Network Video Recorder Quick Operation Guide UD.6L0202B1351A01
TABLE OF CONTENTS NVR Pre-Installation... 2 NVR Installation... 2 Hard Disk Installation... 2 Front Panels... 6 DS-9500NI-ST/RT Front Panel... 6 DS-8500NI-ST Front Panel... 6 Rear Panel... 7 Connections... 8 Wiring of Alarm Input... 8 Wiring of Alarm Output... 8 Using of Alarm Connectors... 8 Specifications... 9 DS-9500NI-ST... 9 DS-9500NI-RT... 10 DS-8500NI-ST... 11 HDD Storage Calculation Chart... 12 Basic Operation... 13 Power On... 13 Power Off... 13 Login and Exit... 13 Accessing the Device by Client Software... 13 Accessing the Device by Web Browser... 14 Camera Management... 15 Quick Adding IP Cameras... 15 Manually Adding IP Cameras... 16 Live View... 16 Getting Live View... 17 Multi-window Division... 17 One-touch RAID Configuration... 18 Recording and Capturing... 19 Manual Recording and Capturing... 19 Schedule Recording and Capturing... 19 Playback... 21 One-touch Backup... 23 1
Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table. Series Model Type 9500NI-ST DS-9508NI-ST Network Video Recorder DS-9516NI-ST DS-9532NI-ST DS-9564NI-ST 9500NI-RT DS-9508NI-RT Network Video Recorder DS-9516NI-RT DS-9532NI-RT DS-9564NI-RT 8500NI-ST DS-8508NI-ST DS-8516NI-ST DS-8532NI-ST DS-8564NI-ST Network Video Recorder NVR Pre-Installation The DS-9500/8500NI-ST and DS-9500NI-RT Series NVR is highly advanced surveillance equipment that should be installed with care. Please take into consideration the following precautionary steps before installation of the NVR. 1. Keep all liquids away from the NVR. 2. Install the NVR in a well-ventilated and dust-free area. 3. Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications. 4. Install a manufacturer recommended HDD. NVR Installation During the installation of the NVR: 1. Use brackets for rack mounting. 2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables. 3. When routing 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 NVR 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 Disconnect the power from the NVR before installing a hard disk drive (HDD). A factory recommended HDD should be used for this installation. Tools Required: Screwdriver. Steps (for DS-9500NI-ST/RT): 1. Fasten the hard disk mounting handle to the hard disk with screws. 2
2. Insert the key and turn in clockwise direction to open the panel lock. 3. Press the buttons on the panel of two sides and open the front panel. 4. Insert the hard disk along the slot until it is placed into position. 5. Repeat the above steps to install other hard disks onto the NVR. After having finished the installation of all hard disks, close the front panel and lock it with the key again. 3
Steps (for DS-8500NI-ST): 1. Remove the cover from the NVR by unfastening the screws on the back and side. 2. Insert the HDD to the HDD rack and secure the HDD with screws. 3. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of NVR and the other end to the HDD. 4. Connect the power cable to the HDD. 4
5. Re-install the cover of the NVR and fasten screws. 5
Front Panels DS-9500NI-ST/RT Front Panel DS-8500NI-ST Front Panel No. Name Description 1 Status LED Indicators Power Alarm TX/RX HDD Ready Archive (for DS-8500NI-ST series) 2 Backup Button Back up video files. 3 USB Ports 4 Power Button Powers NVR on/off. 5 Channel Status Indicators 6 Front Panel Lock (for DS-9500NI-ST&RT series) Turning red indicates power is connected but the system isn t running; turning blue indicates power is connected and the system is running. Alarm LED turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. TX/RX LED flashes blue when network connection is functioning properly. HDD LED flashes red when data is being read from or written to HDD. Ready LED turns blue when NVR is functioning properly. Archive LED flashes blue when data is being backed up. Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Blue indicates recording, red indicates network connection, and purple indicates recording and network connection. You can lock or unlock the panel by the key. 6
Rear Panel No. Item Description 1 RS-232 Connects to RS-232 devices. 2 esata Backup/extended storage interface, connect to external SATA disk, DVD-R/W, disk array, etc. 3 LAN 2 network interfaces. 4 RS-485 ALARM IN ALARM OUT Connect to RS-485 devices, e.g., P/T receiver, etc. Use the T+ and T -terminals of RS-485 interface to connect to the R+ and R- terminals of the receiver. 16 relay alarm inputs 4 relay alarm outputs 5 GND Grounding 6 POWER 100 ~ 240 VAC power supply 7 Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device. 8 USB 9 RS-485 Matching Resistor Switch (SW) 10 RESET Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Connection of 120-ohm terminator for RS-485 bus. ON=connected; OFF=disconnected. Press and hold it for 10 seconds to reset all parameters to default settings. The RS-485 interface of the device is reserved for future use. 7
Connections Wiring of Alarm Input The alarm input is an open/closed relay. To connect the alarm input to the device, use the following diagram. If the alarm input is not an open/close relay, please connect an external relay between the alarm input and the device. Wiring of Alarm Output To connect to an alarm output (AC or DC load), use the following diagram: DC Load Connection Diagram AC Load Connection Diagram For DC load, the jumpers can be used within the limit of 12V/1A safely. To connect an AC load, jumpers should be left open (you must remove the jumper on the motherboard in the NVR). Use an external relay for safety (as shown in the figure above). There are 4 jumpers (JP1, JP2, JP3, and JP4) on the motherboard, each corresponding with one alarm output. By default, jumpers are connected. To connect an AC load, jumpers should be removed. Example: If you connect an AC load to the alarm output 3 of the NVR, then you must remove the JP 3. Using of Alarm Connectors To connect alarm devices to the NVR: 1. Disconnect pluggable block from the ALARM IN /ALARM OUT terminal block. 2. Unfasten stop screws from the pluggable block, insert signal cables into slots and fasten stop screws. Ensure signal cables are in tight. 3. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block. 8
Specifications DS-9500NI-ST Model DS-9508NI- ST DS-9516NI- ST DS-9532NI- ST Video input IP video input 8-ch 16-ch 32-ch 64-ch DS-9564NI- ST Recording Parameters Recording resolution Frame rate 5MP/3MP/1080p/UXGA/720p/VGA/4CIF/DCIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Main stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N) Sub-stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N) Incoming bandwidth 40Mbps 80Mbpss 160Mbps 160Mbps Network Outgoing bandwidth 240Mbps 240Mbps 160Mbps 160Mbps Remote Connection 128 Hard disk SATA esata Capacity Network interface 8 SATA interfaces 1 esata interface Up to 4TB capacity for each HDD 2 RJ-45 10 /100 /1000 Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet interfaces External interface Serial interface RS-232; RS-485 interface; Keyboard; USB interface 3 USB 2.0 Alarm in 16 Alarm out 4 General Power supply Consumption (without hard disk) Working temperature 100 ~ 240 VAC, 6.3 A, 50 ~ 60 Hz 45W Working humidity 10 % ~ 90 % -10 ºC ~ +55 ºC (14 ºF ~ 131 ºF) Chassis Dimensions (W D H) Weight (without hard disk) 19-inch rack-mounted 2U chassis 445 470 90 mm (17.5" 18.5" 3.5") 8 Kg (17.64 lb) 9
DS-9500NI-RT Model DS-9508NI- RT DS-9516NI- RT DS-9532NI- RT Video input IP video input 8-ch 16-ch 32-ch 64-ch DS-9564NI- RT Recording Parameters Recording resolution Frame rate 5MP/3MP/1080p/UXGA/720p/VGA/4CIF/DCIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Main stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N) Sub-stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N) Incoming bandwidth 40Mbps 80Mbps 160Mbps 160Mbps Network Outgoing bandwidth 240Mbps 240Mbps 160Mbps 160Mbps Remote Connection 128 Hard disk SATA esata Capacity Array type 8 SATA interfaces 1 esata interface Up to 4TB capacity for each HDD RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID10 Disk array External interface Number of array 8 Number of virtual disk Network interface Serial interface USB interface 3 USB 2.0 8 2 RJ-45 10 /100 /1000 Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet interfaces RS-232; RS-485 interface; Keyboard; Alarm in / out 16 / 4 Power supply 100 ~ 240 VAC, 6.3 A, 50 ~ 60 Hz General Consumption (without hard disk) Working temperature 45 W Working humidity 10 % ~ 90 % -10 ºC ~ +55 ºC (14 ºF ~ 131 ºF) Chassis Dimensions (W D H) Weight (without hard disk) 19-inch rack-mounted 2U chassis 445 470 90 mm (17.5" 18.5" 3.5") 8 Kg (17.64 lb) 10
DS-8500NI-ST Model DS-8508NI- ST DS-8516NI- ST DS-8532NI- ST Video input IP video input 8-ch 16-ch 32-ch 64-ch Recording Parameters Recording resolution Frame rate DS-8564NI- ST 5MP/3MP/1080p/UXGA/720p/VGA/4CIF/DCIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF Main stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N) Sub-stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N) Incoming bandwidth 40Mbps 80Mbps 160Mbps 160Mbps Network Outgoing bandwidth 240Mbps 240Mbps 160Mbps 160Mbps Remote Connection 128 SATA 8 SATA interfaces Hard disk esata Capacity Network interface 1 esata interface Up to 4TB capacity for each HDD 2 RJ-45 10 /100 /1000 Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet interfaces External interface Serial interface RS-232, RS-485, Keyboard USB interface 3 USB 2.0 Alarm in 16 Alarm out 4 Others Power supply Consumption (without hard disk) Working temperature 100 ~ 240 VAC, 6.3 A, 50 ~ 60 Hz 45 W Working humidity 10 % ~ 90 % -10 ºC ~ +55 ºC (14ºF ~ 131ºF) Chassis Dimensions (W D H) Weight (without hard disk) 19-inch rack-mounted 2U chassis 445 470 90 mm (17.5" 18.5" 3.5") 8 Kg (17.64 lb) 11
HDD Storage Calculation Chart The following chart shows an estimation of storage space used based on recording at one channel for an hour at a fixed bit rate. Bit Rate Storage Used 96K 42M 128K 56M 160K 70M 192K 84M 224K 98M 256K 112M 320K 140M 384K 168M 448K 196M 512K 225M 640K 281M 768K 337M 896K 393M 1024K 450M 1280K 562M 1536K 675M 1792K 787M 2048K 900M 4096K 1800M 8192K 3600M 16384K 7200M Please note that supplied values for storage space used is just for reference. The storage values in the chart are estimated by formulas and may have some deviation from actual value. 12
Basic Operation Power On If the power LED indicator on the front panel is off, please check whether the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet and the power switch on the rear panel is turned on; the LED turns red, indicating the device is receiving power. When the LED is red, please press the Power button on the front panel. The Power indicator will turn blue. The device will begin to start. It is highly recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device. When the Ready indicator turns blue, the device is powered on and works properly. Power Off Standard Shutdown Press and hold the POWER button for 3 seconds; the device will enter power off process, when power indicator turns red, turn off the power switch on the rear panel. Other Methods of Shutdown Shutdown with Power Switch Please try to avoid shutting down the device by turning off the power switch on the rear panel (especially during recording). Shutdown by Unplugging Power Supply Please try to avoid shutting down the device by unplugging power supply (especially during recording). Login and Exit Accessing the Device by Client Software Steps: 1. Click Start All Programs ivms-4200 Station VMS Software ivms-4200 Client to start the client software. 2. Enter the Device Management interface and click Add Device button to pop up the detail information editing dialog box. Edit the Nickname, Address, Port, User Name and Password, and then click the Add button to add it. 13
3. If the SADP software has been installed on PC, you can use it to automatically search the online devices in the same subnet with your PC. The detected online devices are displayed on the bottom of the interface. Click to select the device and click the Add to Client button to pop up the detail information editing dialog box. Edit the Nickname, Address, Port, User Name and Password, and then click the Add button to add it. For detailed instructions, please refer to the User Manual of ivms-4200. Accessing the Device by Web Browser Steps: 1. Open web browser, input the IP address of the device (e.g.,172.9.1.76) and then press the Enter Button. The system will remind you to install the plug-in control. Click and install the plug-in control. The system then will display the login interface as shown in the following figure: 14
On the top right corner, language is selectable between Chinese and English. 2. Input the correct user name and password, click Login to enter the live view interface, or it will pop up an error box. You can click Logout on the top-right corner to log out and return to the login interface. The default IP address is 192.0.0.64. The default user name is admin, and password is 12345. You may use one of the following listed web browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Internet Explorer 7.0, Internet Explorer 8.0, Internet Explorer 9.0, Internet Explorer 10.0, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. The supported resolutions include 1024*768 and above. When you log in for the first time, the system will remind you to install the Plug-in control. After the installation, you can configure and manage the device remotely. Camera Management Purpose: The main function of the NVR is to connect the network cameras and record videos. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device. You can enter the camera management interface by: Configuration> Remote Configuration> Camera Management> IP Camera Quick Adding IP Cameras DS-8500/9500NI-ST and DS-9500NI-RT series NVR provides a function of remote auto-searching IP camera. When there are supported IP cameras in the same network segment of a LAN with NVR, you can add them with one button configuration function with default user name, password and port number. Before applying Quick Add function, please make sure that IP camera is compatible with NVR and default user name, password, and port number are not changed. Steps: 1. Click Quick Add button, the on-line IP cameras will be listed as figure below: 15
2. Check the checkbox of the listed cameras and click the OK button to finish adding. Manually Adding IP Cameras Steps: 1. Click the Add button, and the interface is shown below: 2. Input the IP address or domain name of the network camera in the IP Camera Address text field, and user name and password. Before adding the network camera by domain name, make sure you have registered it on the DDNS server. 3. Click the OK button to finish adding. And the camera and its information will be added in the list of cameras. Live View The live view interface is shown in the figure below: 16
Live View Interface Descriptions No. Name Description 1 Channel List Displays the list of channels and the playing and recording status of each channel. The stream type can be switched by clicking the icon before the channel name: stands for main stream and for sub-stream. 2 Live View Window Displays the image of channel, and multi-window division is supported. 3 Play Control Bar Play control operations are supported. Pan, tilt, zoom operations are supported, as well as preset and patrol editing 4 PTZ Control and calling. 5 Video Parameters Configuration PTZ function can only be realized if the connected camera supports PTZ control. Brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the image can be edited. Getting Live View After choosing window division mode, select one window, and click on camera list to view the current camera. If live view is on, the icon changes to. Multi-window Division When live view, the windows division can be selected by click the It supports 1, 4, 9 and 16 windows division. button on play control area. The change between different windows division modes will not stop the current live view. 17
One-touch RAID Configuration Purpose: For the DS-9500NI-RT series NVR, the disk array must be configured if you want to save recoring and log files locally. Through one-touch configuration, you can quickly create the disk array. By default, the array type to be created is RAID 5. Before you start: Install the ivms-4200 client software, the disk array can only be configured through the client. As the default array type is RAID 5, at least 3 HDDs must be installed in you device. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Management interface. Device Management> Remote Config> Storage > Array You can see information of physical disks. 2. Click One-touch Config to enter the One-touch Array Configuration interface. 3. Edit the array name in the Array text filed and click Apply button to start configuring array. If you install 4 HDDs or above for one-touch configuration, a hot spare disk will be set by default. It is recommended to set hot spare disk for automatically rebuilding the array when the array is abnormal. There will be note if the operation is completed. 4. You can click Array tab to view the information of the successfully created array. By default, one-key configuration creates an array and a virtual disk. 5. Click Virtual Disk tab to view the automatically created virtual disk. 18
By default, one-touch configuration adopts background initialization to initialize the RAID. By using background initialization, the virtual disk can be used immediately. 6. You can see the information of the virtual disk in the HDD Information interface. Recording and Capturing Manual Recording and Capturing Purpose: You can manually trigger recording and capturing via the web browser, and the recording files and captured picture will be saved in the local directory of your PC. Please refer to the User Manual for details of setting default saving directory. Before you start: The channel for recording and capturing should be in the live view mode. When the live view of the current channel is stopped, the recording or the capturing of this channel will be stopped as well. Manual Recording Click icon to start recording of this channel. If the icon does not change to, it will pop up note message Recording failed. When the recording is on, click to stop recording. When multiple channels are in live view mode, you may click to start recording for all the channels, or click to stop recording for all the channels. If the free disk space is less than 500M, the web server will stop recording automatically. Manual Capturing Select a live view window, and click to capture image. When the free disk space is less than 500M, capture image will be failed. Schedule Recording and Capturing In this section, we take the record schedule procedure as an example, and the same procedure can be applied to configuring schedule for both recording and capturing. To schedule the automatic capture, you need to choose the Capture tab in the Schedule interface. Steps: 1. Enter Schedule Settings interface: Configuration> Remote Configuraion> Camera Settings> Schedule Settings 2. Check the checkbox of Enable Record Schedule. 19
When IP camera is connected to the NVR, the all-day continuous recording of it starts automatically. 3. Click Edit button to enter setup page. 4. Select recording type in the drop-down list. There are six recording types supported, including Continuous, Motion Detection, Alarm, Motion detection & Alarm, Motion detection Alarm and VCA. & means recording is triggered when both the two events happened at the same time. means recording is triggered when either the event happened. To realize recording triggered by event (the types mentioned above except Continuous ), you need to configure the alarm or motion settings first. Please refer to the User Manual for details. 5. Select one day in a week, and select All Day recording as you need. You may also set period recording by disable All Day recording; there are 8 time periods in one day. Then you can select schedule recording from the drop-down menu. Then you can also copy the settings to whole week or to any day of the week. Please make sure that each time period is not overlapped. 6. Click the Advanced button to set advanced parameters. You can configure parameters of enable ANR (Automatic Network Replenishment), Pre-record time, Post-record time, Stream Type, Record Audio and Expired Time. 20
Playback Playing back by time is the only supported playback function when you success and configure the device by web browser. You can refer to the User Manual of ivms-4200 to get more information of playing back by other conditions. Steps: 1. Click Playback tab to enter playback interface. Playback interface description No. Name Description 1 Channel List Displays the list of channels and the playing status of each channel. 2 Playback Window Displays the image of channel. 3 Play Control Bar Play control operations are supported. 4 Time Line Displays the time bar and the records marked with different colors. 5 Playback Status Displays the playback status, including channel number and playback speed. 6 Calendar You can select the date to play. 21
Playback control buttons description Area Description Area Description / Play/Pause Stop Slow down Play by single frame Stop all playback Speed up Capture Download / Video clip / Open/Close audio Full screen Reverse playback Transcoded playback Window division 2. Select a channel on the channel list. (Channel 1 is the default.) 3. Select a date in calendar. The date with recording files is marked as. 4. Click the Search button to search the matched recorded files. If there are search results, then they will be shown in the time bar area. You can drag the timeline to select the specific time, or input the time in the pop-up box and click to locate the playback point. This will start the file playback from the specified time. Different file types will be indicated with different colors. 5. After searching file, click to play. When playback, the playback status will indicate the channel number and status. 22
One-touch Backup Steps: 1. Connect the backup device to the NVR. 2. Press the button on the front panel and the device will start to search the recording files in the recent 24 hours, and then back up them to the connected device. If the size of the searched files is larger than the free space of backup device, the more recent files will be backed up preferentially. The backup indicator flashes when backup is on. A player will be copied to the backup device together with the backup record files. 23 0301001040106
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