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  • Page 1: User Manual

    PC Based Network Video Recorder BRC-64 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Quality Service Group...
  • Page 3 Product name: PC Based Network Video Recorder (BRC-64) Release Date: 2011/11 Manual Revision: V4.0 Web site: www.brickcom.com Email: technical@brickcom.com info@brickcom.com ©2011 Brickcom Corporation. All Rights Reserved 0000154...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Package Contents ....................1 Overview......................2 System Requirements ..................4 Software Installation .................... 6 PC-NVR Installation ..................6 EasyConfig Installation ................... 9 Launch EasyConfig ................... 13 Start with PC-NVR .................... 21 Authentication .................... 29 Configure the PC-NVR ..................32 Live View ....................

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Package Contents a. Brickcom Software Kit CD b. Easy Installation Guide...

  • Page 6: Overview

    IP system. Support for viewing and recording at different frame rates is available for efficient use of disk space. Flexible recording options include manual, event-triggered, scheduled and continuous. With the help of the Brickcom BRC64 and its IP cameras, users can quickly build a secure IP surveillance system.

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    System Requirements Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Computer: IBM PC/AT Compatible. CPU: Pentium 3GHz or faster. Memory: 1024 MB or more. Monitor: 1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit True color or better. 2048 MB or more. Network Interface: 10/100Mbps Network interface card must be installed.
  • Page 9 Adobe Reader: Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher. Audio: The audio function will not work if a sound card is not installed in the PC. Audio may  be interrupted depending on network traffic.

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    PC-NVR Installation 1. Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM driver. Run Auto-Run Tool directly from the CD-ROM to start the installation. While installing the Brickcom Software Kit for the first time, select a desired language for the interface. The available languages are listed in the scroll box.
  • Page 11 3. Read the End-User License Agreement and check the option <I accept the terms of the license agreement>. Click <Next> to continue. 4. Click <Next> to continue installation. If your device already exist another SQL server, you can click <Browse> to search using.
  • Page 12 5. Click <Change> to change the appointed folder where installation and program files will be stored. Click <Next> to continue. 6. Select to create shortcuts. Click <Next> to continue.

  • Page 13: Easyconfig Installation

    7. Click to launch the application, and click <Finish> to complete the installation and return to Shield Wizard dialog box. EasyConfig Installation Click <Install EasyConfig>.
  • Page 14 2. In the Install Shield Wizard dialog box, click <Next> to continue. 3. Read the End-User License Agreement and check the option <I accept the terms of the license agreement>. Click <Next> to continue.
  • Page 15 4. Click <Change> to change the appointed folder where installation and program files will be stored. Click <Next> to continue. Select to create shortcuts. Click <Next> to continue.
  • Page 16 6. Click to launch the application, and click <Finish> to complete the installation and return to Shield Wizard dialog box.

  • Page 17: Launch Easyconfig

    If Custom Setup type was used in the software installation and an EasyConfig icon was not installed on the desktop, the program will be installed under ‘ C:\Program Files\Brickcom\EasyConfig’ unless the program was saved to a preferred directory. 1. Click <Start> to continue.
  • Page 19 2. Select either <Simple Mode> or <Professional Mode> to obtain the camera’s IP settings. If <Simple Mode> is selected, EasyConfig will set up the connection automatically. If <Professional Mode> is selected, the user will need to configure the IP settings manually. 3.
  • Page 20 connect. 4. Enter the username and password of the camera. For first time use, the default username and password are ‘admin/admin.’ 5. For configuring the IP address settings, select either <Settings remain the same>, <Automatically obtain an IP Address (DHCP)> or <Set IP Address configuration manually>.
  • Page 21 a. If <Set IP Address configuration manually> is selected, the following pages will be displayed.
  • Page 22 EasyLink is a unique Brickcom function which allows users to assign a unique EasyLink name to their network camera’s IP address. There is no need to configure the router to open up ports or remember hard-to-memorize IP addresses. Users can log onto...
  • Page 23 [uniqueEasyLinkname].mybrickcom.com to view the camera’s web GUI and live view.  Enter a unique EasyLink name whose length must be between 5-32 characters.  When finished, click the arrow button to continue. 7. When the IP address settings have been configured, the screen will either display a successful or failed connection message.
  • Page 24 7.3 If the connection was successful, the user will see the message: <Congratulations. The installation of the camera is complete.> When this window is displayed, click <PC-NVR> to start the PC-NVR program, <Live View> to view the live video from the connected IP camera, or <X> in the top right corner of the screen to close the installation window.

  • Page 25: Start With Pc-Nvr

    ‘ C:\Program ’ unless the program was saved to a preferred Files\Brickcom\PC-NVR Standard\EXE directory. 1. For first time use, the user name and password are assigned as ‘ admin/admin’.
  • Page 26 For the purpose to implement PC-NVR normally, please request administrator to carry out the following steps: WINXP 1. Start Windows Explorer to the path via‘Computer->Local Disk(C:)->Program Files\Brickcom’. 2. Press right mouse click via the path ‘Properties->Sharing’ to select <Share the folder on the network> & <Allow network users to change my files>.
  • Page 27 3. If operation system is disable to remote access service, the description in the Properties will show as the description‘As a security measure, Windows has disabled remote... ’ Please refer to below steps for triggering the service. 4. Press <Network Setup Wizard> to enable remote access service. 5.
  • Page 28 6. Select the connection to apply the service. 7. Give this computer a description and name. 8. Select <Turn on file and printer sharing>. Then press <Next>.
  • Page 29 9. Press <Next> to continue the wizard. 10. Select the description ‘Just finish the wizard…’.
  • Page 30 11. Press <Finish> to complete the wizard. 12. Repeat step 1. WIN7 1. Start Windows Explorer to the path via ‘Computer->Local Disk(C:)->Program...
  • Page 31 Files\Brickcom’. If your computer is 64bit, the default path will be‘Computer->Local Disk(C:)->Program Files (x86)\Brickcom’. 2. Press right mouse click via the path ‘Properties->Sharing’ to select <Share the folder on the network> & <Allow network users to change my files>.
  • Page 32 3. Assign Users the full ability to control the folder.

  • Page 33: Authentication

    Authentication PC-NVR for sale has its own individual product key. The authentication window will pop-up if the users want to implement specific functions such as NVS, broadcast, etc. Please input the corresponding product key to finish the authentication. Main Window The usage and function of each button will be briefly described below: Click this button to search for UPnP devices within the LAN.
  • Page 34 Modify Volume by drag-and-pull the mouse. Modify brightness drag-and-pull the mouse. Double-click the left mouse bottom to reset to default. Live View - Click on the <Live View> icon to view live video feed. After viewing recorded video, click this button to return to the live mode. Note The menu will jump if you use your mouse to click on this icon.
  • Page 35 NOTE 2 <Reord only mode> will close all liveview functions to accelerate the system effect. Press <Re-sort Camera> or <Enable all liveview> to recover the related services. Setting - Click on the <Setting> icon to adjust the following configuration: Settings: Modify the setting of camera, Sequence, Storage, Video Wall, NVS, and ...

  • Page 36: Configure The Pc-Nvr

    is a program that allows the user to illustrate the positions of the cameras on a self selected image. Lock - Click on the <Lock> icon to lock the PC-NVR without closing the program. To re-access the PC-NVR, the user will be prompted to enter the password.

  • Page 37: Live View

    Live View With the live view function, the user can view live video feed from any IP camera connected to the network. To operate this feature: 1. Click on the <Live View> button to see the live view. Right click on a desired grid and select <...
  • Page 38 Re-sort Camera If the camera sites are rearranged during live view, return to the original camera order by right pressing on any grid square and selecting <Re-sort camera>. Zoom In – Double click on the desired grid, and use the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in and out of the live view window.

  • Page 39: Setting

    Zoom out / Zoom in - Click to manually adjust the zoom on the desired grid. Focus – Click to manually adjust the focus on the desired grid. PTZ Panel- Click on the arrows to pan and/or tilt the desired camera. Setting With the Setting tool, the user can manage up to 64 camera sites on the PC-NVR.
  • Page 40 1.1 Click <UPnP Search> button on the control panel to start searching for UPnP devices within the LAN. 1.2 Click and select the Network Camera from the survey list. Enter the user name, password and select the stream type from the drop-down menu. For first time use of an IP camera, the user name and password are ‘admin/admin’.

  • Page 41: Camera

    Setup the Site Manually Camera 1. Click on the <Settings> icon and select <Settings>. 2. The figure below will be displayed.
  • Page 42 2.1 Click button to add a site. Click to remove it. How to add a site 2.1.1 Enter the required information, including IP, Http port, Username, and Password of the Network Camera. 2.1.2 Select the <Model> of the IP Camera from the drop-down menu to automatically retrieve the Site name from the UPnP name of the camera being added add to the PC-NVR.
  • Page 43 If camera has already configured domain name or Easy Link, user can enter Domain Name or EasyLink name instead of IP address by selecting connection type. If your camera’s link for EasyLink is ‘123.mybrickcom.com,’ please enter ‘123’ in the row space of EasyLink name. Click to modify the Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, and Saturation.
  • Page 44 Talk If there has connected cameras in PC-NVR, 2-Way audio is accessible to carry out. Single: Implement 2-Way audio with single camera. Select ‘Single(On/Off)’. Please see below photo. Broadcast: 2-Way audio with several cameras. 1. Please select Broadcast to start broadcast setting.
  • Page 45 2. Please select group. to create 3. Please select to add camera.
  • Page 46 4. Add camera to broadcast list, then press ‘OK’. 5. Select group to start broadcast service, then press ‘OK’.
  • Page 47 OSD Settings ‘On-screen display’ displays the camera data, which includes site-name, UPnP name and Date/Time, of a connected Network Camera on the live view screen. Click to select the options on the camera setting page or right click on a desired grid and select < OSD setting >...

  • Page 48: Sequence

    Sequence This function is used to set the display sequence for live view of the cameras. There are two ways to add cameras to the sequence. 1. Click on the <Setting> icon and choose <Sequence> to setup the sequence. Select a camera and move from the ‘Camera List’ to the ‘Sequence Display Camera List’...

  • Page 49: Storage

    The file path menu defines the storage located of recorded videos and snapshot. It is recommended to use the default folders. ‘ C:\Program Files\Brickcom\PC-NVR Standard\Record ’ is the default path for  recorded videos. The recorded videos can be stored in more than one folder.

  • Page 50: Video Wall

    snapshots. Click <Browse> to set desired destination folder as shown below. If the boxes are checked to save snapshots as Bmp and Jpg, the snapshots will be saved to two folders: one for Bmp and one for Jpg. Video Wall A video wall consists of multiple computer monitors, video projectors, or television sets tiled together contiguously or overlapped to form one large screen.
  • Page 51 Function Dialog According to user demand, Video Wall supports several functions to satisfy. Event Display User can assign cameras with motion detection to sequence display. Emap User can arrange monitors to start Emap service to realize the whole surrounding environment clearly.

  • Page 52: Nvs Setting

    Event User can assign monitors to show & update the latest message for PC-NVR Playback User also can assign monitor for playback service. NVS Setting...
  • Page 53 Allows another user to monitor immediately by IE browser Service Status Enable the NVS settings, press <Start> to begin the service or <Stop> to disable the service. Setting Modify the maximum connections that can be accessed.  Modify the port connections that can be accessed. ...
  • Page 54 4. Enter the username and password of PC-NVR. 5. Remote Live View. The root cause to fail the NVS service: Reject the installing request for ActiveX authorization.  Forget to close other IE browser pages during installing process.  Windows need to be updated. Please follow below paths to download the file ...

  • Page 55: System

    System Language Selection – Select the desired language from the drop-down menu. Auto Update – Modify the regular schedule to update PC-NVR. Updating process starts and download files automatically at regular time points. Please see below photo:...
  • Page 56 After finishing downloading, user will get prompt if new software update for PC-NVR is available. If no update is available, you will prompt “There are no updates available for this program. This is the latest version. ” Proxy – Modify proxy setting. License –...

  • Page 57: Alarm

    Alarm If there is something wrong with liveview, PC-NVR will send first hand information to default receivers including: Sounds.  Liveview-Blicking.  E-mail.  Ftp.  How to configure & trigger alarm notification Please refer to below steps to modify & trigger alarm notification: 1.
  • Page 58 2.1 Detail setting for alarm notifications Sound if there is something wrong with liveview. PC-NVR will notify users by setting off audio clip Alarm Name－Rename the new alarm file.  File Name－Click<Browser> to select the default audio clip.  Sound Duration－Decide time period to play the audio clip. ...
  • Page 59 Non-Blinking Blinking Email if there is something wrong with liveview. PC-NVR will send messages to default mail address Alarm Name－Rename the new alarm file.  Email Recipient－Modify the mail address to send.  Test Email－Pre-Test the prior setting. ...
  • Page 60 Modify Sending connection－According to different Email address, configure the server  setting for delivering. if there is something wrong with liveview. PC-NVR will send snapshot to default FTP address FTP Alarm Name－Rename the new alarm file.  Server IP & Port－Modify the IP address and accessible port to connect the Ftp server. ...
  • Page 61 3. According to the actual needs, assign cameras to implement alarm notification in ‘Camera Event Setting’ or decide the system event notification service in ‘System Event Actions’. 3.1 Detail setting for System Event Actions. PC-NVR will notify user if specific events happen during PC-NVR operation. Specific events include login, logout, shutdown, etc.
  • Page 62 3.1.2 Please select system event to trigger alarm notification. 3.1.3 Please assign alarm notification by pressing <add> button, then select <OK> to finish the setting. 3.1.4 Please click <Add> button to create new alarm type.
  • Page 63 3.1.5 Select alarm name to carry out notification, then press <OK>. 3.1.6 According to different system events, set up default priority to alarm types individually. Please see below chart for default priority rank for event type: Default priority rank for Event type: login/Logout: Startup: Shutdown:...
  • Page 64 3.2 Camera Event[MD/DI] Setting. 3.2.1 Please select camera to start individual alarm event report. 3.2.2 Please select event types to trigger alarm notification service including motion detection and digital input event. Furthermore, it is accessible to advanced setting including modifying the time interval to report MD/DI event and selecting the snapshot frequency per notification.
  • Page 65 4.2 Please add camera by pressing <Add> button. 4.3 Please select profile’s system event in Camera Event Alarm Profile Settings. 4.4 Please assign actions to alarm notification by pressing <Add> button.

  • Page 66: Schedule Record

    5. Please press Apply & OK to finish alarm notification settings. Prior setting will carry out immediately if related detections are starting the service. Summary Detailed event information to PC-NVR. Schedule Record Click on the <Schedule record> icon and the figure below will be displayed. The user can schedule specific times for the camera to record videos.
  • Page 67 Create a recording schedule for a camera: 1. Select the desired camera. 2. Select a profile from the ‘Profile’ drop-down menu. Enter a description for the profile. Note When a profile is created, it can be used by other cameras by repeating step one and choosing the desired profile.
  • Page 68 3. Click and drag the mouse on the time frame table to schedule specific times for the camera to record video. NOTE: When the sites are being recorded, a will be displayed on the live view main window of the site. 4.
  • Page 69 Read Only - Allows the user to read the schedule only. Edit Schedule Select All Period  Schedule will be set to record normal and event videos at all times. Schedule Record  Schedule to record only the normal videos within the selected time frame. All Event Record ...
  • Page 70 Instant Record While the videos are scheduled to record, the user can choose to instantly record live video clips. Right click on a desired grid and select <Start Recording> to start recording and <Stop Recording> to stop recording. Adjust the display size The user can adjust the display size of the Live View window by right pressing on the window to display the camera control menu.
  • Page 71 Motion Detection Users can setup a camera to record motion detection at any site. Right click on a desired grid and select <Motion Detection> from the pull down menu. Please see below pictures for the motion detection settings window. Under ‘Detection Region’, users can click <ALL>...
  • Page 72 all selected areas. Alternatively, right click on any selected area to delete it individually. Enable Function - Check to begin monitoring motion detection.  Motion Recording - Check to record an event video when motion is detected. The  length of event video can be set by going to <Event Recording Duration> under System Setting.

  • Page 73: Playback

    Playback Click on the <Playback> icon, the figure below will be displayed. This function allows the user to retrieve and play multi-channel videos stored on the HDD. Basic Functions  Rewind/Pause/Fast Forward. Click <Play><Pause> to start & temporary stop playback service. Rewind ...
  • Page 74 ago per click. Fast Forward  Click <Fast Forward> to change playback speed. In pause mode, time point returns to 1 fps ago per click. Playback start time change  Drag-and-drop the tool bar to change the start time. Volume Adjustment ...
  • Page 75 manually in the top right of the window. If necessary, modify the range of timeline on the bottom left of the window. 3. Tick off the cameras in left side window. Click ‘OK’ to start playback service.
  • Page 76 Note 1 Please make sure to select the record types before starting playback service. The offline record & motion record will not play if select record type to be normal. Note 2 In order to decrease system loading, suggest to configure PC-NVR with record only mode while operating 16 channel playback simultaneously.
  • Page 77 1. Move the mouse to <Color> bar on right below side of the window. 2. Double click to adjust the color setting. Otherwise, archive UI is available by selecting <Archive> button. The preview snapshot pop-up after choosing the recorded video. Double click the left mouse button to start playback.
  • Page 78 Click the right mouse button in the playback window to modify the following functions: Full/Normal Screen.  Image Post-processing.  Image Ratio.  Camera Info.  Convert.  Full/Normal Screen  Full screen is shown below:...
  • Page 79 Image Post-processing  Click Image Post-processing to modify the image setting. Image Ratio  Click Image Ratio to change the width-and-length ratio. There are two displays to select.
  • Page 80 Camera Info  Check the information of the camera. Convert  Convert the present / all video clips to be AVI format.
  • Page 81 There is a service to select all video clips by pressing ‘All’. If the user wishes to stop the conversion, click <STOP> to abort. The converted files will be stored under folder ‘C:\Program Files\Brickcom\PC-NVR Standard\AVI’. To choose an alternate destination folder, click <Browse> and chose a desired folder.
  • Page 82 HDD. Click on <Browse> to select desired folders. In addition, snapshot pictures can be saved using Bmp and/or Jpg formats. After the settings are selected, click <OK> to save. Snapshot The files will be stored under folder Click <Snapshot> button to select. ‘C:\Program Files\Brickcom\PC-NVR Standard\Snapshot_Playback’...
  • Page 83 Snapshot Single－Snapshot single image.  Snapshot Matrix－Snapshot all window grids image.  Snapshot All－Snapshot all video images individually. ...

  • Page 84: Event

    Event Click on the <Event> icon to list all log and event activities of the camera. Camera Event Click <Refresh> to refresh the list of events. The user can filter events two ways. The first is to use the three settings: priority, state, and type. The second is to filter using the ‘Advanced’...

  • Page 85: Snapshot

    Snapshot The Snapshot function is a simple screen capture tool. The screenshots are saved to the default path ‘C:\Program Files\Brickcom\PC-NVR Standard\Snapshot’ or an alternative file path chosen by the user. There are two ways to take a snapshot. The first is to click on the <Snapshot> icon. Click <OK>...
  • Page 86 Click <Snapshot> button to select. Snapshot Single－Snapshot single image  Snapshot Matrix－Snapshot all window grids image.  Snapshot All－Snapshot all video images individually. ...

  • Page 87: E-Map

    E-Map Click on the <E-map> icon to open the E-Map program. The E-Map is a program that allows the user to illustrate the positions of the cameras on a self selected image. If the PC-NVR Standard is being used to monitor multiple locations, the user can have multiple images to display the location of the cameras.
  • Page 88 After the image is loaded, the filename of the image will be displayed on the list. ‘Index’ indicates the order (starting from ‘1’) of the files. Click <OK> to save the settings. Add cameras to the E-Map by selecting <E-Map List> menu to list the map images. The user can select an image and it will be displayed in the E-Map main window.
  • Page 89 The users can drag-and-drop cameras to access Live View, to remove the camera, or to rotate its recording direction. The rotating directions include: Top, Top-Right, Right, Bottom-Right, Bottom, Top-Left, Left, and Bottom-Left. When the mouse pointer scrolls over a camera icon in the image, an information dialog box will be displayed as below.
  • Page 90 Double click on any camera icon in the image to display the live preview image of the camera. Right click on the camera preview window to display the camera control menu. The menu items includes: Snapshot, and Camera Info. If the camera is implementing motion detection, the camera’s icon will be .

  • Page 91: Account Manage

    ACCOUNT MANAGE This function is able to manage user’s authority, including lower levels status and individual account. Only administrators have the right to modify all accounts. There are five levels status in default setting: Administrator, Power User, User, Operator, and Guest. 1.
  • Page 92 camera is able to be operated or not. 3. There are two ways to add accounts: 3.1 Select user status of new account, then set up username & password. Finally modify permission for each function. Click button to finish the setting. 3.2 Select the <User List>...
  • Page 93 4. Click button to apply the setting or return to default setting by selecting button. NOTE If user is unable to NVS service, please contact higher levels status account to enable this function. Auto Login For the easy-to-use promise, PC-NVR support the following functions: Start PC-NVR automatically when Windows begins.
  • Page 94 Set the Auto Reboot into Schedule.  Note If your system device is Windows Vista or Windows 7, please close the UAC function to avoid extra mistakes. Please refer to below steps: Vista 1. Please refer to the path as Start->Control Panel.
  • Page 95 2. Please select User Accounts and Family Safety. 3. Please select User Account. 4. Please select Turn User Account Control in or off. 5. Please cancel Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer. WIN7 1. Please refer to the path as Start->Control Panel.
  • Page 96 2. Please select User Accounts and Family Safety. 3. Please select User Account. 4. Please select Change User Account Control settings.

  • Page 97: Lock

    5. Select Never notify to finish the setting. Lock The Lock function can be used to lock the PC-NVR and prevent unauthorized access when the user needs to be away from the computer for any length of time. Click on the <Lock>...

  • Page 98: Hot-Key

    Ctrl+F7 Set all cameras DI detection disable Ctrl+F8 Set all cameras DI detection enable Show DI Status in Video Frame(10 Sec) How to start DI service: 1. Start search->‘regedit’. 2. Please enter to configuration for DI service via HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BRICKCOM\PC-NVR Standard.

  • Page 99: Watch Dog

    3. Please select DIEvent to change Value data from 0 to 1. Watch dog The icon of watch dog always appears in right below side of screen for the sake of monitoring the PC-NVR’s. Users are able to stop the monitor by selecting <Exit> or get the information by <About>.

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