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ZN8 Series NVR
IP network recorder
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Date:
20-01-2016

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  • Page 1 ZN8 Series NVR IP network recorder User manual Version: Date: 20-01-2016...

  • Page 3: About This Document

    Network Video Recorder About This Document User Manual About This Document Purpose This document describes the features, hardware installation, network access, network configuration, routine maintenance, fault analysis, and troubleshooting of the Network Video Recorder (NVR). Intended Audience This document is intended for: ...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Contents About This Document ....................i Contents ......................... ii 1 Preface ........................1 1.1 Important Notes ......................1 1.2 About This User Manual ....................1 1.3 Installation Environment and Precautions ..............1 2 Basic Operations ...................... 3 2.1 Startup ..........................
  • Page 5 Network Video Recorder Contents User Manual 7.1.11 Accounts ......................43 7.1.12 Device Log ..................... 46 7.1.13 Scheduled Reboot................... 47 7.1.14 System ......................47 7.1.15 Maintenance ....................48 7.2 Camera Setup ....................... 48 7.2.1 Camera Information ..................49 7.2.2 Stream ......................49 7.2.3 Network......................

  • Page 7: Preface

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Preface 1.1 Important Notes Thank you for choosing the NVR. Please read the user manual carefully before using this product. The NVR is a complex system-based device. To avoid misoperations and malfunctions caused by environmental factors and human factors during installation, commissioning, and application, note the following points when installing and using this product: ...
  • Page 8 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Table 1-1 Installation environment Item Description Electromagnetism The NVR meets the national standards of electromagnetic radiation and does not cause harm to the human body. –10 Temperature C to +45 Humidity 20% to 80% Atmospheric pressure 86 kPa to 106 kPa Power supply...

  • Page 9: Basic Operations

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Basic Operations 2.1 Startup  Ensure that a power supply is connected to the NVR correctly.  Before starting the NVR, ensure that a monitor is connected to the HDMI or VGA interface of the NVR correctly. ...

  • Page 10: Shutdown

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents When an abnormality is detected and the self-test screen stays on, choose to continue or shut down in the lower right corner of the screen. If you choose to continue, the NVR enters the login interface. The hard disk(s) required by the NVR must be provided by users.
  • Page 11 Network Video Recorder User Manual Take the following steps to adjust the screen resolution of the monitor: Step 1 Click Change on the login interface. The Monitor Setup interface appears, as shown in Figure 2-3. Figure 2-3 Monitor Setup interface Step 2 Select a resolution from the Resolution dropdown list.

  • Page 12: Login

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Step 4 Click in the upper right corner of the Monitor Setup interface to exit the Monitor Setup interface and return to the login interface. 2.4 Login Take the following steps to log in to the NVR: Step 1 Enter your user name and password on the login interface of the NVR, as shown in Figure 2-4.

  • Page 13: Adding Webcams

    Network Video Recorder User Manual 2.5 Adding Webcams After the PoE network interfaces are connected to IP cameras, the NVR automatically adds the IP cameras and enables 7*24 recording. Figure 2-5 shows the network topology of the NVR. Figure 2-5 Network topology of the NVR Non-PoE A free network includes other network devices in addition to IP cameras and NVRs.
  • Page 14 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 2-6 Topology of a free network Issue: V1.0 (2016-01-20)

  • Page 15: Quick Setup

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Quick Setup Quick setup provide NVR network configuration, disk management, time setting, IP camera search, video configuration, camera network configuration, stream configuration, and mobile detection configuration. Figure 3-1 shows the quick setup screen. Figure 3-1 Quick setup screen Description 1.
  • Page 16 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Only successfully authenticated cameras can be used normally. Before adding a camera, add the authentication account and password of the camera to the list. To log in to an IP camera, you need to enter the correct authentication account. Only successfully authenticated IP cameras can be managed.
  • Page 17 Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3-2 Camera searching page Click , the camera selecting page is displayed as shown in Figure 3-3. Select the cameras you want and then click Ok to complete selection of IP cameras. Figure 3-3 Camera selecting page To remove managed cameras, click in the camera list, select the cameras to be removed, and click Delete Camera.
  • Page 18 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents The camera status may be Online, Offline, and Incorrect account. For an online IP camera, click to view live video.  Changing the channel name Enter a channel name in the Name text field. ...

  • Page 19: Live Video

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Live Video Enter your user name and password on the login interface and click Login. The Live Video interface appears, as shown in Figure 4-1. Figure 4-1 Live Video interface On the Live Video interface, drag a camera in the Cameras pane on the left to the live channel and perform the following operations: ...
  • Page 20 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Intelligent code stream adaptation The system provides an intelligent code stream adaptation mechanism. When a video is played, the system selects a proper code stream based on the sizes and number of video windows and its own decoding capability to achieve optimal real-time surveillance effect.
  • Page 21 Network Video Recorder User Manual Name Description : used to close a live video. : used to bookmark a live video in the current channel so that the corresponding file can be located during video playback. is displayed when you click this button.
  • Page 22 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 4-2 PTZ control menu  The PTZ control menu takes effect only for high-speed domes and external PTZ cameras.  To close the PTZ setup menu, click on the PTZ control interface.  To exit the PTZ control menu, click on the PTZ control interface.

  • Page 23: Video Playback

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Video Playback 5.1 Video Playback Video playback refers to playing of videos stored in local hard disks, as shown in Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1 Local video playback Take the following steps to play a video: Step 1 Select a camera.

  • Page 24: Video Backup

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents recording. The time in blue in the middle is the time of the video being played. The file axis displays videos. Reserved videos are in blue, alarm videos are in red, bookmarked videos are in yellow, and ordinary videos are in green. : Enter a time point in the Focus time field and click .
  • Page 25 Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-3 Backup path browse dialog box The Backup Path bar displays the selected backup path. If it is empty, select a backup path. The list below shows available backup storage devices. The NVR supports two types of backup storage device, that is, network storage device (NAS) and USB storage device (USB flash drive or mobile hard disk).
  • Page 26 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Parameter Description Setting IP Address IP address of the network storage [How to set] device. Enter a value manually. Path Name of the shared folder. [How to set] Enter a value manually. Account The shared account. [How to set] Enter a value manually.
  • Page 27 Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-5 Video backup control bar 1. Click Start in the video backup control bar to select a video segment. 2. Select the video file to be backed up (the selected video segment is highlighted in blue in the display area), click and hold the left mouse button, and drag the cursor horizontally to select the video file segment to be backed up.

  • Page 28: Alarm Search

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Alarm Search You can search for alarm videos on the Alarm Search interface. Operation procedure Step 1 Click at the top of the interface. The Alarm Search interface appears, as shown in Figure 6-1. Step 2 Select a camera in the Cameras pane.
  • Page 29 Network Video Recorder User Manual After a camera and date are selected, alarm video files are displayed in the Type pane. Step 6 Play a video. Double-click an alarm video file and the video begin to play. Step 7 Back up an alarm record. Select a video and click the Backup button to back up the video to the backup folder.

  • Page 30: Setup

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Setup Setup includes NVR setup and camera setup. 7.1 NVR Setup 7.1.1 Device Information Click Setup in the upper right corner and choose NVR Setup. The NVR Setup interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-1. Figure 7-1 NVR Setup interface The Device Information pane shows the following parameters: ...

  • Page 31: Manage Channel

    Network Video Recorder User Manual  Software Version  Cameras Supported  Disk(s) Supported  Among the preceding parameters, only Device Name can be modified.  The device information is updated automatically when the NVR is upgraded and keeps consistent with the software version of the NVR. 7.1.2 Manage Channel On the Manage Channel interface, you can add, and delete cameras.
  • Page 32 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents If the NVR is deployed on a local area network (LAN), avoid an IP address conflict between the NVR and any PC on the LAN and ensure that the IP addresses of network interfaces 1 and 2 of the NVR are in different network segments. Operation procedure Step 1 Choose Setup >...

  • Page 33: Device Port

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Parameter Description Setting Subnet Mask Subnet mask of the NVR [How to set] Enter a subnet mask in the corresponding field. [Default value] 255.255.255.0 Default IP address of the gateway through [How to set] Gateway which a client accesses the NVR Enter the IP address of the gateway in the...
  • Page 34 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-4 Device Port interface Step 2 Set the parameters according to Table 7-2, Table 7-2 Device port parameters Parameter Description Setting Control Port Port used for audio and video [How to set] transfer and signaling interaction. Enter a value manually.

  • Page 35: Live Video Layout

    Network Video Recorder User Manual 7.1.5 Live Video Layout On the Live Video Layout interface, you can set a live video layout so that it can be used on the Live Video interface. The following functions are provided:  Creating a layout ...

  • Page 36: Date And Time

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-6 Layout creation interface Step 4 Set the save location of the new layout by choosing Shared Layout or My Layout from the Belong To dropdown list.  If the new layout is saved to Shared Layout, it can be used by all users after logging in to the NVR.
  • Page 37 Network Video Recorder User Manual The Date and Time interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-8. Table 7-3 describes the parameters. Figure 7-7 Date and Time interface Table 7-3 Date and time parameters Parameter Description Setting Time zone [Setting method] Select a value from the drop-down list box.

  • Page 38: Recording

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Parameter Description Setting Device Time [Setting method] Device display time. Enter a value manually [Setting method] IP address or domain name of the NTP server. Click the button on to enable NTP and enter a value manually.
  • Page 39 Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7-8 Record Policy interface Step 2 Check the box preceding the device on which scheduled recording and alarm recording need to be enabled and select the corresponding code stream for recording. Step 3 Click More. The Record Policy interface appears, as shown in Błąd! Nie można odnaleźć...
  • Page 40 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents 1. Click following the deployment time. The Schedule Setting interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-10. Figure 7-10 Schedule Setting interface 2. Set the time segment of scheduled recording. 3. Click Ok. Step 5 Enable or disable audio.

  • Page 41: Network Service

    Network Video Recorder User Manual  Unload and format hard disks. When using the NVR for the first time, format the hard disks loaded to the NVR; otherwise, video files cannot be written to the hard disks. Choose Setup > NVR Setup > Record > Storage. The Storage Configuration interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-11.
  • Page 42 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-12 The DDNS interface Step 2 Set the parameters according to Table 7-4. Table 7-4 DDNS parameters Parameter Description Setting DDNS Indicates whether to enable the [Setting method] DDNS service. Click the button on to enable DDNS.
  • Page 43 Network Video Recorder User Manual Parameter Description Setting Account User name for logging in to the [Setting method] DDNS server. Enter a value manually. [Default value] Blank Password Password for logging in to the [Setting method] DDNS server. Enter a value manually. [Default value] Blank Step 3...

  • Page 44: Parameter

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Table 7-5 PPPoE parameters Parameter Description Setting PPPoE Indicates whether to enable the [Setting method] PPPoE service. Click the button on. [Default value] Account PPPoE user name provided by the [Setting method] network carrier. Enter a value manually.

  • Page 45: [Setting Method]

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Step 2 Set the parameters according to Table 7-6. Table 7-6 PPPoE parameters Parameter Description Setting SMTP [Setting method] Select the check box. SMTP Server IP address of the SMTP server. [Setting method] Address Enter a value manually. SMTP Server Port number of the SMTP server.

  • Page 46: Alarm

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents 7.1.9 Alarm Alarm In Step 1 Choose Setup > NVR Setup > Alarm > Alarm In. The Alarm In interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-15. Figure 7-15 Alarm In interface Step 2 Select the channel number of the alarm in. Step 3 Enter the name of the alarm in.
  • Page 47 Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7-16 Alarm Out interface Step 2 Set the parameters according to Table 7-7. Table 7-7 Alarm out parameters Parameter Description Setting Alarm Out ID of the alarm output channel. [Setting method] Select a value from the NOTE drop-down list box.
  • Page 48 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Parameter Description Setting Alarm Out When the device receives I/O [Setting method] Mode alarm signals, the device sends Select a value from the the alarm information to an drop-down list box. external alarm device in the mode [Default value] specified by this parameter.

  • Page 49: Adsl Network

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Step 3 Select the alarm output, then choose alarm output channel number and set the alarm out time. Click Apply, the “Apply success” dialog box prompt. Step 4 Step 5 Click OK, the system saves the settings, 7.1.10 ADSL Network If a Point-to-Point over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection is used, the ADSL Network page displays the IP address that is automatically obtained.
  • Page 50 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-18 Groups interface Step 2 Add or delete a privilege group.  Adding a privilege group 1. Click Add. The Add Group dialog box appears. 2. Enter a group name. 3. Click OK. The privilege group is added successfully and the system returns to the Groups interface.
  • Page 51 Network Video Recorder User Manual User setting Users can be added and deleted. Users with the system management privilege can unlock the accounts of users who enter incorrect passwords multiple times. Step 1 Choose Setup > NVR Setup > Accounts > User. The Users interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-19.

  • Page 52: Device Log

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents The system returns to the Users interface. 3. Click Apply. The user is deleted successfully. Unlocking user accounts When a user enters incorrect passwords three times during login, the account is locked. The account can be unlocked only by another user with the management privilege on the Users interface.

  • Page 53: Scheduled Reboot

    Network Video Recorder User Manual 7.1.13 Scheduled Reboot Step 1 Choose Setup > NVR Setup > Scheduled Reboot. The Scheduled Reboot interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-21. Figure 7-21 Scheduled Reboot interface Step 2 Click ON to enable scheduled reboot. Step 3 Click Add or Delete to add or delete the reboot time.

  • Page 54: Maintenance

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-22 System interface Step 2 Click ON to enable Live video window tip, system warning, security alarm tip or log automatically. Step 3 Click Apply, the system saves the settings. 7.1.15 Maintenance Step 1 Choose Setup >...

  • Page 55: Camera Information

    Network Video Recorder User Manual 7.2.1 Camera Information Click Setup in the upper right corner and choose Camera Setup. The Camera Setup interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-1. Figure 7-24 Camera Setup interface The Camera Information pane shows the following parameters: ...
  • Page 56 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents The Stream interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-1. Figure 7-25 Stream interface Step 2 Set the parameters according to Table 7-8. Table 7-8 Stream parameters Parameter Description Setting Channel ID of the video output channel. [Setting method] Select a value from the NOTE...
  • Page 57 Network Video Recorder User Manual Parameter Description Setting Video Encode The video codec determines the [Setting method] Type image quality and network Select a value from the bandwidth required by a video. drop-down list box. Currently, the following codec [Default value] standards are supported: H.264 High Profile ...
  • Page 58 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Parameter Description Setting Audio Encode The following audio codec [Setting method] Type standards are supported: Select a value from the  drop-down list box. G711_ULAW: mainly used in North America and Japan.  G711_ALAW: mainly used in Europe and other areas.

  • Page 59: Network

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Parameter Description Setting Bit Rate Type The bit rate is the number of bits [Setting method] transmitted per unit of time. Select a value from the drop-down list box. The following bit rate types are supported: ...
  • Page 60 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents The Network interface appears, as shown in Figure 7-26. Figure 7-26 Network interface Step 2 Set the parameters according to Table 7-9. Table 7-9 Network parameters Parameter Description Setting IP Protocol IPv4 is the IP protocol that uses [Setting method] an address length of 32 bits.

  • Page 61: Osd

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Parameter Description Setting Preferred DNS IP address of a DNS server. [Setting method] Server Enter a value manually. [Default value] 192.168.0.1 Alternate DNS IP address of a domain server. [Setting method] Server If the preferred DNS server is Enter a value manually.
  • Page 62 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-27 OSD interface Step 2 Set the OSD font. Step 3 Set the parameters according to Table 7-10. Table 7-10 OSD parameters Parameter Description Setting Channel ID ID of the video output channel. [Setting method] Select a value from the drop-down list box.

  • Page 63: Alarm

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Parameter Description Setting Time Format Format in which the time is [Setting method] displayed. Select a value from the drop-down list box. [Default value] YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss Custom Enables you to enter a line of [Setting method] characters and specify the row ...
  • Page 64 Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 7-28 Motion alarm interface Step 2 Click the button on to enable motion alarm. Step 3 Configure the schedule time setting. Step 4 Configure the detection area. 1. Click The Motion Area Setting page is displayed, as shown in Figure 7-29. Figure 7-29 Motion Area Setting interface 2.
  • Page 65 Network Video Recorder User Manual  Click Clear to delete a detection area.  Click Reverse to select the area out of specified frames as the detection area. Step 5 Check the channel record text field, choose the channel number and enable the channel record linkage function.

  • Page 66: Privacy Masking

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Step 5 Check the channel PTZ text field and choose the channel number and preset number from the drop-down menu to enable the channel PTZ linkage function. Step 6 Check the alarm out text field, and choose the alarm output channel number and set the alarm time to enable the alarm output linkage function.
  • Page 67 Network Video Recorder User Manual Step 5 Click Confirm. The system saves the settings. Issue: V1.0 (2016-01-20)

  • Page 68: Accessing Nvr Through Web

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Accessing NVR Through Web The NVR is embedded with a web server and supports mainstream browsers such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Operations such as quick setup, real- time preview, video playback, alarm search, NVR setup, and camera setup can be performed through the web.

  • Page 69: Live Video

    Network Video Recorder User Manual 8.2 Live Video On the Live Video interface, you can select an online camera in the left Cameras pane and view the corresponding live video. Click Live Video. The Live Video interface appears, as shown in Figure 8-2. Figure 8-2 Live Video interface 8.3 Video Playback On the Playback interface, you can search for and play videos.

  • Page 70: Alarm Search

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents The file axis displays videos. Alarm videos are in red and ordinary videos are in green. Step 5 Play a video. After selecting a camera and date, the video begin to play. : indicates play, stop, fast-forward, and fast-backward from left to right. Figure 8-3 Playback interface 8.4 Alarm Search Step 1...

  • Page 71: Nvr Setup

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-4 Alarm Search interface Step 2 Select a camera in the left Cameras pane. Step 3 Select an alarm type from the Type dropdown list. Step 4 Select a date. Select a date in the Date pane. Click to change months or click to change years.

  • Page 72: Camera Setup

    Network Video Recorder User Manual Contents Figure 8-5 NVR Setup interface 8.6 Camera Setup Click Camera Setup in the navigation bar at the top of the web interface. The Camera Setup interface appears, as shown in Figure 8-6. Figure 8-6 Camera Setup interface For details about camera setup, see the 7.2 Camera setup.

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