HIK VISION DS-4216HFVI User manual

DS-42xxHCI/HFVI Series Audio/Video
Compression Card
User Manual
Version 4.4
2009-05-23
Model
DS-4216HFVI
DS-4208HFVI
DS-4216HCI

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Notices
The information in this documentation is subject to change without notice and does not
represent any commitment on behalf of HIKVISION. HIKVISION disclaims any liability
whatsoever for incorrect data that may appear in this documentation. The product(s) described
in this documentation are furnished subject to a license and may only be used in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such license.
Copyright © 2006-2010 by HIKVIS ION. All rights reserved.
This documentation is issued in strict confidence and is to be used only for the
purpose s for which it is supplied. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form,
or by any means or be used for any other purpose without prior written consent of HIKVISION
and then only on the condition that this notice is included in any such reproduction. No
information as to the contents or subject matter of this documentation, or any part thereof, or
arising directly or indirectly therefrom, shall be given orally or in writing or shall be
communicated in any manner whatsoever to any third party being an individual, firm, or
company or any employee thereof without the prior written consent of HIKVISION. Use of this
product is subject to acceptance of the HIKVIS ION agreement required to use this product.
HIKVISION reserves the right to make changes to its products as circumstances may warrant,
without notice.
This documentation is provided “as-is,” without warranty of any kind.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Product Description......................................................................................... 1
1.1. Product Description........................................................................................ 1
1.2. Technical Specification ................................................................................... 3
1.3. Product Features ........................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 Product Performance ...................................................................................... 5
Chapter 3 Compatible Software/ Hardware Configuration ................................................ 6
3.1. Operating System .......................................................................................... 6
3.2. CPU and Motherboard ................................................................................... 8
3.3. System Memory ............................................................................................. 8
3.4. Display Adapter.............................................................................................. 8
3.5. Power Supply................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 4 Driver Installation ............................................................................................ 9
Chapter 5 Cable Connection & Pin Definition................................................................. 11
5.1. DS-4216HFVI Accessory and Connection .................................................... 11
5.2. DS-4216HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition ............................................ 12
5.3. DS-4208HFVI Accessory and Connection .................................................... 15
5.4. DS-4208HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition ............................................ 16
5.5. DS-4216HCI Accessories and Connection ................................................... 18
5.6. DS-4216HCI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition .............................................. 19

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Chapter 1 Product Description
1.1. Product Description
DS-42xxHCI/HFVI series card is one of HIKVISION’s new generation audio & video
compression products. It adopts high performance video processing chip with low power
consumption, and can be used for real time audio & video capturing and encoding. A
PC-DVR system can be constructed via application software with functions of video
streaming and storage. The DS-42xx series card includes models as DS-4216HCI,
DS-4208HFVI, DS-4216HFVI, etc.
Card Model Description
Product Snapshot
DS-4216HFVI

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DS-4208HFVI
DS-4216HCI

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1.2. Technical Specification
Model
DS-4216HCI
DS-4208HFVI
DS-4216HFVI
Dimensions (mm)
162*101
162*101
213x101
PCI Standard
PCI 2.2
Video Compression
H.264(MPEG-4/part10)
Video Input
16ch
8ch
16ch
Video Input Interface
BNC (1.0Vp-p, 75Ω)
Video Standard
PAL/NTSC
Live View Resolution
4CIF
Playback Resolution
CIF/QCIF
4CIF/2CIF/CIF /QCIF
Frame Rate
1/16~25 F/S(PAL), 1/16~30 F/S(NTSC)
Video Recording Bit Rate
32k ~2M (CIF), 32k ~4M (4CIF) (Unit:bps)
Audio Compression
G.711 A-law
Audio Input
16ch, mono
8ch, mono
16ch, mono
Audio Input Interface
BNC (2Vp-p, 1kΩ, volume adjust range: 83DB)
Sampling Rate
8KHz
Audio Recording Bit Rate
64kbps
Power Consumption
<8.5w
<7w
<14w

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1.3. Product Features
 Clear and vivid live view/playback under high image resolution
 Real time encoding
 Extra-low power consumption and high stability
 Support multiple cards plugged in PC (support up to 40ch camera input for 1 PC)
 User-adjustable frame structure (I/P frame structure)
 User-adjustable image quality and bit rate
 User-adjustable video brightness/hue/contrast
 Built-in motion detect
 Support OSD, LOGO and mask area settings

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Chapter 2 Product Performance
 DS-4216HFVI
Support 16ch 4CIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF real time encoding
*Support up to 16ch 4CIF (main stream) +16ch CIF (sub stream) encoding on dual
stream mode
 DS-4208HFVI:
Support 8ch 4CIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF real time encoding
*Support up to 8ch 4CIF (main stream) + 8ch CIF (sub stream) encoding on dual
stream mode
 DS-4216HCI
Support 16 channel CIF/QCIF real time encoding
*Support up to 16ch CIF (main stream) +16ch CIF(sub stream) encoding on dual
stream mode
Notice
1. All the recording performance testing is done under normal office scene with color
camera input, and the recording performance may differ according to the surveillance
scene:
1) DS-4208HFVI / DS-4216HFVI (Performance of each DSP):
8ch 4CIF real time encoding at 4Mbps/channel
2) DS-4216HCI (Performance of each DSP):
16ch CIF real time encoding at 2Mbps/channel
2. Please kindly refer to the website or contact technical support for the latest updated info
of card performance.
3. Recording performance may be slightly different according to the card number and hard
disk read/write efficiency of the system.

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Chapter 3 Compatible Software/
Hardware Configuration
3.1. Operating System
It is suggested to use Windows 2000 Pro + SP4 or Windows XP + SP2 with DirectX
version 8.1 or above. Card driver and SDK which support Windows Vista or Linux OS will
be released in future.
For Windows 2003 OS, please kindly follow the below operation steps:
1. Right click on Windows Desktop-> Select ―Properties‖ ->Settings-> Advanced->
Troubleshoot->and drag ―Hardware Acceleration‖ to ―Full‖.
2. Click ―Start‖-> ―Run‖ of Windows task bar, input ―dxdiag‖ and enter DirectX diagnosing
program. Please check if DirectX version is above 8.1. If yes, please kindly refer to
step 3; if not, please upgrade it to version higher than 8.1 first.

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3. Enable ―DirectDraw‖ and ―Direct3D‖ options in the ―Display‖ column.

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3.2. CPU and Motherboard
It is suggested to use motherboard with Intel P3, C4, P4, Core2, Core4 CPU.
And it is suggested that users use motherboard from reliable manufactures such as
Intel, Asus, Gigabyte, Microstar, etc.
3.3. System Memory
512M or more, suggested 1G
Notice:
Larger memory size is required when the card number installed in the PC increases.
3.4. Display Adapter
To support high resolution live view/ record function of the card, it is suggested to use
a high performance display adapter. Please kindly refer to the list below for tested mode ls
of compatible display adapters. Please notice that the driver of these display adapter must
support BLT function.
ATI Radeon X1650/X1600 /X1550/X1300/X800/X600/X550/HD2400/HD2600
ATI Radeon 7000/7200/7500/8500 /9000/9200 /9500/9600
NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT/8500GT/8400GS/7600/7300LE/6600LE/6200LE
Nvidia Tnt/Tnt2, Geforce Mx 200/400/420/440 Fx5200/5600
INTEL845G/865G/ 915/945G/G31 integrated display unit
MatroxG450/550
3.5. Power Supply
400W or above

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Chapter 4 Driver Installation
To install the card to your PC, please kindly follow these steps below:
1. Insert the card into an empty PCI slot.
2. Turn on your PC and start Windows.
3. Windows Hardware Wizard detects this newly installed card and appears
automatically. Please ignore the wizard window and keep on the following steps.
4. Locate to the folder of DS-40xxHCI Driver, run the Driver Install.exe, and then the
Driver Install dialog box will be displayed as below:
5. Click ―Install or Update Driver‖ to install/update the driver, and a Windows dialog
box will popup as below :
6. Click ―Continue Anyway‖ to continue the hardware installation. If there is more than
one card inserted in the PC or more than one DSP in one card, the operation system
will remind you of repeating the above process.
7. When the installation is done, this message will appear: Driver Installed
Successfully!

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After ―Driver install success‖ message popup during driver installation, there will be
―Hikvision DS42xx Series‖ displayed in the list ―Sound, Video and Game Controller‖ of
Windows Device Manager as below. The total number of this item is equal to the total DSP
number on the cards installed inside the PC.

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Chapter 5 Cable Connection & Pin
Definition
5.1. DS-4216HFVI Accessory and Connection
8ch video /2ch audio connection cable (2 units for each card)
Description:
VID1~VID8 stand for ―video 1 ~ video 8‖ when connected to DB1, or ―video 9~video 16‖
when connected to DB2;
AID1, AID2 stand for ―audio 1~audio 2‖ when connected to DB1, or ―audio 3~audio 4‖
when connected to DB2.
12ch audio connection cable and installation adapter (1 unit for each card)
Description:
AID5~AID16 stand for ―audio 5~audio 16‖

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DS-4216HFVI Connection
DB1
video 1~video 8; audio 1, audio 2
DB2
video 9~video 16; audio 3, audio 4
JP2
audio 5~audio 16
5.2. DS-4216HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition
Each DS-4216HFVI card is with 2 DB 15-pin female connectors (labeled DB1 and DB2),
and each DB15 connector supports 8ch video input and 2ch audio input.
DB1 DB2
On the card there is also a connector labeled JP2 for an extra 12ch audio input via a n
audio connection cable.
DB2
DB1
JP2
DB6 DB5
DB4 DB3

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Pin 1, 3, 5 …………………………..25 (JP2)
Pin Definition for DB1, DB2, JP2
DB1
DB2
JP2
1
Video1
1
Video9
1
Audio5
2
Video2
2
Video10
2
GND
3
Video3
3
Video11
3
Audio6
4
Video4
4
Video12
4
GND
5
Video5
5
Video13
5
Audio7
6
Video6
6
Video14
6
GND
7
Video7
7
Video15
7
Audio8
8
Video8
8
Video16
8
GND
9
Audio1
9
Audio3
9
Audio9
10
GND
10
GND
10
GND
11
GND
11
GND
11
Audio10
12
GND
12
GND
12
GND
13
GND
13
GND
13
Audio11
14
GND
14
GND
14
GND
15
Audio 2
15
Audio 4
15
Audio12
16
GND
17
Audio13
18
GND
19
Audio14
20
GND
21
Audio15
22
GND
23
Audio16
24
GND
25
GND
Pin 2, 4, 6 ………………………24 (JP2)

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Users can are also input video/audio via the on-board pins DB3, DB4, DB5 and DB6.
Pin2, 4, 6 ………………….16(DB3) Pin2, 4, 6 ………………..16(DB4)
Pin1, 3, 5 …………………15(DB5) Pin1, 3, 5 ………………...15(DB6)
Pin Definition for DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6
DB3
DB4
DB5
DB6
1
Video1
1
Video5
1
Video9
1
Video13
2
GND
2
GND
2
GND
2
GND
3
Video2
3
Video6
3
Video10
3
Video14
4
GND
4
GND
4
GND
4
GND
5
Video3
5
Video7
5
Video11
5
Video15
6
GND
6
GND
6
GND
6
GND
7
Video4
7
Video8
7
Video12
7
Video16
8
GND
8
GND
8
GND
8
GND
9
Audio1
9
Audio5
9
Audio9
9
Audio13
10
GND
10
GND
10
GND
10
GND
11
Audio2
11
Audio6
11
Audio10
11
Audio14
12
GND
12
GND
12
GND
12
GND
13
Audio3
13
Audio7
13
Audio11
13
Audio15
14
GND
14
GND
14
GND
14
GND
15
Audio4
15
Audio8
15
Audio12
15
Audio16
16
GND
16
GND
16
GND
16
GND
Pin1, 3, 5 ………………15(DB3)
Pin1, 3, 5 ………………15(DB4)
Pin 2, 4, 6 ……………16(DB5)
Pin2, 4, 6 …………… 16(DB6)

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5.3. DS-4208HFVI Accessory and Connection
4ch video /4ch audio connection cable (2 units for each card)
Description:
VID1~VID4 stand for ―video 1~video 4‖ when connected to DB1, and ―video 5~video 8‖
when connected to DB2;
AID1~AID4 stand for ―audio 1~audio 4‖ when connected to DB1, and ―audio 5~audio 8‖
when connected to DB2.
DS-4208HFVI Connection
DB1
video 1~video 4; audio 1~audio 4
DB2
video 5~video 8; audio 5~audio 8
DB1
DB2
DB4 DB3

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5.4. DS-4208HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition
Each DS-4208HFVI card is with 2 DB 15-pin female connectors (labeled DB1 and
DB2), and each DB15 connector supports 4ch video input and 4ch audio input.
DB1 DB2
Pin Definition for DB1& DB2
DB1
DB2
1
Video1
1
Video5
2
Video2
2
Video6
3
Video3
3
Video7
4
Video4
4
Video8
5
Audio1
5
Audio5
6
Audio2
6
Audio6
7
Audio3
7
Audio7
8
Audio4
8
Audio8
9
GND
9
GND
10
GND
10
GND
11
GND
11
GND
12
GND
12
GND
13
GND
13
GND
14
GND
14
GND
15
GND
15
GND
—
—
—
—
Users can also input video/audio via the on-board pins DB3 and DB4.
Pin2, 4, 6 ……………………16 (DB3) Pin2, 4, 6 …………………16 (DB4)
Pin1, 3, 5 ……………………15 (DB3) Pin1, 3, 5 ………………….15 (DB4)

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Pin Definition for DB3& DB4
DB3
DB4
1
Video1
1
Video5
2
GND
2
GND
3
Video2
3
Video6
4
GND
4
GND
5
Video3
5
Video7
6
GND
6
GND
7
Video4
7
Video8
8
GND
8
GND
9
Audio1
9
Audio5
10
GND
10
GND
11
Audio2
11
Audio6
12
GND
12
GND
13
Audio3
13
Audio7
14
GND
14
GND
15
Audio4
15
Audio8
16
GND
16
GND