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User Manual of DS-8104HMI-A(/XX) Series Mobile Net DVR (V1.20.00) 

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iv. Press [ENTER] or [

ESC

] to exit edit.   

 

d) Button: Execute a special function or enter into next sub-menu. For example, press “Policy”  button to enter into sub-menu. Press [

Confirm

] to save 

parameters and return to parent menu. Press [

Cancel

] button to cancel and return to parent menu. The button in grey means it can be operated only after it 

is enabled.   

 

Exit Menu 

You can press [

ESC

] to return to previous or preview interface, also press [

PREV

] to return from menu to preview interface. 

3.3

 

Input Method 

In the submenu interface, if entered the edit mode, there will be an item at the bottom of the screen, you can input the characters in the edit box by pressing 
[

Numeric Keys

] on the IR control. 

 

 

 
 

If you want to input English (i.e. uppercase), just switch the input method to “Uppercase” by pressing [

A

] until the item shown as follow, then you can input 

uppercase in the edit box with [Numeric Keys] buttons on the IR control (The same as the method of entering the letters in mobile phones.). 

 

 

Besides, the following input methods are supported as well: Lowercase and Symbol. There are 24 symbols in all and divided into 4 pages for choice, you can turn 
over the pages by pressing [0] on the IR control. 

 

Note:

 In this user manual, the “button” on IR control is denoted as [Button Name], e.g. [Playback] denote “playback button”, [Enter] denote “enter”. The 

parameter in the menu interface is denoted as “Parameter Name”, e.g. “Name” denote camera name edit box. 

Summary of Contents for DS-8104HMI-A

Page 1: ...DS 8104HMI A XX Embedded Mobile Net DVR User Manual V1 20 00 ...

Page 2: ...ersion The listed products or programs will be improved or renewed whenever necessary Tips for users Please install the DVR in well ventilated places Please make sure the DVR work in the allowed range of temperature and humidity The dust board will cause a short circuit after damping Please dedust regularly for the board connector chassis fan etc with brush Please select the SD card manufacturers ...

Page 3: ...3 HDD Installation 10 2 4 SIM UIM Card Installation 12 2 5 KEY Ignition Switch Connection 13 2 5 1 Connection for Time Delay Shutdown 14 2 5 2 Connection for auto power on off 15 2 6 Alarm Output Connection Guide 16 3 Operation Guide 17 3 1 Wire Control 17 3 2 Menu Description 19 3 2 1 Menu items 19 3 2 2 Menu Operations 20 3 3 Input Method 22 4 Basic Operation Guide 23 4 1 Power On 23 4 2 Preview...

Page 4: ...32 5 1 1 Administrator and Password 32 5 1 2 Add and Delete User 33 5 1 3 Unit Name and Device ID 34 5 2 Local Preview Setup 35 5 2 1 Video output standard 35 5 2 2 Screen Saver Setup 35 5 2 3 OSD Setup 35 5 2 4 Video Parameters Setup 36 5 2 5 Mask Area Setup 36 5 2 6 Preview Properties 37 5 3 Alarm setup 38 5 3 1 External Alarm Input and Relay Output 38 5 3 2 Motion Detection Alarm 40 5 3 3 Video...

Page 5: ...bile Setup 48 5 8 1 Boot Halt Setup 48 5 8 2 GPS Setup 49 5 8 3 PPP settings 50 5 8 4 Server Login Setup 50 6 Utilities 52 6 1 Save Parameters 52 6 2 Restore Parameters 52 6 3 Upgrade 53 6 4 Hard Disk Management 53 6 5 Clear Alarm Out 54 6 6 Reboot 54 6 7 Power Off 54 6 8 View Log 54 6 9 System Information 55 Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation 56 Appendix B ETHERNET Connect Cable Made Method 58 A...

Page 6: ...rust Key features Support 2 5 inch pluggable HDD reserved SD SDHC card socket Build in 3G wireless network module Support GPS Support G sensor for driving behavior data connection Shutdown delay and auto power on off Ignition power on and power off delay Specific platform for vehicle remote monitoring 1 2 Key Functions Compression technology 4 ch PAL NTSC Vin H 264 based Support variable bit rate ...

Page 7: ...es fast forward slow forward and single frame Search by recording type and time Indication of recording and alarm status Alarm Support speed limit alarm 7 ch level signal alarm input and 1 ch reserved pulsing signal alarm input 2 ch alarm output Choice of alarm types motion detected mask video loss and sensor input Alarm schedule setup Exception alarms configurable such as Hard Disk error and vide...

Page 8: ...es Mobile Net DVR V1 20 00 7 Audio preview and screen capture at client software PPP enabled Client developing Network protocol provided for platform system development SDK provided for client development DEMOs with source code provided ...

Page 9: ...ation help 2 1 Check device and accessories Please check carefully according to the list inside once you get it 2 2 Interface Description DS 8104HMI A XX front panel is shown as below Note the descriptions are subject to the physical product Fig 2 1 DS 8104HMI A front panel ...

Page 10: ...nput 3 12VDC output 4 GND 5 ALARM IN 1 8 Alarm Input 1 7 channels are high level signal triggered alarm input 8th channel is reserved ALARM OUT 1A 1B 2A 2B Alarm Output 2 alarm output 1A and 1B is a pair 2A and 2B is a pair 6 KB Remote Control Interface Connect to wire remote control or IR remote repeater when required 7 RS 485 T T R R PTZ Connect to PTZ 8 G G Alarm Input GND The GND corresponding...

Page 11: ...ad write 2 HDD should be formatted after the installation or there may be HDD error with alarm Format method please refer to section 6 4 3 With the default configuration the corresponding recording times for different Volume are HDD volume Unit GB Recording time Bit Rate 512Kbps Unit Hour Recording time Bit Rate 768Kbps Unit Hour Recording time Bit Rate 1Mbps Unit Hour Recording time Bit Rate 1 5M...

Page 12: ... HD screws 2 Firstly open the HD Lock with the key and loosen the screw alone the anti clockwise Then pull out the HD box with uniform force 3 The HDD bracket is fixed with wire rope Each side has a gap for HDD installation 5 Please wear antistatic gloves Carefully put in the first HD on the bracket PCB face down aim at the HD interface and insert it tightly 5 When insert the whole HDD please gent...

Page 13: ...et on bracket and tighten it 8 Install the HD screws and fasten the HDDs 4 screws per HDD follow the order on the figure 9 After the HDD installation push in the HDD box and screw up Don t forget to lock the HD Lock 2 4 SIM UIM Card Installation When the DVR supports 3G function please follow the steps below to install SIM UIM card ...

Page 14: ...ed frame and SD SDHC socket Indicated by blue frame 3 Press the yellow bar on the right of SIM UIM slot as shown on the left figure to pop up the card as shown on the right figure 4 Extract the board and put the card on the board 5 Insert the board to the slot 6 Reinstall the cover of SIM SD slot and connect the 2 antenna 2 5 KEY Ignition Switch Connection Note 1 The basic two power on conditions ...

Page 15: ...battery and supply high signal as in Fig 2 4 2 Negative pole ignition switch ignition switch is connected to the negative pole of vehicle battery and supply low signal as in Fig 2 5 Fig 2 4 Positive pole ignition switch Fig 2 5 Negative pole ignition switch 2 5 1 Connection for Time Delay Shutdown Connect DC and DC to power supply battery positive and negative poles connect KEY interface to the ve...

Page 16: ...ime delay shutdown function can be found in section 5 8 1 Note Please contact the vehicle battery manufacture for the information on the voltage polarity 2 5 2 Connection for auto power on off Connect DC and KEY to the vehicle batteries positive pole and DC and KEY to the vehicle batteries negative pole for the DVR auto on off function The connection is as Fig 2 8 The settings details please refer...

Page 17: ...l To avoid misidentification signal between DC 5V to 6V will not be handled The alarm input connection is as Fig 2 9 Alarm Output connection DS 8104HMI M XX series mobile DVR is applied closed signal to trigger the alarm output That means when alarm output is triggered the Alarm OUT and GND will be connected status that means user must connect alarm device with power supply The alarm output connec...

Page 18: ...aracter 4 EDIT 1 Enter the edit state and then delete the character in the front of the cursor 2 Switch between and in the status box 5 A 1 Switch between input methods Number English Chinese Symbol 2 Display or hide the channel status in the preview interface 6 REC Manual Recording 7 PLAY Playback 8 INFO Reserved 9 VOIP Reserved 10 MENU Switch from preview interface to menu interface 11 PREV Mult...

Page 19: ... and selecting the data items by press 2 PTZ Position Control 3 Playback fast slow forward and rewind ENTER 1 Confirm when in menu mode 2 Switch between and in the status box 3 Pause when playback 13 PTZ Enter PTZ Control mode 14 ESC Cancel and return to previous menu 15 Reserved 16 F1 Reserved 17 Lens Control Adjust Iris focus and zoom 18 F2 Reserved ...

Page 20: ...ecording Stream Type Resolution Bit Rate Type Max Bit Rate Image Quality Frame Rate Enable Recording Pre Recording Time Post Recording Time Copy to Camera Network Basic network parameters e g IP Mac Multi cast IP Http Port DNS IP Remote Host Port Download Server PPPoE Alarms Alarm In Type Alarm Handling Copy to Alarm In Alarm Out Time Alarm Out Schedule Copy to Alarm Out Exceptions Exception Type ...

Page 21: ...layback interface Press REC button to enter the manual record interface Press PTZ button to enter the PTZ control interface Note Password is required and the default user name is admin password is 12345 Copy to Camera User Add Del User Password Verify Default Set Right Mobile Boot Halt GPS PPP WVS IVMS Utilities Save Parameters Restore Parameters Upgrade HDD Stop Alarm Out Reboot Power Off View Lo...

Page 22: ...here is a small rectangular frame named Active Frame which is pointing to the selected item This Active Frame can be moved by or keys There are such kinds of menu items a Check Box Provide 2 options means enable and means disable You can use ENTER or EDIT key to switch over b List Box Provide more than 2 options However only one of them can be selected You can use and to select one option For exam...

Page 23: ... bottom of the screen you can input the characters in the edit box by pressing Numeric Keys on the IR control If you want to input English i e uppercase just switch the input method to Uppercase by pressing A until the item shown as follow then you can input uppercase in the edit box with Numeric Keys buttons on the IR control The same as the method of entering the letters in mobile phones Besides...

Page 24: ...anel of DVR so as to operate the device with the visible menu After power on and switch on the ignition the device begin to start up the POWER indicator is turn green When Ready turn green means this device is ready to be controlled by IR control The initialization status of DSP will show up in the first row up the display or monitor if the DSP icon is marked with it means initialization failed pl...

Page 25: ...ite No Video White Video Lost Yellow Video Input Yellow View Tampering Pink Manual Recording Pink Motion Detection Sensor Alarm Green Schedule Recording Green No Alarm Blue Motion Detection Recording Blue Motion Detection Red External Alarm Recording Red Sensor Alarm Press Numeric Keys buttons you can switch to the channel directly Press EDIT you can switch the channel in order and preview the cor...

Page 26: ...word for the users created by admin For example a user named user The method of adding and deleting user please refer to section 5 1 2 please modify the password as follow Step 1 Enter the main menu and select User icon Fig 4 2 Step 2 Input the new password and confirm it Fig 4 3 Fig 4 3 Fig 4 2 ...

Page 27: ... key PLAY AUTO Exit the PTZ control operation menu If you want to do the other operation such as playback manual record and so on you need to exit the PTZ operation menu Press the ESC button to exit and go back to the preview mode 4 5 Manual Record Note The user must have the corresponding right Press REC key to enter the Manual Record interface Fig 4 4 Start Recording you can start corresponding ...

Page 28: ...ss ESC key to exit manual record and enter preview mode Press MENU key to enter main menu Press Play key to enter into playback menu Press PTZ key to enter PTZ control mode 4 6 Playback Note The user must have Playback right Press PLAY key enter Playback interface Fig 4 5 Fig 4 5 Fig 4 6 ...

Page 29: ...ith the Volume Play Process Play Speed Played Time and File Total Time Fig 4 8 Playback control keys description Display Hide information bar MENU Open Close sound PLAY under the mute mode will appear on the bar Adjust play progress Backward Forward The unit is Adjust play speed Use to increase play speed use to decrease play speed MAX 4 Pause Continue Press ENTER to pause continue playback If pla...

Page 30: ...ecting tag Then select backup device move Active Frame to Copy button and press ENTER key to start backup You also can back up the image segments when the image is being playback The steps are as follow Step 1 Enter the interface of playback the files or playback by time Step 2 Press EDIT key to start selecting the current playback image and press EDIT again to stop selecting This segment is selec...

Page 31: ...op up please check the device connection 4 7 2 HDD Backup User can directly push out the HDD bracket insert it into DS 1004HMI Mobile DVR backup device and use MVA Mobile Video Analysis software to playback and download recorded files The details please refer to the user manual of MVA 4 7 3 Backup File Playback Backup files naming rule Backup files will be saved in the file named with the DVR name...

Page 32: ... A XX Series Mobile Net DVR V1 20 00 31 2 Playback one backup file Please use our company s player which can be found in the CD to play the file You can also download the plug in from our website to play it with other software ...

Page 33: ...chedule External alarm sensor type View tampering alarm schedule Video lost alarm schedule Motion detection alarm schedule External alarm schedule Login server parameters Wireless network parameters 5 1 Basic Setting 5 1 1 Administrator and Password When DVR is left from factory there is one default administrator The name is admin and password is 12345 The name cannot be changed while the password...

Page 34: ...e password in the Display menu Fig 5 6 Setting the Require Password status as Note For security reason it is better for you to set Require Password as after completing all the setup 5 1 2 Add and Delete User Select Add in User Management interface to add new user in pop up Add menu and return User Management menu to define password and rights 15 User MAX User rights description Local Rights Local ...

Page 35: ...ent channel function Preview Network live preview Playback Remote playback download the recorded files on DVR MAC address This MAC address is not the address of DVR but the PC that will access DVR If you setup this MAC address only the PC with this MAC address can access this DVR At PC end in DOS prompt you can use ipconfig command to get the PC MAC address 6 bytes Delete user In User Management i...

Page 36: ...AL or NTSC video output The video input standard is adaptive You can modify video output standard to match video input in Display menu 5 2 2 Screen Saver Setup If the user operates nothing for a period of time the device will return to preview automatically The screen saver is used to control the time This parameter can be set in Display menu Fig 5 6 The options have 1min 2min 5min 10min 20min 30m...

Page 37: ...me is Position button you can setup camera name position by pressing this button You can copy the position to any other camera but please note that camera s name can not be copied 5 2 4 Video Parameters Setup The video parameters include brightness contrast hue and saturation The parameters will affect the preview image and recorded image In Image Setup menu Fig 5 7 you can modify the parameters b...

Page 38: ...mask area The maximum mask area is the full screen and the minimum size is only one pane You can setup 4 mask areas at most Press A key to clear all mask areas Note The mask areas can not be copied to other cameras There is no preview image and record image in the areas 5 2 6 Preview Properties In Preview menu you can setup preview mode screen switch time enable or disable audio preview and previe...

Page 39: ...en preview mode 10s alarm display delay time DVR will display 4 channels when there is an alarm from camera 1 the screen will switch to camera 1 after 10 seconds Preview layout setup There is a square frame divided into many windows If you select 4 Screen preview mode this frame is divided into 4 windows Each window represents one camera You can move Active Frame among the windows There is one bar...

Page 40: ...er camera Recording please refer to section 5 4 PTZ linkage order is Alarm in Trigger camera PTZ PTZ linkage can be setup in Alarms and PTZ Linkage interfaces Fig 5 13 Please make sure the camera has already linked with alarm in and preset points sequences cruises have been set The maximum number of preset points is 128 sequence is 16 and cruise is 1 Note One alarm in can trigger different channel...

Page 41: ...e alarm output schedule by entering Schedule menu from Alarms interface Fig 5 14 5 3 2 Motion Detection Alarm Motion Detection Alarm setup includes motion detection area schedule and policy In Image Setup menu you need to set detection sensitivity before the other parameters There are 7 options from 0 the lowest to 5 the highest and Off Motion area setup Move active frame to Area button on the rig...

Page 42: ...l motion areas A Save and return Image Setup menu ENTER Cancel setup and return Image Setup menu ESC Motion alarm policy Fig 5 16 1 Motion alarm schedule You can setup it in Motion Det Policy menu The setup steps are the same as external alarm in schedule please refer to section 5 3 1 2 Alarm linkage setup The alarm linkage setup includes recording handle method etc All the linkages can be set in ...

Page 43: ...s area setup alarm schedule and handle methods The setup can be done in Image Setup View Tampering Area and Policy The default is Off there are 3 options low Normal and High Select one of them will active Area and Policy Enter into area setup interface the setup methods are same as that of mask area setup Only one view tampering area can be setup Please refer to section 5 2 5 Enter into policy set...

Page 44: ... The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution If you select high resolution you must select high bit rate For CIF resolution the typical max bit rate is 384K 768Kbps It is better to select the proper max bit rate based on the camera background and image quality requirement Image Quality If you select variable bit rate type you can define image quality There are 6 options Highest Higher...

Page 45: ...tion 5 13 3 The time period is among 00 00 24 00 5 5 Network Parameters If you want use network to access DVR you must setup network parameters Note If any network parameter is modified you must save and reboot DVR to make it into effective The parameters can be setup in Network menu Fig 5 20 NIC type Default is 10M 100M Auto the order options are 10M Half Dup 10M Full Dup 100M Half Dup and 100M F...

Page 46: ...o communicate in different network segments you need to set gateway 2 The bandwidth of every channel please refers to the Max bit rate setup of section 5 4 1 5 6 PTZ In PTZ menu you can setup the PTZ parameters and G mouse mode Fig 5 21 PTZ parameters include RS 485 parameters protocol PTZ address preset point sequence and cruise G mouse mode only has one parameter bit rate Firstly you need to sel...

Page 47: ...ise setup Cruise is remembering the track of PTZ movement This movement is manual controlled In PTZ menu press Setup button on the right side of Cruise item you can enter into Cruise setup menu to setup cruise and run the defined cruises Press PecCru button you will enter into PTZ control interface You can start controlling PTZ with direction keys press ENTER to save the operation track and return...

Page 48: ...address conflict network failure NTSC PAL differ and speed limit etc The parameters can be set in Exceptions menu Fig 5 25 You can choose an exception type then select the handle methods as following Audible Warning DVR beep warning Upload to Center Send exception information to center host PC Trigger Alarm Output Trigger local relay output Fig 5 23 Fig 5 24 Fig 5 25 ...

Page 49: ...m type and parameters WVS the parameters for login the wireless remote monitoring server iVMS the parameters for login the IVMS7000 platform 5 8 1 Boot Halt Setup In the boot halt menu Fig 5 27 you can setup the shutdown mode and time There are two normal modes 1 Halt Delay When the KEY interface of the device link with the vehicle s ignition switch you can delay halt by setup the parameters The c...

Page 50: ...ing the DVR with GPS module please connect antenna correctly details please refer to section 2 3 When receiving GPS signal it starts positioning function Note To ensure the GPS module works effectively please put the antenna on car roof or under windshield glass and make sure it is not be shielded Time correct means the GPS time correction is enable You can choose the corresponding time zone The d...

Page 51: ... please get the information of the network including APN number username and password from ISP Before parameters setup please connect antenna and keep it vertical Select the correct module type and input corresponding parameters in PPP menu After rebooting the device will dial up automatically and get the WAN IP Note When setting dial up parameters user needs to input numbers letters and symbols T...

Page 52: ...static WAN IP Port connect port between DVR and center server the default is 7660 Login id the ID assigned by the server you can get these from the iVMS7000 server Please add the ID in iVMS7000 management center before using The setup of the server login parameters will become effective after reboot When the device connects to wireless network successfully it will login the central manage center a...

Page 53: ...rd Disk Stop Alarm Out Reboot Power Off View Log and System Info The Utilities menu is shown in Fig 6 1 6 1 Save Parameters Save current parameters to device FLASH this change will take effective after reboot Fig 6 1 Fig 6 2 6 2 Restore Parameters Restore factory parameters for DVR The IP address gateway port number and mask will not be restored Fig 6 1 Fig 6 3 Fig 6 1 Fig 6 2 Fig 6 3 Fig 6 4 ...

Page 54: ...nput the ftp server IP and press Enter DVR will connect with FTP server through network and download the upgrade firmware file If you select USB mode please make sure you connect one USB flash memory with DVR and the firmware file is in its root directory Reboot after successfully upgrading the system will use the new firmware Note Upgrade failure will give rise to exception after rebooting please...

Page 55: ...ms per page 250 pages Also you can select options to search Search by type Type is divided into Major type and Minor type Major type includes operation alarm exception and all The operation major type include Power On Shut Down Abnormal Shut Panel Login Panel Logout Panel Config Panel File Play Panel Time Play Local Start Record Local Stop Record Panel PTZ Panel Preview Panel Set Time Local Upgrad...

Page 56: ...elect By Time input start time and stop time After finish searching DVR will list the matched log information 2000 items maximum Search by type time Select By Type Time input major type minor type start time and stop time DVR will list the matched log information Note After the DVR listing the matched log information you can check more items by pressing MoreInfo including panel user net user host ...

Page 57: ...quirement is confirmed according to Formula 2 to calculate the storage capacity i m which is storage of each channel needed unit Mbyte i m i q i h i D 2 In the formula i h The recording time for each day hour i D Number of days for which the video shall be kept Step 3 According to Formula 3 to calculate total capacity accumulation T q that is needed for all channels in the DVR during scheduled vid...

Page 58: ... the bit rate type is FIXED for different bit rate the file size of ONE channel in ONE hour is Bit Rate Max Bit Rate File Size Bit Rate Max Bit Rate File Size Bit Rate Max Bit Rate File Size 96k 42M 320k 140M 896k 393M 128k 56M 384k 168M 1 00M 450M 160k 70M 448k 196M 1 25M 562M 192k 84M 512k 225M 1 50M 675M 224k 98M 640k 281M 1 75M 787M 256k 112M 768k 337M 2 00M 900M ...

Page 59: ...ol for RJ45 Suggestion have a network cable test tool to test each cable made Pin definition To make the network cable according to the actual situation there are two options 1 Use the following left side method to make the network cable when DVR is connected with network hub or switch 2 Use the following right side method to make the cross network cable when DVR is directly connected with client ...

Page 60: ...rame Rate PAL 1 16 25fps NTSC 1 16 30fps Bit Rate 32Kbps 2Mbps or user defined max 8Mbps Audio Compression Standard OggVorbis Audio Input 4 ch Linear 1kΩ Audio Output 1 ch Linear 600Ω Stream Type Video Video Audio Alarm Input 7 level inputs 1 impulse input Alarm Output 2 alarm outputs Wireless Network Built in WCDMA or EVDO module optional GPS Built in high sensitivity GPS module HDD Interface Dua...

Page 61: ...XX Series Mobile Net DVR V1 20 00 60 Power Supply 6VDC 36VDC Power Output 12VDC 2A 5VDC 2A Power Consumption 10W Operating Temperature 10 55 Humidity 10 95 Size mm 236 W 73 H 210 D Weight About 3Kg Device Control IR remote control ...

Page 62: ...5 you can directly control the device with this remote controller by pressing MENU button The default device code is 255 If it still does not work after repeating many times Please check the reasons 1 Check the battery s positive and negative polarity 2 Check the battery s power 3 Check the connected wire is in good condition After exclude all of above reasons please change a new remote controller...

Page 63: ...ntact the supplier After exclude all of above reasons please change a new GPS module if it still does not work please contact the supplier Note In caves tunnels and some other environments there is no GPS signal Q Why dial up is failed A 1 Please make sure the device have wireless module inside 2 Please check the antenna is connected correctly and vertical 3 Please check the status of SIM card mak...

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