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ABUS embedded NVR Local user interface user guide Date: 04.05.2016 Firmware: 3.3.4...
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English This user guide contains important information on starting operation and using the device. Make sure that this user guide is handed over when the product is given to other persons. Keep this user guide to consult later. You will find a list of contents with the corresponding page numbers in the contents.
Contents Important safety information ............................6 Explanation of symbols ..............................6 Intended use ..................................6 General .................................... 6 Power supply ................................... 6 Installation ..................................7 Children .................................... 7 Introduction ..................................8 General information ................................. 8 On-screen keyboard ................................ 8 Starting the device ................................9 Switching off the device, locking, rebooting ........................
Important safety information Important safety information Explanation of symbols General The following symbols are used in this manual and on the Before using this recorder for the first time, please read device: the following instructions carefully and observe all warn- ing information, even if you are familiar with the use of Symbol Signal...
Only open the housing to install the hard disk drive. Only install the software on devices that are ex- pressly suitable for the intended purpose. Otherwise, damage to the device can occur. Note Compatible devices: TVVR35002 TVVR35011 TVVR45021 TVVR45030 TVVR60011 TVVR60021 Warning If in doubt, have the device installed by a special- ist technician.
Should you identify any omis- sions or inaccuracies, please contact us at the ad- dress shown on the back of the manual. ABUS The keys have exactly the same function as a computer Security-Center GmbH does not accept any liabil- keyboard.
Introduction Starting the device Attention The device may only be connected to a mains voltage supply as specified on the type plate. For security, use an uninterruptable power supply UPS. When the device is connected to the power supply, it starts up automatically and the LED status bar glows.
Setup wizard Setup wizard Setting up the system The setup wizard guides you through the required basic settings for the system. The network video recorder will then be ready for recording and monitoring. Note All the advanced settings can be found in the de- vice menu see the overview on page 22.
Setup wizard System time and date Administrator set up Warning Note down the admin password. The preset password is: 1 2 3 4 5 " ". Enter the system time consisting of date and time. Finish the setting by clicking on Next.
Setup wizard Network settings Note To set up remote access, activate DDNS using the "checkbox". Ask the network administrator responsible whether the DHCP can be selected or the IP ad- Click on the input field and select the DDNS type. dress and additional settings have to be done Save the server address and the Device Domain manually.
Setup wizard Camera recording Warning This will delete all data found on the disc. Click on OK to acknowledge the security prompt. The hard disk drive is set up for use. Progress is shown on the status bar. Finish the setting with OK and then click on Next. Camera assistant 1.
Live view Live view Overview Pop-up menu with mouse operation Live view starts automatically when the device is switched on. Note Right click when the mouse pointer is positioned on a live image. The following settings can be made. The arrow pointing to the right indicates that a sub-menu opens for selection: The following menus are found in the header: ...
Live view Aux Monitor Switches the mouse control to the AUX monitor Note Start Auto-switch: Specify the display sequence delay in the display settings. Note Activation of "AUX monitor" without a connected spot monitor: Mouse pointer function is disabled. The following settings are available in the General tab: Video Output In- VGA/HDMI Selection bar in the camera image...
Live view Setting the camera output You can display up to 36 cameras simultaneously in live view. Click on the View tab: Select the display mode. 1 x 1 2 x 2 1 + 5 1 + 7 ...
Playback in live view Playback in live view Control via the control panel General There are three different options for playback: The control panel (4) is used to control running playback. The symbols have the following meanings: Playback icon in the title bar ...
Playback in live view Click on 'File management' (8): Selecting playback type Selecting the playback type (5) allows various types of The following tabs are available: recording and event to be displayed and filtered in the Description playback view. Video Export and manage video clips Clips Playback...
Playback in live view Start the event search using the previously Playback: Duration Search defined filters. Select an entry from the list of results and start playback by clicking on the appropriate icon. Playback: Tag "Continuous" playback is the default view always dis- played when the playback function is opened.
Playback in live view Using "Smart" playback, a retrospective motion analysis Filters Description of the recorded data from the NVR is carried out. To do Camera Select a camera channel. this, the recorded image content from the selected chan- Select the number of segments nel is analysed.
Playback in live view Playback: Image Using "Image" playback, images saved internally on the NVR (saved via the snapshot function from the live view, playback or via time schedule) can be played back. There are other filters available for the search: Filters Description Cameras...
Device menu Device menu You can also see important information about your de- Menu overview vice on the right-hand side. The following overview menu shows the main menus Click on the menu you need to open it. used to set and control the device. ...
Settings Settings Menu description Menu Description Configuration Used to manage all device settings (General, Network, Live View, Warning and User). Camera Menu for setting camera parameters (OSD configuration, image mode, motion detec- tion, private zone, tamper monitoring and video loss). Recording Menu for setting recording parameters (schedule, camera resolution, holiday etc.) Used to initialise and manage a built-in hard disk drive (assign read/write functionality,...
Configuration Configuration General settings Note The Configuration menu is used to manage all de- General tab Setting vice settings. Language On-screen display language. Output Standard Video output format at BNC video Warning output (PAL/NTSC). Ensure that the date and time are set correctly. Resolution Monitor resolution ATTENTION:...
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Configuration Below there is an overview of terms related to using the DST Settings Setting device on networks. Parameter Setting Auto DST Ad- If the box is ticked, the device justment switches automatically to daylight sav- IP address An IP address is the unique address of ing time.
Configuration the addresses assigned by DHCP to Click on Change to enter the access avoid problems occurring. data (user name and password) for your provider. Port A port is an interface that enables differ- DDNS Server for Dynamic Domain Name Sys- ent programs to communicate.
Alternate DNS IP address of the alternative DNS Server server. To be able to use the ABUS DDNS function, you first Note need to set up an account at www.abus-server.com. In certain modes some of these settings cannot be Please read the FAQs on this topic on the website.
Configuration NTP tab Sender's The email address linked to the Address email account Select Select three potential recipients for Receivers the email Receiver Enter the name of the recipient here Receiver's Ad- Enter the email address of the recipi- dress Enable Attached Tick the box if camera recordings Picture...
If UPnP is enabled, the network ports configured by UPnP are transferred Parameter Setting to the ABUS server (provided that Alarm Host IP Network address of the CMS station ABUS DDNS is enabled). Alarm Host Port...
Configuration Settings Alarm Trigger Channel tab Alarm Status tab Here you can see a list of all the alarm inputs and outputs and their current status. Alarm Input tab Tick the corresponding box to select which camera chan- nel is triggered in the event of an alarm. Arming Schedule tab Parameter Setting...
Configuration Linkage Action tab PTZ Linking tab Select the Linkage Action tab. Here you can configure Here you can control specific PTZ presets, patrols or pat- the response of the recorder in the event of an alarm by terns for a taught-in camera. ticking the corresponding box.
Configuration Dwell Time Select the dwell time for switching the Flow Ctrl Required to transfer data to alarm output. the Speed Dome without the data transmission being per- formed too quickly and data Activate the alarm output by ticking the "Settings" packages being lost box.
Configuration User's MAC MAC address of the network adapter User Address of the PC used by the corresponding user. Note: This limits access to the PC, for which the MAC address has been entered here. Enter the name and password and confirm the pass- word in the field below.
Configuration Note The primary recorder performs the "master" function for recording, camera configuration and live image display. If Make sure that the second device has the same the primary recorder stops working (power failure, net- or better performance data (IN/OUT, number of work failure), the hot spare recorder automatically takes channels, number and size of hard disk drives).
Camera Note Camera The update function via USB is not available for all cameras. Alternatively, you can use the ABUS IP Installer for the IP camera firmware update. Click on Delete to delete the cameras you have already added. Click on Add All to add all the cameras displayed.
IP camera. If you are using a third party manufacturer's cam- era, please check in advance that it is on the com- patibility list at www.abus.com. The camera func- Note tionality supported by the recorder may be re- You can usually find information on the RTSP...
Camera Parameter Setting Camera Selection of the camera channel to be processed Name Allocation of camera name Display Name Activate/deactivate display of Select the camera channel to be processed under "Cam- camera name in the live view era". "Linear Scan" under the menu item "PTZ Parame- Display Date Activate/deactivate display of ters"...
Camera Pattern Save and retrieve a motion pat- Note tern. The displayed settings for motion detection are Patrol Save and retrieve patrols. basic settings. In the camera's web interface, de- tailed settings may be available. Saving and retrieving presets 1. Use the arrow keys to navigate the camera to the If no live image from the camera is displayed in this dia- desired image section.
Camera Settings Note When you click on "Settings", the Trigger Channel tab Up to eight time slots, between 00:00 and 00:00, will appear (only for motion detection): can be defined in each case, but the individual time slots must not overlap. Under Copy, select whether or not the setting should be applied to every day of the week and the holiday settings.
Camera Private Zone Select the camera channel to be processed under "Cam- era" and select the checkbox "Enable Privacy Mask". Use the mouse pointer to drag the desired privacy masks across the preview. Select the day and enter the schedule. Note Note You can set a maximum of four privacy masks.
Camera Select the day and enter the schedule. Audible Warning The device emits a re- peated signal tone. Note Notify Surveillance Cen- The CMS sends out a warn- Up to eight time slots, between 00:00 and 00:00, ing message. can be defined in each case, but the individual Send Email An email is sent to a speci- time slots must not overlap.
Camera Select the required VCA function to start configuration. Different settings options are available for different VCA functions. Here is a summary of the parameters: Option Description Enable Enables the VCA function in the camera. Settings Define settings for re- sponses in the event that an alarm is triggered (email, notification of Surveillance...
Recording Recording Schedule Open the overview menu and select Settings. Next, click Coloured icon on the "Record" icon. There are two types of configura- Blue Duration: period in hours tion and data recording available: Light green Event: a recording is made when- Recording ever any type of event (motion, Configuration of video stream re-...
Recording 4. Specify the recording type in the drop-down menu for There are three types of configuration available: "Type": Recording Quality settings for continuous Duration and event-based recording Event Substream Quality settings for the sub- Motion stream, which is used for the live ...
Recording Substream tab Parameter Setting Camera Camera to be set Parameter type Individual settings for continuous and event recording. Resolution Auto, 4CIF(704x576), CIF(352x288), QCIF(176x144) Picture Quality There are various quality levels: +++: medium quality ++++++: high quality Interval Period after which single images are saved (between 1 second 24 hours) The following parameters can be set:...
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Recording Name Manually enter the name of the holiday or bank holiday Activated Enable or disable the holiday set Model By Date/By Week/By Month Start time Select the start date/start time End Time Select the end date/end time Confirm your settings by clicking on Apply and then OK.
Hard disk drives HDD Information Description Label Shows the internal connection Note number. The installed hard disk drives have to be initialised Capacity Hard disk drive capacity (in GB). before the device can be used for recording. It is Status Shows the current status of the only then that the device will recognise the hard hard disk drives:...
Specify the maximum picture re- Max. Picture Ca- cording size on the linked data NetHDD pacity (GB) Choose from eight NetHDDs. storage devices for each camera. Type NAS: For this setting, your net- work storage must support the When this function is activated, Enable HDD NFS file system.
In this mode, no video data is Read-only written onto the data storage de- vice. This setting is useful if you want to stop data from being overwritten after an event. In this mode, video data is stored Redundancy in parallel. All data storage de- vices with the R/W setting are also stored on all data storage devices with the "Redundancy"...
Create Create a RAID array manually. The following RAID types can be used: RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID10. Hot spare Free data storage devices which are not assigned to a RAID array can be defined as "hot spares". These data storage devices are not used by the system initially.
Panic recording Panic recording Recording Continuous Capture Press the REC button or navigate to Manual Manage- ment in the main menu to start manual picture/video re- cording. The settings are identical for snapshots and so will only be described once. If a recording is started manually, it also has to be stopped manually.
VCA Search VCA Search Behaviour Search: Table view Behaviour Search: List view In the overview menu, select the "VCA Search" item to analyse video data recorded using VCA functions. Behaviour Search The following options are available in the results search: Parameter Description Playback...
VCA Search The following options are available in the results search: Face Search Parameter Description Playback Select a line by clicking on the Play icon . The recording is shown in the preview window (1). Using the playback controls displayed below the image, the recording can be played back.
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VCA Search The following parameters can be set for the search: Parameter Description Camera Select a camera with the Object Count- ing" function enabled. Report Type Select the report type here. The following filters can be set: daily report, weekly re- port, monthly report or annual report.
Video Export Video Export Select the view using the available tabs "Table" or "List" The file size of each of the recordings and the total size of all recordings found are displayed. In the menu, go to Video Export to export recorded ...
Video Export Note Once the storage process is completed, you can select the data on the medium and play it back on the player (which has to be exported separately). This way you can check that the export was suc- cessful.
Maintenance Maintenance Log Information Note You can search for "events" according to the fol- Select the "Maintenance" item in the overview menu to lowing main types/events/parameters: carry out system maintenance if problems arise. Alarm Note This menu is used for device maintenance and Warning should only be used by experienced users.
Maintenance HDD Error To go to a specific page number enter it in field (5) IP Conflicted and confirm by clicking on (6). Network Disconnected Exception Recording Click on the "Details" icon for more information. ...
Maintenance Select the upgrade file and click on Upgrade. Wait until the device reboots. If necessary, check the firmware status under Infor- mation in the Maintenance menu. Performing a sys- tem reset Note Upgrades via FTP are carried out in the same way as detailed above.
Maintenance (‘pinging’). Enter the network address of the device to be Network Stat. tab checked (e.g. 192.168.0.25) and click on Test. Information on two parameters will appear: Parameter Setting Average The time the pinged device needs to delay reply. Packet loss Displays the percentage of packets rate: that were not transmitted.
Maintenance Confirm the settings by clicking on Apply and exit the menu by clicking on OK. Checking the hard disk drive status You can check the status of each hard disk drive in the "System Maintenance" menu. The S.M.A.R.T (Self-Moni- toring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) information is stored in the log data.
Technical data Technical data Subject to technical changes and correction without notice. ABUS video re- TVVR35002 TVVR35011 TVVR45021 TVVR45030 TVVR60011 TVVR60021 corder Video compres- H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 sion 8 x IP...
Fault rectification Fault rectification Before contacting the Service department, read the following information to determine the possible cause of any fault. Fault Cause Solution: No power Power cable not connected Connect the power cable properly to the socket Power switch at OFF Set power switch to ON No power supplied from socket If necessary, use another device at the...
Domain cameras store their pictures in JPEG format Domains (name space) that identify Internet pages (e.g. MPEG www.abus-sc.de). Abbreviation for Moving Picture Experts Group. This is Dual stream used as an international standard for the compression of Dual stream designates a video transmission method. A moving pictures.
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Glossary "Video Graphics Array“" For PCs, the usual interface for "Phase Alternating Line"; European colour TV system. It analogue video signals – usually involves RGB signals. uses 576 visible picture lines, with the lines used for management signals, a full screen consists of 625 lines. Fifty half images are displayed per second.
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