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 Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and

safely.

 There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The

updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

 This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the

marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified before using the same. Kindly remove the cables from the power source if the device is not to be used for a long period of time.

 Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or

other devices that produce heat.

 Do not install this device near water. Clean only with a dry cloth.  Do not block any ventilation openings and ensure proper ventilation around the machine.  Do not power off the device at normal recording condition.  This machine is for indoor use only. Do not expose the machine in rain or moist

environment. In case any solid or liquid get inside the machine’s case, please turn off the device immediately and get it checked by a qualified technician.

 Do not try to repair the device by yourself without technical aid or approval.  When this product is in use, the relevant contents of Microsoft, Apple and Google will be

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 This manual is suitable for many models. All examples and pictures used in the manual

are from one of the models for reference purpose.

 This product is mainly used in shopping malls, industrial environments, does not apply to

living environment.

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Contents

Contents ............................................................................................................................... i

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Features ......................................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions ............................................................................................... 4

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions ................................................................................................. 5

1.5 Connections................................................................................................................... 7

2 Basic Operation Guide .............................................................................................10

2.1 Startup & Shutdown .................................................................................................... 10

2.1.1 Startup .............................................................................................................. 10

2.1.2 Shutdown ......................................................................................................... 10

2.2 Remote Controller ....................................................................................................... 10

2.3 Mouse Control ............................................................................................................. 12

2.4 Tex t-input Instruction .................................................................................................. 12

2.5 Common Button Operation ......................................................................................... 13

3 Wizard & Main Interface ..........................................................................................14

3.1 Startup Wizard ............................................................................................................ 14

3.2 Main Interface ............................................................................................................. 18

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction ............................................................................. 18

3.2.2 Setup Panel ....................................................................................................... 20

3.2.3 Main Functions ................................................................................................. 21

4 Camera Management ..............................................................................................23

4.1 Camera Signal .............................................................................................................. 23

4.2 Add/Edit Camera ......................................................................................................... 23

4.2.1 Add Camera ...................................................................................................... 23

4.2.2 Edit Camera ...................................................................................................... 25

4.3 IP Planning ................................................................................................................... 26

5 Live Preview Introduction ........................................................................................ 27

5.1 Preview Interface Introduction .................................................................................... 27

5.2 Preview Mode ............................................................................................................. 28

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode ................................................................................. 28

5.2.2 Quick Sequence V iew ....................................................................................... 29

5.2.3 Scheme V iew In Sequence ............................................................................... 30

5.2.4 Spot View ......................................................................................................... 31

5.3 POS Settings ................................................................................................................ 32

5.4 Preview Image Configuration ...................................................................................... 34

5.4.1 OSD Settings ..................................................................................................... 34

5.4.2 Image Settings .................................................................................................. 35

5.4.3 Mask Settings ................................................................................................... 36

5.4.4 Water Mark Settings ......................................................................................... 36

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5.4.5 Image Adjustment ............................................................................................ 37

6 PTZ ..........................................................................................................................40

6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction .............................................................................. 40

6.2 Preset Setting .............................................................................................................. 43

6.3 Cruise Setting .............................................................................................................. 44

6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting .................................................................................................... 46

7 Record & Disk Management ..................................................................................... 47

7.1 Record Configuration ................................................................................................... 47

7.1.1 Mode Configuration ......................................................................................... 47

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ................................................................................... 49

7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ......................................................................................... 50

7.3 Schedule Setting .......................................................................................................... 50

7.3.1 Add Schedule .................................................................................................... 50

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration ........................................................................ 53

7.4 Record Mode ............................................................................................................... 53

7.4.1 Manual Recording ............................................................................................ 53

7.4.2 Timing Recording .............................................................................................. 54

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording .................................................................................. 54

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording ................................................................................... 54

7.4.5 Intelligence Recording ...................................................................................... 54

7.5 Disk Management ....................................................................................................... 54

7.5.1 Storage Mode Configuration ............................................................................ 55

7.5.2 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information .............................................................. 55

8 Playback & Backup ................................................................................................... 57

8.1 Instant Playback .......................................................................................................... 57

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction .................................................................................. 57

8.3 Smart Playback ............................................................................................................ 60

8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup .............................................................................. 62

8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image ............................................ 63

8.4.2 Smart Search .................................................................................................... 65

8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time ................................................................. 66

8.4.4 Search, Playback & Backup by Event ................................................................ 66

8.4.5 Search & Playback by Tag ................................................................................. 67

8.4.6 Image Management ......................................................................................... 68

8.4.7 View Backup Status .......................................................................................... 68

9 Alarm Management .................................................................................................69

9.1 Sensor Alarm ............................................................................................................... 69

9.2 Motion Alarm .............................................................................................................. 70

9.2.1 Motion Configuration ....................................................................................... 70

9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration ............................................................. 71

9.3 Intelligence Alarm ....................................................................................................... 71

9.3.1 Object Detection .............................................................................................. 71

9.3.2 Exception .......................................................................................................... 73

9.3.3 Line Crossing ..................................................................................................... 74

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9.3.4 Intrusion Detection ........................................................................................... 75

9.4 Exception Alarm .......................................................................................................... 76

9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ........................................................................................... 76

9.4.2 Video Loss Settings ........................................................................................... 77

9.4.3 Exception Handling Settings ............................................................................. 77

9.5 Alarm Event Notification ............................................................................................. 78

9.5.1 Alarm-out ......................................................................................................... 78

9.5.2 E-mail................................................................................................................ 78

9.5.3 Display .............................................................................................................. 78

9.5.4 Buzzer ............................................................................................................... 79

9.5.5 Push Message ................................................................................................... 79

9.6 Manual Alarm .............................................................................................................. 79

9.7 View Alarm Status ....................................................................................................... 80

10 Account & Permission Management ........................................................................81

10.1 Account Management ............................................................................................... 81

10.1.1 Add User ......................................................................................................... 81

10.1.2 Edit User ......................................................................................................... 82

10.2 User Login & Logout .................................................................................................. 84

10.3 Permission Management........................................................................................... 84

10.3.1 Add Permission Group .................................................................................... 84

10.3.2 Edit Permission Group .................................................................................... 85

10.4 Black and White List .................................................................................................. 85

10.5 Preview On Logout .................................................................................................... 86

10.6 View Online User ....................................................................................................... 86

11 Device Management ................................................................................................ 87

11.1 Network Configuration .............................................................................................. 87

11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration ...................................................................................... 87

11.1.2 Port Configuration .......................................................................................... 87

11.1.3 PPPoE Configuration ....................................................................................... 88

11.1.4 DDNS Configuration ........................................................................................ 88

11.1.5 E-mail Configuration ....................................................................................... 89

11.1.6 UPnP Configuration ........................................................................................ 90

11.1.7 NAT Configuration .......................................................................................... 91

11.1.8 FTP Configuration ........................................................................................... 91

11.1.9 View Network Status ...................................................................................... 92

11.2 Basic Configuration .................................................................................................... 92

11.2.1 Common Configuration .................................................................................. 92

11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration ......................................................................... 93

11.3 Factory Default .......................................................................................................... 93

11.4 Device Software Upgrade .......................................................................................... 93

11.5 Backup and Restore ................................................................................................... 94

11.6 Restart Automatically ................................................................................................ 95

11.7 View Log .................................................................................................................... 95

11.8 View System Information .......................................................................................... 96

12 Remote Surveillance ................................................................................................ 97

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12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ......................................................................................... 97

12.2 Web LAN Access ........................................................................................................ 97

12.3 Web WAN Access....................................................................................................... 98

12.4 Web Remote Control ................................................................................................. 99

12.4.1 Remote Preview ........................................................................................... 100

12.4.2 Remote Playback .......................................................................................... 103

12.4.3 Remote Backup............................................................................................. 104

12.4.4 Remote Configuration .................................................................................. 104

Appendix A FAQ ............................................................................................................. 105

Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity ....................................................................... 110

Appendix C Compatible Device List ................................................................................ 112

Introduction

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1 Introduction

1.1 Summary

Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of the DVR adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. This series of the DVR which are powerful and easy to use are provided with excellent image quality and stable system. They are centralized monitoring management products with high performance and high quality specially designed for video monitoring field. This series of the DVR can be widely used to security system of banks at home and abroad, schools, intelligent mansions, traffic, environmental protection, supermarkets, petrol service stations, residential quarters and factories and so on.

1.2 Features

Basic Functions

 Support local device and network device access including IP camera/dome and the third-party IP cameras

 Support standard ONVIF protocol  Support dual stream recording of each camera  Support IP cameras to be added quickly or manually  Support batch or single configuration of the cameras’ OSD, video parameters, mask,

motion and so on  Support a maximum of 8 user permission groups including Administrator, Advanced and Ordinary which are the default permission groups of the system  Support a maximum of 16 users to be created, multiple web client’s login by using one username at the same time and the user’s permission control to be enabled or disabled  Support a maximum of 10 web client’s login at the same time

Live Preview

 Support 4K×2K/2560×1440/1920×1080/1280×1024 HDMI and 1920×1080/1280×1024 VGA high definition synchronous display

 Support multi-screen modes  Support auto adjustment of the camera’s image display proportion  Support audio monitoring of the camera to be enabled or disabled  Support manual snap of the preview camera  Support the sequence of the preview cameras to be adjusted  Support display mode to be added and saved and the saved modes can be called directly  Support quick tool bar operation of the preview window  Support scheme view in sequence, quick sequence view and dwell time setting  Support motion detection and video mask  Support multiple popular P.T.Z. control protocol and setup of the preset and cruise  Support direct mouse control of the dome including rotating, zoom, focusing and so on

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 Support single camera image to be zoomed by sliding the scroll wheel of the mouse  Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current

size

 Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras)  Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live preview interface  The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consistent with that of the DVR after

adjusting the live camera sequence of the DVR, but the live camera sequence of the DVR will not be changed if that of the web client is changed

Disk Management

 The DVRs with the 2U case can add a maximum of 8 SATA HDDs; a maximum of 4 S ATA HDDs with the 1.5U case, a maximum of 2 SATA HDDs with the 1U case and a maximum of 1 SATA HDD with the small 1U case

 Each SATA interface of the DVR supports the HDDs with max 8TB storage capacity  Support disk group configuration and management and each camera can be added into

different disk groups with different storage capacity

 Support disk information and disk working status viewing  Support batch formatting of the disks

Record Configuration

 Support main stream and sub stream recording at the same time and batch or single configuration of the record stream

 Support manual and auto record modes  Support schedule recording, sensor alarm recording and motion detection recording, etc  Support schedule recording and event recording setting with different record streams  Support record schedule setting and recycle recording  Support pre recording and delay recording configuration of the event recording

Record Playback

 Support time scale operation in quick playback and the playback date and time can be set randomly by scrolling the mouse; the time interval of the time scale can be zoomed

 Support record searching by time slice/time/event/tag  Support time view and camera view in searching by time slice mode  Support time slice searching by month, by day, by hour and by minute and time slice to

be displayed with camera thumbnail

 Support event searching by manual/motion/sensor/intelligent events  Support tag searching by the manual added tags  Support instant playback of the selected camera in the live preview interface  Support acceleration (maximum 32 times of the normal speed), deceleration (minimum

1/32 times of the normal speed) and 30s’ addition or reduction to current playing time

Record Backup

 Support record to be backed up through USB (U disk, mobile HDD) interface  Support record to be backed up by time/event/image searching  Support record cutting for backing up when playing back

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 Support a maximum of 10 backup tasks in background and backup status viewing

Alarm Management

 Support alarm schedule setting  Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input,

intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable

 Support IPC offline alarm trigger configuration of PTZ, snap, pop-up video, etc.  Support event notification modes of alarm-out, pop-up video, pop-up message box,

buzzer, e-mail and so on

 The snapped images can be attached into the e-mail when alarm linkage is triggered  Support alarm status view of alarm-in, alarm-out, motion detection and exception alarm  Support alarm to be triggered and cleared manually  Support system auto reboot when exception happens

Network Functions

 Support TCP/IP and PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, UPnP, NTP, SMTP protocol and so on  Support black and white list function and the black and white IP address/IP

segment/MAC address can be set  Support multiple browsers including IE8/9/10/11, Firefox, Opera, Chrome (available only for the versions lower than 45) and Safari in MAC system  Support remote achievement, configuration, import and export of the DVR parameters and other system maintenance operations including remote upgrading and system restart  Support remote camera configuration of the DVR including video parameters, image quality and so on

 Support remote searching, playback and backup of the DVR  Support manual alarm to be triggered and cleared remotely  The auto-focusing camera can be adjusted through web client (support zoom in/out, but

one key focus is not currently supported)

 Support NVMS or other platform management software to access the DVR and manage it  Support NAT function and QR-Code scanning by mobile phone and PAD  Support mobile surveillance by phones or PADs with iOS or Android OS  Support DVR to be accessed remotely through telnet and the telnet function can be

enabled or disabled  If one camera recording is enabled or disabled manually through web client, it will be simultaneously enabled or disabled in the DVR

Other Functions

 The DVR can be controlled and operated by the buttons on the front panel, the remote controller and the mouse  Setting interfaces can be switched to one another conveniently by clicking the main menus on the top of the setting interfaces  Support DVR information viewing including basic, camera status, alarm status, record status, network status, disk and backup status

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Power

Power indicator, when connection, the light is blue

No function temporarily

Name

Descriptions

Power

Power Indicator, when connected, the light is blue

HDD

The light turns blue when reading/writing HDD

Net

The light turns blue when it is able to access the network

Backup

The light turns blue when backing up files and data

Play

The light turns blue when playing video

REC

Power Indicator, when connected, the light is blue

AUDIO /+

1. Adjust audio 2. Increase the value in setup

BACKUP

Enter backup mode in live

Enter search mode in live

Exit

Exit the current interface

Manually record

Play/Pause

Speed down

 Support factory restoring, import and export of the system configuration, log view and export and local upgrading by USB mobile device

 Support auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution  You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface  You can click the middle mouse button at any interface to go to the live view interface  The display language and video format of the DVR will not be changed and the system

logs will be reserved if you reset the DVR to factory default  Press and hold the right mouse button for 5 seconds in any interface to switch the output to VGA and the DVR will display the video at the lowest resolution which the DVR supports

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions

The following descriptions are for reference only. Type I:

Name Descriptions

REC When recording, the light is blue

Net When access to network, the light is blue

Type II:

P.T. Z / - 1. Enter PTZ mode 2. Decrease the value in setup

MENU Enter Menu in live

INFO Check the information of the device

Speed up

1-9 Input digital number and select camera

0/-- Input number 0, the number above 10

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Name

Descriptions

Direction Key

Change direction

Multi-Screen Switch

Change the screen mode

Enter

Confirm selection

USB

To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash

No.

Name

Descriptions

AUDIO IN

Audio input

ALARM IN

Alarm inputs for connecting sensors

ALARM OUT

Relay output; connect to external alarms

VGA

Connect to monitor

HDMI

Connect to high definition display devices

LAN

Network port

USB

Connector for USB storage devices or USB mouse

DC12V

DC12V power input

Connector for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is TX-

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions

Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections. The interfaces and locations of the interfaces are only for references. Please take the real object as the standard.

4 GND Ground

5 AHD VIDEO IN 4 CH AHD video inputs

6 AUDIO OUT Audio output

7 CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor

13 RS485

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No.

Name

Descriptions

CVBS

CVBS video output; connect to monitor

ALARM OUT

Relay output; connect to external alarms

VIDEO IN

8 CH video inputs

HDMI

Connect to high definition display devices

VGA

Connect to monitor

LAN

Network port

RS485

Connectors for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is TX-

USB

Connector for USB storage devices or USB mouse

2 ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors

3 GND Ground

4 AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box

5 AUDIO IN Audio input

13 DC12V DC12V power input

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No.

Name

Descriptions

RS485

Connectors for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is TX-

AUDIO IN

Audio input

AHD VIDEO IN

16 CH AHD video inputs

HDMI

Connect to monitor

VGA

Connect to monitor

LAN

Network port

DC12V

DC12V power input

7 AUDIO OUT Audio output

8 CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor

9 USB Connect USB storage devices or USB mouse

1.5 Connections

 Video Connections

Video Output: Supports VGA/HDMI video output. You can connect to monitor through these video output interfaces simultaneously or independently.

 Audio Connections

Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc. Audio Output: Connect to headphone, sound box or other audio output devices.

 Alarm Connections

Some models may support this function. Take 16 CH alarm inputs and 1 CH alarm output for example.

Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available. The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below:

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The alarm input is an open/closed relay. If the input is not an open/closed relay, please refer to the following connection diagram:

Alarm Output: The way to connect alarm output device: Pull out the green terminal blocks and loosen the screws in the alarm-out port. Then insert the signal wires of the alarm output devices into the port of NO and COM separately. Finally, tighten the screws. Provided that the external alarm output devices need power supply, you can connect the power supply as per the following figures.

 RS485 Connection

There are two types of RS485 interfaces:

Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are used to connect speed dome. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are not only used to connect speed dome but also to connect

（Type 1）（Type 2）

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from the accessories.

keyboard. The way to connect speed dome to the DVR: Type 1: Disconnect pluggable block from the RS485 terminal block and then loosen the fixed screws from the pluggable block, insert signal cables into Y and Z port separately (Y is TX+; Z is TX-) and tighten the fixed screws. Next, connect pluggable block back into terminal block. Finally, connect the video cable of the speed dome to the video input interface of the DVR. Type 2: Disconnect pluggable block from the RS485 terminal block and then loosen the fixed screws from the pluggable block, insert signal cables into A and B port separately (A is TX+; B is TX-) and tighten the fixed screws. Next, connect pluggable block back into terminal block. Finally, connect the video cable of the speed dome to the video input interface of the DVR.

Note:

The pluggable block of some models may not be connected into the terminal block and you shall obtain it

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2 Basic Operation Guide

2.1 Startup & Shutdown

Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device.

2.1.1 Startup

① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the DVR. ② Connect with the mouse and po w e r. The device will boot and the power LED would turn

blue. ③ A WIZARD window will pop up (you should select the display language the first time you use the DVR). Refer to 3.1 Startup Wizard

2.1.2 Shutdown

You can power off the device by using remote controller or mouse.

By remote controller:

① Press Power button. This will take you to a shutdown window. The unit will power off after a while by clicking “OK” button. ② Disconnect the power.

By mouse:

① Click StartShutdown to pop up the Shutdown window. Select “Shutdown” in the window. The unit will power off after a while by clicking “OK” button. ② Disconnect the power.

2.2 Remote Controller

① It uses two AAA size batteries. ② Open the battery cover of the remote controller. ③ Place batteries. Please take care the polarity (+ and -). ④ Replace the battery cover.

Key points to check in case the remote doesn’t work.

1. Check batteries polarity.

2. Check the remaining charge in the batteries.

3. Check IR controller sensor for any masking.

If it still doesn’t work, please change a new remote controller to try, or contact your dealers. You can just turn the IR sensor of the remote controller towards the IR receiver of the DVR to control it when you are controlling multiple devices by remote controller. There are two kinds of remote controller. The interface of remote controller is shown as be lo w.

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Power Button

To control playback. Play(Pause)/Stop/Previous Frame/Next Frame/Speed Down/Speed Up

Button Function

Switch off—to stop the device

Record Button To start recording

-/-- /0 -9 Input number or choose camera

Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily

Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode

Next Button To switch the live image

SEQ To go to sequence view mode

Audio To enable audio output in live mode

Switch No function temporarily

Direction button To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ

Enter Button To confirm the choice or setup

Menu Button To go to menu

Exit Button To exit the current interface

Focus/IRIS/Zoom/PTZ To control PTZ camera

Preset Button To enter into preset setting in PTZ mode

Cruise Button To go to cruise setting in PTZ mode

Track Button No track function temporarily

Wiper Button No function temporarily

Light Button No function temporarily

Clear Button No function temporarily

Fn2 Button No function temporarily

Info Button Get information about the device

Note:

You shall press P.T.Z button to enter PTZ setting mode, choose a channel and press P.T.Z button again to

hide the P.T.Z control panel. Then you can press preset, cruise, track, wiper or light button to enable the

relevant function.

Snap Button To take snapshots manually

Search Button To go to search mode

Cut Button No function temporarily

Backup Button To go to backup mode

Zoom Button To zoom in the images

PIP Button No function temporarily

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To control playback. Play (Pause)/Next Frame/Speed Up/Stop/Previous Frame/Speed Down

Button Function

REC Record manually

Search To enter search mode

MEUN To enter menu

Exit To exit the current interface

ENTER To confirm the choice or setup

Direction button To move cursor in setup

ZOOM To zoom in

PIP No function temporarily

Multi To c hoose multi screen display mode

Next To switch the live image

SEQ To go to sequence view mode

INFO Get information about the device

2.3 Mouse Control

 Mouse control in Live Display & Playback interface

In the live display & playback interface, double click on any camera window to show the window in single screen mode; double click the window again to restore it to the previous size.

In the live display & playback interface, if the interfaces display in full screen, move the mouse to the bottom of the interface to pop up a tool b a r. T he tool bar will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it for some time; move the mouse to the right side of the interface to pop up a panel and the panel will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it.

 Mouse control in text-input

Move the mouse to the text-input box and then click the box. The input keyboard will pop up automatically.

Note: Mouse is the default tool for all operations unless an exception as indicated.

2.4 Tex t -input Instruction

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Switch key between upper and lower letter

The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown belo w.

Button Meaning Button Meaning

Backspace key

Delete Key

Switch key of language

Switch key of punctuation character

Enter key

Space key

2.5 Common Button Operation

Button Meaning

Click it to show the menu list.

Click it to change the sequence of the list.

Click it to change the camera displaying mode.

Click it to close the current interface.

Click it to go to the earliest date of camera recording.

Click it to go to the latest date of camera recording.

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3 Wizard & Main Interface

3.1 Startup Wizard

The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and

status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons (

disk; You can quickly configure the DVR by wizard setup to make the DVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the DVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the wizard next time).

: RW available disk).

: no disk; : unavailable

Click “Wizard Setup” to start wizard. The setting steps are as follows. ① System Login. Set your own password or use the default when you use the wizard for the first time (the default username of the system is admin and the default password of admin is

123456); select the login username and enter the corresponding password next time.

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Enable pattern lock and click “Edit” to set the pattern lock.

Click “Edit Security Question” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard.

② Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure. Set the time zone, system time, date format and time format. The DST will be enabled by default if the time zone selected includes DST. Click “Next” to continue.

for details.

③ Network Settings. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the IP address and DNS automatically (the DHCP function of the router in the same LAN should also be enabled), or manually input them. Input the HTTP port, RTSP port and Server port (please see 11.1.2 Port Configuration continue.

for details). Click “Next” to

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④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same

local network with DVR and then click

to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to

add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All” to delete all the added cameras.

Click

to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Input the new IP address, subnet mask, gateway and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the DVR. Click “OK” to save the settings.

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Click

to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Input the new camera name, IP address, port, username and the password of the camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the camera name only if it ’s an analog camera or the added IPC is online. Click “Next” to continue.

⑤ Disk Settings. Yo u ca n view the disk number, disk capacity of the DVR and serial number, R&W status of the disk. Click “Formatting” to format the disk. Click “Next” to continue.

⑥ Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual. Auto: Select one auto mode in the interface as shown below and then click “OK” button to

save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration

for details.

Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “Next” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration

for details.

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⑦ QR-Code. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration

for details). You can scan the QR-Code through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the mobile client instantly. Please refer to

12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance for details. Click “OK” to

save the settings.

3.2 Main Interface

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below.

Button Meaning

Start button. Click it to pop up area ③.

Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.

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Button Meaning

Screen mode button.

Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence details).

Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD.

Click

to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (8.1 Instant

Playback) or going to the playback interface for playback operations (8.2 Playback Interface Introduction); click to go to the playback interface. For instance, if you choose “5

minutes ago” as the default playback time, you can playback the record from the past five minutes.

Manual record button. Click it to enable/disable record.

Manual alarm button. Click it to trigger or clear the alarm-out manually in the popup window.

Record status button. Click it to view the record status.

Alarm status button. Click it to view the alarm status.

Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status.

Network status button. Click it to view the network status.

Information button. Click it to view system information.

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Introduction of area ②: Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one IP camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window. Click “Customize Display Modes” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode

for detail configuration of the display mode). Double click

one display mode in the list to switch to the display mode for previewing.

Introduction of area ③:

Icon / Button Meaning

It shows the current login user.

Click it to go to record search interface, see Playback & Backup for details.

Click it to go to playback interface (click bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time), see 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction

Click it to pop up the setup panel, see 3.2.2 Setup Panel

8.3 Record Search,

on the tool bar at the

for details.

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Icon / Button Meaning

Click it to log out the system.

Click it and then select “Logout”, “Reboot” or “Shutdown” in the popup window.

3.2.2 Setup Panel

Click StartSettings to pop up the setup panel as shown below.

The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligent Detection” and “PTZ”. Click Edit Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below.

There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface. Click each item to go to corresponding interface or window. For instance, click “Add Camera” to pop

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up the window as shown below.

Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag.

3.2.3 Main Functions

 Camera

The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details) and PTZ (see Chapter 6 PTZ for details) and so on.

 Record

The module covers the functions such as Encode Parameters and Record Schedule and so on. Please see Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management for details.

 Disk

The module covers the functions such as Disk Management, Storage Mode and Disk Information and so on. Please see Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management

 Alarm

The module covers the functions such as Sensor and Motion Alarm Handling and Alarm Out Settings. Please see Chapter 9 Alarm Management for details.

 Network

Chapter 4 Camera

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The module covers the functions such as TC P/IP, DDNS, Port, E-mail and Network Status and so on. Please see 11.1 Network Configuration

for details.

 Account and Authority

The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see

10.1 Account

Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on.

 System

The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration

for

details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.7 View Log for details) and Configuration File Import&Export (see 11.5 Backup and Restore for details) and so on.

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4 Camera Management

4.1 Camera Signal

Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraCamera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels, accordingly increasing (or decreasing) the number of IP channels with the total channels unchanged. The DVR device supports hybrid access of TVI, AHD, CVI and CVBS high definition cameras. If the TVI high definition camera is accessed to the DVR, you should select TVI in the following interface to show the camera image normally; if you select AHD, then there will be no image or the image has no color. The default selection of the camera signal is Auto. If you select Auto, the image of the camera will be shown normally regardless of the camera type.

Note: You can enable “Lite” in the interface if the DVR supports “Lite” recording. It will lower the recording resolution and increase the recording frame rate. Please enable or disable the Lite as you wish.

4.2 Add/Edit Camera

4.2.1 Add Camera

The network of the DVR should be set before adding IP camera (see 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for details).

Refer to the pictures below. Click Add Camera in the setup panel or in the top right corner of the preview window to pop up the “Add Camera” window as shown below. You can quickly add or add the IP camera manually.

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 Quickly Add

Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

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 Add Manually

Input the IP address or domain name (click

in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input window, input the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information and then click “Add” button (you can input one camera’s information or above such as IP address, username and password before

clicking “Add” button). Click

to delete the camera. Click “Default Password” to set the

default username and password of each camera.

4.2.2 Edit Camera

Click “Edit Camera” in the setup panel to go to the interface as shown below. Click to

view the live image of the camera in the popup window. Click

Add camera in 3.1 Startup W izard for details). Click

to delete the IP camera. Click

to edit the camera (see

in the “Operation” header line and then click “Modify IPC Password” to pop up a window(check the IPCs in the window, set the new password and then click “OK” button; only the online IPCs’ passwords can be modified and a batch of IPCs’ passwords can be modified at

the same time). Click

to upgrade an online IPC ( or click in the “Upgrade” header line and then click “IPC Batch Upgrade” to upgrade a batch of IPCs), select the device which stores the upgrade file in the “Device Name” item of the popup window and the upgrade file in the list(you should select the upgrade IPC model in the window if a batch of IPCs’ passwords need to be modified) and then click “Upgrade” button to start upgrading(the IPC will restart automatically after the upgrade is completed successfully).

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4.3 IP Planning

Some models may not support this function. Click “IP Planning” to go to the interface as shown below. This function supports searching other DVRs/NVRs that is in the same local network as the local DVR. The user may add the IPC of other DVRs/NVRs into the unoccupied channels of the local DVR.

Click DVRs/NVRs.

Click behind “Add” button to add the IPC selected and the user may edit the IP address,

user name or password by clicking behind “Edit” button.

to edit the IP address, user name or password and other information of the

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5 Live Preview Introduction

5.1 Preview Interface Introduction

The connected analog camera will be added automatically in the live preview interface for previewing. You should add IP camera manually for previewing (see 4.2.1 Add Camera details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging. The record symbols with different colors in the live preview window refer to different record types when recording: green stands for manual record, red stands for sensor-based record, yellow stands for motion-based record, blue stands for schedule record and cyan stands for intelligence record.

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Click the preview window to show the tool bar as shown in area ①; right click the preview window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below.

Button Menu List Meaning

-- Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere.

Manually Record On Click it to start recording.

Instant Playback

Enable Audio

Snap

PTZ Control Click it to go to PTZ control interface. See Chapter 6 PTZ for details.

Click

to playback the record; click “Instant Playback” to select or

self-define the instant playback time. See 8.1 Instant Playback

Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by enabling audio.

Click it to pop up the snap window. Click “Save” in the window to save the image. Click “Export” to export the image.

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Button Menu List Meaning

Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface.

-- Camera Info Click it to view the IP camera information.

Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.3.5 Image Adjustment for details.

The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to

select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for amplification. Click “Back” to return to the live preview interface.

5.2 Preview Mode

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode

Set different screen modes and cameras’ display sequences as required and then save the display modes classified by surveillance areas, priorities and so on. Refer to the picture below. Double click one display mode in the display mode list to view the live images in this mode.

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 Add Display Mode

Method One:

① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as needed.

③ Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the

popup window, click the “OK” button to save the current display mode.

Method Two:

① Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput SettingsMain Output to go to the interface and then set the screen mode.

② Double click the camera or camera group in the list to add them to the selected window. ③ Click to save the current display mode (refer to 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence for

detail configurations). The display mode will be saved and displayed in the display mode list in the live preview interface.

 Edit Display Mode

Click the “Customize Display Modes” tab in the live preview interface and then select one

display mode in the list. Click

to edit the display mode name; click to delete the

display mode.

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View

You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created, please refer to 5.2.3 Scheme V iew in Sequence

for details.

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Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell

time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to

pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click

to stop the view.

5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput SettingsMain Output to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays all the dwell schemes; area ② shows the detailed information of the

scheme; area ③ displays all the cameras; area ④ is the tool bar ( favorite button, click it to pop up a window, enter the display mode name in the window and then click “OK” to save the current display mode; other buttons are screen mode buttons).

: clear button; :

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 Add Scheme

Click

in area ① to create a new scheme.0 Click on the top right corner of the

scheme to delete it.

 Configure Scheme

a) Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme. b) Select a camera window in area ② and then double click the camera in area ③. The camera will be added into the selected window. One camera in the same scheme cannot repeat. You can click the right-click menu “Clear” in area ② to remove a single camera or click

to remove all the cameras.

c) Click “Apply” to save the settings.

 Start Sequence View

Go to live preview interface and then click

to pop up a window. Set the dwell time in the

window and then click to start scheme view in sequence. Double click the sequence

view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.

5.2.4 Spot View

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput SettingsOutput 2 to go to the interface as shown below.

Click Select a scheme on the left and then double click or drag a camera on the right to the scheme

on the left to create a new scheme. Each scheme can only add one analog camera.

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window in the middle of the interface. After finishing the settings of all the schemes, select the dwell time and click “Apply” to start playing the schemes in sequence in output 2.

5.3 POS Settings

Some models may not support this function.

① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to go to the following

interface.

③ Input IP address of the POS you want to add. ④ Check “Filter destination”, “Filter POS port” and “Filter destination Port” (If you do not

check them, please skip this step) and input destination IP, POS port and destination port you want to filter.

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⑤ Click “Display Position” under “Display Settings” to set the position of the POS information (Use the default settings of the general settings).

⑥ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to multiple channels, but one channel can only be bound to one POS.

⑦ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time. One POS is bound to one camera:

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One POS is bound to multiple cameras:

5.4 Preview Image Configuration

5.4.1 OSD Settings

Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera, input the camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list

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to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and time OSDs directly in the image view area to change the OSDs’ display position) and select the date and time formats. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

5.4.2 Image Settings

Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera.

Click “Advanced” button or “Image Adjust” interface and then set the relevant setting items. Please refer to Adjustment for detailed introductions of these items. You can click “Default” button to restore the image settings to the default factory settings.

in the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up

5.3.5 Image

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5.4.3 Mask Settings

Some areas of the image can be masked for privacy. Up to four mask areas can be set for each camera. Click StartSettingsCameraImageMask Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera and enable the mask. Click “Draw” button and then drag the mouse on the image area to set the mask area; click “Delete” button to delete the mask areas; click “Apply” to save the settings.

5.4.4 Water Mark Settings

Click StartSettingsCameraImageWater Mark Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera and enable water mark and then input the water mark information.

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Click “Apply” to save the settings.

5.4.5 Image Adjustment

Go to live preview interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface.

 Image Adjustment

Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue value. Check sharpen, wide dynamic and denoise and then drag the slider to set the value. Click “Default” button to set these parameters to default values.

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The introductions of these parameters are as follows:

Parameter Meaning

Brightness It is the brightness level of the camera’s image.

Contrast It is the color difference between the brightest and darkest parts.

Saturation It is the degree of color purity. The color is purer, the image is brighter.

Hue It refers to the total color degree of the image.

Sharpen

Wide Dynamic

Denoise

White Balance Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically.

Image Mirror Turn the current video image horizontally.

Image Flip Turn the current video image vertically.

It refers to the resolution level of the image plane and the sharpness level of the image edge.

The wide dynamic range (WDR) function helps the camera provide clear images even under back light circumstances. When there are both very bright and very dark areas simultaneously in the field of view, WDR balances the brightness level of the whole image and provide clear images with details.

Decrease the noise and make the image more thorough. Increasing the value will make the noise reduction effect better but it will reduce the image resolution.

 Lens Control

Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click

or to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings.

The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows:

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Note: This function is only available for the models with auto varifocal lens, or the settings here are ineffective.

Button/Parameter Meaning

Click / to zoom in/out the image.

Focus Mode

If manual mode is selected, focus button & “One Key Focus” & “Day/night mode switch autofocus” will be available; if auto mode is selected, the time interval setup will be available.

Day/night mode switch autofocus

Time Interval

Click

Click it to focus instantly.

If checked, the lens will focus automatically when the camera is switching day/night mode.

It is the time interval when camera lens is auto-focusing. The interval can be set in the drop-down list.

/ to increase/decrease the focal length.

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6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction

You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control.

Click interface as shown below. You can select another dome or PTZ which connects to the camera on the top right of the interface for PTZ control.

Introductions of the buttons on the bottom right of the interface:

on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control

Button Meaning

/ Click / to start / stop recording.

 Analog Joystick Control

Click

to rotate the dome. Click

Click / to zoom in / out the camera image.

Click / to increase / decrease the focal length.

Click

Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of the dome.

Click

Click it to return to the live preview interface.

/ / / / / / /

to stop rotating the dome.

/ to increase / decrease the iris of the dome.

/ to hide / show the analog joystick.

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The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog joystick.

 3D Control

Click the camera image on any area and then the image will be centered on the clicked point. Refer to the picture as shown below. Drag the mouse from A to B to get a green rectangle and the rectangle area will be zoomed in.

Refer to the picture as shown below. Drag the mouse from C to D to get a green rectangle and the rectangle area will be zoomed out.

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 Advanced 3D Control

Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image; press and hold the right button to zoom out the image. Move the cursor of the mouse to the camera image and then slide the scroll wheel of the mouse forward to zoom in the image, slide the scroll wheel of the mouse backward to zoom out the image.

 OSD Setting

Go to PTZ protocol setting interface and then set the protocol to COC before you call the OSD. Click “OSD” to go to camera OSD setting interface. Click

to start OSD setting. The

meanings of the buttons are shown in the table below.

Button Meaning

The OK button; you can click it to start OSD.

Click it to change the menu mode or decrease the menu value.

Click it to change the menu mode or increase the menu value.

Click it to go to the previous menu.

Click it to go to the next menu.

 Preset Setting

Click “Preset” to go to preset operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below. Select the preset and then input the preset name in the window; finally click “OK” button to save the settings. You can add 255 presets for each dome at most.

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Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position” to save the current preset position (you can also click another preset in the preset list and then save the preset position after

adjusting the dome’s direction); click in the preset list to call the preset; click “Delete” button to delete the selected preset. You can also go to preset setting interface for preset setting, see 6.2 Preset Setting

for details.

 Cruise Setting

Click “Cruise” to go to cruise operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below left. You can add 8 cruises for each dome at most.

① Input the cruise name in the “Add Cruise” window and then click “Add preset” to pop up the “Add Preset” window (Before adding preset to the cruise, please add preset of the dome first). ② In the “Add Preset” window, select the preset name, preset time and preset speed and then click “OK” button.

③ In the “Add Cruise” window, you can click

preset time and speed. Click

to delete the preset. Click “Add” button to save the cruise.

to reselect the preset, then change the

Click to start the cruise and click to stop the cruise in the cruise list of the cruise operation tab; click “Delete” button to delete the selected cruise. You c an also go to cruise setting interface for cruise setting, see 6.3 Cruise Setting

for details.

6.2 Preset Setting

Click StartSettingsCameraPTZPreset to go to the interface as shown below.

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 Add preset

Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click

to add preset. The operations of the “Add Preset” window are similar to that of the

PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction

for details.

 Edit preset

Select camera and preset. You can input the new name of the preset and then click to save the new preset name. Adjust the rotating speed, position, zoom, focus and iris of the preset and then click “Save Position” to save the preset.

 Delete Preset

Select camera and preset and then click “Delete” to delete the preset.

6.3 Cruise Setting

Click StartSettingsCameraPTZCruise to go to the interface as shown below.

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 Add Cruise

Click

of the dome and then click window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see

in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information

to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise”

6.1 PTZ Control Interface

Introduction for details.

 Edit Cruise

Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise” interface. Input the new cruise name and then

click

to edit the preset. Click

preset list and then click

Click

to save the cruise name. Click “Add Preset” to add preset to the cruise. Click

to delete the preset from the cruise. Click one preset in the

to move down the preset and click to move up the preset.

to start the cruise and click to stop it.

 Delete Cruise

Click

of the dome and then click

in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information

on the top right corner of the cruise to delete the cruise.

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6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting

Click StartSettingsCameraPTZProtocol to go to the interface as shown below. Yo u ca n enable or disable the PTZ and set the protocol, baud rate and address of the analog dome in the interface. Please make sure the analog speed dome camera is well connected to the DVR before you control it.

Select the camera and enable PTZ and then set the protocol, baud rate and address of the dome according to the settings of the dome. Protocol: The default communication protocol of the DVR is COC. Range from: PELCOP, PELCOD, LILIN, MINKING, NEON, STAR, VIDO, DSCP, VISCA, COC, etc.

Address: The address of the PTZ device. Baud Rate: Baud rate of the PTZ device. Range from: 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,

19200, 34800, 57600, 115200, 230400, 460800, 921600.

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7.1 Record Configuration

7.1.1 Mode Configuration

Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings. There are two record modes: auto mode and manual mode.

 Auto Mode

Motion Record: Motion alarm record will be enabled when motion alarm happens. Sensor Record: Sensor alarm record will be enabled when sensor alarm happens. Motion Record+Sensor Record: Motion/sensor alarm record will be enabled when

motion/sensor alarm happens.

Always(24

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7) Record+Motion Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; motion alarm record will be started when motion alarm happens. Always(24ⅹ7) Record+Sensor Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; sensor alarm record will be started when sensor alarm happens.

Always(24

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7) Record+Motion Record+Sensor Record: Normal record is enabled all the time;

motion/sensor alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor alarm happens.

Always(24

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7) Record+Motion Record+Sensor Record+Intelligence Record: Normal record is

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enabled all the time; motion/sensor/intelligence alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/intelligence alarm happens.

Always(24

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7) Record+Motion Record+Sensor+Intelligence+POS Record: Normal record is

enabled all the time; motion/sensor/intelligence/POS alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/intelligence/POS alarm happens.

Some models may not support POS recording. You can add more auto modes on intelligence record. Click “Advanced” button to pop up a window as shown below. Check the modes in the window and then click “Add” button to show the modes in the record mode list (in the window, the checked modes can be showed in the record mode list while the unchecked modes cannot; you cannot only check “Always(24

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Record”).

Select one auto mode to pop up the corresponding window. Set the encode, G O P, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of each camera and then click “OK” to save the settings. Please adjust the parameters according to the actual condition.

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Video Encode: the video encode format of the camera. GOP: group of pictures. Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is. FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluency the video is. However, more storage room

will be taken up. Bitrate Type: CBR and VBR are optional. CBR means that no matter how much change is seen in the video scene, the compression bitrate will be kept constant. VBR means that the compression bitrate will be adjusted according scene changes. For example, for scenes that do not have much movement, the bitrate will be kept at a lower value. This will help to optimize the network bandwidth. Quality: When VBR is selected, you need to choose image quality. The higher the image quality you choose, the more bitrate will be required. Max Bitrate: 32Kbps ~10240Kbps are optional.

 Manual Mode

If the manual mode is selected, you need to set the encode parameters and record schedules of each camera. See 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting and 7.3 Schedule Setting for details.

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration

Click StartSettingsRecordAdvanced to go to the following interface. Enable or disable cycle record (cycle record: the earliest record data will be replaced by the latest when the disks are full). Set the pre-alarm record time, post-alarm record time and expiration time of each camera and then click “Apply” to save the settings.

Pre-alarm Record Time: set the time to record before the actual recording begins. Post-alarm Record T ime: set the time to record after the actual recording is finished. Expiration Time: set the expiration time for recorded video. If the set date is overdue, the

recorded data will be deleted automatically.

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7.2 Encode Parameters Setting

Click StartSettingsRecordEncode Parameters to go to the interface as shown below. Set the encode, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of main stream for each camera in “Event Recording Settings” and “Schedule Recording Settings” interfaces. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can set the record stream of each camera one by one or batch set them for all cameras.

Click StartSettingsRecordStream Settings to go to “Sub Stream” interface. Set the encode, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality and max bitrate of sub-stream for each camera in the interface and then click “Apply” to save the settings.

7.3 Schedule Setting

7.3.1 Add Schedule

Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24

delete “24ⅹ7” while “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” can be edited and deleted. Click the schedule name

ⅹ7”, “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or

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to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface. The seven rows stand for the seven days in a week and each row stands for 24 hours in a day. Blue stands for the selected time and gray stands for unselected time.

Click

to add a new schedule. Refer to the picture below.

Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can

set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button.

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 Set Day Schedule

Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area.

You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click or and then click “Manual” on each day to pop up a window as shown below. Set the start and end time in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.

Click “All” to set all day recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a day; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a day. Click “Copy To” to copy the schedule of the day to other days. Refer to the picture below. Check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.

 Set Week Schedule

Click or and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the start and end time, check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.

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Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week.

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration

Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleSchedule Configuration to go to the interface as shown below. Set the schedule of sensor record, motion record, timed record and intelligence record. Click “None” in the drop-down menu to clear the schedule. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

Go to “Edit Schedules” interface and then click

Schedule” are similar to that of the “Add Schedule”. Click

to edit the schedule. The settings of “Edit

to delete the schedule.

7.4 Record Mode

7.4.1 Manual Recording

Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to enable recording of the camera. Method Two: Go to live preview interface and then click the right-click menu “Manually

Record On” in the camera window or click start recording.

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interface. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

Note: Click St ar tSettingsRecordMode Settings and then set the manual record time in the

7.4.2 T iming Recording

Timing Recording: the system will record automatically according to the schedule.

Set the timing record schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting

for details.

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording

Motion Based Recording: the system will start motion-based recording when the motion

object appears in the setup schedule. The setup steps are as follows: ① Set the motion-based recording schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting details. ② Enable the motion and set the motion area of each camera. See 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details. The camera will start motion-based recording once you finish the above settings.

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording

① Set the sensor-based recording schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. ② Set the NO/NC type of the sensor, enable the sensor alarm and then check and configure the “Record”. See 9.1 Sensor Alarm

for details.

7.4.5 Intelligence Recording

① Set the intelligence recording schedule of each IP camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. ② Enable the intelligence detection (object detection, exception, line crossing or intrusion detection) and draw alert surface or warning area of each IP camera. See Alarm for details. The camera will start intelligence recording once you finish the above settings. This function is only available for some IPCs.

9.3 Intelligence

7.5 Disk Management

Click StartSettingsDiskDisk Management to go to disk management interface. You can view the DVR’s disk number and disk status and so on in the interface. Click the “Formatting” button to format the HDD.

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Note: 1. The new HDD should be formatted for normal use.

2. For normal use of the HDD which has been used in other DVR, if the DVR is of the same

model with the new DVR, please import the configuration file of the DVR to the new DVR or

format the HDD; if the models of the two DVRs are different, please format the HDD.

7.5.1 Storage Mode Configuration

Click StartSettingsDiskStorage Mode to go to the interface as shown below. There are all four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The DVR with e-SATA interface supports e-SATA recording.

The added disks and cameras will be added into group one automatically. The disks and cameras in the groups can be deleted except group one (select a disk group and then click

on the top right corner of the added disk or camera to delete it from the group). The

deleted disks and cameras will be moved into group one automatically.

Each group can add the disks and cameras from other groups. Each disk and camera can only

be added into one group. Select a disk group and then click in the disk or camera row to pop up a window. Check the disks or cameras in the window and then click “Add”.

7.5.2 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information

Click StartSettingsDiskView Disk Information to view the HDD information; click “S.M.A.R.T. Information” to view the working status of the HDD. Refer to the picture below.

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8 Playback & Backup

8.1 Instant Playback

Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the

record (click playback time). Refer to the picture below. Drag the playback progress bar to change the playback time. You can also click the right-click menu “Instant Playback” in the camera window and then set the instant playback time to play back the record.

on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction

Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface or click StartPlayback

to go to the playback interface as shown below (click live preview interface to set the default playback time).

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OSD ON button. Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD.

Previous frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in

The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can

also add the playback camera manually. Click

in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera.

The buttons on the tool bar (area ①) at the bottom of the playback interface are introduced in the table below.

Button Meaning

Start button. Click it to pop up area ②.

Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.

Screen mode button.

Stop button.

Rewind button. Click it to play video backward.

Play button. Click it to play video forward.

Pause button.

Deceleration button. Click it to decrease the playing speed.

Acceleration button. Click it to increase the playing speed.

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mark.

Draw rectangle. You can search the record of motion detection in the pre-defined rectangular area.

Draw quadrilateral. You can search the record in this quadrilateral after drawing it.

Click it to go to record search interface; see 8.3 Record Search, Playback &

Click it to go to live preview interface; see Chapter 5 Live Preview Introduction for details.

Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by

Click it to go to the zoom in interface. The zoom in interface is

to view the next frame.

Button Meaning

Next frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode.

Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s.

Click it to show the water mark on the image; click

Event list/tag button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/ motion and the tag information.

to hide the water

Open/close POS information.

Backup button. Drag the mouse on the time scale to select the time periods and cameras, and then click the button to back up the record.

Backup status button. Click it to view the backup status.

Back button. Click it to return.

Full screen motion button.

Draw line. You can search the record of crossing the line after drawing the line.

Smart playback settings. Click it to set smart playback.

Introduction of area ②:

Button Meaning

Backup for details.

Click on the playback window to show the tool bar as shown in area ③; right click on the window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below.

Button Menu List Meaning

-- Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere.

Enable Audio

Snap Click it to snap.

Zoom In

enabling audio.

similar to that of the camera window in the live preview

interface. Click play the record. When the record is paused in forward playing

mode, you can click

to pause the record playing; click to

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Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the

window. Click “Add” to add tag.

Click it to switch the playback camera. Click it and then check the

Add Tag

Switch Camera

Close Camera Click it to close the playback camera.

added tag. Click it and then input the tag name in the popup

camera in the popup window. Click “OK” to change the camera.

Introduction of area ④:

Click

to set the date; click to set the time and then the playback camera will play the

record from the time you set. You can check the record type as required for record playback;

first you should click

playback camera, then check the record type (

on the tool bar at the bottom of the interface to clear all the

: manual record; : sensor based record;

: motion based record; : schedule record; : intelligence record; : POS record)

and finally click

in the playback window to add camera for playback (the record time scale

will show the record data of the checked record type only after the above operations).

Introduction of the record time scale (area ⑤):

A tool bar will appear after moving the mouse to the record time scale. Click / to

zoom the timeline; click to recover the timeline to 24 hours’ ratio. Drag the timeline or slide the scroll wheel of the mouse on the time scale to show the hidden time on the top or

bottom of the timeline. You can also click

to show the hidden time on the top of the

timeline or click to show the hidden time on the bottom of the timeline. Drag the slider at the bottom of the time scale to show the hidden playback cameras. The record time scale shows different record types with different colors. The green block stands for manual record, red block stands for sensor-based record, yellow block stands for motion-based record, blue block stands for schedule record and cyan block stands for intelligence record. Click the record block to set the time and then the playback camera will play the record from the time you set. Drag the color block on the time scale to select the backup area and then right click the area

or click

to pop up a backup information window. Click the “Backup” in the window to pop up the backup window. Select the device, backup path and backup format and then click the “Backup” button to start the backup.

8.3 Smart Playback

 Smart Playback Settings

Click to go to the following interface. Set the value of “Speed of non-interest video” (Please skip this one if you click “Skip non-interest video”), “Speed of interest video” and “Intrusion percentage”.

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 Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle

Click

and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.

 Smart Playback by Drawing Line

Click

and draw a line in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files about crossing this line. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.

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 Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral

Click

and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.

8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup

The record data and the snapped pictures can be backed up through network or USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD). The file system of the backup devices should be FAT32 format.

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8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image

① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time-sliced Image to go to “By Time-sliced Image” tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be showed. If the camera thumbnail number is more than 64, the cameras will be listed directly by their camera name, not the thumbnail. A maximum of 196 camera names can be listed. If the camera name number is more than 196, the time view mode will be disabled and the camera view mode will be available only.

② Select one camera in the interface and then click the “Open” button. ③ Click the image box to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the

interface (the box which has image inside indicates that the record data exist). ④ Refer to the picture below. Drag the color blocks on the time scale to select the record data and then click the “Backup” button to pop up the “Record Backup” window as shown be lo w. Select the device name, backup format and path and then click the “Backup” button to start the backup.

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Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB

device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only.

⑤ Click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to Playback Interface Introduction for details). Click “Close” to close the interface.

8.2

Time Slice Mode Selecting:

Method One: Click the “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select

the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click / on the left/right side of the time scale

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to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute” mode (in “Minute” mode, click the time scale to change the time of the 60 display windows) and click “Hour ” to select “Hour ” mode.

Method Two: Click

beside “Camera Thumbnail” on the left top corner of the interface to

select the time slice mode. Method Three: Right-click the mouse on any area of the time-sliced interface to go back to the upper interface.

8.4.2 Smart Search

① Click StartSearch and BackupSmart Search to go to “Smart Search” tab as shown be lo w. Behavior Detection: when you select the smart playback mode, the system will analyze the video including the motion detection, tripwire and intrusion detection. ② Click “Behavior”. Set the searching time period and you will search the channel which has the intelligence detection record.

③ Check the channel and select the smart playback. ④ Set the backup time and select the channel to backup.

: Smart playback settings button. Click it to set intrusion percentage.

: Full screen motion button.

: Motion button.

: Draw line button. You can search the record of crossing the line after drawing the line.

: Draw quadrilateral. You can search the record in this quadrilateral after drawing it.

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8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time

① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time to go to “By Time” tab as shown below.

Click on the bottom of the interface to add playback camera. Click “Modify” on the top right corner of the camera window to change the camera and click “Clear ” to remove the camera. ② Click the camera window to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the interface. You can set the date on the top left of the interface, check the event type as

required and click the time scale or click camera window will play the record according to the time and event type you set. ③ Drag the color blocks on the time scale to select the record data (or click the “Set Backup Time” button on the bottom left corner of the interface to set the backup start time and end time) and then click the “Backup” button for record backup. Click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface.

under the time scale to set the time. The

8.4.4 Search, Playback & Backup by Event

Some models may support searching POS event.

① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Event to go to “By Event” tab as shown below.

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② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface.

④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and

then click ⑤ Click

to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list.

in the list to play back the record in the popup window. Click to back up one record data or check multiple record data in the list and then click the “Backup” button for record batch backup. ⑥ Select one record data in the list and then click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface.

8.4.5 Search & Playback by Tag

Only if you add the tags can you play the record by tag search. Click StartPlayback to go to

the playback interface and then click when you want to mark the playback time point of the selected camera. Click StartSearch and BackupTa g Management to go to “Tag Management” tab.

Click in the interface to play the record. Click to edit the tag name. Click to delete the tag.

on the bottom of the camera window to add tag

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8.4.6 Image Management

Click StartSearch and BackupImage Management to go to “Image Management” tab. The system will display all the snapped images automatically in the list.

Click to delete the image. Click to pop up the “Export” window. Select the device name and save path in the window and then click the “Save” button.

Click

to pop up the “View Image” window. Click to export the image. Click

to view the previous image; click to view the next image; click to delete the image;

click

to play all the images.

8.4.7 View Backup Status

Click StartSearch and BackupBackup Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the playback interface to view the backup status.

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9 Alarm Management

9.1 Sensor Alarm

To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera.

① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface.

② Select the alarm type (NO or NC) according to trigger type of the sensor. ③ Enable the sensor alarm of each camera. ④ Check the “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alar m -out” and “Preset” and enable or disable

the “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Po p-up Message Box” and “E-mail” as required. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

The configuration steps of the above-mentioned alarm linkages are as follows. Duration: it refers to the interval time between the adjacent motion detections. For instance, if the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as a continuous movement; otherwise it will be considered as a single motion. Record: check it and then the “Trigger Record” window will pop up automatically (you can also click the “Configure” button to pop up the window). Select camera on the left side and then

click

then click to cancel the trigger camera. Click the “OK” button to save the settings. The trigger cameras will record automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. Snapshot: check it and then the “Trigger Snapshot” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger camera in the window. The trigger cameras will snap automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. Push: check it and choose NO or OFF. If it is ON, the system will send messages when the sensor alarm is triggered. Alarm-out: check it and then the “Trigger Alarm-out” window will pop up automatically.

to set the camera as the trigger camera. Select trigger camera on the right side and

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Configure the trigger alarm-out in the window. The system will trigger the alarm-out automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. You need to set the delay time and the schedule of the alarm outputs. See 9.5.1 Alarm-out Preset: check it and then the “Trigger Preset” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger preset of each camera. To add presets, please see 6.2 Preset Setting Buzzer: if enabled, the system will begin to buzz when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the delay time of the buzzer, please see 9.5.4 Buzzer Pop-up V ideo: After camera setting, the system will pop up the corresponding video automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the video, please see 9.5.3 Display Pop-up Message Box: if enabled, the system will pop up the corresponding alarm message box automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the message box, please see 9.5.3 Display E-mail: if enabled, the system will send an e-mail when the sensor alarm is triggered. Before you enable the email, please configure the recipient’s e-mail address first (see Configuration for details).

for details.

11.1.5 E-mail

9.2 Motion Alarm

Motion Alarm: when the motion object appears in the specified area, it will trigger the alarm. You should enable the motion of each camera first and then set the alarm handling of the camera to complete the whole configuration of the motion alarm.

9.2.1 Motion Configuration

① Click StartSettingsCameraMotion to go to the following interface.

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② Select the camera, enable the motion and set the sensitivity and duration of the camera.

Sensitivity: the higher the value is, the more sensitive it is to motion. You should adjust the value according to the practical conditions since the sensitivity is influenced by color and time (day or night). Duration: it refers to the interval time between the adjacent motion detections. For instance, if the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as a continuous movement; otherwise it will be considered as a single motion.

③ Drag the camera image to set the motion area. You can set more than one motion area. Click “All” to set the whole camera image as the motion area. Click “Reverse” to swap the motion area and the non-motion area. Click “Clear” to clear all the motion areas. ④ Click “Apply” to save the settings. Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of the motion alarm.

9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration

① Click StartSettingsAlarmMotion Alarm to go to the following interface.

② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Ala rm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”

and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of motion alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Motion Settings” to go to the motion configuration interface.

9.3 Intelligence Alarm

9.3.1 Object Detection

Object Detection Configuration:

① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionObject Detection to go to the

for details).

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following interface. ② Select the camera, enable the object detection and set the duration and detect type. There are two detect types: Abandoned object and missing object. Abandoned object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area. Missing object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles missing in the detection area drew by the users.

③ Select the alarm area. A maximum of 4 alarm areas can be set. ④ Draw the alarm area of the object detection. Refer to the interface as shown above.

Check “Draw Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the alarm area in the image (the alarm area should be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw Area” if you finish the drawing. Click the “Clear” button to delete the alarm area.

⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of object

detection.

Object Detection Alarm Handling Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmObject Detection to go to the following interface.

② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Al arm-out ”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”

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and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of object detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm

for details).

③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Article Protect Config” to go to the object detection configuration interface.

9.3.2 Exception

Exception Configuration:

① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionException to go to the following interface.

② Select the camera and enable the relevant detection as needed.

Scene Change: Alarms will be triggered if the scene of the monitor video has changed. Video Blurred: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes blurry. Video Color Cast: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes obscured.

③ Set the sensitivity of the exception detection. ④ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑤ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of exception

detection.

Exception Alarm Handling Configuration:

① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmException to go to the interface.

② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Ala rm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”

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and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm

for details).

③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Exception Config” to go to the exception detection configuration interface.

9.3.3 Line Crossing

Line Crossing Configuration:

Alarms will be triggered if someone or something crosses the pre-defined alarm line. ① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionLine Crossing to go to the following interface.

② Select the camera, enable the line crossing detection and set the duration. ③ Select the direction.

Direction: A<->B, A->B and A<-B optional. It is the crossing direction of the intruder who crosses over the alert line. A<->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A or from A to B.

A->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from A to B. A<-B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A.

④ Draw line. Refer to the interface as shown above. Check “Draw line” and then drag the mouse in the image to draw an alert line. Uncheck the “Draw line” if you finish the drawing. Click the “Clear” button to delete the alert line.

⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of line

crossing detection.

Line Crossing Alarm Handling Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmLine Crossing to go to the following interface.

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② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “A lar m-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of line crossing alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm

for details).

③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Crossing Config” to go to the line crossing configuration interface.

9.3.4 Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Configuration:

Alarms will be triggered if someone or something intrudes into the pre-defined area. ① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionIntrusion Detection to go to the following interface.

② Select the camera, enable the intrusion detection and set the duration. ③ Select the alarm area. Up to 4 alarm areas can be set up. ④ Draw the alarm area of the intrusion detection. Refer to the interface as shown below.

⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of intrusion

detection.

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Intrusion Detection Alarm Handling Configuration:

① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmIntrusion Detection to go to the following interface.

② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Ala rm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of intrusion detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Regional Invasion Config” to go to the intrusion detection configuration interface.

for details).

9.4 Exception Alarm

9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings

① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionIPC Offline Settings to go to the interface as shown below.

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② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The IPC Offline Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm

for details).

③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

9.4.2 V ideo Loss Settings

① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionVideo Loss Settings to go to the interface as shown below.

② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The Video Loss Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm

for details).

③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

9.4.3 Exception Handling Settings

① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionException Handling Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Alarm-out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The exception handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm details).

for

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③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

9.5 Alarm Event Notification

9.5.1 Alarm-out

① Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent Notification to go to the following interface.

② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to

edit the schedules (see 7.3.1 Add Schedule ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Test” to test the alarm output.

9.5.2 E-mail

Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationE-mail to go to the e-mail configuration interface. Set the e-mail address of the recipients. See 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration

9.5.3 Display

Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationDisplay to go to the display configuration interface. Set the duration time of the pop-up video and the pop-up message box. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

for details).

for details.

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9.5.4 Buzzer

Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationBuzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer.

9.5.5 Push Message

Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationPush Message to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable” and then click the “Apply” button to save the settings. If Push Server is online, it will push messages to the mobile clients.

9.6 Manual Alarm

Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start alarm. Click “Clear” to stop alarm.

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9.7 View Alarm Status

Click StartSettingsAlarmAlarm Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to view the alarm status.

Click the “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click to view the detail information as shown below.

If the exception information is more than one page, you can input the number in the box and

then click

information in the previous/next page. Click

to jump to the specified page. Click / to view the exception alarm

to play the alarm record.

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10 Account & Permission Management

10.1 Account Management

Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below.

Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) available when adding accounts. You can manually add new permission group (see Permission Group for details). Only admin and the users that have the “Account and Authority” permission can manage the system’s accounts. Group “Administrator” owns all the permissions displayed in area ① except “Account and Authority” and its permissions cannot be changed while the permissions of “Advanced” and “Common” can be changed.

10.1.1 Add User

① Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountAdd User or click beside the search box to pop up the window as shown below.

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② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user.

10.1.2 Edit User

Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click in the

user list or double click the user to edit the user information. Click to delete the user (the user admin cannot be deleted).

 Edit Security Question

You can set password security only for admin. Click “Edit Security Question” and then set questions and answers in the popup window. If you forget the password for admin, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ

for details. The passwords of other users can be recovered by

admin or the users that have the “Account and Authority” permission.

 Modify Password

Only the password of admin can be modified. Click “Modify Password” to pop up a window. Input the current password and then set new password. Click “OK” to save the settings.

 Modify Graphical Lock

Some models may not support this function. Click “Modify Pattern Lock” to pop up a window.

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Enter current password and then check “Enable” to input pattern lock.

 Recover Password

Click “Recover Password” to reset the password to 123456.

 Edit User

Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. The admin is enabled, its permission control is closed and permission group cannot be changed by default. You can enable or disable other users (if disabled, the user will be invalid), open or close their permission control (if closed, the user will get all the permissions which admin has) and set their permission groups. Click “OK” to save the settings.

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10.2 User Login & Logout

Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click the “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown” window. Select “Logout” in the window and then click “OK” to log out the system.

10.3 Permission Management

10.3.1 Add Permission Group

Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit Permission Group to go to the interface as shown below.

Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as required and then set the “Local” and “Remote” permissions. Click “Add” to save the settings.

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10.3.2 Edit Permission Group

Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the

“Add Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Click

save the group as another group. Click to delete the permission group. The three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) cannot be deleted.

10.4 Black and White List

① Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurity to go to the following interface.

② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List (white list)” or “Enable Block List

(black list)” (the PC client of which the IP address is in the allow list can access DVR remotely while the PC client in the block list cannot). ③ Add IP/IP segment/MAC. Click “Add IP” or “Add MAC” and then check “Enable” in the

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popup window (only if you check it can the IP/IP segment/MAC you add be effective). Enter

the IP/IP segment/MAC and then click “OK”. In the above interface, click

segment/MAC, click to delete it. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

to edit IP/IP

10.5 Preview On Logout

Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurityPreview on Logout to go to the following interface. Set a camera and then enable or disable the preview permission on logout as required. If a camera’s preview permission on logout is “ON”, you can view the live image of the camera when the system is logged out, or the live image of the camera cannot be seen when logged out.

10.6 View Online User

Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityUser Status to view the online user information (you can view the online user name, login type, IP address and login time; click

to pop up a window showing the preview occupied channel number and playback

occupied channel number).

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11 Device Management

11.1 Network Configuration

11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration

Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually input the network addresses. You can modify the MTU value according to the network condition (MTU, Maximum Transmission Unit, can be modified according to network condition for higher network transmission efficiency). Click “Apply” to save the settings.

11.1.2 Port Configuration

Click StartSettingsNetworkPort to go to the interface as shown below. Input the HTTP port, HTTPS Port, server port, RTSP and POS port of the DVR, enable “Anonymous” as required and then click “Apply” to save the settings.

HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used to client remote access. If you want to access the DVR through

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a web browser, you should input IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81.

HTTPS Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 443. Server Port: the default server port of the DVR is 6036. The server port number can be

changed as required. The port is mainly used in network video management system. RTSP Port: RTSP real-time stream protocol can be used to control the sending of real-time data. By media player which supports the RTSP real-time stream protocol, you can view the live images synchronously. The default RTSP port is 554 and it can be changed as required. POS Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 9036.

Note: The HTTP port and server port of the DVR should be mapped to the router before you access

the DVR via WAN.

11.1.3 PPPoE Configuration

Click StartSettingsNetworkPPPoE to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable” in “PPPoE Settings” and then enter the username and password obtained from the dealer. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

11.1.4 DDNS Configuration

The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. You can access to the DVR easily if the DDNS is enabled and configured. Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to the interface as shown below.

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Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Input the server address, domain name, username and password according to the selected DDNS type. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

You will have to input the server address and domain name if some DDNS types are selected. Go to the relative DNS website to register domain name and then input the registered domain information here).

11.1.5 E-mail Configuration

Click StartSettingsNetworkE-mail to go to the following interface. Input the sender’s name, e-mail address, SMTP server and SMTP port (you can click “Default” to reset the SMTP port to the default value) and then enable or disable the SSL and attaching image. Select the username (the username list will be updated automatically according to the email address you input) and input the password of the sender and then click “Apply” to save the settings (you don’t have to enter the username and password if “Anonymous Login” is enabled). Click “Test” to pop up a window. Input the e-mail address of the recipient in the window and then click the “OK” button. The e-mail address of the sender will send an e-mail to the recipient. If the e-mail is sent successfully, it indicates that the e-mail address of the sender is configured correctly.

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Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface.

Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient.

You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking

column. Click

to delete the recipient in the list. Click “Apply” to save the settings. Click

in the “Schedule”

“Edit Sender” to go to the e-mail configuration interface of the sender.

11.1.6 UPnP Configuration

By UPnP you can access the DVR through the web client which is in WAN via router without port mapping.

① Click StartSettingsNetworkUPnP to go to the following interface. ② Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. ③ Set the DVR’s IP address, subnet mask and gateway and so on corresponding to the

router. ④ Check “Enable” in the interface as shown below and then click “Apply”.

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Click “Refresh” to refresh the UPnP status. If the UPnP status were still “Invalid UPnP” after refreshing it for many times, the port number would be wrong. Please change the mapping

type to “Manual” and then click UPnP”. Refer to the following picture. You can view the external IP address of the DVR. Input the external IP address plus port in the address bar to access the DVR such as http://183.17.254.19:81.

to modify the port until the UPnP status turns to “Valid

11.1.7 NAT Configuration

Click StartSettingsNetworkNAT to go to the interface for NAT configuration. Check “Enable” and then select the NAT server address (device.avyconp2P.com by default). Click “Apply” to save the settings.

You can scan the QR-Code through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the mobile client instantly.

11.1.8 FTP Configuration

Some models may not support this function. Click StartSettingsNetworkFTP to go to the interface for FTP configuration. Check “Enable” and input the server name, port, username and password, max file size and remote directory.

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11.1.9 View Network Status

Click StartSettingsNetworkNetwork Status to view the network status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to view network status conveniently.

11.2 Basic Configuration

11.2.1 Common Configuration

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to go to the following interface. Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output resolution. Enable or disable wizard, “Log In Automatically”, “Log Out Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time) “App Live Self-Adaption” and “Dwell Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time). Click “Apply” to save the settings.

Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize the device remotely.

Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera. Spot: If the DVR supports spot output, you should enable spot output. Connect the spot

output device to the DVR and then set the spot output (see 5.2.4 Spot View Dwell Automatically: Switch automatically. Check it and set “wait time”.The system will switch

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images automatically if it is not operated during the time you set.

11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicDate and T ime to go to the interface as shown below. Set the system time, date format, time format and time zone of the DVR. The default time zone is GMT+08 Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei. If the selected time zone includes DST, the DST of the time zone will be checked by default. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can manually set the system time or synchronize system time with network through NTP.

Manual: select “Manual” in the “Synchronous” option and then click Time” option to set the system time. NTP: select “NTP” in the “Synchronous” option and then input the NTP server.

after the “System

11.3 Factory Default

Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceFactory Default and then click the “Reset to factory default” button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings (check “Reset retain Network Configuration” to retain the network settings).

Note: Resetting to the factory default settings will not change time zone.

11.4 Device Software Upgrade

 Common Upgrade

You can click StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view MCU, kernel version and firmware version and so on. Before upgrade, please get the upgrade file from your dealer. The upgrade steps are as follows:

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① Copy the upgrade software (.tar) into the USB storage device. ② Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR. ③ Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceUpgrade to go to “Upgrade” interface.

Select the USB device in “Device Name” option and go to the path where the upgrade software exists. Select the upgrade software and then click “Upgrade”. The system may automatically restart during upgrading. Please wait for a while and do not power off the DVR during upgrading.

Note: The file system of the USB mobile device which is used for upgrading, backing up and restoring

should be FAT32 format.

 Flash Upgrade

The upgrade steps are as follows:

① Copy the flash upgrade files into the USB storage device. ② Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR. ③ Restart the DVR. Then the system will automatically upgrade.

 Cloud Upgrade

① Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceCloud Upgrade to go to “Cloud Upgrade” interface. ② Enable “Auto-check for updates” to check if the current version is the latest one automatically. You can also click “Check for updates” to check the version by yourself. If it is not the latest one, obtain the latest version from the cloud server and then click “Upgrade”. The system may automatically restart during upgrading. Please wait for a while and do not power off the device during upgrading.

11.5 Backup and Restore

You can back up the configuration file of the DVR by exporting the file to other storage devices; you can recover the configuration to other DVRs which are of the same model with the DVR by importing the configuration file to other DVRs for time saving.

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Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Summary

1.2 Features

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions

1.5 Connections

2 Basic Operation Guide

2.1 Startup & Shutdown

2.1.1 Startup

2.1.2 Shutdown

2.2 Remote Controller

2.3 Mouse Control

2.4 Tex t -input Instruction

2.5 Common Button Operation

3 Wizard & Main Interface

3.1 Startup Wizard

3.2 Main Interface

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

3.2.2 Setup Panel

3.2.3 Main Functions

4 Camera Management

4.1 Camera Signal

4.2 Add/Edit Camera

4.2.1 Add Camera

4.2.2 Edit Camera

4.3 IP Planning

5 Live Preview Introduction

5.1 Preview Interface Introduction

5.2 Preview Mode

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View

5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence

5.2.4 Spot View

5.3 POS Settings

5.4 Preview Image Configuration

5.4.1 OSD Settings

5.4.2 Image Settings

5.4.3 Mask Settings

5.4.4 Water Mark Settings

5.4.5 Image Adjustment

6 PTZ

6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction

6.2 Preset Setting

6.3 Cruise Setting

6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting

7 Record & Disk Management

7.1 Record Configuration

7.1.1 Mode Configuration

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration

7.2 Encode Parameters Setting

7.3 Schedule Setting

7.3.1 Add Schedule

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration

7.4 Record Mode

7.4.1 Manual Recording

7.4.2 T iming Recording

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording

7.4.5 Intelligence Recording

7.5 Disk Management

7.5.1 Storage Mode Configuration

7.5.2 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information

8 Playback & Backup

8.1 Instant Playback

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction

8.3 Smart Playback

8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup

8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image

8.4.2 Smart Search

8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time

8.4.4 Search, Playback & Backup by Event

8.4.5 Search & Playback by Tag

8.4.6 Image Management

8.4.7 View Backup Status

9 Alarm Management