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HRN ( 12/ Channel DVR) 6/ 24
User Manual
H6HRN
H12 N HR
H N 24HR
Version 1.0
Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com for firmware updates.

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Notes
⚫ Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.
⚫ The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
⚫ Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other devices
that produce heat.
⚫ Do not install this device near water. Clean only with a dry cloth.
⚫ Do not block any ventilation openings and ensure proper ventilation around the machine.
⚫ Do not power off the device at normal recording condition.
⚫ This machine is for indoor use only. Do not expose the machine in rain or moist environment. In case any
solid or liquid get inside the machine’s case, please turn off the device immediately and get it checked by a
qualified technician.
⚫ Do not attempt to repair this device yourself.

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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Welcome ................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Features................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Front Panel Descriptions ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions ......................................................................................................................... 3
1.5 nnections ............................................................................................................................................ 3Co
2 Basic Operation Guide ................................................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Startup & Shutdown ............................................................................................................................... 4
2.1.1 Startup.......................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1.2 Shutdown ..................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Remote Control ...................................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Mouse Control ........................................................................................................................................ 5
2.4 Text-input Instruction ............................................................................................................................. 6
2.5 Common Button Operation .................................................................................................................... 6
3 EZ Setup & Main Interface ........................................................................................................................ 7
3.1 EZ Setup ................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Main Interface ...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction ....................................................................................................... 11
3.2.2 Setup Panel ................................................................................................................................ 13
3.2.3 Main Functions .......................................................................................................................... 14
4 Camera Management ................................................................................................................................ 16
4.1 Camera Signal ...................................................................................................................................... 16
4.2 Add/Edit Camera .................................................................................................................................. 16
4.2.1 Add Came ............................................................................................................................... 16ra
4.2.2 Edit Camera ............................................................................................................................... 17
5 Live View Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 19
5.1 Live View Interface Introduction ......................................................................................................... 19
5.2 View Mode ........................................................................................................................................... 20
5.2.1 Display Mode ............................................................................................................................ 20
5.2.2 Quick Sequence View ............................................................................................................... 21
5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence ........................................................................................................ 22
5.2.4 Spot View .................................................................................................................................. 23
5.3 Image Conguration ............................................................................................................................. 23
5.3.1 OSD Settings ............................................................................................................................. 23
5.3.2 Image Settings ........................................................................................................................... 24
5.3.3 Mask Settings ............................................................................................................................ 24
5.3.4 Water Mark Settings .................................................................................................................. 25
5.3.5 Image Adjustment ..................................................................................................................... 25
6 PTZ ............................................................................................................................................................. 28
6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction ...................................................................................................... 28
6.2 Preset Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 31
6.3 Cruise Setting ....................................................................................................................................... 32
7 Record& Disk Management ..................................................................................................................... 34
7.1 Record Conguration ........................................................................................................................... 34

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7.1.1 Mode Conguration .................................................................................................................. 34
7.1.2 Advanced Conguration ........................................................................................................... 35
7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ................................................................................................................... 36
7.3 Schedule Setting ................................................................................................................................... 37
7.3.1 Add Schedule............................................................................................................................. 37
7.3.2 Record Schedule Conguration ................................................................................................ 39
7.4 Record Mode ........................................................................................................................................ 40
7.4.1 Manual Recording ..................................................................................................................... 40
7.4.2 Timing Recording ...................................................................................................................... 40
7.4.3 Motion Based Recording ........................................................................................................... 40
7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording ............................................................................................................ 40
7.4.5 Analytics Recording .................................................................................................................. 40
7.5 Disk....................................................................................................................................................... 40
7.5.1 Disk Management ...................................................................................................................... 40
7.5.2 Storage Mode Conguration ..................................................................................................... 41
7.5.3 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information ................................................................................... 41
8 Playback& Backup .................................................................................................................................... 43
8.1 Instant Playback.................................................................................................................................... 43
8.2 Playback Interface Introduction ........................................................................................................... 43
8.3 Smart Playback ..................................................................................................................................... 45
8.4 Record Search, Playback &Export ....................................................................................................... 47
8.4.1 EZ Search .................................................................................................................................. 47
8.4.2 Museum Search ......................................................................................................................... 49
8.4.3 Time Search ............................................................................................................................... 50
8.4.4 Event Sear .............................................................................................................................. 50ch
8.4.5 Bookmark Search ...................................................................................................................... 51
8.4.6 Snapshots ................................................................................................................................... 51
8.4.7 View Export Status .................................................................................................................... 52
9 Alarm Management................................................................................................................................... 53
9.1 Sensor Ala ........................................................................................................................................ 53rm
9.2 Motion Alarm ....................................................................................................................................... 54
9.2.1 Motion Conguration ................................................................................................................ 54
9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Conguration ..................................................................................... 55
9.3 Smart Event .......................................................................................................................................... 55
9.3.1 Object Detection ........................................................................................................................ 55
9.3.2 Tampering.................................................................................................................................. 56
9.3.3 Tripwire ..................................................................................................................................... 57
9.3.4 Intrusion Detection .................................................................................................................... 58
9.4 Exception Alarm ................................................................................................................................... 59
9.4.1 IPC Oine Settings .................................................................................................................. 59
9.4.2 Video Loss Settings ................................................................................................................... 59
9.4.3 Warning Handling Settings ....................................................................................................... 60
9.5 Alarm Event Notication ..................................................................................................................... 60
9.5.1 Alarm-out .................................................................................................................................. 60
9.5.2 E-mail ........................................................................................................................................ 60
9.5.3 Display ....................................................................................................................................... 60
9.5.4 Buzzer ........................................................................................................................................ 61
9.5.5 Push Message ............................................................................................................................ 61
9.5.6 Alarm Server ............................................................................................................................. 61
9.6 Manual Alarm ....................................................................................................................................... 62

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9.7 View Alarm Status ............................................................................................................................... 62
10 Account & Permission Management ....................................................................................................... 63
10.1 Account Management ......................................................................................................................... 63
10.1.1 Add User .................................................................................................................................. 63
10.1.2 Edit User .................................................................................................................................. 64
10.2 User Login & Logout ......................................................................................................................... 65
10.3 Permission Management .................................................................................................................... 65
10.3.1 Add Permission Group ............................................................................................................ 65
10.3.2 Edit Permission Group ............................................................................................................ 66
10.4 Block and Allow List.......................................................................................................................... 66
10.5 Preview On Logout............................................................................................................................. 66
10.6 Password Security .............................................................................................................................. 67
10.7 View Online User ............................................................................................................................... 67
11 Device Management .................................................................................................................................. 68
11.1 Network Conguration ....................................................................................................................... 68
11.1.1 TCP/IP Conguration .............................................................................................................. 68
11.1.2 Port Conguration ................................................................................................................... 68
11.1.3 PPPoE Conguration............................................................................................................... 70
11.1.4 DDNS Conguration ............................................................................................................... 70
11.1.5 E-mail Conguration ............................................................................................................... 70
11.1.6 UPnP Conguration ................................................................................................................ 71
11.1.7 802.1X ..................................................................................................................................... 72
11.1.8 NAT Conguration ................................................................................................................. 72
11.1.9 View Network Status ............................................................................................................... 73
11.2 Basic Conguration ............................................................................................................................ 73
11.2.1 General Conguration ............................................................................................................. 73
11.2.2 Date and Time Conguration .................................................................................................. 74
11.2.3 Recorder OSD Settings............................................................................................................ 75
11.3 Factory Default ................................................................................................................................... 75
11.4 Device Software Upgrade ................................................................................................................... 75
11.5 Backup and Restore ............................................................................................................................ 76
11.6 Restart Automatically ......................................................................................................................... 76
11.7 View Log ............................................................................................................................................ 77
11.8 View System Information................................................................................................................... 77
12 Remote Surveillance .................................................................................................................................. 78
12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ................................................................................................................. 78
12.2 Web LAN Access ............................................................................................................................... 78
12.3 Web WAN Access .............................................................................................................................. 78
12.4 Web Remote Control .......................................................................................................................... 79
12.4.1 Remote Preview....................................................................................................................... 80
12.4.2 Remote Playback ..................................................................................................................... 82
12.4.3 Remote Export ......................................................................................................................... 83
12.4.4 Intelligent Analysis .................................................................................................................. 83
12.4.5 Remote Conguration ............................................................................................................. 83
Appendix A FAQ .............................................................................................................................................. 85
Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity ................................................................................................... 89

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Appendix C Specications ............................................................................................................................... 90

Introduction
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1 Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Thank you for purchasing this DVR.
If technical assistance is needed, please contact Speco Technologies Technical Support.
Phone: 1- - -5516 option 3 800 645
Email: techsupport@specotech.com
1.2 Features
Basic Functions
⚫ Supports network device access including IP camera/dome and the Onvif IP cameras
⚫ The DVR supports the H.265 and H.264 IP cameras
⚫ Supports standard ONVIF protocol
⚫ Supports dual stream recording of each camera
⚫ Supports IP cameras to be added quickly or manually
⚫ Supports collective or individual configuration of the cameras’ OSD, video parameters, mask, motion and so on
⚫ Supports a maximum of 8 user permission groups including Administrator, Advanced and Common which are the default permission groups of
the system
⚫ Supports a maximum of 16 users to be created, multiple web client login by using one username at the same time and the user’s permission
control to be enabled or disabled
⚫ Supports multiple web s login at the same time client’
Live View
⚫ Supports 4K×2K/1920×1080/1280×1024 HDMI and 1920×1080/1280×1024 VGA high definition synchronous display
⚫ Supports multi-screen modes such as 1/4/6/8/16
⚫ Supports auto adjustment of the camera’s image display proportion
⚫ Supports audio monitoring of the camera to be enabled or disabled
⚫ Supports manual snapshot of the camera
⚫ Supports display mode to be added and saved and the saved modes can be called directly
⚫ Supports quick tool bar operation of the preview wind ow
⚫ Supports scheme view in sequence, quick sequence view and sequence interval setting
⚫ Supports motion detection and video mask
⚫ Supports multiple popular P.T.Z. control protocol and setup of the preset and cruise
⚫ Supports direct mouse control of the IP dome including rotating, zoom, focusing and so on
⚫ Supports single camera image to be zoomed by sliding the scroll wheel of the mouse
⚫ Supports any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size
⚫ Supports image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras)
⚫ Supports quick camera adding in the camera window of the live view interface
Disk Management
⚫ H24HR supports 2 SATA HDDs N
⚫ H16HRN / H12HRN supports 1 SATA HDD
⚫ Supports 1 e-SATA HDD
⚫ Each SATA interface of the DVR supports the HDDs with max 14TB storage capacity
⚫ Supports disk group configuration and management and each camera can be added into different disk groups with different storage capacity
⚫ Supports disk information and disk working status viewing
⚫ Supports formatting disks in batch
Record Configuration
⚫ Supports main stream and sub stream recording at the same time and collective or individual configuration of the record stream
⚫ Supports manual and auto record modes
⚫ Supports schedule recording, sensor alarm recording and motion detection recording, etc
⚫ Supports schedule recording and event recording setting with different record streams
⚫ Supports record schedule setting and recycle recording

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⚫ Supports pre recording and delay recording configuration of the event recording
Record Playback
⚫ Supports time scale operation in quick playback and the playback date and time can be set randomly by scrolling the mouse; the time interval
of the time scale can be zoomed
⚫ Supports record searching by time slice/time/event/tag
⚫ Supports time view and camera view in searching by EZ mode
⚫ Supports EZ search by month, by day, by hour and by minute and time slice to be displayed with camera thumbnail
⚫ Supports a maximum of 16 cameras to be searched by time
⚫ Supports event search by manual/motion/sensor/intelligent events
⚫ Supports bookmark search by the manual added bookmarks
⚫ Supports instant playback of the selected camera in the live view interface
⚫ Supports a maximum of synchronous playback cameras 16
⚫ Supports acceleration (maximum 32 times of the normal speed), deceleration (minimum 1/32 times of the normal speed) and 30s’ addition or
reduction to current playing time
Record Export
⚫ Supports record to be exported through USB (U disk, mobile HDD).
⚫ Supports record to be exported by time/event/image search
⚫ Supports record cutting for exporting when playing back
⚫ Supports a maximum of 10 export tasks in background and export status viewing
Alarm Management
⚫ Supports alarm schedule setting
⚫ Supports enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP
address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and
so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable
⚫ Supports IPC offline alarm trigger configuration of PTZ, snapshot, pop-up video, etc.
⚫ Supports event notification modes of alarm-out, pop-up video, pop-up message box, buzzer, e-mail and so on
⚫ The captured images can be attached into the e-mail when alarm linkage is triggered
⚫ Supports alarm status view of alarm-in, alarm-out, motion detection and exception alarm
⚫ Supports alarm to be triggered and cleared manually
⚫ Supports system auto reboot when exception happens
Network Functions
⚫ Supports TCP/IP and PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, UPnP, NTP, SMTP protocol and so on
⚫ Supports allow and block list function and the allow and block IP address/IP segment address can be set
⚫ Supports multiple browsers including IE8/9/10/11, Firefox, Opera, Chrome (available only for the versions lower than 45) and Safari in MAC
system
⚫ Supports remote achievement, configuration, import and export of the DVR parameters and other system maintenance operations including
remote upgrading and system restart
⚫ Supports remote camera configuration of the DVR including video parameters, image quality and so on
⚫ Supports remote search, playback and export of the DVR
⚫ Supports manual alarm to be triggered and cleared remotely
⚫ The motorized zoom camera can be adjusted through web client (Supports zoom in/out, but one key focus is not currently supported)
⚫ Supports NAT function and QR Code scanning by mobile phone and Tablet
⚫ Supports mobile surveillance by phones or Tablets with iOS or Android OS
⚫ If one camera recording is enabled or disabled manually through web client, it will be simultaneously enabled or disabled in the DVR
Other Functions
⚫ The DVR can be controlled and operated by the buttons on the front panel, the remote controller and the mou se
⚫ Setting interfaces can be switched to one another conveniently by clicking the main menus on the top of the setting interface s
⚫ Supports DVR information viewing including basic, camera status, alarm status, record status, network status, disk and export status
⚫ Supports factory restoring, import and export of the system configuration, log view and export and local upgrading by USB mobile device
⚫ Supports auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution
⚫ You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface
⚫ You can click the mouse wheel at any interface to go to the live view interface
⚫ The display language and video format of the DVR will not be changed and the system logs will be reserved if you reset the DVR to factory
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⚫ Press and hold the right mouse button for 5 seconds in any interface to switch the output to VGA and the DVR will display the video at the
lowest resolution which the DVR supports
1.3 Front Panel Descriptions
The following descriptions are for reference only.
Name
Descriptions
REC
When recording, the light is blue
Net
When access to network, the light is blue
Power
Power indicator, when connection, the light is blue
1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions
To quickly get started, connect the following to your recorder in the following order, please refer to the following
figure (H HRL shown for reference). 24
1. Connect analog cameras to the video input ports (BNC) of the recorder.
2. Connect a monitor to the recorder via VGA or HDMI cable (not included).
3. Connect the included optical mouse into any USB port of the recorder.
4. Connect the power adapter to the recorder and plug power cord into a 120VAC 50/60Hz outlet.
5. Connect recorder to network (optional)
1.5 Connections
⚫ Video Connections
Video Input Supports BNC video input. :
Video Output: Supports CVBS/VGA/HDMI video output. You can connect to monitor through these video
output interfaces simultaneously or independently.
⚫ Audio Connections
Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc.
Audio Output: Connect to headphone, sound box or other audio output devices.

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2 Basic Operation Guide
2.1 Startup & Shutdown
Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and
shutdown are crucial to extending the life of your device.
2.1.1 Startup
① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the DVR.
② Connect with the mouse and power. The device will boot and the power LED would turn blue.
③ EZ setup window will pop up (you should select the display language the first time you use the DVR).
Refer to 3.1 EZ Setup for details.
2.1.2 Shutdown
You can power off the device by using remote control or mouse.
By remote control:
① Press Power button. This will take you to a shutdown window. The unit will power off after a while by
clicking the “OK” button.
② Disconnect the power.
By mouse:
① Click Start→Shutdown to pop up the Shutdown window. Select “Shutdown” in the window. The unit will
power off after a while by clicking the “OK” button.
② Disconnect the power.
2.2 Remote Control
① It uses two AAA size batteries.
② Open the battery cover of the remote control.
③ When adding batteries check for the polarity (+ and -).
④ Replace the battery cover.
Key points to check in case the remote doesn’t work.
1. Check batteries polarity.
2. Check the remaining charge in the batteries.
3. Check IR controller sensor for any masking.
If it still doesn’t work, please contact your distributor. You can just turn the IR sensor of the remote control
towards the IR receiver of the NVR to control it when you are controlling multiple devices by remote control.
The interface of remote controller is shown as below.
There are two kinds of remote controller. The interface of remote controller is shown as below.

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2.3 Mouse Control
➢ Mouse control
in Live Display & Playback
interface
In the live display & playback
interface, double
click on any camera
window to show the window in single screen mode; double click the window
again to restore it to the previous size.
Button
Function
REC
Record manually
Search
To enter search mode
MENU
To enter menu
Exit
To exit the current interface
ENTER
To confirm the choice or setup
Direction button
To move cursor in setup
ZOOM
To zoom in
PIP
No function temporarily
To control playback. Play (Pause)/Next Frame/Speed
Up/Stop/Previous Frame/Speed Down
Multi
To choose multi screen display mode
Next
To switch the live image
SEQ
To go to sequence view mode
INFO
Get information about the device
Button
Function
Power Button
Switch off to stop the device —
Record Button
To start recording
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Input number or choose camera
Fn1 Button
Unavailable temporarily
Multi Button
To choose multi screen display mode
Next Button
To switch the live image
SEQ
To go to sequence view mode
Audio
To enable audio output in live mode
Switch
No function temporarily
Direction button
To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ
Enter Button
To confirm the choice or setup
Menu Button
To go to menu
Exit Button
To exit the current interface
Focus/IRIS/Zoom/PTZ
To control PTZ camera
Preset Button
To enter into preset setting in PTZ mode
Cruise Button
To go to cruise setting in PTZ mode
Track Button
No track function temporarily
Wiper Button
No function temporarily
Light Button
No function temporarily
Clear Button
No function temporarily
Fn2 Button
No function temporarily
Info Button
Get information about the device
To control playback. Play
(Pause)/Stop/Previous Frame/Next
Frame/Speed Down/Speed Up
Snap Button
To take snapshots manually
Search Button
To go to search mode
Cut Button
No function temporarily
Backup Button
To go to backup mode
Zoom Button
To zoom in the images
PIP Button
Not active

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In the live display & playback interface, if the interfaces display is in full screen, move the mouse to the
bottom of the interface to pop up a tool bar. The tool bar will disappear automatically after you move the
mouse away from it for some time; move the mouse to the right side of the interface to pop up a panel and
the panel will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it.
➢ Mouse control in text-input
Move the mouse to the text-input box and then click the box. The input keyboard will pop up automatically.
2.4 Text-input Instruction
The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and
the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The
introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below.
Button
Meaning
Button
Meaning
Backspace key
Switch key of punctuation character
Delete Key
Enter key
Switch key between upper
and lower letter
Space key
Switch key of language
2.5 Common Button Operation
Button
Meaning
Click it to show the menu list.
Click it to change the sequence of the list.
Click it to change the camera displaying mode.
Click it to close the current interface.
Click it to go to the earliest date of camera recording.
Click it to go to the latest date of camera recording.
Note: Mouse is the default tool for all operations unless an exception as indicated.

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3 EZ Setup & Main Interface
3.1 EZ Setup
The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each
disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk).
You must configure the wizard if you start the DVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the EZ Setup
next time).
System Login. Set your own password when you use the wizard for the first time; select the login username
and enter the corresponding password next time.
Enable pattern lock and click “Edit” to set the pattern lock.
Click “ ” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please Next
refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details.
Click “Next” to continue.
After you log in, you will see an EZ setup interface as shown below.

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Click “OK” to start wizard. The EZ Setup steps are as follows.
① System Login. Set your own password when you use the wizard for the first time (the default username of
the system is ); select the login username and enter the password you set by yourself. admin
Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard.
② Network Settings. Select the network work pattern as required. Check “Obtain an IP address
automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the IP address and DNS automatically (the DHCP
function of the router in the same LAN should also be enabled), or manually enter them. Enter the HTTP
port, RTSP port and Server port (please see 12.1.2 Port Configuration for details). Click “Next” to continue.

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③ Other Network Settings.
➢ UPnP settings: Check “Enable” in the interface and enter the port of external and then click “Test”. If the
UPnP status were “Invalid UPnP”, the port number may be wrong. Click to modify the port until the
UPnP status turns to “Valid UPnP”. Refer to the following picture. You can view the external IP address of
the DVR. Enter the external IP address plus port in the address bar of your browser to access the DVR.
(Please see for details). 11.1.6 UPnP Configuration
➢ DDNS Settings: Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Enter the server address, domain name,
username and password according to the selected DDNS type. And then click “Register” or “Test” to test
the effectiveness of the domain name. If it is effective, you can enter the domain name in the address bar
of your browser to access the DVR. (Please see 11.1.4 DDNS Configuration for details).
Note: Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. Set the DVR’s IP
address, subnet mask and gateway and so on corresponding to the router.
④ Add Camera. To add cameras from the LAN, make sure all cameras are set to DHCP. Click “Refresh” to
refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with DVR and then click to add
the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added
camera. Click “Delete All” to delete all the added cameras.

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Click to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Enter the new IP address, subnet
mask, gateway, username and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP
address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the DVR.
Click “OK” to save the settings.
Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Enter the new camera name, IP address,
port, username and the password of the camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input
information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the IP camera name only when the added
camera is online. Click “Next” to continue.
⑤ Disk Settings. You can view the disk number, disk capacity of the DVR and serial number, R&W status of
the disk. Click “Formatting” to format the disk. Click “Next” to continue.
⑥ Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual.
Auto: Select one auto mode in the interface as shown below and then click “Next” button to save the settings. Click “Advanced” to self-define
record mode. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details.

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Scheduled: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “OK” to
save. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details.
⑦ QR Code. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the
wizard (please refer to for details). You can scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue 11.1.8 NAT Configuration
App available for iOS and Android to easily and securely view your cameras. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client
Surveillance for details. Click “OK” to save the settings.
3.2 Main Interface
3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

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The buttons in area are introduced in the table below. ①
Button
Meaning
Start button. Click it to pop up area . ③
Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.
Screen mode button.
Sequence button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.4 Scheme View Sequence in
for details).
Click it to enable OSD; click again to disable OSD.
Click to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (8.1 Instant
Playback) or going to the playback interface for playback operations (8.2 Playback
Interface Introduction); click to go to the playback interface. For instance, if you
choose “5 minutes ago” as the default playback time, you can playback the record
from the past five minutes.
Manual record button. Click it to enable/disable record.
Manual alarm button. Click it to trigger or clear the alarm-out manually in the popup
window.
Record status button. Click it to view the record status.
Alarm status button. Click it to view the alarm status.
Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status
Network status button. Click it to view the network status.
Information button. Click it to view system information.
Introduction of area : ②

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Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side
of the interface and then double click one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected
window.
Click “Customize Layout” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Display Mode for
detail configuration of the display mode). Double click one display mode in the list to switch to the display
mode for previewing.
Introduction of area : ③
Icon / Button
Meaning
It shows the current login user.
Click to go to record search and export interface, see 4 Record Search, 8.
Playback & Export for details.
Click to go to playback interface (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the
live view interface to set the default playback time), see 8.2 Playback Interface
Introduction for details.
Click to pop up the setup panel, see 2.2 Setup Panel for details. 3.
Click to log out the system.
Click and then select “Logout”, “Reboot” or “Shutdown” in the popup window.
Click to go to the EZ setup.
3.2.2 Setup Panel
Click Start Settings to bring up the setup panel as shown below. →

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The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for
convenient operation.
Here we take module as an example. The module provides convenient links such Camera Camera as “Add
Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligence Analy ” and “PTZ”. Click tics Camera to go
to the camera management interface as shown below.
There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface. Click each item to go to
corresponding interface or window. For instance, click “Add Camera” to pop up the window as shown below.
Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces.
Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to the system setup interface by clicking “System” tag.
3.2.3 Main Functions
➢ Camera
The module covers the functions such as (see for details), Camera Management Chapter 4 Camera Management
Image Settings Motion(see for details), 5.3 Image Configuration (see 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details), and PTZ
(see Chapter 6 PTZ for details) and so on.
➢ Record

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The module covers the functions such as and and so on. Please see Encode Parameters Record Schedule
Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management for details.
➢ Alarm
The module covers the functions such as and . Please Sensor and Motion Alarm Handling Alarm Out Settings
see for details. Chapter 9 Alarm Management
➢ Disk
The module covers the functions such as , and and so on. Disk Management Storage Mode Disk Information
Please see Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management for detail s.
➢ Network
The module covers the functions such as , , , and and so on. Please TCP/IP DDNS Port E-mail Network Status
see for details. 11.1 Network Configuration
➢ Account and Authority
The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and
Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on.
➢ System
The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device
Information Log Information (see for details), 11.8 View System Information (see for details) and 11.7 View Log
Configuration File Import & Export (see 11.5 Backup and Restore for details) and so on.

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4 Camera Management
4.1 Camera Signal
Click Start Settings Camera Manage Camera Camera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the
number of analog channels will accordingly increase (or decrease) the number of IP channels.
The DVR device supports hybrid access of TVI, and CVBS high definition cameras. If the TVI high definition
camera is accessed to the DVR, you should select TVI/CVBS in the following interface to show the camera
image normally; if you select AHD/CVBS, then there will be no image or the image has no color. The default
selection of the camera signal is Auto. If you select Auto, the image of the camera will be shown normally
regardless of the camera type.
Note: You can enable Lite in the interface if the DVR supports Lite recording. It will lower the recording “ ” “ ”
resolution and increase the recording frame rate. Please enable or disable the Lite as needed.
4.2 Add/Edit Camera
4.2.1 Add Camera
The network of the DVR should be set before adding IP camera (see for details). 12.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration
Refer to the pictures below. Click in the setup panel or in the top right corner of the Add Camera
preview window to pop up the “Add Camera” window as shown below. You can quickly add or add the IP
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➢ Quickly Add
Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address,
username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of
each camera.
➢ Add Manually
Enter the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input
window, enter the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and
password of the camera and then select the protocol. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input
information and then click “Add” button (you can input one camera’s information or above such as IP
address, username and password before clicking “Add” button). Click to delete the camera. Click
“Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.
4.2.2 Edit Camera
Click “Edit Camera” in the setup panel to go to the interface as shown below. Click to view the live image
of the camera in the popup window. Click to edit the camera (see in for Add camera 3.1 Startup Wizard
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Password” to pop up a window (check the IPCs in the window, set the new password and then click “OK”
button; only the online IPCs’ passwords can be modified and a batch of IPCs’ passwords can be modified at
the same time). Click to upgrade an online IPC ( or click in the “Upgrade” header line and then click
“IPC Batch Upgrade” to upgrade a batch of IPCs), select the device which stores the upgrade file in the
“Device Name” item of the popup window and the upgrade file in the list(you should select the upgrade IPC
model in the window if a batch of IPCs’ passwords need to be modified) and then click “Upgrade” button to
start upgrading(the IPC will restart automatically after the upgrade is completed successfully).

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The single channel zoom interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area.
Click to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for /
amplification. Click “Back” to return to the live view interface.
5.2 View Mode
5.2.1 Display Mode
Set different screen modes and cameras’ display sequences as needed and then save the display modes
classified by surveillance areas, priorities and so on. Refer to the picture below. Double click one display
mode in the display mode list to view the live images in this mode.
➢ Add Display Mode
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① Click Layout“Customize ” in the above interface and then set the screen mode.
② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as needed.
③ Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click
the “OK” button to save the current display mode.
Method Two:
① Click Start Settings System Basic Output Settings to go to the interface and then set the screen → → → →
mode.
② Double click the camera or camera group in the list to add them to the selected window.
③ Click to save the current display mode (refer to for detail configurations). The 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence
display mode will be saved and displayed in the display mode list in the live view interface.
➢ Edit Display Mode
Click “Customize Layout” tab in the live view interface and then select one display mode in the list. Click
to edit the display mode name; click to delete the display mode.
5.2.2 Quick Sequence View
You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created,
please refer to for details. 5.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence
Go to the live view interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window
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mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view.
Click to stop the view.
5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence
Click Start Settings System Basic Output Settings to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
Area displays all the sequence schemes; area shows the detailed information of the scheme; area ① ② ③
displays all the cameras and groups; area is the tool bar ( : clear button; : favorite button, click it to ④
pop up a window, enter the display mode name in the window and then click “OK” to save the current
display mode; other buttons are screen mode buttons).
➢ Add Scheme
Click in area to create a new scheme. Click on the top right corner of the scheme to delete it. ①
➢ Configure Scheme
a) Select a scheme in area and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme. ①
b) Select a camera window in area ② and then double click the camera or group in area ③. The camera or group will be added into the
selected window. One camera in the same scheme cannot repeat. You can click the right-click menu “Clear” in area ② to remove a single
camera or click to remove all the cameras.
c) Click “Apply” to save the settings.
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Go to the live view interface and then click to open a window. Set the sequence interval in the window
and then click to start scheme view in sequence. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the
view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.
5.2.4 Spot View
Click Start Settings System Basic Output Settings Output 2 to go to the interface as shown below → → → → → .
Click on the left to create a new scheme. Each scheme can only add one analog camera. Select a
scheme on the left and then double click or drag a camera on the right to the scheme window in the middle
of the interface. After finishing the settings of all the schemes, select the sequence interval and click Apply “ ”
to start playing the schemes in sequence in output 2.
5.3 Image Configuration
5.3.1 OSD Settings
Click Start Settings Camera Image OSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the → → → →
camera, enter the camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list to change the camera
name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and time OSDs directly in
the image v , time format and color. Click iew area to change the OSDs’ display position) and select the date
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5.3.2 Image Settings
Click Start Settings Camera Image Image Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera → → → →
and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced” button or in
the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up “Image Adjust” interface and then set the
relevant setting items. Please refer to 5.4.5 Image Adjustment for detailed introductions of these items.
You can click “Default” to restore the image settings to the default factory settings.
5.3.3 Mask Setting
Some areas of the image can be masked for privacy. Up to four mask areas can be set for each camera. Click
Start Settings Camera Image Mask Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera → → → →
and enable the mask. Click “Draw” button and then drag the mouse on the image area to set the mask area;
click “Delete” button to delete the mask areas; click “Apply” to save the settings.

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5.3.4 Water Mark Settings
Click Start Settings Camera Image Water Mark Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select → → → →
the camera and enable water mark and then enter the water mark information. Click Apply to save the “ ”
settings.
5.3.5 Image Adjustment
Go to the live view interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to
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➢ Image Adjustment
Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above
picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue value. Check sharpen,
wide dynamic and denoise and then drag the slider to set the value. Click “Default” button to set these
parameters to default values.
The introductions of these parameters are as follows:
Parameter
Meaning
Brightness
It is the brightness level of the camera’s image.
Contrast
It is the color difference between the brightest and darkest parts.
Saturation
It is the degree of color purity. The color is purer, the image is brighter.
Hue
It relates to the total color degree of the image.
Sharpen
It relates to the resolution level of the image plane and the sharpness level of the image edge.
Wide Dynamic
The wide dynamic range (WDR) function helps the camera provide clear images even under
back light circumstances. When there are both very bright and very dark areas simultaneously
in the field of view, WDR balances the brightness level of the whole image and provide clear
images with details.
Denoise
Adopt the noise reduction technology to decrease the noise and make the image more
thorough. Increasing the value will make the noise reduction effect better but it will reduce the
image resolution.
White Balance
White balance is the white rendition function of the camera to adjust the color temperature
according to the environment automatically.
BLC
HLC: lowers the brightness of the entire image by suppressing the brightness of the image’s
bright area and reducing the size of the halo area.
BLC: If enabled, the auto exposure will activate according to the scene so that the object of the
image in the darkest area will be seen clearly.
Image Mirror
Reverse the current video image right and left.
Image Flip
Turn the current video image upside down.
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Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click or to adjust the
zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings.
The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows.
Button/Parameter
Meaning
Click to zoom in/out the image. /
Focus Mode
If manual mode is selected, focus button & “One Key Focus” & “Day/night mode switch
autofocus” will be available; if auto mode is selected, the time interval setup will be
available.
Click to increase/decrease the focal length. /
Click it to focus instantly.
Day/night mode
switch autofocus
If checked, the lens will focus automatically when the camera is switching day/night
mode.
Time Interval
It is the time interval when camera lens is auto-focusing. The interval can be set in the
drop-down list.
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6 PTZ
6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction
You can control the IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera for PTZ control.
Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown
below. You can select another IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera on the top right of the
interface for PTZ control.
Introductions of the buttons on the bottom right of the interface:
Button
Meaning
Click / / / / / / /
to rotate the dome. Click to stop rotating the dome.
Click to zoom in / out the camera image. /
Click to increase / decrease the focal length. /
Click to increase / decrease the iris of the dome. /
Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of the dome.
/
Click to start / stop recording. /
/
Click to hide / show the analog joystick. /
Click it to return to the live view interface.
➢ Analog Joystick Control
The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate
when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image,
the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog
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➢ 3D Control
Click the camera image on any area and then the image will be centered on the clicked point.
Refer to the picture as shown below. Drag the mouse from A to B to get a green rectangle and the rectangle
area will be zoomed in.
Refer to the picture as shown below. Drag the mouse from C to D to get a green rectangle and the rectangle
area will be zoomed out.
➢ Advanced 3D Control
Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be
doubled and centered on the clicked point.
Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image; press
and hold the right button to zoom out the image.
Move the cursor of the mouse to the camera image and then slide the scroll wheel of the mouse forward to
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➢ OSD Setting
Go to PTZ protocol setting interface and then set the protocol before you bring up the OSD. Click OSD “
Menu to go to camera OSD setting interface. Click to start OSD setting. The meanings of the buttons ”
are shown in the table below.
Button
Meaning
Click it to call main menu or enter the sub menu or confirm the
settings.
Click it to call main menu or enter the sub menu or confirm the
settings.
Click it to change the menu mode or decrease the menu value.
Click it to change the menu mode or increase the menu value.
Click it to go to the previous menu.
Click it to go to the next menu.
➢ Preset Setting
Click “Preset” to go to preset operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below.
Select the preset and then enter the preset name in the window; finally click “OK” button to save the settings.
You can add 255 presets for each dome at most.
Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position” to save the current preset position (you can also
click another preset in the preset list and then save the preset position after adjusting the dome’s direction);
click in the preset list to call the preset; click “Delete” button to delete the selected preset.
You can also go to preset setting interface for preset setting, see 6.2 Preset Setting for details.
➢ Cruise Setting

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Click “Cruise” to go to cruise operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below
left. You can add 8 cruises for each dome at most.
① Enter the cruise name in the “Add Cruise” window and then click “Add preset” to pop up the “Add Preset”
window (Before adding preset to the cruise, please add preset of the dome first).
② In the “Add Preset” window, select the preset name, preset time and preset speed and then click “OK”
button.
③ In the “Add Cruise” window, you can click to reselect the preset, then change the preset time and
speed. Click to delete the preset. Click “Add” button to save the cruise.
Click to start the cruise and click to stop the cruise in the cruise list of the cruise operation tab;
click “Delete” button to delete the selected cruise.
You can also go to cruise setting interface for cruise setting, see for details. 6.3 Cruise Setting
6.2 Preset Setting
Click Start Settings Camera PTZ Preset to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
➢ Add preset

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Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of
the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset. The
operations of the “Add Preset” window is similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control
Interface Introduction for details.
➢ Edit preset
Select camera and preset. You can enter the new name of the preset and then click to save the new
preset name. Adjust the rotating speed, position, zoom, focus and iris of the preset and then click “Save
Position” to save the preset.
➢ Delete Preset
Select camera and preset and then click “Delete” to delete the preset.
6.3 Cruise Setting
Click Start Settings Camera PTZ Cruise to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
➢ Add Cruise
Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome
and then click to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise” window is similar to that of the PTZ
control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details.
➢ Edit Cruise
Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise” interface. Enter the new cruise name and then click to
save the cruise name. Click “Add Preset” to add preset to the cruise. Click to edit the preset. Click
to delete the preset from the cruise. Click one preset in the preset list and then click to move down the
preset and click to move up the preset. Click to start the cruise and click to stop it.
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Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome
and then click on the top right corner of the cruise to delete the cruise.

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7 Record& Disk Management
7.1 Record Configuration
7.1.1 Mode Configuration
Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click
Start Settings Record Mode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time → → →
under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” to save the settings. There are two record
modes: auto mode and manual mode.
➢ Auto Mode
Motion Record: Motion alarm record will be enabled when motion alarm happens.
Sensor Record: Sensor alarm record will be enabled when sensor alarm happens.
Motion Record + Sensor Record: Motion/sensor alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor alarm
happens.
Continuous Record + Motion Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; motion alarm record will be
started when motion alarm happens.
Continuous Record + Sensor Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; sensor alarm record will be
started when sensor alarm happens.
Continuous Record + Motion Record + Sensor Record: Normal record is enabled all the time; motion/sensor
alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor alarm happens.
Continuous Record + Motion Record + Sensor Record + Analytics Record: Normal record is enabled all the
time; motion/sensor/analytics alarm record will be enabled when motion/sensor/intelligence analytics alarm
happens.
You can add more auto modes on intelligence record. Click “Advanced” button to pop up a window as shown
below. Check the modes in the window and then click “Add” button to show the modes in the record mode
list (in the window, the checked modes can be showed in the record mode list while the unchecked modes
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Select one auto mode to pop up the corresponding window. Set the encode, GOP, resolution, FPS, bitrate
type, quality, max bitrate and audio of each camera and then click “OK” to save the settings. Please adjust
the parameters according to the actual condition.
Video Encode: the available options will be H.265 and H.264 if the connected IP camera supports H.265, or
the option will be H.264 only.
GOP: group of pictures.
Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is.
FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluency the video is. However, more storage room will be taken
up.
Bitrate Type: CBR and VBR are optional. CBR means that no matter how much change is seen in the video
scene, the compression bitrate will be kept constant. VBR means that the compression bitrate will be
adjusted according scene changes. For example, for scenes that do not have much movement, the bitrate
will be kept at a lower value. This will help to optimize the network bandwidth.
Quality: When VBR is selected, you need to choose image quality. The higher the image quality you choose,
the more bitrate will be required.
Max Bitrate: 32Kbps ~10240Kbps are optional.
➢ Manual Mode
If the manual mode is selected, you need to set the encode parameters and record schedules of each
camera. See and 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting 7.3 Schedule Setting for details.
7.1.2 Advanced Configuration
Click Start Settings Record Advanced to go to the following interface. Enable or disable → → → “Overwrite
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Set the pre-alarm record time, post-alarm record time and expiration time of each camera and then click
“Apply” to save the settings.
Pre-alarm Record Time: set the time to record before the actual recording begins.
Post-alarm Record Time: set the time to record after the actual recording is finished.
Expiration Time: set the expiration time for recorded video. If the set date is overdue, the recorded data will
be deleted automatically.
7.2 Encode Parameters Setting
Click Start Settings Record Encode Parameters to go to the interface as shown below. Set the encode, → → →
resolution, FPS, GOP, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of main stream for each camera in “Event
Recording Settings” and “Schedule Recording Settings” interfaces. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can
set the record stream of each camera one by one or batch set them for all cameras.
Click Start Settings Record→ → →Stream Settings to go to “Sub stream” interface. Set the encode, resolution, -
FPS, GOP, bitrate type, quality and max bitrate of sub-stream for each camera in the interface and then click
“Apply” to save the settings.

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7.3 Schedule Setting
7.3.1 Add Schedule
Click Start Settings Record Record Schedule Edit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
“24 ”, “24 ” and “24 ” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or delete “24 7” while “24 ” and ×7×5×2× ×5
“24 ” can be edited and deleted. Click the schedule ×2 name to display the detailed schedule information on
the left side of the interface. The seven rows stand for the seven days in a week and each row stands for 24
hours in a day. Blue stands for the selected time and gray stands for unselected time.
Click to add a new schedule. Refer to the picture below.

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Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day
schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button.
➢ Set Day Schedule
Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor
on the time scale to delete the selected area.
You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click or and then click “Manual” on each
day to pop up a window as shown below. Set the start and end time in the window and then click “OK” to
save the settings.
Click “All” to set all day recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a day; click
“Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a day.
Click “Copy To” to copy the schedule of the day to other days. Refer to the picture below. Check the days in
the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.

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➢ Set Week Schedule
Click or and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the start and end time, check
the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.
Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected
area in a week.
7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration
Click Start Settings Record Record Schedule Schedule Configuration to go to the interface as shown → → → →
below. Set the schedule of sensor record, motion record, timed record and intelligence record. Click “None”
in the drop-down menu to clear the schedule. Click “Apply” to save the settings.
Go to “Edit Schedules” interface and then click to edit the schedule. The settings of “Edit Schedule” are
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7.4 Record Mode
7.4.1 Manual Recording
Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to enable recording of the
camera.
Method Two: Go to the live view interface and then click the right-click menu “Manually Record On” in the
camera window or click on the tool bar under the camera window to start recording.
7.4.2 Timing Recording
Timing Recording: the system will record automatically according to the schedule.
Set the timing record schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details.
7.4.3 Motion Based Recording
Motion Based Recording: the system will start motion based recording when the motion object appears in
the setup schedule. The setup steps are as follows:
① Set the motion based recording schedule of each camera. Se for details. e 7.3 Schedule Setting
② Enable the motion and set the motion area of each camera. See 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details.
The camera will start motion based recording once you finish the above settings.
7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording
① Set the sensor based recording schedule of each camera. See for details. 7.3 Schedule Setting
② Set the NO/NC type of the sensor, enable the sensor alarm and then check and configure the “Record”.
See for details. 9.1 Sensor Alarm
7.4.5 Analytics Recording
① Set the analytics recording schedule of each IP camera. See for details. 7.3 Schedule Setting
② Enable the intelligence alarm detection (object detection, exception, tripwire or intrusion) and draw alert
surface or warning area of each IP camera. See Event for details.
The camera will start analytics recording once you finish the above settings. This function is only available for
some IPCs.
7.5 Disk
7.5.1 Disk Management
➢ Disk Management
Click Start Settings Disk Disk Management to go to disk management interface. You can view the → → → DVR’s
disk number and disk status and so on in the interface. Click “Format” button to format the HDD.
Note: Click Start
→
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Settings
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Record
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Mode Settings and then set the manual record time in the
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7.5.2 Storage Mode Configuration
Click Start Settings Disk Storage Mode to go to the interface as shown below. → → →
There are four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of
the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The DVR with e-SATA interface
supports e-SATA recording.
The added disks and cameras will be added into group one automatically. The disks and cameras in the
groups can be deleted except group one (select a disk group and then click on the top right corner of
the added disk or camera to delete it from the group). The deleted disks and cameras will be moved into
group one automatically.
Each group can add the disks and cameras from other groups. Each disk and camera can only be added into
one group. Select a disk group and then click in the disk or camera row to pop up a window. Check
the disks or cameras in the window and then click “Add”.
For the model with 2 or 4 HDD slots, BK group can be added.
Click to add the backup HDD. After account verification, select an HDD and then this HDD will be
removed from the normal group to the backup group. Simultaneously, it will be formatted. Please back up all
data of this HDD in advance when you want to remove it to the backup group.
You can add cameras to this HDD. The added cameras can exist and be recorded both in one HDD of the
normal group and the backup group.
Note: Each HDD only can exist in one group.
7.5.3 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information
Click Start Settings Disk View Disk Information to view the HDD information; → → → click “S.M.A.R.T.
Information” to view the working status of the HDD. Refer to the picture below.

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8 Playback& Backup
8.1 Instant Playback
Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the recorded video
(click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to set the default playback time). Refer to
the picture below. Drag the playback progress bar to change the playback time. You can also click the right-
click menu “Instant Playback” in the camera window and then set the instant playback time to play back the
record.
8.2 Playback Interface Introduction
Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface or click Start Playback to go to the →
playback interface as shown below (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to set
the default playback time).
On the panel on the right you will see the channel number and the recorded data coded by color. The bar
that runs across them represents the playback time being viewed. You can move this bar around to export,
highlight a section of the desired recording, click export and follow the prompts. You can export single or
multiple channels at the same time.
The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the
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cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The system supports a maximum of 16
synchronous playback cameras.
The buttons on the tool bar (area ) at the bottom of the playback interface are introduced in the table ①
below.
Button
Meaning
Start button. Click it to pop up area . ②
Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.
Screen mode button.
OSD ON button. Click it to enable OSD; click it again to disable OSD.
Stop button.
Rewind button. Click it to play video backward.
Play button. Click it to play video forward.
Pause button.
Deceleration button. Click it to decrease the playing speed.
Acceleration button. Click it to increase the playing speed.
Previous frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen
mode.
Next frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen
mode.
Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s.
Click it to show the water mark on the image; click to hide the water mark.
Event list/tag button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/
motion and the tag information.
Backup button. Drag the mouse on the time scale to select the time periods and
cameras, and then click the button to back up the record.
Backup status button. Click it to view the backup status.
Back button. Click it to return.
Full screen motion button.
Motion button.
Draw line button. You can search the record of crossing the line after drawing the line.
Draw quadrilateral. You can search the record in this quadrilateral after drawing it.
Smart playback settings. Click it to set smart playback.
Introduction of area : ②
Button
Meaning
Click it to go to record search and export interface; see 4 Record Search, 8.
Playback & Backup for details.
Click it to Go to the live view interface; see Chapter 5 Live View Introduction
for details.
Click on the playback window to show the tool bar as shown in area ight click on the window to show ③; r
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Button
Menu List
Meaning
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Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere.
Enable Audio
Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by
enabling audio.
Snapshot
Click it to snap.
Zoom In
Click it to go to the zoom in interface. The zoom in interface is
similar to that of the camera window in the live view interface.
Click to pause the record playing; click to play the
record. When the record is paused in forward playing mode, you
can click to view the previous frame and click to
view the next frame.
Add Tag
Click it to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the
added tag. Click it and then enter the tag name in the popup
window. Click “Add” to add tag.
Switch Camera
Click it to switch the playback camera. Click it and then check the
camera in the popup window. Click “OK” to change the camera.
Close Camera
Click it to close the playback camera.
Introduction of area : ④
You can check the record type as required for record playback; first you should click on the tool bar at
the bottom of the interface to clear all the playback camera, then check the record type ( : manual record;
: sensor based record; : motion based record; : schedule record; : analytics record; and finally
click in the playback window to add camera for playback (the record time scale will show the record
data of the checked record type only after the above operations).
Introduction of the record time scale (area : ⑤)
Click to set the date; click to set the time and then the playback camera will play the record from
the time you set.
A tool bar will appear after moving the mouse to the record time scale. Click to zoom the /
timeline; click to recover the timeline to 24 hours’ ratio. Drag the timeline or slide the scroll wheel of
the mouse on the time scale to show the hidden time on the top or bottom of the timeline. You can also
click to show the hidden time on the top of the timeline or click to show the hidden time on the
bottom of the timeline. Drag the slider at the bottom of the time scale to show the hidden playback
cameras.
The record time scale shows different record types with different colors. The green block stands for manual
record, red block stands for sensor based record, yellow block stands for motion based record, blue block
stands for schedule record and cyan block stands for intelligence record. Click the record block to set the
time and then the playback camera will play the record from the time you set.
Drag the color block on the time scale to select the backup area and then right click the area or click to
pop up an export information window. Click button in the window to pop up the export window. Select
the device, export path and format and then click “Export” button to start the backup.
8.3 Smart Playback
⚫ Smart Playback Settings
Click to go to the following interface. Set the value -of “Speed of non interest video” (Please skip this one
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⚫ Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle
Click and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files
of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block
and click to play the record.
⚫ Smart Playback by Drawing Line
Click and draw a line in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files
about crossing this line. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to
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⚫ Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral
Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record
files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such
block and click to play the record.
8.4 Record Search, Playback &Export
The record data and the captured pictures can be exported through network, USB (U disk or USB mobile
HDD). The file system of the export devices should be FAT32 format.
8.4.1 EZ Search
① Click Start Search and Export EZ Search EZ Search There are two view modes: by → → to go to the “ ” tab.
time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be shown. If the
camera thumbnail number is more than 64, the cameras will be listed directly by their camera name, not the
thumbnail. A maximum of 196 camera names can be listed. If the camera name number is more than 196,
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② Select one camera in the interface and then click “Open” button.
③ Click the image box to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the interface (the box
which has image inside indicates that the record data exist).
④ Refer to the picture below. Drag the color blocks on the time scale to select the record data and then click
“Export” button to pop up the “Record Backup” window as shown below. Select the device name, backup
format and path and then click “Export” button to start the backup.
⑤ Click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for
details). Click “Exit” to exit the interface.
Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB
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8.4.3 Time Search
① Click Start Search and Export→ →Time Search to go to the “Time Search” tab as shown below.
② Click on the bottom of the interface to add playback camera. A maximum of 16 cameras can be
added for playback. Click “Modify” on the top right corner of the camera window to change the camera and
click “Clear” to remove the camera.
③ Click the camera window to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the interface. You
can set the date on the top left of the interface, check the event type as required and click the time scale or
click under the time scale to set the time. The camera window will play the record according to the
time and event type you set.
④ Drag the color blocks on the time scale to select the record data (or click “Set Backup Time” button on the
bottom left corner of the interface to set the backup start time and end time) and then click “Export” button
for record backup. Click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface.
8.4.4 Event Search
① Click Start Search and Export→ →Event Search to go to “Event Search” tab as shown below.
② Check the event type in the interface as required.
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④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click
to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list.
⑤ Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window. Click back up one record data or to
check multiple record data in the list and then click “Backup” button for record batch backup.
⑥ Select one record data in the list and then click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback
interface.
8.4.5 Bookmark Search
Only if you add the tags can you play the record by tag search. Click Start Playback to go to the playback →
interface and then click on the bottom of the camera window to add bookmarks when you want to
mark the playback time point of the selected camera.
Click Start Search and Export→ →Bookmarks to go to “Bookmarks” tab.
Click in the interface to play the record. Click to edit the tag name. Click to delete the tag.
8.4.6 Snapshots
Click Start Search and Export→ →Snapshots to go to “Snapshots” tab. The system will display all the captured
images automatically in the list.
Click to delete the image. Click to pop up the “Export” window. Select the device name and save
path in the window and then click “Save” button.
Click to pop up the “View Image” window. Click to export the image. Click to view the
previous image; click to view the next image; click to delete the image; click to play all the
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8.4.7 View Export Status
Click Start Search and Export Export Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the playback → →
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9 Alarm Management
9.1 Sensor Alarm
To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then
set up the alarm handling of each camera.
① Click Start Settings Alarm Sensor Alarm to go to the following interface. → → →
② Select schedule and the alarm type (NO or NC) according to trigger type of the sensor.
③ Enable the sensor alarm of each camera.
④ Check the “Duration”, “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out” and “Preset” and enable or disable the -
“Buzzer”, “Pop up Video”, “Pop up Message Box” and “E mail” as required. - - -
⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
The configuration steps of the above mentioned alarm linkages are as follows.
Duration: it refers to the interval time between the adjacent motion detections. For instance, if the duration
time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any
other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will
be considered as continuous movement; otherwise it will be considered as a single motion.
Record: check it and then the “Trigger Record” window will pop up automatically (you can also click
“Configure” button to pop up the window). Select camera on the left side and then click to set the
camera as the trigger camera. Select trigger camera on the right side and then click to cancel the
trigger camera. Click “OK” button to save the settings. The trigger cameras will record automatically when
the sensor alarm is triggere d.
Snapshot: check it and then the “Trigger Snapshot” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger
camera in the window. The trigger cameras will snap automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered.
Push: check it and choose or OFF. If it is ON, the system will send messages when the sensor alarm is ON
triggered.
Alarm-out: -check it and then the “Trigger Alarm out” window will pop up automatically. Configure the
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9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration
① Click Start Settings Alarm Motion Alarm to go to the following interface. → → →
② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Video” and “E- - -
mail”. The alarm handling settings of motion alarm the same as the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for
details).
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Motion Settings” to go to the motion configuration
interface.
9.3 Smart Event
9.3.1 Object Detection
Object Detection Configuration:
① Click Start Settings Camera Intelligent Analytics Object Detection to go to the following interface. → → → →
② Select the camera, enable the object detection and set the detect type. There are two detect types:
Abandoned object and missing object.
Abandoned object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area.
Missing object: Alarms will be triggered if there are articles missing in the detection area drawn by the users.
③ Select the alarm area. A maximum of 4 alarm areas can be set.
④ Draw the alarm area of the object detection. Refer to the interface as shown above. Check “Draw Area”
and then click around the area where you want to set as the alarm area in the image (the alarm area should
be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw Area” if you finish the drawing. Click the “Clear” to delete the alarm
area.
⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
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Object Detection Alarm Handling Configuration:
① Click Start Settings Alarm Intelligence Alarm Object Detection to go to the following interface. → → → →
② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Video” and “E mail”. The - - -
alarm handling setting of object detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see for 9.1 Sensor Alarm
details).
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Object Config” to go to the object detection configuration
interface.
9.3.2 Tampering
Tampering Configuration:
① Click Start Settings Camera Intelligent Analytics Tampering to go to the following interface. → → → →
② Select the camera and enable the relevant detection as needed.
Scene Change: Alarms will be triggered if the scene of the monitor video has changed.
Video Blurred: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes blurry.
Video Color Cast: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes obscured.
③ Set the sensitivity of the exception detection.
④ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
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Exception Alarm Handling Configuration:
① Click Start Settings Alarm Intelligence Alarm Exception to go to the interface. → → → →
② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Video” and “E- - -mail”. The
alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm
for details).
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “ Config” to go to the Exception exception detection
configuration interface.
9.3.3 Tripwire
Line Crossing Configuration:
Alarms will be triggered if someone or something crosses the pre-defined alarm line.
① Click Start Settings Camera Intelligent Analytics Tripwire to go to the following interface. → → → →
② Select the camera, enable the line crossing detection.
③ Select the direction.
Direction: A<->B, A->B and A<-B optional. It is the crossing direction of the intruder who crosses over the
alert line.
A<->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A or from A to B.
A->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from A to B.
A<-B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A.
④ Draw line. Refer to the interface as shown above. Check “Draw line” and then drag the mouse in the
image to draw an alert line. Uncheck the “Draw line” if you finish the drawing. Click the “Clear” to delete the
alert line .
⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of line crossing detection.
Tripwire Alarm Handling Configuration:
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② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Video” and “E mail”. The - - -
alarm handling setting of intrusion detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm
for details).
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Intrusion Config” to go to the intrusion detection
configuration interface.
9.4 Exception Alarm
9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings
① Click Start Settings Alarm Exception IPC Offline Settings to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Video”, “Pop- - -up Message
Box” and “E mail”. The IPC Offline Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see -9.1 Sensor Alarm for
details).
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
9.4.2 Video Loss Settings
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② Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Video”, “Pop- - -up
Message Box” and “E mail”. - The Video Loss Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see9.1 Sensor Alarm
for tails). de
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
9.4.3 Warning Handling Settings
① Click Start Settings Alarm Exception Warning Handling Settings to go to the interface as shown → → → →
below.
② Enable or disable “Push”, “Alarm out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop up Message Box” and “E mail”. The exception - - -
handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see for details). 9.1 Sensor Alarm
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.
9.5 Alarm Event Notification
9.5.1 Alarm-out
① Click Start Settings Alarm Event Notification to go to the following interface. → → →
② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the
schedules (see for details7.3.1 Add Schedule ).
③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Test” to test the alarm output.
9.5.2 E-mail
Click Start Settings Alarm Event Notification E-mail to go to the e-mail configuration interface. Set the → → → →
e-mail address of the recipients. See 11.1.5 E-mail Configuration for details.
9.5.3 Display
Click Start Settings Alarm Event Notification Display to go to the display configuration interface. Set → → → →
the duration time of the pop-up video and the pop-up message box. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

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9.5.4 Buzzer
Click Start Settings Alarm Event Notification Buzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set → → → →
the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the
buzzer.
9.5.5 Push Message
Click Start Settings Alarm Event Notification Push Message to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
Check “Enable” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings. If Push Server is online, it will push
messages to the mobile clients.
9.5.6 Alarm Server
Go to Alarm Alarm Server interface as shown below. →
Enable the alarm server and enter server address and port of the alarm server. Then select protocol. If “Send
Heartbeat” is enabled, set the interval times. After that, test the effectiveness of the alarm server. Having
tested successfully, please click “Apply”. When an alarm occurs, the device will transfer the alarm event to
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9.6 Manual Alarm
Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start
alarm. Click “Clear” to stop alarm.
9.7 View Alarm Status
Click Start Settings Alarm Alarm Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live vie→ → → w
interface to view the alarm status.
Click “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click to view the detail
information as shown below.
If the exception information is more than one page, you can enter the number in the box and then click
to jump to the specified page. Click to view the exception alarm information in the /
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10 Account & Permission Management
10.1 Account Management
Click Start Settings Account and Authority Account Edit User to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
Area displays the user permissions. Area displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its ① ②
user permissions in area ①.
There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) available when
adding accounts. You can manually add new permission group (see for details). 10.3.1 Add Permission Group
Only admin and the users that have the “Account and Authority” permission can manage the system’s
accounts. Group “Administrator” owns all the permissions displayed in area except “Account and ①
Authority” permissions cannot be changed while the permissions of “Advanced” and “Common” can and its
be changed.
10.1.1 Add User
① Click Start Settings Account and Authority Account Add User or click beside the search box to → → → →
pop up the window as shown below.

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② Set the username, password and group. User can also set the pattern lock here. The e-mail address is
optional. Click “Add” to add the user.
10.1.2 Edit User
Click Start Settings Account and Authority Account Edit User and then click in the user list or → → → →
double click the user to edit the user information. Click to delete the user (the user cannot be admin
deleted).
➢ Edit Security Question
You can set password security only for admin. Click “Edit Security Question” and then set questions and
answers in the popup window. If you forget the password for , please refer to Q4 in for admin Appendix A FAQ
details. The passwords of other users can be recovered by admin or the users that have the “Account and
Authority” permission.
➢ Modify Password
Only the password of admin can be modified. Click “Modify Password” to pop up a window. Enter the
current password and then set new password. Click “OK” to save the settings.
➢ Modify Pattern Lock
Some models may not support this function.
Click “Modify Pattern Lock” to pop up a window.
Enter current password and then check “Enable” to input pattern lock.
➢ Recover Password
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➢ Edit User
Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. The admin is enabled, its permission control is
closed and permission group cannot be changed by default. You can enable or disable other users (if
disabled, the user will be invalid), open or close their permission control (if closed, the user will get all the
permissions which admin has) and set their permission groups. Click “OK” to save the settings.
10.2 User Login & Logout
Login: Click Start Login or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the →
password in the popup window. Click “Login” button to log in the system.
Logout: Click Start Logout or click Start Shutdown to pop up the → → “Shutdown” window. Select “Logout” in
the window and then click “OK” button to log out the system.
10.3 Permission Management
10.3.1 Add Permission Group
Click Start Settings Account and Authority Account Edit Permission Group to go to the interface as → → → →
shown below.
Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as needed and then set the
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Set a camera and then enable or disable the preview permission on logout as required. If a camera’s preview
permission on logout is “ON”, you can view the live image of the camera when the system is logged out, or
the live image of the camera cannot be seen when logged out.
10.6 Password Security
Click Start Settings Account and Authority Security Password Security to go to the following interface. → → → →
In this interface, you can set the level and expiration time of the password.
10.7 View Online User
Click Start Settings Account and Authority User Status to view the online user information (you can → → →
view the online user name, login type, IP address and login time; click to pop up a window showing the
preview occupied channel number and playback occupied channel number).

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11 Device Management
11.1 Network Configuration
11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration
Click Start Settings Network TCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check Obtain an IPv4 address → → → “
automatically , Obtain an IPv6 address automatically and Obtain DNS automatically to get the network ” “ ” “ ”
addresses automatically, or manually enter the network addresses. You can modify the MTU value according
to the network condition (MTU, Maximum Transmission Unit, can be modified according to network
condition for higher network transmission efficiency). Click Apply to save the settings. “ ”
11.1.2 Port Configuration
Click Start Settings Network Port to go to the interface as shown below. Enter the HTTP port, HTTPS → → →
port, server port and RTSP port of the DVR, enable “Anonymous” as needed and then click “Apply” button to
save the settings.
HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The
port is mainly used for web client access. If you want to access the DVR through a web browser, you should
enter IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar of the web browser like http://192.168.11.61:81.
HTTPS Port: the default HTTPS port of the DVR is 443.
HTTPs provides authentication of the web site and protects user privacy. How to use it?
① Enter IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar of the web browser. Then enter username and
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② Install a certificate.
* You can create a private certificate here. Click the “Create” button to create a private certificate. Enter the
country (only two letters available), domain (DVR’s IP address/domain), validity date, password,
province/state, region and so on. Then click “OK” to save the settings.
* If there is a signed certificate, click “Browse” to select it and then click “Install” to install it.
* Click “Create a certificate request” to enter the following interface.
Click “Create” to create the certificate request. Then download the certificate request and submit it to the
trusted certificate authority for signature. After receiving the signed certificate, import the certificate to the
device.
③ After the certificate has been installed, enable this function and apply it. Then the camera can be
accessed by entering https://IP: https port via the web browser (eg. https://192.168.1.201:443).
Server Port: the default server port of the DVR is 6036. The server port number can be changed as required.
The port is mainly used in network video management system.
RTSP Port: RTSP real-time stream protocol can be used to control the sending of real-time data. By media player which supports the RTSP real-
time stream protocol, you can view the live images synchronously. The default RTSP port is 554 and it can be changed as . needed
Note: The HTTP port and server port of the DVR should be mapped to the router before you access
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11.1.3 PPPoE Configuration
Click Start Settings Network→ → →PPPoE to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable” in “PPPoE Settings” and then enter the username
and password obtained from the dealer. Click “Apply” to save the settings.
11.1.4 DDNS Configuration
The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. Speco Technologies provides free
DDNS service with US-based servers. You can access the DVR easily if the DDNS is enabled and configured. Click
Start Settings Network DDNS to go to the interface as shown below. The default DDNS type will be → → →
“specoddns.net”. The default domain name will be shown. You can use this for your domain name or enter your
own. If invalid or taken, please select another domain name. Click on test to check if ok. If so, you may now go
to [your domain name].specoddns.net with Internet Explorer and access your recorder remotely.
11.1.5 E-mail Configuration
Click Start Settings Network E-→ → → mail to go to the following interface. Enter the sender’s name, e-mail
address, SMTP server and SMTP port (you can click “Default” to reset the SMTP port to the default value)
and then enable or disable the SSL and attaching image. Select the username (the username list will be
updated automatically according to the email address you input) and enter the password of the sender and
then click “Apply” to save the settings (you don’t have to enter the username and password if “Anonymous
Login” is enabled). Click “Test” to pop up a window. Enter the e-mail address of the recipient in the window
and then click “OK” button. The e-mail address of the sender will send an e-mail to the recipient. If the e-
mail is sent successfully, it indicates that the e-mail address of the sender is configured correctly.

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11.1.7 802.1X
If it is enabled, the DVR data can be protected. When the DVR is connected to the network protected by the
IEEE 802.1X, user authentication is needed.
To use this function, the DVR shall be connected to a switch supporting 802.1x protocol. The switch can be
considered as an authentication system to identify the device in a local network. If the DVR connected to the
network interface of the switch has passed the authentication of the switch, it can be accessed via the local
network.
Protocol type and EAPOL version: Please use the default settings.
User name and password: The user name and password must be the same with the user name and password
applied for and registered in the authentication server.
11.1.8 NAT Configuration
Click Start Settings Network→ → →NAT to go to the interface for NAT configuration and check “Enable”. Click
“Apply” to save the settings and make note of the QR code number under the QR code. Via Internet
Explorer, go to connect.specotech.cloud, input the QR code number, your username and password to login.
You can also scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue app on your mobile client phone or tablet to log into
the recorder instantly.

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11.1.9 View Network Status
Click Start Settings Network Network Status to view the network status or click on the tool bar at → → →
the bottom of the live view interface to view network status conveniently.
11.2 Basic Configuration
11.2.1 General Configuration
Click Start Settings System Basic General Settings to go to the following interface. Set the device → → → →
name, device No., language, video format and main output. Enable or disable wizard, “Log In Automatically”,
“Log Out Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time), “App Live Self Adaption” and “- Sequence
Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time). Click “Apply” to save the settings.

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Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize
the device remotely.
Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera.
Sequence Automatically: Check it and set “wait time”. The system will sequence automatically if it is not
operated during the time you set.
11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration
Click Start Settings System Basic Date and Time to go to the interface as shown below. → → → →
Set the system time, date format, time format and time zone of the DVR. The default time zone is fill in ed
our default info. If the selected time zone includes DST, the DST of the time zone will be checked by default.
Click “Apply” to save the settings.
You can manually set the system time or synchronize system time with network through NTP.
Manual: select “Manual” in the “Synchronous” option and then click after the “System Time” option to
set the system time.
NTP: select “NTP” in the “Synchronous” option and then enter the NTP server.

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11.2.3 Recorder OSD Settings
Click Start Settings System Basic Recorder OSD settings to go to the following interface. Name, icon → → → →
and address OSD can be enabled here.
11.3 Factory Default
Click Start Settings System Maintenance→ → → →Factory Default and then click “Restore factory setting”
button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings (check all except the network“ ” to retain the
network settings). Click Restore default parameter to restore the parameters to the default status (check “ ”
“ ” to retainall except the network the network settings).
Note: Resetting to the factory default settings will not change time zone.
11.4 Device Software Upgrade
⚫ Upgrade
You can click Start Settings System Information Basic to view MCU, kernel version and firmware → → → →
version and so on. Before upgrade, please get the upgrade file from your dealer.
The upgrade steps are as follows:
① Copy the upgrade software into the USB storage device.
② Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR.

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11.7 View Log
Click Start Settings System Maintenance View Log to go to the log view interface. Select the log main → → → →
type, click to set start time and end time and then click “Search” button. The searched log files will be
displayed in the list.
Choose the log file in the list and then click “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the
“Content” title bar to pop up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show the
checked log contents only. Click to play the video log.
11.8 View System Information
Click Start Settings System→ → →Information and then click the corresponding menu to view the “Basic”,
“Camera Status”, “Alarm Status”, “Record Status”, “Network Status” and “Disk” information of the system.

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② Click Start→Settings→Network→NAT to go to the interface for NAT configuration and check “Enable”.
Click “Apply” to save the settings and make note of the QR code number under the QR code. Via Internet
Explorer, go to connect.specotech.cloud, input the QR code number, your username and password to login.
➢ PPPoE Access
① Click Start Settings Network PPPoE → → → to go to the “PPPoE” interface. Check “Enable” in the “PPPoE
settings” and then enter the username and password you get from your ISP. Click “Apply” to save the
settings.
② Click Start Settings Network Network Status to view the IP address of the DVR. → → →
③ Open the web browser on your computer, enter the IP address of the DVR like http://210.21.229.138 in
the address bar and then press enter to go to the login interface. Enter the username and password of the
DVR in the interface and then click “Login” to go to the live view interface.
➢ Router Access
① Click Start Settings Network TCP/IP → → → to go to the “TCP/IP” interface. Set the IP address, subnet mask,
gateway, preferred DNS and alternate DNS of the DVR.
② Set the HTTP port (it is suggested to modify the HTTP port because the default HTTP port 80 might be
taken up) and enable UPnP function in both the DVR and the router. If the UPnP function is not available in
the router, you need to forward the LAN IP address, HTTP port and server port of the DVR to the router. Port
mapping settings may be different in different routers, so please refer to the user manual of the router for
details.
③ Get the WAN IP address of the DVR from the router. Open the web browser on your computer, enter the
WAN IP address plus HTTP port like http://116.30.18.215:100 in the address bar and then press enter to go
to the login interface. Enter the username and password of the DVR in the interface and then click “Login” to
go to the live view interface.
12.4 Web Remote Control
The supported browsers for remote access are IE8/9/10/11, Firefox, Opera and Chrome (available only for
the versions lower than 45) in Windows system and Safari in MAC system. Here we take IE browser for
example. When you access the DVR through IE for the first time, you need to download and install the
relative components for normal preview and playback. Please refer to the tips in the remote interfaces for
details. The buttons and icons on the top right corner of the remote interface are introduced as follows.
admin: the current login username.
Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface.
Note: If the WAN IP address is a dynamic IP address, it is necessary for you to use the domain name to
access the DVR. Click Start
→
→
→
→→
Settings
→
→
→
→→
Network
→
→
→
→→
DDNS to set DDNS (see 1 1.4 DDNS Configuration 2.
for details). By using DDNS function you can use the domain name plus HTTP port like
http://sunshine.dvrdydns.com:100 to access the DVR via internet.
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