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HIKVISION iVMS-2000 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Hybrid PC-DVR User Manual V2.0.1 Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 2 Hybrid PC-DVR Software. Please kindly notice that NOT all of the iVMS-2000 software versions support IP cameras. This manual may contain several technically incorrect places or printing errors, and the content is subject to change without notice. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual, and we will readily improve or update the product or procedure described in the manual.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Enable Manual Record on All Cameras ..........30 3.5.5 Start Auto Switch ..................30 3.5.6 Enable/Disable Live Audio ................ 30 PTZ Control ......................31 3.6.1 Preset........................32 3.6.2 Patrol........................34 3.6.3 Pattern ....................... 36 Video Parameters Configuration..............38 © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 4 Modify Recording Schedule ..............93 6.5.3 Remove Recording Schedules ..............94 6.5.4 Using Recording Schedule Templates ..........94 Alarm Actions ......................96 6.6.1 Add Alarm Actions ..................96 6.6.2 Modify Alarm Actions ................103 © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 5 Peripherals ......................106 6.7.1 SMS Configuration ..................107 6.7.2 PTZ COM Port Configuration ..............107 6.7.3 Alarm Box Configuration .................107 Configuration of User Accounts ..............110 Others ........................112 Appendix ..........................115 Technical Terms ....................115 © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 6: Brief Introduction

    User Manual 1 Brief Introduction iVMS-2000 is a hybrid PCDVR software designed by HIKVISION. It supports full range of HIKVISION card and IP camera connection, and can be widely used in local & remote surveillance of supermarkets, stores, districts and residential places, etc.

  • Page 7: Ivms-2000 Features

    Live-view pop-up, E-map pop-up, etc Support for 24-hour guard schedule Support for manual alarm activation 10. Video Search & Playback Search video by time Smart search Search video by to time period © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 8 Support for remote connection via Hikvision Client 4000V2.0 software Support for IE client connection Support for mobile-phone connection Support DDNS protocol Support for Hikvision SADP protocol which facilitates discovery of HIKVISION IP Cameras on the local network. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 9: Installation And Removal

    2.1 Installation Please refer to the following steps during iVMS-2000 installation. Step1: Insert the iVMS-2000 installation CD into the PC CD-ROM, and run on the CD. The install shield dialog box will be displayed (Figure 2-1), and dialog box as Figure 2-2 will be displayed a few seconds later (the time interval depends on the PC configuration).
  • Page 10 Step3: Click “Change(C)…” to modify software installed location (Figure 2-3), and click “Next” to continue (Figure 2-4), or click “Back” to return to Welcome Interface, or click “Cancel” to exit the Installation. Figure 2-3 Select Installation Path © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 11 User Manual Step4: Click “Install (I)” in the dialog box as Figure 2-4 to start iVMS-2000 installation (Figure 2-5), or click “Back (B)” to return to Select Installation Path (Figure 2-3). Click “Cancel” to exit the Installation. Figure 2-4 Ready to Install Figure 2-5 Installing ©...
  • Page 12 Step6: In Figure 2-8, click “Next” to enter the license agreement screen (Figure 2-9). Click “Back” to return to Figure 2-6, or click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap Installation and go to Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 13 Step7: In Figure 2-9, click “I Agree” to start WinPcap installation to accept the license agreement, or click “Back” to return to Figure 2-8. Click “Cancel” to skip WinPcap installation and go to Installation Complete Interface directly (Figure 2-12). Figure 2-9 WinPcap license agreement © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 14 User Manual Figure 2-10 Installing WinPcap Step8: After WinPcap is installed, an Installation Complete Interface (Figure2-11) will pop up. Click “Finish” to complete the installation. Figure 2-11 WinPcap Installation Complete © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 15 User Manual Step9: After WinPcap installation is finished, iVMS-2000 Installation Complete Interface will pop up (Figure 2-12), click “Finish” to complete the iVMS-2000 installation process. Figure 2-12 iVMS-2000 Installation Complete Interface Note:On Windows Versions below Vista, users need to install Windows updates before using CD/DVD backup function (Install the file in CD: WindowsXP-KB932716-v2-x86-ENG.exe).

  • Page 16: Removal

    User Manual 2.2 Removal Please refer to the following steps before removing iVMS-2000 software from personal computers. Step1: Select “All programs” -> “WinPcap” -> “Uninstall WinPcap” in the start menu of the Windows operating system, and click “Uninstall” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-13) to uninstall the WinPcap.
  • Page 17 User Manual Figure 2-14 WinPcap Un-installation Complete Step3: Select “All programs” →” iVMS-2000” →”Uninstall iVMS-2000” in the start menu of Windows OS, and click “Uninstall” in the prompt dialog box (Figure 2-15) to start to uninstall the iVMS-2000. Figure 2-15 iVMS-2000 Un-install Prompt Step4: As shown in Figure 2-16, WinPcap un-installation process will takes a few seconds.

  • Page 18: Starting Ivms-2000

    “allocated”. Select one pre-allocated disk and click “Delete” to remove the disk from the list. Note that previously recorded files and pre-allocated space will still exist on that disk. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 19 2-20), or click “Cancel” to skip disk pre-allocation and enter iVMS-2000 directly. Figure 2-20 Initializing If iVMS-2000 is running for the first time (Figure 2-21), and Hikvision capture card is installed in the PC, then the software will list all the detected analog cameras. For IP camera live preview, you must manually configure IP cameras.
  • Page 20 User Manual Figure 2-21 Main Interface © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 21: Main Console

    Info Display Display current time, CPU usage and network connections. At the bottom of the panel, there is also information about logged-in user, disk usage and the number of network users accessing iVMS-2000. Left Control Panel Displays analog cameras currently connected, alarm output settings.

  • Page 22: Menu

    Figure 3-3 System Menu [Lock System] Lock current iVMS-2000 and you will not be able to carry on any operations. This option will be displayed as “Login System” after lock is enabled, and you can click it to login again and unlock the operation.
  • Page 23 User Manual Figure 3-4 Modify Password [Load Configuration] Load configuration files exported previously into the software. Restart iVMS-2000 to take effect. Note: Configuration files that you want load should be located under CONFIG folder of iVMS-2000 directory. Figure 3-5 Load Configuration [Backup Configuration] Export configuration files to load later.

  • Page 24: View Menu

    Note: The Main Console cannot be closed and Aux Preview function will be available when you have several monitors. 3.1.3 Tool Menu Tool menu contains some tools and functions of iVMS-2000 (Figure 3-8). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 25 “Add” button to pre-allocate disk space on this partition. Select one used disk and click “Delete” to remove it. Figure 3-9 Disk Management Note: The iVMS-2000 can’t start record until user has allocated and formatted the  disk. Modification for disk partitions will take effect after restart the software.
  • Page 26 If there is some other situation in the course of operation, you can add notes here for later query. Click “Submit” button to save work log after filling in your information (Figure 3-11), and click “Search” to query work information saved previously (Figure 3-12). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 27 Set shortcut key for the system in order to facilitate efficient operation of the software. Select one shortcut key and click “OK” to enable it. By default, all the shortcut keys are enabled. Preview Full Screen and Playback Full Screen are effective only in preview © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 28 As shown in Figure 3-14, all current clients IP and cameras connected will be enumerated in Client IP and Connected Cameras list. Clients with IP addresses in blacklist cannot connect to the system. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 29: Help Menu

    Open windows explorer. [Run External Program] Open another executable program. [Lock System Key] Lock some keys that can switch interface of iVMS-2000 such as Win, Alt+Tab, ATrl+Alt+Del, and Alt+Esc. 3.1.4 Help Menu Help Menu consists of About iVMS-2000 and User Manual items.

  • Page 30: Live Preview

    User Manual [User Manual] Open iVMS-2000 user manual, namely this manual. 3.2 Live Preview Please make sure that you have added IP cameras or analog cameras before engaging live preview. (See 6.3.1 for more details). As shown in Figure 3-16, 8 IP cameras and 8 analog cameras are connected to the system.

  • Page 31: Live Preview Of A Single Camera

    Each group stays visible for configured time and then display switches to the next group. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 32: Live Preview Controls

    The size of digital zoom viewfinder window could be adjusted by sliding mouse wheel or clicking buttons . Dragging the viewfinder and you will see zoomed image in the live preview window. Click the button again to exit digital zoom. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 33: Snapshot

    Click the button to start record of current live preview camera. Click the button again to stop manual record. 3.4.6 Stop Live Preview Click the button to stop live preview in current window. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 34: Right-Click Menu In Live Preview Mode

    Area 6 shown in Figure 3-1 is main console control buttons. Operations on them are effective to all live preview windows. 3.5.1 Live Preview Layout : Click the button to pop up the windows layout bar. Different display sets lead to different windows layout; © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 35: Full Screen Mode

    The button looks like this when switching is active. Press the button again to exit. 3.5.6 Enable/Disable Live Audio : Press the button to enable live audio. When pressed the button should change to © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 36: Ptz Control

    Figure 3-20 PTZ Control Panel The meaning of icons in PTZ Control Panel is described in following list: Icon Description Directions control buttons Auto tour, looks like this when tour is active Zoom in/out © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 37: Preset

    , a prompt box for adding presets will pop up as shown in Figure 3-22, select number in the drop-down box and input preset name, click “OK” to add preset. Note: Each preset should have a unique serial number. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 38 You can do that by double clicking on the preset number. (5) Right-click Menu Click the right mouse button in presets list and the right-click menu will pop up, as © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 39: Patrol

    Figure 3-27. Users could rename a patrol as well add presets to the patrol or delete presets from the patrol by clicking corresponding buttons in patrol configuration dialog. Click © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 40 “calling”. Click the button again to stop the patrol. (5) Right-click menu Click right mouse button in patrol list area and the patrol operating right-click menu © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 41: Pattern

    Figure 3-31 Add a Pattern (2) Modify patter name Click on the button and a prompt box for modifying patterns will pop up as shown in Figure 3-32. Click “OK” to save changes after modification. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 42 Figure 3-34 Record pattern (5) Recall pattern Select the pattern you have recorded and click button to call it. The button will appear and the status bar will show “Calling” in calling duration. Click the button © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 43: Video Parameters Configuration

    3.7 Video Parameters Configuration Press in main console to open video parameters configuration panel as shown in Figure 3-36. Figure 3-36 Video parameters configuration panel The following table describes meaning of icons in Figure 3-36: © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 44: Alarm Out Manual Control

    Figure 3-37 Alarm controlling panel Select the alarm equipment you want to trigger by checking the boxes in front. The alarm icon turns when triggered. As shown in Figure 3-38, the network alarm (IP: © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 45: Alarm Information Bar

    Click it again to hide the alarm information bar. Figure 3-40 Unfolded Alarm Information Bar Double click on alarm information listed to playback video associated with alarm in single playback window mode. This requires available pre-allocated space on disk. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 46: Aux Preview

    Figure 3-42. Controlling buttons under the aux preview window have the same functionality as main live preview controlling buttons. Figure 3-42 Aux preview window © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 47: Playback

    Video display area Display area of the record data. Control area Screen split control, View control(original size/full window), Play back speed control, Play, Stop, Step play, Previous Minute, Next Minute, Sound Control, A->B Repeat, Clips… © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 48 User Manual Playback time bar Display the playback data according to the video type color. Details of buttons area: Figure 4-2 Buttons Area © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 49: Search By Time

    Here one sets search by time and record type Record List Display the record data of the selected time in the calendar Record Preview Window Preview the recorded video to the channel and time which the mouse has clicked on © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 50 1. Can set two days or more only in [Time/Type Setting Area], the multi-day date in the calendar is colored grey. 2. Set record type in [Time/Type Setting Area]. (Selected all default) 3. Select channel in [Record List]. 4. Click [ok] button to playback. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 51: Synchronous Playback

    Press this button to hide the toolbar on the left, the playback button area and the time bar. It will free the playback window area to for maximum playback space. Click again to recover Split screen in widescreen mode, 4,9,16 split © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 52: Playback Clips

    B. Drag the time bar to the end position and click B. Start repeat A->B Stop repeat A->B Save A->B data 4.2.1 Playback Clips Click the [clip] button to enter the clip interface. (Figure 4-5) © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 53: Playback Window Control Bar

    Playback control bar is displayed at the top of the screen, Channel names displayed on the left, Video Parameter, Digital Zoom, Playback on TV-Wall, Capture, Close the playback channel on the left. (Figure 4-7) © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 54 (set in the system parameter) status (Success Fail) information. By clicking on the link in the dialog user can playback captured video Close Channel Close the playback window © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 55: Playback Time Bar

    : Zoom in time precision. Narrow the time span for enhanced navigation. The minimum range is 30 minutes : Zoom out time precision. View the multi-day record video. The maximum range is 3 days. Backup © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 56 There will be a real-time display the size of the selected recorded file under the time bar when backing up the data. Press on the button to preview the name and size. (Figure 4-11) © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 57 Local Backup: 1. Select [Local Disk] radio button: 2. Click to set the local backup path. (Figure 4-12).The disk and the free space are shown in Figure 4-13. Figure 4-12 Select local backup path © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 58 Figure 4-13 Local backup path and free space 3. Click to start the backup. The backup process indicator is shown below the backup interface. Figure 4-14 Backup 4. Finish, pop-up the tip. (Figure 4-15) Figure4-15 Backup completed Tips © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 59 (Figure 4-19) Figure 4-19 Burning Note: It is different from the local backup that there will be several stages first: Preparing the Data, Initializing CD/DVD drive, Building the image. If during any of © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 60 4. When CD/DVD burning process is complete the following dialog is displayed. (Figure 4-21) Figure 4-21 Tips: Finish burning! Note: User can cancel the burning operation by clicking the button. Interrupting the burning process may result in corrupted image file and is thus not recommended. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 61: Intelligent Playback

    1. Select channel in the [Camera] combo box (the channel being synchronizing). The channel number will be displayed in the right preview area. 2. Click button and drag the mouse to add detection region in right preview area (Up to 4 regions). (Figure 4-23) © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 62 Note: Select the area which has been added and click to delete. 3. Click to quickly analyze recorded video for motion detection. The result will be added in the intelligent search result by order. (Figure 4-24) Figure 4-24 Intelligent Search Result © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 63 Sensitivity: Sensitivity of detection to choose, 7 levels in total, 1 is the most sensitive, 7 is the most insensitive. Search Interval: The shortest time interval of the 2 motion detection. Pause when getting result: Playback will pause while search is being performed. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 64: Section Playback

    3. Click [Play] button to start section playback. The section information is displayed in the left [Section Info]. Split screen automatically adjust according to the number of sections. 4. The function of the control bar button is the same as in synchronous playback. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 65 When select a playback window, it can display the selected status of the section and display the current play time in the time bar. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 66: Clip Playback

    Select the path of the clip file File list List all the clip files in this folder Delete File Delete/Delete All Screen Display Area Display area of the clip file. Play Control Bar Play control operations. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 67 Previous file/ Next file in the file list Sound control Short cut key: Control Double Click Full Window/Exit Full Window Exit the full window play mode Space Play/Pause(apply to playback mode) Up/Down Play previous/Next file Left/Right Play previous/Next frame © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 68: Pos Review

    3. Click [Search] to start the POS transaction information search. The results will be listed in [Search Result]. 4. Select the transaction information, and double click to see the recorded video which is corresponding to this transaction information. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 69 Can pop-up a tip that displays the detailed transaction information at the mouse position when the mouse moves to different transaction information in the [Transaction Info] list. It is the same as the information overlaid on the recorded video. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 70: Alarm Log Review

    4. Select one alarm log, and double click the log to see the recorded video associated with this alarm log. (Or right click and select [Play]) 5. The function of the control bar button is the same as the synchronous playback. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 71 6. Click [Close] to exit Alarm Log Review. Note: It can display the related information of the alarm log by pop-up tips in [Alarm Log List] when the mouse move to an alarm log. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 72: Picture View

    List the images in the selected folder Picture Edit Area Operate the picture Double click in the Picture View Area to select other view modes. Right click on a picture to delete, print and save it. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 73 Delete, delete the picture directly Print, must connect to a printer Save the modified picture as… Click the Previous/Next, Zoom in/Zoom out, or double click the picture while editing to restore the image to its default settings. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 74: Map

    Show map preview area in the whole region of the map(Can hide this) Note: The E-map interface can be dragged to other display devices, the operation is the same as the auxiliary preview. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 75: E-Map Operations

    Edit State Bar to pop-up the dialog. (Figure 5-4) Input the name of the map; Click to select the path where the map exists. (.bmp or .jpg format); Click [OK] to add. Figure 5-4 Map © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 76: Hot Spot Operations

    Click the [Add hot spot] button in edit state to pop-up dialog. (Figure 5-7) Input the name of hop spot in the [Name] bar. Select associated channel in [Associate] camera list. Click [OK] to add the hot spot. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 77 [Name] bar. Re-select the associated channel in [Associate] camera list. Click [OK] to modify the hot spot or click [Cancel] to cancel the modify operation. Notes: Double click the added hot spot in Map Preview Area in non-editing state, it will © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 78: Add Map Link Operation

    Select a link in Map Preview Area in edit state. Click [Delete selected] pop-up the dialog. (Figure 5.9) Click [OK] to delete the map link or click [Cancel] to cancel delete operation. (2)Modify map link © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 79: Alarm Spot Operation

    (Figure 5-10) Input the name of hop spot in the [Name] bar and select the associated alarm input port in [Associate] port list (See 6.7.3 Alarm box and alarm in/out configuration for detail). Click [OK] to add the alarm spot. Figure 5-10 Add alarm spot © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 80: Map Preview Operations

    Click or drag the slider up can zoom in the map, or drag the slider down to zoom out the map. (Figure 5-11) Figure 5-11 Map preview operation © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 81 Drag the rectangle area in the window to partly enlarge it. The map in rectangle area is displayed in the Map Preview Area. Figure 5-12 Eagle Eye View © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 82: Configuration

    (Figure 6-1), and click [Config] again to close the configuration interface. Figure 6-1 Configuration Interface Note: The configuration interface can be dragged to other VGA displays as “Aux View”. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 83: General Settings

    User Manual 6.1 General Settings Click [General] to enter the general settings interface (Figure 6-2). Figure 6-2 General Settings Interface © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 84 (illegal network access, hard disk full or hard disk read/write error). This option is disabled by default Auto Lock If [Auto Lock] is enabled, then the iVMS-2000 software will be locked automatically after there is no keyboard/mouse operation for over a certain time period, and users will need to login again to operate the software.

  • Page 85: Network

    User Manual 6.2 Network Click [Network] to enter Network settings interface (Figure 6-3). Figure 6-3 Network Settings Interface © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 86 [Network] is enabled by default to allow client software and IE client connection. If [Network] is disabled, then the client software or IE client cannot connect to this iVMS-2000 server. Client Port The iVMS-2000 server port for client connection, which can...

  • Page 87: Camera Settings

    Figure 6-4 Camera Settings 6.3.1 Add Cameras Analog cameras will be listed automatically if there is Hikvision card plugged in the PC, and does not need to be added manually. For the IP cameras, please click [Add] to add IP cameras.
  • Page 88 User Manual Figure 6-5 Auto Detect and Add IP Cameras Notes: All the Hikvision IP cameras are with same IP address by default, and needs to be configured in [Config Parameter] (Figure 6-6). Users can select an on-line camera, input its login user name and password, and then click [Config Parameter] to modify the camera parameter as Figure 6-6.

  • Page 89: Modify Camera Info

    Figure 6-8 Add IP Range 6.3.2 Modify Camera Info Select a camera and click [Modify] or double click on the camera. A Camera Config dialog box will prompt as Figure 6-9. Users can modify the camera parameters. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 90 Record pure video stream or video& audio stream [Image Quality] Set image quality of recorded video. There is level 1~8 as Figure 6-11, and the record data length per hour is different under each level. Users can also click [Setup] © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 91 “pan right” option. Note: PTZ COM port configuration is under [Peripheral] configuration menu. [Private Protect] The live preview and record video image inside privacy protect area will be blocked as Figure 6-13. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 92 [Delete] to delete the privacy protect area, or click [Delete All] to delete all the privacy protect areas on the image. Note: iVMS-2000 supports up to 4 private protect areas for each camera. [OSD Settings] Users can drag the OSD and change its display position via mouse operation, enable/disable [Display Camera Name], [Display Date/Time], and also choose the transparency and format of Date/Time display.

  • Page 93: Remove Cameras

    6.3.4 Reboot Cameras Select one or multiple IP Cameras on the IP Camera list, and click [Reboot] to reboot the selected IP camera(s). iVMS-2000 will automatically re-connect all the selected IP Cameras after rebooting. Note: Analog cameras cannot be rebooted.

  • Page 94: Group

    Click [Group] to enter Group settings (Figure 6-15). Users can configure different camera group settings for flexible live preview configuration. Figure 6-15 Group Settings 6.4.1 Add Group Click [Add] and enter Add Group dialog box (Figure 6-16). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 95: Modify Group

    Select the group(s) on the group list, click [Delete] and then click [OK] on the prompt message box (Figure 6-17) to delete settings of the selected group(s). Figure 6-17 Delete Group Message Box © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 96: Record Schedule

    All the cameras are configured in 24-hour arm and motion recording mode by default. If any of the record schedule as been deleted, users can click [Add] to re-configure the recording schedule (Figure 6-19). Figure 6-19 Select Camera(s) before Adding Record Schedule © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 97 Select relative camera in the drop-down list of [Camera Name] to switch to this camera’s record schedule settings. Click [Setup] in [Motion Detect Area] to set motion detect area. Click [Setup] in [Encoding Parameters] to set encoding parameters for the camera (Figure 6-21). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 98: Modify Recording Schedule

    Copy the record schedule settings to other cameras. 6.5.2 Modify Recording Schedule Select a record schedule and click [Modify] or double click on it to enter Record Schedule setting dialog box (Figure 6-22) and modify the record schedule. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 99: Remove Recording Schedules

    (Figure 6-23) to delete the selected record schedule(s). Figure 6-23 Delete Record Schedule 6.5.4 Using Recording Schedule Templates Click [Template] to enter Record Template dialog box and edit record schedule template (Figure 6-24). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 100 Click [Modify] and modify the template name, and edit record period for the template in similar way as adding record schedule. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 101: Alarm Actions

    I/O alarm will also be automatically added after adding alarm box into the system. Exception alarm linkage will not be added automatically, and users can add linkage for exception alarm by clicking [Add] and configure in the Add Alarm dialog box (Figure 6-26). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 102 Figure 6-26 Add Alarm Select the alarm input source to be added, and click [Next] to add alarm linkage (Figure 6-27, Figure 6-28 and Figure 6-29). Figure 6-27 Add Alarm Input for Alarm Linkage © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 103 User Manual Figure 6-28 Add Camera Alarm Schedule for Alarm Linkage Figure 6-29 Add Exception Alarm © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 104 Users can set up to 8 arm periods for each day (Figure 6-30). Figure 6-30 Arm Schedule Configuration for Alarm Linkage [Record] Click [Enable] and set pre-record / post-record time, and select recording camera(s) to set camera recording for alarm linkage (Figure 6-31). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 105 Figure 6-32 Alarm Link PTZ Configuration [Relay] Click [Enable] and set relay output for alarm linkage, there are continuous/post output modes for relay configuration (Figure 6-33). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 106 [Email Config] of [Other] Configuration interface. Select [Prompt video] and select the camera live preview video to be prompt on alarm. Users can select up to 4 cameras (Figure 6-35). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 107 GSM/GPRS Modem in [Peripheral]. Note: For exception alarm linkage, users only need to configure [Relay] and[Others]. [Copy to] Copy the arm/linkage configuration to other alarm input source. Figure 6-36 Copy Video Loss Linkage Configuration © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 108: Modify Alarm Actions

    After motion detect region has been configured, adjust the sensitivity level and click [Start Test]. If there is motion detected in the region, the © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 109 User Manual brims of the blocks in the motion detection areas will flicker in red/green/blue colors. Notes: iVMS-2000 supports up to 8 regions for each camera’s motion detection, and there is 7 levels for sensitivity. Set Video Tamper Area (Figure 6-38): Figure 6-38 Set Video Tamper Area Click [Region] during video tamper alarm modification and enter “Set Video Tamper Area”...

  • Page 110: Remove Alarm Actions

    6.6.3 Remove Alarm Actions Select an alarm type and click [Delete] to enter delete alarm linkage dialog box, and click [OK] to delete the alarm linkage configuration (Figure 6-39). Figure 6-39 Delete Alarm Linkage © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 111: Peripherals

    User Manual 6.7 Peripherals Click [Peripheral] and enter peripheral configuration interface (Figure 6-40), and configure peripheral devices like serial port, alarm box, etc. Figure 6-40 Peripherals Configuration Interface © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 112: Sms Configuration

    6.7.2 PTZ COM Port Configuration Users need to configure the PTZ connection port for iVMS-2000, and click [Save]. For the other PTZ configurations, such as PTZ protocol, address and COM port data information can be configured under Camera configuration.
  • Page 113 Add sensor input and relay output for IP Cameras (Figure 6-42). Select the sensor or relay and click [OK] to add. Users can also test sensor or relay as when adding alarm box. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 114 [Delete] Select the sensor(s), relay(s) or alarm box(es) and click [Delete] to delete the alarm settings. Notes: Users need to click [Save] to save the modified alarm configuration before changes take effect. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 115: Configuration Of User Accounts

    (Figure 6-44). Input user name, password, confirm password and add the operator. Admin can also disable/enable the operator account, or restrict its login IP or MAC for remote client software connection. Figure 6-44 Add Users © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 116 Select an operator account on the user list and click [Delete], and then click [OK] in the prompt dialog box to delete this user (Figure 6-45) Figure 6-45 Delete User Notes: Only admin has the privilege to delete the operator accounts, and the admin account cannot be deleted. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 117: Others

    Figure 6-46 Other Configuration Interface [Alarm Audio] Audio files for alarm linkage configuration. There are 4 default alarm audio files in the iVMS-2000 system, and the users can add no more than 12 audio files (Figure 6-47). Figure 6-47 Alarm Audio Configuration [Add] Add alarm audio file.
  • Page 118 [Delete] and then click [OK] on the prompt dialog box (Figure 6-50). Figure 6-50 Delete Audio File Notes: the 4 default files cannot be deleted. [Email] ConFigure send/ receive address and content, etc for alarm linked email configuration (Figure 6-51). © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 119 ConFigure receiver address, CC, subject, content, and click [Save]. For multiple receiving address, please separate each of them with “;”. Notes: The alarm audio and email configuration can also be visited in alarm linkage configuration interface. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 120: Appendix

    NTFS is the standard file system of Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server network operating system. NTFS is going to provide reliability via the recoverable capacity (event tracing) and the hot-located fault-tolerant characteristics; a platform to increase functionality; demand for © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 121: Baud Rate

    Parity Bit There is a simple error detection way for serial communication which includes 4 detection mode: even, odd, high and low. (Of course, no parity bit is also allowed.) On even © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 122: Local Display

    Video Tamper Alarm Alarm when video being tampered Privacy Mask Mask certain area of the image. Pre-record Time Save recording in a short duration before the scheduled start time Post-record Time © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

  • Page 123: Video Stream

    TV wall units, TV wall processor and TV wall interfaces. Generally speaking, any display unit can be adopted to TV wall system. TV wall processor can do image processing (divide and enlarge) to a complete standard video input signal and output to M*N © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.
  • Page 124 If the file is defined beforehand and pre-allocated to consecutive clusters, the generating of file system fragments can be completely avoided. © 2006-2010 by HIKVISION. All rights reserved.

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