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NAS WITH 4 / 8/ 16 CHANNELS ART. IPNAS004A IPNAS008A IPNAS016A Please read this manual thoroughly before use, and keep for future reference Via Don Arrigoni, 5 24020 Rovetta S. Lorenzo (Bergamo) http://www.comelitgroup.com e-mail: export.department@comelit.it...
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Network Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...
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User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 11. Overloading All the safety and operating instructions should be read before Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result the appliance is operated. in the risk of fire or electric shock. 2.
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Network Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction .................... 1 1.1 Features ......................1 1.2 System Diagram....................2 1.3 Rear Panel ......................2 Factory Reset....................3 1.4 Front Panel......................3 1.5 Tuning On/Off the System................. 3 Chapter 2 — Installation ....................5 Package Contents.....................
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User’s Manual Camera Sequence Monitoring ................ 47 Map Monitoring ....................48 5.2 Controlling Cameras ..................49 PTZ Control..................... 51 Zoom Control ....................52 5.3 Controlling Maps ..................... 52 Chapter 6 — Recording..................... 55 6.1 Setting up Recording Schedule............... 55 Setting up Time-Lapse Recording ..............57 Setting up Event-Based Recording..............
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Network Video Recorder Live Popup ....................109 Event Acknowledgement ................110 Chapter 15 — Map Editor..................113 15.1 Registering Map ..................113 15.2 Setting up Map .................... 114 Chapter 16 — Streaming Service................117 16.1 Installation ....................117 System Requirements................... 117 Installation .....................
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction This manual describes installation and operation of Network Video Recorder (NVR), which is designed to be used with network cameras and network video transmitters. 1.1 Features This network video recorder provides monitoring of video from network video transmitters and network cameras, recording of monitoring video and playback of video recorded in the NVR system.
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User’s Manual 1.2 System Diagram USB Flash Drive, eSATA HDD, Video Input, Network Video Transmitters, Network Cameras, Streaming, iNEX Streaming, iNEX Client, Remote Monitoring 1.3 Rear Panel ① Power In: Connect a power cord. ② USB Port: Connect a USB flash drive to upgrade the software. Disconnect power from the NVR and connect a USB flash drive containing the upgrade package file (.rui and autorun.txt) to the NVR.
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Network Video Recorder ⑤ Factory Reset Switch: Use to return all settings except device related settings to the original factory settings. See below for details. NOTES: Do NOT connect or disconnect eSATA devices while the NVR power is on. The NVR must be powered down to connect or disconnect eSATA devices.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation You can connect the NVR system remotely only via network connection. This requires installing the following programs in your PC. INIT Program: Allows you to set up network information of the NVR system for remote connection. iNEX Program: Allows you to set up the NVR system, to monitor video of the NVR system and to play back video recorded in the NVR system.
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User’s Manual VGA: ATI RadeonTM HD 3650 or NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS (ATI recommended) (1024x768, 24bpp or higher) Hard Disk Drive: 350 MB or more free space LAN: Gigabit Ethernet or faster Minimum System Requirements ® ® Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP 3 CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz or faster RAM: 1.5 GB or more...
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Network Video Recorder 4. Designate the folder path to install the Client program. Clicking the Disk Cost… button shows the available and required disk space for each hard disk drive for the installation. Then click Next. 5. When the following screens appear, click Next. ®...
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User’s Manual 6. When the following screen appears, click the Close button to complete the installation. 7. Select the language in which to run the program and then click OK. NOTES: To properly display the selected language, your PC’s operating system should be set to support the selected language.
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Network Video Recorder 4. Click the Remove All or Do not remove button when the following screen appears. Clicking the Remove All button deletes all saved data including recorded video and previous settings in the system. Clicking the Do not remove button uninstalls the software without deleting any saved data in the system and keeps all saved data in the system.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Getting Started NOTE: In this manual, the “server or server system” refers to a PC on which a iNEX service is running, the “client system” refers to a PC on which the Client program is running and the “network video device” refers to a network video transmitter or network camera.
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User’s Manual Site Name, Service Address, Service Port: Designate the name − of the NVR system and enter the IP address and port number of the NVR system (default: 11001). User ID, Password: Enter your user ID and password. The default user ID is admin and default password is 12345678.
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Network Video Recorder Date/Time Date, Time, Time Zone: Displays the date, time and time zone of the NVR system. Time Sync − Automatic Sync: Automatically synchronizes the time with a time server. Enter the IP address or the domain name of the time server and set the time interval for synchronization.
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User’s Manual − Use NAT: Check the box when the NVR system uses a NAT (Network Address Translation) device for network connection. − Name: Enter the NVR system name to be registered on the DVRNS server. Check whether or not the name is available by clicking the Check button.
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Network Video Recorder 1. Select the Device menu. 2. Click All Devices in the Site panel, and then the button at the bottom of the Site List panel. The Device Scan window appears.
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User’s Manual Protocol: Select the protocol or manufacturer of the device to scan. Event related functions are not supported for devices that do not use the iNEX protocol, and some other functions may not be supported depending on the settings of the device. Scan Mode: Select the scan mode.
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Network Video Recorder Recording Service: Select a recording service (supported only for the network video devices). The device is registered on the recording service and the NVR system performs recording according to a recording schedule. The channel number of the recording service indicates the maximum number of cameras that can be registered, and the name indicates the name of a recording service, which was set during the Service menu setup.
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User’s Manual 5. Check that the device was added to the device group correctly. Click Device Group in the Site panel ) beside Device Group. Clicking the registered group displays the list and then the arrow button ( of devices added to the device group and connection status in the Site List panel. If the connection was not made properly, the network disconnection log is displayed.
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Network Video Recorder 3.4 Recording Run the Setup program. Refer to Chapter 3 — Getting Started, 3.1 Connecting (p. 11) for details about running the Setup program. Check that the devices were added to a device group in the Device menu. Allocating Cameras button at the bottom.
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User’s Manual The list of cameras registered on the current recording service is displayed. Clicking the Add button at the bottom allows you to register additional cameras on the current recording service. NOTE: If you delete a device after some recording has been done for the device, you cannot search or play back the video recorded on the original NVR system though you register the device again.
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Network Video Recorder 2. Double click anywhere in the empty space of each schedule window, and the Preset setup window appears. 3. Select a desired Preset from the Preset list, or click the button to add a new Preset. Selecting a Preset from the list and clicking the button deletes the selected Preset or allows you to edit the selected Preset settings.
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User’s Manual 2. Click the Play or DVR Search tab on the tab panel → Select a site to connect to from the Site list, and then drag and drop it on the Play or DVR Search screen. Recorded video from the selected site is displayed on the screen.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 4 — System Overview The iNEX software consists of the following programs: Service Manager: Controls the operation of services or displays system log. Refer to 4.1 Service Manager (p. 23) for details. Setup: Allows you to add service, devices and users, or set up recording schedules, event management schedules and storage.
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User’s Manual Menu Operation: Starts or stops services. When the services are stopped, you cannot run the services and Client program, and the system does not record. If you have changed any settings of the Service Manager program, stop and restart services to apply the changes. Option: Sets up the connection information for the NVR system or service.
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Network Video Recorder Setting up the time range of the log and clicking the Search button displays the log information. Selecting First displays from the oldest log entries regardless of date. Selecting Last displays to the newest log entries regardless of date.
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User’s Manual Service The Service menu allows you to register and manage services and storage. ① Service List: Displays list of services supported in the iNEX program. Clicking the arrow button ( ) beside each service displays the list and information about services registered in the iNEX program. Address: Displays the IP address and port number.
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Network Video Recorder ① (Multiple Firmware Upgrade): Allows you to upgrade software for several devices at the same time. Refer to Chapter 11 — Device Management, 11.2 Managing Devices, Upgrading Device’s Software (p. 88) for details. ② Site Panel: Displays site group lists supported by the iNEX program. ③...
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User’s Manual User The User menu allows you to register and manage users or user groups. ① Group Panel: Displays a user group list. The Administrators group has authority to perform all functions, and the authority settings cannot be edited. ②...
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Network Video Recorder ① Schedule Panel: Displays a registered schedule list. The iNEX program performs recording based on the schedule. ② Detailed Information Panel: Displays setting values of the selected recording schedule. ③ Schedule Setup: Allows you to register recording schedules for Time-Lapse Recording or Event-Based Recording or to set up recording settings for Instant Recording.
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User’s Manual ① Schedule Panel: Displays a registered schedule list. The iNEX program manages events based on the schedule. ② Detailed Information Panel: Displays setting values of the selected event management schedule. ③ Schedule Setup: Allows you to register event management schedules. Refer to Chapter 14 — Event Management, 14.1 Setting up Event Management Schedule (p.
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Network Video Recorder ① Menu: Allows you to control the Client program. Refer to Menu (p. 31) for details. ② Site List: Allows you to connect to the registered site by using the mouse drag and drop. Refer to Site List (p.
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User’s Manual program. Refer to Menu – Preference Settings (p. 34) for details. iNEX Setup: Runs the Setup program. Login, Logout, Exit: Logs in, logs out or exits the Client program. View Save to User Layout: Saves the current screen format.
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Network Video Recorder About Check for Updates: Displays available software upgrades. About: Displays the software version and copyright information. Site List Displays the list of registered sites. (Incremental Search): Allows you to search for a registered device or site. Entering text that you want to search for causes the search results to be displayed. Search results are displayed immediately as matching text is found.
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User’s Manual DVR Search: Allows you to play back the video recorded in SD (SDHC) memory cards. Refer to Chapter 7 — Recorded Video Playback & Exportation (p. 65) for details. Event: Displays the list of events recorded during Event recording. Double clicking an event in the event list, or selecting an event in the event list and then clicking the right mouse button allows you to play back event-recorded video and event-associated video in the play screen.
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Network Video Recorder Date/Time Date/Time: Displays the current date and time. Date Format, Time Format: Set up the system date/time format. Start Week On: Set up the day of the week to start. Screen Format Side Pane Position: Set up the position of side panels.
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User’s Manual Screen Display Display OSD: Sets up the OSD display setting and information to be displayed on a camera screen. The Opacity slide bar allows you to adjust the opacity of OSD (On Screen Display), OSD Magnification changes the OSD size depending on the screen size.
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Network Video Recorder Video Enhancement Aspect Ratio: Select the proper image aspect ratio. − Original Ratio: Fits images within the screen size while maintaining their original ratio. − Fit to Screen: Fits images to the screen size regardless of the aspect ratio. −...
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User’s Manual Instant Event Time Range: Set up the length of time for an event notification to be displayed in the Instant Event List after notification of the event detection (The event list will remain on the Instant Event List even if the time has expired if the event list has 100 or fewer items.).
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Network Video Recorder others, monitoring may not be available. Don’t display broken frames: It is possible that frames will be broken or lost when using the RTP protocol depending on the network environment. Select whether or not to display the broken frames in Live or Play panels.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 5 — Live Video Monitoring You can monitor live video of each group. The NVR system displays video from devices based on the settings in the device on the Live screen. If the streaming service is running, the NVR system displays video transmitted through the streaming server, and it allows multiple users to monitor video simultaneously.
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User’s Manual (Layout Sequence): Starts or stops layout sequence. Refer to 5.1 Monitoring Video, Layout Sequence Monitoring (p. 44) for details. (Hotspot): Sets up a selected camera screen as a hotspot screen. Refer to Hotspot Setup (p. 42) for details. (Event Spot): Sets up a selected camera screen as an event spot screen.
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Network Video Recorder Map Event Spot Setup NOTE: The “map event spot” in the iNEX program is a predefined camera screen in which video from a camera which an event is detected among cameras on a map can be monitored with emphasis. The map event spot screen is surrounded by a gray outline.
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User’s Manual Name: Enter the layout name. Site: Displays a list of registered devices, cameras or camera sequences. You can search for a registered device or camera sequence by entering text beside the icon. Entering text that you want to search for causes the search results to be displayed.
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Network Video Recorder 1. Select a desired layout sequence from the Layout Sequence list, and drag and drop it on the Live screen. Video from cameras added to the layout sequence is displayed in the screen format for each layout sequentially. 2.
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User’s Manual Name: Enter the layout sequence name. Public/Private: Displays the layout sequence to all users (Public) or to a current user only (Private). The admin user can see all layout sequences. Owner: Displays the user ID of the person who created the layout sequence. Layout List: Displays a list of registered layouts.
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Network Video Recorder Camera Sequence Monitoring You can monitor video from multiple cameras in the same camera screen sequentially. A camera sequence should be registered on the NVR system for camera sequence monitoring. Refer to the following for details about camera sequence registration. 1.
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User’s Manual Name: Enter the camera sequence name. Public/Private: Displays the camera sequence to all users (Public) or to a current user only (Private). The admin user can see all camera sequences. Owner: Displays the user ID of the person who created the camera sequence. Device List: Displays a list of registered devices.
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Network Video Recorder Select a desired map from the Map list, and drag and drop it on the Live screen. The selected map is displayed on the screen. You can move a map to the desired location on the Live screen without disconnecting the current connection while monitoring video.
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User’s Manual Control Toolbar When selecting a camera screen and hovering the mouse cursor over the camera screen, the control toolbar is displayed over that camera screen. The control toolbar allows you to control the selected camera. Hovering the mouse cursor over a button displays a tooltip for the button. (PTZ Control): Allows you to control PTZ for a camera that supports PTZ control.
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Network Video Recorder − Fit to Screen (Aspect Ratio): Displays images by fitting them to the screen size keeping the aspect ratio. This might cause top and bottom or left and right side of images to be cropped depending on the screen size.
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User’s Manual (View Preset) button on the PTZ control toolbar, and the View 3. Click the Preset window appears. Select the desired Preset, and the PTZ camera moves to the position of the selected Preset. Zoom Control Clicking the (Image Zoom) button on the control toolbar allows you to zoom in on the current video. NOTE: “PIP”...
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Network Video Recorder aspect ratio. (Zoom Finder): Displays or hides the PIP screen. The rectangle in the PIP screen indicates the enlarged area. When set to Auto, the PIP screen is displayed only while a canvas is enlarged. (Zoom In): Allows you to adjust the enlargement ratio of the canvas. Example When Zoom Finder is set to Off;...
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 6 — Recording You can record video from cameras connected to devices registered in the NVR system and iNEX program provides three types of recording: Time-Lapse Recording, Event-Based Recording (Event and Pre-Event) and Instant Recording. During Time-Lapse recording or Event-Based recording, the system performs recording based on the settings of schedule Presets during the scheduled time.
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User’s Manual Click the Schedule Setup button at the bottom. The Schedule Setup window appears, and schedule windows are displayed with the current settings for each Preset. Time Coverage: Sets up the schedule time. You can set up more than one time range. The higher the schedule position is in the Schedule Setup window, the higher its priority is.
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Network Video Recorder NOTE: In the schedule setup, “Preset” indicates a single setting in which the setting values of Time Coverage, Condition or Action are saved. Setting up Time-Lapse Recording During Time-Lapse recording, the NVR system performs recording continuously based on the schedule settings for the scheduled time (supported only for devices registered on the recording service).
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User’s Manual Enter the Preset name and select Time Condition from the Condition Type list. 3. Set up the recording settings by double clicking the Action schedule window and selecting the desired Preset. You can add a new Preset or edit a saved Preset by clicking the Add or Modify button.
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Network Video Recorder 5. You can check the recording status in the Device menu. Click All Devices in the Site panel and all registered devices are displayed in the Site List panel. Click the arrow button ( ) beside the device name, and check the status (Record: During Time-Lapse recording or Event-Based recording, Panic: During Instant recording, Idle: Ready to record).
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User’s Manual Name: Enter the Preset name. Condition Type: Select Event Condition. Select Target to produce event and event type: Select event types that trigger video recording. Event from any device: Select to record video when − user-defined types of events are detected. Click Event from any device, and the list of event types is displayed in Event Types below →...
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Network Video Recorder Pre-Event Recording Condition The NVR system records video prior to event detection when predefined events are detected. Enter the Preset name and select Pre Event Condition from the Condition Type list. 3. Set up the recording settings by double clicking the Action schedule window, and then selecting a desired Preset.
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User’s Manual 5. You can check the recording status in the Device menu. Click All Devices in the Site panel and all registered devices are displayed in the Site List panel. Click the arrow button ( ) beside the device name, and check the status (Record: During Time-Lapse recording or Event-Based recording, Instant Recording: During Instant recording, Idle: Ready to record, Not Use: Camera disabled, Video Loss: On video loss).
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Network Video Recorder Adding a new schedule with the same time range and target: Clicking the button in the upper left corner of the Action schedule window allows you to add a new schedule with the same time range and target. Deleting a Schedule Clicking the button in the upper right corner of any schedule window deletes the schedule.
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User’s Manual 2. Click the Instant Recording button at the bottom, and the Instant Recording Setup window appears. The settings are only for recording video from network video transmitters. When recording video from other devices, the NVR system performs recording based on the settings in each device. Select the desired compression codec, resolution, frame rate and quality of video.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 7 — Recorded Video Playback & Exportation You can play back recorded video or export recorded video to USB devices. First, check the following and run the Client program. The NVR system should be running. Devices should be added to a device group. Refer to Chapter 11 — Device Management (p. 83) for details.
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User’s Manual 3. A panel toolbar, a timetable, a control toolbar and a screen menu are provided for playing back recorded video. Panel Toolbar The toolbar at the bottom of the panel allows you to search and play back recorded video. Play Panel DVR Search Panel (Event Search/Time-Lapse Search): Switches search mode between event search and time-lapse...
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Network Video Recorder (Screen Format): Changes the screen format. Clicking the button displays additional screen formats. Clicking the or button moves to the previous or next camera groups. Timetable/Event List Time-Lapse Search Mode: When in the time-lapse search mode, the timetable is displayed at the bottom of the screen and it displays the recording information for each camera.
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User’s Manual (Object/Motion Search): Allows you to search for changes or motion in recorded images in the NVR system. Refer to Object/Motion Search (p. 69) for details. (Image Zoom): Zooms in on the image. Refer to Zoom Control (p. 69) for details.
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Network Video Recorder The timetable displays the recording information of the selected snapshot. Clicking anywhere of the recorded data in the timetable displays the snapshot of selected time. Use Popup Viewer: Enables display of the popup viewer screen. Hovering the mouse cursor over each snapshot displays a popup viewer screen above a snapshot.
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User’s Manual Dragging the mouse on the camera screen moves the zoomed-in area (Slide Bar): Adjusts the enlargement ratio. You can adjust the enlargement ratio also by using the mouse scroll wheel. (Actual Size Zoom): Enters the actual size zoom mode. In the actual size zoom mode, the image is displayed in its original size regardless of the camera screen size or image’s aspect ratio.
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Network Video Recorder Exporting as a Self-Player File The recorded video is exported as a self-player file (.exe). From, To: Enter the date and time of video to export. Selecting First sets the date and time to the date and time of the first available recorded video. Selecting Last sets the date and time to the date and time of the last available recorded video.
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User’s Manual : Goes to the beginning of the video. : Goes to the end of the video. : Plays the video in fast reverse. : Plays the video in fast forward. : Goes backward one frame of the video. : Goes forward one frame of the video.
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Network Video Recorder Save as Image: Saves the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file. − Save as Image (Actual Size): Saves the current image as a bitmap or − JPEG file in its actual size. (single-screen format only) Save as Video: Saves video of desired time range as an AVI file.
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User’s Manual Anti-Aliasing: Enhances image display quality for all cameras on the screen by eliminating stair-stepping (aliasing) effects in the enlarged image. Keyframe: Set up the keyframe for compressing the file. Max. File Size: Set up the maximum file size. Save Split File: Exports video by creating multiple files of the Max.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 8 — Event Handling You can monitor video from a camera where an event is detected and play back event-recorded video (supported only for devices which use the iNEX protocol). First, check the following and run the Client program. The NVR system should be running.
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User’s Manual Click the Live tab in the tab panel → Select a desired event from the event list and drag and drop it on the Live screen. Live video from the camera where the selected event occurred is displayed on the screen. Playing Video Playing event-recorded video is supported in the Play panel.
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Network Video Recorder 1. Click the Event tab on the tab panel → Select a device or camera to connect to from the Site list, and drag and drop it on the Event panel. The list of events recorded during Event recording is displayed in the Event panel.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 9 — System Health & Status Monitoring You can simultaneously check the system status and device status of registered devices. First, check the following and run the Client program. The NVR system should be running. Devices should be added to a device group. Refer to Chapter 11 — Device Management (p. 83) for details.
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User’s Manual 9.2 Status Monitoring Device status monitoring is supported in the Status panel (only for devices which use the iNEX protocol). If the Status tab is not on the tab panel, go to the System menu, click New Tab and Status. Select a device to connect to from the Site list, and drag and drop it on the Status panel.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 10 — Log Search You can search log entries for the iNEX program and the devices. First, check the following and run the Client program. The NVR system should be running. Devices should be added to a device group. Refer to Chapter 11 — Device Management (p. 83) for details.
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User’s Manual Report Toolbar The toolbar at the bottom of the panel allows you to search for the desired log entries. From, To: Set up the date and time of the log entry to search. Enter a specific date and time or select First or Last.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 11 — Device Management You can edit or delete the device from a list. You can also connect to a device to change its settings or upgrade its software remotely. Go to the Start Menu → Click iNEX → Run the iNEX Setup program and enter login information →...
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User’s Manual 11.1 Registering Devices 1. Click All Devices in the Site panel, and then the button at the bottom of the Site List panel. The Device Scan window appears. Protocol: Select the protocol or manufacturer of the device to scan. Event related functions are not supported for devices that do not use the iNEX protocol, and some other functions may not be supported depending on the settings of the device.
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Network Video Recorder NOTES: Depending on the model, the device may not be supported even though the iNEX program supports the device's protocol. Ask your dealer or distributor about supported models. If the device uses the ONVIF Conformance protocol, you can select either the manufacturer (or iNEX protocol) or the ONVIF Conformance protocol.
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User’s Manual Name: Enter the device group name. Location: Select an upper group to which the device group will belong. Select Devices Below, Selected Device List: Check the box beside cameras in the left panel, and the selected cameras are added to the right panel. Clicking the OK button completes the device group registration.
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Network Video Recorder Editing Device Information Selecting Edit Device from the device menu allows you to change the device information. Name: Edit the device name. You can use the same name for more than one device. By selecting the Disable Device option, the iNEX program no longer considers the device registered in the NVR system.
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User’s Manual ONVIF Profiles: Select a preset ONVIF profile (supported only for devices which use the ONVIF Conformance protocol). Refer to 11.3 Remote Setup of ONVIF Conformance Protocol Devices, Profiles (p. 93) for details. Device Type: Displays the device type. Changing Device’s Setting Remotely Selecting Remote Setup Device from the device menu allows you to change the device’s settings remotely.
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Network Video Recorder Device Name: Edit the name of the input/output device. You can use the same name for more than one input/output device. The name will be updated automatically when the name of the device to which the input/output device is connected is updated. Associated Audio Channel: Select the audio channel to associate with the camera for audio recording (supported only for a camera).
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User’s Manual Clicking the Apply button after changing the settings applies the changes. Information Displays the device information. Maintenance Restart: Clicking the button restarts the system. The iNEX remote setup is closed when the system restarts. Reset: Returns all the settings of the system to the original factory settings −...
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Network Video Recorder TCP/IP IP Address Configuration: Sets up the device’s IP address. Select the type of device’s network configuration. − Set Manually: Select when the device is using a static IP address for network connection, and set up LAN parameters manually. −...
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User’s Manual Network Protocols Network Protocols: Changes the port numbers of the network protocols that are used in the device (supported only for the protocols that are used in the device). NOTE: When the HTTP server’s port number is changed, the setup screen closes, and you should change the HTTP port number in the iNEX Setup program too.
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Network Video Recorder Profiles Set up the profiles using the following procedures. Select a profile from the profile list. Clicking button allows you to add a new profile. → Set up media. See the explanation below for details about setting media. → Click the Apply button at the bottom.
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User’s Manual − Bit Rate Limit: Enter the maximum bit rate. You can control the network bandwidth by limiting the bit rate depending on the network traffic. Audio Source Configuration: Displays the source configuration information (Configuration: audio source, Name: source name, Use Count: the number of profiles that use the source, Source Token: the number of tokens).
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Network Video Recorder PTZ Node: Displays the node information (Node: PTZ node, Name: source name, Maximum Preset: the maximum number of presets, Home Supported: availability of the home function). PTZ Configuration: Set up the PTZ. − PTZ Configuration: Select a PTZ from the list of the PTZs supported in the device.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 12 — User Management You can assign every user different authority levels for each function of the iNEX program. The Administrators group has authority for all functions, and the authority settings are not editable. Run the Setup program. Refer to Chapter 3 —...
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User’s Manual Information tab: Enter the user group name. Device Access Authority tab: Grant or limit authority for the access to each device. Authority tab: Grant or limit authority for each function. Clicking the OK button completes registration of the user group. 2.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 13 — Storage Management You can allocate and mange storage for recording. Go to the Start Menu → Click iNEX → Run the iNEX Setup program → Select the Service menu. Allocating Storage When additional hard disk drives are installed, it is required that you allocate storage to the hard disk drives. NOTE: When removing a hard disk drive that contains recorded video from the NVR system and installing it in another NVR system, you cannot search or play back the video recorded on the original NVR system.
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User’s Manual NOTE: If you delete a device after some recording has been done for the device, you cannot search or play back the video recorded on the original NVR system though you register the device again. 1. Select the Storage Setup tab and click the Add button at the bottom. 2.
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Network Video Recorder Clear All Recorded Data: Deletes all recorded data on all hard disk drives used in the current NVR system. Reconstruct Abnormal Recorded Timetable: When the network connection between the NVR system and the devices is too slow or a hard disk drive in the NVR system is damaged, the recorded data and the timetable information of the recorded data might not match and the timetable in the Client program might display incorrect information.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 14 — Event Management You can manage event detection notification to the Client system based on a preset event management schedule and monitor or play back the event-detected video on the Client system (supported only for devices which use the iNEX protocol).
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User’s Manual Time Coverage: Sets up the schedule time. You can set up more than one time range. Condition: Sets up the event condition. You can set up more than one event condition for the same schedule time. Action: Sets up the event action. You can set up more than one event action for the same event condition. Target: Sets up the users to manage the events.
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Network Video Recorder Name: Enter the Preset name. Color: Click the button and select a desired color. The scheduled time section will be highlighted with the selected color in the schedule table. Period: Set up the period for the schedule time. Selecting the Infinite option causes continuous notification based on the Condition, Action and Target preset settings without limiting the period.
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User’s Manual Event from any device: Select to notify events − when user-defined types of events are detected. Click Event from any device, and the list of event types is displayed in Event Types below → Select the desired event types, and the selected event types are added to the list under Event from any device on the right.
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Network Video Recorder Address, Port: Enter the email address and port number − of the SMTP server. Select Use SSL/TLS if the SMTP server requires SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) authentication. Sender: Enter the sender’s email address. − Use Authentication: Select and enter the ID and password −...
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User’s Manual Managing Schedule Adding a New Schedule Adding a new schedule with a different time range: Clicking the button in the upper left corner of the Time Coverage schedule window allows you to add a new schedule with a different time coverage. Adding a new schedule with the same time range: Clicking the button in the upper left corner of the Condition schedule window allows you to add a new schedule with the same time coverage.
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Network Video Recorder 14.2 Managing Events You can monitor or play back video of notified events based on the event management schedule. First, check the following and run the Client program. The NVR system should be running. Devices should be added to a device group. Refer to Chapter 11 — Device Management (p. 83) for details.
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User’s Manual Layout: Select the display format of popup screens. Monitor: Select the monitor on which popup screens are displayed if you use dual monitors. Disable Time Out: Click if you want to close the popup screen manually regardless of the preset duration for the popup screen to be displayed.
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Network Video Recorder The list of events is displayed that notified to the Client system based on the preset event management schedule. Auto Popup : Pops up the Event Manager panel automatically when the Client system is notified of an event. New Events: Displays events that the Client system is notified of but not yet acknowledged.
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User’s Manual Event History Toolbar The toolbar at the bottom of the panel allows you to search for the desired log entries. From, To: Set up the date and time of the log entry to search. Enter the specific date and time or select First or Last.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 15 — Map Editor You can register a map to monitor video from cameras, event detection and input/output device’s status of devices registered on the NVR system on a map on the Client system (supported only for devices which use the iNEX protocol).
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User’s Manual 15.2 Setting up Map ① Site: Displays a list of registered devices and map. You can search for a registered device and map by entering text beside the icon. Entering text that you want to search for causes the search results to be displayed.
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Network Video Recorder (Distance): Equalizes the distance between each icon of three or more icons. (Size): Equalizes the width, height, or size of two or more icons (supported only for icons that are of the same type but of a different width-height ratio). Property You can set up properties of the canvas, or input/output device icons or map links on the canvas.
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User’s Manual Click: Sets the Instant Viewer window to be displayed when clicking the input/output device icon on the map. When clicking an alarm-in icon, clicking activates or deactivates alarm out. Motion Detection, Object Detection, Video Loss, Video Blind, Alarm In, etc.: Sets video from a camera to pop up or be displayed on the event spot screen when an event is detected.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 16 — Streaming Service Multiple users can monitor video from devices through the streaming server. When the streaming service is not running, monitoring is still available, but it is restricted to fewer users based on the maximum number of simultaneous connections supported by the device.
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User’s Manual 3. When the following screen appears, select Install/Upgrade and click Next. 4. Select a service to install and click Next. 5. Designate the folder path to install the service. Clicking the Disk Cost… button shows the available and required disk space for each hard disk drive for the installation.
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Network Video Recorder 7. When the following screens appear, click Next. ® NOTE: The following screen appears when using Microsoft ® Windows Vista or later operating systems. It is recommended that you check the Disable WS-Discovery Windows Service (fdPHost, FDResPub) box. If you do not check the box, the iNEX program cannot auto-scan devices using ONVIF protocol when scanning devices for device registration.
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User’s Manual 16.2 Running Service When the streaming service installed, the service runs automatically. You can also start or stop running the service manually. Go to the Start Menu → Click iNEX → Run the Service Manager program. Check the status of the service. If the service is not listed as Working under Status, start the service manually.
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Network Video Recorder Name: Displays services that are currently connected to the NVR system via the network. 2. Select the streaming service to register on the NVR system, and the selected services are displayed in the service list. button at the bottom. The Setup – Streaming Service window 3.
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User’s Manual 4. Enter the streaming service’s name and select the Setup tab. The list of cameras registered on the current streaming service is displayed. Clicking the Device Setup button at the bottom allows you to register additional cameras on the current streaming service or removes a camera from the current streaming service.
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Network Video Recorder Chapter 17 — Federation Service The federation service allows you to monitor live video from devices registered on the NVR system and to play back video recorded in the NVR systems that are registered on the federation service. 17.1 Installation System Requirements ®...
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User’s Manual 4. Select Federation Service, and click Next. 5. Designate the folder path to install the service. Clicking the Disk Cost… button shows the available and required disk space for each hard disk drive for the installation. Then click Next.
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Network Video Recorder NOTE:.NET Framework and the Visual C++ Runtime Libraries are installed automatically, and it may take some time. This installation step will be skipped if the programs are already installed on your computer 7. When the following screen appears, click the Close button to complete the installation.
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User’s Manual Log In You are required to log in to the federation service when running the Setup and Client program. Go to the Start Menu in the federation server or Client system → Click iNEX → Run the iNEX Setup or iNEX Client program and enter login information.
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Network Video Recorder button at the bottom, and the Federation Service window appears. Enter the information Click the for the NVR system (administration service) to register. Name: Enter the name of the NVR system (administration service). Address, Port: Enter the IP address and port number of the NVR system.
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User’s Manual Live Video Monitoring 1. Check that the NVR systems (administration services) were added to Federation Service in the Site list. 2. Click the Live tab on the tab panel → Select a site to connect to from the Site list, and drag and drop it on the Live screen. Live video from the selected site is displayed on the screen.
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Network Video Recorder 2. Click the Play or DVR Search tab on the tab panel → Select a site to connect to from the Site list, and then drag and drop it on the Play or DVR Search screen. Recorded video from the selected site is displayed on the screen.
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User’s Manual ① Menu: Allows you to control the Client program. ② Site List: Allows you to connect to the registered site by using the mouse drag and drop. ③ Instant Event List: Displays monitoring events from devices registered on the NVR systems (administration services) (supported only for devices which use the iNEX protocol).
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User’s Manual Appendix Schedule Setup Examples of Event Recording Mode NOTE: Event recording is supported only for network video devices which use the iNEX protocol. Example I If motion detection events are detected at camera 1 on the Inside 1 device, and you want to record video from that camera, set up as follows:...
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Network Video Recorder Time Coverage preset: Select the Always preset. Condition preset − Condition Type: Select Event Condition. − Select Target to produce event and event type: Select All Devices, Inside 1, and CAM1 in order. − Event Types: Select Motion Detection. Action preset: Select a desired recording setting.
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User’s Manual Time Coverage preset: Select the Always preset. Condition preset − Condition Type: Select Event Condition. − Select Target to produce event and event type: Select All Devices, Inside 1, and CAM1 in order. − Event Types: Select Motion Detection. Action preset: Select a desired recording setting.
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Network Video Recorder Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Login fails indicating no Click the button in the login screen and check that information about server running. the NVR system is set up correctly. Check that devices have been added to a device group. Monitoring is not available.
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User’s Manual Specification VIDEO Video Input Network video transmitter, network camera Supported Resolution 352x240, 704x240, 704x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080 Video Codec H.264, MPEG-4, M-JPEG 4-ch Model: max. 120ips @ 1920x1080 Record Speed 8-ch Model: max. 240ips @ 1920x1080 (images per second) 16-ch Model: max.
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