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Table of Contents System Overview ..............6
Front View ..................6 Rear View ..................6 LED Definition ................7 Installation ................8
HDD Installation ................8 ...
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Adjust Contrast For the Playback Video ........... 74 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files ..........75 Export Playback Videos to JPEG images ........... 77 Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player ....... 80 ...
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Maintenance ................143 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Firmware Upgrade ............... 143 Through the web interface ............144 ...
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Event Monitor ............... 233
Event Monitor ................233 History Event Monitor ..............236...
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Connect to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: • The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “NVR Search”...
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To begin, launch the “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:...
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Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”. The search should start automatically and its status should be dis- played.
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The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed. Double-click on an NVR and the search program should automatically access the NVR’s web administration page from your default browser.
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You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system • Please make sure you are using Internet Explorer 7 or above (IE 10 is NOT yet supported).
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Access the NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network.
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Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system Set up Password...
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The default login username and password is admin/admin. To change the password of the admin account, go to “Setup” --> “System Con- figurations” --> “User Account”, click on the “admin” account in the account list then press the “edit”...
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Camera Installation Add a Camera -- Automatic Search Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly. Go ahead and click “Install”...
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After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed: Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information”...
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Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and the camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc if you wish and then click “Add”...
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Live View The “Live View” page provides the following functions: • Retrieve camera’s video stream • Retrieve camera’s status • Perform Live Sequence Viewing • PTZ Control • Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing •...
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(!) Note The systems will detect current security settings of Internet Explorer upon logging in to the web UI. You will see warning message as shown below if you are running Internet Explorer with a customized security settings, in which the UI will be displayed with errors.
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An additional window will pop up displaying the current security settings of your Internet Explorer (as shown below). Simply click on “Change my settings to ensure best compatibility” to proceed. Click “OK”...
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Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page: • Click “All” to display videos of all 32 channels • Click “1-16” or "17-32" to display videos of in 16-video view •...
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Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one. To perform sequence view, select “SEQ View”...
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Next, select one or more camera(s) or camera group(s) for sequence viewing: Select "1-16" and "17-32" to start sequence viewing in 16-video view Select "Group(x)" to start sequence viewing in quad view Select "cameras"...
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Then, select dwell interval from the drop-down menu and click "Start" to begin. PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris.
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Only PTZ capable cameras will be listed in the drop-down menu The bar highlighted above controls the moving angle. Larger number means bigger movement angle.
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Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” section: • Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera • Auto pan a particular camera • Perform preset point sequence viewing (In order to use this function, one must configure camera's preset points in "NVR Setup"...
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Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop-down list shown below. Click "Go to" to move to the selected position. Auto Pan Viewing Use the Auto Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan * Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements.
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Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one. Once you have defined the preferred preset points in “Channel Configurations”...
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Live Video Controls Users can perform certain functions to a live view video. They can be accessed by right clicking on a video. Display ratio and full screen By default, the videos are set to fill the whole video window, to display its original size or ratio, use the button in the upper-right hand corner.
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Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots.
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A new window should display and load the snapshot image.
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The new window displays the snapshot.
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If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
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However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\)
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You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.
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Perform Digital PTZ To perform digital PTZ on a particular channel, right-click anywhere on its video and select "Digital PTZ".
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Next, hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to specify the zoom in area...
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Once the image is digitally zoomed in, use the mouse scroll button to further zoom on or zoom out the image. Hold and left-click on the image and move the mouse to move the zoomed in video.
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Adjust Contrast For the Live Video Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the live video from the right-click menu as well.
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Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window, which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu that lets you change the display language.
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Live View through iPhone Safari Browser You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser, make sure “javascript”...
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Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar...
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You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR...
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Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel...
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Click on the “Channel” drop-down menu to select other cameras...
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If a PTZ camera is selected, the corresponding control buttons will display (control PT only) * Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras. Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the selection “Auto”...
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Enable the “Support Javascript” option and click the menu button and click “Save Options” Go to “General Properties...
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Make sure two options illustrated above are enabled Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings...
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Press the button highlighted above to go back to the browser...
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Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar...
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You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access...
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Playback Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly.
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Search by time chart 1. Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on. 2. Select “Search by time chart” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search * Selected channels will be marked in red...
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Results will then be displayed in a new dialog with a “Month/Channel” table and boxes marked in dark gray represent videos found in those dates. (* Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed)
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Clicking on a cell box marked with gray will take you to the "day" view of the selected month. Repeating the same step will eventually take you to the "second" view (5sec per cell box). Right-click anywhere or the "Back"...
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Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search Results will then be listed like what is shown below (displays the oldest record top down). Click on a particular result to start the playback. (* You can click “Next Search”...
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You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time”...
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Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video.
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Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down.
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You may click “Update” to update the list to display the most recent results.
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Certain functions you can perform to the playback video You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video: 1. Play Audio 2. Snapshot 3. Export as AVI file 4.
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Take a snapshot of a playback video To take a snapshot, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots.
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A new window should display and load the snapshot image.
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The new window displays the snapshot.
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If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
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However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\)
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You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.
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Adjust Contrast For the Playback Video Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the playback video from the right-click menu as well.
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Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on the NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format. A 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player can then play the files on the PC.
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A new dialog will pop up and allows you to specify the time frame (or length) of the video you wish to export...
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Export Playback Videos to JPEG images You can alternatively choose to export the recorded video to JPEG images by choosing the "Export as JPEG images" option.
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Specify the Start time/End time (or export length) and click "Start" to begin exporting. You will be notified once the process is completed successfully...
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The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition (or the partition where Windows is installed) • ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player. You can get it at “http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/”...
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Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files. This can save you the trouble of installing third-party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos.
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Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open”. (Normally under “C:\ExportFolder)”...
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The video will then start playing Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recipient. These types of snapshot images...
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are saved in a proprietary image file format, h4i or p4i, and can only be opened by the NVR media player. To do so, Select “Open” from the top menu then select “Image File”. A new dialog should be displayed which lets you locate the image file.
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NVR Setup -- System Configurations Network Setup The “System Configurations” page provides users options to setup the device quickly and properly. After properly configuring all settings in all the sub-pages, users should expect a fully working network video recorder that is ready to manage cameras on the network.
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DHCP server, and you can locate the NVR by using the NVR search utility. If there's no DHCP server in the network, and the NVR is set to use "Auto Mode", it will use its own default static IP 192.168.101.50. The NVR supports three connection types that can be configured depends on how the network is setup.
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2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the recorder * The recorder can detect the presence of a DHCP server upon startup. It sets itself to use static IP address if there is no DHCP server currently presented in the network.
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DDNS Service DDNS, which stands for “Dynamic DNS”, is a method, protocol, or network service that provides the capability for a networked device, such as a router or computer system (in this case, the NVR) using the Internet Protocol Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in real time, the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.
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*If the NVR is placed behind a router or Internet gateway, please make sure port forwarding for port 80 is configured on the router or the gat- way in order for the DDNS function to properly register with the service.
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Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above The page will check whether or not another user has used the hostname you entered as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button. If...
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you see below message, simply enter a different and click “Add to Cart” again Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above...
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Go back to the NVR’s DDNS service configuration page under “Setup” >> “System Configuration” >> “DDNS Service”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Domain Name” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID”...
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You can click the “Check DDNS Status” button to check the DynDNS service status. If you are getting a “Disconnected” message, it means that DDNS service server is down or the NVR is not connected to the Internet.
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Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location. It is imperative that you set the recorder’s time correctly to avoid the following errors: •...
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User Account Multiple users can access the recorder simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin”...
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Add a new user • Enter a username and password in “User Account Information”. All other fields are optional for your own reference. • Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu to assign the new user to a particular group •...
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Change the password of the “admin” account 1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit” 2. Its information should be displayed in “User Account Information” 3.
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Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
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You can change the group name by clicking the “Change Group Name” button. A text box will be displayed for you to enter the new group. Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type”...
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Its access privilege will then be displayed. You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording.
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Build RAID Volume The internal HDDs can be used for RAID. To do so, go to "RAID Volume" in Disk Setup and choose the available disk action. The "Disk Actions" drop-down menu displays available actions based on how many HDDs are installed in the NVR.
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Select a disk action and click "Apply" to proceed. A warning dialog will be displayed as creating RAID volume will erase all existing data on the HDDs. Click "OK" to continue.
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Please wait for a few moments while the NVR is creating the RAID volume. You will be prompted once the action is completed successfully.
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Once the RAID volume is created, it will be listed in the "RAID volume list with the status of "Offline"...
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Go back to the "Hard Disk List" page and the RAID volume should be in the list. Click "Format" to bring the RAID volume online. The status will be displayed just as if you were formatting any internal HDDs...
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Deleting RAID Once a RAID volume is created, it can be deleted at anytime by choosing the "Delete RAID" action in the RAID volume page. All existing data will be removed after the RAID volume is deleted. All internal disks that were originally used for RAID volume will have to be formatted again after the RAID volume is deleted.
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* Once a RAID volume is deleted, all internal disks within that RAID should become offline and need to be formatted again before they can be used individually. * All internal disks (or RAID volumes) need to be formatted before they can be used.
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NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations Add a camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually.
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You should be prompted to install Active Control component the first time you visit the page in order for the search to function properly. Go ahead and click “Install” Once you have the ActiveX component installed, the search status should be displayed after clicking "Search"...
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Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera.
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Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc. if you wish. You can also click on the “Preview” to preview the live video of the camera. Click “Add” to finish adding the camera *If cameras are marked with "*"...
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Once the camera's settings are polled and displayed, you can also enable "continuous" recording and adjust its recording quality settings before adding the camera. Some cameras are capable of multiple streaming profiles, in which different video codecs are used for different purposes.
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There are two types of fps settings here, one is the fps that NVR sets back to the camera, and this is the fps NVR will be receiving from the camera.
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Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually.
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OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned off. To add texts to one or more videos: Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD”...
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Next, define where the text will be displayed by either entering an X/Y value based on percentage or use the system pre-defined position from the drop-down menu. Click on the “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and click “Apply”...
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The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size, color or font so they can be more visible on the video.
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PTZ Setting PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera.
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To set up PTZ preset points: 1. Select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. 2. Select a position number for the preset point from the “Position Number”...
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Ultimately, you can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered. * “Move Here when Event Trigger”: In order for this function to work properly, please also complete configuration in “Event Configuration”...
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To configure preset sequence for a camera, 1. Select a channel from the “Channel” drop-down menu. The available preset points should be listed in “Camera Presets” section. 2. Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the “->” button to move them to the “Preset Sequence”...
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E-Map Setting Local E-Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
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To replace the map, click “Browse” button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click “Upload”. * Only JPG, PNG, and GIF file formats are supported with file size under 100KB.
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Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
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Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E- Map monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations. To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map.
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1. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the mouse scroll button You can also go to a specific place on the map by entering its address or the name of the place in the “Address or places of interest”...
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NVR Setup -- Event Configurations Event Configuration The “Event Configurations” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it’s necessary.
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How often an event is triggered • Set a time interval under “Event Trigger Interval” to define how often events are triggered Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: •...
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1. For cameras that come with physical digital input ports, their ports will be listed in the far left drop-down menu. 2. Pick the desired channel for I/O mapping, and then select the camera’s input port from the drop-down menu.
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Event Servers Configuring an FTP server Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration.
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To add an FTP server, 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 2. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server 3.
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Configuring an SMTP server 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field 4.
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Event Triggers We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting: •Which channels will have event trigger function enabled •What is considered to be an event •Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent...
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*Once motion detection is enabled in this page, please configure the motion area and enable motion detection in the corresponding channels (cameras) from camera's own web UI. The NVR only detects the first motion area set in the camera. The NVR recognizes the first motion area by its ID number set in the camera.
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NVR Setup -- Recording Configurations General Settings The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels.
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The “recording buffer” allows user to define “pre-alarm” and “post- alarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time sets the NVR to record in advance when an event is triggered. The “post-alarm” time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an event trigger is finished.
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You are able to use the same video format for recordings or you can choose other formats for different recording purposes if it's a multi- stream capable camera. If you chose to use a different video format for recording, you are able to adjust its detail settings by clicking on the "...".
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Users can also set to keep a previous number of days of recording data by enabling the option below. This is quite often used in application such as banking which certain countries requires to always keeping a minimum previous number of days of recording data.
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The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels. Schedule Recording You can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels in this page.
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To configure a schedule recording Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first. You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day.
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specify the recording duration by either choosing “All Day” or enter a start and end time for specific recording duration. Select the “Copy Schedule to Channel:” option if you would like to set the same recording schedule to another camera.
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NVR Setup -- System Options Device Information System Options gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firm- ware, restore/backup device settings or reboot device ..etc. The “Device Information”...
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Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting.
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Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • Reboot the NVR when necessary • Reboot cameras directly from the NVR • Perform Firmware Upgrade • Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive •...
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Through the web interface Login into NVR’s web management UI, and go to "NVR Setup" >> "System Options"->"Maintenance" On "Upgrade NVR's Firmware" section, click "Browse" and select new firmware file...
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A new dialog should display and let you choose the location of the firmware file. When done, click “Upgrade”.
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Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish (After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the process) Upgrade through USB thumb drive 1. Prepare a USB flash disk and format with FAT or FAT32 format 2.
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8. Restore configuration file back if needed Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Restore Factory Default” button and begin the process. The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View”...
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“Disk Status” gives you more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR. USB Backup It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format (not AVI) to the externally connected USB hard disk.
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Once it’s detected, go back to the “USB Backup” page and it should be available for further configuration The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space. Make your selection from the drop-down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR.
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Next, select channels which you would like to backup the recording data from. Maximum 4 channels can be selected at once Configure the start and end time of the recording data you would like to backup and click the “Backup”...
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Process: • Progress will be displayed on the UI • If the backup process gets interrupted, which the process stops at a point of time that is before the “END Time” user defined, such time will be displayed on the UI •...
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Click “Browse...” to select the file from the USB disk. A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location.
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When done, click “Check” to validate the file. Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted with the message shown below.
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Select the time zone according to your current location. Finally, click “OK” to begin playing. The player should now play the backed up file.
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UPS Configuration Connect the UPS to the NVR’s USB port for sending and receiving signals between the UPS and the NVR. The NVR can receive signal from the UPS when there is a power failure and shut down itself automatically within a period of time.
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The UPS information should be obtained and displayed at the bottom of the page after the settings are applied: To enable network UPS support (NVR acting as UPS slave): 1. Go to “NVR Setup” >> “System Options” >> “UPS Configurations”, and check “Enable UPS Support”...
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Live View (VGA output Interface) Live View The NVR can be operated directly by attaching a USB keyboard and mouse and a monitor with VGA input. Once the NVR is fully started, you should be prompted with the login screen as shown above.
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Type in the default username: admin, and password: admin to log in.
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You will see the Live View interface once logged in. And it's essentially divided into three sections: 1. Main menus 2. Video area 3. Side menus The main menu on the top provides functions described below: (from left to right) 1.
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7. Full screen 8. Full screen with lock 9. Display OSD 10. Display video in its original aspect ratio 11. Current logged in user 12. Logout The side menu provides the following information and functions: 1.
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4. Sequence view control 5. PTZ control The channel status is shown in different color: Green: Recording Blue: Connected but not recording Gray: no camera is configured White: Disconnected Red: Event triggered and recording...
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Live events are listed in the side menu along with the time information.
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The "Channel List" lists all cameras that are currently added to the NVR. You can drag one from the list and drop it to any video area to display its video.
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Video Sequence is a function that displays videos of the selected channels (or favorites) and they are switched automatically with definable interval.
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1. Simply choose how many channels you would like to view at once by choosing an option from the drop-down menu. 2. Select a time interval for the sequence viewing 3. Click "Start" to begin...
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The PTZ Control provides the following functions: 1. List of PTZ-capable cameras currently added to the NVR 2. Preset point selections (You need to add preset points in the configuration page first) 3.
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Video Area The video area essentially provides viewing purpose for the live video. It also provides certain functions, which you can access quickly that enhance the monitoring experience. Simply right-click anywhere on the video to access these functions: 1.
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The OSD display and keep ratio can also be turned on/off from the top main menu. Pressing down the "OSD" button from the top menu not only displays OSD but also displays the functions of those that can be accessed from the right-click menu at the top of the video.
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Video window surrounded with blue color means it's currently selected.
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A red arrowhead is shown when hovering the mouse over to a particular video area representing it's a PTZ-capable camera. Full screen view can be enabled from the top main menu bar, or by double-clicking anywhere on the video.
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Snapshot The snapshot function can be accessed from the right-click drop-down menu or the top of the video if OSD display is enabled. ** Please do connect an USB disk drive formatted in FAT32 in advance before using the snapshot function from the VGA output interface.
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The snapshot of the video will be displayed on a pop-up window.
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Click the "Save" button, which opens up a new dialog that lets you choose which USB disk to save the snapshot to.
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Digital PTZ To use digital PTZ, enable the function from the right-click menu, or the top of the video window if OSD is enabled.
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Click and drag the mouse diagonally on an area in which you would like to zoom in to.
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Once the video is zoomed in, click and drag the video to move within the zoomed area. Use the scroll button on the mouse to zoom in further or zoom out. Right-click on the video to exit the digital PTZ mode.
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Keep Ratio By default, the video fills up the entire video window. You can change this and display the video in its original aspect ratio by using the "Keep ratio" function from the right-click menu, or the top of the video You can change this and display the video in its original aspect ratio by using the "Keep ratio"...
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The "Keep Ratio" button on the top main menu allows you to change aspect ratio of all channels at once. NVR Configuration (VGA output Interface) System Configuration Service You will the see the "Service" configuration page first when visiting the Configuration page.
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Display The "Display" configuration page allows you to choose the most optimized display resolution for the monitor that's used with NVR, as there will be circumstances that the incorrect resolution may be used when the system first boots up.
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Network You need to adjust settings in this page for the device to work properly in your network. It is critical that settings here are configured correctly based on your network configurations so that the recorder can be administered through the local area network and cameras can be connected from it.
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The built-in DHCP Server function is NOT always configurable and is greatly dependent to the connection type that is used: 1. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable.
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User Account -- User setting Multiple users can access the recorder simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin”...
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• Click "Add" to add a new user. • Enter a username and password. All other fields are optional for your own reference. • Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu to assign the new user to a particular group.
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User Account -- User group setting Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
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any changes in the “Live View” page or have access to pages other than the “Live View” page. To create a group, select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu. You can change the group name by typing in a new group name and click the “Change Group Name”...
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Use the check boxes to allow or deny access to certain functions/channels. You can also restrict access on certain system wise configuration pages.
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Disk Once you install a new hard disk to the recorder, it will be listed in this page and shown status "offline. You would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page.
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Go to the RAID Volume page and select a desired Disk action from the drop-down menu.
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Channel Configurations -- Add a camera (Automatic Search) The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually.
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The progress will be displayed, and you will be switched to the "Channel setting" page for more configurations.
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Double-click on one from the search result to add it and for more detail configurations...
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The camera's current settings will be displayed on the right and you can adjust settings such as "Format", "Resolution" or "FPS" before adding it to the NVR.
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Click "Apply" to finish and save the settings.
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Channel Configurations -- Add a camera (Add manually) To add a camera manually, go directly to the "Channel Setting" page, and enter the camera's IP address, HTTP port, username and password.
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You can create up to 8 preset points for each channel if it's a PTZ- capable camera. To add a preset point: 1. Select a channel from the "Channel" list and its video will be displayed at the lower-left hand corner.
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E-Map E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
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By default, all cameras are placed in the "Home" E-map group. Add new E-map You are able to create unlimited number of "sub-groups" within the Home group, or a sub-group. To do so, select a group first from the list and click "Add".
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Change E-map Image To change the map image, place your own image on a USB disk and plug it into one of the USB ports on the NVR. Click "Browse" button and select the USB disk when prompted.
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Locate the image file (.jpg) and click "Open" to finish.
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Above is an example once the background image is replaced and multiple E-map groups are created.
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You can quickly re-arrange the groups/cameras by dragging one from the list and drop it to a new group. Or you can move a camera or a sub-group to a new one by using the "Dependent group"...
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The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings that will be performed on each channel. It can help the NVR to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate.
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You can tell that you are configuring a multi-stream capable camera if the "Video setting" option is available. You can further configure the recording frame rate for different types of recording, and choose whether to recording audio or not.
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You will be given with options to record i frame only or i+p frames if the recording format is MPEG4 or H.264.
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Schedule Recording In the "Schedule" page, you are able to configure the NVR to recording during a particular time frame for each channel.
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Start by selecting a channel for configuration from the upper-right hand corner. Use the schedule table to define recording time frame. Each cell box represents 15 minutes. You can click one to select or click and hold down the mouse left button and drag horizontally to select consecutive hours of a particular day, or drag vertically to select a particular hour for multiple days.
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You can also use the options in the "Quick Configuration" section to quickly define the recording time frame without using the schedule table. Record Buffer The record buffer allows you to set the NVR to start recording with a certain period of time before and after an event trigger.
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Event Handling The “Event Handling” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it’s necessary.
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General Setting Start the configuration by defining the general settings: Define when an event will be triggered • Choose “Always” or “Scheduled” under “Event Trigger Duration”...
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• For the “Scheduled” option, use the table to define a range of time if you would like events to trigger corresponding actions only during a certain period of time. * Use the mouse left button to select and the right button to deselect.
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How often an event is triggered • Set a time interval under “Event Trigger Interval” to define how often events are triggered Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: •...
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DI Setting This function allows users to use camera's digital input port from the recorder as source of an event. You can setup the recorder to receive events from a particular camera’s input port and then triggers the NVR to start recording.
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Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration.
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FTP Servers To add an FTP server, 1. Click "Add" to begin: 2. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 3. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server 4.
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SMTP Servers 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field 4. Enter the sender’s e-mail address 5.
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•Add system events if you will •Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent. Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channels. *Once motion detection is enabled in this page, please configure the motion area and enable motion detection in the corresponding channels (cameras) from camera's own web UI.
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Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent. • Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the “UPnP Port Forwarding” is enabled in both the NVR and the router.
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Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • Reboot the NVR when necessary • Reboot cameras directly from the NVR • Perform Firmware Upgrade • Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive •...
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The configuration can be backed up to or restore from a USB disk. It is required to plug in a USB disk formatted in FAT32, EXT3, or EXT4 prior to using the backup and restore functions. To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Restore Factory Default”...
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It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format as well as in AVI to the externally connected USB hard disk.
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The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space. Make your selection from the drop-down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR. Next, select channels which you would like to backup the recording data from.
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• The USB hard disk needs to have more than 100MB remaining space • If multiple partitions are presented in one disk, only the first partition will be detected and used for backup Process: •...
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UPS Configuration To enable local UPS support (NVR acting as UPS server): 1. Connect the compatible USB UPS to the NVR 2. Turn on the NVR 3. Go to “NVR Setup” >> “UPS”, and check “Enable UPS Support” option.
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The UPS information should be obtained and displayed at the bottom of the page after the settings are applied: To enable network UPS support (NVR acting as UPS slave): 1. Go to “NVR Setup” >> “UPS Configurations”, and check “Enable UPS Support”...
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Playback (VGA output Interface) Playback Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly.
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Start by selecting channels to search playback data first. Recording data will be displayed at the bottom. Red means event recordings.
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Event only recordings will also be listed on the side. Double-click to start playing. You can define a range of time to narrow down the search result.
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You can do the followings to the playback video by right clicking anywhere on the video: 1. Choose to listen to the recorded audio or not 2. Take snapshots of the recorded video (required USB disk) 3.
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E-Map Monitor E-Map Monitor E-Map Monitor provides monitoring with instant event notifications with the geo- graphical information of each camera (and camera group). Small-sized video of a channel will be shown on the map during a trigger of an event.
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The E-Map Monitor displays the top layer of E-map by defaults. Double-click on the camera group icon to go down a layer and enter the E-map of the camera group.
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When there is an event going on, the camera icon (or the camera group icon) will be surrounded with red square flashes on the map. Its live video will also be displayed on a small pop-up window. You can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
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Or you can right-click on the enlarged video to perform the following tasks: 1. Take snapshot 2. Digital PTZ 3. Start/stop manual recording 4. Display video in its original aspect ratio You can always go back to the previous layer of e-map whenever you are taken to a sub-layer E-map.
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Alternatively, you can click the "Home" button to go back to the top layer of e-map directly. Event Monitor Event Monitor...
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Event Monitor is a function that plays back “event only” videos. It’s a convenient tool that allows users to play through a list of event recordings that are happening at the moment. Events will be listed on the side bar and double-clicking on any one of them will instantly play back the recording.
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The channel information and contact information of that particular channel will also be displayed on the side bar.
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The software also displays thumbnail images of the most recent events. The images get replaced whenever there are new events coming in. Double-clicking on a thumbnail will start playing back the event-recorded video.