HIKVISION DS-9104HFI-SH, DS-9108HFI-SH, DS-9112HFI-SH, DS-9116HFI-SH Technical Manual

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DS-9100HFI-SH Embedded Net DVR

Technical Manual

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Notices

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not represent any commitment on behalf of HIKVISION. HIKVISION disclaims any
liability whatsoever for incorrect data that may appear in this documentation. The
product(s) described in this documentation are furnished subject to a license and
may only be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of such license.

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Overview

DS-9100HFI-SH series net DVR is a new generation product designed by
HIKVISION. The product combines various patents, along with advanced IT
technologies such as video encoding/decoding, embedded system, storage,
network and etc.

Based on the solid expertise in the fields of digital video surveillance and
well understanding of market demands for digitalization and networking,
HIKVISION developed the latest digital surveillance product DS-9100HFI-SH
series net DVR, which can work as a standalone DVR, and as well as to build a
powerful network for security system.

DS-9100HFI-SH series net DVR can be widely applied in the fields of finance,
public security, forces, telecom, transportation, electricity, education, water
conservancy, and etc.

DS-9100HFI-SH Embedded Net DVR

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Order Models

DS-9104HFI-SH, DS-9108HFI-SH, DS-9112HFI-SH, DS-9116HFI-SH

Note: 1. The default DVRs are without HDD or CD-R/W.

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

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Main Features

 User-friendly menu and easy to operate

 Support up to 1280×1024 VGA resolution

 Up to 1920×1080 HDMI output resolution

 Support digital zoom when preview and play back

 Support up to 16-ch synchronous playback

 Support digital zoom by using mouse when in PTZ control mode

 Different channels can be set different recording expired time

 Support normal and event video encoding parameters

 Support redundant recording

 Easy installation and maintenance of HDDs by opening the front

panel

 Smart search and playback for recorded video with moving

object

 Support hard disk group management

 NTP, SADP, SMTP and NFS protocols supported

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Functions & Performances

Compression

 PAL/NTSC video input

 Adopt H.264 video compression standard

 Adopt OggVorbis audio compression standard

 Each channel supports dual stream, while main stream support up to

4CIF resolution, and sub stream supports up to CIF resolution

 Video encoding parameters of each channel can be set separately,

including resolution, frame rate, bit rate, image quality and etc.

 Each channel supports normal and event compression parameters

 Support both composited and video stream, and the audio and video

stream are strictly simultaneous

 Watermark technology

Local Functions

Monitoring

 Support three independent local outputs, including HDMI, VGA, main

and aux audio/video output

 HDMI display, with up to 1920×1080 resolution
 High definition VGA display, support up to 1280×1024 resolution
 1/4/6/8/9/16-camera preview and the camera order is adjustable.
 Group switch, manual switch and automatic cycle, the dwell time can be

changeable

 Digital zoom function when preview
 User-defined preview layout
 Motion detection, video tampering, video exception and video loss

alarm modes

 Privacy mask
 Various decoder control protocols and HIKVISION control protocol
 Preset, patrol and pattern settings and callup
 Zoom in by clicking the mouse and trace function by dragging mouse

Hard Disk Management

 Up to 8 SATA HDDs, each of them can support more than 2TB capacity

 S.M.A.R.T. technology and hard disk suspension management

 Hard disk group management

 Up to eight SATA HDD, eight network HDD(eight NAS disks or seven

NAS disks+one iSCSI disk), each disk can support over 2TB capacity.

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Recording and Playback

 Overwrite and non-overwrite recording mode

 Multiple recording types, including manual, schedule, alarm,

motion|alarm and motion&alarm recording and etc.

 8 recording time periods configurable with separate recording types

 Recording types of each audio and video channel can be set separately

 Pre-record and post-record time of alarm and motion detection

 Lock and unlock video files

 Redundant recording

 Smart search and playback for the recorded video with moving object

(e.g. personnel entering the office)

in the user-defined monitoring area

 Video data of the designated hard disk is for read only

 Video data query by channel, by re c o rd t yp e, by time, and etc.

 Digital zoom function when playback

 Pause, play fast, play slow, skip forward, and skip backward when

playback, locating in progress bar by dragging the mouse.

 Up to 16-ch synchronous playback.

Intelligent Features(with the use of expanded intelligent board)

 Intelligent features as an option.

 Each channel supports up to 8 rules for intelligent detecting, including

traverse plane, enter region, exit region, invasion, loiter, left & take,
parking, run and high density.

 Notification of intelligent alarm by uploading information and JPEG

picture to client software to CMS.

 Intelligent module reboot partly when setup intelligent detection

system

Backup

 Backup the data through USB interface

 Backup he files via e-SATA(optional)

 Backup the data through build-in SATA-R/W

 Backup by file or by time

 Backup device maintenance and management

 Backup video clips when playback

Alarm & Exception

 Unified manage alarm in/out of the device

 Unified management of the motion detection alert, view tampering alert

and no video signal of the device

 Alarm in/out on guard schedule setup

 Alarm in handle methods, including recording of any channel, alarm out,

on screen warning, audile warning and upload to center

 Various exceptions alarm, includi ng hard disk full, illegal login, network

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break, IP conflicted, hard disk error, video exception, and video output
standard mismatch

 Auto recovery from exceptions

Others

 Front panel, mouse, IR control, special keyboard operation.

 Multi-level user management

 Multiple log types provided , including operation, alarm and exception

log

Network

 10/100/1000M adaptive network interface

 TCP/IP protocols, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP SMTP and

NFS(access to NAS)are also supported

 Unicast and multicast, support TCP, UDP, and RTP when unicast

 Remote query, playback and download video files, support breakpoint

resume

 Remote acquire and configure parameters, support remote import and

export device parameters

 Remote acquire device status, system log and alarm status

 Remote button operation, remote locking and unlocking panel buttons

 Remote format hard disk, upgrade, reboot, shutdown and other system

maintenance operations

 RS-232 and RS-485 transparent channel transmission

 Event alarm upload to remote management host

 Remote JPEG capture

 Remote PTZ control

 Support voice talk and broadcast

 Build-in WEB Server

Development

 Provide Windows and Linux SDK

 Provide software source code as demo

 Provide development support and application system training

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Panels & Interfaces

Front Panel

① Status Indicator(Alarm, Ready, Status, HDD, MODEM, Tx/Rx, Guard)
② Power Button
③ IR receiver
④ DVD-ROM
⑤ DIRECTION/ENTER Buttons
⑥ Front Panel Lock
⑦ USB Ports
⑧ Control Buttons
⑨ Alphanumeric Buttons
⑩ JOG SHUTTLE Control

⑪ Left and Right Button

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Rear Panel

① VIDEO IN, AUDIO IN
② VIDEO SPOT OUT (for video preview only), AUDIO SPOT OUT
③ VIDEO OUT, AUDIO OUT
④ LINE IN
⑤ VGA Interface
⑥ LOOP OUT (optional)
⑦ RS-232 Serial Interface
⑧ eSATA Backup/Extended Storage Interface (optional)
⑨ LAN Network Interface
⑩ USB Interface

⑪ RS-485 Matched Resistance Switch
⑫ RS-485 Serial Interface, Keyboard Interface (support cascade), ALARM IN,

ALARM OUT

⑬ GND, when cascading multiple devices, it is required that grounding through

GND first, and then connecting to the protection ground of control keyboard
and power input.

⑭ 100~240VAC Power Input
⑮ HDMI interface

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Specifications

Model DS-9100HFI-SH

Video/Audio

input

Video
compression

H.264

Analog video
input

4/8/12/16-ch, BNC(1.0Vp-p, 75Ω)
PAL/NTSC adaptive

Audio
compression

OggVorbis

Audio input 4/8/12/16-ch, BNC(2Vp-p, 1kΩ)
Voice talk
input

2-ch, BNC(2Vp-p, 1kΩ)

Video/Audio

output

Preview
resolution

PAL: 704×576, NTSC: 704×480

HDMI output

1, resolution:
1024×768/60Hz
1280×1024/60Hz
1920×1080/60Hz

VGA output

1, resolution:
1024×768/60Hz
1024×768/70Hz
1280×1024/60Hz

Encoding
resolution

4CIF/DCIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF

Video output 2-ch, BNC (1.0Vp-p, 75Ω)

Video loop

out

Optional

Frame rate 4CIF/DCIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF:25fps(P)/30(N)

Video bit rate

32Kbps-2048Kbps, or user defined,
Max 6144Kbps

Audio output 2-ch, BNC (Linear Electrical Level, 600Ω)
Audio Bit rate 16kbps

Dual Stream Support
Stream Type Video/Video & Audio

Synchronous
Playback

4/8/12/16-ch

Hard disk

Interface
type

8 SATA interface

Capacity

Each interface supports more than 2TB capacity

External

interface

Network
interface

1, RJ45 10M/100M/1000M adaptive Ethernet

Serial
interface

1 RS-232 interface (for parameters configuration,
maintenance, transparent channel);
1 RS-485 interface (for PTZ control);

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1 RS-485keyboard interface (for special keyboard
control)

USB interface 3, USB2.0
Alarm in 16
Alarm out 4

Others

Power supply 100~240VAC, 6.3A, 50~60Hz
Consumption ≤70W (without hard disk or DVD-R/W)
Working
temperature

-10℃~+55℃

Working
humidity

10%~90%

Size 450mm(D)*450mm(W)*95mm(H)
Weight ≤8Kg (without hard disk or DVD-R/W)