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  • Page 1 Blazer Pro Storage Board User Manual UD04770B Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT ©2017 Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any and all information, including, among others, wordings, pictures, graphs are the properties of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. or its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to be “Hikvision”). This user manual (hereinafter referred to be “the Manual”) cannot be reproduced, changed, translated, or distributed, partially or wholly, by any...
  • Page 3 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Regulatory Information FCC Information Please take attention that changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 4 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Applicable Models This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table. Model Blazer Pro/128/16H Blazer Pro/256/16H Default Parameters  Storage board default IPv4 address: 192.168.1.64. Default administrator account: admin.  Server board default user name: admin. Default password: Abc12345.
  • Page 5 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Safety Instructions  Proper configuration of all passwords and other security settings is the responsibility of the installer and/or end-user.  In the use of the product, you must be in strict compliance with the electrical safety regulations of the nation and region.

  • Page 6: Product Key Features

    SAMSUNG, SANYO, SONY, Vivotek and ZAVIO, and cameras that adopt ONVIF or PSIA protocol.  Connectable to the smart IP cameras.  H.265, H.265+, H.264, H.264+, MPEG4, and MJPEG (for Hikvision IP camera only) video formats.  Each channel supports dual-stream.
  • Page 7 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Pre-record and post-record for alarm, motion detection for recording, and pre-record time for schedule and manual recording.  Searching video files by events (alarm input/motion detection).  Tag adding for record files, searching and playing back by tags.
  • Page 8 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Remote web browser access by HTTPS ensures high security.  The ANR (Automatic Network Replenishment) function is supported, it enables the IP camera save the recording files in the local storage when the network is disconnected, and synchronizes the files to the device when the network is resumed.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board TABLE OF CONTENTS Product Key Features .............................. 5 Chapter 1 Introduction ..............................13 1.1 Front Panel ...............................13 1.2 Rear Panel ................................14 1.3 USB Mouse Operation ............................15 1.4 Input Method Description ..........................16 Chapter 2 Getting Started ............................18 2.1 Startup and Shutdown............................18...
  • Page 10 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 4.2.5 Customizing Patterns ............................52 4.2.6 Calling Patterns ..............................53 4.2.7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit .......................... 54 4.2.8 Calling Linear Scan ............................55 4.2.9 One-touch Park ..............................55 4.3 PTZ Control Panel .............................56 Chapter 5 Recording Settings .............................58...
  • Page 11 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 7.1.4 Backing up Video Clips or Captured Playback Pictures ................... 100 7.2 Managing Backup Devices ..........................100 7.3 Hot Spare Device Backup ..........................101 7.3.2 Setting Hot Spare Device ..........................102 7.3.3 Setting Working Device ..........................102 7.3.4 Managing Hot Spare System ...........................
  • Page 12 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 10.3 Plate Search ..............................134 10.4 Advanced Search ............................135 10.5 People Counting ............................136 10.6 Heat Map ..............................137 Chapter 11 Network Settings ........................... 139 11.1 Configuring General Settings ........................139 11.2 Configuring Advanced Settings ........................140 11.2.1 Configuring DDNS ............................
  • Page 13 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 13.7.1 Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface..................174 13.7.2 Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface..................175 13.8 HDD Detection .............................. 176 13.8.1 S.M.A.R.T. Settings ............................176 13.8.2 Bad Sector Detection ............................ 177 13.9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms ........................

  • Page 14: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Front Panel The front panel of Blazer Pro is shown below. Figure 1-1 Blazer Pro/128/16H and Blazer Pro/256/16H Series Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 15: Rear Panel

    Connect USB devices like USB drive to USB interface in rear panel. HDD sequence indicator Shows the HDD installation slot. 1.2 Rear Panel The rear panel of Blazer Pro is shown below. Figure 1-2 Rear Panel Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 16: Usb Mouse Operation

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 1-2 Panel Description Name Name Server board RS-232 interface Storage board Power supply module HDMI video output Reset button Audio input/output RS-485 interface USB 3.0 interface Keyboard interface Network interface Alarm input/output...

  • Page 17: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 1-3 Description of the Mouse Control Name Action Description  Live view: select channel and show the quick set menu. Single-Click  Menu: select and enter. Double-Click Live view: switch between single-screen and multi-screen.
  • Page 18 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 1-4 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icon Description Icon Description Number English letter … … Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace Switch the keyboard Space Positioning the cursor Exit Symbols Reserved Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 19: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.1 Startup and Shutdown Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the device. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the device’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.

  • Page 20: Rebooting

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 2.1.3 Rebooting Purpose: In the Shutdown menu, you can also reboot the device. Step 1 Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. Step 2 Click the Logout button to lock the device or the Reboot button to reboot the device.

  • Page 21: Using The Unlock Pattern For Login

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-3 Warning Dialog Box If Admin’s password is modified, the following menu pops up. Optionally, click the Yes button to duplicate the password to IP cameras that are connected with default protocol.
  • Page 22 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 1 Use the mouse to draw a pattern among the 9 dots on the screen. Release the mouse when the pattern is done. Figure 2-6 Draw the Pattern  Connect at least 4 dots to draw the pattern.

  • Page 23: Logging In Via Unlock Pattern

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-8 Re-set the Pattern 2.3.2 Logging in via Unlock Pattern  Only the admin user has the permission to unlock the device.  Please configure the pattern first before unlocking. Please refer to chapter 2.3.1 Configuring the Unlock Pattern.

  • Page 24: Using Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  If you have forgotten your pattern, you can select the Forget My Pattern or Switch User option to enter the normal login dialog box.  When the pattern you draw is different from the pattern you have configured, you should try again.
  • Page 25 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-12 Date and Time Settings Step 3 After the time settings, click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window, as shown in the following figure. Figure 2-13 Network Setting Step 4 Click Next button after you configured the basic network parameters.
  • Page 26 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-14 Advanced Network Parameters Step 5 Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the RAID configuration window. Figure 2-15 Array Management Step 6 Click Next button to enter the Array Management window.
  • Page 27 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-16 Array Management Step 7 Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2-17. Figure 2-17 HDD Management Step 8 To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD.

  • Page 28: Login And Logout

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-18 Search for IP Cameras When you check the checkbox of Enable H.265, the device can automatically switch to the H.265 stream of IP camera (which supports H.265 video format) for the initial access.

  • Page 29: User Logout

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board If device has logged out, you must log in it before operating the menu and other functions. Step 1 Select the User Name in the drop-down list. Figure 2-20 Login Interface Step 2 Enter Password.

  • Page 30: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board After you have logged out the device, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to unlock the device. 2.6 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras 2.6.1 Activating the IP Camera Purpose: Before adding the camera, make sure the IP camera to be added is in active status.

  • Page 31: Adding The Online Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-24 Activate the Camera Step 3 Set the password of the camera to activate it.  Use Admin Password: when you check the checkbox, the camera (s) will be configured with the same admin password of the operating device.
  • Page 32 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Before you start: Ensure the network connection is valid and correct. For detailed checking and configuring of the network, please see 11.3 Checking Network Traffic and 11.4 Configuring Network Detection. Adding the IP Cameras ...
  • Page 33 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-28 Adding IP Camera Interface Step 2 The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the camera list. Step 3 Select the IP camera from the list and click the button to add the camera.
  • Page 34 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-29 Selecting Multiple Channels  OPTION 3: Step 1 On the IP Camera Management interface, click the Custom Adding button to pop up the Add IP Camera (Custom) interface. Figure 2-30 Custom Adding IP Camera Interface Step 2 You can edit the IP address, protocol, management port, and other information of the IP camera to be added.
  • Page 35 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 2-1 Description of Icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera. The camera is disconnected; you can click the icon to get the Delete the IP camera exception information of camera.

  • Page 36: Editing The Connected Ip Cameras And Configuring Customized Protocols

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-32 List of Added IP Cameras Enabling the H.265 Stream Access You can check the checkbox of Enable H.265, the device can automatically switch to the H.265 stream of IP camera (which supports H.265 video format) for the initial access.
  • Page 37 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-33 Edit the Parameters Step 2 Click OK to save the settings and exit the editing interface. Editing Advanced Parameters Step 1 Drag the horizontal scroll bar to the right side and click the icon.
  • Page 38 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 2-35 Password Configuration of the Camera Step 3 Click OK to save the settings and exit the interface. Configuring Customized Protocols Purpose: To connect the network cameras which are not configured with the standard protocols, you can configure the customized protocols for them.
  • Page 39 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Before customizing the protocol for the network camera, you have to contact the manufacturer of the network camera to consult the URL (uniform resource locator) for getting main stream and sub-stream. The format of the URL is: [Type]://[IP Address of the network camera]:[Port]/[Path].

  • Page 40: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 3 Live View 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The device automatically enters Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus pressing the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) brings you to...

  • Page 41: Using The Mouse In Live View

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Aux Monitor: The main and auxiliary output priority principle is listed in Figure 3-2. The device checks the connection of the output interfaces and combines with the principle to define the main and auxiliary output interfaces.
  • Page 42 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 3-3 Mouse Operation in Live View Name Description Common Menu Quick access to the sub-menus which you frequently visit. Enter the main menu of the system by right-clicking the Menu mouse. Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number Single Screen from the drop-down list.

  • Page 43: Using An Auxiliary Monitor

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 3-1 Right-click Menu 3.2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor Certain features of the Live View are also available while in an Aux monitor. These features include:  Single Screen: Switch to a full screen display of the selected camera. Camera can be selected from a drop-down list.
  • Page 44 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 3-4 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Enable/Disable Instant Playback Mute/Audio on Manual Record Capture PTZ Control Digital Zoom Image Settings Face Detection Live View Strategy...
  • Page 45 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 3-4 Image Settings- Customize  Live View Strategy can be selected to set strategy, including Real-time, Balanced, Fluency. Figure 3-5 Live View Strategy  Face detection function can be used to detect the human faces in live view mode and save in HDD.

  • Page 46: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 3.3 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc.

  • Page 47: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 3-8 Live View- Camera Order 1) Select a View mode in , including 1/4/6/8/9/16/25/32/36/64-window division modes are supported depending on different models. 2) Select the small window, and double-click on the channel number to display the channel on the window.
  • Page 48 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 3-9 Live View- Channel-Zero Encoding Step 3 Check the checkbox after Enable Channel Zero Encoding. Step 4 Configure the Frame Rate, Max. Bitrate Mode and Max. Bitrate. After you set the Channel-Zero encoding, you can get a view in the remote client or web browser of 16 channels in one screen.

  • Page 49: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 4 PTZ Controls 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera.

  • Page 50: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols, And Patterns

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 3 Choose the camera for PTZ setting in the Camera drop-down list. Step 4 Enter the parameters of the PTZ camera. All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters.

  • Page 51: Calling Presets

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Repeat the steps2-3 to save more presets. Step 5 You can click the Clear button to clear the location information of the preset, or click the Clear All button to clear the location information of all the presets.

  • Page 52: Calling Patrols

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 4-5 PTZ Settings Step 2 Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. Step 3 Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4-6 Key Point Configuration Step 4 Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key...

  • Page 53: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 1 Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface; Or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel.

  • Page 54: Calling Patterns

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 4-8 PTZ Settings Step 2 Choose pattern number in the drop-down list. Step 3 Click the Start button and click corresponding buttons in the control panel to move the PTZ camera, and click the Stop button to stop it. The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern.

  • Page 55: Customizing Linear Scan Limit

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Click the Stop Pattern button to stop calling it. 4.2.7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit Purpose: The Linear Scan can be enabled to trigger the scan in the horizantal direction in the predefined range.

  • Page 56: Calling Linear Scan

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 4.2.8 Calling Linear Scan Before operating this function, make sure the connected camera supports the linear scan and is in HIKVISION protocol. Purpose: Follow the procedure to call the linear scan in the predefined scan range.

  • Page 57: Ptz Control Panel

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar to enter the PTZ setting menu in live view mode. Step 2 Click the One-touch tab. Figure 4-11 PTZ Panel - One-touch Step 3 There are 3 one-touch park types selectable, click the corresponding button to activate the park action.
  • Page 58 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board In PTZ control mode, the PTZ panel will be displayed when a mouse is connected with the device. If no mouse is connected, the icon appears in the lower-left corner of the window, indicating that this camera is in PTZ control mode.

  • Page 59: Chapter 5 Recording Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 5 Recording Settings 5.1 Configuring Parameters Purpose: By configuring the parameters you can define the parameters which affect the image quality, such as the transmission stream type, the resolution and so on.
  • Page 60 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 5-3 Recording Parameters Step 2 Parameters Setting for Recording 1) Select Record tab page to configure. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, and other parameters on your demand.  Video Encode: select the video encoding to H.265 or H.264.
  • Page 61 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Post-record: The time you set to record after the event or the scheduled time. For example, when an alarm triggered recording ends at 11:00, and if you set the post-record time as 5 seconds, it records till 11:00:05.

  • Page 62: Configuring Recording Schedule

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 2) Configure the parameters of the camera. 3) Click Apply to save the settings. The interval is the time period between two capturing actions. You can configure all the parameters on this menu on your demand.
  • Page 63 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Event: recording triggered by all event triggered alarm.  Motion: recording triggered by motion detection.  Alarm: recording triggered by alarm.  M/A: recording triggered by either motion detection or alarm.  M&A: recording triggered by motion detection and alarm.
  • Page 64 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  To enable Motion, Alarm, M | A (motion or alarm), M & A (motion and alarm) and VCA (Video Content Analysis) triggered recording and capture, you must configure the motion detection settings, alarm input settings or VCA settings as well. For detailed information, refer to Chapter 8.1 and Chapter 9.

  • Page 65: Configuring Motion Detection Recording

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board A. (Optional) If the settings can also be used to other channels, click Copy, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy. B. Click Apply to save the settings. Figure 5-11 Copy Schedule to Other Channels 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Recording...

  • Page 66: Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 2) Check the checkbox after Enable Motion Detection. 3) Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse. If you want to set the motion detection for all the area shot by the camera, click Full Screen. To clear the motion detection area, click Clear.
  • Page 67 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 5-14 Alarm Settings Step 2 Click Alarm Input. Figure 5-15 Alarm Settings- Alarm Input 1) Select Alarm Input number and configure alarm parameters. 2) Choose N.O (normally open) or N.C (normally closed) for alarm type.

  • Page 68: Manual Recording

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 8) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 9) Repeat the above steps to configure other alarm input parameters. 10) If the settings can also be applied to other alarm inputs, click Copy and choose the alarm input number.

  • Page 69: Configuring Holiday Recording

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Disable manual record. Click the status button to change Green icon means that the channel is configured the record schedule. After rebooting, all the manual records enabled will be canceled. 5.6 Configuring Holiday Recording Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record or capture schedule on holiday for that year.

  • Page 70: Configuring Redundant Recording

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 2) Check the checkbox after Enable Holiday. 3) Select Mode from the drop-down list. There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule. 4) Set the start and end date.

  • Page 71: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board You must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before you set the HDD property to Redundant. For detailed information, please refer to Chapter 11.4.1 Setting HDD Property. There should be at least another HDD which is in Read/Write status.

  • Page 72: Files Protection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 5-25 Storage Mode Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group. If not, set it to Group. For detailed information, please refer to Chapter 14.4 Managing HDD Group. Step 3 Select General in the left side menu Step 4 Click to enter editing interface.
  • Page 73 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 2 Check the checkbox of channel(s) in the channel list and then double-click to select a date on the calendar. Figure 5-26 Normal Playback Step 3 During playback, click the button to lock the current recording file.
  • Page 74 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 5 In the File Management interface, you can also click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected. Lock File when Export Step 1 Enter Export setting interface.

  • Page 75: Setting Hdd Property To Read-Only

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board The record files of which the recording is still not completed cannot be locked. 2) Click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected. Figure 5-30 Unlocking Attention 5.9.2 Setting HDD Property to Read-only...
  • Page 76 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  You cannot save any files in a Read-only HDD. If you want to save files in the HDD, change the property to R/W.  If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-only, the device can’t record any files. Only live view mode is available.

  • Page 77: Chapter 6 Playback

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 6 Playback 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Instant Playback Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Step 1 Choose a channel in live view mode and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
  • Page 78 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-2 Right-click Menu under Live View Pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding channels during playback process. Playback by Time Purpose: Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported.
  • Page 79 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board If there are record files for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is displayed as . Otherwise it is displayed as Playback Interface You can use the toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface to control playing progress.
  • Page 80 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  The indicates the start/end time of the recorded video files.  The color indicates the smart playback time bar and the color indicates the normal playback time bar.  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate specific frames.

  • Page 81: Playing Back By Smart Playback

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board The playing speed of 256X is supported. 6.1.3 Playing back by Smart Playback Purpose: The smart playback function provides an easy way to get through the less effective information. When you select the smart playback mode, the system will analyze the video containing the motion or VCA information, mark it with green color and play it in the normal speed while the video without motion will be played in the 16-time speed.
  • Page 82 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-7 Playback by Smart Search Step 5 Click the status bar to switch to the playback by smart search interface. Step 6 Set the rules and areas for smart search of line crossing detection, intrusion detection or motion detection event triggered recording.

  • Page 83: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-8 Set Result Filter 6.1.4 Playing Back by Event Search Purpose: Play back record files on one or several channels searched out by event type (e.g., alarm input, motion detection and VCA).
  • Page 84 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Event Search Interface Step 4 Select the minor type of VCA from the drop-down list. (Please refer to Chapter 9 VCA Alarm for the details of VCA detection types). For configuring the VCA recording, please refer to Chapter 5.2 Configuring Recording Schedule;...

  • Page 85: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board The toolbar in the bottom part of playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6-10 Interface of Playback by Event You can click button to select the previous or next event. Please refer to Table 6.1 for the description of buttons on the toolbar.
  • Page 86 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-11 Interface of Playback by Time  Click button to add default tag.  Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file.
  • Page 87 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Playing back by Tag Step 1 Select the Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface. Step 2 Choose channels, edit start time and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface.

  • Page 88: Playing Back By Sub-Periods

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-14 Interface of Playback by Tag Pre-play and post-play can be configured. You can click button to select the previous or next tag. Please refer to Table 6.1 for the description of buttons on the toolbar.

  • Page 89: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-15 Interface of Sub-periods Playback According to the defined number of split-screens, the video files on the selected date can be divided into average segments for playback. E.g., if there are video files existing between 16:00 and 22:00, and the 6-screen display mode is selected, then it can play the video files for 1 hour on each screen simultaneously.
  • Page 90 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-16 System Log Search Interface Step 4 Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “No result found” will pop Figure 6-17 Result of System Log Search Step 5 Playback interface.

  • Page 91: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-18 Interface of Playback by Log 6.1.8 Playing Back External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. Step 1 Enter Tag Search interface.

  • Page 92: Playing Back Pictures

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 6.1.9 Playing Back Pictures Purpose: The captured pictures stored in the HDDs of the device can be searched and viewed. Step 1 Enter Playback interface. Menu > Playback Step 2 Select Picture from the drop-down list in the upper-left corner of the page to enter the Picture Playback interface.

  • Page 93: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Table 6-2 Detailed Explanation of Picture-playback Toolbar Button Function Button Function Button Function Button Function Previous Play reverse Play Next picture picture 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame...

  • Page 94: Fast View

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 2 Move the mouse to the time bar to get the preview thumbnails of the video files. Select and double click on a required thumbnail to enter the full-screen playback. The thumbnail view is supported only in the 1X single-camera playback mode.

  • Page 95: File Management

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 6-24 Draw Area for Digital Zoom Step 3 Right-click the image to exit the digital zoom interface. 6.2.5 File Management You can manage the video clips, captured pictures in playback, locked files and tags you have added in the playback mode.

  • Page 96: Chapter 7 Backup

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 7 Backup 7.1 Backing up Record Files 7.1.1 Quick Export Purpose: Export record files to backup device(s) quickly. Step 1 Enter Video Export interface. Menu>Export>Normal Step 2 Choose the channel(s) you want to back up and click Quick Export button.

  • Page 97: Backing Up By Normal Video/Picture Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Here we use USB Flash Drive and please refer to the next section Normal Backup for more backup devices supported by the device. Figure 7-2 Export Finished Step 5 Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it.
  • Page 98 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 2 Select the cameras to search. Step 3 Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface. The matched video files or pictures are displayed in Chart or List display mode.
  • Page 99 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Click Export All button to export all the files. Or you can select recording files you want to back up, and click Export button to enter Export interface. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: ...

  • Page 100: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 7.1.3 Backing up by Event Search Purpose: Back up event-related record files using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer or eSATA HDD. Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported.

  • Page 101: Backing Up Video Clips Or Captured Playback Pictures

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 6 Export the video files. Please refer to step5 of Chapter 7.1.2 Backing up by Normal Video/Picture Search for details. 7.1.4 Backing up Video Clips or Captured Playback Pictures Purpose: You may also select video clips or captured pictures in playback mode to export directly during Playback, using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer or eSATA HDD.

  • Page 102: Hot Spare Device Backup

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 7-11 Storage Device Management Step 2 Backup device management.  Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device.  Select a record file or folder in the backup device and click button if you want to delete it.

  • Page 103: Setting Hot Spare Device

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board A bidirectional connection shown in the figure below is required to be built between the hot spare device and each working device. Add a hot spare Add the normal Set a hot spare...

  • Page 104: Managing Hot Spare System

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 7-14 Setting Working Mode for Working device Step 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings. 7.3.4 Managing Hot Spare System Step 1 Enter the Hot Spare Settings interface of the hot spare device.
  • Page 105 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  When the working device works properly, the working status of the hot spare device is displayed as No record. Figure 7-16 No Recording  When the working device gets offline, the hot spare device will record the video of the IP Camera connected to the working device for backup, and the working status of the hot spare device is displayed as Backing up.

  • Page 106: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 8 Alarm Settings 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Alarm Step 1 Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu > Camera > Motion Figure 8-1 Motion Detection Setup Interface Step 2 Set up detection area and sensitivity.

  • Page 107: Setting Sensor Alarms

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 3) Select Arming Schedule tab to set the arming schedule of handling actions for the motion detection. 4) Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day.
  • Page 108 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 8-4 Alarm Status Interface of System Configuration Step 3 Set up the handling action of the selected alarm input. Check the Enable checkbox and click Settings button to set up its alarm response actions.
  • Page 109 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. 2) Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.

  • Page 110: Detecting Video Loss Alarm

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 8-8 Copy Settings of Alarm Input 8.3 Detecting Video Loss Alarm Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s). Step 1 Enter Video Loss interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect.

  • Page 111: Detecting Video Tampering Alarm

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8-10 Set Arming Schedule of Video Loss Step 4 Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response action of video loss (please refer to Chapter 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions).

  • Page 112: Handling Exceptions Alarm

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 2) Drag the sensitivity bar to set a proper sensitivity level. Use the mouse to draw an area you want to detect video tampering. 3) Click button to set up handling action of video tampering.

  • Page 113: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 1 Enter Exception interface of System Configuration and handle various exceptions. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions Step 2 Please refer to Chapter 8.6 Setting Alarm Response Actions for detailed alarm response actions.

  • Page 114: Full Screen Monitoring

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 8-15 Event Hint Settings Interface Step 4 Click the OK button to finish settings. 8.6.2 Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor (VGA, HDMI or BNC monitor) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.

  • Page 115: Email Linkage

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board The alarm signal will be transmitted automatically at detection mode when remote alarm host is configured. Please refer to Chapter 11.2.4 Configuring More Settings for details of alarm host configuration. 8.6.5 Email Linkage Send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected.

  • Page 116: Triggering Or Clearing Alarm Output Manually

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 8-17 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output Step 3 Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
  • Page 117 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Click Trigger All button if you want to trigger all alarm outputs. Click Clear All button if you want to clear all alarm output. Figure 8-19 Clear or Trigger Alarm Output Manually Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 118: Chapter 9 Vca Alarm

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 9 VCA Alarm The device supports the VCA detection alarm (face detection, vehicle detection, line crossing detection and intrusion detection, region entrance detection, region exiting detection, loitering detection, people gathering detection, fast moving detection, parking detection, unattended baggage detection, object removal detection, audio loss exception detection, sudden change of sound intensity detection, and defocus detection) sent by IP camera.

  • Page 119: Vehicle Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 9-1 Face Detection Step 3 Select the VCA detection type to Face Detection. Step 4 Check the Enable checkbox to enable this function. Step 5 Click to enter the face detection settings interface. Configure the trigger channel, arming schedule and linkage action for the face detection alarm.
  • Page 120 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Menu> Camera> VCA Step 2 Select the camera to configure the VCA. You can click the checkbox of Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection. Step 3 Select the VCA detection type to Vehicle Detection.

  • Page 121: Line Crossing Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 7 Click Save to save the settings. Please refer to the User Manual of Network Camera for the detailed instructions for the vehicle detection. 9.3 Line Crossing Detection Purpose: This function can be used for detecting people, vehicles and objects cross a set virtual line. The line crossing direction can be set as bidirectional, from left to right or from right to left.

  • Page 122: Intrusion Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 9-5 Set Line Crossing Detection Rules Step 7 Click and set two points in the preview window to draw a virtual line. You can use the to clear the existing virtual line and re-draw it.
  • Page 123 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 2 Select the camera to configure the VCA. You can click the checkbox of Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection. Step 3 Select the VCA detection type to Intrusion Detection.

  • Page 124: Region Entrance Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 9-8 Draw Area for Intrusion Detection Step 8 Click Apply to save the settings. 9.5 Region Entrance Detection Purpose: Region entrance detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which enter a pre-defined virtual region from the outside place, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.

  • Page 125: Region Exiting Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 7 Click and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region, and right-click to complete drawing. Only one region can be configured. You can use the to clear the existing virtual line and re-draw it.

  • Page 126: Loitering Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Please refer to the Chapter 9.5 Region Entrance Detection for operating steps to configure the region exiting detection.  Up to 4 rules can be configured. 9.7 Loitering Detection Purpose: Loitering detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which loiter in a pre-defined virtual region for some certain time, and a series of actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.

  • Page 127: Parking Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Fast moving detection alarm is triggered when people, vehicle or other objects move fast in a pre-defined virtual region, and a series of actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.  Please refer to the Chapter 9.4 Intrusion Detection for operating steps to configure the fast moving detection.

  • Page 128: Object Removal Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Usually, when the sensitivity is high, a very small object left in the region can trigger the alarm.  Up to 4 rules can be configured. 9.12 Object Removal Detection Purpose: Object removal detection function detects the objects removed from the pre-defined region, such as the exhibits on display, and a series of actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.

  • Page 129: Sudden Scene Change Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 9-10 Set Audio Exception Detection Rules 1) Check the checkbox of Audio Input Exception to enable the audio loss detection function. 2) Check the checkbox of Sudden Increase of Sound Intensity Detection to detect the sound steep rise in the surveillance scene.

  • Page 130: Defocus Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Please refer to the Chapter 9.2 Face Detection for operating steps to configure the scene change detection.  The Sensitivity in the Rule Settings ranges from 1 to 100, and the higher the value is, the more easily the change of scene can trigger the alarm.

  • Page 131: Chapter 10 Vca Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 10 VCA Search With the configured VCA detection, the device supports the VCA search for the behavior analysis, face capture, people counting and heat map results. 10.1 Face Search Purpose: When there are detected face picture captured and saved in HDD, you can enter the Face Search interface to search the picture and play the picture related video file according to the specified conditions.
  • Page 132 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Click Search to start searching. The search results of face detection pictures are displayed in list or in chart. Figure 10-2 Face Search Interface Step 5 Play the face picture related video file.

  • Page 133: Behavior Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 10-3 Export Files 10.2 Behavior Search Purpose: The behavior analysis detects a series of suspicious behavior based on VCA detection, and certain linkage methods will be enabled if the alarm is triggered.
  • Page 134 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 10-4 Behavior Search Interface Step 4 Select the VCA detection type from the drop-down list, including the line crossing detection, intrusion detection, unattended baggage detection, object removal detection, region entrance detection, region exiting detection, parking detection, loitering detection, people gathering detection and fast moving detection.

  • Page 135: Plate Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 6 Play the behavior analysis picture related video file. You can double click on a picture from the list to play its related video file in the view window on the top right, or select a picture item and click to play it.

  • Page 136: Advanced Search

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 5 Input the plate No. in the field for search. Step 6 Click Search to start searching. The search results of detected vehicle plate pictures are displayed in list or in chart.

  • Page 137: People Counting

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Select the type as Fire Detection, Ship Detection, Temperature Detection, or Temperature Difference Detection. Step 5 Click Search to start searching. The search results are displayed in list or in chart.

  • Page 138: Heat Map

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 10-9 People Counting Interface Step 6 You can click the Export button to export the statistics report in excel format. 10.6 Heat Map Purpose: Heat map is a graphical representation of data represented by colors. The heat map function is usually used to analyze the visit times and dwell time of customers in a configured area.
  • Page 139 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 10-10 Heat Map Interface Step 5 Click the Counting button to export the report data and start heat map statistics, and the results are displayed in graphics marked in different colors. As shown in the figure above, red color block (255, 0, 0) indicates the most welcome area, and blue color block (0, 0, 255) indicates the less-popular area.

  • Page 140: Chapter 11 Network Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 11 Network Settings 11.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate device over network. Step 1 Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Step 2 Select the General tab.

  • Page 141: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Multi-address Mode The parameters of the two NIC cards can be configured independently. You can select a LAN in the NIC type field for parameter settings. You can select one NIC card as default route. And then the system is connecting with the extranet the data will be forwarded through the default route.

  • Page 142: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-3 PeanutHull Settings Interface  NO-IP: Enter the account information in the corresponding fields. Refer to the DynDNS settings. 1) Enter Server Address for NO-IP. 2) In the Device Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the NO-IP website (www.no-ip.com).

  • Page 143: Configuring Snmp

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 3 Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this feature. Step 4 Configure the following NTP settings:  Interval: Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server. The unit is minute.

  • Page 144: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 5 When you choose the Yes option in step4, configure the following SNMP settings:  Trap Address: IP Address of SNMP host.  Trap Port: Port of SNMP host. Step 6 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface.

  • Page 145: Configuring Https Port

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Server Port and HTTP Port: Enter the Server Port and HTTP Port in the text fields. The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80, and you can change them according to different requirements.
  • Page 146 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-10 HTTPS Settings  OPTION 1: Create the self-signed certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the following dialog box. Figure 11-11 Create Self-signed Certificate 2) Enter the country, host name/IP, validity and other information.

  • Page 147: Configuring Email

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 6 Check the checkbox to enable the HTTPS function. Step 7 Click the Save button to save the settings. 11.2.6 Configuring Email Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an alarm event is detected, etc., an alarm or motion event is detected or the administrator password is changed.

  • Page 148: Configuring Nat

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-14 Email Settings Interface Step 5 Configure the following Email settings:  Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature.  User Name: The user name of sender’s account registered on the SMTP server.
  • Page 149 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board UPnP Purpose: Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) can permit the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, etc. You can use the UPnP™ function to enable the fast connection of the device to the WAN via a router without port mapping.
  • Page 150 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-16 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Auto  OPTION 2: Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking to activate the External Port Settings dialog box.
  • Page 151 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Manual Mapping If your router does not support the UPnP function, perform the following steps to map the port manually in an easy way. Before you start: Make sure the router support the configuration of internal port and external port in the interface of Forwarding.

  • Page 152: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-20 Setting Virtual Server Item The above virtual server setting interface is for reference only, it may be different due to different router manufactures. Please contact the manufacture of router if you have any problems with setting virtual server.

  • Page 153: Testing Network Delay And Packet Loss

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 11.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Step 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >Maintenance>Net Detect Step 2 Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection menu, as shown in Figure 11-22.

  • Page 154: Checking The Network Status

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Click Refresh button if the connected local backup device cannot be displayed. When it fails to detect the backup device, please check whether it is compatible with the device. You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect.

  • Page 155: Checking Network Statistics

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-26 Network Status Checking If the network is normal the following message box pops out. Figure 11-27 Network Status Checking Result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one, you can click Network button to show the quick setting interface of the network parameters.
  • Page 156 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 11-28 Network Stat. Interface Step 3 Check the bandwidth of IP Camera, bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, bandwidth of Net Receive Idle and bandwidth of Net Send Idle.

  • Page 157: Chapter 12 Raid

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 12 RAID 12.1 Configuring Array Purpose: RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit. A RAID setup stores data over multiple hard disk drives to provide enough redundancy so that data can be recovered if one disk fails.

  • Page 158: Enable Raid

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 12-1 RAID Working Flow 12.1.2 Enable RAID Purpose: Perform the following steps to enable the RAID function, or the disk array cannot be created.  OPTION 1: Enable the RAID function in the Wizard when the device startup, please refer to step 5 of Chapter 2.4 Using Wizard for Basic Configuration.

  • Page 159: One-Touch Configuration

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 12.1.3 One-Touch Configuration Purpose: 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: Step 1 The RAID function should be enabled, please refer to the Chapter 12.1.2 Enable RAID for details.

  • Page 160: Manually Creating Array

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Edit the array name in the Array Name text filed and click OK 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.
  • Page 161 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 12-7 Physical Disk Settings Interface Step 2 Click Create button to enter the Create Array interface. Figure 12-8 Create Array Interface Step 3 Edit the Array Name; set the RAID Level to RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID6, or RAID 10. Select the Physical Disk that you want to configure array.

  • Page 162: Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board If the number of HDDs you select is not compatible with the requirement of the RAID level, the error message box will pop up. Figure 12-9 Error Message Box Step 5 You can click Array tab to view the successfully created array.

  • Page 163: Automatically Rebuilding Array

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 12-11 Physical Disk Settings Interface Step 2 Select a disk and click to set it as the hot spare disk. Only global hot spare mode is supported. 12.2.1 Automatically Rebuilding Array Purpose: When the virtual disk is in Degraded status, the device can start rebuilding the array automatically with the hot spare disk to ensure the high security and reliability of the data.

  • Page 164: Deleting Array

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 1 Enter the Array Settings interface. The disk 3 is lost. Menu > HDD > RAID > Array Figure 12-13 Array Settings Interface Step 2 Click Array tab to back to the Array Settings interface and click to configure the array rebuild.

  • Page 165: Checking And Editing Firmware

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 12-15 Array Settings Interface Step 2 Select an array and click to delete the array. Figure 12-16 Confirm Array Deletion Step 3 In the pop-up message box, click Yes button to confirm the array deletion.

  • Page 166: Chapter 13 Hdd Management

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 13 HDD Management 13.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your device. A message box pops up when the device starts up if there exits any uninitialized HDD.

  • Page 167: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 4 Select the OK button to start initialization. Figure 13-4 Status changes to Initializing Step 5 After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal.
  • Page 168 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-7 HDD Information Interface Step 3 Add the allocated NetHDD. Step 4 Select the type to NAS or IP SAN. Step 5 Configure the NAS or IP SAN settings.  Add NAS disk: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field.

  • Page 169: Managing Esata

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added. Figure 13-9 Add IP SAN Disk Step 6 After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk, return to the HDD Information menu.

  • Page 170: Managing Hdd Group

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Menu > HDD>General Step 4 Edit the property of the selected eSATA, or initialize it is required. Two storage modes can be configured for the eSATA when it is used for Record/Capture. Please refer to Chapter 13.4 Managing HDD Group and Chapter 13.5 Configuring Quota Mode for...

  • Page 171: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-13 Local HDD Settings Interface Step 7 Select the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. Step 8 Click the OK button to confirm the settings.

  • Page 172: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-15 Set HDD Property Step 3 Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. Step 4 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. Step 5 In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list.
  • Page 173 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-16 Storage Mode Settings Interface Step 3 Select a camera for which you want to configure quota. Step 4 Enter the storage capacity in the text fields of Max. Record Capacity (GB) and Max. Picture Capacity (GB).

  • Page 174: Configuring Disk Clone

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 13.6 Configuring Disk Clone Purpose: If the S.M.A.R.T. detection result declares the HDD is abnormal, you can choose to clone all the data on the HDD to an inserted eSATA disk manually. Refer to Chapter 13.8 HDD Detection for details of S.M.A.R.T detection.

  • Page 175: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board The capacity of destination disk must be the same as that of the clone source disk. Step 4 Check the checkbox of the HDD to be cloned in the Clone Source list. Step 5 Click the Clone button and a message box pops up.

  • Page 176: Checking Hdd Status In Hdd Information Interface

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-22 View HDD Status (1) If the status of HDD is Normal or Sleeping, it works normally. If the status is Uninitialized or Abnormal, please initialize the HDD before use. And if the HDD initialization is failed, please replace it with a new one.

  • Page 177: Hdd Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-23 View HDD Status (2) 13.8 HDD Detection Purpose: The device provides the HDD detection function such as the adopting of the S.M.A.R.T. and the Bad Sector Detection technique. The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures.

  • Page 178: Bad Sector Detection

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-24 S.M.A.R.T Settings Interface The related information of the S.M.A.R.T. is shown on the interface. You can choose the self-test types as Short Test, Expanded Test or the Conveyance Test. Click the start button to start the S.M.A.R.T. HDD self-evaluation.

  • Page 179: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-26 Bad Sector Detection And you can click Error info button to see the detailed damage information. And you can also pause/resume or cancel the detection. 13.9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal.
  • Page 180 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 13-27 Configure HDD Error Alarm Step 4 When the Trigger Alarm Output is selected, you can also select the alarm output to be triggered from the list below. Step 5 Click the Apply button to save the settings Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 181: Chapter 14 Camera Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 14 Camera Settings 14.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Step 1 Enter the OSD Configuration interface.
  • Page 182 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Menu > Camera >Privacy Mask Step 2 Select the camera to set privacy mask. Step 3 Click the checkbox of Enable Privacy Mask to enable this feature. Figure 14-2 Privacy Mask Settings Interface Step 4 Use the mouse to draw a zone on the window.

  • Page 183: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 14.3 Configuring Video Parameters Purpose: You can customize the image parameters including the brightness, contrast, saturation, image rotate and mirror for the live view and recording effect. Step 1 Enter the Image Settings interface.

  • Page 184: Chapter 15 Device Management And Maintenance

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 15 Device Management and Maintenance 15.1 Viewing System Information Step 1 Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info Step 2 You can click the Device Info, Camera, Record, Alarm, Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device.
  • Page 185 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 15-2 Log Search Interface Step 2 Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time, Major Type and Minor Type. Step 3 Click the Search button to start search log files.
  • Page 186 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Step 5 You can click the button of each log or double click it to view its detailed information, as shown in Figure 15-4. And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available.

  • Page 187: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Please connect the backup device to device before operating log export. 15.3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info Purpose: The information of added IP camera can be generated into an excel file and exported to the local device for backup, including the IP address, manage port, password of admin, etc.

  • Page 188: Upgrading System

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 15-6 Import/Export Configuration File Step 2 Click the Export button to export configuration files to the selected local backup device. Step 3 To import a configuration file, select the file from the selected backup device and click the Import button.

  • Page 189: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Ensure the network connection of the PC (running FTP server) and the device is valid and correct. Run the FTP server on the PC and copy the firmware into the corresponding directory of your PC.
  • Page 190 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board The device will reboot automatically after restoring to the default settings. Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 191: Chapter 16 Others

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 16 Others 16.1 Enabling Server Board Protection Mode Purpose: If the Server Board Protection Mode function is enabled, when the server board has abnormally shut down for one minute, the storage board will restart the server board.
  • Page 192 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 16-2 General Settings Interface Step 3 Configure the following settings:  Language: The default language used is English.  Resolution: You can configure the VGA, HDMI 1, HDMI 2 resolution. And up to 4K (4096 × 2160) resolution is selectable for the HDMI 2 output.

  • Page 193: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 16.3 Configuring DST Settings Step 1 Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General Step 2 Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 16-3 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item.

  • Page 194: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Enable HDMI 1 and VGA Simultaneous Output: By default, the video outputs from HDMI 1 and VGA interfaces can be operated separately. You can set the simultaneous output for the HDMI 1 and VGA by checking the checkbox of the option.
  • Page 195 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 16-6 Add User Menu Step 3 Enter the information for new user, including User Name, Password, Confirm, Level and User’s MAC Address. Step 4 Password: Set the password for the user account.
  • Page 196 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 16-7 Added User Listed in User Management Interface Step 6 Select the user from the list and then click the icon to enter the Permission settings interface, as shown in Figure 16-8.

  • Page 197: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board  Remote Camera Management: Remote adding, deleting and editing of the IP cameras.  Remote Serial Port Control: Configuring settings for RS-232 and RS-485 ports.  Remote Video Output Control: Sending remote button control signal.

  • Page 198: Editing A User

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 16-9 User List Step 3 Click the icon to delete the selected user account. 16.5.3 Editing a User For the added user accounts, you can edit the parameters. Step 1 Enter the User Management interface.
  • Page 199 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 16-11 Edit User (admin) Step 4 Edit the password for the user  Operator and Guest You can edit the user information, including user name, password, permission level and MAC address. Check the checkbox of Change Password if you want to change the password, and input the new password in the text field of Password and Confirm.
  • Page 200 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Figure 16-12 Set Unlock Patter for Admin User Step 6 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the menu. Step 7 For the Operator or Guest user account, you can also click the icon on te user management interface to edit the permission.

  • Page 201: Chapter 17 Server Board Operation

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Chapter 17 Server Board Operation 17.1 Enabling Server Board Protection Mode Purpose: If the Server Board Protection Mode function is enabled, when the server board has abnormally shut down for one minute, the storage board will restart the server board.

  • Page 202: Chapter 18 Appendix

    (1280x1024)/60Hz, 720p (1280x 720)/60Hz, XGA (1024x768)/60Hz Audio output 1-ch, RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ) Two-way audio 1-ch, RCA (2.0Vp-p, 1KΩ) input Decoding format H.265, H.265+, H.264, H.264+,MPEG4, MJPEG (for Hikvision IP camera only) Audio/video Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...
  • Page 203 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Video resolution 12MP/8MP/7MP/6MP/5MP/3MP/1080p/UXGA/720p/VGA/4CIF/DCIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF decoding Synchronous 16-ch playback Capability H.264, H.264+, H.265, and H.265+ stream: 20@1080p; MPEG4 and MJPEG: 10@1080p SATA interface 16 3.5-inch HDDs are connectable. Hot swapping Storage Capacity Up to 8 TB for each HDD...

  • Page 204: Glossary

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 18.2 Glossary  Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 4CIF and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.

  • Page 205: Troubleshooting

    Step 4 Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  There is an audible warning sound “Di-Di-Di-DiDi” after a new bought device starts up.
  • Page 206 Step 4 Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  The status of the added IP camera displays as “Disconnected” when it is connected through Private Protocol.
  • Page 207 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  The IP camera frequently goes online and offline and the status of it displays as “Disconnected”. Possible Reasons  The IP camera and the device versions are not compatible.
  • Page 208 Step 3 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  Live view stuck when video output locally.
  • Page 209 Step 3 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  Live view stuck when video output remotely via the Internet Explorer or platform software.
  • Page 210 If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  When using the device to get the live view audio, there is no sound or there is too much noise, or the volume is too low.
  • Page 211 Step 4 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process.  The image gets stuck when device is playing back by single or multi-channel.
  • Page 212 Step 4 Check if the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from Hikvision to do the further process. Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie...

  • Page 213: List Of Compatible Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 18.4 List of Compatible IP Cameras 18.4.1 List of Hikvision IP Cameras For the list, our company holds right to interpret. Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS-2CD7133F-E V5.2.0 build 140721 640*480 √...
  • Page 214 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS-2CD4312FWD-I V5.3.0 build150327 1280*960 √ × DS-2CD4324F-I V5.3.0 build150327 1920*1080 √ × DS-2CD4332FHWD-IS V5.3.0 build150327 2048*1536 √ √ DS-2CD4332FHWD-I V5.3.0 build150327 2048*1536 √ × DS-2CD4332FWD-I V5.3.0 build150327 2048*1536 √...
  • Page 215 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS-2CD9182-H V3.8.1 build140815 3296*2472 √ × DS-2CD9121 V3.7.1 build140417 1600*1200 √ × iDS-2CD9121 V3.7.1 build140417 1600*1200 √ × DS-2CD9131 V4.0.0 build150213 2048*1536 √ × iDS-2CD9131 V4.0.0 build150213 2048*1536 √...
  • Page 216 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS-6508HFI- SATA V1.0.1 build130607 704*576 √ √ DS-6516HCI V1.0.1 build130607 352*288 √ √ DS-6516HCI- SATA V1.0.1 build130607 352*288 √ √ DS-6516HFI V1.0.1 build130607 704*576 √ √...
  • Page 217 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS_2DF7130I5-AW V5.2.8 build150124 1280*960 √ √ DS-2DF7285-AH V5.2.8 build150124 1920*1080 √ √ DS-2DF5285-AH V5.2.8 build150124 1920*1080 √ √ DS-2DF7294-A/D/AF V5.2.8 build150124 2048*1536 √ √ iDS-2DF7294-A/D/AF V5.2.8 build150124 2048*1536 √...
  • Page 218 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS-2DE7120i-A/AE V5.2.10 build150128 1280*960 √ √ DS-2DM7130i-A V5.2.10 build150128 1280*960 √ √ DS-2DM4120-A V5.2.10 build150128 1280*960 √ √ DS-2DE5120I-A V5.2.10 build150128 1280*960 √ √ DS-2DM5120-A V5.2.10 build150128 1280*960 √...

  • Page 219: List Of Third-Party Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Max. Type Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution DS-2DY9186-A V5.2.8 build150124 1920*1080 √ √ DS-2DY9185-A V5.2.8 build150124 1920*1080 √ √ DS-2DY9187-A V5.2.8 build150124 1920*1080 √ √ DS-2DF8223IV-A V5.3.0 build150304 1920*1080 √ √ DS-2DF8623IV-A V5.3.0 build150304 3072*1728 √...
  • Page 220 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board IP Camera Max. Manufacturer or Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution Protocol ACM3401-09L-X-00227 A1D-220-V3.13.16-AC 1208*1024 × × TCM4301-10D-X-00083 A1D-310-V4.12.09-AC ACTi 1208*1024 × √ TCM5311-11D-X-00023 A1D-310-V4.12.09-AC 1208*960 × √ AV1305 M 65175 1208*1024 √ ×...
  • Page 221 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board IP Camera Max. Manufacturer or Model Version Sub-stream Audio Resolution Protocol SP306H Application:1.34 1280*960 √ (×) √ (ONVIF compatibility) Image data:1.06 Panasonic Application:1.06 SF336H 1280*960 √ √ Image data: 1.06 D5118 1.8.2-20120327-2.9310-A1.7852 1280*960 √...
  • Page 222 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board 0200001070313 Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...
  • Page 223 User Manual of Blazer Pro Storage Board Lo-Call 1890 866 900 www.cctvireland.ie hikvision@cctvireland.ie...

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