SAFETY INSTRUCTION Please carefully read the following safety instruction so as to avoid personal injuries and prevent the equipment and other connection devices from being damaged. Power sources (note: please use the power supply attached or specified by the manufacturer) Never operate the equipment by unspecified power supply.
Chapter 1 Overview of NVR 1.1Front Panel NVR Front Panel Key title Item Remark Function & Description or Indicator Power If the “Green” indicator is on, NVR is getting power normally. Indicator If the “Red” indicator flashes, the hard drive is being read or written to. If HDD Indicator the indicator is always on, it means the hard disk is abnormal, unformatted or has no recording files.
1.3 Remote Controller Table 2-3 Key functions of the remote controller Item Key title Key function Channel select 1-8; Numeric key 9、0 Numeric key Multiple display mode Menu Enter into Main menu/Exit Mute Mute On/off Go to submenu Submenu Up arrow key, volume increase ▲...
NVR to setup configuration. Then power on the NVR with the DC12V power adapter. In parallel, please install up to 4pcs of DIGITUS Plug&View cameras under the same network as the NVR via a router or Ethernet switch in between.
Chapter 3 NVR Boot up 3.1 System Initialization On the local display with the VGA or HDMI monitor, after connecting the power cable of NVR to wall outlet and pressing the power button, you will see on the screen that the NVR system initializing shown below.
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2.IPC Setup: In this page, user may add and delete IP camera. It would automatically search all the DIGITUS Plug&View IP cameras installed under the same network as the NVR. Then you select the desired cameras for recording into NVR by enabling the channels.
Chapter 4 NVR Menu Popup Menu After finishing system initialization, click right key of mouse on preview interface or slide the mouse to the bottom of screen to enter into Pop-up Menu. Now you could perform parameter setting and operate on Main Menu, Multi-Pics, Auto Cruise, Record Search, Sequence, Volume setting and Stream switching, shown as Picture 4-1.
4.1 Main Menu Guide IP Camera Live Display Output Privacy Zone Record Schedule Record Mainstream Parameter Substream Network Network Email DDNS Motion Alarm Main Menu Alarm Record Search Record Search Event Search Device General Users System Info Maintain Advanced Events Shutdown...
DN-16047 Subnet Mask:IP camera subnet mask Port:The port number is normally automatically detected and shown. If it is not displayed, for DIGITUS Plug&View 1018 Revision1 camera, the port number is 80. ONVIF For Revision2 camera, the port number is 1018.
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4.2.1.1.2 Live Go to “Main Menu”→“Display”→“Live” to enter into the interface shown as Picture4-5. Channel:Select channel number. Show Time:Tick the checkbox to display time. Channel Name:Name marked on IPC Date Format:Set date format such as m/d/y or y/m/d ...
4.2.1.1.4 Privacy Zone Privacy Zone is for setting some invisible parts in the selected channel, as shown in Picture4-8 and Picture4-9. 1. Select the number of the zone to be set (maximum 4 zones can be set for single channel) 2.
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4.2.1.2.2 Schedule Go to “Main Menu”→“Record”→“Schedule” to enter into the Schedule interface shown as Picture4-11 and set the record schedule of NVR. Select the channel and the date to be set. One week’s schedule can be set. The record schedule of the current channel can be copied to any other channel or all channels.
4.2.1.3 Network 4.2.1.3.1 Network Go to “Main Menu”→“Parameter”→“Network” to enter into the interface shown as Picture 4-13. Select a kind of network connection (PPPOE, DHCP, Static) and set Port, then user may remotely control the monitoring, recording, playback or backup of NVR through network, as shown in Picture 4-13.
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4.2.1.3.3 DDNS Go to “Main Menu”→“Parameter”→“Network”→“DDNS” to enter into the menu interface. User may set DDNS in any one of the above network connection after applying dynamic domain service. User may remotely access NVR through domain by using browser in the form of http://applied domain: mapped Web port number.
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Area:Click it to enter into the interface shown as Picture 4-16-2 to set the motion detection area to be monitored intensively. A single channel is divided into 15ⅹ12(PAL)or 15ⅹ10(NTSC)configurable grids. The red grids indicate that the motion detection in the area is enabled, white semitransparent ones indicates that the motion detection in the area is disabled.
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4.2.2 Record Search 4.2.2.1Record Search Go to “Main Menu”→“Record Search”→“Record Search” to enter into the interface shown as Picture 4-18 Channel: Select the channel you want to search. Type: Select the type the playback record. There are two options, i.e. Normal and Alarm. ...
Fixed time axis: If you select [ ] option, that means the processing control bar cover two-hours video content. The time range refers to 1 hour before and after the middle point. 2)Record clip and backup function and playback zoom in/out function. Picture 4-21-1 Picture 4-21-2 ...
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Picture 4-23 If you want to back up with USB, select USB and click OK to start processing and you may see the backup progress shown as Picture 4-23. After backup finishes, message Backup Finishes will appear at down-right corner, as shown in Picture 4-24.
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: Play: Click to play file : Pause: Click to pause. : Stop: Click to stop playback. : Next: Click to play next file. : Previous: Click to play previous file : Slow Playing: click to play at 1/2,1/4,1/8,1/16 speed. :...
4.2.3 Device Go to “Main Menu”→“Device”→“HDD” to enter into the interface shown as Picture 4-28. When NVR is connected to a HDD, the system will automatically detect if HDD is normal or not; If HDD need to be formatted, status will be shown as “Not formatted”.
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4.2.4 .1 System 4.2.4.1.1 General Go to “Main Menu”→“System”→“General” to enter into the interface shown as Picture 4-30. User may set Date, Time, Date Format, Time Format, Language, Video Format, Menu Timeouts and Show Wizard in this page. Picture 4-30 4.2.4.1.2 DST Go to “Main Menu”→“System”→“General”→“DST”...
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4.2.4.2 Users Go to “Main Menu”→“System”→“Users” to enter into the User interface shown as Picture 4-33. It supports up to seven users, including one administrator and six users. Click [Edit] button to enter into the [User Edit] interface input user name password, as shown in Picture 4-34.
4.2.4.3.2 Channel Info Go to “Main Menu”→“System”→“Info”→“Channel Info”,as shown in Picture 4-37 User may view the information of various connected IPC, including state, mainstream, substream, motion detection, privacy zone, cruise, etc. Picture 4-37 4.2.4.4 Log Go to “Main Menu”→“System”→“Log”, as shown in Picture 4-38. Picture 4-38 User may search log information in different period of time.
Load Default: If [Load Default] is selected, you can initialize the system to the ex-factory default. Click “Load Default” and select items to be restored Load Settings: Load parameters in the removable storage device to NVR. Save Settings: Save the set parameters of user’s NVR to the removable storage device.
4.3 Menu Lock In consideration of system safety, user may click the icon on the toolbar when he leaves away from NVR and the system interface will be locked. User has to input Device ID, User Name and Password on the login interface to unlock (Default: User Name: admin, Password: blank).
Chapter 5 Web Application Manager ActiveX control download and installation Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome) and input the IP address of NVR, such as: http://192.168.1.168 . If your computer is connected to Internet, it will download and install “ActiveX” plug-in automatically. You can also find the IP address of the NVR on the local display of your VGA or HDMI monitor under “Network”...
5.2 Web Application Manager Login Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome) and input the IP address of NVR, such as: http://192.168.1.168 . If your computer is connected to Internet, it will download and install “ActiveX” plug-in automatically. If your computer system is Windows Vista or Windows 7, you may need to setup the user authority for remote control, or you may be unable to backup or record.
5.3.1 Menu Bar Menu Bar: Live, Replay, Configuration, Local Setting and Logout 5.3.1.1 Live Display Log in the Web Application Manager, system will be defaulted to enter into <Live> interface shown as Picture 5-3. You can click [Play] button to Open/close live images, on-spot record, capture, and many live display modes.
Adjust the chromaticity of video Adjust the brightness of video Adjust the contrast of video Adjust the saturation of video 5.3.2 Playback Click to enter into Playback interface to remotely view the records in NVR HDD, as shown in Picture 5-6. Picture5-6 It supports 4 channels playback.
5-7. On the time axis, red part stands for alarm record, yellow stands for normal record and original part stands for no record during this period. Picture 5-8 Before playback, choose to enable playback 4 channels synchronously. If you tick-select “” , that means the selected channel will playback synchronously; otherwise, you could separately control the channels playback.
Record file clip After opening playback, click icon to clip the selected file; and click again to stop the clip function. Then playback clip is successfully done. Record clip file will be saved as *.264 format. Snapshot function Move the mouse curse to the channel you want to capture, and click [ ] icon to capture the live images remotely.
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5.3.3.1 Display Unfold [Display] option to find its sub-options: IP Camera, Live and Privacy zone. 1. Live: You may change channel name, position, channel preview and relevant parameters. If show time is set as <disable>, current NVR system time will not appear on the screen on Live mode.
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5.3.3.2 Record Click <Record> option to unfold its sub-options: Record parameter, Schedule and Stream configuration. 1. Record Parameters. The parametersshould be consistent with NVR local setting, as shown in Picture 5-15. Picture 5-15 2. Record Schedule. The parameters should be consistent with NVR local setting, as shown in Picture 5-16.
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6.3.3.3 Network Unfold <Network> to show its sub-options: Network, Email, and DDNS configuration, as shown in Picture 5-18. 1. LAN setting: NVR supports Static/DHCP/PPPOE modes. System default network type is <Static>. User can set parameters as required. After the network parameters are modified successfully, NVR will automatically restart.
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5.3.3.4 Alarm Alarm setting includes Motion Detection and I/O Alarm Parameters. Motion Detection: Configure Sensitivity, Alarm out, Alarm Record and Alarm Capture, etc. Detailed setting should be consistent with NVR local setting (Shown as Picture 5-21). Picture 5-21 I/O alarm setting (If available): Set parameters for I/O Alarm, Alarm Out, Alarm Record, Send Email, etc.
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5.3.3.6 System Click <System> option to unfold its sub-options: General, Users and information. 1. General User may check NVR language and video system and set system time, date/time format, menu display time, DST and NTP parameters shown as Picture 5-24. Detailed setting should be consistent with NVR local setting.
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5.3.3.7 Advanced Click Advance to unfold its sub-options: FirmwareUpdate, Load default, Events and Maintain. 1. Firmware Update User may remotely update NVR system, as shown in Picture 5-27. Picture 5-27 Updating procedure: Firstly, select the update file path. The file format is .sw. Please refer to Picture 5-28. Picture 5-28 Secondly, click “Start”...
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2. Load Default User may remotely restore default parameters of NVR, with same setting method as that of NVR, shown as Picture 5-30. Picture 5-30 3. Events User may configure Event Type, Buzzer, Send Email, Show Message and other parameters shown as Picture 5-31. Detailed setting should be consistent with NVR local setting.
5.3.4 Local Setting User may set Record Path (save Live record and Playback clip file), Download Path for remote file, Snapshot Path for captured pictures, Interval for switching record files (Packaging time), and File type (H264 and AVI) shown as Picture 5-33. Picture 5-33 5.3.5 Logout Click...
Chapter 6 Appendix 6.1Troubleshooting Q: What can I do if the system does not detect the HDD? A: Check if the power supply system is properly connected and data cord and power cables are securely connected, and if something wrong with the HDD interface. Or you may check if your HDD is supported by referring to the specifications or descriptions.
12. Q: Why doesn’t alarm work? A: Please check if the alarm setting, alarm connection and alarm input signals are correct. 13. Q: Why does buzzer keep alarming? A: Please check the alarm setting, check if motion detection function is enabled and object motion is detected all the time and if I/O alarm is set as Always Off.
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