HIK VISION iVMS-2000 User manual

iVMS-2000
Hybrid PC-DVR
User Manual
V2.0.1
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

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This Manual is for iVMS-2000 Hybrid PC-DVR Software.
Please kindly notice that NOT all of the iVMS-2000 software versions
support IP cameras.
This manual may contain several technically incorrect places or printing
errors, and the content is subject to change without notice. The updates will be
added into the new version of this manual, and we will readily improve or update
the product or procedure described in the manual.

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Index
1Brief Introduction ...............................................................................................................1
1.1 iVMS-2000 Solution Overview...........................................................................1
1.2 iVMS-2000 Features...............................................................................................2
2Installation and Removal...............................................................................................4
2.1 Installation .................................................................................................................4
2.2 Removal .....................................................................................................................11
2.3 Starting iVMS-2000..............................................................................................13
3Main Console.........................................................................................................................16
3.1 Menu............................................................................................................................17
3.1.1 System Menu ..................................................................................................17
3.1.2 View Menu ........................................................................................................19
3.1.3 Tool Menu..........................................................................................................19
3.1.4 Help Menu ........................................................................................................24
3.2 Live Preview.............................................................................................................25
3.2.1 Live Preview of a Single Camera ...........................................................26
3.2.2 Live Preview of Multiple Cameras .........................................................26
3.3 Live Preview in Group Mode.............................................................................26
3.3.1 Live Preview of a Specified Group ........................................................26
3.3.2 Cycle Live Preview of a Group ................................................................26
3.4 Live Preview Controls..........................................................................................27
3.4.1 Quick PTZ Control (Screen PTZ Control) ...........................................27
3.4.2 Instant Playback............................................................................................27
3.4.3 Digital Zoom....................................................................................................27
3.4.4 Snapshot ...........................................................................................................28
3.4.5 Manual Record................................................................................................28
3.4.6 Stop Live Preview .........................................................................................28
3.4.7 Right-Click Menu in Live Preview Mode ..............................................29
3.5 Main Buttons and Controls ...............................................................................29
3.5.1 Live Preview Layout .....................................................................................29
3.5.2 Full Screen Mode...........................................................................................30
3.5.3 Stop All Cameras’ in Live Preview.........................................................30
3.5.4 Enable Manual Record on All Cameras ...............................................30
3.5.5 Start Auto Switch..........................................................................................30
3.5.6 Enable/Disable Live Audio ........................................................................30
3.6 PTZ Control ..............................................................................................................31
3.6.1 Preset..................................................................................................................32
3.6.2 Patrol...................................................................................................................34
3.6.3 Pattern ...............................................................................................................36
3.7 Video Parameters Configuration.....................................................................38

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3.8 Alarm Out Manual Control ................................................................................39
3.9 Alarm Information Bar........................................................................................40
3.10 Aux Preview .............................................................................................................41
4Playback...................................................................................................................................42
4.1 Search by time .......................................................................................................44
4.2 Synchronous Playback ........................................................................................46
4.2.1 Playback Clips.................................................................................................47
4.2.2 Playback Window Control Bar .................................................................48
4.2.3 Playback Time Bar ........................................................................................50
4.3 Backup........................................................................................................................50
4.4 Intelligent Playback..............................................................................................56
4.5 Section Playback....................................................................................................59
4.6 Clip Playback ...........................................................................................................61
4.7 POS Review..............................................................................................................63
4.8 Alarm Log Review .................................................................................................65
4.9 Picture View .............................................................................................................67
5E-Map .........................................................................................................................................69
5.1 E-Map Operations..................................................................................................70
5.1.1 Map Operations..............................................................................................70
5.1.2 Hot Spot Operations ....................................................................................71
5.1.3 Add Map Link Operation ............................................................................73
5.1.4 Alarm Spot Operation .................................................................................74
5.1.5 Map Preview Operations ............................................................................75
6Configuration........................................................................................................................77
6.1 General Settings ....................................................................................................78
6.2 Network .....................................................................................................................80
6.3 Camera Settings ....................................................................................................82
6.3.1 Add Cameras...................................................................................................82
6.3.2 Modify Camera Info .....................................................................................84
6.3.3 Remove Cameras ..........................................................................................88
6.3.4 Reboot Cameras ............................................................................................88
6.3.5 Enable/Disable Cameras............................................................................88
6.4 Group ..........................................................................................................................89
6.4.1 Add Group ........................................................................................................89
6.4.2 Modify Group...................................................................................................90
6.4.3 Remove Groups .............................................................................................90
6.5 Record Schedule ....................................................................................................91
6.5.1 Add Recording Schedule............................................................................91
6.5.2 Modify Recording Schedule ......................................................................93
6.5.3 Remove Recording Schedules .................................................................94
6.5.4 Using Recording Schedule Templates..................................................94
6.6 Alarm Actions..........................................................................................................96
6.6.1 Add Alarm Actions ........................................................................................96
6.6.2 Modify Alarm Actions ................................................................................103

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6.6.3 Remove Alarm Actions .............................................................................105
6.7 Peripherals..............................................................................................................106
6.7.1 SMS Configuration......................................................................................107
6.7.2 PTZ COM Port Configuration ..................................................................107
6.7.3 Alarm Box Configuration .........................................................................107
6.8 Configuration of User Accounts ....................................................................110
6.9 Others.......................................................................................................................112
7Appendix................................................................................................................................115
7.1 Technical Terms....................................................................................................115

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1Brief Introduction
iVMS-2000 is a hybrid PCDVR software designed by HIKVISION. It supports full range of
HIKVISION card and IP camera connection, and can be widely used in local & remote
surveillance of supermarkets, stores, districts and residential places, etc.
This user manual describes the function, configuration and operation steps of iVMS-2000
software. To ensure the properness and stability of software, please kindly refer to the
contents below and read the manual carefully before installation and operation. This user
manual can be acquired via your supplier.
1.1 iVMS-2000 Solution Overview
Figure 1-1 describes an example application scenario of iVMS-2000.
Figure 1-1 iVMS-2000 Solution Overview

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1.2 iVMS-2000 Features
1. Support for 64 camera inputs (32 IP + 32 analog)
2. Support of multiple VGA displays
3. Support for real time monitoring of PC CPU, network and hard disk condition, and
alarm can be triggered on system exception
4. Software Watchdog functionality
5. Support of POS connection
6. Support of over 80 PTZ protocols
7. Support various video live-view modes
a) Support of live-view group settings
b) Support for switch view by group or auto-switching under current screen-slip
mode
c) Self-adaptive to different VGA resolution, and displays under appropriate
screen-split viewing mode accordingly.
d) Support preview window selection by dragging the camera to its specific
position
e) Support for original size or Full-screen live-view
f) Support of digital zoom
g) Support for PTZ control on live-view image
h) Support for snapshot of live-view image
i) Support for output live-view to TV Wall
j) Support for instant playback function for fast viewing of recent events
8. Recording and Storage Functionality
a) Support for hard disk pre-allocation to ensure hard disk longevity.
b) Support for motion recording, schedule recording, manual recording and alarm
recording.
c) Support for multiple recording schedules to facilitate user configuration
d) Support for configuration of common as well as advanced video encoding
parameters to accommodate different user types.
e) Support for an additional encoding parameters set pertinent to alarm recording
9. External Alarm Configuration
a) Support for multiple alarm types, including sensor inputs, motion detection in
video, video obstruction, video loss as well as other system exceptions
b) Support for various alarm triggered events including instant video recording,
PTZ action, Email notifications, SMS notifications, alarm output activation,
audio alarm, Live-view pop-up, E-map pop-up, etc
c) Support for 24-hour guard schedule
d) Support for manual alarm activation
10. Video Search & Playback
a) Search video by time
1. Smart search
2. Search video by to time period

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3. Support for 16 camera synchronized playback
b) Video Search by POS transaction
c) Video Search by Alarm Events
d) Support for Video Clip Playback
e) Synchronized alarm information display during playback
f) Support for file clip function (A-B)
g) Support for snapshot acquisition during playback and in live preview
h) Support for digital zoom function in playback
i) Support for TV-WALL display mode
j) Support of Brightness/ Contrast/ Hue/ Saturation adjusting during playback
11. E-map Functions
a) Support for marking surveillance locations, alarm locations etc.
b) Support for live-preview in E-Map mode.
c) Convenient Zoom In/Zoom out / Move functionality
12. Network functions
a) Support for remote connection via Hikvision Client 4000V2.0 software
b) Support for IE client connection
c) Support for mobile-phone connection
d) Support DDNS protocol
e) Support for Hikvision SADP protocol which facilitates discovery of HIKVISION
IP Cameras on the local network.

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2Installation and Removal
2.1 Installation
Please refer to the following steps during iVMS-2000 installation.
Step1: Insert the iVMS-2000 installation CD into the PC CD-ROM, and run
on the CD. The install shield dialog box will be displayed (Figure 2-1), and dialog box as Figure
2-2 will be displayed a few seconds later (the time interval depends on the PC configuration).
Figure2-1 Preparing to Install
Step2: Click “Next (N)” (Figure 2-2) and select the installation path (Figure 2-3), or click
“Cancel” to cancel the installation.

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Figure 2-2 Welcome Interface
Step3: Click “Change(C)…” to modify software installed location (Figure 2-3), and click
“Next” to continue (Figure 2-4), or click “Back” to return to Welcome Interface, or click
“Cancel” to exit the Installation.
Figure 2-3 Select Installation Path

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Step4: Click “Install (I)” in the dialog box as Figure 2-4 to start iVMS-2000 installation
(Figure 2-5), or click “Back (B)” to return to Select Installation Path (Figure 2-3). Click
“Cancel” to exit the Installation.
Figure 2-4 Ready to Install
Figure 2-5 Installing

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Step5: In Figure 2-5, a WinPcap installation wizard will pop up (software can not
automatically detect and add IP cameras if WinPcap is not installed on the system), Click
“Next” to start WinPcap installation (Figure 2-8). Click “Next” to continue, or click “Cancel” to
cancel Installation and go to the Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).
Figure 2-6 Ready to Install WinPcap
If WinPcap is already installed on the PC, warning message box will prompt (Figure 2-7).
Click “OK” to reinstall WinPcap, or click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap installation and go to
Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).
Figure 2-7 Warning: WinPcap is already installed on the PC
Step6: In Figure 2-8, click “Next” to enter the license agreement screen (Figure 2-9).
Click “Back” to return to Figure 2-6, or click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap Installation and go to
Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).

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Figure 2-8 Welcome Interface for WinPcap
Step7: In Figure 2-9, click “I Agree” to start WinPcap installation to accept the license
agreement, or click “Back” to return to Figure 2-8. Click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap installation
and go to Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12).
Figure 2-9 WinPcap license agreement

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Figure 2-10 Installing WinPcap
Step8: After WinPcap is installed, an Installation Complete Interface (Figure2-11) will
pop up. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.
Figure 2-11 WinPcap Installation Complete

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Step9: After WinPcap installation is finished, iVMS-2000 Installation Complete Interface
will pop up (Figure 2-12), click “Finish” to complete the iVMS-2000 installation process.
Figure 2-12 iVMS-2000 Installation Complete Interface
Note:On Windows Versions below Vista, users need to install Windows updates
before using CD/DVD backup function (Install the file in CD:
WindowsXP-KB932716-v2-x86-ENG.exe).

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2.2 Removal
Please refer to the following steps before removing iVMS-2000 software from personal
computers.
Step1: Select “All programs” -> “WinPcap” -> “Uninstall WinPcap” in the start menu of
the Windows operating system, and click “Uninstall” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-13) to
uninstall the WinPcap.
Figure 2-13 WinPcap Uninstall Interface
Step2: WinPcap un-installation takes only a few seconds, after the un-installation is
complete, click “Finish” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-14) to finish the un-Installation.

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Figure 2-14 WinPcap Un-installation Complete
Step3: Select “All programs” →” iVMS-2000” →”Uninstall iVMS-2000” in the start menu
of Windows OS, and click “Uninstall” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-15) to start to
uninstall the iVMS-2000.
Figure 2-15 iVMS-2000 Un-install Prompt
Step4: As shown in Figure 2-16, WinPcap un-installation process will takes a few
seconds.
Figure 2-16 iVMS-2000 Un-installing
Step5: Uninstall completed.

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2.3 Starting iVMS-2000
Double click the shortcut on system desktop, and please input default user
name: admin, password: 12345 in the login dialog box (Figure 2-17).
Figure 2-17 iVMS-2000 Login
Click “Login” and a dialog box will prompt if no disk is pre-allocated (Figure 2-18), click
“OK” to enter Disk Management(Figure 2-19); or click “Cancel” to start the software
immediately without using local recording functionality.
Figure 2-18 Disk Management
All disks with available space will be listed with available partitions. Select the partitions
for recording and click “Add” button to pre-allocate space. After pre-allocation, the state of
partition will change to “allocated”. Select one pre-allocated disk and click “Delete” to remove
the disk from the list. Note that previously recorded files and pre-allocated space will still
exist on that disk.

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Figure 2-19 Disk Management
When you are finished configuring hard disk space, click “OK” to run the software (Figure
2-20), or click “Cancel” to skip disk pre-allocation and enter iVMS-2000 directly.
Figure 2-20 Initializing
If iVMS-2000 is running for the first time (Figure 2-21), and Hikvision capture card is
installed in the PC, then the software will list all the detected analog cameras. For IP camera
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Figure 2-21 Main Interface