2- ch DS -7216HGHI- E1 2- ch 2- ch DS -7200H[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 48 click th e icon to get th e e xception information of camera. Play th e live video of the connected camera. Advanced settings of the camera. Upgrade the connected IP camera. Security Sh ow the security status of the c amera to be active/inactive or the passw o rd strength (strong/medium/weak/risk) 2.5.3 E[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 49 Figure 2. 23 Network Configuration of the Came ra 2. Y ou can edit the network information and the password of the came ra. Figure 2. 24 Password Configuration of the Camera 3. Click OK to save the settings an d exit the in terfac e. Configuring the custo mized protoco ls Purpose: To connect the network c[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 50 Figure 2. 25 Protocol Management I nterface There are 16 customized protocols provided in the system , you can edit the protocol name; and choose whether to enable the sub-stream. 2. Choose the protocol type of transmission and choose the transfer protocols. Before customizing the protocol for the network[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 51 Figure 2. 26 Protocol Setting 3. Choose the pro tocols you just added to validate the connection of the net work camera.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 52 Chapter 3 Live V iew[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 53 3.1 Intr oduction of Live V iew Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu y o u’re on) will bring y[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 54 3.2 Operations in Live V iew Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Sin g le Screen: show only o ne screen on the monitor. • Multi-scre en: show multiple scre ens on the monitor simultaneously . • Au to-sw itch: the screen is auto switched to the[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 55 The √ means the interface is in use, × means th e interface is out of use or the connection is invalid. And the HDMI , VGA and CVBS can be used at the sam e ti me. For Oth e r Models For the other models, the priority level f or the main and aux output is HDMI/VGA>CVBS. See the table below. Table 3.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 56 Start/Stop Auto-switch Enable/disable the auto-switch of the screens. The dwell t ime of the live vi ew configuration m ust be set before u s ing S tart Auto -swi tch . Start Recording Start recording of all channels, Normal Rec o rd and Motion Detection Recording are selectable from the dropdown list. Ad[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 57 S teps: 1. Use the mouse wheel to double-click on the HDMI (1 )/VGA ou tput scree n , and the following me s sage box pops up: Figure 3. 2 Switch Main and Aux Outpu t 2. Use the mouse wheel to double-click on the screen again to switch to the Au x output, or click Cance l to cancel the operation. 3. Selec[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 58 as shown in Figure 3. 4. Figure 3. 4 Digital Zoom Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Im age Settin gs menu. Four modes are selectable according to the real situation: • S tandard: for general lighting con ditions (default). • Indoor: the image is relatively smoother . • Dim Light: the [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 59 Figure 3. 6 Live View Strategy[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 60 3.3 Channel-zer o Encoding This chapter is not applicable to DS-7100 and DS-7200 series DVR Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of m an y channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in ord er to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the im[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 61 3.4 Adjusting Live V iew Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interf ace, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the scre en number for each channel, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Live View Settings interface[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 62 Figure 3. 9 Live View- Camera Order 2) Click a window to select it, and then double-click a c a mera name in the camera list you would like to display. Setting an ‘X’ means the window will not display any camera. 3) You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 63 3.5 Manual V ide o Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The video quality o f th e analog chann els can b e diagnosed manually an d you can view the diagnostic results from a list. S teps: 1. Enter the Manual V ideo Quality Diagnostics in terfac e. Menu> Manual >Manual V id eo Quality Diagno stics Figure 3.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 64 3.6 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to th e li ve view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: 3. Enter th e Shutdow n menu. Menu>Shutdown Figure 3. 12 Shutdown 4. Click Logout .[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 65 Chapter 4 PTZ Contr ols[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 66 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 th e PTZ Settings i n terface . Menu >Camera> PTZ Figure 4. 1 PTZ Settings 2. Choo se the cam era for P TZ[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 67 For the Coaxitron camera/dome connected, you can select the PTZ protocol to HIKVISION-C (Coaxitron). Make sure the protocol selected here is supported by the connected camera/dome. When the Coaxitron protocol is selected, all the other parameters li ke the baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity and flow co[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 68 4.2 Setting PTZ P resets, Pa tr ols & P atterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Custo mizing Pr esets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ cam era to p oint to when an event tak[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 69 1. Click the button PTZ in the lo wer-right corner of the P TZ setting interface; 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. 2. Choo se C am era in the dropdown list. 3.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 70 Figure 4. 5 PTZ Settings 2. Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. 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 f or one key point and speed of patrol. The key poi[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 71 2. Click the b utton to show the general settings of the P TZ control. Figure 4. 7 PTZ Panel - General 3. Select a patrol in the dropdown list and click the Call Patro l button to call it. 4. Y ou can click the Sto p Patrol button to stop calling it. 4.2.5 Custo mizing Patterns Purpose: Patterns can be se[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 72 4.2.6 Calling Patterns Purpose: Follow the procedure to move the P TZ camera according to the predefined patterns. Steps: 1. Click the button PTZ in the lo wer-right corner of the P TZ setting interfac e; Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar , o[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 73 Figure 4. 10 PTZ Settings 2. Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you wa n t to set the limit, and click the Left Limit or Right Limit button to link the location to the corresponding limit. The speed dome starts linear scan from the left limit to the right li mit, and you [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 74 reboot to make settings take ef fect. 4.2.9 One-touch Par k Purpose: For some certain model of the speed dome, it can be configured to start a predefined park action (scan, preset, patrol and etc.) automatically after a period of inactivity (p ark time). Steps: 1. Click the button PTZ in the lo wer-right [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 75 4.3 PTZ Contr ol Panel T o enter the PTZ control panel, there are t wo ways supported. OPTION 1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower -rig ht corner which is next to the Back button. OPTION 2: In th e Live V iew mode, you can press the P TZ Control bu tton on the front panel or[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 76 Chapter 5 Recording S ettings[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 77 5.1 Configuring Recor ding Parameters Before you st a rt: 1. Make sure that th e HDD has alread y been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 H DD - General 2. Click Advance to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) Whether th e HDD mode is Quota , p[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 78 1) Select the Record tab to configure. 2) Select a camera number in the camera dropdown list. Y ou can configure the stream t ype, the resolution, the video quality and o ther p aram eters o n demand for Main Stream (Con tinuous) and Main Stream (Event) respectively . The Input Resolution of camera connec[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 79 Figure 5. 4 Copy Camera Settings 3. Set encoding parameters for s ub -stream. 1) Select the Substre a m tab. Figure 5. 5 Sub-stream Encoding 2) Select a camera in the camera dropd own list. 3) Configure the parameters. 4) Click Apply to save the settings. 5) (Optional) If the parameters can also be used t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 80 5.2 Configuring Recor d Sched ule The DS-7100 models support the continuous and motion triggered recording only , DS -72 00HGHI models support continuous, motion and VCA triggered recording types, and other models support continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm and VCA triggere d rec[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 81 1) Click Edit . 2) In the message box, y o u can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. 3) T o schedu le an all-day rec o rding, check the checkbox after the All Day item. Figure 5. 7 Edit Schedule- All Day 4) T o arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End ti[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 82 Draw the schedule 1) Click on the color icon to select a record type in the event list on the right-side of the interfac e. Figure 5. 10 Draw the Schedule Descriptions of the color icons are shown in the figure below . Figure 5. 11 Descriptions of the Color Icons 2) Click and drag the mouse on the schedul[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 83 5.3 Configuring Motion D etect ion Record Purpose: Follow the step s to set the motion detection param eters. In the live view mode, once a motion det ection event takes plac e, th e DV R can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. En abling motion detection function can trigger ce rt ain channels to[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 84 Figure 5. 14 Motion Detection Setti ngs 5) Select the channels which you want the m o tion detection event to trigg er recordin g. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 8) Exit the Motion Detection menu. 3. Configure the schedule. Please refer to the step 4 of C[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 85 5.4 Configuring Alarm T rigger ed Record The DS -71 00 and DS -7200 series do not support the alarm inpu t. Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm trigg er ed recording. S teps: 1. Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 15 Alarm Settings 2. Click the Alarm [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 86 6) Check the checkbox to select channel. 7) Click Apply to save settings. 8) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input param eters. If the setting can also be applied to other alarm in puts, click Copy and choose the alarm in put number . Figure 5. 18 [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 87 5.5 Configuring VCA Record Purpose: The DS -7200/7300/8100/9000 support the VCA (line crossing detection and intrusion detection) triggered recording.  The VCA settings and VCA event tri ggere d recording is supported by 1 analog camera for DS -7200/7300/8100HGHI models and 2 analog camers for DS-7200/[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 88 Figure 5. 20 Set T rigger Camera of VC A Alarm The PTZ Linking function is only available f o r the VCA settings of IP cameras. 4. Enter Record Schedule settings interface (Menu> Record> Schedule> Record Schedu le), and then set V CA as the record type. For details, see step 2 in Chapter 5.2 Conf[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 89 5.6 Configuring Manu al Record Purpose: Follow th e steps to set parameters for the manual record. Using manual record, you don ’ t need to set a schedu le for recording. S teps: 1. Enter the Manual settings interface. Menu> Manual Figure 5. 21 Manual Record 2. Enable manual record. Click the status [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 90 5.7 Configuring Holi day Record Purpose: Follow the steps to configure th e record schedule on holiday for that year . Y ou may want to h ave differe n t plan for recording on holiday . S teps: 1. Enter the Record setting interface. Menu>Record 2. Choose Holiday on the left bar . Figure 5. 22 Holiday S[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 91 4. Configure the record schedule. Please refer to the Chap ter 5.2 Configuring Record S chedule , while you may choo se Holiday in the Schedule dropdown list, or you can draw the schedule on the timeline of Holiday . Figure 5. 24 Edit Schedule- Holiday Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day . And [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 92 5.8 Configuring Redund ant Recording Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving the record files not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will eff ectivel y enhance the data safety and reliability . Before you st art: Y ou must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 93 Figure 5. 27 Encoding Parameters 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Check the checkbox of Redundant Record . 4) Click Apply to save settings. If the encod ing parameters can also b e used to other channels, click Copy and choose the chan nel you want to apply the settings.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 94 5.9 Configuring HDD Gr oup for Reco rding Purpose: Y ou can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. S teps: 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD>Advanced 2. Select Advanced on the left bar . Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group . If not, set it to Group. For [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 95 5.10 Files Pr otection Purpose: Y ou can lock the recorded files or set the HDD p roperty to Read -only to protect the record files from being overwritten. Protec t file by locking the r ecord files S teps: 1. Enter Playback setting interface. Menu> Export Figure 5. 29 Export 2. Select the channels you[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 96 T o edit HDD property , you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Ch apter 10.4 Managing HDD Gr oup. S teps: 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu> HDD Figure 5. 31 HDD General 2. Click to edit the HDD y ou want to protect. Figure 5. 32 HDD General- Editing 3. Set the HDD to Read-only . [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 97 Chapter 6 Playback[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 98 6.1 Playing Back Record File s 6.1.1 Instant Playbac k Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a spec ific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel Steps: Choose a channel in live view mode and click t h e button in the quick setting toolbar. In the in[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 99 DS -7100 and DS -7200 Other Models Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu unde r Live View The DS-7100 , DS -7200, and DS -7324/7332HGHI- SH provide no Aux Monitor option . Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back recording files of the channel under single-screen live view mode. Under multi-screen live view mod[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 100 If there are record files for that camera in that day , in the calendar, t h e icon for that day is d isplayed as . Otherwise it is displayed as Playback Interface You can use the toolbar in the bottom part of Playbac k in terface to control playing progress, as shown in the following figure. Figure 6. 4[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 101 / Scaling up/down time bar Process bar Full Screen Exit V ideo type bar Normal playback Adjust the audio volume  The indicates th e start time and end time of th e record files.  represents normal recording ( manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion &am[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 102 Figure 6. 6 Video Search by Motion D etection 4. Click Search , and the record files m at ching the search conditions will be displayed on a list. 5. Select and c lic k bu tton to play back the record files. You can click Back to return to the search interface. If there is only one ch annel triggered, cl[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 103 6. Event playback interface. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 8 Interface of Playback by Event Pre-play and post-play can be config u red for the playback of event triggered record files. Pre-pla y : The time you set to play back befor[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 104 Figure 6. 9 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add def au lt tag. Click button to add cust o mize d tag and input tag name. Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file. 3. Tag management. Click b utton to check, edit and de let e tag(s). Figure 6. 10 Tag Management Interfac e Steps: 1. Se[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 105 Figure 6. 11 Video Search by Tag 3. Click button to play back the file. You can click the Back button to back to the search interf ace. Pre-play and post-play can be configured. Y ou can click or button to se lect the previous or next tag. Please refer to T able 6.1 for the description of buttons on the [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 106 Figure 6. 12 Draw Area for Smart Search The VCA event is not supported by DS-7 100 series. 4. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s) f o r smart search of VCA event or motion event .  Line Crossing Detection Click the button , and click on the video display screen to specify the start point and end [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 107 Figure 6. 13 Smart Pla yback Interface  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any p oint of the p rog ress bar o r drag the progress bar to locate special frames.  About video type bar: represents norm al recordin g (manual or schedule); represents event recording ; rep resents smart sea r [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 108 Figure 6. 14 System Log Search Inter face 2. Click Log Search tab to enter Playback by System Logs. Set search time and type and click Search button. Figure 6. 15 Result of System Log Sea rch 3. Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interfac e. If there is no record file at the[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 109 Figure 6. 16 Interface of Playback by Log 6.1.7 Playing Ba ck External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. S teps: 1. Enter Tag Search interface. Menu>Playback 2. Select the External File in the drop-down list on the top-left side. The file[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 0 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.8 Playing Ba ck Frame by Fra me Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check im age details of t he video when abnormal ev ents h appen. Steps: • Using a Mouse Go to Playback interface and click button u ntil the speed changes to Single frame. On[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 111 supported. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Check more than one checkboxes to select multiple channels and click to select a date on the calendar. Figure 6. 19 4-ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3. Click to play b ack the record files rev ers ely.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 2 Chapter 7 Backup[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 3 7.1 Backing up Record Fil es Before you st art: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Backing up by No rmal V ideo Search Purpose: The record files can be backed up to various USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs , and USB writer . Backup using USB flash drives , USB HDDs[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 4 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility f ro m vendor. You can also format the USB device by clicking the Format button. Figure 7. 3 Export by Normal Video Sea rch usin[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 5 This function is supported by DS-7300/8100/9000 series DVR. Steps: 1. Enter Record>Advanced and set the usage of eSA T A HDD at “ Expo rt ” . Menu>Record>Advanced Choose eSA T A and set its usage at Expo rt. Click Y es when pop-up message box “ System will reboot automatically if the usa[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 6 Figure 7. 6 Export by Normal Video Sea rch Using eSATA HDD Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop -up message “ Export finished ” . 5. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it. The Player player.exe will be e[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 7  Here we take the backup by m o tion detection as the exam p le.  Backup by alarm input is no t supported by DS -7100 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR.  Backup by VCA (Line Crossing Detection, Intrusion Detection) search is not supported by DS -7100. 2) Check the checkbox of cameras and set the sear[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 8 Figure 7. 10 Event Details Interface 4. Export. Click the Export button and start backing up. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device. Figure[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 1 1 9 Figure 7. 12 Checkup of Event Export Re sult Using USB Flash Drive 7.1.3 Backing up V ideo Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips to export directly during Playback, using USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs , and USB writers. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Please refer to Chap[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 120 Figure 7. 14 Clips Export Up to 30 items of video clips can be selected for backup at one time. 4. Click the button Ex port to export the selected video clips to the back up device. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check f or compatibil[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 121 6. Click Yes to save video clips and enter Export interface, or click No to quit without saving video clips. 7. Check backup result. The Player player.exe will be exported automa ti cally during record file ex p ort. Figure 7. 17 Checkup of Video Clips Expo rt Result Using USB Flas h Drive[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 122 7.2 Managing Backup De vices Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. At least one channel shall be selected. Figure 7. 18 Normal Video Search fo r Backup 2. Select record files you wan[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 123 Figure 7. 20 USB Flash Drive Manage ment Click New Folder button if you wa n t to create a new folder in the backup device. Select a record file or folder in the backup device and press button if you want to delete it. Select a record file in the backup device and press button to play it. Click Format bu[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 124 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 125 8.1 Setting Motion De tection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera M anagement and choose a cam er a you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup I nterface 2. Set detection area and sensitivity. Check checkbox to enable motion detecti[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 126 Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8. 4 Set Arming Schedule of Moti on Detectio n 5. Click Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). Repeat the above steps to set up arm in g schedule of oth er [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 127 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms This function is not supported by DS-71 00 and DS-7200HGHI series DVR. Purpose: Set up handling method 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[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 128 Figure 8. 7 Set Arming Schedule of Al arm Input 5. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of the alarm input (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). Repeat the above steps to set up arm in g schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 129 Figure 8. 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Inpu t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 130 8.3 Detecting V id eo Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm respo nse action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Manag e ment and select a cha n nel you want to detect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8. 10 Video Loss Setup Inte rface 2. Set up handling method o[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 131 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). 5. Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel. Repeat th e above steps to finish settings of other channels, or click th e Copy button copy[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 132 8.4 Detecting V id eo T ampering 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 vid eo tampering. Menu> Camera> Video Tampering Detection Figure 8. 12 Video Tem[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 133 Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). Repeat th e abo ve steps to set arming schedule of oth er days o f a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days. 4) Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel. Repeat the above steps to finish [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 134 8.5 Detecting VCA Alarm Purpose: The DS - 72 00/7300/8100/9000 series DV R can receive the VCA alarm sent by analog cam era, and the VCA detection must be enabled and configured on the cam era s ettings interface first. Perform the steps below to set the VCA configuration. The device can provide VCA capa[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 135 Figure 8. 15 Set Trigg ering Channel of VCA Ala rm 1) Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which w ill start to record/capture or become full-screen monitoring when a VCA alarm is trigg er ed, and click Apply to save the settings. 2) Select Arming Schedule tab to set the arming sche[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 136 Figure 8. 17 Set Directio n of Line Crossing Detecti on 3) Set the sensitivity of the line crossing detection to 1-100. 4) Click and set tw o points in the preview w ind ow to draw a virtual line. A B Figure 8. 18 Draw Virtual Line in the Ima ge Y ou can use the to clear the existing virtual line an d re[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 137 longer than the set time, the alarm will be triggere d . 5) Click and d raw a quadrilateral or click to d raw the full screen in the preview window for the selected intrusion region. Y ou can use the to clear the existing reg io n and re-draw it. 6) Repeat the above steps to set other intrusion regions. [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 138 8.6 Setting All-day V ideo Quali ty Diagnostics Purpose: The device provides two ways to diagnose the video quality: manual and all-d ay . P erform the following steps to set the threshold of the diagnosing and the linkage actions. S teps: 1. Enter V ideo Quality Diagnostics settings interface of C amera[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 139 8.7 Handling Exception s Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling m eth od of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error : Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. • IP Conflict ed : Du plicated IP address. • Il[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 140 Figure 8. 22 Detailed Event 3. Set the alarm linkage actions. For details, see Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions. 4. Click Apply to save the settings.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 141 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activ ated when an alarm o r exce p tion occurs, includi n g Fu ll Scre en Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, S end Ema il an d Trigger Alarm Output . Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is tri[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 142 Figure 8. 23 Alarm Output Settings I nterface 2. Set up arming schedule of the alarm output. Choose one day of a week and up to 8 time periods can be set withi n each day. Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8. 24 Set Arming Schedule o f Alarm Output 3. Repeat the above steps to set [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 143 8.9 T riggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually This function is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200HGHI se ries DVR. 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 b[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 144 Chapter 9 Network Setting s[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 145 9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. S teps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network DS -8100/9000- SH DS -7100 and DS-7200HGHI Other Models Figure 9. 1 Network Settings Interface[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 146 1 self-a d aptive 10M/100 M network interface is provided f o r DS-7 100, DS-7200HGHI series ; 2 self - adaptive 10M/100M/1000M n etwork interfaces for DS- 8100 /9000 series, and th ree working modes are configurable: multi-address, lo ad balance, netw o rk fault tolerance ; and 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 147 9.2 Configuring Advanced Setti ngs 9.2.1 Configuring Extranet Access Configuring EZVIZ Cl oud P2P Purpose: EZVIZ Cloud P2P provides th e mobile phone application and as well the service platform page to access and manage your connected DVR, which enables you to get a convenient rem o te access to the sur[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 148 P2P application is installed or by the EZVIZ website (http://www.ezviz7.com). For more operation instructions, please refe r to the help file on the EZV IZ officia l website (http://www.ezviz7.com ). Configuring DDNS Purpose: If your DV R is set to use P PPoE as its default n etwork connection, you may s[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 149 2) In th e D VR Dom ain Na me text field, enter the domain obtained from the D ynDNS website. 3) Enter th e User Nam e and Password registered in the DynDNS website. Figure 9. 5 DynDNS Settings Inter face  PeanutHull: Enter the User Nam e and Password obtained from the PeanutHull website. Figure 9. 6 [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 150 name in the HiDDNS ser ver first and then enter the alias to th e Device Do main Name in the DV R; you can also enter the domain name directly on the DV R to create a n ew one. Figure 9. 8 HiDDNS Settings Inter face  Register the device on the HiDDNS server. 1) Go to the HiDDNS website: www.hik-online[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 151 3) In the Device Management interface, click to register the device. Figure 9. 11 Register the Device 4) Input Device Serial No ., Device Doma i n ( Device Name ) and HTTP Port . And click OK to add the device.  Access the Device via Web Browser or Clien t Softw are After having successfully registere[...]

  • Page 153

    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 152 Figure 9. 12 Access Device via iVMS -4200 5. Click the Apply button to save a n d exit the interface. 9.2.2 Configuring P PPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR also allows access by Point- to -Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interfac e. Menu > Configuration > N[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 153 date/time. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the NTP tab to enter the NT P Settings interface. Figure 9. 14 NTP Settings Interface 3. Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this fea tu re. 4. Configure the following NTP settings: • Inte r [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 154 Figure 9. 16 Configure SNMP Setting s 5. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interfac e. Before setting the SNMP, please d ownload the SNMP sof tware and m an age to receive the d evice information via SNMP port. By settin g the Trap Address, the DVR is allo wed to send the alarm event and except[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 155 1) Click Apply button to save the settings. 2) Y ou can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping. Figure 9. 18 UPnP ™ Settings Finish ed-Auto OPTION 2: Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clic king to activate the Ex[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 156 9.2.6 Configur ing More Settings S teps: 1. En ter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. S elect the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface. Figure 9. 21 More Settings Interface 3. Co nfigure the remote alarm h ost, server port, HTTP port, multicast, RTSP[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 157 9.2.7 Configuring HTTPS Port Purpose: HTTPS pro vides authentication of the web site and associated web server that one is communicating with, which protects against Man- in -the-middle attacks. Perform the f o llowing steps to set the port number of https. Example: If y ou set the port number as 443 and[...]

  • Page 159

    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 158 3) Click OK to save the settings. OPTION 2 : Create the authorized certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the certificate request. 2) Download the certificate request and submit it to the trusted certif ica te authorit y f or signatu re. 3) After receiving the signed valid certifica te, import [...]

  • Page 160

    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 159 3. Configure the following Email settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check th e checkbox to enable the server authentication feature. User Name : The user account of sender ’ s Email for SMTP server authentication. Password : The password of sender ’ s Email for SMTP server authenticat[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 160 Figure 9. 28 Network Traffic Interface 2. You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interf ace. The traffic data is re freshed every 1 second.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 161 9.4 Configuring Networ k Detection Purpose: Y ou can o btain network con necting statu s of DVR through th e n etw ork detection function, including network delay , packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 T esting Network Delay and Pac ket Loss S teps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > N[...]

  • Page 163

    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 162 Figure 9. 30 Export Network Packet 4. Click the Export button to start exporting. 5. Af ter the exporting is complete, click OK to finish the packet ex p ort. Up to 1M data can be exported each time.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 163 9.4.3 Checking Netw ork S tatus Purpose: Y ou can also check the network status and quick set the netw o rk parameters in this interfac e. S teps: Click Status on the right bottom o f the page. Figure 9. 31 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out. Figure 9. 32 [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 16 4 1. Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect 2. Click the Network Stat. tab to enter the Network Statistics menu. Figure 9. 34 Network Stat. Interface 3. View the bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, and band width of Net Total Idle. 4. Cl ick R[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 165 Chapter 10 HDD Mana gement[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 166 10.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. S teps: 1. Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD >G eneral. Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interfac e 2. Select HDD to be initialized. 3. Click the Init button. F[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 167 consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs. Click Menu > HDD > Advanced. Figure 10. 5 Enable HDD Sleeping Check the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping (by default), and the HDDs which are free of working for a long time will be set to sleep. Uncheck the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping ,[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 168 10.2 Managing Netw ork HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of I P SAN to DVR, and use it as network HDD. S teps: 1. En ter the HDD Inform atio n interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 10. 6 HDD Information Interfac e 2. Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown i[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 169 Figure 10. 8 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter th e NetHDD I P address in the text f ield . 2) Click the Search button to the available IP SAN disks. 3) Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below. 4) Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk. Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added. Figure 1[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 170 10.3 Managing eSA T A Purpose: When th ere is an external eSA T A d evice connected to DVR, you can configure eSA T A for the use o f Record o r Export, and you can manage the eSA T A in the DVR. S teps: 1. En ter the Advanced Record Setti n gs interface . Menu >Record>Advanced 2. Select the eSATA [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 171 10.4 Managing HD D Gr oup 10.4.1 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. S teps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Group, as shown [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 172 Figure 10. 15 Local HDD Settings Int erface 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 t he settings. Figure 10. 16 Confirm HDD Group Se ttings 9. In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the settings. 10.4[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 173 Figure 10. 17 Set HDD Property 3. Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-on ly or Redundancy . 4. Click the OK button to save the s ett ings and exit the interface. 5. In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list. At least 2 h ard disks must be add ed on your DVR when you want t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 174 10.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. S teps 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figu re 10. 18 . The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take e[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 175 10.6 Checking HDD S tatus Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and ma in tenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD S tatus in HDD Information Interfac e S teps: 1. Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General 2. Check the status [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 176 10.7 Checking S.M .A .R.T Information Purpose: The S.M.A.R. T. ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology ) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect a nd report on various indicators of re li ability in the hopes of anticipating failures. S teps: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu > HD[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 177 10.8 Detecting Bad Sect or Purpose: Y ou can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. S teps: 1. Enter th e HDD Detect interf ace. Menu>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 10. 23 Bad Sector Detection 2. Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interface. 3. Select a HDD and click t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 178 10.9 Configuring HDD Er ror Alarms Purpose: Y ou can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitiali zed or Abnormal . S teps: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Me nu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3. Check the checkbo[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 179 Chapter 11 Came r a Settings[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 180 11.1 Configuring OSD Set tings Purpose: Y ou can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera , including date /time, camera nam e, etc. S teps: 1. Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2. Select the camera to configure OSD settings. 3. Edit the Camera Name in [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 181 11.2 Configuring Pri va cy Mask Purpose: Y ou are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed or recorded by th e operator . S teps: 1. Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Privacy Mask 2. Select the camera to set privacy mask. 3. Check the che[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 182 11.3 Configuring V ideo Parameters S teps: 1. Enter th e Ima ge Settings in terfac e . Menu > Camera > Image Figure 11. 5 Image Settings Interfac e 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. Two period s for differe n t image settings are provided, select the period name in the dropdown list.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 183 Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 184 12.1 V iewing System Informati on S teps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. You can click th e Device In fo , C amera , Record , Alarm , Network and HDD tabs to view th e system information of the device. Figure 12. 1 System Information Int erface This a[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 185 2. Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start T i me, End Time, Major Ty p e and Minor Type. 3. Click the Search button to start search log files. 4. The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown b elow. Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each time. Figure 12.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 186 Figure 12. 5 Export Log Files 7. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name . 8. Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device. You can click the New Folder button to create new folder in the back u p device, or click the Form at button to format the backup de[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 187 12.3 Importing/E xporting IP Cam era Info The network camera connection is not supported by DS-7100 series. Purpose: The information of ad ded IP camera can be generated into an excel file and exported to the local device for backup, including the IP address, ma n age port, p assword of admin, etc. And t[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 188 12.4 Importing/Exportin g Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local dev ice for backup; and th e config u ration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if th ey are to be configured with th e sam e p arameters. S teps: 1. Enter the Import/E[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 189 12.5 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server . 12.5.1 Upgrading by Loca l Backup Device S teps: 1. Connect your DVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2. Enter the Upgrade interface. Menu > Mainte[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 190 12.6 Restoring Default Set tings S teps: 1. En ter the Default interfa c e. Menu > Maintenance > Defau lt Figure 12. 9 Restore Defaults 2. S elect the restoring type from th e following three options. Restore Defaults: Restore all parameters, except the network (in cluding IP address, subnet mask, [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 191 Chapter 13 Others[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 192 13.1 Configuring RS-232 Seri al Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in tw o ways: Parameters Configuration: Connect a PC to the device through the PC serial port. Device parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal. The se rial port parameters must be the same as the d evice[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 193 13.2 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution , system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. S teps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Select the General tab. Figure 13. 2 General Settings Int erface DS -8124/8132HGHI- SH provi[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 194 13.3 Configuring DST Settin gs Steps: 1. Enter the Gener al Settings interf a ce. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 3 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item. Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox, and then y[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 195 13.4 Configuring Mor e Settin gs S teps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface , as shown in F igure 13.3. DS -7100- SH , DS-7200- SH , DS -732 4/7332HG HI and DS - 81 24/8132HGHI DS -7100 /7 200-E[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 196 13.5 Managing Use r Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the NVR: Administrator . The Administrator user name is admin and the password is set when you start the device for the first tim e. The Ad ministrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters. 13.5.1 Addin[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 197 Address . Password : Set the password for the user account. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMM ENDED – We highly rec o mmend you cr eate a str ong passwor d o f your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letter s, lower case letters, n umbers, and special characters) in order to incre[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 198 (2) Set the operating permission of Local Configuration, Remote Configuration and Came ra Con figuration for the user. Local Configuration • Local Log Search: Searching and view in g logs and system information of device. • Local Parameters Settings: Configuring parameters, restoring fac to ry defaul[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 199 Figure 13. 9 User List 3. Cli ck the icon to delete the selecte d user account. 13.5.3 Editing a User For the added user accounts, you can edit the param eters. S teps: 1. En ter the User Manageme n t interface. Menu >Configuration>User 2. S elect the user to be edited from th e list, as shown in F[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 200 STRONG PASSWORD RECOMM ENDED – We highly rec o mmend you cr eate a str ong passwor d o f your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including u pper case letters, lower case letters, n umbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your pr oduct. And we r ecommend you r e[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 201 Appendix[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 202 Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream ove r the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolu[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 203 T r ou bleshooti ng  No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally . Possible Reasons: a) No VGA o r HDMI connections. b) Connection cable is damaged. c) Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. St eps: 1. V erify th e device is connected with the monitor via HDMI or V GA c[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 204 2) If no t, please contact the engineer f ro m our company to do the further process.  Live view stuck when video outpu t s locally . Possible Reasons: a) The frame rate has not reached the real-time frame rate. S teps: 1. Check the parameters of Main Str eam ( Normal) and Main Stream (Event). Select [...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 205 Possible Reasons: a) The time setting of system is incorrect. b) The search condition is incorrect. c) The HDD is error or not detected. S teps: 1. V erify th e system time setting is correct. Select “ Menu > Configuration > General > General ” , and verify the “ Device T ime ” is correc[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 206 List of Compatible Hik vision IP Camer as The IPC connection is not supported by DS-7100 series DVR. T ype Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub-stream Audio HD Network Camera DS -2CD7153-E V5.1.0 buil d 131202 1600× 120 0 √ × DS -2CD754F- EI V5.1.0 buil d 131202 2048× 153 6 √ √ DS -2CD783F- EI V5.[...]

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    User Manual of Digital V ideo Re cord er 207 List of Compatible Third-par ty IP Cameras • The IPC connection is not supported by DS-7100 series DVR. • The ONVIF protocol is not supported by DS-7100 and DS-7200 series DVR Manufactur er Model V ersion Max. Resolution Sub -stre am Audio Axis P3304 5.2 1440× 900 √ × Sony SNC-RH124 1.7.00 1280×[...]