May 26, 2021 iDMSS Lite App for PC (Alternative Method) If you want to benefit from the interface of the iDMSS Lite App for PC, you can use the services of Android emulators. Such programs help you emulate Android OS, so to benefit from this app on your computer, you should be using Google Play Store for PC to install GDMSS Lite. GDMSS Lite By Zhejiang DAHUA Technology Co., Ltd Android Phone Surveillance Software gDMSS Lite, Android Phone Remote Surveillance Software, Support Remote Surveillance and PTZ Control. GDMSS Lite is the lite version of the gDMSS Plus.
This tutorial, How to Use Dahua iDMSS on iPhone & Dahua gDMSS on Android Phone, is updated in 2020 with updated screenshots, since Dahua has changed the graphic interface of the mobile apps on both iOS and Android (The logic is the same on both platforms.)
What are iDMSS and gDMSS
iDMSS and gDMSS are mobile phone surveillance applications from Dahua, which are available on iPhone and Android phones respectively, supporting Dahua CCTV Camera, XVR, NVR, HDCVI CCTV Camera, IP Cameras, etc. both iDMSS and gDMSS have two versions each: lite and plus; all the Apps are free and can be downloaded from Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
The key features of Dahua iDMSS and gDMSS Mobile Surveillance Applications include:
- Support real-time live/playback
- Support view and control live video streams from cameras and video encoders
- Support Push Alarm, Video Playback, Task wheel, Finger Gesture, Windows Slide and so on.
- Task Wheel to change Favorites Group
- Support H.265/H.264/MPEG-4/JPEG decoding
- Support Easy4IP – Dahua’s own P2P solution
- Support Dahua Video IP intercom system
- Support Dahua Alarm control
If you have installed the Dahua CCTV Camera, XVR, NVR, or IP Camera system from us, and would like to find out how to use Dahua iDMSS on iPhone & Dahua gDMSS on Android phones, you can refer to the below tutorial as the step-by-step guide. In this tutorial, we use gDMSS on Android as the illustration, rest assured that the logic is the same for iDMSS on Iphone.
How to Use Dahua iDMSS on iPhone and Dahua gDMSS on Android Phones
1. For iPhones, go to the “App Store”, download the app: iDMSS Plus. Here is the link: iDMSS Plus on App Store ; For Android Phones, please go to the “Google Play market”, download the app: gDMSS Plus. Here is the link: gDMSS Plus on Google Play Store
2. After downloading the app, click to open it. You will see the step that is asking you to choose the “Country or Area”. Please choose the country of your current residence. The purpose is to facilitate the P2P connection of Dahua’s Easy4IP. The country or area you choose can be changed later, so don’t worry if you will move to other countries in the future.
3. Click the Top Left Corner as shown below to enable the menu choices.
4. The first thing you need to do now is to add the Dahua IP Camera, XVR, NVR, etc to the iDMSS or gDMSS. So please press “Scan” icon.
5. Scan the barcode on the Dahua IP Camera, XVR or NVR (on the device itself, on the packaging box, or on the web interface). You can also enter manually serial number if scanning fail.
6. Press “Next” at the next step (it means your Dahua device is online now)
7. Select the device to add it to the app
8. After that, please enter the device name, username and password. Press the Save icon on the top right to watch the live video footage.
9. Another way to watch the Live View is to Press the Live, followed by the icon on the top right, as shown below:
10. Now you can choose the IP camera / NVR / XVR you want to watch, or you can also select all to watch all the CCTV cameras at the same time, then Press “Start Live view”
11. Referring the image below, pressing the icon circled will enable the switch between mainstream and substream – a way to switch between fluent transmission and clear image.
12. Referring to the image below. Press the icons circled will allow you to do the playback, take picture, enable microphone (sound), keep the video clips, or close the live view.
13. To replay the recorded video footage, Press the Video, followed by the icon on the top right, as shown below:
14. Upon pressing Playback, select the start and end time for the recorded video, also remember to select the Dahua device of which you want to replay the video.
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| Basics | |
|---|---|
| Device Initialization | Device Initialization |
| Change User & Password | Change User Name or Password |
| Date & Time | How to Set Date and Time |
| Quick Start Guide | NVR Quick Start Guide |
| Initial Setup | Initial Setup |
| Model & Serial | How to Identify Device Model and Serial Number |
| Add Cameras | |
| Physical Connection | How to Physically Connect IP Camera to NVR |
| Add Dahua Camera | Add Dahua IP Camera to NVR |
| Add Multi-sensor Dahua Camera (Missing images, needs to be re-uploaded) | Add Multi-sensor Dahua IP Camera to NVR |
| Set IP | How to set IP address of IP cameras |
| Smart Add | Smart Add |
| Add 3rd Party Camera | Add 3rd Party IP Camera to NVR |
| Wifi Camera | How to Connect a WiFi Camera to NVR |
| Wifi Camera | How to Connect a WiFi Camera to NVR ADVANCED |
| Wifi Camera | How to Connect a Wifi Camera to Wireless Router and Wired NVR |
| Menus | |
| Menu | NVR Menu Explanation |
| Navigation Bar | NVR Navigation Bar |
| Live Feed | Live Feed Icons |
| Preview | Preview Control Interface |
| Right Click Menu | Right Click Menu |
| Display | |
| Dual Display | Dual HDMI Setup |
| Video Matrix and Spot Out | Video Matrix and Spot Out |
| Additional Info | |
| Format HDD | How to Format HDD |
| Recording Resolution | Recording Resolution Explanation |
| Compatible HDDs | Compatible_HDDs |
| Storage | Network Storage Explanation |
| Interface | SystemUI | WebUI | SmartPSS 1.16 | SmartPSS 2.0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule | SystemUI Setup | WebUI Setup | SmartPSS 1.6 Setup | SmartPSS 2.0 Setup | ||
| Motion | SystemUI Setup | WebUI Setup | SmartPSS 1.6 Setup | SmartPSS 2.0 Setup | ||
| Alarm | SystemUI Setup | WebUI Setup | SmartPSS 1.6 Setup | SmartPSS 2.0 Setup | ||
| Advanced | ||||||
| Motion Record | Motion Recording Troubleshoot | |||||
| Physical Alarm | Physical Alarm Setup | |||||
| Resolutions | Recording Resolutions | |||||
| Snapshot | Setup Snapshot | |||||
| Zero Channel | Setup Zero Channel | |||||
| HDD | Internal HDD vs. USB HDD | |||||
| HDD | Hard Drive Compatibility List | |||||
| RAID | How to Setup RAID | |||||
| RAID | How to Delete RAID | |||||
| RAID | How to setup Hotspare | |||||
| RAID | RAID Info displaying as, 'Active, Degraded, Recovering' | |||||
| FTP | How to Setup FTP to Record Snapshots and Sub-Stream Using SmallFTPD | |||||
| eSATA | eSATA Setup and Use | |||||
| Audio | Audio Recording Setup | |||||
| iSCSI | How to Setup iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 | |||||
| Multicast | How to Setup Multicast | |||||
| NAS | NAS Recording Setup | |||||
| IVS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | SystemUI (Old) | SystemUI (New) | WebUI | SmartPSS 1.16 | SmartPSS 2.0 | |
| Face Detect | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Tripwire | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Intrusion | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Abandoned/Missing | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| People Counting | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Heatmap | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Auto Track | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Scene Change | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| ePTZ | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Fast Moving | SystemUI Setup | SystemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.00 Setup | |
| Interface | SystemUI | WebUI | SmartPSS 1.16 | SmartPSS 2.0 | Mobile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playback | Playback via SystemUI | Playback via Internet Explorer | Playback via SmartPSS 1.16 | Playback via SmartPSS 2.0 | Playback via Mobile Phone | |
| Advanced | ||||||
| Playback Menu | Playback Menu | |||||
| DAV to AVI | How to Convert DAV to AVI | |||||
| Smart Player | How to Use Smart Player | |||||
| Smart Search | How to Use Smart Search | |||||
| Fisheye | How to Dewarp a Fisheye Camera During Playback | |||||
| Interface | SystemUI | WebUI | SmartPSS 1.16 | SmartPSS 2.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backup | SytemUI Setup | Internet Explorer Setup | SmartPSS 1.16 Setup | SmartPSS 2.0 Setup | |
| Advanced | |||||
| Disable UAC | Disable UAC Before Backing Up via IE or SmartPSS | ||||
| SD-Card | Download Video from SD-Card in SmartPSS | ||||
| USB | Backup via USB | ||||
| Snapshot | Backup Snapshot via USB | ||||
| N+M | N+M Hot Standby Setup | ||||
| Redundant HDD | Redundant HDD Setup | ||||
| Interface | SystemUI | WebUI | SmartPSS 1.16 | SmartPSS 2.0 | Mobile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Forward | Remote Access via Portforwarding(IP) | Configure Internet Explorer | Remote Access via IP | Coming Soon | IP/Domain Mobile Access | |
| P2P | Remote Access via P2P | P2P via Internet Explorer | Remote Access via P2P | Coming Soon | P2P Mobile Access | |
| Advanced | ||||||
| Internet Explorer | How to Configure Internet Explorer | |||||
| Internet Explorer | How to Delete Webrec Files | |||||
| Two-Way Talk | Two-Way Talk with Recorder | |||||
| Two-Way Talk | Two-Way Talk with IPC | |||||
| Email Notifications Setup | ||||||
| Setup Email Notifications w/Gmail | ||||||
| RTSP | RTSP via VLC | |||||
| RTSP | Embed Video Feed On Website | |||||
| RTSP | Link to RTSP Settings | |||||
| DDNS | DDNS Setup | |||||
| DDNS | Dahua DDNS Setup | |||||
| DDNS | NoIP DDNS Setup | |||||
| DDNS | Quick DDNS Setup | |||||
| FTP | Setup Small FTP via FTPD | |||||
| FTP | Setup FTP Snapshot | |||||
| FTP | FTP Setup Core FTP Server | |||||
| Easy4IP | Setup Remote Access via P2P-No Sign Up(Browser) | |||||
| Easy4IP | Setup Remote Access via P2P-w/Account Sign Up(Browser) | |||||
NOTE: Plus versions of mobile applications have Push Notifications. All other features are the same on the Free and Paid applications.
| Mobile Software | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android Software | |||||||
| gDMSS Lite | Android Phone | 3.46 | View Live Feed and Playback via Mobile Device | 4-5-2017 | Instructions | Download | |
| gDMSS Plus | Android Phone | 3.46 | View Live Feed and Playback via Mobile Device | 4-5-2017 | Instructions | Download | |
| gDMSS HD Lite | Android Tablet | 3.32 | View Live Feed and Playback via Tablet | 5-7-2016 | Instructions | Download | |
| gDMSS HD Plus | Android Tablet | 3.32 | View Live Feed and Playback via Tablet | 5-7-2016 | Instructions | Download | |
| iOS Software | |||||||
| iDMSS Lite | iOS Phone | 3.46 | View Live Feed and Playback via iPhone | 4-10-2017 | Instructions | Download | |
| iDMSS Plus | iOS Phone | 3.46 | View Live Feed and Playback via iPhone | 4-10-2017 | Instructions | Download | |
| iDMSS HD Lite | iOS Tablet | 3.32 | View Live Feed and Playback via iPad | 9-15-2016 | Instructions | Download | |
| iDMSS HD Plus | iOS Tablet | 3.46 | View Live Feed and Playback via iPad | 4-10-2017 | Instructions | Download | |
| About | |||||||
| Intro | Introduction to Mobile Applications (iDMSS and gDMSS) | ||||||
| Features | gDMSS Features(Android) | ||||||
| Features | iDMSS Features(iOS) | ||||||
| iDMSS or gDMSS Setup | |||||||
| Remote Access | How to Access System Using P2P via Mobile Application | ||||||
| Remote Access | How to Access System Using IP/Domain via Mobile Application | ||||||
| Playback | How to Playback Video via Mobile Application | ||||||
| Favorites | How to Setup Favorite List via Mobile Application | ||||||
| Local Files | Local Files | ||||||
| Push Notifications | How to Setup Push Notifications via Mobile Application | ||||||
| Easy4IP Setup | |||||||
| Remote Access | How to Access System Using P2P via Easy4IP Mobile Application | ||||||
| View Device | How to View Devices via Easy4IP Mobile Application | ||||||
| Playback | How to Playback Video via Easy4IP Mobile Application | ||||||
| Backup | How to Backup Video via Easy4IP Mobile Application | ||||||
| Favorites | How to Setup Favorite List via Easy4IP Mobile Application | ||||||
| Local Files | Local Files in Easy4IP | ||||||
| Push Notifications | How to Setup Push Notifications via Easy4IP Mobile Application | ||||||
- Efficient Device Management
- Manage up to 256 Devices over a Maximum of 2000 Channels
- Manage Access, Video Intercom, and Time and Attendance Devices
- Supports H.265 and H.264 Dual Video Compression Codecs
- Live Video Monitoring and Playback
- Configure Video Wall Layout and Scheme
- Configure NVR Recording
- PTZ Camera Control
- Intelligent Video System (IVS) with People Counting and Heat Map
System Requirements
| Item | Requirements |
|---|---|
| OS | Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 |
| CPU | 2.4GHz or higher. |
| Display Card | Independent card that supports directX 8.0c or higher. |
| Memory | 1GB or higher |
| Resolution | 1024×768 or higher. |
Download Links
| SmartPSS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Build Date | Download Links | |||||
| SmartPSS 2.02 | 11-24-2017 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS 2.01.0 | 7-24-2017 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS 2.00.1 | 2-25-2017 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS 1.16.1 | 2-20-2017 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| Previous Versions | |||||||
| SmartPSS 2.00 | 11-16-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS v1.161 | 1-19-2017 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS v1.16.0 | 11-17-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS v1.15.0 | 10-11-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS v1.14.2 | 8-18-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS v1.14.1 | 7-11-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS v1.13.0 | 1-14-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS for OSX 10.7 or higher | |||||||
| SmartPSS 2.0 | 1-20-2017 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| SmartPSS 1.11.1 | 11-18-2016 | Click Here to Download | |||||
| PDF Instructions | |||||||
| Name | Version | Link | |||||
| SmartPSS User Manual | 2.00 | SmartPSS_User's_Manual_V2.00.0 | |||||
| SmartPSS User Manual | 1.16 | SmartPSS_User's_Manual_V1.16.0 | |||||
Menu Interface
Please Note: The below menu items are subject to change.
Basic
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Liveview
Playback
Alarm
Log
Video Talk
Settings
Devices
Device Config
Alarm Config
Tour & Task
PC-NVR
Video Wall Config
Account
General
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| Instructions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Setup | |||||
| Features | SmartPSS Features | ||||
| Install | Install SmartPSS | ||||
| Install | Install SmartPSS in OSX 10.7 or higher | ||||
| Add Device | Add DVR/NVR to SmartPSS(IP) | ||||
| Add Device | Add DVR/NVR via Serial Number to SmartPSS(P2P) | ||||
| View Device | View Device in SmartPSS | ||||
| Basics | |||||
| Playback | SmartPSS Playback | ||||
| Backup | SmartPSS Backup | ||||
| Dewarp Fisheye | How to Dewarp a Fisheye Camera's Live Feed via SmartPSS | ||||
| Dewarp Fisheye | How to Dewarp a Fisheye Camera's Recorded Video via SmartPSS | ||||
| Advanced | |||||
| SD-Card | Download Video from SD-Card | ||||
| Config | How to Backup SmartPSS Configuration | ||||
| Import/Export | Import and Export a device list | ||||
| E-Map | How to use E-Map | ||||
| IVS | How to Access IVS Features in SmartPSS | ||||
| Smart Track | How to Setup Smart Track in SmartPSS | ||||
| PC-NVR | How to Setup PC-NVR | ||||
| PC-NVR | How to Setup PC-NVR On SmartPSS 2.0 | ||||