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VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability
TN9541
TN9441
Network Video Recorder
User 's Manual
H.265 • 32-CH & 16-CH • 4 HDDs • ONVIF • Dual LAN • Fisheye Dewarp •
HDMI/VGA Monitor Display • Storyboard Search • Mobile EZConnect
Rev. 1.6.1.11
Rev. 1.0
Rev. 1.0
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  • Page 1 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability TN9541 TN9441 Network Video Recorder User ’s Manual H.265 • 32-CH & 16-CH • 4 HDDs • ONVIF • Dual LAN • Fisheye Dewarp • HDMI/VGA Monitor Display • Storyboard Search • Mobile EZConnect Rev. 1.6.1.11 Rev.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Table of Contents Chapter One Hardware Installation and Initial Configuration ..................6 Introducing the Network Video Recorder ....................... 6 Special Features ............................. 6 Safety ................................7 Chassis Dimensions ............................ 8 Physical Description ............................. 9 LED Indicators ..............................29 Power Up and Power Down ..........................
  • Page 3 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-13. Settings - System - UPS ......................88 3-5-14. Settings - System - Log ......................89 3-5-15. Settings - System - EZConnect service ..................91 3-5-16. Settings - User .......................... 92 3-5-17. Settings - Storage ........................94 3-5-18.
  • Page 4 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-4. Settings - System - UPS ........................163 5-3-5. Settings - System - Log ........................164 5-3-6. Settings - System - EZConnect service .................... 166 5-4. Settings - User ............................. 167 5-5. Settings - Storage ..........................169 5-6.
  • Page 5 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Read Before Use The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but can also be part of a flexible surveillance system.

  • Page 6: Chapter One Hardware Installation And Initial Configuration

    Initial Configuration Introducing the Network Video Recorder VIVOTEK TN9541 and TN9441 series is a compact Linux embedded 32-CH or 16-CH stand- alone desktop NVR designed for any small-scale video surveillance installation. The series fea- tures ease of installation, and facilitates “One Button Setup” with its plug & play and auto setup functionality.

  • Page 7: Safety

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Safety  Connect the system to an earthed main power outlet.  Never open the housing of the power supply unit.  Install and operate the system only in a dry, weather-proof location.  Observe the following safety factors: Is there visible damage to the system or power cord? •...

  • Page 8: Chassis Dimensions

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Chassis Dimensions 8 - User's Manual...

  • Page 9: Physical Description

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Physical Description Front View 1 System status LED 2 Recording activity LED 3 HDD activity LED (#1 ~ 4) 4 USB 2.0 ports 5 Network status/activity LED Rear View 10 11 1 Net 1 RJ45 port - GbE uplink...
  • Page 10 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability NOTE: You can also use the Reset button to restore system defaults. Press and hold down the button for longer than 5 seconds. The system should start restoring defaults. IMPORTANT: It is important to leave a clearance of 25cm behind the chassis. The clearance is required to ensure an adequate airflow through the chassis to ventilate heat.
  • Page 11 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2. Secure the HDD brackets to the hard drives. Label side 3. Connect SATA data cables to the connectors on the main board. SATA Power SATA Data HDD connectors HDD positions User's Manual - 11...
  • Page 12 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4. Connect SATA data and power cables to the hard drives. SATA Data SATA Power 12 - User's Manual...
  • Page 13 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5. Secure the hard disks to the mounting positions in the chassis with its label side facing up, and the connectors facing the inside of the chassis. 6. When done, install the top cover. User's Manual - 13...
  • Page 14 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Rack-mounting (Optional, and the slide rails are separately purchased) IMPORTANT: If you have either a round-holed or square-holed rack, install cage nuts or clip nuts to the desired positions on the rack posts. The instructions below are based on the installation to a 4-post equipment rack.
  • Page 15 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3. Secure the inner rails to the sides of the chassis using the M4 screws. Locking Clip to the rear M4 x6 4. Secure the L-shape brackets to the front- and rear-ends of outer rails using the black round head screws and washers.
  • Page 16 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Adjust the length of rails to match the rack posts. The side w/ a locking clip to the front 5. Secure the slide rails to rack posts using the #10 screws. 16 - User's Manual...
  • Page 17 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6. Pull the middle rails out of the slide rail assemblies. 7. Hold the chassis using both hands on the sides of the chassis. Align the tips of inner rails on the chassis with the open portion of the slide rail assemblies. Push the system into the assemblies until the system stops.
  • Page 18 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 8. The inner rails and the rail assemblies should be locked on the way into the rack cabinet. Press the release tabs on the sides to slide the chassis into rack. Release tab 18 - User's Manual...
  • Page 19 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Interface Connections 1. Connect to a monitor using an HDMI cable. VGA is also supported. 2. Connect CAT5e or better-quality Ethernet cable to the Gb/E Ethernet ports. IP cameras are connected via an Ethernet switch or PoE switches.
  • Page 20 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability NOTE: Although the system supports MAC Binding, the system should be able to detect VIVOTEK's cameras within the network regardless of the presence of a DHCP server. Ideally, cameras and the NVR should reside in the same subnet. If a camera's IP is changed for some reasons, the system should be able to detect its new IP.
  • Page 21 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Terminal Block Connections The terminal block pinouts is shown as follows: The DO pins default status is set to Normally Closed. Connect your relay or external devices’ signal wires to the system, the system will automatically detect the current signal status. You can then trigger the external devices using the DI/DO panel on the live view.
  • Page 22 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability WARNING: If you connect the NVR to a PoE port of the AW-FED series PoE switch, make sure you turn off the PoE output on that specific port using the onboard DIP switch. Otherwise, the high power output can damage the LAN port on NVR.
  • Page 23 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Initial Configuration - via a Local Console A local console requires the following: 1. A monitor is connected via an HDMI or VGA cable. 2. A mouse and/or a keyboard are connected to the system.
  • Page 24 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3. All cameras detected on the network will be automatically selected. If necessary, deselect the cameras you want to exclude from the configuration. Click Continue to proceed. NOTE: 1. The maximum recording bandwidth is 2560x1920 @ 120 fps (4-CH)
  • Page 25 5. An optional utility, EZConnect, is available through the Apple and Android App Stores. The EZConnect works with a server hosted by VIVOTEK for bridging and tunneling video requests between client devices and network cameras/CMS/NVR. The utility simplifies and facilitates network configuration for access across the Internet.
  • Page 26 5-2. The QR code will be generated. 5-3. Open the utility from your cell phone. If you already registered an account, tap LOG IN. If not, tap SIGN UP to register an account from a VIVOTEK server. User 5-4. You can be defaulted to the Live view page. Tap the Add button below to add devices.
  • Page 27 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-5. Tap the ADD DEVICES MANUALLY button. 5-6. You can then point your cell phone lens at the NVR screen (Step 5-3.) and use the SCAN QR CODES function to establish the connection. You may also manually enter the device ID.
  • Page 28 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-7. The process will take several seconds to complete. 5-8. The NVR and the cameras under it will be ready for access. 6. Click the Done button. The LiveClient screen will display, and, by default, the recording from the selected cameras will immediately take place.

  • Page 29: Led Indicators

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability LED Indicators Name Behavior Definitions 1. Status LED Constant Green System is ready. Blinking Green Updating firmware or device pack. every 1 second Constant S.M.A.R.T.-related disk errors, or a configured H.D.D. is missing, or H.D.D. is full. Buzzer will also be sounded.

  • Page 30: Power Up And Power Down

    1. No storage system is completely fail-safe. Damage to data might occur due to file system corruption, operating system malfunction, virus infection, HDD component failures, and so on. Therefore, it is highly recommended to regularly back up your data, and VIVOTEK disclaims responsibilities of data loss or recovery.

  • Page 31: Section One Management Over A Local Console

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Section One Management over a Local Console Chapter Two Introduction to the Local Console Interface Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 05 Camera 06 Camera 04 Camera 08 Camera 07 Camera 09 User's Manual - 31...
  • Page 32 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability By default, a live view appears on an HDMI monitor. The interface architecture of the local console is illustrated as follows: LiveView Main screen Main control portals Layout DI/DO Search panel Search recording clip Digital zoom...

  • Page 33: How To Begin

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2-1. How to Begin 1. How to access the Configuration Portal? Make sure a mouse is attached to your NVR. Move your mouse cursor, and the Configuration Portal will appear on screen. For all the configurable options available through this portal, please refer to Chapter 3 on page 45.
  • Page 34 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability PTZ control panel for ordinary PTZ type PTZ control panel for joystick type PTZ 3. How to retrieve and access recorded videos? 3-1. One is to access the video clips taken within 2 hours. Left-click to select a view cell, and then click on the Recording clips button.
  • Page 35 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The Playback window will prompt, and a playback begins from the point in time you selected, e.g., 30 seconds ago. This function allows you to quickly review what has just happened. 10:32:56 2015.09.22 3-2. Another way to access past videos is to open the Search recording clips window. Move your mouse cursor to display the Configuration Portal (without selecting any view cell).
  • Page 36 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4. How to recieve system alarm? Please refer to page 75 for how to configure system alarm triggers. When the alarm is triggered, e.g., by digital inputs or motion detection, an alarm message will prompt on the screen.
  • Page 37 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5. Why live view is unavailable? The default live view receives a camera's stream #1. If a camera's stream #1 is configured using MPEG-4 as the video codec, the following message will prompt. You can go to the Settings > Camera > Media > Video window to configure the video codec of stream #1 into H.264 or H.265.
  • Page 38 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6. How do I move to another layout page? Move your cursor to the right hand side of your screen. The page turner buttons will appear as shown below. For example, if you have 8 cameras placed on 2 2x2 layout pages, use these buttons to visit different pages.

  • Page 39: Operation On Camera View Cell

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2-2. Operation on Camera View Cell 2-2-1. PTZ Panel Once you selected a camera, click on the PTZ button on a camera portal. The PTZ panel will prompt. Below are the description of its functions:...
  • Page 40 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Below is the PTZ panel that appears with ordinary PTZ cameras. List of preset positions Speed selector Focus far Focus near Zoom in Zoom out Starts patrol 1. PTZ control: Click on the arrow buttons to move towards the direction you wish to move to.

  • Page 41: Digital Zoom Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2-2-2. Digital zoom Panel Digital zoom is a function that provides digital zoom into a live video. When activated, a Global view window will appear at the lower right of the view cell as shown below. You can display only a portion of the complete video frame as an area of your interest.

  • Page 42: Play Recording Clips Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2-2-3. Play Recording Clips Panel The Play Recording Clips function provides a shortcut to the latest recordings on the system. You can select 30 secs, 1 min, 3 mins, 10 mins, and 60 mins for an immediate playback.

  • Page 43: Di/Do

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2-2-4. DI/DO The DI/DO panel provides a glimpse of all DI and DO signal statuses from the connected cameras. You can manually trigger a digital output by clicking on its indicators. When a digital input is triggered, its status will also be indicated on the panel.

  • Page 44: Right-Click Commands

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 2-2-6. Right-click Commands Left-click to select a camera. Right-click to display the selection menu. 1. Camera information: Click to display camera name, resolution, codec, or frame rate on the view cell. The information will display on the upper left corner of a view cell.

  • Page 45: Chapter Three Configuation Using The Local Console

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Chapter Three Configuation Using the Local Console The Main Control Portal 3-1. Layout Move your mouse cursor across the screen to display the portal. By default, 5 typical layouts are provided for the user. They include: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 1P+3, 1M+5, 1M+12, and 1M+31.

  • Page 46: Search Recording Clips

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-3. Search recording clips 3-3-1. Basic Search Click the button to start searching for recorded clips. A confirm box will prompt. Enter User name and Password to proceed. The search and calendar view will appear. Select a day on the calendar when the the recordings took place (the days with recorded clips will be highlighted in blue and green).
  • Page 47 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The timeline bar enables quick skimming through the recording. Its functions are described as follows: Span of existing Current time recording indicator Functional buttons Control buttons Timeline scale Buttons Description Time scale selector. Use the buttons to select the span of time displayed on the tool bar.
  • Page 48 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The fisheye dewarp modes can be selected during a playback: e.g., 1R, 1P, and 1O3R. When playing the video recorded by a fisheye camera, the fisheye display options will be available on screen. You can click to select the 1O, 1P (Panoramic), 1R (Regional), or 1O3R (1 Original and 3 Regional) modes.
  • Page 49 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Note that to export a video segment from the playback timeline, 1. Click on the Export button 2. Insert a USB drive formatted in the FAT format. 3. Select the "From time" by clicking on the timeline. You can also manually enter the "From time"...

  • Page 50: Advanced Search

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-3-2. Advanced Search Click on the Advanced search button on the upper left of the screen to enter the Advanced Search mode. You can specify the search criteria by selecting the devices to be involved in the advanced search.
  • Page 51 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability You can then specify the start time and end time to configure a span of time to be searched. You can also determine what alarms will be included in the search. User's Manual - 51...
  • Page 52 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability You can select what types of triggers were associated with the recordings you want to find. When done with the selection, click on the Search button. In the sample screen below, a list of alarms is displayed, and you can double-click on any of them to replay the moment when the alarm was triggered.

  • Page 53: Storyboard

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-3-3. Storyboard The Storyboard interface provides a glimpse of past recordings over a timeline. It looks like doing the film editing after a film was shot. To enter the Storyboard window, click on the Storyboard shortcut on the upper-left of screen.
  • Page 54 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Mouse over the line of snapshots to display its time of recording. Click on a snapshot of your interest. The time of recording is immediately displayed on top of it. The detailed search is based on a narrow-down criteria. The search begins from a 24-hour time span, and then moving in to a 4-hour, 1-hour, 10-minutes, and 2-minutes span.
  • Page 55 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability If you find yourself in the wrong segment on the timeline, use the buttons on the upper-right of the screen to travel. The definitions of these buttons depend on the time span of your current position. For example, if you are in a 4-hour time span, the "Back to previous state button"...
  • Page 56 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The playback window will appear. Please refer to page 47 for the operation details. 17:15:41 2014.03.14 To return to the Live View window, click on the Back to Search recording clips button the Back to Liveview button on the upper-left of the screen.

  • Page 57: Export Recordings

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-4. Export recordings The Export recordings button allows users to directly select a piece of recordings by a specific camera, and export that to a USB thumb drive. Users can select one or multiple cameras, select a period of time in which the recording took place, and then click export.
  • Page 58 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6. The Export progress will be shown. 7. When the Export process is done, select to resume another export or go back to the live view. 58 - User's Manual...

  • Page 59: Settings

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5. Settings 3-5-1. Settings - Overview Click the Settings button to start the camera and system settings window. A confirm box will prompt. Enter User name and Password to proceed. The system will default to the overview page displaying the camera connection and storage statuses.

  • Page 60: Settings - Camera - Management

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The Camera menu provides access to Management, Recording, Media, Image, Motion detection, and PTZ settings pages. 3-5-2. Settings - Camera - Management On the camera Management page, you can configure the following: 1. Recruit or disband cameras.
  • Page 61 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To recruit cameras: 1. Click on the Add button. A list of cameras in the same subnet will appear. 2. Click the Add button, the camera will be placed at an unoccupied position. You may also expand the menu on the side of the Add button to select a position number.
  • Page 62 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To disband cameras: 1. Click on the Remove button. A list of cameras will appear. 2. The Remove button will turn yellow . Mouse over to the camera you want to remove, and its entry will display the Remove message.
  • Page 63 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Network On the Network tabbed window, you can configure the network type, IP address, and the connection ports for video streaming. You can select DHCP as the method for cameras to acquire IP addresses, or you can manually configure static IPs for a single or all cameras.
  • Page 64 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Camera position To change a camera's position on the Liveview layout, click and drag a camera to an unpopulated position. Note that you cannot swap the positions of two cameras by dragging a camera onto a position already populated by the other. Also, the camera index number on the management list is not affected by the change of positions.

  • Page 65: Settings - Camera - Recording

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-3. Settings - Camera - Recording Recording options On the camera Recording page, you can configure the following: 1. Configure the duration of camera events, for the concern that camera can be too frequently triggered.
  • Page 66 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Recording Schedule By default, all video feeds from cameras are recorded at all time. You can modify the recording task using the schedule tool: 1. Click to select a recording condition's checkbox - 1. Continuous recording...

  • Page 67: Settings - Camera - Media

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-4. Settings - Camera - Media Stream management The stream here refers to the recording stream, namely, Stream 1. You can use these preset conditions to configure the resolution, image quality, frame rate, and the bandwidth consumption of the recording stream on this window.
  • Page 68 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Video The Video window allows you to configure all video streams (the no. of stream available can be different for different models). You can configure the following: 1. Codec: video compression codec in H.264, MPEG-4, or MJPEG. Note that MPEG-4 is not supported for Liveview.
  • Page 69 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Audio The Audio window allows you to configure all audio codec, sampling rate, and Microphone input gains. Depending on design of the camera models, some codecs may not be available. Also, there are cameras that come without embedded mircrophones.

  • Page 70: Settings - Camera - Image

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-5. Settings - Camera - Image Display The Display window allows users to tune the image display options: 1. Video name: the video name is displayed on the title bar that is displayed on each view cell.
  • Page 71 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Image adjustment The Image adjustment window allows users to tune the basics about image display options: 1. Color: Select to display image as color or black and white. 2. Brightness. 3. Saturation. 4. Contrast. 5. Sharpness.

  • Page 72: Settings - Camera - Motion Detection

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-6. Settings - Camera - Motion Detection Motion Detection To set up a detection window: 1. Select a camera by a single click. 2. Use the PTZ panel to move to a field of view where you want to place a detection window.

  • Page 73: Settings - Camera - Ptz Settings

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-7. Settings - Camera - PTZ settings To configure PTZ preset positions: 1. Select a PTZ camera by a single click. 2. Use the PTZ panel to move to a field of view where you want to designate as a preset position.
  • Page 74 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To configure a patrol: 1. Click to enter the Patrol menu. Select a preset position if you want to change its position on the patrolling order. 2. Click the up and down buttons to change the position on the order, or click the remove button to disband a position from the order.

  • Page 75: Settings - Alarm - Alarm

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-8. Settings - Alarm - Alarm The events reported from individual cameras' digital inputs, digital outputs, and motion detection can be accommodated in the NVR system's alarm settings. These events will then be reported or trigger corresponding actions as follows: 1.
  • Page 76 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To create an alarm, 1. Click on the Add button You can manually enter a name for the current setting. You can enter up to 16 numeric or alphabetic characters for the name, including symbols such as [0-9][a-z][A-Z][_][ ]. You can also designate the interval between one alarm and the next triggered alarm to avoid the situation that the alarms can be too frequently triggered.
  • Page 77 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3. On the Trigger window, select system triggering conditions, or one or more cameras by selecting their checkboxes. The number of DI or DOs on each camera is automatically detected and displayed through individual checkboxes. The Motion detection function, if there are many detection windows configured on a camera, is all triggered by one checkbox.
  • Page 78 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4. On the Action window, you can select the Action type from a drop-down menu. The configuration details of each action type is discussion below. 4-1. Recording - When an event is triggered, the selected camera will record a video footage of the length defined by the pre-/post-event setting, to the NVR system.
  • Page 79 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The Email subject and addresses can be composed of 254 characters in numeric or alphabetic characters including: [0-9][a-z][A-Z][_][ ][-][.][,][@]. You can enter the addresses of multiple recipients. Use semicolons, (;), to separate the addresses of multiple recipients.
  • Page 80 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-4. FTP - Snapshots from specified cameras can be uploaded to an FTP site on the occurrence of an event. Enter the FTP site address in the dotted-decimal notation, e.g., 159.22.151.20. Enter the login name and password for the user account. You can enter a directory name you prefer on the FTP site.
  • Page 81 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-5. Camera DO - A triggered alarm triggers a camera's DO, e.g., an alarm siren. 4-6. Camera pan-tilt-zoom - A PTZ capable camera can move its lens to the preset position in case of a triggered alarm. For example, a triggered sensor may indicate an area of interest has been intruded, and a camera's field of view should be moved to cover that area.
  • Page 82 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-7. System DO - A triggered alarm can be used to toggle the NVR's digital output, e.g., to sound an alarm siren. 82 - User's Manual...
  • Page 83 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5. On the Schedule page, you can select to activate or de-activate alarm triggers throughout a specific timeline. For example, in some situations you can disable the alarm triggers during the office hours, and choose to enable the triggers only during the off-office hours.

  • Page 84: Settings - Alarm - Email

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-9. Settings - Alarm - Email This window provides an interface where you can configure the connection to a Mail server. Via the Mail server, the system can deliver Emails containing system alarm messages to multiple receivers.

  • Page 85: Settings - System - Information

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-10. Settings - System - Information On this window, you can configure the following: 1. Change the system name. 2. Select the UI text language. 3. Configure system time, time zone, and if you are connected to a DNS server where Auto Daylight Saving time can be applied, you can acquire the associated setting from a server within your network.

  • Page 86: Settings - System - Maintenance

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-11. Settings - System - Maintenance If the need arises for updating system firmware, acquire the update from VIVOTEK's technical support or download site. Locate the firmware binaries, and click the Import button. The upgrade should take several minutes to complete.

  • Page 87: Settings - System - Display

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-12. Settings - System - Display On this page, you can configure the system to consecutively display (rotate) cameras' view cells on the Liveview window. For example, if you have 8 cameras in 2 2x2 layouts, the rotation can let you see the live views of all cameras by every few seconds.

  • Page 88: Settings - System - Ups

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-13. Settings - System - UPS On this page, you can configure the system to gracefully shut down when UPS battery is lower than a certain level. You may also let it shut down when the estimated sustainable time is reached.

  • Page 89: Settings - System - Log

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-14. Settings - System - Log System logs are categorized as System, Recording, User, and Error. To display system logs, select a range of time and click on the Search button. You can search for past logs in each category window.
  • Page 90 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 90 - User's Manual...

  • Page 91: Settings - System - Ezconnect Service

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-15. Settings - System - EZConnect service This window provides access to the EZConnect configuration. Please refer to page 25 for how to configure system access using the EZConnect functionality. User's Manual - 91...

  • Page 92: Settings - User

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-16. Settings - User The User window allows you to create more users, to change user password, and place limitations on users' privileges and administration rights. Up to 16 users can be created, including the default administrator.
  • Page 93 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To create or edit users, 1. Select a User group by unfolding its pull-down menu. Select either an Administrator or regular user as the user group. 2. Enter the User name and password. The max. number of characters for a user name is 64, with alphabetic and numeric characters including [0-9][a-z][A-Z][_][ ][-][.][,][@].

  • Page 94: Settings - Storage

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3. If you are creating a regular user with limited access to cameras, deselect the checkboxes by the cameras to deny the user access. 4. Click Apply to close the configuration window. Repeat the process to create more users.
  • Page 95 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Attribute: The various attributes can vary from different HDD manufacturers. Value: Value for the currently selected attribute. Worst: Worst value acquired for that attribute. Threshold: A predefined threshold or triggering value. The threshold below which the normalized value will be considered exceeding specifications.

  • Page 96: Settings - Network

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-5-18. Settings - Network Bonding mode Single: Only the NET1(Eth0) port is effective. NET2(Eth1) is not functional. Dual LAN: 1. The network parameters of two Ethernet ports are independent. You can attach these two Ethernet ports to different subnets, e.g., one for a network console or as a uplink; the other to a PoE switch for connecting IP cameras.

  • Page 97: Settings - Network - Ip

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Settings - Network - IP DHCP: Default is selected, the server obtains an available dynamic IP address assigned by the DHCP server each time the system is connected to the LAN. Manual setup: Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera.

  • Page 98: Settings - Ddns

    VIVOTEK provides Safe100.net, as a free DDNS dynamic domain name service for users who want access from the internet or a domain name service for the NVR. VIVOTEK maintains a database of product MAC addresses for the Safe100.net service, and you can apply one domain name for each NVR system.

  • Page 99: Settings - Service

    HTTPS encrypted connection is enabled by default. Instead of a web console, you can also access the NVR and the subordinate cameras using the iViewer and VIVOTEK's VAST software. The NVR can be managed as one of the sub-stations in a hierarchical device structure.

  • Page 100: Information

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3-6. Information This window shows the revision number of the firmware running on this machine. 100 - User's Manual...

  • Page 101: Section Two Management Over A Web Console

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Section Two Management over a Web Console There are two different interfaces on the system: 1. One is connecting mouse and keyboard, and an HDMI cable to a TV screen or monitor. The local management thus made is described in Section One of this manual.

  • Page 102: Chapter Four Login And Getting Started

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Chapter Four Login and Getting Started 4-1. Login This is the login page on the browser. The minimum for resolution is 1280x960. If you enable the IE7 compatible mode when using the IE8 browser, please disable the compatibility function.
  • Page 103 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability You may login to a different software utility by unfolding the side panel on the Login button. You can also select a different language using the Multilingual selector menu on the lower left corner of the Login screen. The functional items, menus, and dialogues will then be displayed using the selected language.
  • Page 104 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Login options: You may also mouse over the Login button to display the login options. You can then enter the Liveview, Playback, or Settings window. The NVR system features a simple UI structure which consists of a Liveview window, a Playback utility, and a system Settings window.
  • Page 105 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability IMPORTANT: 1. Before operating the NVR, make sure you have properly installed hard drives and configured the storage volumes. Otherwise, you will not be able to operate some of the system's functionality. 2. Since the NVR system comes with 32-bit plug-ins for screen control, if your PC runs a default 64-bit IE browser and you manually enter the NVR's address on the browser, your browser session may malfunction.

  • Page 106: Graphical Layout And Screen Elements - Liveview

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-2. Graphical Layout and Screen Elements - Liveview Layout Camera list Layout contents Logo & Menu Alarm panel panel Viewcell panel Once you log in, the system defaults to the Liveview page, which provides access to other configuration utilities, live view screen, and other functional panels.

  • Page 107: Camera List Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-2-1. Camera List Panel The camera list displays the recruited cameras by the sequential numbering order you configured in the System Settings utility. Sorting criteria Camera thumbnails Page switcher Depending on the size and screen resolution of your monitor, the snapshots of 8 cameras are displayed in this panel.
  • Page 108 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability * Snapshot: the camera's image snapshot is replenished every 5 minutes. If a camera is disconnected, the last image taken will be used to represent a camera. * Camera index & Camera name: Placing the mouse cursor on top of a camera text displays the camera index number and the camera name.

  • Page 109: Layout

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-2-2. Layout By default, 5 typical layouts are provided for the user. They include: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 1P+3, 1M+5, 1M+12, and 1M+31. System default is the 4x4 layout. Cameras that do not fit into the first page of a layout, say, a 3x3 layout, will be displayed on the succeeding layout pages.

  • Page 110: Layout Contents

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-2-3. Layout contents A few functional buttons are available on the Layout contents page. Clears all view cells on the current layout. Full view: extends the view cells on the current layout to the full of the screen.

  • Page 111: View Cell Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-2-5. View Cell panel A single view cell is shown below. Each view cell contains a video stream display area, an information bar, and functional buttons at the bottom. A view cell is displayed in Normal, Focused, or Maximized mode.
  • Page 112 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability A view cell attempting to connect to a network camera will look like this. If the connection attempt takes a long time, it may result from network problems or incorrect configuration with video streaming. For example, you may have configured the camera to be streaming a 5MP stream.
  • Page 113 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Information Bar Status icon Camera index Video time Status icon Description Connected with live streaming; a single click on this icon can trigger a manual recording. Connected and recording video to system storage. Disconnected or trying to establish a connection.
  • Page 114 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The time display format is as follows: yyyy/m/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss 2014.05.05 16:15:41 Tool Bar Buttons Buttons Description Resumes streaming. Pauses a video stream. Adds a Bookmark (that saves a short description and a one-minute footage from the current feed) Takes a snapshot.
  • Page 115 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Tool Bar Functions in Details 1. Play and Pause buttons: These buttons pause and resume a video stream currently being played on your web browser. Note that this operation does not affect the video recording taking place between a camera and the NVR system.
  • Page 116 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Below are two bookmarks (yellow tags) shown along with a recorded video in the Playback utility screen. Bookmarks help find and retrieve important moments in a recoded video. NOTE: Bookmarks will be erased if the user/system erases the video clips they were appended to. For example, system will recycle storage space by deleting old videos along with their bookmarks.
  • Page 117 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4. Clear: This button removes camera from the current view cell. The view cell will then be available for other cameras 5. Mute and Unmute: These buttons stops or resumes audio from a live stream.
  • Page 118 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 9. Volume controller: The volume control takes effect when audio input from the network camera is available. Audio is heard only from a focused window, one that you selected by a mouse click from the Liveview panel.
  • Page 119 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 1R (Regional view) 1R View (Single Regional View) Zoom Out Zoom In Zoom in/out & all-directional navigation control The 1R mode (or rectilinear) provides access to one image section within the hemisphere. You can zoom in or out (using the mouse wheel or PTZ panel) or travel through to other areas within the hemisphere using simple mouse clicks and drags.

  • Page 120: Ptz Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-2-6. PTZ panel The PTZ panel takes effect for cameras that come with mechanical PTZ functions. It does not support digital PTZ functions. To utilize its functions, select a view cell populated by a PTZ camera, such as a speed dome.
  • Page 121 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability PTZ presets: If your PTZ cameras have preset locations, click on the button to unfold the preset menu. Click on any of the preset locations to move to the area of your interest. Refer to your camera's User Manual for how to configure preset locations.

  • Page 122: Alarm Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Auto pan/patrol controller: These buttons provides pan and patrol functions provided that preset locations have been configured on the camera. For a speed dome camera, the pan command tells the camera to continuously pan 360 degrees until it is stopped by a user command.
  • Page 123 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability If an event is configured with a recording action, there will be a play button to the left of the alarm message. The alarm playback window will begin playback of a footage taken 10 seconds before the occurrence of an alarm.
  • Page 124 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Move your cursor over an alarm with a recorded footage. The Play button will become available. The following buttons are available in the alarm playback window. Buttons Description View live video: displays the live view streaming instead of the alarm recording.
  • Page 125 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Incoming Alarms New alarms will be indicated by the messages in bold letters, the alarm bell icons, and the increasing number of unread messages on the title bar. User's Manual - 125...

  • Page 126: Graphical Layout And Screen Elements - Search Recording Clips

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-3. Graphical Layout and Screen Elements - Search recording clips Layout contents Logo & Menu Camera list Calendar Alarm panel Playback panel The screen elements of the Playback window are described as follows: Item Name...

  • Page 127: Camera List Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-3-1. Camera List Panel The camera list displays the 8 recruited cameras by the sequential numbering order you configured in the System Settings window on page 149. The elements in the Camera list on a Search recording clips window are identical to those on a Liveview window.

  • Page 128: Search Recording Clips Layout

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-3-2. Search Recording Clips Layout 3 types of layouts are provided for the Search recording clips window: 1x1, 2x2, and 1+3. In the Search recording clips window, users can simultaneously playback up to 4 recorded videos.

  • Page 129: View Cells In Search Recording Clips

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-3-4. View Cells in Search Recording Clips The view cells in Liveview and Playback windows are similar. Their differences are listed as follows: 1. 3 simple layout types are supported as previously described. 2. The information bar displays camera index and video time information only.

  • Page 130: Search Recording Clips Control Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Search Recording Clips Control Panel Timeline slider Span of existing recording Control buttons Playback info Timeline zoomer The time slide bar enables quick skimming through the recording. Its functional buttons are described as follows: Buttons...
  • Page 131 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The time line shows the length of existing recording taken on a specific time span. You can use the timeline zoomer to scale down the span of time. For example, if the time span is reduced to 1 hour, then each section on the time line represents 15 minutes of recording.

  • Page 132: Alarm Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-3-5. Alarm Panel The alarm panel displays the alarms or bookmarks recorded by the day of recording. Two additional buttons are available: Page selector and Alarm filter. Page selector Alarm filter See page 75 for how to configure alarms.

  • Page 133: Calendar Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-3-6. Calendar Panel Double-click on any of the existing cameras to display the Calendar panel. Days with recorded videos will be highlighted in blue regardless of the length of existing recordings that occurred in that day. You may then click on a day to begin viewing the past recordings.

  • Page 134: Chapter Five System Settings

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Chapter Five System Settings The Settings window is accessed by clicking on the Settings button on the Logo panel. The system will default to the overview page displaying the camera connection and storage statuses. An empty position will be left in blank, and a disconnected camera will be indicated as .

  • Page 135: System

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Notify - During the configuration process, configuration errors or information will be indicated by a small pnotify message boxes on the top of the screen. 5-1. System 5-1-1. Settings - Camera > Management On the camera Management page, you can configure the following: 1.
  • Page 136 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To recruit cameras: 1. Click on the Add button. A list of cameras in the same subnet will appear. 2. Click the Add button, the camera will be placed at an unoccupied position. You may also expand the menu on the side of the Add button to select a position number.
  • Page 137 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To disband cameras: 1. Click on the Remove button. A list of cameras will appear. 2. The Remove button will turn yellow . Mouse over to the camera you want to remove, and its entry will display the Remove message.
  • Page 138 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Network On the Network tabbed window, you can configure the network type, IP address, and the connection ports for video streaming. You can select DHCP as the method for cameras to acquire IP addresses, or you can manually configure static IPs for a single or all cameras.

  • Page 139: Settings - Camera > Recording

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-1-2. Settings - Camera > Recording Recording options On the camera Recording page, you can configure the following: 1. Configure the duration of camera events, for the concern that camera can be too frequently triggered.
  • Page 140 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Recording Schedule By default, all video feeds from cameras are recorded at all time. You can modify the recording task using the schedule tool: 1. Click to select a recording condition's checkbox - 1. Continuous recording...

  • Page 141: Settings - Camera > Media

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-1-3. Settings - Camera > Media Stream management The stream here refers to the recording stream, namely, Stream 1. You can use these preset conditions to configure the resolution, image quality, frame rate, and the bandwidth consumption of the recording stream on this window.
  • Page 142 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Video The Video window allows you to configure all video streams (the no. of stream available can be different for different models). You can configure the following: 1. Codec: video compression codec in H.264, MPEG-4, or MJPEG. Note that MPEG-4 is not supported for Liveview.
  • Page 143 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Audio The Audio window allows you to configure all audio codec, sampling rate, and Microphone input gains. Depending on design of the camera models, some codecs may not be available. Also, there are cameras that come without embedded mircrophones.

  • Page 144: Settings - Camera > Image

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-1-3. Settings - Camera > Image Display The Display window allows users to tune the image display options: 1. Video name: the video name is displayed on the title bar that is displayed on each view cell.
  • Page 145 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Image adjustment The Image adjustment window allows users to tune the basics about image display options: 1. Color: Select to display image as color or black and white. 2. Brightness. 3. Saturation. 4. Contrast. 5. Sharpness.

  • Page 146: Settings - Camera > Motion Detection

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-1-4. Settings - Camera > Motion Detection Motion Detection To set up a detection window: 1. Select a camera by a single click. 2. Use the PTZ panel to move to a field of view where you want to place a detection window.

  • Page 147: Settings - Camera - Ptz Settings

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-1-5. Settings - Camera - PTZ settings To configure PTZ preset positions: 1. Select a PTZ camera by a single click. 2. Use the PTZ panel to move to a field of view where you want to designate as a preset position.
  • Page 148 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To configure a patrol: 1. Click to enter the Patrol menu. Select a preset position if you want to change its position on the patrolling order. 2. Click the up and down buttons to change the position on the order, or click the remove button to disband a position from the order.

  • Page 149: Settings - Alarm - Alarm

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-2-1. Settings - Alarm - Alarm The events reported from individual cameras' digital inputs, digital outputs, and motion detection can be accommodated in the NVR system's alarm settings. These events will then be reported or trigger corresponding actions as follows: 1.
  • Page 150 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Digital input/output PIR/ Tampering detection/ Motion detection VIVOTEK Network Cameras Preset positions Events triggered LAN/WAN Web Console Alarms Buzzer Email Event-triggered recording Digital input/output 150 - User's Manual...
  • Page 151 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To create an alarm, 1. Click on the Add button You can manually enter a name for the current setting. You can enter up to 16 numeric or alphabetic characters for the name, including symbols such as [0-9][a-z][A-Z][_][ ]. You can also designate the interval between one alarm and the next triggered alarm to avoid the situation that the alarms can be too frequently triggered.
  • Page 152 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3. On the Trigger window, select system triggering conditions, or one or more cameras by selecting their checkboxes. The number of DI or DOs on each camera is automatically detected and displayed through individual checkboxes. The Motion detection function, if there are many detection windows configured on a camera, is all triggered by one checkbox.
  • Page 153 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4. On the Action window, you can select the Action type from a drop-down menu. The configuration details of each action type is discussion below. 4-1. Recording - When an event is triggered, the selected camera will record a video footage of the length defined by the pre-/post-event setting, to the NVR system.
  • Page 154 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability The Email subject and addresses can be composed of 254 characters in numeric or alphabetic characters including: [0-9][a-z][A-Z][_][ ][-][.][,][@]. You can enter the addresses of multiple recipients. Use semicolons, (;), to separate the addresses of multiple recipients.
  • Page 155 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-4. FTP - Snapshots from specified cameras can be uploaded to an FTP site on the occurrence of an event. Enter the FTP site address in the dotted-decimal notation, e.g., 159.22.151.20. Enter the login name and password for the user account. You can enter a directory name you prefer on the FTP site.
  • Page 156 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-5. Camera DO - A triggered alarm triggers a camera's DO, e.g., an alarm siren. 4-6. Camera pan-tilt-zoom - A PTZ capable camera can move its lens to the preset position in case of a triggered alarm. For example, a triggered sensor may indicate an area of interest has been intruded, and a camera's field of view should be moved to cover that area.
  • Page 157 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4-7. System DO - A triggered alarm can be used to toggle the NVR's digital output, e.g., to sound an alarm siren. User's Manual - 157...
  • Page 158 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5. On the Schedule page, you can select to activate or de-activate alarm triggers throughout a specific timeline. For example, in some situations you can disable the alarm triggers during the office hours, and choose to enable the triggers only during the off-office hours.

  • Page 159: Settings - Alarm - Email

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-2-2. Settings - Alarm - Email This window provides an interface where you can configure the connection to a Mail server. Via the Mail server, the system can deliver Emails containing system alarm messages to multiple receivers.

  • Page 160: Settings - System - Information

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-1. Settings - System - Information On this window, you can configure the following: 1. Change the system name. 2. Select the UI text language. 3. Configure system time, time zone, and if you are connected to a DNS server where Auto Daylight Saving time can be applied, you can acquire the associated setting from a server within your network.

  • Page 161: Settings - System - Maintenance

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-2. Settings - System - Maintenance If the need arises for updating system firmware, acquire the update from VIVOTEK's technical support or download site. Locate the firmware binaries, and click the Import button. The upgrade should take several minutes to complete.

  • Page 162: Settings - System - Display

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-3. Settings - System - Display On this page, you can configure the system to consecutively display (rotate) cameras' view cells on the Liveview window. For example, if you have 8 cameras in 2 2x2 layouts, the rotation can let you see the live views of all cameras by every few seconds.

  • Page 163: Settings - System - Ups

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-4. Settings - System - UPS On this page, you can configure the system to gracefully shut down when UPS battery is lower than a certain level. You may also let it shut down when the estimated sustainable time is reached.

  • Page 164: Settings - System - Log

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-5. Settings - System - Log System logs are categorized as System, Recording, User, and Error. To display system logs, select a range of time and click on the Search button. You can search for past logs in each category window.
  • Page 165 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability User's Manual - 165...

  • Page 166: Settings - System - Ezconnect Service

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-3-6. Settings - System - EZConnect service This window provides access to the EZConnect configuration. Please refer to page 25 for how to configure system access using the EZConnect functionality. 166 - User's Manual...

  • Page 167: Settings - User

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-4. Settings - User The User window allows you to create more users, to change user password, and place limitations on users' privileges and administration rights. Up to 16 users can be created, including the default administrator.
  • Page 168 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To create or edit users, 1. Select a User group by unfolding its pull-down menu. Select either an Administrator or regular user as the user group. 2. Enter the User name and password. The max. number of characters for a user name is 64, with alphabetic and numeric characters including [0-9][a-z][A-Z][_][ ][-][.][,][@].

  • Page 169: Settings - Storage

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 3. If you are creating a regular user with limited access to cameras, deselect the checkboxes by the cameras to deny the user access. 4. Click Apply to close the configuration window. Repeat the process to create more users.
  • Page 170 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Attribute: The various attributes can vary from different HDD manufacturers. Value: Value for the currently selected attribute. Worst: Worst value acquired for that attribute. Threshold: A predefined threshold or triggering value. The threshold below which the normalized value will be considered exceeding specifications.

  • Page 171: Settings - Network

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-6. Settings - Network Bonding mode Single: Only the NET1(Eth0) port is effective. NET2(Eth1) is not functional. Dual LAN: 1. The network parameters of two Ethernet ports are independent. You can attach these two Ethernet ports to different subnets, e.g., one for a network console or as a uplink;...

  • Page 172: Settings - Network - Ip

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Settings - Network - IP DHCP: Default is selected, the server obtains an available dynamic IP address assigned by the DHCP server each time the system is connected to the LAN. Manual setup: Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera.

  • Page 173: Settings - Ddns

    VIVOTEK provides Safe100.net, as a free DDNS dynamic domain name service for users who want access from the internet or a domain name service for the NVR. VIVOTEK maintains a database of product MAC addresses for the Safe100.net service, and you can apply one domain name for each NVR system.

  • Page 174: Settings - Service

    HTTPS encrypted connection is enabled by default. In addition to a web console, you can also access the NVR and the subordinate cameras using the iViewer and VIVOTEK's VAST management software. The NVR can be managed as one of the sub-stations in a hierarchical device structure.

  • Page 175: Information

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 5-7. Information This window shows the revision number of the firmware running on this machine. User's Manual - 175...

  • Page 176: Chapter Six Operation

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Chapter Six Operation IMPORTANT: 1. Before operating the NVR, make sure you have properly installed hard drives and configured the storage volumes. Otherwise, you will not be able to operate most of the system's functionality.
  • Page 177 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To begin the design of your layout, 1. Select a layout pattern by a single click. The options are: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 1P+3, 1M+5, 1M+12, and 1M+31, where 4x4 and 1M+12 are available for the 16-CH model.
  • Page 178 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Placing different regional views of a fisheye camera into view cells will look like this: 1R View (Single Regional View) NOTE: Only an administrator can alter the display modes of fisheye cameras. Although ordinary users can make changes to a regional view, his changes will not be preserved after a console is re-started.
  • Page 179 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 4. When you are done with the current layout design, i.e., the user layout 1, click Save to preserve your settings. This message prompts on the screen whenever any change is made to the current layout.

  • Page 180: Ptz And Other Screen Controls

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability NOTE: By default, every users or administrator logs in to the Live view window to the last layout page he visited. The last layout page a user visited during the previous console becomes the default layout.
  • Page 181 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To access live view control, 1. Click on a view cell. The view cell will become a focused view cell. The streaming control buttons will be listed at the bottom of a view cell. These buttons have been discussed on page 114.
  • Page 182 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To place bookmarks and exert screen controls, On a focused view cell, you can place a bookmark that saves a short description and a one- minute footage from the current feed. The bookmark is also displayed along with the recorded video, and therefore it is easier to look for a specific moment in time when you need to trace back for a scenario later.

  • Page 183: Audio

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability To Activate and Deactivate PiP function, PiP is short for Picture in Picture, a function that provides digital zoom into a live video. When activated, a Global view window will appear at the lower right of the view cell as shown below.

  • Page 184: Camera Properties And Controls

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-1-4. Camera Properties and Controls You can click on the underlined name entry of a camera on the camera list to open its properties window. Here you can find a short description of the camera name, address, and model name.

  • Page 185: Alarm Panel

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-1-5. Alarm Panel To receive alarms from cameras, you need to configure alarm triggers in the Settings > Alarm configuration window (see page 75). Network cameras' digital inputs, digital outputs, or motion detection can all be used to detect conditions in external environments. You can configure certain kind of actions to take place in response to the alarms: such as, 1.

  • Page 186: Layout View Control Buttons

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-1-6. Layout view Control Buttons When editing a user layout, you can use this button to clear all view cells of inserted cameras. This button extends the current layout to the full of the screen.

  • Page 187: Search Recording Clips

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-2. Search Recording Clips The elements in the Camera list on a Search recording clips window are similar to those on a Liveview window. Please refer to page 107 for details on the Camera list panel.

  • Page 188: Past Alarms And Bookmarks

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-2-2. Past Alarms and Bookmarks When you selected a day when alarms took place on a camera, the alarms will be listed on the Alarm panel. Up to 200 entries can be listed on a single page, and a max. of 1,000 entries across multiple pages.

  • Page 189: Synchronous Playback

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Note that the bookmarks you inserted on the Liveview window will be listed on the Alarm panel, and the bookmarks will also appear on the slide bar of the Playback window. To retrieve or view the video clip tagged by the bookmark, click on it to play the video that was recorded by the time bookmark was inserted.

  • Page 190: Export Media

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-2-4. Export media To export video clips, 1. Click on the Export media button on the tool bar, while the Playback window is playing a video section of your interest. 2. An Export media window will prompt.
  • Page 191 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 7. The exported media file should be saved to the default download folder. 8. A self-executable EXE file should look like this. User's Manual - 191...

  • Page 192: Time Search

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability 6-2-5. Time Search Use the time line slide bar to find the nearest recording from a specific point in time. Timeline slider Span of existing recording Control buttons Playback info Timeline zoomer Details of the control bar in the Playback window can be found on page 130.
  • Page 193 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Time span =12 hrs Each section =3 hrs Total time span Time span =1 hrs Each section =15 mins If recordings take place by an event-triggered recording, the intervals between recordings can be down to 1 minute, and the individual recordings will not be easily discernible. In this situation, you can mouse over the timeline to pin-point individual recording instances.

  • Page 194: Technical Specifications

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Technical Specifications Technical Specifications ND9441 ND9541 Model 16-CH H.265 Embedded NVR 32-CH H.265 Embedded NVR Hardware Information System Embedded Linux ARM Processor Flash 256 MB 2 GB 4 GB Watchdog Hardware + Software Power Restoration...
  • Page 195 Discover the other brand camera through "Insert Camera & Batch Insert" Device Intergration APC Model Compatible Dimensions 430 mm 44.5 mm All specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © VIVOTEK INC. All rights reserved. Ver. 6 VIVOTEK INC. VIVOTEK USA VIVOTEK Europe VIVOTEK India 6F, No.192, Lien-Cheng Rd., Chung-Ho,...

  • Page 196: Safety And Compatibility

    VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Safety and Compatibility Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 197 VIVOTEK - Built with Reliability Japan VCCI Class A statement ACA (Australian Communications Authority) CAUTION RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS User's Manual - 197...

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