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  • Page 1 AirLive NVR Serials Network Video Recorder User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 OvisLink Corp. has made the best effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this user’s guide. However, we are not liable for the inaccuracies or errors in this guide. Please use with caution. All information is subject to change without notice All Trademarks are properties of their respective holders. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 3 Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    4.3 Play Export Playback Videos with NVR Media Player ...... 41 5. System Setup ..................43 5.1 System Configurations ..............43 5.2 Channel Configurations ..............49 5.3 Event Configurations ............... 62 5.4 Recording Configurations ..............69 AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents 5.5 System Options ................74 6. Appendix ....................80 A. HDD compatibility list ................ 80 AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Overview

    AirLive NVR serial products are Network Video Recorder for home, retailer store and small office applications; with AirLive NVR, you don’t have to prepare another PC for your daily monitoring job. AirLive NVR can connect up to 4 IP-based cameras for high quality, real-time video viewing, recording and playback.
  • Page 7 E-Map function for Live Street Monitor User might utilize the Google Map or upload his floor plan to the AirLive NVR. Just few steps of drag-and-drop operation, user could use the camera icons for denoting the location of the IP cameras.
  • Page 8 The mobile view function let you browse your AirLive NVR via your smart phone. Through the 3G, 3.5G or even 4G mobile networks, user might receive the image from his AirLive NVR when on his business trap, vacation, or just leaving for shopping.

  • Page 9: Features

    Marvell 500Mhz Memory 128 MB DDR Ram SATA II x 2 Network Gigabit, half duplex/full duplex auto-negotiation Camera Support Support IP-based Camera (AirLive, Axis, Sony, Panasonic, Vivotek ) Video Compression H.264, MPEG-4, MJPEG Resolution Up to 1280 x 1024 Max. FPS...

  • Page 10: System Requirement

    Start Recycle, Camera Events Motion Detection Sensor Detection 1.4 System Requirement The following are minimum system requirements for you to operate AirLive NVR Hardware Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or higher (Dual Core Processor is recommended) Minimum 1 GB of RAM, 2GB or above is recommended AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 11 Note: We highly recommend you to set your Screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or above for getting the full experience of AirLive NVR. Please also make sure your display DPI setting is set to default at 96DPI, and you might right-click on desktop, choose “Settings” tab “Advanced”...

  • Page 12: Package Contents And Installation

    Package Contents and Installation 2.1 Package Content User can find the following items in the package as below: Item Descriptions 1. AirLive NVR: the main unit of AirLive NVR NVR8/16 NVR4 2. Power adapter: the dedicate power adapter for AirLive NVR 3.

  • Page 13: Hardware Overview

    2.2 Hardware Overview NVR4 Front View: Power On/Off Switch Indicator Manual Recording (System Status and USB Upstream Port Data (Reserve for future Access) use) LED Status System Status Data Access (Green) (Amber) Solid System Ready Recording AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 Press this button will restore the system’s settings to factory default values. To start, press and hold the button for 5 seconds then release it once the OS LED goes off. The OS LED should indicate in solid green once the system becomes ready. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 Green Light when any camera is connected Disk 1 Green Light when Disk1 is mounted Disk 2 Green Light when Disk2 is mounted Green Light when recording is performed Alarm Green Light when an alarm occurs AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 Press this button will restore the system’s settings to factory default values. To start, press and hold the button for 10 seconds then release it. The NVR should reset to the factory default. The USB ports are reserved for future use. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Hardware Installation

    Remove the four screws from the bottom of the case.  Push the inner enclosure out, and remove the outer chassis.  Install the first hard drive by placing it in the enclosure and connecting the SATA plus  power cables. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 18  plus power cables. 2.3.2 Install the Hard Disk (NVR8/16) Remove the back panel.  Insert the disks and push it until the SATA connector is closed.  Scroll the screws for fixing the disks.  AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 19 If the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area network where a DHCP server is already presented, install the “NVR Search” utility on the CD from a computer that is on the same network and locate the NVR with its IP address that is assigned by the top-level DHCP server. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 To begin, install the “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation: Once the installation is complete, you might start the search tool by clicking “Start””Program File””AirLive””NVR Search””NVR Search”. The search should start automatically and its status should be displayed: The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed: Double-click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR’s web page from your default browser...
  • Page 21 You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again. Or double-click on any of the search results to access NVR’s web ad- ministration page Double click for accessing the NVR Perform NVR Searching again. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 2. Package Contents and Installation You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on”OK” to enter the system 2.3.2.2 Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.1.1. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network.

  • Page 23: Start To Use The Nvr

    Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on ”OK” for accessing the system Note: After you login into the NVR, your browser will prompt you to install the ActiveX component.
  • Page 24 After that, the NVR should begin to search the IP camera and the progress of the searching should be displayed on the screen: Found IP cameras should be listed on the WEB. User can simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” button for configuration. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 IP camera, then select the channel ID and name the camera. Click on “Detect” button for establishing the connection between the NVR and the camera. If connection establishes, the detailed information of the IP camera should be polled and displayed as below AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 IP camera was already configured and connected to NVR. 2.4.2.2 Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function by entering the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 27: Live View

     Retrieve camera’s status  Perform Live Sequence Viewing  PTZ Control  Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing  Perform manual recording  Take snapshot  Receive audio of a video stream  Send audio  AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: Retrieve Camera's Video Stream

    The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with different colors and their meanings are explained on the left Camera is connected Camera is NOT connected Camera is current performing recording AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 29: Perform Sequence Viewing

    Next, select one or more camera(s) for sequence viewing. You might also select all channels by pressing the “All Channels” button. Then select dwell interval from the drop-down menu, finally click “Start” to start sequence viewing AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Ptz Control

    Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera  Auto pan a particular camera  Perform preset point sequence viewing  3.5.1 Preset Point Viewing For starting the Preset function, please click on the “Preset” tab shown below: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 31 Select a preset position from the drop-down list and click“. Go to” to move the live view to that position. 3.5.2 Auto Pan Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 “Channel Configurations”  “PTZ Setting”  “PTZ Sequence” under the “Setup” menu, click “Start” in the lower-left hand corner in Live View under “Preset” and the NVR will begin to display videos from those preset points in sequence automatically until you click “Stop” AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Live Video Control Buttons

    Each live video window comes with control buttons with functions described below: Take a snapshot of a live video Turn on/off audio of a live video Start/stop recording of a live video (manual recording) Audio post function AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 For saving the image, please right click on the image and select “Save Image as” from the pop-up menu. In the pop up dialog, name the image file and choose which directory the image will be saved to and click “Save” AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Change Web Ui Display Language

    You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu which lets you change the display language. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 36 3. Live View AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Playback

    You can turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your choice if audio was also recorded during the recording of the video. Playback video can be viewed in full screen and snapshots can be taken and saved during a video playback. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Methods To Search Playback Videos

    Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on: Note: Selected channels will be marked in red. Select “Search by time chart” from the “Search Method” dropdown list and the Time Chart will be shown on the page. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 39 4. Playback Results will then be displayed in a “Date/Channel” table and boxes marked in gray represent videos found in those dates: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 Note: Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed. Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 If you know when a recording was taken place, or you just want to check the videos started from a specific time, you may choose the “By Specific Time” from the “Search Method” drop-down list. Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 Note: Selected channels will be marked in red. Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search. You might the video clips by a specific time via the time select dialog box: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 43 4.1.4 Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down. You may click “Update” to update the list to display the most recent result. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: Export Playback Videos To Avi Files

    “Export AVI” button on a video window of the video you wish to export. A new dialog will pop up and allows you to specify the time frame (or length) of the video you wish to export AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 45 Specify the starting and ending hours of the video by entering numbers in the text boxes. You can also specify the path, file name by entering the information in the “Specify a file name” textbox. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 46: Play Export Playback Videos With Nvr Media Player

    You can also use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files. You might find the software named “NVRMediaPlayer.exe” in the bundle CD. Run the NVR Media Player on the CD: Click “Open” >> “AVI File” AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 47 Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open” (normally under “C:\ExportFolder). The video will then start playing. Note: User should use our NVR Media Player for playing the attached pictures in the trigger alert mail. For further information about the trigger alert mail, please see section 5.3. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: System Setup

    Lastly, we will tell you what you should expect after installing a hard disk and how to prepare the hard disk for the video recording. 5.1.1 Network Settings AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 49 DHCP server in the network Click Apply for the settings to take effect. Note: The NVR can detect the presence of a DHCP server upon startup. It sets itself to use AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 50 NVR should synchronize the time with it by using the “Update interval” drop-down menu Sync with PC – Check this option to synchronize the NVR time with the PC that you are currently using to access the NVR AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 The NVR can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each NVR comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “airlive”. We highly recommended users to change the password upon first initial login.
  • Page 52 “Live View” page or have access to pages other than the “Live View” page. To create a group, please follow the steps below: Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 53 Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type” drop-down menu. Its access privilege will then be displayed. You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Channel Configurations

    Note: You should be prompted to install another ActiveX component after you open the “Channel Setting” page. In order to make the search function work properly, please go ahead and install the ActiveX component. 5.2.1.1 Automatic Search: Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 55 The NVR will retrieve the information about the selected IP camera. The information should be displayed on the “Camera Information” section. Enter the username and password of the IP camera, then select the channel ID and name the camera. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 56 VLAN. This should help to avoid the network collision and make the NVR its best performance. Note: After auto search, if there was any IP camera marked with “*” on the list, that means the IP camera was already configured and connected to NVR. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 57 5. System Setup 5.2.1.2 Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function by entering the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 58 Choose one or more display options if you would also like the NVR to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you. Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 59 The NVR supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 60 Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the preset point. Use the “PTZ Speed”, “Zoom”, and “Focus” for further configuring the preset point. And you can also fill some comment in the “Description” as reminder. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 61 Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for the user to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the NVR automatically switch between them for you. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 62 The available preset points should be listed in “Preset Position” area. Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the “->” button to move them to the “Preset Sequence” section, then use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequencing positions. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 63 NVR supports two modes of E-Map Live Monitoring; user might use a private map file or use e-map service, Google Map, on the Internet. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 To replace the map, please follow the steps below: Click “Browse” button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click “Upload” Then drag and drop the camera icon to define its location. Then press the “Apply” button AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 65 Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it. 5.2.5.2 Use the Google Map AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 66 Entering the address where the camera located in the “Address or places of interest” text box. Then press the “Search” button. The NVR will find and pin the camera’s icon on the map automatically. Access the Google Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 67: Event Configurations

    5.3.1 General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure event trigger duration, event trigger interval and the corresponding actions when events are triggered. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 68 Only during period define here will the NVR receive the event alerts from the cameras, that is, the trigger function will be disabled when it is outside the period. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 69 You might configure the NVR to receive the event alert when the DI event is triggered on the cameras. For setting the DI event, select the “DI Setting”, and then you might select the desired camera, its DI port, and the triggering condition. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 70 Start by giving a name to the server profile that you are adding to the NVR. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server. Enter the communication port of the FTP server (usually port 21). AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 71 FTP server can be established successfully. Click “Add” for the settings to take effect. Note: If you wish to edit/remove/enable/disable an FTP server, click to highlight one from the profile list and choose the corresponding action button/checkbox. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 72 Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and password of the SMTP server and as it requires authentication. Enter the sender’s e-mail address for testing if the mail configuration was correct. Click “Apply” to save the configuration. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 73 Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent.  5.3.3.1 Enable Event Trigger Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channels. Use the checkbox to enable system event trigger. The system events are list as below: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 74: Recording Configurations

    I Frame only, NVR will not save frames other than I Frame. 5.4.1 General Settings You can configure the following in “General Settings”: Pre-Alarm/Post-Alarm recording length.  Recording frame type.  Enable/disable different recording types on different cameras.  AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 75 Recording only I Frame will help you to reduce the total storage space but decrease the frame rate of the recorded video. Use the drop-down menu and select one of the pre-defined types for your needs. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 76 The section at the bottom allows you to turn on or off a particular recording method on any channels. And you might choose whether to record the audio in the “Record Audio” section. 5.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 77 5.4.2.2 Quick configuration Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first. Select the day you would like to configure the schedule. Or select “All” for select all day for configuring the schedule. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 78 “Copy Schedule To All Channels”. 5.4.2.4 Remove the schedule Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first. Press the “Clear” button, the “Schedule Table” should be cleared. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 79: System Options

    ….etc. 5.5.1 Device Information The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time. It also provides information of the current network settings and status. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 80  Perform Firmware Upgrade  Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive  Restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file  Reset the NVR’s settings to their factory default values  AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 81 Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted be- cause the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the NVR. Simply click “Restart” to begin the reboot process and confirm the action: AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 82 NVR, for that will damage the NVR and raise the reparation issue. Besides, after upgrading the firmware, you will not be able to downgrade to the previous version. Please contact your dealer or installer for the firmware upgrade operation. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 83 Please press the “Browse” button to select the backup file, and then press the “Restore” button for completing this process. 5.5.4 Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR. AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 84 5. System Setup AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

  • Page 85: Appendix

    160G WD2500 250G WD2500JS 250G WD5000 500G DiamondMax10 120G Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200G DiamondMax11 500G HDT722516DLA380 164G Deskstar 7K160 160G HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 250G Deskstar 7K1000 1000G SP0812C SP2504C 250G Samsung HD501LJ 500GB HD103UJ 1000G AirLive NVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 86 7200 Seagate ST380811AS SATA II 7200 Seagate ST3160811AS 160G SATA II 7200 Seagate ST3250824AS 250G SATA II 7200 Samsung HD160JJ 160G SATA II 7200 Samsung HD161HJ 160G SATA II 7200 Maxtor 6V300F0 330G SATA II 7200 AirLive NVR User’s Manual...

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