Page 1 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual SVR-800 Series NVR User’s Manual 8/16CH Full HD Network Video Recorder with Dual Display Version 1.0.0 11282013...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
2 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Table of Contents LED & Buttons Definitions ............... 5 Connect to the NVR ................. 6 Use NVR Search Utility ..............6 Access the NVR with its default IP address ........11 ...
Page 3 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations ........67 Add a camera ................67 Automatic Search ................. 67 Add a camera manually ..............73 OSD Settings ................74 PTZ Setting ...................
Page 4 4 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Recording .................. 132 Schedule Recording ..............135 Record Buffer ................137 Event Handling ................137 General Setting ................138 FTP Servers ................142 SMTP Servers ................
Page 5: Led & Buttons Definitions
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual LED & Buttons Definitions...
Page 6: Connect To The Nvr
6 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 7 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To begin, launch the “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:...
Page 8 8 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 9 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 10 10 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 •...
Page 11: Access The Nvr With Its Default Ip Address
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 12 12 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system...
Page 13: Main/Live View
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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.
Page 14: The Ui's 5 Main Functions
14 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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.
Page 15: Hardware Events Notification
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 16: List View
16 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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.
Page 17: Pattern View
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 •...
Page 18: Saved View
18 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual h. 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 19: Digital Zoom
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual i. Digital zoom Next, hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to specify the zoom in area...
Page 20 20 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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.
Page 21: Set Up Password
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Set up Password The default login username and password is admin/admin. To change the password of the admin account, go to “Setup” --> “System Con- figurations” --> “User Account”, click on the “admin” account in the account list then press the “edit”...
Page 22: Camera Installation
22 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Camera Installation Add a Camera -- Automatic Search In “Settings” >> “Channel Configuration”, click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly.
Page 23 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed: Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information”...
Page 24: Add A Camera Manually
24 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and the 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 “Add”...
Page 25: Live View Through Iphone Safari Browser
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Live View through iPhone Safari Browser You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser, make sure “javascript”...
Page 26 26 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar...
Page 27 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR...
Page 28 28 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel...
Page 29 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Click on the “Channel” drop-down menu to select other cameras...
Page 30: Live View Through Blackberry Phones
30 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual If a PTZ camera is selected, the corresponding control buttons will display (control PT only) * Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras. Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the selection “Auto”...
Page 31 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Enable the “Support Javascript” option and click the menu button and click “Save Options” Go to “General Properties...
Page 32 32 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Make sure two options illustrated above are enabled Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings...
Page 33 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Press the button highlighted above to go back to the browser...
Page 34 34 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar...
Page 35 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access...
Page 36: Playback View
36 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 37: Certain Functions You Can Perform To The Playback Video
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual If you click on the icon you can minimize the playback range to get more space for the videos. Certain functions you can perform to the playback video You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video: 1.
Page 38 38 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition (or the partition where Windows is installed) • ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player.
Page 39: Event View
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 40: Play Exported Playback Videos With Nvr Media Player
40 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files. This can save you the trouble of installing third-party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos.
Page 41 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Click “Open” >> “AVI File” Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open”. (Normally under “C:\ExportFolder)”...
Page 42: Open Event Snapshot Images With Nvr Media Player
42 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The video will then start playing 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.
Page 43 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To do so, Select “Open” from the top menu then select “Image File”. A new dialog should be displayed which lets you locate the image file.
Page 44: Nvr Setup -- System Configurations
44 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Setup -- System Configurations Network Setup The “System Configurations” 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 45 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual DHCP server, and you can locate the NVR by using the NVR search utility. If there's no DHCP server in the network, and the NVR is set to use "Auto Mode", it will use its own default static IP 192.168.101.50. The NVR supports three connection types that can be configured depends on how the network is setup.
Page 46: Dhcp Server
46 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the recorder * The recorder can detect the presence of a DHCP server upon startup. It sets itself to use static IP address if there is no DHCP server currently presented in the network.
Page 47: Ddns Service
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 real time, the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.
Page 48 48 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual *If the NVR is placed behind a router or Internet gateway, please make sure port forwarding for port 80 is configured on the router or the gat- way in order for the DDNS function to properly register with the service.
Page 49 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above The page will check whether or not another user has used the hostname you entered as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button. If...
Page 50 50 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual you see below message, simply enter a different and click “Add to Cart” again Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above...
Page 51 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Go back to the NVR’s DDNS service configuration page under “Setup” >> “System Configuration” >> “DDNS Service”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Domain Name” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID”...
Page 52 52 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You can click the “Check DDNS Status” button to check the DynDNS service status. If you are getting a “Disconnected” message, it means that DDNS service server is down or the NVR is not connected to the Internet.
Page 53: Time And Date
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location. It is imperative that you set the recorder’s time correctly to avoid the following errors: •...
Page 54: User Account
54 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual User Account Multiple users can access the recorder simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin”...
Page 55: Add A New User
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Add a new user • Enter a username and password in “User Account Information”. All other fields are optional for your own reference. • Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu to assign the new user to a particular group •...
Page 56: Change The Password Of The "Admin" Account
56 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Change the password of the “admin” account 1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit” 2. Its information should be displayed in “User Account Information” 3.
Page 57: Group Privilege
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
Page 58 58 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You can change the group name by clicking the “Change Group Name” button. A text box will be displayed for you to enter the new group. Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type”...
Page 59: Disk Setup
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Its access privilege will then be displayed. You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording.
Page 60: Build Raid Volume
60 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Build RAID Volume The internal HDDs can be used for RAID. To do so, go to "RAID Volume" in Disk Setup and choose the available disk action. The "Disk Actions" drop-down menu displays available actions based on how many HDDs are installed in the NVR.
Page 61 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Select a disk action and click "Apply" to proceed. A warning dialog will be displayed as creating RAID volume will erase all existing data on the HDDs. Click "OK" to continue.
Page 62 62 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Please wait for a few moments while the NVR is creating the RAID volume. You will be prompted once the action is completed successfully.
Page 63 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Once the RAID volume is created, it will be listed in the "RAID volume list with the status of "Offline"...
Page 64 64 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Go back to the "Hard Disk List" page and the RAID volume should be in the list. Click "Format" to bring the RAID volume online. The status will be displayed just as if you were formatting any internal HDDs...
Page 65: Deleting Raid
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Deleting RAID Once a RAID volume is created, it can be deleted at anytime by choosing the "Delete RAID" action in the RAID volume page. All existing data will be removed after the RAID volume is deleted. All internal disks that were originally used for RAID volume will have to be formatted again after the RAID volume is deleted.
Page 66 66 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual * Once a RAID volume is deleted, all internal disks within that RAID should become offline and need to be formatted again before they can be used individually. * All internal disks (or RAID volumes) need to be formatted before they can be used.
Page 67: Nvr Setup -- Channel Configurations
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations Add a camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually.
Page 68 68 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You should be prompted to install Active Control component the first time you visit the page in order for the search to function properly. Go ahead and click “Install” Once you have the ActiveX component installed, the search status should be displayed after clicking "Search"...
Page 69 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera.
Page 70 70 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc. if you wish. You can also click on the “Preview” to preview the live video of the camera. Click “Add” to finish adding the camera *If cameras are marked with "*"...
Page 71 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Once the camera's settings are polled and displayed, you can also enable "continuous" recording and adjust its recording quality settings before adding the camera. Some cameras are capable of multiple streaming profiles, in which different video codecs are used for different purposes.
Page 72 72 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual There are two types of fps settings here, one is the fps that NVR sets back to the camera, and this is the fps NVR will be receiving from the camera.
Page 73: Add A Camera Manually
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually.
Page 74: Osd Settings
74 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual OSD Settings 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 75 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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. Click on the “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and click “Apply”...
Page 76 76 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size, color or font so they can be more visible on the video.
Page 77: Ptz Setting
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual PTZ Setting PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera.
Page 78 78 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To set up PTZ preset points: 1. Select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. 2. Select a position number for the preset point from the “Position Number”...
Page 79: Ptz Preset Sequence
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Ultimately, you can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered. * “Move Here when Event Trigger”: In order for this function to work properly, please also complete configuration in “Event Configuration”...
Page 80 80 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To configure preset sequence for a camera, 1. Select a channel from the “Channel” drop-down menu. The available preset points should be listed in “Camera Presets” section. 2. Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the “->” button to move them to the “Preset Sequence”...
Page 81: E-Map Setting
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual E-Map Setting Local E-Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
Page 82 82 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To replace the map, click “Browse” button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click “Upload”. * Only JPG, PNG, and GIF file formats are supported with file size under 100KB.
Page 83 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
Page 84: Google Map Setting
84 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 85 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 1. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the mouse scroll button 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”...
Page 86: Nvr Setup -- Event Configurations
86 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Setup -- Event Configurations Event Configuration The “Event Configurations” 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.
Page 87: I/O Settings
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual How often an event is triggered • Set a time interval under “Event Trigger Interval” to define how often events are triggered Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: •...
Page 88 88 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 1. For cameras that come with physical digital input ports, their ports will be listed in the far left drop-down menu. 2. Pick the desired channel for I/O mapping, and then select the camera’s input port from the drop-down menu.
Page 89: Event Servers
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Event Servers Configuring an FTP server Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration.
Page 90 90 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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.
Page 91: Configuring An Smtp Server
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Configuring an SMTP server 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.
Page 92: Event Triggers
92 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Event Triggers We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting: •Which channels will have event trigger function enabled •What is considered to be an event •Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent...
Page 93 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual *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. The NVR recognizes the first motion area by its ID number set in the camera.
Page 94: Nvr Setup -- Recording Configurations
94 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Setup -- Recording Configurations General Settings The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels.
Page 95 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 96 96 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You are able to use the same video format for recordings or you can choose other formats for different recording purposes if it's a multi- stream capable camera. If you chose to use a different video format for recording, you are able to adjust its detail settings by clicking on the "...".
Page 97 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Users can also set to keep a previous number of days of recording data by enabling the option below. This is quite often used in application such as banking which certain countries requires to always keeping a minimum previous number of days of recording data.
Page 98: Schedule Recording
98 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels. Schedule Recording You can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels in this page.
Page 99: To Configure A Schedule Recording
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To configure a schedule recording Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first. 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.
Page 100 100 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual specify the recording duration by either choosing “All Day” or enter a start and end time for specific recording duration. Select the “Copy Schedule to Channel:” option if you would like to set the same recording schedule to another camera.
Page 101: Nvr Setup -- System Options
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Setup -- System Options Device Information System Options 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”...
Page 102: Logs And Reports
102 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting.
Page 103: Maintenance
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • Reboot the NVR when necessary • Reboot cameras directly from the NVR • Perform Firmware Upgrade • Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive •...
Page 104: Through The Web Interface
104 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Through the web interface Login into NVR’s web management UI, and go to "NVR Setup" >> "System Options"->"Maintenance" On "Upgrade NVR's Firmware" section, click "Browse" and select new firmware file...
Page 105 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual A new dialog should display and let you choose the location of the firmware file. When done, click “Upgrade”.
Page 106: Upgrade Through Usb Thumb Drive
106 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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) Upgrade through USB thumb drive 1. Prepare a USB flash disk and format with FAT or FAT32 format 2.
Page 107: Reset The Nvr To Factory Default
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 8. Restore configuration file back if needed Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Restore Factory Default” button and begin the process. The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View”...
Page 108: Usb Backup
108 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual “Disk Status” gives you more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR. USB Backup It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format (not AVI) to the externally connected USB hard disk.
Page 109 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Once it’s detected, go back to the “USB Backup” page and it should be available for further configuration The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space. Make your selection from the drop-down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR.
Page 110: Things To Pay Attention To The Usb Backup Function
110 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Next, select channels which you would like to backup the recording data from. Maximum 4 channels can be selected at once Configure the start and end time of the recording data you would like to backup and click the “Backup”...
Page 111: Play The Backup File With The Nvr Media Player
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Process: • Progress will be displayed on the UI • If the backup process gets interrupted, which the process stops at a point of time that is before the “END Time” user defined, such time will be displayed on the UI •...
Page 112 112 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Click “Browse...” to select the file from the USB disk. A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location.
Page 113 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 114 114 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Select the time zone according to your current location. Finally, click “OK” to begin playing. The player should now play the backed up file.
Page 115: Nvr Configuration (Local Interface)
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual NVR Configuration (Local Interface) System Configuration Service You will the see the "Service" configuration page first when visiting the Configuration page. You are able to set a unique device name, set system time and configure DDNS in this page.
Page 116: Display
116 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Display The "Display" configuration page allows you to choose the most optimized display resolution for the monitor that's used with NVR, as there will be circumstances that the incorrect resolution may be used when the system first boots up.
Page 117: Network
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Network You need to adjust settings in this page for the device to work properly in your network. It is critical that settings here are configured correctly based on your network configurations so that the recorder can be administered through the local area network and cameras can be connected from it.
Page 118 118 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The built-in DHCP Server function is NOT always configurable and is greatly dependent to the connection type that is used: 1. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable.
Page 119: User Account -- User Setting
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 2. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be OFF if the NVR obtains an IP from a DHCP server in the local network. 3.
Page 120 120 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual • Click "Add" to add a new user. • Enter a username and password. All other fields are optional for your own reference. • Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu to assign the new user to a particular group.
Page 121: User Account -- User Group Setting
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual User Account -- User group setting 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. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
Page 122 122 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual any changes in the “Live View” page or have access to pages other than the “Live View” page. To create a group, select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu. You can change the group name by typing in a new group name and click the “Change Group Name”...
Page 123 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Use the check boxes to allow or deny access to certain functions/channels. You can also restrict access on certain system wise configuration pages.
Page 124: Disk
124 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Disk Once you install a new hard disk to the recorder, it will be listed in this page and shown status "offline. You would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording.
Page 125: Channel Configurations -- Add A Camera (Automatic Search)
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Channel Configurations -- Add a camera (Automatic Search) The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually.
Page 126 126 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The progress will be displayed, and you will be switched to the "Channel setting" page for more configurations.
Page 127 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Double-click on one from the search result to add it and for more detail configurations...
Page 128: Channel Configurations -- Add A Camera (Add Manually)
128 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual The camera's current settings will be displayed on the right and you can adjust settings such as "Format", "Resolution" or "FPS" before adding it to the NVR. Click "Apply" to finish and save the settings. Channel Configurations -- Add a camera (Add manually)
Page 129 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To add a camera manually, go directly to the "Channel Setting" page, and enter the camera's IP address, HTTP port, username and password. Click "Detect" to retrieve camera's settings. The progress will be displayed. Once it's successfully detected, follow the procedures described in the previous section to finish configuring and adding camera to the NVR.
Page 130 130 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You can create up to 8 preset points for each channel if it's a PTZ- capable camera. To add a preset point: 1. Select a channel from the "Channel" list and its video will be displayed at the lower-left hand corner.
Page 131: E-Map
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual E-Map E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
Page 132: Recording
132 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Recording The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings that will be performed on each channel. It can help the NVR to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate.
Page 133 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You can tell that you are configuring a multi-stream capable camera if the "Video setting" option is available. You can further configure the recording frame rate for different types of recording, and choose whether to record audio or not.
Page 134 134 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual You will be given with options to record i frame only or i+p frames if the recording format is MPEG4 or H.264.
Page 135: Schedule Recording
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Schedule Recording In the "Schedule" page, you are able to configure the NVR to recording during a particular time frame for each channel. Start by selecting a channel for configuration from the upper-right hand corner.
Page 136 136 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Use the schedule table to define recording time frame. Each cell box represents 15 minutes. You can click one to select or click and hold down the mouse left button and drag horizontally to select consecutive hours of a particular day, or drag vertically to select a particular hour for multiple days.
Page 137: Record Buffer
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Record Buffer The record buffer allows you to set the NVR to start recording with a certain period of time before and after an event trigger. Event Handling The “Event Handling” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will...
Page 138: General Setting
138 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it’s necessary. The general settings section can help you quickly configure when an event is triggered, how often events are triggered and the corresponding actions when events are triggered.
Page 139 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual • For the “Scheduled” option, use the table to define a range of time if you would like events to trigger corresponding actions only during a certain period of time. * Use the mouse left button to select and the right button to deselect. * You can click and hold down the left button and drag horizontally to quickly select consecutive hours of a particular day, or drag vertically to select same time for multiple days.
Page 140 140 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual How often an event is triggered • Set a time interval under “Event Trigger Interval” to define how often events are triggered Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: •...
Page 141 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration.
Page 142: Ftp Servers
142 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual FTP Servers To add an FTP server, 1. Click "Add" to begin: 2. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 3. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server 4.
Page 143: Smtp Servers
NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 5. Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it’s required 6. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode 7. Click “Test” to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully 8.
Page 144 144 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting: •Which channels will have event trigger function enabled •Add system events if you will •Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent.
Page 145 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual * Grayed out checkboxes represent the function that is either not available on the camera, or the event notification method used in the camera is not supported by the NVR. * Enabling "Custom Event" allows events from the CMS software to trigger the NVR to start recording.
Page 146: System Log
146 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual System Log "System Log” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting. Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • Reboot the NVR when necessary...
Page 147 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual • Reboot cameras directly from the NVR • Perform Firmware Upgrade • Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive • Restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file •...
Page 148: Usb Backup
148 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Restore Factory Default” button and begin the process. USB Backup...
Page 149 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual 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 150 150 NVR8/16 U ser’s M anual Configure the start and end time of the recording data you would like to backup and click the “Backup” button to begin. Things to pay attention to the USB Backup function Limitation: •...

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