HIK VISION DS-9104HFI-S User manual

Technical Manual
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DS-9100 Embedded Net DVR
Technical Manual

Technical Manual
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Notices
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Overview
DS-9100 series net DVR is a new generation product designed by
HIKVISION. The product combines various patents, along with advanced IT
technologies such as video encoding/decoding, embedded system, storage,
network and etc.
Based on the solid expertise in the fields of digital video surveillance and
well understanding of market demands for digitalization and networking,
HIKVISION developed the latest digital surveillance product DS-9100 series net
DVR, which can work as a standalone DVR, and as well as to build a powerful
network for security system.
Also, DS-9100 series net DVR can be widely applied in the fields of finance,
public security, forces, telecom, transportation, electricity, education, water
conservancy, and etc.
DS-9100 Embedded Net DVR

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Order Models
DS-9104HFI-S, DS-9108HFI-S, DS-9116HFI-S
DS-9104HDI-S, DS-9108HDI-S, DS-9116HDI-S
Note: 1. The default DVRs are without HDD or CD-R/W.
2. A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device.

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Main Features
User-friendly menu and easy to operate
Support up to 1280×1024 VGA resolution
Support digital zoom when preview and playback
DS-9116HDI-S supports up to 16-ch synchronous playback
Support digital zoom by using mouse when in PTZ control mode
Different channels can be set different recording expired time
Support normal and event video encoding parameters
Support redundant recording
Support hard disk group management
Support NTP and SADP protocols

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Functions & Performances
Compression
Support PAL/NTSC video input
Adopt H.264 video compression standard
Adopt OggVorbis audio compression standard
Each channel supports dual stream, while main stream support up to
4CIF resolution, and sub stream supports up to CIF resolution
Video encoding parameters of each channel can be set separately,
including resolution, frame rate, bit rate, image quality and etc.
Each channel supports normal and event compression parameters
Support both composited and video stream, and the audio and video
stream are strictly simultaneous.
Support watermark
Local Functions
Monitoring
Support three independent local output including VGA, main and aux
audio/video output
High definition VGA display, max support 1280×1024 resolution
Support 1/4/6/8/9/16 image preview, camera order is adjustable.
Support group switch, manual switch and automatic cycle, the dwell
time can be changeable
Support digital zoom function when preview
User-defined preview layout
Support motion detection, view tampering alert, video exception alert
and video loss alert
Support privacy mask
Support various decoder control protocols and HIKVISION control
protocol
Support preset, patrol and pattern
Support zoom in by clicking the mouse and trace function by dragging
mouse
Hard Disk Management
Support up to 8 SATA HDDs, each of them can support more than 2TB
capacity
Support S.M.A.R.T. technology and hard disk suspend management
Support hard disk group management
Support Windows compatible file format and technology of

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pre-allocating hard disk space, no disk fragmentation.
Recording and Playback
Support overwrite and non-overwrite recording mode
Support multiple recording types, including manual, schedule, alarm,
motion|alarm and motion&alarm recording and etc.
Support 8 recording time periods with separate recording types
Recording types of each audio and video channel can be set separately
Support Pre-record and Post-record time of alarm and motion detection
Support lock and unlock video files
Support redundant recording
Support video data of the designated hard disk is for read only
Support video data query by channel, by record type, by time, and etc.
Support digital zoom function when playback
Support pause, play fast, play slow, skip forward, and skip backward
when playback, locating in progress bar by dragging the mouse.
DS-9100HFI-S supports 4-ch synchronous playback.
Backup
Support backup the data through USB interface
Support backup the data through build-in SATA-R/W
Support backup by file or by time
Support backup device maintenance and management
Support backup video clips when playback
Alarm & Exception
Unified manage alarm in/out of the device
Unified management of the motion detection alert, view tampering alert
and no video signal of the device
Support alarm in/out on guard schedule setup
Support alarm in handle methods, including recording of any channel,
alarm out, on screen warning, audile warning and upload to center
Support various exceptions alarm, including hard disk full, illegal login,
network break, IP conflicted, hard disk error, video exception, and video
output standard mismatch
Support auto recovery from exceptions
Others
Support front panel, mouse, IR control, special keyboard operation.
Support multi-level user management
Support kinds of log record and query, including operation, alarm and
exception log
Network

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Support 10/100/1000M adaptive network interface
Support TCP/IP protocols, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP and SADP are
also supported
Support unicast and multicast, support TCP, UDP, and RTP when unicast
Support remote query, playback and download video files, support
breakpoint resume
Support remote acquire and configure parameters, support remote
import and export device parameters
Support remote acquire device status, system log and alarm status
Support remote button operation, remote locking and unlocking panel
buttons
Support remote format hard disk, upgrade, reboot, shutdown and other
system maintenance operations
Support RS-232 and RS-485 transparent channel transmission
Support event alarm upload to remote management host
Support remote JPEG capture
Support remote PTZ control
Support voice talk and broadcast
Build-in WEB Server
Development
Provide Windows and Linux SDK
Provide software source code as demo
Provide development support and application system training

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Typical Applications
Local or remote surveillance of banks, self-help banks and exchequers
Remote surveillance of unmanned transformer substations and telecom
basic stations
Video surveillance of police industry, such as city public safety,
transportation, prisons management, supervision of the police fairs
Distributed video accessing businesses, including the global eyes, wide field
of vision
Networking video surveillance of examination hall
Video surveillance of pipelining, workshops and warehouses

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Panels & Interfaces
Front Panel
①POWER
②IR receiver
③USB Interfaces
④Status Indicators (Alarm, Ready, Status, HDD, MODEM, Tx/Rx, Guard)
⑤Numeric Keys/Channel Keys
⑥Function Keys
⑦Control Keys
⑧Shuttle
Rear Panel
①VIDEO IN, AUDIO IN
②VIDEO SPOT OUT (for video preview only), AUDIO SPOT OUT
③VIDEO OUT, AUDIO OUT
④LINE IN