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Avermedia NV 1000 User Manual

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NV 1000/3000/5000
Digital Video Recording System
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  • Page 1 AVerMedia NV 1000/3000/5000 Digital Video Recording System User’s Manual P/N:300AAB2D MADE IN TAIWAN...

  • Page 3: Fcc Notice

    FCC NOTICE This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial, industrial or business environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 4 The information contained in this documentation is subject to change without notice. In no event will AVerMedia be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Package Contents for NV 1000............viii Package Contents for NV 3000.............. ix Package Contents for NV 5000.............. ix NV 1000/ NV 3000 Video Capture Card Specifications.......x NV 5000 Video Capture Card Specifications ..........x Manual Conventions ................xi LIMITED WARRANTY................xii CHAPTER 1 INSTALLING HARDWARE ........
  • Page 6 3.2 Configuring DVR .................51 3.2.1 System Setting..............51 3.2.2 Camera Setting ..............55 3.2.3 Recording Setting (Video and Audio) ........58 3.2.4 Network Setting..............64 3.2.5 Schedule Setting ..............66 3.2.6 Backup Setting ..............73 3.2.7 Sensor Setting ..............75 3.2.8 Relay Setting..............78 3.2.9 Alarm Setting ..............79 3.2.10 User Setting ..............86 CHAPTER 4 USING THE SYSTEM ..........
  • Page 7 4.9 Using Network Server ............... 118 4.10 Using Functional Keys.............. 120 4.11 Checking System Information........... 121 CHAPTER 5 USING REMOTE PROGRAM ........122 5.1 Using WebCam ................. 122 5.2 Using the Remote Console ............133 5.2.1 System requirement............133 5.2.2 Using Display from Remote Console ........134 5.2.3 Using Playback from Remote Console ........

  • Page 10: Preface

    AVerMedia NV 1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Preface Welcome to the realm of AVerMedia. AVerMedia DVR digital surveillance system, composed of one 32-bit PCI Video Capture Card, works as a digital video surveillance system. It enables you to capture true color images and real-time videos from 4-16 camera inputs simultaneously.

  • Page 11: Package Contents For Nv 3000

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Package Contents for NV 3000 AVerMedia NV 3000 DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM package includes the following items： 1 AVerMedia DVR Video Capture Card 1 30 CM Watchdog line 1 20 CM Video signal line 1 Software CD (including driver, application software and 1 User’s...

  • Page 12: Nv 1000/ Nv 3000 Video Capture Card Specifications

    AVerMedia NV 1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual NV 1000/ NV 3000 Video Capture Card Specifications Product Video Card Specifications NV 1000 One Video Capture Card with 4 BNC 1 card NV 3000 connectors and 1 TV-out slot. NV 5000 Video Capture Card Specifications...

  • Page 13: Manual Conventions

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Manual Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual. Type Stands for Example [paren.] Keys on the keyboard [Enter] “Quotes” Words to be typed in “AVerMedia” Italic User in each authorization level Administrator Schedule Bold...

  • Page 14: Limited Warranty

    AVerMedia NV 1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual LIMITED WARRANTY AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. warrants that this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacturing or components under the following terms: WARRANTY LENGTH Labor is warranted for 15 months from the date of purchase.
  • Page 15 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual WHAT WE WILL AND WILL NOT PAY FOR We will pay labor and material expenses for covered items. However, we will not pay for the following: Removal or installation charges. Shipping charges. Any incidental charges. EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES THE MANUFACTURER’S SOLE OBLIGATION AND LIABILITY UNDER THIS WARRANTY IS...
  • Page 16 AVerMedia NV 1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Chapter 1 Installing Hardware

    Chapter 1 Installing Hardware Chapter 1 Installing Hardware AVerMedia digital surveillance system is a digital surveillance system that supports Windows 2000/XP. Please follow the steps to install the hardware. 1.1 Hardware Recommendations Before you begin, please verify that your computer hardware specifications can meet your AVerMedia digital surveillance system requirements.

  • Page 19: Nv 1000/3000/5000 Hardware Installation Combinations

    The DVR system has a powerful surveillance function and a flexible combination when you install the hardware. This table shows the numbers of audio devices, video channels, sensor inputs and relay outputs in different hardware combinations. NV 1000 system hardware installation combinations: Hardware Combinations Number Number...
  • Page 20 Chapter 1 Installing Hardware NV 5000 system hardware installation combinations: Hardware Combinations Number Number Sensor Relay Video Video Audio / of Video of Audio Inputs Outputs Capture Extension IO Card channels channels Card Card Number numbers numbers...

  • Page 21: Installing Video Capture Cards And Video Extension Cards

    Please follow the steps to install the system. Remove the PC case cover. Remove brackets for the PCI expansion slot. Save the screws. Connect the Video Extension Cards and NV 1000 Video Capture Card with the connection cable. Connect the Audio Card with the connection cables.

  • Page 22: Nv 3000 Dvr Hardware Installation

    Chapter 1 Installing Hardware 1.3.2 NV 3000 DVR Hardware Installation Before installing the video card, turn off the computer’s power, unplug the power cable and disconnect all other cables attached to the back of the computer. Users can purchase optional I/O Audio Cards if it is necessary. 1.3.2.1 Install One Video Capture Card and One Audio Card (Optional) Please follow the steps to install the system.
  • Page 23 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Connect the 2 Video Capture Cards with a connection cable. Insert all the cards and fix them. It is important to fix the cards in sequence to avoid video transmission trouble. 1.3.2.3 Install 4 Video Capture Cards Please follow the steps to install the system.

  • Page 24: Nv 5000 Dvr Hardware Installation

    Chapter 1 Installing Hardware 1.3.3 NV 5000 DVR Hardware Installation 1.3.3.1 Installing One AVerMedia DVR Video Capture Card Before installing the video card, turn off the computer’s power, unplug the power cable and disconnect all other cables attached to the back of the computer.
  • Page 25 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 1.3.3.2 Installing Optional I/O Audio Card and Video Extension Cards Before installing the video card, turn off the computer’s power, unplug the power cable and disconnect all other cables attached to the back of the computer.
  • Page 26 Chapter 1 Installing Hardware Connect the 2 cards with the I/O cable. The back panel of the cards is shown as below. 2. Installing 3 Optional Video Extension Cards For users who want to install the Video Capture Card and 3 Video Extension Cards, please follow the steps.
  • Page 27 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 3. Install 1 Optional I/O Audio Card and 1 Video Extension Card Please follow the steps to install the cards. Remove brackets of PCI slots. Insert the Video Capture Card, I/O Audio Card, and the Video Extension Card into the slots and fix them.

  • Page 28: Connecting The Watchdog Line

    Chapter 1 Installing Hardware Installing 2 Video Capture Cards and 2 Video Extension Cards For users who install 2 Video Capture Cards, please follow the steps. Remove the brackets of PCI slots. Insert the Video Capture Cards and Video Extension Cards into the PCI slots in sequence and fix them.

  • Page 29: Connecting Cameras And Tv-Out Cable

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual After connecting the Watchdog line and Reset Cable of the PC case, replace the PC cover and reconnect all the cables. 1.5 Connecting Cameras and TV-out Cable After you finish installing the cards, please connect the BNC cable and the TV-out cable to the Video Capture Card as below figure.

  • Page 30: Connecting External Sensors/Relays

    The pin signal assignment of the external I/O box is as followed. Sensor Inputs You can attach external sensors such as infrared sensors, smoke detectors, proximity sensors, door sensors to the AVerMedia digital surveillance system’s input-signal connectors on the I/O Audio Card. These devices...
  • Page 31 Relay Outputs You can also attach external output control devices such as alarms to the AVerMedia digital surveillance system’s output connectors (relay outputs). You can then configure the system to activate or deactivate these devices. Each AVerMedia video card supports 3 relay outputs.
  • Page 32 Chapter 1 Installing Hardware Pin Signals and Specifications The pin signals and specifications for the external I/O Box and the D-type 15-pin connectors are described below. A. Sensor Input Specification Relay Output Specification Surge strength: 1500 VAC Nominal power: 200mw ~ 360mw Operating power: 110mw ~ 200mw B.
  • Page 33 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual C. CONTACT RATINGS Contact Arrangement 1 Form C (SPDT) max. Switch Power 125VA max. Switch voltage 125VAC 30VDC max. Switch current Contact Resistance 100mΩ 1A/125VAC Resistive Load 1A/30VDC Contact Material AgNi10 D. External I/O Box pin signals...

  • Page 34: Connecting Pos (Not Supplied)

    Chapter 1 Installing Hardware 1.7 Connecting POS (Not Supplied) Some users may install POS (Point of Sales) to facilitate the sales management. The NV 5000 system saves your time to install the POS system. Just connect your DVR system and POS with a RS232 cable as the following illustration.

  • Page 35: Chapter 2 Installing Software

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Chapter 2 Installing Software This chapter describes how to install the Video Capture Card driver and required software to start and use AVerMedia DVR system.

  • Page 36: Installing The Application Software

    Chapter 2 Installing Software 2.1 Installing the Application Software Once you have successfully completed installing Video Capture Cards, please follow the steps to install the DVR software first. After you completed the software installation, please install the driver. Make sure to install the application before you install the driver to avoid unnecessary trouble.

  • Page 37: Installing The Application In Windows 2000/Xp

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 2.1.1 Installing the Application in Windows 2000/XP After installing the hardware properly, please power on your computer and follow the steps to install the application. 1. Insert the Software CD to your CD- ROM driver and click Install Surveillance System to continue.
  • Page 38 Chapter 2 Installing Software 4. Enter the Company Name and CDKey. 5. Enter User Name and Password. Click Next to continue. 6. Select a program folder. Click Next to continue. 7. Select a video system, and click Next to continue.
  • Page 39 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 8. Select the Video Extension Card quantity and click Next to continue. 9. The system starts installing the application. 10.Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” and click Finish to complete the installation. The system will reboot automatically to initiate a new setting after you finish the installation.

  • Page 40: Installing The Driver

    Chapter 2 Installing Software 2.2 Installing the Driver 2.2.1 Installing the driver in Windows 2000 After the software installation, the system will reboot. Remove the software CD in the CD-Rom. The Windows system automatically detects a new hardware and show the following dialog box.
  • Page 41 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual When your drivers are successfully installed, click to run the surveillance system.

  • Page 42: Installing The Driver In Windows Xp

    Chapter 2 Installing Software 2.2.2 Installing the driver in Windows XP After the software installation, the system will reboot. Remove the software CD in the CD-Rom. The Windows system automatically detects a new hardware and shows the right dialog box. Please click Cancel.
  • Page 43 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual You will see the following dialog box. Click Finish. Repeat the same procedure until all the video drivers have been completely installed. After the video driver installation, the system will request to install the audio driver.
  • Page 44 Chapter 2 Installing Software After the searching, you will see the right dialog box. Please click Continue Anyway to install the driver. The system will show the installation status. Click Finish. Repeat the same procedure until all the audio drivers have been completely installed.

  • Page 45: Removing Video Capture Card Driver

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual When your drivers are successfully installed, click to run the surveillance system. 2.3 Removing Video Capture Card Driver On occasion, it may become necessary to remove your video card software driver. To remove the driver, follow the steps described below.

  • Page 46: Chapter 3 Configuring The System

    3.1 Logging in for the first time Click to initiate AverMedia DVR system. The system will request an authorization when you initiate the system for the first time. Enter the User ID and password that you set during the software installation.

  • Page 47: Introducing The Functions Buttons On Display/Playback

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 3.1.1 Introducing the Functions buttons on Display/Playback The application screens used in this manual are from NV 5000 system. Monitor Screen The functions of buttons on the Monitor Screen are as followed. Exit Click this item to minimize or exit the system. The DVR system will confirm your authorization before it shuts down.
  • Page 48 Chapter 3 Configuring the System The DVR system provides 6 split display modes for your selection. You can select one of the split display modes by clicking the following icon. 1-Cam display 4-Cam split display 9-Cam split display 16-Cam split display 8-Cam split display 13-Cam split display If you only have 4 cameras connected, the 8-Cam/9-...
  • Page 49 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual setup dialog. Users can configure a PTZ camera according to their demands. Display/Playback Users can switch between Monitor Screen and Playback Screen by clicking the buttons. 10. Camera ID In the Camera ID area, you can see number icons of the cameras.
  • Page 50 Chapter 3 Configuring the System triggered, the indicators will turn yellow according to the sensor number. The top down array of the indicators are from the left top to the right down. For advanced alarm information, please click view the alarm status. 17.
  • Page 51 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Drag the scroll box to go forward/backward to the desired event. 19. Playback Control Buttons Begin: Move to the beginning of the video recording. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the video recording at the speed of 1/2x, 1/4x, or 1/8x Rewind: Play the video file reversely.
  • Page 52 Chapter 3 Configuring the System to see the next event you want to search. 25. Find Next When you enable Intelligent Search or Event Search, you can click for the next search or the next event. 26. Visual Search The system provides several time modes for visual searching, such as searching by day, searching by hour, searching every 3-minute, searching every 10-second and searching by second.

  • Page 53: Configuring Dvr

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 3.2 Configuring DVR When you first use the DVR system, please follow the steps to finish your configuration. Move the cursor to the button, and it turns purple. Click it to turn it red and you will see DVR Configuration Setup dialog.
  • Page 54 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Free space of each storage need to have at least 8 GB in the beginning. Desk Top lock The DVR system provides a desktop lock function to avoid any mischievous system shutdown. You can select “Desktop Lock” to lock the tool tray on desktop to avoid unauthorized users using hot keys (Ctrl + Alt + Del) or to shutdown the DVR application.
  • Page 55 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual You can appoint the auto scan period when enabling this function. Click to adjust the time period and click OK to keep the setting. The system will display the cameras, stay for an appointed period and then cycle the next batch of cameras automatically.
  • Page 56 Chapter 3 Configuring the System The UPS application must meet Window NT or above system requirements. Windows 2000 or Windows XP are recommended.

  • Page 57: Camera Setting

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 3.2.2 Camera Setting Click to set up the cameras. Camera Icons The bar below shows cameras that are connected to your DVR systems. When the number inside the camera icon lights up, it means the camera is connected to the system. A DVR system supports up to 16 cameras.
  • Page 58 Chapter 3 Configuring the System or not. Tick the box to enable this camera and then click OK to keep the setting. To disable the camera, just leave the Enable box blank. Camera Display: After enabling the camera, the default setting allowed you seeing the real-time video on the screen.
  • Page 59 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual The DVR provides a feature, Noise Reduction, to reduce image noises of channels, thus the video images will become clearer. Select “Noise Reduction” box to enable this function on Camera Setting dialog. When Noise Reduction is enabled, the system will filter unnecessary noise and make video image clearer when you preview or playback the video file.

  • Page 60: Recording Setting (Video And Audio)

    Chapter 3 Configuring the System 3.2.3 Recording Setting (Video and Audio) Click to configure the recording setting. Camera Icons The bar below shows cameras that are connected to your digital surveillance system. When the number inside the camera icon lights up, it means the camera is connected to the digital surveillance system.
  • Page 61 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual To set up the camera, just click the desired camera icon. When you configure an appointed camera, the camera icon turns red. Right click to select multiple camera icons or tick “All” box. When you select all cameras, you will see the following picture.
  • Page 62 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Users can define the recording mode in appointed hours according to their demands. The default setting is always recording which means the blocks on the time bar are all blue. You can select one of the recording modes: Always Recording: The system will record this appointed channel when it starts to monitor.
  • Page 63 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual appointed channel with video, select an audio channel to map the video channel. The system allows 4 audio channels. Users can select ONE desired channel and map it to the video channel that is monitoring. A red triangle mark will be at the upper-left corner on each screen of the channel.
  • Page 64 Chapter 3 Configuring the System The higher resolution will result in a larger video size. 640x480 (enhanced) mode provides a higher video quality than 640x480 mode, thus the image quality will be better; however, the file size recorded by 640x480 (enhanced) mode will become larger.
  • Page 65 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual NOT detect any motion in the masked area. When it detects motions outside the marked area, the upper-left corner of the screen will appear a green triangle mark. Once the area is marked as a mask area, there won’t be any motion detection.

  • Page 66: Network Setting

    Chapter 3 Configuring the System Click OK to save settings. You will return to the DVR configuration setup screen. Click to return the main menu. You need to click on Monitor Screen to record the video, and the system will begin to record according to the settings here.
  • Page 67 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Transmitting Cameras Transmitting cameras allow users to monitor remotely. You can decide which cameras can be remotely monitored. Tick “all” box to select all camera numbers, or select the desired camera numbers respectively. Server Configuration IP: You need to enable remote view server via TCP/IP. The system will catch the fixed IP address automatically.

  • Page 68: Schedule Setting

    Chapter 3 Configuring the System Dynamic DNS: If your system uses a dynamic IP address, please go to http://ddns.avers.com.tw and register a dynamic domain name and password first. Select this item and enter the proper domain name and password to enable dynamic DNS. If you enable this function without entering the domain name and the password, the system will show an error message.
  • Page 69 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual You will see a drop-down list on the upper right place. Drag the list to select a schedule task. The items in the list are below. Record: If you select Record as the task, the system will have all cameras start recording at the scheduled time.
  • Page 70 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Backup: If you select Backup as the task, the system will have cameras start backup all data at the scheduled time. Please assign a storage path for backup files. It will detect the video files in the assigned folder and then check which files that the system needs to backup.
  • Page 71 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Reboot: If you select Reboot as the task, the system will reboot at the appointed time. Once it reboots the system successfully, the system will not reboot again in the same hour. Click Save to store the schedule setting of this task. Click Clear to remove all schedule setting of this task.
  • Page 72 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Enable Network: When you select Network and set a schedule in Schedule Setting, the system will allow inbound connections to monitor remotely during the appointed period of time. After the appoint time, the connection service will be stopped. Click Save to store the schedule setting of this task.
  • Page 73 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Disable Alarm: The Disable Alarm will disable the alarm function temporarily during the assigned period of time. Users can fully use this function and avoid unnecessary alarms during specific time. After the appointed time, the alarm function will execute automatically as it is configured.
  • Page 74 Chapter 3 Configuring the System You can only set future dates for a schedule. Dates in the past are not accepted. One Time: When you select One Time as a single schedule unit, it means the system executes the recording only one time during the appointed hours.

  • Page 75: Backup Setting

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 3.2.6 Backup Setting Click to backup the recording files. The Backup Setting dialog will appear. Calendar Choose a backup date. The circled date is consistent with the system date. Backup files Information Selected Files: Blue blocks mean that there are video recording data during the period of time.
  • Page 76 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Auto Partition Tick the box and select the below partition category, the system will backup and divide its recording files in proper sizes to facilitate burning into portable media. For example, if you backup the files in CD-R partition, it will backup and pack the files into several folders.

  • Page 77: Sensor Setting

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Click the blue blocks to assign the desired backup files. The appointed backup files turn red. Click to clear all the selected files. After backup files are selected, the system will calculate the file quantities and required space automatically, and show the results on the screen.
  • Page 78 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Sensor ID Assign a sensor by clicking the drop-down menu , and enter its name in the name field. Enable Tick to enable this sensor. Cancel the tick to disable the sensor. Content After you enable the appointed sensor, the system will automatically show the Card No.
  • Page 79 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Test After installing the sensors, you can test the sensors immediately. Click to find the sensor status: High electricity(Red) or Low electricity(Green). Click to finish the setting or click to cancel the setting.

  • Page 80: Relay Setting

    Chapter 3 Configuring the System 3.2.8 Relay Setting Click to set up relays. Relay ID Assign a relay by clicking the drop-down menu , and enter its name in the name field. Enable Tick to enable this relay. Cancel the tick to disable the relay. Content After you enable the appointed relays, the system will automatically show the Card No.

  • Page 81: Alarm Setting

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Test After installing relays, you can test relays immediately. Click find the relay status: inside the Test column. Click to finish the setting or click to cancel the setting. After finish configuring sensors and relays, you can go to Alarming Setting to set alarms.
  • Page 82 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Select Device: Click the drop-down menu to select camera or sensor. Select Camera: The bar below shows cameras that are connected to your DVR system. When the number inside the camera icon lights up, it means the camera is connected to the DVR system. The DVR system supports up to 16 cameras.
  • Page 83 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Conditions: This column shows the alarm triggered condition. Tick Motion or Video Loss boxes as the condition. Motion: When you click Motion as an alarm condition, the system will treat motion as an event to trigger the alarm.
  • Page 84 Chapter 3 Configuring the System Play Warning Sound: Tick the box to enable Play Sound alarm. Cancel the tick to disable the function. Click to set up the directory. Click to assign the path of an assigned .WAV file. Click to play the .WAV file.
  • Page 85 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Click to add a new Call Out setting. Enter Phone Number, Comment and click to import the voice file. If you need to record your voice file, click . The sound recorder will appear. To record a sound file, you can click to record a new recording.
  • Page 86 Chapter 3 Configuring the System and directory to keep the file. It returns to the “Call Out List” when you finish this step. Click to keep the setting or to cancel the setting. You will see the new setting in the table below. Click to adjust the setting, or to delete the...
  • Page 87 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual when your mail server requests an authentication. If you don’t tick this box, you can not enter ID and Password. ID and Password: Enter your ID and password of SMTP server so that the system can send the alarm by E-mail.

  • Page 88: User Setting

    Chapter 3 Configuring the System 3.2.10 User Setting Click to set up user setting. Click to add a new user. You will see the following screen. Please follow the steps to set user settings. Authorization Level Select the authorization level as User or Administrator. Only the Administrator can change the user settings.
  • Page 89 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Remote Visible Cameras The DVR provides a feature to allow different users to see different channels via WebCam and remote console. The administrator can create and define remote users’ authorization level to differentiate their control rights. For instance, you can let lesser important users to monitor limited channels via remote monitoring by selecting specific transmitting cameras.

  • Page 90: Chapter 4 Using The System

    Chapter 4 Using the System Chapter 4 Using the System 4.1 How to Monitor the Videos Please switch to Monitor Screen to monitor all channels in real-time. The system provides a function of real-time monitoring. 4.1.1 Select the Split Display Mode Before you use full screen display to monitor the videos, you can select the display mode by clicking one of the split display mode buttons.There are 6 split display modes to choose from:...
  • Page 91 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual If you only have 4 cameras connected, the 8-Cam/9-Cam/13-Cam/16-Cam split display modes will be disabled automatically. 8-Cam Split Display Click to split the screen into a 8-Cam split display. The system will display the first batch of cameras, Camera 1 to Camera 8, and then turns to the next batch of cameras, Camera 2 to Camera 9 and so on.
  • Page 92 Chapter 4 Using the System Click button to split the screen into a 16-Cam split display. The system will display all cameras as the above picture.

  • Page 93: Full Screen Display

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 4.1.2 Full Screen Display On the Monitor Screen, you can click to switch to a full screen display. You will see the system turning to a full-size display. To monitor a specific channel, move the cursor to the desired channel and click the left button to switch the desired channel to full screen.

  • Page 94: Alarm Status And Reset

    Chapter 4 Using the System 4.1.4 Alarm Status and Reset When the alarm is triggered, you can see the red sparkling arrow on the Monitor Screen. Click the arrow to see the alarm status dialog. Reset: reset the triggered alarm status and cancel alarm actions. All previous alarms will be halted.
  • Page 95 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Click to select a date. You will see in the lower table. The blue block means the channel has recording data during the period of time. Move the cursor to desired blue blocks and select them. The selected blocks will turn red.

  • Page 96: Playing The Videos

    Chapter 4 Using the System 4.2.2 Playing the Videos Click to play the file. The selected button will then turn in red. You can use the playback control panel buttons to control the play mode. The functions of each button are below. Begin: Move to the beginning of the video recording.

  • Page 97: Catching Desired Videos

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual hour time button. The blue bars indicate that there are recorded videos during the time periods. If there are no video files recorded during your appointed time, you can not click the time button. Click the desired time button to play back the videos that were recorded during the appointed hour.
  • Page 98 Chapter 4 Using the System Under 1-Cam display, you can catch a desired file by setting segments. Select a video playback date and time and click to play back the recorded video. Drag the slider to the desired position and then click to mark the beginning of a segment.

  • Page 99: Play Backup Video Files

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual The default file name will be the recording time. Select the storage path and click Save to output the video file. The system will name the output segment according to the recording time. You can save the video segment to hard disks, USB Flash disk or other network devices.
  • Page 100 Chapter 4 Using the System Begin: Move to the beginning of the video file. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the video recording at the speed of 1/2x, 1/4x, or 1/8x Play: Play the video file. Stop: Stop to play the video file. Faster: Play the video recording at the speed of 2x, 4x, or 8x.

  • Page 101: Searching Desired Videos

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual dialog to ask for the storage path. The system names the output segment according to the time of the video. Save: Click the button to save the playback screen as a BMP or JPG file. Print: Print the current image.
  • Page 102 Chapter 4 Using the System 4.4.1 Intelligent Search Click and it turns green when this function is enabled. Adjust the sensitivity first, higher number accompanies with higher sensitivity. Move the cursor to the desired channel and click the mouse and drag to mark an area.
  • Page 103 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual system will show a Search List dialog that lists the desired events. Select an event and double click. The system will show the video of the event. 4.4.2 Event Search Click to use Event Search. An Event Search Setting dialog appears. Select sensor events, motion events, video loss events, and POS events according your demands.
  • Page 104 Chapter 4 Using the System If you want to find a searching list, tick Output Event List box, and the Searching Duration items will be enabled. Select the Begin/End Time and enter Search Interval. Click OK to start searching. After setting the event search, the system will appear a following event list.
  • Page 105 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual differences in the same channel. The system provides 5 different time modes for visual searching: searching by day, searching by hour, searching by every 3 minutes, searching by every 10 seconds and search by second. Click to initiate “Visual Search”.
  • Page 106 Chapter 4 Using the System “No Data”. Meanwhile, you will see the upper grey bar shows the date of the selected image. Exit the screen by clicking or return to the previous screen by clicking Move the cursor to a desired date and click it. It turns to the “Searching by hour”...
  • Page 107 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual As you see the above picture, the system recorded the videos from 12:00 to 13:00. There are 20 screens on the display at most. Each picture shows its recording time on its upper left corner. If there is no data, you will see “No Data”...
  • Page 108 Chapter 4 Using the System As you see the above picture, the static images are recorded every 10 seconds. The system recorded the videos from 12:00 AM to 12:02 AM. When you search video by every 10 seconds, the system will record a frame every 10 seconds.
  • Page 109 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual As you see the above picture, the static images are recorded by second. The system recorded the videos from 12:00:00 to 12:00:09. When you search video by second, the system will record a frame every second. There are 10 pictures on this screen at most.

  • Page 110: Using E-Map

    Chapter 4 Using the System Select EVENT and the desired Date. Double click the desire event in the table. The system will show the video of the assigned event if there is recorded files. 4.5 Using E-Map E-Map provides a completely configured map where all cameras, sensors, and relays are set.
  • Page 111 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Select a button from to set up your E-map. When you click button, the left-top corner will appear “Area 1” in blue. Click to load an E-map. The system supports up to 8 E- maps. The map must have been saved in JPG or BMP format and file size is smaller than 200KB.

  • Page 112: Using Ptz Camera

    Chapter 4 Using the System are trigged. The icons on the E-map will turn red and blink. Click to save your current setup and leave E-map. 4.6 Using PTZ Camera If you connect PTZ cameras to your DVR system, click on the Monitor Screen and setup PTZ cameras first.
  • Page 113 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual down list. Connection Settings A. Select a Com Port where the PTZ camera connector is connected. B. Select a Camera ID from the drop-down list. C. Assign the Protocol. Please select your PTZ Model (refer to your PTZ camera spec.) from the menu.
  • Page 114 Chapter 4 Using the System Click to configure PTZ cameras as the above picture. A PTZ setup dialog appears. PTZ Setup. Click to configure PTZ cameras as the above picture. Click to finish the setting or cancel it. After the settings, you can start to use the PTZ controller. After you finish the above steps, repeat the same procedure to setup another PTZ camera until you finish all PTZ cameras.
  • Page 115 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Focus in / Focus out. Click to adjust the focus to produce a clear image. Camera Number. The white number inside the controller represents the PTZ camera number. Direction buttons. You can use the 8 direction buttons to adjust the direction of PTZ camera lens.

  • Page 116: Using Event Log Viewer

    Chapter 4 Using the System 4.7 Using Event Log Viewer Click to check the Event Log Viewer dialog. The Event Log Viewer shows event logs, operation logs, POS logs, system logs and network logs. 4.7.1 Checking Event Logs Select Event and a desired date, the lower table will show all event logs.

  • Page 117: Checking Pos Logs

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 4.7.3 Checking POS Logs Select POS and a desired date, the lower table will show all POS logs. You will see the time, type and event logs. The system will keep all POS logs. To check the logs of another day, just select the desired date and then click to update the logs.

  • Page 118: Check Network Logs

    Chapter 4 Using the System 4.7.5 Check Network Logs Select Network and a desired date, the lower table will show all network logs such as Network on/off and remote login. You will see the time, type and event logs. To check the logs of another day, just select the desired date and then click to update the logs.

  • Page 119: Using Pos

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 4.8 Using POS After you connect the POS and the DVR system, click to enter POS Console Setting screen. Click to add a POS item. You will see the following dialog. Please configure the following items.

  • Page 120: Using Network Server

    Chapter 4 Using the System channels. The POS information will show on the appointed channels. After you finish the settings, click OK. You will return to POS console setting dialog. Click to add a POS setting and repeat the above procedure. To modify the setting, please select the desired item and then click to adjust the settings.
  • Page 121 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual turns red when you enable the network server. The digital surveillance system allows http inbound connections from client PC. For details, please refer to Chapter 5 Using Remote Program.

  • Page 122: Using Functional Keys

    Chapter 4 Using the System 4.10 Using Functional Keys The DVR system allows users to use functional keys to fast operate the application under Display mode. The following table shows functional descriptions of each function key. Function Keys Function description System Information Recording Network...

  • Page 123: Checking System Information

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 4.11 Checking System Information Click F1 to see the system information. The system information includes status of CPU, RAM, VGA Memory, DirectX Version, Login ID, Production Version and Active Internet client connection. Click OK to exit system information dialog box.

  • Page 124: Chapter 5 Using Remote Program

    Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Make sure that remote access service is enabled as 4.8 Using Network Server mentioned before you open IE. Enter the server’s IP address or domain name which is mentioned in 3.2.4 Network Setting to remote access the surveillance system from anywhere.
  • Page 125 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual After the authentication, you will see the below screen. If the client PC supports DirectDraw, please right click on the video image and enable DirectDraw. You will have better video quality on Webcam.
  • Page 126 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Here is a simple illustration of WebCam. [4] 10:19:30 [2] 10:19:30 [3] 10:19:30 [1] 10:19:30 [7] 10:19:30 [8] 10:19:30 [6] 10:19:30 [5] 10:19:30 [9] 10:19:30 [10] 10:19:30 [11] 10:19:30 [12] 10:19:30 [13] 10:19:30 [14] 10:19:30 [16] 10:19:30 [15] 10:19:30 Monitor Screens: The screens show the allowed channels for...
  • Page 127 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Click again to cancel the function. Received file size: This shows the total size of the video files. Camera frames: This shows the total frame rates of the channels. Split display mode. The system provides 4 split display modes: 1- Cam split display, 4-Cam split display, 9-Cam split display and 16-Cam split display.
  • Page 128 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program To connect a different server, click to add new camera settings. Enter the new server IP address, Port, User Name and Password. Click OK to save the settings. You can connect up to 16 different servers. You will see the cameras of the added server in the table.
  • Page 129 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Select a PTZ camera. Click to show the PTZ camera controller. After you select a PTZ camera, you will find the PTZ camera icons are enabled as the following picture. Here are the introductions of each icon.
  • Page 130 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Note: Only PTZ cameras which are set from the server side will appear in this table. Focus in / Focus out. Click to adjust the focus to produce a clearer image during surveillance. Zoom in / Zoom out. You can click to size up / to size down the image.
  • Page 131 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual the recording data as AVI files. Move the cursor to the desired channel and right click to record. Assign the directory and file name to start recording. Right click the channel to stop the recording. Users can also select the recording quality by right clicking the mouse.
  • Page 132 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program This function enables you to setup the cameras settings and recording settings on the server side. Please refer to 3.2.2 and 3.2.3. Remote E-Map. Click to initiate the E-Map. You will see an E-Map screen.
  • Page 133 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual When you click the camera icon to the desired E-map, the right windows will show images from the appointed camera if the enable camera is connected to your digital surveillance system. Remote Console. Click to initiate Remote console. The system will request an authorization.
  • Page 134 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Event Log Viewer. Click to see the event log viewer. You will see the below dialog. Please refer to 4.5 Using Event Log Viewer for more details.

  • Page 135: Using The Remote Console

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual 5.2 Using the Remote Console Remote console can be regarded as a restricted DVR. It can record and play video data of remote server. Please enter the server site when you open the browser. Enter the user ID and password to finish the authentication.

  • Page 136: Using Display From Remote Console

    Chapter 5 Using Remote Program 5.2.2 Using Display from Remote Console The functions of buttons on the remote console are below. Exit Click this item to exit the DVR system. Split Screen Display DVR provides 6 split display modes for your selection. You can select 1 /4 /9/ 16 split display mode by simply clicking the icon.
  • Page 137 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual This bar shows the DVR server site and the transmission speed of the recording video. Recording Click to record the video recording that you can monitor through your Remote console. Remote console helps you to backup the video recording that you monitor.
  • Page 138 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Display When you are running Remote console, the default screen will be Monitor Screen. You will see the button in green. When you switch to Playback screen, the button turns gray. Playback Click to switch to Playback Screen under Remote Console. In Remote Console application, you can select to play remote video data of remote server or local data recorded.

  • Page 139: Using Playback From Remote Console

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual again to return to remote console display mode. 12. Sensors The icon shows which sensors that are triggered. Once the sensors are triggered, the indicators will turn yellow according to the sensor number. 13. Relays The icon shows which relays that are triggered. Once the relays are triggered, the indicators will turn yellow according to the relay number.
  • Page 140 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Audio Volume Adjustment Click the icon to adjust the audio volume to a proper volume. You can mote the channels by selecting the Mute box. Slider Drag the slider to go forward or backward through the video of a selected video recording.
  • Page 141 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual A grey bar on top of a time button indicates that there are no video recordings during the time period. If there are no videos recorded during your appointed time, it won’t show any image. Split Screen Display...

  • Page 142: Handy View

    Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Playback Control Buttons Begin: Move to the beginning of the video recording. Previous: Go back to the previous frame. Slower: Play the video recording at the speed of 1/2x, 1/4x, or 1/8x Rewind: Play the video file reversely. Pause: Stop to play the recording.

  • Page 143: Using Pda Viewer

    AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Using PDA Viewer “PDA Viewer” allows mobile users to monitor channels anytime anywhere as Internet is available. Before you use PDA Viewer, please meet the PDA System Requirement. OS: MS Windows CE 3.0 or PocketPC 2003...
  • Page 144 Click Yes to continue the installation. The system automatically installs the application. The system appears an ‘Install AVerMedia PDA Viewer using the default application directory? ’ dialog box. Click Yes to use a default directory. The system continues to install the application.
  • Page 145 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual and enter server IP. You will see the following screen. Click the hyperlink, Download PDA-Viewer, to see the download screen. Click Yes to download PDA-viewer. The system will automatically install PDA-Viewer after the download is completed.
  • Page 146 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program Follow the steps to connect to the DVR server. Click on your PDA desktop. Enter the server IP, Port, ID and password. Select a network type and click OK. The screen will show “Connecting to Server”. After you access the server, you can see the following screen.
  • Page 147 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual Connecting DVR server ︰ Click this button to set the server IP, port, ID and password. Display mode ︰ Click to view an image from a single camera. Your PDA will show all camera screens in turn.
  • Page 148 Chapter 5 Using Remote Program size up / to size down the image. If there is no PTZ camera connected to the server, the buttons will be disabled. Snapshot: Click to save the desired image. The system will save the image as a bmp file. Click Save to keep the images.
  • Page 149 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual You will see above screen. Select a proper video quality according to your demand.

  • Page 150: Appendix A Registering Domain Names

    Appendix A Registering Domain Names Appendix A Registering Domain Names DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) is a data query service mainly used on the Internet for translating domain names into Internet addresses. It allows remote clients to intelligently search dynamic servers without any previous enquiring for servers’...
  • Page 151 Please provide the following user information, Host Name, Password, E-mail, Company, and Country to complete the registration process. Note that Host Name and Domain Name (AVerMedia.avers.com.tw) are the replacement for Internet address while a remote client tends to search a dynamic server.

  • Page 152: Appendix B Image Verification

    Appendix B Image Verification Appendix B Image Verification ImageVerify is a watermark-checking program to identify the validity of a saved image (e.g. by snapshot). Run the setup/start program Click Start->Program files->DSS->Image Verification to execute the program. Load the image file to start verifying file This program can only verify uncompressed bmp image files.
  • Page 153 AVerMedia NV1000/3000/5000 User’s Manual ImageVerify returns a result. (1) If the file is not modified, the same picture appears in the right side result picture box. (2) If the file is modified, a warning dialog appears. In the result box, the area that...
  • Page 154 Appendix B Image Verification...

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