HIKVISION DS-8104AH(L) I-S Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 1 DS 8104AH L I S Series DVR USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...MITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THE HIKVISION SOFTWARE HIKVISION DOES NOT WARRANT GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE HIKVISION SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS ACCURACY RELIABILITY CURRENTNESS OR OTHERWISE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE HIKVISION SOF...

Page 3: ...ep all liquids away from the DVR Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications Ensure unit is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the DVR in conjunction with an UPS if possible Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripheral...

Page 4: ...splays 28 Setting Camera Order 29 C H A P T E R 4 30 Record Settings 30 Configuring Settings for Recording 31 Initializing Record Settings 31 Scheduling a Recording 32 Starting a Manual Recording 33 Protecting Recorded Files 34 Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files 34 Setting HDD to Read Only 35 Configuring Advanced HDD Settings 36 Setting up HDD Redundancy 36 C H A P T E R 5 39 Playback 39 Playing...

Page 5: ...g PTZ Menus 69 Configuring PTZ Settings 69 Setting PTZ Presets Patrols Patterns 70 Understanding PTZ Controls 70 Customizing Presets 71 Customizing Patrols 71 Customizing Patterns 73 C H A P T E R 1 0 75 Camera Management 75 Configuring OSD Settings 76 Setting up Privacy Mask 76 Adjusting Display Settings 77 C H A P T E R 1 1 79 HDD Management 79 Managing HDDs 80 Initializing HDDs 80 Setting HDD G...

Page 6: ...leting a User 100 Modifying a User 100 Managing System 101 Importing Exporting Configuration 101 Updating System Firmware 101 Restoring Default Settings 103 Viewing System Information 103 Viewing System Logs 103 C H A P T E R 1 4 106 Appendix 106 Glossary 107 FAQ 108 ...

Page 7: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 7 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction ...

Page 8: ...DS 8104AHLI S DVR Note DS 8104AHI S DVR is without LCD Product Key Features Compression Support PAL NTSC video input Adopt H 264 video compression standard Video encoding parameters of each channel can be set separately including resolution frame rate bit rate image quality Each channel supports normal continuous and event compression parameters Supports both composite stream and video only stream...

Page 9: ...ideo data search and playback by card number channel number recording type time etc Supports digital zoom function in playback Supports pause play fast play slow skip forward and skip backward when playback locating in progress bar by dragging the mouse Backup Supports USB device backup Supports backup by file or by time Supports backup device maintenance and management Supports video clips backup...

Page 10: ...ansmission Supports event alarm and exceptions upload to remote management host Supports remote manual recording Supports remote PTZ control Supports voice talk and broadcast Built in WEB Server Other Supports front panel mouse IR control Supports multi level user management each user can have individual DVR access rights Powerful DVR log including operation alarm and exception log Product Applica...

Page 11: ... green when DVR is controlled by an IR remote Alarm Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected Modem Reserved HDD HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD Link Link indictor is blue when network connection is functioning properly Tx Rx TX RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly NumLock Press SHIFT button the NumLock indi...

Page 12: ... is also used to switch between single screen and multi screen mode 0 A The 0 A button works as numeric 0 It is also used to switch between input methods upper and lowercase alphabet symbols and numeric input It can also be used to clear entire masked areas such as in the Motion Detection and Privacy Mask menus SHIFT The SHIFT button is used for switch button action between numeric button and cont...

Page 13: ...on front panel 6 REC Button Same as REC button on front panel 7 PLAY Button Same as PLAY button on front panel 8 INFO Button Reserved 9 VOIP Button Reserved 10 MENU Button Same as MENU button on front panel 11 PREV Button Same as PREV button on front panel 12 DIRECTION ENTER Buttons Same as DIRECTION ENTER buttons on front panel 13 PTZ Button Same as PTZ button on front panel 14 ESC Button Same as...

Page 14: ...e of the USB ports on the front panel of the DVR 2 The mouse should automatically be detected If in a rare case that the mouse is not detected please refer to the recommended device list from your provider The buttons on the mouse corresponds to 1 Left Button Single Click Select a component of a menu such as a button or an input field This is similar to pressing the ENTER button on the remote fron...

Page 15: ... Designates uppercase input is being used Switch to Lowercase Switch to lowercase input Switch to Uppercase Switch to uppercase input Number Designates number input is being used Symbols Switch to symbols input Backspace Delete the character in front of the cursor Enter Confirm selection ESC Exit out of Soft Keyboard Figure 6 Soft Keyboard Buttons ...

Page 16: ...C connector for audio output This connector is synchronized with VIDEO OUT 2 VIDEO IN BNC connectors for analog video input 3 AUDIO IN BNC connectors for analog audio input 4 VIDEO OUT RCA connector for audio output Can be connected to analog recorder AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output This connector is synchronized with VIDEO OUT and can be connected to analog recorder 5 VGA VGA output Disp...

Page 17: ...onnector for USB devices 9 ALARM IN 5 ch connectors for alarm input 1 ch has DC 12V 1A power supply for sensor ALARM OUT 2 ch connectors for alarm output 10 LINE IN BNC connector for audio input 11 DC OUT DC 12V 1A power output for camera 12 POWER AC 100 240V 13 GROUND Ground needs to be connected when DVR startup ...

Page 18: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 18 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started ...

Page 19: ... Menu 2 Select the Shutdown button 3 Turn off switch on rear panel OPTION 2 Manual Shutdown 1 Press and hold the POWER button for 3 seconds 2 Enter the administrator s username and password in the dialog box for authentication 3 Click the Yes button 4 Message Are you sure to turn off DVR will popup 5 Click Yes then message Shutting down will pop up 6 Turn off switch on rear panel Rebooting and Loc...

Page 20: ...also choose to use the Setup Wizard at a later time by leaving the Start Wizard when DVR starts checkbox checked Figure 2 Setup Wizard To start using the Setup Wizard 1 Click the Next button on the Wizard window This will take you to the User Permission window shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 User Permission 2 Navigate to the Admin Password input field 3 Enter the admin password into the Admin Password ...

Page 21: ...w HDD was recently installed select the HDD from the list to initialize it Initializing the HDD will format and remove all data from it 8 After the HDD has been initialized click the OK button which will take you back to the Setup Wizard window 9 Click the Next button This will take you to the Record Settings window as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Record Settings 10 To enter the Record Settings wind...

Page 22: ...ll Day checkbox This will enable the recording schedule and have it record continuously all day Figure 7 Edit Schedule Settings 14 Click the OK button This will take you back to the Schedule tab To copy the schedule to a different channel select the channel or all under Copy To and click the Copy button 15 Click the Next button This will take you to the Network Settings window shown in Figure 8 ...

Page 23: ...xt step in the initial setup process is to setup the system date and time Setting Date Time It is extremely important to setup the system date and time to accurately timestamp recordings and events To setup date and time 1 Open the Menu window by clicking the MENU button on the remote or front panel You can also go to the Menu window by right clicking with the mouse and clicking the Menu button 2 ...

Page 24: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 24 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings ...

Page 25: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 25 C H A P T E R 3 Live Preview ...

Page 26: ...sing Front Panel Remote To move to the previous screen click the Left direction button To move to the next screen click the Right direction button Using Mouse Select Next screen in right click menu 4 Auto Switch Using Front Panel Remote Click ENTER button Using Mouse Select Start Sequence in right click menu 5 Digital Zoom Using Mouse Select Digital Zoom in right click menu Using the Mouse in Live...

Page 27: ... dwell time of the preview configuration should be set before using Start Auto switch Figure 2 Live Preview Mouse Menu Using Digital Zoom To use digital Zoom in Live Preview mode 1 Right click using the mouse in Live Preview mode 2 Select Digital Zoom from Mouse menu 3 Left click and drag the red box to the desired area for zoom The zoomed image will be magnified by 4x A sample of this can be seen...

Page 28: ...ay mode to be use for Live Preview Spot out only one window Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell between switching of channels when Start Sequence is selected in Live Preview Camera Order The order of the cameras to be used in the selected display mode See Setting Camera Order Enable Audio Output Enable disable audio output for the selected video output Event Output Port Designates the output t...

Page 29: ...Setting To set the camera order 1 Enter the Display Settings menu shown in Figure 5 Menu Setting Display 2 Click the Set button 3 Select the display mode you would like to set the camera order for under Mode 4 Using the up and down button at each display select the camera you would like to set Setting an X will mean the camera will not be displayed 5 Click the OK button Note Spot out only has one ...

Page 30: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 30 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings ...

Page 31: ...o Menu Setting Record You will be taken to the Record Settings menu shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 General Record Settings 3 Select the camera you would to configure the settings for 4 Configure settings for Encoding Parameters Select the encoding parameters either Normal or Event Stream Type Type of stream to record either video or video audio Resolution Select the resolution of the recording The opt...

Page 32: ...lect to enable or disable redundant recording on the particular channel Record Audio Select to record audio of the camera or not 7 Click the OK button to finish and return to the previous menu 8 Select the Advanced tab this will open the Advanced settings menu shown in Figure 3 9 Enable or disable the Overwrite setting Enabling the Overwrite setting will cause recorded files to be overwritten once...

Page 33: ...cted and alarm triggered recordings are further explained in Configuring Alarms 9 Click the OK button to finish configuration 10 Repeat steps 3 9 for other cameras or copy settings from one schedule to the next under the Copy To section 11 Click OK to finish and save the schedule settings Note Command Record will take effect when there is a cash transaction happening on ATM and trigger recording c...

Page 34: ...ant recorded events be protected from deletion Recorded files can either be locked or the HDD that the files reside on can be set to read only Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files To lock or unlock a recorded file 1 Enter the Video Search menu by navigating to Menu Video Search The Video Search menu is shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Video Search Menu 2 Search for desired recording by entering search p...

Page 35: ...e Locked files will be shown with a closed lock while unlocked files opened lock 6 Click Cancel to exit out of the Video Search menu Figure 7 Video Search Result List Setting HDD to Read Only To set a HDD to read only 1 Navigate to the HDD Management menu by going to Menu HDD Management The HDD Management menu is shown in Figure 8 Figure 8 HDD Management Menu 2 Select the General tab 3 Select the ...

Page 36: ...ngs menu If multiple HDDs are used the DVR will automatically record to the next HDD that is not set to read only Configuring Advanced HDD Settings Setting up HDD Redundancy To insure unexpected failures of hard disk drives it s recommended to set up HDD redundancy It is important to note that in order to set up HDD redundancy you ll need more than one HDD in your DVR To set up HDD redundancy 1 Na...

Page 37: ...other 6 HDD is set to R W read write 7 Click the OK button to save settings and return to the previous menu Figure 11 HDD Property Settings 7 Navigate to the Record Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Record Setting 8 Click on the General tab 9 Select the Camera to be used for redundancy 10 Next to More Settings click on the Set button This will bring up additional settings for the selected cam...

Page 38: ...8104AH L I S User s Manual 38 Figure 12 Additional Record Settings 11 Set Redundantly Record to Yes 12 Click the OK button to save settings 13 Repeat steps 8 12 for other cameras you would like to redundantly record ...

Page 39: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 39 C H A P T E R 5 Playback ...

Page 40: ...ching for them by time by channel by file type and by log Understanding the Playback Interface There are various controls on the Playback interface that makes viewing recordings more efficient A screenshot of the Playback interface is shown below in Figure 1 Figure 1 Playback Interface The Playback Control Panel shown in Figure 2 contains the various controls on the Playback interface ...

Page 41: ... selecting cameras card no video file type and the start end time to search as shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 Video Search Menu Note You can search and playback video files by their card numbers 3 Click the Play button to start playback of all the files found with the specified search criteria or click the Search button to bring up the list of search results After search results are presented select t...

Page 42: ... playing back in the Playback interface An Attention message will appear if there are no recordings found from the previous 5 minutes You may also press the Play button to view the day s recording for the selected channel 3 You may also select additional channels up to 4 ch for playback from the channel list on the right hand side of the Playback interface as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Playback In...

Page 43: ...h button 6 A list of results with your search criteria will be returned Select the video log to playback and click Play 7 The recording will begin to play in the Playback interface Playing Back Frame by Frame To playback frame by frame in the Playback interface Using a Mouse 1 Click the Slow Forward button on the Playback Control Panel until the speed changes to Single frame 2 Click the Pause butt...

Page 44: ...zoom in Playback mode 1 Enter Digital Zoom mode by right clicking with the mouse in Playback and selecting Zoom 2 Left Click and drag red box for desired magnification area as shown in Figure 7 The selected area will be zoomed to full screen Figure 7 Digital Zoom Area Selection ...

Page 45: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 45 C H A P T E R 6 Backup ...

Page 46: ...in Figure 1 by clicking Menu Video Export Figure 1 Export Video Menu Note You can search and export video files by their card numbers 2 Select desired parameters to search for files to export 3 Press the Export button This will take you to the Video Search menu 4 Select the files to export as shown in Figure 2 You may also click the Play button to verify that these files are indeed the ones you wo...

Page 47: ...device to export to from drop down list USB Flash Drive USB HDD DVD Writer If backup device is not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor 7 Click Start to begin backup process shown in Figure 4 Figure 4 Backup Progress 8 After the backup process has completed Figure 5 you may select the files from your device and click the Play button to verify tha...

Page 48: ...e video clip during playback 3 Repeat for additional clips 4 Click the Quit Playback button to exit from the Playback interface You ll then be prompted to save the clips as shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Video Clips Save Prompt 5 Click the Yes button to enter Backup interface or select No to exit to Playback interface 6 At the Backup interface select the Start button to begin the Backup process Using ...

Page 49: ...o manage backup devices you must first be in the Export menu shown in Figure 7 The Export menu can be accessed by following the steps shown in the previous section See Exporting Files Figure 7 Export Menu Once in the Export menu you may Create New Folder Creates a new folder on the export device Delete Delete a file or folder from the export device Play Play the selected video file from the export...

Page 50: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 50 C H A P T E R 7 Alarm Settings ...

Page 51: ...ettings interface by navigating to Menu Setting Camera Select channel to configure motion detection on 2 Select the Advanced tab to open up the Advanced Camera Settings menu shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Advanced Camera Settings 3 Check the checkbox next to Video Motion Detection 4 Click the Area Settings button to enter the Motion Detection area and Sensitivity configuration interface 5 The Motion D...

Page 52: ...etection Sensitivity shown in Figure 3 The higher the sensitivity value the higher the sensitivity Figure 3 Motion Sensitivity Setting 7 Click OK to return to the Camera Settings menu 8 Click the Handle button to open the Exception Handle menu shown in Figure 4 Select the Triggered Camera tab ...

Page 53: ...era You may now add a schedule to start recording when motion is detected See Scheduling a Recording Setting up Sensor Alarms Recordings can also be triggered from an external sensor alarm device To setup sensor alarms 1 Enter into the Alarm Management menu by navigating to Menu Setting Alarm shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Alarm Management Menu 2 Select the Alarm Input and click the Set button This wi...

Page 54: ...ggered Camera tab 6 Select cameras to trigger for recording when alarm occurs by checking the checkboxes under the desired cameras as shown in Figure 7 Figure 7 Triggered Cameras Menu 7 Click the OK button to complete setup You may now add a schedule to start recording when an alarm is triggered See Scheduling a Recording Alarm outputs may also be configured in the Alarm Management menu To set up ...

Page 55: ... Settings 3 Configure the settings for selected output 4 Select OK to save and exit Note If the Hold For option is selected as Manually Stop the alarm will only stop when you manually stop it See Triggering Alarm Outputs Manually Triggering Alarm Outputs Manually You may also trigger alarm outputs manually through the Manual Alarm menu To trigger alarm outputs manually 1 Enter the Manual Alarm men...

Page 56: ...gger an action To setup video loss detection 1 Enter Camera Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Camera 2 Select camera under Channel to configure video loss detection for and click the Set button 3 Select the Advanced tab 4 Check the Video Loss Detection checkbox to enable feature as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Camera Settings Menu 5 Click the Handle button to enter the Exception Handle menu s...

Page 57: ... moving camera to a different position can also be detected and set to trigger an action on your DVR To setup video tempering detection 1 Enter Camera Management Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Camera 2 Select camera under Channel to configure video loss detection for and click the Set button 3 Select the Advanced tab 4 Check the Tamper Detection checkbox as shown in Figure 13 Figure 13 Cam...

Page 58: ... further explained in the next section See Understanding Exception Trigger Options Figure 15 Exception Handle Menu 11 Select the Schedule tab Set the schedule of when you want video loss detection to be enabled Schedule can be set for all week or any day of the week with up to 8 time periods per day 12 Click the Apply button to finish 13 Repeat above for other channels Setting Exception Setting ex...

Page 59: ...ou may select triggering options to alert you of these exceptions The triggering options that you may select include Pop up Image on Monitor When an alarm is triggered the local monitor VGA or BNC monitor will display an image under Live Preview mode This alarm can be configured under the Popup Alarm Image handle method For alarms that are triggered simultaneously images will be displayed one at a...

Page 60: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 60 C H A P T E R 8 Network Settings ...

Page 61: ...ngs 1 Enter the Network Settings menu shown in Figure 1 by clicking Menu Setting Network Figure 1 Network Settings Menu 2 Select the General tab 3 If you have a DHCP server running and would like your DVR to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server check the DHCP checkbox You may check the DHCP status by going to the Network Status tab as shown in Figure 2 Fig...

Page 62: ... DVR 5 Click OK to save and exit the Network Settings menu Configuring PPPoE Settings Your DVR also allows for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet PPPoE access To set up PPPoE access 1 Enter the Network Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Network 2 Select the General tab 3 Set the IP address and subnet mask to 0 as shown in Figure 3 When the PPPoE connection is successfully established the IP...

Page 63: ... into your network after rebooting 8 Click OK button to save and exit Network Settings menu You may now restart your DVR for settings to take place To check on the status of your PPPoE connection go to Menu Setting Network and select the Network Status tab Configuring DDNS If your DVR is setup to use PPPoE as its default network connection you may setup Dynamic DNS DDNS to be used in conjunction T...

Page 64: ...anutHull website Figure 6 DynDNS Enter Server Address for DynDNS i e members dyndns org Figure 7 Under DVR Domain Name enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS web site Lastly enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS network Figure 7 DynDNS Settings Configuring an NTP Server A Network Time Protocol NTP Server may also be setup on your DVR to keep the date and time current and acc...

Page 65: ... use a NTP server that has a time synchronization function such as the server at the National Time Center IP Address 210 72 145 44 If the DVR is setup in a more customized network NTP software can be used to establish a NTP server used for time synchronization Configuring a Remote Alarm Host With a remote alarm host set the DVR will send a signal to the host when an alarm is triggered The remote a...

Page 66: ...g videos through a network access device A multicast address spans the Class D IP range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 It is suggested that the IP address range of 239 252 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 be used To set up multicasting 1 Enter the Network Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Network 2 Select the Advanced tab 3 Click the Set button next to Host Others to enter the Host Others menu 4 Set M...

Page 67: ...hile the default HTTP port is 80 To change the default ports 1 Enter the Network Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Network 2 Select the Advanced tab 3 Click the Set button next to Host Others to enter the Host Others menu 4 Enter new Server Port and HTTP Port as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Host Others Menu Note The Server Port has a port range of 2000 65535 and is used for remote client soft...

Page 68: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 68 C H A P T E R 9 PTZ Controls ...

Page 69: ... on this menu include Camera Select a PTZ camera Call Preset Call a PTZ preset Call Patrol Call a PTZ sequence Call Pattern Call a PTZ pattern Patrol Setting Enter PTZ sequence configuration menu Pattern Setting Enter PTZ pattern configuration menu PTZ Setting Enter PTZ setting menu Configuring PTZ Settings Settings for a PTZ camera must be configured before it can be used Before proceeding verify...

Page 70: ...for a connected PTZ camera Understanding PTZ Controls Before setting presets patrols and patterns it s important to understand some of the features of the PTZ control panel shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 PTZ Control Interface The controls on the PTZ panel include 1 Directional Pad Auto scan Buttons Controls the movements and directions of the PTZ Center button is also used to start auto scan of PTZ 2 ...

Page 71: ... adjust the position of the preset Select a Preset number and click the Set button to save preset location Clear Preset Select a Preset number and click the Clear button to delete the preset You may also select the Clear All button to delete all presets Call Preset Select a Preset and click the Call button Figure 4 Preset Management Menu Note Only valid presets can be called and deleted Customizin...

Page 72: ...l follow while cycling through the patrol The Duration refers to the time span to stay at the corresponding key point The Speed defines the rate at which the PTZ will move from one key point to the next Figure 6 Patrol Configuration Menu 4 Click OK to return to Patrol Management menu and repeat steps 2 3 to configure other key points 5 After all key points have been configured click OK to save and...

Page 73: ...nel 2 Select the Pattern button to enter the Pattern Management menu shown in Figure 8 Figure 8 Pattern Management Menu 3 Select a Pattern Number 4 To record a new pattern select the Run Record button to start recording of the movements of the PTZ Use the PTZ control panel to move the PTZ The PTZ movements will be recorded until the Stop Record button is clicked 5 To run a pattern click the Run Pa...

Page 74: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 74 6 Click OK to save and exit from menu ...

Page 75: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 75 C H A P T E R 1 0 Camera Management ...

Page 76: ...Setting Camera 2 Select channel to setup OSD settings under Channel Click the Set button 3 Configure desired OSD settings as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 OSD Settings Menu Setting up Privacy Mask You may setup privacy mask to mask off sensitive or private areas in the field of view of a camera To setup privacy mask 1 Enter the Camera Management Settings menu shown in Figure 1 by clicking Menu Settin...

Page 77: ...K to save and exit mask setup Adjusting Display Settings Display settings such as the brightness contrast saturation and hue can also be adjusted in the Camera Management menu To adjust display settings 1 Enter the Camera Settings menu by clicking Menu Setting Camera 2 Select channel to adjust display settings under Channel Click the Set button 3 Select the Advanced tab to enter the Advanced Camer...

Page 78: ...Manual 78 5 Adjust the display settings as shown in Figure 4 Brightness contrast saturation and hue can be adjusted The adjustments of display settings not only affect previewed images but also recorded images Figure 4 Display Settings ...

Page 79: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 79 C H A P T E R 1 1 HDD Management ...

Page 80: ...Select HDD to initialize 3 Click the Init button 4 Select OK button to begin initialization After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD will change from Abnormal to Normal Setting HDD Groups Your DVR can separate multiple HDDs into groups Videos from specified channels can be set to be recorded onto a particular HDD group To setup a HDD group 1 Enter the HDD Management menu by clickin...

Page 81: ... The status of a HDD can be set to redundancy read only or read write R W Setting HDD to Read Only A HDD can be set to read only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full To set a HDD to read only 1 Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu HDD 2 Select HDD to protect 3 Select the Property button to enter the Property Settings menu as shown in Figure 3...

Page 82: ...5 Select OK to save and exit menu Note The HDD that is set to redundancy is used to store an extra copy of the recording If a HDD is set to redundancy at least one HDD should be set to the R W status Checking HDD Status You may check the status of any of the installed HDDs on your DVR at anytime To check the status of a HDD 1 Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu HDD 2 The status of your ...

Page 83: ...ype to HDD SMART 4 Enter Start Time and End Time 5 Click the Search button to begin log search A result list similar to that of Figure 5 will be returned Figure 5 Log Search Results 6 Select log item to view and click the Details button 7 A detail listing of SMART information as shown in Figure 6 will be displayed ...

Page 84: ...o trigger when an HDD is uninitialized or in an abnormal state To set HDD alarms 1 Enter Exception menu shown in Figure 7 by clicking Menu Exception Figure 7 Exception Menu 2 Select HDD Error under Exception Type 3 Select trigger action Trigger actions are further explained in Understanding Exception Trigger Options ...

Page 85: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 85 C H A P T E R 1 2 ATM Settings ...

Page 86: ...tion 3 Click the Set button beside More Settings to enter the ATM Type Settings menu 4 Set the Data Packet in the menu shown in Figure 2 Packet Identification set the start end identifier of the packet and identifier type ASCII HEX to determine the identifier position in the message Data Packet Filter set the content ASCII HEX and the content position to filter the message as well as obtain the me...

Page 87: ...Location of the main type Click the Set button beside Location to enter the menu shown as Figure 4 Select the location of the card No in the message to Fixed Offset or Token Offset In token offset mode user may set the identifier ASCII HEX and extra offset to determine the position of the content in the message as well as set the multiplier of the identifier Figure 4 Location Menu 7 Set the Length...

Page 88: ...e 6 is used for setting the overlay position of the card No with the X Y coordinate configurable If not required select None to disable this feature Figure 6 Overlay Position Menu 9 Trigger Channel settings Select the channel for message overlay and record triggering and time delay for recording if required After completion of settings click OK to return to the ATM Settings menu shown as Figure 7 ...

Page 89: ...mmands are provided by the Trade Action type please enable the time delay function 10 In the ATM Settings menu shown as Figure 1 click the Set button beside Network Interception to enter the network interception settings menu 11 Set the IP address of ATM shown as Figure 8 below Figure 8 ATM IP address Menu ...

Page 90: ...required input the characters beside Display Prefix to add a prefix to the selected main type After completion of Trading Info settings click the Trigger Channel item to enter the menu Note When the main type is set to Trade Action user may select the corresponding sub type with the InCard OutCard Overlay Query Withdraw Deposit Change Password and Transfer options selectable 7 Set the Location of ...

Page 91: ...if required After completion of settings click OK to return to the ATM Settings menu Note If no InCard and OutCard commands are provided by the Trade Action type please enable the time delay function 13 In the ATM Settings menu click the Set button beside Serial Interception to enter the ATM 232 settings menu 14 Configure ATM232 settings shown as Figure 10 including baud rate data bit stop bit par...

Page 92: ...enu shown in Figure 11 Click Menu Setting ATM to enter ATM Settings menu 2 Click the ATM Enable checkbox to enable ATM function and then select the connection type to Network Protocol Figure 11 ATM Settings Menu 3 Click the Set button to enter the DVR listening port settings menu Note The network protocol provides HIKVISION selectable only 4 Set the DVR listening port shown as Figure 12 below Figu...

Page 93: ...TM to enter ATM Settings menu 2 Click the ATM Enable checkbox to enable ATM function and then select the connection type to Serial Protocol 3 Click the Set button to enter the ATM232 settings menu 4 Configure ATM232 settings shown as Figure 10 including baud rate data bit stop bit parity flow control etc Note The network protocol provides HIKVISION selectable only Note The Serial Interception and ...

Page 94: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 94 C H A P T E R 1 3 DVR Management ...

Page 95: ...VR menus CVBS Output Standard Video output standard NTSC and PAL VGA Resolution VGA output resolution Time Zone Time zone to use for DVR Menu Date Format Format to use for date System Time System time and date Mouse Pointer Speed Speed of mouse pointer Enable Password Enable disable system password Note If the video standard is different between the input and the output you may notice flickering i...

Page 96: ...e for menu inactivity For example if timeout time was set to 5 minutes after 5 minutes of inactivity in the General Settings menu you ll be returned to the Live Preview Enable Output Hint To display output status in preview CVBS Scaling Enable disable video output scaling for main aux video output Configuring RS 232 Port Settings To configure RS 232 devices to be used with the DVR 1 Enter the RS 2...

Page 97: ...he serial device Note Please note that the remote control features through the RS 232 port are limited Managing User Accounts By default your DVR comes with one user account the Administrator account The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345 The default password for Administrator should be changed right away for security reasons The Administrator has the authority to add delet...

Page 98: ...VR from that particular MAC address 5 Select the Permission button to enter the Privilege Settings menu shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Privilege Settings Menu 6 Configure privileges for local settings under Local Permission tab The local settings include Local Log Search Search and view logs of DVR Local Configuration Configure and restore parameters to factory defaults Introduce settings to or export...

Page 99: ...s must be configured properly to upload to host Remote Advanced Management Remotely manage hard disk drives initializing and setting properties for HDDs Ability to remote update system firmware and stop of the relay output Remote Shutdown Reboot Remotely shutdown or reboot the DVR 8 Click on the Channel Permission tab to configure channel privileges as shown in Figure 8 The channel settings includ...

Page 100: ...ng a User To delete a user from the DVR 1 Enter the User Settings menu by clicking Menu Settings User 2 Select user to delete 3 Click the Delete button to delete user 4 Click the OK button to exit menu Modifying a User To modify a user 1 Enter the User Settings menu by clicking Menu Settings User 2 Select user to modify 3 Click the Modify button to enter the Modify menu shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 ...

Page 101: ...to export a configuration file to USB device USB device must be connected at this point to the DVR 3 To import a configuration file select the file from the USB device and click the Import button After the import process is completed you must reboot the DVR 4 Click Cancel to exit out of menu Updating System Firmware The firmware on your DVR can be updated using two methods These methods include up...

Page 102: ...erver and DVR to be in the same Local Area Network Run the 3rd party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root directory of TFTP 2 Enter the Firmware Update menu by clicking Menu Maintenance Upgrade 3 Select the FTP tab shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 FTP Firmware Update 4 Input the FTP server address 5 Select Upgrade to begin update process 6 After the system firmware has been upda...

Page 103: ...work information such as IP address subnet mask and gateway will not be restored Viewing System Information To view system information 1 Enter into the Information menu shown in Figure 14 by clicking Menu Maintenance Information 2 Select OK to exit to the previous screen Viewing System Logs Many events of your DVR are logged into the system logs To access the system logs and search for these event...

Page 104: ...select the entry and click the Details button 5 If applicable you may also view the associated video to the selected log entry by clicking the Play button 6 Log files can also be exported onto a USB device To export a log file connect a USB device to the DVR select the log file to export and click the Export button This will take you to the Log Search Export menu shown below in Figure 17 Click the...

Page 105: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 105 Figure 17 Log Search Export Menu 7 Click Cancel to exit out of menu ...

Page 106: ...HIKVISION DS 8104AH L I S User s Manual 106 C H A P T E R 1 4 Appendix ...

Page 107: ...l users connect to the ADSL transceiver modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks DDNS Dynamic DNS is a method protocol or network service that provides the capability for a networked device such as a router or computer system using the Internet Protocol Suite to notify a domain name server to change in real time ad hoc the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames addres...

Page 108: ... there are no fluorescent lamps in use Why does the PTZ seem unresponsive If the PTZ seem unresponsive please check 1 Check that the RS 485 cable is properly connected 2 Check that the dome decoder type is correct 3 Check that the dome decoder speed configuration is correct 4 Check that the dome decoder address bit configuration is correct 5 Check to make sure that the main board RS 485 interface ...