Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified before using the same.
DVR User Manual Contents Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................... i 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Features ..............................................................
DVR User Manual Contents 5.4.5 Image Adjustment ............................................................................................ 37 6 PTZ ..........................................................................................................................40 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction .............................................................................. 40 6.2 Preset Setting ..............................................................................................
DVR User Manual Contents 9.3.4 Intrusion Detection........................................................................................... 75 9.4 Exception Alarm .......................................................................................................... 76 9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ........................................................................................... 76 9.4.2 Video Loss Settings .......................................................................................
DVR User Manual Contents 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ......................................................................................... 97 12.2 Web LAN Access ........................................................................................................ 97 12.3 Web WAN Access....................................................................................................... 98 12.4 Web Remote Control ..................................................................................
Introduction DVR User Manual 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of the DVR adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. This series of the DVR which are powerful and easy to use are provided with excellent image quality and stable system.
Introduction DVR User Manual Support single camera image to be zoomed by sliding the scroll wheel of the mouse Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras) Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live preview interface The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consistent with that of the DVR after adjusting the live camera sequence of the DVR, but the live
Introduction DVR User Manual Support a maximum of 10 backup tasks in background and backup status viewing Alarm Management Support alarm schedule setting Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable Support IPC o
Introduction DVR User Manual Support factory restoring, import and export of the system configuration, log view and export and local upgrading by USB mobile device Support auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface You can click the middle mouse button at any interface to go to the live view interface The display language and video format of the DVR will not be changed and the system logs will be reserved
Introduction DVR User Manual Name Descriptions Direction Key Change direction Multi-Screen Switch Change the screen mode Enter Confirm selection USB To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections. The interfaces and locations of the interfaces are only for references. Please take the real object as the standard. No.
Introduction DVR User Manual No. 1 Name Descriptions CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor 2 ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors 3 GND 4 AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box 5 AUDIO IN Audio input 6 ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarms 7 VIDEO IN 8 CH video inputs 8 HDMI Connect to high definition display devices 9 VGA Connect to monitor 10 LAN Network port 11 RS485 Connectors for keyboards or speed domes.
Introduction DVR User Manual No. Name Descriptions 1 RS485 Connectors for keyboards or speed domes. A is TX+; B is TX- 2 AUDIO IN Audio input 3 AHD VIDEO IN 16 CH AHD video inputs 4 HDMI Connect to monitor 5 VGA Connect to monitor 6 LAN Network port 7 AUDIO OUT Audio output 8 CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor 9 USB Connect USB storage devices or USB mouse 10 DC12V DC12V power input 1.5 Connections Video Connections Video Output: Supports VGA/HDMI video output.
Introduction DVR User Manual The alarm input is an open/closed relay. If the input is not an open/closed relay, please refer to the following connection diagram: Alarm Output: The way to connect alarm output device: Pull out the green terminal blocks and loosen the screws in the alarm-out port. Then insert the signal wires of the alarm output devices into the port of NO and COM separately. Finally, tighten the screws.
Introduction DVR User Manual keyboard. The way to connect speed dome to the DVR: Type 1: Disconnect pluggable block from the RS485 terminal block and then loosen the fixed screws from the pluggable block, insert signal cables into Y and Z port separately (Y is TX+; Z is TX-) and tighten the fixed screws. Next, connect pluggable block back into terminal block. Finally, connect the video cable of the speed dome to the video input interface of the DVR.
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the DVR. ② Connect with the mouse and power. The device will boot and the power LED would turn blue.
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual Button Power Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image SEQ To go to sequence view mode Audio To enable audio output in live mode Switch No function temporarily Direction button To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ Enter Button To confirm the choice o
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual Button Function REC Record manually Search To enter search mode MEUN To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in PIP No function temporarily To control playback.
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below. Button Meaning Button Meaning Backspace key Switch key of punctuation character Delete Key Enter key Switch key between upper and lower letter Space key Switch key of language 2.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual 3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk). You can quickly configure the DVR by wizard setup to make the DVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the DVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the wizard next time).
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual Enable pattern lock and click “Edit” to set the pattern lock. Click “Edit Security Question” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details. Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard. ② Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual ④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with DVR and then click add all the cameras in the list. Click delete all the added cameras. to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All” to to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Input the new IP Click address, subnet mask, gateway and the password of the camera.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Input the new camera Click name, IP address, port, username and the password of the camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the camera name only if it’s an analog camera or the added IPC is online. Click “Next” to continue. ⑤ Disk Settings.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual ⑦ QR-Code. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details). You can scan the QR-Code through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the mobile client instantly. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance for details. Click “OK” to save the settings. 3.2 Main Interface 3.2.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual Button Meaning Screen mode button. Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence for details). Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD. Click to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (8.1 Instant Playback) or going to the playback interface for playback operations (8.2 Playback Interface Introduction); click to go to the playback interface.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual Icon / Button Meaning Click it to log out the system. Click it and then select “Logout”, “Reboot” or “Shutdown” in the popup window. 3.2.2 Setup Panel Click StartSettings to pop up the setup panel as shown below. The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual up the window as shown below. Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions Camera The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.
Wizard & Main Interface DVR User Manual The module covers the functions such as TCP/IP, DDNS, Port, E-mail and Network Status and so on. Please see 11.1 Network Configuration for details. Account and Authority The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on. System The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.
Camera Management DVR User Manual 4 Camera Management 4.1 Camera Signal Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraCamera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels, accordingly increasing (or decreasing) the number of IP channels with the total channels unchanged. The DVR device supports hybrid access of TVI, AHD, CVI and CVBS high definition cameras.
Camera Management DVR User Manual Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.
Camera Management DVR User Manual Add Manually in the IP address column to pop up the Input the IP address or domain name (click domain name input window, input the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol.
Camera Management DVR User Manual 4.3 IP Planning Some models may not support this function. Click “IP Planning” to go to the interface as shown below. This function supports searching other DVRs/NVRs that is in the same local network as the local DVR. The user may add the IPC of other DVRs/NVRs into the unoccupied channels of the local DVR. Click to edit the IP address, user name or password and other information of the DVRs/NVRs.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual 5 Live Preview Introduction 5.1 Preview Interface Introduction The connected analog camera will be added automatically in the live preview interface for previewing. You should add IP camera manually for previewing (see 4.2.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.
Live Preview Introduction Button -- DVR User Manual Menu List Meaning Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface. -- Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.3.5 Image Adjustment for details. Camera Info Click it to view the IP camera information. The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom the image.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual Add Display Mode Method One: ① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as needed. ③ Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click the “OK” button to save the current display mode. Method Two: ① Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput SettingsMain Output to go to the interface and then set the screen mode.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view. 5.2.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual Add Scheme Click in area ① to create a new scheme.0 Click scheme to delete it. on the top right corner of the Configure Scheme a) Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme. b) Select a camera window in area ② and then double click the camera in area ③. The camera will be added into the selected window. One camera in the same scheme cannot repeat.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual window in the middle of the interface. After finishing the settings of all the schemes, select the dwell time and click “Apply” to start playing the schemes in sequence in output 2. 5.3 POS Settings Some models may not support this function. ① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to go to the following interface. ③ Input IP address of the POS you want to add.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual ⑤ Click “Display Position” under “Display Settings” to set the position of the POS information (Use the default settings of the general settings). ⑥ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to multiple channels, but one channel can only be bound to one POS. ⑦ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual One POS is bound to multiple cameras: 5.4 Preview Image Configuration 5.4.1 OSD Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and time OSDs directly in the image view area to change the OSDs’ display position) and select the date and time formats. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual 5.4.3 Mask Settings Some areas of the image can be masked for privacy. Up to four mask areas can be set for each camera. Click StartSettingsCameraImageMask Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera and enable the mask. Click “Draw” button and then drag the mouse on the image area to set the mask area; click “Delete” button to delete the mask areas; click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual Click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.5 Image Adjustment Go to live preview interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface. Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue value.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual The introductions of these parameters are as follows: Parameter Meaning Brightness It is the brightness level of the camera’s image. Contrast It is the color difference between the brightest and darkest parts. Saturation It is the degree of color purity. The color is purer, the image is brighter. Hue It refers to the total color degree of the image.
Live Preview Introduction DVR User Manual Button/Parameter Meaning Click Focus Mode / to zoom in/out the image. If manual mode is selected, focus button & “One Key Focus” & “Day/night mode switch autofocus” will be available; if auto mode is selected, the time interval setup will be available. Click / to increase/decrease the focal length. Click it to focus instantly. Day/night mode switch autofocus If checked, the lens will focus automatically when the camera is switching day/night mode.
PTZ DVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control. on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control Click interface as shown below. You can select another dome or PTZ which connects to the camera on the top right of the interface for PTZ control. Introductions of the buttons on the bottom right of the interface: Button Meaning Click / / to rotate the dome.
PTZ DVR User Manual The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog joystick. 3D Control Click the camera image on any area and then the image will be centered on the clicked point. Refer to the picture as shown below.
PTZ DVR User Manual Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image; press and hold the right button to zoom out the image.
PTZ DVR User Manual Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position” to save the current preset position (you can also click another preset in the preset list and then save the preset position after adjusting the dome’s direction); click in the preset list to call the preset; click “Delete” button to delete the selected preset. You can also go to preset setting interface for preset setting, see 6.2 Preset Setting for details.
PTZ DVR User Manual Add preset Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset. The operations of the “Add Preset” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details. Edit preset Select camera and preset.
PTZ Click DVR User Manual Add Cruise in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details. Edit Cruise Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise” interface. Input the new cruise name and then click to save the cruise name.
PTZ DVR User Manual 6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZProtocol to go to the interface as shown below. You can enable or disable the PTZ and set the protocol, baud rate and address of the analog dome in the interface. Please make sure the analog speed dome camera is well connected to the DVR before you control it. Select the camera and enable PTZ and then set the protocol, baud rate and address of the dome according to the settings of the dome.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings. There are two record modes: auto mode and manual mode.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual enabled all the time; motion/sensor/intelligence alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/intelligence alarm happens. Always(24ⅹ 7) Record+Motion Record+Sensor+Intelligence+POS Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; motion/sensor/intelligence/POS alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/intelligence/POS alarm happens. Some models may not support POS recording. You can add more auto modes on intelligence record.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Video Encode: the video encode format of the camera. GOP: group of pictures. Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is. FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluency the video is. However, more storage room will be taken up. Bitrate Type: CBR and VBR are optional. CBR means that no matter how much change is seen in the video scene, the compression bitrate will be kept constant.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting Click StartSettingsRecordEncode Parameters to go to the interface as shown below. Set the encode, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of main stream for each camera in “Event Recording Settings” and “Schedule Recording Settings” interfaces. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can set the record stream of each camera one by one or batch set them for all cameras.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface. The seven rows stand for the seven days in a week and each row stands for 24 hours in a day. Blue stands for the selected time and gray stands for unselected time. Click to add a new schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; 51 : delete button.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area. and then You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click or and then click “Manual” on each day to pop up a window as shown below. Set the start and end time in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week. 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleSchedule Configuration to go to the interface as shown below. Set the schedule of sensor record, motion record, timed record and intelligence record. Click “None” in the drop-down menu to clear the schedule.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Note: Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings and then set the manual record time in the interface. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 7.4.2 Timing Recording Timing Recording: the system will record automatically according to the schedule. Set the timing record schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. 7.4.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Note: 1. The new HDD should be formatted for normal use. 2. For normal use of the HDD which has been used in other DVR, if the DVR is of the same model with the new DVR, please import the configuration file of the DVR to the new DVR or format the HDD; if the models of the two DVRs are different, please format the HDD. 7.5.1 Storage Mode Configuration Click StartSettingsDiskStorage Mode to go to the interface as shown below. There are all four disk groups.
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Playback & Backup DVR User Manual 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time). Refer to the picture below. Drag the playback progress bar to change the playback time. You can also click the right-click menu “Instant Playback” in the camera window and then set the instant playback time to play back the record. 8.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The buttons on the tool bar (area ①) at the bottom of the playback interface are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ②. Full screen button.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual Button Meaning Next frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode. Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s. Click it to show the water mark on the image; click mark. to hide the water Event list/tag button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/ motion and the tag information. Open/close POS information. Backup button.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the added tag. Click it and then input the tag name in the popup window. Click “Add” to add tag. Click it to switch the playback camera. Click it and then check the camera in the popup window. Click “OK” to change the camera. Add Tag Switch Camera Close Camera Click it to close the playback camera.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search Click the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record. Smart Playback by Drawing Line Click and draw a line in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files about crossing this line.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record. 8.4 Record Search, Playback & Backup The record data and the snapped pictures can be backed up through network or USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD).
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual 8.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image ① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time-sliced Image to go to “By Time-sliced Image” tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be showed. If the camera thumbnail number is more than 64, the cameras will be listed directly by their camera name, not the thumbnail. A maximum of 196 camera names can be listed.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤ Click the “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details). Click “Close” to close the interface.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute” mode (in “Minute” mode, click the time scale to change the time of the 60 display windows) and click “Hour” to select “Hour” mode. Method Two: Click beside “Camera Thumbnail” on the left top corner of the interface to select the time slice mode.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual 8.4.3 Search, Playback & Backup by Time ① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time to go to “By Time” tab as shown below. Click on the bottom of the interface to add playback camera. Click “Modify” on the top right corner of the camera window to change the camera and click “Clear” to remove the camera. ② Click the camera window to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the interface.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual ② Check the event type in the interface as required. to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ③ Click ④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list. ⑤ Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window.
Playback & Backup DVR User Manual 8.4.6 Image Management Click StartSearch and BackupImage Management to go to “Image Management” tab. The system will display all the snapped images automatically in the list. Click to delete the image. Click to pop up the “Export” window. Select the device name and save path in the window and then click the “Save” button. Click to pop up the “View Image” window. Click to view the previous image; click click to export the image.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ② Select the alarm type (NO or NC) according to trigger type of the sensor. ③ Enable the sensor alarm of each camera.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Configure the trigger alarm-out in the window. The system will trigger the alarm-out automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. You need to set the delay time and the schedule of the alarm outputs. See 9.5.1 Alarm-out for details. Preset: check it and then the “Trigger Preset” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger preset of each camera. To add presets, please see 6.2 Preset Setting for details.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual ② Select the camera, enable the motion and set the sensitivity and duration of the camera. Sensitivity: the higher the value is, the more sensitive it is to motion. You should adjust the value according to the practical conditions since the sensitivity is influenced by color and time (day or night). Duration: it refers to the interval time between the adjacent motion detections.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual following interface. ② Select the camera, enable the object detection and set the duration and detect type. There are two detect types: Abandoned object and missing object. Abandoned object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area. Missing object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles missing in the detection area drew by the users. ③ Select the alarm area. A maximum of 4 alarm areas can be set.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of object detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Article Protect Config” to go to the object detection configuration interface. 9.3.2 Exception Exception Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionException to go to the following interface. ② Select the camera and enable the relevant detection as needed.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Exception Config” to go to the exception detection configuration interface. 9.3.3 Line Crossing Line Crossing Configuration: Alarms will be triggered if someone or something crosses the pre-defined alarm line.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of line crossing alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Crossing Config” to go to the line crossing configuration interface. 9.3.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Intrusion Detection Alarm Handling Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsAlarmIntelligence AlarmIntrusion Detection to go to the following interface. ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of intrusion detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The IPC Offline Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.4.2 Video Loss Settings ① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionVideo Loss Settings to go to the interface as shown below.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.5 Alarm Event Notification 9.5.1 Alarm-out ① Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent Notification to go to the following interface. ② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the schedules (see 7.3.1 Add Schedule for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Test” to test the alarm output. 9.5.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9.5.4 Buzzer Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationBuzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer. 9.5.5 Push Message Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationPush Message to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable” and then click the “Apply” button to save the settings.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9.7 View Alarm Status Click StartSettingsAlarmAlarm Status or click live preview interface to view the alarm status. on the tool bar at the bottom of the Click the “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click view the detail information as shown below. to If the exception information is more than one page, you can input the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page. Click information in the previous/next page.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual 10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) available when adding accounts.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual ② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click user list or double click the user to edit the user information. Click (the user admin cannot be deleted).
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual Enter current password and then check “Enable” to input pattern lock. Recover Password Click “Recover Password” to reset the password to 123456. Edit User Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. The admin is enabled, its permission control is closed and permission group cannot be changed by default.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual 10.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click the “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown” window. Select “Logout” in the window and then click “OK” to log out the system. 10.3 Permission Management 10.3.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual 10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Click to save the group as another group. Click to delete the permission group. The three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) cannot be deleted.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual popup window (only if you check it can the IP/IP segment/MAC you add be effective). Enter the IP/IP segment/MAC and then click “OK”. In the above interface, click segment/MAC, click to edit IP/IP to delete it. Click “Apply” to save the settings. 10.5 Preview On Logout Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurityPreview on Logout to go to the following interface. Set a camera and then enable or disable the preview permission on logout as required.
Device Management DVR User Manual 11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually input the network addresses.
Device Management DVR User Manual a web browser, you should input IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81. HTTPS Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 443. Server Port: the default server port of the DVR is 6036. The server port number can be changed as required. The port is mainly used in network video management system. RTSP Port: RTSP real-time stream protocol can be used to control the sending of real-time data.
Device Management DVR User Manual Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Input the server address, domain name, username and password according to the selected DDNS type. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You will have to input the server address and domain name if some DDNS types are selected. Go to the relative DNS website to register domain name and then input the registered domain information here). 11.1.
Device Management DVR User Manual Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking in the “Schedule” to delete the recipient in the list.
Device Management DVR User Manual Click “Refresh” to refresh the UPnP status. If the UPnP status were still “Invalid UPnP” after refreshing it for many times, the port number would be wrong. Please change the mapping type to “Manual” and then click to modify the port until the UPnP status turns to “Valid UPnP”. Refer to the following picture. You can view the external IP address of the DVR. Input the external IP address plus port in the address bar to access the DVR such as http://183.17.254.19:81. 11.1.
Device Management DVR User Manual 11.1.9 View Network Status Click StartSettingsNetworkNetwork Status to view the network status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to view network status conveniently. 11.2 Basic Configuration 11.2.1 Common Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to go to the following interface. Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output resolution.
Device Management DVR User Manual images automatically if it is not operated during the time you set. 11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicDate and Time to go to the interface as shown below. Set the system time, date format, time format and time zone of the DVR. The default time zone is GMT+08 Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei. If the selected time zone includes DST, the DST of the time zone will be checked by default. Click “Apply” to save the settings.
Device Management DVR User Manual ① Copy the upgrade software (.tar) into the USB storage device. ② Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR. ③ Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceUpgrade to go to “Upgrade” interface. Select the USB device in “Device Name” option and go to the path where the upgrade software exists. Select the upgrade software and then click “Upgrade”. The system may automatically restart during upgrading.
Device Management DVR User Manual Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR and then click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceBackup and Restore to go to the interface. Backup Select the USB device in “Device Name” option; go to the path where you want to store the configuration backup file and then click the “Backup” button; finally click the “OK” button in the popup window.
Device Management DVR User Manual Choose the log file in the list and then click the “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the “Content” title bar to pop up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show the checked log contents only. Click to play the video log. 11.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual 12 Remote Surveillance 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the DVR. Refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “AVY Mobile CVMS” into the mobile device with the Android or iOS system. ③ Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface and then click to scan the QR-Code of the DVR (Go to StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view the QR-Code of the DVR).
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the DVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the DVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2. If the HTTP port of the DVR is not 80, but other number instead, you need to enter the IP address plus port number in the address bar of the web browser when accessing the DVR over network.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual to see the serial number of the DVR), user name (the user name of the DVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the DVR, 123456 by default) of the DVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the interface and then click the “Login” button to go to the web client interface. PPPoE Access ① Click StartSettingsNetworkPPPoE to go to the “PPPoE” interface.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Input current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click the “OK” button to save the new password. Local Settings: click it to change the local settings. Set the snapshot number and click “Browse” to set the snapshot path and record path as shown below.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Left Panel Introduction on the left panel to hide the panel and click Click all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. to show the panel. You can view You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras. For instance, the left number 3 in on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras; the right number 4 stands for the number of all the added cameras.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply” to save the settings. Operation panel introduction: Button Meaning Click it to snap. Click it to start recording; click it again to stop recording.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click / / / rotate the dome; click / / / / to to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click / to zoom in/out camera image. Click / to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click / to increase/decrease the iris of the dome. Click it to view the preset list and then click the button in the list to call the preset.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Button POS Meaning View POS Backup start time button. Click the time scale and then click it to set the backup start time. Backup end time button. Click the time scale and then click it to set the backup end time. Backup button. Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. 12.4.3 Remote Backup Click “Backup” in the remote interface to go to the backup interface.
FAQ DVR User Manual Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? a. Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. b. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them. Please use the power adaptor supplied along with the DVR. c. Please make sure the HDDs are compatible with the DVR. See Appendix C Compatible Device List for details. d. The HDD could have gone bad. Change a new one. Q2.
FAQ DVR User Manual Q6. The system cannot record, why? a. Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. b. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. c. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the recycle function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details). d.
FAQ ② ③ ④ b. DVR User Manual Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 8-1. Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 8-2. Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 8-1 Fig 8-2 Q9. How to play the backup file? a. Record backed up by DVR: insert the USB device in which the record backup files is saved to the USB interface of the PC and then open the USB device path.
FAQ DVR User Manual If you select the private format when backing up record by DVR, a RPAS compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.zip” and then click “RPAS.exe” to set up RPAS. After the setup is completed, open RPAS player and then click the “Open Folder” button in the middle of the interface to select the record data. Refer to Fig 9-1.
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Calculate Recording Capacity Appendix B DVR User Manual Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times. The calculation format of recording capacity is shown as below.
Calculate Recording Capacity DVR User Manual (49.45TB ÷ (1-10%)).
Compatible Device List DVR User Manual Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Brand and Series Seagate Western Digital Capacity Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Blue Series 500GB /1TB Green Series 2TB /3TB /4TB Purple Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Compatible USB mobile device Brand Capacity SSK 2GB Netac 4GB Kingston 2GB/8GB/16GB/32GB Aigo 2GB