How to quick programming our DVR?
1. How to open Startup Wizard to start quick programming your DVR?
For this, you will help the Startup Wizard. It automatically comes on monitor, when you turning HVR ON or restarting it. Also you can open it manual, by right button menu of the mouse, please press on the main screen(where you can watch in life all your cameras), there is the second item, it is button to open Startup Wizard. To start programming it press NEXT to open the second page.
2. Second page - Time and Language Configuration.
First, please choose your Time Zone, for example, Eastern Time (Canada and US): UTC-05:00, then set-up the time, so all your cameras and DVR follow right time for life streams and PlayBack. As well here you can change language if you like.
3. Third page - Network Test.
Here you can configure and test your Network settings, to have possibility use the mobile app on your smartphone to view your cameras by mobile app and have an opportunity connect to your DVR by Internet Explorer, CMS or VMS. First, please check, if you connect network cable to your DVR properly, Network interface on the HVR will show you LED light, solid green and blinking orange. Then check if the Network test pass thru, it should be connected automatically as HVR use DHCP by default. Or you can set up it manual by press button Network on same page.
If you would like use CMS and/or Internet browser also, better setup network settings manual by fill any free IP in your network and give to it Gateway and DNS server of your Router.
3(a). IP channel configuration
This menu, you will see only if you have mode activated, which support to connect IP cameras to HVR. There you can found and add your IP cameras by Onvif or Netip(if you use our ip cameras), as well Encode it, change IP for our cameras, if need and much more.
4. Install Mobile App
There you will need scan QR code and download the mobile app from App Store(iPhone) or if you using Android phone from Google Play. If you don't know how to use scan code(QR) please find this mobile app on your phone's Store: XMEye. Then, when you download and install the App on your phone.
5. Add Device to the App
First, find downloaded mobile App in your phone and open it, find the link "Register" please press it. there you can register your account in the cloud to have the opportunity connect to your DVR by the same account from different phones.
At the next menu choose "Register", then fill your true email address (because the app will ask you the code, which it will send on your e-mail box) and press next. Please go to your e-mail box and find there the letter, It can be on the "Spam", copy code and fill it to the form of the app and press next. Fill the form and press Register. Now you registered your login and password and you can go to the app by Login to your account. Next step, when you already inside press "+" on the right top corner of your screen, you will see the menu, which you need to fill to add your DVR to the mobile app. In the opened menu, please give any name, which you like for your Device(DVR) for example "Home", after app will show you it by this name on the Device list. The second field you will need press picture of QR code, which locates at the end of the field, now you can scan code by your phone from the monitor to which was connected DVR. Now you ready to watch your cameras by mobile phone, please press OK. Restart the app, if you didn't find added DVR at the Device List.
How to find IP Cameras?
If you can't see your IP Cameras on the DVR(HVR, NVR), first at all please check in your Video Recorder under right Mode. As well, you can check, if you connect all your IP cameras to the PoE switch and set it up by "quick set" on the HVR. Find out, if your Router can see IP cameras and Video Recorder, check the cables to it. If all is good, you might use IP cameras, which DVR(NVR, HVR) can't find automatically, don't worry, we can set it up it manual. Now, we need to find, which IP cameras you connect to it and their IP addresses, it might be working by ONVIF protocol and you should put those cameras at the same network, where is your DVR(NVR, HVR), for this you might need special help of the our specialist and we can help you even if you didn't buy our cameras. Please, contact us.
