X-Vision XHR1080D16 User manual

Professional AHD DVR
4, 8 & 16 Channel
User Manual
Version 1
Thank you for purchasing the Xvision AHD XHRDVR.
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Contents
CHAPTER 1 FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS AND FEATURES............................. 1
CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF XHRDVR ............................................................... 2
2.1 FRONT PANEL ...............................................................................................................2
2.1.1 Front panel of XHRDVR with 4/8/16 channels..........................................2
2.2 REAR PANEL .................................................................................................................4
2.2.1 Rear panel for XHRDVR with 4/8/16 channel...........................................4
2.3 Remote Controller ................................................................................................5
CHAPTER 3 XHRDVR CONNECTION................................................................. 5
3.1 HDD INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................5
3.2 CAMERA AND MONITOR CONNECTION ..............................................................................5
3.3 POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION ..........................................................................................5
CHAPTER 4 XHRDVR BOOT UP......................................................................... 6
4.1 SYSTEM INITIALIZATION ...................................................................................................6
4.2 START-UP WIZARD .........................................................................................................6
4.3 MAIN INTERFACE ...........................................................................................................7
CHAPTER 5 XHRDVR MENU............................................................................... 8
POPUP MENU ....................................................................................................................8
5.1 MAIN MENU GUIDE ......................................................................................................9
5.2 MAIN MENU ..............................................................................................................10
5.2.1 PARAMETER.............................................................................................................10
5.2.2 Record Search .............................................................................................18
5.2.3 Device............................................................................................................22
5.2.4 PTZ and Cloud Storage..............................................................................23
5.2.5 System Note: Your P2P QR code will be shown here, scan this with the
XIQCMS APP for remote access to your XHRDVR.........................................24
5.2.6 Advanced ......................................................................................................27
5.2.7 Shutdown......................................................................................................28
5.3 MENU LOCK ...............................................................................................................28
5.4 SPLIT MODE...........................................................................................................28
5.5 RECORD SEARCH..................................................................................................29
5.6 MUTE......................................................................................................................29
5.7 START SEQUENCE.................................................................................................29
CHAPTER 6 WEB APPLICATION MANAGER.................................................. 29
6.1 ACTIVEXCONTROL DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION.............................................................29
6.2 WEB APPLICATION MANAGER LOGIN...............................................................................30
6.3 LIVE INTERFACE ...........................................................................................................31
6.3.1 Menu Bar......................................................................................................31
6.3.2 Playback........................................................................................................32
6.3.3 Remote Setting...........................................................................................35

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6.3.4 Network.........................................................................................................37
6.3.5 Alarm..............................................................................................................40
6.3.6 Device............................................................................................................41
6.3.7 System...........................................................................................................43
6.3.8 Advanced ......................................................................................................45
6.3.9 Local Setting.................................................................................................48
6.3.10 Logout..........................................................................................................48
CHAPTER 7 APPENDIX ..................................................................................... 49
7.1 TROUBLESHOOTING ..............................................................................................49
7.2 USAGE MAINTENANCE ..........................................................................................50
7.3 XHRDVR SPECIFICATION’S............................................................................................51
7.4 ACCESSORIES ..............................................................................................................54

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SAFETY INSTRUCTION
Check the input voltage (AC100V–AC240V) to the power supply module before
connecting it.
Do not install the equipment in an environment with too much moisture, dust
or smoke dust as this may result in fire or electric shock.
In the unlikely event that the equipment should malfunction and emit an
abnormal smell of smoke, please immediately stop it, shut off the power and
contact your supplier.
Please do not place this equipment near a heat source to avoid risk of fire.
Please do not store, install and use this product in danger areas with
inflammable or explosive substances.
Please make sure the power is turned off when installing the product.
Please ensure that you install the DVR in an area with good ventilation.
Please do not use the DVR in an environment where temperatures that exceed
either -20°C to +55°C.

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Chapter 1 Function Descriptions and
Features
Function
Brief Description
Real time
monitoring
Supported outputs, VGA and HDMI, supports real-time monitoring by XIQCMS
Windows software CMS and Smart phone XIQCMS, supports electronic
amplifier, multi-screen sequence and PIP display.
Recording
Video compression H.264, The video quality, resolution of each channel and
video frame rate are adjustable. Support many recording modes, such as
start-up recording, timing recording, manual recording, alarm recording, motion
detection recording, remote recording, etc.
Record
storage
Supports high capacity 6TB single HDD with SATA port.
Record
playback
Supports single-channel or multi-channel search and playback through the
XHRDVR DVR or network.
Record
backup
Backup records from the XHRDVR to USB flash disk, mobile HDD and disk
burner; or from network to HDD.
Alarm
setting
Supports alarm management of the HDD and video input and the signal input
from external alarm apparatus.
Network
operation
Supports authorized accessing of remote client to ensure the system security.
Mouse
operation
Supports USB mouse operation to set system parameters conveniently and
efficiently.
PTZ control
Supports PTZ decoder communicated through RS485. It can expand two kinds
of decoding protocol to communicate with PTZ and dome camera control.
Support PTZ preset auto cruise function.
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Control your XvisionAHD cameras OSD through the XHRDVR Menu
Unique
touch
buttons
4 new front panel quick launch buttons –Instant playback –Search –Backup –
A.R.S. (Automatic Remote Setup.
Table 1-1
Features:
●H.264 video compression format, SupportsAHD1080P,AHD720P and 960H camera inputs.
●G.711 audio compression format;
●Full real-time six functions (preview, recording, playback, backup, network monitoring, and
mobile phone monitoring);
●Supports dual-stream network transmission;
●multiple alarm modes;
●USB2.0 port, support backup, burning, software upgrading, mouse operation, etc.
●Supports infra-red remote control;
●Supports multi-language;
●Supports automatic system maintenance;

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Chapter 2 Overview of XHRDVR
2.1 Front Panel
P.S: DVR is short for Digital Video Recorder.
2.1.1 Front panel of XHRDVR with 4/8/16 channels
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Key or indicator
Identification
Functions
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Power Indicator
If the “Green” indicator is on, XHRDVR is getting power
normally.
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IR Receiver
Receive IR signal from Remote Controller.
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HDD Indicator
If the “Red” indicator flashes, the hard drive is being read
or written to.
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Mute
Mute switch for record search. Switch to the previous
channel or next channel (8-channel XHRDVR)
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CH- CH+
Change between the viewing channels.
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Quad
On Live or Playback mode, switch to Quad display.
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Rewind
Move to left; Rewind function; Decrease PTZ rotation
speed and parameter value of graphic setting; Press and
hold the key on Preview screen to switch GUI device.

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Play and Pause
Pause / play frame by frame manually
Enter into Record Search menu and play.
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Search
Brings up the search screen.
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Forward
Select and Edit
Right key; Fast forward; Increase PTZ rotation speed
and parameter value of graphics.
Enter into shortcut menu and select ENTER and EDIT
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Stop/Record
Stop playing or stop manual recording - Start manual
record
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Menu/ESC
Enter into Main menu, exit or stop playing
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Up key
Move up
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Down key
Move down
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PTZ:
Enter into PTZ control interface
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Instant
playback
Shows you the last 5 minutes recording, press multiple
times to increase time.
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Backup
Instant backup, shows last 5 minutes to backup
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A.R.S.
Automatic Remote Setup –This will show you the QR
code for P2P and the Network setup page.
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USB
USB port for Mouse, External HDD and DVD backup
drive.

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2.2 Rear Panel
2.2.1 Rear panel for XHRDVR with 4/8/16 channel
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Physical Interface
Connection
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Video input
AHD 720P/1080P/Analogue 960H Camera input (BNC port)
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Audio input
Audio input RCA
3
Audio output
Audio output RCA
4
LAN: Network port
Connect to Router/Switch RJ45 connection
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RS-485/Sensor/Alarm
Alarm input/output and RS485 for PTZ
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Power switch
Turn on /off power supply
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VGA
VGA display output
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HDMI
HDMI display output
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USB port
USB mouse/ USB drive
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DC Socket input
Input for XHRDVR PSU
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IR EXT
IR Remote control extension

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2.3 Remote Controller
Chapter 3 XHRDVR Connection
3.1 HDD Installation
(1) Make sure your XHRDVR is not powered, now you can remove the screws on both sides of the
XHRDVR and the rear panel. Slide the cover away from the front panel and lift off.
(2) Within the XHRDVR original box you will have the SATA cables for data and a Molex cable for
power, connect these to the main board. Install the HDD(s) and screw it down using the provided
screws. Once secure please connect the cables to the back of the HDD.
(3) You can now place the cover back on, please take care to put all screws back into the holes
they came from.
3.2 Camera and Monitor Connection
The XHRDVR video output signals are transmitted to VGA monitor or HDMI monitor by VGA
or HDMI cable.
3.3 Power Supply Connection
Please use only the supplied power adapter to connect to the XHRDVR. Please refer to table
showing rear connections above.
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Buttons
Functions
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1-8
Channel1-8; Numerical key
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9、0
Numerical key
3
ALL
Multi-channel display
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Menu
Enter into main menu/Return
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▲
Move up; Volume adjustment
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▼
Move down; Volume adjustment
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◄/
Move left/right; Decrease/increase
parameter value on the control bar
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SEL
Select/Edit; Confirm the selection
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Fast backward
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Enter into Record Search menu; Play
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Fast forward
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Record key
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Pause/Sequence key
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■
Stop manual recording; Stop playing
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Audio
Testing
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Mute
Mute on/off

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Chapter 4 XHRDVR Boot up
4.1 System Initialization
After connecting the power cable to the XHRDVR to wall outlet and pressing the power button, you
will enter into the XHRDVR system initializing screen shown as Picture 4-1.
Picture 4-1
4.2 Start-up Wizard
Once booted you will be greeted with the startup wizard, if you do not want to see this wizard again
after you have completed it, you may click “Don't show this window next time” to cancel.
Wizard setting menu includes: Homepage, Network setup, Record Schedule and HDD.
1. Homepage and network setup. In network setup page, set the network environment of XHRDVR,
as shown in Picture 4-3
Picture 4-2 Picture 4-3

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2. Record Schedule (Picture 4-4). Set recording time and scheduled recording of the XHRDVR.
Picture 4-4
3. HDD Management (Picture 4-5). HDD format and overwrite type.
Picture 4-5
4.3 Main Interface
Picture 4-6
Note: When internal HDD is not connected to XHRDVR, the character “H” will appear on the lower
part of the main interface and accompany buzzer alarm. If you want to disable the buzzer alarm,
please enter [EventAlarm] to disable HDD loss alarm, HDD space insufficiency alarm and set
alarm output to “off”.

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Chapter 5 XHRDVR Menu
Popup Menu
After finishing with the system wizard, click right button on the mouse, this will show the
preview interface or slide the mouse to the bottom of screen to enter into Pop-up Menu.
Now you can make system changes in the Main Menu, The options in the pop-up menu may be
varied slightly according to different parameter settings.The options in the menu will be explained
in detail in the following chapters.
Picture 5-1

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5.1 Main Menu Guide
Display
System
Live
Output
Record
Network
Shutdown
Main Menu
Private Zone
Parameter
Network
Record
Alarm
Record
Search
Event Search
Device
General
Users
Info
Log
Schedule
Mainstream
FTP
Email
Sub stream
DDNS
RTSP
Motion
Alarm
Record
Search
HDD
PTZ
Cloud Storage
Advanced
Maintenance
Events
DST
General
NTP

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5.2 Main Menu
Picture 5-2
5.2.1 Parameter
1. Live
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Display” →“Live” to enter into the interface shown as
Picture 5-3.
Picture 5-3
Picture 5-4
On LIVE mode, click the mouse button,
or [Menu] button on the remote controller, or
click [ ] icon on the toolbar to enter the
main menu screen, as shown in Picture 5-2.
If the system interface is locked, refer to
section 4.3 to unlock by inputting password.
In Main Menu mode, you can change
the following settings for Parameter, Record
Search, Device, System, Advanced and
Shutdown.
Channel: Select the channel in the drop-down list.
Channel Name: Channel name, support up to 8
characters or 4 Chinese characters.
Position: Set the position for the channel display
Color: Click “Setup”to enter into the color setting
page (Picture 5-4)
Image hiding: Enable or disable the channel
real-time monitoring
Show Time: Enable or disable the system time
display in the live interface.
Copy: Copy the parameters in the channel to any
other channel or all channels.
Record Time: Enable or disable displaying system
time in recording.
Copy: Copy the setting parameter of a channel to
another channel.
Adjust the brightness, hue, contrast and
saturation of the image in selected channel in “Live”
interface.
Note：To modify the parameter value in sub-menu and
make it effective, click “Save” after modification and a
dialog box with message “parameters have been
successfully saved” will pop up. Click “OK” in the
interface and click “Exit” to exit the menu. If you want
to cancel the modification, click “Cancel” to exit.

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2. Output
Go to “Main Menu”→ “Parameter”→ “Display”→ “Output” to enter into the interface shown as
Picture 5-5.
Picture 5-5
3. Private Zone
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Display” → “Private Zone” to enter into the interface
shown as in Picture 5-6.
Privacy Zone is for setting some invisible parts in the selected channel, as shown in Picture
5-6 and Picture 5-7.
1. Select the number of the zone to be set (maximum 4 zones can be set for single channel)
2. Click “Setup” to adjust the position of the zone.
3. After finish setting, right click the mouse to return to the “Privacy Zone” page.
4. Click “Save” to save the setting.
Picture 5-6 Picture 5-7
4. Record
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter”→“Record” →“Record” to enter into the interface shown
as Picture 5-8.
Picture 5-8
Video Output: Live Output
Sequence Mode: Set sequence mode
SEQ Time: Sequence time is set 5 seconds
by default. User may set it as required
VGA/HDMI Resolution: For VGA output or
HDMI output, the optional resolution include
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1440×
900, 1280×720, 1920×1080
Transparency: Adjust menu transparency
in the range of 0--128.
Channel: Set the desired channel in the
drop-down menu
Record Switch: Enable/disable record
Pre Record: Enable to pre-record
motion detection or I/O trigger record.

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5. Record Schedule
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Record” → “Record Schedule” to enter into the Record
Schedule interface to make record schedule for XHRDVR, as shown in Picture 5-9.
Picture 5-9
6. Mainstream
Go to “Menu” → “Parameter” → “Record” → “Mainstream” to enter into the menu interface, as
shown in Picture 5-10.
Picture 5-10
Select the channel and the date to be set.
One week’s schedule can be set.
The record schedule of the current
channel can be copied to any other channel or
all channels.
Note:
1. In the Record menu and Record Search
menu, No Color stands for no record;
2. “Green” stands for normal record and
“yellow” stands for motion record
3. “Red” stands for alarm record,
“Main Menu”→ “Record” → “Mainstream”
Mode: Support AHD, 960H and D1. Select
a resolution, save and exit main menu. Then
the system will automatically restart to take
effect.
Resolution (960H): Support three kinds of
picture quality: WD1, WHD1, and WCIF.
Resolution (D1): Support three kinds of
picture quality: D1, HD1, and CIF.
Note: In AHD series, the supported record
resolution includes 960H/720P/1080P；
FPS：PAL: 1--25f/s; NTSC: 1--30f/s.
Bitrate: Bitrate for local storage. User may
select in the drop down list.
Audio: Check the box to record channel
audio during recording and there will be
audio output during playing record.
Un-check the box to disable recording audio
and there will be no audio output during
playing the record

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7. Network
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “Network” to enter the interface shown as
Picture 5-11.
Select a kind of network connection (PPPOE, DHCP, and Static) and set Port, and user may
remotely control the monitoring, recording, playback or backup of XHRDVR through network
Picture 5-11
The XHRDVR units support P2P, so there is no need for port forwarding on your router.
Note: Please save after changing any settings. If there are multiple XHRDVR’s in a LAN,
make sure their IP addresses are different (Refer to System), for help with Network setup please
contact your System Administrator.
8. Sub stream
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “Sub stream” to enter into the interface
shown as Picture 5-12.
Picture 5-12
Take DHCP as an example. In this mode,
the router automatically assigns IP address for
DVR. After restarting DVR or DHCP server, the
IP address obtained by DVR may be different. As
a result, user shall check IP address and port
number for each remote access of DVR. The
operation procedure is as follows:
1. Select DHCP, click Save and refresh DVR.
Input Client Port and HTTP Port (the two
values must not be the same).
2. Set obtained IP address of DVR and the
mapping port. Refer to section 4.2.4.2.
3. Remotely visit DVR by IP address:
http://Public network IP: Web port number
(such as 00080)
http:// Intranet IP:Web port number (such as
00080) (Only available in the same LAN)
Video: Sub stream switch. Select enable to
preview the sub stream in the client, so as
to ensure smooth playing; If Disable is
selected, the client can only choose
mainstream preview.
FPS: FPS for network transmission. User
may select value in the drop-down list.
Bitrate: Bitrate for network transmission.
User may select value in the drop-down list.
Audio: Click √and audio will play during
network transmission.
Synchronous transmission.

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9. E-mail
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “Email” to enter into the menu interface.
XHRDVR alarm Email and set parameters like Email address, SSL, Email Enable, Interval
and Email Schedule. Refer to Picture 5-13, for help with Email please contact your System
Administrator.
Picture 5-13
10. E-mail Schedule
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “E-mail Schedule” to make Email schedule,
as shown in Picture 5-14.
Picture 5-14
Select the channel and the date to be set. One week’s schedule can be set.
The record schedule of the current channel can be copied to any other channel or all
channels.
Note:
1. Green stands for Motion: Email will be sent in case of object motion;
2. Yellow stands for Alarm: Email will be sent in case of IO alarm;
3. Red stands for Exception: Email will be sent in case of exception, e.g. HDD full, HDD
damage, Video loss, etc.

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11. DDNS
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “DDNS” to enter into the menu interface.
Set DDNS in any one of the above 3 network connection types after applying dynamic domain
service. Remotely access XHRDVR through domain by using browser in the form of http://applied
domain: mapped Web port number. When using DDNS domain name to access XHRDVR, user
shall confirm that the port can be normally connected to current IP on the public network and the
settings for server address/host name/user/password/setting should be consistent with XHRDVR
local setting. See Picture 5-15.
Picture 5-15
12. RTSP
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “RTSP”
Set User Name and Password to view video by PC software VLC (See Picture 5-16)
Picture 5-16
Follow the instruction to input IP and port to preview video (See Picture 5-17)
Picture 5-17

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13. FTP
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Network” → “FTP”
Set IP, User Name and Password to view the captured pictures in the server (See Picture 5-18).
Example; Enter into ftp://relay.anw.ru/and input User Name and Password to view the captured
pictures (See Picture 5-19), for help with FTP please contact your System Administrator.
Picture 5-18 Picture 5-19
14. Motion
Go to “Main Menu” → “Parameter” → “Alarm” → “Motion” to enter into the interface shown as
picture 5-20
Picture 5-20
Picture 5-21
Area: Click it to enter into the interface shown as Picture 5-21 to set the motion detection area
to be monitored intensively.
A single channel is divided into 15×12 (PAL) or 15×10 (NTSC) configurable grids. The red
grids indicate that the motion detection in the area is enabled, white semitransparent ones
indicates that the motion detection in the area is disabled.After setting is completed, right click the
mouse button to return and click Save to make the parameter setting effective.
Record Channel: When object motion is detected, the record channel setting will be activated.
Channel: Enable or disable Motion function.
Sensitivity: Support 1-8 level, 8 is the
highest level.
Buzzer: When detecting object moving,
buzzer makes alarms (disable, 10 seconds,
20 seconds, 40 seconds and 60 seconds).
Alarm Out: Connect to the alarm switch of
the alarm apparatus.
Show Message: Messages will be
displayed on the screen when moving
object is detected and alarms are made.
Send Email: When moving object is detected,
send Email to the specified Email address.
Full Screen: When moving object is detected,
messages will be displayed in full screen.
Latch Time: When moving object is detected,
the alarm time can be set as 10 seconds, 20
seconds, 40 seconds and 60 seconds.
Post Recording: After the alarm finishes,
the duration time of the alarm recording can
be set as 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes
and 5 minutes.