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Installation
Pre-Installation
The HER503 Series Audio/Video Encoder is a highly advanced surveillance equipment that should
be installed with care. Please take into consideration the following precautionary steps before
installation of the Encoder.
1. Keep all liquids away from the Encoder.
2. Install the Encoder in a well-ventilated and dust-free area.
3. Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications.
Installation
During the installation of the Encoder:
1. Use brackets for rack mounting.
2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables.
3. When installing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than
its diameter.
4. Connect both the alarm and RS-485 cable.
5. Allow at least 2cm (≈0.75in) of space between racks mounted devices.
6. Ensure the Encoder is grounded.
7. Environmental temperature should be within the range of -10 ºC ~ 55 ºC, 14ºF ~ 131ºF.
8. Environmental humidity should be within the range of 10% ~ 90%.
Hard Disk Installation (not for HER503 Series)
This section is applicable to SATA models only which can be installed with HDD for recording.
Prior to Installation
The device is factory installed with no hard disk. Refer to the following instructions to install the
hard disk according to the total capacity calculated in terms of the Schedule Recording Settings. The
installation and removal of the hard disk should be operated by qualified professionals.
Before installing a hard disk drive (HDD) for SATA model, please make sure the power is
disconnected from the device. A factory recommended HDD should be used for this installation.
Tools Required: Screwdriver.
Steps:
1. Use the screwdriver to unfasten the screws on both sides and rear panel of the device, and then
remove the cover from the chassis.
2. Place the HDD into the slot of the chassis and then secure it in position by fastening the screws
at the bottom of the chassis.

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3. Take out the HDD data line from the accessories box. Plug one end of the data line to the
circuit board and the other end to the data line port of HDD. Connect the power cord to HDD
in the same way.
Replace the cover and then tighten the screws on both sides and rear panel of the device.

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Front Panel
HER503-1:
Description of front panel:
Item Description
1 POWER LED Indicator Light in red when the device is powered on; light in orange when the SD
card is inserted.
2 VIDEO IN BNC connector for video input.
3 LINE IN 3.5mm interface for two-way audio input or audio input; connect to audio
input device or active pick-up, microphone, etc.
4 AUDIO OUT 3.5mm interface; connect to audio output device, e.g., loudspeaker, etc.
5 microSD microSD interface for data storage.
6 Reset Restore the factory default settings by holding the RESET button for more
than 15 seconds after power is turned on.
HER503-4:
Description of front panel:
Item Description
1 POWER LED Indicator Light in red when the device is powered on; light in orange when the SD
card is inserted.
2 LINE IN 3.5mm two-way audio input interface; connect to active pick-up,
microphone, etc.
3 AUDIO OUT 3.5mm interface; connect to audio output device, e.g., loudspeaker, etc.
4 VIDEO IN BNC interface for video input.
5 AUDIO IN Line input interface for audio input.

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HER503-8:
Description of front panel:
Indicator Description
1 POWER Lights in red when the device is powered on.
2 STATUS Lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
Valid for SATA model.
3 Tx/Rx 1. Does not light when the network is not connected;
2. Blinks in green when the data is transmitting / receiving;
3. Blinks at higher frequency when the data for transmitting / receiving is
larger.
HER503-16:
Description of front panel:
Indicator Description
1 POWER Lights in red when the device is powered on.
2 STATUS Lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
Valid for SATA model.
3 Tx/Rx 1. Does not light when the network is not connected;
2. Blinks in green when the data is transmitting / receiving;
3. Blinks at higher frequency when the data for transmitting / receiving is
larger.

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Rear Panel
HER503-1:
Description of rear panel:
Item Description
1 ALARM IN /OUT Relay alarm input/output.
Note: The alarm output terminal provides no JP2 pin.
2 RS-485 RS-485 serial interface; connect to pan/tilt unit, speed dome, etc.
3 LAN 10M/100Mbps adaptive Ethernet interface (PoE).
The right LED indicator lights in green when the network cable is connected,
and the left LED indicator blinks in orange when data is transmitting /
receiving.
4 DC12V 12V DC power supply.
5 GND Grounding
Note: The HER503-1 model provides no beeper.
HER503-4:
Description of rear panel:
Item Description
1 ALARM IN Relay alarm input.
2 ALARM OUT Relay alarm output.
3 RS-232 Serial interface for configuration of device’s parameters or used as transparent
channel.

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4 RS-485 RS-485 serial interface; connect to pan/tilt unit, speed dome, etc.
5 RESET Restore the factory default settings by holding the RESET button for more than
15 seconds after the device is turned on.
6 microSD microSD interface for data storage.
7 LAN 10M/100Mbps adaptive Ethernet interface (PoE).
The right LED indicator lights in green when the network cable is connected,
and the left LED indicator blinks in orange when data is transmitting /
receiving.
8 DC12V 12V DC power supply.
9 GND Grounding
Note: The HER503-4 provides no beeper.
HER503-8:
Note: SATA models provide 1/4 video input and 1/4 audio input interfaces on the rear panel.
Description of rear panel:
Item Description
1 VIDEO IN BNC connectors for video input.
2 LINE IN 3.5mm two-way audio input interface; connect to active pick-up, microphone, etc.
3 AUDIO OUT 3.5mm audio output interface; connect to audio output device, e.g., loudspeaker,
etc.
4 AUDIO IN Line input interface for audio input.
5 LAN 10M/100/1000Mbps adaptive Ethernet interface.
6 RESET Restore the factory default settings by holding the RESET button for more than 15
seconds after the device is turned on.
7 RS-232, RS-485 RS-232 serial interface for configuration of device’s parameters or used as
transparent channel; RS-485 serial interface for connection to pan/tilt unit, speed
dome, etc.
8 ALARM IN Relay alarm input.
9 ALARM OUT Relay alarm output.
10 DC12V 12V DC power supply.
11 GND Grounding

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HER503-16:
Description of rear panel:
Item Description
1 VIDEO IN BNC connectors for video input.
2 LINE IN 3.5mm two-way audio interface; connect to active pick-up, microphone, etc.
3 AUDIO OUT 3.5mm audio output interface; connect to audio output device, e.g., loudspeaker,
etc.
4 AUDIO IN Line input interface for audio input.
5 LAN 10M/100/1000Mbps adaptive Ethernet interface.
6 RESET Restore the factory default settings by holding the RESET button for more than 15
seconds after power is turned on.
7 RS-232, RS-485 RS-232 serial interface for configuration of device’s parameters or used as
transparent channel; RS-485 serial interface for connection to pan/tilt unit, speed
dome, etc.
8 ALARM IN Relay alarm input.
9 ALARM OUT Relay alarm output.
10 DC12V 12V DC power supply.
11 GND Grounding

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Specification
HER503 Series:
Model HER503-1 HER503-4 HER503-8 HER503-16
Video/
Audio
input
Video
Compression H.264/MPEG4/MPEG2/MJPEG
Video input
1-ch 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch
BNC (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω)
Audio
Compression G.711u
Audio Input
1-ch 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch
1-ch, 3.5mm interface
(2.0 Vp-p, 1 kΩ)
(LINE IN)
Line input interface (2.0 Vp-p, 1 kΩ)
Two-way audio
input
1-ch, 3.5mm interface
(2.0 Vp-p, 1 kΩ)
(LINE IN)
1-ch, 3.5mm interface (2.0 Vp-p, 1 kΩ)
Video/
Audio
output
Audio
output 1-ch, 3.5mm interface (Linear, 600 Ω)
Recording
resolution
WD1 / 4CIF / 2CIF / CIF / QCIF
(WD1: 960×576/PAL, 960×480/NTSC)
Frame rate H.264/MPEG4/MPEG2 encoding: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N); MJPEG encoding: 15 fps
Video bit rate 32 Kbps ~ 3072 Kbps, or user defined (Max. 8192 Mbps)
Audio bit rate 64 Kbps
Dual Stream Support
Stream Type Video / Video & Audio
Data
storage
Type NAS, iSCSI, IPSAN, microSD NAS, iSCSI, IPSAN
Capacity Up to 4 TB capacity for each disk, and 32G for microSD storage
External
interface
Network
interface
1 RJ-45 10 M / 100 Mbps adaptive Ethernet
interface (PoE)
1 RJ-45 10 M / 100 M /1000 Mbps adaptive
Ethernet interface
Protocols and
Service
IPv4/v6, HTTP, HTTPS, QoS layer3 DiffServ, FTP, SMTP, Bonjour, UPnP
TM
, Multicast,
SNMPv1/v2c/v3(MIB-II), DNS, DynDNS, HiDDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTP/RTCP,TCP, UDP,
IGMP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP, SOCKSv4/v5, PSIA, ONVIF, HI
K
CGI, netFilter
Serial
interface
1 half-duplex RS-485
interface 1 half-duplex RS-485 interface; 1 RS-232 interface
Alarm in 1 4 8 16
Alarm out 1 2 4 4
General
Power supply 12 VDC
Power
Consumption ≤6W ≤8W ≤10W ≤22W
Working
temperature -10°C ~ +55°C
Working
humidity 10% ~ 90%
Dimensions
(W × D × H) 80 × 39 × 90 mm 114 × 48 × 128 mm 315 × 45 × 200 mm 440 × 45 × 274 mm
Weight ≤0.5 Kg ≤1 Kg ≤2 Kg ≤4 Kg

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Configuring Network Parameters
Purpose:
If you don’t know the IP address of the decoder and this is not the first time you use the decoder, you can use
SADP (IP finder) software or the Serial port tools to find out the IP address of the decoder and to configure the IP
address or other network parameters of it. It is recommended to change the default IP address for the first time to
use it.
This chapter aims to tell the procedures of using the SADP software to find and configure the IP address and other
parameters of the device.
Note:
For the first-time user, the default user name of HER503Series is admin, and password is 12345. And the default
IP address is 192.0.0.64.
Searching Online Devices
zSearching online devices automatically
Click to run the SADP software and it will automatically search the online devices every 15
seconds from the subnet where your computer locates. It displays the total number and information of the searched
devices in the Online Devices interface. Device information including the device type, IP address, port number,
gateway, etc. will be displayed.
Note: Device can be searched and displayed in the list in 15 seconds after it goes online; it will be removed from