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NVR 3.0
User's Manual
For V3.0.03 Version
2013/05/21

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  • Page 1 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual For V3.0.03 Version 2013/05/21...

  • Page 2: About This Manual

    System Administrators. You may also check video management system section on ACTi corporate website: http://www.acti.com/nvr3 or updates or release information about this software and this document.

  • Page 3: Related Documentation

    NVR server, there is very limited information about system installation and configurations for System Administrator. System Administrators and End Users who would like to obtain the instructions on NVR system setup, please acquire the latest ACTi NVR 3.0 Administrator’s Manual from ACTi Corporation website via http://www.acti.com/nvr3 Technical Support...

  • Page 4: Conventions Used In This Manual

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Conventions Used in This Manual The following are typographic conventions used in this manual:  Bold: Bold typeface is used for a keyword, major functions of NVR, or a title of a section/column.  Italic: Italic typeface is used for a filename or location path.

  • Page 5: Legal Notice

    Disclaimer  The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes. ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    3 Table of Contents 4 Overview ACTi NVR Server / Client Architecture ........... 9 5 Log In to the System Access NVR 3.0 Server via Internet Explorer Browser ......10 From Server Computer ..............10 From Another Computer .............. 10 Login .................... 11 Enter Account &...
  • Page 7 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Choose the Initial Screen 6 NVR User Interface Overview NVR Resident Toolbars ................ 13 NVR Main Module Screens ..............15 Live View ..................15 Playback..................15 Setup.................... 15 7 Live View Watch Live View .................. 17 Select a View ................
  • Page 8 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Navigation on Channel ....31 9 Playback Playback UI Introduction ..............32 How to Do Playback ................33 Add Video Source ................ 33 Remove Unwanted Channels ............33 Search on Time Bar ................34 Display Event Types ..............

  • Page 9: Overview

    It would provide services over the TCP/IP network to multiple Clients upon request through HTTP Protocol. There are two types of Clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client. A user, connecting from whether web browser or workstation, will enjoy the same user interface and NVR functions.

  • Page 10: Log In To The System

    There are two types of clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client. Both clients will enjoy the same user interface and functions. A web client can access NVR 3.0 system via the Windows default browser: Internet Explorer; while a workstation client requires the NVR3Worksation pre-installed on the computer.

  • Page 11: Login

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Login Enter Account & Password Please obtain the Account & Password information from System Administrator who has previously set up your User account in NVR 3.0 system. ●Account (non case-sensitive): deckard kain (example) ●Password (case-sensitive): Aa123456...

  • Page 12: Access Nvr 3.0 Server Via Nvr3 Workstation

    ● In Server Port field, key in the default port number 80. Choose the Initial Screen NVR 3.0 user interface consists of three main module screens: Live View, Playback and Setup, you may choose one where you would like to enter after logging in. Default is Live View screen.

  • Page 13: Nvr User Interface Overview

    Unlike some NVR system products on the market, whose tree-like structure may easily confuse the User. NVR 3.0’s easy user interface structure saves you a lot of time and hassle going from one page to another. Once you log in to the system, you may switch to any of the main function modules: Live View, Playback and Setup on any screen.
  • Page 14 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.

  • Page 15: Nvr Main Module Screens

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual NVR Main Module Screens Click on the orange buttons on Module Bar to switch among these three main screens directly. Live View In this module you can see live view from cameras and devices, perform PTZ operations with...

  • Page 16: Live View

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Live View Live View is the interface where you see the live views from your cameras. It is where most of the security professionals access the surveillance system. Aside from keeping an eye on the video, you may also cycle through View layouts, drag and drop various cameras to the screen, review a log of events, take snapshots, control PTZ cameras, start or stop recording on a given channel, trigger Digital output and broadcast or talk to specific cameras.

  • Page 17: Watch Live View

    Select a View In NVR 3.0 system, a View refers to the layout where the live images of a few devices are arranged in proper positions to suit the monitoring purpose. This is very similar to a Camera Group, which consists of cameras in the same physical location or with the same device functions.

  • Page 18: Select A Camera

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Select a Camera To watch the live view of individual devices, you need to identify and add this device video stream to a blank channel in display area. All the devices that you are allowed to see are in the Device List panel on the left.

  • Page 19: Remove A Channel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Remove a Channel To remove a channel from display window, you may right-click to bring up quick menu on the channel, and select “Remove” to remove this video source. Remove All Channels in title bar and selecting “Remove All”.

  • Page 20: Enable View Patrol

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Enable View Patrol You may have the saved Views patrol in turns. In this way, the views in different areas in your site may cycle through themselves for you automatically. On title bar, click to select a saved patrol. As patrolling is running on Live View is doing patrol, click to stop.

  • Page 21: Monitor The System

    The said tasks would require knowledge and skills to make use of NVR server functions. This section will introduce the essentials of how you achieve the goal with NVR 3.0 server. Acknowledge System Alerts and Channel Status On NVR Live view screen, it is essential to observe the system status events.

  • Page 22: Event Panel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual On a map channel, if a device is triggered by events such as video motion, PIR motion or digital input device, an event icon will blibk besided the device icon for a few seconds. Click on the device icon to see mini live view window on the map.

  • Page 23: Instant Event Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Important Notice When NVR server fails to connect a device, to get the video or have disk problems, it might be caused by a temporary network disconnection in your overall environment. The connection might recover after the problem is fixed. If not, please contact your System Administrator.

  • Page 24: Pop-Up Event Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Pop-up Event Playback Sometimes the instant event playback window would automatically pop-up to notify you of events detected on certain camera sites. As the events in certain sensitive spots will have higher priority than other channels, your System Administrator would apply this “Pop-up Event Window”...

  • Page 25: Live View Operations

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Live View Operations Aside from pure watching, there are more benefits provided by NVR server to accomplish more tasks. For example, you may make use of the audio function to commutate with people on camera side, look into more details with PTZ devices, or navigate the whole scene on the maps.

  • Page 26: Adjust Audio-In Volume

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Adjust Audio-in Volume If one or more cameras are connected with an audio-in device like a microphone, or supports two-way audio function, the audio signal will be recorded along with video stream. You may listen to the real-time audio on Live View screen or recorded audio in Playback screen. In Live view, NVR server will send out the audio signal when you select a channel.

  • Page 27: Trigger Digital-Out Device

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Trigger Digital-out Device If a camera is connected with a digital-out device such as a door contact or an alarm, you may trigger it via NVR server on Live View screen. Do either of the following: On the channel, right-click to bring up the quick menu, the DO icon will appear available if the corresponding DO device is connected.

  • Page 28: Watch Instant Playback Of A Channel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Watch Instant Playback of a Channel You may watch the playback of any channel in a pop-up window on Live View without switching to Playback screen. As a channel is focused, click on Live View Control panel.

  • Page 29: Take A Snapshot Of Live View Image

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Take a Snapshot of Live View Image 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).

  • Page 30: Optical Ptz (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Operations Via Ptz Panel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Operations via PTZ Panel If there is a camera supporting optical pan/tilt/zoom function in current view, you may operate it via the PTZ panel. Digital/Optical Zoom switch Zoom Controls Click to switch the PTZ mode between digital PTZ...

  • Page 31: Optical Ptz (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Navigation On Channel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Navigation on Channel You may also use mouse to perform PTZ negation on a channel view or a mini live view window on a map. Place the mouse over the channel to do the following PTZ operations: ●...

  • Page 32: Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Playback NVR Playback is the NVR module that processes recorded clips. You may search, playback and export video through Active Player. Playback may include up to 100 channels synchronized playback. Video clips may also be exported in either RAW or AVI formats.

  • Page 33: How To Do Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual How to Do Playback On NVR screen, click into “Playback” page to enter Playback view, none of the video sources is selected in the beginning, and you have to select your desired channels. Add Video Source There are two ways to pull in video sources: 1.

  • Page 34: Search On Time Bar

    NVR 3.0 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”. Search on Time Bar You may focus on a certain channel as a search base. Its time bar will be highlighted as well.

  • Page 35: Display Event Types

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Display Event Types By default, the “Manual” recording will display in orange, while “Schedule” recording displays in grey on the time bar. To highlight specific events, you may enable the “Event” and “DI” event highlighters on Control panel.

  • Page 36: Digital Zoom On Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Digital Zoom on Playback Regardless of the device models, you may perform digital zooming while the video is playing. 1. Click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel, and the area highlighted will be displayed in the full live video window. In this mode, a picture-in-picture view will show in the lower right of live view window.

  • Page 37: Search By Filter

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Search by Filter If you are clear about (1) When (2) as which event type (3) Where the incident happened, you will not need to drag on time bar all the way to the spot. The search filter can sort out the video clips that match your criteria.

  • Page 38: View Search Results

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual View Search Results The search results will then start being generated in thumbnails in Search Result window. However, it might take a few seconds if a large number of results are found. The thumbnails are listed in sequential order, left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

  • Page 39: Take A Snapshot Of The Playback View

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Take a Snapshot of the Playback View You may save the snapshot of focused channel to NVR server computer during playback. 1. Focus on a channel, right-click the mouse to bring up quick menu, and then click “Snapshot”.

  • Page 40: Export The Recordings

    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...

  • Page 41: Set The Export Video Settings

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Set the Export Video Settings You may export video with or without defining the time duration beforehand since you can configure all the settings on Export Setting window. On Control panel, click to enter the window.
  • Page 42 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual 6. Click “Apply” to start file converting and exporting. The export process window will appear. In the Device column displays the processed/ total number of video clips of that device. You may also observe the remaining processing time of each device’s video files.

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