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- Page 1 NVR8/16 User’s Manual SVR-800 Series NVR User’s Manual 8/16CH Full HD Network Video Recorder with Dual Display Version 1.5.0 05262014...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Table of Contents Hardware ................. 4 Overview ..................4 LED & Buttons Definitions .............. 4 Connect to the NVR ..............5 Use NVR Search Utility ..............5 Access the NVR with its default IP address ........10 Main/Live View .............. - Page 3 NVR8/16 User’s Manual PTZ Preset Sequence ..............47 OSD Settings ................47 Event sources ................50 Event sources ................50 Notifications ................52 Event actions ................54 E-Map ................... 55 Local E-Map Setting ..............55 Google Map Setting ..............58 Device Info ...................
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Page 4: Hardware
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Hardware Overview LED & Buttons Definitions LEDs Status Definitions HDD x 2 Green Solid green when the HDD is mounted Solid red for disk fail Amber *Solid amber when recording is in process *Blinking when recycling Network Green Solid green for activity on a 10/100Mbps network Amber... -
Page 5: Connect To The Nvr
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Connect to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: • The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “NVR Search”... - Page 6 NVR8/16 User’s Manual To begin, launch the “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:...
- Page 7 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”. The search should start automatically and its status should be dis- played.
- Page 8 NVR8/16 User’s Manual The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed. Double-click on an NVR and the search program should automatically access the NVR’s web administration page from your default browser.
- Page 9 NVR8/16 User’s Manual You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system Please make sure you are using Internet Explorer 7 or above ...
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Page 10: Access The Nvr With Its Default Ip Address
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Access the NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network. - Page 11 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”Login” to enter the system If you use local UI to operate NVR, click to display virtual keyboard to enter user name and password.
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Page 12: Main/Live View
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Main/Live View The main/live view is the first interface displayed once you access to the NVR through the internet browser. It displays the live video of all the cameras added to the NVR and following the pattern chosen by the user. The interface has many functions explained bellow. -
Page 13: A.the Ui's 5 Main Functions
NVR8/16 User’s Manual a.The UI’s 5 main functions: The bar displays the 5 main functions of the Web User Interface (UI). The Live view is the main view .The other 4 views will be explained in each chapter. b. Date and Time display The Date and the Time are defined by the user in the settings section of the NVR. -
Page 14: Hardware Events Notification
NVR8/16 User’s Manual d. Hardware events notification In this section, you will receive notifications if a warning sound is triggered or if the hard drive of the NVR failed in recording data. e. Channels status If you click on the icon, page tab will display the current status of the channels added to the NVR. -
Page 15: List View
NVR8/16 User’s Manual If the cursor is pointing on one of the cameras, it will show a bar in the top. The bar displays the channel’s number and some functions as showed on the snapshot above. g. List view It displays the list of channels added to the NVR. Each channel represents a camera with its name, the channel number and its currents status. -
Page 16: H.1, 4, 9, 16 Pattern View
NVR8/16 User’s Manual The channel’s status is defined by 3 colors: Red: The channel is recording and the live view is available Blue: The channel is connected and live view is available Grey: The camera is disconnected h.1, 4, 9, 16 Pattern view Different patterns of live view can be displayed on the video frame. -
Page 17: Saved View
NVR8/16 User’s Manual k. Saved view This section can display the views that you have already saved. You can choose the views from the list you have created. You are also able to switch between saved views every certain period of time by clicking on the “start sequence function”. -
Page 18: Digital Zoom
NVR8/16 User’s Manual l. Digital zoom Next, hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to specify the zoom in area... - Page 19 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Once the image is digitally zoomed in, use the mouse scroll button to further zoom on or zoom out the image. Hold and left-click on the image and move the mouse to move the zoomed in video. You are able to adjust brightness of the live video from the right-click menu.
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Page 20: Playback View
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Playback view Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly. -
Page 21: Zoom On A Range Of Time
NVR8/16 User’s Manual 1. Select channel 2. Choose “search mode”, by times or by events a. Zoom on a range of time If you click on the icon you can zoom on range of the time and get more details on the playback bar. b. - Page 22 NVR8/16 User’s Manual You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.
- Page 23 NVR8/16 User’s Manual “Bookmark” is used to set a time range for export. 1. Click will set the current playback time as “Start” time. A blue slider should be displayed on the timeline. 2. Click again will set the current playback time as “end” time. A blue slider should be displayed on the timeline.
- Page 24 NVR8/16 User’s Manual On Web UI...
- Page 25 NVR8/16 User’s Manual On local UI, the recorded video can be backed up to a USB disk with AVI file. It is required to plug in a USB disk formatted in FAT32 prior to using the backup function. Click “OK” to open a pop-up dialog for USB disk options Click “OK”...
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Page 26: Event View
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Event view This section displays the last events recorded by the NVR. The events can only be detected and displayed if you have configured it on the NVR’s settings. You can display the event of all the channels at once or by each channel. - Page 27 NVR8/16 User’s Manual...
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Page 28: Nvr Setup - Settings
NVR8/16 User’s Manual NVR Setup – Settings The “Settings” page provides users options to setup the device quickly and properly. After properly configuring all settings in all the sub- pages, users should expect a fully working network video recorder that is ready to manage cameras on the network. -
Page 29: Network Settings
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Currently you can configure the secondary monitor to display live videos with selected channels in desired layout, or live video in automatic sequence view. NOTE: The NVR will reboot automatically upon change of resolution/or monitor for the new setting to take effect or be detected. - Page 30 NVR8/16 User’s Manual The NVR supports three connection types that can be configured depends on how the network is setup: 1. Set network automatically Set the NVR to configure network settings automatically 1) When no other DHCP server is in the network, the NVR should use the default IP: 192.168.101.50 and turn on built-in DHCP servers 2) Users should not be able to change IP settings when this mode is selected 3) Users can not turn on/off built-in DHCP server...
- Page 31 NVR8/16 User’s Manual By default, the recorder is set to "Set network automatically" which if there's a DHCP server in the same local network, the NVR can obtain IP address from DHCP server, and you can locate the NVR by using the NVR search utility.
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Page 32: Dhcp Server
NVR8/16 User’s Manual DHCP Server The built-in DHCP Server function is NOT always configurable and is greatly dependent to the connection type that is set to use in " Network Settings". DDNS Service DDNS, which stands for “Dynamic DNS”, is a method, protocol, or network service that provides the capability for a networked device, such as a router or computer system (in this case, the NVR) using the Internet Protocol Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in... -
Page 33: Time And Date
NVR8/16 User’s Manual This is useful if the NVR is placed on the Internet with a dynamic public IP, which once the DDNS is properly setup, users can access the NVR remotely with the DDNS domain name without worrying if the IP has changed or not. -
Page 34: Storage
NVR8/16 User’s Manual • Incorrect display time for playback videos • Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur After selecting the time zone, choose an option below to set the recorder time •Sync with NTP server – enter the hostname or IP address of a valid NTP server and set how often the recorder should synchronize the time with it by using the “Update interval”... -
Page 35: Users & Privileges
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page. To initialize it, simply choose the “Format” and disk ID in Disk actions, then click “Apply”... -
Page 36: Add A New User
NVR8/16 User’s Manual user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin”. It’s highly recommended to change the password upon your initial login. Add a new user • Click “Add” to add new user • Enter a username and password •... -
Page 37: Group Privilege
NVR8/16 User’s Manual 2. Its information should be displayed 3. Enter a new password in the “Password” field and enter it again in “Confirm Password” Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. -
Page 38: Camera
NVR8/16 User’s Manual You can change the group name and privilege. Camera Automatic Search In “Settings” >> “Cameras”, click the “Auto search” button to perform the camera search. After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed:... - Page 39 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list...
- Page 40 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and press “Next” to detect this camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc if you wish and then click “Apply”...
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Page 41: Add A Camera Manually
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Page 42: Recording
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Simply follow the instruction described above but click “Add manually” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually. *If cameras are marked with "*" in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to the NVR. Recording The “recording”... - Page 43 NVR8/16 User’s Manual sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate. You can define the following in “General Settings”: • Enable cycle recording or not • Recording frame rate • Define to always keep a number of days of previously recorded data •...
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Page 44: Scheduling
NVR8/16 User’s Manual For MPEG/H.264, only i frame or full (i+p frame) can be selected for recording fps. You also can disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels. Scheduling You can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels in this page. -
Page 45: Preset Point Setting
NVR8/16 User’s Manual You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day. Click and move vertically lets you set what days to perform recording at a specific time. - Page 46 NVR8/16 User’s Manual To set up PTZ preset points: 1. Select a camera from the “Channel” drop-down menu Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the preset point Press “Add” to add preset point Press “Edit” to enter edit mode to change preset point names or delete preset points The function of “Sync from camera”...
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Page 47: Ptz Preset Sequence
NVR8/16 User’s Manual PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you. To configure preset sequence for a camera, 1. - Page 48 NVR8/16 User’s Manual The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned off. To add texts to one or more videos: Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD”...
- Page 49 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Choose one or more display options if you would also like the recorder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you. Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own. Next, define where the text will be displayed by either entering an X/Y value based on percentage or use the system pre-defined position from the drop-down menu.
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Page 50: Event Sources
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Event sources The “Event sources” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it’s necessary. Event sources The 1 step is to define the condition to trigger event, we can finish up... - Page 51 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channels. *Once motion detection is enabled in this page, please configure the motion area and enable motion detection in the corresponding channels (cameras) from camera's own web UI. The NVR only detects the first motion area set in the camera.
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Page 52: Notifications
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Click “Advance” button to set up event schedule. The “recording buffer” allows user to define “pre-alarm” and “post- alarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time sets the NVR to record in advance when an event is triggered. The “post-alarm” time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an event trigger is finished. - Page 53 NVR8/16 User’s Manual 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field 4. Enter the sender’s e-mail address 5. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and password of the SMTP server if it requires authentication 6.
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Page 54: Event Actions
NVR8/16 User’s Manual To add an FTP server, 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 2. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server 3. Enter the communication port of the FTP server (usually port 21) 4. -
Page 55: E-Map
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent. Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the “UPnP Port Forwarding”... - Page 56 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Add all channels: display all camera icons on E-map Reset E-Map: remove all camera icons on E-map Click CH ID to display camera icon of this camera on E-map Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location.
- Page 57 NVR8/16 User’s Manual You can click on the camera icon to display video.
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Page 58: Google Map Setting
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E- Map monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations. To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map. - Page 59 NVR8/16 User’s Manual You can also go to a specific place on the map by entering its address or the name of the place in the “Address or places of interest” field Once the location has been determined, click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location * The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E-Map monitor function.
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Page 60: Device Info
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Device Info Device info gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firm- ware, restore/backup device settings or reboot device ..etc. The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time. -
Page 61: Log
NVR8/16 User’s Manual “Log” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting. -
Page 62: Maintenance
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • Perform Firmware Upgrade(Only on Web UI) • Restart the NVR when necessary • Restart cameras directly from the NVR • Reset the NVR’s settings to their factory default values Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded through web UI. - Page 63 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Click “Browse…”, A new dialog should display and let you choose the location of the firmware file. When done, click “Upgrade”. Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish (After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the process)
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Page 64: Backup & Restore
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Backup & Restore It is a function that allows users to backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive. Users also can restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file On Web UI, he configuration can be backed up to or restore from a local computer. -
Page 65: Usb Backup
NVR8/16 User’s Manual USB backup It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format as well as in AVI to the externally connected USB hard disk. The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space. - Page 66 NVR8/16 User’s Manual • Only FAT32 USB hard disk is supported for backup • The USB hard disk needs to have more than 100MB remaining space • If multiple partitions are presented in one disk, only the first partition will be detected and used for backup Process: •...
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Page 67: Nvr Media Player
NVR8/16 User’s Manual NVR Media Player You can use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files or media database file. This can save you the trouble of installing third- party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos. The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed. - Page 68 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Click “Browse...” to select the file from the USB disk. A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location.
- Page 69 NVR8/16 User’s Manual When done, click “Check” to validate the file. Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted with the message shown below.
- Page 70 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Select the time zone according to your current location. Finally, click “OK” to begin playing. The player should now play the backed up file. Play Media database Open the player and select “Open” >> “AVI File”...
- Page 71 NVR8/16 User’s Manual Select the AVI file Click “Open” to play file...
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Page 72: Open Event Snapshot Images With Nvr Media Player
NVR8/16 User’s Manual Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recipient. These types of snapshot images are saved in a proprietary image file format, h4i or p4i, and can only be opened by the NVR media player.