HIKVISION iVMS-2000 User Manual

iVMS-2000

Hybrid PC-DVR

User Manual

V2.0.1

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

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This Manual is for iVMS-2000 Hybrid PC-DVR Software.

Please kindly notice that NOT all of the iVMS-2000 software versions

support IP cameras.

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, and we will readily improve or update

the product or procedure described in the manual.

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Index

1 Brief Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1

1.1 iVMS-2000 Solution Overview........................................................................... 1

1.2 iVMS-2000 Features............................................................................................... 2

2 Installation and Removal ............................................................................................... 4

2.1 Installation ................................................................................................................. 4

2.2 Removal ..................................................................................................................... 11

2.3 Starting iVMS-2000 .............................................................................................. 13

3 Main Console ......................................................................................................................... 16

3.1 Menu............................................................................................................................ 17

3.1.1 System Menu .................................................................................................. 17

3.1.2 View Menu ........................................................................................................ 19

3.1.3 Tool Menu.......................................................................................................... 19

3.1.4 Help Menu ........................................................................................................ 24

3.2 Live Preview ............................................................................................................. 25

3.2.1 Live Preview of a Single Camera ........................................................... 26

3.2.2 Live Preview of Multiple Cameras ......................................................... 26

3.3 Live Preview in Group Mode ............................................................................. 26

3.3.1 Live Preview of a Specified Group ........................................................ 26

3.3.2 Cycle Live Preview of a Group ................................................................ 26

3.4 Live Preview Controls .......................................................................................... 27

3.4.1 Quick PTZ Control (Screen PTZ Control) ........................................... 27

3.4.2 Instant Playback ............................................................................................ 27

3.4.3 Digital Zoom .................................................................................................... 27

3.4.4 Snapshot ........................................................................................................... 28

3.4.5 Manual Record ................................................................................................ 28

3.4.6 Stop Live Preview ......................................................................................... 28

3.4.7 Right-Click Menu in Live Preview Mode .............................................. 29

3.5 Main Buttons and Controls ............................................................................... 29

3.5.1 Live Preview Layout ..................................................................................... 29

3.5.2 Full Screen Mode ........................................................................................... 30

3.5.3 Stop All Cameras’ in Live Preview......................................................... 30

3.5.4 Enable Manual Record on All Cameras ............................................... 30

3.5.5 Start Auto Switch .......................................................................................... 30

3.5.6 Enable/Disable Live Audio ........................................................................ 30

3.6 PTZ Control .............................................................................................................. 31

3.6.1 Preset.................................................................................................................. 32

3.6.2 Patrol................................................................................................................... 34

3.6.3 Pattern ............................................................................................................... 36

3.7 Video Parameters Configuration..................................................................... 38

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3.8 Alarm Out Manual Control ................................................................................ 39

3.9 Alarm Information Bar ........................................................................................ 40

3.10 Aux Preview ............................................................................................................. 41

4 Playback ................................................................................................................................... 42

4.1 Search by time ....................................................................................................... 44

4.2 Synchronous Playback ........................................................................................ 46

4.2.1 Playback Clips ................................................................................................. 47

4.2.2 Playback Window Control Bar ................................................................. 48

4.2.3 Playback Time Bar ........................................................................................ 50

4.3 Backup........................................................................................................................ 50

4.4 Intelligent Playback .............................................................................................. 56

4.5 Section Playback.................................................................................................... 59

4.6 Clip Playback ........................................................................................................... 61

4.7 POS Review .............................................................................................................. 63

4.8 Alarm Log Review ................................................................................................. 65

4.9 Picture View ............................................................................................................. 67

5 E-Map ......................................................................................................................................... 69

5.1 E-Map Operations.................................................................................................. 70

5.1.1 Map Operations .............................................................................................. 70

5.1.2 Hot Spot Operations .................................................................................... 71

5.1.3 Add Map Link Operation ............................................................................ 73

5.1.4 Alarm Spot Operation ................................................................................. 74

5.1.5 Map Preview Operations ............................................................................ 75

6 Configuration ........................................................................................................................ 77

6.1 General Settings .................................................................................................... 78

6.2 Network ..................................................................................................................... 80

6.3 Camera Settings .................................................................................................... 82

6.3.1 Add Cameras ................................................................................................... 82

6.3.2 Modify Camera Info ..................................................................................... 84

6.3.3 Remove Cameras .......................................................................................... 88

6.3.4 Reboot Cameras ............................................................................................ 88

6.3.5 Enable/Disable Cameras ............................................................................ 88

6.4 Group .......................................................................................................................... 89

6.4.1 Add Group ........................................................................................................ 89

6.4.2 Modify Group ................................................................................................... 90

6.4.3 Remove Groups ............................................................................................. 90

6.5 Record Schedule .................................................................................................... 91

6.5.1 Add Recording Schedule ............................................................................ 91

6.5.2 Modify Recording Schedule ...................................................................... 93

6.5.3 Remove Recording Schedules ................................................................. 94

6.5.4 Using Recording Schedule Templates .................................................. 94

6.6 Alarm Actions .......................................................................................................... 96

6.6.1 Add Alarm Actions ........................................................................................ 96

6.6.2 Modify Alarm Actions ................................................................................103

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6.6.3 Remove Alarm Actions .............................................................................105

6.7 Peripherals ..............................................................................................................106

6.7.1 SMS Configuration ......................................................................................107

6.7.2 PTZ COM Port Configuration ..................................................................107

6.7.3 Alarm Box Configuration .........................................................................107

6.8 Configuration of User Accounts .................................................................... 110

6.9 Others ....................................................................................................................... 112

7 Appendix ................................................................................................................................ 115

7.1 Technical Terms .................................................................................................... 115

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1 Brief Introduction

iVMS-2000 is a hybrid PCDVR software designed by HIKVISION. It supports full range of

HIKVISION card and IP camera connection, and can be widely used in local & remote

surveillance of supermarkets, stores, districts and residential places, etc.

This user manual describes the function, configuration and operation steps of iVMS-2000

software. To ensure the properness and stability of software, please kindly refer to the

contents below and read the manual carefully before installation and operation. This user

manual can be acquired via your supplier.

1.1 iVMS-2000 Solution Overview

Figure 1-1 describes an example application scenario of iVMS-2000.

Figure 1-1 iVMS-2000 Solution Overview

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1.2 iVMS-2000 Features

1. Support for 64 camera inputs (32 IP + 32 analog)

2. Support of multiple VGA displays

3. Support for real time monitoring of PC CPU, network and hard disk condition, and

alarm can be triggered on system exception

4. Software Watchdog functionality

5. Support of POS connection

6. Support of over 80 PTZ protocols

7. Support various video live-view modes a) Support of live-view group settings b) Support for switch view by group or auto-switching under current screen-slip

mode

c) Self-adaptive to different VGA resolution, and displays under appropriate

screen-split viewing mode accordingly.

d) Support preview window selection by dragging the camera to its specific

position

e) Support for original size or Full-screen live-view f) Support of digital zoom g) Support for PTZ control on live-view image h) Support for snapshot of live-view image i) Support for output live-view to TV Wall j) Support for instant playback function for fast viewing of recent events

8. Recording and Storage Functionality a) Support for hard disk pre-allocation to ensure hard disk longevity. b) Support for motion recording, schedule recording, manual recording and alarm

recording.

c) Support for multiple recording schedules to facilitate user configuration d) Support for configuration of common as well as advanced video encoding

parameters to accommodate different user types.

e) Support for an additional encoding parameters set pertinent to alarm recording

9. External Alarm Configuration a) Support for multiple alarm types, including sensor inputs, motion detection in

video, video obstruction, video loss as well as other system exceptions

b) Support for various alarm triggered events including instant video recording,

PTZ action, Email notifications, SMS notifications, alarm output activation,

audio alarm, Live-view pop-up, E-map pop-up, etc

c) Support for 24-hour guard schedule d) Support for manual alarm activation

10. Video Search & Playback a) Search video by time

1. Smart search

2. Search video by to time period

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3. Support for 16 camera synchronized playback b) Video Search by POS transaction c) Video Search by Alarm Events d) Support for Video Clip Playback e) Synchronized alarm information display during playback f) Support for file clip function (A-B) g) Support for snapshot acquisition during playback and in live preview h) Support for digital zoom function in playback i) Support for TV-WALL display mode j) Support of Brightness/ Contrast/ Hue/ Saturation adjusting during playback

11. E-map Functions a) Support for marking surveillance locations, alarm locations etc. b) Support for live-preview in E-Map mode. c) Convenient Zoom In/Zoom out / Move functionality

12. Network functions a) Support for remote connection via Hikvision Client 4000V2.0 software b) Support for IE client connection c) Support for mobile-phone connection d) Support DDNS protocol e) Support for Hikvision SADP protocol which facilitates discovery of HIKVISION

IP Cameras on the local network.

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2 Installation and Removal

2.1 Installation

Please refer to the following steps during iVMS-2000 installation.

Step1: Insert the iVMS-2000 installation CD into the PC CD-ROM, and run

on the CD. The install shield dialog box will be displayed (Figure 2-1), and dialog box as Figure

2-2 will be displayed a few seconds later (the time interval depends on the PC configuration).

Figure2-1 Preparing to Install

Step2: Click “Next (N)” (Figure 2-2) and select the installation path (Figure 2-3), or click

“Cancel” to cancel the installation.

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Figure 2-2 Welcome Interface

Step3: Click “Change(C)…” to modify software installed location (Figure 2-3), and click

“Next” to continue (Figure 2-4), or click “Back” to return to Welcome Interface, or click “Cancel” to exit the Installation.

Figure 2-3 Select Installation Path

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Step4: Click “Install (I)” in the dialog box as Figure 2-4 to start iVMS-2000 installation

(Figure 2-5), or click “Back (B)” to return to Select Installation Path (Figure 2-3). Click

“Cancel” to exit the Installation.

Figure 2-4 Ready to Install

Figure 2-5 Installing

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Step5: In Figure 2-5, a WinPcap installation wizard will pop up (software can not

automatically detect and add IP cameras if WinPcap is not installed on the system), Click

“Next” to start WinPcap installation (Figure 2-8). Click “Next” to continue, or click “Cancel” to

cancel Installation and go to the Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).

Figure 2-6 Ready to Install WinPcap

If WinPcap is already installed on the PC, warning message box will prompt (Figure 2-7).

Click “OK” to reinstall WinPcap, or click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap installation and go to

Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).

Figure 2-7 Warning: WinPcap is already installed on the PC

Step6: In Figure 2-8, click “Next” to enter the license agreement screen (Figure 2-9).

Click “Back” to return to Figure 2-6, or click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap Installation and go to

Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).

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Figure 2-8 Welcome Interface for WinPcap

Step7: In Figure 2-9, click “I Agree” to start WinPcap installation to accept the license

agreement, or click “Back” to return to Figure 2-8. Click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap installation

and go to Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).

Figure 2-9 WinPcap license agreement

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Figure 2-10 Installing WinPcap

Step8: After WinPcap is installed, an Installation Complete Interface (Figure2-11) will

pop up. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.

Figure 2-11 WinPcap Installation Complete

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Step9: After WinPcap installation is finished, iVMS-2000 Installation Complete Interface

will pop up (Figure 2-12), click “Finish” to complete the iVMS-2000 installation process.

Figure 2-12 iVMS-2000 Installation Complete Interface

Note:On Windows Versions below Vista, users need to install Windows updates

before using CD/DVD backup function (Install the file in CD:

WindowsXP-KB932716-v2-x86-ENG.exe).

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2.2 Removal

Please refer to the following steps before removing iVMS-2000 software from personal

computers.

Step1: Select “All programs” -> “WinPcap” -> “Uninstall WinPcap” in the start menu of

the Windows operating system, and click “Uninstall” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-13) to

uninstall the WinPcap.

Figure 2-13 WinPcap Uninstall Interface

Step2: WinPcap un-installation takes only a few seconds, after the un-installation is

complete, click “Finish” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-14) to finish the un-Installation.

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Figure 2-14 WinPcap Un-installation Complete

Step3: Select “All programs” →” iVMS-2000” →”Uninstall iVMS-2000” in the start menu

of Windows OS, and click “Uninstall” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-15) to start to

uninstall the iVMS-2000.

Figure 2-15 iVMS-2000 Un-install Prompt

Step4: As shown in Figure 2-16, WinPcap un-installation process will takes a few

seconds.

Figure 2-16 iVMS-2000 Un-installing

Step5: Uninstall completed.

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2.3 Starting iVMS-2000

Double click the shortcut on system desktop, and please input default user

name: admin, password: 12345 in the login dialog box (Figure 2-17).

Figure 2-17 iVMS-2000 Login

Click “Login” and a dialog box will prompt if no disk is pre-allocated (Figure 2-18), click

“OK” to enter Disk Management(Figure 2-19); or click “Cancel” to start the software

immediately without using local recording functionality.

Figure 2-18 Disk Management

All disks with availab le space will be listed with available partitions. Select the partitions

for recording and click “Add” button to pre-allocate space. After pre-allocation, the state of

partition will change to “allocated”. Select one pre-allocated disk and click “Delete” to remove

the disk from the list. Note that previously recorded files and pre-allocated space will still

exist on that disk.

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Figure 2-19 Disk Management

When you are finished configuring hard disk space, click “OK” to run the software (Figure

2-20), or click “Cancel” to skip disk pre-allocation and enter iVMS-2000 directly.

Figure 2-20 Initializing

If iVMS-2000 is running for the first time (Figure 2-21), and Hikvision capture card is

installed in the PC, then the software will list all the detected analog cameras. For IP camera

live preview, you must manually configure IP cameras. (Please refer to 6.3.1 Add Cameras)

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Figure 2-21 Main Interface

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3 Main Console

Figure 3-1 Main Console

The following table describes the main console, in which 1, 2, 3, 7 are common to all

iVMS-2000 software interfaces.

Label

Name

Description

1

Menu Toolbar

Contains System Menu, View menu, Tool Menu,

Application Menu and Help Menu

2

Navigation Bar

Allows the user to chose between live preview and

various software configuration screens.

3

Info Display

Display current time, CPU usage and network

connections. At the bottom of the panel, there is also

information about logged-in user, disk usage and the

number of network users accessing iVMS-2000.

4

Left Control Panel

Displays IP and analog cameras currently

connected, alarm output settings. Contains PTZ

controls and controls to change video parameters.

1

2

3 4 5 6 7

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Live Preview Panel

Displays video feeds. Contains controls for accessing

some of the camera/video parameters.

6

Live Preview Control

Panel

Controls live preview layout. Contains controls for

instant record, manual record and auto switch.

7

Alarm Info Panel

Displays current alarm information in real time,

including the time of alarm, alarm source, alarm

type. You could get more alarm information by

clicking on the column.

3.1 Menu

The Menu Bar is consists of System (S), View (V), Tools (T), Application (A), and Help (H)

menu (Figure 3-2).

Figure 3-2 Menu Bar

3.1.1 System Menu

System Menu is used for logging in and out of the software as well as loading/backing-up

of configuration information, etc (Figure 3-3).

Figure 3-3 System Menu

[Lock System]

Lock current iVMS-2000 and you will not be able to carry on any operations. This

option will be displayed as “Login System” after lock is enabled, and you can click it to

login again and unlock the operation.

[Switch User]

Switch current users.

[Modify Password

Modify login password for the current user. Your password will be changed when you

confirm the original password and enter and confirm new password (Figure 3-4).

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Figure 3-4 Modify Password

[Load Configuration]

Load configuration files exported previously into the software. Restart iVMS-2000 to

take effect.

Note: Configuration files that you want load should be located under CONFIG folder

of iVMS-2000 directory.

Figure 3-5 Load Configuration

[Backup Configuration]

Export configuration files to load later. Default name of the configuration file is

current time. See Figure 3-6.

Note: You can find configuration files under CONFIG folder.

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Figure 3-6 Backup Configuration

[Default Configuration]

Set configuration parameters to default value. Restart the software to take effect.

Note: The logs, users, disk partition will not be reset to the initial state.

[Exit System]

Exit iVMS-2000.

3.1.2 View Menu

The View Menu is mainly for open/close view windows. View windows includes Main

Console, Aux preview, Playback, Config, E-Map and TV-Wall (Figure 3-7).

Figure 3-7 View Menu

[Open All]

Open all view icons on the Tab Bar below Menu Bar.

[Close All]

Close all view opened on Tab Bar except Main Console.

[Aux Preview], [Playback], [Config], [E-Map], [TV-Wall]

Click any of the items to open/close relative view page.

Note: The Main Console cannot be closed and Aux Preview function will be available

when you have several monitors.

3.1.3 Tool Menu

Tool menu contains some tools and functions of iVMS-2000 (Figure 3-8).

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Figure 3-8 Tool Menu

[Backup]

Backup recorded video, see 4.3 Backup for more details.

[Disk Management]

Add/Pre-allocate/Delete record disk.

The available partitions will be listed as Unused Disk (Figure 3-9) and the

pre-allocated disk partitions will be listed as Used Disk. Select the partitions for recording

and click “Add” button to pre-allocate disk space on this partition. Select one used disk

and click “Delete” to remove it.

Figure 3-9 Disk Management

Note:  The iVMS-2000 can’t start record until user has allocated and formatted the

disk.

 Modification for disk partitions will take effect after restart the software.  To use a partition it must have more than 2GB free space.  It is recommended to use partitions in NTFS format for higher allocating speed

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[System Log]

Query, export or delete the software operation log.

Click “Log Type” drop-dawn list to select type, set start time and end time, and click

button to start to query. Click [Backup Log] button to export log file.

If the search duration exceeds one day, then the system will enumerate the data in

the Query Data list (Figure 3-10). Select the date and the log of that day will appear.

Figure 3-10 Log Management

[Work Log]

If there is some other situation in the course of operation, you can add notes here for

later query.

Click “Submit” button to save work log after filling in your information (Figure 3-11),

and click “Search” to query work information saved previously (Figure 3-12).

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Figure 3-11 Work Log

Figure 3-12 Work Log Query

[Picture Viewer]

View & modify pictures captured in the process of preview or playback. (See 4.9

Picture Viewer for more)

[Shortcut Key]

Set shortcut key for the system in order to facilitate efficient operation of the

software.

Select one shortcut key and click “OK” to enable it. By default, all the shortcut keys

are enabled. Preview Full Screen and Playback Full Screen are effective only in preview

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and playback interfaces.

Figure 3-13 Shortcut Key Configuration

[Connection Management]

Manage network connections and set up blacklist.

As shown in Figure 3-14, all current clients IP and cameras connected will be

enumerated in Client IP and Connected Cameras list. Clients with IP addresses in

blacklist cannot connect to the system.

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Figure 3-14 Connection Management

[On-screen Keyboard]

Open the soft keyboard which the system contains.

[Windows Explorer]

Open windows explorer.

[Run External Program]

Open another executable program.

[Lock System Key]

Lock some keys that can switch interface of iVMS-2000 such as Win, Alt+Tab,

ATrl+Alt+Del, and Alt+Esc.

3.1.4 Help Menu

Help Menu consists of About iVMS-2000 and User Manual items.

Figure 3-15 Help Menu

[About]

Show information of iVMS-2000.

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[User Manual]

Open iVMS-2000 user manual, namely this manual.

3.2 Live Preview

Please make sure that you have added IP cameras or analog cameras before engaging

live preview. (See 6.3.1 for more details). As shown in Figure 3-16, 8 IP cameras and 8

analog cameras are connected to the system.

Figure 3-16 Camera List

The following list describes the meaning of cameras and status icons:

Icon

Description

Camera is connected and works normally.

Camera is disconnected.

Camera is recording. The different icons symbolize different

types of record.

Alarm associated with camera is active. The different icons

symbolize different types of alarm.

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