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Network Video Recorder User Manual
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing GW Security products.
This user manual is a reference tool.
Please check the items one by one in accordance with the included packing list, if something is missing or damaged,
please contact your local retailer.
Officials Website:
www.gwsecurityusa.com
Email: support@gwsecurityusa.com
Business Hour: Monday-Friday from 9:00am-5:00pm PST
Tel: 626-350-0555
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  • Page 1 Network Video Recorder User Manual Welcome Thank you for purchasing GW Security products. This user manual is a reference tool. Please check the items one by one in accordance with the included packing list, if something is missing or damaged, please contact your local retailer.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Features and Specifications....................................4 1.1. Features.......................................4 1.2. Specifications.......................................4 2. Installation Guide ......................................5 2.1. Safeguards and Warnings ..................................5 3. Product Appearance.......................................6 4. Device Installation ......................................6 4.1. NVR Connection Diagram ..................................6 4.2. Installing the HDD....................................7 5. Basic Operation ......................................8 5.1. Power on and Shut down the NVR ..............................8 5.2.
  • Page 3 6.6.3. Output ....................................26 6.6.3.1. Channel Settings: .................................27 6.6.3.2. Sequence ..................................28 6.6.3.3. Output Mode ................................29 6.6.4. Network ....................................29 6.6.4.1. Network Settings .................................30 6.6.4.2. DDNS Service ................................30 6.6.4.3. Dial-up Internet Settings..............................31 6.6.4.4. Email Settings ................................31 6.6.4.5. Advanced Settings ...............................32 6.6.4.6. Cloud Services................................33 6.6.4.7.

  • Page 4: Features And Specifications

    The GW SMART Series NVR is a high performance network video recorder. The NVR supports local preview, multi-window display, local recording storage, mouse shortcut menu operations, remote management and control functions. 1.2. Specification Model GW-NVR3208E/NVR2208E-8P GW-NVR3216E/NVR3216E-16P GW-NVR3232E-8S 8 Ch. 16 Ch.

  • Page 5: Installation Guide

    2. Installation Guide 2.1. 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. 2.

  • Page 6: Device Installation

    Optiona （GW2208E-P shown in picture） 4. Device Installation 4.1. NVR Connection Diagram Please follow the diagram below when connecting cables and components. （GW2208E-P shown in picture） Officials Website: www.gwsecurityusa.com Email: support@gwsecurityusa.com Business Hour: Monday-Friday from 9:00am-5:00pm PST Tel: 626-350-0555...

  • Page 7: Installing The Hdd

    （GW3208E shown in picture） 4.2. Installing the HDD 1. Open the front panel 2. Install the HDD to the HDD Placement Bracket Step 1: Open the bracket by dislodging the metal clip in the back, put the bracket around the Hard Drive. Please make sure the SATA opening is aligned with the Hard Drive’s SATA interface.

  • Page 8: Basic Operation

    Step3: Push the HDD back in to the NVR and close the front panel. Just like the picture shows. 5. Basic Operation 5.1. Power on and Shut down the NVR Power on the NVR After installing the hard drive, power cable, HDMI/VGA cable and mouse on the NVR, press the power switch on the rear panel. (GW2208E-P shown in the picture) Shut down the NVR Press the Shutdown button on the front panel or select the “Power Off”...

  • Page 9: Start-Up Wizard

    Start-Up Wizard. 5.2. Mouse Operation Control the device with the mouse after connecting it to the USB port. Item Command Instructions Left Key Single Click ● In Preview: Select current screen and display context menu. ● In Menu: Select, confirm. Double Click ●...

  • Page 10: Input Method

    5.4. Input Method The virtual keyboard is as shown below: 5.5. Keyboard description Icon Description Description Icon Current input keyboard is English. Click Delete this icon to switch to the special characters keyboard. Current input keyboard is English. Click Space the icon to switch to the character keyboard.

  • Page 11: Main Menu

    Tip: For your security, we suggest you to change the default password. 3) Alarm: Single-click on “ ” directs you to the alarm status interface. You can check alarm report information and clear alarm notifications. 4) Network diagnosis and repair : Single click on “ ”...
  • Page 12 Backup Backup To format storage devices; search and backup recorded video to external HDD or USB 1. Select Channel (Select a camera) 2. Stream type: Mainstream/ substream 3. Resolution: 4K/1080P/720P/960H/ D1/CIF/QCIF/others (depending on the model of IPC connected） 4. Image quality: Highest/second-highest/ high/medium/ low/lowest Record Record Parameters 5.
  • Page 13 alert.HDD Full. Enable/disable email notification for these alarms. Manual Alarm Manually open the external alarm. 1. Automatically searches the IP camera on the local network. Management 2. Add IP Camera one by one. 3. Show the IP address of each camera. 4.

  • Page 14: Data Inquire And Replay

    Cloud 1. Download the mobile App, Scan the QR Code to add your device to the mobile App. Services 2. Enable or Disable ivvew: Enable or Disable Cloud Service. HDD Mgr(HDD 1. Show hard disk and USB disk information. Management) Basic Info 2.

  • Page 15: Intel Play

    ● By moving the cursor onto any point on the time line of a channel with displayed data (recorded video), you can preview the recording for that particular time on that channel. ● Note: 2224E, 2424E doesn’t support this function yet. Left-click on the graphical interface, then enter a specific starting time in the “Starting Time”...

  • Page 16: Data Management

    2) You can select a zone, hold the mouse left key and drag it to select a zone, click 3) The NVR will show all the motion that been detected in this zone. 6.1.3. Data Management From the “Data Management” interface, you can check the video file based on its channel number or video type, shown here: Officials Website: www.gwsecurityusa.com Email: support@gwsecurityusa.com...
  • Page 17 Select the desired channel.  Select the video type of the channel on the drop-down menu.  Double-click the file segment to start playback.  Click on the next/last page icon to view additional pages.  Select a segment to lock down or unlock. ...

  • Page 18: Backup Management

    D. Set all related parameters (storage device, file type, backup player), click the backup button to complete the process. DAT data can be searched and played back through the Backup Management settings interface on the NVR, however on a personal computer, a video player that supports DAT format is needed.

  • Page 19: Video Settings

    The options include: Turn on scheduled backup after start up, scheduled backup channel selection, video type selection, regular backup time point selection, backup device, overwrite mode, file type. The host will then start automatic backup on the preset time cycle 6.3.

  • Page 20: Manual Recording

    options.  Image Quality: six levels (highest, second highest, high, medium, low, lowest). Frames per second: 1-25/30 FPS.   Bitrate: Based on the connected IPC, a customized bitrate should be within the supported bitrate range of the IPC. Pre-record: The NVR will record video before the event occurs. The value ranges from 5 to 30 seconds depending on the bitrate ...

  • Page 21: Alarm Settings

    6.4. Alarm Settings Alarm Settings menu includes three sub menus (Motion, Alarm Output, Other alarms), as shown here: 6.4.1. Motion Detect After logging in, click on “Alarm” > “Motion” to enter the motion-detection settings interface, as shown below: Setting up the motion detection feature: 1.

  • Page 22: Alarm Output

    6.4.2. Alarm Output The alarm output settings: Alarm duration, Audio/Buzzer and full-screen mode.  Alarm duration: 2 to 300 seconds (default: 30 seconds); The duration of the alarm sound or buzzer when motion is detected.  Audio buzzer: When this feature is turned-on, the system will sound the built-in buzzer or output audio alert through the HDMI connection.

  • Page 23: Add Ip Cameras

    After entering the IPC Management interface, the system will automatically search all IP Camera's that are within the same network and displays them in a list. Available cameras are shown on the upper half of the interface and the cameras already paired are shown in the bottom half.

  • Page 24: Deleting Ip Cameras

    (PLEASE NOTE: After adding the cameras successfully, it will only appear on the connected IP Cameras list and won't appear on the list of available IP Cameras). 6.5.2. Deleting IP cameras The delete option applies to connected cameras only. You can delete one-by-one or delete all cameras at once. 1.

  • Page 25: General Settings

    6.6.1. General Settings After logging in, click “Setting Management” > “General Settings” to access the general settings interface, as shown below: 6.6.1.1. Host name Set up a name for the device. 6.6.1.2. Resolution Available Resolutions are: 1024*768，1280*1024，1440*900，1280*720，1920*1080 6.6.1.3. Auto lock The system is able to lock down the system interface after a preset period of inactivity.

  • Page 26: Time Settings

    6.6.2.1. Time Settings The menu is for setting up or editing current system time and supports direct editing and editing via calendar (to edit via calendar, please double-click on the calendar to enter editing mode.) 1. The interface supports 9 different time formats. 2.

  • Page 27: Channel Settings

    6.6.3.1. Channel Settings: On the “Output Settings” interface, select the “Channel Settings” option and enter its interface, as shown here: The channel settings interface allows you to edit: channel parameters, channel name, video mask, video parameters, and channel name location. (1) Channel Name Name the channel.

  • Page 28: Sequence

    2. Right Click to exit to front page, and save it. (2) Video Channel Adjustment Click “ Video Adjust” to modify the video parameters. Adjusting methods: 1. Select a Channel Number. 2. Left-click the “ ” or “ ” to change the value or drag the bar left or right. (4) CH Name Pos Click “CH Name Pos”...

  • Page 29: Output Mode

    6.6.3.3. Output Mode Output: Change the image color and brightness on your monitor. 6.6.4. Network After login, click “Settings Management” > “Network Setting” to enter the interface shown below: Officials Website: www.gwsecurityusa.com Email: support@gwsecurityusa.com Business Hour: Monday-Friday from 9:00am-5:00pm PST Tel: 626-350-0555...

  • Page 30: Network Settings

    6.6.4.1. Network Settings From the Main Menu > “Settings Management” > ”Network setting” > ”Network ” to enter the interface shown below: There are four different ports: Command port, HTTP port, update port, RTMP port.  HTTP ports: Internet Explorer port (system default: 80), the format for Internet Explorer is “http://IP”. When switched to another ...

  • Page 31: Dial-Up Internet Settings

    DDNS test: Checks if the registered domain account is available.  6.6.4.3. Dial-up Internet Settings（Only supported by GW22XX series models） After entering the “Internet Settings” interface, select “PPPOE” for Dial up Settings interface, as shown below: Please note, your PPPOE username and password can only be obtained from your Internet Service Provider. Username: ADSL account username.

  • Page 32: Advanced Settings

    The available email alarms include: Motion detection, video loss, hard disk errors and disk full. For selected alarms, notifications can be sent to your email inbox when an alarm is triggered. Setting up Email notifications  Input your Email server. ...

  • Page 33: Cloud Services

    6.6.4.6. Cloud Services Click “Network setting” > “Cloud service” ● Turn on/off “IVView”: Check “Turn on IVView” click “Save” to activate the feature. When activated successfully, you can see the status change from “Offline” to “On-Line”. ● Download the mobile client: Scan the QR code to download the mobile App. ●...

  • Page 34: Hdd Management

    4) Do not connect the LAN port, PoE Port，and the SDA port in the same network. 5) After bridge mode is enabled, cameras found are the ones connected to either the built-in PoE switch or the cameras connected to the SDA port.

  • Page 35: Storage Settings

    The interface shows the info of each group; click “Edit” to change settings. HDD NO: Assign HDD number to the group. Rec: Assign the channels to be stored in this HDD group. Available Record Time: Max recording time in the remaining storage for the HDD group. 6.7.3.

  • Page 36: Smart

    6.7.4. SMART “Main Menu” > “HDD Management” as shown below: Click SMART to show the HDD model, serial number, hardware version, temperature, health condition and other SMART attributes and status. 6.8. System Information System information interface is as shown below: 6.8.1.

  • Page 37: Channel Status

    6.8.2. Channel Status Quickly check the current status of all channels. Display the camera’s IP address, Protocol, resolution and Bitrate. Click on the“ ” or “ ” icon to flip through the pages, as shown below: 6.8.3. Alarm Status The alarm interface is as shown below: Displaying the alarm information for each channel, including motion detection alarms (in yellow), video lost alarms (in blue).

  • Page 38: Online Status

    6.8.4. Online Status Displays: All current logged in user accounts, users IP address, login time. 6.8.5. Log Inquiry System login inquiry, as shown below:  Please note: The system supports a maximum of 524032 log entries; each log can be saved for 1023 days maximum. 6.9.

  • Page 39: Quick Settings

    6.9.1. Quick Settings Quick settings will bring up the Start- up wizard, allowing quick set-up of the “Cloud service”, “Time Setting”, “Network Setting”, “HDD Mgr”, “IPC management”, “Code parameter”. Note: Please click “save” to apply changes 6.9.2. Management The default username is “admin” the default password is 888888. The admin account has full authority on the device and is able to establish up to 15 additional user accounts.

  • Page 40: Upgrade Via Usb Device

     Click “Upgrade” After successfully upgrading, the admin password will reset back to default. 6.9.4.2. Upgrade via USB Device The upgrade steps are as follows:  Copy the upgrade.bin file into the root directory of the USB/flash drive. The flash drive must be in FAT32 format. ...

  • Page 41: Schedule Restart

    6.9.6. Schedule Restart Click “Main menu”→ “System Maintenance”→ “Schedule Restart” to enter the interface of ‘Scheduled Restart’, as shown below: enable schedule restart, click the ‘Scheduled Auto Restart’ box and save the setting. When it's time to restart the device, a notice will display “It is now time for a scheduled reboot, do you want to reboot the device now.”...
  • Page 42 From a computer or laptop on the same network as the NVR, bring up a command prompt (terminal if using a Mac). Ping the NVR’s IP address (see 6.6.4) to make sure it is accessible. 2. The NVR and PC should to be in the same IP segment, for example, their IP addresses should both be 192.168.0. XXX. If the NVR’s IP address is not on the same IP segment, for example 192.168.2.XXX, please make sure DHCP is enabled or manually change the NVR’s IP address to the same IP segment as the PC.

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