Monitoring provides guidance on how to read the system alerts and status, do live view PTZ operations, take a snapshot and execute manual recording. Playback gives instructions on how to perform synchronized playback and export files from NVR server system. www.acti.com...
Users who would like to obtain the instructions on NVR system setup, please acquire the latest GNR-3000 Administrator’s Manual from http://www.acti.com/product/detail/Standalone_NVR/GNR-3000 Technical Support For technical support or feedback, please contact our engineers via our Customer Help Desk platform at http://www.acti.com/CHD. www.acti.com...
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D. Remember Login Information and Auto Login E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password Remote Workstation Client Login ..........13 A. Server IP & Server Port B. Enter Account & Password C. Choose the Initial Page D. Language E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login www.acti.com...
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Remove All Channels ..............27 Enable View Patrol ............... 28 7 Monitor the System Acknowledge System Alerts and Channel Status ........ 29 Channel Status ................29 Event Panel .................. 30 Instant Event Playback ..............31 Pop-up Event Playback ..............32 www.acti.com...
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Search by Filter ..................49 View Search Results ..............50 Take a Snapshot of the Playback View ..........51 Export the Recordings ................. 52 Define the Section of Exported Video on Time Bar ...... 52 Set the Export Video Settings ............53 www.acti.com...
GNR-3000 User’s Manual Product Overview GNR-3000 is a compact and reliable multi-channel standalone NVR. It contains a pre-installed Windows operating system, and ACTi NVR 3.0 video management software along with client software. This unit is composed of: Computer A PC, with Microsoft ® Windows Embedded Standard 7 Professional operating system pre-installed.
Logging in the NVR server is as simple as visiting a website through IE browser. Workstation Client: the client application making accessing NVR server free from the use of browser .The workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR server. www.acti.com...
NVR server via network. For the local client of the NVR server, NVR3 Workstation will start automatically after you login to Windows; for the remote client, please double-click the shortcut icon on your desktop to execute this workstation application. www.acti.com...
NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by someone else, you might consider not to use this function. “Logout” to return to To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click login page, and this function will be cancelled. www.acti.com...
Password (case-sensitive) 123456 (default) C. Choose the Initial Page The user interface consists of three main module screens, Live View, Playback and Setup. You may choose one where you would like to enter after login. Default is Live View screen. www.acti.com...
3. Click “Save”. 4. After a server site is saved, it will be shown on Server Name dropdown list. You may click on its name to enter its Login window or to delete it from the list. www.acti.com...
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*.xml file. B. Import a server site list Click “Browse” to select the *.xml file, and then click “Import”. The server sites will appear in Server Name dropdown list on Login window of your next login. www.acti.com...
NVR 3.0 system interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please make sure browser’s security settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed. When your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporation’s add-on components to run, please allow. Log in Failure Troubleshooting Once you confront with problems accessing the NVR server, refer to the possible conditions below and follow the instruction to solve your issues.
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3. Press down “ctrl”+ “alt” + “Delete” keys to bring up Windows Task Manager. Select “View”, then “Select columns”, and enable the “PID (Process Identifier)” to appear on search results. Please also make sure “Show process from all users” is enabled. www.acti.com...
Cause 1: Your Internet Explorer browser version does not support NVR 3.0 system. Solution: Make sure your browser is 32-bit version. Cause 2: Your browser restricts the installation of add-on components. Solution: Internet Explorer security settings may restrict the installation of add-on components. www.acti.com...
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(https:) for all sites in this zone”. 4. Back on Security tab, click “Apply” to apply the changes. This will allow ActiveX and scripting to be available for the chosen sites but not for the Internet as a whole. www.acti.com...
DO NOT use either of these functions. “Logout” to return to login page, To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click and this function will be disabled. D. Retrieve the Forgotten Password Please refer to E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password on page 13. www.acti.com...
Live View, Playback and Setup on any screen. Live View Playback Setup NVR Resident Tool Bars These resident tool bars are important functions or links that you often need through all the operations in NVR system. Layout Selection Bar View Toolbar Tool Bar Module www.acti.com...
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About Us displays the software version number and required ActiveX Control version number. You may also find ACTi supportive links here. NVR Module Bar includes three main module screens: Live View, Playback and Setup. You can click the button to enter the function page directly.
Snapshots video segments can be taken from playback files. Recorded files can also be exported to AVI format here. Setup This module includes user setup, device setup, event setup, schedule setup and system-wide settings www.acti.com...
View Tool Bar: you may create a view and save it using the buttons here. You may also assign specific layout to start patrolling. Live View Display Area: you may add up to 64 channels into this area to monitor them concurrently. www.acti.com...
System Administrator as default view. You will enter this view every time you log in. For details about how to create and edit a View, please refer to the chapter Customize Views in GNR-3000 System Administrator’s Manual. www.acti.com...
In Device List panel, you may also sort the devices in different order. Click on title bar, select “Device Sort”, and choose “by IP” or “by ID” as the sorting method. By Device IP By Device ID (default) www.acti.com...
On system title bar, click the icon on top right corner of title bar to return to normal mode. Stretch/Un-stretch Channel View then select “Stretch” to make the width of video to fulfill the On title bar, click window. www.acti.com...
2. Choose the Views to display in patrol. If you select the All Device group, you will also need to select “All Device Layout Style” for 3. Click “Apply” to save the settings. This patrol will instantly start running until you click www.acti.com...
PIR motion or digital input device, the channel title bar would turn red for a while to alert you that some movements have been detected. Based on System Administrator’s setting, you may hear the “Beep” audio alert when certain devices are triggered. www.acti.com...
The messages notify you of the following device or system status: Motion Name Date & Time Device Name Delete File Fail Detected Motion Video Recovery Disk Full Video Loss Digital Input triggered Disk Not Found Network Recovery Disk is Available PIR Motion Network Loss Server Recovery Server Loss www.acti.com...
Click to start manual recording the currently-playing video. Click to take a snapshot of this view. Click to switch to Playback screen. Click on top right of the window title to close. www.acti.com...
You can set any other channel on your live view screen to be the default hotspot channel. Right-click on the desired channel and select “Default Hotspot” www.acti.com...
Double-click on a device icon to open its live view window. On the map channel, right-click and select “Show All Live View”. If certain mini windows appear out of view, you can drag on anywhere on the map to move the image until the window reveals. www.acti.com...
Microphone Off Microphone On To broadcast to multiple cameras, click on Live view Control panel. Your audio will be sent to all the channels connected to a speaker in current View. www.acti.com...
Live view Control panel, click again to stop triggering. Note Trigger DO and sending audio to a specific device are only available on a single camera channel. On a map channel, you may do “Audio Broadcast” to all devices in this view. www.acti.com...
Once the recording starts, the left indicator on the channel title bar will turn red. To stop recording, click “Manual Record” again on quick menu. Manual Recording To manual record all channels in current View, on Live view Control panel, click start; click to stop. www.acti.com...
You may drag the red rectangle Cancel Zoom area over the image to zoom another area. To go back to the original full video view, just right-click on the minimized Picture in Picture view. www.acti.com...
PTZ tour. list to execute particular Click the title “Goto Preset” Click ”Stop” to stop touring. action command. Click the Click the title “Preset Tour” title “PTZ Command” to to close menu. to close menu. close menu. www.acti.com...
Tilt speed. The farther you place the cursor from the center, the faster the Pan/Tilt movement. To execute optical Zoom in or Zoom out, scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in; scroll the mouse wheel backward to zoom out. Pan/Tilt Zoom in Zoom out www.acti.com...
Click the mouse anywhere on the view to pan/tilt, scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in/out. Pan/Tilt Zoom in Zoom out To reset the PTZ navigation area back to default viewing angle, right-click to bring up channel menu, and then click “Reset”. www.acti.com...
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Once a channel is changed to any of the following fisheye modes: Dewarping, Panorama, Double Panorama, Panorama/Focus or Quad, the resolution of this live stream will become Panorama, Panorama/Focus and Quad, the live stream of this channel will 1920x1080, so will the resolution of the snapshot. www.acti.com...
Control panel. The Search results will display your search results in thumbnails; with the help of event filter and pagination, it is easier for you to find the target moment. Video Playback Display Area Source Search Tool Time Bar www.acti.com...
To remove a channel from Display area, you may place your cursor over the channel, and right click the mouse, then right-click menu provides “Remove”, “Export Video” and “Snapshot” for a single channel. Note The view of a map channel will not be record, and therefore it has no time bar or recordings for playback. www.acti.com...
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GNR-3000 User’s Manual To remove all channels at one time, on title bar, click to bring up the most used playback-related commands menu, and select “Remove All”. www.acti.com...
/ forward play, or pause the video to spot your desired view. For non-continuous recording types such as DI, Event or Manual recording, you may use the “Previous Recording” or “Next Recording” buttons to jump to the part directly. www.acti.com...
NVR Server will detect and display your client computer local time on Live View and Playback screen. Once you apply Daylight Saving Time rule on your computer, NVR server will automatically enable this function on Control panel. You may disable this function to view playback according to Coordinated Universal Time. www.acti.com...
You may click and drag the red rectangle to see another area. To go back to the original full video view, just right-click on the minimized Picture-in- Picture view. Draw Zoom area Cancel Zoom area www.acti.com...
In a view mode where ePTZ operation is available (e.g. Quad mode), you may explore the region of interest using mouse or PTZ Panel at will. For ePTZ operation instructions, please refer to Navigate a Fisheye Camera Channel on page 40. www.acti.com...
Put the start date/time and the end date/time, the maximum duration is 3 days. Set Event Types: Click on the event type buttons to highlight, only the selected event types will displayed in results. Set Device Types: Click on the device names to select. 3. Click “Apply” to start searching. www.acti.com...
Your last performed search result will be kept in the Search panel on the left screen. You may focus on specific result view while watching the playback in the mean time. www.acti.com...
You may take a snapshot on a channel live image on Live view screen. The snapshot will be saved to default folder on your client computer as .jpg format (The system default location is Windows Desktop). You may find the location path on the bottom of NVR window after taking a snapshot. www.acti.com...
NVR playback offers two choices of video format for the exported video. The *.raw file, as the original video file format captured from video source, is able to be played on ACTi Archive Player. You may download the this utility from http://www.acti.com/utility...
The exported video will come in the view mode you are seeing now; otherwise, the default fisheye view for exported video is Original View. 4. Set the overlay text if needed. The maximum number of characters for Text is 40. www.acti.com...
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1920x1080, so will the resolution of exported video clip. Note Certain fisheye camera view modes (e.g. Quad mode) display multiple regions in a single channel. When being exported, these regions will still be put together as a single video file. www.acti.com...
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