8/16-Channel Network Video Recorder NVR-810 / NVR-1610 User’s Manual Version 1.
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Table of Contents 1. Product Description ................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Product Features............................................................................................................. 5 1.2 System Requirements..................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Packet Content .............................................................................
1. Product Description The Network Video Recorder is designed for use within a surveillance system, and performs recordings and playbacks pictures from network cameras in the system. It is a recording device using a hard disk drive to record camera pictures instead of using video tapes so that pictures recorded by repeated overwriting will not experience deterioration of the recorded picture quality.
1.2 System Requirements The following are minimum system requirements for the system to op- erate Network Video Recorder (NVR): Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit) Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above CPU Minimum Intel® Core2 Duo E6300 2.
1.4 Specification NVR-810 Product General OS Ethernet USB Interface Storage Device Button LED Display Video Input Recording Mode E-Map Network Service Network File Protocol Management User Interface Multiple Language Power Consumption Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity Weight Dimension (W x D x H) 7 NVR-1610 Embedded Linux 1 x RJ-45, 10/100/1000 Base-TX 2 x USB2.0 for backup device and firmware upgrade 2 x 3.
1.5 Front Panel NVR-810 NVR-1610 1.6 LEDs Definition HDD x 2 Green Solid green when the hard disk is mounted and being accessed Red Solid red for disk fail Amber Network Status 8 Amber Green Solid amber when disk is recording Blinking when recycling Solid amber for activity on a 1G bps network. Solid green for activity on a 10/100 Mbps network. Amber Blinking during firmware upgrade Green Shows solid green for normal operation.
Alarm Camera LEDs Red System off (power adapter remains plugged in) Amber Blinking amber indicating device is initializing Red Blinking when an alarm occurs None When alarm is reset Green Amber Amber Red English 1.
Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 Signal DC IN GND Alarm Input 1 Alarm Input 2 Alarm Input 3 Alarm Input 4 Alarm Input 5 Alarm Input 6 Alarm Input 7 Alarm Input 8 Alarm Out 1 Alarm Out 2 Alarm Out 3 Alarm Out 4 RS-485+ RS-485-
2. Install Hard Disk 1. Removing the screws on the side. 2. Push the top housing forward, then lift it up. 3. Insert the HDD to HDD tray. Please push the HDD until the SATA connect is connected properly. • The NVR supports SATA I or SATA II hard disks • The NVR supports max. 1.
4. Lock the HDD with HDD screw. 5. Place the top housing back and secure it with the bottom housing.
3. Connect to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: . The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “Device Search” Utility. . The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are connecting to it directly): Access NVR with its default IP (192.168.0.20). 3.
Please click “Next” to continue. Please click “Install” to start the installation. Once the installation is complete, please check the “Finish”.
Please go to Start => Programs => NVR => Search NVR to run the search tool. Then you will see the utility start search the network. 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 administration 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. Perform search again Access NVR’s web administration page You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password.
3.2 Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP address “192.168.0.100”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. Connect the NVR and PC to your switch or hub, or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable. 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 NVR default IP address.
4. Live View The 8 channel NVR comes with a 8-video split window view with one video displays on a larger window. Select a channel from the drop-down menu to display its video on the larger split window. You can also doubleclick on any of the smaller one to display its video to the larger window. The “Live View” page provides the following functions: . . . . . . . . . . .
4.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page. . Click “All” to display videos in the 8-video mode (NVR-810) or 16- video mode (NVR-1610). . Click on a “Group” (ex. Group 1) to display videos from cameras under that group in quad view. . Click on any camera to display video in single-view mode. 4.2 Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status.
Then select dwell interval from the drop-down menu Finally click “Start” to start sequence viewing Click “All Channels” to quickly select all available channels and start sequence view in single-view mode. Click “All Groups” to quick select all available groups and start sequence view in quad-view mode. Or simply select the desired channels and press “Start” to start sequence view. 4.
4.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” section: . . . Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera. Auto pan a particular camera. Perform preset point sequence viewing. Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop- down list shown below: Select a preset position from the drop-down list and click “Go to” to move the live view to that position.
Auto Pan Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Use the Auto-Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan. Auto-Pan * Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements. Use the “Auto-Pan” button for such cameras. Pan Left Stop pan Pan right Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points videos of a camera without having to select them one by one.
4.6 Live Video Control Buttons Each live video window comes with control buttons with functions described below: Take a snapshot of a live video. Turn on/off audio of a live video. Start/stop recording of a live video (manual recording). Audio post function. Display my favorite channel. (For NVR-1610 only) Edit my favorite channel.
Take a snapshot of a live video button and the To take a snapshot of a live video, click the snapshot of the video will be displayed in a pop up window shown like below. Right-click anywhere on the image and select “Save Image as” from the pull-down menu. In the pop up dialog, name the image file and choose which directory the image will be saved to and click “Save”.
F u l l S c r e e n V i ew o f a L i ve V i d e o bu t t o n. T o e x i t To view a video in full screen, click the f u l l s c r e e n v i d e o , d o u b l e - c l i c k a n y wh e r e o n t h e v i d e o . Turn On/Off Audio of a Live Video You can retrieve audio from a particular camera. Simply click the button to do so. The button will show in different color once the audio is t u r n e d on . C l i c k o n it a g a in t o t ur n o f f a u di o .
4.7 Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the c u r r e n t lo g i n u s e r n a m e l i n k l o c a t e d a t t h e u p p e r - r i g h t h a n d corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which d i s p l a y s d e t a i l in f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e u s e r a s w e l l a s a d r o p - d o wn m e n u w h i c h l e t s y o u c h a n g e t h e d i s p l a y language.
5. 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.
5.1 Methods to Search Playback Videos The NVR offers three methods to quickly help users find videos that were previously recorded: - Search by time: Specify a time range and search videos recorded within that range. - Search by event: Find videos that were recorded due to event triggers. - Play by start time: Enter a specific time a video was recorded to start playing back the video. Search by time chart .
. Results will then be displayed in a “Date/Channel” table and boxes marked in blue represent videos found in those dates: . Click on any blue cell box should direct you to the hour/channel table if there were multiple videos recorded during that date: * Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed. * Move the mouse cursor on a particular cell box without clicking gives you a preview of the play- back video n a small thumbnail.
. Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: . Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played. Search by event . Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on. 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. . Results will then be listed like what is shown below (displays the oldest record top down). Click on a particular result to start the playback. * You can click “Next Search” to display the next 15 results. . You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again.
Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time” 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. Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down.
5.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on NVR-1610 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 pre- vious section, hit the “Export AVI” button on a video window of the video you wish to export.
Specify the starting and ending hours of the video by entering numbers in the text boxes. Hit the “Start” button to start exporting. The file will be automatically named and saved under the C:\ partition. You will be notified once the process is completed successfully The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition. * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player. You can get it at “http://sourceforge.
6. System Setup 6.1 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. Next, we will help you adjust the system time so videos will be recorder with correct timestamp.
If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local area network, 1. Choose “Static IP” from the “Connection Type” drop-down menu 2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the recorder 3. Enable “DHCP Server” under “DHCP Server” if you wish to use the recorder as a DHCP server, or leave it disabled if there is already a DHCP server in the network . 4. Click Apply for the settings to take effect.
6.1.2 Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location. It is imperative that you set the recorder’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 recorder time. • Manual - Use the drop-down list and configure the time manually.
6.1.3 User Account The recorder can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin”. It’s highly recommended to change the password upon your initial login. To change the password of the “admin” account: 1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit”. 2.
6.1.4 Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras. Users that are created and assigned to this group will have limited access instead of full administration rights.
6.1.5 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page. To initialize it, simply click the “Format” button. You can also connect external USB thumb drive to the recorder for firmware upgrade. For instructions to install a hard disk to the recorder, refer to page 10. To obtain detail information about the disk, go to “System Options” >> “Disk Status”.
6.2 Channel Configurations 6.2.1 Add a Camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually. Automatic Search: 1. Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly.
2. After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed. 3. Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure”. 4. It’s corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera. 5. Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and the camera.
If cameras are marked with “*” in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to NVR. Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually, then follow step 5 and 6 described above. 2. 1.
6.2.2 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 videos. 1. Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD”. 2. Choose one or more display options if you would also like the recorder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you. Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own. 3.
6.2.3 PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera. 1. To set up PTZ preset points, select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. 2.
6.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you. To configure preset sequence for a camera,” select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu. The available preset points should be listed in “Camera Presets” section.
6.2.5 E-Map Setting 6.2.5.1 Local Map Setting Local Map Setting 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.
Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
6.2.5.2 Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E-Map monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations. To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map. You can do so by: 1. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2.
Once the location has been determined, click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location: * Click and drag the icon to re-arrange its location The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E-Map monitor function.
6.3 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. 6.3.1 General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure when an event is triggered, how often events are triggered and the corresponding actions when events are triggered.
video recorder upon an event is triggered. • You can also choose to have the recorder send out a warning message in e-mail or in txt file format and upload it to a destined FTP server. 6.3.2 I/O Settings This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input and out- put ports right from the recorder. You can setup the recorder to re- ceive triggers from a particular camera’s input port and trigger a de- vice, such as an alarm that is connected to the recorder or camera’s output port.
6.3.3 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 recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration. Configuring an FTP server To add an FTP server, 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder. 2. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server. 3.
7. Click “Apply” for the settings to take effect. If you wish to edit/remove/enable/disable an FTP server, click to highlight one from the profile list and choose the corresponding action button. Configuring an SMTP server 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server. 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server. 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field. 4. Enter the sender’s e-mail address. 5.
6.3.4 Event Triggers We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting. .which channels will have event trigger function enabled. .What is considered to be an event. .Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent. Select Channels to Enable Event Trigger and which type of event should be triggered. .
. Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to. * 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.
6.4 Recording Configurations The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels. It can help the recorder to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate. 6.4.1 General Settings You can define the following in “General Settings”: . . . . .
Users can also set to keep a previous number of days of recording data by enabling the option below. This is quite often used in application such as banking which certain countries requires to always keep a minimum previous number of days of recording data. * If this option is enabled, once the hard drive is full, the recycle function will then start but it will ensure that the number of days of recording data defined here will stay in hard drive instead of wiping out 20GB of data at a time.
6.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. To configure a schedule recording: 1. Use the “Camera” drop-down menu and select a camera first. 2. You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell boxes then move the curser horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day. Click and move vertically lets you set what days to perform recording at a specific time. * Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time.
4. Select the “Copy to” option if you would like to set the same re- cording schedule to another camera. 6.5 System Options System Options gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firmware, restore/backup device settings or reboot device ….etc. 6.5.1 Device Information The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time.
6.5.3 Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: . Reboot the NVR when necessary. . Reboot cameras directly from the NVR. . Perform Firmware Upgrade. . Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive. . Restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file. . Reset the NVR’s settings to their factory default values.
Reboot the NVR Reboot NVR-1610 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 recorder. Simply click “Restart” to begin the reboot process and confirm the action.
Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Default” but- ton and begin the process. The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Maintenance” page after it is complete.
6.5.4 DO Status This is where you can get the current status of the NVR digital output ports. You can also change their status from this page. 6.5.5 Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
6.5.6 UPS Configuration Connect the UPS to the NVR’s DI/DO port for sending and receiving signals between the UPS and the NVR. Refer to the diagram below to connect the UPS with its RS-232 interface to the NVR’s DI/DO port. The NVR can receive signal from the UPS when there is a power failure and shut down itself automatically within a period of time. Connect UPS with its RS-232 interface to the NVR’s 10 port: * The NVR uses DI_1 to receive signal from UPS system and uses DO_1 to shut it down.
