Hikvision DS-9104 HFHI-ST manual

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User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 Hikvision® Netw ork Digital V ideo Recorder User Manual This manual, as well as the softwa re described in it, is furnished under license and m ay be used o r copied only in accordance with the terms o f such license. The content of this manual is furnished for informa tional use only , is sub ject to cha[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 2 Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance : This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for a digital dev ice, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfe rence when the equipment is operated in[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 3 Safety W arnings and Cautions Please pay attent ion to the following warni ngs and ca utions: Hazardous V oltage may be pres ent: Special measures and precautions m ust be taken when using this device. Some potentials (voltage s) on th e de vice may present a hazard to the user . This device should only be[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 4 Power Cord Requi rem ents: The conn ector that plugs into the wall outlet m ust be a grounding-type male plug designed for use in your region. It must have c ertification marks showing certification by an agency in your region. The connector that plugs i nto the AC receptacle on the power supply m ust be a[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 5 Preventive and Ca utionary Tips Before connecting and operating y our DV R, please be advised of the f ollowin g tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. • Keep all liquids away from the DV R. • Ensure environmental condit[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 6 Product Ke y Features Compression  Support HD-SDI cameras connection;  Each channel supports dual-stream. Main stream supports up to 1920* 1080 P resolution and sub stream supports up to CIF resolution;  Independent configuration for each channel, including resolution, fr ame rate, bit rate, image[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 7  Searching record files and captured pictures by events (alarm input/motion detection);  Customization of tags, searching and play ing back by tags ;  Locking and unlocking record files;  Local redundant recording and capture;  Searching and playing back rec ord files by channel nu mber, rec[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 8  Remote search, playback, download, locking and unlocking the record files, and the downloading files broken transfer resume;  Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters;  Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status;  Remote keyboard operation;  [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 9 Table of Contents Product K ey Feat ures ......................................................................................................... 6 C H A P T E R 1 ...................................................................................................................... 13 Introduction .......[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 10 5.10 Fi les Protection ........................................................................................................ 70 C H A P T E R 6 ...................................................................................................................... 73 Playback ............................[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 11 9.2.8 Configuri ng RTSP ......................................................................................... 146 9.2.9 Configuri ng Server and H TTP Port s ............................................................. 147 9.2.10 Config uring Emai l ....................................................[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 12 13.3 Configuri ng DST Settin gs ...................................................................................... 190 13.4 Configuri ng More Setti ngs ..................................................................................... 191 13.5 Managing User Accounts ................................[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 13 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 14 1.1 Fr ont Panel The front panel of DS -9100 HF HI- ST is shown in Figure 1.1. Figure 1.1 F ront Panel T able 1.1 Descr iption of Control Panel Buttons No. Name Function Description 1 ALARM Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. READY Ready indicator is normally blue, ind icating that [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 15 REC/SHOT Enter the Manual Record setting menu. In PTZ control settings, press the button and then you can call a PTZ preset by pressing Numeric button. It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback mode. PLA Y/AUTO The button is used to enter the All-day Playback mode. It is also used to auto scan [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 16 In Auto-switch mode, it can be used to stop /start auto switch. 9 JOG SHUTTLE Contro l Move the active selection in a menu. It will m ove the selection up and down. In Live V iew mode, it can be used to cycle through differe nt channels. In the Playback mode: the ring is used to jump 30s forward/backward [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 17 1.2 IR Remote Contr ol Operati ons The DVR may also be controlled w ith the in cluded IR rem ote control, shown in Figure 1.2. Note: Batteries (2× AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1.2 Remote Contr ol The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Referri[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 18 10 MENU Button Same as the MENU/WIPER button on front panel. 11 PREV Button Same as the PREV/FOCUS- button on front panel. 12 DIRECTION/ENTER Buttons Same as the DIRECTION/ENTER buttons on front panel. 13 PTZ Button Same as the PTZ/IRIS- button on front panel. 14 ESC Button Same as the ESC button on front[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 19 1.3 USB Mous e Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this DVR. To use a USB m ouse: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2. The mouse should autom atically be detected. If in a rare case that the mouse is not detec[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 20 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 4 DS -9104HFHI-ST DVR Figure 1. 5 DS - 9108 HFHI-ST DVR No. Item Description 1 VIDEO IN HD -SDI interface for video input. 2 VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. 1. When both HDMI and VGA are connected, it is used for live view only; 2. When either HDMI or VGA is connected, i[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 21 1. 6 Startin g U p and Shuttin g Down the DVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding th e life of the DV R. Before you start: Check th at th e voltage of the extra po we r supp ly is the same with th e DVR ’ s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly. [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 22 Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdo w n me nu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. 2. Click the Lo gou t button to log out or the Reboo t butto n to reboot the DVR.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 23 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 24 By default, the Setup Wizard will start once the DVR has loaded, a s shown in Figure 2. 1 . Figure 2.1 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Setup Wizard can walk y ou through so me important settings of the DV R. If y ou don ’ t want to use the Setup Wizard at this time, click the C[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 25 Figure 2.3 Date and Time Settings 6. Af ter the time settings, click Next button which will take you back to the Network Setup Wizard window, as shown in Figure 2.4. Figure 2.4 Network Configuration 7. Click Next button after y ou h aving configure d the network parameters, which will take you to the HDD [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 26 Figure 2.5 HDD Management 8. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization will remove all the data saved in the HDD. 9. Click Next button to enter the Record Settin gs window, as shown in Figure 2. 6. Figure 2.6 Recor d Settings 10. Click Cop y to copy the settings to other channels .[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 27 C H A P T E R 3 Live V iew[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 28 3.1 Intr oduction of Live V iew Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time . The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu y ou’re on ) will bring [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 29 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 on the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. • Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 30 3. 2.2 Using the Mouse in Live V iew T able 3.4 Mous e Operation in Li ve View Name Description Menu Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the m ouse. Single Screen Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel num ber from the dropdown list. Multi-screen Adjust the screen layout by c[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 31 • Nex t Scree n: When displaying less than the maximum number of cameras in Live View, clicking this feature will switch to the next set of displays. • Playback: Enter into Playback mode. • PTZ: Enter PTZ Control mode. • M ain Monitor: Enter Main operation mode. Note: In the live view mode of the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 32 Figure 3.3 Digital Zoom 3.3 Adjusting Li ve V iew Set tings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, m ute or turning on the audio, th e screen number for each channel, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Li[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 33 auto-switch in Live View. • Enable Audio Output: Enables/disables audio output for the selected video output. • Event Output: Designates the output to show event video. • Full Screen Monitoring Dwell Time: The time in seconds to show alarm event screen. 2. Setting Cam era Order Figure 3.5 Liv e View[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 34 3. 4 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown me nu. Menu>Shutdown Figure 3.6 Shutdown 2. Click Logout . Note: After you have logged o ut t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 35 C H A P T E R 4 PTZ Controls[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 36 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the P TZ para meters 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 the PTZ Setting[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 37 4.2 Setting PT Z Pr 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 Presets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to po int to w hen an event takes [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 38 4.2.2 Calling Prese ts Purpose: This feature enables the came ra to point to a specif ied position such as a window when an event takes place. Call preset in the PTZ setting inter face: Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Control interfac e. Menu>Camera>PTZ>More Settings 2. Check the round icon before Call P[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 39 2. Choose C ame ra in th e list on the me nu. 3. Double-click the preset you w ant 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 poin ts sequentially and have it stay there for a set duration before moving on to the next key po[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 40 5. Click OK to save the key point to the patrol. Repeat the above steps to add more key points. You can also delete all the key points by clic kin g the trash icon Figure 4.8 Ke yPoints Deletion 4.2.4 C all ing Patrol s Purpose: Calling a patrol makes the PTZ to move accordin g the predef ined patrol path[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 41 Calling patrol in live view mode: Steps: 1. Press PTZ control on the front pa nel or on the remote, or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting toolbar , to show the PTZ control panel. 2. Choose Patro l on the control bar . 3. Double-click the patrol you wa nt to call, or click to select the patrol and[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 42 Figure 4. 11 PTZ - Pattern 3. Click , and use your mouse to drag the im age or click the eight directional button s in the control box under the image to move the PTZ cam era. The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern. 4. Click to save the pattern. Repeat the above steps to save more patterns. 4.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 43 Figure 4. 12 PTZ - Call ing P a ttern Call pattern in live v iew mod e. Steps: 1. In the live view mode, press PTZ control on the front panel or on the remote con trol, or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting toolbar. 2. A nd then choose Pattern on the control bar. 3. Double-click the pattern you w[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 44 4.3 PTZ Contr ol Panel In th e Live View mode, you can p ress th e PTZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control, o r choose the PTZ Control icon to enter the PTZ panel. Figure 4. 14 PTZ Panel T able 4.1 Descr iption of the PTZ pan el icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Descripti[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 45 C H A P T E R 5 Record and Capture Settings[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 46 5.1 Configuring Encodin g Parameters Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD h as already b een installed. If not, p lea se install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5.1 HDD- General 2. Click Advan ce to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) If the HDD mode is Quota , p lease se[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 47 Menu>Record>Encoding Figure 5.3 Recor d Encoding 2. Encoding Param eters for Recording 1) Select Record to config ure. Y ou can co nfigure the stream type, the resolu tion, the video quality o n demand. The Input Resolutio n of camera con nected will be d isplaye d in the live view for 5 seconds whe[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 48 Figure 5.4 Recor d Encoding- More 3) Click Apply to save the settings. 4) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 5) Y ou can copy the settings to other chann els by clicking Copy , if the setting can also be u sed for other channels. Figure 5.5 Copy Camer a Setti ngs Note: The redundant record/capture [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 49 Figure 5.6 Capture Encoding 2) Configure the parameters. 3) Click Apply to save the settings. 4) If the parameters can also be used to other channels, c lick Cop y to copy the settings to other channels. Note: The interval is the time period between two capturing actions. Y ou can configure all the parame[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 50 Figure 5.7 Recor d Schedul e 2) Choose the camera you want to configure. 3) Select the check box after the Enable Schedule item. 4) Click Edit . 5) In the message box, you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. 6) T o schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox af ter the All Day item[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 51 Figure 5.9 Copy Schedule to Other Day s Note: The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings . See C hapter 5.6 Configuring Holiday Record and Capture. 8) Click OK to save se tting and back to upper level menu. 9) Click Apply in the Record Schedule interface to save t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 52 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record and Captur e Purpose: Follow the step s to set the motion detection parameters . In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes plac e, the DVR can analyze it and d o many action s to handle it. Enabling motio n d etection function can trigger certain ch[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 53 Figure 5. 12 Motion Detection- Mask 4) Click Handling , and the message box for channel inform ation will pop up. Figure 5. 13 Motion Detection Handl ing 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to tr igger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 54 Figure 5. 14 Record Schedule 1) Check the checkbox after the Enable Schedule item. 2) Click Edit . Figure 5. 15 Edit Schedule- M otion Detection 3) In the message box, you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. 4) Set the T ype as Motion. 5) T o schedule an all-day recording, check the chec[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 55 Figure 5. 16 Edit Schedule- A ll Day 6) T o arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time . Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day . And the time p eriods can ’ t be overlapped each other . Repeat the above steps11)- 13 ) to schedule motion detection t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 56 Figure 5. 18 Copy Schedule to Other Channels[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 57 5.4 Configuring Alarm T rigger ed Record and Captur e Purpose: Follow the procedure to configure alarm trigg ered recordin g or ca pture. Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm setting interface. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Figure 5. 19 Alarm Settings 2. Click Alarm Input . Figure 5. 20 Alarm Settings- Alarm Inpu[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 58 Figure 5. 21 Alarm Handling 5) Choose the alarm triggered 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 param eters. If the setting can also be applied to other[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 59 Figure 5. 23 Record Schedule 3) Click Edit . 4) Set the T ype to Alarm 5) In the message box, you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. 6) T o schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox af ter the All Day item. 7) T o arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 60 5.5 Manual Record an d Continuous Capt ur e Purpose: Follow th e steps to set p aram eters for the manual record and continuous capture. Using manual record and continuous capture, you don ’ t need to set a schedule for recor ding or capture. Steps: 1. Enter the Manual settings interface. Menu> Manua[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 61 Figure 5. 25 Continuous Capture 2) Click the status button before camera number to change to . 3) Disable continuous capture. 4) Click the status button to change to . Note: After rebooting, all the continuous capture will be canceled.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 62 5.6 Configuring Holi day Record and Captur e Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record or capture schedu le on holiday for that year . Y ou may want to have diff erent plan for recording and capture on holiday . Steps: 1. Enter the Record setting interface. Menu>Record 2. Choose Holiday on the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 63 4) Set the start and end date. 5) Click Apply to save settings. 6) Click OK to exit the Edit interface. 4. Enter Record/Capture Schedule settings interface. Menu> Record> Schedule 1) Select Record/Captur e. 2) Check the checkbox after Enable Schedule . 3) Click Edit. 4) Select Holiday from the Sched[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 64 5.7 Configuring Other Recording and Capture T ypes Purpose: Other recording and capture types refer to the Motion | Alarm (motio n or alarm) and Motion & Alarm triggered recording and capture. For motion d etection and alarm recordin g and capture, please refer to Chapter 5.3 and Chapter 5 .4 . In thi[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 65 Figure 5. 30 Edit Schedule- M otion| Alarm 5) T o schedule an all-day recording, selec t the checkbox after the All Day item . 6) T o arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End tim e. Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day . And the time p eriods can ’ t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 66 5.8 Configuring Redun dant Recording and Captur e Purpose: Enabling redundant recording and capture , which means saving the record files and captured pictures not only in the R/W HDD but also in the red undant HDD , will ef fectively enhance the data safety and reliability . Before you start: Y ou must s[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 67 Figure 5. 32 HDD General-Editing 2) Click Apply to save the settings. 3) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 3. Enter the Record setting interface. Menu> Record> Encoding 1) Select Record. Figure 5. 33 Encoding Record 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Click More Settings.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 68 Figure 5. 34 Encoding Record- More 4) Set the Redundant Record/Capture to Y es . 5) Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps for configuring other channels. 5.9 Configuring HDD Grou p for Recordi ng and Captur e Purpose: Y ou can group the HDDs and save the record[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 69 2. Select Ad vanced on the left bar . Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group. If not, set it to Group. For detailed information, please refer to Chapter 10.4 Managing HDD Group . 3. Select Gener al in the left bar . Click to enter editing interface. 4. Configuring HDD group. 1) Choose a group [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 70 5.10 Files Pr otection Purpose: Y ou can lock th e recorded files or set th e HDD property to Read -only to protect the record files from being overwritten. Protec t file by locking the record files: Steps: 1. Enter Playbac k setting interface. Menu> Playback Figure 5. 37 Playb ack 2. Select the channe[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 71 1) Find the record files you want to protect, and then click the ico n which will turn to , indicating that the file is locked. Note: The record files of which the recording is still not com pleted can’t be locked. 2) Click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected. Figure 5. 39 U[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 72 Figure 5. 41 HDD General- Editing 3. Set the HDD to Read-only . 4. Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level me nu. Notes: 1) Y ou can ’ t save any files in a Read-only HDD. If you want to save files in the HDD, ch ange the property to R/W . 2) If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-onl[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 73 C H A P T E R 6 Playback[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 74 6.1 Playing B ack Record Files 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a spec ific channel in the live view m ode. Ch annel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel: Choose a channel in live view mode using the m ouse and click the button in the quick setting t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 75 Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu under Liv e 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 playe d back. Note: Pressing numerical buttons will switch playbac[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 76 Figure 6. 4 All-day Playback Interf ace with Cha nnel List Dates marked in colors: : No record files in this day. : There is record file(s) in this day (not current day). : There is only event triggered recording file(s) in this day (not current d ay ). : Mouse cursor is located. Figure 6.5 T oolbar of Al[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 77 2. About video type bar : represents normal rec ordin g (m anual or schedule) ; represents event recording (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm). 6.1.2 Playing Back by Time Purpose: Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel swi[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 78 Figure 6. 8 T oolba r of Playback b y Time T able 6. 2 D etailed Explanation of Pla yback- by -time Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on/Mute / Start/Stop clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add default tag Add customized tag T ag management Speed dow n / Pau[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 79 Figure 6. 9 Normal Video Sea rch 2. Choose a record file y o u want to play back. If there is only one channel in the search result, pressing button takes you to F ull-screen Playback interface of this channel. If more than one channel is optional, pressing button takes you to step 3 and step 4. Figure 6.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 80 Figure 6. 11 Select Chann els for S ynchronous Playback 4. Sy nchrono us Play back interface. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 12 4-ch Synchronous Play back Interface The hidden list of recorded files display s by moving the mouse to th[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 81 Figure 6. 13 4-ch Synchronous Playb ack Interface with Video L i st Figure 6. 14 T ool bar of Normal Playback T able 6. 3 D etailed Explanation of Nor mal- playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on/Mute / Start/Stop clipping 30s forwa rd 30s reverse Ad[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 82 6.1.4 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose: Play back record files on one or seve ral channels searched out by restricting event type (e.g. alarm input and motion detection). Channel switch is supported. Steps: 1. Enter the playbac k interface. Menu>Playback 2. Select Event ta b to enter the Eve nt Pla[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 83 Figure 6. 16 Video Search by Motion 5. Click button to enter the Playback interface. If there is only one channel is triggere d b y an alarm inpu t, pressing button takes y ou to Full-screen Playback interface of this channel. If several channels are triggered, pressing bu tton takes you to step 7 and the[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 84 Figure 6. 18 Eve nt Details Interf a ce 7. Playback interface. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface ca n be used to control playing process. Figure 6.19 Interf ace o f Pla yback by Eve nt The hidden list of events will be displayed by moving the mouse to the right of the play back in terfa[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 85 Figure 6.20 Playback Interface with Alarm Input L i st Figure 6. 21 T ool bar of Playback by E vent T able 6. 4 D etailed Explanation of Pla yback- by -event Too lbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on/Mute / Start/Stop clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add defau[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 86 6.1.5 Playing Back by T ag 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 Playback interface. Fi[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 87 Menu>Playback Press Tag tab to enter Playback by Tag interface. Choose channels, tag type and time, and click Search to enter Search Result interface. Note: Two tag types are selectable : All and Tag Keyword . Input keyw ord if you choo se Tag Keyword . Figure 6. 24 Video Search by T ag 2. Set play bac[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 88 Figure 6. 26 Interface of Playback b y T ag The hidden list of tags will be display ed by moving the mouse to the right of the playback interface. Figure 6. 27 Interface of Playback by T ag with Video List Figure 6. 28 T ool bar of Playback by T ag T able 6. 5 D etailed Explanation of Playback- by -tag To[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 89 play/ Single-frame reverse play play Previous tag Next tag T ag search Exit Hide Progress bar V ideo type bar Note: 1. P layback progress bar: use th e mouse to click any point of the p rog ress bar or drag the pro gress bar to locate special frames. 2. About video ty pe bar : represents normal recording [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 90 Figure 6. 30 Result of Sy stem Log Search 3. Playback interface. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 31 Interface of Playback b y Log[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 91 6.2 Auxiliary Functi ons of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check im age details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: • Using a Mouse: Go to Playback interface and click button and un til the speed changes to Single frame. One [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 92 Figure 6. 33 Right-click Menu under Playback 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. Note: Multi-area and full-screen searching modes are supported. Figure 6[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 93 Figure 6. 35 Smart Search Result with Vid eo List Figure 6. 36 T ool bar of Smart Search Playb ack T able 6. 6 D etailed Explanation of S mart-search-playback T oolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation / Audio on/Mute / Start/Stop clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add defa[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 94 6.2.3 Digital Zoom Steps: 1. Right-click the m ouse on a channel under playbac k and choose Digital Zoom to enter Digital Zoom interface. 2. Use the m ouse to draw a red rectangle and the image within it will be enlarged up to 16 time s. Figure 6. 37 Draw Are a for Digital Zoom Figure 6. 38 Right-click Me[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 95 6.3 Pictur e Playback Purpose: Search and view captured pictures stored in HDD. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Choose Picture tab. Set channel, picture type and time and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. Note: Picture types include Normal, Motion, Alarm, Motion[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 96 The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6. 41 Picture Playback Interface The hidden list of captured pictures w ill be disp lay ed by moving the mouse to the right of the playback interface. Figure 6. 42 Playback Interf ac e with Picture List Fig[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 97 C H A P T E R 7 Backup[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 98 7.1 Backing up Rec ord Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Quick Export Purpose: Export record files to backup device(s) quickly. Steps: 1. Enter Video Export interfac e. Choose the channel(s) you want to back up and click Quick Export button. Note: 1. The tim[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 99 Figure 7.2 Quick Export usin g USB1-1 Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported. Figure 7.3 Export Finished 3. Check back up result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and click button to check it. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically durin g re co[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 100 7.1.2 Backing up by Normal V ideo Search Purpose: The record files can be backup to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), DVD-R/W and eSA T A H DD. Backup using USB flash drives and USB HDDs Steps: 1. Enter Export interfa ce. Menu>Export>Normal 2. Set search[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 101 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup. Note: If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button . • Reconnect d evice. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drives or USB HDDs via the device. Figure 7.7 Export by Normal Video Search usi[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 102 Figure 7.9 Checkup of Export Result using USB Fla sh Driv e Backup using USB writer and DVD -R/W Steps: 1. Enter Export interfa ce. Menu>Export>Normal 2. Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interf ace. Figure 7. 10 Normal Video Se arch f or Backup 3. Select recor[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 103 Figure 7. 11 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 4. Export. Click Export button and start backup. Note: If the inserted USB writer or SATA writer i s not recognized: • Click the Refresh button . • Reconnect d evice. • Check for compatibility from vendor. Figure 7. 12 Export by Normal Video Sea[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 104 Figure 7. 13 Export Finished 5. Check back up result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and p ress button to check it. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically durin g re cord file export. Figure 7. 14 Checkup of Export Result using USB Wr iter Backup using eSATA HDDs Steps: 1[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 105 Figure 7. 15 Normal Video Se arch f or Backup 3. Select record files y ou want to back up. Click button to play the record file if you want to check it. Tick record files you want to back up. Note: The size of the currently selected files is display ed in the lo wer-left corner of the window. Figure 7. 1[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 106 Figure 7. 17 Export by Normal Video Search Using eSA T A HDD Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop -up me ssage “ Export finished ” . Figure 7. 18 Export Finished 5. Check back up result. Choose the record file in Export interfac e and click button to check it.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 107 7.1.3 Backing up by Event Sea rch Purpose: Back up event-related record files using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), DV D-R/W or eSATA HDD. Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported. Steps: 1. Enter Export interfa ce. Menu>Export>Event 1) Select “ Alarm Input ” from the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 108 Figure 7. 21 Result of Ev ent Search 4) Click Details button to view detailed information of the record file, e.g. start tim e, end tim e, file size, etc. Note: The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower-left corner of the window. Figure 7. 22 Ev ent Details Interface 3. Export. C[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 109 Figure 7. 23 Export by Ev ent Using USB Fl ash Dri ve Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop -up me ssage “ Export finished ” . Figure 7. 24 Export Finished 4. Check back up result. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically durin g record file e[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 10 7.1.4 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips to export directly during P layback, usin g USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs , USB writer), DVD-R/W or eSATA HDD. Steps: 1. Enter Playback interface. Please refer to Chapter 6 . 2. During playback , use buttons and in the playb[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 111 Figure 7. 28 Export Video Cli ps Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop -up me ssage “ Export finished ” . Figure 7. 29 Export Finished 6. Check back up result. Note: The Player player.exe will be exported automatically durin g re cord file [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 12 7.2 Backing up Pictur es Purpose: Back up pictures using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), DVD-R/W or eSATA HDD . Steps: 1. Enter Export interfa ce. Menu>Export>Picture Select channel(s), image type, start time a nd end tim e, and click Search button to enter the Search Result [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 13 Press Export button and start backup. Figure 7. 33 Export Pictures Using USB Flash Driv e Stay in the Exporting interface until all record f iles are exported with pop -up me ssage “ Export finished ” . Figure 7.34 Export Finished 4. Check back up result. Figure 7. 35 Checkup of Picture Export Using[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 14 7.3 Managing B ackup Devices Management of USB flash drives, USB HDDs and eSATA HD Ds. 1. Enter Search Result interfac e of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. Note: At least one channel shall be selec ted. Figure 7. 36 No[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 15 Select a record file in the backup device and press button to play it. Click Format button to format the backup device. Note: If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. Figure 7. 38 USB Flash Drive Management[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 16 Figure 7. 40 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Back up device ma nagement. Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD. Note: There must be a re -writable CD/DVD when you make this operation. Note: If the inserted USB writer or DVD-R/W is not recognized: • Cli[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 17 C H A P T E R 8 Alarm Settings[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 18 8.1 Setting Moti on Detection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interf ace of Camera Management and choose a cam era you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8.1 Motion Detection Setu p Interface 2. Set detection area and sensitivity. Tick “ Enable Motion Detection ” , u[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 1 19 3. Click Trigg er Channel tab and select one o r more chann els which w ill start to record/captu re or become full-screen monitoring when motion alarm is triggered. Figure 8.3 Set T rigger Camera of Motion Detection 4. Set arm ing schedule of th e channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 120 Figure 8.5 Copy Settings of Motion Detection[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 121 8.2 Setting Se nsor Alarms Purpose: Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Select Alarm Input tab to enter Alarm Input Settings interface . Figure 8.6 Alarm Status Interface of [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 122 Not e: Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. 5. Select Handling tab to set up alarm respon se action s o f the alarm input (please refer to Chapter 8.6 ). Repeat the above steps to set up arm ing schedule of other d ay s of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to ot[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 123 7. If you want to set handling method of another alarm input, repeat the above steps or just copy the above settings to it. Figure 8. 10 Copy Settings of Alarm Input[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 124 8.3 Detecting V ideo Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm re sponse action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Loss interfa ce of Camera Management and select a channel you w ant to d etect. Menu> Camera> Video Loss Figure 8. 11 Video Loss Setup In terf ace 2. Set up handling m ethod o[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 125 Not e: Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8. 13 Set Arming Schedul e of Video Loss 4. Select Hand ling tab to set up alarm respon se action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.6 ). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy butt[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 126 tampering. Menu> Camera> Tam per -proof Figure 8. 15 T amper- pr oof Set tings Interface 2. Set up the video tam pering h andling m ethod of the channel. Check the checkbox of “ Enable Video Tampering ” . Drag the sensitivity bar an d choose a p roper sensitivity level. Use th e mouse to draw a[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 127 Figure 8. 17 Set Arming Schedul e of Video T a mpering 4. Select Hand ling tab to set alarm re spon se actions of video tam pering alarm (please refer to Ch apter 8.6 ). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 128 8.5 Handling Excepti ons Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Fu ll: The HDD is full. • HDD Error : Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. • IP Conflict ed : Duplicated IP address. • Ille[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 129 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, includi ng Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Upload Picture to FTP, Trigger Alar m Output and Send Email. Full Screen Monitoring When an[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 130 Trigger Alarm Output Trigger an alarm output when an alarm is triggered. Steps: 1. Enter Alarm Output interfac e. Menu> Configuration> Alarm> Alarm Output Select an alarm output and set alarm name and d well time. Click Handling bu tton to set the arming schedule of alarm output. Not e: If “ M[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 131 Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the alarm output. 4. You can also copy the above setti ngs to another channel. Figure 8. 22 Copy Settings of Alarm Outpu t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 132 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 dwell time of an alarm output, the alarm can be cleared only by clicking Clear button in the following interface. Steps: Select the a[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 133 C H A P T E R 9 Network Settings[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 134 9.1 Configuring Gener al Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Figure 9.1 Network Settings Interface 2. Select the Gene ral tab. 3. In the Genera l Settings i[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 135 Figure 9. 2 Multi-address W orking Mode Load Balance Mode: B y using th e same IP address , th e two NIC cards share th e lo ad of th e total bandwidth , which enables the system to provide two Gigabit network capacity . Figure 9. 3 Load Balance W o rking Mode Net-fault T olerance Mode: Con figure th e s[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 136 Figure 9. 4 Net F ault-tolerance W orking Mod e 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: The DVR also allows access by Point- to -Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settin gs interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the PP[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 137 4. Enter User Nam e , Passw ord , an d Confirm Password for PPPoE access. Note: The User Name and Password should be assigned by your ISP. Figure 9. 6 PPPoE Settings Interface 5. Click the App ly butt on to save and exit the interface . 6. Af ter successful settings, th e system asks you to reboot the de[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 138 Figure 9. 7 DDNS Settings Interf ace 3. Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. 4. Select DDNS Type . Five diffe rent DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, DynDNS , PeanutHull , NO - IP and EasyDDNS. • IPServer: Enter Server Address for IPS erver. Note: The Server Address should be the IP addres[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 139 Figure 9. 9 DynDNS Settings Interf ace • PeanutHull: Enter User Name and P assw ord obtained from the PeanutHull website . Figure 9. 10 Peanut Hull Settings Interface • NO - IP : Enter the account information in the corresponding fields. Refer to the Dyn DNS settings. 1) Enter Server Address for NO -[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 140 Figure 9. 11 NO - IP Settings I nterf ace • EasyDDNS : You need to enter the Serve r Address and Device Dom ain Name for EasyDDNS, and other fields are read only. 1) Enter the Server Address of the EasyDDNS server: www.hik-online.com. 2) Enter the Device Domain Name. You can register the alias o f the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 141 Figure 9. 13 Register an Account 3) In the Device Management interfac e, click to register the device. Figure 9. 14 Register the Device Note: Only lower-case English alphabet, numeric and ‘ - ’ can be used in the alias of the device and the alias must be started with letters of the lower-case English[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 142 Figure 9. 15 NTP Settings In terf ace 3. Check the Enable NTP check box to enable this feature. 4. Configure the following NTP settings: • Interval : Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server. The unit is minute. • NTP Server: IP ad dress of NT P server. • NTP Port : Port [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 143 Figure 9. 16 FTP Settings Interface 3. Check the Enable FTP checkbox to enable this fe ature. 4. Configure the FTP settings, including FTP server, port, user nam e, password and the directory. Figure 9. 17 Configure FTP Settings Directory: In the Directory field, you can select the Root Directory , Paren[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 144 Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the SNMP tab to enter the SNM P Settings interface. Figure 9. 18 SNMP Settings Interface 3. Check the Enable SNMP checkbox to enable this fea ture. 4. Configure the SNMP settings. Figure 9. 19 Configure SNMP Settings 5. Click the App ly butt on to save and e[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 145 Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network 2. Select the More Settin gs tab to enter the More Settings interface. Figure 9. 20 More Settings Interface 3. Enter Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port in th e text f ields. The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of t[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 146 The multicast can be configured to realize live view for more than 128 came ras through network. A multicast address spans the Class-D IP range of 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. It is recommended to use the IP address ranging from 239.252.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interf[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 147 Figure 9. 23 R TSP Settings Interface 3. Enter the RTSP port in the tex t field of RTSP Service Port . The default RTSP port is 554, and y ou can change it according to different requirem ents. 4. Click the App ly butt on to save and exit the menu. 9.2.9 Configuring Server and HTTP P orts Purpose: Y ou c[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 148 4. Enter the Server Port and HTT P Port in the text fields. The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80, and you can change them ac cording to different requirements. 5. Click the App ly butt on to save and exit the interface . Note: The Server Po rt should be set to the range of 2000-65535 a[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 149 Figure 9. 26 Email Settings Interface 5. Configure the following Em ail settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check th e checkbox to enable the server authentication feature. User Name : The user account of sender ’ s Email for SMTP server authentication. Password : The password of sender [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 150 9.3 Checking Network T raffic Purpose: Y ou can check the netw ork traffic to o btain real-time inform ation of DVR such as linking status, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traff ic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure 9. 28 Network T raffic Interface 2. Yo[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 151 9.4 Configuring Netw ork Detection Purpose: Y ou can obtain network con necting status of DVR through th e n etw ork d etection function, in cluding network delay , p acket loss, etc. 9.4.1 Testing Net work Delay and P acket Loss Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traff ic interface. Menu > Maintenance > [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 152 9.4.2 Exporting Ne twork Packet Purpose: By con necting the DVR to network, the captu red network data packet can be exported to USB -flash disk, SA T A/eST A T A DV D-R/W and other local b ackup device s. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Traffic interf ace. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect 2. Click the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 153 9.4.3 Checking Network Stat us Purpose: Y ou can also check the netw ork status and quick set the network parameters in this interface. Steps: Click Status on the right bottom of the page. Figure 9. 33 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out. Figure 9. 34 Netwo[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 154 Figure 9. 35 Network P arameters Configuration 9.4.4 Checking Network Stati stics Purpose : Y ou can check the network statistics to obtain the real-time information of the device. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect 2. Click the Net w ork Stat. tab to e[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 155 C H A P T E R 1 0 HDD Management[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 156 10.1 Initializ ing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Inform ation in terface . Menu > HDD>General. Figure 10.1 HDD Information Interface 2. Select HDD to be initialized. 3. Click the Init button. Fi[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 157 5. Af ter the HDD has been init ialize d, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal . Figure 10.4 HDD Status Changes to Normal Note: Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 158 10.2 Managin g Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of I P S AN to D VR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General. Figure 10.5 HDD Information Interface 2. Click the Add button to enter the A dd NetHDD inte rface, as show n i[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 159 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Enter the NetHDD Directory in the text field. 3) Click the OK button to add the conf igured NAS disk. Note: Up to 8 NAS disks can be added. Figure 10.7 Add N AS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 160 Figure 10.9 Initialize Added N etHDD[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 161 10.3 Managin g 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 of Record/Capture or Export, and you can manage the eSA T A in the DV R. Steps: 1. Enter the Advanced Record Settings interface. Menu > Record>Advanced 2. Select the eSA [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 162 Figure 10. 11 Initialize Added NetHDD[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 163 10.4 Managin g HDD Gr oup 10.4.1 Setting HDD G roups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a pa rticular HDD group through HDD settings. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interf ace. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Group, as show[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 164 Figure 10. 14 Local HDD Settings In terf ace 7. Select the Group number f or the current HDD. Note: The default group No. for eac h HDD is 1. 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 10. 15 Confirm HDD Group Settings 9. In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the setting[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 165 Figure 10. 16 Set HDD Property 3. Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy . 4. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. 5. In the HDD Inform ation menu, the HDD prop erty w ill be disp lay ed in the list. Note: At least 2 hard disks must be installed on your DVR when [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 166 10.5 Configuring Quo ta Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files or captured pictures. Steps 1. Enter the Storage Mode interf ace. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 10.17. Note: The DVR must be rebooted to ena[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 167 to enter the Copy Camera menu, as shown in Figure 10.19. Figure 10. 19 Copy Settings to Other Ca mer a (s) 6. Select the came ra (s) to be configured with the same quota settings. You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras. 7. Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 168 10.6 Checking HD D Status 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 Status in HDD Informa tion Interface Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Inform ation in terface . Menu > HDD>General 2. Check the status [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 16 9 Figure 10. 21 View HDD Stat us (2)[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 170 10.7 Checking S. M.A.R.T Informati on Purpose: The S.M.A.R.T . ( Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology ) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect a nd report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. Steps: 1. Enter the S.M.A .R.T Settings interface. Menu &[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 171 10.8 Configuring HD D Err or Alarm s Purpose: Y ou can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal . Steps: 1. Enter the Exception interfac e. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Ty pe to HDD Error fro m the dropdown list. 3. Click the check[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 172 C H A P T E R 1 1 Camera Settings[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 173 1 1.1 Configuring OS D Settings Purpose: Y ou can configure the OSD (On-screen Display ) settings for the camera, including date /time, cam era name, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the OSD Configuration inte rface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2. Select the came ra to configure OSD settings. 3. Edit the Came ra Name [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 174 2) Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same OSD se ttings. You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras. 3) Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the OSD Configuration interfac e. 8. Click the App ly butt on to apply the settings. 1 1.2 Configuring Pri[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 175 Figure 11. 4 Set Priv acy Mask Area 6. You can click the Copy button to copy the privacy mask settings of the current camera to other cameras. Please refer to step 7 of Chapter 11.1 Configuring OSD Settings . 7. Click the App ly butt on to save th e settings.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 176 C H A P T E R 1 2 DVR Management and Maintenance[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 177 12.1 V iewing System Infor mation 12.1.1 Viewing De vice Information Steps: 1. Enter the Sy stem Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S y stem Info 2. Click the Device Info tab to en ter the Dev ice Information menu to view the device name, model, serial No. , firmware version and encoding v[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 178 Figure 12.2 Camera Information Interface 12.1.3 Viewing Re cord Information Steps: 1. Enter the Sy stem Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S y stem Info 2. Click the Reco rd tab to en ter the Re cord Information menu to view the recording status encoding parameters of each camera, as shown[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 179 Menu > Maintenance > S y stem Info 2. Click the Alarm tab to en ter the A larm Information menu to view the alarm information, as shown in Figure 12.4. Figure 12.4 Alarm Information Interface 12.1.5 Viewing Network Information Steps: 1. Enter the Sy stem Information interface. Menu > Maintenance[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 180 12.1.6 Viewing HD D Information Steps: 1. Enter the Sy stem Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > S y stem Info 2. Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Inf ormation menu to view the HDD status, free space, property, etc., as shown in Figure 12.6. Figure 12.6 HDD Information Interface[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 181 12.2 Sear ching & Exporting 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. Steps: 1. Enter the Log Search interface . Menu > Maintenance > Log Search Figure 12.7 Log Search Interface 2. Se[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 182 Figure 12.9. And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available. Figure 12.9 Log Details 6. If you want to export the log files, click the Export button to enter the Export m enu, as shown in Figure 12.10. Figure 12. 10 Export Log File s 7. Select the backup device from the dr[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 183 12.3 Importing/Exportin g Configurati on Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device f or backup; and th e conf iguration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to be confi gured with the same parameters. Steps: 1. Enter the Import/Expor[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 184 12.4 Upgrading S ystem Purpose: The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server . 12.4.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Devic e Steps: 1. Connect your DVR with a local b ackup d evice w here the upd ate firmw are file is located. 2. Enter the Upgrade interfac e. Menu > [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 185 Figure 12. 13 FTP Upgrade Interface 3. Enter the FTP Server A ddress in the text field. 4. Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading. 5. Af ter the upgradin g is complete, r eboot the DVR to activate the new firmware.[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 186 12.5 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Default interfa ce. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 12. 14 Restore F actory Default 2. Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Note: Except th e n etwork parameters (inclu ding IP address, subnet mask , gateway , M TU, NIC working[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 187 C H A P T E R 1 3 Others[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 188 13.1 Configuring RS-232 Se rial Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in tw o ways: • P arameters Configuration : Connect a PC to the DVR through the PC serial port. Device parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal. The se rial port p aram eters must be the same as the DV[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 189 13.2 Configuring Ge neral Settings Purpose: You can configure the BNC output standard, VGA output resolution, mouse pointer speed, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Select the Gene ral tab. Figure 13.2 General Settings Interface 3. Configure the [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 190 13.3 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 3 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item. Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox, and then you c[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 191 13.4 Configuring Mor e Settings Steps: 3. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 4. Click the More Settin gs tab to enter the M ore Settings interface, as shown in Figure 13.4. Figure 13.4 More Settings Interface 5. Configure the following settings: • Device Name: Ed[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 192 13.5 Managin g User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the DVR: Administrator . The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345 . The Administrator has the perm ission to add and delete user and configure user parame ters. 13.5.1 Adding a User Steps: 1. Enter the User Managem [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 193 3. Enter the inform ation for new user, including User Name , Password , Level and User’s MAC Address . Level: Set the user level to Operator or Guest . Different user levels have different operating permission. • Operator: T he Operato r user level has permission of Local L og Search in Local Config[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 194 6. Set the operating perm ission of Local Configuration, Remote Configuration and Camera Config uration for the user. Local Configuration • Local Log Search: Searching and viewing logs and system information of DVR. • Local Parameters Settings: Configuring parameters, restoring factory default parame[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 195 Figure 13.9 Delete a User 3. Click the icon to delete the selected user. 13. 5.3 Editi ng a User Steps: 1. Enter the User Managem ent interface. Menu > Configuration > User 2. Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 13. 10 . Figure 13. 10 Edit a User 3. Click the icon to ente[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 196 Figure 13. 11 Edit User Interface 4. Edit the user inform ation, in cluding user nam e, password, level and MAC address. 5. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the m enu. 13.5.4 Changing Passwo rd of Admin Purpose: The password of the Admin user account can be changed in the User Managem en[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 197 13.6 Lo gg ing out/Shutti ng down/Rebootin g Device Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown interfac e. Menu > Shutdown Figure 13. 13 Shutdown Menu 2. Click the Logou t button to lo g out, or Click the Shutdown button to shut down the device, or Click the Reboot button to reboot the device. Note: After you have [...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 198 C H A P T E R 1 4 Appendix[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 199 Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream ove r the network. The 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 resol[...]

User Manual of DS-9100HFHI-ST Series DVR 200 F AQ • Why does m y DVR make a beeping sound after booting? The possible reasons for the warning beep on the DVR are as f ollows: a) T here is no HDD installed in the DVR. b) The HDD is not initialized. c) HDD error To cancel the beeping sound and use the DVR without HDD, enter the Exception Settings i[...]