Table of Contents Product Description Install Hard Disk Hardware Illustration I/O Ports and RS-485 LEDs Definition Connect to the NVR 1. Live View 1.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream 1.2 Retrieve camera’s status 1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing 1.4 PTZ Control 1.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing 1.6 Live Video Control Buttons 1.7 Change Web UI Display Language 1.8 Live View Through iPhone...
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3.5 System Options 3.5.1 Device Information 3.5.2 Logs and Reports 3.5.3 Maintenance Reboot the NVR Firmware Upgrade Reset the NVR to Factory Default 3.5.4 DO Status 3.5.5 Disk Status 3.5.6 USB Backup 3.5.7 UPS Configuration...
System Requirements The following are minimum system requirements for the system to operate Em- bedded Network Video Recorder (ENVR): Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit) Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above Minimum Intel®...
Up to 4 (for NVST MP-04) or 8 (for NVST MP-08) or 16 (for NVST MP-16) cameras can be connected via a network and it is possible to record their camera pictures.
Install Hard Disk Start by removing the screws on the side: Push the top housing forward Then lift it up • The NVR supports SATA I or SATA II hard disks • The NVR supports max. 1.5TB per hard disk and it supports total of 2 hard disks (3TB)
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There is a cable connected between the fron LED board and the main board You can remove it from the main board or simply put the top housing on the side like shown below: Next, slide the hard drive into the tray:...
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Make sure the SATA connectors are aligned with each other correctly Secure the hard drive with the tool-less screw provided in the box Place the top housing back and secure it with the bottom housing...
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LEDs Definition Solid green when the hard disk is mounted and Green being accessed Solid red for disk fail HDD x 2 Solid amber when recording is in process Amber Blinking when recycling Amber Solid amber for activity on a 1G bps network. Network Green Solid green for activity on a 10/100 Mbps network.
CD from a computer that is on the same network and locate the NVR with its IP address that is assigned by the top-level DHCP server. To begin, launch the “PRIME Deivce Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:...
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Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”: The search should start automatically and its status should be displayed: The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed: Double-click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR’s web administration page from your default browser You may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button highlighted below.
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You will be prompted for the NVR’s login information before proceeding to change device’s IP address. You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again. Or dou- ble-click on any of the search results to access NVR’s web administration page access NVR’s web administration page perform search again You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password.
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Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network.
1. Live View NVST MP-16 Camera List Live Video Live Video Control Buttons PTZ Control NVST MP-08 The 8 channel NVR comes with a 8-video split window view with one video displays on a larger window. Select a channel from the drop-down menu to display its video on the larger split window.
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NVST MP-04 The “Live View” page provides the following functions: • Retrieve camera’s video stream • Retrieve camera’s status • Perform Live Sequence Viewing • PTZ Control • Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing • Perform manual recording • Take snapshot • Receive audio of a video stream...
1.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and dis- played on the Live View page. • Click “All” to display videos in the 8-video mode (NVST MP-08) or 16-video mode (NVST MP-16) • Click on a “Group” (ex. Group 1) to display videos from cameras under that group in quad view • Click on any camera to display video...
1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one. To perform sequence view, select “SEQ View” from the upper-left hand corner Next, select one or more camera(s) or camera group(s) for sequence viewing Then select dwell interval from the drop-down menu Finally click “Start”...
1.4 PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera(s) that are currently being selected for live viewing will be listed in the PTZ drop-down menu. Simply select a camera then use the PTZ control panel to control the camera The bar shown below allows you to control the pan/tilt speed...
1.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” section: • Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera • Auto pan a particular camera • Perform preset point sequence viewing Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop-down list shown below: Select a preset position from the drop-down list and click “Go to”...
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Auto Pan Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Use the Auto Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto Autopan * Certain cameras do not support bi-di- rectional pan movements. Use the “Au- Pan Left topan”...
1.6 Live Video Control Buttons Each live video window comes with control buttons with functions de- scribed below: Take a snapshot of a live video Turn on/off audio of a live video Start/stop recording of a live video (manual recording) Audio post function Full screen view of a live video Display video in its original ratio...
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Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, click the button and the snapshot of the video will be displayed in a pop up window shown like below Right-click anywhere on the image and select “Save Image as” from the pull-down menu In the pop up dialog, name the image file and choose which directory the image will be saved to and click “Save”...
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Full Screen View of a Live Video To view a video in full screen, click the button. To exit full screen video, double-click anywhere on the video. Turn On/Off Audio of a Live Video You can retrieve audio from a particular camera. Simply click the but- ton to do so.
1.7 Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login user- name link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu which lets you change the displyay language.
1.8 Live View through iPhone You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser, make sure “javascript” is on under “Settings” >> “Safari” >>...
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You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel Click on the “Channe” drop-down menu to select other cameras...
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If a PTZ camera is selected, the corresponding control buttons will dis- play (control PT only) * Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras. Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the selection “Auto” will be used.
1.9 Live View through Blackberry Phones You can use Blackberry and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through its browser, make sure “javascript” is enabled under “Browser” >> “Menu button”...
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Make sure two options illustrated below are enabled Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings Press the button highlighted below to go back to the browser...
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Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access...
2. Playback Methods to search playback Playback video control buttons Playback video Channels to be played back Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly.
2.1 Methods to Search Playback Videos The NVR offers three methods to quickly help users find videos that were pre- viously recorded: • Search by time: Specifiy a time range and search videos recorded within that range • Search by event: Find videos that were recorded due to event triggers • Play by start time: Enter a specific time a video was recorded to start play- ing back the video Search by time chart • Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on: * Selected channels will be marked in red...
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• Results will then be displayed in a “Date/Channel” table and boxes marked in blue represent videos found in those dates: • Click on any blue cell box should direct you to the hour/channel table if there were multiple videos recorded during that date: * Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed...
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• Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: • Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played.
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Search by event • Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on: * Selected channels will be marked in red • Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search: • Results will then be listed like what is shown below (displays the oldest record top down).
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• You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time”...
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Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the se- lected channels, displaying the most recent result top down. You may click “Update” to update the list to display the most recent result...
2.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on NVST MP-16 to a local computer and save them in AVI file format. The files can then be played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player.
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Specify the starting and ending hours of the video by entering numbers in the text boxes Hit the “Start” button to start exporting. The file will be automatically named and saved under the C:\ partition You will be notified once the process is completed successfully The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows...
2.3 Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files. This can save you the trouble of installing third-party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos. The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed.
video play control bar Volume Control Audio Control (click to en- video play control buttons: able/disable) Rewind/Pause (Play)/Stop/Next Frame/Fast Forward/ Screenshot/Display OSD video play time Video Play Speed 2.4 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recepient.
3. System Setup 3.1 System Configurations The “System Configurations” page provides users options to setup the device quickly and properly. After properly configuring all settings in all the sub-pag- es, users should expect a fully working network video recorder that is ready to manage cameras on the network.
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To locate the recorder, simply use the PRIME IP Utility with steps described in page 12. If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local area network, 1.
3.1.2 DDNS Service DDNS, which stands for “Dynamic DNS”, is a method, protocol, or network service that provides the capability for a networked device, such as a router or computer system (in this case, the NVR) using the Internet Protocol Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in real time, the active DNS con- figuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.
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In order to properly configure the DDNS service function, please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first. Go to www.dyndns.com from the browser to do so. Click on the “Signup FREE” button to begin Choose the FREE service on the left...
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Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below: Enter a desired hostname here Select a desired sub-domain from the drop-down menu Click here to automatically fill in the current public IP in the “IP Address field” Pick one or more options here (any is fine) Click to go to the next step The page will check whether the hostname you entered has been used by an- other user or not as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button. If you see below message, simply enter a different and click “Add to Cart”...
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Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below Create an username and a password here. This will be used in the NVR’s configuration. Enter a valid email address as well. Enter the security code Check to agree the license Click to finish creating the ac- count...
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Go back to the NVR’s DDNS service configuration page under “Setup” >> “Sys- tem Configuration” >> “DDNS Service”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Domain Name” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID” and “Password” field and click “Apply”...
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Notice the “Connection Status” displays the status of whether the NVR has been able to successfully update its current public IP address to the DynDNS server The NVR will automatically check with the DynDNS server once every hour and update its latest public IP to the server. The “Apply” button does the same thing which if you are see the “Disconnected”...
3.1.3 Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location. It is imperative that you set the recorder’s time correctly to avoid the following errors: • Incorrect display time for playback videos • Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur After selecting the time zone, choose an option below to set the recorder time • Manual –...
3.1.4 User Account The recorder can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin”. It’s highly recommended to change the password upon your initial login.
3.1.5 Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
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Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type” drop-down menu Its access privilege will then be displayed. You can alter its settings by allow- ing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of ac- cepting the defaults...
3.1.6 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page To initialize it, simply click the “Format” button You can also connect external USB thumb drive to the recorder for firmware upgrade.
3.2 Channel Configurations 3.2.1 Add a Camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the op- tion to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually. Automatic Search: 1.
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2. After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed: 3. Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” 4. Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Informa- tion”...
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If cameras are marked with “*” in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to NVST MP-16. Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Cam- era Information” manually, then follow step 5 ~6 described above. Enter manually...
3.2.2 OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned off. To add texts to one or more videos, 1. Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD” 2.
3.2.3 PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera. 1.
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Ultimately, you can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered. • “Move Here when Event Trigger”: In order for this function to work properly, please also complete configuration in “Event Configuration” >> “Event Trigger”...
3.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you. To configure preset sequence for a camera, select a channel from the “Chan- nel”...
3.2.5 E-Map Setting 3.2.5.1 Local Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event trig- gered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an un- usual event and where this event is happening.
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Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge...
3.2.5.2 Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E-Map monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different loca- tions. To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map.
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Once the location has been determined, click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location: * Click and drag the icon to re- arrange its location • The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in con- junction with the regular E-Map monitor function. • You can click anywhere on the map and hold down the mouse left button then drag to move the map itself You can then access the Google Map Monitor from the top menu:...
3.3 Event Configurations The “Event Configurations” section allows users to define conditions that con- stitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administra- tor only when it’s necessary. 3.3.1 General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure when an event is triggered, how often events are triggered and the corresponding actions when...
Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: • You can choose to have the recorder send out the first few frames of the video recorder upon an event is triggered • You can also choose to have the recorder send out a warning message in e-mail or in txt file format and upload it to an destined FTP server 3.3.2 I/O Settings This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input and output ports right from the recorder.
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The recorder does not control camera’s input or output ports in a way to let you pair re- corder itself with a camera’s input or output port for event receiving or triggering. The recorder only acts as a medium for pairing up input/output ports between cameras and the recorder. Only connected cameras will be displayed in the list. Some cameras only allow one trigger source be configured at a time, e.g.: if the camera has the motion detection function turned on, its digital input will be disabled and vice versa. Under such circumstance, if you set to use camera’s digital input port as the event trigger source, you will not be able to select motion detection as the trigger source for this camera under “Event Configurations” >> “Event Trigger” setup page. * The image(s) that are uploaded to the destined FTP server or emailed to a destined mail re- cepient are in their own proprietary image file format (.h4i or .p4i), which can only be opened by the NVR media player. For deails, please refer to page 40.
3.3.3 Event Servers Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send noti- fication with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server ac- cording to the configuration.
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4. Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it’s required 5. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use ac- tive mode 6. Click “Test” to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connec- tion to the FTP server can be established successfully 7.
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Configuring an SMTP server 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field 4. Enter the sender’s e-mail address 5.
3.3.4 Event Triggers We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting: • which channels will have event trigger function enabled • What is considered to be an event • Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent Select Channels to Enable Event Trigger and which type of event should be triggered...
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• Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifi- cations • Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to * Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the “UPnP Port Forwarding” is enabled in both the NVR and the router.
3.4 Recording Configurations The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels. It can help the recorder to operate with suffi- cient system resource by performing recording only when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate.
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The “recording buffer” allows user to define “pre-alarm” and “post-alarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time sets the NVR to record in advance when an event is triggered. The “post-alarm” time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an event trigger is finished. * The “Pre-alarm” function only works when the “Continueous” re- cording is also activated.
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The “Camera Recording Setting” section allows you to turn on or off a particu- lar recording type on any channels. The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels.
3.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. To configure a schedule recording: 1. Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first 2. You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day.
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3. You can also use the “Quick Configuration” to define recording time range instead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time table. Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either choosing “All Day”...
3.5 System Options System Options gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firmware, restore/ backup device settings or reboot device ….etc. 3.5.1 Device Information The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time.
3.5.2 Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting 3.5.3 Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • Reboot the NVR when necessary • Reboot cameras directly from the NVR • Perform Firmware Upgrade • Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive • Restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file • Reset the NVR’s settings to their factory default values...
Reboot the NVR Reboot the NVR after you upload a new firmware. You would need to manu- ally reboot the system for the new firmware to take effect. Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted because the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder.
Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded through web UI or USB. Before upgrading firm- ware, please backup configuration in advance. ** the firmware file comes with a “.tar.gz” file extension, please use the file as is, DO NOT unzip it. It’s normal that you may only see “.tar” as the file extension in Windows as the OS hide the known file extention by default.
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4. When done, click “Upgrade” 5. Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish (After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the process) B. Upgrade through USB 1. Prepare a USB flash disk and format with FAT or FAT32 format 2.
Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Default” button and begin the proces: The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View” page after it is complete:...
3.5.4 DO Status This is where you can get the current status of the NVR’s digital output ports. You can also change their status from this page. 3.5.5 Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
3.5.6 USB Backup It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format (not AVI) to the externally connected USB hard disk. Insert a USB hard disk that has more than 100MB free space to the NVR You can check the “Disk Status”...
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Once it’s detected, go back to the “USB Backup” page and it should be avail- able for further configuration The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the re- maining disk space. Make your selection from the drop-down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR Next, select channels which you would like to backup the recording data from.
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Things to pay attention to the USB Backup function: Limitation: • It does not support USB Hub extend the number of HDD connected to the • Only one backup process can be performed at a time • Maximum 4 channels can be selected for backup • Only FAT32 USB hard disk is supported for backup • The USB hard disk needs to have more than 100MB remaining space • If multiple partitions are presented in one disk, only the first partitition will be detected and used for backup...
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Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player The backup files can be played with the NVR media player. To do, open the player and select “Open” >> “Media Database” Click “Browse...” to select the file from the USB disk A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location...
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When done, click “Check” to validate the file Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted with the message shown below Select the time zone according to your current location Finally, click “OK” to begin playing...
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The player should now play the backed up file...
3.5.7 UPS Configuration Connect the UPS to the NVR’s DI/DO port for sending and receiving signals between the UPS and the NVR. Refer to the diagram below to connect the UPS with its RS-232 interface to the NVR’s DI/DO port. The NVR can receive signal from the UPS when there is a power failure and shut down itself automatically within a period of time.
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