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U s e r ’s m a n u a l NV-DVR5009 NV-DVR5016...
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ACCORDING TO DEVICE OPERATION RULES BASED ON CMOS/MOSFET SYSTEMS. INFORMATION All the data included in this manual are up to date at the moment of printing this manual. Novus Security Sp. z o.o. reserves the right to amend this manual. The producer reserves the right to modify recoreder’s parameters and change its design without notice.
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4. The recorder has to be protected against humidity and dust. In case the recorder had a contact with water react immediately: switch off the power supply and contact the authorised Novus service. If the device gets dirty it might get damaged or electrocute someone.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. FOREWORD INFORMATION....................6 1.1 Main Characteristics......................6 1.2 Recorder’s technical data ....................7 2. STARTING THE DEVICE....................... 8 2.1 Getting the device ready to work ..................8 2.2 Electrical connection and other back panel elements ............9 2.3 Connecting of peripheral equipment................
FOREWORD INFORMATION FOREWORD INFORMATION NV-DVR5009 (9-channel) and NV-DVR5016 (16-channel) recorders were designed especially for CCTV systems. A very efficient MPEG4 compression is used in this device that guarantees high quality, detailed images. The device allows high quality recording for a long period of time. It also allows to flexibly adjust recording parameters depending on system requirements.
Operating system: Linux PTZ functions: Possibility of PTZ camera controlling (48 protocols NOVUS-C among others) from the level of recorders without the necessity to use an additional keyboard, and through the computer network with the help of RAS software Video inputs:...
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE STARTING THE DEVICE 2.1. Getting the device ready to work Unpack the device carefully. After unpacking make sure that there are the following elements: IR remote control. NV-DVR5009 or NV-DVR5016 rcorder.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE 2.2. Electrical connection and other back panel elements NV-DVR5016 View Fan cooling power supply unit, it shouldn’t be covered! VIDEO IN/LOOP: video inputs to hook up camera video signal with arterial outputs of video signal, 16 or 9 depending on the model.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE 13 14 NV-DVR5016 View to USB ports of the device (one port in the back panel and two in the front USB Port panel) you can connect external HHDs, external CD-RW recorders or Flash memory for archiving.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE Ultra Wide SCSI external disk array is connected to this port. The array is used for recording or archiving camera images. The device, together with external memory, can address up to 9 TB of memory, connect Ultra Wide SCSI port to the disk array by means of a 68-pin cord not longer than 1.5 m.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE 2.3. Connecting of peripheral equipment System connecting should be done by a qualified staff. Before connecting system elements you need to familiarise yourself with the diagram presented below, which is a pictorial diagram. Depending on requirements, specific system will consist of a different number peripheral devices.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE 2.4. Front panel description 7 8 9 Widok NV-DVR5016 Some buttons of the front panel are used for different functions. Remote control buttons, even though placed in a different way, fully correspond to the functions attributed to the front panel functions. Below, you have the description of all buttons and their functions.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE Flickering of a green HDD LED (light-emitting diode) means that a process of recording or searching / playback is in progress. Flickering of a green NETWORK LED means that the device is connected to Ethernet or external modem.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE When in the playback mode, you can play video forward image- by-image by turning the Jog Dial clockwise and backward image- by-image by turning the Jog Dial counterclockwise. When in the...
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual STARTING THE DEVICE Pressing the PTZ button enters the PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) mode which allows you to control properly configured cameras. FREEZE Pressing the FREEZE button freezes the current live screen. SEQUENCE When in the live mode, pressing the SEQUENCE button displays live channels sequentially.
RECORDER’S MENU RECORDER’S MENU NV-DVR5009 and NV-DVR50016 recorders have multilevel menus displayed on the screen. The menu is multilingual. Depending on the implemented firmware version, it is displayed in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian, or English, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and Czech.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.1. System menu After pressing Menu and putting in user password the following screen appears: There are six sub-menus concerning recorder’s system settings in the System menu. 3.1.1. Information After choosing this sub-menu and pressing Enter the following screen appears: Highlight the Site box and press the button.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Highlight the box beside Language and press button. A drop-down menu displays the available languages. Highlight the desired language and press the button. To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade…...
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.1.1.2 System status Highlight Show Event Status and press the button to display the Event Status screen: The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will be flickered for five seconds when detected.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.1.1.3. Recording range In the recording range section you can find time frames of the recorded camera images. Highlighting Clear All Data… and pressing the button will clear all video data.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU NOTE: Holidays that do not fall on the same date each year should be updated once the current year’s holiday has passed. You can set up holidays by highlighting + and pressing the button.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU The information in the Type column describes the storage device (internal disk, external disk with USB interface). The capacity of the storage device is displayed in the Capacity column. The Format column displays whether the device is used for recording (Record) or archiving (Archive).
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Highlight the Status tab, and the Storage Status screen displays. The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Unformatted indicates the device is not formatted.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.1.4. Users Highlight User in the System menu and press the button. The User setup screen displays the authorized groups and users. You can add and delete groups and users. When adding a group, you can assign authority levels to the group.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU A group of users can obtain the following rights: Shutdown — The user can shut the system down on a local system. • Upgrade — The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running RAS •...
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.1.5. System shutdown Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button. The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down:...
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.2. Network In the Main screen, use the Left or Right arrow buttons to display the Network menu. 3.2.1.1. Network Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. The Network setup screen displays.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.2.1.2. Highlight the LAN tab, and the LAN screen displays. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press the button.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU The factory default Port settings are: Remote Admin: 8200 Remote Call-back: 8201 Remote Watch: 8016 Remote Search: 10019 NOTE: Do NOT use the same port number for two different programs, otherwise, the DVR cannot be connected with a PC running RAS.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.2.2. Notification The DVR can be set up to send emails or to contact a computer running RAS (Remote Administration System) when an event occurs. 3.2.2.1. E-mail Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.3. Devices You can configure the video, audio, alarm, display and remote control devices connected to the DVR. 3.3.1. Cameras Highlight Camera in the Devices menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears.
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485 port. To connect the keyboards and speed domes cameras simultaneously you need to use RS232 / RS485 converter. In the Product box choose a telemetry protocol from the ones which are available (e.g. Novus-C, Pelco- P and Pelco-D) and which is in accordance with PTZ camera settings.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.3.2. Audio Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and press the button. The Audio setup screen appears. The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. In the Associated Camera box a chosen audio channel can be attributed to any vision channel. The connection has a logical character - physically audio signal can come from a microphone of another camera or from a separate microphone.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Each alarm output can be given its own title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the title.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.3.4. Display Highlight Display in the Devices menu and press the button. The Display screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor. Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU You can adjust the transparency of the setup screens by highlighting Transparency and using the Left and Right arrow buttons. Once the tab OSD Margin is highlighted, the following screen will appear: With the help of slide bars Horizontal and Vertical You can adjust the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Highlight the Spot monitor tab and the following screen will appear: You can define which cameras display sequentially on the Spot Monitors. Highlight the box in the Channels column for the desired Spot Monitor and press the button.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.4. Recording In the Recording menu there are 4 submenus concerning recording settings. 3.4.1. Record Highlight Record in the Record menu and press the button. The Record setup screen appears.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Resolution settings are defined globally for the complete system. NOTE: Recording speed decreases by half when resolution is increased from standard 360 x 288 to 720 x 288 . Highlight the Event Record Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.4.2. Schedule Highlight the Schedule submenu and the following screen will appear: This DVR allows you to create very complex recording schedules in order to adjust recording settings to the specificity of the object and to save disk space. The Schedule is presented as a easy to read table.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Under the Settings heading, recording speed should be defined in the range between 0.1 to 25 frames per second, as well as recording quality: Highest, High, Standard and Low. By choosing the X option, a selected point of the Schedule may be erased.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.4.4. Archive Highlight Archive in the Record menu and press the button, and the Archive setup screen appears. Highlight Archive On and press the button to toggle between On and Off.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.5. Event Your DVR can be set to detect many different events. You can also determine how it reacts to these events. 3.5.1. Alarm-in. Highlight Alarm-In in the Event menu and press the button.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Highlight the Actions tab, and the Actions setup screen appears In the Actions tab, the user may set the DVR response to the activation of a chosen alarm-in. Highlight the desired box under the Record heading, and press the button.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.5.2. Motion detection Highlight Motion Detection in the Event menu and press the button. The Motion Detection setup screen appears: His DVR has a built-in video motion detection. In the No. column this motion detection can be turned on and off for each camera.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Reverse All — Activates inactive blocks and deactivates active blocks. • OK — Accepts changes and closes Zone setup. • Cancel — Exits Zone setup with saving changes. • You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU 3.5.4. System event Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button. The System Event setup screen appears. The DVR can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S MENU Highlight the box beside Check Time, and press the button. You can select from Monthly, Weekly and Daily. If you select Monthly, you will be asked to set the Day of the Month and Time. If you select Weekly, you will be asked to set the Day of the Week and Time.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION MULTIPLEXER’S OPERATION 4.1. Live monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor and playing live audio through attached speakers. The default mode is to display all cameras at once (16 or 9 depending on the DVR model).
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION 4.2. Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mode by pressing the button in any multi-view format. The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION To program a preset, direct the camera at a selected scene and press Enter. When the PTZ dialog box appears, select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the button.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION 4.7. Event monitoring When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab).
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION Clicking the right mouse button during live monitoring displays the following menu: Selecting Freeze, PTZ… and Spot Monitor… is the same as pressing the FREEZE, PTZ and SPOT buttons as described above in the Live Monitoring section of this chapter.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION 4.11. Recording video Maximum recording speed of images in 360 x 288 resolution (PAL) is 200 images / s. for the complete system. Maximum recording speed of images in 720 x 288 resolution (PAL) is 100 images / s. for the complete system.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION SEARCH / STOP - Pressing the SEARCH/STOP button while in the Playback mode returns the DVR to the Live Monitoring mode. Pressing the SEARCH/STOP button while in the Live Monitoring mode returns the DVR to the Search mode.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION Calendar Search… — Searches using a calendar (see below for more details); • Event Log Search… — Selects video from the event log (see below for more details) • Text-In Search… — Searches text input strings (see below for more details) •...
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION Days with recorded video display are displayed in the calendar in white. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. Once you have highlighted a day, press the button to select it.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. For this last purpose serve the From and To options.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION 4.14.4. Motion search Once his function is selected, the following screen will appear: The Motion Search can be selected from the Search menu while the DVR displays the camera full screen.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION 4.15. Clip Copy The Clip-Copy screen can be used to copy video clips to an internal CD-RW drive, or external USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or flash drive. The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION Once you have given the video clip a file name, highlight the Start button and press the button to start clip copy. When the storage device does not have enough space, the DVR will ask if you want to copy as much of the video clip as possible on the available space.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION 4.17. Playback You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips. The copied video clip contains the ClipPlayer program. NOTE: It is suggested that the computer used for the ClipPlayer program has at least a 800MHz Pentium III.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION And then select Advanced Troubleshoot then set the Hardware Acceleration to “Full”. Please make sure that DirectX version 8.0 or higher has been installed if the display problem continues to occur. To check the version of DirectX, click Start à RUN and type “dxdiag” then hit the enter key which will display DirectX Diagnostic Tool dialog box.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual RECORDER’S OPERATION Program functions description: Clicking the X exits the Player program. Click the to go to the beginning of the video clip. Click the to play the video clip in fast reverse.
NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual PTZ CAMERAS CONTROL AND CONNECTION Appendix 1: Novus camera connection Recorder To RS-485+ and RS-485– ports Control cable Rx+(Tx+) Rx- (Tx -) Rx+(Tx+) Rx- (Tx -) Przewód wizyjny Novus Novus CAMA I...
Appendix 2: Connecting devices to alarm inputs and outputs. NV-DVR5009 and NV-DVR5016 recorders have 9 or 16 alarm inputs and out allowing you to connect external devices. Connectors to plug in cables are equipped with handy clamp terminals. NOTE: Both alarm inputs and outputs are not protected against any results of atmospheric discharges.
Appendix 3: Recorder’s control from the level of NV-KBD60 system keyboard NV-DVR5009 and NV-DVR5016 recorders can be remotely controlled from the level of NV-KBD60 system keyboard. The control is done through the RS-422 port. Thanks to that, it is possible to control many recorders (up to 10) by using just one keyboard.
Appendix 4: Displaying text on the image NV-DVR5009 and NV-DVR5016 Series recorders are able to link and simultaneously display re- corded images and text in ASCII format by means of peripheral devices such as cash registers, cash machines or PCs with installed access control software. The recorder can work with up to 10 pe- ripheral devices that generate text and are connected to RS-232, RS-485 and USB ports (the possibility of connecting 8 devices through a divider).
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual DISPLAYING TEXT ON THE IMAGE After highlighting the above menu the below image will be displayed on the screen. NV-DVR5009 and NV-DVR5016 s can be programmed in such a way that when they re- recorder ceive a defined string form peripheral devices, they should undertake specific actions e.g.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual DISPLAYING TEXT ON THE IMAGE After highlighting Settings the below tab appears on the screen: In the Port position you need to define a type of an input, where text data will come. You can choose from RS-232, RS-485 or 8 USB ports.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual DISPLAYING TEXT ON THE IMAGE In the Ignore position you define strings, whose detection is totally ignored by the system. If there are both small and capital letters of different characteristic in the system you need to tick off Case Sensitive.
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NV-DVR5009 / NV-DVR5016 1.0 version - User’s manual DISPLAYING TEXT ON THE IMAGE After choosing a required result and choosing Enter the first image of a registered transaction with a keyword is displayed. By choosing PLAY you start playback of the registered material connected with the transaction.
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