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Network Video Recorder

User Manual

Product name:
Network Video Recorder
Release Date:
2015/07
Manual Revision:
V1.0
Web site:
www.brickcom.com
support@brickcom.com
Email:
info@brickcom.com
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Product name: Network Video Recorder Release Date: 2015/07 Manual Revision: V1.0 Web site: www.brickcom.com support@brickcom.com Email: info@brickcom.com Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Important Safeguards And Warnings

    1 Important Safeguards and Warnings Electrical safety  All installation and operation should conform to your local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for any fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation. Transportation security ...

  • Page 3: Declaration

    2 Declaration  Please prevail in kind. The manual is for reference only.  This manual may contain inaccurate data or printing error.  The products described in this manual may be updated at any time.  Screenshots of the manual is not in a machine and only for display.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 Important Safeguards and Warnings........................ 1 2 Declaration ................................2 3 Product Introduction ............................5 3.1 Product Overview ............................5 3.2 Feature ................................5 4 Read First ................................6 4.1 Front Panel ..............................6 4.2 Rear Panel ..............................8 4.3 Remote Control ............................
  • Page 5 11 IMS200 INTRODUCTION ........................... 92 11.1 SUMMARY ............................. 92 11.2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT ......................... 92 12 INSTALLATION ............................94 12.1 Windows Operation system ........................94 13 LOGIN AND INTERFACES ........................96 13.1 LOGIN ..............................96 13.2 INTERFACE ............................97 13.3 QUICK GUIDE ............................. 102 14 FUNCTIONS ..............................

  • Page 6: Product Introduction

    3 Product Introduction 3.1 Product Overview This series NVR is a high performance network video recorder, combined with H.264 video compression, high- capacity hard disk storage, TCP / IP transmission, embedded Linux operating system and a variety of other advanced technologies in the electronic information industry, all those ensure that a high-quality, low bit rate video storage characteristics, and good system stability.

  • Page 7: Read First

    Achieve searching videos by a variety of conditions, playback in local and network. Support multiple videos playback, fast playing, slow playing and frame-by-frame playback. Video playback can display the exact time of the incident. Provide time-line retrieving page for quick searching.
  • Page 8 Name Function 1.Display the IP address and current time; Display HDD 2.Display the external alarm channel 1. Cycling display the Network status and numbers. and show error code of the NVR recording status 2. “E” and flash Connecti “E××”...

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    4.2 Rear Panel NV-2008-E NVR rear panel Name Instructions Audio/Video The output interfaces of the audio signal and CVBS Self-adaptive Ethernet port. Connect to the network cable. USB ports, connect to the Ethernet Port mouse and U-disk. VGA video output port. Output analog video signal. It can connect to the monitor to view VGA Port analog video.
  • Page 10 Mult Multiple- Remote window Switch Address Number Key PORS WXYZ Digital Loop Pause -/-- switch Record Record Auxiliary Key Enter/Menu Confirm/Menu Cancel Direction Keys Previous record/ Forward 5sec Iris- ■ Next Reverse 5sec record/Iris+ Slow Play Forward Play/Pause Name...
  • Page 11 3. In text mode, click it to delete the character before the caret(if there is no shift on the front panel, it can switch input methods), press this button for 1.5sec to clear all of the characters;...

  • Page 12: The Mouse

    4.4 The Mouse In addition to front panel keys and remote control menu, the user can use at control. Insert the mouse interface into the USB interface. Left Click Left click to enter the right menu or the main interface.

  • Page 13: The Input Method

    4.5 The Input Method Capitalization and the input of Chinese. Click the mouse to complete the input.”← “represents the backspace and “_ “represents a space. In the input box, you can select figures, symbols, English The input interface of English：...

  • Page 14: Installation

    4.6.2 Operation Icons ：Not selected. ：Be selected. ：The drop - down button ：Leave the interface. ：Cancel the settings. ：Set parameters. ：Save parameters. ：Restore the factory settings. ：Apply current settings to the system. ：Copy current settings to other channels. ：Enter the configuration interface.

  • Page 15: Installation Of The Burner

    Steps Remove the metal top cover by removing two screws from the sides of the cover. Place the hard disks on a flat table and tighten the screws. Connect the power and the data lines to the HDD. Reinstall the metal top cover and tighten the screws.
  • Page 16 DOWN Name Instructions Connect the positive end (+) of the alarm input device to the Alarm Input alarm input port (ALARM IN 1～16) Connect the negative end (-) of the alarm input device to the ground Alarm Output Connect the alarm device 485 communication port.
  • Page 17 Loading See details 7.2.5. The Connection of the P/T/Z The A, B interface of the PTZ decoder connect with A and B interfaces of the NVR’s RS-485. 120Ω resistors should be paralleled in the remote A, B lines to reduce the distortion of the signal if a larger number of PTZs are connected.

  • Page 18: Poe Connection

    5.5 POE Connection  Non-safe voltage 48V, please pay attention to electrical safety. Supply the NVR with the 12V DC power.  IP Camera should support the POE.  The theoretical distance of POE power supply should below 100 meters.

  • Page 19: Basic Operations Guide

    6 Basic Operations Guide 6.1 Power On and Off 6.1.1 Power On Install the NVR correctly (as above) and then connect the power. The NVR LED should light up and the NVR will boot automatically. The NVR will then automatically detect any connected hardware (cameras, monitors, etc.), this process should last about 30 Seconds.

  • Page 20: Start-Up Wizard

    The real-time view ： Note Please do not use any type of power supply which is different from the power supply included in this kit. 6.1.2 Power off (Shutdown) Right mouse click →【Main Menu】→【Shutdown】 Note: Only change or attempt to reconnect the hard disk drive after shutting down the NVR.
  • Page 21 【QR code】From left to right :Web access address, Android APP address, iphone APP address. 【Network Connection Status】The current network status. 【P2P】P2P account & password setting. 【Start-up wizard】Tick Start-up wizard Enable. Network configuration...

  • Page 22: Add Device

    【DHCP】Tick DHCP Enable. 【IP address】Enter the number or press up & down button（）to change the IP address and【Subnet Mask】 and【Gateway】。 【First DNS Server】DNS server IP. 【Alternate DNS Server】DNS alternate IP. 【QR code】Scan it and shows P2P account, login with mobile APP.
  • Page 23 We provide three ways to add device, automatically, searching and manually add the device. 6.3.2 Automatically added No configuration, the device is automatically added. 【Main Menu】→【Configuration】→【NET channel Management】→【Open UPNP】 ： Note The device should support UPNP and should be in the same LAN.

  • Page 24: Add Device Manually

    6.3.4 Add Device Manually Enter Channel Set menu. [Channels]Choose one channel. [Protocol]Choose protocol supported by the device. [IP/ Domain Name] Input front device IP address or domain name. [Port]Input front device TCP port. [Username] Input front device username. [Password] Input front device password.
  • Page 25 6.3.6 Configure Front Device Basic configuration, encoding configuration, snapshot, network and motion detection of front device can be set in NVR. Enter Net Channel Management menu. Click “Front Set” button of device. BASIC [Channel Choose]Choose a channel. [Channel Name]Modify current channel name.
  • Page 26 [Channels Choose] Choose one channel. [Code Level] H.264 [Resolution] choose main resolution and sub resolution. [Frame Rate] 1～25FPS/PAL,1～30FPS/NTSC [Bit Rate Control] Choose CBR or VBR. When choose CBR, bit rate can be set. When choose VBR, image quality can be set.
  • Page 27 [Channels Choose] Choose one channel. [IP Address][Subnet Mask][Gateway] Set IP address, subnet mark and gateway for the device. [First DNS Server] Set DNS server IP address. [Alternate DNS Server] Set standby DNS server IP address. [MAC/Serial] Show MAC address of front device.
  • Page 28 [Channels Choose] Choose one channel. [Enable] Enable motion detect alarm or not. [Sensitivity] Set sensitivity level for motion detection. [Set Area] Set area for motion detection.22*18 area can be set. :Make sure that protocol for front device supports motion detect function.All settings are for front device.

  • Page 29: Log In/Log Out

    [Add To] Add device. [PING] Check network status of the current channel. [Network Set] Refer to 6.3.3 about more details. 6.4 Log in/Log out Log in Right click to log in menu. Enter username and password. Default users User Type...
  • Page 30 Control screen switching by front panel, remote controller and mouse. When alarm occurs, it will show message like external alarm, video loss, video blind, motion detect, network status and IP address conflict.

  • Page 31: Right Click Menu

    Quick Operation Switch single or multiple Double left click in screen to single channel and Double left click to return screens Adjust channel order Drag the channel to the wanted position Add device Click [+] in one channel to enter add menu. Please refer to 6.3.2 about more details.
  • Page 32 Direction, steps, zoom, focusing, iris, preset points, cruising between points, patrols, sweeping the boundary, calling an auxiliary switch, light switch, horizontal rotation of PTZ can be controlled. <SIT> means quick location button. Make sure that the protocol supports this function. After enter the page, click a point in screen.
  • Page 33 Configure [Tour] Tour includes several present points and is marked by a figure. When call the figure, present point will run one by one. Configure [Pattern] Pattern is consisted of PTZ rotation path and is marked by a figure. Call the figure to enable patrol function.
  • Page 34 【Hue】Adjust according to image color cast 【Brightness】Visual image brightness, according to the environment, reduces or increases the brightness of the image brightness to make the image relatively clear. 【Contrast】Adjust image of black and white in proportion, the greater ratio, the brighter image.
  • Page 35 PTZ control Brings up the PTZ control Menu Refer to 6.4.2 PTZ control of the right-click menu. Record Search Click to select the Searching interface Refer to 6.5 Search Manual Record Click to select manual record interface Refer to 6.4.2 Manual record of the right-click menu.

  • Page 36: Search

    Refer to 7.2.5 Alarm output of Alarm menu Intelligent window switch When the system is face/perimeter analysis status, click to close the intelligent window in the right side of real-time monitoring screen and click again to open it. Conceal function Color setting Refer to 6.4.2 Color setting of the right-click menu.
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  • Page 38 Record Search interface description: Index Type Description Choose the date Select the time and date to search records. Select channels Choose the channels for querying. List Display the list of recording files. It can achieve a full screen, circle playback, stopping /...
  • Page 39 Note: 1. The player playback control bar shows file playback speed, channel, time, playback progress and other information. 2. Playback speed and rewind function are related to NVR version, and please prompt on the player panel shall prevail. 6.6.2 Face Search...
  • Page 40 Export Export all the face images of the current page. 6.6.3 Perimeter Search Index Type Description Playback of each channel’s of synchronization. Synchronization Choose channels Select channels desired to query records. Play the video, it support most 4 channel playback at the Play windows same time.

  • Page 41: Record Backup

    6.7 Record Backup Interface description Connect an External USB device with the USB port to backup in the “Record Backup” menu. 【Detect】Identify external USB device and display the device information. 【Backup】Tick the external device and click【Backup】to enter the backup menu .

  • Page 42: Local Configuration

    Connect an External USB device with the USB port, click 【 Detect】 to Identify external USB device, click 【 Backup】 to enter the backup menu ,select the record start -stop time and click to add files in list, click【Start】to backup and display time remaining.
  • Page 43 The intelligent perimeter menu is shown as the following interface: 【Perimeter Record】 Playback based on the events time bar: including external alarm, motion detection, intelligent and system event information . 【Perimeter Setting】Rules of the perimeter and Alarm linkage configuration.

  • Page 44: Configuration

    7.2 CONFIGURATION 【MAIN MENU】 left click to【CONFIGURATION】： 7.2.1 CHANNEL Setting Base...
  • Page 45 【Channel】to choose the channel no. which needs setting； 【Channel Name】to set the channel name if in need； 【Channel Display】to set the channel name’s display place on the picture； 【Time Display】to set the time’s display place on the picture； 【Time Synchronization】to synchronize the time with net channel and device；...
  • Page 46 【Channel】Select a channel. 【Mode】Trigger: Crawl images when alarm. Click to enable the function. 【Image size】choose different resolution for snapshot. 【Image Quality】There are 6 levels of quality. 【Snapshot frequency】set highest capture rate for single channel，1s/pc 2s/pc 3s/pc 4s/pc 5s/pc 6s/pc 7s/pc 8s/pc.
  • Page 47 【Video mode】Record automatically, manually or not record. 【Video expiration time】The figure is between 0 to 365. 【Video package time】The figure is between 5 to 120 minutes. 【HDD full】Overwrite or stop recording. 【Channel】Select a channel. 【 Video redundancy 】 Open or close the redundant recording.

  • Page 48: Ptz Setting

    Alarm. Users can set or change setting according to date. 【Copy】 copy the setting to other channels. Click 【Set】 and enter into plan editing picture 【Period】set the recording period, there will be 6 period to choose; 【Regular】regular recording 【MD】motion detection recording 【Alarm】alarm recording...
  • Page 49 【Channel】select a channel with PTZ camera 【Protocol】select PTZ camera’s PTZ protocol(such as: PELCOD) 【Address】set address, the default is 1 （ ： Note this address must be the same with PTZ, otherwise the PTZ can ） not be controlled 【Baudrate】Select the baud rate. Default is 9600.
  • Page 50 【Channel】Select a channel. 【Alarm type】motion detection, video loss and video blind. 【Motion detection】detect the motion in the picture, and send alarm according to setting. 【Video loss】detect the video loss and send alarm according to setting. 【Video blind】detect the video which was covered and send alarm according to setting.
  • Page 51 【Linkage Set】When a alarm occurs, you can set linkage of records, PTZ, touring and snapshot.
  • Page 52 【Preview】 it will show a test on the current setting 【Copy】copy the setting to other channels Alarm input 【Main menu】-【Alarm】-【Alarm input】...
  • Page 53 【Alarm input channel no】：select a channel 【Enable】：control the open and close of alarm 【Type】：choose Normal open and Normal close 【Process】、【Linkage set】：take 7.2.5 video detection as reference. Alarm Output On the real time preview picture, right click and choose 【Alarm output】, or enter【Main menu】-【Alarm】-...
  • Page 54 【Schedule】Alarm output is controlled by the device’s linkage setting. 【Manual】Alarm output is on and the status is active. 【Stop】Alarm output is off and the status is inactive. 【Status】Current status of alarm output ： Note some models do not have alarm output, please refer to some relative data sheet.

  • Page 55: Application

    【Parity】default: None Application 【DDNS】 check the device setting through domain name 【Email】set the sender’s email SMTP server IP address, port, username, password and sender’s mail box, mail SSL encryption. 【P2P】 setting of P2P transmission 【Cloud】 bind with cloud storage service and set synchronization rule.
  • Page 56 1：Select FNT DDNS and Enabled it. 2：Input one user name, there will be a domain name generated auto. Domain name = user name.faceaip.net. 3：Input the password 4：Click “Register” button. If the domain name is not registered, it will pop up a message that connect DDNS server successfully otherwise it will prompt that the registration is failed.
  • Page 57 Embedded NVR Setting Open 【Main Menu】→【APP Centre】→【DDNS】, choose NO-IP DDNS. Refer to the following configuration： Name Configuration DDNS type Dyndns DDNS Host IP Members.dyndns.org port xxx.xxx.com（xxx：domain name Domain name created） User name xxx（user name registered） password xxxxxx（password registered） 7.2.6 Email Input sender mailbox SMTP server IP, port, username, password and address, email SSL encryption.
  • Page 58 7.2.7 P2P 【Enable】Open/Close P2P function 【Transfer Mode】Network transfer strategy, choose Quality priority or Fluency priority 【Account Reuse】enable it supports multiple users log in the same device 【Device ID】display device ID 【Password】device password 【Local Port】set local port 【P2P Server URL】P2P server URL...
  • Page 59 7.2.8 Cloud storage Support Baidu, Dropbox and Google Drive three kinds cloud storage. Apply corresponding cloud storage account and bind it. User can only select one kind account.

  • Page 60: Intelligent Function Configuration

    7.3 Intelligent function configuration 7.3.1 Face detection configuration 【Face Track Enable】enable to open the face tracking function 【Min】blue square means the minimum face detection area. When the face is smaller than the minimum detection area, it can’t be detected. Please set the size according to the actual usage scenarios.

  • Page 61: System Setting

    7.3.2 Perimeter Intrusion detection configuration Configuration Description Channel selection Choose the channel need setting Rule naming Rule naming and set the rule line color Enable Open/close the current rule Capture enable Open/close picture capture function Create/delete Create new rule/draw new line...
  • Page 62 【System Time】set the HD record system time Note:please click the”save” button to save the time after setting 【Daylight Saving Time (DST) 】Enable the function and click “Set” to enter the local DST starting and ending time setting. 【Date Format】Modify the date display format 【Date Separator】Select the separator for date...

  • Page 63: Video Output

    Select hybrid or NVR mode according the menu prompt and save. Reboot the device after channel mode modification. Channel mode introduces the device recording ability under different modes. Real recording ability needs refer to the detailed device specification. 7.4.2 Video output...
  • Page 64 【Menu Transparency】adjust menu transparency , four degrees 【time display】enable switch for time displayed in live view 【channel display】enable switch for channel name displayed in live view Output mode 【Display】CVBS/HDMI&VGA Under CVBS mode, user can adjust the monitor or TV hue, brightness, contrast and saturation. You can also adjust the right TV output area when the displayed image is not full or beyond the scope of the monitor.

  • Page 65: Storage Management

    【Enable Tour】Enable switch 【Interval】Ttour interval time is 5-120s 【View】It includes single screen, four-, nine-, sixteen-screen. 【Motion Tour】Set the motion detection tour mode 【Alarm Tour】Set the alarm tour mode 7.4.3 Storage management HDD management Show the current HDD capacity, spare capacity and working status in the NVR...
  • Page 66 【Format】Format one HDD, user must have appropriate permissions Note: Hard disk format operation results in the loss of video data 【Set】Set HDD as read-write, read only or redundancy mode. Video data can be protected from covering under read only mode. It supports HDD S.M.A.R.T smart detection at the same time.
  • Page 67 7.4.4 ABNORMITY 【Exception type】 【No Disk】Alarm when HDD is not present or cannot be detected. 【Disk low Space】Alarm when hard disk capacity is lower than setting. 【Network Failure】Alarm when network is not connected. 【IP Conflict】Alarm when IP address conflict.

  • Page 68: System Status

    【Disk Error】Alarm when there is error in reading and writing hard disk. Process 【Alarm Output】,【linkage record】,【snapshot】,【Send Email】,【show message】,【Send to network drive】, 【buzzer】 7.4.5 System Status Stream statistics 【stream statistics】Provide capacity size of video files for reference, stream statistics for each channel, waveform display.
  • Page 69 【Online user】Online users can view the current status, disconnect and shielding. 7.4.6 Maintain System Logs: Display system logs, convenient for users to check. Log information can be divided into system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm event, record operation, user management, log clear, file operations.
  • Page 70 Backup button export backup logging onto your computer. Click the Clear button, the system will remove all types of log files. Version 【Version】 Display device serial number, system hardware features, software version and release date information. 【Upgrade】System software can be upgraded: Insert a USB storage device with the system software upgrade, click Upgrade.
  • Page 71 ： Note Menu color, language, time and date format, video format, IP address, user accountsand so on will not be restored. Auto Maintain 【Auto maintain】Set the desired the project of automatic maintenance.
  • Page 72 7.4.7 Account Basic Considerations of User Management：  The following user names and user group names, etc., character and length consisting up to six bytes, the invalid string is trailing spaces. Legal characters: letters, numbers, underscores, minus sign, point, other characters are not allowed to use.
  • Page 73 【Add User】Increases users within the group and settings user access control. 【Modify User】Modify the user and settings user access control. 【Add Group】Add group and settings group access control Enter into the menu interface of Increase the group, determine the group name, select 83 access control, left click mouse button to confirm, save the new user group.
  • Page 74 【Network Card Type】LAN 1、2 can be selected by Dual LAN equipment 【DHCP】Automatic search IP function. When you open the DHCP IP / Mask / Gateway cannot be located, if the current DHCP in effect, the IP / Mask / Gateway DHCP display values obtained can be found in the network state 【IP Address】Use（）or input numbers to modify IP, then set 【subnet mask】...
  • Page 75 【TCP port】8000 as default, Can set the port according to the actual needs of the user. 【HTTP port】80 as default 【UDP port】8001 as default, Can set the port according to the actual needs of the user.。 【RTP/RPSP port】554 as default 【UPnP】Protocol can turned on port mapping by the router automatically, when using this feature, make sure UPnP...
  • Page 76 【PPPOE】Select Enable switch to turn on the PPPOE dial-up service of the device. Enter ISP（Internet service provider）provide the saving of user, password for PPPoE Operation：Succeed after dialing，check the 【Network Status】IP, then enter the IP address to access the device after open IE.
  • Page 77 ; the maximum number of connections is 10. 【Number of network Monitoring connections】the number of connections is recommended: 0-32, this need to tick to start this function. Real-time video over the network for browsing, the number of connections depending on network bandwidth, the number greater, the larger the network load, will impact of video playback fluency.

  • Page 78: Web Access

    8 WEB Access 8.1 WEB Operation 8.1.1 Network Connection 7000 series to check network connection by LCD on front panel, “ ” refers connection error； 8000 Series check B-Lamp on front panel, light indicates connection, otherwise connection error Set IP, subnet mask and gateway for computer and NVR. Please assign the same segment IP address without router, need to set the appropriate subnet mask and gateway with router.
  • Page 79 Diagram 5-3 Web Interface when user login successfully. Click “Exit” to quit. Will be displayed in Compatibility View option is checked on all websites. 8.1.3 The Interface of Web Operations WEB Interface Description Index Name Description Channel Channel selection...
  • Page 80 Image color: modify brightness, contrast and Image color & other Other: set capture path, record download path and saturation reboot PTZ control PTZ control menu System configuration, record search, alarm setting, Menu exit, etc. 8.1.4 The Real-time Monitoring Into the WEB interface, select the focus window in live window, the focus window has a light blue border.

  • Page 81: Ptz Control

    Area zoom: Video images can be enlarged。 Multi-screen switch: switch from single screen to multi-screen and vice versa.。 Local record: save and record video to a local HDD while in a live view. Set recording path in configuration.。 Capture: capture of the present channel, set the path in “other.。...
  • Page 82 Border scan Operation: select the camera line scan of the left/right margin by direction button, and click the Settings button in the left /right margin position to determine the left border. Preset Operation: modify preset position by direction button and inputting a preset number, then click “Add” to save.
  • Page 83 8.1.7 Search Record Click “Search record” to open the search interface (Error! Reference source not found.), can search and operate ecord, alarm, motion, local record Search record By selecting the record type, start and end times, and click the check button, get a list of files on the NVR. Select...

  • Page 84: Alarm Configuration

    8.1.8 Alarm Configuration Click the 【Alarm】 to enter the alarm setup menu, users can set up and operate the alarm mode, as show 5-11. If need warning message displayed and real-time pop up on the WEB interface, open the [monitor alarm], and select the appropriate type of alarm.

  • Page 85: Pc/Platform Client Access

    8.1.9 About WEB Controls version information show here. 9 PC/Platform Client Access Pls refer《V2.0 User Manual》 10 Appendix 10.1 Port Mapping Port mapping is mapping a port of outside web host’s IP address to a machine inside web, and provide the service.

  • Page 86: Upnp Function

    The port mapping can also have other special agent functions, like POP, SMTP, Telnet and so on. Theoretically, it can provide more than sixty thousand ports. For example, if we want to map a web server which has an IP address of 192.168.111.10, we just need to input the IP address and TCP port 80 into the port mapping...

  • Page 87: Voice Intercom

    IP, for example: http://155.157.12.227:81. If you want to access by Client Software, you can use the outer net TCP port directly. Notice: for detail configuration setting, please refer to the user manual of Router. 10.2 Voice Intercom 10.2.1 Summarize Embedded NVR Bidirectional Talk: user can talk to remote client software or Web via NVR audio input and output ports;...
  • Page 88 2、Attribute Description Attribute Description: name of detection item. Manufacturer can increase or decrease。As ATA standard update constantly, sometimes different models in same brand maybe different ,but must ensure major test items specified in S.M.A.R.T .(although different manufacturers have specific naming convention ,the essence of monitoring is the same.)

  • Page 89: Hard Disk Problem

    There are three statuses: Normal, Alarm and Error----which is closely related with Pre-failure/advisory BIT. 10.4 Hard disk problem Use Detection Tool provided by the HDD manufacturer to detect the Function of HDD to solve data problem. We recommend Seagate and Western Digital.

  • Page 90: Hdd Capacity Calculation

    Diagram 10-3 WD Detection 10.5 HDD Capacity Calculation Reference of HDD Capacity Calculation The first time install NVR, please check if the HDD has installed. The capacity of the HDD There is no limitation of capacity of single HDD to NVR, please choose the HDD according to the saving time.

  • Page 91: Terms

    10.6 Terms Dual-stream Dual-stream: one high bit rate stream for the local HD store, QCIF/CIF/2CIF/DCIF/4CIF coding, other low bit rate stream for network transmission, such as QCIF / CIF coding, I Frame I frame: intra frame image, remove redundant information to compress the transmittal data, also called key frames.
  • Page 92 Possible reasons: RS-485 cable connection error, A, B ports are inversely connected; PTZ decoder, protocol, baud rate, address are incorrect; Parallel connect a 120Ω resistance to resolve signal reflex caused by too many PTZs on the line. 4. The RS-485 on the NVR is defective...

  • Page 93: Ims200 Introduction

    Internet Explorer 9.0 Possible reasons: Internet Explore9.0 above version visit: Please choose compatible mode. 11 IMS200 INTRODUCTION 11.1 SUMMARY IMS200 is a professional surveillance system software which support muti-user, multi-window and multilingual display, voice talk, EMap, alarm and etc. IMS200 is compatible with various access devices. This is a stable, reliable and easy operation system.
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  • Page 95: Installation

    12 INSTALLATION 12.1 Windows Operation system Double left click “IMS_200_Client_V1.00.exe” to install this program. Complete the installation following the guide, see “Diagram 12-1” to “Diagram 12-5” Step1: click “Next (N)”, see “Diagram 12-1 ” Diagram 12-1 Step2: click “Next (N)”after select a install path, the default installation path is “C:\Program Files\IMS200”.see”Diagram 12-2”...
  • Page 96 Step3: click “Next (N)” Diagram 12-3 Step4: install automatically Diagram 12-4 Step5: click “Finish (F)” to complete the installation process...

  • Page 97: Login And Interfaces

    Diagram 12-5 The shortcut will be created on desktop after install the IMS200 system. 13 LOGIN AND INTERFACES 13.1 LOGIN to pop up [LOGIN] interface, see “Diagram 13-1”. Input correct user name, password Double left click and click “OK”- -to enter the system.

  • Page 98: Interface

    Diagram 13-1 Note: 1. Modify your password in “Setting->Modify Password” in the first login. 2. Configure the organization, users, device, EMap and etc. Please refer “15.3” for detail. 13.2 INTERFACE There are screens, menu, functional keys, output mode keys, toolbar, upper right icons, alarm and status show on...
  • Page 99 Diagram 13-2 Screens Display and control the real-time video. Select “voice talk”, “snapshot”, “record”, “output”, “save”, “go to” and “TVwall” function in a specific window. (See “Diagram 13-3”)
  • Page 100 Diagram 13-3 Introduction: functions are valid under specific conditions Menu Name Function & Operation Shows organizations, devices and channels Shows device IP, name and model by moving the mouse cursor on a device Finish the TV wall output and video output in center...
  • Page 101 Configuration and Execution Plan the task Monitor Pause/On the task Project Import/Export the documents The information of the project and task License Functions authorization（license password is necessary for login） Set the record path Set the download path Set the snapshot path...
  • Page 102 Functional keys Name Description Task config Add, modify and delete tasks Plan config Add, modify and delete plan Global config Configurate the external, detect, loss and cover alarm Relate config Configurate the relate, alarm output to CDS/VMS/sound/SMS Alarm Manually plan config...

  • Page 103: Quick Guide

    Status Name Description Status CPU and network running status Form 13-7 13.3 QUICK GUIDE Login by the “super” account and add devices. Click【Admin Config】to enter the interface as follow Diagram 13-4 ⑴ Add: select an organization node in ①...
  • Page 104 Diagram 13-5 ⑵ Modify: select a device and click icon to modify its information ⑶ Device Information: this window (See “Diagram 13-6”) which contains [Device Information], [Video Channel] and [Alarm Channel] will pop up when you select a device.
  • Page 105 Diagram 13-6 “ Diagram 13-7” is the [Video Channel] interface...
  • Page 106 Diagram 13-7 Double left click a video channel to pop up the [Channel Information], see “Diagram 13-8”. You can modify channel name, pre-position and camera type. The camera type include camera, dome camera and half dome camera. ( channel ID, channel type and channel number are default value.）...
  • Page 107 Diagram 13-8 “Diagram 13-9” is the [Alarm Channel] interface Diagram 13-9 Double left click an alarm channel to get a popup window, see “Diagram 13-10”...

  • Page 108: Functions

    Diagram 13-10 You can operate in main interface after complete the configuration. Introduction: there are two criteria for apply the PTZ function: 1. ensure the connected device is a dome camera; 2. select the right camera type. 14 FUNCTIONS 14.1 MONITOR...
  • Page 109 Diagram 14-1 Operation:  Node: Click to open the sublist. Click to close the sublist.  Switch to live view: Select a screen and double left click a camera to start the live view in this selected screen. Or drag a camera/device/node to a screen to play.

  • Page 110: Live View

     Set “Playback before”: Setting—>Local Set—>Other  EMap position: select a camera and position it to the EMap by context menu  Search: input device name or IP to search  Context menu: Right click a device to execute the operations “add to favorite”, “timing”, “reboot”, “log in” and “config”...
  • Page 111 Diagram 14-4 Introduction: 1. The device with green spot refers this camera is in live view mode. 2. Select a window, the corresponding camera will be marked automatically. 3. Drag to change the screen position; double left click to maximize the image(single screen), double left click to go back.
  • Page 112 Diagram 14-5 Functions Description. Control Explain Window Show the window number Voice talk Start the voice talk(depend on the NVR function) Snapshot Snapshot in live image Record Save the video audio in local files Output Set the output audio and color...
  • Page 113 14.1.3 RECORD Click the 【 Record】 in context menu to start recording, click again to stop the operation. Set record path in [Setting] [Local Set][Record]. Introduction: : in recording, : device, : channel 14.1.4 SNAPSHOT Click【Snapshot】in context menu to save one single image of the video.

  • Page 114: Voice Talk

    14.1.6 VOICE TALK select【Voice Talk】in the context menu to access the live sound, click it again to quit. Introduction: multiple channels’ voice talk are unsupported. The voice collector in NVR is necessary for apply this function. 14.1.7 GO TO Playback: play the 10 minutes before record.（the default is 10 mins, you can modify it in “Setting”—>“Local Set”...

  • Page 115: Query

    Diagram 14-8 Introduction: 1. The right side toolbar pop up as cursor move into this zoom, hided as cursor move out. 2. The bottom toolbar pop up as cursor move into this zoom, hided as cursor move out. 3. Click “Esc” to exit.
  • Page 116 Diagram 14-9 Select a camera in “Organization”  select the “source” (all, device, platform)and “type”(all, external alarm, motion detect, general record)  double left click the date to list all records of that day (the time band with color refers the different record types in that period).
  • Page 117 Diagram 14-11 “Diagram 14-12” shows the playback toolbar Diagram 14-12 Fast: 2, 3, 4, MAX times faster playback Slow: -2, -3, -4, MIN slow playback , see “Diagram 14-13”. All the searched record results list in...
  • Page 118 Diagram 14-13 The record with blue color is the one in playing. Double left click a record in list to play. Double left click a window to switch to full screen mode (see “Diagram 14-14”) and click again to exit.
  • Page 119 Diagram 14-14 14.2.2 SLICE Click to operate on the records which have been searched out in the following interface. See “Diagram 14-15”...
  • Page 120 Diagram 14-15 Toolbar The operations include snapshot, pause, play, fast, slow, single frame and stop. Define the slice duration and its previous or after time period. There are 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 mins time length for selecting.
  • Page 121 Side slice image Left single click image, the pic will be enlarged and display the previous and next slice image at the same time. See “Diagram 14-17” Diagram 14-17 The selected image is displayed in the middle, the other two image are put as the time sequence.
  • Page 122 Diagram 14-18 Menu Exit the video slice and switch to playback, download, video search and alarm page. 14.2.3 DOWNLOAD to turn to the [Download] interface. (see “Diagram 14-19”) Click...
  • Page 123 Return Diagram 14-19 Select a camera in device list first, then define the record “source” (all, device, platform) and “type” (all, external alarm, motion detect, general record), at last double left click the records date to get the search results list. Select the record in the list directly or select by time that operate in the time slider.
  • Page 124 Diagram 14-22 Introduction: you cannot download and playback the same channel records at the same time. The system will stop the playback automatically when you start downloading. 14.2.4 SEARCH Click to turn to the interface like the “Diagram 14-23” shows.
  • Page 125 Diagram 14-24 You can recycle play the video records but not the snapshot file. 14.2.5 ALARM SHOW Click to turn to the interface like “Diagram 14-25”. Diagram 14-25 Select a node or a camera in device list first; then define the “date”, “start/end time”, “user”, “alarm type” (all, video loss, external alarm, motion detect, camera masking, device disconnection, host alarm) and “status”...

  • Page 126: Alarm

    14.3 ALARM The system supports six type alarms (video loss, external alarm, motion detect, camera masking, device disconnection and host alarm). As soon as the alarm occur, the related device will automatically position and make reaction to the alarms. The alarm relate include sound, video, EMap, TV wall, output (SMS, voice message).
  • Page 127 Confirm: confirm the alarm and stop all relates Click to change the device information format. Double left click a device to illustrate all the sub channels. You can rank the list by【View】on top-- . (See “Diagram 14-28”) Diagram 14-28...
  • Page 128 Diagram 14-29 Alarm configuration steps: Task There are FOUR methods to set task. The task icon will be in green as you set the task. ① manually right click on the camera/device/node to enable or stop the tasks. ② Select the alarm type in device list, e.g. Set the task for all the devices and alarm type of “134” group.
  • Page 129  Sound: enable the function and select an audio file（format: .wav）  TV wall: enable the function, the alarm video will be send to TV wall as the alarm occur.  Alarm interface: enable the function, the alarm interface will pop up as the alarm occur. (See “Diagram 14-30”) Diagram 14-30 Relate the alarm video, support maximum 4 channels.
  • Page 130 Red Flag Diagram 14-31 On the popup screen, you can find a voice talk icon to apply this function. (See “Diagram 14-32”) Diagram 14-32 Introduction: 1. The on playing relate video corresponding with the flag alarm record. 2. Double left click the alarm record to check the relate video when there are more than one alarms occur.
  • Page 131 The alarm icon will show on the screen as the alarm occur Diagram 14-33 : Motion detect; : video loss; : camera masking; : external alarm If you set the alarm relates EMap, the map with alarm indicators will pop up when the alarm occur. (See “Diagram...
  • Page 132 Diagram 14-34  SMS output and talk output are selectable. Alarm records will be sent to your phone by SMS or output by sound device. Introduction: you have to install DMSS and alarm output software for alarm SMS output.
  • Page 133 Diagram 14-35 Click【New】to name a task; then select devices for alarm task by button; at last save the configuration as a new task. Click to edit and enable the alarm type. Click【Delete】to delete a task. Introduction: the running tasks are still valid after you restart the system.
  • Page 134 Diagram 14-36 Plans will be automatically canceled when all the tasks are canceled. 14.3.3 RELATE CONFIG 【Relate Config】to pop up the interface as “Diagram 14-37”. Click【Alarm】-> Diagram 14-37...
  • Page 135 Select the device in list and add it to the Relate. (See “Diagram 14-38”) Diagram 14-38 Tick the alarm type which include sound relate, TV wall relate, EMap relate and alarm interface relate. Click the camera【Config】to pop up the window like “Diagram 14-39”.
  • Page 136 Diagram 14-40 14.3.4 GLOBAL CONFIG 【Global Config】to pop up the following interface which include motion detect, cover, Click【Alarm】-> video loss, external alarm, host alarm and disconnection alarm.

  • Page 137: Ptz Control

    Diagram 14-41 Audio: enable or disable the function. You can select sound and set duration. The audio format is WAV. Video: enable or disable the video relate. Set popup video duration. Assist (e.g. light): enable or disable the assist devices and set the devices start time...
  • Page 138 Ctrl】to open the toolbar as “Diagram 14-42”. Diagram 14-42 Introduction: PTZ function is available for PTZ authority. Description Control Explain Direction key 8 Up，down，left，right，upper left，upper right，lower left，lower right direction Single click on screen and position this point to the center Support 1-36 zoom in/out function enlarge the selected screen by dragging bottom-up, vice versa.(only controlled by mouse)
  • Page 139 Preset When Pan/Tilt moves to the target position, input the preset number and save it. Auto tour Auto tour lines Light on, light off Form 14-2 14.4.1 PRESET Click【PTZ】-> [PRESET] ->【Setup】 in menu to pop up the preset window like “Diagram 14-43”. Input the number, name and save this preset.
  • Page 140 Diagram 14-45 14.4.2 AUTO TOUR Click【PTZ】->[CRUISE]->【Setup】to pop up the auto tour window like “Diagram 14-46”. Diagram 14-46 Click【New】to add tour. (See “Diagram 14-47”)
  • Page 141 Diagram 14-47 ① tour name, can be modified. ② select preset in list and add it into tour by . The maximum presets are 100 in one tour. ③ double left click stay time to modify, the limit is 3-6000 seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

  • Page 142: Monitor Project

    Introduction: 1. PTZ is on working for dome or rotatable camera; it is useless for noormal camera 2. You need authorization to apply this function 14.5 MONITOR PROJECT The operations in monitor project include task and plan config; pause and resume project; import and export; run and stop tasks.
  • Page 143 Diagram 14-50 All the channel information is listed in the task subitem, like the device, channel, camera ID, stop duration (10- 3600s), preset (1-128) and stream. On the contrary, click to cancel the channel from tasks. New: add a new task Modify: modify the task configuration Stay time: the default is 20 seconds.
  • Page 144 You can put the exist tasks into the plan. Diagram 14-51 Add several tasks into one plan, set the start and end time to make a cycle execution. Modify: modify the plan configuration Delete: delete a plan Exit: quit this window Introduction: 1.

  • Page 145: Emap

    Diagram 14-52 Pause: pause and resume the running project Import: import tasks and plans list Export: export tasks and plans list Introduction: the monitor project configuration is keep in local. Copy the configurations between devices by import and export data.
  • Page 146 Map organizational Minimize/Full structure screen/Close Camera search Cameras in the Video window map location Diagram 14-53 Upper left: organize structure Left bottom: screen Right: map There are camera icons, alarm icons and the next level map icons on the map window.
  • Page 147 Diagram 14-54 Double left click the screen to turn to the full screen mode; double left click again or press “ESC” to quit. 【PTZ Control】: control the camera motion 【Talk】: talk with front–end device 【Send】: send the video to playback window 【Stop】: stop the video playing...

  • Page 148: Device State

    14.7 DEVICE STATE [Dev State] shows the current stream, motion detect, camera masking, video loss, external alarm states. (See “Diagram 14-56”) Diagram 14-56 1-16 is the channel number: motion detect : camera masking : video loss : external alarm Introduction: green icons refer the function on;...

  • Page 149: Upper Right Icons

    Diagram 14-57 14.10 UPPER RIGHT ICONS 14.10.1 MINIMIZE Click to hide the interface11 14.10.2 FULL SCREEN Click to switch to full screen mode.

  • Page 150: Cpu & Network

    14.10.3 SHUTDOWN Click to pop up the shutdown window. (Diagram 14-58) Diagram 14-58 License: get the licensed authority by inputting the password. Lock: lock the system. You need the password to unlock it. (See “Diagram 14-59”) Diagram 14-59 Switch On: the system will reboot as you click the “Switch On” button, then input the new username and password to login by the new account.

  • Page 151: Date & Alarm & Log

    14.12 DATE & ALARM & LOG Display the time, date, and alarms Click alarm number to get the alarm configuration interface, see 14.3 ALARM. Click date and time to pop up the system log interface.

  • Page 152: System Setting

    15 SYSTEM SETTING There are local set, modify password, log, update, screen out, virtual keyboard, license and admin config options in [Setting]. (See “Diagram 15-1”) Diagram 15-1 15.1 LOG Log records the account event, operation and alarm information. Search and download the records according its time, type, device and username in【LOG】interface. See “Diagram...

  • Page 153: Local Set

    Diagram 15-2 Introduction: click【ALL LOG】to get the all records of the selected device 15.2 LOCAL SET “Diagram 15-3” is the [Local Set] interface. You can set record, display, system and some other parameter.

  • Page 154: Display Setting

    Diagram 15-3 15.2.1 RECORDING SETTING Record (Diagram 15-3): modify record, download, snapshot and talk path, set the single file length and enable the talk save. 15.2.2 DISPLAY SETTING Display (Diagram 15-4): enable the toolbar and EMap’s device name, set the map size, log number and media...
  • Page 155 Diagram 15-4 Introduction: suggest UDP protocal for internal network; TCP protocal for Ethernet 15.2.3 SYSTEM SETTING System (Diagram 15-5): set start screen mode (1\4\6\8\9\10\13\16\20\25\36), organization level, multi-window config (main interface, query, EMap and alarm), auto task running config, and system startup mode.
  • Page 156 Diagram 15-5 Set the start screens as your requirement; Set multi-level structure, like “country->province->city->street” 4 levels. Enable the task auto running; System startup mode: full screen and exclusive are alterable; Multi-window config; take the four different operations meanwhile. See “Diagram 15-6”...
  • Page 157 Diagram 15-6 15.2.4 OTHERS Others (Diagram 15-7): set playback forward time, interval, disparity, device running and language.
  • Page 158 Diagram 15-7 Introduction: suggest UDP protocal for internal network; TCP protocal for Ethernet 15.2.5 SCREEN OUT To set the OSD background color and text color. Diagram 15-8 shows the [Screen Out] interface...
  • Page 159 Diagram 15-8 Click “OSD BackColor” and “OSD TextColor” to set color You can also set the “OSD Text Size”, “OSD Position” and “OSD Visible” If OSD is visible, the information will show on the upper left, see “Diagram 15-9”...

  • Page 160: Admin Config

    15.2.6 VIRTUAL KEYBOARD It is used with Net Keyboard, please consult technical support staff for detail. Diagram 15-10 15.3 ADMIN CONFIG Click【Admin Config】to enter the interface，see Diagram 15-11 Diagram 15-11 There are “Organization”, “EMap” and “System” in [Admin Config].
  • Page 161 Diagram 15-12 ① lists the organization structure. You can add, modify and delete nodes here and click a noke to open the sublist （only the “system” account has the authority to operate.） ② contains the users and device parts. You can add, modify and delete users and device here.
  • Page 162 Diagram 15-14 ⑷Delete: select a user or a device you want to delete and click Device ⑴Add: select an organization node and click to add device in this node. Input the device data in popup window and click to finish the process （ the “Device Channel Count” and “Alarm Channel Count” are auto generate according to the device IP.）.
  • Page 163 Diagram 15-16 Diagram 15-16 is the [Device Information] interface Diagram 15-17 is the [Video Channel] interface Diagram 15-17 Double left click a channel to pop up [Channel Information], see “Diagram 15-18”. You can modify channel name and type in [Channel Information]. The camera type include camera, PTZ dome...
  • Page 164 Diagram 15-18 “Diagram 15-19” shows the [Alarm Channel] interface Diagram 15-19 Double left click alarm channel to get a popup window, see “Diagram 15-20”...
  • Page 165 Diagram 15-20 15.3.2 EMAP Click【Admin Config】, 【EMap】to get the window as following...
  • Page 166 Diagram 15-21 Two parts: 1、① is the management zoom for adding, modifying and deleting nodes 2、② is the map management zoom. You can add cameras and alarm on map; drag or modify the map size. ⑴ Cancel : delete the unsaved node on map ⑵...
  • Page 167 Diagram 15-23 ⑹ Tick the node which you want to place on map on lower right to open the sub-map, you can position on the sub-map. (see “Diagram 15-24”) ⑺ Click...
  • Page 168 Diagram 15-24 15.3.3 SYSTEM Click【System】to enter the interface as “Diagram 15-25”...

  • Page 169: Input/Output

    Diagram 15-25 There are I frame, log, authorization, password and DDNS in system management module which is only showed by “system” account login. ⑴ I frame: enable and insert a I frame when start live view or playback for improving image fluency.

  • Page 170: License

    Diagram 15-26 2. Modify authorization password by input once old password and twice new one. Modify the authorization password in Setting  Admin Config  System  Authorization. Diagram 15-27 15.6 LICENSE Click【License】to enter the interface as following...
  • Page 171 Diagram 15-28 Allocate users’ authority include task config (task config, project config, import and export); query (playback, download, search and alarm show); alarm (relate config, global config, task config, plan config, config import and export), EMap, setting (local set, upgrade, log, admin config), account switch and authority allocate.

  • Page 172: Faq

    16 APPENDIX A 16.1 FAQ Q: The prompt “Video Open Fail” shows in live view or tour mode? A: Probably reasons: 1. The device breakdown. 2. Cannot get the streaming because of the network state. Q: P/T/Z is incontrollable？...

  • Page 173: Operating Instructions

    18.2 Operating Instructions 18.2.1 Devices List and Preview Instructions Run VSSMobile program, it will show you Home interface as below:...
  • Page 174 Click button to add device. You can add device through IP/P2P/domain. Input device information, then click “save” button to save device information. Choose channel to start live preview: You can click button to open one camera in selected window. It support up to 4 channels preview, so other channels’...
  • Page 175 Icons Name Description Stop Close the current video Audio Audio on/off Favorite Group Add channel to device favorites Channel Change the video of the current window Snapshot Snapshot the selected window Two-way talk Start/stop two-way talk PTZ control Start/stop PTZ control...
  • Page 176 18.2.2 Device Manager...
  • Page 177 Edit device: Edit device name, password etc. Delete device: Delete device Favorite Group: Add channel to favorite group Open the alarm push: Turn on or off the device's alarm push function (this function in subsequent editions Multi-channel Preview: Multi-channel Live Preview The picture shows the multi-channel preview screen, button belows the picture window enables switching of channels.
  • Page 178 Remote Control：The device can be set up for remote operation...
  • Page 179 Remote Control：The device can be set up for remote operation 18.2.3 History...

  • Page 180: Playback

    Recording all channels played before (Up to 4 simultaneous selection, recording order by date → time）,you can select channel to preview, then click ”play” button, also you can click on favorite button to add the channel to favorite group.
  • Page 181 Choose date, start time, stop time, device, channel to search. Double-click the record to start playback. Setting Interface: Choose record to playback:...
  • Page 182 18.3.2 Playback Setting...

  • Page 183: Media Library

    Pause Play Faster Slower Snapshot Record 18.4 Media Library 18.4.1 Local Playback You can playback all video recording and live view record saved,you can select the playback. 18.4.2 Albums You can view all the snapshots you have saved.

  • Page 184: More

    18.5 More ╒【System Settings】 【more】 == ╞【Version】 ╘【Operating Instructions】 18.5.1 System Settings System Settings Interface: Live Preview: 【Audio】Open/close live preview audio 【Remote Vibration】On/off vibration when using the remote control 【Main/Sub Stream】Setting the default stream for live preview Alarm: 【Alarm Audio】Open/close voice prompts when the alarm 【Alarm Prompt】Open/close the state prompts when the alarm...

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