SAFETY INSTRUCTION Please carefully read the following safety instruction to avoid personal injuries and prevent the equipment and other connection devices from being damaged. 1. Power sources. Please use the included power supply or specified by the manufacturer. Never operate the equipment with an unspecified power supply. 2.
Chapter 1 Overview of NVR 1.1 Front Panel NVR Front Panel, as shown in figure 1-1 to figure 1-7. Figure 1-1 Front panel of M1 case Figure 1-2 Front panel of N1 case Figure 1-3 Front panel of W1 case Function Description Power switch Network status light...
1.2 Rear Panel NVR Rear Panel, as shown in figure 1-8 to figure 1-12. Figure 1-8 Rear panel of MX8 case Figure 1-9 Rear panel of NX3 case Figure 1-10 Rear panel of WX1 case Description Power Input Interface Power switch Exhaust Fan Vent Alarm in/out Interface Audio in/out Interface...
1.3 Remote Controller The NVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, as shown in Figure 1-7. Figure 1-14 Remote Controller Description Item Enter the Playback Interface Backward One Frame Control Step-Frame Backward Playback Control Button Control Playback Status Quick Control All Channels Record Type Control Playback Speed Slow Down Playback...
Quick Button of PTZ Control 19/20 Number Area Enter Numbers/Switch Preview Channels Switch Preview Channel Number Choose Input Number Digits Once Shutdown Shutdown/Restart/Logout/Switch user Table 1-5 Key functions of the remote controller Note: The remote control only works properly when the status indicator on the front panel turns blue.
Live view: Show main menu. Right-Click Single-Click Menu: Exit current menu to upper level menu. At the same Hold 5 seconds, change device resolution into the Left&Right-Click time click lowest Scrolling up Menu: change the settings value to high Scroll-Wheel Scrolling Menu: change the settings value to low down...
Backspace Lowercase/Uppercase Table1-7 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Chapter 2 NVR Connection 2.1 HDD Installation Before installing a Hard Disk (HDD), please make sure the power is disconnected from the NVR. Please refer to NVR’s specifications to confirm the max capacity for each Hard Disk. NVR without a Hard Disk will still support monitoring, but there will be no recording or playback.
Figure 2-3 Connect the power and data cables Figure 2-4Install the cover and screws Note: If you require a higher performance HDD, it is strongly recommended to use special hard drive designed for security and protection. Please do not take out hard drive when NVR is running! 2.2 IP Camera and Monitor Connection Transmit data of IP camera to NVR via the network cable, then connect switch annd VGA/HDMI monitor port for output as depicted below.
Figure 2-8 GW7832N-V8 & GW7864N-V8 connection guide 2.3 Power Supply Connection Please use attached power adapter to connect NVR. Before powering on, make sure the cables on the audio I/O ports and network port are well connected. Figure 2-8 Power Connection Guide...
Chapter 3 Getting Start 3.1 Start Up and Shut Down Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the NVR. Please check that the voltage of the power supply is the same with the NVR’s requirements, and the ground connection is working properly.
Figure 3-1 Shutdown Menu 3.2 Using the Startup Wizard By default, the Startup Wizard starts once the NVR has loaded, as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-2 Startup Wizard Operating the Startup Wizard: The Startup Wizard can walk you through some important NVR configurations. If you don’t want to use the Startup Wizard at that moment, click the exit button.
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Figure 3-3 Modify current password &General settings Wizard Note: Please refer section 4.3.1.1 General setting for further explanation of menu After the general settings, click Next Step button which takes you back to the record control Setup Wizard window, as shown in figure 3-4.
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Figure 3-4 Record control settings Note: Please refer section 4.3.5 Record for further explanation of menu After the record control settings, click Next Step button which takes you to the HDD Manage Setup Wizard window, as shown in figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 HDD Manage Note: Please refer section 4.4.3.1 Base for further explanation of menu...
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Figure 3-6 Basic Network Settings Note: Please refer section 4.3.2 Network for further explanation of menu Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, you enter the cloud service Setup Wizard window, as shown in figure 3-7. Figure 3-7 Cloud Service Note: Please reference section 4.3.2.3 P2P for further explanation of menu Click finished button to complete the startup Setup Wizard.
3.3 Login and logout User Login NVR requires user login before operating the menu and other functions. Login Method 1, Pattern: User can draw a preset Pattern to login or unlock his NVR, shown as below: Figure 3-8 Login by Pattern Note: ...
Chapter 4 NVR MENU 4.1 NVR Menu Guide Live Playback Live View Zoom Manual record Normal playback Event playback Label playback NVR Main Playback Menu Smart playback Time division playback Picture playback Channel Record Alarm Setting Network Preview System Security System Main Menu Network...
4.2 Live View 4.2.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video stream from each camera in real time. The NVR automatically enters Live View mode when powered on, as shown in figure 4-2. Figure 4-2 live view interface On live view screen, click on the channel "...
Shown on channel preview when alarm triggered. Alarm detect Shown on channel preview when video lost. Video lost No preview authority. Camera lock Table4-1 Live view Icons 4.2.2 Operations in Live View Mode There are many functions available from the Live View Mode. The functions are listed below. •...
Quickly enter and locate a channel in channel management interface. Channel Set Quickly enable a blank area in preview to show the people’s face detected by the camera.(As shown in Figure 4-4) Face Detection Quickly enter PTZ control interface. Table4-2 Description of the Quick Setting Toolbar Figure 4-4 Face Detection 4.2.4 Desktop shortcut menu In preview mode you can right click mouse to access the desktop shortcut menu, as shown in...
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Main menu: The main menu includes playback, setting, maintain, backup and shutdown. Startup wizard: Please refer to section 3.2 for more information. Automatic channel config: When you right click the mouse and choose Auto Channel Config, the NVR will automatically add available IP cameras on the same Network as NVR ...
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Color setting: it is a shortcut to settings ->Channel management ->Image color settings window. Output adjust: it is a shortcut access to settings ->System settings ->Output control interfaces. Mute: The speaker mute switch, Icon means speaker turns on, icon means speaker turns off.
4.3 Settings 4.3.1 System 4.3.1.1 General setting Click on "Main Menu-> Setting → System-> General ", as shown in Figure 4-10. Figure 4-10 General Language: Simplified Chinese, English, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Cesky. Time zone: Select your corresponding time zone here. ...
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Figure 4-12 DST (date) Auto Logout: The amount of time of inactivity before your account is logged out of NVR Startup Wizard: The startup wizard can guide you to finish some important settings of the NVR. You can also choose to skip this step, or make sure it never pops up again. ...
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Note: The time synchronization interval can be set from 1 to 65535min, and the default value is 10 min. If the NVR is connected to a public network, you should use a NTP server that has a time synchronization function, such as the server at the National Time Center. 4.3.1.2 Display setting Click on the "Settings ->...
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4.3.1.3 Auto Reboot Click on "Setting -> System ->Auto Reboot", as shown in figure 4-15. You can set the auto reboot time to maintain the device. Figure 4-15 Auto Reboot 4.3.1.4 Reminder Click on "Setting -> System ->Reminder", as shown in figure 4-16. When enable this function, there will be a reminder box on the GUI when every selected time gap comes, the user who view the monitor need to click OK button to prove that he is on duty, each operation will be kept in log.
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4.3.2 Security 4.3.2.1 Account Click on "Setting -> System ->Account", as shown in figure 4-17. There are three default accounts in the NVR: admin/guest/default. The account of admin is an administrator, it has the permission to add and delete any user and configure user parameters. Figure 4-17 Account :...
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Figure 4-18 Add group Add user: Add a user in the group and set the user permission. Enter the menu interface and input the user name and password. Choose the group and choose whether using the. Re-useable function, this function allows multiple users use the same account to login.
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Figure 4-20 Modify group Modify User: click icon to modify the existing users’ attribute, as shown in figure 4- Figure 4-21 Modify User Modify password: You can set password among 1-64 bits, legal characters include letter and number, other characters are not forbidden - as shown in figure 4-22.
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Figure 4-22 Modify password Here you can set Pattern for quick login. Click “Pattern Set” to open following set interface. Figure 4-23 Set Unlock Pattern You can set your own Pattern, for example: Figure 4-24 Set Unlock Pattern...
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Then draw the pattern again to confirm your pattern: Figure 4-25 Confirm Unlock Pattern Then click save and your Pattern will be saved into system, next time when a login needed you can use Pattern to unlock, shown as below: Figure 4-26 Unlock NVR by Pattern Note: ...
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address or allow some trusted IP. Click on "Setting -> Network ->Access", as shown in figure 4-23. Figure 4-27 Access Blocked Sites: The IP Addresses which are added to blocked sites are not allowed to login NVR. Trusted Sites: Only the IP Addresses which are added to trusted sites are allowed to login NVR.
Figure 4-28 Online Users User Name: Remote device login this NVR device account. IP: User remote access devices IP Address. Login Type: Remote connection type. Disconnect: Disconnect the connected user, and disconnected users will reconnect automatically in a while. ...
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Figure 4-25 Basic Setting of Network DHCP: Obtain IP address automatically. IP Address: Set the IP address of NVR. Default is 192.168.1.10 Subnet Mask: Default is 255.255.255.0. Gateway: Default is 192.168.1.1. MAC: the physical address of NVR. ...
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smart phone or tablet without extra setup on your network's. Click on "Setting -> Network ->P2P”, as shown in figure 4-26. This page shows the iPhone or Android APP download links, and the cloud ID Identification code. NVR can be connected to Cloud service and users can visit the NVR by its Cloud ID through Cellphone APP or the website: http://p2p.gwsecurityusa.com.
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Figure 4-27 DDNS Setting Enable: DDNS enabling toggle. DDNS Type: ISP of DDNS, including Oray DDNS, CN99 DDNS, DynDNS DDNS, NO-IP DDNS. This option can be customized according to the requirement your requirements. Domain name: Fill in the domain name provided by ISP or other DDNS service. ...
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Figure 4-28 UPNP Setting 4.3.3.5 Email 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. The network must be connected to the Internet in order to connect to the Email SMTP server. Click on "Setting ->...
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SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name. SMTP Port: The SMTP port. The default TCP/IP port used for SMTP is 25. Open SSL: Click the checkbox to enable SSL if required by the SMTP server. ...
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4.3.3.7 Cloud Storage As a new feature our device support upload video & picture to the cloud. Device will upload the video and picture to the cloud automatically after you set this function correctly. Click on "Setting -> Network → Cloud Storage", as shown in figure 4-31. Figure 4-31 Cloud Storage ...
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4.3.3.8 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet-standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior. Click on "Setting -> Network ->SNMP". There are 3 versions in SNMP. V1/V2 are shown in figure 4-32.
4.3.3.9 Multicast In computer networking, multicast (one-to-many or many-to-many distribution) is group communication where information is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously. Click on "Setting -> Network → Multicast, as shown in figure 4-34. Set the Multicast IP and Multicast port within the required range.
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4.3.4.1 Motion Motion detection is to detect the movement of the channel. If any movement appears in the surveillance area the NVR will detect it and respond according to the settings established. Click on the "Setting -> Alarm -> Motion", as shown in figure 4-35. Figure 4-35 Motion Detect ...
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Figure 4-36 Schedule Setting Interval: Set the time interval of each motion detection triggered. Trigger process: Set the handling action of motion detection including: alarm output, alarm delay, show massage, buzzer, send Email, record channels, record delay, PTZ act, tour, and Snapshot (as shown in figure 4-37).
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Figure 4-38 Select partially Figure 4-39 Select All Click Apply button to save the settings. 4.3.4.2 Masking Click on the "Settings -> Alarm ->Masking”, as shown in figure 4-40. Detect video masked on a channel and take alarm response actions. Figure 4-40 Masking ...
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4.3.4.3 Video lost Click on the "Settings -> Alarm ->Video Lost”, as shown in figure 4-41. Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response actions. Figure 4-41 Video Lost Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Video loss enable toggle ...
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Figure 4-42 Alarm In The Alarm input device is a device which can detect the surveillance area using sensors such as infrared sensor or temperature sensor, and when the environment is been changed, the sensor will trigger and alert the status. ...
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4.3.4.5 System Alert Click on the "Settings -> Alarm-> System Alert "into the graphical interface.”, as shown in figure 4- Exception settings refer to the handling action of various exceptions, including: No writable disk, Disk error, Disk No space, Network Disconnection, IP Conflicted. Figure 4-43 System Alert ...
supports these methods to remind the user about the exception: Show Message, Buzzer, Send Email, and Alarm Out. After all the settings finished, click the button Apply to save all changes. 4.3.5 Record In this chapter you'll learn how to set the recording schedule by configuring the related parameters.
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Figure 4-45 Record Plan Edit Week Day: The day to set the schedule, from Sunday to Saturday. Schedule 1-6: The time slot for the record, you can set 6 time slots for one day. Norm.: Record as continuous, normal video. ...
By selecting the checkbox on the right we can edit the corresponding bar on the left. For example, if we check the MD and edit the corresponding bar we will be able to edit the green part of the bar. By clicking the icon eraser , we can clear the setting of the bar at once.
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Figure 4-48 IP Channel Setting 4.3.6.1.1 Device edit The list above shows the channel name for each channel, IP Address, connection protocols, connection status. Also, includes: Delete: Delete the IPC highlighted. Also you can click the icon to delete the IP camera.
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Copy to: You can choose to copy the IPC Parameters of one camera to the remaining number of channels. As shown in figure 4-50. Figure 4-50 Copy the Encode Setting Edit: Click the icon , and enter the screen of Edit. Select channel, enter the user name and password of the IP Camera then select the: time sync type, connection protocol type, modify or add IP address, port number.
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Figure 4-52 IPC upgrade After all the settings finished, click the button Apply to save all changes. 4.3.6.1.2 IPC Searching This list shows: the device name, type of agreement, IP Address, port number, and access networks of all IP cameras that have found in the same subnet. ...
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Note: If our IP camera’s IP address is not in the same segment with the NVR the NVR can still find the IP camera, but the NVR may not be able to pull a video stream from the camera. It is recommended to change the IP address of the IP camera first to match the internal IP or if the NVR doesn't have a built-in POE the IP address of the NVR 4.3.6.2 Encode...
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Bit Rate Type: CBR(constant bitrate)/VBR(variable bitrate). Variable bitrate uses redundant bits in the video stream to lower the bitrate of the camera without losing quality of image. Image Quality: Lowest/Low/Standard/Good/Better/Best Bit Rate(Kb/s): Value of the Bandwidth, or rate in which data is brought into NVR ...
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Figure 4-56 Channel Color Setting Channel: Select the channel to configure. Period: Set the effective period of the configuration, it supports 2 period settings. Image Mode: The image mode for specific period of the configuration, there are Auto/Manual for options.
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Close: function disable Defog Auto: defog automatically Manual: adjust the effect manually NR Level: 0-6 Enhancement Defog: Close/Auto/Manual Smart light: close/manual/auto Table 4-4 IP Camera advanced setting 4.3.6.4 OSD You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including Channel Name, Date/Time format, Record status, Alarm status, etc.
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After all the setting finished, click the button Apply to activate the configuration. 4.3.6.5 Cover 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. Click on the "Settings ->...
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4.3.6.6 PTZ Click on the "Setting -> Channel ->PTZ”, as shown in figure 4-60. This chapter is to show you how to set the actions which you want the PTZ Camera to carry out when a corresponding alarm is triggered. Figure 4-60 PTZ Setting ...
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Border: Linear boundaries Including Left and right boundaries. Speed: Set the speed of the PTZ movement. Items Function Description Direction button and the auto-cycle button Zoom+, Zoom- Focus+, Focus- Iris+, Iris- The speed of the PTZ movement Table 4-5 Description of PTZ Control Icons 4.3.7 Preview 4.3.7.1 General Setting Click on the "Settings ->...
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Figure 4-62 General Setting Figure 4-63 Advanced Tour Setting 4.3.7.1 View Setting Click on the "Setting -> Preview->View Setting”, as shown in figure 4-63. Here you can design which cameras lie in which channel from different preset layout. For Dual- HDMI output NVR, you can also set which cameras show on HDMI1 and which cameras show on HDMI2.
Figure 4-63 View Setting Note: If you drag and switch two cameras position at preview, it will take into effect and show the corresponding position in View Setting interface. 4.4 Maintain Items Function Description Check the version of the device and upgrade the NVR. Check: channels, record, and alarm status.
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Figure 4-64 Version of Software Type: Devices’ model type. System: Shows the system version. Release date: Software release date. MAC: The Mac address of device. Update firmware version (Cloud Upgrade): User can manually check if there is a new firmware version, once the upgrade is selected the device will download the new firmware from the cloud server and upgrade.
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Figure 4-65 Upgrades NVR Detect: Manually detect the USB flash disk on this device. Upgrade: Select the correct file and click the “upgrade” button to upgrade the device, then click “OK” button to reboot the device after upgrading successfully. 4.4.1.3 Channel Click on the "Maintain -->...
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On this page you can check all the IP channel status and the status of alarm occurred including: motion detect, video mask, and video lost. 4.4.1.4 Record Click on the "Maintain --> System -> Record" as shown in figure 4-68. Figure 4-68 Channel Record Status On this page you can check all the channels recording status, open or stop, stream type, video or mixture (video and audio), frame/bite rate of channels stream, main/sub resolution of IP channel,...
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Figure 4-69 Alarm Status – Input/Output Name (Type): Contain alarm in and alarm out type and shows alarm name. Type: Alarm in contain normal open/normal close type, alarm out contain schedule/manual/stop type. Alarm status: Shows alarm status: contain “On” and “Off” type. ...
Figure 4-71 PoE power This page you can check all PoE channels power and connection status, include each POE port consumption and the rated power. Note: The menu above will only be available to NVR that have a built-in POE switch. 4.4.2 Network 4.4.2.1 Base Click on the "Maintain -->...
Figure 4-72 Interface of Check Base Network This page shows device network parameters, and DHCP enable status. 4.4.2.2 Flow Click on the "Maintain --> Network ->Flow", as shown in figure 4-73. Figure 4-73 Flow of Network You can check transmission and receive status by LAN Port. ...
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Figure 4-74 Base Setting of HDD This page displays: the status of your HDDs, hard drive serial number, name, attributes, type of hard drive, the total capacity / remaining capacity, which group they belong to, edit button, and uninstall / Loaded button. ...
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Figure 4-75 Edit of HDD On this page you can set HDD parameters, including ATTR and Group. Note: Every HDD only can be set to one group at the same time. 4.4.3.2 Advanced Click on the "Maintain --> HDD -> Advanced", as shown in figure 4-76. Figure 4-76 Advanced Setting of HDD This page allows you to switch: the hard disk's storage mode, "group", "quotas (Capacity)", and “Quota (Time)”.
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Group: You can set 16 different groups under group mode, and each channel is independent of each group. If a channel does not belong to any group, no video file will saved; if the channel belongs to more than one group the channel will use the space of these group one by one until all the groups are full.
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Figure 4-78 Quota of Time Mode Record used: Shows the video files space that the channel you chose has used in real- time. Volumes: Total capacity of all hard drives. Record Quota (Day): Set a time for a channel from 0-60 days, and the new video files will not cover the old files in the time period.
NO.: Hard disk serial number. Status: Shows HDD self-test status and results. Last test time: The last time you test HDD. Temperature: Shows HDD temperature in real-time. Life time (hours): Shows how long the time have you used this HDD. Note: ...
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Figure 4-81 Default On this page you can choose the function items displayed above and after when the execute button is clicked, the item(s) what you chosen will restore to factory defaults. Checking the “select all” button will restore all parameters to default settings. 4.4.5 Log Click on the "Maintain -->...
Type: Search type includes: “System”, “Config”, “Storage”, “Alarm”, “Record”, “Account”, ”Clear”, and ”Playback”. Start time/End time: Set the period of time you want to search. Search: After you set the time period and search type click the search button, and the device can save up to 4096 logs.
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How to back up the recording: Chose the record channel; Chose the video file type: “All Record”, “Event Record”, “Timing Record”, “Manual Record” four types. And Select File Format: DAV/AVI (It is recommended to use the AVI file type for easiest accessibility) Set the time period you want to check, and click on the search button.
Figure 4-85 Backup Event Video File This page you can check the event video, and there are three event types, include “Alarm input”, “Motion detect”, ”IA Detect”. And “IA Detect” contains two sub types “Crossing detect” and “Area intrusion detect”. Set search time period and the channel..
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Figure 4-86 Line Crossing Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Crossing detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect crossing. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of each crossing detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-87 Add Virtual Line 4.6.1.2 Area Intrusion Click on the " Event -> Alarm -> Area Intrusion”, as shown in figure 4-88. Intrusion detection function detects people, vehicles, and other objects entering in a pre-defined virtual region from outside; certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Figure 4-88 Area Intrusion ...
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Interval: Set the time interval of each intrusion detection triggered. Trigger process: Set the handling action of intrusion detection; please take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. You can add a virtual area to the surveillance area using the following steps: Choose the area number, the maximum number of the area is 4.
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Figure 4-90 Region detection Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Intrusion detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of each intrusion detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-91 Region detection Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Intrusion detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of each intrusion detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-92 Unattended Object Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Intrusion detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of each intrusion detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-93 Object Missing Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Intrusion detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of each intrusion detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-95 Fats Moving Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Fast Moving enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of each intrusion detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-96 Face Detection Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Face Detection enable toogle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of Face Detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-97 Loitering Detection Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Loitering Detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of Loitering Detection triggered. ...
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Figure 4-98 Parking Detection Channel: Select the channel. Enable: Parking Detection enable toggle. Schedule: Set the time slot to detect intrusion. You can take the setting of chapter 4.3.3.1 motion detection for reference. Interval: Set the time interval of Parking Detection triggered. ...
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Click the Apply button to save the settings. 4.6.2 Diagnosis 4.6.2.1 Video diagnosis Click on "Event->Diagnosis", there are another four types alarm in this page. Note: Only GW78 series IP camera can support this feature, with protocol “Smart”.
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4.6.2.1.1 Blurred detection After enabling this detection, there will be an alarm when a camera lose focus, you can set the Schedule, Sensitivity and linkage action like other Alarm. Shown as picture below: Figure 4-100 Blurred detection 4.6.2.1.2 Scene change detection After enabling this function, an alarm will be triggered when the position of the camera has been changed.
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4.6.2.2 Audio exception detection There are two types audio detection alarm: Audio input abnormally: when the audio input of the camera input abnormally, then it will trigger the alarm; Strong sound intensity: When there is a sudden strong sound input, then it will trigger the alarm.
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You can set A->B or B->A. Note: Only GW78 series IP camera can support this feature, with protocol “Smart”. 4.6.3.2 Statistical table Here will show the Statistics for the people counting, you can select Report type as daily report, weekly report, monthly report or yearly report.
4.6.4 Retrieval Click on "Event->Retrieval->Face detection", as shown in figure 4-105. This page you can select the record channel which had triggered face detection and has recording files. Then you can set the Start time and End time. Click ‘Search’ to search the face recorded in the specified channel during a period of time. Figure 4-105 Face detection 4.7 Playback Right click and select the “Record Playback”...
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Figure 4-106 Main Interface of Playback Items Function Playback Type NVR support four types playback mode: “Normal Play”, “Event Play”, “Label Play”, “Time Division Play”, “Normal Play (Picture)” Display The windows display video Channels You can select the channels for playback in this area Date Shows the date that have video files and marked blue Time of File...
File manager. Mange the cut file, locked file, and labeled file Zoom, Zoom the playing channel Sync/Async, Switch button of playback mode Main/Sub Stream, Switch button of stream type Start/Pause, Control button of start/pause playback Backward Playback/Pause, Control button of backward playback Stop Playing, Control button of stop playback Frame Control, Control step frame and backward frame Slow playback, slow down play speed of playing channels...
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Figure 4-107 Normal Playback Modes All the operations of these buttons to control the playback, you can refer to the previous table. And the “Cut” button will cut all the files of the channels you’re playing, you can check the files you cut in the “File Manage”.
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Figure 4-109 Backup the Clip files The “Lock Record” button will lock the file to stop overwriting with a new file. You can check and back up the locked files in “File Manage”. And you can unlock the locked files in this interface. Figure 4-110 Lock Files Click the “Default Label”...
Figure 4-111 Label Manage The “Main/Sub stream” button can change the video stream into sub stream from main stream, the “Speed up” button can speed up 32 times the channel you selected and speed up 16 channels 2 times maximum. 4.7.2 Event play Select the “Event Play”...
Figure 4-112 Search for Event Playback Key Picture Key Title Key Function First Quickly go to the first page of event search results. Prev Go to the previous page of event search results. Next Go to the next page of event search results. Last Quickly go to the last page of event search results.
Figure 4-113 Search for Label Playback Select the channels, and set the time period of search. Click the search button, search results as shown in the figure. “Label” means label’s name that you can edit in file manage and “Chan” means the channel you tagged, “Time”...
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4.7.4.1 Draw Line Figure 4-114 Smart Playback – Draw Line First you need select a channel and click “Play”, then the icon of “Draw Line” can be active. You can click to draw a line on the video interface; Click “Setting” button you can specify some setting for playback like “Skip Non-Focus Video”...
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4.7.4.2 Draw Quadrilateral Figure 4-115 Smart Playback – Draw Quadrilateral First you need select a channel and click “Play”, then the icon of “Draw Quadrilateral” can be active. You can click to draw a quadrilateral on the video interface; Click “Setting” button you can specify some setting for playback like “Skip Non Focus Video”...
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4.7.4.3 Motion Draw Rectangle Figure 4-116 Smart Playback – Motion Draw Rectangle First you need select a channel and click “Play”, then the icon of “Motion Draw Rectangle” can be active. You can click it to draw an area on the video interface; Click “Setting”...
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4.7.4.4 Motion Full Screen Figure 4-117 Smart Playback – Motion Full Screen First you need select a channel and click “Play”, then the icon of “Motion Full Screen” can be active. You can click it to draw an area on the full video interface; Click “Setting”...
4.7.4.5 Face search Figure 4-118 Smart Playback – Face Search First you need select a channel and click “Play”, then the icon of “Face search” can be active. The full video interface will be detected by default; Click “Setting” button you can specify some setting for playback like “Skip Non-Focus Video”...
Figure 4-119 Time Division Playback First you need chose the channel and select division windows number to display, from 1-16 windows. For example, if you chose the windows number is 4, the files of the date you chose will be divided into 4 parts. You can change the playing channel but do not need to stop.
Select the “Normal Play (Picture)” enters the normal playback of pictures mode. Select the channels, the search result as shown in the figure. As for the button of control playback including “File Manage”, ”Sync/Async”, “Start/Pause”, “Backward play”, ”Stop Playing”, “Slow down”, ”Speed up”, and “Time-line Stretch”, “Time-line Shorten”. The sources of pictures you play are manual snap on preview interface and the manual snap in playback interface.
Chapter 5 WEB Application Manage 5.1 Plug-in download and installation Open your web browser and input the IP address of NVR, such as http://192.168.1.9 (the default IP address), if your IP address has been changed, you can use the new IP address, and press the Enter key to enter the login interface.
Figure 5-2 Login Interface 5.3 Preview After you login successfully, you will enter the preview interface, as show in figure 5-3. Figure 5-3 Preview Interface Items Function Description Function Tab Main Menu Includes preview, playback, Alarm, Config and Logout. Preview The connection channel of NVR.
stream Open ALL(Sub):Open all the preview channels in sub stream Close All: Close all the preview channels. Dynamic Tracking all open/ Full Screen/ Screen Division Other Function Original Size/ Talk/ Multicast/ Local Snapshot/ Local Record/ Listen PTZ control Control PTZ directions, add preset and tour etc.
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Figure 5-5 Playback Interface It supports 8 channels playback at the same time, it displays the intraday videos of 8 channels by default, and the default videos are recorded in main stream, if you want to search the videos recorded in sub stream, you have to enable the “Sub Stream “check box .On this page, you can select the any channel and date you want, and then click the Search button, it will display the results of your research.
Set the start time and end time of the videos you want to see, click the Search button, and then it will display the matched results. Each video will display its start time and its type, and all the videos in the same channel will display in chronological order. Click the More button, you will turn to the interface of setting more parameters, as show in figure 5-7.
Figure 5-8 Alarm Setting interface After checking Listen Alarm box, and select the alarm type below, when the device trigger the corresponding alarm, it will display an alarm message to notify you. And link operation will be active. Message: Auto jump to this page when alarm triggered. ...
Figure 5-9 Local Set Interface 5.6.2 System 5.6.2.1 Setting Click “Set ->System ->Setting” to enter the interface, as shown in the figure 5-10. Figure 5-10 Version Information of NVR It displays the MAC address of NVR, channel numbers, the number of audio input and output, the number of alarm input and output, system version, the release date of software version.
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5.6.2.2 Base Click “Set ->System ->Base” to enter the interface, as shown in the figure 5-11. Figure 5-11 Base Language: There are English, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. Device No.: The default number is 8, if it is modified to any other number, remote control will not make effect to the NVR.
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Figure 5-12 Time&Date Setting Interface Configure the following settings, and then click save button to save the settings. Time Zone: Select the time zone System Time: Select the system date and time. Date Format: Select the date format ...
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5.6.2.4.2 Access Control Click the Set->Security Manage->Access Control to enter the interface, as show in figure 5-14. Select the type of restricted list, Blocked Sites and Trusted Sites are selectable. Input the IP Address manually, click Add IP button on the right, click save button to save the settings. If you want to delete the IP you have set before, left-click an IP address from the IP Blocked list /IP Allowed and click Delete IP.
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5.6.2.5 Display Settings Click Set ->System –>Display to enter the interface, show as figure 5-15. Figure 5-15 Display Adjustment Interface You can click the check box of time title, channel title, alarm state and record state to enable these function, if time title and channel title are set as enabled, they will appear on the screen of current NVR system.
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5.6.2.7 Record State Click Set ->System –>Record State to enter the interface, show as figure 5-17. On this page you can check the channel name, channel connection status stream type, frame rate, bitrate and resolution. Figure 5-17 Record State Interface 5.6.2.8 Reminder Click on Set ->...
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5.6.3 Network 5.6.3.1 General 5.6.3.1.1 TCP/IP Click Set ->Network ->General ->TCP/IP to enter the interface, as shown in the figure 5-19. Figure 5-19 General Setting of Network Interface NVR support Static/DHCP/PPPOE modes. System default network type is DHCP. User can set these parameters as required, including IP Address, MAC, Sub Net Mask, Gateway, DNS, Secondary DNS, Internal IP, Max Users, Media Port, HTTP port, Handset Port.
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Figure 5-20 DDNS Setting Interface 5.6.3.1.3 UPNP Click Set ->Network ->General ->UPNP to enter the interface, as show in figure 5-21. Figure 5-21 UPNP Setting Interface Note: To ensure this function can be used normally, please make sure the router UPNP function has been enabled.
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Click on Enable checkbox to enable the function of cloud. When the Status is connected, it means cloud function is available for use. You can download iPhone/Android GWEye client software by scanning QR code. How to use GWEye please refer to User Manual of GWEye. Figure 5-22 Cloud Setting Interface 5.6.3.2 Advance Option 5.6.3.2.1 FTP...
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Click the enable check box Configure the FTP Server, port username, password , directory and file length Click save button to save all the settings Click FTP Test button to confirm whether the setting is effective. Set the schedule for each channel Click OK to save all the settings.
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Figure 5-25 Https Setting by Web 5.6.3.2.4 Multicast Click Set –>Network -> Advance Option ->Https to enter the interface, as shown in the figure 5- Figure 5-26 Multicast Setting by Web...
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5.6.4 Channel 5.6.4.1 Digital Channel Click Set ->Channel ->Digital Channel. You can search the IPC in the Internet and set their parameters, including IP address, port, username/password and protocol. As show in figure 5-27. Figure 5-27 Digital Channel of NVR 5.6.4.2 Channel Status Click Set ->Channel ->Channel Status.
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Figure 5-28 Channel Status of NVR 5.6.5 Image 5.6.5.1 Image Configuration Click Set ->Image –>Image Configuration to enter the interface, as show in figure 5-29. Figure 5-29 Image Configuration Interface Select a channel and then set the relevant parameters, when all the parameters have been configured.
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5.6.5.2 Cover Click Set ->Image –>Cover to enter the interface, as show in figure 5-30. On this page, 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. Figure 5-30 Cover Setting Interface 5.6.6 Image 5.6.6.1 Video Setting...
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Figure 5-31 Video Setting Interface 5.6.6.2 OSD Setting Click Set ->Video –>OSD Setting to enter the interface, as shown in figure 5-32. On this page, you can set the channel title and time title to be viewed or recorded. Figure 5-32 OSD Setting Interface...
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5.6.7 Event 5.6.7.1 Basic Event The feature is similar to the local alarm of NVR. Event types are composed of Motion Detection, Masking, Video lost and System Alert. Taking motion detection for example to illustrate: 5.6.7.1.1 Motion Detection Click the Set ->Event ->Basic Event ->Motion Detection. As show in figure 5-33. Figure 5-33 Motion Detect Setting by Web ...
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Figure 5-34 Masking Setting by Web 5.6.7.1.3 Video lost Click the Set ->Event ->Basic Event ->Video lost. As show in figure 5-35. Figure 5-35 Video lost Setting by Web 5.6.7.1.4 System Alert Click the Set ->Event ->Basic Event ->System Alert. As show in figure 5-36. It is similar to the local abnormality of the NVR.
Figure 5-36 System Alert Setting by Web No writable disk: There is no disk or the disk status is not available, such as read-only disk. Hard disk error: The connection between the disk and the device is error, such as the data lines are broken.
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Figure 5-37 Alarm In Setting by Web 5.6.7.2.2 Alarm Out Click the Set ->Event ->Alarm ->Alarm Out. As show in figure 5-38. Figure 5-38 Alarm Out Setting by Web 5.6.7.3 Smart Event 5.6.7.3.1 Line Crossing Click the Set ->Event -> Smart Event -> Line Crossing. As show in figure 5-39.
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Figure 5-39 Line Crossing Setting It is similar to the NVR local settings, you can also choose to show the detect boundaries on the preview screen. You can set four lines that have a direction, the device will alarm when it detects the behavior of cross-border.
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Figure 5-40 Area intrusion Setting It is similar to the NVR local settings, you can also choose to show the detect areas on the preview screen. You can set four different test areas that have a direction, the device will alarm when it detects the behavior of area intrusion.
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Figure 5-41 Unattached Object Setting Unattached Object function detects objects that left in a certain pre-defined virtual region, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Plot area: Set the detect areas. Sensitivity: Change the sensitivity of the Area Intrusion. The higher the sensitivity, the easier to trigger alarm.
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Figure 5-42 Object Missing Setting Object Missing function detects objects that missing in a certain pre-defined virtual region, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Plot area: Set the detect areas. Sensitivity: Change the sensitivity of the Area Intrusion. The higher the sensitivity, the easier to trigger alarm.
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Figure 5-43 Region Entrance Setting Region Entrance function detects people, vehicle or other objects which enter in a forbidden pre- defined virtual region from outside, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Plot area: Set the detect areas. ...
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Figure 5-44 Region Exiting Setting Region Exiting function detects people, vehicle or other objects which exit a forbidden pre- defined virtual region from inside, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Plot area: Set the detect areas. ...
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Figure 5-45 Fast Moving Setting Fast Moving function detects people, vehicle, and some other objects that move with forbidden speed; certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Plot area: Set the detect areas. Sensitivity: Change the sensitivity of the Area Intrusion. The higher the sensitivity the easier it is to trigger alarm.
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Figure 5-46 Loitering Detection Setting 5.6.7.3.9 People Gathering Detection Click the Set ->Event -> Smart Event -> People Gathering Detection. As show in figure 5-47. People Gathering Detection alarm is triggered when there are many people in a pre-defined virtual region; certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered. Please refer 4.6.11 for detailed information.
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5.6.7.3.10 Parking Detection Click the Set ->Event -> Smart Event -> Parking Detection. As show in figure 5-48. Please refer 4.6.1.10 for detailed information. Figure 5-48 Parking Detection Setting 5.6.7.3.11 Blurred Detection Click the Set ->Event -> Smart Event -> Blurred Detection. As show in figure 5-49. Please refer 4.6.2.1.1 for detailed information.
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5.6.7.3.12 Scene Change Detection Click the Set ->Event -> Smart Event -> Scene Change Detection. As show in figure 5-50. Please refer 4.6.2.1.2 Scene Change for detailed information. Figure 5-50 Scene Change Detection Setting 5.6.7.3.13 Audio Exception Detection Click the Set ->Event -> Smart Event -> Audio Exception Detection. As show in figure 5-51. Please refer section 4.6.2.2 Audio Exception Detection for detailed information.
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5.6.8 Face Detection 5.6.8.1 Base Click the Set ->Face Detection ->Base. As show in figure 5-52. Figure 5-52 Face Detection Setting 5.6.9 Crossing Line Statistics Click the Set ->Crossing Line Statistics. As show in figure 5-53. Figure 5-53 Crossing Line Statistics...
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5.6.10 Storage 5.6.10.1 Record & Snapshot 5.6.10.1.1 Record Click the Set -> Storage-> Record & Snapshot-> Record. As show in figure 5-54. Figure 5-54 Record Schedule Interface The parameters should be consistent with NVR local setting .Green stands for normal record, yellow stands for motion detection, red stands for I/O trigger record.
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5.6.10.1.2 Record Control Click the Set -> Storage-> Record & Snapshot->Record Control. You can quickly set the record control mode for each channel. It is similar to the NVR local settings. Figure 5-55 Quick Record Control by Web 5.6.10.2 Storage Manage 5.6.10.2.1 Storage Manage Click the Set ->...
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This page shows the status of the device‘s hard disk. You can set the state of the hard disk read and write. You can decide whether or not to sleep hard disk after a few minutes. In addition, you can also format or delete the hard disk. ...
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5.6.10.3 Advanced 5.6.10.3.1 Advanced Figure 5-58 Advanced Setting of HDD This page you can switch the hard disk's storage mode, including the "group" or "quotas". Your device will restart when you switch the mode. Group mode: You can select several channels attached to a disk group. Then their videos will be recorded in that group.
5.6.10.3.2 S.M.A.R.T Figure 5-59 S.M.A.R.T Detect of HDD Setting by Web It is used to detect the hard disk status. S.M.A.R.T: To detect the hard disk whether it meets the basic requirements for storage. NO.: Access the hard disk serial number. ...
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Figure 5-60 Auto Reboot Setting by Web 5.6.11.2 Default Setting Click the Set -> Maintain -> Default Setting to enter the interface, as show in figure 5-61. Figure 5-61 Default Setting Interface Click on the checkbox of those item you want to restore, and click the Default button, then all the configurations of the selected item will restore to the default value.
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5.6.11.3 Export & Import Figure 5-62 Export & Import configuration of NVR by Web 5.6.11.4 Upgrade Click the Set-> Maintain->Upgrade. Figure 5-63 Upgrade NVR by Web Select the upgrade file from local storage. Click the upgrade, the device will automatically reboot after. Note: ...
5.6.11.5 Log Figure 5-64 Log Setting of NVR Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time and Type. Click the Search button to start search log files, the matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below ...
Chapter 6 P2P 6.1 Login by username Web -Remote management of equipment in another way is through P2P Connection access. Open the web browser and input the http://p2p.gwsecurityusa.com , and press the Enter key to enter the login interface. Figure 6-1 Main Interface of P2P 6.1.1 Register Click on the "register"...
Figure 6-2 Register 6.1.2 My device This page displays the name and the connection status of added devices. You can refresh the device status and login in a device manually. Figure 6-3 Main Interface of P2P after Login 6.1.3 Device Manage It is empty for the first time when using video surveillance list.
Figure 6-4 Device Manager of P2P 6.1.4 User Info You can change the password on this page. Figure 6-5 User Info of P2P 6.1.5 Logout Click the Logout button.
Figure 6-6 Logout P2P 6.2 Login by Cloud ID By cloud ID is another way to achieve P2P connections. Figure 6-7 Login by Cloud ID of NVR Type device for the cloud ID and account, click Log into the graphical interface.
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Figure 6-8 Main Interface After Login by Cloud ID of NVR Note: After logging by cloud ID successfully the interface appears the same as when you login by IP address and the operations as well. Please refer to IP address connection parts.
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