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Table of Contents

1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................. 1

1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 1

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

1.3

Specifications ................................................................................................................................... 2

1.3.11 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

2 OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS ......................................................................... 43

2.1 Front Panel ..................................................................................................................................... 43

2.1.3 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

2.2 Rear Panel ......................................................................................................................................

2.2.7 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

Our units do not support PAL

Version 1.0.0

2.3 Connection Sample................................................................................................ ........................ 60

DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

2.4 Remote Control .............................................................................................................................. 66

2.5 Mouse Control ................................................................................................................................ 68

3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ............................................................. 70

3.1 Check Unpacked DVR ................................................................................................................... 70

3.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel ............................................................................................... 70

3.3 HDD Installation ............................................................................................................................. 70

3.3.1 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

3.4 Connecting Power Supply ............................................................................................................. 72

3.5 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices ............................................................................... 72

3.5.1 Connecting Video Input ................................................................................................ ............. 72

3.5.2 Connecting Video Output .......................................................................................................... 73

3.6 Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio ................................................................ 73

3.6.1 Audio Input ................................................................................................................................. 73

3.6.2 Audio Output .............................................................................................................................. 73

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3.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection ............................................................................................. 73

3.7.1 Alarm Input and Output Details ................................................................................................ 74

3.7.2 Alarm Input Port ......................................................................................................................... 74

3.7.3 Alarm Output Port ...................................................................................................................... 75

3.8 RS485 ............................................................................................................................................. 75

3.9 Other Interfaces ............................................................................................................................. 76

4 OVERVIEW OF NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS ............................................ 77

4.1 Boot up and Shutdown .................................................................................................................. 77

4.1.1 Boot up ................................................................ ....................................................................... 77

4.1.2 Shutdown ................................................................................................................................... 77

4.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure ............................................................................................ 77

4.1.4 Replace Button Battery ............................................................................................................. 77

4.2 Startup Wizard................................................................................................................................ 77

4.3 Manual Record ............................................................................................................................... 80

4.3.1 Live Viewing ............................................................................................................................... 80

4.4 Right-Click Menu ............................................................................................................................ 82

4.4.1 Window Switch ................................................................................................ .......................... 82

4.4.2 PTZ Control ................................................................................................................................ 83

4.4.3 Color ........................................................................................................................................... 88

4.4.4 Search ........................................................................................................................................ 89

4.4.5 Manual Record ................................................................................................ .......................... 89

4.5 Navigation Bar ................................................................................................ ................................ 89

4.5.1 Main Menu ................................................................................................ ................................. 89

4.5.2 Output Screen ............................................................................................................................ 89

4.5.3 Favorites..................................................................................................................................... 89

4.5.4 Tour ............................................................................................................................................ 90

4.5.5 PTZ ............................................................................................................................................. 90

4.5.6 Color ........................................................................................................................................... 90

4.5.7 Search ........................................................................................................................................ 90

4.5.8 Alarm Status .............................................................................................................................. 90

4.5.9 Channel Info ............................................................................................................................... 90

4.5.10 Network .................................................................................................................................. 91

4.5.11 HDD Manager ....................................................................................................................... 91

4.5.12 USB Manager ........................................................................................................................ 91

4.6 USB Device Auto Pop-up .............................................................................................................. 91

4.7 Main Menu ...................................................................................................................................... 91

4.8 Operation ........................................................................................................................................ 92

4.8.1 Search ........................................................................................................................................ 92

4.8.2 Backup ....................................................................................................................................... 98

4.8.3 Shut Down................................................................................................................................ 100

4.9 Information .................................................................................................................................... 101

4.9.1 System Info ................................ .............................................................................................. 101

4.9.2 Event ........................................................................................................................................ 104

4.9.3 Network .................................................................................................................................... 105

4.9.4 Log ............................................................................................................................................ 107

4.10 Setting ........................................................................................................................................... 108

4.10.1 Camera ................................................................................................................................ 108

4.10.2 Network ................................................................................................................................ 113

4.10.3 Event .................................................................................................................................... 129

4.10.4 Storage ................................................................................................................................ 136

4.10.5 System ................................................................................................................................. 144

5 WEB OPERATION .......................................................................................... 160

5.1 Network Connection................................................................................................ ..................... 160

5.2 Login ............................................................................................................................................. 160

5.3 LAN Mode ................................................................................................................................ ..... 161

5.4 Live ................................ ................................................................................................................ 162

5.5 PTZ ............................................................................................................................................... 163

5.6 Image ............................................................................................................................................ 164

5.6.1 Image........................................................................................................................................ 164

5.7 WAN Login ................................................................................................................................... 165

5.8 Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 166

5.8.1 Camera ..................................................................................................................................... 166

5.8.2 Network .................................................................................................................................... 171

5.8.3 Event ........................................................................................................................................ 185

5.8.4 Storage ..................................................................................................................................... 190

5.8.5 Setting ................................................................................................................................ ...... 193

5.9 Information .................................................................................................................................... 204

5.9.1 Version ..................................................................................................................................... 204

5.9.2 Log ............................................................................................................................................ 204

5.9.3 Online User ................................ .............................................................................................. 205

5.10 Playback ....................................................................................................................................... 205

5.11 Alarm ............................................................................................................................................. 209

5.12 Log out .......................................................................................................................................... 210

5.13 Un-install Web Control ................................................................................................................. 210

6 PROFESSIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ................................................ 211

7 FAQ ................................................................................................................. 212

APPENDIX A HDD CAPACITY CALCULATION ................................................. 217

APPENDIX B COMPATIBLE BACKUP DEVICE LIST........................................ 218

APPENDIX C COMPATIBLE CD/DVD DEVICE LIST ........................................... 224

APPENDIX D COMPATIBLE DISPLAYER LIST ................................................. 225

APPENDIX E COMPATIBLE SWITCHER LIST .................................................. 226

APPENDIX F COMPATIBLE WIRELESS MOUSE LIST ..................................... 227

APPENDIX H TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR ELEMENTS ................ 228

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing our HDCVI DVR! This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!

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Important Safeguards and Warnings

1．Electrical safety

All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes. The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation.

2．Transportation security

Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.

3．Installation

Keep upwards. Handle with care. Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation. Do not place objects on the DVR

4．Qualified engineers needed

All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers. We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.

5．Environment

The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc. This series product shall be transported, storage and used in the specified environments.

6. Accessories

Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer. Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included. Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.

7. Lithium battery

Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury! When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!

1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

1.1 Overview

This series product is an excellent digital monitor product designed for security field. It adopts embedded Linux OS to maintain reliable operation. It is easy to use and can realize surveillance function after some simple setups. It has various functions such as record, playback, monitor at the same time and can guarantee audio video synchronization. This series product has advanced technology and strong network data transmission function.

This series device adopts embedded design to achieve high security and reliability. It can work in the local end, and at the same time, when connecting it to the professional surveillance software (PSS), it can connect to security network to realize strong network and remote monitor function. It can realize HD monitor without changing current cable layout

This series product can be widely used in various areas such as banking, telecommunication, electric power, interrogation, transportation, intelligent resident zone, factory, warehouse, resources, and water conservancy.

1.2 Features

This series product has the following features:

 Real-time monitor

It has analog output port, VGA port and HDMI port. You can use monitor or displayer to realize surveillance function. System supports VGA/HDMI output at the same time.

 Storage function

Special data format to guarantee data security and can avoid vicious data modification.

 Compression format

Support multiple-channel audio and video. An independent hardware decodes the audio and video signal from each channel to maintain video and audio synchronization.

 Backup function

Support backup operation via USB port (such as flash disk, portable HDD, burner). Client-end user can download the file to local HDD to backup via network.

 Record playback function

Support each channel real-time record independently, and at the same time it can support search, forward play, network monitor, record search, download and etc. Support various playback modes: slow play, fast play, backward play and frame by frame play. Support time title overlay so that you can view event accurate occurred time Support specified zone enlargement.

 Network operation

Support network remote real-time monitor, remote record search and remote PTZ control.

 Alarm activation function

Several relay alarm outputs to realize alarm activation and on-site light control. The alarm input port and output has the protection circuit to guarantee device safety.

 Communication port

RS485 port can realize alarm input and PTZ control. RS232 port can connect to keyboard to realize central control, and can also connect to PC COM to upgrade system and realize maintenance, and matrix control. Standard Ethernet port can realize network access function.

 PTZ control

Support PTZ decoder via RS485. Support various decode protocols to allow the PTZ to control the speed dome.

 Intelligent operation

Mouse operation function In the menu, support copy and paste setup function

 UPnP

It is to establish the mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN via the UPnP protocol.

Slight function differences may be found due to different series.

1.3 Specifications

1.3.11 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

Parameter

8-Ch

System

Main Processor

High-performance industrial embedded micro controller

Embedded LINUX

System Resources

Multiplex operations: Multiple-chan

nel record, multiple-channel playback

and network operation simultaneously

Interface

User-friendly graphical user interface

Input Devices

USB mouse

Input Method

Arabic number, English character, donation and extension Chinese

(optional) Shortcut Function

Copy/paste operation, USB mouse right-key shortcut menu, double click

USB

mouse to switch screen. Compression Standard

Video Compression H.264

Audio Compression N/A

Video Input

8-CH composite video input: (NTSC) BNC (1.0VB

P-

B75Ω)

Video monitor

Video Output

1-ch VGA output. 1-ch HDMI output. Support VGA/HDMI video output at the same time.

Video Standard

Support NTSC.

Record Speed

NTSC 1f/s to 30f/s per channel

Video Partition

Monitor Touring

Support monitor tour functions such as motion detection, and schedule auto control.

Resolution

(NTSC

)

NTSC Real-time monitor： 1080P 1920*1080

Playback： All-ch: 1080P 1920*1080, 720P 1280*720, 960H 960 ×576/960×480, D1 704×576/704×480, HD1 352×576/352×480, 2CIF 704×288/704×240, CIF 352×288/ 352×240 , QCIF 176×144/176×120

Support dual streams: extra stream resolution CIF 352×288/ 352×240, QCIF 176×144/176×120.

Image Quality

6-level image quality (Adjustable)

Privacy mask

Support one privacy mask of user-defined size in full screen. Support max 4 zones.

Image Information

Channel information, time information and privacy mask zone.

TV Adjust

Adjust TV output zone suitable to anamorphic video.

Channel Lock

Cover secret channel with black screen though system is encoding normally. Screen-lock function to prevent unauthorized user seeing secret video.

Channel Information

Channel name, recording status, screen lock status, video loss status and motion detection status are shown on the bottom left of display screen.

Color Configuratio n

Hue, brightness, contrast, saturation and gain setup for each channel.

Audio

Audio Input

N/A

Audio Output

N/A

Bidirectional Audio

N/A

Hard disk

Hard Disk

1 built-in SATA port. Support 1 HDD.

One HDD Space

Hard Disk Occupation

Audio：PCM 28.8MByte/h Video：56-900MByte/h

Record and playback

Recording Mode

Manual recording, motion detection recording, schedule recording and alarm recording Priority: Manual recording> alarm recording>motion detection recording>schedule recording.

1/4/8/9 windows

Storage Mode

Support channel record quota setup

Recording Length

1 to 120 minutes single record duration (Default setup is 60 minutes)

Playback Repeat Way

When hard disk is full, system can overwrite previous video file.

Record Search

Various search engines such as time, type and channel.

Playback Mode

Various fast play, slow play speeds, manual frame by frame playback and reverse play mode.

Various File Switch Ways

Can switch to previous or next file or any file in current play list. Can switch to file on other channel of the same time. (If there is a file) Support file continuous play, when a file is end system auto plays the next file in the current channel

Playback Way

Support mark playback

Multichannel Playback

There is 1/4-channel playback mode. Window Zoom

Switch between self-adaptive screen/full screen when playback

Partial Enlargemen t

When in one-window full-screen playback mode, you can select any zone to activate partial enlargement function.

Backup function Backup Mode

HDD backup

Support peripheral USB backup device. (Flash disk, portable disk and etc.) Support network download and save

Network Function

Network control

View monitor channel remotely.

DVR configuration through client-end and web browser

Upgrade via client or browser to realize remote maintenance.

View alarm information such as motion detection and video loss via client.

Support network PTZ lens control

File download backup and playback

Multiple devices share information via corresponding software such as professional surveillance software (PSS)

Duplex transparent COM

Network alarm input and output

Bidirectional audio.

Motion Detection and Alarm

Motion Detection

Zone setup: support 396((22×18, NTSC 22× 15)) detection zones. Various sensitivity levels. Alarm can activate record or external alarm or screen message prompt.

Video Loss

Alarm can activate screen message prompt.

External Alarm

Support record activation function or activate external alarm or screen message in specified period.

Manual Alarm Control

Enable or disable alarm input channel Support analog alarm signal to specific alarm output channel. Alarm Input

Alarm Output

3-channel relay output. Alarm Relay

30V DC 2A，125VAC 1A（activation alarm ）

8-ch alarm input（NO/NC ）

Interface

USB Interface

2 USB 2.0 ports.

Network connection

One RJ45 10M/100M self-adaptable Ethernet port

RS485

PTZ control port Support various PTZ control protocols.

RS232

N/A

System Information

Hard Disk Information

Display HDD current status

Data Stream Statistics

Data stream statistics for each channel (in wave mode) Log statistics

Backup to 1024 log files. Support various search engines such as time and type.

Version

Display version information: channel amount, system version and release date.

On-line user

Display current on-line user

User Management

User Manageme nt

Multi-lever user management; various management modes Integrated management for local user, serial port user and network user. Configurable user power.

Support user /group and its corresponding rights modification. No limit to the user or group amount.

Password Authenticati on

Password modification Administrator can modify other user’s password.

Account lock strategy Five times login failure in thirty minutes may result in account lock.

Upgrade

Web browser, client-end and update tool.

User-friendly interface when login. Provide the following options: Logout /shutdown/ restart.

Right authentication when shut down to make sure only those proper people can turn off DVR

General Parameter

Power

DC 12V

Power Consumptio n

≤15W (With adapter, exclude HDD)

Working Temperatur e

-10℃－＋55℃ Working Humidity

10%－90%

Air Pressure

86kpa－106kpa Dimension

325(W) x245 (D) x45mm(H)

Weight

1.25KG(Exclude HDD)

Installation Mode

Desktop installation

Icon Name Function

USB port

To connect USB storage device, USB mouse and etc.

Alarm Alarm indicator light

When an alarm occurs, the light becomes red to alert you.

NET

Network abnormal indicator light

Network error occurs or there is no network connection, the light becomes red to alert you.

HDD

HDD abnormal indicator light

HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified threshold value, the light becomes red to alert you.

IR IR Receiver

It is to receive the signal from the remote control.

ESC ESC

Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation.

When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.

FN Assist

One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color. Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it for 1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the cursor. In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to realize setup. In text mode, click it to switch between numeral, English character(small/capitalized) and etc. Realize other special functions.

Enter ENTER

Confirm current operation Go to default button Go to menu

Power button

Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up or shut down DVR.

、

Up Down

Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up and down. Increase/decrease numeral. Assistant function such as PTZ menu.

、

Left Right

Shift current activated control, When playback, click these buttons to control

playback bar.

2.1.2 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

Figure 2-2

Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.

port analog video signal. Can connect to

the monitor to view ananlog video output.

3 USB2.0 port Connect to USB storage device,

mouse, burning DVD-ROM and etc.

4 HDMI High definition

media interface

High definition audio and video signal output port. It transmits uncompressed high definition video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display device.

5 AUDIO IN Audio input port Connect to audio input device such

as speaker.

6 VIDEO IN Video input port Connect to analog camera, video

input signal.

7 GND Ground end 8

Power input port Input 12V DC.

9 A

RS485（RS-485） communication port

RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You can connect to the control devices su

ch as speed dome PTZ.

B RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can

connect to the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.

10 Network port

100M Ethernet port

11 AUDIO OUT Audio output port Connect to video output device such

as sound box.

DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

Figure 2-24

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

SN Icon Name Note

Power on-off button Power on/off button.

2 VGA VGA video output VGA video output port. Output

Figure 2-33

Figure 2-36

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

Serial Number

Name

Function

Power button

Click it to boot up or shut down the device.

Address

Click it to input device number, so that you can control it.

Forward

Various forward speeds and normal speed playback.

Slow play

Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.

Next record

In playback mode, playback the next video.

Previous record

In playback mode, playback the previous video.

Play/Pause

In pause mode, click this button to realize normal playback.

In normal playback click this button to pause playback.

In real-time monitor mode, click this button to enter video search menu.

Reverse/pause Reverse playback pause mode,

click this button to realize normal playback.

In reverse playback click this button to pause playback.

Cancel

Go back to previous menu or cancel current operation (close upper interface or control)

Record

Start or stop record manually In record interface, working with the direction buttons to select the record channel. Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the Manual Record interface.

Direction keys

Switch current activated control, go to left or right. In playback mode, click up/down button to switch playback channel. In 1-window playback mode, click left/right button to control playback speed. . Aux function(such as switch the PTZ menu, enable/disable reuse button)

Confirm /menu key

go to default button go to the menu

Multiple-window switch

Switch between multiple-window and one-window.

Auxiliary key

In 1-ch monitor mode: pop up assistant function：PTZ control and Video color.

Switch the PTZ control menu in PTZ control interface.

In motion detection interface, working with direction keys to complete setup.

In text mode, click it to delete character.

0-9 number key Input password, channel or

switch channel.

Shift is the button to switch the input method.

2.5 Mouse Control

Left click mouse

System pops up password input dialogue box if you have not logged in. In real-time monitor mode, you can go to the main menu.

When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu content.

Implement the control operation.

Modify checkbox or motion detection status.

Click combo box to pop up drop down list

In input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding button on the panel you can input numeral/English character (small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace button. ＿ stands for space button.

In English input mode: _stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for deleting the previous character.

In numeral input mode: _ stands for clear and ← stands for deleting the

previous numeral. When input special sign, you can click corresponding numeral in the front

panel to input. For example, click numeral 1 you can input“/” , or you can click the numeral in the on-screen keyboard directly.

Double left click mouse

Implement special control operation such as double click one item in the file list to playback the video.

In multiple-window mode, double left click one channel to view in full-window. Double left click current video again to go back to previous multiple-window mode.

Right click mouse

In real-time monitor mode, pops up shortcut menu: one-window, four-window, nine-window and sixteen-window, Pan/Tilt/Zoom, color setting, search, record, alarm input, alarm output, main menu. Among which, Pan/Tilt/Zoom and color setting applies for current selected channel. If you are in multiple-window mode, system automatically switches to the corresponding channel.

Exit current menu without saving the modification.

Press middle button

In numeral input box: Increase or decrease numeral value.

Switch the items in the check box.

Page up or page down

Move mouse

Select current control or move control

Drag mouse Select motion detection zone

Select privacy mask zone.

3.3.2 DVR-CVI8ME-1080-DHV2

1. Loosen the screws of the

upper cover and side panel.

2. Fix four screws in the HDD

(Turn just three rounds).

3. Place the HDD in accordance with the four holes in the bottom.

4. Turn the device upside down and then turn the screws in firmly.

5. Fix the HDD firmly.

6. Connect the HDD cable and power cable.

3 Installation and Connections

Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to

your local electric

safety rules.

3.1 Check Unpacked DVR

When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories. Please check the items in accordance with the list. Finally you can remove the protective film of the DVR.

3.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel

The model label in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase order. The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial number when we provide the service after sales.

3.3 HDD Installation

Important:

 You can connect the HDD data cable and the power cable first and then fix the HDD in the device.  Please pay attention to the front cover. It adopts the vertical sliding design. You need to push the

clip first and then put down.

3.4 Connecting Power Supply

Please check input voltage and device power button match or not. We recommend you use UPS to guarantee steady operation, DVR life span, and other peripheral equipments operation such as cameras.

3.5 Connecting Video Input and Output Devices

3.5.1 Connecting Video Input

The video input interface is BNC. The input video format includes: NTSC BNC（1.0VB

P- P

，

75Ω.）

The video signal should comply with your national standards. The input video signal shall have high SNR, low distortion; low interference, natural color and suitable lightness.

Guarantee the stability and reliability of the camera signal:

The camera shall be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable, explosive substances and etc. The camera and the DVR should have the same grounding to ensure the normal operation of the camera.

Guarantee stability and reliability of the transmission line

BTTTB

Please use high quality, sound shielded BNC. Please select suitable BNC model according to the transmission distance. If the distance is too long, you should use twisted pair cable, and you can add video compensation devices or use optical fiber to ensure video quality. You should keep the video signal away from the strong electromagnetic interference, especially the high tension current.

Keep connection lugs in well contactBTTTB

The signal line and shielded wire should be fixed firmly and in well connection. Avoid dry joint, lap welding and oxidation.BT TTB

7. Put the cover in accordance with the clip and then place the upper cover back.

8. Secure the screws in the rear panel and the side panel.

3.5.2 Connecting Video Output

Video output includes a BNC(NTSC1.0V

P-P

，75Ω）output ,a VGA output and HDMI output. System supports BNC, VGA and HDMI output at the same time. When you are using pc-type monitor to replace the monitor, please pay attention to the following points:

 To defer aging, do not allow the pc monitor to run for a long time.  Regular demagnetization will keep device maintain proper status.  Keep it away from strong electromagnetic interference devices.

Using TV as video output device is not a reliable substitution method. You also need to reduce the working hour and control the interference from power supply and other devices. The low quality TV may result in device damage.

3.6 Connecting Audio Input & Output, Bidirectional Audio

3.6.1 Audio Input

These series products audio input port adopt BNC port. Due to high impedance of audio input, please use active sound pick-up. Audio transmission is similar to video transmission. Try to avoid interference, dry joint, loose contact and it shall be away from high tension current.

3.6.2 Audio Output

The audio output signal parameter is usually over 200mv 1KΩ (BNC or RCA). It can directly connect to low impedance earphone, active sound box or amplifier-drive audio output device. If the sound box and the pick-up cannot be separated spatially, it is easy to arouse squeaking. In this case you can adopt the following measures:

 Use better sound pick-up with better directing property.  Reduce the volume of the sound box.  Using more sound-absorbing materials in decoration can reduce voice echo and improve acoustics

environment.

 Adjust the layout to reduce happening of the squeaking.

3.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection

Please read the followings before connecting.

1. Alarm input

a. Please make sure alarm input mode is grounding alarm input. b. Grounding signal is needed for alarm input. c. Alarm input needs the low level voltage signal. d. Alarm input mode can be either NC (normal Open) or NO (Normal Close) e. When you are connecting two DVRs or you are connecting one DVR and one other device, please use a relay to separate them,

2. Alarm output

The alarm output port should not be connected to high power load directly (It shall be less than 1A) to avoid high current which may result in relay damage. Please use the co contactor to realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load.

3. How to connect PTZ decoder

a. Ensure the decoder has the same grounding with DVR, otherwise you may not control the PTZ. Shielded twisted wire is recommended and the shielded layer is used to connect to the grounding. b. Avoid high voltage. Ensure proper wiring and some thunder protection measures.

c. For too long signal wires, 120Ω should be parallel connected between A, B lines on the far end to

reduce reflection and guarantee the signal quality. d. “485 A, B” of DVR cannot parallel connect with “485 port” of other device. e. The voltage between of A,B lines of the decoder should be less than 5v.

4. Please make sure the front-end device has soundly earthed.

Improper grounding may result in chip damage.

3.7.1 Alarm Input and Output Details

Important Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear panel.

The following interface is based on the 8-channel advanced 1080P (V2) mini 1U Series. See Figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1

1，2，3，4，5， 6，7，8，9，10， 11，12，13，14， 15，16

ALARM 1 to ALARM 16. The alarm becomes active in low voltage.

NO1 C1，NO2 C2， NO3 C3，

Three normal open groups (on/off signal) Earth cable.

3.7.2 Alarm Input Port

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.

 Grounding alarm inputs. Normal open or Normal close type)  Please parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external power to the

alarm detector).

 Please parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.  Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)  Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device.

Figure 3-2

3.7.3 Alarm Output Port

 Provide external power to external alarm device.  To avoid overloading, please read the following relay parameters sheet carefully.  RS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

 T+,T-,R+,R- are four-wire double duplex RS485 port.

T+ T-: output wire

R+ R-: input wire

Relay Specification

Model:

JRC-27F

Material of the touch

Silver

Rating （Resistance Load）

Rated switch capacity

30VDC 2A, 125VAC 1A

Maximum switch power

125VA 160W

Maximum switch voltage

250VAC, 220VDC

Maximum switch currency

Insulation

Between touches with same polarity

1000VAC 1minute

Between touches with different polarity

1000VAC 1minute Between touch and winding

1000VAC 1minute

Surge voltage

Between touches with same polarity

1500V (10×160us)

Length of open time

3ms max

Length of close time

3ms max

Longevity Mechanical

50×106 times (3Hz)

Electrical

200×103 times (0.5Hz)

Temperature

-40℃ ~+70℃

3.8 RS485

When the DVR receives a camera control command, it transmits that command up the coaxial cable to the PTZ device. RS485 is a single-direction protocol; the PTZ device can’t return any data to the unit. To enable the operation, connect the PTZ device to the RS485 (A,B) input on the DVR. Since RS485 is disabled by default for each camera, you must enable the PTZ settings first. This series DVRs support multiple protocols such as Pelco-D, Pelco-P. To connect PTZ devices to the DVR:

1. Connect RS485 A,B on the DVR rear panel.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the proper pins in the connector on the camera.

3. Please follow the instructions to configure a camera to enable each PTZ device on the DVR.

3.9 Other Interfaces

There are still other interfaces on the DVR, such as USB ports.

4 Overview of Navigation and Controls

4.1 Boot up and Shutdown

4.1.1 Boot up

Before the boot up, please make sure:  The rated input voltage matches the device power on-off button. Please make sure the power wire

connection is OK. Then click the power on-off button.  Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure. Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the device.

 Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse.  Connect power cable.  Click the power button at the front or rear panel and then boot up the device. After device booted up,

the system is in multiple-channel display mode by default.

4.1.2 Shutdown

Note

 When you see corresponding dialogue box “System is shutting down…” Do not click power on-off

button directly.  Do not unplug the power cable or click power on-off button to shutdown device directly when device

is running (especially when it is recording.)

There are three ways for you to log out.

a) Main menu (RECOMMENDED) From Main Menu->Shutdown, select shutdown from dropdown list. Click OK button, you can see device shuts down.

b) From power on-off button on the front panel or remote control Press the power on-off button on the DVR front panel or remote control for more than 3 seconds to shutdown the device.

c) From power on-off button on the rear panel.

4.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure

The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power failure.

4.1.4 Replace Button Battery

Please make sure to use the same battery model if possible. We recommend replace battery regularly (such as one-year) to guarantee system time accuracy.

Note: Before replacement, please save the system setup, otherwise, you may lose the data completely!

4.2 Startup Wizard

After device successfully booted up, it goes to startup wizard. Click Cancel/Next button, you can see system goes to login interface.

Tips

Check the box Startup button here, system goes to startup wizard again when it boots up the next time. Cancel the Startup button, system goes to the login interface directly when it boots up the next time.

Figure 4-1

Click Cancel button or Next Step button, system goes to login interface. See Figure 4-2. System consists of four accounts:

 Username: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)  Username: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only)  Username: 666666. Password: 666666(Lower authority user who can only monitor, playback,

backup and etc.)  Username: default. Password: default (hidden user). Hidden user “default” is for system interior

use only and can not be deleted. When there is no login user, hidden user “default” automatically

view without login.

Figure 4-2

Note: For security reason, please modify password after you first login.

Within 30 minutes, three times login failure will result in system alarm and five times login failure will result in account lock!

Click OK button, you can go to General interface. See Figure 4-3. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.5.1.

Figure 4-3

Click Next button, you can go to network interface. See Figure 4-4. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.9.3.

Figure 4-4

Click Next button, you can go to Schedule interface. See Figure 4-5. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.10.4.1.1.

Figure 4-5

Click Finish button, system pops up a dialogue box. Click the OK button, the startup wizard is complete. See Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6

4.3 Manual Record

4.3.1 Live Viewing

After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time, channel name and window No. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->System->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Camera->CAM name).

Tips

Recording status

Video loss

Motion detection

Camera lock

 Preview drag: If you want to change position of channel 1 and channel 2 when you are

previewing, you can left click mouse in the channel 1 and then drag to channel 2, release

mouse you can switch channel 1 and channel 2 positions.  Use mouse middle button to control window split: You can use mouse middle button to switch

window split amount.

Preview Control

The preview control function has the following features.

 Support preview playback.

 In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record of current

channel. Please go to the Main Menu->General to set real-time playback time.

 Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback start time.

 Support playback, pause and exit function.

 Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback function.  Support digital zoom function.  Support real-time backup function.

You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction.

Preview control interface

Move you mouse to the top centre of the video of current channel, you can see system pops up the preview control interface. See Figure 4-7. If your mouse stays in this area for more than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.

Figure 4-7

1) Realtime playback It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes record of current channel. Please go to the Main menu->Setting->->System->General to set real-time playback time. System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no such record in current channel.

2) Digital zoom It is to zoom in specified zone of current channel. It supports zoom in function of multiple-channel.

Click button , the button is shown as . There are two ways for you to zoom in.

 Drag the mouse to select a zone, you can view an interface show as Figure 4-8.

Figure 4-8

1 2 3 4 5

 Put the middle button at the centre of the zone you want to zoom in, and move the mouse, you

can view an interface shown as in Figure 4-9.

Figure 4-9

Right click mouse to cancel zoom and go back to the original interface.

3) Manual record function It is to backup the video of current channel to the USB device. System can not backup the video of multiple-channel at the same time.

Click button , system begins recording. Click it again, system stops recoridng. You can find the record file on the flash disk.

4) Manual Snapshot

Click to snapshot 1-5 times. The snapshot file is saved on the USB device or HDD. You can go to the Search interface (chapter 4.8.1) to view.

5) Mute Click to mute. Click again to enable audio function when preview. Please note this function is for one-window mode only.

4.4 Right-Click Menu

On the preview interface, right click mouse, you can view menu interface shown as in Figure 4-10.

Tips

After you go to the corresponding interface, right click mouse to go back to the upper-level.

Figure 4-10

4.4.1 Window Switch

System supports 1/4-window. You can select from the dropdown list. See Figure 4-11.

Figure 4-11

4.4.2 PTZ Control

The PTZ setup is shown as in See Figure 4-12. Please note the commend name is grey once device does not support this function. The PTZ operation is only valid in one-window mode.

Here you can control PTZ direction, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, scan, pattern aux function, light and wiper, rotation and etc. Speed is to control PTZ movement speed. The value ranges from 1 to 8.The speed 8 is faster than speed 1. You can use the remote control to click the small keyboard to set.

You can click and of the zoom, focus and iris to zoom in/out, definition and brightness. The PTZ rotation supports 8 directions. If you are using direction buttons on the front panel, there are

only four directions: up/down/left/right.

Figure 4-12

In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 4-13. Please make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control. Click this key, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to adjust section size. The dragged zone supports 4X to 16X speeds. It can realize PTZ automatically. The smaller zone you dragged, the higher the speed.

Figure 4-13

Name

Function

function

Shortcut

Function

function

Shortcut

key

Zoom

Near

Far



Focus

Near

│

Far

►│

Iris close



Open



In Figure 4-12, click to open the menu, you can set preset, tour, pattern, scan and etc. See Figure 4-14.

Figure 4-14

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Please note the above interface may vary due to different protocols. The button is grey and can not be selected once the current function is null. Right click mouse or click the ESC button at the front panel to go back to the Figure 4-12.

Icon

Function

Icon

Function

Preset

Flip

Tour

Reset

Pattern

Aux

Scan

Aux on-off button

Rotate

Go to menu

4.4.2.1 PTZ Function Setup

Click , you can go to the following interface to set preset, tour, pattern, and scan. See Figure 4-15.

Figure 4-15

Preset Setup

In Figure 4-15, click preset button and use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-16. Click Set button and then input preset number. Click Set button to save current preset.

Figure 4-16

Tour Setup

In Figure 4-15, click tour button. Input tour value and preset No. Click Add preset button to add current preset to the tour. See Figure 4-17.

Tips

Repeat the above steps to add more presets to the tour. Click Del preset button to remove it from the tour. Please note some protocols do not support delete preset function.

Figure 4-17

Pattern Setup

In Figure 4-15, click Pattern button and input pattern number. Click Begin button to start direction operation. Or you can go back to Figure 4-12 to operate zoom/focus/iris/direction operation. In Figure 4-15, click End button.

Figure 4-18

Scan Setup

In Figure 4-15, click Scan button. Use direction buttons to set camera left limit and then click Left button. Use direction buttons to set camera right limit and then click Right button. Now the scan setup process is complete.

Figure 4-19

4.4.2.2 Call PTZ Function

Call Preset

In Figure 4-14, input preset value and then click to call a preset. Click again to stop call.

Call Pattern

In Figure 4-14, input pattern value and then click to call a pattern. Click again to stop call.

Call Tour

In Figure 4-14, input tour value and then click to call a tour. Click again to stop call.

Call Scan

In Figure 4-14, input Scan value and then click to call a tour. Click again to stop call.

Rotate

In Figure 4-14, click to enable the camera to rotate. System supports preset, tour, pattern, scan, rotate, light and etc function.

Note:

 Preset, tour and pattern all need the value to be the control parameters. You can define it as you

require.  You need to refer to your camera user’s manual for Aux definition. In some cases, it can be used for

special process.

Aux

Click , system goes to the following interface. The options here are defined by the protocol. The aux number is corresponding to the aux on-off button of the decoder. See Figure 4-20.

Figure 4-20

4.4.3 Color

Here you can set hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, gain, white level, color mode and etc. See Figure 4-21.

Figure 4-21

Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

Item

Note

Period

There are two periods in one day. You can set different sharpness, brightness, and contrast setup for different periods.

Effective Time

Check the box here to enable this function and then set period time.

Sharpness

The value here is to adjust the edge of the video. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The larger the value is, the clear the edge is and vice versa. Please note there is noise if the value here is too high. The default value is 50 and the recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Brightness

It is to adjust monitor window bright. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50.

The larger the number, the bright the video is. When you input the value here, the bright section and the dark section of the video will be adjusted accordingly. You can use this function when the whole video is too dark or too bright. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too high. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Contrast

It is to adjust monitor window contrast. The value ranges from

Item

Note

0 to 100. The default value is 50. The larger the number, the higher the contrast is. You can use

this function when the whole video bright is OK but the contrast is not proper. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too low. If this value is too high, the dark section may lack brightness while the bright section may over exposure .The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Saturation

It is to adjust monitor window saturation. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50.

The larger the number, the strong the color is. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the whole video. The video color may become too strong if the value is too high. For the grey part of the video, the distortion may occur if the white balance is not accurate. Please note the video may not be attractive if the value is too low. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Gain

The gain adjust is to set the gain value. The default value may vary due to different device models. The smaller the value, the low the noise. But the brightness is also too low in the dark environments. It can enhance the video brightness if the value is high. But the video noise may become too clear.

Color mode

It includes several modes such as standard, color, bright, gentle. Select a color mode, the sharpness, brightness, contrast and etc can automatically switch to corresponding setup.

4.4.4 Search

Please refer to chapter 4.8.1 for detailed information.

4.4.5 Manual Record

Please refer to chapter 4.10.4.3.1 for detailed information.

4.5 Navigation Bar

You need to go to the Main menu->Setting->System->General to enable navigation bar function; otherwise you can not see the following interface. The navigation bar is shown as below. See Figure 4-22.

Figure 4-22

4.5.1 Main Menu

Click button to go to the main menu interface.

4.5.2 Output Screen

Select corresponding window-split mode and output channels.

4.5.3 Favorites

Click , system pops up the favorites schemes. Click one item, you can view saved favorite channel split mode and channel number. See Figure 4-23.

Please note, right now the favorite scheme name after the window split mode.

Figure 4-23

4.5.4 Tour

Click button to enable tour, the icon becomes , you can see the tour is in process.

4.5.5 PTZ

Click , system goes to the PTZ control interface. Please refer to chapter 4.4.2.

4.5.6 Color

Click button , system goes to the color interface. Please refer to chapter 4.4.3.

4.5.7 Search

Click button , system goes to search interface. Please refer to chapter 4.8.1

4.5.8 Alarm Status

Click button , system goes to alarm status interface. It is to view device status and channel status. Please refer to chapter 4.10.3.

4.5.9 Channel Info

Click button , system goes to the channel information setup interface. It is to view information of the corresponding channel. See Figure 4-24.

Figure 4-24

4.5.10 Network

Click , system goes to the network interface. It is to set network IP address, default gateway and etc. Please refer to chapter 4.10.2.

4.5.11 HDD Manager

Click ， system goes to the HDD manager interface. It is to view and manage HDD information. Please refer to chapter 4.10.4.2.

4.5.12 USB Manager

Click ， system goes to the USB Manager interface. It is to view USB information, backup and update. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2, chapter 4.9.4, chapter 4.10.5.7, and chapter 4.10.5.9 for detailed

information.

4.6 USB Device Auto Pop-up

After you inserted the USB device, system can auto detect it and pop up the following dialogue box. It allows you to conveniently backup file, log, configuration or update system. See Figure 4-25. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2, chapter 4.9.4, chapter 4.10.5.7, and chapter 4.10.5.9 for detailed information.

Figure 4-25

4.7 Main Menu

The main menu interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-26.

Figure 4-26

4.8 Operation

4.8.1 Search

Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-27. Usually there are three file types:

 R: Regular recording file.  A: External alarm recording file.  M: Motion detection recording file

Figure 4-27

Please refer to the following sheet for more information.

Name

Function

Display window

Here is to display the searched picture or file. Support 1/4/8-window playback.

Search type

Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file. You can select to play from the read-write HDD, from peripheral device or from

redundancy HDD.

Before you select to play from the peripheral device, please connect the

corresponding peripheral device. You can view all record files of the root directory of the peripheral device. Click the Browse button; you can select the file you want to play.

Important Redundancy HDD does not support picture backup function, but it

supports picture playback function. You can select to play from redundancy HDD if there are pictures on the redundancy HDD.

Calendar

The blue highlighted date means there is picture or file. Otherwise, there is no

picture or file.

In any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the corresponding

record file trace in the time bar.

Playback mode and channel selection pane.

Playback mode：1/4/9. (It may vary due to different series.)  In 1-window playback mode: you can select 1-16 channels.  In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to your

requirement.

 In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-8 and 9-16 channels. The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel

option.

Card number search

The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card number/field setup bar. You cam implement advanced search.

Mark file list button

Click it to go to mark file list interface. You can view all mark information of current channel by time. Please refer to chapter 4.8.1.3 for detailed information. Please note only the product of this icon supports mark function.

File list switch button

Double click it, you can view the picture/record file list of current day. The file list is to display the first channel of the record file. The system can display max 128 files in one time. Use the │and │ or the

mouse to view the file. Select one item, and then double click the mouse or click the ENTER button to playback.

You can input the period in the following interface to begin accurate search. File type：R—regular record； A—external alarm record；M—Motion detect

record.

Lock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to lock. The file

you locked will not be overwritten.

Search locked file: Click the button to view the locked file. Return: Click button , system goes back to the calendar and channel setup

interface. Please note: For the file that is writing or overwriting, it can not be locked.

Playback control pane.

►/

Play/Pause There are three ways for you to begin playback.

 The play button  Double click the valid period of the time bar.  Double click the item in the file list.

In slow play mode, click it to switch between play/pause.

■

Stop



Backward play In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play. Click it again to pause current play. In backward play mode, click ►/ to restore normal play.

│/ │

In playback mode, click it to play the next or the previous section. You can click continuously when you are watching the files from the same channel. In normal play mode, when you pause current play, you can click │ and │ to begin frame by frame playback. In frame by frame playback mode, click ►/ to restore normal playback.

►

Slow play In playback mode, click it to realize various slow play modes such as slow play 1, slow play 2, and etc.



Fast forward In playback mode, click to realize various fast play modes such as fast play 1,fast play 2 and etc.

Note: The actual play speed has relationship with the software version.

Smart search

The volume of the playback

Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode, the system can snapshot 1 picture. System supports custom snap picture saved path. Please connect the peripheral device first, click snap button on the full-screen mode, you can select or create path. Click Start button, the snapshot picture can be saved to the specified path.

Mark button. Please note this function is for some series product only. Please make sure there is a mark button in the playback control pane. You can refer to chapter 4.8.1.3 for detailed information.

Time bar

It is to display the record type and its period in current search criteria.

In 4-window playback mode, there are corresponding four time bars. In other

playback mode, there is only one time bar. Use the mouse to click one point of the color zone in the time bar, system begins

playback.

The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.

The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are

playing the file. The green color stands for the regular record file. The red color stands for the

external alarm record file. The yellow stands for the motion detect record file.

Time bar unit

●The option includes: 24H, 12H, 1H and 30M. The smaller the unit, the larger the zoom rate. You can accurately set the time in the time bar to playback the record.

The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.

The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are

playing the file.

Backup

 Select the file(s) you want to backup from the file list. You can check from the

list. Then click the backup button, now you can see the backup menu. System supports customized path setup. After select or create new folder, click the Start button to begin the backup operation. The record file(s) will be saved in the specified folder.

 Check the file again you can cancel current selection. System max supports to

display 32 files from one channel.

 After you clip on record file, click Backup button you can save it.  For one device, if there is a backup in process, you can not start a new

backup operation.

Clip

It is to edit the file.

●Please play the file you want to edit and then click this button when you want to edit. You can see the corresponding slide bars in the time bar of the corresponding channel. You can adjust the slide bar or input the accurate time to set the file end time. After you set, you can click Clip button again to edit the second period. You can

see the slide bar restore its previous position.

Click Backup button after clip, you can save current contents in a new file. You can clip for one channel or multiple-channel. The multiple-channel click

operation is similar with the one-channel operation.

Please note:

 System max supports 1024 files backup at the same time.  You can not operate clip operation if there is any file has been checked

in the file list.

Record type

In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type.

Other Functions

Smart search

 When system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin smart

search. Click the motion detect button to begin play.

 Once the motion detect play has begun, click button again will terminate

current motion detect file play.

 There is no motion detect zone by default.  If you select to play other file in the file list, system switches to motion detect

play of other file.

 During the motion detect play process, you can not implement operations such

as change time bar, begin backward playback or frame by frame playback.

 Please refer to chapter 4.8.1.1 Smart Search for detailed operation.

Other channel synchroni zation switch to play when playback

When playing the file, click the number button, system can switch to the same period of the corresponding channel to play. 16

Digital zoom

When the system is in full-screen playback mode, left click the mouse in the screen. Drag your mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click mouse to realize digital zoom. You can right click mouse to exit.

Manually switch channel when playback

During the file playback process, you can switch to other channel via the dropdown list or rolling the mouse. This function is null if there is no record file or system is in smart search process.

4.8.1.1 Smart Search

During the multiple-channel playback mode, double click one channel and then click the button, system begins smart search. System supports 396(22*18 ) and 330(22*15 NTSC) zones. Please left click mouse to select smart search zones. See Figure 4-28.

Figure 4-28

Click the , you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again, system stops smart search playback.

Important

 System does not support motion detect zone setup during the full-screen mode.  During the multiple-channel playback, system stops playback of rest channels if you

implement one-channel smart search.

4.8.1.2 Accurate playback by time

Select records from one day, click the list, you can go to the file list interface. You can input time at the top right corner to search records by time. See image on the left side of the Figure 4-29 For example,

input time 11:00.00 and then click Search button , you can view all the record files after 11:00.00 (The records includes current time.). See image on the right side of the Figure 4-29 Double click a file

name to playback.

Note

 After you searched files, system implement accurate playback once you click Play for the first

time.

 System does not support accurate playback for picture.  System supports synchronization playback and non-synchronous playback. The synchronization

playback supports all channels and non-synchronous playback only supports accurately playback of current select channel.

Figure 4-29

4.8.1.3 Mark Playback

Please make sure your purchased device support this function. You can use this function only if you can see the mark playback icon on the Search interface (Figure 4-27).

When you are playback record, you can mark the record when there is important information. After playback, you can use time or the mark key words to search corresponding record and then play. It is very easy for you to get the important video information.  Add Mark When system is playback, click Mark button , you can go to the following interface. See

Figure 4-30.

Figure 4-30

 Playback Mark

During 1-window playback mode, click mark file list button in Figure 4-27, you can go to mark file list interface. Double click one mark file, you can begin playback from the mark time.

 Play before mark time Here you can set to begin playback from previous N seconds of the mark time.

Note

Usually, system can playbacks previous N seconds record if there is such kind of record file. Otherwise, system playbacks from the previous X seconds when there is such as kind of record.

 Mark Manager

Click the mark manager button on the Search interface (Figure 4-27); you can go to Mark Manager interface. See Figure 4-31. System can manage all the record mark information of current

channel by default. You can view all mark information of current channel by time.

Figure 4-31

 Modify Double click one mark information item, you can see system pops up a dialogue box for you to change mark information. You can only change mark name here.  Delete Here you can check the mark information item you want to delete and then click Delete button, you can remove one mark item. .

Note

 After you go to the mark management interface, system needs to pause current playback. System

resume playback after you exit mark management interface.

 If the mark file you want to playback has been removed, system begin playbacking from the first file

in the list.

4.8.2 Backup

DVR support CD-RW, DVD burner, USB device backup, network download and eSATA. Here we introduce USB, eSATA backup. You can refer to Chapter 5 Web Operation for network download backup operation.

Click backup button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-32. Here is for you to view devices information. You can view backup device name and its total space and free space. The device includes CD-RW, DVD burner, USB device, flash disk, eSATA backup.

Figure 4-32

Select backup device and then set channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed below. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remained. See Figure 4-34.

Figure 4-33

System only backup files with a √ before channel name. You can use Fn or cancel button to delete √ after file serial number.

Click Start button, system begins copy. At the same time, the backup button becomes stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. See Figure 4-34.

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Figure 4-34

When the system completes backup, you can see a dialogue box prompting successful backup.  File format: Click the file format; you can see there are two options: DAV/ASF. The file name format usually is: Channel number+Record type+Time. In the file name, the YDM format is Y+M+D+H+M+S. File extension name is .dav.

Tips:

During backup process, you can click ESC to exit current interface for other operation. The system will not terminate backup process.

Note:

When you click stop button during the burning process, the stop function becomes activated immediately. For example, if there are ten files, when you click stop system just backup five files, system only save the previous 5 files in the device (But you can view ten file names).

4.8.3 Shut Down

In Figure 4-26, select Shut Down, you can go to the following interface. See Figure 4-35. There are three options: Shutdown/logout/reboot. See Figure 4-35. For the user who does not have the shut down right, please input corresponding password to shut down.

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Figure 4-35

4.9 Information

4.9.1 System Info

Here is for you to view system information. There are total four items: HDD (hard disk information), record, BPS (data stream statistics), version. See Figure 4-36.

Figure 4-36

4.9.1.1 HDD Information

Here is to list hard disk type, total space, free space, video start time and status. See Figure 4-37.  SATA: 1 here means system max supports 1 HDD. ○ means current HDD is normal. X means there

is error. - means there is no HDD. If disk is damaged, system shows as “?”. Please remove the

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broken hard disk before you add a new one.

 SN: You can view the HDD amount the device connected to. ﹡ means the second HDD is current

working HDD.

 Type: The corresponding HDD properties.  Total space: The HDD total capacity.  Free space: The HDD free capacity.  Status: HDD can work properly or not.  SMART: Display HDD information. See Figure 4-37.

Figure 4-37

Double click one HDD information; you can see the HDD SMART information. See Figure 4-38.

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Figure 4-38

4.9.1.2 Record Info

It is to view record start time and end time. See Figure 4-39.

Figure 4-39

4.9.1.3 BPS

Here is for you to view current video data stream (KB/s), resolution and etc. See Figure 4-40.

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Figure 4-40

4.9.1.4 Version

Here is for you to view some version information such as version number, built date, serial number and etc. See Figure 4-41.

Figure 4-41

4.9.2 Event

It is to display device status and channel status. See Figure 4-42.

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Figure 4-42

4.9.3 Network

4.9.3.1 Online Users

Here is for you to manage online users. See Figure 4-43. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system right. Max disconnection setup is 65535 seconds. System detects there is any newly added or deleted user in each five seconds and refresh the list automatically.

Figure 4-43

4.9.3.2 Network Load

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Network load is shown as in Figure 4-44. Here you can view the follow statistics of the device network adapter. Here you can view information of all connected network adapters. The connection status is shown as offline if connection is disconnected. Click one network adapter, you can view the flow statistics such as send rate and receive rate at the top panel.

Figure 4-44

4.9.3.3 Network Test

Network test interface is shown as in Figure 4-45.

 Destination IP: Please input valid IPV4 address or domain name.  Test: Click it to test the connection with the destination IP address. The test results can display

average delay and packet loss rate and you can also view the network status as OK, bad, no connection and etc.

 Network Sniffer backup: Please insert USB2.0 device and click the Refresh button, you can view the

device on the following column. You can use the dropdown list to select peripheral device. Click Browse button to select the snap path. The steps here are same as preview backup operation.

You can view all connected network adapter names (including Ethernet, PPPoE, WIFI, and 3G), you can

click the button on the right panel to begin Sniffer. Click the grey stop button to stop. Please note system can not Sniffer several network adapters at the same time.

After Sniffer began, you can exit to implement corresponding network operation such as login WEB,

monitor. Please go back to Sniffer interface to click stop Sniffer. System can save the packets to the

specified path. The file is named after “Network adapter name+time”. You can use software such as

Wireshark to open the packets on the PC for the professional engineer to solve complicated problems.

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Figure 4-45

4.9.4 Log

Here is for you to view system log file. System lists the following information. See Figure 4-46. Log types include system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, account manager, log clear, file operation and etc. It optimized reboot log. There are only three types: normal reboot, abnormal reboot and protection reboot. 0x02、0x03、0x04 is included in the protection reboot type.  Start time/end time: Pleased select start time and end time, then click search button. You can view

the log files in a list. System max displays 100 logs in one page. It can max save 1024 log files. Please use page up/down button on the interface or the front panel to view more.

 Backup: Please select a folder you want to save; you can click the backup button to save the log

files. After the backup, you can see there is a folder named Log_time on the backup path. Double click the folder, you can see the log file

 Details: Click the Details button or double click the log item, you can view the detailed information.

See Figure 4-47. Here you can use rolling bar to view information, or you can use Page up/Page down to view other log information.

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Figure 4-46

Select an item on the list and then click the Details button or double click the log item, you can view the detailed information such as log time, log type, log user, IP address and etc. See Figure 4-47.

Figure 4-47

4.10 Setting

4.10.1 Camera

4.10.1.1 Camera

The camera interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-48.

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 Channel: Select a channel from the dropdown list.  Saturation: It is to adjust monitor window saturation. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default

value is 50. The larger the number, the strong the color is. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the whole video. The video color may become too strong if the value is too high. For the grey part of the video, the distortion may occur if the white balance is not accurate. Please note the video may not be attractive if the value is too low. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

 Brightness: It is to adjust monitor window bright. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value

is 50. The larger the number is, the bright the video is. When you input the value here, the bright section and the dark section of the video will be adjusted accordingly. You can use this function when the whole video is too dark or too bright. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too high. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

 Contrast: It is to adjust monitor window contrast. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value

is 50. The larger the number is, the higher the contrast is. You can use this function when the whole video bright is OK but the contrast is not proper. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too low. If this value is too high, the dark section may lack brightness while the bright section may over exposure .The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

 Sharpness: The value here is to adjust the edge of the video. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The

larger the value is, the clear the edge is and vice versa. Please note there is noise if the value here is too high. The default value is 50 and the recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.

Figure 4-48

4.10.1.2 Encode

It is to set video bit stream, picture bit stream, video overlay parameter and etc.

4.10.1.2.1 Video

Video setting includes the following items. See Figure 4-49.

 Channel: Select the channel you want.  Type: Please select from the dropdown list. There are three options: regular/motion detect/alarm.

You can set the various encode parameters for different record types.

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 Compression: System supports H.264 and MJPEG.  Resolution: System supports various resolutions, you can select from the dropdown list. Please note

the option may vary due to different series.

 Frame rate: It ranges from 1f/s to 25f/s in NTSC mode and 1f/s to 30f/s in mode.  Bit rate type: System supports two types: CBR and VBR. In VBR mode, you can set video quality.  Quality: There are six levels ranging from 1 to 6. The sixth level has the highest image quality.  Video/audio: You can enable or disable the video/audio.  Audio: Please select from the dropdown list.

Figure 4-49

4.10.1.2.2 Snapshot

Here you can set snapshot mode, picture size, quality and frequency. See Figure 4-50.  Snapshot mode: There are two modes: regular and trigger. If you set timing mode, you need to set

snapshot frequency. If you set trigger snapshot, you need to set snapshot activation operation.

 Image size: Here you can set snapshot picture size.  Image quality: Here you can set snapshot quality. The value ranges from 1 to 6.  Interval: It is for you to set timing (schedule) snapshot interval.

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Figure 4-50

4.10.1.2.3 Overlay

Overlay interface is shown as in Figure 4-51.  Cover area: Here is for you to set cover area. You can drag you mouse to set proper section size. In

one channel video, system max supports 4 zones in one channel.

 Preview/monitor: privacy mask has two types. Preview and Monitor. Preview means the privacy

mask zone can not be viewed by user when system is in preview status. Monitor means the privacy mask zone can not be view by the user when system is in monitor status.

 Time display: You can select system displays time or not when you playback. Please click set

button and then drag the title to the corresponding position in the screen.

 Channel display: You can select system displays channel number or not when you playback. Please

click set button and then drag the title to the corresponding position in the screen.

 Copy：After you complete the setup, you can click Copy button to copy current setup to other

channel(s). You can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-52. You can see current channel number is grey. Please check the number to select the channel or you can check the box ALL. Please click the OK button in Figure 4-52 and Figure 4-51 respectively to complete the setup.

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.

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Figure 4-51

Figure 4-52

4.10.1.2.4 Channel Name

It is to modify channel name. It max supports 31-character. See Figure 4-53.

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Figure 4-53

4.10.1.2.5 Channel Type

It is to set channel type. It supports coaxial/UTP. See Figure 4-54.

Figure 4-54

4.10.2 Network

4.10.2.1 TCP/IP

The interface is shown as in Figure 4-55

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 IP Version: There are two options: IPv4 and IPv6. Right now, system supports these two IP address

format and you can access via them.

 MAC address: The host in the LAN can get a unique MAC address. It is for you to access in the LAN. It

is read-only.

 IP address: Here you can use up/down button () or input the corresponding number to input IP

address. Then you can set the corresponding subnet mask the default gateway.

 Default gateway: Here you can input the default gateway. Please note system needs to check the

validity of all IPv6 addresses. The IP address and the default gateway shall be in the same IP section. That is to say, the specified length of the subnet prefix shall have the same string.

 DHCP: It is to auto search IP. When enable DHCP function, you can not modify IP/Subnet mask

/Gateway. These values are from DHCP function. If you have not enabled DHCP function, IP/Subnet mask/Gateway display as zero. You need to disable DHCP function to view current IP information. Besides, when PPPoE is operating, you can not modify IP/Subnet mask /Gateway.

 MTU: It is to set MTU value of the network adapter. The value ranges from 1280-7200 bytes. The

default setup is 1500 bytes. Please note MTU modification may result in network adapter reboot and network becomes off. That is to say, MTU modification can affect current network service. System may pop up dialog box for you to confirm setup when you want to change MTU setup. Click OK button to confirm current reboot, or you can click Cancel button to terminate current modification. Before the modification, you can check the MTU of the gateway; the MTU of the DVR shall be the same as or is lower than the MTU of the gateway. In this way, you can reduce packets and enhance network transmission efficiency.

The following MTU value is for reference only.

 1500: Ethernet information packet max value and it is also the default value. It is the typical

setup when there is no PPPoE or VPN. It is the default setup of some router, switch or the network adapter.

 1492: Recommend value for PPPoE.

 1468: Recommend value for DHCP.  Preferred DNS server: DNS server IP address.  Alternate DNS server: DNS server alternate address.  Transfer mode: Here you can select the priority between fluency/video qualities.  LAN download: System can process the downloaded data first if you enable this function. The

download speed is 1.5X or 2.0X of the normal speed.  LAN download: System can process the downloaded data first if you enable this function. The

download speed is 1.5X or 2.0X of the normal speed. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

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Figure 4-55

4.10.2.2 Connection

The connection setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-56.

 Max connection: system support maximal 128 users. 0 means there is no connection limit.  TCP port: Default value is 37777.  UDP port: Default value is 37778.  HTTP port: Default value is 80.  HTTPS port: Default value is 443.  RTSP port: Default value is 554.

Important: System needs to reboot after you changed and saved any setup of the above four ports. Please make sure the port values here do not conflict.

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Figure 4-56

4.10.2.3 WIFI

The WIFI interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-57.  Auto connect WIFI: Check the box here, system automatically connects to the previous WIFI

hotspot.  Refresh: You can click it to search the hotspot list again. It can automatically add the information

such as the password if you have set it before.

 Disconnect: Here you can click it to turn off the connection.  Connect: Here you can click it to connect to the hotspot. System needs to turn off current

connection and then connect to a new hotspot if there is connection of you selected one.

Figure 4-57

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 WIFI working status: Here you can view current connection status. Please note:  After successful connection, you can see WIFI connection icon at the top right corner of the preview

interface.  When the hotspot verification type is WEP, system displays as AUTO since the device can not

detect its encryption type.  System does not support verification type WPA and WPA2. The display may become abnormal for

the verification type and encryption type. After device successfully connected to the WIFI, you can view the hotspot name, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and etc.

4.10.2.4 3G

3G setup interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-58. Please refer to the following contents for the parameter information.

 Pane 1: Display 3G signal intensity after you enabled 3G function.  Pane 2: Display 3G module configuration information after you enabled 3G function.  Pane 3: Display 3G module status information after you enabled 3G function.

It is to display current wireless network signal intensity such as EVDO, CDMA1x, WCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE and etc.

 3G module: It is to display current wireless network adapter name.  3G Enable/Disable: Check the box here to enable 3G module.  Network type: There are various network types for different 3G network modules. You can select

according to your requirements.  APN: It is the wireless connection server. It is to set you access the wireless network via which

method.

 AUTH: It is the authentication mode. It supports PAP/CHAP.  Dial number: Please input 3G network dialup number you got from your ISP.  User name: It is the user name for you to login the 3G network.  Password: It is the password for you to login the 3G network.  Pulse interval: You can set dialup duration. Once you disable the extra stream, the connection time

begins. For example, if you input 5 seconds here, then 3G network connection period is 5 seconds.

The device automatically disconnect when time is up. If there is no extra stream, 3G network

connection is valid all the time. If the alive time is 0, then the 3G network connection is valid all

the time.

 Dial: Here you can enable or disable 3G network connection/disconnection manually.  3G wireless network: Here is to display wireless network status, SIM card status, dial status. If the

3G connection is OK, then you can see the device IP address the wireless network automatically

allocates.

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Figure 4-58

4.10.2.5 PPPoE

PPPoE interface is shown as in Figure 4-59. Input “PPPoE name” and “PPPoE password” you get from your ISP (Internet service provider). Click save button, you need to restart to activate your configuration. After rebooting, DVR will connect to internet automatically. The IP in the PPPoE is the DVR dynamic value. You can access this IP to visit the unit.

Figure 4-59

4.10.2.6 DDNS Setup

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DDNS setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-60. You need a PC of fixed IP in the internet and there is the DDNS software running in this PC. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server). In network DDNS, please select DDNS type and highlight enable item. Them please input your PPPoE name you get from you IPS and server IP (PC with DDNS). Click save button and then reboot system. Click save button, system prompts for rebooting to get all setup activated. After rebooting, open IE and input as below: http：//(DDNS server IP)/(virtual directory name)/webtest.htm e.g.: http：//10.6.2.85/DVR _DDNS/webtest.htm.) Now you can open DDNSServer web search page.

Figure 4-60

Please note NNDS type includes: CN99 DDNS, NO-IP DDNS, Quick DDNS, Dyndns DDNS and sysdns DDNS. All the DDNS can be valid at the same time, you can select as you requirement. Private DDNS function shall work with special DDNS server and special Professional Surveillance Software (PSS).

Quick DDNS and Client-end Introduction

1) Background Introduction

Device IP is not fixed if you use ADSL to login the network. The DDNS function allows you to access the DVR via the registered domain name. Besides the general DDNS ,the Quick DDNS works with the device from the manufacturer so that it can add the extension function.

2) Function Introduction

The quick DDNS client has the same function as other DDNS client end. It realizes the bonding of the domain name and the IP address. Right now, current DDNS server is for our own devices only. You need to refresh the bonding relationship of the domain and the IP regularly. There is no user name, password or the ID registration on the server. At the same time, each device has a default domain name (Generated by MAC address) for your option. You can also use customized valid domain name (has not registered.).

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3) Operation

Before you use Quick DDNS, you need to enable this service and set proper server address, port value and domain name.

 Server address：www.quickddns.com  Port number：80  Domain name：There are two modes: Default domain name and customized domain name.

Except default domain name registration, you can also use customized domain name (You can input your self-defined domain name.) After successful registration, you can use domain name to login installed of the device IP.

 User name: It is optional. You can input your commonly used email address.

Important

 Do not register frequently. The interval between two registrations shall be more than 60 seconds.

Too many registration requests may result in server attack.  System may take back the domain name that is idle for one year. You can get a notification email

before the cancel operation if your email address setup is OK.

4.10.2.7 IP Filter

IP filter interface is shown as in Figure 4-61. You can add IP in the following list. The list supports max 64 IP addresses. System supports valid address of IPv4 and IPv6. Please note system needs to check the validity of all IPv6 addresses and implement optimization. After you enabled trusted sites function, only the IP listed below can access current DVR. If you enable blocked sites function, the following listed IP addresses can not access current DVR.  Enable: Highlight the box here, you can check the trusted site function and blocked sites function.

You can not see these two modes if the Enable button is grey.  Type: You can select trusted site and blacklist from the dropdown list. You can view the IP address

on the following column.  Start address/end address: Select one type from the dropdown list, you can input IP address in the

start address and end address. Now you can click Add IP address or Add IP section to add.

a) For the newly added IP address, it is in enable status by default. Remove the √ before the item,

and then current item is not in the list. b) System max supports 64 items. c) Address column supports IPv4 or IPv6 format. If it is IPv6 address, system can optimize it. For

example, system can optimize aa:0000: 00: 00aa: 00aa: 00aa: 00aa: 00aa as aa:: aa: aa: aa:

aa: aa: aa. d) System automatically removes space if there is any space before or after the newly added IP

address. e) System only checks start address if you add IP address. System check start address and end

address if you add IP section and the end address shall be larger than the start address. f) System may check newly added IP address exists or not. System does not add if input IP

address does not exist.

 Delete: Click it to remove specified item.  Edit: Click it to edit start address and end address. See Figure 4-62. System can check the IP

address validity after the edit operation and implement IPv6 optimization.

 Default: Click it to restore default setup. In this case, the trusted sites and blocked sites are both

null.

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Note:

 If you enabled trusted sites, only the IP in the trusted sites list can access the device.  If you enabled blocked sites, the IP in the blocked sites can not access the device.  System supports add MAC address.

Figure 4-61

Figure 4-62

4.10.2.8 Email

The email interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-63.

 SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here.  Port: Please input corresponding port value here.  User name: Please input the user name to login the sender email box.  Password: Please input the corresponding password here.  Sender: Please input sender email box here.  Title: Please input email subject here. System support English character and Arabic number. Max

32-digit.

 Receiver: Please input receiver email address here. System max supports 3 email boxes. System

automatically filters same addresses if you input one receiver repeatedly.

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 SSL enable: System supports SSL encryption box.  Interval: The send interval ranges from 0 to 3600 seconds. 0 means there is no interval.  Health email enable: Please check the box here to enable this function. This function allows the

system to send out the test email to check the connection is OK or not.

 Interval: Please check the above box to enable this function and then set the corresponding interval.

System can send out the email regularly as you set here. Click the Test button, you can see the corresponding dialogue box to see the email connection is OK or not.

Please note system will not send out the email immediately when the alarm occurs. When the alarm, motion detection or the abnormity event activates the email, system sends out the email according to the interval you specified here. This function is very useful when there are too many emails activated by the abnormity events, which may result in heavy load for the email server.

Figure 4-63

4.10.2.9 FTP

You need to download or buy FTP service tool (such as Ser-U FTP SERVER) to establish FTP service. Please install Ser-U FTP SERVER first. From “start” -> “program” -> Serv-U FTP Server -> Serv-U Administrator. Now you can set user password and FTP folder. Please note you need to grant write right to FTP upload user. See Figure 4-64.

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Figure 4-64

You can use a PC or FTP login tool to test setup is right or not. For example, you can login user ZHY to H140H140H140HTUFTP://10.10.7.7UTH and then test it can modify or delete folder or not. See Figure 4-65.

Figure 4-65

System also supports upload multiple DVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. FTP interface is shown as in Figure 4-66.

Please highlight the icon in front of Enable to activate FTP function. Here you can input FTP server address, port and remote directory. When remote directory is null, system automatically create folders according to the IP, time and channel. User name and password is the account information for you to login the FTP. File length is upload file length. When setup is larger than the actual file length, system will upload the whole file. When setup here is smaller than the actual file length, system only uploads the set length and auto ignore the left section. When interval value is 0, system uploads all corresponding files. After completed channel and weekday setup, you can set two periods for one each channel. Click the Test button, you can see the corresponding dialogue box to see the FTP connection is OK or not.

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Figure 4-66

4.10.2.10 UPnP

The UPNP protocol is to establish a mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN. Please input the router IP address in the LAN in Figure 4-55. See Figure 4-67.

 UPNP on/off ：Turn on or off the UPNP function of the device.  Status: When the UPNP is offline, it shows as “Unknown”. When the UPNP works it shows

“Success”

 Router LAN IP: It is the router IP in the LAN.  WAN IP: It is the router IP in the WAN.  Port Mapping list： The port mapping list here is the one to one relationship with the router’s port

mapping setting.

 List：

 Service name：Defined by user.  Protocol： Protocol type  Internal port：Port that has been mapped in the router.

 External port：Port that has been mapped locally.  Default: UPNP default port setting is the HTTP, TCP and UDP of the DVR.  Add to the list: Click it to add the mapping relationship.  Delete: Click it to remove one mapping item.

Double click one item; you can change the corresponding mapping information. See Figure 4-68.

Important: When you are setting the router external port, please use 1024~5000 port. Do not use well-known port 1~255 and the system port 256~1023 to avoid conflict. For the TCP and UDP, please make sure the internal port and external port are the same to guarantee the proper data transmission.

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Figure 4-67

Figure 4-68

4.10.2.11 SNMP

SNMP is an abbreviation of Simple Network Management Protocol. It provides the basic network management frame of the network management system. The SNMP widely used in many environments. It is used in many network device, software and system. You can set in the following interface. See Figure 4-69.

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Figure 4-69

Please enable the SNMP function. Use the corresponding software tool (MIB Builder and MG-SOFT MIB Browser. You still need two MIB file: BASE-SNMP-MIB, DVR-SNMP-MIB) to connect to the device. You can get the device corresponding configuration information after successfully connection. Please follow the steps listed below to configure.  In Figure 4-69, check the box to enable the SNMP function. Input the IP address of the PC than is

running the software in the Trap address. You can use default setup for the rest items.

 Compile the above mentioned two MIB file via the software MIB Builder.  Run MG-SOFT MIB Browser to load the file from the previous step to the software.  Input the device IP you want to manage in the MG-SOFT MIB Browser. Please set the

corresponding version for your future reference.

 Open the tree list on the MG-SOFT MIB Browser; you can get the device configuration. Here you

can see the device has how many video channels, audio channels, application version and etc.

Note Port conflict occurs when SNMP port and Trap port are the same.

4.10.2.12 Multicast

Multicast setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-70.

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Figure 4-70

Here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.  IP multiple cast group address

-224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255

-“D” address space

 The higher four-bit of the first byte=”1110”

 Reserved local multiple cast group address

-224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255

-TTL=1 When sending out telegraph

-For example

224.0.0.1 All systems in the sub-net

224.0.0.2 All routers in the sub-net

224.0.0.4 DVMRP router

224.0.0.5 OSPF router

224.0.0.13 PIMv2 router  Administrative scoped addressees

-239.0.0.0-239.255.255.255

-Private address space

 Like the single broadcast address of RFC1918  Can not be used in Internet transmission  Used for multiple cast broadcast in limited space.

Except the above mentioned addresses of special meaning, you can use other addresses. For example: Multiple cast IP: 235.8.8.36 Multiple cast PORT: 3666. After you logged in the Web, the Web can automatically get multiple cast address and add it to the multiple cast groups. You can enable real-time monitor function to view the view.

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Please note multiple cast function applies to special series only.

4.10.2.13 Register

This function allows the device to auto register to the proxy you specified. In this way, you can use the client-end to access the DVR and etc via the proxy. Here the proxy has a switch function. In the network service, device supports the server address of IPv4 or domain. Please follow the steps listed below to use this function. Please set proxy server address, port, and sub-device name at the device-end. Please enable the auto register function, the device can auto register to the proxy server.

1) The setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-71.

Important

Do not input network default port such as TCP port number.

Figure 4-71

2) The proxy server software developed from the SDK. Please open the software and input the global setup. Please make sure the auto connection port here is the same as the port you set in the previous step.

3) Now you can add device. Please do not input default port number such as the TCP port in the mapping port number. The device ID here shall be the same with the ID you input in Figure 4-71. Click Add button to complete the setup.

4) Now you can boot up the proxy server. When you see the network status is Y, it means your registration is OK. You can view the proxy server when the device is online.

Important

The server IP address can also be domain. But you need to register a domain name before you run proxy device server.

4.10.2.14 Alarm Centre

This interface is reserved for you to develop. See Figure 4-72.

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Figure 4-72

4.10.3 Event

4.10.3.1 Detect

In the main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, you can see motion detect interface. See Figure 4-73.There is three detection types: motion detection, video loss, tampering.  The video loss has no detection region and sensitivity setup and tampering has no detection

region setup.

 You can see motion detect icon if current channel has enabled motion detect alarm.  You can drag you mouse to set motion detect region. Please click OK button to save current

region setup. Right click mouse to exit current interface.

4.10.3.1.1 Motion Detect

After analysis video, system can generate a video loss alarm when the detected moving signal reached the sensitivity you set here. Detection menu is shown as below. See Figure 4-73.

 Event type: From the dropdown list you can select motion detection type.  Channel: Select a channel from the dropdown list to set motion detect function.  Enable: Check the box here to enable motion detect function.  Region: Click select button, the interface is shown as in Figure 4-74. Here you can set motion

detection zone. There are four zones for you to set. Please select a zone first and then left drag the mouse to select a zone. The corresponding color zone displays different detection zone. You can click Fn button to switch between the arm mode and disarm mode. In arm mode, you can click the direction buttons to move the green rectangle to set the motion detection zone. After you completed the setup, please click ENTER button to exit current setup. Do remember click save button to save current setup. If you click ESC button to exit the region setup interface system will not save your zone setup.

 Sensitivity: System supports 6 levels. The sixth level has the highest sensitivity.

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 Anti-dither: Here you can set anti-dither time. The value ranges from 5 to 600s. The anti-dither time

refers to the alarm signal lasts time. It can be seem as the alarm signal activation stays such as the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, channel record. The stay time here does not include the latch time. During the alarm process, the alarm signal can begin an anti-dither time if system detects the local alarm again. The screen prompt, alarm upload, email and etc will not be activated. For example, if you set the anti-dither time as 10 second, you can see the each activation may last 10s if the local alarm is activated. During the process, if system detects another local alarm signal at the fifth second, the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, record channel will begin another 10s while the screen prompt, alarm upload, email will not be activated again. After 10s, if system detects another alarm signal, it can generate an alarm since the anti-dither time is out.

 Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-76. Here you can set

motion detect period. System only enables motion detect operation in the specified periods. It is not for video loss or the tampering. There are two ways for you to set periods. Please note system only supports 6 periods in one day.

 In Figure 4-76, Select icon of several dates, all checked items can be edited together. Now

the icon is shown as . Click to delete a record type from one period.

 In Figure 4-76. Click button after one date or a holiday, you can see an interface shown as in

Figure 4-77. There are four record types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm.

 Alarm output: when an alarm occurs, system enables peripheral alarm devices.  Latch: when motion detection complete, system auto delays detecting for a specified time. The

value ranges from 1-300(Unit: second)

 Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled

this function.

 Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre) if you

enabled current function.

 Send email: System can send out email to alert you when an alarm occurs.  Record channel: System auto activates motion detection channel(s) to record once an alarm occurs.

Please make sure you have set MD record in Schedule interface(Main Menu->Setting->Schedule) and schedule record in manual record interface(Main Menu->Advanced->Manual Record)

 PTZ activation: Here you can set PTZ movement when an alarm occurs. Such as go to preset, tour

&pattern when there is an alarm. Click “select” button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-75X.

 Record Delay: System can delay the record for specified time after alarm ended. The value ranges

from 10s to 300s.

 Tour: Here you can enable tour function when alarm occurs. System one-window tour.

 Snapshot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image when a motion detect alarm occurs.

 Video matrix Check the box here to enable this function. When an alarm occurs, SPOT OUT port

displays device video output. It displays video (1-window tour) from alarm activation channel you select at the Record channel item.

 Buzzer: Highlight the icon to enable this function. The buzzer beeps when alarm occurs.

 Test: Click it to test current motion detect setup (do not need to save). Click Select button after

Region, you can set motion detect area.

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Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Note:

In motion detection mode, you can not use copy/paste to set channel setup since the video in each channel may not be the same. In Figure 4-74, you can left click mouse and then drag it to set a region for motion detection. Click Fn to switch between arm/withdraw motion detection. After setting, click enter button to exit.

Figure 4-73

Figure 4-74

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Figure 4-75

Figure 4-76

Figure 4-77

Motion detect here only has relationship with the sensitivity and region setup. It has no relationship with other setups.

4.10.3.1.2 Video Loss

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In Figure 4-73, select video loss from the type list. You can see the interface is shown as in Figure 4-78.This function allows you to be informed when video loss phenomenon occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function.

Tips:

You can enable preset/tour/pattern activation operation when video loss occurs. Please refer to chapter 4.10.3.1.1 motion detection for detailed information.

Figure 4-78

4.10.3.1.3 Tampering

When someone viciously masks the lens, or the output video is in one-color due to the environments light change, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. Tampering interface is shown as in Figure 4-79. You can enable “Alarm output “or “Show message” function when tampering alarm occurs.  Sensitivity: The value ranges from 1 to 6. It mainly concerns the brightness. The level 6 has the

higher sensitivity than level 1. The default setup is 3.

Tips:

You can enable preset/tour/pattern activation operation when video loss occurs. Please refer to chapter 4.10.3.1.1 motion detection for detailed information.

Note:

 In Detect interface, copy/paste function is only valid for the same type, which means you can

not copy a channel setup in video loss mode to tampering mode.

 About Default function. Since detection channel and detection type may not be the same,

system can only restore default setup of current detect type. For example, if you click Default button at the tampering interface, you can only restore default tampering setup. It is null for other detect types.

 System only enables tampering function during the period you set here. It is null for motion

detect or video loss type.

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Figure 4-79

4.10.3.2 Abnormality

There are two types: HDD/Network.

 HDD: HDD error, no disk, no space. See Figure 4-80 and Figure 4-81.

 Network: Disconnection, IP conflict, MAC conflict. See Figure 4-82.  Alarm output: Please select alarm activation output port (multiple choices).  Less than: System can alarm you when the HDD space is less than the threshold you set here

(For HDD no space type only).  Latch: Here you can set corresponding delaying time. The value ranges from 1s-300s. System

automatically delays specified seconds in turning off alarm and activated output after external alarm

cancelled.  Show message: system can pop up the message in the local screen to alert you when alarm

occurs.  Alarm upload: System can upload the alarm signal to the network (including alarm centre) if you

enabled current function. For disconnection event, IP conflict event and MAC conflict event, this

function is null.

 Send email: System can send out email to alert you when alarm occurs.  Buzzer: Highlight the icon to enable this function. The buzzer beeps when alarm occurs.

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Figure 4-80

Figure 4-81

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Figure 4-82

4.10.4 Storage

4.10.4.1 Schedule

4.10.4.1.1 Record

Note:

You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed. After the system booted up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode. You can set record type and time in schedule interface.

In the main menu, from Setting->Storage->Schedule, you can go to schedule menu. See Figure 4-86.

Please note you need to go to main menu->Setting->System->General->Holiday to set holiday date first, otherwise, there is no holiday setup item.

 Channel: Please select the channel number first. You can select “all” if you want to set for the whole

channels.

 : Sync connection icon. Select icon of several dates, all checked items can be edited

together. Now the icon is shown as .

 : Click it to delete a record type from one period.  Record Type: Please check the box to select corresponding record type. There are four types:

Regular/MD (motion detect)/Alarm/MD&Alarm.

 Week day: There are eight options: ranges from Saturday to Sunday and all.  Holiday: It is to set holiday setup. Please note you need to go to the General interface (Main Menu-

>System->General) to add holiday first. Otherwise you can not see this item.

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 Pre-record: System can pre-record the video before the event occurs into the file. The value ranges

from 1 to 30 seconds depending on the bit stream.  Redundancy: System supports redundancy backup function. You can highlight Redundancy button

to activate this function. Please note, before enable this function, please set at least one HDD as

redundant. ( Main menu->Setting->Storage->HDD Manager). Please note this function is null if

there is only one HDD.

 Period setup: Click button after one date or a holiday, you can see an interface shown as in

Figure 4-87.There are four record types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm. Please following the steps listed below to draw the period manually.

 Select a channel you want to set. See Figure 4-83.

Figure 4-83

 Set record type. See Figure 4-84.

Figure 4-84

 Please draw manually to set record period. There are six periods in one day. See Figure 4-85.

Figure 4-85

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. There are color bars for your reference. Green color stands for regular recording, yellow color stands for motion detection and red color stands for alarm recording. The white means the MD and alarm record is valid. Once you have set to record when the MD and alarm occurs, system will not record neither motion detect occurs nor the alarm occurs.

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Figure 4-86

Figure 4-87

4.10.4.1.1.1 Quick Setup

Copy function allows you to copy one channel setup to another. After setting in channel 1, click Copy button, you can go to interface Figure 4-88. You can see current channel name is grey such as channel

1. Now you can select the channel you wan to paste such as channel 5/6/7. If you wan to save current setup of channel 1 to all channels, you can click the first box “ALL”. Click the OK button to save current copy setup. Click the OK button in the Encode interface, the copy function succeeded.

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Figure 4-88

4.10.4.1.1.2 Redundancy

Current series product does not support redundancy function.

Redundancy function allows you to memorize record file in several disks. When there is file damage occurred in one disk, there is a spare one in the other disk. You can use this function to maintain data reliability and safety.  In the main menu, from Setting->Storage-> Schedule, you can highlight redundancy button to

enable this function.  In the main menu, from Main menu->Setting->Storage->HDD Manager, you can set one or more

disk(s) as redundant. You can select from the dropdown list. System auto overwrites old files

once hard disk is full. Please note only read/write disk or read-only disk can backup file and support file search function, so you need to set at least one read-write disk otherwise you can not record video.

Note About redundancy setup:

 If current channel is not recording, current setup gets activated when the channel begin recording

the next time.  If current channel is recording now, current setup will get activated right away, the current file will be

packet and form a file, then system begins recording as you have just set. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Playback or search in the redundant disk.

There are two ways for you to playback or search in the redundant disk.  Set redundant disk(s) as read-only disk or read-write disk (Main menu->Setting->Storage->HDD

Manager)). System needs to reboot to get setup activated. Now you can search or playback file in

redundant disk.  Dismantle the disk and play it in another PC.

4.10.4.1.2 Snapshot

4.10.4.1.2.1 Schedule Snapshot

 On the preview interface, right click mouse and then select Manual->Record, or in the main menu,

from Setting->Storage->Record, check the box to enable snapshot function of corresponding

channels. See Figure 4-89.  In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input snapshot

mode as regular, size, quality and frequency. See Figure 4-90.

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 In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Schedule interface, please enable snapshot

function. See Figure 4-91. Please refer to the following figure for detailed information.

Figure 4-89

Figure 4-90

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Figure 4-91

4.10.4.1.2.2 Trigger Snapshot

Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred.  In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input snapshot

mode as trigger, size, quality and frequency. See Figure 4-92.  In main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, please enable snapshot function for specified channels

(Figure 4-93).

Figure 4-92

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Figure 4-93

4.10.4.1.2.3 Priority

Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot.

4.10.4.1.2.4 Image FTP

In the main menu, from Setting->Network->FTP, you can set FTP server information. Please enable FTP function and then click save button. See Figure 4-94. Please boot up corresponding FTP server. Please enable schedule snapshot (Chapter 4.10.4.1.2.1) or activation snapshot (Chapter

4.10.4.1.2.2) first, now system can upload the image file to the FTP server.

Figure 4-94

Please input the corresponding information here, if you just upload the image FTP.

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4.10.4.2 HDD Manager

Here is for you to view and implement hard disk management. See Figure 4-95. You can see current HDD type, status, capacity and etc. The operation includes format HDD, and change HDD property (read and write/read-only/redundancy).

Figure 4-95

4.10.4.3 Record

4.10.4.3.1 Record Control

Note:

You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDD has been properly installed. There are three ways for you to go to manual record menu.

 Right click mouse and then select Manual->Record.  In the main menu, from Setting->Storage->Record.  In live viewing mode, click record button in the front panel or record button in the remote control.

System supports main stream and sub stream. There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. See Figure 4-96. Please highlight icon“○” to select corresponding channel.

 Manual: The highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin ordinary recording.  Schedule: Channel records as you have set in recording setup (Main Menu->Setting->System-

>>Schedule)

 Stop: Current channel stops recording.  All: Check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel schedule/manual

record or enable/disable all channels to stop record.

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Figure 4-96

4.10.4.3.2 Snapshot Operation

Check the corresponding box to enable/disable schedule snapshot function. See Figure 4-97.

Figure 4-97

Tips

You can check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel snapshot function.

4.10.5 System

4.10.5.1 General

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4.10.5.1.1 Device

General setting includes the following items. See Figure 4-98.

 Device ID: Please input a corresponding device name here.  Device No: Here you can set device number.  Language: System supports various languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English,

Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish (All languages listed here are optional. Slight difference maybe

found in various series.)

 Video standard  HDD full: Here is for you to select working mode when hard disk is full. There are two options: stop

recording or rewrite. If current working HDD is overwritten or the current HDD is full while the next

HDD is no empty, then system stops recording, If the current HDD is full and then next HDD is not

empty, then system overwrites the previous files.  Pack duration: Here is for you to specify record duration. The value ranges from 1 to 120 minutes.

Default value is 60 minutes.  Real-time playback: It is to set playback time you can view in the preview interface. The value

ranges from 5 to 60 minutes.  Auto logout: Here is for you to set auto logout interval once login user remains inactive for a

specified time. Value ranges from 0 to 60 minutes.

 Navigation bar: Check the box here, system displays the navigation bar on the interface.  Startup wizard: Once you check the box here, system will go to the startup wizard directly when the

system restarts the next time. Otherwise, it will go to the login interface.  Mouse property: You can set double click speed via dragging the slide bard. You can Click Default

button to restore default setup.

Figure 4-98

4.10.5.1.2 Date and Time

The interface is shown as in Figure 4-99.

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 Date format: There are three types: YYYYY-MM-DD: MM-DD-YYYYY or DD-MM-YYYY.  Date separator: There are three denotations to separate date: dot, beeline and solidus.  DST: Here you can set DST time and date. Here you can set start time and end time by setting

corresponding week setup or by setting corresponding date setup.  NTP: It is to set NTP server information.

Figure 4-99

4.10.5.1.3 Holiday

Holiday setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-100. Click Add new holiday button, you can input new holiday information. See Figure 4-101. Here you can set holiday name, repeat mode and start/end time.

Note

 When you enable Holiday settings and schedule setup at the same time, holiday setting has the

priority. If the selected day is a holiday, then system records as you set in holiday setting. If it is not

a holiday, system records as you set in Schedule interface. Please note  Please note, there is no year setup on the holiday setup. For example, if you set 30th Oct, 2012 as

a holiday, then the date of 30th Oct in each year will be set as a holiday.

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Figure 4-100

Figure 4-101

4.10.5.2 Display

4.10.5.2.1 Display

Display setup interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-102.  Transparency: Here is for you to adjust transparency. The value ranges from 128 to 255.

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 Channel name: Here is for you to modify channel name. System max support 25-digit (The value

may vary due to different series). Please note all your modification here only applies to DVR local

end. You need to open web or client end to refresh channel name.

 Time display: You can select to display time or not when system is playback.  Channel display: You can select to channel name or not when system is playback.  Resolution: There are four options: 1920×1080, 1280×1024(default),1280×720,1024×768. Please

note the system needs to reboot to activate current setup.

 Image enhance: Check the box; you can optimize the margin of the preview video.  Preview denoise: It is to reduce the video noise and make it clearer. You can set denoise level. The

higher the level is, the clearer the video is.

Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.

Figure 4-102

4.10.5.2.2 Tour

Here you can activate tour function. Click Setup button, you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-103

 Enable tour: Highlight box here to enable this function.  Interval: System supports 1/8-window tour. Input proper interval value here. The value ranges from

5-120 seconds. It is for schedule tour/alarm/motion detect tour.

 Split: You can select window split mode from the dropdown list.  Channel group: It is to display all channel groups on current split mode. You can edit and delete a

channel group here. Double click an item in the list; you can edit its channel group setup. Right now

system max supports 32.  Add: Under specified window split mode, click it to add channel group.

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 Delete: Click it to remove selected channel group.  Move up: Click it to move current selected channel up.  Move down: Click it to move current selected channel down.  Default: Click it to restore default setup.

Tips:

 Use mouse or Shift button to switch and button to enable /disable tour. means the tour

funciton is enabled and meas tour funciton is disabled.

 On the navigation bar, click or to enable/disable tour function.

Figure 4-103

4.10.5.2.3 Zero-channel Encoding

Click zero-channel encoding button, you can go to the following interface. See Figure 4-104.Here you can enable and set zero-channel encoding function so that you can view several video sources at one channel.  Enable: This function is disabled by default. Check the box here to enable this function so that you

can control the zero-channel encoding function at the WEB.

 Compression: System default setup is H.264. You can set according to device capability.  Resolution: The resolution value may vary due to different device capabilities. Please select from

the dropdown list.  Frame rate: The frame rate value may vary due to different device capabilities. Please select from

the dropdown list.  Bit Rate: The bit rate value may vary due to different device capabilities and frame rate setups.

Please select from the dropdown list.  Save: Click the Save button to save current setup. If this function is disabled, you can not operate

zero-channel encoding function at the WEB, the video is black or null even you operate when the

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