Network Video Recorder User manual
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Safety Precautions Notice: Please do not place and install equipment directly under the sunlight or near heating device. Please do not install equipment at moist place or place with dust or soot. Please keep equipment installed horizontally, or install equipment in a stable place, avoid the equipment falling down. Please avoid liquid dropping on the equipment, make sure no objects filled with liquid on the equipment and prevent liquid from leaking.
Network Video Recorder Contents Contents Safety Precautions ........................................................................................... II 1 NVR Function and Feature ............................................................................ 1 1.1 Outline ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Function Features: .............................................................................. 1 2 NVR Appearance .................
Network Video Recorder Contents 5.3.6 Shut Down ...................................................................................................... 35 6 WEB Operation ............................................................................................ 36 6.1 Active X install .................................................................................. 36 6.2 IE Login.............................................................................................. 37 6.3 IE Login Interface....
1 NVR Function and Feature 1.1 Outline The item is a high-performance network DVR, characterizing local previewing, multi-picture division displaying & local real-time storage of recorded files. It supports shortcut operating of mouse and remote managing and controlling. It has two ways of storage--Front storage & client-side storage. Front-end monitoring points can be located anywhere on the network without geographical restrictions.
Function Real-time Record Storage Paly back Backup Network Operating Mouse Operating Pan-tilt Control Function Brief Introduction Two video output, VGA & HDMI output. H.264 standard compression, timing recording. Support SATA Hard Disk interface, video hard drive storage . Support 1~4 channel playback and network mutil-channel play back. Support NVR backup to USB memory sticks, portable hard drive or a network backup to hard drive. Support for remote client access, improve system safety.
2 NVR Appearance 2.1 The Front Panel 2.1.1 The Front Panel(For informational purposes only, subject to object) No. Button or indicator light Function 1 Indicator light Normal working hours, the corresponding indicator light turns 2 Channel button Select single channel full screen display 3 Multi-channel preview Switch and display 4,9,16 channel 4 Direction button Move the button up or down, right or left to select menu 5 USB2.
2.2 Rear Panel 2.2.1 Rear Panel(For informational purposes only, subject to object) No. Interface Connection instruction 1 HDMI Connect HDMI display device 2 VGA Connect VGA display device, like computer 3 RJ-45 Alarm terminals Ethernet interface, connect network cable 4 5 6 Three sets of alarm input, a set of alarm output Power supply DC12V, NVR with power supply interface Power switch On/off power 2.
Double-click the mouse left button previous menu (except video playback interface); 4. Entered to close system interface, click mouse right button on the interface, return to preview interface. 1. When real-time preview multiple channels interface, double-click maximized channel display of one channel and return to the original state; 2. Double click the password input field on the login interface; 3.
3 Connecting NVR 3.1 Hard Disk Installation Hard Disk Installation: ⑴ Loosen the fixing screw on the cover, open the cover. ⑵ Align the four holes of hard disk button with hard disk mounting hole at the button of chassis. ⑶ Hold the hard disk with hand, turn over the chassis, fix the hard disk with screw at the indicated position.
screw. Note: 1. If user requires high performance of hard disk, we recommend the dedicated security hard disk. 2. Before replacing the hard disk, please shut off the power first and then open the case. 3.2 Device Connection Use VGA cable or HDMI cable to transmit the NVR signal to the display. If it is a controllable PTZ, use wire to connect RS485 A cable and RS485 B cable to the corresponding RS485 interface on NVR.
4 NVR Startup 4.1 System Initialization After connecting the device to the display, plug in the mouse, power cable and turn on the power switch on the rear panel, then start up the NVR. The system initialization interface is as shown in Picture 4-1. Picture 4-1 Notes: The insert figures in this user manual may not be the same as what you see on display. All figures here are just for reference. 4.
multi-screen display mode. Products with different channels has different amount of split screens to display. On the preview interface, you can set the appropriate date and time. On the bottom left of the screen, it shows the recording status of each video channel or alarm status icon. : this icon means monitoring channel is recording; : this icon means monitoring channel is in motion detection. 4.
Picture 4-4 Picture 4-5 Device search: Search the IP address of the IPC client device. Filter: Filter the display of the searched device list. Add: Click “search”, the NVR can search the IPC device which support the onvif protocol in the same LAN(local area network), the searched IPC devices can be displayed at the list. And select any IPC device in the list, click “Add”, the selected IPC information can be automated add to the particular channel, then click “Save” to complete.
5 NVR Menu 5.1 Menu Options After the system is ready, click the right mouse button in the preview interface and it will pop up a system login interface, shown in Picture 5-1. Then select a user name, enter the user password, select the system language and click on the login button to login the system (the default username is admin, password is admin).
Eight-screen Display: Divided into two groups to display (CH1~CH8、 CH9 ~CH16). Night-screen Display: Divided into two groups to display (CH1~CH9、 CH10~CH16). Sixteen-screen Display: Display all channels CH1 ~CH16. Image Color: Click into the image color configuration interface. Playback: Click into the Playback interface. Remote Device: Click and enter the remote device configuration menu.(Detailed operation as 5.7) Main Menu: Click and enter the main menu. 5.
5.3 Main Menu Main Menu includes Record Query,System Info,System Setup,Remote Device,Advance Option,Shutdown six parts, as shown in Picture 5-3. Select one and click the left mouse button to open the corresponding next menu options. Picture 5-3 5.3.1 Record Query After entering the main menu, open the "Record Query" menu or right-click to choose select "right-click" menu in the preview interface, switch to video query interface, shown in Picture 5-4.
No. 1 2 3 4 Name Function Specification Calendar In any play mode, select the recording type and channel number, click on the date you want to view, the timeline will update the recorded video for that day. Playback Mode Playback mode: single-channel, four-channel (Differ from the device with different channels) Choose the Playback Channel Select the channel number to query. File transfer button Select the date, channel number and record type, click into the video file list.
Picture 5-5 In the file list box, click to choose the video file selection box , showed icon “√”, click this icon to backup the video files (external U disk), the files are “avi” format. You could also click to choose multiple video files selection box to backup those video files, users can also cancel this icon “√” in the backup operation menu in the file list box, delate those video files that unwanted. 5.3.
5.3.2.1 Log Information Under the “Info” menu, please click “Log Info”, and then switch to the interface of “Log Info”. As shown in Picture 5-7. Picture 5-7 Viewing System Logs to access the logs and search for these events on one day a certain period of time. Type: Select the type of information you request. Start Time/End Time: Enter the time to find the logs. Search: Search for logs according to criteria. PgUp/PgDn: You can view all logs through the PgUp/PgDn. Clear: Clear all information.
Picture 5-8 Users can find system version, including serial No, model number, system version,Version Date. Serial No.: Showing the serial No.of the NVR. Model number: Number of main board. Version: System version number. Date: Program created date. 5.3.3 System Setup Left-click the icon of “Sys Setup” in the main menu, shown as Picture 5-9 shows. Picture 5-9 5.3.3.1 Common Set Click “Common Config” icon under “Sys Setup”, switch to interface as Picture 5-10 shows.
Picture 5-10 System Time : System date and time of NVR. Default Language : the default language of the system boot, which is English, but, at present, also supports Chinese, Polish, Czech, Russian, Thai language, Hebrew, Persian, Bulgarian, Arabic, German, French, Portuguese, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian. Record Mode : Overwrite automatically, ie., NVR will automatically cover the previous record if hard disk is full. Device ID : Reserved. Video Standard : PAL or NTSC.
Picture 5-11 5.3.3.2 Encoding parameters Click “Param” icon under “Sys Setup”, switch to interface as Picture 5-12 shows. Resolution,Frame Rate, Stream Type, Bit Rate, Sub-stream can be set under “Param” Interface. Picture 5-12 Channel: Select the channel number Enc Mode: Standard H.264. Resolution: The type of main stream resolution is the encoding parameters of client IPC, generally include D1/720P/1080P etc, the type of sub-stream resolution include D1/VGA/CIF.
Frame Rate: P type: 1 frames / sec-25 frames / sec; N type: 1frames / sec-30frames / sec. Stream type: Select video stream or audio stream.. Bit Rate: Setting bit rate can change the picture quality, the larger the bit rate and the better the picture quality. Default: Recover all the encoding parameter to default values. Save: Save the parameters on preview configuration menu. Cancel: Return to the former interface. 5.3.3.
Picture 5-14 DHCP: after selecting the option, set the access mode of the local IP address to be automatic access, or you should manually set up the IP address. IP Address: IP address of NVR. Subnet Mask: Subnet mask of NVR. Default Gateway: Default gateway of NVR. TCP Port: Reserved. RTSP Port: RTSP data port of NVR. HTTP Port: Port for visit by IE browser for NVR. Primary DNS: It is usually offered by local ISP. Your IP address of domain name server is entered here.
Picture 5-15 SMTP server: the address of the mail server, which can be an IP address and a domain name (domain name needs the confirmation of the correct DNS setup to be resolved correctly). Port: port number of the mail server. Enable: enabling the mail sending function. Anonymity: port number of the mail server.. User name: user name of the sender’s mail. Password: password of the corresponding user name.
5.3.3.6 Motion Detection Click “Motion Detect” icon under “Sys Setup”, switch to interface as Picture 5-16 shows. When the system detects a mobile signal reaches a preset sensitivity occurs, motion detection alarm and the linkage function will be initiated by analyzing the video image. Picture 5-16 Channel No: Select the motion detection channel. 2 option: Single and All), for the Single channel, you need to choose the particular channel.
Picture 5-17 Adjusts the movement speed of the PTZ, (click middle button of the wheel to set speed)Directional Buttons controls the movements and directions of the PTZ. zoom, focus, iris can be adjust by increase "+", reducing the "-" button. Presets position: Can select certain Presets to Configure Preset or Call Preset, Clear Preset, range from 1 - 255. Presets point: The presets box choose a certain preset point need go to, After clink on the swith icon, PTZ will jump to that location.
Picture 5-19 Stay Time: Stay time on the Preset. Picture 5-20 Cruise speed: Speed for Cruise. Start Cruise: Start Cruise, and patrol in fixed path. Auto Scan: Clear all preset point. Notice: the NVR supports maximum 255 preset point, however, it is also affected by the PTZ Camera itself, for different PTZ Camera, the number of preset point supported could vary a lot. 5.3.3.
Picture 5-21 Time Title/channel title: Reverse this iconmeans selected, after selected, the displayed time title/channel name can be removed. Channel Name: Click on the name of the channel can be modified to display the name of each channel,as shown in Figure 5-22. Resolution: It means the resolution of video output of NVR. Optional resolution: 1024×768 、 1280×720 、 1280×1024 、 1920×1080. Default resolution is 1280×720. It will be valid only after NVR is re-started with all specifications saved.
Picture 5-23 According to user selection, you can set the parameters of restore default for “General Settings”, “User manage”, “Channel configuration”, “Record Setup”, “Alarm Input” and “NetWork”. 5.3.3.10 Image Color Click “Image Color” icon under “Sys Setup”, pop up the video configuration menu, then can configure the video properties of IPC. As shown in Figure 5-24. Picture 5-24 Channel: Select the Channel number. Bright: Bright adjustment. Contrast: Contrast adjustment.
5.3.3.11 DDNS Click DDNS on the left in the System Setup Menu and the DDNS setup interface will pop up. The NVR can be set up remotely through domain name, which is like the following diagram 5-25. Diagram 5-25 DDNS Type: DDNS Types can be chosen via DDNS. (currently the list supports various DDNS, including ORAY DDNS, 3322 DDNS, TZO DDNS and DYNDNS DDNS. These DDNS can be multiple operated according to users needs and setup. ) Enable: enabling DDNS domain resolving function.
stage, in order to connect devices accordingly, as shown in Figure 5-26. Picture 5-26 search: Search the IPC devices supported with onvif protocol. Add: Click , appearing “√” icon means you have selected the IPC device of this column. If the “Device Added” list is not full, click the “Add” and can put this device to the “Device Added” list.
Picture 5-27 Channel: users can type in the channel number that needs to be connected to the remote device according to their needs. Enable: the reversing means selected and the channel enable on/off, defaulting to be off. Switching on Enable and the related channels can be previewed and recorded normally. Vender Type: Onvif agreement. Preview: sub-stream preview is defaulted and IPC port should be dual-stream.
Picture 5-28 5.3.5.1 Disk Click “Disk” icon under “Advance Option”, will switch to the interface of Disk Manage, as shown in Picture 5-29. Picture 5-29 If the devices have connected the HDD successfully, the HDD manage list will show the information of HDD.
Total Capacity: The total available HDD capacity, the single HDD capacity can not exceed the maximum capacity: 4TB. Residual Capacity: Display the residual capacity of the current HDD; Device Type: SATA.
Delete: To delete user, which can be only done by super administrator--admin. Return: Return to former interface. 5.3.5.3 Upgrade Click “Upgrade” icon under “Advance Option”, transfer to the interface of Upgrade Management, As followed picture 5-31 shows. Picture 5-31 If the device have detected upgrade files in the U disk, the related information of upgrade package (number, name, size, date) will be displayed. U disk Upgrade steps: Copy the upgrade file (named should be the format update_nvr.
Picture 5-32 Boot Preview: Support image preview of window 1, 4 , 6 , 8 , 9 and 16. Preview Config: To set channel for preview. To show which window is supported for preview channel. Default: Restore all parameters of preview config to be default ones. Save: Save parameters of preview config interface. Return: Back to former interface. 5.3.5.
User can themselves set the system to be automatically rebooted. Automatically rebooting system can be set in a fixed time periodically. Click OK to save after finishing the setup or click Cancel otherwise. 5.3.6 Shut Down Click “Shut Down” icon in the main menu, move on to shut down the system interface. Therefore, the system can be canceled, restarted, and shut down, as followed picture 5-34 shows.. Picture 5-34 Logout: Logout the current user, switch to user login interface.
6 WEB Operation 6.1 Active X install To make sure NVR connects to Internet successfully, open IE Browser, input required IP address, the default setting is 192.168.1.168, and then the Active X will be downloaded and installed automatically Notice: 1.For WIN 7, could have problems for backup and recording, if so, please check the Admin setting, procedure as follows: WIN7-1 WIN7-2 2.
6.2 IE Login After the plug-in is installed, login interface as below Picture 6-2, entering the user name and password. The default user name and password are admin, click the login than can remote login. Picture 6-2 6.3 IE Login Interface After logining the client sucessfully, entering live preview interface and video connection automatically.
Picture 6-3 1.System Menu. Including Live Video Record Setting, Local Setting and Logout. 2.Real-time Monitoring Channel. Open/Close Preview, Local Video and Photograph. Mark Specification CH1-CH16 Preview Channel. Open or close corresponding preview channel. Click the button, begin recording, the video saves in computer hard disk. Click the button, capture images, the picture saves in computer hard disk. 3.Open/Close All Channeles Preview Image Mark Specification Open all preview channeles.
Figure 6-4, setting up the current system time of device, date, system language, display resolution and other information. Parameter Specification System Time Default language Set up the system time of device than saving. Set up the device language, you can change the language as you need. Can be set to automatically overwrite when the hard disk is full. Reserved. The video standard of device must be same with the IPC. HDMI and VGA output resolution of device can be set.
6.4.1.3 User Picture 6-6 Figure 6-6, you can add or delete user, modify the information and rights of user by the interface; Related parameters setting consistent with NVR client. 6.4.1.4 SMTP Setup Picture 6-7 Figure 6-7, when alarm message appears, mails can be sent to designated mail address through the setup of this page. The relevant parameters should be set up the same with the NVR port.
6.4.1.5 DDNS Setup Picture 6-8 Figure 6-8, the NVR can be set up remotely via domain name through this interface and the relevant parameters setup should be the same with the NVR port. After determining the date in this interface, videos of associated channels can be checked according to the video types. Relevant parameters should be the same with the NVR port. 6.4.2 Channel 6.4.2.
parameters are same with NVR setting. Picture 6-10 You can get parameters of Main-stream and Sub-stream of IPC device of channel access (coding mode, resolution, frame rate, the value of the stream), also can set the value of stream of Main-stream and Sub-stream of IPC device by the interface. 6.4.2.3 Motion Detection Motion detection interface is shown in Picture 6-11, the relevant parameters consistent with NVR-side settings.
Picture 6-12 You can set up the channel recording as timetable by the interface, relevant parameters are same with NVR setting. 6.4.3.2 Playback Rec Playback interface is shown in Figure 6-13. Picture 6-13 After determining the date in this interface, videos of associated channels can be checked according to the video types. Relevant parameters should be the same with the NVR port. 6.5 Advance Setup Click Advance Setup, than you can find Disk, Device Manage, Default, Log and Version. 6.5.1.
you need format the disk first), you can find the information of hard disk(Disk Number, State, Total capacity, Residual Capacity and Device Type), as below Picture 6-14. Picture 6-14 6.5.1.2 Device Manage You can restart and update the device of NVR by remoting, as below Picture 6-15. Picture 6-15 6.5.1.3 Default You can restore the default parameters of NVR by remoting, the method of setting is same with local setting, as below Picture 6-16.
Picture 6-16 6.5.1.4 Log information You can find specific log information by log query. Specific steps: Set up the type and time of the journal you need (as below Picture 6-17, you can recall the calendar to choose the date by clicking the blank frame of start time and begin time), click “query” to query the journal, if there has recordings of journal, it will display on list, you can check all journales by page up/page down. Picture 6-17 6.5.1.
Picture 6-18 6.6 Storage In Storage configuration, the user can set up the save path of video file (preview video file) in computer, remote file download and capture image. as below Picture 6-19. Picture 6-19 6.7 Logout Click the logout icon , back to the login screen.
7 Appendix 7.1 Q&A 1. How to do when can’t detect the hard disk? Answer: If the system does not detect the hard disk, kindly please check the data line and the power line of hard disk whether are connected well, whether there is a problem about the interface of hard disk on the motherboard, or kindly please check hard disk whether is supported by the NVR in specification. 2.
can work, but you need note, if the NVR begins to work, all datas in your hard disk will loss. 5. Whether can playback when recording? Answer: Yes. 6. Whether can remove a part of video recordings of hard disk of NVR? Answer: Considering the security of document, you can’t remove a part of video recording, if you need remove all video recordings, you can format the hard disk. 7.