How to Setup Motion Recording on a Dahua NVR

How to Setup Motion Recording on a Dahua NVR

Description

This article will go over Motion Recording setup in detail on the recorder's new GUI

Prerequisites

  • Dahua Recorder with new GUI
  • Dahua Camera

Step by Step Instructions

1. On the main menu go to Management


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2. Click on "Camera"

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3. Under Camera select "Video Detect" to enter the Motion Detect settings and enable the functions for your application


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4. Click on "Settings" next to region to modify hot spots.

Coloured boxes detect motion, transparent boxes do not detect motion

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5. Click on "More Settings" to open up the rest of the options for Motion Detect

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6. After configuring the settings, check "Enable MD" to enable motion detect and save the configurations by clicking on "Save"

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7. We need to setup a schedule now so go to "Management" and click on "Storage"

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8. Select the channel you are working with and go to settings

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9. For this example we are doing Motion recording only for everyday of the week, so we disabled General recording and only kept Motion

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10. After setting up a schedule make sure you save any changes. Next go to "Record"

Clicking to "Copy" will allow you copy the current settings to other channels

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11. Make sure the channel(s) you are working with are set to "Auto" for the streams you want to enable. After doing so, exit the "Storage" tab.

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12. Go to "Video"

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13. You can now check recording for motion. It will be indicated with yellow bars

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