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DVR Server Manual
Netvision DVR system
USER' S GUIDE
China Chongqing Netvision Technology Co., Ltd
TEL: (86)23—68697255 FAX :(86)23—68639816
www.jstdvr.com
www.Netvisiondvr.com
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  • Page 1 DVR Server Manual Netvision DVR system USER’ S GUIDE China Chongqing Netvision Technology Co., Ltd TEL: (86)23—68697255 FAX :(86)23—68639816 www.jstdvr.com www.Netvisiondvr.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    DVR Server Manual Contents Chapter1 Start up and Main Interface......12 1.1 Preparation & Uninstallation ............. 12 1.1.1 Preparation ..................12 1.1.2 Uninstallation ................. 13 1.1.3 NV Series IPC Scan ................ 14 1.2 Disk Management..............15 1.2.1 Create Package ................17 1.2.2 Manage Package................
  • Page 3 DVR Server Manual Chapter2 Local Setup ........... 53 2.1 System Setup ................53 2.1.1 System Setup..................53 2.1.2 Network Setup ................. 55 2.1.3 Boot Setup ..................58 2.2 Camera Setup ................58 2.2.1 Camera Setup.................. 58 2.2.2 Group Setup ..................62 2.3 Sensor Setup ................
  • Page 4 DVR Server Manual 2.7.1 User Information................78 2.7.2 User Right Setup ................79 Chapter3 IP Camera Setup ........... 81 3.1 Functional Buttons ..............82 3.2 Server Setup ................83 3.3 Channel Setup................84 3.4 PTZ Control................86 3.5 Sensor Setup ................88 3.6 Alarm Setup................
  • Page 5 DVR Server Manual 4.5.3 View Backup File ................103 4.5.4 Burn Video File to DVD/CD ............104 4.6 Search Captured Pictures............105 4.7 POS Playback ................106 4.8 ACU Playback ................. 106 4.9 ICON Playback................ 108 Chapter5 IE Client ............109 5.1 Functions of IE Client .............
  • Page 6 DVR Server Manual 6.1 Recommended Mobile Phone Requirements......115 6.2 Download Software ..............116 6.3 Install and Connect..............116 6.3.1 Installation ..................116 6.3.2 Connection ..................117 6.4 Login Interface ................ 117 6.5 Camera List ................117 6.6 PTZ Control................118 Appendix A: Fast Key Reference....... 119 Appendix B: Audio Preview ........
  • Page 7 Introductions Thank you for purchasing Netvision DVR System. This operation manual is to introduce how to set DVR system and explain each function for you to use the system effectively and stably. Users should read this manual thoroughly before you install/utilize the DVR system.
  • Page 8: System Features

    DVR Server Manual System Features -Support Backup manually or by schedule. Manual backup data can be played by TV, DVD or windows media player directly without plugins. Please refer to Backup Manual for details. -Support Android phones. -Support 3G functions for DG series IP cameras. -Support plug and play disks.
  • Page 9 DVR Server Manual -Backup & burn CD directly -Remote talking between server and client or server and server -Support the following eight kinds of resolution: 1024*768 pixels, 1280*768 pixels, 1280*1024 pixels, 1366*768 pixels, 1440*900 pixels, 1600*900 pixels, 1680*1050 pixels and 1920*1080 pixels.
  • Page 10: Important Information

    DVR Server Manual Important Information: For optimal performance of your system, it is important to follow these recommendations. We recommend that you divide your hard disk into two partitions (E.g. C and D) at least. The first partition is used to install Windows OS and system software, the other for storing record files.
  • Page 11: Recommended System Requirements

    DVR Server Manual Recommended System Requirements Chipset: Intel 875PE, 915P, 945P, 965P Motherboard: Intel: D915/945PCY, D865PERL Asus: P4P800SE, P5P800 MSI: 865PE Neo2-F, 915/925/945; Gigabit: GA-865GME, GA-945PL-G etc Video Card: ATI Rodeon 9250 128MB, ATI Radeon 9550 128MB, ATI X500, X550, X700 etc; Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz or better Memory: 512MB minimum This is the lowest requirements to run the system.
  • Page 12: Chapter1 Start Up And Main Interface

    Chapter1 Start up and Main Interface 1.1 Preparation & Uninstallation 1.1.1 Preparation Before you run DVR system, please be sure following issues: All connectors are firmly connected; Install the driver of compression cards correctly. For detailed information, please refer to Driver Installation Manual;...
  • Page 13: Uninstallation

    DVR Server Manual 2. Adjust UAC settings to "Never notify", shown in the below pictures: To 64 bit OS, you have to download and install two patches: KB978637 and KB976264. You should download them from MSDNAA manually. They can’t be installed automatically when system updates. 1.1.2 Uninstallation When you want to change this version to another one, you should uninstall it.
  • Page 14: Nv Series Ipc Scan

    DVR Server Manual 1.1.3 NV Series IPC Scan Click Start All programs DVR Server Insatll WinPcap_4_0_2 to install the NV series IPC scan tool. Click Start All programs DVR Server NV Series IPC Scan to scan NV series IP cameras connected in the LAN. Device type, IP address, Port number, Device Serial No., mask, mac, channels, software version, DSP version and start time will be displayed in the search tool.
  • Page 15: Disk Management

    DVR Server Manual Note: To DG series IPC scan, please refer to Add DG Series IP Device for details. 1.2 Disk Management After installed DVR Server, you should assign space for recording, otherwise, software can’t record. Actually, system will run disk management automatically after you installed DVR Server.
  • Page 16 DVR Server Manual Disk manager under installed folder Main interface of disk manager 【Disk Drives】:Display the disk and its format. 【Total Size(M)】:Display the total size of the disk. 【Free Space(M)】:Display the total free space of the disk, which is the maximum space can be assigned for recording.
  • Page 17: Create Package

    DVR Server Manual been assigned for recording before. 【Residual Data Package】:Display the number of data package that can be assigned for recording. 【 】 【 】 Residual Data Package Free Space(M) /256 【New Data Package】:Select the number of the data package that user want to create for recording.
  • Page 18: Manage Package

    DVR Server Manual software will not use it (default: 【New Data Package】= 0) unless you change Since windows will pop up information to warn when the disk has low space, by default, our software will leave 3 packages (about 256*3=768 MB) for disks (except C and D) to avoid that information.
  • Page 19: Main Interface

    DVR Server Manual Main interface of DVR Server Note: 1. When user runs the DVR Server without a valid license for compression cards or IP products, system will pop up a dialog box to inform you. System will work under trial version; if you want to use full version, please contact your supplier or us directly to get it.
  • Page 20: Screen Menu

    DVR Server Manual Recording status: -- The system is recording continuously; -- The system is recording manually; -- The system is recording in motion detection alarm; -- The system is recording in event alarm. 1.4.2 Screen Menu After user enable Keyboard Shortcut, you can press TAB key or Page Down (select next camera window) and Page UP (select previous camera...
  • Page 21: Instant Playback

    DVR Server Manual Display (IP cameras included) to close/open the image displayed in current window. The camera will continue to record even if it’s not displayed. 3. Instant Playback Single-Right-Click desired camera window and select Instant playback (IP cameras included). After that, choose a time from the submenu, and then system will play back video data of current camera in current window according to your selection (E.g.: you select 1min, system will play back previous 1 minute video data of current camera in current window).
  • Page 22: Fast Playback

    DVR Server Manual border to be different from the live windows. In the course of instant playback(for both of the compression card camera and the IP camera), you can press Space key to switch the play/pause status and direction key → or ← to play next or previous frame. If you want to stop the instant playback, you can Single-Right-Click the playing back window, and select End playback.
  • Page 23 DVR Server Manual down or to the right to speed up. Grab Picture: The captured pictures will be saved in the same path as you set in system setup. Save Record Data: Press this button to begin to save record data and press it again to end.
  • Page 24 DVR Server Manual Also, you can view the disk record status of your PC-DVR remotely via NVR. Please refert to NVR user manual for details. 7. Record Time Calculate Click “Record Time Calculate” to calculate the record time of your cameras.
  • Page 25 DVR Server Manual 8. OSD Adjustment Single-Right-Click video image area in main interface and select “OSD Adjustment” to adjust the position of OSD (IP Camera does not have this function. You can set the OSD position in IP Camera Setup remotely).
  • Page 26: Ip Camera Setup

    DVR Server Manual OSD includes time and channel name. In this screen you can press time or channel name and drag them to where you want directly, after that you can press button to save and press button to resume time and channel name to default position.
  • Page 27 DVR Server Manual You have to setup motion detection correctly before you set motion record or handle motion alarm from IP cameras. The steps to setup motion detection of IP cameras are as below: 1. Check the box in front of Enabled. 2.
  • Page 28: Interface Description

    DVR Server Manual Restore function. Note: The 4 functions as above are only suitable for the IP camera. 14. About IP Register Select this option to get your register information as below: System will display the serial number of unregistered NV series IP, DG series EMDVR and Dahua series IP.
  • Page 29: Image Capture

    DVR Server Manual 2. Video Sequence Press button to switch among all cameras in current windows in sequence when current partition number is less than total channels .You can press again to cancel the switch. But at first, you must confirm that Camera Sequencing Interval in system setup has been set enable.
  • Page 30: Local Setup

    DVR Server Manual This panel shows current date, current time, CPU occupancy rate, HDD occupancy rate and description of the selected camera. Note: HDD occupancy rate will be changed to record days when the record data package is full and the new data is overlaying the old. It’s shown as below. 7.
  • Page 31: System Lock

    DVR Server Manual playback log keeps the record of the playback and the backup’s log. Network Access: All, Video Preview and Record playback included. The Net Access log keeps the record of the Video Preview and Record playback’s log. 12. E-map At first, start Use E-Map function in Local Setup.
  • Page 32: System Menu

    Default User ID is “admin”, no password. Note: If the DVR system is not configured as User Manage Mode, the lock button will be unusable and allow any client’s access (even in client program, user name and password will be useless).
  • Page 33 DVR Server Manual 1. Backup System Parameters Select this function to export system configurations. 2. Import System Parameters Select this function to import system configurations. 3. Restore Default Parameters Select this function to restore system configurations. 4. Save Cameras Color Parameters Save the color settings for the cameras, and users can set a plan to call this setting at a customize time.
  • Page 34 User can close this keyboard manually. 11. DVR Board Work Mode Setup Each DVR system supports maximum 8 PCs 400XHC (total channel is equal to 64) series board, so user can set its work mode via this GUI.
  • Page 35 In this situation, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to end DVR program in task manager. If F12 is enabled, you can just press F12 to back to main GUI. DVR system will be locked when “Local Password” is enabled and the “Auto Lock Time” set in Password Setup is up.
  • Page 36 DVR Server Manual 13. Add/Del IP Camera Press this bar to add IP devices to DVR system. For resource limitation, you can add max 64 IP cameras, including DVS and EM DVR. Now our software supports the following types of IP products: NV Series IP/EMDVR,...
  • Page 37 DVR Server Manual Series IPC and SanYo Series IPC. Note: All cameras support onvif can also be supported by our software. You can add them to our software as normal IP cameras. The only difference is you have to select ONVIF IPC as the device name. MD series decode card work mode: Select D1 work mode or CIF work mode to decode IP cameras when there are MD cards.
  • Page 38 DVR Server Manual You can add the mega pixel IP camera in the system. If you want to use the Record sub stream function in the IP device, you should select the data stream type Double Stream. 【Server Name】Set a name for the new IP camera device. 【IP Address】...
  • Page 39 DVR Server Manual 【If use DNS to get IP】Select whether use DNS to get IP or not, if the server end is the dynamic IP address, users need use DNS to get the server’s 【DNS Server IP】Set IP address of DNS server host. 【DNS Server Port】...
  • Page 40 DVR system. When you finished adding IP Camera to DVR system, it will show the status of that camera, including Sever name, IP Address, connect port, sequence number for IP Camera, connect status and register information.
  • Page 41 DVR Server Manual then it uses the hard decoding function of decoder, so you should set the work mode of decoder. If you don’t use hard decoding, you can’t output video of IP Camera real-time, user can only play back recording data to TV monitor by selecting Playback to TV Monitor function.
  • Page 42: Motion Detection Area & Cover Setup

    DVR Server Manual display any camera in any window. POS Filter Check the box in front of the rectangle to enable POS filter. You can type any word according to the POS text to display the lines you want. For example, if you want to display all the lines less than 5$, then you can type “<5$”...
  • Page 43 DVR Server Manual Enable Sound Alarm and select a value from the dop-down list for the alarm. When the sound is detected over the value you selected, then the software will take it as a motion alarm. (2). Motion Link to PTZ You can press “Link to PTZ”...
  • Page 44 DVR Server Manual First, you should select the PTZ camera and set the preset. Then, you should select the detected camera, which is showed as . Next, select the detected area named Zone01 like the green frame. If you select the number is 64, the total of the zone is 64, you can detect the number of areas is 64.
  • Page 45 DVR Server Manual By default, the entire screen is set as motion detection area where is indicated with green border around the image. To mask a specific area, you can click button to cancel the full screen detection border; then Left-Single-Click and drag a rectangle to mark the area.
  • Page 46: Network Panel

    1.4.6 Network Panel This panel displays the network configuration of DVR system. 1.4.7 PTZ Control Panel In DVR system, there are three ways to operate PTZ: a. Panel operate; b. Operate in video area directly; c. Keyboard operates.
  • Page 47 DVR Server Manual 1. PTZ Speed Press and drag the slider bar to adjust the speed of PTZ. 2. Relays (On/Off) Control the PTZ cameras internal relay (relay1) or the decoder’s relay (relay 1). Used to turn on a light or control an access gate. 3.
  • Page 48 DVR Server Manual 7. Speed Dome For local board cards, press button to operate the speed dome, including Preset Setup, Preset Call and Preset Tour as below: For IP camera, the preset should be set remotely in IP Camera Setup. But you can also use Preset Call and Preset Tour function here after you set them remotely.
  • Page 49 DVR Server Manual I. Add/Delete Preset In this section you can set the preset name with its sequence number, then you can press button to add/delete a preset, when you want to modify the preset you can press button to confirm your modification. For different cameras, there are different commands to open and set, so you can choose the call mode in the drop-list for different cameras.
  • Page 50: Color And Audio Adjustment

    DVR Server Manual When you enter the menu, you can control it by , using up, down, left and right buttons. Press IRIS- to enter the sub menu. When you use up or down to move to “exit”, press IRIS- to exit the menu.
  • Page 51: Matrix & Display

    DVR Server Manual resume its default value by pressing . Copy Color To: By pressing the button to copy the color and audio adjustment in this camera to the other. 1.4.9 Matrix & Display This panel includes matrix group and display group. Each group includes 16 numeric buttons;...
  • Page 52 DVR Server Manual sensor forcibly. Press the button again to stop checking all the time, then system checks sensor according to Sensor Setup. When there is an alarm, the corresponding button will show the alarm with green. Note: When you select NV 7632 and the combination is not the standard configuration (combination of NV 7608 and NV 7616 or NV 7608: total DI is less than 32), some ports are not available according to the setting of decoder address.
  • Page 53: Chapter2 Local Setup

    DVR Server Manual Chapter2 Local Setup The DVR System Configuration and Setup include 7 types of configurations: System Setup Camera Setup Sensor Setup PTZ & Linkage Setup Email & SMS Setup Matrix & Display Setup Password Setup 2.1 System Setup 2.1.1 System Setup...
  • Page 54 POS manual. 【Date Format】 Select the way to display date. It decides the date display mode of DVR system, including the information panel on the main screen, the date panel of the playback window and OSD date in video.
  • Page 55: Network Setup

    Dual Monitor User Manual. 2.1.2 Network Setup 【Remote Connection】Select using network or not. If select “disable”, it will not permit any client connect this DVR system. 【Remote Connect Port】Select remote connection port for Clients. 【Remote buffer Priority】 Select among Smooth, Normal and Realtime.
  • Page 56 DVR Server Manual sent through the network. 【PDA Connection】 Select whether allow connect to DVR system. If select “disable”, it will not permit any PDA devices to connect with this DVR system. 【PDA Connect Port】Select remote connection port for PDA device.
  • Page 57 DVR Server Manual 1. If your DVR is dynamic IP, you should set your DVR system as below: 2. DNS server will get domain name and current IP of your DVR, NVR Client can connect to DVR server through this domain name.
  • Page 58: Boot Setup

    DVR Server Manual 2.1.3 Boot Setup 【Exit to Windows】 User can exit program and back to windows desktop. 【Exit and Shutdown】User can exit program and shut down computer. 【 Auto Shut Down 】 Set the time to shut down the computer automatically.
  • Page 59 DVR Server Manual Note: Because of the width limitation, you’d better input the characters within eight. If you input the full characters (20 characters) in the blank, you should select the characters and delete them; Because of the properties limitation, you‘d better not use “\” “:” “/” in camera description.
  • Page 60 DVR Server Manual Click this button to make advanced setup for video quality, you can set I B P frame and maximum bit rate. Note: If you are not familiar with those features, we advise you not to revise them. Recommend setup: For CIF: Image...
  • Page 61 DVR Server Manual to the network bandwidth. 【Image Size】Set the resolution for local record. There is an item “704*576(12fps)”, each channel can be set “704*576”, but not real time, system will select frame rate automatically around 12-15fps. To get best effect, you should set the resolution of local record according to your CPU configuration.
  • Page 62: Group Setup

    DVR Server Manual 【OSD Contrast】Set OSD displaying brightness & position. The “auto” item in OSD Contrast’s drop-down list will make OSD suit the background’s color automatically. 【Copy Setup to】Set other cameras with the same setup. Note: 1) When there are no video in some windows, an alarm will appear (beep to tell you some video information is missing).
  • Page 63 Cameras include local board cards and IP modules. 【Pre-Event Record】Select the start time of record when there is an alarm. When DVR system is in Motion Detect mode or Sensor Detect mode, it can record video before the alarm is trigged.
  • Page 64 , then click schedule diagram, hold down the mouse and move it to select large area (Drag & Drop). 1. Normal Record (green): DVR system always record video (e.g. Sun.); 2. Sensor Record (red): DVR system begins to record video only when there are POS or ACU actions(e.g. Monday); Note: The time setup must be corresponding with Check Alarm setups in Sensor setup otherwise it can’t work properly.
  • Page 65: Sensor Setup

    DVR Server Manual 2.3 Sensor Setup 2.3.1 Sensor Setup 【Select Sensor】 Select the sensor from the drop-down list in order to set the parameters of it. 【Sensor】Select this sensor port to use or not. 【Sensor Position】Enter the description for easy identification. 【Activate PTZ Preset】Select linkage of Speed Dome preset number.
  • Page 66 Schedule Setup (Example for below figure) 1. Check Alarm (Red): DVR System responds with sensor during this time. (00:30 to 12:00 from Sun. to Sat.); 2. Not Check (gray): DVR System responds with no sensor alarm during this time. Note:...
  • Page 67: Ptz & Linkage Setup

    DVR Server Manual 2.4 PTZ & Linkage Setup 2.4.1 PTZ Protocol Setup 【Selected Camera】Select the camera from the drop-down list to set the parameters. The cameras just include the cameras of local board cards; IP Cameras are not included. For IP Camera, you should set it remotely in IP Camera setup.
  • Page 68: Motion Detection Relay

    DVR Server Manual Note: 1) PTZ position will influence PTZ control. E.g.: if you set it as obverse and press left, then it will turn left. If you set it as inverse and press left, then it will turn right; If there is (H) after the PTZ protocol, it has the high speed of Preset function.
  • Page 69 Detection alarm in specified time; 3. Video Loss (Yellow): DVR System only responds with Video Loss alarm in specified time; 4. Not Check (gray): DVR System doesn’t respond with any alarms in specified time. Note: Check Alarm Setup (including Motion & Video Loss, Motion Alarm and Video Loss) does not take affection to Motion Detect Record.
  • Page 70: E-Mail & Sms Setup

    DVR Server Manual 2.5 E-mail & SMS Setup Press button to enter E-Mail setup: Note: Before you set the E-mail setup, you should pay attention to several points as below: alarm that triggers E-mail sending includes types: Camera-related alarms (Motion detection alarm & Video loss alarm) and Sensor-related alarms.
  • Page 71 DVR Server Manual After you insert the GSM MODEM, Firstly, you should install the driver. When the driver is installed, the interface as below will be displayed:...
  • Page 72: Email Setup

    DVR Server Manual 2.5.1 Email Setup 【SMPT Server】SMTP server address, e.g.: mail.jstDVR.com, 【SMPT Port】SMTP listen TCP’s port for connect request. 【Auth. Type】Logon mailbox, operator should select SMTP authentic type. Or select “simple login”. 【Login User ID】Mailbox’s ID. 【Login Pass】Mailbox’s password. 【Send To】Set the address of receiver.
  • Page 73: Sms Setup

    DVR Server Manual 【Email Screenshot As Attachment】When there is an alarm, the system will grab a picture, operator can select whether send the picture as an attachment of the E-mail. When setup is finished, user can press to test the function. 2.5.2 SMS Setup 【SMS Device】Set SMS send mode, you can select the SMS pdu mode or the SMS text mode.
  • Page 74: Matrix Setup

    DVR Server Manual 2.6.1 Matrix Setup 【Matrix Group】System operator can set groups of video images to be sent out through matrix decode card, each group has different display modes. Up to 16 groups you can set. 【Video Out Port】Select the output port of Matrix card that you want to set, the total number of channels is decided by Matrix Decode card.
  • Page 75: Matrix Setup For Dg42Xxhf Cards

    DVR Server Manual 2.6.2 Matrix Setup for DG42xxHF cards Our new series DG42xxHF cards support to output video from the card itself to a TV monitor, the setup for this function is samilar to the settings for NV series Matrix cards. 【Matrix Group】System operator can set groups of video images to be sent out through the TV output port of DG42xxHF card, each group has different display modes.
  • Page 76: Display Setup

    DVR Server Manual Note: One camera can only be shown in one window once. Also, you can show several cameras in one window after you set the “Video Switch Interval”. 2.6.3 VGA/HDMI Output Setup for DG4204HD card & VGA Output Setup for DG42xxHF cards.
  • Page 77 DVR Server Manual 【Pre-setup Display Group】 System operator can set groups of cameras to be displayed for fast preview, including its display mode and cameras. Up to 16 groups can be set. 【Software Start Display Group】Select to display the default order or the order you set in one group.
  • Page 78: Password Setup

    PC DVR, and activate the lock button in main window. Only authorized user can log into Netvision System at User Manage Mode. 【Auto lock time】Select a time to enable system to lock automatically when there are no actions during this time.
  • Page 79: User Right Setup

    DVR Server Manual (Administrator or Operator) and then click Add to add a new user. Note: 1. Only Administrator has the right to add or delete a user. However, Administrator has no right to manage the password of one user. 2.
  • Page 80 DVR Server Manual of all cameras. To deny access, you can click the desired camera button and the color will change from blue to gray. 【 PTZ Control Right 】 Select the cameras that related PTZ can be controlled by the user you are setting. The cameras you can select include the cameras of local board cards and IP Cameras.
  • Page 81: Chapter3 Ip Camera Setup

    DVR Server Manual Chapter3 IP Camera Setup Note: For IP camera setup, its alarm and related setup is only available when you set remotely. The local setup of PC DVR is not available for IP Cameras except Recording Schedule in Camera Setup.
  • Page 82: Functional Buttons

    DVR Server Manual Remote Setup Interface of Axis IP Camera 3.1 Functional Buttons There are 5 buttons in each page. They are Upgrade, Restart, Time adjustment, Save and Exit. System can upgrade to the server remotely. Click this button, and select the right file. Some settings will come into effect only after device reboots.
  • Page 83: Server Setup

    DVR Server Manual time will be consistent with DVR server computer. After setup is finished, click this button to save the setup. Exit setup. Remote setup for NV Series IP camera or DVS includes Server, Channel, PTZ, Sensor and Alarm. 3.2 Server Setup Press button to set server parameters remotely:...
  • Page 84: Channel Setup

    DVR Server Manual 【If use PPPOE】 If system uses PPPOE to connect with web, 【PPPOE Login Name】 please select it and input the PPPOE login 【PPPOE Login Pass】 ID and password. 【User Pass】Set the password of DVS remotely, after that operation you should change the Login Pass to corresponding value in Add / Modify server.
  • Page 85 DVR Server Manual 【Camera Name】Enter a name description for easy identification. 【Frame Rate】Select the record rate of camera from drop-list. 【Main Stream】 【Sub Stream】 Select Main Stream or Sub Stream for the current cameras. 【Resolution】Set the resolution at which the video files will be recorded. Choices are DCIF, CIF, QCIF, 2CIF and 4CIF.
  • Page 86: Ptz Control

    DVR Server Manual Note: This record schedule is only available to EM-DVR/DVS/ with HDD/SD card. There are 4 time segments every day. Every segment has a start time, an end time and a record type. The time segment is set in sequence; every segment can’t be overlapped, included or skipped with any other.
  • Page 87 DVR Server Manual In this screen, you can define the PTZ protocol and set the Preset Position as well as the plan to execute them automatically. 【Camera NO.】Select the camera to be set from the drop- list. 【Baud rate】Set baud rate according to PTZ protocol from the drop- list. 【PTZ Protocol】Select the communication protocol for the PTZ camera from drop-list.
  • Page 88: Sensor Setup

    DVR Server Manual 【Preset】Set a preset and click “Add” to add it to the Preset Schedule or select one preset and press “Del” to delete from the Preset Schedule. 【Call Time】 【Schedule List】 Set the time when the preset will be called. Tour Group Add the Preset cameras into the Tour Group and set the Stay Time for one tour group.
  • Page 89 DVR Server Manual 【Sensor NO】Select one sensor to be set. 【Sensor Name】Enter the name description of the sensor. 【Type】Select alarm type (sensor type) from “NO”(Normally Open) or “NC”(Normally Closed). 【Policy】Select “Sensor Alarm Handling” firstly, handling policies will be available as below: On screen warning—Display the alarm information on the monitor.
  • Page 90: Alarm Setup

    DVR Server Manual 【Copy to】After finishing one channel, if you want to set any other channels’ configuration as the same as this camera, you can select a channel number from drop-list, and press button. 3.6 Alarm Setup Press button to set alarm parameters. 【Camera】Select a camera to be set from the drop-list and you can copy the configuration to the other cameras by clicking copy button.
  • Page 91 DVR Server Manual Also, you can clear one or whole area by press the button clear and test the effect by clicking test button. 【Policy】Selecting “Handling current alarm” firstly, handling policies will be available as follows: On screen warning—Display the alarm information on the monitor. Audio warning—Indicate the alarm with voice.
  • Page 92: Chapter4 Playback

    DVR Server Manual Chapter4 Playback 4.1 Main Interface Click button in main interface to enter playback interface. 4.2 Steps of Playback...
  • Page 93: Select Date

    The number button with navy blue means this channel has record data. By pressing it directly on the numerical panel, DVR system will play back record data from the first file.
  • Page 94: Smart Search

    DVR Server Manual You can also keep all channels Sync in pause and Next Frame. 2. Smart Search (1). Function Introduction: This function allows users to draw a zone on a video image and do a search for any motions, missing objects, or unattended object events occurred in that zone.
  • Page 95: Select File

    DVR Server Manual When you press the smart button, you should select the area percent by single clicking the right mouse, if the motion percent of the area above the select percent, it will be shown out. Note: 1. Press synchronic button while smart search is running, system will end smart search;...
  • Page 96 DVR Server Manual After selected the camera to play user can click button to show all the files of this camera. By default, system will play back video file from the first one. In this screen you can change the file you want to play by double clicking it directly. The camera list below the window shows the recorded data of the day you select.
  • Page 97: Play File And Related Operations

    DVR Server Manual of server. 4.3 Play File and Related Operations Press button to set partition mode of Window, there are 1, 4, 9 and 16 splits. To reduce the load of CPU and get best effect, you should select the partition mode according to the record channels amount and resolution.
  • Page 98: Capture Picture

    DVR Server Manual time bar and then press this button, then, all the cameras will be played back from that time. Press this button , the selected camera will reverse playback, and press it again, the reverse playback will stop. Last frame, Start, Pause, Stop and Next frame First frame, Last minute, Next minute and Last frame of that day.
  • Page 99: Create File Clip

    DVR Server Manual Click button ,there are four items to be selected as below. 4.5.1 Create File Clip Press to create file clip after you entered Backup. 【Select channel and save path】Select channel and save path of the backup file on the top of interface. 【File list and attribute】Select a file and double-click it to play and its attribute will display below the list , including begin time, end time, file size, resolution, frame rate etc.
  • Page 100: Backup By Time

    DVR Server Manual 【 Play control button 】 User can press and drag slider on to control the player time. 【Beginning and stop position setup】After you select a time, press button to set it as the beginning time, and then drag the bar to select another time and press button to set it as the end time.
  • Page 101 DVR Server Manual 【Save Path】Select path for the backup file, User can backup record file to CD. 【Backup Camera】 Select the backup camera. User can select more than one camera at one time. 【Select begin time】 【Select end time】Select the beginning time and end time of the file to backup.
  • Page 102 DVR Server Manual If AVI (H.264) is selected before backup, then, backup data can be played by TV and DVD etc. without plugins. If MSMPG4 is selected before backup, then, backup data can be played by windows media player without plugins. Note: When AVI (H.264) or MSMPG4 is selected, the data can be united.
  • Page 103: View Backup File

    DVR Server Manual volume; 4. Write data to buffer; 5. Write CD; 6. Delete buffer and temporary file. 4.5.3 View Backup File 【Select channel】Select channel; 【Save Path】Select path of the backup file; Select one file from File List and Double-Click it, this file will be played.
  • Page 104: Burn Video File To Dvd/Cd

    DVR Server Manual Capture a picture; Burn CD. Copy the file player to the save path. 4.5.4 Burn Video File to DVD/CD ① ③ ② Area ①:File directory. Area ②:File list. Area ③:The File directory and list of CD that is to be burned to. :Add selected files from area to area ③.
  • Page 105: Search Captured Pictures

    DVR Server Manual Open the CD—ROM Close the CD—ROM It supports DVD or CD disc backup directly, max supports 4.3G DVD disc. User can erase DVD-RW disc and write again. The whole work needn't install a third burning software. 4.6 Search Captured Pictures Click to enter the window of search captured pictures: 【Select pictures from directory and file list】...
  • Page 106: Pos Playback

    DVR Server Manual Note: If you want to save the reworked picture in another file, you can change its name and path here, with BMP or JPG as suffix. Then click the button 【Related operations】 Save the reworked picture. Functional buttons of picture. Smooth the edges of picture.
  • Page 107 DVR Server Manual Show Txt: show the txt on the screen (If you select txt overlay in the Cam setup, the show txt is invalid.) Data: Select the search data. Camera: Select the search camera. From...To: Select the begin time and the end time. Press this button to search the record for the setting setup.
  • Page 108: Icon Playback

    DVR Server Manual 4.9 ICON Playback Press the button , you will see the interface as below: Select the camera. Set the begin time and the end time of the record. Set the time of one view plays. E.g.: As the above image, the time from 9:45 to 12:00, it includes 135 minutes between the begin time and the end time.
  • Page 109: Chapter5 Ie Client

    DVR Server Manual Chapter5 IE Client Client user can view video of DVR Server through Internet Explorer. The default web server port is 80. If user changes it to other port, user should add this port number after IP or domain name when visiting the video of Server through Internet Explorer.
  • Page 110: Connection Operations

    DVR Server Manual 5.2.1 Connection Operations Press will connect the DVR Server’s camera video from and press will disconnect all connections. If DVR Server’s channel is more than channels that you selected partition mode, you can use button to display DVR Server’s video in sequence. Pressing button will switch full screen mode and Right-Single-Click image can back to normal mode.
  • Page 111: Partition Mode

    DVR Server Manual buttons or change status of all connections at the same time by pressing button. 5.2.3 Partition Mode You can set the partition mode by pressing a corresponding button on the right of main interface. There are 6 partition modes as below: ——1 partition mode;...
  • Page 112: Display Setup And Data Information

    DVR Server Manual 5.3.1 Display Setup and Data Information In this area, you can select display partition mode, date, video channel and video file named according to time. 5.3.2 Playing Operation Area In this area, you can operate video playing: 【...
  • Page 113: Remote Search

    DVR Server Manual Slowly play Fleetly play. 【Playing speed control】 5.4 Remote Search Most functions and operations of Remote search are the same as Playback. The different feature is that remote search added download feature. When you playback remotely, clicking button, system will save video of current channel you selected.
  • Page 114 DVR Server Manual Note: When user use IE client to visit DVR server, If connect successfully, there will be four partitions blue window. If connect unsuccessfully, the reasons possibly are: 1) The Web server port has been used by other programs; 2) Your computer didn’t download the player plug normally.
  • Page 115: Chapter6 Mobile Client

    Select “Enable” to allow the PDA to connect With DVR server in the Network Setup of the DVR system. Note: GPRS is charged by data flow, so shut down the MobileDVR application if you do not need view cameras.
  • Page 116: Download Software

    DVR Server Manual 6.2 Download Software You have the following methods to download our mobile client software from DVR: 1. Download through wireless technology (in Wireless LAN) such as Blue tooth, infrared etc. 2. Copy mobile client software to phone directly through data cable. 3.
  • Page 117: Connection

    DVR Server Manual install mobile client in your smart phone directly (downloaded the program in WAN or LAN) or use the application supplied by the manufacture of your smart phone to download mobile client. 6.3.2 Connection After you installed mobile client in your smart phone, you should be sure that your smart phone connect with Internet correctly.
  • Page 118: Ptz Control

    DVR Server Manual → 6.6 PTZ Control Press the “Options” button and select the “PTZ” button to enter the PTZ control interface. 【Orientation control】: Select the button and press “OK”,it will change into . After that, by pressing and holding the up, down, right and left buttons, the PTZ camera will move up, down, right and left.
  • Page 119: Appendix A: Fast Key Reference

    DVR Server Manual Appendix A: Fast Key Reference Please refer to Keyboard Shortcuts Setup. This color key denotes PTZ control. This color key is other function control. PTZ control: Function Up(in the status of preview for PTZ control) ↑ Play in fast speed (in the status of instant playback and review playback) Down(in the status of preview for PTZ control) ↓...
  • Page 120 DVR Server Manual Insert Focus- Delete Focus+ C、—、 Num0-9G、 Presets Control Operation Call preset Enter C、—、 Num0-9 Presets Control Operation Other controls: Function System Help Switch the camera channel Next screen Page Down Previous screen Page UP All cameras recording 30 Sec emergency Zoom in/out the single camera view Switch between full screen mode and main GUI (Equivalent to pressing space key except Instant Playback mode)
  • Page 121: Appendix B: Audio Preview

    DVR Server Manual Appendix B: Audio Preview NV Series Card Audio Preview To 40 series card, please connect the card use the cable in the box as follows: Note: Sometimes there is no preview sound, Solution: double click the volume control in the taskbar, open the properties dialog box, and check AUX control.
  • Page 122: Dg Series Card Audio Preview

    DVR Server Manual To NV 42 series card, there is no need to connect the “audio in” and “audio out” cable. However, a sound pick-up is necessary if you want to hear and record the sound, no matter what’s the type of the card. DG Series Card Audio Preview The connection is same as NV 40 series card.
  • Page 123: Appendix C: How To Use "Copy File" Folder

    DVR Server Manual Appendix C: How to Use “Copy File” Folder In installation CD, there is a file named “Copy File”. If you want to replace some files in installation directory, you can copy new files into “CopyFile”, when you finished the installation, the new files will replace the old files automatically.
  • Page 124: Appendix D: Dvr Board Explanation

    DVR Server Manual Appendix D: DVR Board Explanation This DVR System manual is suitable for all NV and DG series DVR boards, including: NV400XHC, NV400XHF, NV400XHS, NV4016HCS, NV4216HCI and NV42XXHFV; DG40XXHC, DG40XXHC–E, DG4108HC (N) and DG4108HF, etc. NV Series Board Cards NV400XHC: Support dual-stream.
  • Page 125: Appendix E: How To Use 3G Function

    DVR Server Manual Appendix E: How to Use 3G Function For a DG camera supports 3G function, you can enable its 3G function in our DVR software by checking the box in front of Enable 3G. The steps to config 3G function are as below: First of all, forward 3G server port to your router if you want to use 3G function in WAN.
  • Page 126 DVR Server Manual The third is to enter 3G Setting to config 3G function. Insert a card in the camera first. Then, you should select a 3G type according to your phone from WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000. Check the box after Advanced to set APN according to your phone. The 3G Status will turn to be “pppoe dial-up success!”...
  • Page 127 DVR Server Manual Note: You can’t modify the camera once it is connected to the DVR. If you want to change the stream type, you should delete first and then re-add it. You have to modify its stream type before it is added to the software.

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