HIK VISION DS-7600 Series User manual

DS-7604NI-E1/4P
DS-7608NI-E2/8P
DS-7616NI-E2/16P
NVR USER’S MANUAL
Version 3.4.3

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Hikvision® Network Video Recorder User’s Manua
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Regu atory Information FCC Information
FCC Compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comp y with the imits for a digita device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC
Ru es. These imits are designed to provide reasonab e protection against harmfu interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercia environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not insta ed and used in
accordance with the instruction manua , may cause harmfu interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residentia area is ike y to cause harmfu interference in which case the user wi be required to correct the interference at his own
expense.
FCC Conditions
This device comp ies with part 15 of the FCC Ru es. Operation is subject to the fo owing two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmfu interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, inc uding interference that may cause undesired operation.
EU Conformity Statement
This product and, if app icab e, the supp ied accessories too are marked with “CE” and comp y therefore with the app icab e harmonized
European standards isted under the Low Vo tage Directive 2006/95/EC, the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
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Union. See the product documentation for specific battery information. The battery is marked with this symbo , which may inc ude ettering
to indicate cadmium (Cd), ead (Pb), or mercury (Hg). For proper recyc ing, return the battery to your supp ier or to a designated co ection
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This device meets the CAN ICES-3 (A)/NMB-3(A) standards requirements.

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Preventive and Cautionary Tips
Before connecting and operating your device, p ease be advised of the fo owing tips:
•Ensure unit is insta ed in a we -venti ated, dust-free environment.
•Unit is designed for indoor use on y.
•Keep a iquids away from the device.
•Ensure environmenta conditions meet factory specifications.
•Ensure unit is proper y secured to a rack or she f. Major shocks or jo ts to the unit as a resu t of dropping it may cause
damage to the sensitive e ectronics within the unit.
•Use the device in conjunction with an UPS if possib e.
•Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and periphera s.
•A factory recommended HDD shou d be used for this device.
•Improper use or rep acement of the battery may resu t in hazard of exp osion. Rep ace with the same or equiva ent type
on y. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions provided by the battery manufacturer .

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CONTENTS
C H A P T E R 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Int oduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Ove view ................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Product Features ................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Rear Pane .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Product App ication Diagram ............................................................................................................................................... 13
Ope ating You NVR .............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Front Pane .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
IR Remote Contro Operations ............................................................................................................................................ 14
Using a USB Mouse ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Using the Soft Keyboard ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
C H A P T E R 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Activating Your DVR ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
C H A P T E R 3 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Getting Started .................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Sta ting Up and Shutting Down You NVR .......................................................................................................................... 33
Start Up Your NVR .............................................................................................................................................................. 33
Shut Down Your NVR .......................................................................................................................................................... 33
Rebooting Your NVR ........................................................................................................................................................... 33
Locking Your NVR ............................................................................................................................................................... 33
Setting Date and Time ........................................................................................................................................................... 34
Checking the Status of You NVR ........................................................................................................................................ 35
C H A P T E R 4 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Live Feed ............................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Watching a Live Feed ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
Understanding Live Feed Icons ........................................................................................................................................... 39
Operating the Live Feed ...................................................................................................................................................... 39
Digita Zoom Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Image Settings ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Live View Strategy .......................................................................................................................................................... 43
Using Display Menu ............................................................................................................................................................... 43
Configu ing Live Feed Displays ........................................................................................................................................... 46
Setting Came a O de ............................................................................................................................................................ 48
C H A P T E R 5 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 49

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Record Settings ................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Configuring Settings for Recording ................................................................................................................................. 49
Configuring Recording Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 49
Configuring Record Schedu e ............................................................................................................................................. 51
Configu ing Holiday Settings ............................................................................................................................................... 53
C H A P T E R 6 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55
P ayback .............................................................................................................................................................................. 55
P aying Back a Recording ............................................................................................................................................... 55
Understanding the P ayback Interface ............................................................................................................................ 55
Searching for Recorded Fi es ......................................................................................................................................... 56
P aying Back Recorded Fi es .......................................................................................................................................... 56
P aying Back Mu tip e Channe s ...................................................................................................................................... 57
P aying Back Tags .......................................................................................................................................................... 58
C H A P T E R 7 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Backup ................................................................................................................................................................................ 59
Backing up Video C ips ................................................................................................................................................... 59
Se ecting Video C ips ...................................................................................................................................................... 59
Backing up Recorded Fi es ............................................................................................................................................. 61
C H A P T E R 8 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62
System Configuration .......................................................................................................................................................... 62
Configuring Network Settings ......................................................................................................................................... 62
Configuring Genera Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 62
Configuring DDNS ............................................................................................................................................................... 63
Configuring SNMP ............................................................................................................................................................... 64
Configuring UPnP ........................................................................................................................................................... 64
Configuring More Settings .............................................................................................................................................. 65
Managing User Accounts ................................................................................................................................................ 66
Changing Password ........................................................................................................................................................ 66
Adding a New Remote/Loca User .................................................................................................................................. 67
Changing the Permission of User ................................................................................................................................... 68
De eting a User ............................................................................................................................................................... 70
Editing a User ................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Create a Password Key .................................................................................................................................................. 70
Reset Admin User’s Password with Password Key ........................................................................................................ 71
Configu ing PTZ Came as .................................................................................................................................................... 72
Configuring Basic PTZ Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 72

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Customizing PTZ Presets, Patterns, and Patro s ................................................................................................................ 73
Configu ing Ala ms and Exceptions .................................................................................................................................... 75
Setting Up Motion Detection ................................................................................................................................................ 75
Configuring A arm Inputs ..................................................................................................................................................... 77
Configuring A arm Outputs .................................................................................................................................................. 79
Configuring Exceptions ....................................................................................................................................................... 80
Configu ing E-Mail Settings .................................................................................................................................................. 81
C H A P T E R 9 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 83
Camera Management .......................................................................................................................................................... 83
Configuring Cameras ...................................................................................................................................................... 83
Adding IP Cameras ......................................................................................................................................................... 83
Configu ing P ivacy Mask ..................................................................................................................................................... 85
Configu ing Tampe -p oof .................................................................................................................................................... 86
Configu ing Video Loss ........................................................................................................................................................ 87
Configu ing VCA .................................................................................................................................................................... 88
Configu ing OSD Settings .................................................................................................................................................... 89
C H A P T E R 10 ................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Disk Management ............................................................................................................................................................... 91
Managing Disks .............................................................................................................................................................. 91
Checking Disk Status ...................................................................................................................................................... 91
Setting Network HDD ...................................................................................................................................................... 91
Fo matting Disk ..................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Enab ing HDD Overwrite ..................................................................................................................................................... 93
Enab ing HDD S eeping ....................................................................................................................................................... 93
Configuring Quota Mode ..................................................................................................................................................... 93
Managing HDD Group ......................................................................................................................................................... 94
HDD Detect ............................................................................................................................................................................. 96
Managing Files ....................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Searching for Recorded Fi es .............................................................................................................................................. 97
Searching for Event Fi es .................................................................................................................................................... 99
Locking and Unlocking Reco ded Files............................................................................................................................. 100
C H A P T E R 1 1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 101
NVR Management ............................................................................................................................................................. 101
Managing System ......................................................................................................................................................... 101
Upgrading the System Firmware................................................................................................................................... 101
Restoring Defau t Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 102

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Expo ting and Impo ting Configu ation............................................................................................................................. 103
Viewing System Logs .......................................................................................................................................................... 104
Netwo k Detection ............................................................................................................................................................... 106

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C H A P T E R 1
Int oduction
Ove view
Thank you for your purchase of DS-7600 Series Network Video Recorder (NVR). To get detai ed information about the NVR, p ease read
through the Insta ation’s Manua and this User’s Manua thorough y.
NOTE: Figures in this manua are taken from mode DS-7608NI-E2/8P as examp es. There may be subt e differences
between mode s.
The DS-7600 series NVR is a new generation product deve oped by HIKVISION. Bui t on an embedded p atform, the DS-7600 series NVR
contains the perfect combination of rock-so id re iabi ity and high performance.
Figure 1, DS-7600 Series NVR
P oduct Featu es
Compression
•Connecting the network cameras, network dome, and DVS
•Up to 16 network cameras can be added
•Independent configuration for each channe , inc uding reso ution, frame rate, bit rate, image qua ity, etc.
•The video input/output qua ity is configurab e
•Each channe supports two kinds of compression parameters, continuous and event, which can be configured oca y and remote y
•Supports watermarks
Loca Monitoring
•Simu taneous HDMITM and VGA outputs.
•HDMITM output and VGA output at up to 1920 x 1080p reso ution
•Mu tip e screen disp ay in ive view is supported, and the disp ay sequence of screens is adjustab e
•Live view screen can be switched in groups, and manua switch and automatic cyc e ive view is a so provided, the automatic cyc e
interva can be adjusted.
•The se ected ive view channe can be shie ded
•Motion detection, tamper-proof, video exception a ert, and video oss a ert functions
•Privacy mask
•Severa PTZ protoco s supported; PTZ preset, patro , and pattern
•Zoom in by c icking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging mouse
HDD Management
•Up to 2 SATA disks can be connected
•8 network disks can be connected
•Each SATA hard disk and network disks with a maximum of 4 TB storage capacity
•HDD group management

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•HDD property: redundancy, read-on y, read/write (R/W)
•HDD quota management; different capacity can be assigned to different channe
•Supports S.M.A.R.T and bad sector detection
Recording, Capture, and P ayback
•Ho iday recording schedu e configuration
•Continuous and event video encoding parameters
•8 recording periods with separated recording types configurab e
•Pre-record and post-record for a arm, motion detection for recording, and pre-record time for schedu e
•Searching record fi es and captured pictures by events (a arm input/motion detection/VCA)
•Customization tags, searching and p aying back by tags
•Locking and un ocking record fi es
•Searching and p aying back record fi es by channe number, recording type, start time, end time, etc.
•Zooming in when p aying back
•Reverse p ayback for mu ti-channe
•Supports pause, speed up, speed down, skip forward, and skip backward when p ayback, ocating by dragging the mouse
•Up to 16-ch synchronous p ayback at 4CIF rea time
•Supports Smart P ayback
Backup
•Export video data by USB
•Export video c ips when p aying back
•Management and maintenance of backup devices
A arm and Exception
•A arm for VCA, video oss, motion detection, tampering, HDD fu , HDD error, network disconnected, IP conf icted, i ega ogin,
recording exception, etc.
•A arm triggers fu screen monitoring, audib e warming, notifying survei ance center, sending e-mai and a arm output
•Automatic restore when system is abnorma
Other Loca Functions
•Users can operate device by mouse and remote contro
•Three- eve user management; admin user can create many operating accounts and define their operating permissions, which
inc udes imiting access to any channe
•Operation, a arm exceptions, and information og recording and searching
•Import and export device configuration information.
Network
•1 se f-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface and 4 or 8 independent PoE network interface are provided
•IPv6 is supported
•TCP/IP protoco , DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP, SNMP, UPnP, NFS, and iSCSI are supported
•TCP, UDP, and RTP for unicast
•Auto/manua port mapping and automatica y discovered by UPnPTM
•Remote Web browser access by HTTPS ensures high security

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•Remote search, p ayback, down oad, ocking, and un ocking the record fi es, and down oading fi es upon broken transfer resume
•Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters
•Remote viewing of the device status, system ogs, and a arm status
•Remote ocking and un ocking of contro pane and mouse
•Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading
•Remote system restart and shutdown
•A arm and exception information can be sent to the remote host
•Remote y start/stop recording
•Remote y start/stop a arm output
•Upgrade by remote FTP server is supported
•Remote PTZ contro
•Two-way voice ta k and voice broadcasting
•Embedded WEB server
Deve opment Support
•SDK for Windows and Linux system
•Source code of app ication software for demo
•Deve opment support and training for app ication system

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Rea Panel
Figure 2, DS-7604NI-E1/4P Rear Pane
No.
Item
Description
1
Power Supp y
48
VDC power supp y
2
Audio IN
RCA connector for voice ta k input
3
HDMI Interface
HDMI video output connector.
4
LAN Network Interface
LAN Network interface to communicate
5
Audio OUT
RCA connector for audio output
6
VGA Interface
DB9 connector for VGA output. Disp ay oca video output and menu.
7
USB Interface
USB
ports for additiona devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive
(HDD).
8
Ground
Ground (needs to be connected when NVR starts up).
9
Power Switch
Switch for turning on/off the device.
10
Network interfaces with PoE function
Network interface for the cameras and to provide power over Ethernet.
11
A arm In/Out
A arm Input/Output Interface
Figure 3, DS-7608NI-E2/8P and DS-7616NI-E2/16P Rear Pane
No.
Item
Description
1
Power Supp y
110 to
220
VAC power supp y
2
Audio IN
RCA connector for voice ta k input
3
HDMI Interface
HDMI video output connector
4
LAN Network Interface
LAN Network interface to communicate
5
Audio OUT
RCA connector for audio output
6
VGA Interface
DB9 connector for VGA output. Disp ay oca video output and menu
.
7
USB Interface
USB
ports for additiona devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
8
Ground
Ground (needs to be
connected when NVR starts up)
9
Power Switch
Switch for turning on/off the device
10
Network interfaces with PoE
Network interface for the cameras and to provide power over Ethernet
11
A arm In/Out
A arm Input/Output Interface
NOTE: The 7616NI-E2/16P rear pane provides 16 independent 100 Mbps PoE network interfaces.

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P oduct Application Diag am
Figure 4, Product App ication Diagram
NOTE: DS-7604NI-E1/4P, DS-7608NI-E2/8P, and DS-7616NI-E2/16P can connect on y network cameras.
Ope ating You NVR
There are numerous ways to navigate and operate your NVR. You may use the front pane , the IR (Infrared) remote, a mouse, and the
soft keyboard.
F ont Panel
The fo owing figure shows the NVR front pane :
Figure 5, NVR Front Pane
The items on the front pane inc ude:
1. Status Indicators:
•Powe : Power indicator turns ye ow when system is running.
•Status: Status indicator b inks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
•Tx/Rx: Tx/Rx indictor b inks ye ow when network connection is functioning proper y.
2. USB Ports: Connects USB mouse or USB f ash memory devices.

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IR Remote Cont ol Ope ations
The NVR may a so be contro ed with the inc uded IR remote contro , shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6, IR Remote Contro
No.
Name
Function Description
1
POWER
Turn on/off NVR
2
DEV
Enab e/Disab e Remote Contro
3
A phanumeric
Switch to the
corresponding channe in Live V
iew or PTZ Contro mode
Input numbers and characters in Edit mode
Switch between different channe s in A
-
day P ayback mode
4
EDIT
De ete characters before cursor
Check the checkbox and se ect the ON/OFF switch
Start/stop record c ipping in p ayback
5
A
Adjust focus in the PTZ Contro menu
It is a so used to switch between input methods (upper and owercase a phabet, symbo s and numeric input)
6
REC
Enter the Manua Record setting menu
In PTZ contro settings, press the button and then ca a PTZ preset by pressing
a
Numeric button
It is a so used to turn audio on/off in the P ayback mode
7
PLAY
The button is used to enter the A
-
day P ayback mode
It is a so used to auto scan in
the PTZ Contro menu
8
INFO
Zoom in the PTZ camera in the PTZ Contro setting
9
VOIP
Switch between main and spot output
In PTZ Contro mode, it can zoom out the image
10
MENU
Press the button
to
return to the Main menu (after successfu ogin)
In
PTZ Contro mode, MENU/WIPER button wi start wiper (if app icab e)
In P ayback mode, show
s
/hide
s
the contro interface
11
PREV
Switch between sing e screen and mu ti
-
screen mode
In PTZ Contro mode, adjust
s
focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button
1
DIRECTION
DIRECTION buttons navigate between different fie ds and menu items
In P ayback mode, Up and Down button speeds up and s ows down recorded video. Left and Right button wi
se ect the next and
previous record fi es.
In Live View mode, cyc e through channe s
In PTZ contro mode, contro s movement of the PTZ camera
ENTER
Confirms se ection in any menu mode
Ticks checkbox fie ds
In P ayback mode, p ays or pauses the video
In
sing e
-
frame P ayback mode, advances video a sing e frame
In Auto
-
switch mode, stops/starts auto switch
13
PTZ
Enter
s
PTZ Contro mode
In PTZ Contro mode, adjust
s
the PTZ camera
iris
14
ESC
Back to previous menu
Arm
s
/disarm
s
the device in Live View mode
15
RESERVED
Reserved
16
F1
Se ect a items ist in a ist fie d
In PTZ Contro mode, turn on/off PTZ ight (if app icab e)
In P ayback mode, switch
es
between p ay and reverse p ay
17
PTZ Contro
Buttons to adjust
a PTZ camera’s
iris, focus
,
and zoom
18
F2
Cyc e
s
through tab
bed
pages
In synchronous p ayback mode, switch
es
between channe s

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Aim the remote contro at the IR receiver ocated at the front of the unit to test operation. If there is no response:
1. Use the mouse to go to Menu > System Configuration > Genera > More Settings.
2. Check and remember the NVR ID#. The defau t ID# is 255. This ID# is va id for a IR contro s.
3. Press the DEV button on the remote.
4. Enter the NVR ID# from step 2.
5. Press the ENTER button on the remote contro .
If there is sti no response from the remote, check the fo owing:
1. Batteries are insta ed correct y and the po arities of the batteries are not reversed.
2. Batteries are fresh and not out of charge.
3. IR receiver is not obstructed.
4. No f uorescent amp is used nearby.
Using a USB Mouse
A regu ar 3-button ( eft/right/scro -whee ) USB mouse can a so be used with this NVR. To use a USB mouse:
1. P ug USB mouse into one of the USB ports on the front pane of the NVR.
2. The mouse shou d automatica y be detected. If in a rare case the mouse is not detected, refer to the recommended device ist from
your provider.
The buttons on the mouse correspond to:
1. Left Button:
•Single-Click: Se ect a menu component such as a button or an input fie d. This is simi ar to pressing the ENTER button on the
remote contro .
•Double-Click: Switch between sing e screen and mu ti-screen mode in Preview/ P ayback mode.
•Click and D ag: C icking and dragging the eft mouse button can contro the pan/ti t of a PTZ camera as we as to vary the
position of digita zoom area and camera OSD. It can a so be used to set the a arm areas.
2. Right Button:
•Single-Click: Shows pop-up menu in preview interface. Exit to return to the previous menu.
Using the Soft Keyboa d
When a mouse is used to perform task on the NVR, c icking on a text input fie d wi bring up the Soft Keyboard, shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7, Soft Keyboard
The buttons on the soft keyboard represent:
Switch to Uppe case: Switch to uppercase input.
Switch to Lowe case: Switch to owercase input.

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Symbols: Switch to symbo s input.
Backspace: De ete the character in front of the cursor.
Ente : Confirm se ection.
ESC: Exit Soft Keyboard.

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C H A P T E R 2
Activating You DVR
To ensure the highest eve of protection, Hikvision has aunched a ogin procedure that requires users to create a new password for the
admin account upon the first ogin to a devices. The password must contain 8 to 16 characters, combining numbers, owercase etters,
uppercase etters, and specia characters. At east two types of the above-mentioned characters are required to activate the device. The
system wi check the password strength; “Risky” passwords wi not be accepted.
Device Fi mwa e with Secu e Activation
Device Type
Mode Number
Firmware Version
Va ue Series IP Camera
DS
-
2CD2xxx
v
5.3.0
Smart Series
IP Camera
DS
-
2CD4xxx
v
5.3.0
NVR/Hybrid
DS
-
9016HWI
-
ST
DS-96xxNI-ST
DS
-
7716NI
-
SP/16
v
3.1.5
P ug
-
n
-
P ay NVR
DS
-
76xxNI
-
EI(E2)/P
v
3.1.0
Turbo DVR
DS
-
72xxHGHI
-
SH
DS
-
73xxHQHI
-
SH
v
3.1.6
Super NVR
DS
-
96128NI
-
E24/H
DS
-
96256NI
-
E24/H
TBD
NOTE: DVRs/NVRs starting with the atest firmware (see chart, above) NO LONGER HAVE A DEFAULT PASSWORD. The
user must activate the NVR by creating a password for the admin account, which can be done in one of four ways:
•Local Activation
1. Power on the DVR/NVR.
˗ An activation message wi appear on the screen prompting the user to activate the device (Figure 8).
˗ The username fie d wi be greyed-out with the username set to admin.
2. Type in a password of your choosing (see Table 1, Passwo d St ength Levels, page 32, for guide ines).
˗ The password strength wi be disp ayed, accompanied by a co or indicator:
1) Leve 0– Risky (red indicator): Not acceptab e
2) Leve 1– Weak (red indicator): Acceptab e
3) Leve 2– Fair (orange indicator): Acceptab e
4) Leve 3– Strong (b ue indicator): Acceptab e
˗ Activation wi not be a owed un ess the password is of acceptab e strength ( Figure 11, Figure 12, and Figure 13).
3. Retype the password into the “Confirm Password” fie d.

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Figure 8, Activation Window
Figure 9, Risky (Inadequate) Strength Password
NOTE: The strength eve indicator co ors can vary by activation process, mode number, and device type.

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Figure 10, Inva id Password Message
Figure 11, Weak (Adequate) Password Strength
NOTE: The password
strength is shown with a
co or indicator

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Figure 12, Fair (Adequate) Password Strength
Figure 13, Strong Password Strength
4. After an acceptab e password has been created, a confirmation message wi appear on the screen (Figure 14).
5. Press the OK button to proceed.
Figure 14, Activation Confirmation Message
•SADP Softwa e Activation (v2.2.3.5 o highe )
1. Launch the atest version of SADP software (v2.2.3.5).
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