NVR Network Video Recorder
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CTC Union Technologies Co., Ltd. Far Eastern Vienna Technology Center (Neihu Technology Park) 8F, No. 60, Zhouzi St. Neihu, Taipei, 114 Taiwan Phone: +886-2-2659-1021 FAX: +886-2-2799-1355 NVR Network Video Software User Manual. User Manual Version 4.41 July 2012 This document is the current official release manual. Please check CTC Union's website for any updated manual or contact us by E-mail at sales@ctcu.com.
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 WHAT'S NEW?............................................................................................................................................. 9 CTC UNION NVR FEATURE MATRIX ..............................................................................................................10 CAMERA SUPPORTING MATRIX ..............
Table of Contents 4.11 CREATING MAPS ...................................................................................................................................... 65 4.11.1 Create New Map ........................................................................................................................... 65 4.11.2 GUI overview ................................................................................................................................. 65 4.11.3 Toolbar Functions ..........
Table of Contents 5.6 USING PLAYBACK TIMELINE ...........................................................................................................................90 5.6.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................................90 5.6.2 Using timeline ..................................................................................................................................90 5.6.3 Basic operations .......
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Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the NVR surveillance system developed by CTC Union Technologies Company, Limited. CTC UNION NVR Server ™ is a surveillance system that delivers the most comprehensive security architecture for enterprise level security operation. NVR provides cost-effective scalability to support thousands of cameras and sensors.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.2 CTC Union NVR Feature Matrix Notice : • • NOTE: Terms specified in the document "Copyright Disclaimer " also apply to this document and content linked by this document. Content in this document may change over time and will be changed at the sole discretion of CTC Union.
Chapter 1. Introduction Audio/video synchronized export to AVI file: Export now has the option to export footage to portable AVI format. Also allow user to opt to add the raw recorded timestamp overlay as AVI subtitle. [*1] n/a v v Shared logical resource tree. Users can configure an common arbitrary system tree structures/order with heterogeneous objects.
Chapter 1. Introduction Double-tripwire directional object counting. n/a n/a v Missing object and foreign object alarm/detection. n/a n/a v Double-tripwire alarm n/a n/a v Intelligent video statistics report. View counting in various scale (per minute, per hour, per day) n/a n/a v Basic Features Standard Professional Intelligent Architectural advantages: • Disk-access optimized to reduce read/write time.
Chapter 1. Introduction Local/Remote console GUI features: • • • • • • • • Fully multilingual enabled. Provides persistent per-user settings of multi-page channel viewing layout. Provide options to remember password and automatic login. Provide shortcut script to automatic connect to specified remote host. Automatically and continuously attempt to reconnect upon connection failure. Alarm window flashing. Can opt to switch to 1x1 (popup) Full-screen viewing. Can opt to lock keyboard/mouse.
Chapter 1. Introduction Activity analysis and statistics: Records activity (including motion detection) into a scalar value to indicate the amount of activity occurred at a certain period of time. This allows user to quickly identify the time of interest to view. v Multiple configuration sets for each channel. A configuration set of a channel specifies channel-specific parameters, such as FPS, quality, etc. A configuration set can also be "inherited" from other configuration set.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.3 Camera Supporting Matrix Note: Different versions or branches may have different feature support. If you are unsure, please contact us to clarify the actual support of specific camera features. Vendor Connectivity AXIS HTTP Arecont Vision StarDot AV2000 2.5.37 HTTP Video Audio H.264, M-JPEG, RTSP RTSP M-JPEG, H.264 M-JPEG, H.264, RTSP Supported Features • Video parameters setup • Motion event/setup • Pan-Tilt-Zoom with 8 directions and free mode.
Chapter 1. Vendor Connectivity Video Audio IQinVision HTTP M-JPEG --- Supported Features • Motion event. • • Motion event/setup. Pan-Tilt-Zoom with 4 directions. MPEG-4, AAC, VIVOTEK VNDP-080610 VV_H263, AMR M-JPEG • SONY HTTP MPEG-4, G.711 M-JPEG, G.726 H.264 • • • • ACTi SDK-10000 MPEG-4 PCM • • • • Brickcom HTTP H.264, RTSP RTSP • • Motion event/ setup.[*1] Pan-Tilt-Zoom with 8 directions. Video parameters setup Motion event/setup. Pan-Tilt-Zoom with 8 directions.
Chapter 1. Vendor Connectivity Video Audio Supported Features • • Panasonic HTTP H.264, RTSP RTSP • • • • PIXORD HTTP H.264, RTSP RTSP • • • Truen HTTP H.264, RTSP RTSP • • • JVC (V.Networks) HTTP M-JPEG --• • LILIN HTTP H.264, M-JPEG, RTSP RTSP • Introduction Supported Model Video parameters setup Pan-Tilt with 4 directions and click-move-to. Preset set/recall. Focus control. Dual (multiple) streaming.
Chapter 1. Vendor Connectivity Video Audio Supported Features • Video parameters setup • Motion event and setup Digital input/output. Pan-Tilt with 4 directions. Preset set/recall. Focus control. • • • ASONI HTTP H.264, M-JPEG, RTSP • RTSP • • ZAVIO HTTP RTSP, MPEG-4, M-JPEG RTSP, G.711 • • • Video parameters setup Pan-Tilt-Zoom (8 directions) Preset set/recall. Focus control. Digital input/output.
Chapter 1. Vendor Connectivity Video Audio CTC-U HTTP H.264, RTSP RTSP • • • • • EtroVision EtroSDK 1.31 BOSCH VideoJet MPEG4, H.264 --- M-JPEG --- • • • HTTP Supported Model Supported Features • Introduction Pan-Tilt zoom (8 directions) Preset set/recall. Focus control. Digital input/output.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.4 Getting Started with CTC Union NVR Installation and Initialization The installer will install a Windows service. You can manage it with our organizer, a triangle in Windows task-bar. When the triangle is green, you are good to go. Invoke the console to interact with the server. Default account/password is admin/1234.
Chapter 1. Introduction Minimum Configuration The first thing you need to do is configuring storage. All available drives are listed automatically. Just enable the drive you want to use to store recorded data. You may want to change "MaxSize_GB" if the drive is not dedicated to recording. Everything else should be left untouched. The second to do is adding a camera. Channel name is an unique identification associated with recorded data and events. It can't change in the future so name it carefully.
Chapter 1. Introduction Things You May Want To Know Configure camera, and many things as well, with right click menu. Cameras, maps, and some objects can be dragged. Experiment with various operations with mouse drag & drop Use matrix mode for better performance. Decoding massive channels with massive resolution consumes hell lot of computing power. Use simplified player (no OSD, no aspect control, no zoom, no playback, no audio) for better performance. List all hot-keys.
Chapter 1. Introduction Configure for IE access. Enable intelligent video analytic on server in camera configuration. You don't want to do this if the server is not dedicated to surveillance. To analyze video, the engine must decode it first so it consumes fair amount of computing power.
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Chapter 2. NVR System Installation Chapter 2. NVR System Installation 2.1 Introduction The NVR software is typically deployed from a CDROM. This is how the software is distributed as a package. It is also possible that the installation program might have been downloaded from CTC Union's website, in which case the setup software is packaged in a ZIP file. The following procedure will assume that we are installed the CDROM distribution. 2.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation 2.3.2 Exploring the CD contents Place the installation CD into the PC's CD/DVD drive. If the installation does not auto-run, click the Window's 'Start' button and select 'Computer'. Locate the drive containing the installation media, click with the 'Right' mouse button and from the pull-down window select 'Open'. Below the contents of the CD are shown. There are two setup files, one for installing the NVR server, the other for installing only the NVR client software.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation 2.3.3 Installing the Software Locate the file called 'CTCU NVR Setup vXXX' and double-click it to start the NVR installation. Select the language to use during installation. Click 'Next' from the 'Welcome' screen to continue the setup or 'Cancel' to exit setup.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation You must click the radio button "I accept the agreement" to the EULA (End User License Agreement) before you can install the software. After accepting the agreement, click 'Next' to continue. The default installation directory can be changed through this "Select Destination Location" screen. We recommend leaving the system default location which would be "C:\Program Files" for 32 bit OS or "C:\Program Files (x86) for the 32 bit folder on 64 bit OS.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation It is possible to only install the client portion of the software from the main server installation program. But in our case we will be sure to choose "Full installation (NVR/CMS Server and Client). Click 'Next'. From the "Select Start Menu Folder" window the default program shortcut name can be changed. Click 'Next' to continue.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation Now that all information has been gathered, the program is ready to be installed. If you 'Cancel' at this point, you must start installation all over again. Click 'Install' now to install the NVR server program. The "Progress Bar" will indicate the progress of the NVR installation.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation The next step of the installation will validate your NVR license. You must be connected to the Internet in order for License Verification to succeed. If you do not yet have a license, you still must be connected to the Internet. The NVR will run in 'Demo License' mode, supporting a maximum of only 4 cameras. If there is a problem with Internet connection, the above error code will be displayed. The NVR installer must be able to contact the License Server.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation The software has been installed and is running in Demo mode. The final step of the setup is the configure which windows "services" will be launched. Select all three items and then click 'Finish'.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation The NVR is now installed and running. The default username and password are "admin/1234".
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation 2.3.4 NVR Client installation Locate the installation files. You may have these files on CDROM or they may have been downloaded from CTC Union's website. In either case, double-click the client install file. Administrative privileges are required in order to install this software.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation Continue with setup by clicking the 'Next >' button. You must accept the License Agreement by selecting the radio button, then click 'Next >'. Use the 'Browse…' button to select a different location to install the program, or press 'Next >' to continue.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation Click 'Next >' to continue with the assigned program start folder. Review the settings and then click 'Install'.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation The setup now proceeds to install the program. By default, just leave one check boxes checked and then click 'Finish'.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation 2.4 Start NVR Service At installation complete screen, you can choose "Start NVR service" to start the NVR service. You can also invoke this by using "Start Menu"=>"Programs'=>" NVR organizer"=>"Start NVR service If the installation is properly done and service is started, you will see a gray triangle-shaped icon in the trayicon area (usually at the right-bottom side of the screen) Use the Tray Icon The NVR has an icon that will reside in the toolbar.
Chapter 2. NVR System Installation You can right-click on the tray-icon to change the system state: In production environment, you should configure your NVR as "Auto-start", so it will automatically start on system start-up, and it will also automatically restart after abnormal shutdown. Right click the icon ，and click “Local Console” to login.
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Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING 3.1 System Requirements Minimum System Requirement Operating System Microsoft Windows XP / Windows 7 / Server 2008 System Memory 1G Video RAM 64MB Others Requires DirectX 9 preinstalled Recommended System Requirement Operating System Microsoft Windows XP CPU Multi-core CPU System Memory 2G Video RAM 128MB Others Requires DirectX 9 preinstalled 3.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING 3.3 Using Online License Authorization Concepts Online license authorization offers software publisher a more flexible way to sell license and to eliminate additional logistic cost. In NVR system, it even gives the flexibility to license software in per-single-channel basis. Therefore it's more cost-effective to the customers.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING In addition to the types of license, there are some attributes associated with a specific license. Depending on actual business terms, a license might have a number of following properties: Forced online license: If a license has this attribute, it cannot be committed to computer. If you try to do that, it will fail (Offline Install Forbidden). This is needed in some business terms to enforce certain licensing policies.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING On systems like Windows Vista or Windows 7, where administrative privilege is often not given in default scenario, you will need right-click NVR organizer and select "Run as administrator" to let the program gain administrative access. The NVR engine service must NOT be also running. That is: only one of NVR engine and License Manager can be running at the same time. They are, sort of, exclusive to each other.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING Package Types There are 3 types of packages, when selecting license to install: "std": This means the NVR Standard edition. "pro": This means the NVR Professional edition. "ipr": This means the NVR Intelligent edition. The prices for different packages are different. Please note however, you cannot mix installing "std" and "pro" packages on the same computer. If you do so, "std" packages will be hidden and disabled, becoming useless.
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Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING Below explains license status: "OK": This online license works correctly. "NEW": This is a newly installed license. "BOUND": This is an offline (committed) license which works correctly. "UNKNOWN": This license is currently working (and is previously known working). But due to some factors (such as lacking Internet connection or exceeding maximum concurrent license), it might soon be invalidated.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING 3.4 Starting the Service Use the Tray Icon The color of the tray icon indicates the system status: The NVR is offline. The NVR is online. The NVR will be auto-started very soon The NVR is busy starting up or shutting down.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING (2) Start a service using Windows service manager consol Use "Start Menu"=>"Settings"=>"Control Panel"=>"Administrative Tools"=>"Services" Locate "ActiveX" Right-click and select "Start". Note: Sometimes the GUI of the service manager is not updated so you will be unable to select the "Start" from context menu. In this case, press F5 to refresh the GUI. 3.5 Setup for Multi-monitor 3.5.
Chapter 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING 3.5.2 Multi-monitor The following demonstrates how to setup CTC Union NVR for multi-monitor. The example uses 3 monitors but this can be applied to more or less monitors as well. 1. Set the multi-monitor to Extended mode in Windows. This is not a requirement but it's recommended for easier setup and more intuitive operations. In extended mode, multimonitor act as a single desktop. Just navigate the mouse cursor in different monitors to access them.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.1 Log-in for first-time Default accounts If there are no accounts existing in the system, an administrator account is automatically created: Account Name admin Password 1234 It is essential to change the password right after first login to ensure the security of the system. Please refer to related pages in this section about how to perform password change to a specific account. 4.2 Change Active Locale 4.2.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.3 Configuration video storage 4.3.1 GUI Overview Click on the "Cfg. Storage". Following dialog box will appear. If no directories have been enabled, this dialog will appear automatically after login. 4.3.2 Storage Space Parameters Parameter Description Enabled Is the directory enabled? MaxSize_GB Maximum space the recording process will utilize. Safe-guard of free space.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.4 Adding a channel 4.4.1 Console operation To start configuration, you need to get basic understanding about how the console is operated after login. You may read the first page of "Operation" section before you proceed with this page. 4.4.2 Adding a channel Right-click on the empty area of the user tree panel, and then click "New Channel…" Following dialog box will appear.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.4.3 Parameters IP Address IP address of the network camera PortThe TCP/IP port number of the network camera Channel The channel number of the network camera. This value may apply if a single video server has multiple channels. Unconditional Recording Check this box, if you wish the NVR to start recording immediately. To configure other types of recording, you need to perform additional operations after channel creation. Disable Channel Temporarily disable the channel.
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Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.5.2 How to deal with non-standard RTSP port? RTSP has a standard control port number 554. If you have a non-standard RTSP control port, your RTSP URL will look like: rtsp://192.168.0.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM 4.6 Setting video parameters 4.6.1 GUI overview Right-click on the desired channel and select "Video setup". Following dialog box will appear.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.6.2 GUI overview Each channel can be associated with multiple set of configurations. A configuration set is composed of multiple parameters. A configuration set can also "inherit" from another configuration set. Each parameter, except for its value, can also specify its effectiveness depending on the status of the checkbox: Effectiveness Description Icon Unspecified The value is not specified in current configuration set.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.7.2 Configuration Scheduled configuration items has various types, including whole day, daily, weekly (detailed), weekly (graphic), disabled. You may add multiple items. Type Description 24x7 24 hours recording Dail Daily fixed interval . For example: daily 08:00:00 to 21:30:00. Weekly (Detailed) Resembles "Daily", but you may appoint to days within a week. For example: Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday 08:00:00 to21:30:00 Weekly (Graphic) Weekly schedule.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.7.3 Weekly (Graphic) Schedule Configuration Horizontal axis is time, with hour as the unit. Vertical axis is day in a week. Click to change the schedule status. Blue means enabled, white means disabled. Click any cell and drag will copy the state of the clicked cells to others.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.7.4 Scheduled Video Configuration You may specified a Video Parameters for each schedule configuration item . When that item is activated during appropriate time, the specified parameter will be used. If you choose (Default) for the value, schedule configuration will not affect video parameters. When multiple schedule configuration item is in effect, the higher (in order) one will apply. To change the priority of the items, use Higher and Lower buttons.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.8 Permission control overview 4.8.1 Concepts The permission control in CTC Union NVR is group-based. The administrator configures permissions for groups, and then assigns the user to one or more groups. Permissions are not assigned directly to the user, but rather associates to the user through groups. 4.8.2 Permission Types System admin Allows to control system-level configuration, such as permissions or creating a channel.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM Select Group Preview privilleges 4.10 Adding a group 4.10.1 GUI overview Following dialog box will appear.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION You can check the privillege you wish to grant to the group. If you want to create, delete, or duplicate a user group, use the buttons on the top area.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.11 Creating Maps 4.11.1 Create New Map Select Add a new map in menu of New Obj. The map can be dragged into User tree and be operated as it is in system briefcase viewer. To view the map, drag it in a player. Not all players support maps. 4.11.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.11.3 Toolbar Functions Enter map viewing mode Enter map editing mode Enter delete object mode Enter map panning mode Zoom-in map Restore 1:1 view of map Map properties Map hyperlink Save changed map Exit map editor 4.11.4 Adding Items Bitmap Drag a JPEG/BMP file in the map. Or drag a previously uploaded file from system briefcase viewer. Channel Drag channels from system briefcase viewer or user tree. Hyperlink Assuming you want to add the link of map A in map B. 1.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.11.5 Basic Operations Not all operations are available for all objects. Reset aspect ratio Reset the object to its original aspect. Only applies to Bitmaps. Fit original size Reset the object to its original size. Only applies to Bitmaps. Arrange Arrange the object's display order(Z order). "Back" objects covered by "front" objects are not visible. Set orientation Set orientation of the object to 0/90/180/270 degrees.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.11.6 Special operations See also : ● Setting video parameters ● Schedule configuration Channel operation See also IO Port IO port 4.12 External Maps 4.12.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.12.2 Toolbar Functions Enter map viewing mode Enter map editing mode Added a bookmark of current map and current view in system briefcase. Save changed map Reloading the map from map server. Any unsaved changes will be discarded. Exit map editor 4.12.3 Basic Operations Zoom In Use mouse wheel or click the scale bar on map.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.12.4 Adding Items Channel Drag channels from system briefcase viewer or user tree. Hyperlink Drag a map hyperlink from briefcase viewer or from internal map viewer. IO port Currently unsupported 4.12.5 Basic Operations of Objects Remove object Object can only be removed in editing mode. 4.12.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.13 Trigger Policy 4.13.1 Adding New Trigger Policy Click New Obj and select "Add trigger policy". If multiple trigger policies exists in a system, they are all ineffective.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.13.2 Input Configuration Channel trigger Triggered by channel events such as video loss, alarm, IO port... etc. System trigger System events such as system start, system config change... etc. Schedule trigger Triggered at specified time. 4.13.3 Output Configuration Channel control Recording, IO control, PTZ control Email Send Emails FTP Upload file to FTP server 4.13.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.13.7 Channel control CtrlChannel The channel to control CtrlRecord Recording selection. Use 'record' to force record. Use 'nop' if no forced recording is needed. RecordDuration Number of seconds of forced recording.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.13.8 Email Required parameters SMTP.Server IP or domain name of SMTP server SMTP.Port Port, usually 25 SMTP.User User name to log in SMTP.Passwd Password to log in Email.RCPT Recipients. At least one is required. Separate multiple recipients with.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.13.9 Snapshot If "Email.Format" is set to "snapshot" and one or more channel control exist in this policy, a snapshot of the channels is attached to the email. Multiple channels will be composed as a single snapshot automatically. The dimension and quality of the snapshot can be configured in Snapshot Settings tab.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.13.10 FTP Required parameters FTP.Server IP or domain name of FTP server FTP.Port Port, usually 21 FTP.User User name to log in FTP.Passwd Password to log in 4.13.11 Trigger policy logics Multiple trigger conditions can exist in a single trigger rule. Action is done only when all or some of the conditions are met, depends on AND or OR logic being applied. Logic OR is always applied to the first rule. Logic AND is applied to any added new rule.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.14 Mobile Phone Video Streaming (3GPP) 4.14.1 Overview If you have a mobile phone that is compliant to 3GPP standard, then you can now use it to connect to our NVR to see live video streaming. If your system is properly configured to support 3G video streaming, you will firstly use your browser to enter the URL to your NVR in the form: Note: The "8086" is the default port number of the NVR built-in web server, the one that also serve Internet Explorer.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.14.2 How-to's Here's a of list quick questions that might help you to find the information you need: Is the 3G video streaming default enabled? How to enable 3G video streaming? Why can't I see 3G video streaming? How to change default web server port number? What are the frame-rate or image size of the 3G streaming video? Can they be changed? 4.14.3 Is the 3G video streaming default enabled? No. 3G video streaming involves potential video transcoding.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION If the 3G video streaming is successfully enabled, a small "3G" will appear beside the camera icon, indicating 3G transcoding is activated: 4.14.5 Why can't I see 3G video streaming? There could be a number of reasons. Firstly, your mobile phone must support 3GPP standard for this function to work. Secondly, when the mobile browser tries to reach NVR web server, it will automatically determine the phone type.
Chapter 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4.14.6 What are the frame-rate or image size of the 3G streaming video? Can they be changed? The image size and frame-rate is currently fixed at 320x240, 5 frames-per-second. There is currently no GUI offered to change these settings. You can only choose to enable this feature or not.
Chapter 5. NVR Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.1 Console Overview 5.1.1 GUI Overview 5.1.1.1 Layout Control Switch between the pre-defined NxN or special layouts. Previous/next page. Stop all players. Make all players show live.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.1.1.2 System control Sync. Play Synchronize all players. When the button is sinked, playback control of all players are synchronized. See Also Synchronized playback Logout Log out. The local console will be closed but the system is not terminated. You will need to enter account/password to operate the system. Calculator Opens various configuration or tool dialogs. See Also User calculator Stg. Map See Also Storage report Cfg. System, Cfg.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.1.1.4 System briefcase viewer A system briefcase viewer let the users browse system objects like user logs, channels, maps, users,.. etc. There are three components in system briefcase viewer; the filter, the header, and the list. The filter controls what types of items to be displayed. The header can be clicked to sort the items by different columns and different order. Right-click on different types of objects invokes their corresponding context menus.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.1.1.6 Player There are three components in the payer; status bar, display, and toolbar. Status bar shows the title of the channel attached and its states. The three indicators on the top-right shows if the channel is recording (red), accessing recorded data(yellow), live video(green), or alarm. The toolbar is used to control the player. See Also Player Player (Multi-Function-Display) Capabilities Each player slot in the console has an number as their identifier.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.1.1.7 Splitter Control Hover mouse on these areas and the cursor will be changed to a two-way arrow. Users can hold left button and drag to adjust the size of different console components. 5.2 Viewing live video 5.2.1 GUI Overview Before viewing live video, a channel must be attached to a player. To attach a channel, drag it from user tree(the red box above) to a player(the blue area above). Or double click to auto assign it to an available player.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION To switch from playback to live video, click LIVE (the left most) in the toolbar. Or when the player is focused, press ENTER on keyboard to view live video. Players can be focused by left mouse click on it. You can tell if a player is focused by a green frame around it. If you cannot see any buttons in players, use the context menu of the player to set the toolbar.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.3 Digital PTZ 5.2.1 Digital Pan-Tile-Zoom User can right-click context menu and select "Zoom-In" to drag a rectangular area to zoom-in. Step 1. Click on the magnifier icon on the player toolbar. Step 2. Drag to select a rectangular area.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Step 3. Zoomed-in. Under the zooming mode, user can hold mouse left button down to pan the zoomed area. User can also use mouse-wheel to easily zoom-in and zoom-out interested area quickly. 5.4 Rendering audio 5.4.1 GUI Overview In the context menu of players, click "Render audio" to enable audio. To mute the channel, just click it again. Or click on the speaker icon.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.4.2 Audio Icon Explained The channel has audio, and is currently playing. The channel has audio, but not playing. Though audio playing is requested, but no audio is available. Audio playing is neither requested nor available. 5.5 Viewing playback video 5.5.1 Concept There are several methods to view playback video. You can: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Use the toolbar in player. It works just like the buttons on a CD/DVD player. Use player control panel. Use the time bar in player.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.6 Using playback timeline 5.6.1 Overview A timeline is an integrated tool for both inspecting recorded data and navigating in video playback. The timeline can be configured to show different information of recorded data. User can access the desired data easily based on the information the timeline provides. 5.6.2 Using timeline Timeline can be enabled in player context menu. Before timeline can be operated, it must acquire window focus first.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.6.3 Basic operations Drag on the ticks to navigate in the timeline (the cursor changes to four-way arrow before you can do this). Use mouse wheel to zoom in/out. The ticks change automatically depends on the scale. You can also hover on the timeline to see the exact time. There're four types of ticks. The black thin lines are for seconds. Black thick ones are for minutes. Red thin lines are for hours. Red boxes are for days.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.6.5 Timeline modes Please Note: Not all editions of software license has this feature enabled. Check with feature matrix for more details. There are various modes in timeline to display different information. It can be set by right click on the timeline. Standard Blue area indicates that there are recorded data. White area means there's no recorded data. Storage level Green blocks indicate the storage level of recorded data.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.7 Synchronized playback Enable synchronized playback When synchronized playback is enabled, the play control of all players is synchronized. The video is synchronized to the focused player when playback is requested. The timestamp of all synchronized channels may not match exactly. Because it's impossible for every channel to have available frame for any given time. This is obvious especially when the frame rate is low.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.8 PTZ 5.8.1 Basic operation If a channel support PTZ and is attached to a player, users can hold left mouse button on it to start PTZ control. An yellow circle appears when the operation is valid. Hold mouse button and drag to the direction you want the PTZ camera to turn. A yellow arrow indicates the direction and the speed to turn the PTZ camera. The camera turns faster when the arrow is longer. To stop the camera, simply release mouse button.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.8.2 Presets Before you can use presets, you must first configure PTZ configuration. To invoke the configuration dialog, click PTZ config in player context menu. If there's no PTZ config item in the context menu, check the video configuration to see if the proper PTZ type is selected. For more information, check Video Configuration. The description can be renamed by clicking on its description. Click OK when you done with configuration.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.8.3 Patrol Patrol is a list of presets to be called in sequence. You can manage up to 10 patrols in the PTZ dialog. The interval and speed of patrol can be set. To add a preset in the patrol, drag it from Preset List and drop it in Patrol. PTZ functionality is limited by the actual specs and SDK support of the hardware. Not all models support the functions mentioned above.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.9 Building user tree Add/edit folders To add a new folder, right-click on blank area and click Add a new folder To edit folder description, click it again when it's already selected. Add/edit tree items To create a channel representative in user-created folder, drag a channel from folder All channels to the destined folder. To change the order of items, drag and drop it in the tree.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.10 Taking snapshot To take a snapshot, click the camera button in the player toolbar. A message will be poped if the snapshot is taken. 5.11 Managing layout pages Overview A page is a set of players with its own layout settings and player states. Each page is configured separately and will not affect other pages. Users can create multiple pages and configure them for management purposes. For example, you can create a page named it "all channels".
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Editing pages User can create, remove, and rename tabs in pattern tab control. Each pattern tab has its own layout and state. You can also drag the tab to change the order of the pages. 5.12 Tour Design tour phases You can use tab managing functions to create pattern pages and properly order them as the actual tour required. Activating/stopping tour Press F11 to toggle activating or stopping tour. Configuring tour interval Open the local console configuration dialog.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.13 Storage Report GUI overview By using the sub nodes of the root nodes, you can easily explore recorded video in the scale of days, hours, or minutes. The second column indicates the size accumulated of the item. The third is called the activity indication value. If this value is larger than more activity has happened during that period. Event viewing At right panel you can view the related events to the selected period of time.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Data size / data rate Through the selection of the combo-box you can also change between viewing data size and data rate Resetting After a long period of time of last query, or that the storage report stop refreshing latest data, you can click the "Reset" button to retrieve updated information. Intelligent Video Report If one has properly configured intelligent detection (for example: double-tripwire counting), you can see additional nodes below the All Channels node.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.14 Alarm Dialog GUI Overview Concept Alarm dialog provides the information of an alarm instance, which may consist of one or more alarm events. For each channel, there's always only one active instance. Any new alarm event is appended to the active instance. And the instance is deactivated once it's acknowledged. Inactive instance can no longer be modified, by user or by system. For active instance, user can change its state or post comment.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Open Dialog Player Use player context menu and select Invoke alarm dialog of player or press key "A". Briefcase Viewer Use context menu of an alarm instance in briefcase viewer. Or use left-click menu if it's active. Map Left click on a channel with active alarm instance, in internal or external maps. Alarm Types Vloss Video loss Tripwire Tripwire crossed Foreign Foreign object detected Missing Missing object detected Tamper Tamper detected (e.g.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Post Comment User can only post comment of active or in-progress alarm instance. Comment list. Some comments are posted by system. Type a short description here. Press the button to post the comment. Press button Ack also post the 5.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Storage Calculator Users can input any 3 of the 4 variables. And the checked field will be calculated using the parameters provided. Optics Calculator For any calculation, sensor size and horizontal resolution of the camera must be provided. Please refer to the manufacturer's spec sheet of the camera. The user can provide 2 of the 3 variables; lens focal length, object distance, and horizontal coverage. The checked field will be calculated using the provided variables.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Resolving power 100 lpm 55 lpm Resolving power is a measurement of how many details can be seen in real world. The more the resolving power is, the easier to identify the object. It can be used as a reference to determine if something can be identified or read. For example, about 100 lpm (horizontally) minimal is required to read car license plates. However, the value is just for reference as there're other factors affecting image quality as well.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.16 Viewing logs GUI Overview Logs can be browsed in system briefcase viewer. To make it easier to read, click on the tab to show certain types of items only.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.17 Exporting Footage Using timeline When a time interval is selected in timeline, export footage dialog can be invoked in its context menu to export the selected time interval.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Field Additional Description Capture channels The left list is the channels to be exported and the right are the available channels. CTC Union NVR support multi-channels exporting. Start time End time Format XGV is CTC NVR's proprietary format. Select AVI if you wish to play the video in other video players. No player is guaranteed to be able to play the exported video as codec installed on a computer varies.
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Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.19 Remote live viewing Synopsis CTC Union NVR provides a built-in web server to provide authorized and licensed remote user to view live video through Internet Explorer. Configuring web server Open the system configuration dialog box. Here you can select web server language. Here you can configure built-in web server listen TCP port Default built-in web server listen port is 8086. If you configure the listen port to zero ("0"), the web server will be turned off.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION 5.20 IO Port GUI Overview To access IO ports, expand a channel node in User Tree. Gray nodes are inactive ports. Red ones are active input. Green ones are active output. If a node is un-expandable, it does not support IO ports or it is not configured properly. Control To control IO ports, right click on it to access the menu. Input ports cannot be controlled in the NVR system. They are connected to physical input devices such as switches, sensors... etc.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION To add an IO port in map, drag it in map and release. Use context menu to control the port. The description and icon can be edited in the property dialog. The change is only applied to the selected map item, not every item/node representing that port. 5.21 Player Control Panel Concept Player control panel is an integrated controller to control the currently focused player. Press F8 key or click the CTRL button in the player to open the player control panel.
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Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION Title Displays the name and description of attached channel/map. The background color indicates the status.
Chapter 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION OSD Display the video time, resolution, and frame rate. Depends on OSD setting selected. Toolbar In local console setting dialog, you can configure the size and style of the toolbar buttons. Small buttons Large buttons Live video Pause Step Bkwd Step Fwd Fast Bkwd Play Bkwd Play Fwd Fast Fwd Stop Record Zoom Snapshot See also Player Control Panel/Viewing playback video/Taking snapshot Timebar See also Viewing playback video/ Using playback timeline.
Chapter 6. Intelligent Video Chapter 6. Intelligent Video 6.1 Activating Intelligent Detection Activating/Deactivating Intelligent Detection If you wish to start intelligent detection, you need to activate the detection mechanism in addition to proper configuration. This step is necessary since detection consumes client CPU resource.
Chapter 6. Intelligent Video 6.2 Region Configuration Understanding basic region configuration To configure regions, you need to invoke "Player Control Panel" first. There are two ways of doing this (1) You can click the "CTRL" button on player toolbar, or you can press F8 on the selected player. Following window will appear: Here you can choose to show/hide a specific layer. Layering is needed when configuration is rather complex, and is offered for user for a clearer visual experience.
Chapter 6. Intelligent Now to explain the "Player Control Panel" functions: Button Description Deleted selected object. Edit function object properties. Restore the modified region configuration into last saved one. Save current region configuration. Add polygon region object. Add rectangular region object. If you wish to add tripwire object or other function objects, use "new object" combobox selection menu.
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