Cam Scan CS-DR8900 User manual

USER MANUAL
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Digital
Video
Recorder
DVR

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Notes on
Safety
nPlease read this user manual
carefully to ensure that you can use
the device correctly and safely.
nThere may be several technically
incorrect places or printing errors
in this manual. The updates will be
added into the new version of this
manual. The contents of this manual
are subject to change without
notice.
nThis device should be operated
only from the type of power source
indicated on the marking label.
The voltage of the power must be
verified before using the same.
Kindly remove the cables from the
power source if the device is not to
be used for a long period of time.
nDo not install this device near any
heat sources such as radiators, heat
registers, stoves or other devices
that produce heat.
nDo not install this device near water.
Clean only with a dry cloth.
nDo not block any ventilation
openings and ensure proper
ventilation around the machine.
nDo not power off the device at
normal recording condition.
nThis machine is for indoor use only.
Do not expose the machine in rain or
moist environment. In case any solid
or liquid get inside the machine’s
case, please turn off the device
immediately and get it checked by a
qualified technician.
nDo not try to repair the device by
yourself without technical aid or
approval.
nWhen this product is in use, the
relevant contents of Microsoft,
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in. The pictures and screenshots in
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nThis manual is suitable for many
models. All examples and pictures
used in the manual are from one of
the models for reference purpose.

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Table of
Contents
1. Introduction..........................................................6
1.1. Summary................................................................6
1.2. Features .................................................................6
1.3. Front Panel Descriptions ...........................9
1.4. Rear Panel Descriptions...........................10
1.5. Connections ......................................................12
2. Basic Operation Guide....................................14
2.1. Startup & Shutdown...................................14
2.1.1. Startup.................................................................14
2.1.2. Shutdown..........................................................14
2.2. Remote Controller.........................................14
2.3. Mouse Control..................................................16
2.4. Text-input Instruction ................................16
2.5. Common Button Operation....................17
3. Wizard & Main Interface ................................18
3.1. Startup Wizard.................................................18
3.2. Main Interface.................................................20
3.2.1. Main Interface Introduction............20
3.2.2. Setup Panel....................................................20
3.2.3. Main Functions.............................................21
4. Camera Management .................................... 23
4.1 . Signal Access Set ........................................23
4.2. Add/Edit Camera...........................................23
4.2 .1. Add Camera....................................................23
4.2.2. Edit Camera....................................................23
4.3. Add/Edit Camera Group...........................24
4.3.1. Add Camera Group..................................24
4.3.2. Edit Camera Group...................................24
5. Live Preview Introduction............................ 25
5.1. Preview Interface Introduction..........25
5.2. Preview Mode..................................................25
5.2.1. Preview By Display Mode.................25
5.2.2. Quick Sequence View...........................26
5.2.3. Scheme View In Sequence .............26
5.2.4. Spot View...........................................................27
5.3. Preview Image Configuration............... 27
5.3.1. OSD Settings .................................................27
5.3.2. Image Settings.............................................27
5.3.3. Mask Settings..............................................28
5.3.4. Image Adjustment....................................28
6. PTZ ........................................................................30
6.1. PTZ Control Interface Introduction.30
6.2. Preset Setting.................................................32
6.3. Cruise Setting .................................................32
6.4. PTZ Protocol Setting.................................33
7. Record & Disk Management .......................34
7.1. Record Configuration.................................34
7.1.1. Mode Configuration................................34
7.1.2 . Advanced Configuration....................35
7.2 . Encode Parameters Setting.................35
7.3. Schedule Setting..........................................35
7.3.1. Add Schedule................................................35
7.3.2. Record Schedule Configuration.36
7.4. Record Mode.................................................... 37
7.4.1. Manual Recording......................................37
7.4.2. Timing Recording........................................37
7.4.3. Motion Based Recording....................37

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7.4.4. Sensor Based Recording...................37
7.5. Disk Management......................................... 37
7.5.1. Storage Mode Configuration.........38
7.5.2. View Disk and S.M.A.R.T.
Information......................................................38
8. Playback & Backup......................................... 39
8.1. Instant Playback............................................39
8.2. Playback Interface Introduction .......39
8.3. Record Search & Playback.....................41
8.3.1. Search & Playback by
Time-sliced Image.....................................41
8.3.2. Search & Playback by Time.............41
8.3.3. Search & Playback by Event.........42
8.3.4. Search & Playback by Tag...............42
8.4. Backup..................................................................42
8.4.1. Backup by Time..........................................43
8.4.2. Backup by Event........................................43
8.4.3. Image Management................................43
8.4.4. View Backup Status ..............................44
9. Alarm Management........................................ 45
9.1 . Sensor Alarm ...................................................45
9.2. Motion Alarm....................................................46
9.2 .1. Motion Configuration............................46
9.2.2. Motion Alarm Handling
Configuration................................................46
9.3. Exception Alarm............................................. 47
9.3.1. IPC Offline Settings.................................47
9.3.2. Video Loss Settings................................47
9.3.3. Exception Handling Settings..........47
9.4. Alarm Event Notification......................... 47
9.4.1. Alarm-out...........................................................47
9.4.2. E-mail ....................................................................48
9.4.3. Display..................................................................48
9.4.4. Buzzer ..................................................................48
9.5. Manual Alarm ...................................................48
9.6. View Alarm Status .......................................48
10. Account & Permission Management ......49
10.1 . Account Management...............................49
10.1.1. Add User............................................................49
10.1. 2. Edit User.............................................................49
10.2. User Login & Logout ...................................50
10.3. Permission Management ........................50
10.3.1. Add Permission Group.........................50
10.3.2. Edit Permission Group..........................50
10.4. Black and White List....................................51
11. Device Management...................................... 52
11.1. Network Configuration.............................52
11.1.1. TCP/IPv4 Configuration.....................52
11.1.2. Port Configuration...................................52
11.1.3. DDNS Configuration...............................53
11.1.4. E-mail Configuration..............................54
11.1.5. UPnP Configuration...............................54
11.1.6. NAT Configuration....................................55
11.1.7. View Network Status............................55
11.2. Basic Configuration.....................................55
11.2.1. Common Configuration.......................55
11.2.2. Date and Time Configuration........55
11.3. Factory Default..............................................56
11.4. Device Software Upgrade......................56
11.5. Backup and Restore...................................56
11.6. View Log .............................................................. 57
11.7. View System Information....................... 57
12. Remote Surveillance...................................... 58
12.1. Mobile Client Surveillance ......................58
12.2. Web LAN Access...........................................58
12.3. Web WAN Access.........................................58
12.4. Web Remote Control..................................60

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12.4.1. Remote Preview.........................................60
12.4.2. Remote Playback......................................62
12.4.3. Remote Backup..........................................62
12.4.4. Remote Configuration..........................62
13. Appendix ............................................................. 63
13.1. Appendix A
FAQ ................................................................................
....................................................................................63
13.2. Appendix B
Calculate Recording Capacity.............66
13.3. Appendix C
Compatible Device List.............................67

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Introduction
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1.1 Summary
Based on the most advanced SOC
technology and embedded system in
the field, this series of the DVR adopt
the new designed human interface
and support the smart management of
analog cameras and IP cameras and the
record search of slice. This series of the
DVR which are powerful and easy to use
are provided with excellent image quality
and stable system. They are centralized
monitoring management products with
high performance and high quality
specially designed for video monitoring
field.
This series of the DVR can be widely
used to security system of banks at
home and abroad, schools, intelligent
mansions, traffic, environmental
protection, supermarkets, petrol service
stations, residential quarters and
factories and so on.
1.2 Features
Basic Functions
`Support local device and network
device access including IP
camera/dome and the third party
IP cameras
`Support standard ONVIF protocol
`Support dual stream recording
of each camera (max 3MP
resolution)
`Support IP cameras to be added
quickly or manually
`Support batch or single
conguration of the cameras’ OSD,
video parameters, mask, motion
and so on
`Support a maximum of 8 user
permission groups including
Administrator, Advanced and
Ordinary which are the default
permission groups of the system
`Support a maximum of 16 users
to be created, multiple web clients
login by using one username at
the same time and the user’s
permission control to be enabled
or disabled
`Support a maximum of 10 web
clients login at the same time
Live Preview
`Support 1920×1080/1280×1024
HDMI and VGA high denition
synchronous display
`Support multi-screen modes
`Support auto adjustment of the
camera’s image display proportion
`Support audio monitoring of the
camera to be enabled or disabled
`Support manual snap of the
preview camera
`Support the sequence of the
preview cameras to be adjusted
`Support display mode to be added
and saved and the saved modes
can be called directly
`Support quick tool bar operation of
the preview window
`Support scheme view in sequence,
quick sequence view and dwell
time setting
`Support motion detection and
video mask
`Support multiple popular P.T.Z.
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`Support direct mouse control of
the dome including rotating, zoom,
focusing and so on
`Support single camera image to
be zoomed by sliding the scroll
wheel of the mouse
`Support any area of the image to
be zoomed in to a maximum of 16
times of the current size
`Support image and lens
adjustment (only available for
some cameras)
`Support quick camera adding in
the camera window of the live
preview interface
Disk Management
`The DVRs with the 2U case can
add a maximum of 8 SATA HDDs;
a maximum of 4 SATA HDDs with
the 1.5U case, a maximum of 2
SATA HDDs with the 1U case and a
maximum of 1 SATA HDD with the
small 1U case
`Each SATA interface of the DVR
supports the HDDs with max 6TB
storage capacity
`Support disk group conguration
and management and each
camera can be added into
different disk groups with different
storage capacity
`Support disk information and disk
working status viewing
`Support batch formatting of the
disks
Record Configuration
`Support main stream and sub
stream recording at the same time
and batch or single conguration
of the record stream
`Support manual and auto record
modes
`Support schedule recording,
sensor alarm recording and
motion detection recording
`Support schedule recording
and event recording setting with
different record streams
`Support record schedule setting
and recycle recording
`Support pre recording and delay
recording conguration of the
event recording
Record Playback
`Support time scale operation in
quick playback and the playback
date and time can be set randomly
by scrolling the mouse; the time
interval of the time scale can be
zoomed
`Support record searching by time
slice/time/event/tag
`Support time view and camera
view in searching by time slice
mode
`Support time slice searching
by month, by day, by hour and
by minute and time slice to be
displayed with camera thumbnail
`Support event searching by
manual/motion/sensor events
`Support tag searching by the
manual added tags
`Support instant playback of the
selected camera in the live preview
interface
`Support acceleration(maximum
32 times of the normal speed),
deceleration (minimum 1/32 times
of the normal speed) and 30s’
addition or reduction to current
playing time
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Record Backup
`Support record to be backed up
through USB (U disk, mobile HDD)
interface
`Support record to be backed up by
time/event/image searching
`Support record cutting for backing
up when playing back
`Support a maximum of 10 backup
tasks in background and backup
status viewing
Alarm Management
`Support alarm schedule setting
`Support enabling or disabling of
the motion detection, external
sensor alarm input and exception
alarms including IP address
conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm,
disk full alarm, no disk alarm,
illegal access alarm, network
disconnection alarm, IPC offline
alarm and so on, alarm trigger
conguration supportable
`Support IPC offline alarm trigger
conguration of PTZ, snap, pop-up
video, etc.
`Support event notication modes
of alarm-out, pop-up video, pop-up
message box, buzzer, e-mail and
so on
`The snapped images can be
attached into the e-mail when
alarm linkage is triggered
`Support alarm status view of
alarm-in, alarm-out, motion
detection and exception alarm
`Support alarm to be triggered and
cleared manually
`Support system auto reboot when
exception happens
Network Functions
`Support TCP/IP and PPPoE, DHCP,
DNS, DDNS, UPnP, NTP, SMTP
protocol and so on
`Support allow and block list
function and the allow and block IP
address/IP segment/MAC address
can be set
`Support multiple browsers
including IE8/9/10/11, Firefox,
Opera, Chrome (available only for
the versions lower than 45) and
Safari in MAC system
`Support remote achievement,
conguration, import and export
of the DVR parameters and other
system maintenance operations
including remote upgrading and
system restart
`Support remote camera
conguration of the DVR including
video parameters, image quality
and so on
`Support remote searching,
playback and backup of the DVR
`Support manual alarm to be
triggered and cleared remotely
`Support NVMS or other platform
management software to access
the DVR and manage it
`Support NAT function and QRCode
scanning by mobile phone and
PAD
`Support mobile surveillance
by phones or PADs with iOS or
Android OS
`Support DVR to be accessed
remotely through telnet and the
telnet function can be enabled or
disabled
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Other Functions
`The DVR can be controlled and
operated by the buttons on the
front panel, the remote controller
and the mouse
`Setting interfaces can be switched
to one another conveniently by
clicking the main menus on the
top of the setting interfaces
`Support DVR information viewing
including basic, camera status,
alarm status, record status,
network status, disk and backup
status
`Support factory restoring,
import and export of the system
conguration, log view and export
and local upgrading by USB mobile
device
`Support auto recognition of the
displayer’s resolution
1.3 Front Panel
Descriptions
The following descriptions are for
reference only.
Type I:
Name Descriptions
REC When recording, the light is blue
Net When access to network , the light
is blue
Power Power indicator, when connection ,
the light is blue
Fn No function temporarily
Type II:
Name Descriptions
Power Power Indicator, when
connected, the light is blue
HDD The light turns blue when
reading/writing HDD
Net The light turns blue when it is
able to access the network
Backup The light turns blue when
backing up files and data
Play The light turns blue when playing
video
REC Power Indicator, when
connected, the light is blue
AUDIO /+ 1. Adjust audio 2. Increase the
value in setup
P.T.Z / - 1. Enter PTZ mode 2. Decrease
the value in setup
MENU Enter Menu in live
INFO Check the information of the
device
BACKUP Enter backup mode in live
SEARCH Enter search mode in live
Exit Exit the current interface
Manually record
Play/Pause
Speed down
Speed up
1-9 Input digital number and select
camera
0/-- Input number 0, the number
above 10
Direction Key Change direction
Multi-Screen
Switch Change the screen mode
Enter Confirm selection
USB To connect external USB device
like USB mouse or USB flash
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1.4 Rear Panel
Descriptions
Here we only take a part of real panels
for example to introduce their interfaces
and connections. The interfaces and
locations of the interfaces are only for
references. Please take the real object
as the standard.
No. Name Descriptions
1AUDIO IN Audio input; connect to audio input device, like microphone, pickup, etc
2ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors
3ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarm
4GND Grounding
5 AHD VIDEO IN 4 CH AHD video inputs
6AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box
7CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor
8VGA Connect to monitor
9HDMI Connect to high definition display device
10 LAN Network port
11 USB Connect USB storage device or USB mouse
12 DC12V DC12V power input
13 RS485 Connect to keyboard or speed dome. A is TX+; B is TX-
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