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  • Page 1 Network Video Recorder XC-4CH-NVR-1TB XC-8CH-NVR-2TB User Manual...
  • Page 2 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Regulatory information FCC information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, compliance: pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 3 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only.

  • Page 4: Product Key Features

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Product Key Features General  Connectable to Xyclop network cameras  Each channel supports dual-stream.  Up to 8 network cameras can be connected dependent of the model  Independent configuration for each channel, including resolution, frame rate, bit rate, image quality, etc.
  • Page 5 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Backup  Export video data by USB or web interface.  Export video clips when playback.  Management and maintenance of backup devices. Alarm and Exception  Alarm for video loss, motion detection, tampering, abnormal signal, video input/output standard mismatch, illegal login, network disconnected, IP confliction, abnormal record, HDD error, and HDD full, etc.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR TABLE OF CONTENTS Product Key Features ..........................4 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................9 Front Panel ............................ 10 USB Mouse Operation ........................11 Input Method Description ......................12 Rear Panel ............................. 13 Chapter 2 Getting Started ......................... 14 Starting Up and Shutting Down the NVR ..................
  • Page 7 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5.2.4 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel ..................66 Chapter 6 Backup ............................68 Backing up Record Files ....................... 69 6.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search ................... 69 6.1.2 Backing up by Event Search ....................71 6.1.3...
  • Page 8 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 11.1.3 Viewing Record Information ..................... 119 11.1.4 Viewing Alarm Information ....................120 11.1.5 Viewing Network Information ................... 120 11.1.6 Viewing HDD Information ....................121 11.2 Searching & Export Log Files ..................... 121 11.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files ..................125 11.4 Upgrading System ........................

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1.1 Front Panel Figure 1. 1 XC-4CH-NVR-1TB and XC-8CH-NVR-2TB Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel Name Description Power indicator turns yellow when system is running. Power Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to...

  • Page 11: Usb Mouse Operation

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1.2 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this NVR. To use a USB mouse: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the NVR.

  • Page 12: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1.3 Input Method Description Figure 1. 2 Soft Keyboard Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Table 1. 3 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Icons Description Icons Description Lowercase/Uppercase Symbols English Space Backspace...

  • Page 13: Rear Panel

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1.4 Rear Panel Figure 1. 3 XC-4CH-NVR-1TB Figure 1. 4 XC-8CH-NVR-2TB Item Description Connector for LAN (Local Area Network). LAN Network Interface RS-485 Interface 100~240VAC power supply Power Supply Switch for turning on/off the device.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 2 Getting Started...

  • Page 15: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Nvr

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the NVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the NVR. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the NVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.
  • Page 16 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. 2. Click the Logout button to lock the NVR or the Reboot button to reboot the NVR.

  • Page 17: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 2.2 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration Select the system language from the drop-down menu. The default language is English. Figure 2. 3 Language Selection Interface Click Apply to save the resolution settings. By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the NVR has loaded, as shown in Figure below.
  • Page 18 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 2. 5 Login Window 3. Enter the admin password. By default, the password is 12345. 4. To change the admin password, check the New Admin Password checkbox. Enter the new password and confirm the password in the given fields.
  • Page 19 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 2. 7 Network Configuration The internal NIC IPv4 address should be configured for the cameras connecting to the PoE network interfaces of the NVR. 7. Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the HDD Management window, shown in Figure 2.
  • Page 20 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 2. 9 Search for IP Cameras Click Next button. Configure the recording for the searched IP Cameras. Figure 2. 10 Record Settings 12. Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels, as shown in Figure 2. 11.

  • Page 21: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 2.3 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras 2.3.1 Adding the Online IP Cameras Purpose: The main function of the NVR is to connect the network cameras and record the video got from it. So before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.
  • Page 22 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 2. 14 Manual Adding IP Camera Interface Click the button to add the camera. Explanation of the icons: Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera. The camera is connected; you can The camera is disconnected;...
  • Page 23 User Manual of Xyclop NVR  OPTION 2: Steps: 1. Enter the Camera Management interface. Menu> Camera> Camera Figure 2. 16 Main Menu 2. Repeat the step 1 and 2 of adding IP cameras manually to add the camera. Figure 2. 17 IP Camera Management Interface 3.

  • Page 24: Editing The Connected Ip Cameras And Configuring Customized Protocols

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 2. 18 Selecting Multiple Channels 2.3.2 Editing the Connected IP cameras and Configuring Customized Protocols After the adding of the IP cameras, the basic information of the camera lists in the page, you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras.
  • Page 25 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 2. 20 Network Configuration of the Camera 2. You can edit the network information and the password of the camera. Figure 2. 21 Password Configuration of the Camera 3. Click Apply to save the settings and click OK to exit the interface.

  • Page 26: Editing Ip Cameras Connected To The Poe Interfaces

    Plug-and-Play function. Example: As for XC-4CH-NVR-1TB or XC-8CH-NVR-2TB NVR, when you want to connect 1 online camera and connect 3 network cameras via PoE interfaces, you must disable 1 PoE interface in the Edit IP camera panel. To add Cameras for NVR supporting PoE function: Before you start: Connect the network cameras via the PoE interfaces.
  • Page 27 User Manual of Xyclop NVR • Manual: You can disable the PoE interface by selecting the manual while the current channel can be used as a normal channel and the parameters can also be edited. Figure 2. 24 Edit IP Camera Interface - Manual...

  • Page 28: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 3 Live View...

  • Page 29: Introduction Of Live View

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The NVR automatically enters Live View mode when powered on. Live View Icons In the live view mode, there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel, showing the status of the record and alarm in the channel, so that you can know whether the channel is recorded, or whether there are alarms occur as soon as possible.

  • Page 30: Operations In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: showing only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.

  • Page 31: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR  The dwell time of the live view configuration must be set before using Start Auto-switch.  If the corresponding camera supports intelligent function, the Reboot Intelligence option is included when right-clicking mouse on this camera.
  • Page 32 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Image Settings menu. You can set the image parameters like brightness, contrast, saturation and hue. Figure 3. 12 Image Settings- Customize Live View Strategy can be selected to set strategy, including Real-time, Balanced, Fluency.

  • Page 33: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 3.3 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc.
  • Page 34 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1) Select a View mode in 2) Select the small window, and double-click on the channel number to display the channel on the window. You can click button to start live view for all the channels and click to stop all the live view.

  • Page 35: User Logout

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 3.4 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password tog in again. Steps: 1.

  • Page 36: Chapter 4 Record Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 4 Record Settings...

  • Page 37: Configuring Recording Parameters

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.1 Configuring Recording Parameters Purpose: By configuring the recording parameters you can define the parameters which affect the image quality, such as the transmission stream type, the resolution and so on. Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it.
  • Page 38 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1) Select Record tab page to configure. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, and other parameters on your demand. • Pre-record: The time you set to record before the scheduled time or event. For example, when an alarm triggered the recording at 10:00, if you set the pre-record time as 5 seconds, the camera records it at 9:59:55.

  • Page 39: Configuring Record Schedule

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.2 Configuring Record Schedule Purpose: Set the record schedule, and then the camera automatically starts/stops recording according to the configured schedule. Steps: 1. Enter the Record Schedule interface. Menu>Record>Schedule 2. Configure Record Schedule Select Record Schedule.
  • Page 40 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 4. 8 Edit Schedule III. To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time. Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods can’t be overlapped each other.
  • Page 41 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 4. 11 Descriptions of the color icons Click the Apply button to validate the settings. If the settings can also be used to other channels, click Copy, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy.

  • Page 42: Configuring Motion Detection Record

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the NVR can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notify the surveillance center and so on.

  • Page 43: Manual Record

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 4. 15 Motion Detection Setting Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. Click Apply to save the settings. Click OK to back to the upper level menu. Exit the Motion Detection menu.

  • Page 44: Configuring Holiday Record

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.5 Configuring Holiday Record Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday for that year. You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday. Steps: 1. Enter the Record setting interface.

  • Page 45: Configuring Redundant Recording

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.6 Configuring Redundant Recording Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving the record files not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. .
  • Page 46 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 2) Select Camera you want to configure in the drop-down list. 3) Check the checkbox of Redundant Record. 4) Click Apply to save settings and back to the upper level menu. Repeat the above steps for configuring other channels.

  • Page 47: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.7 Configuring HDD Group for Recording Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. Steps: 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD Figure 4. 22 HDD General 2. Select Advanced on the left bar.
  • Page 48 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5. Choose the Channels which you want to save the record files in the HDD group. 1) Select Advanced on the left bar. 2) Choose Group number in the dropdown list of Record on HDD Group 3) Check the channels you want to save in this group.

  • Page 49: Files Protection

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4.8 Files Protection Purpose: You can lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten. Protect file by locking the record files: Steps: 1. Enter Playback setting interface.
  • Page 50 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 1. Enter HDD setting interface. Menu> HDD Figure 4. 27 HDD General 2. Click to edit the HDD you want to protect. Figure 4. 28 HDD General- Editing To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter Managing HDD Group.

  • Page 51: Chapter 5 Playback

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 5 Playback...

  • Page 52: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5.1 Playing Back Record Files 5.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported.  OPTION 1: Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
  • Page 53 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 2 Playback Interface Click the channel(s) to execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels. Figure 5. 3 Toolbar of Playback indicates the start/end time of the record. Table 5. 1 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar...

  • Page 54: Playing Back By Time

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5.1.2 Playing Back by Time Purpose: Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported. Steps: 1. Enter playback interface. Menu>Playback 2. Check the checkbox of channel(s) in the channel list and then double-click to select a date on the calendar.

  • Page 55: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Table 5. 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-time Interface Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio Start/Stop customized clipping default tag Digital Smart Pause/Play management Zoom Search reverse Pause/Play Stop 30s reverse 30s forward...
  • Page 56 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 7 Motion Search Interface 4. Click Search button to get the search result information. You may refer to the right-side bar for the result. Figure 5. 8 Search Result Bar(Alarm In and Motion) 5.
  • Page 57 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 9 Interface of Playback by Event Figure 5. 10 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 5. 3 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-event Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio Start/Stop customized...

  • Page 58: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5.1.4 Playing Back by Tag Purpose: Video tag allows you to record related information like people and location of a certain time point during playback. You are also allowed to use video tag(s) to search for record files and position time point.
  • Page 59 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Steps: 1. Select the Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface. 2. Choose channels, edit start time and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface. You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command.

  • Page 60: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 15 Toolbar of Playback by Tag Table 5. 4 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-tag Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio Start/Stop customized clipping default tag Digital Smart Pause/Play management Zoom...
  • Page 61 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 16 System Log Search Interface 3. Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “No result found” will pop up.

  • Page 62: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 18 Interface of Playback by Log 5.1.6 Playing Back External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. Steps: 1. Enter Tag Search interface.

  • Page 63: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 5.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in case of checking image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: Go to Playback interface.
  • Page 64 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 21 Interface of Playback by Time 2. Click the on the playback control toolbar to enter Smart Search mode. 3. Click and drag the mouse to draw area(s). You can click button to set the full screen as target searching area.
  • Page 65 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 23 Smart Search Result Figure 5. 24 Toolbar of Smart Search Playback indicates the start/end time of the record. Table 5. 5 Detailed Explanation of Smart-search-playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation...

  • Page 66: Digital Zoom

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5.2.3 Digital Zoom Steps: 1. Click the button on the playback control bar to enter Digital Zoom interface. 2. Use the mouse to draw a red rectangle and the image within it will be enlarged up to 16 times.
  • Page 67 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 5. 26 4-ch Synchronous Playback Interface 3. Click to play back the record files reversely.

  • Page 68: Chapter 6 Backup

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 6 Backup...

  • Page 69: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 6.1 Backing up Record Files 6.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose: The record files can be backup to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), and SATA writer.
  • Page 70 User Manual of Xyclop NVR • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor.  USB flash drives and USB HDDs Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device.

  • Page 71: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 6. 5 Export Selection Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message box “Export finished”. Figure 6. 6 Export Finished 6. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it.
  • Page 72 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Event types contain Alarm Input and Motion, here we take the backing up by alarm input as an example. 2) Select the alarm input No. and time. Figure 6. 8 Event Search for Backup 2. Click Search button to enter the Search Result interface.
  • Page 73 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4. Click the Export button to enter the backup device management interface. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device.

  • Page 74: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 6. Check backup result. Figure 6. 13 Checkup of Event Export Result Using USB Flash Drive 6.1.3 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips to export directly during Playback, using USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer) or SATA writer.
  • Page 75 User Manual of Xyclop NVR A maximum of 30 clips can be selected for each channel. 4. Click Yes to save video clips and enter Export interface, or click No to quit and do not save video clips. Figure 6. 15 Attention to Video Clip Saving 5.

  • Page 76: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 6. 18 Export Finished 7. Check backup result. Figure 6. 19 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive 6.2 Managing Backup Devices Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interface of record files.
  • Page 77 User Manual of Xyclop NVR At least one record file shall be selected. Figure 6. 21 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3. Backup device management. If the inserted backup device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button.
  • Page 78 User Manual of Xyclop NVR There must be a re-writable CD/DVD when you make this operation. Figure 6. 23 USB Writer Management...

  • Page 79: Chapter 7 Alarm Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 7 Alarm Settings...

  • Page 80: Setting Motion Detection Alarm

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 7.1 Setting Motion Detection Alarm Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 7. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2.

  • Page 81: Detecting Video Loss Alarm

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 7. 3 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection 5. Click Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
  • Page 82 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 2) Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day. 3) Click Apply button to save the settings. Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped.

  • Page 83: Detecting Video Tampering Alarm

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 7.3 Detecting Video Tampering Alarm Purpose: Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Tampering interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect video tampering.
  • Page 84 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 7. 8 Set Arming Schedule of Video Tampering 4. Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of video tampering alarm (please refer to Chapter Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.

  • Page 85: Handling Exceptions Alarm

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 7.4 Handling Exceptions Alarm Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error or unformatted HDD. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable.

  • Page 86: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 7.5 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Trigger Alarm Output and Send Email. Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor (VGA or HDMI monitor) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.
  • Page 87 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Menu> Manual> Alarm Click Trigger/Clear button if you want to trigger or clear an alarm output. Click Trigger All button if you want to trigger all alarm outputs. Click Clear All button if you want to clear all alarm output.

  • Page 88: Chapter 8 Network Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 8 Network Settings...

  • Page 89: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 8.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate NVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>Network 2. Select the General tab. Figure 8. 1 Network Settings Interface 3.

  • Page 90: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 8.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 8.2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose: Your NVR also allows access by Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network 2. Select the PPPoE tab to enter the PPPoE Settings interface, as shown in Figure 8. 2.
  • Page 91 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 8. 3 DDNS Settings Interface 3. Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. 4. Select DDNS Type. Five different DDNS types are selectable: IPServer, DynDNS, NO-IP and HiDDNS. • IPServer: Enter Server Address for IPServer.
  • Page 92 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 8. 6 NO-IP Settings Interface • HiDDNS: Enter the Server Address and Device Domain Name for HiDDNS. 1) Enter the Server Address of the HiDDNS server, which is www.hiddns.com by default. 2) Enter the Device Domain Name. You can use the alias you registered in the HiDDNS server or define a new device domain name.
  • Page 93 Chapter 9.2.10 for the mapped HTTP port No. • Task 2: Access the devices via Windows Xyclop client For the Xyclop client, in the Add Device window, select HiDDNS and then edit the device information. Nickname: Edit a name for the device as you want.

  • Page 94: Configuring Ntp Server

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 8. 10 Access Device via iVMS4200 5. Click Apply button to save and exit the interface. 8.2.3 Configuring NTP Server Purpose: A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your NVR to ensure the accuracy of system date/time.

  • Page 95: Configuring Snmp

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 8.2.4 Configuring SNMP Purpose: You can use SNMP protocol to get device status and parameters related information. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu >Configuration> Network 2. Select the SNMP tab to enter the SNMP Settings interface, as shown in Figure 8. 12.

  • Page 96: Configuring Server And Http Ports

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4. Click Apply button to save and exit the menu. 8.2.6 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports Purpose: You can change the server and HTTP ports in the Network Settings menu. The default server port is 8000 and the default HTTP port is 80.

  • Page 97: Configuring Email

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4. Enter the HTTPS Port. 5. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. 8.2.8 Configuring Email Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an alarm event is detected, etc., an alarm or motion event is detected or the administrator password is changed.

  • Page 98: Configuring Upnp

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Enable Attached Pictures: Check the checkbox of Enable Attached Picture if you want to send email with attached alarm images. The interval is the time of two adjacent alarm images. You can also set SMTP port and enable SSL here.
  • Page 99 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 8. 18 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Auto Option 2: Manual If you select Manual as the mapping type, you can edit the external port on your demand by clicking activate the External Port Settings dialog box.

  • Page 100: Chapter 9 Hdd Management

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Chapter 9 HDD Management...

  • Page 101: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your NVR. A message box pops up when the NVR starts up if there exits any uninitialized HDD.
  • Page 102 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 9. 3 Confirm Initialization 4. Select the OK button to start initialization. Figure 9. 4 Status changes to Formatting 5. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal.

  • Page 103: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to NVR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General 2. Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 9. 6.
  • Page 104 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 9. 7 Add NAS Disk • Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search button to search the available IP SAN disks. 3) Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below.

  • Page 105: Managing Hdd Group

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.3 Managing HDD Group 9.3.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose: Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface.

  • Page 106: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 9. 12 Local HDD Settings Interface 7. Select the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 9. 13 Confirm HDD Group Settings 9.
  • Page 107 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 9. 14 Set HDD Property 3. Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. 4. Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. 5. In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list.

  • Page 108: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.4 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose: Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. Steps: 1. Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced 2. Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 9. 15.
  • Page 109 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 9. 17 Copy Settings to Other Camera(s) 6. Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same quota settings. You can also click the checkbox of IP Camera to select all cameras. 7. Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface.

  • Page 110: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.5 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on NVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: 1.

  • Page 111: Hdd Detection

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.6 HDD Detection Purpose: The device provides the HDD detection function such as the adopting of the S.M.A.R.T. and the Bad Sector Detection technique. The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures.
  • Page 112 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 9. 21 Bad Sector Detection And you can click Error info button to see the detailed damage information And you can also pause/resume or cancel the detection.

  • Page 113: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 9.7 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal. Steps: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list.

  • Page 114: Chapter 10 Camera Settings

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  • Page 115: Configuring Osd Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 10.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD 2. Select the camera to configure OSD settings.

  • Page 116: Configuring Privacy Mask

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 10.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed by the operator. The privacy mask can prevent certain surveillance areas to be viewed or recorded.

  • Page 117: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 10.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera >Image Figure 10. 4 Image Settings Interface 2. Select the camera to set image parameters. 3. You can click on the arrow to change the value of each parameter.

  • Page 118: Chapter 11 Nvr Management And Maintenance

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  • Page 119: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 11.1 Viewing System Information 11.1.1 Viewing Device Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the Device Info tab to enter the Device Information menu to view the device name, model, serial No. , firmware version and encode version, as shown in Figure 11.

  • Page 120: Viewing Alarm Information

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 11. 3 Record Information Interface 11.1.4 Viewing Alarm Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the Alarm tab to enter the Alarm Information menu to view the alarm information, as shown in Figure 11.

  • Page 121: Viewing Hdd Information

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 11. 5 Network Information Interface 11.1.6 Viewing HDD Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu >Maintenance>System Info 2. Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status, free space, property, etc..
  • Page 122 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 11. 7 Log Search Interface 2. Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time, Major Type and Minor Type. 3. Click the Search button to start search log files.
  • Page 123 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 11. 9 Log Details 5. You can export the log files to the backup device if needed. 1) Enter the Export interface. Option 1: Export all logs you searched out Search the log files, and then click Export on the Log Search interface to enter the Export interface. All the logs you searched out will be exported to the backup device.
  • Page 124 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Figure 11. 12 Log Export Finished 4) The exported log files will be displayed on a list. Click the icon , and you can delete the selected log file from the backup device. Figure 11. 13 Log Export Result ...

  • Page 125: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 11.3 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the NVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one NVR can be imported to multiple NVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters.

  • Page 126: Upgrading System

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 11.4 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your NVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 11.4.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps: 1. Connect your NVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located.

  • Page 127: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 11.5 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 11. 17 Restore Factory Default 2. Click the OK button to restore the default settings. Except the network parameters (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, default route and...

  • Page 128: Chapter 12 Others

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  • Page 129: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 12.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution, system time, mouse pointer speed through the Menu > Configuration > General interface. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2.

  • Page 130: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 12.2 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 12. 2 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item.

  • Page 131: Configuring More Settings For Device Parameters

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 12.3 Configuring More Settings for Device Parameters Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 12. 3 Figure 12. 3 More Settings Interface 3.

  • Page 132: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 12.4 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the NVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
  • Page 133 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 3. Enter the information for new user, including User Name, Password, Level and User’s MAC Address. Level: Set the user level to Operator or Guest. Different user levels have different operating permission. • Operator: The Operator user level has permission of Two-way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating permission in Camera Configuration.

  • Page 134: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR and importing/exporting configuration files. • Remote Camera Management: Remote adding, deleting and editing of the IP cameras. • Remote Serial Port Control: Configuring settings for RS-232 and RS-485 ports. • Remote Video Output Control: Sending remote button control signal.
  • Page 135 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Menu >Configuration>User 2. Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 12. 8. 3. Click the icon to enter the Edit User interface, as shown in Figure 12. 9. The admin user can also be edited.

  • Page 136: Logging Out / Shutting Down / Rebooting Device

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR 12.5 Logging out / Shutting down / Rebooting Device Steps: 1. Enter the Shutdown interface. Menu > Shutdown Figure 12. 10 Shutdown Menu 2. Click the Logout button to log out, or Click the Shutdown button to shut down the device, or Click the Reboot button to reboot the device.

  • Page 137: Appendix

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  • Page 138: Appendix 137 Glossary

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 4CIF and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.

  • Page 139: Troubleshooting

    User Manual of Xyclop NVR Troubleshooting  No image displayed on the monitor after starting up normally. Possible Reasons: a) No VGA or HDMI connections. b) Connection cable is damaged. c) Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. Steps: 1. Verify the device is connected with the monitor via HDMI or VGA cable.
  • Page 140 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Protocol. Select “Menu>Camera>Camera>IP Camera” to get the camera status. Possible Reasons: a) Network failure, and the NVR and IP camera lost connections. b) The configured parameters are incorrect when adding the IP camera. c) Insufficient bandwidth.
  • Page 141 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 4. Verify the switch is not flow control. Check the brand, model of the switch connecting IP camera and NVR, and contact with the manufacturer of the switch to check if it has the function of flow control. If so, please turn it down.
  • Page 142 User Manual of Xyclop NVR Select “Menu > Record > Parameters > Record”, and set the Frame rate to Full Frame. 4. Check whether the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from our manufacturer to do the further process.
  • Page 143 User Manual of Xyclop NVR If the resource is not enough, please end some unnecessary processes. 4. Check whether the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process. If not, please contact the engineer from our manufacturer to do the further process.
  • Page 144 User Manual of Xyclop NVR 5. Reduce the number of local playback channel. Select “Menu > Playback”, and uncheck the checkbox of unnecessary channels. 6. Check whether the fault is solved by the above steps. If it is solved, finish the process.

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