AirLive NVR4 Network Video Recorder User’s Manual
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FCC Interference Statement The NVR4 has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Table of Contents 1. Overview ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................ 1 1.2 Features ................................................................................ 3 1.3 Product Specification ............................................................. 3 1.4 System Requirement ............................................................. 4 2.
.3 Event Configurations ........................................................... 53 5.4 Recording Configurations .................................................... 59 5.5 System Options ................................................................... 64 6. Appendix .............................................................................................. 69 A. HDD compatibility list ............................................................
1 1. Overview 1.1 Introduction AirLive NVR4 is a lightweight Network Video Recorder for home, retailer store and small office applications; with AirLive NVR4, you don’t have to prepare another PC for your daily monitoring job. AirLive NVR4 can connect up to 4 IP-based cameras for high quality, real-time video viewing, recording and playback.
Fully Control on Your IP-based Cameras AirLive NVR4 supports almost all AirCam IP cameras, the most stable and cost-efficient IP cameras in the market place nowadays. It also supports PTZ Control, Preset Point Patrol, Motion Detection Recording, e-Mail Alert and FTP Upload, which won’t let you miss any critical moment that you concerned. With AirCam IP camera, AirLive NVR4 will be your most reliable guard for securing your family and property.
than others, drastically reducing file sizes and conserving valuable network bandwidth and storage space. With up to 90% reduction in file size, a 1 MB image can be drastically reduced to as low as 10KB using H.264. Smart Phone Live Browsing The mobile view function let you browse your AirLive NVR4 via your smart phone. Through the 3G, 3.5G or even 4G mobile networks, user might receive the image from his AirLive NVR4 when on his business trap, vacation, or just leaving for shopping. 1.
Recording Protocols Event Power Consumption Temperature Humidity Dimension (L x W x H mm) Certificate Playback Control (Play/Pause/Stop/Forward/Reverse/Speed Adjust/Step by Step) AVI Export More than 200 Hours (with 2 x 1TB HDD) Manual/Continuous/Schedule/Event Recording HTTP SMTP DHCP ARP NTP DNS UPnP FTP RTP RTSP System Evens: System Start Shutdown System Settings modified Camera Settings Modified Start Recycle, Camera Events Motion Detection Sensor Detection Max.
Network Graphics Adapter Software Operating System Browser IP Camera Minimum 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet is recommended) AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024×768, 16 bit colors Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit) Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above For WL-2000CAM, POE-100CAM, POE-200CAM, OD-300CAM, POE-100CAMv2, POE-200CAMv2, WL-2600CAM, and POE-260CAM, please upgrade it’s firmware to LM.1.6.16.05 or above.
2 2. Package Contents and Installation 2.1 Package Content User can find the following items in the package as below: Item Descriptions 1. AirLive NVR4: the main unit of AirLive NVR4 2. Power adapter: the dedicate power adapter for AirLive NVR4 3. Ethernet cable: for connect the AirLive NVR4 to your switch. 4. Screw Packet: for fixing the HDD inside the AirLive NVR4 5.
6. Quick Installation Guide(QIG): printed Quick Installation Guide 2.
Security Lock Slot Ventilation Fan USB Upstream Port (Reserve for future use) Gigabit Ethernet Port DC Input Reset Button Restart Button Ethernet LED Status LED Status Speed Green 10 Mbps Yellow 1000 Mbps Green & Yellow 100 Mbps Restart Button Press and release the button for hardware restart. The OS LED should should go off during the restart to indicate the system is restarting. The LED should indicate in solid green once the system becomes ready.
Push the inner enclosure out, and remove the outer chassis. Install the first hard drive by placing it in the enclosure and connecting the SATA plus power cables. Mount the drive with two screws on each side. Attach the thermal probe with the tape provided to the first hard drive. Install the second hard drive by placing it in the enclosure and connecting the SATA plus power cables. 2.3.
different network setup: The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “NVR Search” Utility The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are connecting to it directly): Access NVR with its default IP: 192.168.1.1 2.3.2.
The search should start automatically and its status should be displayed: The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed: Double-click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR’s web page from your default browser You may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button highlighted below. You will be prompted for the NVR’s login information before proceeding to change device’s IP address.
You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again. Or double-click on any of the search results to access NVR’s web ad- ministration page Double click for accessing the NVR Perform NVR Searching again. You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on”OK” to enter the system 2.3.2.2 Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.1.1.
The PC that is connected directly to the NVR (or within the same local area network) should receive an IP from it. Simply access the NVR from your web browser with its IP address Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on ”OK” for accessing the system ◎ Note: After you login into the NVR, your browser will prompt you to install the ActiveX component.
2.4.1 Format the hard disk Once you install a hard disk to the NVR, you need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain the basic information about the disk you installed on the “Hard Disk Setting” page (SetupSystem ConfigurationDisk Setup). To initialize your hard disk, simply click the “Format” button. Please note, after performing the format, all the data on the hard disk will disappear.
list and press “Configure” button for configuration. The NVR will retrieve the information about the selected IP camera. The information should be displayed on the “Camera Information” section. Enter the username and password of the IP camera, then select the channel ID and name the camera. Click on “Detect” button for establishing the connection between the NVR and the camera.
User’s Manual Adjust the video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate… according to your environment. You can also click on the “Preview” button to preview the live video of the camera. Click “Add” to finish adding the camera. Note: We highly recommend our user to choose mpeg4 or H.264 compression format. For that will not only save the network bandwidth but also save the NVR’s storage space.
3 3. 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 Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send audio Control “Buzzer” Change web UI display language 3.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page.
Click “All” to display all the channels in the quad-view mode Click on any camera to display video in single-view mode 3.2 Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with different colors and their meanings are explained on the left Camera is connected Camera is NOT connected Camera is current performing recording 3.
Then select dwell interval from the drop-down menu, finally click “Start” to start sequence viewing 3.4 PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera(s) that are currently being selected for live viewing will be listed in the PTZ drop-down menu. Simply select a camera then use the PTZ control panel to control the camera The bar shown below allows you to control the pan/tilt speed. 3.
Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera Auto pan a particular camera Perform preset point sequence viewing 3.5.1 Preset Point Viewing For starting the Preset function, please click on the “Preset” tab shown below: Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Available PTZ preset points of the selected camera will be listed in the drop- down list shown below: Select a preset position from the drop-down list and click“. Go to” to move the live view to that position.
3.5.2 Auto Pan Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Use the Auto Pan to control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan Note: Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements. Use the “Auto Pan” button for such camera 3.5.3 Patrol function This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one.
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3.6.1 Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, click the button and the snapshot of the video will be displayed in a pop up window shown like below For saving the image, please right click on the image and select “Save Image as” from the pop-up menu. In the pop up dialog, name the image file and choose which directory the image will be saved to and click “Save” 3.6.2 Full Screen View of a Live Video To view a video in full screen, click the the video. button.
3.6.3 Turn On/Off Audio of a Live Video You can retrieve audio from a particular camera. Simply click the button. The button will show in different color once the audio is turned on ( turn off audio. ). Click on it again to 3.6.4 Start/Stop Recording of a Live Video You can manually start or stop recording of a live video by using the The button will show in red once the recording is started manually ( stop recording. button. ). Click on it again to 3.6.
4 4. 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. 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. You can turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your choice if audio was also recorded during the recording of the video.
By Time Chart: Search the video clip by just clicking on the Time Chart. By Specific Time: Search the video clip by the specific time. By Event: Search the video clip by the Event List. By Event (Most Recent): Search the video clip by the Event List. The events will list in the order from the most recent to the oldest. 4.1.1 Search by time chart Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on: Note: Selected channels will be marked in red.
Results will then be displayed in a “Date/Channel” table and boxes marked in gray represent videos found in those dates: Click on any gray cell box should direct you to the hour/channel table. Click on the gray cell on the hour/channel should direct you to the minute/channel table, if there were videos recorded during that date. By clicking on the “Back” button, the chart would return to the hour/channel table for you to re-select the time period.
video clip. Note: Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed. Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: Note: Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played. 4.1.
from a specific time, you may choose the “By Specific Time” from the “Search Method” drop-down list. Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video. Use the button to select month, date, and year. Then press the the playback. button to start 4.1.3 Search by event Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on: Note: Selected channels will be marked in red.
Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search. You might the video clips by a specific time via the time select dialog box: Event List Time Select Area Results will then be listed like what is shown above (displays from the oldest to the most recent). Click on a particular result to start the playback: Note: You can click “Next Search” to display the next 15 searching results.
4.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format. The files can then be 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, hit the “Export AVI” button on a video window of the video you wish to export.
Click the year button to pull down the calendar to help you specify the month, date and the Specify the starting and ending hours of the video by entering numbers in the text boxes. You can also specify the path, file name by entering the information in the “Specify a file name” textbox. Hit the “Start” button to start exporting. The process will be started and there will be a status bar for you to learn the status of the progress.
You will be notified once the process is completed successfully. Note: FFDShow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player. You can get it at “http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/”“Download” to download the last released install package. 4.3 Play Export Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files. You might find the software named “NVRMediaPlayer.exe” in the bundle CD.
will then start playing. Note: User should use our NVR Media Player for playing the attached pictures in the trigger alert mail. For further information about the trigger alert mail, please see section 5.
5 5. System Setup In this chap, it will show you how to set the system configuration for your NVR. 5.1 System Configurations 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. We will start by configuring its network settings to make sure it works correctly in your network.
should use a static IP address for your management purpose. To locate the NVR, simply use the Search Utility with steps described in section 2.3.2 Please assign the NVR with a static IP address in your local area network. The steps of how to assign a static IP address to your NVR are as below: a. Choose “Static IP” from the “Connection Type” drop-down menu. b. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the NVR c.
5.1.2 Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location. It is imperative that you set the NVR’s time correctly to avoid the following errors: Incorrect display time for playback videos. Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur. After selecting the time zone, choose an option below to set the NVR’s time. a. Manual – Use the drop-down list and configure the time manually b.
5.1.3.1 To change the password of the “admin” account: a. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit”. b. Its information should be displayed in “User Account Information”. c. Enter a new password in the “Password” field and enter it again in “Confirm Password” 5.1.3.2 To add a new user: a. Enter a username and password in “User Account Information”. All other fields are optional for your own reference. b.
cameras. Users that are created and assigned to this group will have limited access instead of full administration rights. The NVR comes with seven built-in groups and five built-in privilege profiles, except the “admin” and the “guest” accounts; the other five groups are fully customizable or you can simply assign a group with one of the default privilege profiles. You can, however, assign more than one users to the “admin” account if you wish to do so.
c. Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type” drop-down menu. d. 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 5.1.5 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the NVR, you 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.
Note: To obtain detail information about the disk, go to “System Options”“Disk Status” 5.2 Channel Configurations 5.2.1 Add a Camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new IP camera. Users have the option to let the NVR automatically find the cameras or to enter the camera’s information and add it manually. Note: You should be prompted to install another ActiveX component after you open the “Channel Setting” page.
The NVR will retrieve the information about the selected IP camera. The information should be displayed on the “Camera Information” section. Enter the username and password of the IP camera, then select the channel ID and name the camera. Click on “Detect” button for establishing the connection between the NVR and the camera.
User’s Manual “Add” to finish adding the camera. Note: We highly recommend our user to choose mpeg4 or H.264 compression format. For that will not only save the network bandwidth but also save the NVR’s storage space. If it is possible, we also advised our user to set his surveillance system upon an independent network segment or VLAN. This should help to avoid the network collision and make the NVR its best performance.
5.2.2 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 video, please follow the steps below: a. Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD”. b. Choose one or more display options if you would also like the NVR to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you. Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own.
c. Next, define where the text will be displayed by either entering an X/Y coordinate or use the system pre-defined position from the drop-down menu. d. Click on the “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and click “Apply” to save the configuration. Note: The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size, color or font so they can be more visible on the video. 5.2.
a. To set up PTZ preset points, select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. b. 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. c. Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the preset point. Use the “PTZ Speed”, “Zoom”, and “Focus” for further configuring the preset point. And you can also fill some comment in the “Description” as reminder.
d. Click “Apply” to save the configuration. e. User can select a specific point as the HOME position, and a specific point as the reaction against some event was triggered. 5.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for the user to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the NVR automatically switch between them for you.
a. Select a channel from the “Channel” drop-down menu. b. The available preset points should be listed in “Preset Position” area. c. Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the “->” button to move them to the “Preset Sequence” section, then use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequencing positions. d. Finally, select a dwell time from the drop-down menu and click “Apply” to save the configuration.
Note: To start preset sequence viewing, section 3.5.1 for instructions 5.2.5 E-Map Monitor 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.
“Upload” b. Then drag and drop the camera icon to define its location. Then press the “Apply” button c. Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu.
d. 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. 5.2.5.2 Use the Google Map To use the Google Map, please follow the steps below: a. Zoom the map to a proper size. b. Select the camera you would like to configure from the channel drop-down list.
c. Entering the address where the camera located in the “Address or places of interest” text box. Then press the “Search” button. The NVR will find and pin the camera’s icon on the map automatically. d. Access the Google Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. e. 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.
5.3 Event Configurations 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. 5.3.1 General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure event trigger duration, event trigger interval and the corresponding actions when events are triggered.
define the time period in those days in the “Start Time” and “End Time” fields that you would like the event trigger function to be enabled. c. Only during period define here will the NVR receive the event alerts from the cameras, that is, the trigger function will be disabled when it is outside the period. 5.3.1.2 How often an event is triggered Set a time interval under “Event Trigger Interval” for defining the time interval between two events. 5.3.1.
the cameras. For setting the DI event, select the “DI Setting”, and then you might select the desired camera, its DI port, and the triggering condition. 5.3.3 Event Servers Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the NVR can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration. 5.3.2.1 Configuring an FTP server a.
d. Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it’s required. e. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode. f. You might click the “Test” button to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully. g. Click “Add” for the settings to take effect.
a. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server. b. Enter the port of the SMTP server. c. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field. d. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and password of the SMTP server and as it requires authentication. e. Enter the sender’s e-mail address for testing if the mail configuration was correct. f. Click “Apply” to save the configuration. 5.3.
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. 5.3.3.1 Enable Event Trigger a. Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channels. b. Use the checkbox to enable system event trigger. The system events are list as below: c. Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to.
Note: Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the “UPnP Port Forwarding” is enabled in both the NVR and the router. 5.4 Recording Configurations The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed. NVR provide you to select weather to record I Frame only, or to record all frames delivered by the camera.
The “recording buffer” allows user to configure the “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. Note: The “Pre-alarm” function only works when the “Continuous” recording is also activated. Recording frame rate allows you to set different frame type for recording.
The section at the bottom allows you to turn on or off a particular recording method on any channels. And you might choose whether to record the audio in the “Record Audio” section. 5.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. 5.4.2.
a. Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first. b. You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click on the cell boxes to let you set the time and duration that NVR will perform recording action. c. After the schedule is set, please press the “Apply” button for save the configuration. Note: Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time. Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording. Press “Clear” button for correct the setting, if you want to reset the schedule table. 5.
c. You might set the duration separately via the “Start Time” and “End Time” drop-down menu, or select the “All day” option to make the NVR recording for 24 hours. d. Press the “Add” button, then the schedule should be shown on the “Schedule Table”. e. After the schedule is set, please press the “Apply” button for save the configuration. 5.4.2.3 Copy the schedule to other channels User can use the “Copy Schedule to Channel” function to copy current schedule setting to other channel.
c. Then press the “Apply” button for save the configuration. 5.5 System Options 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. 5.5.1 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. 5.5.
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5.5.3.1 Reboot the NVR Reboot the NVR after you upload a new firmware. You would need to manually reboot the system for the new firmware to take effect. Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted be- cause the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the NVR.
The restart process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Maintenance” page after it is complete. 5.5.3.2 Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the NVR back to its factory default, click “Default” button and begin the process: The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View” page after it is complete. 5.5.3.3 Firmware Upgrade User might use this function to perform the firmware upgrading.
5.5.3.5 Backup and Restore the NVR’s settings User can backup the entire configuration to the PC. Please press the “Backup” button, then a dialogue box will appear for prompting you the select the location you’d like to save the backup file. Press “Save” button for completing this process. User might restore his previous configuration to the NVR via the “Restore NVR’s Setting” function.
6. Appendix 6 A. HDD compatibility list Brand Seagate Toshiba WD Maxtor HITACHI Samsung Model Barracuda 7200.7 Barracuda 7200.9 ST3320620AS Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750330AS ST3750330SV Barracuda 7200.10 Barracuda 7200.11 Barracuda 7200.
