Uniden UNVR85x4 User Manual
Uniden UNVR85x4 User Manual

Uniden UNVR85x4 User Manual

Video security systems software pro view

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Video Security Systems
Compatible Products:
NVR/1080p | UNVR85x4 | UNVR85x8 | UNVR165x8

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  • Page 1 Pro View User Guide Video Security Systems Compatible Products: NVR/1080p | UNVR85x4 | UNVR85x8 | UNVR165x8...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents I. Product Overview ........4 1.
  • Page 3 4. Map Configuration ........32 4.1 Add Map ........32 4.2 Map Tree Functions .
  • Page 4: Product Overview

    The VMS currently supports five protocols: Active Registration, I8H, I8, ONVIF and GB28181. Active Registration, I8H and I8 are proprietary protocols of Uniden, so they can be used free of charge for any time period. ONVIF and GB28181 protocols have 100 free authorizations that can be used within the span of a month beginning the day of setup.
  • Page 5: Setup

    II. Setup Double-click the program to open the setup wizard. 1. Installation Language Setup Screen To begin, you will be prompted to select a setup language so you can start the installation. The default language is English, if you require a different language, you will need to select it from the drop-down.
  • Page 6 1. Installation continued Setup Destination Location Screen During setup, you will need to select a location to install the VMS program. The default path is C:\VMS, but you can modify the path to install the program to a different destination. Setup Additional Tasks Screen...
  • Page 7: Login

    The next screen allows the option to create a desktop shortcut and Quick Launch icon to easily locate and open your program once installed. Press Next to continue to installation. Note: Computers equipped with antivirus software may display a warning before you begin installation, please select Allow when prompted to enable the installation of the program to continue.
  • Page 8: Control Panel

    3. Control Panel Control Panel The Control Panel contains several functions as highlighted by the arrows above: 1) Displays the current user, user’s permissions, current time, CPU, memory consumption and real-time network data flow. Click the button to log out of the current account. 2) Displays real-time alarm and event notifications.
  • Page 9: Program Overview

    III. Program Overview 1. Device Management 1.1 Add Device On the Control Panel, select Device Management to open up the device settings interface. Device Management Screen Device Management displays information on all of the devices currently added to the VMS system. It lists the device type, protocol type and online/offline status.
  • Page 10 • Register Protocol is the active registration protocol independently developed by Uniden. • I8H Protocol is Uniden’s independently developed protocol used for newer devices. • I8 Protocol is Uniden’s independently developed protocol that is used in older versions. Devices that don’t support I8H Protocol can use this protocol.
  • Page 11 Device Search Results Screen On the Device Search Results screen, devices that are already added to your device list will be displayed in dark grey. You can sort the results based on IP address by clicking on IP at the top. Check the box next to the device you would like to add and click Select.
  • Page 12: Add Decoder

    To add multiple devices in the search interface, select each one and click Add Batchly. Fill in the password and add the group of devices with one key. Note: Passwords, for devices that require them, need to be filled in correctly. Leaving passwords blank or filling them in incorrectly will lead to a failure to add the device.
  • Page 13 Add Decoder Window Click Search to locate the available online decoders on your LAN. Decoders that are already added will display in dark grey and you will be unable to select them in the search results window. Decoder Search Results Window...
  • Page 14 Choose a decoder from the list and press Select. You can also select multiple decoders from the list and click Add Batchly. Enter the password to add a group under the same key. Add Decoder Window On the Add Decoder window, enter the decoder information: •...
  • Page 15: Channel Grouping

    1.3 Channel Grouping Click on the Group tab on the Device Management screen. Group Screen Right-click in the blank area on the right side of the screen. Select Add Group. Add Group Window Enter a group name and click Save to create the group. Next, select a device on the left side, choose a group on the right then click the button to add the device’s channels...
  • Page 16: Layout

    Complete Grouping To remove a channel from the group, click the channel and press the button. 1.4 Layout Click the Layout tab on the Device Management screen. Layout Screen...
  • Page 17 To create a new layout, click Add Layout. Add Layout Screen Enter the Layout Name and select the number and type of split screens desired. Split screens include standard split and wide screen split. Standard split screens display in 16:9 aspect ratio and wide screen pictures display in 1:1 aspect ratio.
  • Page 18: Storage Server

    Click New to add another layout and click Save when completed. The added layout should be displayed in the column to the right of the Layout screen. Modify Layout Screen Right-click on an existing layout to edit it. 1.5 Storage Server Click the Storage tab on the Device Management screen to view your server’s storage.
  • Page 19 The Storage screen displays server names, addresses and used disk space. Click the button to configure server storage. Storage Configuration Screen Right-click the blank area in the left column under RecPlan and select Add Channel to modify the storage server. Select the channel to modify its recording plan.
  • Page 20 The default recording plan template options are All Day and Working Day. If you need other recording plan templates, click User Template and create a new one. If a red dot is displayed next to the channel, then the channel is recording.
  • Page 21: Preview

    2. Preview Click Preview on the Control Panel to enter the preview screen. On the Preview screen, there is a list of devices to the left that displays all currently added devices and their online or offline status. The PTZ controls and video parameter controls are on the right side.
  • Page 22: Device Streams

    Channels that display as white are not recording and channels displayed in blue are recording locally. Right-click on the channel to open/close local recording. 2.1 Device Streams The Device tab gives you access to the following functions: 1) Open All Main Streams: Maximum of 16 main stream channels can be opened at a time.
  • Page 23: Preview Overview

    Preview Pane Toolbar 1) The channel intercom switch can enable/disable the PC’s intercom for this channel. 2) The device recording switch starts/stops the local recording of the channel. When displayed in blue the device is recording. If displayed in white the device is not recording. 3) The capture button takes a screenshot of the channel.
  • Page 24 3) The UTC button  opens and closes the controls to zoom and focus the camera lens. UTC Control Screen 4) Clicking the 3D position button allows you to left-click on the preview image and drag downward and to the right to draw a rectangle.
  • Page 25: Device Group Polling

    2.4 Device Group Polling Add groups using the Group tab on the Preview screen. Group Screen Right-click the selected group to select Start Polling or Stop Polling. You can set the interval between video channel preview rotation or use the default which is 30 seconds. 2.5 Device Layout Polling Add two or more layouts (refer to Device Management to learn how to configure layouts) to switch between different...
  • Page 26: Ptz

    2.6 PTZ 2.6.1 PTZ Control Pan Tilt Zoom cameras can be maneuvered in eight different directions: up, down, left, right, upper left, lower left, upper right and lower right. • Zoom adjusts the visual angle. • Focus adjusts the focal length of the camera to ensure the clearness of the picture.
  • Page 27: Picture Parameter

    3) Track: Specify a track from the drop-down. Click on the button to create a track, click on to edit the track and click on to delete the track. 2.7 Picture Parameter When Preview is opened, the image’s brightness and contrast can be adjusted.
  • Page 28: Video Playback

    Multi-Screen Display The screen on the left side is the primary display and the screen on the right side represents the extra screen. The independent operation of each screen’s preview won’t affect the other and closing the extra screen won’t close the primary display.
  • Page 29: Video Search

    3.1 Video Search • Select the source of the video you would like to have displayed for playback in the video path sidebar on the left side of the screen. You can choose from Device, Local and Storage tabs. Device refers to videos stored on the hard disk or SD card of the front-end device, Local refers to videos stored on the computer in use and Storage refers to videos stored on the storage server.
  • Page 30: Video Playback

    3.2 Video Playback To control the video playback, click on to start or pause playback and to stop playback. Hovering the mouse over the video bar and scrolling in or out using the scroll wheel can increase or decrease the scale of the video bar. By double-clicking anywhere on the video bar, you can play the video starting at that point.
  • Page 31: Toolbar Overview

    Choose the Location of the clip and the channel to download the video. Set the Range by indicating the start and end times of the clip you would like to download. Set the Path where you would like the file to be saved and click Start. Once the progress bar reaches 100%, the download is done.
  • Page 32: Map Configuration

    4. Map Configuration Click Map Configuration on the Control Panel. Map Configuration Screen 4.1 Add Map Right-click and select Add Map. Add Map Box Enter a Name, select a file and click OK to add a map. Several maps can be added and can be organized into parent and child maps.
  • Page 33: Map Tree Functions

    The map currently open will display as yellow in the map tree on the left side of the screen. 4.2 Map Tree Functions When you right-click on the map tree, there are several options that will display. 1) Add Map: Allows you to upload a new map file. 2) Delete Map: Removes the map currently selected.
  • Page 34: Map Management

    Once the channel has been dragged onto the map, the position can be adjusted by dragging it again. Right-click the channel on the map, to delete it. Scrolling with the wheel of your mouse while hovering over the map allows you to zoom in or out of the map.
  • Page 35: Decoder Configuration

    6. Decoder Configuration Click on Decoder Configuration on the Control Panel. Decoder Configuration Screen Decoder Configuration shows the TV wall scheme that is currently set and its status. You can Modify, Delete and Enable/Disable existing wall schemes, or click Add TV Wall to create a new scheme.
  • Page 36: Layout Setting

    6.1 Layout Setting To create the layout for a TV wall, complete the following: Add TV Wall Screen 1) Matrix Layout: Choose the layout of the physical TV screens in your layout up to 8x8 screens. Click Set to view the new matrix.
  • Page 37: Screen Input Binding

    6.2 Screen Input Binding Drag the name of a decoder to add it to the layout. Add TV Wall Screen You can associate the decoder to a TV in the TV wall matrix. If the TV’s screen is going to be used as a roll screen, select Is Roll in the box on the matrix.
  • Page 38 Click Add Group. Note: You can only add groups to roll screens. If you don’t have any roll screens, skip to the next step. Add Group Screen If a screen on the TV wall is set as a roll screen, it needs to have a group of channels assigned to it.
  • Page 39: Enable Status

    Click Add Group to continue adding more roll screen groups. To delete a group, select it and click Delete Group. When all your groups are set, click Save and Enable to activate, or just click Save to save your settings without activating them. Add TV Wall Screen 6.4 Enable Status Add TV Wall Screen...
  • Page 40: Decoder Management

    If you would like to enable the configuration once you’ve created it, check the Enable This Configuration Immediately box and it will activate it upon clicking Finish. If you do not wish to enable the new setting, leave the box unchecked and click Finish to save and exit.
  • Page 41: Decoding On The Wall

    Set Decoding Mode The decoding mode reflects the current capabilities of the decoder. The decoder represented above supports three decoding modes: 16 channels 720x576, 9 channels 1280x960 and 4 channels 2048x1536. Note: The second number represents the maximum resolution of decoding, e.g. for the 9 channel mode, the maximum resolution of decoding is 1280x960.
  • Page 42 Decoder Screen If you need to remove a channel from the screen, select the channel to be deleted and click on the X button as indicated below: Remove Channel...
  • Page 43: Decoding Rolling

    7.3 Decoding Rolling If Decoding Rolling needs to be set up for a certain decoder, the decoder must be selected for Roll Screen when you are setting up the TV wall scheme (as explained in 6.3). The roll group needs to be set during the TV wall setup. Once the roll group and roll screen have been set for the scheme, click on the button below in the interface to...
  • Page 44: Decoder Playback

    7.5 Decoder Playback Click on the Playback tab on the Decoder screen. Decoder Playback Screen Drag a channel into the decoder, then select the Date and Stream Type under Search Conditions and click Video Retrieve to search for a video file on the selected channel. All the playback channels must be on the same device.
  • Page 45: Playback Function Oveview

    Decoder Playback Screen 7.6 Playback Function Overview There is a toolbar in the lower part of playback screen: The functions are: Play/Pause, Stop, Frame-by-frame Playback, Playback Speed, Split Screen Options, Full Screen, Decoder Control and Channel Clear.
  • Page 46: Alarm Configuration

    8. Alarm Configuration Click Alarm Configuration on the Control Panel. Alarm Configuration is the alarm rule setting screen and can be used to edit alarm linkage. Alarm Configuration Screen The Alarm Configuration screen shows the current linkage rules and their status as either enabled or disabled. 8.1 Add Alarm Rule To add a new alarm linkage rule, click on Add on the upper left corner.
  • Page 47 Add Alarm Linkage Complete the following to setup: 1) Rule Name: Select a name for the alarm linkage rule. 2) Alarm Type: Linkage currently supports eight alarm types, including: alarm input, motion detection, video tampering alarm, video loss, target count detection, area detection, object detection and line crossing detection.
  • Page 48 • Record: Once triggered, the linked channel will start local and storage server recording (as configured on the Recording Plan) and can be viewed by searching on the Playback screen. • Pop-up Image: Once triggered, the preview window will appear on the control panel displaying a real-time preview of the linked channel.
  • Page 49: Modify Alarm Rule

    8.2 Modify Alarm Rule After an alarm rule has already been added, click Modify to edit it. 8.3 Delete Alarm Rule To remove the existing rule, click Delete. To disable without deleting it, uncheck the box under Enable. 9. Alarm Management Click Alarm on the Control Panel to enter the Alarm Management screen.
  • Page 50: Log Management

    10. Log Management Click Log on the Control Panel to enter the Log Management screen. Log Management Screen Log Management displays all the user’s important operation records. Select Log Type and Time then click Retrieve to search. The Log Type includes: 1) Login/Logout: The user’s login/logout record.
  • Page 51: User Management

    11. User Management Click User Management in the Control Panel. User Management Screen The administrator can set the permissions for sub-users and users. Upon setup, the software automatically creates a user called “Admin”, which can’t be deleted and has full permissions. Click Modify to change the password of the “Admin”...
  • Page 52: Add Sub-User

    11.1 Add Sub-user Click Add User to add another user account. Add User Window Setting the user type as “Guest” means the user is not an administrative user. Once set, the user type can’t be modified. Enter a username, password, password confirmation and then click OK to add new user.
  • Page 53 Right Management Screen Areas of access include: common access, map access and decoder access. Common Access: This includes preview, playback, video, intercom and PTZ control by channel. The administrator can distribute specific channels to specific sub-users. The PTZ number represents the amount of control a user has over the PTZ feature, to be used when multiple users are attempting to control the PTZ camera simultaneously.
  • Page 54 Channels that are not assigned to the user will be hidden when that user logs in and the functions they are not permitted to access will be deactivated. Right Management Screen Sample login for sub-user that can only see five channels: Sub-user View Note: The Admin’s access cannot be modified once established.
  • Page 55: Sub-User Modification And Deletion

    11.3 Sub-user Modification and Deletion User Management Screen 1) Modify Sub-user: Click Modify to enter the edit screen. Change the password if needed and click OK when done. Edit User Screen 2) Delete Sub-user: Click Delete on the User Management screen to delete a user.
  • Page 56: Local Configuration

    12. Local Configuration Click Local Configuration on the Control Panel. Local Configuration Screen 1) Auto Login: When the VMS software opens, it will automatically log the user in. 2) Auto Startup: The program will run automatically when powered 3) Auto Stream: •...
  • Page 57 8) Export Log Path: Path to save the export log files. 9) Sync Device Time: Manual or automatic synchronization time for access devices. 10) Alarm Sounds: Select an alarm sound for alarm linkage. 11) Rec Storage Path Setting: Set the path for local recording storage. 12) Data Backup and Restore: The user can backup and restore the database to prevent data loss.
  • Page 58 ©2017 Uniden America Corporation, Irving TX. uniden.com...

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