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  • Page 1 U s e r ’s m a n u a l NV-DVR5108/DVD NV-DVR5116/DVD...
  • Page 2 Information The device, as a part of professional CCTV system used for surveillance and control, is not designed for self installation in households by individuals without technical knowledge. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 3 4. The recorder has to be protected against humidity and dust. In case the recorder had a contact with water react immediately: switch off the power supply and contact the authorised Novus service. If the device gets dirty it might get damaged or electrocute someone.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    3.5.2. Motion detection....................46 3.5.3. Video loss…………………………………………………………………………47 3.5.4. System event......................48 4. RECORDER’S OPERATIO ....................50 4.1 Live monitoring........................50 4.2 Active cameo mode ......................51 4.3 PIP mode ..........................51 4.4 ZOOM mode ........................51 4.5 PTZ mode.........................51 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 5 7. RECORDER’S OPERATING FROM NV-KBD60 SYTEM KEYBOARD ......68 8. DISPLAYING TEXT ON THE IMAGE ..................69 8.1 DISPLAYING TEXT ON THE IMAGE................69 8.2 TRANSACTION SEARCH .....................72 9. SYSTEM STATUS ........................74 10. USING A MOUSE ........................75 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 6: Foreword I Formatio

    MPEG4 compression with image quality parameter configuration, • RS-485 port for remote control from the level of NV-KBD60 system keyboard , • Possibility of copying files onto USB drive and CD. • All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 7: Recorder's Technical Data

    Operating Temperature 5°C ~ 40°C Relative Humidity 0% ~ 80% (non-condensing) Dimensions (mm) 430 (W) x 88 (H) x 400 (D) Weight 7.3 kg (without HDD) Rack Mount Standard EIA 19”, 2U All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 8: Starti G The Device

    Condensation of steam, present in the air, might cause short circuit and, consequently, damage the device. CAUTION: Before starting the device you need to familiarise yourself with the description and the role of particular inputs which are on the back panel. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 9: Electrical Connection And Other Back Panel Elements

    The power cord has a grounding PIN. If your power outlets does not have a grounding PIN receptacle, do not modify the plug. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 10 (N.C.), 16 or 8 according to a model. In order to detect the signal it has to last at least 0.5sec. All GND connectors are at common ground. The ground alarm device need to be connected to one of the GND connectors. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 11 2, relay Transmitter’s load capacity is 0,5A@125VAC and 1 A@ 30 VDC ETWORK RJ-45 connector to connect the device to a local network in the 10/100Mbs standard. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 12: Connecting Of Peripheral Equipment

    Monitors, cameras and other devices have to be bought separately, depending on your needs. The description concerning connecting external devices can be found in the following chapters of this manual. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 13: Front Panel Description

    In PTZ mode press 1 button to zoom in , button 2 to zoom out Buttons 3 and 4 sharpness setting , button 5 means go to PRESET, button 6 saves PRESET. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 14 SPOT monitor in full screen. 10. PLAYBACK Press PLAYBACK button to enter or exit Playback mode. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 15 16. PA IC Press PANIC button to start recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the main screen. 17. USB USB port for Mouse and Flash memory connection. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 16 All data saved on HDD before formating will be lost . TUR I G O THE POWER Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit takes approximately 60 seconds to initialize. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 17: Recorder's Me U

    Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters. You can use up to 31 characters including spaces in your title. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 18: System Menu

    0 that are in the same area as long as they are not part of an RS-485 network. In this case, all DVR’s will be controlled at the same time when using the infrared remote control. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 19: System Log

    You can scroll through the log pages using Up and Down arrows. You can go directly to log page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen. Highlight Close and press button to exit the screen. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 20: Recording Range

    OTE: The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button. Highlight Use Daylight Saving Time and press button. Pressing button toggles between On and Off. Highlight the Holiday tab, and the Holiday setup screen appears. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 21: Disks

    3.1.3. Disks Highlight Storage in the System menu and press button. Storage setup screen appears and displays information about DVR’s storage devices. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 22 Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the device while copying video clips. If the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips might be lost. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 23 When the storage condition is “Bad”, Event Status – Storage screen displays and you can check the storage condition for details. Once “Bad” message displays, replacing the hard disk drive is recommended, usually within 24 hours. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 24: Users

    A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the Group name. You can use up to 15 characters including spaces in the group name. Enter the name and assign authority levels to the group. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 25 Highlight the box beside AUTO LOGOUT to select time in which user will be automatically logged out. The options are: Never, 1 min., 3 min., 5 min., 10 min., 15 min., 20 min., 25 min., 30 min. and 1 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 26: System Shutdown

    Highlight Logout in the System menu and press button. The Logout screen confirmation appears: After selecting Logout and pressing button, user will be logged out and camera image will be displayed. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 27: Network

    Settings selected here do not influence the quality of recorded images. Lower quality of images which are broadcast through the network grants higher frequency of refreshment at the same level of bandwidth. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 28: Lan

    The Port Number Setup screen appears. Change the numbers by highlighting them and using Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease value. The system restarts automatically after changing port settings. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 29: Modem

    When you want to initiate a modem connection please turn to the distributor of the device. DVR does not cooperate with the PSTN modems. 3.2.1.4. DVR S This option is not activated for the current firmware. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 30: Notifying

    You can enter up to five IP addresses. Highlight box beside Retry and enter the number of times you you want DVR to try contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 retries. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 31: Devices

    Covert 1 - When selecting the Covert 1, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the • covert video, Covert 2 - When selecting the Covert 2, the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video. • All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 32 485 port. To connect the keyboards and speed domes cameras simultaneously you need to use RS232 / RS485 converter. In Product box choose one telemetry protocol from list (e.g. Novus-C, Pelco-P and Pelco-D) which is in accordance with PTZ camera settings.

  • Page 33: Audio

    The recorder will NOT record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips. 3.3.3. Alarm-out Highlight Alarm-Out in the Event menu and press button. Alarm-Out setup screen appears. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 34 The Channels box allows you to set which alarm outputs will be active. You can also select the DVR’s internal buzzer. The Settings column allows you to set recording parameters for schedule and event such as quality and speed. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 35: Display

    DVR can play live audio on a local system, and the icon displays on each camera for which the DVR is sending audio to a PC running RASPlus. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 36 Highlight Event Monitoring On and press button. Pressing button toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 37: Remote Control

    DVR. In the Remote Control Product option, the option Keyboard should be selected to control the DVR Widok dla NV-DVR1600 from the level of the NV-KBD60 system keyboard. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 38: Recording

    DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used. Note: when the Overwriting function is engaged, the information on available disk space will not appear on the monitor. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 39 Time, Event and Panic recording. You can select from 0.10 to 25.0 images per second. You can also set quality of image for Panic recording. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 40: Schedule

    DVR shows the icons in the upper left corner of the image. Under the Channels heading, those cameras should be chosen, for which the conducted recording settings should apply. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 41: Pre-Event

    In the Dwell option, pre-event recording time is defined within the range from 5 seconds to 30 minutes. Attention: If the recorder is active in the Schedule recording or Schedule&Event recording mode, the pre-alarm settings remain inactive. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 42: Event

    The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 43 OTE: efficient operation of the automatic connection with the monitoring center depends on selecting proper settings in the RASPlus networking program. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 44: Motion Detection

    Up and Down arrow buttons, and individual blocks within the block groups are selected or cleared using the camera buttons. A white square over an individual block denotes that motion detection is active for this block. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 45: Video Loss

    Owing to his function, the DVR will react to video loss caused by covering the camera lens or blinding it with a spray paint. Settings in the Actions tabs are identical with those in the Actions tab in the Alarm-in submenu Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 46: System Event

    Hard disks are the most Widok dla NV-DVR1600 vulnerable element of the system and it is advised to monitor their working temperature. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 47 The DVR can be set to react system events such as record status, Alarm-in status, disk space depletion, overheating, S.M.A.R.T alarm. It is possible to set an alarm and notification actions identically as in the Action tab of Alarm-in submenu. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 48: Recorder's Operatio

    To display camera images in sequence on the spot monitor, you should press the SPOT button and then select spot monitor number and sequence display function from the menu. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 49: Active Cameo Mode

    Down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down. Press button to zoom in, and press button to zoom out. You can use buttons to focus the image. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 50: Image Adjustment

    • contrast, • hue, • saturation. • NOTE: Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both life image on the monitors and to recorded video Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 51: Event Monitoring

    Any cameras that are Off, have lost video or are set to Covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras) will be excluded from the sequence. Sequence dwell time is defined in DVR menu. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 52: Recording Video

    . The screen displays respectively. FORWARD - Pressing button goes to the next image. BACKWARD - Pressing button goes to the previous image. Widok dla NV-DVR1600 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 53: Searching Video

    Go to the first - displays the first recorded image • Go to the last - displays the last recorded image • Go to the data/Time... - searches for time and date (see below for more details); • All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 54: Go To The Date/Time

    (If no video was recorded at selected time, message appears alerting you that no image was recorded at this time.). 4.13.2. Calendar search Once the Calendar search option is selected, the following menu will appear: All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 55: Event Log Search

    4x4. You can then easily find recorded video during target hour. You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option button and setting up the new search condition. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 56 You can also toggle On and Off self-diagnostic events as part of your search. The choices are: Panic Record • Check recording • Check alarm in • Disk almost full • Disk bad • Disk temperature • Disk S.M.A.R.T • All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 57: Motion Search

    Event Log screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Selecting an event and pressing displays the first image of the chosen event. Pressing the Menu button brings you to full screen playback mode for the chosen event. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 58: Clip Copy

    “01”) and “.exe” to the file name. If you want to save the file in a specific folder, enter the folder name followed by a “/”. For example: “folder/filename”. When naming a file, you cannot use the following characters: \, /, :, *, ?, “, <, >, | All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 59 USB-IDE hard disk drive has been corrupted, this error message cannot be dismissed. Even after restarting the DVR it may automatically restart while preparing to clip copy. You must recover the file system using the recovery program, or you must reformat the hard disk drive. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 60: Playback

    OTE: Proper image display depends on the display settings of your PC. If you are experiencing display problems, click the right mouse button on the background screen and select Properties à Settings then set the Color quality to “32 bit”. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 61 After changing the settings, update the driver version of the VGA card. If still have display problems after changing all display settings as described above, try to replace the video card. The video cards with an ATI chipset are recommended. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 62 Placing the mouse cursor on an image and clicking will cause that image to display full frame. OTE: Do not run more than one ClipPlayer on a PC, otherwise the ClipPlayer will not operate All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 63: Ptz Cameras Control And Connection

    All cameras should have the same protocol and baud rate (see camera instructions) Presented connection description is dedicated to Mamai Novus camera. To connect cameras of different producent please contact your Novum distributor and read instruction of the camera.
  • Page 64 PTZ CAMERAS CO TROL A D CO ECTIO Appendix 1: Novus camera connection View of NV-DVR5116 UTP 5 max 1200m camera Novus CAMA I camera Novus CAMA I nr 9 (16) nr 1 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 65: Connecting Devices To Alarm Inputs And Outputs

    If there is a need to connect devices which demand a lot of current you have to use additional circuits (e.g. with a transmitter). Outputs can work as normally closed or normally open. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 66: Recorder's Operating From Nv-Kbd60 Sytem Keyboard

    All the details concerning connecting and controlling devices by means of the keyboard can be found in the user’s manual which accompanies the keyboard. MASTER Port (TX+/RX+) / yellow PI 5 PI 6 (TX-/RX-) / blue NV-KBD60 RS485(TX+) PI 5 PI 4 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 67: Displaying Text On The Image

    Live Monitoring Feature and playback. Saving transactions text data is done in Mini- bank log. In order to set the function of displaying text on the images you need to choose sub-menu Transaction in the Event menu. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 68 Caution: In case displaying text on the images is simultaneously done from a few channels it can slow the system down. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 69 In the Line Delimiter position you need to define strings, which are interpreted by system as string end and enable to clearly format displayed text. In the More Lines position you define additional lines from 0 to 10, which are saved by the multi- plexer. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 70: Transaction Search

    Simultaneously you can conduct the search according to 5 keywords. After ticking off Case Sensi- tive the search criterion takes into account small and capital letters of the defined keyword. After highlighting Search and pressing Enter the screen with search results is displayed. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 71 Caution: Text information will be displayed on the image only in case of their playback at a stan- dard speed x1 and in the full screen view!!! All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 72: System Status

    HDD’s status, the size of damaged sectors, current work temperature and the disk estimate by SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting System). Detailed information can be found in the following part of this manual. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

  • Page 73: Using A Mouse

    Assigning a camera to a given window is executed through clicking the left mouse button and choosing the camera for the active window with a yellow highlighting. All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 74 V-DVR5108/DVD / V-DVR5116/DVD 1.0 version - User’s manual OTES All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 75 V-DVR5108/DVD / V-DVR5116/DVD 1.0 version - User’s manual OTES All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.
  • Page 76 V-DVR5108/DVD / V-DVR5116/DVD 1.0 version - User’s manual NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o. ul. Puławska 431, 02-801 Warszawa tel.: (22) 546 0 700, fax: (22) 546 0 719 www.novuscctv.com 2008-02-15 All rights reserved © NOVUS Security Sp. z o.o.

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