InVid PN1A Series, PN2A Series User Manual

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User Manual: PN1A/PN2A Series

Notes

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

safely.

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

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

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

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

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

other devices that produce heat.

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

environment. In case any solid or liquid get inside the machine’s case, please turn off the

device immediately and get it checked by a qualified technician.

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

involved in. The pictures and screenshots in this manual are only used to explain the usage of our product. The ownerships of trademarks, logos and other intellectual properties related to Microsoft, Apple and Google shall belong to the above-mentioned companies.

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

from one of the models for reference purpose.

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Contents

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

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

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

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

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

1.5 Connections ................................................................................................................... 8

2 Basic Operation Guide ................................................................................................ 11

2.1 Startup & Shutdown .................................................................................................... 11

2.1.1 Startup ................................................................................................ .............. 11

2.1.2 Shutdown.......................................................................................................... 11

2.2 Remote Controller ....................................................................................................... 11

2.3 Mouse Control ............................................................................................................. 13

2.4 Text-input Instruction .................................................................................................. 13

2.5 Common Button Operation ......................................................................................... 14

3 Wizard & Main Interface ........................................................................................... 15

3.1 Startup Wizard ............................................................................................................. 15

3.2 Main Interface ............................................................................................................. 21

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction .............................................................................. 21

3.2.2 Setup Panel ....................................................................................................... 23

3.2.3 Main Functions ................................................................................................. 25

4 Camera Management .................................................................................................. 26

4.1 Add/Edit Camera ......................................................................................................... 26

4.1.1 Add Camera ...................................................................................................... 26

4.1.2 Edit Camera ...................................................................................................... 28

4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group .............................................................................................. 30

4.2.1 Add Camera Group ........................................................................................... 30

4.2.2 Edit Camera Group ........................................................................................... 30

4.2.3 IP Planning ....................................................................................................... 31

5 Live Preview Introduction .......................................................................................... 32

5.1 Preview Interface Introduction .................................................................................... 32

5.2 Preview Mode ............................................................................................................. 33

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode................................................................................ 33

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View....................................................................................... 35

5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence ..................................................................... 36

5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence ............................................................................... 37

5.3 POS Settings ............................................................................................................... 39

5.4 Preview Image Configuration ..................................................................................... 42

5.4.1 OSD Settings .................................................................................................... 42

5.4.2 Image Settings .................................................................................................. 42

5.4.3 Mask Settings ................................................................................................... 43

5.4.4 Fisheye Settings................................................................................................ 44

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5.4.5 Image Adjustment ............................................................................................ 44

6 PTZ ............................................................................................................................... 47

6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction ............................................................................. 47

6.2 Preset Setting ............................................................................................................... 50

6.3 Cruise Setting .............................................................................................................. 51

7 Record & Disk Management ...................................................................................... 53

7.1 Record Configuration .................................................................................................. 53

7.1.1 Mode Configuration ......................................................................................... 53

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ................................................................................... 55

7.2 Encode Parameters Setting .......................................................................................... 55

7.3 Schedule Setting ................................................................................................ .......... 56

7.3.1 Add Schedule.................................................................................................... 56

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration........................................................................ 58

7.4 Record Mode ............................................................................................................... 59

7.4.1 Manual Recording ............................................................................................ 59

7.4.2 Timing Recording ............................................................................................. 59

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording .................................................................................. 59

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording ................................................................................... 59

7.4.5 Intelligence Recording ..................................................................................... 60

7.5 Disk ............................................................................................................................. 60

7.5.1 Disk Management ............................................................................................ 60

7.5.2 Storage Mode Configuration ............................................................................ 61

7.5.3 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information ........................................................... 62

8 Playback & Backup ..................................................................................................... 64

8.1 Instant Playback .......................................................................................................... 64

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction .................................................................................. 64

8.3 Smart Playback............................................................................................................ 67

8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup ............................................................................ 70

8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image .......................................... 70

8.4.2 Smart Search .................................................................................................... 72

8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time ............................................................... 73

8.4.4 Search, Playback & Backup by Event .............................................................. 73

8.4.5 Search & Playback by Tag ................................................................................ 74

8.4.6 Image Management .......................................................................................... 75

8.4.7 View Backup Status .......................................................................................... 75

9 Alarm Management .................................................................................................... 76

9.1 Sensor Alarm ............................................................................................................... 76

9.2 Motion Alarm .............................................................................................................. 77

9.2.1 Motion Configuration ....................................................................................... 77

9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration ............................................................ 78

9.3 Intelligence Alarm ....................................................................................................... 78

9.3.1 Object Detection ............................................................................................... 78

9.3.2 Exception.......................................................................................................... 80

9.3.3 Tripwire ............................................................................................................ 81

9.3.4 Intrusion Detection ........................................................................................... 82

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9.4 Exception Alarm.......................................................................................................... 84

9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ......................................................................................... 84

9.4.2 Exception Handling Settings ................................................................ ............ 84

9.5 Alarm Event Notification ............................................................................................ 85

9.5.1 Alarm-out ......................................................................................................... 85

9.5.2 E-mail ............................................................................................................... 85

9.5.3 Display ............................................................................................................. 85

9.5.4 Buzzer .............................................................................................................. 86

9.5.5 Push Message ................................................................................................... 86

9.6 Manual Alarm ............................................................................................................. 86

9.7 View Alarm Status ....................................................................................................... 87

10 Account & Permission Management ......................................................................... 88

10.1 Account Management ................................................................................................ 88

10.1.1 Add User......................................................................................................... 88

10.1.2 Edit User......................................................................................................... 89

10.2 User Login & Logout ................................................................................................ 91

10.3 Permission Management ........................................................................................... 91

10.3.1 Add Permission Group ................................................................................... 91

10.3.2 Edit Permission Group ................................................................................... 92

10.4 Black and White List ................................................................................................ . 92

10.5 Preview On Logout ................................................................................................... 93

10.6 View Online User ...................................................................................................... 94

11 Device Management .................................................................................................... 95

11.1 Network Configuration .............................................................................................. 95

11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration ..................................................................................... 95

11.1.2 Port Configuration .......................................................................................... 98

11.1.3 PPPoE Configuration ...................................................................................... 99

11.1.4 DDNS Configuration ...................................................................................... 99

11.1.5 E-mail Configuration .................................................................................... 102

11.1.6 UPnP Configuration...................................................................................... 103

11.1.7 NAT Configuration ....................................................................................... 104

11.1.8 FTP Configuration ........................................................................................ 104

11.1.9 Platform Access ............................................................................................ 104

11.1.10 SNMP ......................................................................................................... 105

11.1.11 View Network Status .................................................................................. 106

11.2 Basic Configuration ................................................................................................. 106

11.2.1 Common Configuration ................................................................................ 106

11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration ....................................................................... 107

11.3 Factory Default ........................................................................................................ 108

11.4 Device Software Upgrade ........................................................................................ 108

11.5 Backup and Restore ................................................................................................. 109

11.6 Restart Automatically .............................................................................................. 109

11.7 View Log ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 110

11.8 View System Information ........................................................................................ 110

12 Face Detection and Comparison .............................................................................. 111

12.1 Face Detection Settings ........................................................................................... 111

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12.2 Target Database Settings ......................................................................................... 112

12.3 Face Comparison ..................................................................................................... 115

12.3.1 Face Comparison .......................................................................................... 115

12.3.2 Face Match Alarm Settings .......................................................................... 117

12.4 Face Search and Playback ....................................................................................... 117

12.5 Smart Playback by Face Search .............................................................................. 121

13 Remote Surveillance .................................................................................................. 123

13.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ...................................................................................... 123

13.2 Web LAN Access .................................................................................................... 123

13.3 Web WAN Access.................................................................................................... 124

13.4 Web Remote Control ............................................................................................... 125

13.4.1 Remote Preview ........................................................................................... 126

13.4.2 Remote Playback .......................................................................................... 129

13.4.3 Remote Backup ............................................................................................ 130

13.4.4 Remote Configuration ................................ ................................ .................. 130

Appendix A FAQ ................................................................................................................. 131

Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity ...................................................................... 137

Appendix C Compatible Device List ................................................................................. 138

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1.1 Summary

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

1.2 Features

Basic Functions

 Support network device access including IP camera/dome and the third party IP cameras  Some NVRs support the latest H.265 video coding stream and a mixture input of H.265

and H.264 IP cameras

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

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

Live Preview

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

 Support multi-screen modes such as 1/4/6/8/9/13/16/25/36  Support auto adjustment of the camera’s image display proportion  Support audio monitoring of the camera to be enabled or disabled  Support manual snap of the preview camera  Support the sequence of the preview cameras to be adjusted  Support display mode to be added and saved and the saved modes can be called directly  Support quick tool bar operation of the preview window  Support camera group view and scheme view in sequence, quick sequence view and dwell

time setting  Support motion detection and video mask

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 Support multiple popular P.T.Z. control protocol and setup of the preset and cruise  Support direct mouse control of the IP dome including rotating, zoom, focusing and so on  Support single camera image to be zoomed by sliding the scroll wheel of the mouse  Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current

size

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

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

Disk Management

 The NVRs with the 3U case can add a maximum of 16 SATA HDDs; a maximum of 8 SATA HDDs with the 2U case, a maximum of 4 SATA HDDs with the 1.5U case, a maximum of 2 SATA HDDs with the 1U case and a maximum of 1 SATA HDD with the small 1U case

 Each SATA interface of the NVR supports the HDDs with max 8TB storage capacity  Some of the NVRs support record to be backed up by e-SATA HDD  Support disk group configuration and management and each camera can be added into

different disk groups with different storage capacity

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

Record Configuration

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

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

Record Playback

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

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

displayed with camera thumbnail

 Support a maximum of 16 cameras to be searched by time  Support event searching by manual/motion/sensor/intelligent events  Support tag searching by the manual added tags  Support instant playback of the selected camera in the live preview interface  Support a maximum of 16 synchronous playback cameras  Support acceleration(maximum 32 times of the normal speed), deceleration (minimum

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

 Support record to be backed up through USB (U disk, mobile HDD) or e-SATA interface  Support record to be backed up by time/event/image searching  Support record cutting for backing up when playing back  Support a maximum of 10 backup tasks in background and backup status viewing

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

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

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

e-mail and so on

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

 Support system auto reboot when exception happens

Network Functions

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

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

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

one key focus is not currently supported)  Support Paramont CMS or other platform management software to access the NVR and

manage it

 Support NAT function and QRCode scanning by mobile phone and PAD  Support mobile surveillance by phones or PADs with iOS or Android OS  Support NVR to be accessed remotely through telnet and the telnet function can be

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

Record Backup

Alarm Management

Other Functions

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Name

Descriptions

REC

When recording, the light is blue

Net

When access to network , the light is blue

Power

Power indicator, when connection , the light is blue

No function temporarily

Name

Descriptions

Power

Power Indicator, when connected, the light is blue

HDD

The light turns blue when reading/writing HDD

Net

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

Backup

The light turns blue when backing up files and data

Play

The light turns blue when playing video

REC

Power Indicator, when connected, the light is blue

AUDIO /+

1. Adjust audio 2. Increase the value in setup

P.T.Z / -

1. Enter PTZ mode 2. Decrease the value in setup

Enter Menu in live

INFO

Check the information of the device

BACKUP

Enter backup mode in live

Enter search mode in live

Exit

Exit the current interface

 The NVR can be controlled and operated by the buttons on the front panel, the remote controller and the mouse  Setting interfaces can be switched to one another conveniently by clicking the main menus on the top of the setting interfaces  Support NVR information viewing including basic, camera status, alarm status, record status, network status, disk and backup status  Support factory restoring, import and export of the system configuration, log view and export and local upgrading by USB mobile device

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

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

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions

The following descriptions are for reference only. Type I:

Type II:

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Name

Descriptions

Manually record

Play/Pause

Speed down

Speed up

1-9

Input digital number and select camera

0/--

Input number 0, the number above 10

Direction Key

Change direction

Multi-Screen Switch

Change the screen mode

Enter

Confirm selection

USB

To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash

No.

Name

Descriptions

ALARM OUT

Relay output; connect to external alarm

GND

Grounding

AUDIO IN

Audio input; connect to audio input device, like microphone, pickup, etc

DC12V

DC12V power input

LAN

Network port

VGA

Connect to monitor

ALARM IN

Alarm inputs for connecting sensors

HDMI

Connect to high definition display device

USB

Connect USB storage device or USB mouse

AUDIO OUT

Audio output; connect to sound box

RS485

Connect to keyboard. A is TX+; B is TX-

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions

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

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No.

Name

Descriptions

VGA

Connect to monitor

e-SATA

Connect to HDD with e-SATA interface

RS485 Y/Z interface

Connectors for speed dome. Y is TX+, Z is TX(This interface of some models is unavailable.)

RS485 A/B interface

Connect to a keyboard. A is TX+; B is TX-

AUDIO OUT

Audio output; connect to sound box

LAN

Network port

HDMI

Connect to high definition display device

USB

Connect USB storage device or USB mouse

GND

Grounding

ALARM OUT

Relay output; connect to external alarm

ALARM IN

Alarm inputs for connecting sensors

AUDIO IN

Audio input; connect to audio input device, like microphone, pickup, etc

Power Switch

Press the switch to turn on/off the NVR

Power Supply

Power supply interface

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No.

Name

Descriptions

VGA

Connect to monitor

RS485 Y/Z interface

Connect to speed dome. Y is TX+, Z is TX(This interface of some models is unavailable.)

ALARM OUT

Relay output; connect to external alarm

GND

Grounding

AUDIO OUT

Audio output

e-SATA1/ e-SATA2

Connect to HDD with e-SATA interface

LAN1/LAN2

Network port

HDMI1

Connect to 4K×2K high definition display device

USB3.0/USB

USB3.0 and USB 2.0 interface, connect USB storage device or USB mouse

HDMI2

Connect to 1920×1080 high definition display device. Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Only video display, no menu show

RS485 A/B interface

Connect to a keyboard. A is TX+; B is TX-

ALARM IN

Alarm inputs for connecting sensors

AUDIO IN

Audio input

Power Switch

Press the switch to turn on/off the NVR

Power Supply

Power supply interface

No.

Name

Descriptions

Power Supply

DC48V power supply interface

PoE port

8 PoE network ports; connect to 8 PoE IP cameras

LAN

Network port

VGA

Connect to monitor

HDMI

Connect to 1920×1080 high definition display device

USB3.0

USB3.0 interface, connect USB storage device or USB mouse

AUDIO IN

Audio input; connect to audio input device, like microphone, pickup, etc

AUDIO OUT

Audio output; connect to sound box

Power Supply

DC12V power supply interface

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Name

Descriptions

e-SATA

Connect to HDD with e-SATA interface

LAN1/LAN2

Network port

HDMI2

Connect to 1920×1080 high definition display device. Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Only video display, no menu show

USB

USB interface, connect USB storage device or USB mouse

HDMI1

Connect to 4K×2K high definition display device

VGA

Connect to monitor

RS485 Y/Z interface

Connect to speed dome. Y is TX+, Z is TX(This interface of some models is unavailable.)

RS485 A/B interface

Connect to keyboard. A is TX+; B is TX-

ALARM OUT

Relay output; connect to external alarm

GND

Grounding

ALARM IN

Alarm inputs for connecting sensors

AUDIO IN

Audio input; connect to audio input device, like microphone, pickup, etc

AUDIO OUT

Audio output; connect to sound box

Power Switch

Press the switch to turn on/off the NVR

Power Supply

Power supply interface

1.5 Connections

 Video Connections

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

 Audio Connections

Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc.

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Audio Output: Connect to headphone, sound box or other audio output devices.

 Alarm Connections

Some models may not support this function. Take 16 CH alarm inputs and 1 CH alarm output for example.

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

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

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

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connect the power supply as per the following figures.

 RS485 Connection

There are two types of RS485 interfaces:

（Type 1）（Type 2）

Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are unavailable temporarily. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are used to connect keyboard. A is TX+; B is TX-.

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2 Basic Operation Guide

2.1 Startup & Shutdown

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

2.1.1 Startup

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

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

2.1.2 Shutdown

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

By remote controller:

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

By mouse:

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

2.2 Remote Controller

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

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

1. Check batteries polarity.

2. Check the remaining charge in the batteries.

3. Check IR controller sensor for any masking.

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

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Button

Function

Power Button

Switch off—to stop the device

Record Button

To start recording

-/-- /0-9

Input number or choose camera

Fn1 Button

Unavailable temporarily

Multi Button

To choose multi screen display mode

Next Button

To switch the live image

SEQ

To go to sequence view mode

Audio

To enable audio output in live mode

Switch

No function temporarily

Direction button

To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ

Enter Button

To confirm the choice or setup

Menu Button

To go to menu

Exit Button

To exit the current interface

Focus/IRIS/Zoom/PTZ

To control PTZ camera

Preset Button

To enter into preset setting in PTZ mode

Cruise Button

To go to cruise setting in PTZ mode

Track Button

No track function temporarily

Wiper Button

No function temporarily

Light Button

No function temporarily

Clear Button

No function temporarily

Fn2 Button

No function temporarily

Info Button

Get information about the device

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

Snap Button

To take snapshots manually

Search Button

To go to search mode

Cut Button

No function temporarily

Backup Button

To go to backup mode

Zoom Button

To zoom in the images

PIP Button

No function temporarily

Note: You shall press P.T.Z button to enter PTZ setting mode, choose a channel and press P.T.Z button again to hide the P.T.Z control panel. Then you can press preset, cruise, track, wiper or light button to enable the relevant function.

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Button

Function

REC

Record manually

To enter search mode

MEUN

To enter menu

Exit

To exit the current interface

ENTER

To confirm the choice or setup

Direction button

To move cursor in setup

ZOOM

To zoom in

PIP

No function temporarily

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

Multi

To choose multi screen display mode

To switch the live image

SEQ

To go to sequence view mode

INFO

Get information about the device

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

2.3 Mouse Control

 Mouse control in Live Display & Playback interface

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

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

 Mouse control in text-input

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

2.4 Text-input Instruction

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Button

Meaning

Button

Meaning

Backspace key

Switch key of punctuation character

Delete Key

Enter key

Switch key between upper and lower letter

Space key

Switch key of language

Button

Meaning

Click it to show the menu list.

Click it to change the sequence of the list.

Click it to change the camera displaying mode.

Click it to close the current interface.

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

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

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

2.5 Common Button Operation

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3 Wizard & Main Interface

3.1 Startup Wizard

The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk).

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

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

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

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

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

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

includes DST. Click “Next” to continue.

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

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Note:

 If you use the NVR with the PoE network ports, the online state of the internal Ethernet port will be shown on the interface. Refer to the picture below. Please refer to 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for detail introduction of the internal Ethernet port.

 If the NVR has two network ports or above, you can select the network work pattern as required. Network Fault Tolerance and Multiple Address Setting are available. Refer to the pictures below. Please refer to 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for more detailed information.

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④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with NVR and then click to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete

All” to delete all the added cameras.

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

Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Input the new camera name, IP address, port, username and the password of the camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the IP

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camera name only when the added camera is online. Click “Next” to continue.

Tips：Please skip Step ⑤ and ⑥ if the NVR do not support RAID function.

⑤ Disk Mode. Click “Enable RAID” to enable the RAID function. Click “Next” to continue. ⑥ Create an array. Set the array name and select array type which including RAID0, RAID1,

RAID5, RAID6 and RAID10. The global hot spares and array capacity can also be set up here. See 7.5 Disk for details. Click “Next” to continue. ⑦ Disk Settings. You can view the disk number, disk capacity of the NVR and serial number, R&W status of the disk. Click “Formatting” to format the disk. Click “Next” to continue.

⑧ Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual. Auto: Select one auto mode in the interface as shown below and then click the “Next” to save

the settings. Click “Advanced” to self-define record mode. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details.

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

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⑨ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details). You can scan the QRCode through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the

mobile client instantly. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance for details. Click“OK” to save the settings.

3.2 Main Interface

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

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

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Button

Meaning

Start button. Click it to pop up area ③.

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

Screen mode button.

Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence for details).

Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD.

Click to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (8.1 Instant Playback) or going to the playback interface for playback operations

(8.2 Playback Interface Introduction); click to go to the playback interface. For instance, if you choose “5 minutes ago” as the default playback time, you can playback the record from the past five minutes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Information button. Click it to view system information.

Introduction of area ②: Area ② is hidden by default. Move the cursor to the right to reveal this area. Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.

Click on the top right corner and then select “Single Channel Sequences” to view all the added groups in the group list; click one group in the list to view all the added cameras in the group (refer to 4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group for detail configuration of the camera group). Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one group in the group list to preview the cameras’ images one by one in the selected window.

Click on the top right corner and then select “Customize Display Modes” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode for detail configuration of the display mode). Double click one display mode in the list to switch to the display mode for previewing.

Click on the top right corner and then select “Face Recognition” to go to face

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Icon / Button

Meaning

It shows the current login user.

Click it to go to record search and backup interface, see 8.3 Record Search, Playback & Backup for details.

Click it to go to playback interface (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time), see 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details.

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

Click it to log out the system.

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

recognition interface. This function is only available for some modes.

Introduction of area ③:

3.2.2 Setup Panel

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

The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links

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such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligence Analysis” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below.

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

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

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3.2.3 Main Functions

 Camera

The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details), and PTZ (see Chapter 6 PTZ for details) and so on.

 Record

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

 Alarm

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

 Disk

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

 Network

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

 Account and Authority

The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on.

 System

The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.7 View Log for details) and Configuration File Import&Export (see 11.5 Backup and Restore for details) and so on.

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4 Camera Management

4.1 Add/Edit Camera

4.1.1 Add Camera

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

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

 Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP

address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

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 Add Manually

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

“Add” button). Click to delete the camera. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

Note: Some models may not support this function.

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to check “Enable Add IPC by Zero Operation”. If the NVR has unoccupied channels, it can add IPC without any operation by restarting.

 Add Recorder

 Quickly Add：Select the searched NVR/DVR and the click “Add” to add NVR in the

same local network.

 Manually Add：Click “Manual Add” and then enter the IP address or domain name,

port, username and password of the NVR/DVR. Check the added remote channel number and click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Then click

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“OK” to return to the previous interface.

Note: Only the local NVR has unoccupied channels, may the IPC of other NVR/DVR in the same local network be added. And the added IPC supports previewing and recording.

4.1.2 Edit Camera

Click “Edit Camera” in the setup panel to go to the interface as shown below. Click to view the live image of the camera in the popup window. Click to edit the camera (see Add camera in 3.1 Startup Wizard for details). Click to delete the camera. Click in

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

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

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Note:

If you use the NVR with the PoE network ports, the IP cameras (with PoE function) which directly connect to the PoE port of the NVR will be displayed automatically in the camera list. Refer to the picture below. The IP camera which occupies the PoE resource has a prefix shown before its camera name. The prefix consists of PoE plus PoE port number. The IP camera which connects to the PoE port cannot be deleted from the camera list manually.

 The IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port of the NVR through private

protocol will be shown automatically in the camera list.

 One of the two conditions must be met if the IP camera which directly connects to the PoE

port of the NVR through ONVIF protocol should be shown automatically in the camera list.

 The IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port is in the same network segment with the internal ethernet port.  The DHCP (obtain an IP address automatically) of the IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port is enabled.

If the IP camera which connects to the PoE port cannot be displayed automatically in the camera list, please refer to Q6 in Appendix A FAQ for details.

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4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group

4.2.1 Add Camera Group

Click “Edit Camera Group” in the above interface to go to the interface as shown below.

Click to pop up the window as shown below. Set the group name and dwell time (the dwell time of the camera group sequence view) in the window. Check the cameras and then

click “Add” to add group. Click to view the cameras in the group after adding group.

4.2.2 Edit Camera Group

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Click to modify the group information such as group name and dwell time. Click to delete the group.

4.2.3 IP Planning

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

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

NVRs.

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

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

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Button

Menu List

Meaning

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

Manually Record On

Click it to start recording.

Instant Playback

Click to playback the record; click “Instant Playback” to select or self-define the instant playback time. See 8.1 Instant Playback for details.

Enable Audio

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

Snap

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

5 Live Preview Introduction

5.1 Preview Interface Introduction

You should add camera first after logging on to the system (see 4.1.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging. The record symbols with different colors in the live preview window refer to different record types when recording: green stands for manual record, red stands for sensor based record, yellow stands for motion based record, blue stands for schedule record and cyan stands for intelligence record.

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

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Button

Menu List

Meaning

PTZ Control

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

Zoom In

Click it to go to single channel amplification interface.

Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.3.4 Image Adjustment for details.

Start/Close Talk

Click it to start talk.

Face Recognition

Click it to go to single channel face comparison interface. (only applicable to some models)

Camera Info

Click it to view the camera information.

The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box

to select other cameras for amplification. Click “Back” to return to the live preview interface.

5.2 Preview Mode

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode

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

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 Add Display Mode Method One:

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

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

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

Method Two:

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

② Double click the camera or camera group in the list to add them to the selected window. ③ Click to save the current display mode (refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence for

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

 Edit Display Mode

Click “Customize Display Modes” tab in the live preview interface and then select one display mode in the list. Click to edit the display mode name; click to delete the display

mode.

 Corridor Pattern

Some models may not support this function.

Select corridor pattern in display mode. You can change the direction of the video image by using this function. Please refer to User Manual of relevant camera.

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 Fisheye Mode

Some models may not support this function.

In the live preview, select the view mode according to the installation mode and display mode of the fisheye camera. Please refer to User Manual of relevant camera.

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View

You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created, please refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence for details.

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Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the

camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.

5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence

You can start camera group view in sequence if camera group has been created (see 4.2.1 Add Camera Group for details). ① Go to the live preview interface and then select a camera window.

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② Double click one camera group on the right side of the interface. The cameras in the group will start camera group view one by one in the selected camera window. You can also drag the group directly to any preview window. Right click on the group view window and then click “Close Dwell” to stop the view.

5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence

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

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

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 Add Scheme

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

 Configure Scheme

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

or click to remove all the cameras. c) Click “Apply” to save the settings.

 Start Sequence View

Go to live preview interface and then click to pop up a window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to start scheme view in sequence. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.

Note:

You can set the secondary output preview if the NVR has dual outputs. Refer to the interface as shown below. Check “Dwell” and then set scheme view in sequence of the adjuvant output. The setting steps are similar to that of the main output.

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Set quick sequence view if “Dwell” is not checked. The setting steps are as follows:

① Set screen mode by clicking the relevant buttons on the tool bar. ② Select one window and then double click one camera or group in the list. ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings after adding cameras or groups to the windows.

5.3 POS Settings

This function is only available for some models. If no such function, please skip the following instructions.

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

interface.

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

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

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

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

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

One POS is bound to multiple cameras:

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5.4 Preview Image Configuration

5.4.1 OSD Settings

Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera, enter the camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and time OSDs directly in the image view area to change the OSDs’ display position) and select the date and time formats. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

5.4.2 Image Settings

Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface.

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Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click the “Advanced” button or in the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up the

“Image Adjust” interface and then set the relevant setting items. Please refer to 5.3.4 Image Adjustment for detailed introductions of these items. You can click “Default” to restore the image settings to the default factory settings.

5.4.3 Mask Settings

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

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5.4.4 Fisheye Settings

Some models may not support this function. Click StartSettingsCameraImageFisheye Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera and the mode of fisheye and installation.

5.4.5 Image Adjustment

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

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Parameter

Meaning

Brightness

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

Contrast

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

Saturation

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

Hue

It relates to the total color degree of the image.

Sharpen

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

Wide Dynamic

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

Denoise

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

White Balance

Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically. Image Mirror

Turn the current video image horizontally.

Image Flip

Turn the current video image vertically.

 Image Adjustment

Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue

value. Check sharpen, wide dynamic and denoise and then drag the slider to set the value. Click “Default” to set these parameters to default values. The introductions of these parameters are as follows:

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Button/Parameter

Meaning

Click / to zoom in/out the image.

Focus Mode

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

Click / to increase/decrease the focal length.

Click it to focus instantly.

Day/night mode switch autofocus

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

Time Interval

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

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

 Lens Control

Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click or to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings.

The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows.

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Button

Meaning

Click / / / / / / / to rotate the dome. Click to stop rotating the dome.

Click / to zoom in / out the camera image.

Click / to increase / decrease the focal length.

Click / to increase / decrease the iris of the dome.

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

Click / to start / stop recording.

Click / to hide / show the analog joystick.

Click it to return to the live preview interface.

6 PTZ

6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction

You can control the IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control

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

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

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 Analog Joystick Control

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

 3D Control

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

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

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 Advanced 3D Control

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

 Preset Setting

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

Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position” to save the current preset position

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(you can also click another preset in the preset list and then save the preset position after adjusting the dome’s direction); click in the preset list to call the preset; click “Delete” to

delete the selected preset. You can also go to preset setting interface for preset setting, see 6.2 Preset Setting for details.

 Cruise Setting

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

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

③ In the “Add Cruise” window, you can click to reselect the preset, then change the preset time and speed. Click to delete the preset. Click “Add” to save the cruise.

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

6.2 Preset Setting

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

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 Add preset

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

add preset. The operations of the “Add Preset” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details.

 Edit preset

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

 Delete Preset

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

6.3 Cruise Setting

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

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 Add Cruise

Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise”

window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details.

 Edit Cruise

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

to save the cruise name. Click “Add Preset” to add preset to the cruise. Click to edit the preset. Click to delete the preset from the cruise. Click one preset in the preset list and then click to move down the preset and click to move up the preset. Click to start the cruise and click to stop it.

 Delete Cruise

Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click on the top right corner of the cruise to delete the cruise.

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7 Record & Disk Management

7.1 Record Configuration

7.1.1 Mode Configuration

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

 Auto Mode

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

motion/sensor alarm happens. Always(24ⅹ7) Record+Motion Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; motion alarm

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

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

motion/sensor alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor alarm happens. Always(24ⅹ7) Record+ Analytics Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; analytics

record will be enabled when analytics alarm happens.

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You can add more auto modes on analytics record. Click “Advanced” to pop up a window as shown below. Check the modes in the window and then click “Add” to show the modes in the record mode list (in the window, the checked modes can be showed in the record mode list while the unchecked modes cannot; you shall check “Analytics Record”).

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

Video Encode: the available options will be H.265 and H.264 if the connected IP camera supports H.265, or the option will be H.264 only.

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

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

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 Manual Mode

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

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration

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

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

recorded data will be deleted automatically.

7.2 Encode Parameters Setting

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

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

7.3 Schedule Setting

7.3.1 Add Schedule

Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24ⅹ7”, “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or

delete “24ⅹ7” while “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” can be edited and deleted. Click the schedule name to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface. The seven rows

stand for the seven days in a week and each row stands for 24 hours in a day. Blue stands for the selected time and gray stands for unselected time.

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

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Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button.

 Set Day Schedule

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

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

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

 Set Week Schedule

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

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

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration

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

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Note: Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings and then set the manual record time in the interface. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

Go to “Edit Schedules” interface and then click to edit the schedule. The settings of “Edit Schedule” are similar to that of the “Add Schedule”. Click to delete the schedule.

7.4 Record Mode

7.4.1 Manual Recording

Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to enable

recording of the camera. Method Two: Go to live preview interface and then click the right-click menu “Manually

Record On” in the camera window or click on the tool bar under the camera window to start recording.

7.4.2 Timing Recording

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

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

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording

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

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

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording

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

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7.4.5 Intelligence Recording

① Set the intelligence recording schedule of each IP camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. ② Enable the intelligence detection (object detection, exception, tripwire, intrusion or face detection) and draw alert surface or warning area of each IP camera. See 9.3 Intelligence Alarm for details. The camera will start intelligence recording once you finish the above settings. This function is only available for some IPCs.

7.5 Disk

7.5.1 Disk Management

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

Some models may not support this function. The settings of RAID are as followings. Please skip the settings of physical disk, array and disk mode if the NVR doesn’t support this function.

 Physical Disk

Click StartSettingsDiskDisk ManagementPhysical Disk to go to physical disk interface.

① Click disks and then click “Create an array” to create arrays (You shall enter

username and password again to authenticate the authority before creating an array).

② Select the RAID level which including RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6 and

RAID10 in the popup window.

③ Select physical and global hot spares. The user can also check the array capacity. ④ Click “Add” to add the array.

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

2. For normal use of the HDD which has been used in other NVR, if the NVR is of the same model with the new NVR, please import the configuration file of the NVR to the new NVR or format the HDD; if the models of the two NVRs are different, please format the HDD.

After creating the array successfully, the user can check the information of the array and

physical disk in disk management interface.

 Array

Click StartSettingsDiskDisk ManagementArray to go to array interface. Check

the information of the disk. The user can also rebuild and delete the array.

 Disk Mode

Click StartSettingsDiskDisk ManagementDisk Mode to go to disk mode

interface. Click “Enable RAID” and save the settings.

7.5.2 Storage Mode Configuration

Click StartSettingsDiskStorage Mode to go to the interface as shown below.

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There are all four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The NVR with e-SATA interface supports e-SATA recording.

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

on the top right corner of the added disk or camera to delete it from the group). The deleted disks and cameras will be moved into group one automatically.

Each group can add the disks and cameras from other groups. Each disk and camera can only be added into one group. Select a disk group and then click in the disk or camera

row to pop up a window. Check the disks or cameras in the window and then click “Add”.

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

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

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8 Playback & Backup

8.1 Instant Playback

Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback

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

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction

Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface or click StartPlayback to go to the playback interface as shown below (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the

live preview interface to set the default playback time).

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Button

Meaning

Start button. Click it to pop up area ②.

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

Screen mode button.

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

Stop button.

Rewind button. Click it to play video backward.

Play button. Click it to play video forward.

Pause button.

Deceleration button. Click it to decrease the playing speed.

Acceleration button. Click it to increase the playing speed.

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

The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The system supports a maximum of 16 synchronous playback cameras.

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

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Button

Meaning

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

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

Open/close POS information.

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

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

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

Back button. Click it to return.

Full screen motion button.

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

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

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

Select face button. Click it to select face. (only available for some models)

Smart playback settings. Click it to set smart playback.

Button

Meaning

Click it to go to record search and backup interface; see 8.3 Record Search, Playback & Backup for details.

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

Button

Menu List

Meaning

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

Enable Audio

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

Snap

Click it to snap.

Note: Some models may not support face search and face smart playback.

Introduction of area ②:

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

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Zoom In

Click it to go to the zoom in interface. The zoom in interface is similar to that of the camera window in the live preview interface.

Click to pause the record playing; click to play the record. When the record is paused in forward playing mode, you

can click to view the previous frame and click to view the next frame.

Add Tag

Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the added tag. Click it and then enter the tag name in the popup window. Click “Add” to add tag.

Switch Camera

Click it to switch the playback camera. Click it and then check the camera in the popup window. Click “OK” to change the camera.

Close Camera

Click it to close the playback camera.

Introduction of area ④: Click to set the date; click to set the time and then the playback camera will play the

record from the time you set. You can check the record type as required for record playback; first you should click on the tool bar at the bottom of the interface to clear all the playback camera, then check the record type ( : manual record; : sensor based record; : motion

based record; : schedule record; : intelligence record; : POS record) and finally click in the playback window to add camera for playback (the record time scale will show

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

Introduction of the record time scale (area ⑤): A tool bar will appear after moving the mouse to the record time scale. Click / to zoom the timeline; click to recover the timeline to 24 hours’ ratio. Drag the timeline or

slide the scroll wheel of the mouse on the time scale to show the hidden time on the top or bottom of the timeline. You can also click to show the hidden time on the top of the timeline or click to show the hidden time on the bottom of the timeline. Drag the slider at

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

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

8.3 Smart Playback

 Smart Playback Settings

Click to go to the following interface. Set the value of “Speed of non-interest video”

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(Please skip this one if you click “Skip non-interest video”), “Speed of interest video” and “Intrusion percentage”.

 Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle

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

 Smart Playback by Drawing Line

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

 Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral

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

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8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup

The record data and the snapped pictures can be backed up through network, USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD) or e-SATA (only available for some models). The file system of the backup devices should be FAT32 format.

8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image

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

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

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

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Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only.

⑤ Click “Playback” to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details). Click “Close” to close the interface.

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

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

Method Two: Click beside “Camera Thumbnail” on the left top corner of the interface to select the time slice mode. Method Three: Right-click the mouse on any area of the time-sliced interface to go back to the upper interface.

8.4.2 Smart Search

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

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

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

: Full screen motion button. : Motion button.

: Draw line button. You can search the record of crossing the line after drawing the line. : Draw quadrilateral. You can search the record in this quadrilateral after drawing it.

 Face Search

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Face, detailed face information and track can be searched in this interface (only some models support this function. See chapter 12.5 Face Search and Backup for details).

8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time

① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time to go to “By Time” tab as shown below. ② Click on the bottom of the interface to add playback camera. A maximum of 16

cameras can be added for playback. Click “Modify” on the top right corner of the camera window to change the camera and click “Clear” to remove the camera. ③ Click the camera window to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the interface. You can set the date on the top left of the interface, check the event type as

required and click the time scale or click under the time scale to set the time. The camera window will play the record according to the time and event type you set. ④ Drag the color blocks on the time scale to select the record data (or click “Set Backup Time” on the bottom left corner of the interface to set the backup start time and end time) and then click “Backup” for record backup. Click “Playback” to play the record in the playback interface.

8.4.4 Search, Playback & Backup by Event

Some models may support searching POS event.

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

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

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

then click to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list. ⑤ Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window. Click to back up

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

8.4.5 Search & Playback by Tag

Only if you add the tags can you play the record by tag search. Click StartPlayback to go to the playback interface and then click on the bottom of the camera window to add tag

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

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

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8.4.6 Image Management

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

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

Click to pop up the “View Image” window. Click to export the image. Click to view the previous image; click to view the next image; click to delete the image; click to play all the images.

8.4.7 View Backup Status

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

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9 Alarm Management

9.1 Sensor Alarm

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

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

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

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

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

then click to set the camera as the trigger camera. Select trigger camera on the right side and then click to cancel the trigger camera. Click “OK” to save the settings. The trigger

cameras will record automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. Snapshot: check it and then the “Trigger Snapshot” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger camera in the window. The trigger cameras will snap automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. Push: check it and choose NO or OFF. If it is ON, the system will send messages when the sensor alarm is triggered. Alarm-out: check it and then the “Trigger Alarm-out” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger alarm-out in the window. The system will trigger the alarm-out automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. You need to set the delay time and the schedule of the alarm outputs. See 9.5.1 Alarm-out for details.

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Preset: check it and then the “Trigger Preset” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger preset of each camera. To add presets, please see 6.2 Preset Setting for details. Buzzer: if enabled, the system will begin to buzz when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the delay time of the buzzer, please see 9.5.4 Buzzer for details. Pop-up Video: After camera setting, the system will pop up the corresponding video automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the video, please see 9.5.3 Display for details. Pop-up Message Box: if enabled, the system will pop up the corresponding alarm message box automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the message box, please see 9.5.3 Display for details. E-mail: if enabled, the system will send an e-mail when the sensor alarm is triggered. Before you enable the email, please configure the recipient’s e-mail address first (see 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration for details).

9.2 Motion Alarm

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

9.2.1 Motion Configuration

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

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

Sensitivity: the higher the value is, the more sensitive it is to motion. You should adjust the

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

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

9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration

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

② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”,

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

9.3 Intelligence Alarm

9.3.1 Object Detection

Object Detection Configuration:

① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent AnalyticsObject Detection to go to the following interface. ② Select the camera, enable the object detection and set the duration and detect type. There are two detect types: Abandoned object and missing object. Abandoned object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area. Missing object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles missing in the detection area drew

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by the users.

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

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

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

detection.

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

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

9.3.2 Exception

Exception Configuration:

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

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

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

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

detection.

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

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

9.3.3 Tripwire

Line Crossing Configuration:

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

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

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③ Select the direction.

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

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

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

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

crossing detection.

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

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

9.3.4 Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Configuration:

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

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

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

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

detection.

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

② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of intrusion detection alarm is similar to that of the

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sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Intrusion Config” to go to the intrusion detection configuration interface.

9.4 Exception Alarm

9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings

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

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

alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

9.4.2 Exception Handling Settings

① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionException Handling Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The exception handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

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9.5 Alarm Event Notification

9.5.1 Alarm-out

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

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

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

9.5.2 E-mail

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

9.5.3 Display

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

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“Apply” to save the settings.

9.5.4 Buzzer

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

9.5.5 Push Message

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

9.6 Manual Alarm

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

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9.7 View Alarm Status

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

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

If the exception information is more than one page, you can enter the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page. Click / to view the exception alarm information in the previous/next page. Click to play the alarm record.

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10 Account & Permission Management

10.1 Account Management

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

Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) available when adding accounts. You can manually add new permission group (see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Only admin and the users that have the “Account and Authority” permission can manage the system’s accounts. Group “Administrator” owns all the permissions displayed in area ① except “Account and Authority” and its permissions cannot be changed while the permissions of “Advanced” and “Common” can be changed.

10.1.1 Add User

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

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② Set the username, password and group. User can also set the pattern lock here. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (enter the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user.

10.1.2 Edit User

Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user information. Click to delete the user

(the user admin cannot be deleted).

 Edit Security Question

You can set password security only for admin. Click “Edit Security Question” and then set questions and answers in the popup window. If you forget the password for admin, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details. The passwords of other users can be recovered by admin or the users that have the “Account and Authority” permission.

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 Modify Password

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

 Modify Graphical Lock

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

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

 Recover Password

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

 Edit User

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

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10.2 User Login & Logout

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

10.3 Permission Management

10.3.1 Add Permission Group

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

Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as required

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and then set the “Local” and “Remote” permissions. Click “Add” to save the settings.

10.3.2 Edit Permission Group

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

Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Click to save the group as another group. Click to delete the permission group. The three default

permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) cannot be deleted.

10.4 Black and White List

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

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② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List (white list)” or “Enable Block List (black list)” (the PC client of which the IP address is in the white list can access NVR remotely while the PC client in the black list cannot). ③ Add IP/IP segment/MAC. Click “Add IP” or “Add MAC” and then check “Enable” in the popup window (only if you check it can the IP/IP segment/MAC you add be effective). Enter

the IP/IP segment/MAC and then click “OK”. In the above interface, click to edit IP/IP segment/MAC, click to delete it. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

10.5 Preview On Logout

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

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10.6 View Online User

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

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

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1.1 Summary

1.2 Features

1 Introduction

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions

1.5 Connections

2 Basic Operation Guide

2.1 Startup & Shutdown

2.1.1 Startup

2.1.2 Shutdown

2.2 Remote Controller

2.3 Mouse Control

2.4 Text-input Instruction

2.5 Common Button Operation

3 Wizard & Main Interface

3.1 Startup Wizard

3.2 Main Interface

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

3.2.2 Setup Panel

3.2.3 Main Functions

4 Camera Management

4.1 Add/Edit Camera

4.1.1 Add Camera

4.1.2 Edit Camera

4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group

4.2.1 Add Camera Group

4.2.2 Edit Camera Group

4.2.3 IP Planning

5 Live Preview Introduction

5.1 Preview Interface Introduction

5.2 Preview Mode

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View

5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence

5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence

5.3 POS Settings

5.4 Preview Image Configuration

5.4.1 OSD Settings

5.4.2 Image Settings

5.4.3 Mask Settings

5.4.4 Fisheye Settings

5.4.5 Image Adjustment

6 PTZ

6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction

6.2 Preset Setting

6.3 Cruise Setting

7 Record & Disk Management

7.1 Record Configuration

7.1.1 Mode Configuration

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration

7.2 Encode Parameters Setting

7.3 Schedule Setting

7.3.1 Add Schedule

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration

7.4 Record Mode

7.4.1 Manual Recording

7.4.2 Timing Recording

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording

7.4.5 Intelligence Recording

7.5 Disk

7.5.1 Disk Management

7.5.2 Storage Mode Configuration

8 Playback & Backup

8.1 Instant Playback

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction

8.3 Smart Playback

8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup

8.4.2 Smart Search

8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time

8.4.5 Search & Playback by Tag

8.4.6 Image Management

8.4.7 View Backup Status

9 Alarm Management

9.1 Sensor Alarm

9.2 Motion Alarm