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Quick Guide - Hikvis - How To Setup Event Triggered Snapshot Recording

This document provides a user guide for setting up event-triggered snapshot recording on an SD card for an Hikvision IP camera. The key steps are: 1) Synchronize the camera time with the computer time. 2) Format the SD card in the camera's storage settings. 3) Configure motion detection events in the camera and set the recording schedule. 4) Enable event-triggered snapshot recording and set the recording interval. Snapshots triggered by motion detection events will then be saved to the SD card.

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Quick Guide - Hikvis - How To Setup Event Triggered Snapshot Recording

This document provides a user guide for setting up event-triggered snapshot recording on an SD card for an Hikvision IP camera. The key steps are: 1) Synchronize the camera time with the computer time. 2) Format the SD card in the camera's storage settings. 3) Configure motion detection events in the camera and set the recording schedule. 4) Enable event-triggered snapshot recording and set the recording interval. Snapshots triggered by motion detection events will then be saved to the SD card.

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Event-Triggered Snapshot Recording in SD Card

User Guide
V 1.0.0

HIKVISION Europe B.V.

www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal
Event-Triggered Snapshot Recording

Connect your device (IP Camera) through IE Internet Explorer; make sure both camera and PC or laptop has the same
network range.

Tools can be used to ensure device IP address:


- SADP Tools
- iVMS4200

Both applications are available to download for free on our website www.hikvision.com.

1. Login to the camera’s IP address using IE (Internet


Explorer) as shown above as an example. Once successful, login menu will prompt. Input device User Name
and Password and click Login button to proceed.

Following procedure must be completed for Snapshot on Event-Triggered:

1). Synchronize the device time with computer.


2). Format the SD Card
2). Setup camera Events parameter (Motion Detection).
3). Enable Event-Triggered Snapshot

To apply the steps doesn’t have to be in sequence.


Synchronize Device Time

Synchronizing device time is to avoid capture playback mishandled from recorder file in SD Card.

Go to main header tab and select Configuration, choose Basic Configuration located in your left hand side corner and
with bullet style selection select System. You will see three (3) tabs under System, please select Time Settings.

2. Enable the Sync. with computer time. Device Time and Set Time should be the same by its seconds. You may
have to click Save two times (2x) if both parameters time are not properly sync, also make sure of having the
Time Zone in your proper region as well.
Format SD Card

3. Format the SD card on your IP camera. Go to Configuration > Advance Configuration > Storage.
You will see three (3) tabs under Storage, please select Storage Management.

4. Place a checkmark on the SD card to select then click Format.


5. Once formatting is completed, go to Record Schedule in the first tab. Enable Record Schedule and click Edit
button.

NOTE:

In Record Schedule setup window, you can define what types of events you will assign for recording. The common
event used in snapshot triggered recording is “Motion Detection”.
Record Schedule Setup

6. In the event list, choose Motion Detection. You can define your own schedule for the whole week and time
frame per day.
Setup Camera Events

7. To setup camera events parameter such as Motion Detection. Go to Configuration > Advance Configuration >
Events. You will see seven (7) tabs under Events, please select Motion Detection.

Sensitivity Level
8. Place a checkmark under Enable Motion Detection; define the view area of your camera for motion grid.
9. Once motion detection is enabled, arming schedule will be in edit mode automatically. You can arm the
events assigned for snapshot recording for whole week seven (7) days.

10. Under Linkage Method, place the checkmark on Upload to FTP. This will enable the link for picture upload to
your SD card from your camera.
Enable Event-Triggered

11. To enable snapshot picture recording. Go to Configuration > Advance Configuration > Events. You will see
seven (7) tabs under Events, please select Snapshot.

12. Enable Event-Triggered Snapshot by placing checkmark to have it active for snapshot recording. The following
information below is minimum interval for millisecond and second interval for recording.

Millisecond
Second
Snapshot Picture Search

13. From the main tab go to Playback to search for recorded snapshot picture as figure shown below.

Download Images

NOTE:

Normal recording mode or normal video recording can be search by date through the calendar on playback menu.
For snapshot triggered recording can be access by clicking download images button shown in figure above.

14. Click Download Images button, a pop-up menu will show. Select “Motion” in dropdown events list to indicate
motion detection to search as shown in figure below.
15. You can narrow the search by dates by indicating Start Time and End Time. Click search button to show
available recorded picture with specified dates.
16. To download snapshot picture, place a checkmark on the left hand side box on each individual capture files
and click download.

NOTE:

Downloaded files are saved and located by default in this folder, C:\Users\Admin\Web\DownloadFiles. You can
changed the folder where to save downloaded files, go to Configuration > Local Configuration.

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