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  • Page 1 Amcrest Network Video Recorder User’s Manual V 1.5.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Features and Specifications ..................... 1 Overview ..........................1 Features ..........................1 Specifications ........................2 1.3.1 NVR11H/11H-P Series ....................2 1.3.2 41H-8P Series ......................5 Front Panel and Rear Panel ..................... 7 Front Panel ........................7 2.1.1 NVR11H/11H-P/41H-8P Series ................... 7 Rear Panel .........................
  • Page 3 4.3.12 USB Manager ......................21 Remote Device ........................ 21 4.4.1 Remote Device Connection ..................22 4.4.2 Shortcut Menu ......................23 4.4.3 Camera ........................23 4.4.4 Channel Name ......................25 4.4.5 Upgrade ........................26 4.4.6 UPNP ......................... 26 4.4.7 Built-in Switch Setup ....................27 Preview ..........................
  • Page 4 4.8.2.2 Accurate playback by time ................62 4.8.2.3 Mark Playback ....................63 4.8.3 Picture Playback......................65 Backup ..........................65 4.9.1 File Backup ........................ 65 4.9.2 Import/Export ......................66 4.9.3 Backup Log ....................... 67 4.9.4 USB Device Auto Pop-up ..................68 4.10 Alarm ..........................
  • Page 5 4.14.1.2 BPS ......................... 109 4.14.1.3 Online User ..................... 110 4.14.1.4 Remote Device Information ................110 4.14.1.5 Device Status ....................111 4.14.1.6 Firmware ......................112 4.14.2 Log ........................... 113 4.14.3 Account........................114 4.14.3.1 Add/Modify Group ................... 115 4.14.3.2 Add/Modify User ..................... 116 4.14.4 Upgrade ........................
  • Page 6 5.9.2.5 DDNS ......................143 5.9.2.6 IP filter ......................145 5.9.2.7 Email ....................... 145 5.9.2.8 UPnP ....................... 147 5.9.2.9 SNMP ......................148 5.9.2.10 Multicast ......................149 5.9.2.11 Auto Register ....................149 5.9.2.12 Alarm Center ....................150 5.9.2.13 HTTPS ......................150 5.9.2.13.1 Create Server Certificate ................151 5.9.2.13.2 Download root certificate ................
  • Page 7 5.9.5.5 Default ......................179 5.9.5.6 Import/Export ....................179 5.9.5.7 Auto maintain ....................180 5.9.5.8 Upgrade ......................180 5.10 Information ........................180 5.10.1 Version........................180 5.10.2 Log ........................... 181 5.10.3 Online User ......................182 5.11 Playback ........................182 5.12 Alarm ..........................186 5.13 Logout ..........................
  • Page 8 Welcome Thank you for purchasing our Amcrest network video recorder! This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for your system. Please open the accessory bag to check the items one by one in accordance with the included...
  • Page 9 Important Safeguards and Warnings 1. Electrical safety Installation and operation should conform to your local electrical safety codes. The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock. We assume no liability or responsibility for any fires or electric shock caused by improper handling or installation.

  • Page 10: Installation Environment

    Before operating, please read the following instructions carefully.  Installation environment  Keep away from extremely hot places and sources of heat;  Avoid direct sunlight;  Keep away from extremely humid places;  Avoid violent vibrations;  Do not put other devices on the top of the NVR; ...

  • Page 11: Features And Specifications

    1 Features and Specifications 1.1 Overview This series NVR is a high performance network video recorder. This series supports local preview, multiple-window display, local storage of recordings, remote control, mouse shortcut menu operations, and remote management and control functions. This series product supports centeral storage, front-end storage, and client-end storage. The monitor zone in the front-end can be setup anywhere.

  • Page 12: Specifications

     Sends audio/video data compressed by the IPC or NVS through the network to the client-end. The data is then decompressed and displayed.  Network Supports a max of 128 simultaneous connections.  Monitor Transmits audio/video data via HTTP, TCP, UDP, MULTICAST, RTP/RTCP, etc.
  • Page 13 Model 11H Series 11H-P Series Decode Video Decode H.264/MJPEG Type Decode Max 2-ch 1080P 30fps or 4-ch 720P 30fps or 8-ch D1 30fps Capability Video Video Input 4/8-ch network compression video input Video Output 1-channel VGA analog video output HDMI 1-ch HDMI output.
  • Page 14 Model 11H Series 11H-P Series 2 peripheral USB2.0 ports. USB Port Network 1 RJ45 10/100Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet port. Connection Power Port 1 power socket. Power adapter 1 power socket. Power adapter supplies DC 12V power. supplies DC 48V power. Power Button Power On-off Button...

  • Page 15: 8P Series

    1.3.2 41H-8P Series Model 41H-8P Series 4/8-ch series products support 4/8 HD connections respectively. System System Total bandwidth supports 28/56Mbps respectively. Resources Embedded Linux real-time operating system WEB/Local GUI Operation Interface Decode Video Decode H.264/MJPEG/MJPEG4 Type Decode Max 2-ch 5M 25fps or 4-ch 3M 25fps or 4-ch 1080P 30fps Capability or 8-ch 720P 30fs Video...
  • Page 16 Model 41H-8P Series Power Button 1 button Power On-off Button Receiver Window Clock Built-in clock. One power status indicator light. Indicator Light One network status indicator light. One HDD status indicator light. Power ＜10W (Excludes HDD) General Consumption Working ﹣10ºC～﹢55ºC Temperature Working 10℅～90℅...

  • Page 17: Front Panel And Rear Panel

    2 Front Panel and Rear Panel 2.1 Front Panel 2.1.1 NVR11H/11H-P/41H-8P Series The front panel is shown as in Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Icon Name Function Network status The red light turns on when the network indicator light connection is abnormal.
  • Page 18 This connects to the monitor to view analog output port video. Ground end Power socket.  For NVR11H series, inputs DC 12V/2A. Power input port  For NVR11H-P series, inputs DC 48V/1.25A.  For NVR41H-8P series, inputs DC 48V/2A.

  • Page 19: Alarm Connection

    2.3 Alarm Connection 2.3.1 Alarm Port The alarm port is shown as below. See Figure 2-5. The following figure is based on the 78 series. Figure 2-5 Icon Function 1, 2 ALARM1, ALARM2. The alarm becomes activated in the low level. NO C NO activation output.

  • Page 20: Alarm Input And Output Port

    2.3.3 Alarm input and output port  There is peripheral power supplying to the external alarm device.  An overload may result in NVR damage. Please refer to the following relay specifications for detailed information. 2.3.4 Alarm relay specifications JRC-27F Model: Contact Silver...

  • Page 21: Pc-End To The Device-End

    At the device end, speak via a microphone, and then you can hear the audio through the headphones or speakers at the PC-end. See Figure 2-8. Figure 2-8 2.4.2 PC-end to the device-end Device Connection Connect a microphone to the audio input port in the PC and then connect headphones or spearkers to the first audio input port in the device rear panel.
  • Page 22 In an input box, you can select different input methods. Left click the corresponding button on the panel to input a numeral/English character (small/capitalized). Here ← stands for backspace. ＿ stands for space. In English input mode: _ stands for inputting a space icon and ← stands for deleting the previous character.

  • Page 23: Device Installation

    3 Device Installation Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 3.1 Check Unpacked NVR When you receive the DVR system in the packaging, unpack it, and check all sides of the NVR for any physical damage.

  • Page 24: Sample Connection

    cover 8. Secure the screws in the rear panel and the side panels. accordance with the clip and replace the upper cover back. 3.3 Sample Connection 3.3.1 NVR11H/11H-P/41H-8P Series Please refer to Figure 3-1 for a sample connection. Here we take the NVR41H as an example. Figure 3-1...

  • Page 25: Local Basic Operation

    4 Local Basic Operation 4.1 Boot up and Shutdown 4.1.1 Boot up Before booting up the NVR, please make sure:  The rated input voltage matches the device’s power. Please make sure the power wire connection is secure. Then press the power on-off button. ...
  • Page 26 Figure 4-1 Click Cancel or Next; the system goes to the login interface. See Figure 4-2. The system has two accounts:  Username: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)  Username: default. Password: default (hidden user). The hidden user “default” is for system interior use only and cannot be deleted.
  • Page 27 Click the OK button to login and go to the General interface. See Figure 4-3. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.13.1. Figure 4-3 Click the Next button to go to the Network interface. See Figure 4-4. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.11.
  • Page 28 Figure 4-4 Click the Next button to go to the Remote Device interface. See Figure 4-5. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.4.1.

  • Page 29: Navigation Bar

    Figure 4-5 Click the Next button to go to the Schedule interface. See Figure 4-6. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 4.7.2. Figure 4-6 Click the Finished button and the system pops up a dialogue box. Click the OK button, and the startup wizard is complete.

  • Page 30: Main Menu

    otherwise you cannot see the following interface. While on the main view, left click to show the navigation bar. The navigation bar is shown as below. See Figure 4-8. 9 10 11 12 Figure 4-8 4.3.1 Main Menu Click the button to go to the Main Menu interface.

  • Page 31: Remote Device

    Figure 4-9 4.3.9 Remote Device Click and the system shows the remote device interface. Please refer to chapter 0 4.3.10 Network Click and the system shows the network interface. This is to set network IP address, default gateway, etc. Please refer to chapter 4.11. 4.3.11 HDD Manager Click and the system shows the HDD manager interface.

  • Page 32: Remote Device Connection

    4.4.1 Remote Device Connection From Main Menu->Setting->Camera or right mouse click on the preview interface and then select Remote, you can see the following interface. See Figure 4-10. Figure 4-10 Click the Device Search button, and you can view the searched IP addresses at the top pane of the interface.

  • Page 33: Shortcut Menu

    Figure 4-11 4.4.2 Shortcut Menu In the preview interface, for a channel with no IPC connection, you can click the icon “+” in the center of the interface to quickly go to the Remote Device interface. See Figure 4-12. Figure 4-12 4.4.3 Camera From Main Menu->Setting->Camera->Camera you can see the image interface is shown as below.
  • Page 34 Please note the video may not be attractive if the value is too low. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60.  Brightness: This is to adjust monitor window brightness. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50. The larger the number, the brighter the video. When you input the value here, the bright section and the dark section of the video will be adjusted accordingly.

  • Page 35: Channel Name

    Figure 4-13 4.4.4 Channel Name From Main Menu->Setting->Camera>Channel name, you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-14. This is to modify the channel name. It supports a max of 31-characters. Please note you can only modify the channel name of a connected network camera.

  • Page 36: Upgrade

    Figure 4-14 4.4.5 Upgrade This is to upgrade the network camera. From Main Menu->Setting->Camera->Remote, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-15. Click the Select button and select the upgrade file. Next select a channel (or you can select the device type filter to select several devices at the same time.) Click the Start Upgrade button to upgrade.

  • Page 37: Built-In Switch Setup

    4.4.7 Built-in Switch Setup The built-in switch function is for products on the PoE port. From Main Menu->Setting->Network->Switch, you can set the switch IP address, subnet mask, and gateway. See Figure 4-17. Figure 4-17 4.5 Preview After the device boots up, the system is in multiple-channel display mode. See Figure 4-18. Please note the displayed window amount may vary.

  • Page 38: Preview

    4.5.1 Preview If you want to change the system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->System->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Camera->Channel Name). Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Recording status Video loss Motion detection...
  • Page 39 Figure 4-20  Put the cursor at the center of the zone you want to zoom in, and scroll the middle mouse wheel. You can view an interface shown as in Figure 4-21. Figure 4-21 Right mouse click to cancel the zoom and go back to the original interface. Manual record function This is to backup the video on current channel to the USB device.

  • Page 40: Right Click Menu

    4.5.3 Right Click Menu After you have logged into the device, right mouse click and you can see the shortcut menu. Please see Figure 4-22.  Window split mode: You can select the window amount and then select the desired channels. ...
  • Page 41 Figure 4-23 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Item Note Configuration This determines which period you are configuring: day, night, select for period, or normal. You can set different saturation, brightness, contrast, and sharpness setups for different periods. The value here is to adjust the edge clarity of the video.

  • Page 42: Gui

    Item Note not correct. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too low. If this value is too high, the dark section may lack brightness while the bright section may over exposure. The recommended value ranges from 40 to 60. Saturation This is to adjust monitor window saturation.

  • Page 43: Preview Tour Parameters

    Figure 4-24 Now you can set corresponding information.  Resolution: There are four options: 1280×1024 (Default), 1280×720, 1920×1080, and 1024×768. Please note the system needs to reboot to activate the current setup.  Transparency: Here is where you adjust the transparency of the menus. The value ranges from 0% to 100%.

  • Page 44: Ptz

     Interval: Input the desired time interval here. The value ranges from 1-120 seconds.  Monitor tour type: System supports 1/4-window tour.  Alarm tour type: System supports 1/4-window tour. Figure 4-25 Tips On the navigation bar, click to enable/disable the tour. Click the Save button to save the current setup.
  • Page 45 Figure 4-26 The PTZ setup is shown as in See Figure 4-27. Please note the command name is grey if the device does not support this function. The PTZ operation is only valid in one-window mode. Here you can control the PTZ direction, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, scan, pattern, aux function, light and wiper, rotation, etc.

  • Page 46: Ptz Function Setup

    Figure 4-28 Name Function Function Shortcut Function Function Shortcut  Zoom  ► │ │ Focus Near   Iris Close Open In Figure 4-27, click the to open the menu. You can set preset, tour, pattern, scan, etc. See Figure 4-29.
  • Page 47 Figure 4-30 Preset Setup In Figure 4-30, click the Preset button and use the eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. The interface is shown as in Figure 4-31. Click the box next to Preset and then input the preset number. Click the Set button to save the current preset.
  • Page 48 Figure 4-32 Pattern Setup In Figure 4-30, click the Pattern button and input pattern number. Click the Begin button to start the direction operation. Or you can go back to Figure 4-27 to operate zoom/focus/iris/direction operation. In Figure 4-30, click the End button. Figure 4-33 Scan Setup In Figure 4-30, click the Scan button.

  • Page 49: Call Ptz Function

    Figure 4-34 4.6.1.2 Call PTZ Function Call Preset In Figure 4-29, input the Preset value and then click to call a preset. Click again to stop the call. Call Pattern In Figure 4-29, input the Pattern value and then click to call a pattern.

  • Page 50: Record And Snapshot

    Click and the system goes to the following interface. The options here are defined by the protocol. The aux number corresponds to the aux on-off button of the decoder. See Figure 4-35. Figure 4-35 4.7 Record and Snapshot The record/snapshot priority is: Alarm->Motion detect->Schedule. 4.7.1 Audio Video 4.7.1.1 Encode Encode setting is to set the IPC encode mode, resolution, bit stream type, etc...

  • Page 51: Overlay

    Please check the to select the corresponding function. Figure 4-36 4.7.1.2 Overlay Click the Overlay button and you can see an interface is shown in Figure 4-37.  Cover area: Here is for you to cover a section. You can click and drag the mouse to set proper section sizes.

  • Page 52: Snapshot

    Figure 4-37 4.7.1.3 Snapshot Here you can set the snapshot mode, picture size, quality, and frequency. See Figure 4-38.  Snapshot mode: There are two modes: timing and trigger. If you set timing mode, you need to set the snapshot frequency. If you set trigger mode, you need to set the snapshot activation operation.
  • Page 53 Figure 4-38 Figure 4-39...

  • Page 54: Schedule

    4.7.2 Schedule The record type priority is: Alarm>Motion detect>Regular. 4.7.2.1 Schedule Record Set record time, record plan, etc. Please note the system is in 24-hour recording by default after its first boot up. In the Main Menu, from Main Menu->Setting->Storage->Schedule, you can go to the schedule menu. See Figure 4-43.
  • Page 55 Please draw manually to set the record period. There are six periods in one day. See Figure 4-42. Figure 4-42 Please check the box to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click the Save button and the system goes back to the previous menu. There are color bars for your reference.
  • Page 56 Figure 4-43 Figure 4-44 Quick Setup The Copy function allows you to copy one channel’s setup to another. After setting up channel 1, click the Copy button and you can go to interface Figure 4-45. You can see the current channel name is grey such as channel 1.

  • Page 57: Schedule Snapshot

    save the current setup of channel 1 to all channels, you can click the first box “All”. Click the OK button to save the current copy setup. Click the OK button in the Encode interface and the copy function will finish. Please note, if you select All in Figure 4-45, the recording setup of all channels are the same and the Copy button becomes hidden.
  • Page 58 From Main Menu->Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot, you can go to the Snapshot interface. See Figure 4-47. Select the snapshot channel from the dropdown list and then select the snapshot mode as Timing (Schedule) from the dropdown list and then set picture size, quality, and snapshot frequency. Figure 4-47 In the Main Menu, from Main Menu->Setting->Storage->Schedule, you can go to the Schedule menu.

  • Page 59: Motion Detect Record/Snapshot

    Figure 4-48 Note  Please note the trigger snapshot has the higher priority than regular snapshots. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, the system can activate the trigger snapshot when an alarm occurs. Otherwise the system just operates the regular snapshot. ...
  • Page 60 Figure 4-49 Select Motion Detect tab. Select a channel from the dropdown list and then check the Enable button to enable the motion detect function. Click the Region Select button to set the motion detect zone. There are 396(PAL)/330(NTSC) small zones. The green zone is the current cursor position. The grey zone is the motion detection zone.

  • Page 61: Motion Detect Snapshot

    Click the OK button to complete motion detect record setup. Figure 4-50 Figure 4-51 4.7.3.2 Motion Detect Snapshot From Main Menu->Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot, you can go to the snapshot interface.

  • Page 62: Alarm Record/Snapshot

    See Figure 4-52. In Figure 4-52, select trigger snapshot from the dropdown list and then set the picture size, quality, and snapshot frequency. Click the OK button to save the current setup. From Main Menu->Setting->Event->Detect you can select the motion detect type, motion detect channel, and then check the enable box.

  • Page 63: Alarm Snapshot

    Click the Save button to complete alarm setup interface. Figure 4-53 From Main Menu->Setting->Storage->Schedule, you can go to Figure 4-43. Select alarm channel, period, and the record type for the alarm. Please refer to chapter 4.7.2. Click the Copy button to copy the current setup to other channel(s). Click the OK button to save the alarm settings.

  • Page 64: Manual Record/Snapshot

    Figure 4-54 4.7.5 Manual Record/Snapshot You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDD has been properly installed. 4.7.5.1 Manual Record Right mouse click select manual record Main Menu, from Setting->Storage->Manual Record. The manual record menu is shown as in Figure 4-55. Tips You can click the Rec button on the front panel (if possible) to go to the Manual Record interface.

  • Page 65: Manual Snapshot

    Figure 4-55 Check the box here to select the channel(s) to manually record. You can see the corresponding indicator light on the front panel is on.  Channel: This is to select the desired device channels.  Manual: This has the highest priority. Enable the corresponding channel to record no matter what period is applied in the record setup.
  • Page 66 Figure 4-56 Click the Add New Holidays button and you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-57. Here you can set the holiday date name, repeat mode, start time/end time, etc. Figure 4-57 Click the Add button to complete holiday setup. Now you can enable holiday setup and then click the Apply button.

  • Page 67: Holiday Snapshot

    From Main Menu->Setting->Storage->Schedule, you can go to schedule interface. See Figure 4-58. Now you can set the period and record type for the holiday time. Please refer to chapter 4.7.2.1 for detailed setup information. Figure 4-58 Click the OK button to set the holiday record setup. 4.7.6.2 Holiday Snapshot Set the Holiday date first.
  • Page 68 Figure 4-59 Please refer to the following sheet for more information. Name Function  Display Here is where the searched picture or file will be displayed.  window Supports 1/4/9-window playback.  Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file. ...
  • Page 69 Click this to go to the mark file list interface. You can view all the mark information Mark file of current channel by time. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2.3 for detailed list button information.  Please note only the products with this icon supports the mark function. Double click this and you can view the picture/recordings list of the current day.
  • Page 70 The volume of the playback Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode and the system will take 1 snapshot. The system supports a custom snaphot save path. Please connect the peripheral device first, click the snaphot button on the full-screen mode, and you can select or create a path.

  • Page 71: Smart Search

     Click the Backup button when finished and you can save current contents in a new file.  You can clip one channel or multiple-channels. The multiple-channel clip operation is similar to the one-channel operation. Please note:  System supports a max backup of 1024 files at the same time. ...

  • Page 72: Accurate Playback By Time

    During the multiple-channel playback mode, double click one channel and then click the button, and the system begins a smart search. The system supports 396(22*18 PAL) and 330(22*15 NTSC) zones. Please left click mouse to select smart search zones. See Figure 4-60. Figure 4-60 Click the , and you can go to the smart search playback.

  • Page 73: Mark Playback

    Figure 4-61 4.8.2.3 Mark Playback Please make sure your purchased device support this function. You can use this function only if you can see the mark playback icon on the Search interface (Figure 4-59). When you are playing back a record, you can mark the record when there is important information. After playback, you can use the time or the mark key words to search the corresponding record and then play.
  • Page 74 Here you can set to begin playback from the previous N seconds of the mark time. Note Usually, the system can playback the previous N seconds of the record if there is a recording. Otherwise, the system playbacks from the previous X seconds when there is a recording. ...

  • Page 75: Picture Playback

    4.8.3 Picture Playback From Main Menu->Search, or on the preview interface right mouse click, you can go to Figure 4-59. At the top right pane, you can check the box to select picture and then select the playback interval. Please refer to chapter 4.8.2 to select the picture you want to view. 4.9 Backup 4.9.1 File Backup In this interface, you can backup a recording to a USB device.

  • Page 76: Import/Export

    Figure 4-65 h) Click the backup button and the system begins burning/writing. At the same time, the backup button becomes a stop button. You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. Note  During backup process, you can click ESC to exit the current interface for other operations (For some series products only).

  • Page 77: Backup Log

    Figure 4-66  Export: Please connect the peripheral device first and then go to the following interface. Click the Export button and you can see there is a corresponding “Config_Time” folder. Double click this folder and you can view some backup files. ...

  • Page 78: Usb Device Auto Pop-Up

    Figure 4-67 b) Select the log type then set the start time/end time. Click the Search button to see the list of logged events. Click to view detailed log information. c) Select log items you want to save and then click backup button. You can select the folder where you want to save them.

  • Page 79: Alarm

    Figure 4-68 4.10 Alarm 4.10.1 Detect Alarm In Main Menu->Setting->Detect, you can see the motion detect interface. See Figure 4-69.There are three detection types: motion detection, video loss, and tampering. 4.10.1.1 Motion Detect This system can analyze realtime footage and generate a motion detect alarm when motion is detected at the sensitivity set here.
  • Page 80  Latch: When motion detection is complete, the system auto delays detecting for the specified time. The value ranges from 1-300 seconds.  Show message: The system will show a pop up a message on the local host screen when an alarm occurs.
  • Page 81 Figure 4-69 Figure 4-70...
  • Page 82 Figure 4-71 Figure 4-72 Motion detect here only has a relationship with the sensitivity and region setup. It has no relationship to other setups.

  • Page 83: Tampering

    4.10.1.2 Tampering When someone maliciously masks the lens, or the video is in one-color due to the environment’s lighing, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. The tampering interface is shown as in Figure 4-73. You can enable the “Alarm output” or “Show message” function when a tampering alarm occurs.

  • Page 84: Alarm Output

    You can enable a preset/tour/pattern operation when video loss occurs. Figure 4-74 4.10.2 Alarm Output From Main Menu->Setting->Event->Alarm Output, you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-75. You can set the proper alarm output (Auto/manual/stop) here. Click the Save button of the alarm release to clear the alarm output status.

  • Page 85: Alarm Setup

    Figure 4-75 Please check to select the corresponding alarm output. After all the settings are set, please click the OK button to go back to the previous menu. 4.10.3 Alarm Setup In the Main Menu, from Setting->Event->Alarm, you can see the alarm setup interface. ...
  • Page 86 prompt, alarm upload, email will not be activated again. After 10s, if the system detects another alarm signal, it can generate an alarm since the anti-dither time is out.  Alarm output: The number here is the device alarm output port. You can select the corresponding ports(s) so the system can activate the corresponding alarm device(s) when an alarm occurrs.
  • Page 87 Figure 4-76 Figure 4-77...
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  • Page 90: Abnormality

    Figure 4-82 Please highlight the icon to select the corresponding function. After completing the settings, please click the Save button to back to the previous menu. 4.10.4 Abnormality There are two types: Disk/Network.  Disk: Disk error, no disk, no space. See Figure 4-83 and Figure 4-84. ...
  • Page 91 Figure 4-83 Figure 4-84...

  • Page 92: Network

    Figure 4-85 4.11 Network 4.11.1 Basic Setup The network adapter interface is shown as in Figure 4-86  IP Version: There are two options: IPv4 and IPv6. Right now, the system supports these two IP address formats to access it. ...

  • Page 93: Connection

    The following MTU value is for reference only.  1500: Ethernet information packet max value and it is also the default value. It is the typical setup when there is no PPPoE or VPN. It is the default setup of some routers, switches, and the network adapter.

  • Page 94: Wifi

    Figure 4-87 4.11.1.2 WIFI The WIFI interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-88.  Enable: Check the box here to enable the WIFI function.  Refresh: Click to search for WIFI networks. It can automatically input information such as the password if you have set it before.

  • Page 95: Pppoe

    Figure 4-88  WIFI Working Info: Here you can view current connection status. Please note:  After a successful connection, you can see a WIFI connection icon at the top right corner of the preview interface.  When the WIFI verification type is WEP, the system displays as AUTO since the device can not detect its encryption type.

  • Page 96: Ddns Setup

    Figure 4-89 4.11.1.4 DDNS Setup The DDNS setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-90. You need a PC with a fixed IP on the internet with DDNS software running on it. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server). On the DDNS page, please select the DDNS type and check the Enable box.
  • Page 97 Figure 4-90 Please note DDNS type includes: CN99 DDNS, NO-IP DDNS, Quick DDNS, Dyndns DDNS and sysdns DDNS. All of the DDNS services can be valid at the same time. Select the one you need. Private DDNS functions should work with a special DDNS server and special Professional Surveillance Software (PSS).

  • Page 98: Upnp

     User name: This is optional. You can input your commonly used email address. Important  Do not register frequently. The interval between two registrations should be more than 60 seconds. Too many registration requests may result in a server attack. ...

  • Page 99: Ip Filter

    Figure 4-91 Figure 4-92 4.11.1.6 IP Filter The IP filter interface is shown as in Figure 4-93. You can add IPs in the following list. The list supports a max of 64 IP addresses. The system supports valid IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Please note the system needs to check the validity of all IPv6 addresses and implement optimization.
  • Page 100  Start address/end address: Select one type from the dropdown list and you can input an IP address in the start address and end address. Now you can click Add IP address or Add IP section to add it. For the newly added IP address, it is in enable status by default. Remove the √ before the item to remove it from the list.

  • Page 101: Email

    Figure 4-94 4.11.1.7 Email The email interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-95.  SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here.  Port: Please input the corresponding port value here.  User name: Please input the user name to login to the email. ...

  • Page 102: Ftp

    Figure 4-95 4.11.1.8 FTP You need to download or buy a FTP service tool (such as Ser-U FTP SERVER) to establish a FTP service. Please install Ser-U FTP SERVER first. From “start” -> “program” -> Serv-U FTP Server -> Serv-U Administator.
  • Page 103 Figure 4-97 The system also supports the upload of multiple NVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP. The FTP interface is shown as in Figure 4-98. Please highlight the icon in front of Enable to activate the FTP function. Here you can input the FTP server address, port, and remote directory.

  • Page 104: Snmp

    4.11.1.9 SNMP SNMP is an abbreviation of Simple Network Management Protocol. It provides the basic network management frame of the network management system. SNMP is widely used in many environments. It is used in many network devices, software, and systems. You can set in the following interface.
  • Page 105 Figure 4-100 Here you can set a multiple cast group. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.  IP multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 -“D” address space  The higher four-bit of the first byte=”1110”  Reserved local multiple cast group address -224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255 -TTL=1 When sending out telegraph -For example...

  • Page 106: Alarm Center

    Please note the multiple cast function applies to special series only. 4.11.1.11 Alarm Center This interface is reserved for developers to integrate with our system. See Figure 4-101. Figure 4-101 4.11.1.12 Register This function allows the device to auto register with the proxy you specify. In this way, you can use the client-end to access the NVR etc via the proxy.

  • Page 107: Switch

    Figure 4-102 2) The proxy server software developed from the SDK. Please open the software and input the global setup. Please make sure the auto connection port here is the same as the port you set in the previous step. 3) Now you can add a device.

  • Page 108: P2P

    The P2P interface is shown as in Figure 4-104. This is used to easily add the NVR to our Amcrest app, Amcrest View. You can find the app on the App Store or Play store on your mobile device. When adding a new device on the app, select the QR option...

  • Page 109: Network Test

    Figure 4-104 4.11.2 Network Test In this interface, you can perform a network test and see network load information. 4.11.2.1 Network Test From Main Menu->Info->Network->Test, the network test interface is shown as in Figure 4-105.  Destination IP: Please input a valid IPV4 address or domain name. ...

  • Page 110: Network Load

    4.11.2.2 Network Load From Main Menu->Info-Network->Load, network load is shown as in Figure 4-106. Here you can view the following statistics of the device network adapter. Here you can view information on all connected network adapters. The connection status is shown as offline if the connection is disconnected.

  • Page 111: Hdd Information

    Figure 4-107 b) Select a HDD and then select format from the dropdown list. Click the Format button. c) Click OK button to complete the setup. The system needs to restart to activate the current setup. 4.12.2 HDD Information Here lists hard disk type, total space, free space, and status. See Figure 4-108. ○...
  • Page 112 Figure 4-108 In Figure 4-108, click one HDD item. The S.M.A.R.T interface is shown as in Figure 4-109. Figure 4-109...

  • Page 113: Channel

    Parameter Function Device Name Shows the device name. Type Shows if the HDD is Read/Write or Read. Total space The total HDD capacity. Left space The free HDD capacity. Status HDD is working properly or not. Smart Click this to view the S.M.A.R.T. information. 4.12.3 Channel This is to set the HDD group, and HDD group setup for main stream, sub stream, and snapshot operations.
  • Page 114 Figure 4-111 Figure 4-112...

  • Page 115: Basic Setups

    Figure 4-113 4.13 Basic Setups This section describes how to preform basic NVR setup, device setup, and other setups. 4.13.1 Device Setup From Main Menu->Setting->System->General, you can go to the general interface. See Figure 4-114.  Device ID: Please input a corresponding device name here. ...

  • Page 116: Data And Time

     Startup wizard: Once you check the box here, the system will go to the startup wizard directly when the system restarts the next time. Otherwise, it will go to the login interface.  Mouse property: You can set the double click speed via dragging the slide bard. You can click the Default button to restore default settting.

  • Page 117: Holiday

    Figure 4-115 4.13.3 Holiday The holiday setup interface is shown as in Figure 4-116. Click the Add New Holidays button to input new holiday information. See Figure 4-117. Here you can set the holiday name, repeat mode, and start/end time. Figure 4-116...

  • Page 118: Device Maintenance And Manager

    Figure 4-117 4.14 Device Maintenance and Manager 4.14.1 System Info 4.14.1.1 Version From Main Menu->Info->System->version, you can go to the version interface. Here is where you view some version information. See Figure 4-118. Please note the following figure is for reference only. ...

  • Page 119: Bps

    Figure 4-118 4.14.1.2 Here is where you view current video bit rate (kb/s) and resolution. See Figure 4-119. Figure 4-119...

  • Page 120: Online User

    4.14.1.3 Online User Here is where you manage online users connected to your NVR. See Figure 4-120. You can click to disconnect or block one user if you have the system right. The system detects if there are any newly added or deleted users every five seconds and refreshes the list automatically.

  • Page 121: Device Status

    Figure 4-121 4.14.1.5 Device Status Here you can view the IPC status of the corresponding channel such as motion detect, video loss, tampering, alarm, etc. See Figure 4-122.  IPC status: : Front-end is not supported. : Front-end is supported. : There is alarm event from current front-end.

  • Page 122: Firmware

    Figure 4-122 4.14.1.6 Firmware This is to view channel, IP address, manufacturer, type, system version, SN, video input, audio input, external alarm, etc. See Figure 4-123. Figure 4-123...

  • Page 123: Log

    4.14.2 Log From Main Menu->Info->Log, you can go to the following interface. See Figure 4-124.  Start time/end time: Please select the start time and end time, then click the Search button. You can view the log files in a list. The system displays a max of 100 logs in one page. It can save a max of 1024 log files.

  • Page 124: Account

    Figure 4-125 4.14.3 Account Here is where you implement account management. See Figure 4-126 and Figure 4-127. Here you can:  Add new user  Modify user  Add group  Modify group  Modify password For account management please note: ...

  • Page 125: Add/Modify Group

    Figure 4-126 Figure 4-127 4.14.3.1 Add/Modify Group Click the Add Group button and the interface is shown as below. See Figure 4-128. Here you can input a group name and then input some memo information if necessary.

  • Page 126: Add/Modify User

    There are many rights such as control panel, shut down, real-time monitor, playback, record, record file backup, PTZ, user account, system information view, alarm input/output setup, system setup, log view, clear log, upgrade system, control device, etc. The modify group interface is similar to the Figure 4-128. Figure 4-128 4.14.3.2 Add/Modify User...

  • Page 127: Upgrade

    Figure 4-129 4.14.4 Upgrade From Main Menu->Setting->Info->Upgrade, you can go to the following interface. See Figure 4-130. Insert a USB device that contains the upgrade file. Click the Start button and then select the .bin file. You can see the corresponding dialogue box after the update process is complete.

  • Page 128: Default

    Figure 4-130 4.14.5 Default You can restore factory default settings to fix some problems when the device is running slowly or a configuration error has occurred. From Main Menu->Setting->System->Default, you can go to the default interface. See Figure 4-131. Click the Default icon and the system pops up a dialogue box. You can highlight to restore factory default settings.

  • Page 129: Logout /Shutdown/Restart

    specified days. See Figure 4-132. You can select the desired setting from dropdown list. After all the settings are complete please click the Save button to go back to the previous menu. Figure 4-132 4.14.7 Logout /Shutdown/Restart From Main Menu->Operation->Shutdown, you can see an interface shown as in Figure 4-133. ...

  • Page 130: Web Operation

    5 Web Operation 5.1 General Introduction The device’s web interface provides a channel monitor menu tree, search, alarm setup, system setup, PTZ control, monitor window, etc. Important The following operation is based on 32-channel series device. 5.1.1 Preparation Before logging in, please make sure: ...

  • Page 131: Log In

    or not. If the system finds the previous information and the channel is idle, the system will map it to the previously used channel. Otherwise the system goes to the next step. Thirdly, according to the <PoE port>---<Channel> map, the system knows the previous mapping channel of the current PoE port.
  • Page 132 Figure 5-2 After installing the plugin, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-3. Figure 5-3 Please input your user name and password. The default user name is admin and password is admin. Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login.

  • Page 133: Local Access

    5.2 Local Access The camera can be accessed by the local IP address listed in Main Menu->Setting->Network->TCP/IP. To ensure the IP here is on the same subnet as the router, we recommend enabling the DHCP option first and rebooting. In order to access the NVR consistently we recommend setting the IP to static by unchecking the DHCP option.

  • Page 134: Accessing Via A Pc

    5.3.4 Accessing via a Mobile Device To access the NVR on a mobile device, the Amcrest View app is needed. It can be found on the Play Store on Android and the App Store for iOS. Once it is installed, open the app and it will give you a brief tutorial.
  • Page 135 Figure 5-5  The next option is Quick DDNS. Name the device, enter the Quick DDNS URL which can be found on the Setting->Network->DDNS Setup page (chapter 4.11.1.4), and enter the username and password. Please see Figure 5-6.
  • Page 136 Figure 5-6  The final option is IP/Domain. Name the device, enter the external IP or 3 party DDNS, TCP Port number (default is 37777), and enter the username and password. Please see Figure 5-7...

  • Page 137: Lan Mode

    Figure 5-7 Once the information is entered click “Start Live Preview” to begin viewing your live feeds. 5.4 LAN Mode For the LAN mode, after you have logged in, you can see the main window. See Figure 5-12. This main window can be divided into the following sections. ...

  • Page 138: Real-Time Monitor

     Section 5: Local play button. The Web interface can playback the saved files on the PC-end. These files end in .dav. Click the local play button, and the system pops up the following interface for you to select local file to play. See Figure 5-11.

  • Page 139: Ptz

    In section 2, left click the channel name you want to view to see the corresponding video in the current window. On the top left corner, you can view the device IP(172.11.10.11), channel number(1), network monitor bit stream(2202Kbps), and stream type(M=main stream, S=sub stream). See Figure 5-13. Figure 5-13 On the top right corner, there are six function buttons.
  • Page 140 Parameter Function  Select Preset from the dropdown list. Preset  Turn the camera to the corresponding position and input the preset value. Click the Add button to add a preset.  Select Tour from the dropdown list. Tour  Input preset value in the column.

  • Page 141: Image/Alarm-Out

    5.7 Image/Alarm-out Select one monitor channel video and then click the Image button in section 9. The interface is shown as Figure 5-16. 5.7.1 Image Here you can adjust its brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. (Current channel border becomes green). Or you can click the Reset button to restore the system default settings.
  • Page 142 Figure 5-18 Please refer to the following contents for LAN and WAN login difference. 1) In the WAN mode, the system opens the main stream of the first channel to monitor by default. The open/close button on the left pane is null. 2) You can select different channels and different monitor modes at the bottom of the interface.

  • Page 143: Setup

    The window display mode and the channel number are set by default. For example, for the 16-channel, the max window split mode is 16. 3) Multiple-channel monitor. The system uses the extra streams to monitor by default. Double click one channel, and the system switches to single channel and monitors the main stream.
  • Page 144 Figure 5-21 Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Click the Device search button to view the searched device Device search information on the list. This includes the device IP address, port, device name, manufacturer, and type. Select a device in the list and then click the Add button.

  • Page 145: Image

    Parameter Function Click this and the interface is shown as in Figure 5-21. Here you can Manual add a network camera manually. You can select a channel from the dropdown list (Only available channels are show.) Note:  system supports manufactures such Foscam,...
  • Page 146 value is 50. The larger the number is, the brighter the video is. When you input the value here, the bright section and the dark section of the video will be adjusted accordingly. You can use this function when the whole video is too dark or too bright. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too high.

  • Page 147: Encode

    sunny, cloudy, home, office, night, disable, etc to adjust the video to the best quality.  Auto: The auto white balance is on. The system can auto compensate the color temperature to make sure the video color is accurate.  Sunny: The threshold of the white balance is in the sunny mode.

  • Page 148: Snapshot

    For example, you can use high frame rate to record important events. Record scheduled event in lower frame rate, and it allows you to set different frame rates for motion detection record and alarm record. Compression The main bit stream supports H.264. The extra stream supports H.264 and MJPG.

  • Page 149: Video Overlay

    Parameter Function There are two modes: Regular (schedule) and Trigger. Snapshot type  Regular snapshot is valid during the specified period you set.  Trigger snapshot only is valid when a motion detect alarm, tampering alarm, or local activation alarm occurs. Image size This is the same with the resolution of the main stream.

  • Page 150: Channel Name

    The storage path interface is shown as in Figure 5-26. Here you can set snap image saved path ( in the preview interface) and the record storage path in the preview interface). The default locations are C:\PictureDownload and C:\RecordDownload. Please click the the Save button to save the current setup. Figure 5-26 5.9.1.4 Channel Name Here you can set the channel name.

  • Page 151: Network

    5.9.2 Network 5.9.2.1 TCP/IP The TCP/IP interface is shown as in Figure 5-29. Figure 5-29 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Mode There are two modes: static mode and DHCP mode.  The IP/submask/gateway are null when you select the DHCP mode to auto obtain an IP.

  • Page 152: P2P

    The P2P interface is shown as in Figure 5-30. This is used to easily add the NVR to our Amcrest app, Amcrest View. You can find the app on the App Store or Play store on your mobile device. When adding a new device on the app, select the QR option then scan the QR code, give it a name, and enter your login credentials to connect.

  • Page 153: Pppoe

    Parameter Function Max connection This is the max Web connections for the same device. The value ranges from 1 to 120. The default setting is 120. TCP port The default value is 37777. You can input a different port number if necessary. UDP port The default value is 37778.
  • Page 154 Figure 5-33 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Server Type You can select a DDNS protocol from the dropdown list and then enable DDNS function. Host IP DDNS server IP address or domain. Server Port DDNS server port.

  • Page 155: Ip Filter

     Domain name: There are two modes: Default domain name and customized domain name. In addition to default domain name registration, you can also use a customized domain name (You can input your self-defined domain name.) After successful registration, you can use domain name to login to access the device.
  • Page 156 Figure 5-35 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Please check this box here to enable the email function. Enable Input the server address and then enable this function. SMTP Server Port The default value is 25. You can modify it if necessary. For servers that support the anonymity function, you can login Anonymity anonymously.

  • Page 157: Upnp

    Parameter Function The system can send out an email of the snapshot picture Attachment once you check this box. Input receiver’s email address here. Max of three addresses. Receiver It supports SSL and TLS emails. The send interval ranges from 0 to 3600 seconds. 0 means Interval there is no interval.

  • Page 158: Snmp

    Figure 5-36 5.9.2.9 SNMP The SNMP interface is shown as in Figure 5-37. The SNMP allows for the communication between the network management work station software and the proxy of the managed device. It is reserved for the 3 parties to develop. Figure 5-37 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

  • Page 159: Multicast

    Parameter Function one group of the managers. Please make sure the device and the proxy are the same. The read community will read all the objects the SNMP supports in the specified name. The default setup is public. This is a string. It is a command between the manage process Write Community and the proxy process.

  • Page 160: Alarm Center

    Figure 5-39 5.9.2.12 Alarm Center The alarm center interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-40. This interface is reserved for developers. The system can upload alarm signals to the alarm center when a local alarm occurs. Before you use the alarm center, please set the server IP, port, etc. When an alarm occurs, the system sends out data as the protocol defines, so the client-end can get the data.

  • Page 161: Create Server Certificate

    Figure 5-41 5.9.2.13.1 Create Server Certificate If it is your first time to use this function, please follow the steps listed below. In Figure 5-41, click , input the country name, state name, etc. Click the Create button. See Figure 5-42. Note Please make sure the IP or domain information is the same as your device IP or domain name.
  • Page 162 Figure 5-44 Click the Open button and you will see the following interface. See Figure 5-45. Figure 5-45 Click Install certificate and the certificate wizard will start. See Figure 5-46.
  • Page 163 Figure 5-46 Click the Next button to continue. Now you can select a location for the certificate. See Figure 5-47. Figure 5-47 Click the Next button, and the certificate import process is complete. See Figure 5-48.

  • Page 164: View And Set Https Port

    Figure 5-48 Click the Finish button, and the system pops up a security warning dialogue box. See Figure 5-49. Figure 5-49 Click the Yes button and the system pops up the following dialogue box. You can see the certificate download is complete. See Figure 5-50. Figure 5-50 5.9.2.13.3 View and set HTTPS port From Setup->Network->Connection, you can see the following interface.

  • Page 165: Login

    Figure 5-51 5.9.2.13.4 Login Open the browser and then input https://xx.xx.xx.xx:port. xx.xx.xx.xx: is your device IP or domain name. Port is the HTTPS port. If you are using default HTTPS value 443, you do not need to add port information here. You can input https://xx.xx.xx.xx to access the NVR. Now you can see the login interface if your setup is correct.
  • Page 166 Figure 5-52 Figure 5-53...
  • Page 167 Figure 5-54 Figure 5-55...
  • Page 168 Figure 5-56 Figure 5-57 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check this box to enable the motion detection function. Please select a channel from the dropdown list. The motion detection function becomes activate during the Period specified periods.

  • Page 169: Video Loss

    Parameter Function device when an alarm occurs. The system can delay the alarm output for a specified time after an Latch alarm has ended. The value ranges from 1s to 300s. Show The system can pop up a message to alarm you on the local host message screen if you enabled this function.

  • Page 170: Tampering

    Figure 5-58 5.9.3.1.3 Tampering The tampering interface is shown as in Figure 5-59. When someone maliciously masks the lens, or the video is in one-color due to the environment’s lighing, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity. For detailed about the settings, please refer to chapter 5.9.3.1.1 motion detect for detailed information. Figure 5-59 5.9.3.2 Alarm...

  • Page 171: Local Alarm

    Before using, please make sure you have properly connected alarm devices such as a buzzer. The input mode includes local alarm and network alarm. 5.9.3.2.1 Local Alarm The local alarm interface is shown as in Figure 5-60. This refers to the alarm on the local device. Figure 5-60 Figure 5-61...
  • Page 172 Figure 5-62 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check this box to enable this function. Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Period This function enables the alarm during specified periods. There are six periods in one day.

  • Page 173: Net Alarm

    Parameter Function local host screen if you enabled this function. Check this box here to enable this function. The buzzer Buzzer beeps when an alarm occurs. Alarm upload The system can upload the alarm signal to the center (including the alarm center). Send Email If you enabled this function, the system will send out an email to alert you when an alarm occurs.

  • Page 174: Ipc Offline Alarm

    Figure 5-64 5.9.3.2.4 IPC Offline Alarm The IPC offline alarm interface is shown as in Figure 5-65. The system can generate an alarm when a network camera is offline. For setup information, please refer to chapter 5.9.3.2.1. Figure 5-65 5.9.3.3 Abnormality This includes six types: No disk, disk error, no disk space, network disconnection, IP conflict, and MAC conflict.
  • Page 175 Figure 5-66 Figure 5-67 Figure 5-68 Figure 5-69 Figure 5-70...

  • Page 176: Storage

    Figure 5-71 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event The abnormal events include: No disk, disk error, no disk space, network Type disconnection, IP conflict, and MAC conflict. You can set one or more items here. Less than: You can set the minimum percentage value here (For no disk space only).
  • Page 177 Figure 5-72 Figure 5-73...

  • Page 178: Storage Media

    Figure 5-74 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Channel Please select a channel from the dropdown list. Pre-record Please input the pre-record time here. The value ranges from 0 to 30s. Redundancy Check this box here to enable the redundancy function. Please note this function is null if there is only one HDD.

  • Page 179: Record Control

    Figure 5-76 5.9.4.3 Record Control The Record interface is shown as in Figure 5-77. Figure 5-77 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can view the channel number. Channel The number displayed here is the maximum number of channels your device supports.

  • Page 180: Storage

    5.9.4.4 Storage 5.9.4.4.1 Main Stream The main stream interface is shown as in Figure 5-78. Here you can set the corresponding HDD group to save the main stream. Figure 5-78 5.9.4.4.2 Sub Stream The sub stream interface is shown as in Figure 5-79. Here you can set the corresponding HDD group to save the sub stream.

  • Page 181: General

    5.9.5.1 General The general interface includes the general, date/time, and holiday setup. 5.9.5.1.1 General The general interface is shown as in Figure 5-81. Figure 5-81 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function This is to set device name. Device ID Device No.

  • Page 182: Holiday Setup

    Figure 5-82 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can select date format from the dropdown list. Date format There are two options: 24-H and 12-H. Time Format The time zone of the device. Time zone This is to set system time.

  • Page 183: Account

    Figure 5-83 5.9.5.2 Account Note:  For the following user name or the user group name, the system supports a max of 6 characters. A space at the front or at the end of the string is null. A valid string can include: characters, numbers, and underlines.
  • Page 184 For a convenient setup, please make sure the general user has lower rights than the admin. Figure 5-85 Modify user This is to modify the user’s properties, group, password, and rights. See Figure 5-86. Modify password This is to modify the user’s password. You need to input the old password and then input the new password twice to confirm the new password.

  • Page 185: Group

    Figure 5-86 5.9.5.2.2 Group The group management interface can add/remove groups, modify group passwords, etc. The interface is shown as in Figure 5-87. Figure 5-87 Add group: This is to add a group and set its corresponding rights. See Figure 5-88. Please input the group name and then check the box to select the corresponding rights.

  • Page 186: Display

    Figure 5-88 Modify group Click the modify group button to see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-89. Here you can modify the group information such as remarks and rights. Figure 5-89 5.9.5.3 Display...

  • Page 187: Display

    The display interface includes Display and Tour. 5.9.5.3.1 Display Here you can set the background color and transparency level. See Figure 5-90. Figure 5-90 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function There four options: 1920×1080, 1280×1024(default), Resolution 1280×720, and 1024×768.

  • Page 188: Alarm Out

    Figure 5-91 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Check this box here to enable the tour function. Enable tour Here is where you adjust the interval in which to change cameras. Interval The value ranges from 5 to 120s. The default setup is 5s. Here you can set the window mode and channel group.

  • Page 189: Default

    Figure 5-92 5.9.5.5 Default The default setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-93. Here you can select Network/Event/Storage/Setting/Camera or you can check the All box to select all items. Figure 5-93 5.9.5.6 Import/Export The interface is shown as in Figure 5-94. This interface is for you to export or import configuration files. Figure 5-94 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

  • Page 190: Auto Maintain

    Parameter Function This is to import a configuration file from your local system. Import This is to export the WEB configuration to your local PC. Export 5.9.5.7 Auto maintain The auto maintain interface is shown as in Figure 5-95. Here you can select to auto reboot the device and auto delete old files on the interval from the dropdown list.

  • Page 191: Log

    Figure 5-97 5.10.2 Log Here you can view system log. See Figure 5-98. Figure 5-98 Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data Type operation, event operation, record operation, user management, and log clear.

  • Page 192: Online User

    Parameter Function Set the start time of the desired log. Start time Set the end time of the desired log. End time You can select log type from the drop down list and then click the Search Search button to view the list. You can click the Stop button to terminate the current search operation.
  • Page 193 Figure 5-100 Then please click the File list button, and you can see the corresponding files in the list. See Figure 5-101. Figure 5-101 Select a file you want to play and then click Play button to begin playback. You can playback a recording in full-screen.
  • Page 194 Figure 5-102 Select the file(s) you want to download and then click the Download button. Please refer to the interface shown as in Figure 5-103. The Download button becomes a Stop button and there is a process bar for your reference. Please go to you default file saved path to view the files.
  • Page 195 Figure 5-103 Load more Click the More button in Figure 5-103 to see an interface shown as in Figure 5-104. This is for you to search a recording or picture. You can select the record channel, record type, and record time to download.

  • Page 196: Alarm

    The watermark interface is shown as in Figure 5-105. Please select a file and then click the Verify button to see if the file has been tampered with or not. Figure 5-105 5.12 Alarm Click the alarm function, and you can see an interface is shown as Figure 5-106. Here you can set the device alarm type and alarm sound setup.

  • Page 197: Logout

    Type Parameter Function Alarm Video loss The system alarms when video loss occurs. Type Motion detection The system alarms when a motion detection alarm occurs. Tampering The system alarms when the camera is malicously masked. Disk full The system alarms when the disk is full. Disk error The system alarms when a disk error occurs.

  • Page 198: Un-Install Web Control

    5.14 Un-install Web Control You can use web uninstall tool “uninstall web.bat” to uninstall the web control. Please note, before you uninstall, please close all web pages, otherwise the uninstallation might result in an error.

  • Page 199: Glossary

    6 Glossary  DHCP: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network protocol. It is part of the TCP/IP protocol cluster. It is principally used to assign a temporary IP addresses to computers on a network.  DDNS: DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) is a service that maps Internet domain names to IP addresses.

  • Page 200: Appendix A Hdd Capacity Calculation

    Appendix A HDD Capacity Calculation Calculate the total capacity needed by each device according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: Formula (1) is used to calculate the storage capacity ; that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour in Mbytes.

  • Page 201: Appendix B Compatible Network Camera

    Appendix B Compatible Network Camera Please note all the models in the following list are for reference only. For those products not included in the list, please contact your local retailer or technical support engineer for detailed information. Manufact Model Version Video Encode Audio/Vid...
  • Page 202 √ － Cannon VB-M400 H264 Private √ MPix2.0DIR XNETM112011 H264 ONVIF 1229 √ VIPBL1.3MIR XNETM210011 H264 ONVIF 1229 √ IGC-2050F XNETM210011 H264 ONVIF 1229 √ CP PLUS CP-NC9-K 6.E.2.7776 H264 Private, ONVIF √ CP-NC9W-K 6.E.2.7776 H264 Private √ CP-ND10-R cp20111129AN H264 ONVIF √...
  • Page 203 √ HICC-1300W 2.0.1.7 H264 ONVIF √ HICC-2300 2.0.0.21 H264 ONVIF √ HDZ20HDX H20130114NS H264 ONVIF √ － LW342-FP H264 Private √ － LNB5100 H264 ONVIF √ － Imatek KNC-B5000 H264 Private √ － KNC-B5162 H264 Private √ － KNC-B2161 H264 Private √...
  • Page 204 √ DD4N-X 01.02.0015 MPEG4 Private √ DD423-X 01.02.0006 MPEG4 Private √ D5220 1.8.3-FC2-2012 H264 Private 0614-1.9320-A 1.8035 √ Samsung SNB-3000P 2.41 H264、MPEG4 Private, ONVIF √ SNP-3120 1.22_110120_1 H264、MPEG4 Private, ONVIF √ SNP-3370 1.21_110318 MPEG4 Private √ SNB-5000 2.10_111227 H264、MPEG4 Private, ONVIF √...

  • Page 205: Appendix C Compatible Backup Device List

    Appendix C Compatible Backup Device List Compatible USB drive list Manufacturer Model Capacity Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512M Sandisk Cruzer Micro Sandisk Cruzer Micro Sandisk Cruzer Freedom 256M Sandisk Cruzer Freedom 512M Sandisk Cruzer Freedom Sandisk Cruzer Freedom DataTraveler Ⅱ Kingston DataTraveler Ⅱ...
  • Page 206 Manufacturer Model Capacity Sandisk 16GB Kingston Data Traveler Locker+ 32GB Netac U228 Compatible SD Card List Please refer to the following sheet for compatible SD card brands. Brand Standard Capacity Card type Transcend SDHC6 16GB Kingston SDHC4 Kingston Kingston Sandisk SDHC2 Micro-SD Sandisk...
  • Page 207 Manufacturer Model SONY DRU-845S SONY AW-G170S Pioneer NVR-217CH Pioneer NVR-215CHG Compatible SATA HDD List Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode Seagate Seagate SV35.1 ST3250824SV 250G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.1 ST3500641SV 500G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3250820SV 250G SATA Seagate Seagate SV35.2 ST3320620SV 320G SATA...
  • Page 208 Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode Seagate Seagate Pipeline ST3250412CS 250G SATA Seagate Seagate Pipeline ST3320311CS 250G SATA Seagate Seagate Pipeline ST3500414CS 500G SATA Seagate Seagate Pipeline ST3500312CS 500G SATA Seagate Seagate Pipeline ST31000424CS SATA Seagate Seagate Pipeline ST31000322CS SATA Seagate Seagate Pipeline...
  • Page 209 Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode Seagate Seagate ST500NM0031 500G SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST2000NM0051 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST1000NM0051 SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST500NM0051 500G SATA Constellation ES Seagate Seagate ST33000650NS SATA Constellation ES.2 Seagate Seagate ST32000645NS SATA Constellation ES.2...
  • Page 210 Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode Westem WD Caviar SE16 WD2500YS-01SHB0 250G SATA Digital Westem WD Caviar RE16 WD3200YS-01PGB0 320G SATA Digital Westem WD Caviar RE2 WD5000YS-01MPB0 500G SATA Digital Westem WD AV—AVJS WD2500AVJS-63WDA0 500G SATA Digital Westem WD AV—AVJS WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320G SATA...
  • Page 211 Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode Westem WDAV-GP—EVDS WD15EVDS-63V9B0 1.5T SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—EVDS WD20EVDS-63T3B0 SATA Digital Westem WDAV-GP—AVDS WD5000AVDS-63U7B0 500G SATA Digital Westem WD AV-GP WD30EURS SATA Digital Westem WD AV-GP WD25EURS 2.5T SATA Digital Westem WD AV-GP WD20EURS SATA Digital Westem...
  • Page 212 Port Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Mode 7K1000.B HitachiCinemaStar™ Hitachi HCT721075SLA360 750G SATA 7K1000.B HitachiCinemaStar™ Hitachi HCT721010SLA360 SATA 7K1000.B Maxtor DiamondMax 20 STM3320820AS 320G SATA Maxtor DiamondMax 20 STM3250820AS 250G SATA Compatible 2.5-inch HDD List Manufacturer Series Model Capacity Seagate ST1000LM024 SATA Seagate ST500LM012...

  • Page 213: Appendix D Compatible Wifi Device List

    10 Appendix D Compatible WIFI Device List Manufacturer Model Dabei SWG29DA-0 RT2070 Ralink RT3070 Ralink RT5370 Ralink RT73 Ralink MARVELL Ralink WBN240 Ralink UB94 Ralink UB91 Ralink N200UP RT3070 TOTOLINK SL-1506N RT5370 WIDEMAC...

  • Page 214: Appendix E Compatible Cd/Dvd

    11 Appendix E Compatible CD/DVD Manufacturer Model Port Mode Type Sony DRX-S50U DVD-RW Sony DRX-S70U DVD-RW Sony AW-G170S SATA DVD-RW Samsung TS-H653A SATA DVD-RW Panasonic SW-9588-C SATA DVD-RW Sony DRX-S50U DVD-RW BenQ 5232WI DVD-RW...

  • Page 215: Appendix F Compatible Display List

    12 Appendix F Compatible Display List Brand Model Dimension (Unit: inch) ET-0007-TA 19-inch (wide screen) BENQ（LCD） DELL（LCD） E178FPc 17-inch BENQ（LCD） Q7T4 17-inch BENQ（LCD） Q7T3 17-inch LENOVO（LCD） LXB-L17C 17-inch SANGSUNG（LCD） 225BW 22-inch (wide screen) LENOVO(CRT) LXB-FD17069HB 17-inch LENOVO(CRT) LXB-HF769A 17-inch LENOVO(CRT) LX-GJ556D 17-inch Samsung (LCD)

  • Page 216: Appendix G Toxic Or Hazardous Materials Or Elements

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