Network Video Recorder User’s Manual v1.0.
SVR-500 Series English User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Table of Contents Product Description 6 Install Hard Disk 7 Hardware Illustration 10 I/O Ports and RS-485 11 LEDs Definition 12 Connect to the NVR 14 1. Live View 18 1.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream 21 1.2 Retrieve camera’s status 21 1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing 21 1.4 PTZ Control 22 1.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing 23 1.6 Live Video Control Buttons 25 1.7 Change Web UI Display Language 28 1.8 Live View Through iPhone 29 1.
SVR-500 Series 3.5 System Options 90 3.5.1 Device Information 90 3.5.2 Logs and Reports 91 3.5.3 Maintenance 91 Reboot the NVR 92 Reboot NVR At a Specific Time Automatically 93 Firmware Upgrade 94 Reset the NVR to Factory Default 96 3.5.4 DO Status 97 3.5.5 Disk Status 97 3.5.6 USB Backup 98 3.5.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Copyrights & Trademarks Copyright SEEnergy Corp © 2012 Trademarks SEEnergy SVR-500 Series (SVR-504/508/516/516+) Network Video Recorder (NVR) is a registered trademark of SEEnergy Corp. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder System Requirements The following are minimum system requirements for the system to operate Embedded Network Video Recorder (ENVR): Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows® 2003 Server, or Windows® 2008 Server Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above CPU Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 2.
SVR-500 Series Product Description The Embedded 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Install Hard Disk Start by removing the screws on the side: Push the top housing forward. Then lift it up. English • • 7 The NVR supports SATA I or SATA II hard disks. The NVR supports max. 3TB per hard disk and it supports total of 2 hard disks (6TB).
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder There is a cable connected between the fron LED board and the main board. You can remove it from the main board or simply put the top housing on the side like shown below. English Next, slide the hard drive into the tray.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Make sure the SATA connectors are correctly aligned with each other. Secure the hard drive with the tool-less screw provided in the box. English Place the top housing back and secure it with the bottom housing.
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SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 Power Alarm Amber Green Amber Blinking during firmware upgrade. Green Shows solid green for normal operation. Blinking green when firmware upgrade is done. Red Flashes red for failed firmware upgrade. Green Normal operation. Red System off (power adapter remains plugged in).
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder I/O Ports and RS-485 (Rear) SVR-504/508/516 English SVR-516+ 12
SVR-500 Series English User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 13 Pin Signal 1 12V DC 2 GND 3~10 Alarm input 11 Out1 12 Out2 13 Out3 14 Out4 15 RS485+ 16 RS485-
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 “SEEnergy 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 Use SEEnergy Device Search Utility When the NVR is on a corporate network, or a loca
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”: The search should start automatically and its status should be 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 administration page from your default browser English You may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button highlighted below.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 administration page perform search again access NVR’s web administration page English You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network. To connect to the NVR, use a PC that is on the same network over a switch or hub, or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1. Live View SVR-516/516+ Camera List PTZ Control Live Video Live Video Control Buttons English SVR-508 18 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.
SVR-500 Series Network Video Recorder User’s Manual SVR-504 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 If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, please make sure you open Internet Explorer with the “Admini
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.1 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 (SVR-108) or 16video mode (SVR-116) • 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 1.2 Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.4 PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, zoom a 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.
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SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 Autopan Pan Left Stop pan * Certain cameras do not support bidirectional pan movements. Use the “Autopan” button for such cameras Pan right Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one.
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SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 * If you are running Windows Vista or 7, please make sure IE is run with the “Administrator” privilege in order for this function to work properly.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Full Screen View of a Live Video To view a video in full screen, click the button. To exit full screen video, double-click anywhere on the video. 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 turned on. Click on it again to turn off audio.
SVR-500 Series 1.7 Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu which lets you change the displyay language.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.8 Live View through iPhone You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel English Click on the “Channe” drop-down menu to select other cameras 30
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder If a PTZ camera is selected, the corresponding control buttons will display (control PT only) English * Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras. Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the selection “Auto” will be used.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.9 Live View through Blackberry Phones You can use Blackberry and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through its browser, make sure “javascript” is enabled under “Browser” >> “Menu button” >> “Options” >> “Browser Configuration” 2. 1. Enable the “Support Javascript” option and click the menu button and click “Save Options” 2. 1.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Make sure two options illustrated below are enabled Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings 2. 1.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar English You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access 34
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2. Playback Methods to search playback Channels to be played back Playback video control buttons Playback video 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.
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SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • 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: English * Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed 37
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: English • Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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: English * You can cilck “Next Search” to display the next 15 results.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • 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 English Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video.
SVR-500 Series 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on SVR-116 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 English * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2.3 Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files. This can save you the trouble of installing third-party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos. The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder video play control bar Volume Control video play control buttons: Rewind/Pause (Play)/Stop/Next Frame/Fast Forward/ Screenshot/Display OSD video play time Audio Control (click to enable/disable) Video Play Speed 2.4 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recepient.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3. System Setup 3.1 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder By default, the recorder is set to obtain IP address from DHCP server, it should be sufficient in most network environments, and most likely you should not need to alter anything in this page. To locate the recorder, simply use the SEEnergy IP Utility with steps described in page 12. 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.2 DDNS Service DDNS, which stands for “Dynamic DNS”, is a method, protocol, or network service that provides the capability for a networked device, such as a router or computer system (in this case, the NVR) using the Internet Protocol Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in real time, the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder In order to properly configure the DDNS service function, please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first. Go to www.dyndns.com from the browser to do so.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below: Enter a desired hostname here Select a desired sub-domain from the drop-down menu Click here to automatically fill in the current public IP in the “IP Address field” Pick one or more options here (any is fine) Click to go to the next step English The page will check whether the hostname you entered has been used by another user or not as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below Create an username and a password here. This will be used in the NVR’s configuration. Enter a valid email address as well.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Go back to the NVR’s DDNS service configuration page under “Setup” >> “System Configuration” >> “DDNS Service”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Domain Name” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID” and “Password” field and click “Apply” to finish English You can click the “Check DDNS Status” button to check the DynDNS service status.
SVR-500 Series Notice the “Connection Status” displays the status of whether the NVR has been able to successfully update its current public IP address to the DynDNS server The NVR will automatically check with the DynDNS server once every hour and update its latest public IP to the server. The “Apply” button does the same thing which if you are see the “Disconnected” status, you can use it to manually check with the server without waiting for the NVR to update itself in the next hour.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.3 Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.4 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: English 1.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.5 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.
SVR-500 Series Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type” drop-down menu Its access privilege will then be displayed.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.6 Disk Setup (SVR-504/508/516 ONLY 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.7 Disk Setup (SVR-516+ ONLY) 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Create RAID 0 Volume To create a RAID 0 volume, two internal disks must be presented in the system.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder A warning message will be displayed to confirm the action as creating a RAID volume or converting to a different RAID volume will result in ALL DATA LOSS The process will begin and wait for the screen to refresh English You should be prompted with below message once the process is finished successfully 61
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder After the RAID 0 volume is successfully created, it should be listed under the “RAID Volume” table with the status “Offline” To bring the RAID volume online, go to the “Hard Disk List” which you should now see the RAID volume as Disk ID 1, simply click “Format” English A warning message should be displayed notifying such action will erase all data on the disk (RAID volume), simply click “OK” to continue 62
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder The status should be displayed You should re-directed to the Hard Disk List page after the process is done. You should now see the status of the RAID volume to be online Note: 1. This procedure applies to creating RAID 0/RAID 1/JBOD volume. 2. You can convert to another RAID type or JBOD volume at anytime after a RAID volume has been created. 3. Converting to a different RAID type or delete RAID will result in ALL DATA LOSS. 4.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder When RAID Volume Failed RAID volume fails when one of the internal disks fails. You should the warning message at the top of the NVR web UI Click on the warning message should direct you to the “Disk Setup” page, click on the “RAID Volume” tab to see more details English * Only Disk 2 is presented in the “Internal Hard Disk List”.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2 Channel Configurations 3.2.1 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: English 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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. Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera. 5.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder If cameras are marked with “*” in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to the NVR. There are two types of fps settings here, one is the fps that NVR sets back to the camera, and this is the fps NVR will be receiving from the camera. The other is recording fps, which will be limited by the live fps. (ex.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder For single stream camera, only the recording fps can be adjusted. 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 ~6 described above. 1. 2.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.2 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.3 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.
SVR-500 Series Ultimately, you can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.4 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.5 E-Map Setting 3.2.5.1 Local Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.5.2 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.3 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. 3.3.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: • You can choose to have the recorder send out the first few frames of the 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 an destined FTP server 3.3.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder The recorder does not control camera’s input or output ports in a way to let you pair recorder itself with a camera’s input or output port for event receiving or triggering. The recorder only acts as a medium for pairing up input/output ports between cameras and the recorder. Only connected cameras will be displayed in the list. Some cameras only allow one trigger source be configured at a time, e.g.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.3.3 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, English 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 2.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 4. Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it’s required 5. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6. Click “Test” to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully 7.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and password of the SMTP server if it requires authentication 6.
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SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications • Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to English * 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.4 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. 3.4.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder The “recording buffer” allows user to define “pre-alarm” and “postalarm” 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. * The “Pre-alarm” function only works when the “Continueous” recording is also activated.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. To configure a schedule recording: 1. Use the “Channel” 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 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3. You can also use the “Quick Configuration” to define recording time range instead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time table. Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either choosing “All Day” or enter a start and end time for specific recording duration. English 4. Select the “Copy to” option if you would like to set the same recording schedule to another camera.
SVR-500 Series 3.5 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. 3.5.1 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.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.5.2 Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting 3.5.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 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 because the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder.
SVR-500 Series Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically You can also configure the NVR to restart automatically by using the options given in the web UI. You can set the NVR to restart at a particular hour of a specific day during a week or a month.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded through web UI or USB. Before upgrading firmware, please backup current configuration first. ** the firmware file comes with a “.tar.gz” file extension, please use the file as is, DO NOT unzip it. It’s normal that you may only see “.tar” as the the “.gz” file extension is hidden by default in Windows. You will get “incorrect file format” error message if the file extension is altered.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 4. When done, click “Upgrade” 5. Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish (After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the process) B. Upgrade through USB 1. Prepare a USB flash disk and format with FAT or FAT32 format 2. Place the firmware in the USB flash disk and make sure it’s placed at the top-level directory. Please do not place the file in a folder.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Default” button and begin the proces: English The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View” page after it is complete: 96
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.5.4 DO Status This is where you can get the current status of the NVR’s digital output ports. You can also change their status from this page. 3.5.5 Disk Status English “Disk Status” gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.5.6 USB Backup It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format (not AVI) to the externally connected USB hard disk.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Once it’s detected, go back to the “USB Backup” page and it should be available for further configuration The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space. Make your selection from the drop-down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR Next, select channels which you would like to backup the recording data from. Maximum 4 channels can be selected at once.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Things to pay attention to with the USB Backup function: Limitation: • It does not support USB Hub extend the number of HDD connected to the NVR • Only one backup process can be performed at a time • Maximum 4 channels can be selected for backup • Only FAT32 USB hard disk is supported for backup • The USB hard disk needs to have more than 100MB remaining space • If multiple partitions are presented in one disk, only the first partitition will be det
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player The backup files can be played with the NVR media player. To do, open the player and select “Open” >> “Media Database” Click “Browse...
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder When done, click “Check” to validate the file Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted with the message shown below Select the time zone according to your current location English Finally, click “OK” to begin playing 102
SVR-500 Series The player should now play the backed up file English User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 103
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.5.7 UPS Configuration Connect the UPS to the NVR’s USB port for sending and receiving signals between the UPS and the NVR. The NVR can receive signal from the UPS when there is a power failure and shut down itself automatically within a period of time. You can enable UPS support to prevent data loss when an unexpected power failure occurs. To enable local UPS support (NVR acting as UPS server): 1. Connect the compatible USB UPS to the NVR 2.
SVR-500 Series User’s Manual Network Video Recorder The UPS information should be obtained an displayed at the bottom of the page after the settings are applied: To enable network UPS support (NVR acting as UPS slave): 1. Go to “NVR Setup” >> “System Options” >> “UPS Configurations”, and check “Enable UPS Support” option. 2. Enter the IP address of the NVR running as UPS server.
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