HIKVISION iVMS-4200 Intelligent Video Management System

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1. Overview

This Guide provides basic instructions on how to operate the software, live view, record images and play back the recorded video. For detailed instructions on programming and using the software, please refer to the iVMS-4200 User Manual.

2. Installation

For detailed instructions on how to install the software, please refer to iVMS-4200 User Manual.

3. Quick Start

Step1: Login

Double click the [software-icon] shortcut on desktop to run the client software. For the first use of the software, the system will pop up a dialogue box for user to create an administrator for login. Input the user name and password and then click Login button to log in the system.

Figure 3-1 Login Dialogue Box: This figure illustrates two dialog boxes. The first, "Register administrator," prompts for Administrator username, Password, and Verification. The second, "Login," prompts for User name and Password.

Step2: Control Panel

After the system initialized (refer to Figure 3-4), the user is accessible to the control panel that will display in a new popup window (refer to Figure 3-5).

Figure 3-4 Initializing: This shows the software initializing with text "Init Client..." and the software title "Intelligence Video Management System" along with copyright information.

iVMS-4200 provides an effective and convenient GUI for the user to operate the client software (refer to Figure 3-5).

Figure 3-5 Control Panel: This figure displays the main control panel interface of the iVMS-4200 software. It features a grid of icons representing various modules such as Main View, Emap View, Event Search, TVwall View, Stream Import, Local Log Search, User Management, DVR Management, NVR Management, Stream Media Server, Decode Server, Stream Config, and System Option.

Control Panel Description:

Step3: DVR Management

Add Device

iVMS-4200 is able to automatically search all the on-line devices within the same gateway. You can add a device either by selecting the listed online device or by manually inputting the name, IP address, port, user name and port of the device (refer to Figure 3-6).

Figure 3-6 DVR Management - Add DVR: This figure shows the "Device Management" interface with an "Add DVR" dialog box. The dialog includes fields for Nick Name, IP, Port, User Name, and Password, along with buttons for "Online Devices," "Add," and "Cancel."

After adding the device according to the above steps, click Config ⚙️ to enter the Device Parameters configuration interface (refer to Figure 3-7). User is allowed to view and configure the following settings: Status, General, Channels, Network, Alarm, User, HDD, Exception, Files, Log and Other.

Figure 3-7 Device Parameters: This figure displays the "Device Parameters" interface. The left pane shows a menu with options like Status, General, Channels, Network, Alarm, User, HDD, Exception, Files, Log, and Other. The right pane shows detailed information and configuration fields for the selected parameter, such as Device Type, Channel Number, HDD Number, Version Information, etc.

Settings Menu of DVR Management:

Add Camera

After adding the target device, return to the control panel interface and click Stream Import to enter the camera group configuration interface (refer to Figure 3-8). Then click Add ➕ to create a group in the right area (refer to Figure 3-8, Figure 3-9).

Figure 3-8 Add StreamImport-Group: This figure shows the "Stream Import" interface where a dialog box titled "Add Group" is displayed. It has fields for "Name" and buttons "OK", "Cancel", and "Import".

Figure 3-9 Stream Import - Done: This figure shows the "Stream Import" interface after a group has been created. The left side lists the added device (DS-7204) and its associated cameras. The right side shows the created group (e.g., DS-7204_Camera04, DS-7204_Camera03, etc.).

Step4: Recording Schedule

For the recording schedule, you can directly enter camera settings by clicking the Stream Config icon on the control panel. The list on the left side provides a set of parameter settings for different channels (refer to Figure 3-10), where Picture, Resolution & Quality, Schedule, Display, Motion Detection, Video Tampering Detection, Video Loss Detection, PTZ Control and Connection can be configured after clicking on the corresponding icon and entering the configuration interface.

Click Schedule in the list on the lower left corner to enter the schedule interface. The recording schedule will be displayed afterwards.

Figure 3-10 Stream Configuration Interface: This figure shows the "Stream Configuration" interface. It displays camera channels and various configuration options like Picture, Quality, Schedule, Display, Motion, Tampering, Video Loss, PTZ, and Connection. Below these, there are options for setting the recording schedule, including templates and copy functions.

Click Edit Schedule Template to enter the configuration dialogue box (refer to Figure 3-11). For the schedule configuration, this interface provides multiple choices of schedule templates with 3 default templates and 8 customized templates (refer to Figure 3-12).

Figure 3-11 Schedule Templates: This figure displays the "Schedule Templates" interface, showing a grid for setting daily schedules (Sun to Sat) with time slots from 0 to 24. Options like "Day template," "Work day template," and "Alarm template" are available, along with pre-defined templates (Template01 to Template08).

Figure 3-12 Customized Templates: This figure shows a similar schedule interface, but with specific time ranges already filled in for certain days (e.g., "01:42-13:37" for Wednesday), indicating customized settings.

The custom template, continuous, event, command can be configured as follows:

• Click Remove/Empty ?️ to delete existing schedule.
• Click Continuous/Event/Command to select Recording Mode.
• Drag the mouse on the schedule to specify a time bar (maximum: 8 bars).

The length of the time bar can be adjusted, and the bar can be copied to other days. Click on the time bar to view the start and end time of this recording period.

Step5: Live Preview

To preview the live video, drag the camera from the left list to the right display window (refer to Figure 3-13).

Figure 3-13 Main View: This figure shows the "Main View" interface, displaying multiple camera feeds simultaneously in a grid layout. The left panel lists available cameras and local clips/snapshots. The bottom toolbar includes controls for screen mode, playback, recording, etc.

Description of icons in the camera list:

Tool bar in each display window:

Main Buttons:

Step6: Playback

Instant Playback

For the instant playback, click the [playback-icon] icon from the tool bar on each display window (refer to Figure 3-14). Drag the time line at the bottom of the interface to adjust the progress of video playback (refer to Figure 3-15).

Figure 3-14 Playback - Instant Playback: This figure shows the playback interface, similar to the live view, but displaying recorded video content with playback controls at the bottom.

Figure 3-15 Playback - Drag the Time Line: This figure illustrates the playback interface with a visible timeline control at the bottom, indicating how to adjust the playback progress.

Event Playback

Check Event Playback in View menu to enter the Event Playback interface (refer to Figure 3-16).

• Select the group to configure device
• Select the cameras
• Set the start time

Click Search button to search the recorded files, and the relative video files will be listed in the search results area. Drag the mouse to the display window from the search results list.

Click ▶️⏸️⏹️ buttons to play, pause, stop, or go to the next record file respectively.

Figure 3-16 Event Search: This figure displays the "Event Search" interface. It includes fields for Group, Camera, Start time, and End time, a "Search" button, and a "Search Results" area. The main part of the interface shows a video playback window with timeline and control buttons.

Step7: Exit System

Click File on the top menu and select Exit, or click the [close-icon] on the top right corner of the main interface, and then a confirmation dialog will pop up. Click OK to exit iVMS-4200 client software.