Page 1 INR-410 INR-420 System Administrator’s Manual For Version 3.0.08 2013/12/23...
Page 2: About This Manual
Target Audience This manual is intended for System Administrators who are responsible for installing and setting up ACTi INR-410/420 surveillance system. The reader is expected to know the fundamentals of IP surveillance system integration and to own the administrative privileges to achieve all the tasks.
Page 3: Related Documentation
End Users who will be operating the NVR server system. To obtain the instructions on use of the NVR applications such as monitoring and playback, please download the latest ACTi INR-410/420 User’s Manual from ACTi Corporation website.
Page 4: Legal Notice
Disclaimer The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes. ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
Page 5: Regulatory Compliance Information
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Regulatory Compliance Information Federal Communications Commission Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Page 6: Table Of Contents
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Table of Contents 1 About This Manual Target Audience ..................2 Content Overview ..................2 Related Documentation ................3 Technical support ..................3 Conventions Used in This Manual ............3 2 Legal Notice Disclaimer ....................4 Copyright ....................
Page 7 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Enter Windows ..................22 Definitions of LED Indicators ..............23 Turn Off the Unit ..................23 Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording ..........24 Observe Disk Status ................33 6 System Installation Check List 7 Getting Started License and Activation ................
Page 8 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Log in Failure Troubleshooting ............. 46 Condition 1: Why can’t I access NVR server via web browser? Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in? Login .................... 50 A. Enter Account & Password B.
Page 9 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual How to Make Use of Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment Fine-tune the Image ..............70 Video Adjustment Attributes Configure Motion Settings ............73 Adjustment Attributes Configure PTZ Device ..............75 Adjustment Attributes How to Do Live PTZ Operation Set PTZ Preset Points..............
Page 10 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual User Groups ................106 Add Users .................. 108 Domain Users Management ............110 Customize Views .................. 111 Step 1: Create a New View ............112 Step 2: Enter Edit Mode ............. 112 Step 3: Select a Layout .............. 112 Step 4: Add Video Source ............
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Page 12: Overview
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Overview Product Overview INR-410/420 is a compact and reliable multi-channel standalone NVR. It contains a pre-installed Windows operating system, and ACTi NVR 3.0 video management software along with client software. This unit is composed of: Computer A PC, with Microsoft ®...
Page 13: Server / Client Architecture
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Server / Client Architecture NVR 3.0 is a typical web-based server/client system. In a video surveillance system architecture, the Server serves as a video management service provider, aimed to run 24/7 offering non-stop services for clients. A Client makes requests of monitoring video streams or playback recordings to Server, which can reside on the same computer with server program (as from local) or on another computer (as from remote).
Page 14: Getting Started
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Getting Started What’s in the Box This product package includes the following items: INR-410/420 x 1 Power Cord x 1 Removable Hard Disk Bays x 8 Adapter Converter x 1 (Installed on the unit) Front Cover x 1...
Page 15: At A Glance
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual At a Glance Front Panel      Description Description   Disk Bays USB Ports   System Disk Buttons and (DO NOT REMOVE) System Status LEDs  HDD Status LEDs  HDD Status LEDs...
Page 16  AC Power Connector Power Switch   PS/2 Connector USB Ports   VGA Ports LAN 1 Port   HDMI Ports LAN 2 Port   eSATA Port(s) USB Ports INR-410: 2 Ports ; INR-420: 1 Port www.acti.com...
Page 17: Rackmount The Unit
For video recordings, you should install at least ONE certified 3.5-inch SATA hard disk. Be sure to use the hard disk models ACTi has tested to be compatible with INR-410/420, and it is strongly recommended that you use hard disks of the same model and capacity. You may find the certified models via http://www.acti.com/hddselector.
Page 18: Step 2: Mount The Disk
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Step 2: Mount the Disk  Loosen the two screws on the Tray to remove the dummy disk.  Secure the hard disk on the Tray with the disk screws provided, and make sure the disk connector faces towards the SATA contacts inside the unit.
Page 19: Step 4: Attach The Front Cover
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Step 4: Attach the Front Cover  Align the left end hooks of the cover to the holes on the left handle.  Press the latch and push the right end toward the right handle until it clicks into place.
Page 20: Connect The Devices
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Connect the Devices Follow the procedures to connect the devices. These devices are supposed to get connected in the sequence shown below. Internet Step Description  Connect the VGA monitor to INR.  Connect the USB keyboard and mouse to INR.
Page 21: Start The Unit
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Start the Unit 1. On the rear panel, press down the Power Switch to the side with “ I ” mark. 2. On the front panel, press down Power Button, the System Power LED Indicator will light up and turn solid yellow.
Page 22: Enter Windows
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Enter Windows After the unit starts, key in “123456” to log in as Administrator to Windows Embedded 7 system. www.acti.com...
Page 23: Definitions Of Led Indicators
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Definitions of LED Indicators System LED Indicators: Indicator LED Status Description System Power Solid The unit power is on. Solid The system is booting up. System Activity Flashing There system is operating and there is activity.
Page 24: Get The Hard Disks Ready For Recording
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording Before the installed hard disks and eSATA storage device can start recording, they must be initialized and recognized by Windows embedded 7 operating system. Besides regarding each hard disk as a single volume, INR is able to combine multiple hard disks as a one single...
Page 25 RAID 1 is a solution designed to make mirror copy of from one disk onto one (RAID 1) or more disks for recovery purposes. In case of ACTi Standalone NVR servers, you need to have exactly 2 disks to configure RAID 1. Since the 2...
Page 26 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Create Volume and Configure Software RAID , in Windows Search Box, input “Computer Management”, 1. Click Window Start and enter this utility. 2. Select “Disk Management”, right-click on a disk title and select “Initialize Disk”. Check all the disks you have installed, choose “GPT”...
Page 27 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 3. Right-click on a disk title again, select “Convert to Dynamic Disk…”, check all the installed disks and then click “OK”. 4. Right-click on a disk and select the volume type to make a new volume.
Page 28 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 5. After the volume is created, this drive will be shown on Volume list, and is ready for recording. You may follow the instructions in Storage Management on page 103 to assign certain volumes to do the recording.
Page 29 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Hardware RAID (for INR-420 Only) With the purpose of achieving better performance and interoperability, INR-420 is also designed with hardware RAID which does not require CPU resources to run the RAID task. Besides JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1, INR-420’s hardware RAID also supports RAID 5 and RAID 10.
Page 30 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Hardware RAID Comparison RAID Type JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Minimum Number of Disks required Capacity +…+V x (N-1) x (N/2) *Storage        Efficiency  ...
Page 31 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 3. Go to Logical and select Create Array. Configure the desired setting, and then click to create an array. As for the Available Disks, It is recommended to choose disks of the same model and capacity to make an array.
Page 32 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 5. In Windows Search Box, input “Computer Management” and enter this utility. 6. Select “Disk Management”, right-click on a disk title, select “Initialize Disk”, then choose GPT as the partition style and click “OK”. 7. Right-click on an initialized disk and select New Simple Volume to make a new volume.
Page 33: Observe Disk Status
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Observe Disk Status It may happen that one of your disks goes into failed status after the NVR system starts recording for a long period. Mostly, a disk does not fail all of a sudden but because the number of bad sectors on it has exceeded the minimum required level to maintain normal operation.
Page 34 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual System Installation Check List Before Starting Item Task Description Reference Prepare software INR comes with 64-channel free license that License and license already activated. additional Activation on page channels, please purchase the license from your system supplier and get the license information ready before activation.
Page 35 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Configure e-mail & FTP Complete the Email or FTP settings and test if How to Setup SMTP settings NVR server succeeds in sending emails and Settings for Event uploading files. This step is necessary if you Rules on page 97 ;...
Page 36: License And Activation
After the license activation, the channels on the NVR server will automatically become available. Aside from ACTi brand devices, INR-410/420 is able to support other vendors’ devices. The channels for ACTi brand devices and for non-ACTi brand devices are licensed by different license types.
Page 37: Online Activation
Network Interface Card (NIC) on the NVR server. Once the license key is used by the NVR server with the specific NIC, it cannot be used by another NVR server with a different NIC. This matching record will be stored on the ACTi license data server. Note Although certain fisheye camera view modes (e.g.
Page 38: Step-By-Step Activation Process
Offline Activation to activate your license. Online Activation SOP Step 1 : Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for free at http://member.acti.com/ Step 2 : Login to the NVR server, and go to Setup pageSystem tabLicense“Online Registration”.
Page 39 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Offline Activation SOP Step 1 : Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for free at http://member.acti.com/ Step 2 : Access http://www.acti.com/support/LicenseMgt/NVR3_registration.asp, enter the License Key and the MAC address of the NVR server, and then click “Submit”. An E-mail with activation code file (.lic) will be sent to your registered E-mail account.
Page 40 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Step 3 : Login to the NVR server from local or via web client. Go to Setup page System tab  License  “Offline Registration” click “Import” and upload the license file(.lic). Click “Apply” to activate this license.
Page 41: Access The Nvr Server Via Nvr3 Workstation
Access the NVR Server via NVR3 Workstation NVR3 Workstation includes a set of programs that provide the interface between users and the NVR server. In INR-410/420, this software is already installed, and will start automatically after you login to Windows. You can also install this software on the remote client computer to access the NVR server via network.
Page 42: Local Workstation Client Login
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Local Workstation Client Login Local Workstation Client refers to the user who runs NVR3 Workstation on the NVR server to log in to the NVR system. The login process is described as follows. A. Enter Account & Password...
Page 43: Remote Workstation Client Login
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password The NVR server can send the password of the User’s account to the saved email address. To have users be able to use this service, please make sure (1) the SMTP settings have been configured (refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 97) and (2) a valid email address has previously been saved in Setup page ...
Page 44 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual D. Language Choose a UI language from the dropdown list. E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login To have NVR3 Workstation remember the Account, Password, Initial Page and UI Language, simply check “Remember login info”. Click “Don’t Remember” will clear your input text and reset to default.
Page 45 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 5. You can export the saved server sites, or import it to another Workstation client computer. Access the NVR server via NVR3 Workstation, go to Setup page  System tab  Workstation. A. Export current server sites list Click “Browse”...
Page 46: Log In Failure Troubleshooting
NVR 3.0 system interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please make sure browser’s security settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed. When your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporation’s add-on components to run, please allow. Log in Failure Troubleshooting Once you confront with problems accessing the NVR server, refer to the possible conditions below and follow the instruction to solve your issues.
Page 47 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Cause 1: The NVR server is not ready Solution: It may happen when you just start the NVR server and it is still booting up. Please wait a few seconds and connect again. Cause 2: The NVR server is not able to respond to your request through current path because port 80 has been seized by another service running on server computer.
Page 48: Condition 2: Why Can't I Install Active X Controls After Logging In
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 4. On Task Manager Process tab, locate the PID number of the service using port 80. The service name is shown under “Image Name” column. Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in? ActiveX Control components are essential for the NVR server to present user interface.
Page 49 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual To ensure the NVR server is always accessible from your web client regardless of any change in browser’s overall Internet security settings, you may add the NVR server site to Internet Explorer’s trusted sites. Trusted sites are the sites which you consider safe and wish to visit with low security restrictions while maintaining higher security for the rest of the Internet.
Page 50: Login
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Login A. Enter Account & Password Account (non case-sensitive): Admin (default) Password (case-sensitive): 123456 (default) B. Change UI language To change UI language, select the desired language from “Language” dropdown list. C. Remember Account/Password To have the server remember your Login Account and Password in the future, check “Remember Account/Password”.
Page 51: Set Up The System
Setup Wizard Once you connect to ACTi NVR 3.0 for the first time, Setup Wizard will guide you through the initial setup process. You may click “Previous” or “Next” button located on the lower right at any time. This will skip the current step so that you may come back to it later. All the settings in the Setup Wizard are available in the Setup page.
Page 52: System Settings
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual System Settings You can adjust the Email & SMTP settings, FTP settings for event rules now or later. For more details about the settings, please refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 97 and How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules on page 98.
Page 53 This is the license management section. On lower right part of screen shows number of channels allowed under your current license. INR-410/420 has a license for 64 channels which is already activated. You can click “Next” to next setting if you do not want to add new license for now.
Page 54: Nvr Main Screen
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual NVR Main Screen You will enter the live view screen after Setup Wizard. On the right are link buttons to three NVR major functions: (1) Live view, (2) Playback and (3) Setup. You can click the orange button to enter the function page.
Page 55: Add Devices
Add Devices Cameras or video encoders are the fundamental building blocks of surveillance systems. To manage cameras from INR-410/420, you have to add camera devices into NVR 3.0 system first. In this section, we will guide you through how to add or delete devices on the NVR 3.0 system.
Page 56: Search Devices Within Local Area Network
3. There are three ways to add devices into the system, Search Devices, Search ONVIF Devices, and Add Device Manually. - Use Search Devices to auto search ACTi cameras located in the same subnet as your NVR server. - Use Search ONVIF Devices to find devices that support ONVIF in the same subnet as your NVR server.
Page 57: Search Devices Within Local Area Network With Onvif
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 2. Select the row of the camera you wish to add to the system and repeat this step until you have checked all the devices you need. Please note that the list of devices is shown regardless of the account name and password.
Page 58: Add Devices On Wan Or Other Local Area Networks
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Important Notice 1. For certain non-ACTi devices, you may need to configure the ONVIF user credentials of the camera by accessing its Web Configuration page and managing the ONVIF Users List. 2. Functions supported for devices added through ONVIF are live streaming and adjustments to video image settings.
Page 59: Basic Settings Attributes
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Important Notice If any of the required fields is incorrect, NVR will not be able to connect the device. When you have any device connection problem, please check these settings. However, at this point, you may skip filling in the Device Name, Brand, Model, and Stream Mode configuration.
Page 60: Device Status
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Brand Select the manufacturer of device. Model Select the device model of the IP cameras / video servers. In most cases, this is automatically filled in after you perform Get Device Setting for ACTi cameras. Stream Mode Select one of the streaming modes this device supports.
Page 61: Status Icon Description
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Status Icon Description Icon Status Description NVR server cannot retrieve video streaming. This may be that a video server is not connected with cameras, or that the streaming is blocked by the firewall between the device and NVR server. Please (1) ensure the device side is well connected and can output video normally,(2) check the firewall and port forwarding settings.
Page 62: Add Non-Acti Cameras
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Add Non-ACTi Cameras In this section, we will guide you through how to add devices of other brands to NVR 3.0 system. After the required CDP license is activated, please: 1. Use the utility provided by camera the manufacturer to confirm the camera properties: (1) Protocol, (2) IP Address, (3) HTTP Port, and (4) User Name &...
Page 63 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual If the device you wish to add supports ONVIF, you can select “ONVIF” for Media Type, and the settings page will appear as below. Please fill in the five fields marked below that are required to communicate with the device – Media Type, IP Address, HTTP Port, User Name and Password, and then click “Apply”.
Page 64: Manage Multiple Devices
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Manage Multiple Devices After adding several devices to the system, you may get an overview of all devices on Setup pageDevice tab; this is where you may use certain fast and convenient approaches to manage a number of devices. In this section, we will guide you through how to quickly add or delete multiple devices.
Page 65: Copy Settings Across Devices
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Copy Settings Across Devices When setting a large number of devices, many settings will resemble other ones, and it is sometimes tiresome to repeat every setting again and again. You can use the Copy function to save the hassle of needless repetition.
Page 66: Add Video Streams From A Multi-Channel Device
There are devices that output more than one video streams to the NVR server. For example, a video encoder converts a number of analog video signals into the same amount of IP video streams; certain high megapixel cameras such as ACTi KCM-5111, supports outputting multiple VGA streams cropped from a single high-resolution video source. These multiple streams coming from a single device are managed as different cameras by the NVR server.
Page 67: Configure Device Settings
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Configure Device Settings After adding a device to the NVR system, you may continue to configure its video, motion detection, PTZ or preset tour settings on Setup pageDevices tab. In this section, we will guide you through how to configure these settings and their corresponding functions.
Page 68: Save Storage By Setting Event Recording Frame Rate
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual you have selected “Unlimited” for Maximum Bitrate. The actual value will fluctuate slightly based on scene changes. Available for multi-streaming devices. Available for hemispheric devices. Available for hemispheric devices with “Wall” Mount Type. Available when “Video Encoder” is “MJPEG”.
Page 69: Event Recording With Frame Rate Adjustment
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment This mode keeps recording all the way without losing any single moment; lower frame rate can be set for non-event recording, which consumes only a little storage. Non- event Event...
Page 70: Fine-Tune The Image
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Scenario B: You would like the system to record 24/7, and the non-event recording to be kept at a very low frame rate. Please set the event and schedule recordings at different frame rate, you will need to enable “Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode”, and set the “Non-event Frame Rate”...
Page 71: Video Adjustment Attributes
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Video Adjustment Attributes Field Category Field Name Description Video Flipping/ Check this box to flip the video vertically and horizontally Video Mirroring to achieve a 180-degree rotation effect. Brightness Select the Brightness value (0-100). The higher the value, the brighter the image.
Page 72 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual mode. White balance refers to the device’s ability to accurately define “true white” color. In Auto mode, the camera will attempt to recognize the “true white” color and adjust the image accordingly. In Manual mode, you can configure the White Balance by adjusting the R Gain and B Gain value manually.
Page 73: Configure Motion Settings
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Configure Motion Settings To make use of the motion and PIR detection functions supported by your devices, you need to configure the detection regions and settings. Once a motion is detected, the NVR server can trigger events and recording, bring up instant pop-up windows and show the detected area on live view.
Page 74: Adjustment Attributes
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 4. When the setting is finished, click “Apply” to save, and then “Close” to exit this page. To check or modify the regions you set, please go through clicking “Get Motion Settings”, Motion Setup” and then “Motion Enable” buttons, the saved regions are already selected on the list, select one to proceed.
Page 75: Configure Ptz Device
Once an ACTi PTZ device is added to the NVR system, the NVR system will use the default settings of the device model and enable PTZ functions, so that you may immediately start PTZ operations.
Page 76: Adjustment Attributes
1 second. Please refer to the baud rate setting of the analog device and choose exactly the same baud rate setting also in the NVR server. When setting up ACTi Baud rate Zoom, PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using “ACTi”...
Page 77: How To Do Live Ptz Operation
NVR server. Address ID Available value is from 1~99. By default, ACTi devices will use “1” as Address ID, it is suggested not to change it. How to Do Live PTZ Operation To configure PTZ settings, you need to view the live streaming while manipulating the PTZ controls simultaneously in this window.
Page 78 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Pan/Tilt Zoom in Zoom out Use panel controls to operate PTZ movements: Click a button on the panel to start, the red crosshair will appear in the view. 8 directional buttons Zoom in / Zoom out...
Page 79: Set Ptz Preset Points
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Draw Zoom area Picture-in-Picture area Cancel Zoom area Set PTZ Preset Points With PTZ devices, you may define a view by where to look (through panning and tilting) and how close (through zooming) to zoom. Once these views have been saved in the NVR server as preset points, the device can always point to this view upon the event triggering or user’s...
Page 80: Set Ptz Preset Tour
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Set PTZ Command If your speed dome or PTZ device has a special function not supported in the standard protocol, you may input it in PTZ Command list and execute it. Ex: Activate the wiper to clean the window of the PTZ.
Page 81: Configure Fisheye Cameras
The dewarping takes place in camera before the video is output to the NVR server. Since the image correction counts on the camera itself, the NVR server will not bear much extra loading, which benefits the system requiring many of these fisheye cameras (e.g. ACTi KCM-3911, KCM-7911) ...
Page 82 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Full support for all types of dewarped video stream output from fisheye cameras with in-camera dewarping capability. NVR’s software algorithm can perfectly corrects the original fisheye images, generating 6 specific fisheye view modes from User’s usual perspective.
Page 83 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Fisheye Mode Description PTZ Navigation The very raw fisheye view Original View Digital PTZ One large user-defined cropped area Dewarping ePTZ 360-degree panorama view for ceiling mount 180-degree panorama view for wall mount Digital PTZ Panorama...
Page 84 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Four small user-defined cropped regions Quad ePTZ After the configuration is done, remember to click “Apply” to save the settings. www.acti.com...
Page 85: Schedule Recordings
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Schedule Recordings Unlike the traditional analog surveillance system, the IP surveillance system provides a target-oriented recording schedule for devices; the view of each device can be recorded based on your required time segments and event types. For example, you may have a camera installed on the office ceiling do continuous recording during work hours, and record only upon the triggers (incidents that detected by system) at night.
Page 86: Set The Schedule
Before setting up the rules, you can make use of a handy storage calculator provided by ACTi to find out the estimated storage your system requires on ACTi corporate website. http://www.acti.com/project_planner Set the Schedule Here you can configure camera’s recording schedule on 7 days / 24 hours basis.
Page 87: Use Time Setting Quick Buttons To Set The Time In One Click
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual : Continuous recording with event handling : Event recording with event handling 2. Click and drag over the “Time Track” to set time period. Recording Mode Bar Time Track Time Setting Quick Buttons Use Time Setting Quick Buttons to Set the Time in One Click Select the recording mode, and then click one of these buttons to apply the mostly-used time settings.
Page 88: Lock Specific Days
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Click to apply schedule from 18:00 to 06:00 every day with the settings for the rest of the time track being cleared. Click to clear all schedule setting in this device. Lock Specific Days Clicking the day of the week will lock/unlock that day from schedule setting. You can shield schedule on a certain day from being changed by changes in other weekdays.
Page 89: Copy An Existing Schedule To Others
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 2. As you drag any settings over the time track, it will not apply to those shielded days. Copy an Existing Schedule to Others With plenty of devices in your system, it happens that you want to apply the same schedule to multiple devices.
Page 90: View The Entire Recording Schedule
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual To check the result, go to Schedule tab, and click All Devices on Device List. View the Entire Recording Schedule On Setup page Schedule tab, click All Devices on Device List, and an overview of all devices’...
Page 91: Event Management
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Event Management When something happens on the camera site, such as someone walks by, the door opens or closes, a fire breaks out or the sun goes down – these are all Events. Events which occur in the environment or were preprogrammed in the camera may be used as Triggers.
Page 92: How To Edit An Event Rule
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual How to Edit an Event Rule Go to Setup page  Event tab. All the editable event rules are listed in the device ID order. Select a device from the Device List on the left. Based on the trigger types this device supports, the corresponding events rules are listed accordingly on the right.
Page 93 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual You can enable multiple responses by first checking the boxes to enable the items: Action Items Function Description This kind of action will focus your attention on the channel when triggered. Pop-up: Brings up event pop-up instant playback window of selected channel upon trigger.
Page 94 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Makes the NVR server play beep sound or an audio file for a number of repetitions. On NVR3 Workstation client computer, you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file as the alert sound, and set how many times this audio file is played after the event occurs.
Page 95 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Enable send email notifications via the SMTP server. The default SMTP and sender’s email settings can be set in advance in Setup page  System tab  Settings  Email& SMTP Settings. 1. Type one or more recipients’ email addresses in “To”...
Page 96: Manage The Event Rules
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Manage the Event Rules Event List panel gives an overview on event rules set on the NVR server. Go to Setup page  Event tab  select All Devices on the left. As the entire available rules of all devices are listed here, you may want to sort out some of them from the long list.
Page 97: Delete The Event Rules
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Delete the Event Rules On Event List, select the rules you wish to delete, and then click “Delete” to clear this rule. How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules The NVR 3.0 system supports email notification for Event Handling sent through an SMTP server.
Page 98: How To Setup Ftp Settings For Event Rules
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Security Certain webmail providers provide the SSL/TLS-encrypted SMTP connections to secure your data when sending/receiving emails. Please check if the SMTP connection settings you use (especially the SMTP Port) now require either SSL or TLS to be enabled.
Page 99: System Log
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Mode The FTP works in two very different manners, Active mode and Passive mode. If your FTP server is behind the firewall or a NAT router, you have to use “Passive” mode. Input the upload path of the file. Default will be “/” to represent the root folder.
Page 100: Define Search Time
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Define Search Time You need to first define the time of the logs you would like to search for. On Search Time bar, define the date and time. Default is your current client time. Choose Log Type You may filter the logs by Type, User Account, and Device by selecting from the dropdown list, and then click “Search”.
Page 101: Read The Log
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Read the Log The search result will show 1000 records before and after your query time. You may click the pagination buttons to navigate earlier or later records. If there is an icon on the right...
Page 102: Export The Log
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Server start up, disk is full, disk is not found, disk System Status is available Time, source IP address, Request Log /SYS/SystemMgmt/xxxxx, 200 Note If the pagination button appears to be disabled, that means no more records found on the NVR server.
Page 103: Storage Management
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Storage Management This section describes how to manage storage space in the NVR server. Please note that this section only deals with the overall storage rules rather than the storage of individual channels. Please note that as the NVR continuously writes and deletes file from the disk drive, using a removable disk may risk losing the recordings when the device is removed while being accessed.
Page 104: Set Hard Drives For The Recorded Files Deletion Rule
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule 1. Disk Drive List displays the detected hard drives in the NVR server. You may select the storage location of the recording files and set the deletion threshold. By default, the NVR server will select C drive as storage location.
Page 105: Manage User Groups/ Users
User Groups: To setup user groups and its permissions for the device and functionalities. Users: To manage user accounts and configure user information. ACTi NVR 3.0 system has integrated Microsoft Active Directory service to provide network ® administrators with a more convenient choice for user management. Active Directory is a directory service built in Microsoft Server products to manage user identities and privileges www.acti.com...
Page 106: User Groups
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual within the domain network. As the NVR server runs on the same domain where the Active Directory server is, you can import a user account or a group from those concurrently existing one in Active Directory into the NVR server. In this way, the user identification is processed by Active Directory centrally;...
Page 107 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual The domain users within that group will all be added to the NVR server at the same time. To view the whole users within this group, please select and enable the “Show users in domain groups.” The account information of these domain users, unlike those user accounts you add one by one to the NVR server, are not editable on Users page.
Page 108: Add Users
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual You may copy the Device Permissions Settings to other devices. Click “Copy” under Device Permissions tab to bring up the target device menu, check the target devices, and click “Apply”. Click “Apply” on top to save the settings.
Page 109 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Note The NVR server provides a procedure to help users who have forgotten the password retrieve the original information with the “e-mail address” authentication. It is strongly recommended that you input an email address to which this user has the access when you establish the user account.
Page 110: Domain Users Management
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Domain Users Management As the NVR server is logged in to a domain Active Directory, it can import a user account from Active Directory. Domain: ACTi NVR 3.0 Server ACTi.com Active Directory Domain Controller This type of user account is “Domain User”. Upon being added to the NVR server, the user properties stored on Active Directory database including (1) account name and (2) email address will be imported to the NVR server.
Page 111: Customize Views
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Customize Views After all devices are configured, you may start customizing the views for different users and purposes. This chapter will teach you how to add video sources, arrange the channels and manage live view layouts.
Page 112 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Manage the Views on page 119). Device List: In edit mode, drag the camera from here to your desired channel. www.acti.com...
Page 113: Step 1: Create A New View
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Step 1: Create a New View On View Toolbar, click the Create View button , input the View Name, add a New Group for this View and decide whether this group is to be Public or Private, and then click “Apply”.
Page 114: Step 4: Add Video Source
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Step 4: Add Video Source In edit mode, move the mouse over the channel and click . You may also directly pull a camera from the Device panel to your desired channel. Remove the camera view: right-click on the channel and select “Remove”.
Page 115 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Map brightness: To change the map brightness, right-click on the map, select “Map Mask” and choose the brightness percentage level. Map size: By default, the map will be displayed in its original size. Use the buttons on upper left to adjust the map size.
Page 116: Step 6: Add Devices To The Map
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Remove the whole map: Right-click on the map and select “Remove”. Manage maps: All the uploaded images are managed under Map Image Manager. On Live View screen, you  Map Image Manager to view, upload or delete the maps.
Page 117: Step 7: Adjust The Channel Size & Layout
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual ● To remove this device from map, Click ● To move this device, left-click on the device icon and drag. ● To turn the pointed direction, mouse over the viewing angle area, and left-click on the clockwise arrow to turn the direction.
Page 118: Step 8: Save The View
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Switch channel windows: Click on a channel title until the cross arrow appears, and hold it to drag this device or map to your desired channel. Step 8: Save the View Click on View Toolbar to save it.
Page 119 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 2. After the fisheye mode is selected, click the entire channel or a region of interest.  Use PTZ Panel controls to operate PTZ movements: ePTZ Controls on PTZ Panel Zoom in / Zoom out 8 directional buttons ...
Page 120: Manage The Views
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Manage the Views Each View belongs to a specific View Group. With the group management, the NVR 3.0 system makes it easy to deal with Views you create for multiple users.  View Manager. After you create and save the Views on Live View screen, click 1.
Page 121: Set View Link
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Set View Link By creating a link button on a map view, you can directly be linked to another specific view by clicking the button. On the picture below shows how to create a link button to 7F View on 11F View.
Page 122 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual On View Toolbar, click and select Create Patrol. 1. Input the Patrol Name 2. Select the Patrol Type to be either available for all users or to the creator’s account only. 3. Define the Global Dwell Time between the views. If you want to set different dwell time length for individual Views, do not check this option, and configure them separately in the table below.
Page 123: Tips To Enhance Live View Performance
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Tips to Enhance Live View Performance Live view for multiple channels requires sufficient computing power to run the performance. In certain extreme cases, like when viewing several megapixel H.264 video streams at the same time, the client computer will be overloaded and hence affect browser’s performance.
Page 124 Setting. Note By default, on INR-410/420, when the number of layout on Live View exceeds four channels, all the channels will automatically turn into Decode-I mode. For smooth video quality, please remember to go to Setup page  System tab Workstation and configure the Display Performance Setting.
Page 125: Customize System Language
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Customize System Language The NVR server supports multiple languages for user interface display. There are already 10 translated language files in the server system. Each language is open to customization based on your own needs. This section will describe how to choose or customize language strings for your site.
Page 126 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Edit User Interface Wordings Each language file contains four editable string tables. Each table displays the default wordings in English and the translation in target language. To view each table: Select the language from “Select Language” dropdown list, and then select a table from the “Language List”...
Page 127 In general, it is suggested that you always save a modified language table with a different file name in a location other than default system language folder C:\Program Files\ACTi Corporation\NVR3\Language, and then import it to use. In this way, you can avoid overwriting the original language file.
Page 128: Display Configurations
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Display Configurations You can change the user interface style by arranging the main screen and Panel/Device List on the right or left. Go to Setup pageSystem tabSettings. In User Interface Style section, select the setting style and click “Apply”. The change will be applied upon your next login.
Page 129: Video & Snapshot Export Configurations
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Video & Snapshot Export Configurations The snapshots taken by users on Live View and all exported video files are saved to a default file location, and you may configure the destination on the NVR server. Go to Setup pageSystem tabSettings.
Page 130: Joystick
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Joystick On the NVR server, other than user interface PTZ panel and mouse operation, you may also control the PTZ movements by physical controllers. The NVR server supports two types of controllers, both of which feature in a joystick with twelve buttons for users to assign specific actions.
Page 131: Nvr System Upgrade
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual NVR System Upgrade When a newer version of the NVR system software for INR-410/420 is released on ACTi website, you can download and install it directly to upgrade your NVR system. To download the latest version, please go to http://www.acti.com/product/detail/Standalone_NVR/INR-410...
Page 132 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual When selecting Setup Type, the default “Complete” will have the program installed on default C drive, you may select “Custom” to choose another program location. www.acti.com...
Page 133 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 3. The IP Port Checker will pop up to confirm the NVR port number with you. The installation program will use 80 as default. You may enter another available port number in “Listen Port” field and click “Apply”.
Page 134 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 4. As the server port is confirmed, the installation process is done, click “Finish”. 5. After the installation completes, connect to http://localhost:port number with Internet Explorer browser, you will see NVR Login page. Note If IIS Web Server has been installed on the computer and you are asked to restart the computer during installation process, please 1.
Page 135: Workstation Installation And Upgrade
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Workstation Installation and Upgrade NVR3 Workstation program is wrapped together with the NVR system software in a zip file. When you upgrade the NVR system to a new version, please also upgrade NVR3 Workstation to the same version as the NVR system.
Page 136 INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 3. Double-click the shortcut on desktop to execute the application. www.acti.com...
Page 137: Back Up System Data
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Back Up System Data Making regular system backups is always recommended in case of unexpected disasters or accidents that may damage the NVR server. Other than this, you may need to perform an on-demand backing up to migrate the whole NVR server data to another one. There are...
Page 138: Step 2: Back Up Recording Files Folder (Optional)
This step is necessary for the NVR 3.0 system migration between two servers. The recording files index folder contains important video index data that the NVR server needs to process recorded video clips. Enter the server program folder ACTi Corporation\NVR3\DataSource, and back up the DataBase folder (where stores the recording files index data).
Page 139: Restore System Data
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Export the Log on page 102 for instructions. Restore System Data Before starting restoring the system, make sure you already have the backup file (.xml). Please follow the below steps to restore the configuration. 1. Go to Setup page System tab Backup / Restore.
Page 140: Advanced Administrative Tasks
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Advanced Administrative Tasks To assist the NVR administrator in monitoring the server status and basic troubleshooting, the NVR3 Administrator Tool is installed along with NVR server program. This tool will start running as the server starts up, and resides in the system tray. You may double-click the icon to open this tool.
Page 141: Change Authentication Method
INR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual Change Authentication Method You may enable the Digest authentication other than the basic way. With this method, User’s credentials are encrypted using MD5 algorithm. In this way, the protection is more secure to prevent from unauthorized access.

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