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User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 2 Hikvision® Netw ork Digital V ideo Recorder User Manual This manual, as well as th e software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The content of this manual is furnished for informa tio nal use only , is subject to change w[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 3 Regulator y informa tion FCC infor mation FCC compliance : This eq uipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection agai nst h armf ul interference when the equipment is operated[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 4 Preventive and Ca utionary Tips Before connecting and operating y our DV R, please be advised of the following tips: • En sure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free e nvironment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only . • Keep all liquid s away from the DVR. • En sure environme ntal cond [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 5 Thank you for purchasing o ur product. If there is any question or request, please d o not hesitate to contact dealer . This manual is applicable to the m odels listed in the following table. Series Model T ype 7200HFHI-SL DS -7204HFHI-SL DS -7208HFHI-SL Network DVR 7200HFHI- SE DS -7204HFHI- SE DS -7208HFHI[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 6 Pr od uct Key Featur es General  Support HD-SDI camera connection;  Each channel supports d ual-stream. Main stream supports up to 1080P resolution and sub -stream supports up to 4CIF resolution;  Independent configuration for each channel, including resolu tion, frame rate, bit rate, image quality [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 7 and manual recording;  Searching record files by events (alarm input/motion detection);  Customization of tags, searching and play ing back by tags;  Locking and unlocking of record file s;  Local redundant recording;  Searching and playing back rec ord files by channel nu mber , recording typ[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 8  Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters;  Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status;  Remote keyboard operation;  Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse;  Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading;  Remote system restart[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 9 Table of Contents Product Key Features ................................................................................................................................ . 6 Chapter 1 Intr oduction .................................................................................................................[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 10 Chapter 6 Playback ........................................................................................................................................ 73 6.1 Playing Back Record Files ............................................................................................................ 74 6.1.1 P[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 11 9.4.2 Exporting Network Packet ................................................................................................ . 138 9.4.3 Checking Network Status ................................................................................................... 140 9.4.4 Checking Network Statistics ......[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 12 Chapter 1 Introduction[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 13 1.1 Fr ont Panels Figure 1. 1 Front Panel of DS- 720 4HF HI- SE & DS -72 00HFHI- SL Figure 1. 2 Front Panel of DS- 720 8HFHI - SE Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel No. Name Function Description 1 POWER Power indicator turns yellow when the power switch on the real panel is turned on. ST A TUS Status[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 14 No. Name Function Description 2 IR Receiver Receiver for IR remote. 3 USB Interface Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). 4 Composite Keys SHIFT Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the composite keys. (Input letter or[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 15 No. Name Function Description In Live V iew mode, these bu ttons can be used to cyc le thro ugh channels. In PTZ control mode, it c an c ontrol t he m ovement of the P TZ camera. ENTER The ENTER butto n is used to confirm selection in any o f the menu modes. It can also be used to tick checkbox fields. In P[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 16 No. Name Function Description 1/MENU Enter numeral “1”; Access the main menu interface. 2/ABC/F1 Enter numeral “2”; Enter letters “ABC”; The F1 button when used in a list field w ill select all items in the list. In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/of f PTZ light and when the image is zoomed in[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 17 No. Name Function Description ENTER The ENTER button 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 or pause the video. In single-frame P layback mode, pressing th e button will advance the video by a single f rame[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 18 No. Name Function Description 2 Alphanumeric Buttons Switch to the co rresponding ch annel in Live view o r PTZ Control mode. Input numbers and characters in Edit mode. Switch between diff erent channels in Playback mode. The light of th e button is blue when the correspo nding channel is recording; it is r[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 19 No. Name Function Description It is also used to switch between in put methods (upper and lowercase alphabet, symbols and numeric input). EDIT/IRIS+ Edit text fields. When editing text fields, it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in f ront o f the cursor . On checkbox fields, [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 20 1.2 IR Remote Contr ol Operations The DVR may also be controlled w ith the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 6. Batteries (2× AAA) must be installed before operati on. Figure 1. 6 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Refer to Table 1[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 21 No. Name Description 3 Alphanumeric Buttons Same as Alphanumeric buttons on front panel. 4 EDIT Button Same as EDIT/IRIS+ button on front panel. 5 A Button Same as A/FOCUS+ button on front panel. 6 REC Button Same as REC/SHOT button on front panel. 7 PLAY Button Same as the PLAY/AUTO button on front panel. [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 22 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 ouse: 1. P lug USB m ouse into one of the USB in terfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2. The mouse should automatically be detected. If in a rare case that the mouse is not detec[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 23 1.4 Input Method Descrip tion Figure 1. 7 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft key board: Table 1. 7 Description of the Soft Keyb oard Icons Icons Description Icons Description English Capital English Numbers Symbols Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace Space Enter Exit[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 24 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 8 DS -7204HFHI- SL Figure 1. 9 DS -7208HFHI- SL Figure 1. 10 DS -7204HFHI- SE Figure 1. 11 DS -7204HFHI- ST Figure 1. 12 DS -7208HFHI-SE and DS - 7208HFHI- ST No. Item Description 1 VIDEO IN HD -SDI interface for video input. 2 AUDIO IN RCA connector 3 AUDIO OUT RCA connector 4 VGA [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 25 No. Item Description 5 HDMI HDMI video output connector . 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 DC 12V power supply . 10 Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device.[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 26 No. Item Description 12 GND Ground 13 LINE IN BNC connector for audio input. 14 eSA T A Connects external SA T A HDD, CD/DVD-RW . 15 RS -232 Interface Connector for RS-232 devices. 16 T ermination Switch RS -485 termination switch. Up position is not terminated. Down position is terminated with 120 Ω resis[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 27 Chapter 2 Getting S tarted[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 28 2.1 S tarting Up and S hutting Down the DVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding th e life of the DV R. Before you st art: Check that the voltage of th e extra p ower supply is th e same with the DVR ’ s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly. S tart[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 29 1. P ress and hold the POWER button on the f ront panel for 3 seconds. 2. En ter the administrator’s username and password in the di alog box for authentication. 3. Cli ck the Yes button.  Do not press the POWER button a gain when the system is shutting down.  The device (exclude DS -7200HFHI-SL&[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 30 2.2 Using the Wiz ard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup W izard will start once the DVR has loaded, as show n in Figure 2. 3. S teps: 1. P lease select the sy stem language in the drop -down list on y our demand. Figure 2. 3 Resolution Selection 2. The Setup Wizard can walk you through some impo[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 31 Figure 2. 5 Login Wind ow 4. Enter th e adm in password. By default, the password is 12345. 5. To change the admin password, check the New Adm in Password checkbox. Enter the new password and confirm the password in the given fields. 6. Click the Nex t button to enter the date and tim e settings window, as [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 32 DS -8100HFHI- ST Other Models Figure 2. 7 Network Configuration 8. Click Next button after you having configured the network parameters, w hich will take you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2. 8. Figure 2. 8 HDD Management 9. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization will re[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 33 Figure 2. 9 Record Settings 11. Click Cop y to copy the recording setting to other cameras. 12. Click OK to save the settings and exit the wizard.[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 34 Chapter 3 Live V iew[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 35 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 wh en powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu y ou’re on) will bring y o[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 36 3.2 Operations in Live V iew Mode In live view mode, there are many function s provided. The f unctions are listed below. • Single Screen: show only one screen o n the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously . • Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 37 3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live V iew Table 3. 4 Mouse Ope ration in Live View Name Description Menu Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse. Single Screen Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel num ber fro m the dropdown list. Multi-screen Adjust the screen layout by choos[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 38 DS -7200HFHI-SL&SE&ST DS-7300HFHI-ST & DS-8100HFHI- ST Figure 3. 1 Right-click Menu 3.2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor Certain features of the Live View are also available w hile in an Aux monitor. These features include: • Single Screen: Switch to a full screen display of the selec ted camera. [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 39 Figure 3. 2 Switch Main and Aux O utput 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. S elect the Menu Output Mode t o Main CVBS from the right-click menu on the CVBS output monitor . Figure 3. 3 Right-click Menu on CVBS[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 40 record during the last five minutes. Digital Zoom can zoom in the selected area to the full screen. Click and draw to select the area to zoom in , as shown in Figure 3. 5. Figure 3. 5 Digital Zoom[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 41 3.3 Channel-zer o Encoding This chapter is only applicable to DS-7300HFHI-ST and DS-8100HFHI-ST. Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of man y channels in real time fro m web browser or CMS(Cli ent Management System) so ftware, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 42 3.4 Adjusting Live V iew Settin gs 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, m ute or t urning on the audio, the screen number f or each channel, etc. Steps: 1. En ter the Live View Settings interfa[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 43 3.5 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, y ou n eed to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: 1. Enter th e Shutdown m enu. Menu>Shutdown Figure 3. 9 Shutdown 2. Click Logout . After you have logged out th e sy[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 44 Chapter 4 PTZ Contr ols[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 45 4.1 Configuring PTZ Setting s Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the P TZ param eter s should be done before you set the PTZ camera. Before you start: Check that the PTZ and the DVR are connected properly through RS -485 interface. Steps: 1. Enter th e PTZ Settin[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 46 4.2 Setting PTZ P r esets, Patr ols & Patterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Customizing Pr es ets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes pl[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 47 4.2.2 Calling Pr esets Purpose: Th is feature enables the camera to point to a specified position such as a window w hen an event takes place. Call preset in the PTZ setting inte rface: S teps: 1. Enter th e PTZ Control interfa ce. Menu>Camera>PTZ>More Settings 2. Check the round icon before Call P[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 48 3. Doub le-click the preset y ou want to call in the Preset list. 4.2.3 Customizing Patrols Purpose: Patrols can be set to move the PTZ to a set of diff erent key points sequentially and have it stay there for a set duration before moving on to the next key point. The key points are corresponding to the pre[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 49 Repeat the above steps to add more key points. You can also click to delete the corresponding key point and click to delete all the key points . Figure 4. 8 KeyPoints Deletion 4.2.4 Calling Patr ol s Purpose: Calling a patrol makes the PTZ to move accordin g the predefined patrol path. Calling patrol in the[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 50 toolbar , to show the PTZ control panel. 2. Ch oose Patrol on the control bar . 3. Do uble-click the patrol you want to call, or click to select the patrol and click to call the patrol. Figure 4. 10 PTZ Panel- Patrol 4.2.5 Customizing Patterns Purpose: Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PT[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 51 4. Click to save the pattern. Repeat the above steps to save more patterns. 4.2.6 Calling Patterns Purpose: Follow the procedure to move the P TZ camera according to the predefined patterns. Calling pattern in the PTZ setting interface Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Control interface. 2. Select the pattern number [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 52 4.3 PTZ Contr ol Panel In the Live V ie w mode, you can press the P TZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control, or choose the PTZ Control icon to enter the PTZ panel. Figure 4. 14 PTZ Panel Table 4. 1 Description of the PTZ pan el icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description D[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 53 Chapter 5 Record Settings[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 54 5.1 Configuring E ncoding Param eters Before you st art: 1. M ake sure that the HDD has alread y been installed. If not, please in stall a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 HDD - General 2. Cli ck Advance to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) Whether th e HDD m ode is Quo ta , p[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 55 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 other parameters o n demand for Main Stream ( Normal) and Main Stream (Event) respectively . The Input Resolution of camera connected will [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 56 see Chapter 10.4.2 Setting HDD Pr operty . 3. S et encoding parameters for s ub -stream. 1) Select the Substre am tab. Figure 5. 5 Sub-stream Encoding 2) Select a camera in the camera d ropdown list. 3) Configure the parameters. 4) Click Apply to save the settings. 5) (Optional) If the para meters can also [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 57 5.2 Configuring Recor d Schedule Purpose: Set the record schedule, and then th e camera will auto matically start/stop recording according to the configured schedule. S teps: 1. En ter the Record Schedule interfac e. Menu> Record> Schedule DS -7200HFHI-SL&SE&ST DS -7300HFHI-ST and DS-8100HFHI-[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 58 Figure 5. 7 Edit Schedule- All Day 4) T o arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End tim e. Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule- Set Ti me Period Up to 8 periods can b e co nfigure d for each day . And th e ti me p eriods cannot be o verlapped each other . Repeat the above steps 1)[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 59 The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings . See C hapte r 5.6 Configuring Holiday Recor d . 5) Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu. Draw the schedule 1) Click on the color icon to select a record type in the event list on the right-side of the int[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 60 Figure 5. 12 Copy Schedule to Other Cha nnels 5. Cli ck Apply in the Record Schedule interface to save the setti ngs.[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 61 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recor d Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parame ters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection eve nt takes plac e, the DV R can an alyze it and do m any actions to handle it. En abling motion detecti on function can trigger ce rtain channels to st[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 62 Figure 5. 15 Motion Detection Handlin g 5) Select the channels which you want the m otion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 8) Exit the Motion Detection menu. 3. Co nfigure the schedule. Please refer to th e step 4 of Chap[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 63 5.4 Configuring Alarm T rigger ed Record The DS-7200HFHI-SL&SE&ST series DVR do es not support the a larm input by default. Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm trigge red recordin g. S teps: 1. En ter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 16 Alarm Setti[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 64 Figure 5. 18 Alarm Handling 5) Choose the alarm trig gered recording channel. 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 parameters . If the setting can also be applied to other [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 65 5.5 Manual Recor d Purpose: Follow th e steps to set p aram eters for the manual record. Using manual record, you d on ’ t need to set a schedule for recording. S teps: 1. En ter the Manual settings interface. Menu> Manual Figure 5. 20 Manual Record 2. En able manual record. Click the status icon befor[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 66 5.6 Configuring Holi day Record Purpose: Follow the steps to configure th e reco rd schedule on holiday for that year . Y o u may want to h ave d iff erent plan for recording on holiday . S teps: 1. En ter the Record setting interfac e. Menu>Record 2. Ch oose Holiday on the left bar . Figure 5. 21 Holida[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 67 5) Click Apply to save settings. 6) Click OK to exit the Edit interfa ce. 4. Co nfigure the record schedule. Please refe r to the Chapter 5.2 Configuring Recor d Schedule , while y ou may choose Holiday in the Schedule dropdown list, or you can draw the schedule on the timeline of Holiday . See the two figu[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 68 5.7 Configuring Redund an t Recordin g 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 ectively enhance th e data saf ety and reliability . Before you st art: Y ou must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced setting[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 69 Figure 5. 27 Encoding Record 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 channel you want to apply the settings.[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 70 5.8 Configuring HDD Gr oup for Recording Purpose: Y ou can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. S teps: 1. En ter HDD setting interfac e. Menu>HDD>Advanced Figure 5. 28 HDD General 2. S elect Advanced on the left bar . Check whether the storage mode o f the HDD is Group. If n[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 71 5.9 Files Pr otection Purpose: Y ou can lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten. Protec t file by locking the reco rd files S teps: 1. En ter Playback setting interface. Menu> Export Figure 5. 30 Export 2. S elect the channels you w [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 72 Figure 5. 32 Unlocking Attention Protec t file by setting HDD property to Read-only Before you st art: T o ed it HDD p roperty , you need to set the sto rage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 10.4 Managing HDD Gr ou p. S teps: 1. En ter HDD setting interfac e. Menu> HDD Figure 5. 33 HDD General 2. Cl[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 73 Chapter 6 Playback[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 74 6.1 Playing Back Record File s 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a spec ific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported.  OPTION 1 Choose a channel in live view mode using the m ouse and cl ick the button in the quick setting toolbar. Only record[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 75 DS -7200HFHI-SL&SE&ST DS -7300HFHI-ST & DS-8100HFHI- ST Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Live View Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back record files of the channel under single-screen live view mode. Under multi-screen live view mode, the recorded files of the top-left channel will be p[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 76 Figure 6. 4 Toolbar of Playback Table 6. 1 Detailed Explanation of Pla yback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on/ Mute / Start/S top clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add default tag Add customized tag T ag management Speed down / Pause reverse play/ Reverse[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 77 If there are record files for that camera in that day , in the calendar, t he icon for that day is displayed as . Otherwise it is displayed as In the Playback interface: The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interf ace can be used to control playing process, as shown in Figure 6. 6. Figure 6. 6 Interfa[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 78 Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the prog ress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames. 6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose: Play back recording files on one or several channels searched out by restricting event type (e.g. alarm input and motion detection). Ste[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 79 Figure 6. 9 Motion Search Interfac e 4. Cli ck Search button to get the search result information. You may refer to the right-side bar for the result. Figure 6. 10 Search Result Bar (Al arm In and Motion) 5. Cli ck button to play back the file. You can click the Back button to back to the search interface. [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 80 7. P layback ma nagement . The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 11 Interface of Playback by Event Figure 6. 12 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6. 3 Detailed Explanation of Play back - by -event Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation But[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 81 6.1.4 Playing Back by T a g Purpose: Video tag allows you to record related informa tion like people and location of a certain time point during playback. You are also allowed to use video tag(s) to search for record files and position time point. Before playing back by tag: 1. Enter P layback interface. Me[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 82 Steps: 1. S elect the Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface . 2. Ch oose channels, edit start tim e and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface. You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your comm and. Figure 6. 15 Video Search by Tag 3. Click button [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 83 Figure 6. 17 Toolbar of Playback by Ta g Table 6. 4 Detailed Explanation of Play back - by -tag Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on/ Mute / Start/S top clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add default tag Add customized tag T ag management Speed down / Pause re[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 84 Figure 6. 18 System Log Search Interfa ce 3. Ch oose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interf ace. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “ No result found ” will pop up. Figure 6. 19 Result of System Log Search 4. P layback management. The toolb[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 85 6.1.6 Playing Back External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. S teps: 1. En ter Tag Searc h in terface. Menu>Playback 2. S elect the External File in the drop-down list on the top-left side. The files are listed in the right-side list. Y ou [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 86 6.2 Auxiliary Functions o f Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Fra me Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check im age details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: • Using a M ouse Go to Playback interface and click button and until the speed changes to Single frame. One cl[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 87 3. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s). You can click button to set the full screen as target searching area. After drawing area(s), press button to execute smart search in this area. Multi-area and full-screen searching modes are supported. Figure 6. 23 Draw Area of Smart Sea rch The results of smart [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 88 Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Pause reverse play/ Reverse play/ Single-frame reverse play / Pause play/ Play/ Single-frame play Stop Speed up Add default tag Add customized tag T ag management Speed down Process bar V ideo type Digital Zoom / Scaling up/down the time [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 89 You can play back record files of m ulti-ch annel reversely. Up to 16-ch (with 1920*1080 resolution) simultaneous reverse playback is supported. Steps: 1. En ter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Ch eck more than one checkboxes to select m ultiple channels and click to select a date on the calendar. F[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 90 Chapter 7 Backup[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 91 7.1 Backing up Record Fil es Before you st art: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Q uick Export Purpose: Export record files to backup device(s) quickly. Steps: 1. En ter Video Export interface . Menu>Export>Normal 2. Ch eck the checkbox of the channel(s) you want to back up an[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 92 Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are b eing exported. Figure 7. 3 Export Finished 4. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and click button to check it. The Player player.exe will be exported automa tically during record file export. Figure 7. 4 Checkup of Q[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 93 Figure 7. 5 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. S elect record files you w ant to b ack up. Click button to play the record file if you want to check it. Check the checkbox before the record files y ou want to back up. The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower-left corner of[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 94 Figure 7. 7 Export by Normal Vid eo Search using USB Writer Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop -up message box “ Export finished ” . Figure 7. 8 Export Finished 5. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and click button to check it. Th[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 95 Figure 7. 10 Checkup of Export Resul t using USB Writ er Backup using eSATA HDDs Steps: 1. En ter Record>Advanced and set the usage of eSA T A HDD at “ Exp ort ” . Menu>Record>Advanced Choose eSA T A and set its u sage at Export. Click Y es when pop-up mess age box “ S ystem will reboot autom[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 96 Figure 7. 11 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup.  P lease form at the eSATA first when using it for the first time.  If the inserted eSATA HDD is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from v[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 97 Figure 7. 13 Export Finished 5. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and click button to check it. The Player player.exe will be exported automa tically during record file export. Figure 7. 14 Checkup of Export R esult Using eSA TA HDD 7.1.3 Back ing up by Ev ent Search Purpose: [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 98 3) Click Search button to enter the Sea rch Result interface. Figure 7. 15 Event Search for Backup - Motion Figure 7. 16 Event Search for Backup - Alarm Input 3. S elect record files to export. 1) Select an alarm input in the list and click Quick Export button to enter Export interface. 2) Clicking Details [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 99 Figure 7. 18 Result of Video Search by Al arm Input 4) Click Details button to view detailed information of the record file, e.g. start tim e, end tim e, file size, etc. The size of the currently se lected files is displayed in the l ower-right corner of the window. Figure 7. 19 Event Details Interface- Ala[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 100 4. Expo rt. Click the Export button and start backing up. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconn ect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device. Figure 7. 21 Export by Event Using U SB Flash[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 01 Figure 7. 23 Checkup of Event Export Re sult Using USB Fla sh Drive 7.1.4 Back ing up V ideo Clips Purpose: You may also select vid eo clips to export directly d uring Playback, using USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs , and USB writers. Steps: 1. En ter Playback interface. Please refer to Ch[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 102 4. Click Yes to save video clips and enter Export interface, or click No to quit without saving video clips. Figure 7. 25 Attention to Video Clip Savi ng 5. Export. Click Export button and start backup. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Ch[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 103 The Player player.exe will be exported automatically during record file ex port. Figure 7. 28 Checkup of Video Clips Expo rt Result Using USB Fla sh Drive[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 104 7.2 Managing Backup De vices Management of USB flash drives and USB HDDs. Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interfac e 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. 29 Normal Video Searc[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 105 Figure 7. 31 USB Flash Drive Manageme nt Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the back up 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 butto[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 106 At least one record file shall be selec ted. Figure 7. 33 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Backup d evice manageme nt. Figure 7. 34 USB Writer Management Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD.  There must be a re -writable CD/DVD when you m ake this opera[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 107 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 108 8.1 Setting Motion De tection Steps: 1. En ter Motion Detection interfa ce of Camera Management and choose a came ra you wa nt to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup I nterface 2. S et detection area and sensitivity. Check checkbox to enable motion detecti[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 109 Figure 8. 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motio n Detection 4. S et arm ing schedule of th e channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel ’ s arming schedule. Choose one day of a week and up to eight time period s can be set within each day . Or you can click the Copy button to copy the time p eriod se[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 10 Figure 8. 5 Copy Settings of Motion Detection[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 111 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms Purpose: Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm . Steps: 1. En ter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Select Alarm Input tab to enter Alarm Input Settings interfac e. Figure 8. 6 Alarm Status Interface of [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 12 Figure 8. 8 Set Arming Schedul e of Alarm Input 6. If necessary, selec t PTZ Linking tab and set PTZ linkage of the alarm input. Set PTZ linking parameters and click the OK button to complete the settings of the alarm input. Please check whether the PTZ or speed dome supports PTZ linkag e. One alarm input[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 13 Figure 8. 10 Copy Settings of Alarm Inpu t[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 14 8.3 Detecting V ideo Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Manag ement and select a channel you want to detect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8. 11 Video Loss Setup Inte rface 2. Set up handling method of vide[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 15 4. Select Handling tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). 5. Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel. Repeat the above steps to finish settings of oth er channels, or click the Copy button copy the abo[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 16 8.4 Detecting V ideo T ampering Purpose: Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. En ter Video Tampering interfa ce of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect vide o tampering. Menu> Camera> Video Tempering Detection Figure 8. 13 Video Tem[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 17 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions ). Repeat th e abo ve steps to set arming schedule of o ther days of a week. You can also use Copy bu tton 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 settings [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 18 8.5 Handling Exception s Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling m ethod o f various exce ptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error : Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. • IP Conflict ed : Duplicated IP addre ss. • Il[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 1 19 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activated w hen an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email an d Trigger Alarm Output .  Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is trigge re[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 120 Choose one day of a week a nd up to 8 time periods can be set within each day. Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8. 17 Set Arming Schedul e of Alarm Output 3. Repeat the above steps to set arm ing schedule of oth er days o f a we ek. You can also use Copy b utton to copy an arming sc[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 121 8.7 T riggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually Purpose: Sensor alarm can be triggered or cleared manually. If “ Manually Clear ” is selected in the dropdown list of d well time of an alarm output, the alarm can be cleared only by clicking Clear button in th e follow ing interface. Steps: Select the [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 122 Chapter 9 Network Setting s[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 123 9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. S teps: 1. En ter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network DS -8100HFHI- ST Other Models Figure 9. 1 Network Settings Int erface 2. S elect the General tab[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 124 4. After having configured th e gener al settings, click the Apply button to save the settings. W orking Mode There are two 10M/100M/1000M NIC cards provided by the DS - 81 00 HFHI- ST series device, and it allows the device to work in the Multi-address, Load Balance and Net-fault T olerance modes. Multi-a[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 125 9.2 Configuring Advanced Setti ngs 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR also allows access by Point- to -Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface. F[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 126 Figure 9. 3 DDNS Settings Interface 3. Check the DDNS ch eckbox to enable th is feature. 4. Select DDNS Type . Five different DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, DynDNS , PeanutHull , NO - IP and HiDDNS .  IPServer : Enter Server Address for IPServer. Figure 9. 4 IPServer Settings Inte rface  DynDNS[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 127 Figure 9. 7 NO - IP Settings Interface  Hi DDNS: 1) The Server A ddress of the HiDDNS server appears by default: www .hik-onli ne.com . 2) Enter th e Device Dom ain Name. Y ou can use the alias y ou registered in the HiDDNS server or define a new device domain name. If a new alias of the device domain n[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 128 Figure 9. 10 Register the Device The device name can only contain the lowe r - case English letter, numeric and ‘ - ’; and it must start with the lower- case English letter and cannot end with ‘ - ’. Access the Device via Web Browser or Clien t Software After having successfully registered the devi[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 129 Figure 9. 11 Access Device via iVMS42 00 5. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interfac e. 9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Net work Tim e Protocol (NTP) Server can b e configured on your DVR to ensure the accuracy o f s ystem date/time. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interface. Men[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 130 9.2.4 Configuring SNMP Purpose: Y ou can use SNMP protocol to get device status and param eters related information. S teps: 1. Enter th e Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the SNMP tab to enter the SNM P S ettings interfac e. Figure 9. 13 SNMP Setting s Interface 3[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 131 Before you st art: If you want to enable the UPnP ™ function of the device, you must enable the UPnP ™ function of the router to which your device is connected. When the network working mode of th e d evice is set as multi- address, the Default Route of the device should be in the sam e network segment[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 132 the other po rts should be between 1 and 65535 and the value must be dif ferent from each other . If multiple devices are con figured for the UPnP ™ settin gs under the same router , th e value o f the port No. for each device should be unique. Figure 9. 17 External Port Settin gs Dialog Box 2) Click App[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 133 System) software (e.g., iVMS-42 00) is installed, and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alar m monitoring port configured in the software (default port is 7200 ). Figure 9. 20 Configure Alarm Host 4. Cli ck the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 9.2.7 Configuring Multicast Purpose: The [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 134 Figure 9. 22 RTSP Settings Interfa ce 3. En ter the RTSP port in the text field of RTSP Service Port . The default RTSP port is 554, and you c an change it according to different requirem ents. 4. Cli ck the Apply button to save and exit the menu. 9.2.9 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports Purpose: Y ou can c[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 135 Before configuring the Email settings, the DVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server. The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depend ing on the location of the e-mail accounts to which you want to send notification. Additional, t[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 136 5. You can click the Test button to te st whether your Email settings work. The corresponding Attention message box pops up. Figure 9. 25 Email Testing Attention[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 137 9.3 Checking Network T raffic Purpose: Y ou can check the netw ork traffic to o btain real-time information of DVR such as linking st atus, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. S teps: 1. En ter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure 9. 26 Network Traffic Interface 2. Yo u[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 138 9.4 Configuring Networ k Detection Purpose: Y ou can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function, including n etwork delay , packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 T esting Netwo rk Delay and Packet Loss S teps: 1. En ter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Det[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 139 3. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. Click the Refresh butto n if the connected loca l backup device cannot be d isplayed. W hen it fails to detect the backup device, please check whether it is compatible with the DVR. Y ou can format the backup device if the format is incorre[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 140 9.4.3 Checking Network S tatus Purpose: Y ou can also check the network status and quick set the network param eters in this interface. 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 Netwo[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 141 1. En ter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect 2. Cli ck the Network Stat. tab to enter the Netw ork Statistics menu. Figure 9. 34 Network Stat. Interface 3. V iew the bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, and bandwidth of Net Total Idle. 4. Click Re[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 142 Chapter 10 HDD Management[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 143 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. En ter the HDD Informa tion interface. Menu > HDD>General. Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interfac e 2. S elect HDD to be initialized. 3. Cli ck the Init button. F[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 144 10.2 Managing Network HD D Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to DVR, and use it as netw ork HDD. S teps: 1. Enter t he HDD Inform ation in terface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 10. 5 HDD Information Interfac e 2. Cli ck the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 145 Figure 10. 7 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter th e NetHDD IP address in t he text field. 2) Click the Search button to the available IP S AN 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 10. [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 146 10.3 Managing eSA T A Purpose: When there is an external eSA T A device 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. Enter t he Advanced Record Setti ngs interface. Menu >Record>Advanced 2. S elect the eSATA type [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 147 10.4 Managing HDD Gr oup 10.4.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Vi deo from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. S teps: 1. En ter the Storage Mode interfa ce. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. S et the Mode to Group, as shown[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 148 Figure 10. 14 Local HDD Settings Interfa ce 7. S elect the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. 8. Cli ck the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 10. 15 Confirm HDD Group Settin gs 9. In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the settings. 10.4.[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 149 Figure 10. 16 Set HDD Property 3. S et the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. 4. Cli ck the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. 5. In the HDD Inform ation menu, the HDD pro perty will be displayed in the list. At least 2 h ard disks must be add ed on your DVR when you want to [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 150 10.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. S teps 1. En ter the Storage Mode interfa ce. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. S et the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 10. 17 . The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take e[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 151 Figure 10. 19 Copy Settings to Othe r Camera (s) 6. S elect the camera (s) to be conf igured with the same quota settings. You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras. 7. Cli ck the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface. 8. Cli ck the Apply button [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 152 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 intenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD S tatus in HDD Information Interface S teps: 1. En ter the HDD Informa tion interface. Menu > HDD>General 2. Ch eck the status o[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 153 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 sy stem for HDD to detect a nd report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes o f anticipating f ailures. S teps: 1. En ter the HDD Detect interface. Menu > HDD [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 154 10.8 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: Y ou can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. S teps: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 10. 23 Bad Sector Detection 2. Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interfac e. 3. Select a HDD and click the D[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 155 10.9 Configuring HDD Err or Alarms Purpose: Y ou can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitiali zed or Abnormal . S teps: 1. En ter the Exception interface. Me nu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. S elect the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3. Ch eck the checkb[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 156 Chapter 11 Camera Sett ings[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 157 11.1 Configuring OSD Settin gs Purpose: Y ou can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera , in cluding date /time, came ra name, etc. S teps: 1. En ter the OSD Configuration interf ace. Menu > Camera > OSD 2. S elect the camera to configure OSD settings. 3. Ed it the Camera Name [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 158 11.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Pu rpose: Y ou are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed or recorded by the operator . S teps: 1. En ter the Privacy Mask Settings interface . Menu > Camera > Privacy Mask 2. S elect the camera to set privacy mask. 3. Ch eck the che[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 159 Chapter 12 DVR Managemen t and Maintenance[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 160 12.1 V iewing System Inform ation 12.1.1 V iewing Device Infor mation S teps: 1. En ter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S ystem Info 2. Cli ck the Device Info tab to enter the Device Inf ormation menu to view the device name, model, serial No. , firmware version and encoding ve[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 161 Figure 12. 3 Record Information I nterface 12.1.4 V iewing Alarm Information This function is only supported by DS-7300HFHI-ST and DS-8100HFHI-ST se ries DVR. S teps: 1. En ter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S ystem Info 2. Cli ck the Alarm tab to enter the Alarm Infor mation [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 162 DS -8100HFHI- ST Other Models Figure 12. 5 Network Information In terface 12.1.6 V iewing HDD Info rmation S teps: 1. En ter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S ystem Info 2. Cli ck the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status, free space, property, etc., [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 163 12.2 Searchin g and Exportin g Log Files Purpose: The operation, alarm, ex ception and inform ation of the DVR can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time . S teps: 1. En ter the Log Search interface. Menu > Maintenance > Log Search Figure 12. 7 Log Search Interface 2. S [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 164 Figure 12. 9 Log Details 6. If you wa nt to export the log files, click the Export button to enter the Export menu, as shown in Figure 12. 10 . Figure 12. 10 Export Log Files 7. S elect the backup device f rom the dropdown list of Device Name . 8. Cli ck the Export to export the log f iles to the selected [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 165 12.3 Importing/Exporting Configur ation Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local dev ice for backup; and the configuration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to b e config ured with the same parameters. S teps: 1. En ter the Import/Export [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 166 12.4 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server . 12.4.1 Upgrading by Local Ba ckup Device S teps: 1. Co nnect your DVR with a local bac kup device w here th e update firmware file is located. 2. En ter the Upgrade interface. Menu > Mai[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 167 12.5 Restoring Default Settings S teps: 1. En ter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 12. 14 Restore Factory Defaul t 2. Cli ck the OK button to restore the default settings. Except th e n etwork para me ters (including IP address, subnet mask , gateway , MTU, default route and[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 168 Chapter 13 Others[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 169 13.1 Configuring General Set tings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution , system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. S teps: 1. En ter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. S elect the General tab. DS -7300HFHI-ST and DS-8100HFHI- ST Other Models Figure 13. 1 Gener[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 170 13.2 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. En ter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Ch oose DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 2 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 you c[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 171 13.3 Configuring Mor e Se ttings S teps: 1. En ter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Cli ck the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interf ace, as shown in F igure 13. 3. DS -7300HFHI-ST and DS-8100HFH- ST Other Models Figure 13. 3 More Settings Interface 3. C[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 172 13.4 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the DVR: Administrator . The Administrator user name is admin and the passw ord is 12345 . The Administrator has the perm ission to add and delete user and configure user parame ters. 13.4.1 Adding a User S teps: 1. En ter the User Manageme[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 173 will be displayed on the list, as shown in Figure 13. 6. Figure 13. 6 Added User Listed i n User Management Interface 5. S elect the user from the list and then click the button to enter the Perm ission settings interface, as shown in Figure 13. 7. Figure 13. 7 User Permission Settings Interface 6. S et th[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 174 • Local Manual Operation: Locally starting/stopping manual recording and alarm output of the selected camera(s). • Remote Manual Operation : Remotely starting/stopping manual recording and alarm output o f the selected camera(s). • Local Playback: Locally playing back recorded files of the selected c[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 175 Figure 13. 10 Edit User Interface-o perator and guest Figure 13. 11 Edit User Interface-admi n 4. Ed it the parameters . • Operator and Guest You can edit the user information, including user name, password, permission level and MAC address. Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to ch ange th[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 176 13.5 Lo gg ing out/Shutting d own/Rebooting Device Steps: 1. En ter the Shutdown interface. Menu > Shutdown Figure 13. 12 Shutdown Menu 2. Cli ck the Logout button to log out, or Click the Shutdown button to shut down the device, or Click the Reboot button to reboot the device. After you have logged out[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 177 Chapter 14 Appendix[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 178 Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream ove r the n etwork. The tw o streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolu[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 179 T roubles hooting  No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up norm ally . Possible Reasons: a) No VGA or HDMI conn ections. b) Connection cable is damaged. c) Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. S teps: 1. V erify the device is connected with the monitor via HDMI or VGA cable [...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 180 2) If not, please contact the engineer f rom o ur 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. St eps: 1. Check the parameters of Main Stream (Normal) and Main Stream (Event). Select “ M[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 181 Po ssible Reasons: a) The time setting of system is incorrec t. b) The search condition is incorrect. c) The HDD is error or not detected. S teps: 1. V erify the system time setting is correct. Select “ Menu > Configuration > General > General ” , and verify the “ Device T ime ” is correct[...]

User Manual of Digital V ideo Recorder 182[...]