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User Manual of Digital Video Recorder

Hikvision® Network Digital Video Recorder User Manual

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Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. This manual is applicable to following embedded network DVR series.

Series

Model

Type

9200HWI-ST Series

DS-9204/08/16HWI-ST

Network DVR

9100HFI-ST Series

DS-9104/08/16HFI-ST

Network DVR

9100HWI-ST Series

DS-9104/08/16HWI-ST

Network DVR

9100HFI-RT Series

DS-9104/08/16HFI-RT

Network DVR

9100HFI-XT Series

DS-9116HFI-XT

Network DVR

9000HFI-ST Series

DS-9004/08/16HFI-ST

Network HDVR

9000HWI-ST Series

DS-9004/08/16HWI-ST

Network HDVR

9000HFI-RT Series

DS-9004/08/16HFI-RT

Network HDVR

9000HFI-XT Series

DS-9016HFI-XT

Network HDVR

8100HFI-ST Series

DS-8104/08/16HFI-ST

Network DVR

8100HWI-ST Series

DS-8104/08/16HWI-ST

Network DVR

8000HFI-ST Series

DS-8004/08/16HFI-ST

Network HDVR

8000HWI-ST Series

DS-8004/08/16HWI-ST

Network HDVR

7200HWI-SV Series

DS-7208/16HWI-SV

Network DVR

This manual may contain several technically incorrect places or printing errors, and the content is subject to change without notice. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. We will readily improve or update the products or procedures described in the manual.

In order to simplify the description, we make the following conventions (unless otherwise stated): We define DS-9200HWI-ST, DS-9100HFI-ST, 9100HWI-ST, 9100HFI-RT, 9100HFI-XT, 8100HFI-ST, 8100HWI-ST, and 7200HWI-SV series as DVR, and 9000HFI-ST, 9000HWI-ST, 9000HFI-RT, 9000HFI-XT, 8000HFI-ST and 8000HWI-ST series as HDVR (Hybrid DVR) in this manual. The front panel operation is not supported by 7200HWI-SV series. The figures shown in this manual are for reference only. The appearance and interface of the device are subject to the actual model.

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Regulatory information FCC information

FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to

part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

FCC conditions

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference.

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

EU Conformity Statement

This product and - if applicable - the supplied accessories too are marked with "CE" and comply therefore with the applicable harmonized European standards listed under the Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC, the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.

2012/19/EU (WEEE directive): Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. For proper recycling, return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent new equipment, or dispose of it at designated collection points. For more information see: www.recyclethis.info.

2006/66/EC (battery directive): This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. See the product documentation for specific battery information. The battery is marked with this symbol, which may include lettering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or mercury (Hg). For proper recycling, return the battery to your supplier or to a designated collection point. For more information see: www.recyclethis.info.

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Preventive and Cautionary Tips

Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips:

• Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment.

• Unit is designed for indoor use only.

• Keep all liquids away from the device.

• Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications.

• Ensure unit is properly secured to a rack or shelf. Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it

may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit.

• Use the device in conjunction with an UPS if possible.

• Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals.

• A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device.

• Improper use or replacement of the battery may result in hazard of explosion. Replace with the same or

equivalent type only. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions provided by the battery manufacturer.

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Product Key Features

General

 Connectable to the network cameras, network dome and encoders (this feature is supported by

HDVR series).

 Connectable to the third-party network cameras like ACTI, Arecont, AXIS, Brickcom, Bosch,

Canon, PANASONIC, Pelco, SAMSUNG, SANYO, SONY, Vivotek and ZAVIO (this feature is supported by HDVR series).

 Connectable to the third-party network cameras that support ONVIF or PSIA protocol (this feature

is supported by HDVR series).

 Connectable to Hikvision smart IP cameras.  PAL/NTSC adaptive video inputs.  H.264 video compression with high reliability and superior definition.  Each channel supports dual-stream.  Up to 32 network cameras can be added (this feature is supported by HDVR series).  Independent configuration for each channel, including resolution, frame rate, bitrate, image quality,

etc.

 The quality of the input and output video is configurable.  Each channel supports two kinds of compression parameters, the normal continuous and event.

Sub-stream can be configured locally.

 Encoding for both audio/video composite stream and video stream; audio and video

synchronization during composite stream encoding.

 Support CABAC (this feature is supported by analog cameras only).  Watermark technology.  Defog technology providing correct and natural image (this feature is only supported by DS-9200

series DVR).

Local Monitoring

 Simultaneous HDMI, VGA and CVBS outputs.  HDMI output and VGA output at up to 1920×1080P resolution.  Multi-screen display in live view is supported, and the display sequence of screens is adjustable.  Live view screen can be switched in group, and manual switch and automatic cycle review is also

provided, the interval of automatic cycle can be adjusted.

 Quick setting menu is provided for live view.  The selected live view channel can be shielded.  Motion detection, video tampering detection, video exception alarm and video loss alarm

functions.

 VCA alarm function (this feature is only supported by HDVR series)  Privacy mask.  Several PTZ protocols supported; PTZ preset, patrol and pattern.  Zooming in by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging mouse.

HDD Management

 For DS-9100/9000HFI-XT series, up to 16 SATA hard disks and 2 eSATA disks can be connected;

for DS-7200HWI-SV series, up to 2 SATA hard disks can be connected; and for other models, up to 8 SATA hard disks and 1 eSATA disk can be connected, each disk with a maximum of 4TB

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storage capacity.

 8 network disks (8 NAS disks, or 7 NAS disks+1 IP SAN disk) can be connected.  Support eSATA disk for recording or backup.  Hot-swappable HDD supporting RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID10 storage schemes. And 8

virtual disks can be configurable (this feature is supported by DS-9100/9000HFI-RT series only).

 HDD hot swap function (the feature is supported by DS-9100/9000HFI-RT series only).  HDD group management.  Support HDD standby function.  HDD property: redundancy, read-only, read/write (R/W).  HDD quota management; different capacity can be assigned to different channel.  HDD frame-extracting management to extend the record time (this feature is supported by DVR

series).

 Support S.M.A.R.T. and bad sector detection (this feature is not supported by

DS-9100/9000HFI-RT series).

 Disk clone function (this feature is not supported by 9100HFI-RT/9000HFI-RT/7200HWI-SV

series)

Recording, Capture and Playback

 Provide new playback interface with easy and flexible operation.  Holiday recording schedule configuration.  Normal and event video encoding parameters.  Multiple recording types: manual, normal, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm, VCA.  8 recording time periods with separated recording types.  Pre-record and post-record for alarm, motion detection recording, and pre-record time for schedule

and manual recording.

 Searching record files and captured pictures by events (alarm input/motion detection/VCA).  Customization of tags, searching and playing back by tags.  Locking and unlocking record files.  Local redundant recording and capture.  Searching and playing back record files by camera No., recording type, start time, end time, etc.  Smart search for the selected area in the video.  Smart playback to go through less effective information;  Zooming in when playback.  Reverse playback for multi-channel.  Supports pause, fast forward, slow forward, skip forward, and skip backward when playback,

locating by dragging the mouse.

 For DS-9200/9100/9000/8100HWI-ST & DS-7200HWI-SV, up to 16-ch synchronous playback at

WD1 real time; for other models, up to 16-ch synchronous playback at 4CIF real time.

 Manual capture, continuous capture of video images and playback of captured pictures.

Backup

 Export video data by USB, SATA or eSATA device.  Export video clips when playback.  Management and maintenance of backup devices.  Support NTFS and FAT32 formatted backup devices.

Alarm and Exception

 Configurable arming time of alarm input/output.  Alarm for video loss, motion detection, tampering, abnormal signal, video input/output standard

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mismatch, illegal login, network disconnected, IP confliction, abnormal record/capture, HDD error, and HDD full, etc.

 Alarm triggers full screen monitoring, audio alarm, notifying surveillance center, sending email

and alarm output.

 Automatic restore when system is abnormal.

Other Local Functions

 Users can operate by front panel, mouse, remote control, and control keyboard.  Three-level user management; admin user is allowed to create many operating accounts and define

their operating permission, which includes the limit to access any camera.

 Operation, alarm, exceptions and log recording and searching.  Manually triggering and clearing alarms.  Importing and exporting of device configuration file.  Manual video quality diagnostics for analog channels.  Either normal or hot spare working mode is configurable to constitute an N+1 hot spare system

(this function is supported by HDVR series only).

Network Functions

 2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces, and three working modes are configurable:

multi-address, load balance and network fault tolerance.

 IPv6 is supported.  TCP/IP protocol, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP, SNMP, NFS, and iSCSI are

supported.

 TCP, UDP and RTP for unicast.  Auto/Manual port mapping and automatically discovered by NAT.  Remote web browser access by HTTPS ensures high security.  Remote reverse playback by RTSP.  Support accessing by the platform by ONVIF.  Remote search, playback, download, locking and unlocking the record files, and downloading files

broken transfer resume.

 Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters.  Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status.  Remote keyboard operation.  Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse.  Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading.  Remote system restart.  RS-232, RS-485 transparent channel transmission.  Alarm and exception information can be sent to the remote host  Remotely start/stop recording.  Remotely start/stop alarm output.  Captured pictures can be sent to the FTP server which supports FTP and SFTP protocol, and two

FTP servers can be configured (this feature is supported by DVR series).

 Upgraded by remote FTP server is supported.  Remote PTZ control.  Remote JPEG capture.  Two-way voice talk and voice broadcasting.  Embedded WEB server.

Development Scalability:

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 SDK for Windows and Linux system.  Source code of application software for demo.  Development support and training for application system.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Product Key Features ....................................................................................................................... 5

Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 14

1.1 Front Panel ........................................................................................................................ 15

1.2 IR Remote Control Operations........................................................................................... 19

1.3 USB Mouse Operation ....................................................................................................... 22

1.4 Input Method Description .................................................................................................. 23

1.5 Rear Panel ......................................................................................................................... 24

1.6 Starting Up and Shutting Down the Device ....................................................................... 27

Chapter 2 Getting Started ............................................................................................................. 29

2.1 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration ......................................................................... 30

2.2 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras ............................................................................ 34

2.2.1 Adding the IP Cameras.............................................................................................. 34

2.2.2 Configuring the Connected IP Cameras .................................................................... 38

Chapter 3 Live View ...................................................................................................................... 41

3.1 Introduction of Live View ................................................................................................... 42

3.2 Operations in Live View Mode ........................................................................................... 43

3.2.1 Front Panel Operation ............................................................................................... 43

3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View .................................................................................. 44

3.2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor ...................................................................................... 45

3.2.4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode ............................................................... 46

3.3 Adjusting Live View Settings .............................................................................................. 50

3.4 Channel-zero Encoding...................................................................................................... 52

3.5 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics .................................................................................... 53

3.6 User Logout ....................................................................................................................... 54

Chapter 4 PTZ Control ................................................................................................................. 55

4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings .................................................................................................. 56

4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns ............................................................................ 57

4.2.1 Customizing Presets .................................................................................................. 57

4.2.2 Calling Presets ........................................................................................................... 58

4.2.3 Customizing Patrols .................................................................................................. 59

4.2.4 Calling Patrols ........................................................................................................... 60

4.2.5 Customizing Patterns ................................................................................................ 61

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4.2.6 Calling Patterns ......................................................................................................... 62

4.3 PTZ Control Panel ............................................................................................................. 63

Chapter 5 Record and Capture Settings ...................................................................................... 65

5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters .................................................................................... 66

5.2 Configuring Record/Capture Schedule .............................................................................. 70

5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recording and Capture ..................................................... 74

5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording and Capture ...................................................... 76

5.5 Configuring Manual Recording and Continuous Capture ................................................. 79

5.6 Configuring Holiday Recording and Capture .................................................................... 81

5.7 Configuring Redundant Recording and Capture ............................................................... 83

5.8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture ....................................................... 85

5.9 Files Protection .................................................................................................................. 87

5.9.1 Locking the Record Files .......................................................................................... 87

5.9.2 Setting HDD property to Read-only .......................................................................... 89

Chapter 6 Playback ................................ ................................ ....................................................... 91

6.1 Playing Back Record Files ................................................................................................. 92

6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel .......................................................................................... 92

6.1.2 Playing Back by Time ............................................................................................... 94

6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search .................................................................................. 96

6.1.4 Playing Back by Tag ............................................................................................... 100

6.1.5 Smart Playback........................................................................................................ 104

6.1.6 Playing Back by Searching System Log ................................................................. 106

6.1.7 Playing Back External Files .................................................................................... 107

6.1.8 Playing Back Frame Extracting Record .................................................................. 108

6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback ....................................................................................... 110

6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame ................................................................................ 110

6.2.2 Smart Search ........................................................................................................... 110

6.2.3 Digital Zoom ........................................................................................................... 112

6.2.4 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel ........................................................................ 112

6.3 Picture Playback ............................................................................................................... 114

Chapter 7 Backup ................................................................ ......................................................... 116

7.1 Backing up Record Files ................................................................................................... 117

7.1.1 Quick Export ........................................................................................................... 117

7.1.2 Backing up by Normal Video Search ...................................................................... 118

7.1.3 Backing up by Event Search ................................................................................... 121

7.1.4 Backing up Video Clips ........................................................................................... 123

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7.2 Backing up Pictures ......................................................................................................... 126

7.3 Managing Backup Devices .............................................................................................. 129

7.4 Hot Spare Backup ............................................................................................................ 131

7.4.1 Setting the Hot Spare Device .................................................................................. 131

7.4.2 Setting the Working Device .................................................................................... 132

7.4.3 Hot Spare Management ........................................................................................... 133

Chapter 8 Alarm Settings............................................................................................................ 135

8.1 Setting Motion Detection ................................................................................................. 136

8.2 Setting Sensor Alarm........................................................................................................ 139

8.3 Setting VCA Alarm ........................................................................................................... 142

8.4 Detecting Video Loss ........................................................................................................ 144

8.5 Detecting Video Tampering .............................................................................................. 146

8.6 Handling Exceptions ........................................................................................................ 148

8.7 Setting Alarm Linkage Actions ......................................................................................... 150

8.8 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually.............................................................. 153

Chapter 9 Network Settings ........................................................................................................ 154

9.1 Configuring General Settings .......................................................................................... 155

9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings ........................................................................................ 158

9.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings ................................................................................... 158

9.2.2 Configuring DDNS Settings.................................................................................... 158

9.2.3 Configuring NTP Server Settings ............................................................................ 162

9.2.4 Configuring FTP Server Settings ............................................................................ 163

9.2.5 Configuring SNMP Settings .................................................................................... 164

9.2.6 Configuring NAT Settings ....................................................................................... 165

9.2.7 Configuring Remote Alarm Host Settings ............................................................... 167

9.2.8 Configuring Multicast Settings ............................................................................... 168

9.2.9 Configuring RTSP Settings ..................................................................................... 169

9.2.10 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports Settings ......................................................... 169

9.2.11 Configuring HTTPS Settings .................................................................................. 170

9.2.12 Configuring High-speed Download Settings........................................................... 171

9.2.13 Configuring Email Settings ..................................................................................... 172

9.2.14 Virtual Host Settings ............................................................................................... 174

9.2.15 Telnet Settings ......................................................................................................... 175

9.3 Checking Network Traffic ................................................................................................ 176

9.4 Network Detection ........................................................................................................... 177

9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss ................................................................. 177

9.4.2 Exporting Network Packet ...................................................................................... 178

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9.4.3 Checking Network Status ........................................................................................ 179

9.4.4 Checking Network Statistics ................................................................................... 180

Chapter 10 RAID Configuration .............................................................................................. 181

10.1 Configuring Array and Virtual Disk................................................................................. 182

10.1.1 One-touch Configuration......................................................................................... 183

10.1.2 Manually Creating Array and Virtual Disk.............................................................. 184

10.2 Rebuilding Array .............................................................................................................. 189

10.2.1 Automatically Rebuilding Array ............................................................................. 189

10.2.2 Manually Rebuilding Array ..................................................................................... 190

10.3 Repairing Virtual Disk ..................................................................................................... 191

10.4 Deleting Array / Virtual Disk ........................................................................................... 192

10.4.1 Deleting the Virtual Disk ......................................................................................... 192

10.4.2 Deleting the Array ................................................................................................... 192

10.5 Upgrading Firmware ....................................................................................................... 194

Chapter 11 HDD Management ................................................................................................. 196

11.1 Initializing HDDs ............................................................................................................. 197

11.2 Managing Network HDD ................................................................................................. 199

11.3 Managing eSATA.............................................................................................................. 202

11.4 Managing HDD Group .................................................................................................... 203

11.4.1 Setting HDD Groups ............................................................................................... 203

11.4.2 Setting HDD Property ............................................................................................. 204

11.5 Configuring Quota Mode ................................................................................................. 206

11.6 Configuring Frame Extracting Mode .............................................................................. 208

11.7 Configuring Disk Clone ................................................................................................... 210

11.8 Checking HDD Status ...................................................................................................... 212

11.9 Checking S.M.A.R.T. Information .................................................................................... 213

11.10 Detecting Bad Sector ................................................................................................... 214

11.11 Configuring HDD Error Alarms .................................................................................. 215

Chapter 12 Camera Settings ..................................................................................................... 216

12.1 Configuring OSD Settings................................................................................................ 217

12.2 Configuring Privacy Mask ............................................................................................... 219

12.3 Configuring Video Parameters ........................................................................................ 220

Chapter 13 Device Management and Maintenance ................................................................ 222

13.1 Viewing System Information............................................................................................. 223

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13.1.1 Viewing Device Information ................................................................................... 223

13.1.2 Viewing Camera Information .................................................................................. 223

13.1.3 Viewing Record Information ................................................................................... 224

13.1.4 Viewing Alarm Information .................................................................................... 225

13.1.5 Viewing Network Information ................................................................................ 225

13.1.6 Viewing HDD Information ...................................................................................... 226

13.2 Searching & Exporting Log Files .................................................................................... 227

13.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files ........................................................................ 230

13.4 Upgrading System ............................................................................................................ 231

13.4.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device ....................................................................... 231

13.4.2 Upgrading by FTP ................................................................................................... 231

13.5 Restoring Default Settings ............................................................................................... 232

Chapter 14 Others ..................................................................................................................... 233

14.1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port ....................................................................................... 234

14.2 Configuring General Settings .......................................................................................... 235

14.3 Configuring DST Settings ................................................................................................ 237

14.4 Configuring More Settings ............................................................................................... 238

14.5 Managing User Accounts ................................................................................................. 239

14.5.1 Adding a User ......................................................................................................... 239

14.5.2 Deleting a User ........................................................................................................ 241

14.5.3 Editing a User .......................................................................................................... 242

14.5.4 Changing Password of Admin ................................................................................. 243

14.6 Logging out / Shutting down / Rebooting Device ............................................................. 245

Chapter 15 Appendix ................................................................................................................ 246

Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... 247

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................ 248

Summary of Changes .................................................................................................................... 253

List of Compatible IP Cameras .................................................................................................... 254

List of Hikvision IP Cameras ................................................................................................... 254

List of Third-party IP Cameras ................................................................................................. 260

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Chapter 1 Introduction

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1.1 Front Panel

The front panels of the devices are shown in Figure 1.1.

DS-9100/9000HFI-ST & DS-9100/9000HFI-RT & DS-9200HWI-ST

DS-9100/9000HWI-ST

DS-9100/9000HFI-XT

DS-8100/8000HFI-ST & DS-8100/8000HWI-ST

Figure 1. 1 Front Panel (1)

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Table 1. 1 Description of Control Panel Buttons (1)

No.

Name

Function Description

ALARM

Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.

READY

Ready indicator is normally blue, indicating that the device is functioning properly.

STATUS

Status indicator turns blue when device is controlled by an IR remote (if the device ID# is 255, the indicator is off when the device is controlled by an IR remote).

Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time.

HDD

HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.

MODEM (Not supported

by 9100/9000HFI-XT)

Reserved for future usage.

TX/RX

TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly.

GUARD

Guard indicator turns blue when the device is in armed status; at this time, an alarm is enabled when an event is detected.

The indicator turns off when the device is unarmed. The arm/disarm status can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds in live view mode.

IR Receiver

Receiver for IR remote

Front Panel Lock

(for DS-9200/9100/9000

series)

You can lock or unlock the panel by the key.

DVD-R/W

Slot for DVD-R/W. (Optional for DS-9100/9000HFI-RT)

Alphanumeric Buttons

Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode.

Input numbers and characters in Edit mode.

Switch channels in Playback mode.

The light of the button is blue when the corresponding channel is recording; it is red when the channel is in network transmission status; it is pink when the channel is recording and transmitting.

USB Interfaces

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

ESC

Back to the previous menu.

Press for arming/disarming the device in Live View mode.

REC/SHOT

Enter the Manual Record setting menu.

In PTZ control settings, press the button and then you can call a PTZ preset by pressing Numeric button.

It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback mode.

PLAY/AUTO

The button is used to enter the Playback mode.

It is also used to auto scan in the PTZ Control menu.

ZOOM+

Zoom in the PTZ camera in the PTZ Control setting.

A/FOCUS+

Adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu.

It is also used to switch input methods (upper and lowercase alphabet, symbols and numeric input).

EDIT/IRIS+

Edit text fields. When editing text fields, it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in front of the cursor.

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On checkbox fields, pressing the button will tick the checkbox.

In PTZ Control mode, the button adjusts the iris of the camera.

In Playback mode, it can be used to generate video clips for backup.

Enter/exit the folder of USB device and eSATA HDD.

MAIN/SPOT/ZOOM-

Switch main and spot output.

In PTZ Control mode, it can be used to zoom out the image.

F1/ LIGHT

Select all items on the list when used in a list field.

In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light (if applicable).

In Playback mode, it is used to switch play and reverse play.

F2/ AUX

Cycle through tab pages.

In synchronous playback mode, it is used to switch channels.

MENU/WIPER

Press the button will help you return to the Main menu (after successful login).

Press and hold the button for 5 seconds will turn off audible key beep.

In PTZ Control mode, the MENU/WIPER button will start wiper (if applicable).

In Playback mode, it is used to show/hide the control toolbar.

PREV/FOCUS-

Switch single screen and multi-screen mode.

In PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button.

PTZ/IRIS-

Enter the PTZ Control mode.

In the PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the iris of the PTZ camera.

DIRECTION

The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus.

In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video. The Left and Right button will select the next and previous record files.

In Live View mode, these buttons can be used to cycle through channels.

In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera.

ENTER

The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes.

It can also be used to tick checkbox fields.

In Playback mode, it can be used to play or pause the video.

In single-frame Playback mode, pressing the button will advance the video by a single frame.

In Auto-switch mode, it can be used to stop /start auto switch.

JOG SHUTTLE Control

Move the active selection in a menu. It will move the selection up and down.

In Live View mode, it can be used to cycle through different channels.

In the Playback mode: For DS-9200/9100/9000 series, the ring is used to jump 30s forward/backward in video files. For DS-8100/8000 series, the outer ring is used to speed up or slow down the record files and the inner ring is used to jump 30s forward/backward in records files.

In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera.

POWER ON/OFF

Power on/off switch.

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If GUARD indicator is blue (default), all the alarm event and exception settings are valid. Otherwise, alarm event and exception settings are invalid, but normal recording is still available.

It is important to note that you must press the EDIT button on either the remote or front panel on a text field

before you’re able to edit its content. After you’re done entering text, you must hit the ENTER button to be able

to move on to the next field.

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Figure 1. 2 Front Panel (2)

Table 1. 2 Description of Control Panel Buttons (2)

No.

Name

Function Description

POWER

POWER indicator turns green when DVR is powered up.

STATUS

STATUS indicator lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD.

Tx/Rx

Tx/Rx indictor blinks green when network connection is functioning properly.

IR Receiver

Receiver for IR remote.

USB Interface

Connects USB mouse or USB flash memory devices.

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1.2 IR Remote Control Operations

The device may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1.3.

Batteries (2×AAA) must be installed before operation.

Figure 1. 3 Remote Control

The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones on the front panel. See Table 1.3.

Table 1. 3 Description of the IR Remote Control Buttons

No.

Name

Description 1 POWER

Power on/off the device.

DEV

Enables/Disables Remote Control.

Alphanumeric Buttons:

Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode.

Input numbers and characters in Edit mode.

Switch channels in Playback mode.

EDIT Button

Edit text fields. When editing text fields, it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in front of the cursor.

On checkbox fields, pressing the button will tick the checkbox.

In PTZ Control mode, the button adjusts the iris of the camera.

In Playback mode, it can be used to generate video clips for backup.

Enter/exit the folder of USB device and eSATA HDD.

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A Button

Adjust focus in the PTZ Control menu.

It is also used to switch input methods (upper and lowercase alphabet, symbols and numeric input).

REC Button

Enter the Manual Record setting menu.

In PTZ control settings, press the button and then you can call a PTZ preset by pressing Numeric button.

It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback mode.

PLAY Button

The button is used to enter the Playback mode.

It is also used to auto scan in the PTZ Control menu.

INFO Button

Reserved for future usage.

VOIP/MON Button

Switch main and spot output.

In PTZ Control mode, it can be used to zoom out the image.

MENU Button

Press the button will help you return to the Main menu (after successful login).

Press and hold the button for 5 seconds will turn off audible key beep.

In PTZ Control mode, the MENU/WIPER button will start wiper (if applicable).

In Playback mode, it is used to show/hide the control toolbar.

PREV Button

Switch single screen and multi-screen mode.

In PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button.

DIRECTION/ENTER

Buttons

The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus.

In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video. The Left and Right button will select the next and previous record files.

In Live View mode, these buttons can be used to cycle through channels.

In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera.

The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu modes.

It can also be used to tick checkbox fields.

In Playback mode, it can be used to play or pause the video.

In single-frame Playback mode, pressing the button will advance the video by a single frame.

In Auto-switch mode, it can be used to stop /start auto switch.

PTZ Button

Enter the PTZ Control mode.

In the PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the iris of the PTZ camera.

ESC Button

Back to the previous menu.

Press for arming/disarming the device in Live View mode.

RESERVED

Reserved for future usage.

F1 Button

Select all items on the list when used in a list field.

In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light (if applicable).

In Playback mode, it is used to switch play and reverse play.

PTZ Control Buttons

Buttons to adjust the iris, focus and zoom of a PTZ camera.

F2 Button

Cycle through tab pages.

In synchronous playback mode, it is used to switch channels.

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Make sure you have installed batteries properly in the remote control. And you have to aim the remote control at the IR receiver in the front panel.

If there is no response after you press any button on the remote, follow the procedure below to troubleshoot.

Steps:

1. Go to Menu > Settings > General > More Settings by operating the front control panel or the mouse.

2. Check and remember device ID#. The default ID# is 255. This ID# is valid for all the IR remote controls.

3. Press the DEV button on the remote control.

4. Enter the device ID# in step 2.

5. Press the ENTER button on the remote.

If the Status indicator on the front panel turns blue, the remote control is operating properly. If the Status indicator does not turn blue and there is still no response from the remote, please check the following:

When the device ID# is 255, the Status indicator is off when device is controlled by an IR remote control.

1. Batteries are installed correctly and the polarities of the batteries are not reversed.

2. Batteries are fresh and not out of charge.

3. IR receiver is not obstructed.

If the remote still can’t function properly, please change a remote and try again, or contact the device provider.

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1.3 USB Mouse Operation

A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this device. To use a USB mouse:

1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the device.

2. The mouse should automatically be detected. If in a rare case that the mouse is not detected, the possible

reason may be that the two devices are not compatible, please refer to the recommended device list from your provider.

The operation of the mouse:

Table 1. 4 Description of the Mouse Control

Name

Action

Description

Left-Click

Single-Click

Live view: Select channel and show the quick set menu. Menu: Select and enter.

Double-Click

Live view: Switch single-screen and multi-screen.

Click and Drag

PTZ control: pan, tilt and zoom. Tamper-proof, privacy mask and motion detection: Select target area. Digital zoom-in: Drag and select target area. Live view: Drag channel/time bar.

Right-Click

Single-Click

Live view: Show menu. Menu: Exit current menu to upper level menu.

Scroll-Wheel

Scrolling up

Live view: Previous screen. Right-click Menu: Previous item.

Scrolling down

Live view: Next screen. Right-click Menu: Next item.

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1.4 Input Method Description

Figure 1. 4 Soft Keyboard (1)

Figure 1. 5 Soft Keyboard (2)

Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard:

Table 1. 5 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons

Icon

Description

Icon

Description

…

Number

…

English letter

Lowercase/Uppercase

Backspace

Switch the keyboard

Space

Positioning the cursor

Exit

Symbols

Reserved

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1.5 Rear Panel

DS-9100/9000HFI-ST

DS-9200/9100/9000HWI-ST & DS-9100/9000HFI-RT

DS-9100/9000HFI-XT

DS-8100/8000HFI-ST

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Figure 1. 6 Rear Panel (1)

Table 1. 6 Description of Rear Panel (1)

No.

Item

Description

VIDEO IN

BNC connector for analog video input.

LOOP OUT (for DS-9100/9000HFI-ST/RT/XT & 9200/9100/9000HWI-ST series)

BNC connector for video loop output.

VIDEO SPOT OUT

BNC connector for video output.

VIDEO OUT

BNC connector for video output.

AUDIO OUT

RCA (for DS-9200/9100/9000 series) / BNC (for DS-8100/8000 series) connector for audio output. This connector is synchronized with VIDEO OUT.

LINE IN

RCA (for DS-9200/9100/9000 series) / BNC (for DS-8100/8000 series) connector for two-way audio.

AUDIO IN

RCA (for DS-9200/9100/9000 series) / BNC (for DS-8100/8000 series) connector for audio input.

AUDIO IN (for DS-9100/9000HFI-ST/RT/XT & 9200/9100/9000HWI-ST series)

DB26 connector for audio input.

RS-232 Interface

Connector for RS-232 devices.

VGA

DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu.

HDMI

HDMI video output connector.

eSATA

Connects external SATA HDD, DVD-R/W.

LAN Interface

Network interface.

Termination Switch

RS-485 termination switch. Up position is not terminated. Down position is terminated with 120Ω resistance.

RS-485 Interface

Connector for RS-485 devices. T+ and T- pin connects to R+ and Rpin of PTZ receiver respectively.

Controller Port

D+, D- pin connects to Ta, Tb pin of controller. For cascading devices, the first DVR’s D+, D- pin should be connected with the D+, D- pin of the next DVR.

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ALARM IN

Connector for alarm input.

ALARM OUT

Connector for alarm output.

GND

Ground (needs to be connected when DVR starts up).

AC 100V ~ 240V

AC 100V ~ 240V power supply.

POWER

Switch for turning on/off the device.

USB

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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Figure 1. 7 Rear Panel (2)

Table 1. 7 Description of Rear Panel (2)

No.

Item

Description

VIDEO IN

BNC connector for analog video input.

VIDEO OUT

BNC connector for video output.

AUDIO IN

RCA connector for audio input.

USB Interface

Connects USB mouse or USB flash memory devices.

HDMI

HDMI video output.

VGA

DB15 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu.

AUDIO OUT

RCA connector for audio output.

LAN Interface

Network interface.

RS-485 Interface

Connector for RS-485 devices. Connect the D+ and D- terminals to R+ and R- of PTZ receiver respectively.

12V

12 VDC power supply.

POWER

Switch for turning on/off the device.

GND

Ground (needs to be connected when DVR starts up).

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1.6 Starting Up and Shutting Down the Device

Purpose:

Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the device.

Before you start:

Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the device’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.

Starting up the device:

Steps (for 7200 series):

1. Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device.

2. Press the POWER button on the rear panel. The Power indicator LED should turn green indicating that the

device begins to start up.

3. After startup, the Power indicator LED is solid green. A splash screen with the status of the HDD appears

on the monitor. The row of icons at the bottom of the screen shows the HDD status. ‘X’ means that the

HDD is not installed or cannot be detected.

Steps (for other series):

1. Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device.

2. Turn on the Power Switch on the rear panel and press the POWER button on the front panel. The Power

indicator LED should turn blue indicating that the device begins to start up.

3. After startup, the Power indicator LED is solid blue. A splash screen with the status of the HDD appears

on the monitor. The row of icons at the bottom of the screen shows the HDD status. ‘X’ means that the HDD is not installed or cannot be detected.

Shutting down the device:

Steps:

There are two proper ways to shut down the device.

• Task 1: Standard shutdown

1. Enter the Shutdown menu.

Menu > Shutdown

Figure 1. 8 Shutdown Menu

2. Click the Shutdown button.

3. Click the Yes button.

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• Take 2: By operating the front panel (not available for 7200 series)

1. Press and hold the POWER button on the front panel for 3 seconds.

2. Enter the administrator’s username and password in the dialog box for authentication.

3. Click the Yes button.

 Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down.  If you disable the ID Authentication in General Settings interface (Chapter 14.2), the dialog box for

authentication does not pop up.

Rebooting the device

In the Shutdown menu (Figure 1.7), you can also reboot the device.

Steps:

1. Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown.

2. Click the Logout button to logout the device or the Reboot button to reboot the device.

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Chapter 2 Getting Started

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2.1 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration

By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded.

Figure 2. 1 Start Wizard Interface

Operating the Setup Wizard:

1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the

Start Wizard at that moment, click Exit. You can also choose to use the Start Wizard next time by leaving the “Start wizard when device starts?” checkbox checked.

2. Click Next on the Wizard window to enter the Login window.

Figure 2. 2 Login Window

3. Enter the admin password. By default, the password is 12345.

4. Optionally, to change the admin password, check the New Admin Password checkbox. Enter the new

password and confirm the password in the given fields.

5. Click Next to enter the date and time settings window.

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Figure 2. 3 Date and Time Settings

6. After the time settings, click Next which takes you to the Network Start Wizard window.

Dual NIC is not supported by DS-7200HWI-SV series.

DS-9100/9000HFI-ST/RT/XT & DS-9200/9100/9000HWI-ST & DS-8100/8000HFI (HWI)-ST

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Figure 2. 4 Network Configuration

7. Click Next after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the Array Management

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window (supported by DS-9100/9000HFI-RT series only).

Figure 2. 5 Array Management

8. After configuring array settings, click Next to enter the HDD Management window.

Figure 2. 6 HDD Management

9. To initialize the HDD, click Init. Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD.

10. Click Next to enter the IP Camera Management window (only supported by HDVR series).

Figure 2. 7 IP Camera Management

11. Click Search to search IP Camera. Click Add to add IP Camera (only supported by HDVR series).

12. After finishing IP Camera settings, click Next to enter the Record Settings window.

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Click the icon , and you can enable the continuous recording or motion Detection recording for all channels of the device.

Figure 2. 8 Record Settings

13. Click OK to complete the wizard settings.

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2.2 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras

This Chapter is available for HDVR series only.

2.2.1 Adding the IP Cameras

Purpose:

HDVR can connect the network cameras and record the video got from them. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.

Before you start:

Ensure the network connection is valid and correct. For detailed checking and configuring of the network, please see Chapter 9.1 Configuring General Settings, Chapter 9.3 Checking Network Traffic and Chapter 9.4

Network Detection.

Steps:

1. Enter the Camera Management interface.

Menu > Camera> Camera

Figure 2. 9 Main Menu

In Analog Camera Management interface, the status of analog cameras is displayed. Clear the checkboxes, and you can disable the corresponding analog cameras. One more network camera can be added by disabling one analog camera. 16 /8 /4 network cameras can be added to DS-9016&8016 HFI-ST&9016HFI-RT&9016HFI-XT&9016HWI-ST/9008&8008HFI-ST&9008HFI-RT&9008HWI-ST/9 004&8004HFI-ST&DS-9004HFI-RT&9004HWI-ST series at most when all the analog cameras are enabled. 32 /16 /8 network cameras can be added to DS-9016&8016 HFI-ST&9016HFI-RT&9016HFI-XT&9016HWI-ST/9008&8008HFI-ST&9008HFI-RT&9008HWI-ST/9

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004&8004HFI-ST&DS-9004HFI-RT&9004HWI-ST series at most when all the analog cameras are disabled.

Figure 2. 10 Analog Camera Management

2. To add the online cameras:

1) Select the IP Camera tab, and the online cameras in the same network segment with the device will

be displayed on the list. You can click the button Refresh to refresh the information of the online cameras.

Figure 2. 11 IP Camera Management

2) Click the icon on the list, and the corresponding camera will be added automatically;

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Or click the button Add All to add all the online cameras automatically. The user name and password are admin and 12345 by default.

3) Optionally, you can click the button Custom Adding to enter the Custom Adding interface.

Figure 2. 12 Custom Adding

Input the required information, including the IP address, protocol, management port, user name and admin password, and then click the button Add to add the camera manually.

The cameras added and not added are differently color coded. When adding encoding device with multiple channels, check the checkbox in the pop-up window to

select the channels to be added and click OK.

Figure 2. 13 Selecting Multiple Channels

3. Import/Export the configuration file of the IP cameras.

Import the configuration file of IP cameras to the device:

Connect the backup device on which the configuration file is stored to the device.

1) Click the IP Camera Import/Export tab.

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Figure 2. 14 Import IP Camera Configuration File

2) Select the backup device from the drop-down list and you can click the Refresh button to get the

latest information of the backup device.

3) Select the configuration file of IP camera from the list.

4) Click the Import button to import the IP cameras to the device.

5) Click OK on the pop-up message box after the importing process is complete. The imported IP

cameras will be displayed on the IP Camera Management interface.

Figure 2. 15 Attention-Importing Succeeded

Export the configuration file of IP cameras to backup device:

Connect the backup device on which the configuration file is stored to the device.

1) Click the IP Camera Import/Export tab.

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Figure 2. 16 Export IP Camera Configuration File

2) Select the backup device from the drop-down list and you can click the Refresh button to get the

latest information of the backup device.

3) Click the Export button to export the configuration file of IP cameras to the backup device.

4) Click OK on the pop-up message box after the exporting process is complete. The configuration file

of IP cameras will be displayed on a list.

Figure 2. 17 Attention-Exporting Succeeded

2.2.2 Configuring the Connected IP Cameras

Editing the connected IP cameras

Purpose:

The detailed information of the added IP cameras will be displayed on a list, and you can configure the basic setting of the cameras if needed.

Steps:

1. Click the icon on the camera list to enter the Edit IP Camera interface.

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Figure 2. 18 Edit IP Camera

2. Edit the camera information, such as the IP address, protocol, port, etc.

3. Click the button OK to save the new settings.

4. To delete the added camera, click the icon ;

Or check the corresponding checkbox and click the button Delete.

Description of the icons:

Add the online IP camera automatically.

Edit the basic parameters of the added IP camera.

Delete the added IP camera.

Get the live view of the added IP camera.

Upgrade the added IP camera.

Configuring the custom protocols

Purpose:

Custom protocols can be set for the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols.

Steps:

1. Click the button Protocol on the Custom Adding interface to open the Protocol Management page.

Figure 2. 19 Protocol Management Interface

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2. There are 16 custom protocols provided in the system. Select a custom protocol from the drop-down list,

and configure its corresponding parameters.

Before customizing the protocol for the network camera, you have to contact the manufacturer of the network camera to consult the URL (uniform resource locator) for getting main stream and sub-stream. The format of the URL is: [Type]://[IP Address of the network camera]:[Port]/[Path]. Example: rtsp://192.168.1.55:554/ch1/main/av_stream.

• Protocol Name: Edit the name for the custom protocol.

• Enable Sub-stream: If the network camera does not support sub-stream or the sub-stream is not

needed, leave the checkbox empty.

• Type: The network camera adopting custom protocol must support getting stream through standard

RTSP.

• Transfer Protocol: Select the transfer protocol for the custom protocol.

• Port: Set the port No. for the custom protocol.

• Path: Set the resource path for the custom protocol. E.g., ch1/main/av_stream.

3. Click Apply to save the settings and click OK exit.

After added successfully, the custom protocol will be displayed in the drop-down list of protocol on the Custom Adding interface.

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3.1 Introduction of Live View

Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The device automatically enters Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus right-clicking the mouse repeatedly (depending on which menu you’re on) brings you to the Live View mode.

Live View Icons

In the live view mode, there are icons in the upper-right corner of the live view window, or in the lower-left corner of the screen for each channel, showing the status of the record and alarm in the channel, so that you can know whether the channel is recorded, or whether there are alarms occur as soon as possible.

Table 3. 1 Description of Live View Icons

Icons

Description

Alarm (video loss, tampering, motion detection or sensor alarm)

Record (manual recording, continuous recording, motion detection or sensor alarm triggered recording)

Alarm & Record

Event/Exception (motion detection, sensor alarm or exception information. For details, see Chapter 8.5 Handling Exceptions.)

Sensor alarm is not supported by DS-7200HWI-SV series.

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3.2 Operations in Live View Mode

In live view mode, there are many functions provided. Some of the functions are listed below.

• Single Screen: showing only one screen on the monitor.

• Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.

• Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next one. And you must set the dwell time for each screen

on the configuration menu before enabling the auto-switch. Menu>Configuration>Live View>Dwell Time.

• Start Recording: start all-day normal recording or motion detection recording for all channels.

• Add IP Camera: the shortcut to the IP camera management interface (only supported by HDVR series)

• Playback: play back the recorded videos for current day.

• Output Mode: select the output mode to Standard, Bright, Gentle or Vivid.

• Aux Monitor: the device checks the connection of the output interfaces to define the main and auxiliary

output interfaces. See the table below for the priority level of the main and aux outputs.

Table 3. 2 Priorities of Outputs for DS-9200/9100/9000/8100/8000HWI-ST & DS-7200 Series

HDMI/VGA

CVBS

Main output

Auxiliary

output

√

HDMI/VGA

CVBS

√

HDMI/VGA

√

CVBS

Table 3. 3 Priorities of Outputs for Other Models

HDMI

VGA

CVBS

Main output

Auxiliary

output

√ √ √

HDMI

VGA

√ × √

HDMI

CVBS

× √ √

VGA

CVBS

× × √

CVBS

√ means the interface is in use, × means the interface is out of use or the connection is invalid. And the

HDMI, VGA and CVBS can be used at the same time.

When the aux output is enabled, you can do some basic operation in the live view mode for the Aux output, while no operation is allowed for the main output.

3.2.1 Front Panel Operation

Front panel operation is not supported by 7200HWI-SV series.

Table 3. 4 Front Panel Operation in Live View

Functions

Front Panel Operation

Show single screen

Press the corresponding Alphanumeric button. E.g. Press 2 to display only the screen

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for channel 2.

Show multi-screen

Press the PREV/FOCUS- button.

Manually switch screens

Next screen: right direction button. Previous screen: left direction button.

Auto-switch

Press Enter button.

Playback

Press Play button.

Switch main and aux output

Press Main/Aux button and Enter button.

3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View

Table 3. 5 Mouse Operation in Live View

Name

Description

Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse.

Single Screen

Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number from the drop-down list.

Multi-screen

Adjust the screen layout by choosing from the drop-down list.

Previous Screen

Switch to the previous screen.

Next Screen

Switch to the next screen.

Start/Stop Auto-switch

Enable/disable the auto-switch of the screens.

Start Recording

Start all-day normal recording or motion detection recording for all channels.

Playback

Play back the video of the selected channel.

Output Mode

Set the video output mode to Standard, Bright, Gentle or Vivid.

Aux Monitor

Switch to the auxiliary output mode.

 The dwell time of the live view configuration must be set before using Start Auto-switch. Refer to

Chapter 3.3 for dwell time settings.

 If you enter Aux monitor mode and the Aux monitor is not connected, the mouse operation is disabled;

you need to switch back to the Main output with the MAIN/AUX button and Enter button on the front

panel or remote.

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Figure 3. 1 Right-click Menu-DVR Series

Figure 3. 2 Right-click Menu-HDVR Series

3.2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor

Certain features of the Live View are also available while in an Aux monitor. These features include:

• Single Screen: Switch to a full screen display of the selected camera. Camera can be selected from a

drop-down list.

• Multi-screen: Switch different display layout options. Layout options can be selected from a drop-down

list.

• Next Screen: When displaying less than the maximum number of cameras in Live View, clicking this

feature will switch to the next set of displays.

• Playback: Enter into Playback mode.

• Output Mode: Set the video output mode to Standard, Bright, Gentle or Vivid.

• Main Monitor: Enter Main operation mode.

In the live view mode of the main output monitor, the menu operation is not available when Aux output mode is enabled.

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3.2.4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode

Click on the live view window, a quick setting toolbar will be shown on the bottom as follows:

The Live View Strategy icon and Information icon are only available for network cameras.

Figure 3. 3 Quick Setting Toolbar

Table 3. 6 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons

Icons

Description

Icons

Description

Icons

Description

Enable/Disable

Record

Instant Playback

Mute/Audio on

Capture

PTZ Control

Digital Zoom

Image Settings

Live View

Strategy

Information

Instant Playback only shows the record in last five minutes. If no record is found, it means there is no

record file during the last five minutes.

Digital Zoom function makes the camera zoom in on selected area, thus to get a close view of the picture.

You can click-and-drag the mouse to select the area for zooming in.

Figure 3. 4 Digital Zoom

Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Image Settings menu.

For Analog Cameras:

Four modes are selectable according to the real situation:

• Standard: for general lighting conditions (default).

• Indoor: the image is relatively smoother.

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• Dim Light: the image is smoother than the other two modes.

• Outdoor: the image is relatively clearer and sharper. The degree of contrast and saturation is high.

Figure 3. 5 Image Settings for Analog Camera

You can adjust the image parameters, including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness and denoising. You can also click Default to restore the default settings and click Copy to copy the image settings to other analog channels.

For analog cameras connected to DS-9200 HWI-ST series device, the defog mode is available. The defog function is useful in foggy environment and 3 types of defog modes are selectable: Auto (default), Manual and Disable. A correct and natural image will be provided with the defog function enabled.

Figure 3. 6 A Comparison of the Details Before and After Defogging

For Network Cameras:

You can customize the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of network cameras.

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Figure 3. 7 Image Settings- Customize for Network Camera

Live View Strategy icon can be selected to enter the Live View Strategy menu. You can set the live view

performance to real-time, balanced or fluency.

This feature is only available for network cameras.

Figure 3. 8 Live View Strategy

Information icon can be selected to show the real-time status of the network camera, including the frame

rate, bitrate and resolution.

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Figure 3. 9 Information

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3.3 Adjusting Live View Settings

Purpose:

Live View settings can be customized to meet different needs. You can configure the output interface, number of display window, dwell time for screen display, audio output settings, etc.

We use the interface of DS-9100HFI-ST series (unless otherwise stated) as the example to describe the following settings.

Steps:

1. Enter the Live View Settings interface.

Menu> Configuration> Live View

Figure 3. 10 Live View-General

The settings available in this menu include:

• Video Output Interface: Designates the output to configure the settings for. The interfaces

include HDMI (depends on the model), VGA, Main CVBS and Spot Output.

• Live View Mode: Designates the display mode to be used for Live View.

• Dwell Time: The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when enabling

auto-switch in Live View.

• Enable Audio Output: Enables/disables audio output for the selected video output.

• Volume: Adjust the volume of live view, playback and two-way audio for the selected output

interface.

• Event Output: Designates the output to show event video.

• Full Screen Monitoring Dwell Time: The time in seconds to show alarm event screen.

2. Setting Camera Order

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Figure 3. 11 Live View- Camera Order

To set the camera order:

1) Click the View tab.

2) Select a Video Output Interface and select a screen layout .

3) Select the small window, and double-click on the channel number to display the channel on the

window.

means the channel will not be displayed.

You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live view of all channels. Click or to go to the previous or next page.

4) Click Apply to save the setting.

You can also click-and-drag the camera to the desired window on the live view interface to set the camera

order.

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3.4 Channel-zero Encoding

Purpose:

Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is provided as an option for you.

Steps:

1. Enter the Live View Settings interface.

Menu> Configuration> Live View

2. Click the Channel-Zero Encoding tab.

Figure 3. 12 Live View- Channel-Zero Encoding

3. Check checkbox to enable channel-zero encoding.

4. Configure the Frame Rate, Max. Bitrate Mode and Max. Bitrate.

After you set the channel-zero encoding, you can get a view in the remote client or web browser of all the channels in one screen.

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3.5 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics

Purpose:

The video quality of the analog channels can be diagnosed manually and you can view the diagnostic results from a list.

Steps:

1. Enter the Manual Video Quality Diagnostics interface.

Menu> Manual >Manual Video Quality Diagnostics

Figure 3. 13 Video Quality Diagnostics

2. Check the checkboxes to select the channels for diagnostics.

3. Click the button Diagnose, and the results will be displayed on a list. You can view the video status and

diagnostics time of the selected channels.

Figure 3. 14 Diagnostics Result

 Connect the analog signal to the device for the video quality diagnostics.  Three exception types can be diagnosed: Blurred Image, Abnormal Brightness and Color Cast.

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3.6 User Logout

Purpose:

After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again.

Steps:

1. Enter the Shutdown menu.

Menu > Shutdown

Figure 3. 15 Shutdown

2. Click Logout.

After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required a user name

and password to login the system.

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4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings

Purpose:

Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera.

Before you start:

Make sure that the PTZ camera and the device are connected properly via RS-485 interface.

Steps:

1. Enter the PTZ Settings interface.

Menu >Camera> PTZ

Figure 4. 1 PTZ- General

2. Choose the camera for PTZ setting in the Camera drop-down list.

3. Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera.

All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters. Only PTZ Protocol can be configured for network cameras. Example: If the PTZ camera has a Baud rate as 115200, you should input 115200 in the Baud Rate field.

4. Click Copy if you want to configure same settings to other analog PTZ cameras.

5. Click Apply to save the settings.

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4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns

Before you start:

Make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols.

We use the interface of DS-9100HFI-ST series (unless otherwise stated) as the example to describe the following settings.

4.2.1 Customizing Presets

Purpose:

A preset is a predefined image position which contains information of pan, tilt, focus and other parameters. You can customize the presets and the presets can be used with the event triggered action.

Steps:

1. Enter the PTZ Control interface.

Menu> Camera >PTZ >More Settings

Figure 4. 2 PTZ- More Settings

2. Use the directional buttons on the PTZ control panel to steer the camera to the desired view.

3. Check .

4. Click the preset number to save the preset.

5. Repeat the steps2-4 to save more presets. If the number of the presets you want to save is more than 17,

you can click and choose the available numbers.

Figure 4. 3 More Presets

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4.2.2 Calling Presets

Purpose:

The view angle of the PTZ camera will be moved to the predefined position when you call a preset.

Call a preset on the PTZ setting interface:

Steps:

1. Enter the PTZ Control interface.

Menu> Camera> PTZ> More Settings

2. Check .

Figure 4. 4 PTZ- Call Preset

3. Choose the preset number.

Call a preset in live view mode:

Steps:

1. Click the button in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface;

or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting toolbar

during the live view process, to open the PTZ control panel in live view mode.

Figure 4. 5 PTZ Toolbar

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2. Click the Camera tab on the panel, and select the channel for control on the camera list.

3. Click the Preset tab on the panel, and double-click the preset you want to call on the preset list.

4.2.3 Customizing Patrols

Purpose:

A patrol is a scanning track specified by a group of user-defined key points, with the scanning speed between two key points and the duration time at each key point separately programmable. The key points are corresponding to the presets.

Steps:

1. Enter the PTZ Control interface.

Menu>Camera>PTZ>More Settings

2. Select patrol number.

3. Click under Patrol option box to add key points for the patrol.

Figure 4. 6 PTZ- Add Key Point

4. Configure key point parameters, such as the preset No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of

patrol. The key point is corresponding to the preset. The Preset determines the order at which the PTZ

will follow while cycling through the patrol. The Duration refers to the time span to stay at the

corresponding key point. The Speed defines the speed at which the PTZ will move from one key point to

the next.

Figure 4. 7 Key point Configuration

5. Click OK to save the key point to the patrol.

Repeat the above steps to add more key points.

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You can also click to delete the corresponding key point and click to delete all the key points.

Figure 4. 8 KeyPoints Deletion

4.2.4 Calling Patrols

Purpose:

The PTZ camera will move according to the predefined patrol path when you call a patrol.

Call a patrol in the PTZ setting interface: Steps:

1. In the PTZ setting interface.

Menu> Camera> PTZ> More Settings

2. Select the patrol number, and then click to call the patrol.

3. Click to stop it.

Figure 4. 9 Calling Patrol

Call a patrol in live view mode: Steps:

1. Open the PTZ control panel in live view mode.

2. Click the Camera tab on the panel, and select the channel for control on the camera list.

3. Click the Patrol tab on the panel, and then double-click the patrol, or click to select the patrol and click

to call the patrol.

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Figure 4. 10 PTZ Panel- Patrol

4.2.5 Customizing Patterns

Purpose:

A pattern is a memorized, repeating series of pan, tilt, zoom, and preset functions.

Steps:

1. Enter the PTZ Control interface.

Menu>Camera>PTZ>More Settings

2. Choose pattern number in the option box.

Figure 4. 11 PTZ- Pattern

3. Click , and use your mouse to drag the image or click the eight directional buttons in the control box

under the image to move the PTZ camera. The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern.

4. Click to save the pattern.

Repeat the above steps to save more patterns.

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4.2.6 Calling Patterns

Purpose:

The PTZ camera will move according to the predefined pattern path when you call a pattern.

Call a pattern in the PTZ setting interface

Steps:

1. Enter the PTZ Control interface.

Menu> Camera> PTZ> More Settings

2. Select the pattern number.

3. Click , then the PTZ moves according to the pattern. Click to stop it.

Figure 4. 12 PTZ- Calling Pattern

Call a pattern in live view mode.

Steps:

1. Open the PTZ control panel in live view mode.

2. Click the Camera tab on the panel, and select the channel for control on the camera list.

3. Click the Pattern tab on the panel, and then double-click the pattern, or click to select the patrol and click

to call the pattern.

Figure 4. 13 PTZ Panel- Pattern

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4.3 PTZ Control Panel

To enter the PTZ control Panel, there are 2 ways supported:

Option1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower-right corner. Option2:

In the Live View mode, you can press the PTZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control, or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting toolbar to enter the PTZ control panel;

Click the Configuration button on the panel, and you can enter the PTZ Settings interface.

In PTZ control mode, the PTZ panel will be displayed when a mouse is connected with the device. If no mouse is connected, the icon appears in the lower-left corner of the window, indicating that this camera is in

PTZ control mode.

Figure 4. 14 PTZ Panel

Table 4. 1 Description of the PTZ panel icons

Icon

Description

Icon

Description

Icon

Description

Direction button and

the auto-cycle button

Zoom+, Focus+,

Iris+

Zoom-, Focus-, Iris-

The speed of the

PTZ movement

Light on/off

Wiper on/off

3D-Zoom

Image

Centralization

Preset

Patrol

Pattern Menu

Previous item

Next item

Start pattern/patrol

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Stop the patrol or

pattern movement

Minimize

windows

Exit

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Sensor alarm is not supported by DS-7200HWI-SV series. The interfaces of the device are subject to the actual model.

5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters

Purpose:

By configuring the encoding parameters you can define the parameters which affect the image quality, such as transmission stream type, the resolution, etc. Before you start:

1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and click Init to initialize

it. (Menu > HDD > General)

Figure 5. 1 HDD- General

2. Check the storage mode of the HDD

1) Click Advanced to check the storage mode of the HDD.

2) If the HDD mode is Quota, please set the maximum record capacity and maximum picture capacity. For detailed information, see Chapter 11.5 Configuring Quota Mode.

3) If the HDD mode is Group, you should set the HDD group. For detailed information, see Chapter

5.8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture.

Steps:

1. Enter the Record settings interface to configure the encoding parameters:

Menu > Record > Parameters

Figure 5. 2 Record Parameters

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2. Encoding Parameters for Recording

1) Click the Record tab to configure the record parameters, such as stream type, resolution, bitrate type,

video quality, frame rate, etc.

• Pre-record: The time you set to record before the scheduled time or event. For example, when

an alarm triggered the recording at 10:00, if you set the pre-record time as 5 seconds, the camera records it at 9:59:55.

• Post-record: The time you set to record after the event or the scheduled time. For example,

when an alarm triggered the recording ends at 11:00, if you set the post-record time as 5 seconds, it records till 11:00:05.

• Expired Time: The time for keeping the record files in the HDDs, once exceeded, the files will

be deleted. The files will be saved permanently if the value is set as 0. The actual keeping time for the files should be determined by the capacity of the HDDs.

• Redundant Record/ Capture: Enabling redundant record or capture means you save the record

and captured picture in the redundant HDD. See Chapter 5.7 Configuring Redundant Recording/ Capture.

• Record Audio: Enable this feature to record the sound and disable it to record the video without

sound.

• Video Stream: Main stream and sub-stream are selectable for recording. When you select

sub-stream, you can record for a longer time with the same storage space

Figure 5. 3 Record Encoding (when HDD Mode is Group)

Figure 5. 4 Recording Encoding (when HDD Mode is Quota or Frame Extracting)

The Redundant Record/Capture option is only available when the HDD mode is Group. Redundant HDD is required for the redundant record/capture function. For detailed information, see

Chapter 11.4.2 Setting HDD Property.

For network cameras, the parameters of Main Stream (Event) are not editable. For DS-9100/9000/8100/8000HWI-ST & DS-7200HWI-SV series, you can enable/disable the WD1

mode.

2) Click Apply to save the settings.

3) Optionally, you can click Copy to copy the settings to other analog channels if needed.

Figure 5. 5 Copy Camera Settings

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3. Encoding Parameters for Sub-stream

1) Click the Substream tab to configure the parameters of sub-stream, such as stream type, resolution,

frame rate, etc.

Figure 5. 6 Sub-stream Encoding

2) Click Apply to save the settings.

3) Optionally, you can click Copy to copy the settings to other analog channels if needed.

4. Encoding Parameters for Capture

1) Click the Capture tab to configure the capture parameters, such as resolution, picture quality, etc.

Figure 5. 7 Capture Encoding

2) You can configure the continuous and event parameters separately.

3) Click Apply to save the settings.

4) Optionally, you can click Copy to copy the settings to other analog channels if needed.

The interval is the time period between two capturing actions and the interval can be set as 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s,

5s, 10min, 30min, 1h, 12h and 24h. You can configure all the parameters on this menu on your demand.

5. Configure the overwrite mode of the HDD (Menu>Record>Advanced>Advanced). Check checkbox

to enable the overwrite mode, and then the record files will be overwritten when the HDD becomes full.

Otherwise, the recording will stop when the HDD becomes full.

Figure 5. 8 Overwrite Mode

6. Configure the two-way audio record (Menu>Record>Advanced>Two-way Audio). Check checkbox

to enable the two-way audio record and select the camera from the drop-down list. Then, the two-way

audio record will be bound to the selected camera as the audio input.

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 The two-way audio record can only be bound to the analog cameras.

 The bound two-way audio record will overlap the original audio input during the two-way audio.

Figure 5. 9 Two-way Audio Record

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5.2 Configuring Record/Capture Schedule

Purpose:

Set the record schedule, and then the camera automatically starts/stops recording according to the configured schedule.

In this chapter, we take the record schedule procedure as an example, and the same procedure can be applied to configure schedule for both continuous recording and capture. To schedule the automatic capture, you need to choose the Capture tab in the Schedule interface. We use the interface of DS-9000HFI-ST series (unless otherwise stated) as example to describe the following settings.

Steps:

1. Enter the Record Schedule interface.

Menu > Record > Schedule

2. Configure Record Schedule

1) Select Record / Capture Schedule.

Figure 5. 10 Record Schedule

2) Choose the camera you want to configure.

3) Check checkbox to enable record schedule.

There are two ways to configure the record schedule.

Task 1: Edit the Schedule

Steps:

1) Click Edit.

2) In the message box, you can choose the day which you want to set schedule.

3) To schedule an all-day recording, check checkbox to enable all-day recording.

4) Set the Type in the drop-down list, including Continuous, Motion, Alarm, Motion | Alarm and

Motion & Alarm.

To enable Motion, Alarm, Motion | Alarm (motion or alarm) and Motion & Alarm (motion and alarm)

triggered recording and capture, you must configure the motion detection settings or alarm input settings

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as well. For detailed information, refer to Chapter 8.1 and Chapter 8.2.

Figure 5. 11 Edit Schedule

5) To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time and Type.

Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped each other.

Repeat the above steps2)-5) to schedule recording/capture for other days in the week. If the schedule can

also be set to other days, click Copy.

Figure 5. 12 Copy Schedule to Other Days

The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings. Refer to Chapter

5.6 Configuring Holiday Record and Capture.

Figure 5. 13 Holiday Settings

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6) Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu.

Task 2: Draw the Schedule

Steps:

1) Click to select a record type, including Continuous, Motion, Alarm, M | A, M & A, VCA and None.

 To enable Motion, Alarm, M | A (motion or alarm), M & A (motion and alarm) and VCA (Video

Content Analysis) triggered recording and capture, you must configure the motion detection settings, alarm input settings or VCA settings as well. For detailed information, refer to Chapter 8.1, Chapter

8.2 and Chapter 8.3.

 The VCA settings are only available to the smart cameras supporting the VCA function.

Figure 5. 14 Draw the Schedule (1)

2) Use the mouse to drag and draw time periods.

Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day.

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Figure 5. 15 Draw the Schedule (2)

You can repeat the above steps to set schedule for other channels. If the settings can also be used to other channels, click Copy, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy. Click Apply in the Record/Capture Schedule interface to save the settings.

Figure 5. 16 Copy Schedule to Other Channels for DVR Series

Figure 5. 17 Copy Schedule to Other Channels for HDVR Series

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5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recording

and Capture

Purpose:

Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the device can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording/capture, or trigger full screen monitoring, audible warning, notify the surveillance center and so on. In this chapter, you can follow the steps to schedule a record which triggered by the detected motion.

Steps:

1. Enter the Motion Detection interface.

Menu > Camera > Motion

Figure 5. 18 Motion Detection

2. Configure Motion Detection:

1) Choose camera you want to configure.

2) Check checkbox to enable motion detection.

3) Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse. If you want to set the motion detection for

all the area shot by the camera, click Full Screen. To clear the motion detection area, click Clear.

4) Click to configure the motion detection settings in the pop-up message box.

Figure 5. 19 Motion Detection Settings for DVR Series

Figure 5. 20 Motion Detection Settings for HDVR Series

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5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording or capture.

6) Click Apply to save the settings.

7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu.

8) Click Apply in the Motion Detection interface to save the settings. Exit the Motion Detection

interface.

3. Enter Record/Capture Schedule settings interface (Menu> Record> Schedule>Record/Capture Schedule).

For detailed information about record schedule settings, refer to step 2 in Chapter 5.2 Configuring

Record/Capture Schedule.

You need to select the Type as Motion in record schedule settings.

Figure 5. 21 Record Schedule

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5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording

and Capture

Purpose:

Follow the procedure to configure alarm triggered recording or capture.

Sensor alarm is not supported by DS-7200HWI-SV series. We use the interface of DS-9100HFI-ST series (unless otherwise stated) as example to describe the following settings.

Steps:

1. Enter the Alarm setting interface.

Menu > Configuration > Alarm

Figure 5. 22 Alarm Settings

2. Click Alarm Input tab.

Figure 5. 23 Alarm Settings- Alarm Input

1) Select Alarm Input No. and configure alarm parameters.

2) Edit the alarm name as desired and choose N.O (normally open) or N.C (normally closed) for alarm

type.

3) Check checkbox to enable the alarm input.

4) Click to configure the alarm settings.

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Figure 5. 24 Alarm Settings for DVR Series

Figure 5. 25 Alarm Settings for HDVR Series

IP Camera is supported by HDVR series only.

5) Check the checkbox to choose the alarm triggered recording/capture channel.

6) Click Apply to save settings.

7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu.

8) Click Apply in the Alarm Input interface to save the settings.

Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters. If the setting can also be applied to other alarm inputs, click Copy and choose the alarm input number.

Figure 5. 26 Copy Alarm Input

3. Enter Record/Capture Schedule settings interface (Menu> Record> Schedule>Record/Capture Schedule).

For detailed information about record schedule settings, refer to step 2 in Chapter 5.2 Configuring

Record/Capture Schedule.

You need to select the Type as Alarm in record schedule settings.

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Figure 5. 27 Record Schedule

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5.5 Configuring Manual Recording and

Continuous Capture

Purpose:

Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual recording and continuous capture. Using manual recording and continuous capture, you need to manually cancel the record and capture. The manual recording and manual continuous capture is prior to the scheduled recording and capture.

Steps:

1. Enter the Manual settings interface.

Menu> Manual

Or press the REC/SHOT button on the front panel.

Figure 5. 28 Manual Record for DVR Series

Figure 5. 29 Manual Record for HDVR Series

IP Camera is supported by HDVR series only.

2. Enable manual record

1) Select Record tab on the left bar.

2) Click the status button before camera No. to change to .

3. Disable manual record.

Click the status button to change to .

After rebooting, all the manual records enabled will be canceled.

4. Start all-day normal recording or all-day motion detection recording of all channels.

1) Click for or .

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Figure 5. 30 Continuous Recording

Figure 5. 31 Motion Detection Recording

2) Click Yes to enable all-day continuous recording or all-day motion detection recording of all

channels.

5. Enabling and disabling the continuous capture.

1) Select Continuous Capture tab on the left bar.

Figure 5. 32 Continuous Capture for DVR Series

Figure 5. 33 Continuous Capture for HDVR Series

IP Camera is supported by HDVR series only.

2) Click the status button before camera number to change to to enable continuous capture.

3) Or click the status button to change to to disable continuous capture.

After rebooting, all the continuous capture will be canceled.

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5.6 Configuring Holiday Recording and

Capture

Purpose:

You may want to have different plan for recording and capture on holiday. Follow the steps to configure the record or capture schedule on holiday for that year.

The priority of holiday schedule is higher than any other schedule.

Steps:

1. Enter the Record setting interface.

Menu > Record

2. Choose Holiday on the left bar.

Figure 5. 34 Holiday Settings

3. Enable editing holiday schedule.

1) Click to enter the Edit interface.

Figure 5. 35 Edit Holiday Settings

2) Check checkbox to enable the holiday schedule.

3) Select Mode from the drop-down list.

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There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule, including Date, Week and Month.

4) Set the start and end date.

5) Click Apply to save settings.

6) Click OK to exit the Edit interface.

4. Enter Record/Capture Schedule settings interface (Menu>Record>Schedule>Record/Capture Schedule).

For detailed information about record schedule settings, refer to step 2 in Chapter 5.2 Configuring

Record/Capture Schedule.

You need to select schedule type as Holiday or draw the schedule for the Holiday.

Figure 5. 36 Edit Schedule- Holiday

Figure 5. 37 Draw Schedule- Holiday

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5.7 Configuring Redundant Recording and

Capture

Purpose:

The record files and captured pictures are stored not only in the R/W (read/write) HDD but also in the redundant HDD when the Redundant Record/Capture function is enabled, thus enhancing the data safety and reliability effectively.

The storage mode of the HDD needs to be set as Group. For details, see Chapter 11.4 Managing HDD Group. There should be at least another HDD which is in R/W mode.

Steps:

1. Enter HDD Information interface.

Menu > HDD > General

Figure 5. 38 HDD General

2. Select the HDD and click to enter the Local HDD Settings interface.

1) Set the HDD property to Redundancy.

Figure 5. 39 HDD General-Editing

2) Click Apply to save the settings.

3) Click OK to back to the upper level menu.

3. Enter the Record setting interface.

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1) Select Record.

Figure 5. 40 Record Parameters

2) Select Camera you want to configure.

3) Check checkbox to enable redundant recording and capture.

4) Click Apply to save settings.

Repeat the above steps2)-4) for configuring other channels. If the setting can also be applied to other analog channels, click Copy and then choose the channel(s).

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5.8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording

and Capture

Purpose:

You can group the HDDs and save the record files and captured pictures in certain HDD group.

Steps:

1. Enter HDD setting interface.

Menu > HDD

Figure 5. 41 HDD General

2. Select Advanced on the left bar.

Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group. If not, set it to Group. For detailed information,

please refer to Chapter 11.4 Managing HDD Group.

3. Select General in the left bar and click to enter editing interface.

4. Configuring HDD group.

1) Choose a group number for the HDD group.

2) Click Apply and then in the pop-up message box, click Yes to save your settings.

3) Click OK to back to the upper level menu.

Repeat the above steps3-4 to configure more HDD groups.

5. Choose the channels of which you want to save the record files and captured pictures in the HDD group.

1) Select Advanced on the left bar.

Figure 5. 42 HDD Advanced for DVR Series

Figure 5. 43 HDD Advanced for HDVR Series

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2) Choose Group number in the drop-down list of Record on HDD Group.

3) Check the channels you want to save in this group.

4) Click Apply to save settings.

After having configured the HDD groups, you can configure the Recording and Capture settings by following the procedure provided in Chapter 5.2-5.7.

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5.9 Files Protection

Purpose:

You can lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten.

We use the interface of DS-9000HFI-RT series (unless otherwise stated) as example to describe the following settings.

5.9.1 Locking the Record Files

Task 1: Lock File when Playback

Steps:

1. Enter the Normal Playback/Event Playback/Tag Playback interface. For details, see Chapter 6.1.2~

Chapter 6.1.4.

Figure 5. 44 Playback

2. Click the button on the toolbar, and the current record file in playback will be locked.

In multi-channel playback mde, click the button and all the record files related to the playback

channels will be locked.

3. Click the button on the toolbar, select Locked File tab, and you can view and export the locked files.

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Figure 5. 45 Locked File Management

4. You can click the icon on the Locked File Management interface to unlock the selected record file.

Task 2: Lock File when Export

Steps:

1. Enter Export setting interface.

Menu> Export

Figure 5. 46 Export Interface

2. Check the checkbox to select the channels.

3. Select the record type, file type and then specify the start/end time for search.

4. Click Search to show the results.

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Figure 5. 47 Export- Search Result

5. Protect the record files.

1) Select the record file to be protected, and then click the icon. The icon turns to , indicating

that the file is locked.

2) Click the icon to unlock the file and the file is not protected.

Figure 5. 48 Unlocking Attention

5.9.2 Setting HDD property to Read-only

To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 11.4 Managing HDD Group.

Steps:

1. Enter HDD setting interface.

Menu> HDD

Figure 5. 49 HDD General

2. Click to edit the HDD you want to protect.

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Figure 5. 50 HDD General- Editing

3. Set the HDD to Read-only.

4. Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu.

 You can’t save any files in a Read-only HDD. If you want to save files in the HDD, change the property to

R/W.  If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-only, the device can’t record any files. Only live view mode is

available.  If you set the HDD to Read-only when the device is saving files in it, then the file will be saved in next

R/W HDD. If there is only one HDD, the recording will be stopped.

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6.1 Playing Back Record Files

 We use the interface of DS-9000HFI-ST series (unless otherwise stated) as the example to describe the

following settings.  Frame extracting mode is only supported by DVR series.

6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel

Purpose:

Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported.

Instant playback by channel:

Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.

Only record files recorded during the last five minutes on this channel will be played back.

Figure 6. 1 Instant Playback Interface

Playback by channel

Steps:

1. Enter the Playback interface.

Mouse: Right-click a live view window and click Playback on the pop-up menu to enter the playback

interface.

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Figure 6. 2 Right-click Menu-DVR Series

Figure 6. 3 Right-click Menu-HDVR Series

Front Panel: Press PLAY button to play back record files of the channel under single-screen live view

mode.

Pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding channels during playback process.

Front panel operation is not supported by 7200HWI-SV series.

2. The playback starts from 5 minutes before by default.

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Figure 6. 4 Playback Interface

 The indicates the start time and end time of the record files.  represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm,

motion | alarm, motion & alarm, VCA).  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar to locate special frames, and a

thumbnail of the specified frame will be displayed.

3. Check the checkboxes to select the channel(s), and then the video from the selected channels will be

played back synchronously. Up to 16 channels can be set for synchronous playback.

Click the Max. Camera for Playback tab, and you can play back the video from 16 channels at a time.

Click the Min. Camera for Playback tab, and you can play back the video from only one channel.

6.1.2 Playing Back by Time

Purpose:

The time bar indicates the time duration for the record file. Click on the time bar to play back the video of the specified time.

Steps:

1. Enter Playback interface.

Menu>Playback

2. Check checkbox of channel(s) in the channel list.

3. Double-click to select a date on the calendar to play back the record file.

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 If there are normal recordings (manual or schedule) for that camera in that day, on the calendar, the

icon for that day is displayed as ; If there are event triggered recordings (motion, alarm, motion | alarm, motion & alarm VCA) for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is

displayed as ; Otherwise it is displayed as .

 The event triggered recordings will be displayed prior to the normal recordings on the calendar when

both the two types of recordings are available in that day.

Figure 6. 5 Playback Calendar

In the Playback interface: The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process.

Figure 6. 6 Interface of Playback by Time

Figure 6. 7 Toolbar of Playback by Time

 The indicates the start time and end time of the record files.

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 represents normal recording (manual or schedule); represents event recording (motion, alarm,

motion | alarm, motion & alarm, VCA).  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar to locate special frames, and a

thumbnail of the specified frame will be displayed.

Table 6. 1 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-time Interface

Button

Operation

Button

Operation

Button

Operation

Button

Operation

Audio on/

Mute

Adjust

volume

Start/Stop

clipping

Capture

Lock

file

Add

default tag

Add

customized tag

File

management

Digital

Zoom

Pause/Play

Reverse

Stop

Pause/Play

30s

backward

30s

forward

Slow forward

Fast forward

day

Next day

Scaling

up/down time

bar

Process bar

Full

Screen

Exit

Frame

extracting mode

Normal

playback

6.1.3 Playing Back by Event Search

Before you start:

The event (motion and alarm input) triggered record schedule needs to be configured. For details, see Chapter

5.3 and Chapter 5.4.

Purpose:

The recordings triggered by different types of event (e.g. alarm input and motion detection) can be searched and played back if needed.

Steps:

1. Enter the playback interface.

Menu>Playback

2. Click and select to enter the Event Playback interface.

3. Select Alarm Input, Motion or VCA as the event type, and specify the start time and end time for search.

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Figure 6. 8 Event Playback Interface-Motion

The VCA event search is only available to the HDVR series.

4. Click Search, and the record files matching the search conditions will be displayed on a list.

Figure 6. 9 Result of Video Search by Alarm Input

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5. Click button to play back the record files.

You can click Back to return to the search interface.

Pre-play and post-play can be configured for the playback of event triggered record files.

Pre-play: The time you set to play back before the event. For example, when an alarm triggered the

recording at 10:00, if you set the pre-play time as 5 seconds, the video plays back from 9:59:55.

Post-play: The time you set to play back after the event. For example, when an alarm triggered the

recording ends at 11:00, if you set the post-play time as 5 seconds, the video plays back till 11:00:05.

If there is only one channel is triggered by an alarm input, clicking button takes you to Full-screen

Playback interface of this channel.

If several channels are triggered, clicking button takes you to the interface. Check checkbox to

select one channel for playback or select multiple channels for synchronous playback.

For DVR series, 4-ch, 8-ch and 16-ch devices support 4-ch, 8-ch and 16-ch synchronous playback

respectively. While for HDVR series, 4-ch, 8-ch, 16-ch devices support 8-ch, 16-ch and 16-ch

synchronous playback respectively.

Figure 6. 10 Select Channels for Synchronous Playback

6. Event playback interface.

The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process.

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Figure 6. 11 Interface of Playback by Event

Figure 6. 12 Toolbar of Playback by Event

Table 6. 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-event Interface

Button

Operation

Button

Operation

Button

Operation

Button

Operation

Audio on/

Mute

Adjust

volume

Start/Stop

clipping

Capture

Lock

file

Add

default tag

Add

customized tag

File

management

Digital

Zoom

Pause/Play

Reverse

Stop

Pause/Play

30s

backward

30s

forward

Slow forward

Fast forward

event

Next event

Scaling

up/down time

bar

Process bar

Full

Screen

Exit

Frame

extracting mode

Event

playback

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