Network Video Recorder User Manual
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Network Video Recorder User Manual Regulatory Information FCC Information Please take attention that changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Network Video Recorder User Manual Applicable Model This manual is applicable to the following models. HWN-XXXX, HWN-XXXX-Y, HWN-XXXX-XY, HWN-XXXX-XXY, HWN-XXXXY, HWN-XXXXY-XY, HWNXXXXY-Y, HWN-XXXXY-YX, HWN-XXXXYY, HWN-XXXXYY-XY, XXXXYY-XXY, HWN-XXXXYY-Y, HWNXXXXYY-YX (X = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Y = A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z).
Network Video Recorder User Manual Symbol Conventions The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows. Symbol Danger Caution Note Description Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will or could result in death or serious injury. Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in equipment damage, data loss, performance degradation, or unexpected results.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Safety Instruction ● Proper configuration of all passwords and other security settings is the responsibility of the installer and/or end-user. ● In the use of the product, you must be in strict compliance with the electrical safety regulations of the nation and region. ● Firmly connect the plug to the power socket. Do not connect several devices to one power adapter. Power off the device before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: ● The device is designed for indoor use only. Install it in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment without liquids. ● Ensure recorder is properly secured to a rack or shelf. Major shocks or jolts to the recorder as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the recorder.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Chapter 1 Startup ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Activate Your Device ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Login ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Set Unlock Pattern .................
Network Video Recorder User Manual 5.3 Camera Management .......................................................................................................... 23 5.3.1 Network Camera ...................................................................................................... 23 5.3.2 OSD Settings ............................................................................................................. 27 5.3.3 Event ..........................................................................
Network Video Recorder User Manual 6.5 Recording Management ...................................................................................................... 63 6.5.1 Configure Recording Schedule ................................................................................. 63 6.5.2 Configure Recording Parameter .............................................................................. 66 6.5.3 Storage Device .......................................................................................
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 1 Startup 1.1 Activate Your Device For the first-time access, you need to activate the video recorder by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation. You can also activate the video recorder via web browser, SADP or client software. Before You Start Power on your device. Steps 1. Select a language. 2. Click Apply. 3. Input the same password in Password and Confirm Password.
Network Video Recorder User Manual What to do next Follow the wizard to set basic parameters. ● When you forget your password, there are three methods to reset it, including password resetting email, Hik-Connect, and security questions. You have to configure at least one password resetting method. Refer to Set Password Resetting Email and Hik-Connect for details. ● For unlock pattern. Refer to Set Unlock Pattern for details. ● For general system parameters. Refer to General for details.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 1.2.2 Log in via Unlock Pattern Steps 1. Right click the mouse on live view. Figure 1-3 Draw the Unlock Pattern 2. Draw the pre-defined pattern to enter the menu operation. Note ● If you have forgotten your pattern, you click Forgot My Pattern or Switch User to log in via password. ● If you have drawn the wrong pattern for more than 5 times, the system will switch to the normal login mode automatically. 1.2.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 1-4 Login Interface 2. Input password. 3. Click Login. Note ● When you forget the password of the admin, you can click Forgot Password to reset the password. ● If you enter the wrong password 7 times, the current user account will be locked for 60 seconds.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 2 Live View 2.1 GUI Introduction ● Click to start/stop auto-switch. The screen will automatically switch to the next one. ● Right click a camera, or click to enter full screen mode. ● Double click a camera to view it in single-screen mode. Double click again to exit single-screen mode. ● When an error occurs, the screen will display the error description. For some errors, you can click the screen to directly access the resolving operations.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 2.2 PTZ Control 2.2.1 Configure PTZ Parameter You shall configure PTZ parameters before controlling a PTZ camera. Steps 1. Preview a camera in live view and click on shortcut menu. Figure 2-2 PTZ Settings 2. Click . 3. Set the PTZ camera parameters. Note All parameters should be the same as the PTZ camera. 4. Click OK.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 2.2.2 PTZ Control Panel Introduction Table 2-3 PTZ Panel Description Icon Description Direction buttons, and the auto-cycle button. The speed of the PTZ movement. / Zoom -/+. / Focus -/+. / Iris -/+. 2.2.3 Customize Preset Set a preset location where the PTZ camera would point to when an event occurs. Steps 1. Preview a camera in live view and click on shortcut menu. 2. Select a desired preset in preset list. 3.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 3. Click of a desired patrol. 4. Click . 5. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol. The key point is corresponding to the preset. The preset number determines the order at which the PTZ will follow while cycling through the patrol. Duration refers to the time span to stay at the corresponding key point. Speed defines the speed at which the PTZ will move from one key point to the next.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 3 Playback 3.1 GUI Introduction Go to Playback. Figure 3-1 Playback Table 3-1 Playback Interface Description Button Operation Button Operation 30 s reverse. 30 s forward. Full screen. Start playback. Speed down. Speed up. Speed. Figure 3-2 Timeline ● Position the cursor on the timeline, drag the timeline to position to a certain time. ● Period marked with blue bar contains video. Red bar indicates the video in the period is event video.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 3.2 Normal Playback Play back normal videos. Steps 1. Go to Playback. 2. Select a camera from the camera list. 3. Select a date on the calendar for playback. Note The blue triangle at the calendar date corner indicates there are available videos. For example, means video is available. means no video. 4. Optional: Position the cursor on playback window to show control bar.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Button Description Button Description playback. 3.3 Event Playback When you select the event playback mode, the system will analyze and mark videos that contain the motion detection, line crossing detection, or intrusion detection information, . Before You Start ● Ensure the camera has enabled Dual-VCA. You can enable it via the camera web browser interface in Configuration → Video/Audio → Display Info. on Stream.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Button Description Button Configure detection area. Description Turn on/off audio. 5. Click to set detection areas of line crossing detection, intrusion detection, or motion detection. 6. Click to search videos. Videos meet the detection rule requirement will be marked in red. 7. Click to configure the play strategy. Do not Play Normal Videos If it is enabled, videos without smart information will not be played. Normal Video Set normal video playback speed.
Network Video Recorder User Manual drive, etc.). Before You Start Connect a backup device to your video recorder. Steps 1. Start playback. Refer to Normal Playback for details. 2. Click . 3. Set the start and end time. You can also adjust cursors on the time bar to set the time period. 4. Click Save. 5. Select the backup device and folder. 6. Click Save to export the clip to backup device.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 4 Search File Steps 1. Go to Search. Figure 4-1 Search 2. Select a search type (video, picture, event, etc.). 3. Set search conditions. 4. Click Search. – Click to play the video. – Click to lock the file. Locked file will not be overwritten. – Select file(s), and click Export to export file(s) to backup device.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 5 Configuration (Easy Mode) Easy mode contains basic configurations. Go to Configuration, and click Easy Mode. 5.1 System Configuration 5.1.1 General You can configure the output resolution, system time, etc. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → System → General. Figure 5-1 General Settings 2. Configure the parameters as your desire. Wizard The wizard will pop up after the device starts up. Lock Screen Password You need to enter your password if the screen is locked.
Network Video Recorder User Manual NTP Time Sync Network time protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for time synchronization. The device can connect to NTP (network time protocol) server to sync time. Interval (min) Time interval between two time synchronization with NTP server. NTP Server IP address of the NTP server. 3. Click Apply. 5.1.2 User Add User There is a default account: Administrator. The administrator user name is admin. Administrator has the permission to add, delete, and edit user.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Warning We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (Using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three of the following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.) in order to increase the security of your product. And we recommend you reset your password regularly, especially in the high security system, resetting the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product. 5. Click OK.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Edit Password If you have the device password, you can change it to a new one. The admin user can change the passwords of other users. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → User. 2. Edit password. – For guest user, enter the old password and new password. – For admin user, click to set a new password. 3. Click OK. Note If you have changed the admin password, the previous unlock pattern would be cleared.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-3 Exceptions 5. Click Apply. 5.2 Network Configuration 5.2.1 General You shall properly configure the network settings before operating the device over network. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Network → General.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-4 Network 2. Set network parameters. DHCP If the DHCP server is available, you can enable DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server. Auto Obtain DNS If DHCP is enabled. You can enable Auto Obtain DNS to automatically obtain Preferred DNS Server and Alternate DNS Server. 3. Click Apply. 5.2.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 5. Optional: Enable Stream Encryption. It requires to enter verification code in remote access and live view after this function is enabled. 6. Optional: Edit Server IP. 7. Bind your device with a Hik-Connect account. 1) Use a smart phone to scan the QR code, and download Hik-Connect app. You can also download it from https://appstore.hikvision.com, or the QR code below. Refer to HikConnect Mobile Client User Manual for details.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Network → Email. Figure 5-6 Email 2. Set email parameters Server Authentication Check it to enable the server authentication feature. User Name The user account of email sender for SMTP server authentication. Password The password of email sender for SMTP server authentication. SSL/TLS (Optional) Enable SSL/TLS if it is required by the SMTP server. Attached Picture (Optional) If events are triggered, it will send images as email attachment.
Network Video Recorder User Manual The sender name. Sender's Address The sender's email address. Select Receiver Select a receiver. Up to 3 receivers are available. Receiver The receiver name. Receiver's Address The receiver's email address. Note For network cameras, the event images are directly sent as the email attachment. One network camera only sends one picture. 3. Optional: Click Test to send a test email. 4. Click Apply. 5.3 Camera Management 5.3.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-7 IP Camera Management Interface 2. Select a desired network camera. 3. Click to add the camera. Note If the camera is inactive, the device will activate it automatically with the password you have set during device activation. Add Network Camera Manually Before You Start ● Ensure your network camera is on the same network segment with that of your video recorder. ● Ensure the network connection is valid and correct. ● Ensure the network camera is activated.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-8 Add Network Camera Edit Connected Network Camera You can edit the IP address, protocol and other parameters of the added network cameras. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → IP Camera. 2. Click to edit the selected camera. Channel Port If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple channels, you can select the channel port No. to choose a connecting channel. 3. Click OK.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Sort Channel Order Channel layout windows are ordered by channel number. You can change the camera linked channel number by dragging windows. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera. 2. Click Sort Channel. 3. Drag a channel window to the channel number as your desire. 4. Click Apply. Note After sorting channels, the device will reconnect to network cameras. Upgrade Network Camera The Network camera can be remotely upgraded through the device.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 5.3.2 OSD Settings Configure OSD (On-Screen Display) settings for the camera, including date format, camera name, etc. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → OSD. 2. Select a camera. Figure 5-9 OSD 3. Set parameters as your desire. 4. Drag the text frames on the preview window to adjust the OSD position. 5. Click Apply. 5.3.3 Event Motion Detection Motion detection enables the video recorder to detect the moving objects in the monitored area and trigger alarms.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-10 Motion Detection 2. Select a camera. 3. Turn on Enable. 4. Set the motion detection area. – Click Draw Area or Clear to draw or clear areas. The first area is set as full screen by default. – Click Full Screen to set the motion detection area as full screen. You can drag on the preview window to draw motion detection areas. 5. Adjust Sensitivity. Sensitivity allows you to calibrate how easily movement could trigger the alarm.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-11 Set Arming Schedule 3. Click Apply. Configure Alarm Linkage Action Alarm linkage actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs. Steps 1. Click Linkage Action. 2. Set normal linkage actions, alarm output linkage actions, trigger channel, etc. Alarm Pop-up Window The local monitor will pop up the alarming channel image when an alarm is triggered. It requires to select the alarming channel(s) in Trigger Channel.
Network Video Recorder User Manual web browser to configure them. 3. Click Apply. 5.4 Recording Management 5.4.1 Storage Device Initialize HDD A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used to save videos and information. Before You Start Install at least an HDD to your video recorder. For detailed steps, refer to Quick Start Guide. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Record → Storage. 2. Select an HDD. 3. Click Init. Repair Database Repair an HDD that with error in database.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-12 Add NetHDD 7. Select NAS disk from the list, or manually enter the directory in NetHDD Directory. 8. Click OK. The added NetHDD will be displayed in the storage device list. 5.4.2 Configure Recording Schedule Video recorder will automatically start/stop recording according to the configured schedule. Configure Continuous Recording Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Record → Parameter. 2.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 3. Go to Configuration → Record → Parameter. 4. Set the continuous main stream/sub-stream recording parameters for the camera. Refer to Configure Recording Parameter for details. 5. Go to Configuration → Record → Schedule. 6. Select recording type as Event. Refer to Edit Schedule for details. Edit Schedule Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Record → Schedule. Figure 5-13 Recording Schedule Continuous Continuous recording. Event Recording is triggered by events. 2.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Note Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped with each other. 5. Click OK to save the settings and go back to upper level menu. 4 Edit Schedule 1. Click to select schedule type as Continuous or Event. 2. On the table, drag the mouse on the desired period to draw a colored bar. 5. Click Apply. 5.4.3 Configure Recording Parameter Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Record → Parameter. 2. Configure recording parameters.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Frame Rate Frame rate refers to how many frames are captured each second. A higher frame rate is advantageous when there is movement in the video stream, as it maintains image quality throughout. Resolution Image resolution is a measure of how much detail a digital image can hold: the greater the resolution, the greater the level of detail. Resolution can be specified as the number of pixelcolumns (width) by the number of pixel-rows (height), e.g.,1024×768.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 6 Configuration (Expert Mode) Go to Configuration, and click Expert Mode at the lower-left corner. 6.1 System Configuration 6.1.1 General Configure Basic Settings You can configure the language, system time, output resolution, mouse pointer speed, lock screen password, etc. Go to Configuration → System → General → Basic Settings, configure the parameters as your desire, and click Apply. Language The default language is English.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-1 Basic Settings Configure DST Settings DST (Daylight Saving Time) refers to the period of the year when clocks are moved one period ahead. In some areas worldwide, this has the effect of creating more sunlit hours in the evening during months when the weather is the warmest. Go to Configuration → System → General → DST Settings, configure the parameters as your desire, and click Apply.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Menu Output Mode Choose output to display local menu. Figure 6-2 More Settings 6.1.2 Live View Configure General Parameters You can configure the output interface, mute or turning on the audio, event output interface, etc. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → System → Live View → General. Figure 6-3 Live View-General 2. Configure the Live View parameters.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Window Division Select the live view window division. Auto Switch Interval The time to dwell in a camera before switching to next camera when auto-switch in live view is enabled. Alarm Pop-up Output Select the output to show alarm video. Alarm Pop-up Delay Set the time to show alarm event image. Audio Turn on/off audio output for the selected video output. Volume Adjust the live view, playback, and two-way audio volume for the selected video output interface. 3.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-4 Channel-Zero 4. Turn on Enable. 5. Configure Frame Rate, Max. Bitrate Mode, and Max. Bitrate. The higher frame rate and bitrate require higher bandwidth requirement. 6. Click Apply. 6.1.3 User Refer to User for details. 6.2 Network Configuration 6.2.1 TCP/IP TCP/IP must be properly configured before you operate video recorder over network. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Network → General → TCP/IP. 2. Configure network parameters.
Network Video Recorder User Manual ● By using the same IP address and two NIC cards share the load of the total bandwidth, which enables the system to provide two Gigabit network capacity Note Working mode is only available for certain models. NIC Type Select NIC type as your desire. DHCP If the DHCP server is available, you can check Enable DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-5 DDNS 2. Turn on Enable. 3. Select a DDNS type. 4. Enter parameters including service address, domain name, etc. 5. Click Apply. What to do next You can view DDNS status in Status. 6.2.3 NAT Two ways are provided for port mapping to realize the remote access via the cross-segment network, UPnP™ and manual mapping. Before You Start Enable the UPnP™ function of your router if UPnP™ is required.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-6 NAT 2. Turn on Enable. 3. Select Mapping Type as Manual or Auto Auto The port mapping items are read-only, and the external ports are set by the router automatically. You can click Refresh to get the latest status of the port mapping. Manual Select an external port type. Click to edit External Port. You can use the default external port No., or change it according to actual requirements. External Port indicates the port No. for port mapping in the router.
Network Video Recorder User Manual NTP Server IP address of the NTP server. 4. Click Apply. 6.2.5 Ports (More Settings) Set different port types to enable relevant functions as your desire. Go to Configuration → Network → General → More Settings. Alarm Host IP/Port The device will send the alarm event or exception message to the alarm host when an alarm is triggered. The remote alarm host must have the client management system (CMS) software installed.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-7 Port Settings 6.2.6 Hik-Connect Go to Configuration → Network → Platform Access. Refer to Hik-Connect for details. 6.2.7 Email Go to Configuration → Network → Email. Refer to Email for details. 6.3 Camera Management 6.3.1 Network Camera Add Automatically Searched Online Network Camera Add the network cameras to your video recorder. Before You Start ● Ensure your network camera is on the same network segment with your video recorder.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera. 2. Click Online Device List. The online cameras on the same network segment will be displayed in the list. Figure 6-8 Online Device 3. Optional: Click Edit IP to edit camera IP addresses in batch. The system will allocate IP addresses to the selected cameras in order. Note Ensure the selected cameras are activated. 4. Select a network camera, and click Add to add it.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-9 Add IP Camera 3. Enter network camera parameters. Use Camera Activation Password If it is enabled, the video recorder will add the camera by the set channel default password. 4. Click Add. Edit Network Camera You can edit the IP address, protocol and other parameters of network cameras. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera. 2. Click of an added network camera.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Channel Port If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple channels, you can choose the channel to connect by selecting the channel port No. in the drop-down list. 3. Optional: Click Edit IP to edit camera IP addresses in batch. The system will allocate IP addresses to the selected cameras in order. 4. Click OK. Upgrade Network Camera The Network camera can be remotely upgraded through the device.
Network Video Recorder User Manual an online network camera. Add PoE Camera Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera → PoE Settings. 2. Enable or disable long network cable mode by selecting Long Distance or Short Distance. Long Distance Long-distance (100 to 300 meters) network transmissions via PoE interface. Short Distance Short-distance (< 100 meters) network transmission via PoE interface. ● ● ● ● ● Note The PoE ports are enabled with the short distance mode by default.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-10 Add PoE Camera 3. Click Apply. 4. Connect PoE cameras to your device PoE interfaces with network cables. What to do next The connected PoE camera will be displayed in Configuration → Camera → Camera → IP Channel. You can click its status to view live image. Add Non-PoE Network Camera You can use the PoE channel resource to connect a non-PoE network camera. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera → IP Channel. 2.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Configure Channel Type You can disable a PoE channel to additionally increase a normal IP channel resource. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera → PoE Binding Configuration, and set the PoE channel as your desire. Figure 6-11 PoE Binding Configuration Sort Channel Order Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera. Refer to Sort Channel Order for details.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Advanced Settings Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Camera → Camera. 2. Click More. 3. Configure the parameters as your desire. H.265 Auto Switch Configuration If you enable the option, the device will automatically switch to H.265 stream for the network camera (which supports H.265 video format) for the initial access. Upgrade Upgrade the added network cameras.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Image Settings Customize the image parameters including the brightness, contrast, and saturation for the live view and recording effect. Exposure Set the camera exposure time (1/10000 to 1 sec). A larger exposure value results in a brighter image. Day/Night Switch The camera can be set to day, night, or auto switch mode according to the surrounding illumination conditions. Backlight Set the camera's wide dynamic range (0 to 100).
Network Video Recorder User Manual 3. Turn on Enable. Figure 6-13 Privacy Mask 4. Drag to draw an area on the window. The frames of the areas will be marked with different colors. Note Up to 4 privacy mask areas can be configured. The size of each area can be adjusted. 5. Click Apply. 6.4 Event Configuration 6.4.
Network Video Recorder User Manual and trigger alarms. Refer to Motion Detection for details. Video Tampering Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response actions. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Video Tampering. Figure 6-14 Video Tampering 2. Set Camera. 3. Turn on Enable. 4. Adjust Sensitivity as your desire. The higher the value is, the more easily the video tampering can be triggered. 5. Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details. 6.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Alarm Input Set linkage actions for an external sensor alarm. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Event → Normal Event → Alarm Input. Figure 6-15 Alarm Input Note Local alarm input: Local alarm input is triggered by the external device that connected to the video recorder's terminal block. 2. Click of a desired alarm input. Figure 6-16 Edit Alarm Input 3. Customize Alarm Name. 4. Set alarm type as N.O (normally open) or N.C (normally closed). 5.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-17 Alarm Output 2. Click of a desired alarm output. 3. Customize Alarm Name. 4. Select Dwell Time. Figure 6-18 Edit Alarm Output 5. Set Settings as Input to enable the function. 6. Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details. 7. Click Apply. Exception Exception events can be configured to take the event hint in the live view window and trigger alarm outputs and linkage actions. Steps 1.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-19 Exceptions 4. Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details. 5. Click Apply. 6.4.2 Perimeter Protection Line Crossing Detection Line crossing detection detects people, vehicles, and objects crossing a set virtual line. The detection direction can be set as bidirectional, from left to right or from right to left. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Line Crossing. 2. Set Camera. 3. Turn on Enable. 4.
Network Video Recorder User Manual B->A Only an object crossing the configured line from the B side to the A side can be detected. 3) Optional: Set Target Detection as Human or Vehicle to discard alarms which are not triggered by human body or vehicle. 4) Click Draw Area and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region. 6. Set the arming schedule. Refer to Configure Arming Schedule for details. 7. Set the linkage actions.
Network Video Recorder User Manual alarm is triggered. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Event → Smart Event → Region Entrance. 2. Set Camera. 3. Turn on Enable. 4. Optional: Check Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection. 5. Set the detection rules and detection areas. 1) Set Arming Area. Up to 4 arming areas are selectable. 2) Adjust Sensitivity. Sensitivity: Range [0-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 6.4.3 Other Events Thermal Camera Detection The device supports the event detection modes of thermal network cameras: fire detection, temperature detection, etc. You can configure the arming schedule and linkage actions of the selected event. Before You Start Add a thermal network camera to your device and make sure the camera is activated. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Event → Other Events. 2. Select a thermal camera detection event. 3. Set Camera. 4.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 3. Click Apply. 6.4.5 Configure Alarm Linkage Action Configure Alarm Pop-up Window When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor displays in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring. And when the alarm is triggered simultaneously in several channels, you must configure the auto-switch dwell time. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → System → Live View → General. 2. Set the event output and dwell time.
Network Video Recorder User Manual iVMS-5200). Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Network → General → More Settings. 2. Set Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port. 3. Go to Linkage Action interface of the alarm detection. 4. Select Notify Surveillance Center. Configure Email Linkage The video recorder can send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Network → Email. 2. Configure the settings. 3.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-21 PTZ Linkage Note You can set one PTZ type only for the linkage action each time. Configure Audio and Light Alarm Linkage For certain network cameras, you can set the alarm linkage action as audio alarm or light alarm. Before You Start ● Ensure your camera supports audio and light alarm linkage. ● Ensure the audio output and volume are properly configured. Steps 1. Click Linkage Action. 2. Select audio or light as your desire. 3. Click Apply.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 4. Select recording type as Continuous. Configure Event Recording You can configure the recording triggered by the normal event or smart event. Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Event. 2. Configure the event detection and select the cameras to trigger the recording when event occurs. 3. Go to Configuration → Record → Parameter. 4. Set the continuous main stream/sub-stream recording parameters for the camera. 5. Go to Configuration → Record → Schedule. 6.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 3) To set an all-day recording schedule, check All Day and select schedule Type. 4) To set other schedules, uncheck All Day and set Start/End time and schedule Type. Note Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped with each other. 5) Click OK to save the settings and go back to upper level menu. Note You can also select schedule type as Continuous or Event, and drag the cursor on the desired period to draw a colored bar. 5.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-23 Advanced Parameters 6. Click OK to save the advanced settings. 7. Click Apply. 6.5.2 Configure Recording Parameter Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Record → Parameter to configure camera main stream and sub-stream parameters. 2. Configure recording parameters. Main Stream Main stream refers to the primary stream that affects data recorded to the hard disk drive and will directly determine your video quality and image size.
Network Video Recorder User Manual columns (width) by the number of pixel-rows (height), e.g.,1024×768. Bitrate The bit rate (in Kbit/s or Mbit/s) is often referred to as speed, but actually defines the number of bits/time unit and not distance/time unit. Enable H.264+/Enable H.265+ The H.264+/H.265+ mode helps to ensure the high video quality with a lowered bitrate. It can effectively reduce the need of bandwidth and HDD storage space. 3. Click Apply. 6.5.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-24 Add NetHDD 7. Select NAS disk from the list, or manually enter the directory in NetHDD Directory. 8. Click OK. Note Up to 8 TB storage capacity is allowed for each network disk. Result The added network disks will be displayed in the storage device list. 6.5.4 Configure Storage Mode Configure HDD Groups Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. Steps 1.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-25 Group 5. Click Apply. 6. Restart the video recorder to activate the new storage mode settings. 7. After restart, go to Configuration → Record → Storage. 8. Click of desired HDD to set the group. 9. Select a group number for the current HDD. 10. Click OK. Note Regroup the cameras for HDD if the HDD group number is changed. Configure HDD Quota Each camera can be configured with an allocated quota for storing videos. Steps 1.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Note When the quota capacity is set to 0, all cameras will use the total capacity of HDD for videos and pictures. 5. Click Apply. 6. Restart the video recorder to activate the new settings. 6.5.5 Advanced Settings Steps 1. Go to Configuration → Record → Advanced. 2. Configure the parameters as your desire. Overwrite ● Disable: When the HDD is full, video recorder will stop writing.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 7 Maintenance 7.1 Restore Default Steps 1. Click at the upper-right corner. 2. Select the restoring type. Simple Restore Restore all parameters, except the network (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode, default route, server port, etc.) and user account parameters, to the factory default settings. Factory Defaults Restore all parameters to the factory default settings.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 4. Configure the parameters as your desire. RTSP You can specifically secure the stream data of live view by setting the RTSP authentication. RTSP Authentication Two authentication types are selectable, if you select digest, only the request with digest authentication can access the video stream by the RTSP protocol via the IP address. For security reasons, it is recommended to select digest as the authentication type.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 2. Click near Firmware. 3. Click Local Upgrade. 4. Select a backup device in Device Name. 5. Select the upgrade firmware. 6. Click Upgrade. Your device will reboot automatically. 7.4.2 Online Upgrade Upgrade the device with the latest online firmware. Before You Start Ensure Hik-Connect is enabled and properly configured. Refer to Hik-Connect for details. Steps 1. Click at the upper-right corner. 2. Click . 3. Go to Online Upgrade. 4. Download the latest firmware.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 8 Alarm When events occur, you can view their details in alarm center. 8.1 Set Event Hint Select the events to hint in alarm center. Steps 1. Click at the upper-right corner. 2. Set Exception, Basic Event, or Smart Event as your desire. Figure 8-1 Alarm Center 3. Click and select events to hint. 4. Click OK. When the selected events occur, the alarm information will be displayed in upper-right corner of local menu). 8.2 View Alarm in Alarm Center Steps 1.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 9 Web Operation 9.1 Introduction You can get access to the video recorder via web browser. You may use one of the following listed web browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0 to 11.0, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. The supported resolutions include 1024×768 and above. 9.2 Login You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Note You may have to close the web browser to finish the installation of the plug-in. 9.3 Live View After login, live view interface shows.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 9.4 Playback Click Playback to enter playback interface.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 9.5 Configuration Click Configuration to enter configuration interface. Figure 9-4 Configuration 9.6 Log Steps 1. Go to Maintenance → System → Maintenance → Log. 2. Set the search conditions. 3. Click Search.
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Network Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 10 Appendix 10.1 Glossary Dual-Stream Dual-stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF. DVR Acronym for Digital Video Recorder.
Network Video Recorder User Manual Acronym for Network Time Protocol. A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network. NTSC Acronym for National Television System Committee. NTSC is an analog television standard used in such countries as the United States and Japan. Each frame of an NTSC signal contains 525 scan lines at 60Hz. NVR Acronym for Network Video Recorder.
Network Video Recorder User Manual 10.3 Device Command Please scan the QR code below to view the device command document.
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