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Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified before using the same.
DVR User Manual Contents Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. i 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................................
DVR User Manual Contents 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ............................................................................................................ 47 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ..................................................................................................................... 48 7.3 Schedule Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 49 7.3.1 Add Schedule ................
DVR User Manual Contents 11 Device Management .............................................................................................................................. 83 11.1 Network Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 83 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration ............................................................................................................... 83 11.1.2 Port Configuration .............
DVR User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of the DVR adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. This series of the DVR which are powerful and easy to use are provided with excellent image quality and stable system.
DVR User Manual Introduction Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras) Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live preview interface The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consistent with that of the DVR after adjusting the live camera sequence of the DVR, but the live camera sequence of the DVR will not be changed if that of the web client is changed
DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Management Support alarm schedule setting Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable Support IPC offline alarm trigger configuration of PTZ, snap, pop-up video, etc.
DVR User Manual Introduction export and local upgrading by USB mobile device Support auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface You can click the middle mouse button at any interface to go to the live view interface The display language and video format of the DVR will not be changed and the system logs will be reserved if you reset the DVR to factory default Press and hold the right mouse button for 5 se
DVR User Manual Introduction Name Descriptions Enter Confirm selection To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash USB 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections. The interfaces and locations of the interfaces are only for references. Please take the real object as the standard. No.
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DVR User Manual Introduction No. 1.5 Name Descriptions 1 RS485 2 AUDIO IN 3 AHD VIDEO IN Connect to keyboard or speed dome.
DVR User Manual Introduction Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available. The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below: The alarm input is an open/closed relay. If the input is not an open/closed relay, please refer to the following connection diagram: Alarm Output: The way to connect alarm output device: Pull out the green terminal blocks and loosen the screws in the alarm-out port.
DVR User Manual Introduction RS485 Connection There are two types of RS485 interfaces: （Type 1） （Type 2） Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are used to connect speed dome. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are not only used to connect speed dome but also to connect keyboard.
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the DVR. ② Connect with the mouse and power. The device will boot and the power LED would turn blue.
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Power Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image SEQ To go to sequence view mode Audio To enable audio output in live mode Switch No function temporarily Direction button To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ Enter Button To confirm the choice o
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function REC Record manually Search To enter search mode MEUN To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in PIP No function temporarily To control playback. Play(Pause)/Next Frame/Speed Up/Stop/Previous Frame/Speed Down 2.
DVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below. Button Meaning Button Meaning Backspace key Switch key of punctuation character Delete Key Enter key Switch key between upper and lower letter Space key Switch key of language 2.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk). You can quickly configure the DVR by wizard setup to make the DVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the DVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the wizard next time).
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ② Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure. Set the time zone, system time, date format and time format. The DST will be enabled by default if the time zone selected includes DST. Click “Next” to continue. ③ Network Settings.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with DVR and then click to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All” to delete all the added cameras. Click to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface subnet mask, gateway and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the DVR. Click “OK” to save the settings. Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Input the new camera name, IP address, port, username and the password of the camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “Next” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details. ⑦ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details). You can scan the QRCode through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the mobile client instantly.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button. Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence for details). Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD. Click to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (8.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Introduction of area ②: Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one IP camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window. Click “Customize Display Modes” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode for detail configuration of the display mode).
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligent Detection” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below. There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions Camera The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.
DVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Account and Authority The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on. System The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.
DVR User Manual Camera Management 4 Camera Management 4.1 Camera Signal Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraCamera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels, accordingly increasing (or decreasing) the number of IP channels with the total channels unchanged. The DVR device supports hybrid access of TVI, AHD, CVI and CVBS high definition cameras.
DVR User Manual Camera Management Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.
DVR User Manual Camera Management Input the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input window, input the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information and then click “Add” button (you can input one camera’s information or above such as IP address, username and password before clicking “Add” button).
DVR User Manual Camera Management Click to edit the IP address, user name or password and other information of the DVRs/NVRs. Click behind “Add” button to add the IPC selected and the user may edit the IP address, user name or password by clicking behind “Edit” button.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5 Live Preview Introduction 5.1 Preview Interface Introduction The connected analog camera will be added automatically in the live preview interface for previewing. You should add IP camera manually for previewing (see 4.2.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Button -- Menu List Meaning Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface. -- Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.3.5 Image Adjustment for details. Camera Info Click it to view the IP camera information. The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom the image.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Add Display Mode Method One: ① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as required. ③ Click “Save” button under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click “OK” button to save the current display mode.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view. 5.2.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Add Scheme Click in area ① to create a new scheme.0 Click scheme to delete it. on the top right corner of the Configure Scheme a) Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme. b) Select a camera window in area ② and then double click the camera in area ③. The camera will be added into the selected window. One camera in the same scheme cannot repeat.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.3 POS Settings Some models may not support this function. ① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to add POS via IP address. ③ Click configure under “Display Settings” to configure display position.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction ④ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to more than one channel, but one channel can only bind one POS. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time. 5.4 Preview Image Configuration 5.4.1 OSD Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.4.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced” button or in the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up “Image Adjust” interface and then set the relevant setting items. Please refer to 5.3.5 Image Adjustment for detailed introductions of these items.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.4.4 Water Mark Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageWater Mark Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera and enable water mark and then input the water mark information. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.5 Image Adjustment Go to live preview interface and then click window to go to the image adjustment interface.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue value. Check sharpen, wide dynamic and denoise and then drag the slider to set the value. Click “Default” button to set these parameters to default values.
DVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Lens Control Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click or to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings. The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows: Button/Parameter Meaning Click Focus Mode / to zoom in/out the image.
DVR User Manual PTZ 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below. You can select another dome or PTZ which connects to the camera on the top right of the interface for PTZ control. Introductions of the buttons on the bottom right of the interface: Button Meaning Click / / / to rotate the dome.
DVR User Manual PTZ Button Meaning Click it to return to the live preview interface. Analog Joystick Control The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog joystick.
DVR User Manual PTZ Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image; press and hold the right button to zoom out the image.
DVR User Manual PTZ Preset Setting Click “Preset” to go to preset operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below. Select the preset and then input the preset name in the window; finally click “OK” button to save the settings. You can add 255 presets for each dome at most.
DVR User Manual PTZ Click to start the cruise and click to stop the cruise in the cruise list of the cruise operation tab; click “Delete” button to delete the selected cruise. You can also go to cruise setting interface for cruise setting, see 6.3 Cruise Setting for details. 6.2 Preset Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZPreset to go to the interface as shown below.
DVR User Manual PTZ 6.3 Cruise Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZCruise to go to the interface as shown below. Add Cruise Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details. Edit Cruise Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise” interface.
DVR User Manual PTZ 6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZProtocol to go to the interface as shown below. You can enable or disable the PTZ and set the protocol, baud rate and address of the analog dome in the interface. Please make sure the analog speed dome camera is well connected to the DVR before you control it. Select the camera and enable PTZ and then set the protocol, baud rate and address of the dome according to the settings of the dome.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings. There are two record modes: auto mode and manual mode.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Select one auto mode to pop up the corresponding window. Set the encode, GOP, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of each camera and then click “OK” to save the settings. Please adjust the parameters according to the actual condition. Video Encode: the video encode format of the camera. GOP: group of pictures. Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management are full). Set the pre-alarm record time, post-alarm record time and expiration time of each camera and then click “Apply” to save the settings. Pre-alarm Record Time: set the time to record before the actual recording begins. Post-alarm Record Time: set the time to record after the actual recording is finished. Expiration Time: set the expiration time for recorded video. If the set date is overdue, the recorded data will be deleted automatically. 7.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.3 Schedule Setting 7.3.1 Add Schedule Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24ⅹ7”, “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or delete “24ⅹ7” while “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” can be edited and deleted. Click the schedule name to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area. You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click or and then click “Manual” on each day to pop up a window as shown below.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management in a day; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a day. Click “Copy To” to copy the schedule of the day to other days. Refer to the picture below. Check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings. Set Week Schedule Click or and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the start and end time, check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Go to “Edit Schedules” interface and then click to edit the schedule. The settings of “Edit Schedule” are similar to that of the “Add Schedule”. Click to delete the schedule. 7.4 Record Mode 7.4.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to enable recording of the camera.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.4.5 Intelligence Recording ① Set the intelligence recording schedule of each IP camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. ② Enable the intelligence detection (object detection, exception, line crossing or intrusion detection) and draw alert surface or warning area of each IP camera. See 9.3 Intelligence Alarm for details. The camera will start intelligence recording once you finish the above settings. This function is only available for some IPCs. 7.
DVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.5.2 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information Click StartSettingsDiskView Disk Information to view the HDD information; click “S.M.A.R.T. Information” to view the working status of the HDD. Refer to the picture below.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time). Refer to the picture below. Drag the playback progress bar to change the playback time. You can also click the right-click menu “Instant Playback” in the camera window and then set the instant playback time to play back the record. 8.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The buttons on the tool bar (area ①) at the bottom of the playback interface are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ②. Full screen button.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Click on the playback window to show the tool bar as shown in area ③; right click on the window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below. Button Menu List Meaning -- Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere. Enable Audio Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by enabling audio. Snap Click it to snap. Click it to go to the zoom in interface.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup click to pop up a backup information window. Click “Backup” button in the window to pop up the backup window. Select the device, backup path and backup format and then click “Backup” button to start the backup. 8.3 Record Search, Playback & Backup The record data and the snapped pictures can be backed up through network or USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD). The file system of the backup devices should be FAT32 format. 8.3.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤ Click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details). Click “Close” to close the interface.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Time Slice Mode Selecting: Method One: Click “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click / on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute” mode (in “Minute” mode, click the time scale to change the time of the 60 display windows) and click “Hour” to select “Hour” mode.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8.3.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Event Some models may support searching POS event. ① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Event to go to “By Event” tab as shown below. ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup Click in the interface to play the record. Click delete the tag. to edit the tag name. Click to 8.3.5 Image Management Click StartSearch and BackupImage Management to go to “Image Management” tab. The system will display all the snapped images automatically in the list. Click to delete the image. Click to pop up the “Export” window. Select the device name and save path in the window and then click “Save” button. Click to pop up the “View Image” window.
DVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8.3.6 View Backup Status Click StartSearch and BackupBackup Status or click the playback interface to view the backup status.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ② Select the alarm type (NO or NC) according to trigger type of the sensor. ③ Enable the sensor alarm of each camera.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management delay time of the buzzer, please see 9.5.4 Buzzer for details. Pop-up Video: After camera setting, the system will pop up the corresponding video automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the video, please see 9.5.3 Display for details. Pop-up Message Box: if enabled, the system will pop up the corresponding alarm message box automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the message box, please see 9.5.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as continuous movement; otherwise it will be considered as a single motion. ③ Drag the camera image to set the motion area. You can set more than one motion area. Click “All” to set the whole camera image as the motion area.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management Check “Draw Warning Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the warning area in the image (the warning area should be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw Warning Area” if you finish the drawing. Click “Clear” button to delete the warning area. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of object detection.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.3.2 Exception Exception Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionException to go to the following interface. ② Select the camera and enable the relevant detection as required. Scene Change: The relevant alarms will be triggered if the scene of the monitor video has changed. Video Blurred: The relevant alarms will be triggered if the monitor video is blurred.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Exception Config” to go to the exception detection configuration interface. 9.3.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management ③ Select the alert surface and direction. You can add 4 alert surfaces at most. Direction: A<->B, A->B and A<-B optional. It is the crossing direction of the intruder who crosses over the alert line. A<->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A or from A to B. A->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from A to B. A<-B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management Check “Draw Warning Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the warning area in the image (the warning area should be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw Warning Area” if you finish the drawing. Click “Clear” button to delete the warning area. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of intrusion detection.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Regional Invasion Config” to go to the intrusion detection configuration interface. 9.4 Exception Alarm 9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionIPC Offline Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.4.3 Exception Handling Settings ① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionException Handling Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Alarm-out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The exception handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.5 Alarm Event Notification 9.5.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5.2 E-mail Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationE-mail to go to the e-mail configuration interface. Set the e-mail address of the recipients. See 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration for details. 9.5.3 Display Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationDisplay to go to the display configuration interface. Set the duration time of the pop-up video and the pop-up message box. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.5.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.6 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start alarm. Click “Clear” to stop alarm. 9.7 View Alarm Status Click StartSettingsAlarmAlarm Status or click live preview interface to view the alarm status. on the tool bar at the bottom of the Click “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click the detail information as shown below.
DVR User Manual Alarm Management If the exception information is more than one page, you can input the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page. Click / to view the exception alarm information in the previous/next page. Click to play the alarm record.
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) available when adding accounts.
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user information. Click to delete the user (the user admin cannot be deleted). Edit Security Question You can set password security only for admin.
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Input the current password and then set new password. Click “OK” to save the settings. Modify Graphical Lock Some models may not support this function. Click “Modify Graphical Lock” to pop up a window. Input current password and then check “Enable” to input graphical lock. Recover Password Click “Recover Password” to reset the password to 123456. Edit User Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below.
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown” window. Select “Logout” in the window and then click “OK” button to log out the system. 10.3 Permission Management 10.3.
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Click to save the group as another group. Click to delete the permission group. The three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) cannot be deleted.
DVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List” or “Enable Block List” (the PC client of which the IP address is in the allow list can access DVR remotely while the PC client in the block list cannot). ③ Add IP/IP segment/MAC. Click “Add IP” or “Add MAC” button and then check “Enable” in the popup window (only if you check it can the IP/IP segment/MAC you add be effective). Enter the IP/IP segment/MAC and then click “OK” button.
DVR User Manual Device Management 11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually input the network addresses.
DVR User Manual Device Management HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used to IE remote access. If you want to access the DVR through IE, you should input IP address plus HTTP port in the IE address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81. HTTPS Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 443. Server Port: the default server port of the DVR is 6036. The server port number can be changed as required.
DVR User Manual Device Management Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Input the server address, domain name, username and password according to the selected DDNS type. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You will have to input the server address and domain name if some DDNS types are selected. Go to the relative DNS website to register domain name and then input the registered domain information here). Now we take www.dvrdydns.
DVR User Manual Device Management ③ Create domain name and then click Request Domain. ④ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list.
DVR User Manual Device Management ⑤ Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the www.dvrdydns.com DDNS type. Input the registered username, password and domain name and then click “Apply”. ⑥ Map the IP address and HTTP port in the router (you can skip this step if UPnP function is enabled). ⑦ Input the registered domain name plus HTTP port like http://www.xxx.dvrdydns.com:81 in the IE address bar and then press Enter key to go to the IE client. 11.1.
DVR User Manual Device Management Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking in the “Schedule” column.
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.6 UPnP Configuration By UPnP you can access the DVR through IE client which is in WAN via router without port mapping. ① Click StartSettingsNetworkUPnP to go to the following interface. ② Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. ③ Set the DVR’s IP address, subnet mask and gateway and so on corresponding to the router. ④ Check “Enable” in the interface as shown below and then click “Apply” button.
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.9 View Network Status Click StartSettingsNetworkNetwork Status to view the network status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to view network status conveniently. 11.2 Basic Configuration 11.2.1 Common Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to go to the following interface. Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output resolution.
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicDate and Time to go to the interface as shown below. Set the system time, date format, time format and time zone of the DVR. The default time zone is GMT+08 Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei. If the selected time zone includes DST, the DST of the time zone will be checked by default. Click “Apply” to save the settings.
DVR User Manual Device Management restart during upgrading. Please wait for a while and do not power off the DVR during upgrading. Note: The file system of the USB mobile device which is used for upgrading, backing up and restoring should be FAT32 format. 11.
DVR User Manual Device Management 11.7 View Log Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceView Log to go to the log view interface. Select the log main type, click to set start time and end time and then click “Search” button. The searched log files will be displayed in the list. Choose the log file in the list and then click “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the “Content” title bar to pop up a menu list.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance 12 Remote Surveillance 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the DVR. Refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “SuperLive Plus” into the mobile device with the Android or iOS system. ③ Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface and then click to scan the QRCode of the DVR (Go to StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view the QRCode of the DVR).
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the DVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the DVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2. If the HTTP port of the DVR is not 80, but other number instead, you need to input the IP address plus port number in the IE address bar when accessing the DVR over network. For example, the HTTP port is 81.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Input the serial number (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to see the serial number of the DVR), user name (the user name of the DVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the DVR, 123456 by default) of the DVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the interface and then click “Login” button to go to the web client interface. PPPoE Access ① Click StartSettingsNetworkPPPoE to go to the “PPPoE” interface.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Input current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click “OK” button to save the new password. Local Settings: click it to change the local settings. Set the snapshot number and click “Browse” to set the snapshot path and record path as shown below.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Left Panel Introduction Click on the left panel to hide the panel and click all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. to show the panel. You can view You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras. For instance, the left number 3 in on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras; the right number 4 stands for the number of all the added cameras.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply” to save the settings. Operation panel introduction: Button Meaning Click it to snap. Click it to start recording; click it again to stop recording.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click / / / to rotate the dome; click / / / / to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click / to zoom in/out camera image. Click / to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click / to increase/decrease the iris of the dome. Click it to view the preset list and then click the button in the list to call the preset.
DVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Button Meaning Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. 12.4.3 Remote Backup Click “Backup” in the remote interface to go to the backup interface. You can back up the record by event or by time.
DVR User Manual FAQ Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? a. Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. b. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them. Please use the power adaptor supplied along with the DVR. c. Please make sure the HDDs are compatible with the DVR. See Appendix C Compatible Device List for details. d. The HDD could have gone bad. Change a new one. Q2.
DVR User Manual FAQ Q6. The system cannot record, why? a. Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. b. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. c. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the recycle function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details). d.
DVR User Manual FAQ ② ③ ④ b. Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 8-1. Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 8-2. Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 8-1 Fig 8-2 Q9. How to play the backup file? a. Record backed up by DVR: insert the USB device in which the record backup files is saved to the USB interface of the PC and then open the USB device path.
DVR User Manual FAQ If you select the private format when backing up record by DVR, a RPAS compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.zip” and then click “RPAS.exe” to set up RPAS. After the setup is completed, open RPAS player and then click “Open Folder” button in the middle of the interface to select the record data. Refer to Fig 9-1.
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DVR User Manual Calculate Recording Capacity Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times. The calculation format of recording capacity is shown as below.
DVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Brand and Series Seagate Western Digital Capacity Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Blue Series 500GB /1TB Green Series 2TB /3TB /4TB Purple Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Compatible USB mobile device Brand Capacity SSK 2GB Netac 4GB Kingston 2GB/8GB/16GB/32GB Aigo 2GB
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