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Vitek VT-TNR Series Product Manual

Network video recorders with advanced analytics
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PRODUCT MANUAL
THIS MANUAL IS APPLICABLE FOR MODELS:
VT-TNR414PN, VT-TNR818PN, VT-TNR818PFN, VT-TNR1626PN,
VT-TNR1646PFN, VT-TNR3216PFN, VT-TNR3280E1N
KEY FEATURES
• 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 Channel Stand-alone Real-time IP Network Video Recorders
• Full 8MP Recording ("PN" Models) / 12MP Resolution ("PFN" Models)
• 4K HDMI & VGA Video Outputs
• H.265S / H.265+ / H.265 / H.264 Video Compression
• Programmable Analytics including Face Detection & Target Counting (PFN "GEN
IV" Models only), License Plate Recognition & Fisheye De-warping (through IE /
App), Object Removal, Line Crossing, and Area and More!
• Plug and Play & Auto configuration for many leading ONVIF compliant IP Cameras
• Internal PoE Switches (Model Dependant)
• Single / Dual 1 Gigabit LAN Port, USB Ports
• Pentaplex: Live Display / Record / Playback / Backup / Remote Access
• SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Slots [up to 160TB - model dependent]
• Applications for iOS® & Android®
• Remote Viewing over the Internet via Web Browser or LAN
• Free VMS (Video Management Software)
• Control locally via USB Mouse or with the Included IR Remote control
• 3 Year Warranty
PLEASE NOTE:
Complete User Guide, Software, Tools, and Updates are
available online. Scan the QR Code or visit:
https://www.vitekcctv.com
VT-TNR Series Network
Video Recorders with
Advanced Analytics
Transcendent 8MP / 12MP
Real Time PoE NVRs with
Programmable / Advanced
Analytics
9/2024 : REV-1

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  • Page 1 VT-TNR Series Network Video Recorders with Advanced Analytics Transcendent 8MP / 12MP Real Time PoE NVRs with Programmable / Advanced Analytics PRODUCT MANUAL THIS MANUAL IS APPLICABLE FOR MODELS: VT-TNR414PN, VT-TNR818PN, VT-TNR818PFN, VT-TNR1626PN, VT-TNR1646PFN, VT-TNR3216PFN, VT-TNR3280E1N KEY FEATURES • 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 Channel Stand-alone Real-time IP Network Video Recorders •...

  • Page 2: Manual Notes

    • The storage of personal data depends on the capacity of the storage devices the users use, and all data stored in the device shall be handled by themselves. Vitek shall not be responsible for data loss.

  • Page 3: Cybersecurity Recommendations

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Cybersecurity Recommendations • Use a strong password with at least 8 characters, a combination of numbers, and upper- and lower-case letters. • Set a password expiration time and regularly change the passwords of your devices to ensure that only authorized users can access the system.

  • Page 4: Ce Information

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: ⚫ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 1.4 Table of Contents MANUAL NOTES ................... 1 DISCLAIMER ..................1 CYBERSECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS.......... 2 REGULATORY INFORMATION ............2 1.1 FCC I ..................2 NFORMATION 1.2 CE I ..................3 NFORMATION 1.3 R HS ......................3 1.4 T...
  • Page 6 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 5.2.3 IP Planning ..................43 LIVE VIEW INTRODUCTION ............ 44 6.1 L ........... 44 NTERFACE NTRODUCTION 6.2 V ..................... 45 6.2.1 Preview by Display Mode ..............45 6.2.2 Quick Sequence View ............... 48 6.2.3 Camera Group View in Sequence ............ 48 6.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence ..............
  • Page 7 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9.1 I ................. 85 NSTANT LAYBACK 9.2 P ........... 85 LAYBACK NTERFACE NTRODUCTION 9.3 S ................... 90 MART LAYBACK 9.3.2 Smart Playback Settings ..............91 9.3.3 Smart Playback Based on Motion Detection ........91 9.3.4 Smart Playback by Face Search ............
  • Page 8 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 11.2.2 Track Playback ................131 11.2.3 Face Search by Snapshot ............. 134 11.2.4 Human Body Search ..............134 11.2.5 Vehicle Search ................135 11.2.6 Combination Search ..............137 11.3 V ............137 TATISTICAL NFORMATION 11.4 E...
  • Page 9 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 14.1 A ..............159 CCOUNT ANAGEMENT 14.1.1 Add User ..................159 14.1.2 Edit User ..................160 14.2 U & L ..............162 OGIN OGOUT 14.3 P ..............162 ERMISSION ANAGEMENT 14.3.1 Add Permission Group ..............162 14.3.2 Edit Permission Group..............
  • Page 10 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 16.1 M ............187 OBILE LIENT URVEILLANCE 16.2 W LAN A ................187 CCESS 16.3 W WAN A ................188 CCESS 16.4 W ..............189 EMOTE ONTROL 16.4.1 Remote Preview................191 16.4.2 Remote Playback ................194 16.4.3 Remote Search and Backup ............

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 2 Introduction 2.1 Features Basic Functions • Supports network device access including IP cameras and Onvif IP cameras • Some NVRs support H.265S/H.265+/ H.265 and H.264S/H.264+/ H.264 IP cameras • Supports standard ONVIF protocol •...

  • Page 12: Disk Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs • Supports sliding the mouse wheel to zoom for a single camera image • Supports zooming in on any area of the image up to 16 times the current size • Supports image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras) •...

  • Page 13: Record Backup

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs • Supports speeding up (maximum 32 times of the normal speed), slowing down (minimum 1/32 times of the normal speed), and jumping forward or back 30 seconds during recordings Record Backup • Supports record to be backed up through USB (U disk, mobile HDD) interface •...
  • Page 14 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs • Supports TCP/IP and PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, UPnP, NTP, SMTP protocols and so on • Supports block and allow list function and blocking/allowing based on the IP address/IP segment/MAC address • Supports multiple browsers including Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, Chrome (available only for the versions lower than 45) and Safari in MAC system.

  • Page 15: Front Panel Descriptions

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 2.2 Front Panel Descriptions The following descriptions are for reference only. Type I: Name Descriptions When recording, the light is blue The light turns blue when it is able to access the network Power...
  • Page 16 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs VT-TNR414PN & VT-TNR818PN...
  • Page 17 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs VT-TNR818PFN...
  • Page 18 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs VT-TNR1626PN VT-TNR1646PFN...
  • Page 19 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs VT-TNR3216PFN VT-TNR3280E1N...

  • Page 20: Connections

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 2.4 Connections ⚫ Video Connections Video Output: Supports VGA/HDMI video output. You can connect to a monitor through these video output interfaces simultaneously or independently. ⚫ Audio Connections Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc.
  • Page 21 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Pull out the green terminal blocks and loosen the screws in the alarm-out port. Then insert the signal wires of the alarm output devices into the port of NO and COM separately. Finally, tighten the screws. Provided that the external alarm...

  • Page 22: Basic Operation Guide

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 3 Basic Operation Guide 3.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are set up properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to extending the life of your device.
  • Page 23 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs There are two kinds of remote controls. The interface of remote control is shown below. Type I: VT-TNR1646PFN Button Function VT-TNR3216PFN Switch off—to stop the device Power Button VT-TNR3280E1N Record Button To start recording...

  • Page 24: Mouse Control

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs letter using the remote control. You will need to input it with a mouse. Playback control: Press to enter the playback interface. Press to speed down or up the recorded video; press “Next” to switch the currently playing camera(channel);...

  • Page 25: Text-Input Instruction

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs displayed in full screen, move the mouse to the bottom of the interface to bring up a tool bar. The tool bar will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it, move the mouse to the right side of the interface to bring up a panel and the panel will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from ➢...

  • Page 26: Wizard & Main Interface

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 4 Wizard & Main Interface 4.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons are shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( no disk;...
  • Page 27 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Enable pattern lock and click “Edit” to set a pattern lock. Click “Next” to set security questions and answers that can be used to reset the admin password. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details.
  • Page 28 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Note: ➢ If you use an NVR with PoE network ports, the online state of the internal Ethernet ports will be shown on the interface. Refer to the picture below. Please refer to 14.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for a detailed introduction of the internal Ethernet port.
  • Page 29 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 14.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for more detailed information. Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in ⑥ the same local network as the NVR.
  • Page 30 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs In the above interface, the device activation state can be viewed. For activated devices, you can click to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. If the default password is not used by the activated device, you will need to modify it manually.
  • Page 31 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click to edit added cameras as shown on the above right. Enter a new camera name, IP address, port, username, and the password for the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC from a different network segment to match the network segment of the NVR.
  • Page 32 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Customization: Set “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record”, “AI Record”, “POS Record,” and “Schedule Record” for each camera. Click “OK” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details. QR Code. Enable the NAT or NAT2.0 function in the interface or set it in the ⑩...

  • Page 33: Main Interface

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Cloud Upgrade. Enable “Cloud Upgrade” and then click “OK” to save. If this ⑪ function is enabled, you can get the latest version from the cloud server. Please refer to 14.1.11 Cloud Upgrade for details.
  • Page 34 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button. Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence for details).
  • Page 35 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Introduction of area ②: Area ② is hidden by default. Move the cursor to the right to reveal this area. Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.

  • Page 36: Setup Panel

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Icon / Button Meaning Click to go to the intelligent analytics interface. Click to configure parking lot management, access control, face attendance, and face check-in (depending on models) Click to go to record search and backup interface, see 8.4 Record Search, Playback &...

  • Page 37: Main Functions

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface. Click each item to go to corresponding interface or window. For instance, click “Add Camera” to bring up the window as shown below.
  • Page 38 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Account and Authority This module covers Account Management (see 13.1 Account Management for details), Permission Management (see 13.3 Permission Management for details), and so on. ➢ System This module covers Basic Configuration (see 14.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 14.8 View System Information for details), Log...

  • Page 39: Camera Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 5 Camera Management 5.1 Add/Edit Camera 5.1.1 Add Camera The network of the NVR should be set up before adding IP camera (see 14.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for details). Refer to the pictures below. Click Add Camera in the setup panel or in the top right corner of a preview window to bring up the “Add Camera”...
  • Page 40 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Add Manually Enter the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to bring up the domain name input window, enter the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK”), port, username, and password of the camera and then select the protocol.

  • Page 41: Edit Camera

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs network and click “Add” to add it. ⚫ Manually Add：Click “Manual Add” and then enter the IP address or domain name, port, username, and password of the NVR/DVR. Check the added remote channel number and click “Test”. Then click “OK” to return to the previous interface.

  • Page 42: Add/Edit Camera Group

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Note: If you use an NVR with PoE network ports, IP cameras (with PoE function) which are directly connected to the PoE port of the NVR will be displayed automatically in the camera list. Refer to the picture below. The IP camera which occupies the PoE resource has a prefix shown before its camera name.
  • Page 43 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “Add Group” to bring up the window shown below. Set a group name and dwell time (the time that a camera group sequence view will dwell on screen) in the window. Check the cameras and then click “Add” to create a group. Click to view the cameras in the group after adding a group.

  • Page 44: Edit Camera Group

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 5.2.2 Edit Camera Group Click to modify the group information such as group name and dwell time. Click to delete the group. Click to add cameras to the group. 5.2.3 IP Planning Some models may not support this function.

  • Page 45: Live View Introduction

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 6 Live View Introduction 6.1 Live View Interface Introduction First, you must add a camera after logging in to the system (see 4.1.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window to swap cameras between windows.

  • Page 46: View Mode

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Button Menu List Meaning Click to bring up the snapshot window. Click “Save” in the window Snapshot to save an image. Click “Export” to export an image. Click to go to the PTZ control interface. See Chapter 6 PTZ for PTZ Control details.
  • Page 47 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Add Display Mode Method One: Click “Customized Display Modes” in the above interface. ① Click to add a display mode name and then set the screen mode. ② Add cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as required.
  • Page 48 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Fisheye Mode Some models may not support this function. While on the live preview interface, select a view mode corresponding to the installation and display mode of the fisheye camera. Please refer to the camera’s User Manual for more details.

  • Page 49: Quick Sequence View

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 6.2.2 Quick Sequence View You cannot start a quick sequence view if a scheme has not been configured. If a scheme has been configured, please refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence for details.

  • Page 50: Scheme View In Sequence

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Double click one camera group on the right side of the interface. The cameras in the group will start rotating through camera group views one by one in the selected camera window. You can also drag the group directly to any preview window. Right click on the group view window and then click “Close Dwell”...
  • Page 51 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Add Scheme in area ① to create a new scheme. Click Click in the top right corner of the scheme to delete it. ➢ Configure Scheme Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set a screen mode for the scheme.

  • Page 52: Pos Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Check “Dwell” and then set the scheme view in sequence on the secondary output. The setting steps are similar to that of the main output. Set a quick sequence view if “Dwell” is not checked. The steps to set this up are as follows: ①...
  • Page 53 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ④ Check the “POS port” of your device and then enter it. ⑤ Select the POS protocol. ⑥ Check “Trigger Camera” and click “Configure” under it to bind the POS to that camera. One POS can be bound to multiple channels, but only one channel can be bound to one POS.
  • Page 54 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click the “Display Color” tag and then choose the color you want to display on the screen. Multiple colors can be selected at the same time. In addition, the print method and preview display can be set here. If “Preview Display”...

  • Page 55: Preview Image Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs One POS bound to multiple cameras: 6.4 Preview Image Configuration 6.4.1 OSD Settings Click Start→Settings→Camera→Image→OSD Settings to go to the interface shown below.

  • Page 56: Image Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Select a camera, enter a camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time displays (if enabled, drag the red name and time displays directly in the image view area to change the OSD’s display position) and select the date and time...

  • Page 57: Mask Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 6.4.3 Mask Settings Some areas of the image can be masked for privacy. Up to four mask areas can be set for each camera. Click Start→Settings→Camera→Image→Mask Settings to go to the interface below. Select a camera and enable a mask. Click the “Draw” button and then drag the mouse on the image area to set a mask area;...

  • Page 58: Image Adjustment

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 6.4.5 Image Adjustment Go to the live preview interface and then click the button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface. ➢ Image Adjustment Select a camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to the image adjustment tab.
  • Page 59 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Parameter Meaning Contrast The color difference between the brightest and darkest parts. Saturation The degree of color purity. The color is purer, the image is brighter. Color temperature of the image Sharpness Resolution level of the image plane and the sharpness level of the image edge.
  • Page 60 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ßå The details of these parameters and buttons are as follows. Button/Parameter Meaning Click to zoom in/out the image. If manual mode is selected, focus button & “One Key Focus” & “Day/night Focus Mode mode switch autofocus”...

  • Page 61: Ptz

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 7 PTZ 7.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the pan, tilt, and zoom of a PTZ camera and the zoom and focus of a motorized varifocal lens camera. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below.
  • Page 62 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Button Meaning Click rotate a PTZ camera. Click to stop rotating the dome. Click to zoom in / out on the camera image. Click to increase / decrease the focal length. Click to increase / decrease the iris of the dome.
  • Page 63 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Refer to the picture shown below. Drag the mouse from C to D to draw a green rectangle and it will zoom out from the selected area. ➢ Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point.
  • Page 64 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Preset Settings Click “Preset” to go to the preset operation tab and then click “Add” to open up the window shown below. Select a preset number and then enter a preset name in the window;...
  • Page 65 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Enter a cruise name in the “Add Cruise” window and then click “Add preset” to ① bring up the “Add Preset” window (Before adding presets to the cruise, please create presets for the PTZ first).

  • Page 66: Preset Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs the cruise lines in sequence. ➢ Trace Settings On the right panel, click to go to the trace setting tab. Click “Add” to add a trace name. Then click “OK” to save this name. Please refer to the following picture.

  • Page 67: Cruise Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Select a camera and then click “Add” to add a preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the PTZ and then click to add a preset.

  • Page 68: Cruise Group Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display cruise information for a PTZ and then click on the top right corner of the cruise to delete the cruise.

  • Page 69: Task Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ➢ Play or Stop Trace Select a trace and click to play that trace; click to stop that trace. ➢ Modify the Trace Name On the left panel, enter a new trace name and click to modify and save that trace name.

  • Page 70: Smart Tracking

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ① Select a PTZ camera. ② Select a function, such as preset, cruise, trace, random scanning, etc. ③ Select a name, such as preset name, cruise name, etc. ④ Select a start and end time.
  • Page 71 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 2. Select the tracking mode and set the still time as needed. Tracking Mode: You can choose PTZ Auto Tracking Priority or Manual PTZ Control Priority. PTZ Tracking Priority: if this mode is selected, after enabling “Trigger track” for one of the following events, you cannot control the PTZ by clicking the buttons on the PTZ control panel in the live view interface.
  • Page 72 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 4. Enable an event, set a rule and then click “Locked”. This button will be changed to “Unlock”. Now the PTZ control panel in the above interface will be activated. Set the detection area by clicking the directional buttons in the above interface. After that, click “Unlock”...

  • Page 73: Record & Disk Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 8 Record & Disk Management 8.1 Record Configuration 8.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format HDDs before recording (refer to 7.4.1 Disk Management for details). Click Start→Settings→Record→Mode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the recording time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply”...
  • Page 74 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs recording is enabled all the time; AI recording will be enabled when an AI event happens. You can customize what events to record on, including POS recording. Click “Advanced” to bring up the window shown below. Check the modes in the window you wish to use and then click “Add”...

  • Page 75: Schedule Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Max Bitrate: you can choose between 32Kbps ~10240Kbps. GOP: group of pictures. ➢ Customization Mode If custom mode is selected, you set the recording schedules for each camera individually. See 7.1.2 Schedule Settings for details.
  • Page 76 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “Add” to add a new schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set a schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set a day schedule or a week schedule.
  • Page 77 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click then click “Manual” on each day to bring up the window shown below. Set the start and end time in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings.

  • Page 78: Advanced Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week. 8.1.3 Advanced Configuration Click Start→Settings→Record→Advanced to go to the following interface.

  • Page 79: Record Mode

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 8.3 Record Mode 8.3.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to manually start recording all cameras in highest quality. Method Two: Go to live preview interface and then click the right-click menu “Manually Record On”...

  • Page 80: Disk

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs AI Event Management for details. The camera will start AI recording once you finish the above settings. This function is only available for some cameras. 8.4 Disk 8.4.1 Disk Management HDDs can be plugged in or pulled out when the NVR is on. When a HDD is in an abnormal status, then exception information will be shown on the screen (such as “No HDD”, “Only read”, “Unformatted”, “...
  • Page 81 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs After you enter the password of its data encryption, its status will be “Read Only”. Now you can read the data of this disk but it cannot be written to. Some models do not support the RAID function. The settings of RAID are as follows.
  • Page 82 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Select a hot spare. In the physical disk interface, select a disk that is not in the array and click as shown in the following pictures. ⚫ RAID Rebuilding If one of your disks is malfunctioning, the disk indicator on the front panel will turn red.

  • Page 83: Storage Mode Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 8.4.2 Storage Mode Configuration Click Start→Settings→Disk→Storage Mode to go to the interface shown below. For example, there are four disk groups. By using the disk group function, you can correspond cameras to specific disks (the recording data of each camera in a group will be stored on the disks in the same group).

  • Page 84: View Disk Information

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click to add a backup HDD. After account verification, select a HDD and then this HDD will be removed from the normal group to the backup group. Simultaneously, it will be formatted. Please back up all data of this HDD in advance when you want to move it to a backup group.
  • Page 85 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs...

  • Page 86: Playback & Backup

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9 Playback & Backup 9.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the recording (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time).
  • Page 87 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs On the panel on the right you will see the channel number and the recorded data coded by color. The bar that runs across them represents the playback time being viewed. You can click around this bar to change what time is being played back.
  • Page 88 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Button Meaning Play button. Click it to play video forward. Pause button. Slow Play button. Click it to decrease the playing speed. Fast Play button. Click it to increase the playing speed. Previous frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode.
  • Page 89 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Snap Click to take a snapshot of the camera recording. Click to go to the zoom in interface. The zoom in interface is similar to that of the camera window in the live preview interface.
  • Page 90 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs visible above or below the current view. You can also click to scroll through the time above or below what’s visible currently on the timeline. Drag the slider at the bottom of the time scale to show more cameras on the time scale.

  • Page 91: Smart Playback

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9.3 Smart Playback While in playback, click to go to the smart playback interface as shown below. The descriptions of buttons in the smart playback interface Button Description Full screen motion button. Draw grid. You can search recordings of motion detected in the area drawn.

  • Page 92: Smart Playback Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Button Description Draw quadrilateral. You can search recordings in this quadrilateral after drawing it. Search by face Search by license plate number Search by human/vehicle detection Playback settings button Return button. Click to return to the previous interface.

  • Page 93: Smart Playback By Face Search

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ⚫ Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral Click and draw a quadrilateral in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the recordings of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recordings. Move the cursor to that block and click to play the record.
  • Page 94 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Set similarity. The higher the sensitivity value is, the lower the searching accuracy will be, and vice versa. ③ Select targets. You can select targets from recent recordings, the face database, the snapshot gallery, or external faces(from pictures stored on a inserted drive.) ④...

  • Page 95: Smart Search By License Plate

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9.3.5 Smart Search by License Plate Before starting smart search by plates, please add LPR cameras first and enable the LPR function. Please refer to License Plate Recognition for details. Click the button to go to the following interface.

  • Page 96: Smart Search By Object Attributes

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9.3.6 Smart Search by Object Attributes Before searching objects by attributes, please enable the video metadata function of cameras. Click to select attributes. Select attributes of humans/motor vehicles/non-motor vehicles as desired to search the results.

  • Page 97: Search, Playback & Backup By Time-Sliced Image

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9.4.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image ① Click Start→Search and Backup→By Time-sliced Image to go to the “By Time- sliced Image” tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera. In the time view mode, a maximum of 64 camera thumbnails can be shown.
  • Page 98 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤...

  • Page 99: Search, Playback & Backup By Time

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Method Two: Click beside “Camera Thumbnail” on the left top corner of the interface to select from the different time slice modes. Method Three: Right-click the mouse on any area of the time-sliced interface to go back to the upper interface.

  • Page 100: Search & Playback By Tag

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Check the event type in the interface as desired. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click to search the recordings.

  • Page 101: Image Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 9.4.5 Image Management Click Start→Search and Backup→Image Management to go to “Image Management” tab. The system will display all the snapshotted images automatically in the list. Click to delete an image. Click to bring up the “Export” window. Select the device name and save path in the window and then click the “Save”...

  • Page 102: Ai Event Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 10 AI Event Management 10.1 Face Recognition Only some models support alarm based on face comparison. If your device doesn’t support face the recognition function, please skip the face database and face recognition instructions.
  • Page 103 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs refers to the amount of time before a camera captures the same face again. The snapshot number setting refers to the number of pictures of the same face that will be captured during the snapshot interval(For example: the snapshot interval is set to “30 seconds”...

  • Page 104: Face Database Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs please see 6.2 Preset Setting for details. Snapshot: The current camera will capture images automatically when faces are detected. Push: If enabled, the system will send push messages when faces are detected. Buzzer: if enabled, the system will begin to buzz when faces are detected. To set the delay time of the buzzer, please see 11.5.4 Buzzer for details.
  • Page 105 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ⚫ Click “Add” and then click “Select Face” to add face images. You can add faces from the snapshot gallery or an external source. Adding faces from the snapshot gallery: Select a search time or self-define a search time and then click “Search”...

  • Page 106: Face Recognition Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Save face pictures to your USB storage device and then insert the USB storage device into the USB port of the NVR. Go to the face database interface. Click to expand the group and then click “Add”.
  • Page 107 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ① Enable “Successful Recognition” or “Stranger”. Click “Parameter Settings” to set the similarity percentage for matching to the face group. Disable live display: if checked, the live view interface (target detection tab) will not display captured faces in real time on the live preview screen.

  • Page 108: License Plate Recognition

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ⚫ Configure a schedule. ⚫ Set the text prompt and voice prompt. The text will show on the captured picture and the voice will be broadcasted when a stranger is detected. ⚫ Trigger record, snapshot, alarm-out, buzzer, push alert, pop-up video, E-mail, Preset, and pop-up message box as needed.

  • Page 109: Plate Database Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs • Select a schedule. • Set up the area and plate exposure as needed. • Set up the alarm area. Drag the mouse to draw a detection area. Click “Clear” to delete the alarm area.

  • Page 110: License Plate Recognition Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Add plates to each group: ① Click to extend the group. Click “Add Plate” to bring up the following window. ② Enter the plate, vehicle owner, and mobile phone number. ③ Select the vehicle type and group.

  • Page 111: Line Crossing Detection

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Set the successful recognition alarm linkage. ⚫ Select one or more plate groups and then choose a schedule. Click “Manage” to set the schedule. ⚫ Set the text prompt. When the captured plate is matched successfully, the text will appear on the right of the live view interface.
  • Page 112 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Select the camera, enable line crossing detection by IPC and set the duration. Note: Some models may support line crossing detection using the NVR. ③ Set a schedule. ④ Select the direction. Direction: You can select A<->B, A->B and A<-B. This represents the direction that the target crosses over the alert line.

  • Page 113: Intrusion Detection

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 10.4 Intrusion Detection Intrusion Detection Configuration: Alarms will trigger if people or vehicles intrude into a pre-defined area. ① Click Start→Settings→AI/Event →AI Event→Intrusion to go to the following interface. ② Select a camera, enable intrusion detection by IPC, and set the duration.

  • Page 114: Crowd Density Detection

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Set a schedule. ③ Select a camera, enable object detection, and set the duration and detection type. There are two detection types: Abandoned object and missing object. Abandoned object: Alarms will trigger if there are articles left in the pre-defined detection area.

  • Page 115: Target Counting

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Select a camera, enable crowd density detection, and set a schedule, duration, refresh frequency, and alarm threshold. Refresh Frequency: Refers to the refresh time of the detection result report. Alarm Threshold: Alarms will trigger when the percentage of the crowd density in a specified area exceeds the pre-defined threshold value.
  • Page 116 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs counted will be cleared and the statistic cycle will restart. ③ Set an alarm area and entrance direction. Click “Draw Area” and drag the mouse to draw a rectangle area. Drag the rectangle to change its position.
  • Page 117 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Enable line crossing counting. ③ Set a schedule. ④ Drag the mouse on the small window to draw a crossing line. Click “Clear” to delete the alert line. Direction: The options are A->B and A<-B. This is the direction of a target crossing over the alert line.

  • Page 118: Exception Detection

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs In the above interface, you can send an Email to a specified person daily/weekly/monthly with target counting statistics. Click “Add” to add a recipient”, and then enable “Send Email” and select “Send mode” and time.

  • Page 119: Temperature Detection

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Set the schedule and the alarm duration time. ③ Click “Trigger Mode” to configure exception alarm linkage items. Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push Message”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop- up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box,” and “E-mail”. The alarm linkage settings are the same as the face detection alarm (see 11.1 Sensor Alarm for details).

  • Page 120: Video Metadata

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ③ Set the thermography rule. Select a rule type, including Point, Line, and Area. Emissivity: Set the emissivity of the target. The emissivity of each object is different. Distance: The distance between the target and the camera.
  • Page 121 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Enable video metadata and then set the schedule. ③ Set the detection area and blocked area. Detection Area: 4 detection areas can be set. Targets that enter in the pre-defined detection area will be counted and captured.

  • Page 122: Intelligent Analytics

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 11 Intelligent Analytics 11.1 Target Detection View Only some models support target detection view. If your device doesn’t support it, please skip the following instructions. 11.1.1 Human Body/Vehicle Detection View You can only view real-time captured human or vehicle pictures when the camera supports human body/vehicle detection.
  • Page 123 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ① Enable the face detection function (see 9.1.1 Face Detection Settings for details). ② Enable the face recognition function and set up alarm linkage items (see 9.1.3 Face Recognition Settings for details). ③ Go to the live view interface and click on a channel with face detection enabled.
  • Page 124 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Before registering target face pictures, please add groups for them in advance (see 9.1.2 Face Database Management for details). After face pictures are registered, the system will compare them automatically once the corresponding faces are captured next time. Refer to the following picture.
  • Page 125 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “Register” to register the current snapshot. Click “Search” to go to the face search interface. Click “Playback” to go to the playback interface. Click “Export” to export the snapshot’s details. Click “Information” to view the face ID.

  • Page 126: License Plate Detection/Recognition View

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs When captured face pictures are successfully recognized, click the picture on the right to bring up a face detail window as shown above. In this window, you can see the captured face picture, the picture it was matched against from the face library, and other relevant information.
  • Page 127 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Put the cursor on the captured plate picture and then click to register this plate as shown below. Click to view captured information. Click to quickly go to the vehicle search interface. You can search for matched plate information in this interface.

  • Page 128: Object Attribute View

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click a captured plate picture and it will bring up a window with detailed information. You can view snapshot pictures, original pictures, snapshot time, camera, etc. Click “More” to view the ID information of the target and export the captured picture.

  • Page 129: Smart Search

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs captured pictures, original pictures, object attributes, etc. 11.2 Smart Search 11.2.1 Face Search Only some models support this function. If your device doesn’t support it, please skip the following instructions. ➢ Face Search by Event Click Start→...
  • Page 130 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “List” to view the snapshot information list. Click to view detailed information; click to back up the image. ➢ Face Search by Face In the face picture search interface, click “By Face” to go to the following interface.
  • Page 131 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs To add target faces that were recently added: Choose the face. Click “Select Face”. To add target faces from the face database: Click “More” to choose groups. Select a target face and click “Select Face”.

  • Page 132: Track Playback

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click an image to play its recording. Click to view detailed information related to the compared target face. ⚫ View Match Images Click the “Match” tab to view matched images as shown below. 11.2.2 Track Playback...
  • Page 133 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Note: Tracking information only works when a person was detected by two or more cameras. Descriptions of buttons on the track interface Fixed Window Frame Fast Forward Followed Window （x2;x4） Exchange Window Normal Speed...
  • Page 134 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click to switch play speed between 1x and 2x. Click to view the event list. Click an item to play the event. Click “Exchange Window” to switch the position of the map window and the playback window.

  • Page 135: Face Search By Snapshot

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs storage device into the NVR. ② Click the “Load Map” button to upload the map. Click the button to modify the colors of camera names and track lines as well as set the line width.

  • Page 136: Vehicle Search

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs You can also select attributes to help filter people (like gender, age, mask-wearing status, glasses-wearing status, color of clothes, etc.) Click a searched picture to play its recording in a small window. Select pictures and check “Backup Picture”...
  • Page 137 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Event: You can select Intrusion, Line Crossing, Target Counting, Plate Detection, Plate Match-Successful Recognition, and Plate Match-Strange Plate. Attribution: Vehicle or non-vehicle attributes can be selected as needed. For example, you can search vehicles according to the color, brand or type.

  • Page 138: Combination Search

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “Track” to view tracking information for a vehicle. Note: Only one plate can be tracked at a time and two or more LPR cameras must have detected this license plate to track it.
  • Page 139 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs View People Information: Note: People Information includes face and full-body information. ① Select a time. ② Select cameras. ③ Select events as needed, such as face detection, face recognition, intrusion, line crossing, target counting, etc.

  • Page 140: Enabling Ai Mode

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs If “Remove duplicate license plate numbers” is checked, duplicate details of the same license plate in the same day will not be displayed in the chart. To customize statistical information: Click “Combine” and then select events, people, and vehicle as needed. For target counting, you can view human, motor vehicle, and non-motor vehicle information from the exported file.

  • Page 141: General Event Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 12 General Event Management 12.1 Sensor Alarm To completely configure sensor alarm settings, enable sensor alarms for each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Sensor to go to the following interface.

  • Page 142: Motion Alarm

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs messages when the sensor alarm is triggered. Alarm-out: Enable this and the “Trigger Alarm-out” window will pop up automatically. Configure trigger alarm-out settings in this window. The system will trigger an alarm-out automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. You need to set up the delay time and schedule for the alarm outputs.

  • Page 143: Motion Alarm Handling Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Select a camera, enable motion detection, and set the sensitivity/duration for the camera. Sensitivity: the higher the value is, the more sensitive it is to motion. You should adjust the value according to the conditions of the scene since the sensitivity is influenced by color and time (day or night).

  • Page 144: Combination Alarm

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Enable or disable “Record,” “Snapshot,” “Push,” “Alarm-out,” “Audio,” “Preset,” “Buzzer,” “Pop-up Video,” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling settings for motion alarms is similar to that of sensor alarms (see 11.1 Sensor Alarm for details).

  • Page 145: Exception Alarm

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ③ Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Audio”, “Pop-up Video,” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of combination alarm is similar to that of sensor alarms (see 11.1 Sensor Alarm for details).

  • Page 146: Alarm Event Notification

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Enable or disable “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Message Box,” and “E- mail”. Exception handling settings are similar to that of sensor alarms (see 11.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings.

  • Page 147: Buzzer

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 12.5.4 Buzzer Click Start→Settings→AI/Event→Event Notification→Buzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time desired for the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer.
  • Page 148 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Camera audio settings: Voice broadcast can be set up for perimeter alert cameras. Select a camera, voice, broadcast times, volume, and language. Then click “Apply” to save the settings. When an alarm is triggered, the camera will broadcast the voice line you set.

  • Page 149: Light

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Set an audio alarm for the NVR that plays locally from the HDMI output. In this interface, you can set the volume for the local audio. Click “Add” to upload an audio file. Choose the uploaded audio file and then click “Listen” to listen to it;...

  • Page 150: Manual Alarm

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 12.6 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to bring up a window. Click “Trigger” to start an alarm. Click “Clear” to stop the alarm. 12.7 View Alarm Status Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Alarm Status or click...

  • Page 151: System Disarming

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “Clear” to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm goes off. Click to view detailed information as shown below. If the exception information has more than one page, you can enter the page number in the box and then click to jump to that specified page.
  • Page 152 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs All alarm linkages for all channels and sensor alarms will be turned off after clicking “One Key Disarm” by default. You can also self-define the channels and sensors you want to disarm by clicking “Add”. Only the selected channels and...

  • Page 153: Application

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 13 Application 13.1 Face Attendance This function is only available for some models. If your device doesn’t support it, please skip the following instructions. Click Start→Application→Face Attendance to go to the following interface. To search attendance information ①...

  • Page 154: Face Check-In

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 13.2 Face Check-In Click Start→Intelligent Analytics→Face Attendance to go to the following interface. The search steps of face check-in are as follows. ① Click next to a camera and group to choose the desired cameras and groups.

  • Page 155: Parking Lot Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs You can manage the parking lot through the NVR. Before using this function, please add a professional LPR camera. 13.3 Parking Lot Settings Click Start→Intelligent Analytics→Parking Lot Management to go to the parking lot setting interface.

  • Page 156: Entrance/Exit Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 13.3.3 Entrance/Exit Management Set the passing direction of vehicles and bind LED screens as needed. 13.3.4 Parking Lot Management After the above settings are configured, click “Parking Lot” on the left menu to go to the following interface.

  • Page 157: Search Vehicle Entry/Exiting Records

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click to search the records of vehicles entering/exiting. Click “ ” to return to the live view interface. 13.3.5 Search Vehicle Entry/Exiting Records In the parking lot management interface, click to search the records of vehicles entering/exiting the park lot.

  • Page 158: Access Control Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 13.4 Access Control Management This system supports access control parameter configuration and remote door opening. Before using the access control function, please add access control devices (face recognition & access control terminal/panel). Start→Settings→Camera→Add Camera interface to add devices.

  • Page 159: Open A Door Manually

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs card reader is connected to a Wiegand interface, please select “Wiegand Input”. If the access control is connected to a Wiegand interface, please select “Wiegand Output”. Wiegand Mode: You can select 26bit(8), 26bit(10), 34bit, 37bit, 42bit, 46bit, 58bit, or 66bit.

  • Page 160: Account & Permission Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 14 Account & Permission Management 14.1 Account Management Click Start→Settings→Account and Authority→Account→Edit User to go to the interface shown below. Area ② displays user permissions. Area ① displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ②.

  • Page 161: Edit User

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Set a username, password, and group. The user can also set a pattern lock here. The e-mail address box is optional. Click “Add” to add the user. 14.1.2 Edit User Click Start→Settings→Account and Authority→Account→Edit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user’s information.
  • Page 162 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Some models may not support this function. Click “Modify Pattern Lock” to bring up a window. Input the current password and then check “Enable” to set a pattern lock. ➢ Edit User Click “Edit User” to bring up the window shown below. The admin account can’t be disabled, its permission control is closed, and its permission group cannot be changed by default.

  • Page 163: User Login & Logout

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 14.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click Start→Login, or directly click the preview interface, and then select a username and enter its password in the window. Click the “Login” button to log in to the system.

  • Page 164: Edit Permission Group

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs the settings. 14.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see 13.3.1 Add Permission Group for...

  • Page 165: Review On Ogout

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List” or “Enable Block List” (PC clients using the configured IP address in the allow list can access the NVR remotely while PC clients in the block list cannot).

  • Page 166: Password Security

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ARP Guard: Address Resolution Protocol Guard. This function can protect the LAN from ARP attacks. If enabled, you can enable auto gateway MAC or manually set the gateway MAC. Additionally, detection defense can also be enabled as desired.

  • Page 167: Device Management

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 15 Device Management 15.1 Network Configuration 15.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click Start→Settings→Network→TCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically”, and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get an IPv4/IPv6 (if IPv6 is enabled) address automatically, or manually enter network addresses. You can click “Advanced”...
  • Page 168 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Multiple Ethernet Ports Setting ⚫ If the NVR has two network ports or more, you can set it to the network work pattern needed. TOE: Some models may support TOE mode. It is a technology for improving network transmission speeds.

  • Page 169: Port Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network address automatically, or manually enter a IPv4/IPv6(if IPv6 is enabled) address; select one Ethernet port as the default route and then click “Apply”...
  • Page 170 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs want to access the NVR through a web browser, you must enter the IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar of the web browser like so: http://192.168.11.61:81. Note: The HTTP port and server port of the NVR must be mapped in the router before you can access the NVR via WAN.
  • Page 171 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ① Check “Signed certificate already….”. ② Click “Browse” to select the certificate you want to import. ③ Click “Import”. ④ Check “Enable”. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. Please note that the certificate uploaded here must be a certificate with a private key.

  • Page 172: Pppoe Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ⑥ Click “Browse” and select the signed certificate issued by the CA and then import this certificate. ⑦ Click “Enable”. ⑧ Click “Apply” to save the settings. After that, the device can be accessed by entering https://IP: https port via the web browser (eg.

  • Page 173: Ddns Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 15.1.4 DDNS Configuration DDNS is used to connect to an NVR on a network with a dynamic IP address using a domain name. You can access the NVR easily if DDNS is enabled and configured.
  • Page 174 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ① Click Registration to go to the interface shown below. Set up the DDNS account information (username, password and so on) and then click Submit to save the account. ② Create a domain name and then click Request Domain.

  • Page 175: E-Mail Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ③ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list. ④ Click Start→Settings→Network→DDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the http://www.vitekivpddns.com/ DDNS type.

  • Page 176: Upnp Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Enter the sender’s name, e-mail address, SMTP server, and SMTP port (you can click “Default” to reset the SMTP port to the default value) and then enable or disable SSL and the attaching image setting. Enter the username and password for the sender and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 177: 176

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 15.1.7 802.1X If enabled, the NVR’s data can be protected. When the NVR is connected to a network protected by the IEEE 802.1X, user authentication is needed. To use this function, the NVR must be connected to a switch supporting the 802.1x protocol.

  • Page 178: Ftp Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Check “Enable” and then select the NAT server address. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can scan the QRCode through the mobile APP installed on a mobile phone or tablet PC to quickly add the device to the server list of the mobile APP.

  • Page 179: Snmp

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs After that, choose a camera, set a schedule, and then select video records, images, and alarm information you want to upload in this interface. 15.1.10 SNMP ① Click Start→Settings→Network→SNMP to go to the interface for SNMP configuration.

  • Page 180: Cloud Upgrade

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs device is allowed to send alarm events and exception messages to the monitoring center. 15.1.11 Cloud Upgrade Note: NAT 2.0 must be enabled before you can use the cloud upgrade feature. ① Click Start→Settings→Network→Cloud Upgrade as shown below.

  • Page 181: Upnp Report Access

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs ② Check the IP address and port for the transfer media server in the VMS software. The default server port for auto reporting is 2009. If it is modified, please go to the transfer media interface to check.

  • Page 182: Network Status

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Note: when adding the device to a third-party platform with ONVIF protocol, please check “Enable ONVIF” first and then enter the username and password created in the above interface. 15.1.15 Network Status Click Start→Settings→Network→Network Status to view the network status or...

  • Page 183: Date And Time Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Device Name: The name of the device. It will display on the client end or VMS to help users recognize the device remotely. Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the region, NTSC is for North America, PAL is for Europe.

  • Page 184: Recorder Osd Settings

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs You can manually set the system time or synchronize system time using the network through NTP. Manual: select “Manual” in the “Synchronous” option and then click after the “System Time” option to set the system time.

  • Page 185: Factory Default

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs cameras. You can enable or disable the PoE power supply per port for PoE cameras by selecting “ON” or “OFF.” 15.3 Factory Default Click Start→Settings→System→Maintenance→Factory Default to go to the following interface. You can restore specific default parameters or reset the device to factory settings.

  • Page 186: Restart Automatically

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs it to other NVRs of the same model by importing the configuration file on that NVR for quick setup and restoration of settings. Insert a USB storage device into the USB interface of the NVR and then click Start→Settings→System→Maintenance→Backup and Restore to go to the...

  • Page 187: View System Information

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Choose a log file in the list and then click the “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the “Content” title bar to bring up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show only the checked log contents.

  • Page 188: Remote Surveillance

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs 16 Remote Surveillance 16.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the NVR. Refer to 14.1.8 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “Transcendent” on an Android or IOS mobile device.

  • Page 189: Web Wan Access

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the NVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the NVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX.

  • Page 190: Web Remote Control

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs number), user name (the user name of the NVR, admin by default) and password of the NVR, select a display language on the top right corner of the interface, and then click “Login” to go to the web client interface.
  • Page 191 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs When you access the NVR through the above web browsers for the first time, the browser will need to download and install components for normal preview and playback. If permissions for configuration modification are needed after the plug-in runs, please allow it, or the interface cannot be displayed normally;...

  • Page 192: Remote Preview

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Here, web client access with the plug-in installed is used as an example. 16.4.1 Remote Preview Click “Live Display” in the remote interface to go to the preview interface. The preview interface consists of the four areas marked in the following picture.
  • Page 193 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs click the scheme name to display it. ➢ Tool Bar Introduction Button Meaning Screen mode button. Click to enable/disable OSD. Click to show full screen. Right click on the full screen to exit full screen.

  • Page 194: Operation Panel Introduction

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and recording stream to the main stream in manual recording mode; click to set the camera’s live preview stream and recording stream to the sub stream.

  • Page 195: Remote Playback

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click to rotate the dome; click to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click to zoom in/out the camera image. Click to increase/ decrease the focal length.

  • Page 196: Remote Search And Backup

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Button Meaning Previous frame button. Works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode. Next frame button. It works only when the forward playing is paused in single screen mode. Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s.

  • Page 197: Remote Configuration

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs these settings are similar to that of the NVR. See the configurations of the NVR for details. 16.4.6 Remote Configuration Click “Function Panel” in the remote interface and then configure the camera, recording mode, alarm, disk, network, account and authority, and system of the NVR remotely.

  • Page 198: Appendix A Faq

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I see the hard drive in my unit? Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. For some NVRs with a 1U or small 1U case, other power adapters may supply enough power to operate them.
  • Page 199 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Q6. An IP camera Connected to the PoE port of the NVR is not displaying automatically in the camera list, why? Please check whether the resource of the PoE port is occupied by another IP camera that is added through network.
  • Page 200 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Click “Edit Camera” in the Camera module of the setup panel to go to the ① interface shown below. Click to modify the username and password of the IP camera (enter the correct username and password of the IP camera in the popup window and then click “OK”).
  • Page 201 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Other plug-ins or anti-virus may be blocking the web interface plugin. Please disable or white list the plugin in the antivirus software or figure out what other plugin may be blocking it. Q10. How do I play backup files?
  • Page 202 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Fig 11-1 Fig 11-2 Q11. HTTPs service aren’t working normally after directly installing the signed certificate. When importing the certificate, the private key may not be attached to the certificate. When importing the certificate, the private key is attached to the certificate, but it is encrypted.

  • Page 203: Appendix B: Calculate Recording Capacity

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix B: Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the recording resolution, recording stream, and bitrate. Different image quality parameters dictate different amounts of space needed to save the footage. The higher the recording resolution, recording stream, and recording bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken for the same duration of footage.
  • Page 204 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs stream is 4096Kbps and the sub stream is 1024Kbps, then the total recording capacity is 49.45TB (39.56TB + 9.89TB). Considering the format loss of the disk is about 10%, the required disk capacity will be 55TB (49.45TB ÷(1-10%)).

  • Page 205: Appendix C Compatible Device List

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Capacity Brand and Series Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB Seagate SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /2TB /3TB /4TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) /6TB/8TB/10TB Blue Series...

  • Page 206: Appendix D: Communication Port List

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix D: Communication Port List Port Protocol(TCP/UDP) Descriptions Description: HTTP communication port. It open by default and used to access the WEB client. Authentication: Username and password Encryption: NO Description: HTTPs communication port. It is open by default and used to access the WEB client.

  • Page 207: Appendix E: Personal Data Collection Description

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix E: Personal Data Collection Description There are five functions concerning the personal data collection under the network modules of the device, including PPPoE, DDNS, E-mail, 802.1x and FTP. In the device, these functions are used by the client-end of the device to communicate with the server of the customer’s company (or service supplier).
  • Page 208 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs with the server, we will never share personal data stored on the device to a third-party or use them ourselves without the client’s authorization. The log will record the operator’s operation steps and chang...

  • Page 209: Appendix F: Default Account List

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix F: Default Account List Usernam Default Descriptions Passwor Purpose：log onto the device and its clients Description： When you log in for the first time, a wizard will be displayed. You must set a password, or you cannot access the device.

  • Page 210: Appendix G: Command List

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-TNR Series NVRs Appendix G: Command List Command Function Command Contents Type add-shell addgroup adduser arp ash awk basename blkid blockdev btools busybox cat chat chmod chpst cmp cp cut date dd delgroup deluser depmod devmem df diff dmesg dnsdomainname dos2unix du echo ed egrep eject env envdir envuidgid expr fbset fgrep find free fsck.vfat fsync getty grep groups...

  • Page 211: Specifications

    Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR VT-TNR414PN Specifications: VT-TNR414PN DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS Video Input / Resolution 4 IP Channels up to 8 MegaPixel (4K) Main Monitor Output 1 × 4K HDMI / 1 × 1080P VGA Multi Operation Pentaplex: Live Display/Record/Playback/Backup/Remote Access Recording Compression H.265S / H.265+ / H.265 / H.264 Recording...
  • Page 212 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR VT-TNR818PN Specifications: VT-TNR818PN DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS Video Input / Resolution 8 IP Channels up to 8 MegaPixel (4K) Main Monitor Output 1 × 4K HDMI / 1 × 1080P VGA Multi Operation Pentaplex: Live Display/Record/Playback/Backup/Remote Access Recording Compression H.265S / H.265+ / H.265 / H.264 Recording...
  • Page 213 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR VT-TNR1626PN Specifications: VT-TNR1626PN DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS Video Input / Resolution 16 IP Channels up to 8 MegaPixel (4K) Main Monitor Output 1 × 4K HDMI / 1 × 1080P VGA Multi Operation Pentaplex: Live Display/Record/Playback/Backup/Remote Access Recording Compression H.265S / H.265+ / H.265 / H.264 Recording...
  • Page 214 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR Specifications: VT-TNR818PFN Video Input / Resolution 8 IP Channels up to 12 MegaPixel Main Monitor Output 1 × 4K HDMI / 1 × 1080P VGA Multi Operation Pentaplex: Live Display / Record / Playback / Backup / Remote Access Recording Compression H.265S / H.265+ / H.265 / H.264 Embedded Linux...
  • Page 215 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR Specifications: VT-TNR1646PFN Video Input / Resolution 16 IP Channels up to 12 MegaPixel Main Monitor Output (HDMI1, HDMI × 1 : 3840 × 2160 / 1920 × 1080 / 1280 × 1024, HDMI 2, VGA) HDMI 2 &...
  • Page 216 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR Specifications: VT-TNR3216PFN Video Input / Resolution 32 IP Ch. up to 12 MP: 12/8/6/5/4/3MP/1080P/1280×1024/960P/720P Main Monitor Output (HDMI1, HDMI 1: 3840×2160 @60fps/30fps, 1080P/1280×1024/1024×768, HDMI 2, VGA) HDMI 2: 1920×1080/1280×1024/1024×768, VGA: 1920×1080/1280×1024/1024×768 Multi-Screen Display Main Output: 1/4/6/8/9/13/16/25/32/36 (Live View), AUX Output: 1/4/6/8/9 (Live View), Max. 32 + 9Ch. Local View Multi Operation Pentaplex: Live Display / Record / Playback / Backup / Remote Access Recording Compression...
  • Page 217 Product Manual: Transcendent VT-PN Series NVR Specifications: VT-TNR3280E1N Video Input / Resolution 32 IP Ch. up to 12 MP: 12/8/6/5/4/3MP/1080P/1280×1024/960P/720P 1: 3840×2160, 1080P/1280×1024/1024×768, Main Monitor Output 2: 1920×1080/1280×1024/1024×768, (HDMI1, 2, VGA) VGA: 1920×1080/1280×1024/1024×768 Multi Operation Pentaplex: Live Display / Record / Playback / Backup / Remote Access Multi Screen Display Main: 1/4/6/8/9/13/16/25/32/36 (Live), AUX output: 1/4/6/8/9 (live view), Max.

  • Page 218: Limited Product Warranty

    (3) years, or as otherwise stated above, from the date of purchase by the end user. This warranty is nontransferable and extends only to the original buyer or end user customer of a VITEK Authorized Reseller.

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