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Page 2: Table Of Contents
2 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Table of Contents System Overview ..............5 Front View ..................5 Rear View ..................6 Illustration ..................7 LED Definition ................7 Installation ................8 ...
Page 3 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Export Playback Videos to AVI Files ..........61 Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player ....... 65 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player ......67 NVR Setup -- System Configurations (Web Interface) .... 67 ...
Page 4 4 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Logs and Reports ................ 120 Maintenance ................121 Maintenance ................121 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically ......122 Firmware Upgrade ............... 122 ...
Page 5: System Overview
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual System Overview Front View...
Page 6: Rear View
6 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Rear View...
Page 7: Illustration
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Illustration LED Definition...
Page 8: Installation
8 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Installation HDD Installation Locate the screws highlighted above on the back of the NVR. Use a Philips screwdriver to release the screws.
Page 9 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Slide open the case as shown above. One side of the housing can be detached as shown above.
Page 10 10 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Install the bottom HDD by slide it in to the tray diagonally to avoid the tray separator. Once the HDD is placed into the tray, you should see a gap between the HDD and the SATA connector.
Page 11 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Attach the HDD to the SATA connector by sliding it towards the connector. Make sure the screw holes on the HDD are aligned with the ones on the tray.
Page 12 12 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Philips screwdriver. There are four for each HDD; two for each side of the tray. ork V Install the top HDD by attaching it to the corresponding SATA cable first.
Page 13 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Make sure the HDD is securely attached. Place the HDD to the tray and make sure the screw holes on the HDD are aligned with the ones on the tray.
Page 14 14 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Philips screwdriver. There are four for each HDD; two for each side of the tray. Slide the side housing back to the unit.
Page 15 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Secure the housing with the screws highlighted above.
Page 16: Connect To The Nvr
16 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 “Device Search”...
Page 17 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual To begin, launch the “Device Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:...
Page 18 18 SVR-‐204 U ser 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. 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 19 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 (IE 10 is NOT yet supported).
Page 20: Access The Nvr With Its Default Ip Address
20 SVR-‐204 U ser 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.
Page 21: Set Up Password
SVR-‐204 U ser 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 Set up Password The default login username and password is admin/admin. To change the password of the admin account, go to “Setup”...
Page 22: Camera Installation
22 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Camera Installation Add a Camera -- Automatic Search 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. Go ahead and click “Install” After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed:...
Page 23 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 24: Add A Camera Manually
24 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 (Web Interface)
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Live View (Web Interface) Live View The “Live View” page provides the following functions: • Retrieve camera’s video stream • Retrieve camera’s status • Perform Live Sequence Viewing • PTZ Control • Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing •...
Page 26: Retrieve Camera's Status
26 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with different colors: Blue: Connected Gray: Disconnected Red: Performing event recording Green: Recording (manual/continuous/schedule) White: This channel is not configured with any camera Perform Sequence Viewing...
Page 27 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one. To perform sequence view, select “SEQ View”...
Page 28: Ptz Control
28 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris. Only PTZ capable cameras will be listed in the drop-down menu...
Page 29: Perform Ptz Preset Viewing
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The bar highlighted above controls the moving angle. Larger number means bigger movement angle. Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” section: • Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera •...
Page 30: Preset Point Viewing
30 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop-down list shown below. Click "Go to" to move to the selected position. Auto Pan Viewing...
Page 31: Preset Point Sequence Viewing
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Use the Auto Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan * Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements. Use the “Auto pan” button for such cameras Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one.
Page 32: Display Ratio And Full Screen
32 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Display ratio and full screen By default, the videos are set to fill the whole video window, to display its original size or ratio, use the button in the upper-right hand corner. Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot".
Page 33 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The new window displays the snapshot.
Page 34 34 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
Page 35 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..."...
Page 36: Perform Digital Ptz
36 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual A dialog should be displayed that allows you to choose a directory/folder of where the snapshot will be saved to. Perform Digital PTZ...
Page 37 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual To perform digital PTZ on a particular channel, right-click anywhere on its video and select "Digital PTZ". Next, hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to specify the zoom in area...
Page 38: Adjust Bightness For The Live Video
38 SVR-‐204 U ser 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. Adjust Brightness for the Live Video You are able to adjust brightness of the live video from the right-click menu.
Page 39: Adjust Contrast For The Live Video
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Adjust Contrast For the Live Video Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the live video from the right-click menu as well.
Page 40: Change Web Ui Display Language
40 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu which lets you change the display language.
Page 41: Live View Through Iphone Safari Browser
SVR-‐204 U ser 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 42 42 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR...
Page 43 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel Click on the “Channel” drop-down menu to select other cameras...
Page 44: Live View Through Blackberry Phones
44 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 se- lection “Auto”...
Page 45 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Enable the “Support Javascript” option and click the menu button and click “Save Options” Go to “General Properties Make sure two options illustrated above are enabled...
Page 46 46 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings Press the button highlighted above to go back to the browser...
Page 47 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access...
Page 48: Playback (Web Interface)
48 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Playback (Web Interface) Playback 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.
Page 49: Search By Time Chart
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Search by time chart 1. Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on. 2. Select “Search by time chart” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search * Selected channels will be marked in red...
Page 50: Search By Event
50 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Results will then be displayed in a new dialog with a “Month/Channel” table and boxes marked in dark gray represent videos found in those dates. (* Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed) Clicking on a cell box marked with gray will take you to the "day"...
Page 51 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search Results will then be listed like what is shown below (displays the oldest record top down). Click on a particular result to start the playback. (* You can click “Next Search”...
Page 52: Play By Specific Time
52 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time”...
Page 53: Search By Event (Most Recent)
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down.
Page 54 54 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You may click “Update” to update the list to display the most recent results.
Page 55: Certain Functions You Can Perform To The Playback Video
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Certain functions you can perform to the playback video You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video: 1. Play Audio 2. Snapshot 3. Export as AVI file 4. Digital PTZ 5.
Page 56: Take A Snapshot Of A Playback Video
56 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Take a snapshot of a playback video To take a snapshot, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots.
Page 57 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The new window displays the snapshot.
Page 58 58 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
Page 59 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..."...
Page 60: Adjust Bightness For The Playback Video
60 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Adjust Bightness for the Playback Video You are able to adjust brightness of the playback video from the right- click menu.
Page 61: Adjust Contrast For The Playback Video
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Adjust Contrast For the Playback Video Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the playback video from the right-click menu as well. Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on the NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format.
Page 62 62 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player. Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the previous section, select "Export as AVI file" A new dialog will pop up and allows you to specify the time frame (or length) of the video you wish to export...
Page 63 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You can alternatively choose to export the recorded video to JPEG images by choosing the "Export as JPEG images" option. Specify the Start time/End time (or export length) and click "Start" to begin exporting.
Page 64 64 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The best way to view the exported video or JPEG images is to use the NVR media player, which can be obtained from the same dialog window. Simply click on the icon at the bottom (highlighted above), and a message box should appear to let you open the media player directly, or save it to the local hard drive for later use.
Page 65: Play Exported Playback Videos With Nvr Media Player
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The exported AVI files (or JPEG images) 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 66 66 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open”. (normally under “C:\ExportFolder)” The video will then start playing...
Page 67: Open Event Snapshot Images With Nvr Media Player
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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 68: Network Settings
68 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Network Settings 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 69: Dhcp Server
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local area network, 1. Choose “Static IP” from the “Connection Type” drop-down menu 2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the recorder 3.
Page 70: Ddns Service
70 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 1. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be ON if the NVR doesn't obtain an IP from a DHCP server in the local network and uses its own default static IP 192.168.101.50 2.
Page 71 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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 72 72 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual In order to properly configure the DDNS service function, please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first. Go http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-free/ from the browser to do so.
Page 73 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above The page will check whether another user has used the hostname you entered or not as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button. If you see below message, simply enter a different and click “Add to Cart”...
Page 74 74 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above...
Page 75 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 76: Time And Date
76 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 77: User Account
SVR-‐204 U ser 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 78: Add A New User
78 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 79: Change The Password Of The "Admin" Account
SVR-‐204 U ser 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. Enter a new password in the “Password” field and enter it again in “Confirm Password”...
Page 80: Group Privilege
80 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 us- ers other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
Page 81 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 82: Disk Setup
82 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page. To initialize it, simply click the “Format”...
Page 83: Build Raid Volume
SVR-‐204 U ser 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 84 84 SVR-‐204 U ser 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. Please wait for a few moments while the NVR is creating the RAID volume.
Page 85 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You will be prompted once the action is completed successfully. Once the RAID volume is created, it will be listed in the "RAID volume list with the status of "Offline"...
Page 86 86 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 87: Deleting Raid
SVR-‐204 U ser 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 88: Nvr Setup -- Channel Configurations (Web Interface)
88 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 89: Automatic Search
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Automatic Search Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. 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”...
Page 90 90 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Once you have the ActiveX component installed, the search status should be displayed after clicking "Search" 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 91 SVR-‐204 U ser 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.
Page 92 92 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 93: Add A Camera Manually
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual camera. The other is recording fps, which will be limited by the live fps. (ex. if the live fps is set to 10, choosing "Full" in the recording fps meaning it will only record at 10fps maximum. For MPEG/H.264, only i frame or full (i+p frame) can be selected for recording fps.
Page 94: Osd Settings
94 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 95 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Click on the “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and click “Apply” to save the configuration. The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size, color or font so they can be more visible on the video.
Page 96: Ptz Setting
96 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 97: Ptz Preset Sequence
SVR-‐204 U ser 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” drop-down menu and fill in a name in the “Position Name” field for easier identification.
Page 98 98 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is con- venient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you.
Page 99: E-Map Setting
SVR-‐204 U ser 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 100 100 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 101: Google Map Setting
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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. Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E- Map monitor.
Page 102 102 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map. You can do so by: 1. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2.
Page 103: Nvr Setup -- Event Configurations (Web Interface)
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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. NVR Setup -- Event Configurations (Web Interface) Event Configuration...
Page 104: General Settings
104 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual General Settings 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. Start the event configuration by defining the general settings: Define when an event will be triggered •...
Page 105 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual have the recorder send out a warning message in e-mail or in txt file format and upload it to an destined FTP server...
Page 106: I/O Settings
106 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual I/O Settings This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input and output ports right from the recorder. You can setup the recorder to receive triggers from a particular camera’s input port and trigger a device, such as an alarm that is connected to the recorder or camera’s output port.
Page 107 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual if the camera has the motion detection function turned on, its digital input will be disabled and vice versa. Under such circumstance, if you set to use camera’s digital input port as the event trigger source, you will not be able to select motion detection as the trigger source for this camera under “Event Configurations”...
Page 108: Event Servers
108 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 109 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 110: Configuring An Smtp Server
110 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 111: Event Triggers
SVR-‐204 U ser 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: •...
Page 112: Nvr Setup -- Recording Configurations (Web Interface)
112 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual the first motion area set in the camera. The NVR recognizes the first motion area by its ID number set in the camera. Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications.
Page 113: General Settings
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual General Settings You can define the following in “General Settings”: • Pre-Alarm/Post-Alarm recording length • Recording frame rate • Turn on/off HDD recycle function • Define to always keep a number of days of previously recorded data •...
Page 114 114 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 115 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 116 116 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels.
Page 117: Schedule Recording
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Schedule Recording You can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels in this page. 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.
Page 118: Nvr Setup -- System Options (Web Interface)
118 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual recording during a day. Click and move vertically lets you set what days to perform recording at a specific time. * Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time. Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording.
Page 119: Device Information
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Device Information The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time. It also provides information of the current network settings and status.
Page 120: Logs And Reports
120 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Logs and Reports Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting.
Page 121: Maintenance
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Maintenance 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 122: Reboot The Nvr At A Specific Time Automatically
122 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically You can configure the NVR to restart automatically by using the options given in the web UI. You can set the NVR to restart at a particular hour of a specific day during a week or a month.
Page 123 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual On "Upgrade NVR's Firmware" section, click "Browse" and select new firmware file A new dialog should display and let you choose the location of the firmware file. When done, click “Upgrade”.
Page 124: Upgrade Through Usb Thumb Drive
124 SVR-‐204 U ser 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 125: Reset The Nvr To Factory Default
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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 126: Disk Status
126 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
Page 127: Usb Backup
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual 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. You can check the “Disk Status” page under “System Options” to see if the USB disk has been detected by the NVR.
Page 128: Things To Pay Attention To The Usb Backup Function
128 SVR-‐204 U ser 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.
Page 129: Play The Backup File With The Nvr Media Player
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual • Only one backup process can be performed at a time • Maximum 4 channels can be selected for backup • Only FAT32 USB hard disk is supported for backup • The USB hard disk needs to have more than 100MB remaining space •...
Page 130 130 SVR-‐204 U ser 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. When done, click “Check” to validate the file.
Page 131 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted with the message shown below. Select the time zone according to your current location.
Page 132 132 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Finally, click “OK” to begin playing. The player should now play the backed up file.
Page 133: Local Ui From Hdmi Output
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Local UI from HDMI Output Live View Login screen You should be prompted with the login screen first when the NVR is fully started. 1. Power button 2. System Time 3. Username/Password 4.
Page 134 134 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual By default, the focus should be on the username field.
Page 135: Remote Control
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Remote control Simply use the directional buttons on the remote to move between the keys on the virtual keyboard. If you have a USB mouse plugged into the NVR, a mouse cursor will appear on the screen and you can use the mouse to select keys on the virtual keyboard as well.
Page 136 136 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Enter the default username "admin" by using the virtual keyboard. When done, select the "Enter" button on the virtual keyboard and the focus should be moved to the password field.
Page 137 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual After the default password "admin" is entered as well, select the "Enter" button on the virtual keyboard again and the focus should be moved to the "Log in" icon. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to log in.
Page 138: Live View
138 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Live View The Local UI basically provides the view functions of both live video and playback video. The Local UI provides viewing video of 1 channel at a time, both live and playback. 1.
Page 139: Side Menu
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Side menu By default, the selection focus should be on "Channel 1' on the Channel List. The side bar is basically divided into three sections. At any point, you can use the "Left" or "Right" button on the remote to quickly move to each section.
Page 140 140 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual For example, if the selection focus is currently on "Channel 1" (or anywhere in the section "1"), press the "Left" button on the remote will move the focus to the "Manual recording" icon in section "2". Simply use the "Up"...
Page 141 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Use the "Up" and "Down" buttons on the remote to select a channel on the "Channel List" and press the "ENTER" button on the remote to make the selection. Alternatively, if a USB mouse is connected to the NVR, you can use the mouse and move the cursor to a channel and left-click to make the selection.
Page 142 142 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You can also use the channel selection buttons on the remote to quickly jump to a desired channel.
Page 143 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The small dots on the side of the "Channel List" provide the current status of each channel: * White: Disconnected * Blue: Connected * Green: Recording * Dark grey: Not configured...
Page 144: Sequence View
144 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Sequence view If the current selection focus is on "Channel 4", press the "Down" button on the remote should move the focus to the "Sequence viewing" icon. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote will start sequence viewing between all available channels with default 5-second interval.
Page 145 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual When the focus is on the "Start/stop sequence view" icon, press the "Right" button on the remote will move the focus to the sequence interval drop-down menu. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote should display all options in the drop-down menu.
Page 146 146 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You can also quickly start/stop sequence viewing by using the "SEQ" button on the remote.
Page 147 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual If the selection focus is on either the "Sequence view" or the "Sequence interval", press the "Down" button on the remote should move the focus to the "Zoom" icon in the PTZ control area.
Page 148: Ptz Control
148 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual PTZ Control Once you are in the PTZ control area. Use the directional buttons on the remote to move between icons. Add preset points...
Page 149: Preset Point Sequence View
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Move the selection focus to the "Add preset point" icon and press the "ENTER" button on the remote will add the current live video as a preset point. Preset point sequence view Once you have multiple preset points added, press the "Down"...
Page 150 150 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual At any point in Live View, you can enter the PTZ mode by: 1. pressing the "PTZ" button on the remote 2. Use the directional buttons to simulate pan, tilt, zoom actions as well as jumping through preset points.
Page 151: Manual Recording
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Manual Recording Recording can be manually started when viewing live video. If the selection focus is somewhere in the green highlighted area shown above, press the "Left" button on the remote will move the focus to the manual recording icon.
Page 152 152 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You should see an on-screen text notification indicating the recording has been started. Alternatively, you can press the "REC" button on the remote start recording of the current viewing channel right away. Press it again to stop.
Page 153: Take Snapshot
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Take snapshot Before taking a snapshot of the live video, please make sure a FAT32 formatted USB drive is plugged into the NVR. If you had "Manual recording" icon selected, press the "Down" button on the remote to select the "Snapshot"...
Page 154 154 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You should see an on-screen text notification indicating that a snapshot of the video has been taken.
Page 155: Pip (Picture-In-Picture) Event Video
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual PIP (Picture-in-picture) Event Video The local UI provides live video view of 1 channel at a time. However, you can set a PIP (Picture-in-picture) area on top of the live video, which displays video of another channel when an event occurs. Once you have the icon shown above selected, press the "ENTER"...
Page 156: Turn On Audio
156 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual You should see an area with blue border displayed on the live video area. Use the directional buttons on the remote to select a desired area. You are able to choose from up to 9 different areas. When done, press the "ENTER"...
Page 157: Full Screen
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Full Screen To view video in full screen, press the "Right" button on the remote and move the selection focus to the full screen icon (as shown above). Once selected, press the "ENTER" button on the remote to enter full screen view.
Page 158: Display Video In Its Original Size
158 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Display video in its original size By default, the video is scaled to fill the entire video area. To view the video in its original size, select the icon shown above and press the "ENTER"...
Page 159: Detail Channel Status
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Detail channel status Select the icon shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote will give you a detail current status of all four channels.
Page 160 160 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Press the "BACK" button on the remote to dock it away.
Page 161: Dashboard
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Dashboard The dashboard provide a detail overview of the system wide information, such as network settings, disk status, and channel status. Press the "BACK" button on the remote to exit. The dashboard is located in the upper-right hand corner and presses the "Up"...
Page 162: Power Off
162 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Power off To power off the unit, press the "POWER" button on the remote. A dialog will be prompted and the "Power Off" option should be selected. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to turn off the unit. There are four options in the prompted dialog and they are (from left to right): 1.
Page 163: Playback
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Playback To switch to Playback, move the selection focus to the Playback button shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote. You can always use the remote to quickly switch between Live and Playback functions...
Page 164 164 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The Playback UI provides the similar layout as the Live video UI. They also share the same following functions: 1. Take snapshot 2. Full screen 3. Display video in its original size 4.
Page 165: Time Chart
SVR-‐204 U ser M anual The NVR is able to play recorded video 1 channel at a time. To search for playback video, select a channel from the "Channel List" first and select a search method from the drop-down menu highlighted in the above picture.
Page 166 166 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual At any point, you can simply press the "PLAY/PAUSE" button on the remote to start playing from the earliest available footage of the current time list on the time chart.
Page 167 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Select "Event" from the search method drop-down menu gives you a list of the 15 most recent events. Simply select one from the list and press the "ENTER" button on the remote to start playing.
Page 168: Export Recorded Data
168 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual Export recorded data The recording data can be exported to a USB hard disk. Please connect a USB HDD to the NVR first before exporting the recording video. The export can only be done during the playback of the recorded video. During playback, select the "In/Out"...
Page 169 SVR-‐204 U ser M anual This sets a start time of the exported video. Press "ENTER" again on the "In/Out" button sets the end time. The video of this time frame will be exported. Next, press the "Right" button on the remote to select the icon highlighted above.

Seenergy SVR-204 User Manual

System Overview

Installation

Live View (Web Interface)

Playback (Web Interface)

NVR Setup -- System Configurations (Web Interface)

NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations (Web Interface)

NVR Setup -- Event Configurations (Web Interface)

NVR Setup -- Recording Configurations (Web Interface)

NVR Setup -- System Options (Web Interface)

Local UI from HDMI Output

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