Appro NVR-2018 manual

Before trying to connect or operate this product, please read this manual complete ly INST ALLA TION & OPERA TING MANU AL Network Video Recorder NVR-2018[...]

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1 SAFETY PRECA UTIONS A ll the following safety and operated instructions which w ill prevent ha rm or damage to the operator and other per sons should be read be fore the unit is opera ted. W ARNING T o reduce the risk of f ire or electr ic shock , do not expos e this appliance to rain or mois ture. Do not bloc k ventilation openings . D o not pla[...]

2 T able Of Content s 1. PRODUCT FEA TURES .................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Pr oduct Intr oduction .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Pr oduct Featur es .......................................[...]

3 6. RS-232 PROT OCOL .................................................................................................... 50 6.1 Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 50 6.2 Communication Pr otocol .............................................[...]

4 1. PRODUCT FEA TURES 1.1 Product Introduction The NVR is a stor age m edia of di gital vi deo im age, which uses har d disk drive s instea d of N AS devices to store video. This s torage m edia provides the user with th e power of re m ote control of the Internet. It’s an extr emel y stable and reli able devic e because i t is a stand- alone s [...]

5 ＊ High stability and reliability . ＊ Operation-s tatus record log. ＊ Distribution of live and r ecorded im ages throughout the T CP/IP network environm ent. ＊ Powerful PC software. ＊ W eb browser: IE. ＊ Audio function inc luded. ＊ Built-in SD card slot f or copying image to SD car d. ＊ Supports the DHCP protocol.[...]

6 2. DESCRIPTI ON OF THE FRONT/REA R VIEW 2.1 Front V iew Power Display Save Enter Setup PLAY STOP REC FWD REV PAUSE A-rec Search T-rec POWER DISK 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 13 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 23 24 Shift Seq. CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 4 8 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 Hard-disk driv e compartment : The com partment allo ws you to ins tall a hard d isk drive m [...]

7 Setup/Sav e button: Press this to enter the setup m enu. Press again to exit the setup m ode. In SD card back up m ode, press to save the desired st ill image to SD c ard. Search button: Press to enter the search m ode to acc ess recor ded video. In the LANCAM SETT ING m ode, use these buttons to s earch f or the desired LAN Cam era in the LAN. L[...]

8 A -rec Indicat or: This indicator of the alar m r ecording m ode lights up to indicate the alarm rec ord setting is on. DISK Indicator: The indica tor sho ws the op eration s tatus of the un it’s hard-dis k drives . The gree n light i ndicates th e hard-disk drive is storin g or r etrievin g data. The r ed ligh t signals the hard-d isk drive is[...]

9 2.2 Rear V iew SD Card RS-232 ALARM DC12V MONI TOR AUDIO ETHERNET I/O 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 ETHERNET 10/10 0 Connec tor : This is one standar d RJ-45 co nnector for 1 0/100 Mbps Ethernet networks. SD CA RD Slot : This is used f or system s oftware updating and archiving/acce ssing critic al images . RS-232 Port : T he RS-232 comm unication p[...]

10 2.3 A LARM In/Out ALARM OUT RECORD IN GROUND DISK FULL NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 THIS FIGURE IS LO OKED FROM THE REAR VIEW 1. GND: Ground Contact. 2. ALARM OUT (OUT PUT): This is an alar m output tr igger . C onnect this to exter nal dev ices suc h as buzz ers or lights. ( 5V 0V(Activ[...]

11 3. INST A LLA TION Please follow the instr uctions and the diagram below to set up the system . 3.1 Basic Connection CONNECTING WIT H A SINGLE CA M ERA SD Card RS-232 ALARM DC12V MONITOR AUDIO ETHERNET I/O To V i d e o I n To A u d i o I n Monitor LAN CAMERA CROSSOVER CABLE[...]

12 LA NCA M, NVR, ROUT ER, CONNECTION ST RUCTURE SD Card RS-232 ALARM DC12V MONITOR AUDIO ETHERNET I/O Monitor LAN CAMERA (UP TO 8 LAN CAMERA) WAN LAN L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 VIDEO ROUTER NVR PC ISP/ INTERNET PC[...]

13 3.2 Hard-Disk Driv e Installat ion The NVR is equ ipped with t wo com partments of hard disk dri ve. The un it us uall y comes with one hard-disk drive i nstalled i n the com partment HD1, whic h is def ault-conf igured as a m aster . If you need a second hard-dis k drive to b e installed in the com partment HD2 (Mo bile), please contact your di[...]

14 3.3 Sy stem Information Y ou can displa y system settings inform ation as s hown on T able 3.3 A belo w at an y time by pressing the Display button . In the playbac k m ode, the recor ded video inform ation is d ispla yed. In the live or recording m ode, th e Manual Rec ordin g inform ation is displa yed. Each se quentia l press of the Display b[...]

15 3.4 Up dating System Sof tware If the s ystem sof tware of the NVR- 2018 nee ds to be u pgraded, p lease tak e the follo wing steps to s afel y update it. Important: Before carrying out t he follow ing pro cedures, please ensure t he SD card is w orking and the file o f system software is intact 1. Create a direc tory named NVRVIDEO in the SD Ca[...]

16 4. BA SIC OPERA TIONS This s ection shows you how to operate and manage the NVR when it gets in the way . 4.1 Configuring Recording Settings Recording Time settings (Image R esolution and Image Qualit y Setting) Recordi ng time will var y de pending on th e im age size, qualit y , and the capacit y of the har d-disk drives. Generall y , the NVR [...]

17 4.2 Recording Operations This s ection details the way to recor d video into hard-disk drives. Bef ore com m encing with the recording function, pleas e configur e the recording setting pr operly according to y our needs. 4.2.1 Manual Recording W hen the NVR is in live display mode, take the f ollowing steps to start recording: (1) In live dis p[...]

18 NOTE: Y ou can pro ceed to start the s cheduled recording from t he cur rent time if it is in t he scheduled interlude as soon as setting is completed, and come out from menu to st art recording. NOTE: If you activate the r ecording function be fore the sch eduled re cordin g, the un it w ill operate recording as sho wn in the diagram belo w and[...]

19 MA IN ME NU LA N CA MERA RECORD / BA NDWIDTH CLOCK / TIM ER / SEQ AL AR M COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM GOTO CLOCK/TIMER/SEQ P AGE CLOCK / TIM ER / SEQ CLOCK SETT ING : SET T I M E R : S E T SEQUENCER : SET MAIN P A GE SET REC SCHEDULE REC SCHEDULE TIM ER ENA BLE: OFF ST AR T END ST AR T END S : 00:00-00:00 00:00-00:00 M: 00:00-00:00 00:00-00:00 [...]

20 4.2.3 A larm Recordi ng T ake the f ollowing ste ps to acti vate the pr ogramm ed alarm rec ording. For ALM OPER A TION , ALM DURA TION , MA X RE C RA TE , and PRE- AL ARM settings, please r efer t o sectio n 5.4 f or mor e details. (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Sel ect AL AR M and press the En ter button to enter the[...]

21 4.2.4 Mot ion Detection Tak e the steps detailed below to activate a pr ogramm ed m otion detection. For MOTIO N SETT ING, as well as its two distinc t func tions of MOT ION ENABLE and SENSIT IVITY / REGION , please ref er to section 5.4 f or fur ther details. (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Select the item term ed &quo[...]

22 SENSITIVIT Y / REGION SET TING SENSITIVIT Y HIGHEST REGION ( 30, 25 ) – ( 90, 70 ) OK CA NCEL MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOT ION ENA BLE : OFF ON SET LA NCA M P AGE SET M OT ION ENABLE MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOTI ON E NA BL E SENSITIVIT Y/REGION : CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 LA NCA M P AGE SET MOT ION OF CH5 MOTIO N E NA BLE SETTI NG CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 O N[...]

23 4.2.5 External ly triggered Recording By connecting the RECORD IN of ALARM I/O on the rear panel of the NVR, you can activate/deactivate the rec ording func tion of a NVR. Please ref er to sec tion 2.3 for m ore details. NOTE: The status of reco rding operat ions wh en an alarm takes place are shown in the diagrams below . 1 2 3 4 Manual or Exte[...]

24 4.3 Play back Operations This s ection sho ws you how t o operate the fast, sl ow , and s ingle-pic ture p layback functions , and details how the unit is to playback a file in a d ifferent operati on status. Pl ease refer to the f ollowing paragrap hs specif ying the r eleva nt de tails. W hen pla ying a f ile, the monitor shoul d displ ay a fl[...]

25 4.3.2 Slow Forw ard/Reverse There ar e 5 speeds available f or a slow play back : 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32. W hile playing back r ecorded video at the rec orded speed: (1) Press th e P AUSE button f or the slow playback mode. (2) Forward: Turn the Shuttle dial to the right to vi ew the recor ded vi deo in the for ward direction at a s peed slo [...]

26 4.4 Search Operations This s ection shows you how to access rec orded video. 4.4.1 Full List Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the full-lis t search f unction. (1) Press th e Search button to enter the search m ode. (2) Sel ect the FULL LIST and press the Ente r button to access the complete l ist of rec orded video. (3) Hig hlig[...]

27 4.4.3 TIME Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the time- list searc h function. (1) Press th e Search button to enter the search m ode. (2) Sel ect the TIM E SEA RCH and press the Enter button to access the time- setting page. (3) Set the tim e period you w ish to sear ch for the r ecorded video. (4) Press th e Enter button to star[...]

28 (5) There ar e 5 l evels of rec ording ra nge m odes to c hoose f rom : 1 Hour , 10 M inutes, 1 Minute, 10 Seconds and 1 Second. Select the specific field of your requirem ent and press the Enter button to enter t he next level. If you want to retur n the pr evious level, p lease pres s the Setup button (6) Once reaching the c ritical point at a[...]

29 4.5 Backup Operations 4.5.1 Mobi le Rack HD Backup Operati ons There ar e three way s available to duplicate the r ecorded video fr om HD 1 ( Fixed HD) to HD 2 (Mobile Rack HD). Please take the f ollowing steps to proceed. (1) Set HD 2 to BACKUP first. T ake the follow ing steps.  Press the Setup button to enter the setup mode and selec t the[...]

30 SELECT : Duplic ate a particular rec orded video from HD1 to HD2.  S tay on the DISK SETT ING page.  Us e the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons , and , to high light B ACKUP , select SELECT and t hen press the En ter button to list all the recor ded video.  Press the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons, and , to select the des ired clip a nd pres[...]

31 4.5.2 Secure Digi t al Card (SD Card) Backup O perations The SD car d slot of the rear unit has three f unctions as shown below: 1. A rchive Sing le image Clips into SD Card Please take the f ollowing steps to archive a cr itical im age in a SD card. (1) Insert a SD Card into the SD c ard slot of the rear unit. (2) S tart playing back the rec or[...]

32 4.6 Key Lock Operation The Ke y lock oper ation prot ects the unit aga inst unaut hori zed use b y disablin g the entire f ront panel controls. Sim ultaneousl y press these t wo “<” and “>” butt ons (as show n below ) for at l east 3 seconds to loc k the unit; to releas e the Key Loc k , sim ultaneously press these two buttons agai[...]

33 5. M ENU SETUP There ar e 6 categories f or operati on setting i n the setup m enu s y stem as shown be low . T he follo wing sections will ins truct you step b y step to configure the opera tion s etting an d state each m enu’s purpos e and options. Pres s the Setup button to acces s the setup m enu. Once ins ide the m enu s ystem, the on-scr[...]

34 5.1 LAN CA MERA SE TTING This page allows you can select your desired LAN Camer a, whose images y ou can save in the NVR hard disk . The login nam e and password mus t be entered corr ectly . IP / ACCOUNT : Set the des ired c hannel, entering its num ber (1 to 8) in the given spac e. Turn the “CONNECTION” to “ ON ”, Provid e the corre sp[...]

35 MA IN ME NU L A N C A M E R A RECORD / BA NDWIDTH CLOCK / TIM ER / SEQ AL AR M COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM LA NCA M SET TING LA NCA M SET TING IP / ACCOUNT : SET IMAGE : SET A UDIO ENABLE : OFF MOT ION : OFF MAIN P AGE IMAGE SETT ING IMAGE SETT ING RESOLUT ION : 352 X 240 720 X 480 S E T LA NCA M P AGE SET IMAGE RESOLUTION INDIVIDUALL Y IMAGE S[...]

36 IMAGE: (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Select th e item term ed " LA N CA MERA " and pres s the En ter button to enter the LA NCA M SET TING page. (3) Select the i tem termed " IM A GE " a nd push t he En ter bu tton to enter the IM AGE SE TTING page. (4) T o regulate the im age resol ution f unction[...]

37 A UDIO ENA BLE: (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN MENU . (2) Select th e item term ed " LA N CA MERA " and pres s the En ter button to enter the LA NCA M SET TING page. (3) Selec t the item term ed " A UDIO E NAB LE " an d push th e Ent er bu tton to select t he A UDIO ENA BLE . (4) T o activate the m otion dete c[...]

38 MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOT ION ENA BLE : OFF ON SET LA NCA M P AGE SET M OT ION ENABLE MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOTI ON E NA BL E SENSITIVIT Y/REGION : CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 LA NCA M P AGE SET MOT ION OF CH5 MOTIO N E NA BLE SETTI NG CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 O N O N O N O N C H 5 C H 6 C H 7 C H 8 O N O N O N O N O K C A N C E L MA IN ME NU L A N C A M E R[...]

39 MOTI ON: Take the s teps d etailed belo w to ac tivate a program med m otion detec tion. For MOTIO N S ETTI NG , as well as its two distinct f unctions of MOTI ON E NA BL E and SENSITIVIT Y / REGION . (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Select th e item term ed " LA N CA MERA " and pres s the En ter button to ente[...]

40 MAX REC RA TE: This option is used f or lim iting the num ber of pictures r ecorded e very secon d into a storage dis k. The rec ording rat e controls the max imum of the f requenc y at which the n umber of video pic tures can be recor ded. ● There ar e 4 different recor ding rates you can selec t fr om: UNLIMIT , 30F/S, 20F/S, and 10F/S. NOTE[...]

41 5.3 CLOCK / TIMER / SEQ SETTING The NVR provides a weekly t able, consis ting of two periods of tim e each day for sc heduled recording. This option allows you to set the time eac h day that the NVR will start and stop recor ding. CLOCK SETT ING: This entry allows users to set the system tim e. NOTE: Clock dat a is ret ained for about 3 months a[...]

42 SEQUENCER: To regulate dwell t ime of the sequencer , you can use t he “ ^ ” button and the “ v ” button to selec t dwell t ime provi ded here , ranging f rom the " 00 " to t he " 30 ".you c an set i ndividu al chann els in dif fer ent dwell tim e. Af ter set indiv idual ch annels, q uad and m ulti sc reen in diff ere[...]

43 MAX REC RA TE: This option is the num ber of pictures recorded ev ery sec ond into a stor age dis k when an al arm input is activated. Ther e are 2 d ifferent recor d speeds you c an select UNLIMIT or REM A IN. If y ou select REMAIN for use, the devic e will record im ages at the sam e speed as s et on the REC page. PRE- ALA RM : This option det[...]

44 5.5 COMMUNICA TION This optio n allo ws you to c onf igure the sta tus of the RS-232 c omm unication po rt when c onnected t o an external device, and th e Ethernet c omm unications settings. ( Please ref er to the RS- 232 Prot ocol and Network Func tion for m ore details) NET IP: This option is used to conf igure the Ethernet com m unication se[...]

45 COMM SET TING N E T I P NET DHCP LEA SED IP T A BLE IP POOL RANGE SET CO MM ID RS232 MAIN P AGE SET IP POOL RANGE IP POOL RA NGE SETT ING 192.168. 1. 1 ― 192.168. 1.254 SET IP POOL RANGE IP POOL RA NGE: You can set y our DHCP IP addres s by changing only the las t part of the f our - part IP addr ess given below. The last part c an be any num [...]

46 5.6 DISK SETTING REFORMA T : This option allows you to clear out all the data in the hard-disk drive. Y ou will be required to enter the pre-set password bef ore proceeding with clearing out the data. Enter the s tandard password “9999” if y ou don’t set your individual password. T o set your individual password, please refer to section 5.[...]

47 5.7 SYSTEM SETTING This page is us ed for acc ess ing the histor y of the o peratio n status, settin g the password , resum ing factor y default, and deter mining the m enu display background. OPERA TION LOG: This log s hows the history of the operation status in chr onological order . W hat the following entries represent is detailed below . ON[...]

48 from the oldest one. OSD LA NGUA GE: This option allows you to select the OSD language display as English, or Chines e. MENU BACKGND: There ar e 3 lev els of backgroun d color trans parenc y, you ca n choos e from : lev el 1 is totall y transparen t, le vel 3 is opaque, and leve l 2 is betwee n le vel 1 an d 3. T he back ground color is used in [...]

49 DEF AUL T : This opti on allo ws you to relo ad the f actor y defau lt sett ing. Ple ase do note tha t the password can not be changed in the f actory default setting. SD SETUP: The NVR-201 8 off ers a quick setup m ethod by us ing a SD c ard. If the user wants t o set up m any a number of the sam e devices with the s ame s ettings, he can s ave[...]

50 6. RS-232 Protocol 6.1 Setup 6.1.1 Use a Null Modem cable (the s tandard RS-232 9 Pin Cable with Pin 2 and Pin 3 exchanged, see pin configur ation chart below for details) to connect the COM 1 on the rear panel of the NVR to a PC. NVR 6.1.2 Set the RS-232 option to ON in the COMMUNICA T ION page of the setup menu. 6.1.3 Set the PC com munic atio[...]

51 < The v alue of a specif ic front panel key > KEY_PLA Y 1 KEY_STOP 3 K E Y _ P A U S E 4 KEY_POW ER 5 KEY_REC 6 KEY_SETUP 7 KEY_ENTER 8 KEY_SEARCH 10 KEY_DISPLA Y 1 1 KEY_UP 13 KEY_DOW N 14 KEY_LEFT 15 KEY_RIGHT 16 KEY_SHIFT 36 JOG_L 128 JOG_R 129 KEY_SHIFT_LEFT 140 KEY_SHIFT_RIGHT 141 KEY_SHIFT_DOW N 142 KEY_SHIFT_UP 143 KEY_SHIFT_ENT ER [...]

52 6.2.2.2 Request Time (Second Category=0x02) PC Request: <0x41>, <0x01>, <0x 20>, <0x02>, <0x02>, <0x00>, <0x4f > NVR Response: <0x41>, <0x 20>, <0x01>, <0x02>, <0x02>, <0x07>, <7 Time V alue >, <0x4f > The f ollowing case is an illust ration of < 7 Time [...]

53 7. IDE Hard Disk Inst allation Usuall y , th e unit c omes with one hard- disk dr ive ins talled in com partment HD 1, which is def ault-c onfigure d as a master . The j umper settings configur ation of the installe d hard- disk drives f or the un it and com patible drives which c an be us ed with this un it are listed in the table belo w . T o [...]

54 6. 6. Secure the driver in the rack using two mounting s crews in both the side-m ounting holes. Please don’t tighten the screws too m uch, otherwise that may damage the driver . 7. 8. 7. Screw the rack in to the de vice, screw ing in all the four s crews. 8. A ttach the inter face c onnector and the power c onnector to the drive. Pl ease not [...]

55 2. Pull the active-handle outward to rem ove the carr ier body aw ay fr om the mobile r ack 3. Slide the top cover back ward and rem ove. 4. Setting the jum per of your hard disk driver . The way to set the jumper of the drive var ies between manuf acturers; pleas e refer to the instructions on the driver to set the j umper s in the m aster posi[...]

56 7. Place the top cover bac k to the car rier body by s liding forward to secure. 8. Slide the carrier body back in the m obile rac k. 9. Push the carr ier body further into the m obile rack until fully inserted. 10. Push the active-handle inward. 11. Lock the Key .[...]

57 8. O.S.D Message No. O.S.D Message Meanings 1 NO DISK No hard-disk detected after power ac tivated 2 B A TTER Y LO W Suggest change the battery and reset the s y stem tim e 3 LOADING Sy stem Boot up 4 KEY LOCKED Key lock func tion is on 5 KEY UNLOCKED Key lock func tion is off 6 n1 OF n2 IT EM S PROGRESS n 3 % BACKUP n1/n2 NOW 7 BA CKUP COMPLET [...]

58 9. Netw ork Viewer and Image View er This s ection provides instructions for ins talling and using the Network Viewer , and Image Viewer , which are included with the NVR. The program s can be operated by a selected PC equipped with the following requirem ents. 1. Intel Pentium 233MHz at least. 2. 32 MB RAM 3. W indow 95, 98, NT , and ME. 4. 4 M[...]

59 Physical specification for Ethernet Wire T ype Cat. 5 Connector T ype RJ-45 Max. Cable Length 30 m Hub Wiring Configur ation S traight T hrough PC Wiri ng Configuration Cross Ove r NOTE: F or more details on netw ork connection s, please refer to th e follow ing docum ent. 9.1.2 Install the Netwo rk Viewer in your PC Inst all the Network Viewer [...]

60 9.1.3 View the NVR vid eo from a remote PC Once Network View is exec uted a Login prom pt will appear , you must enter the def ault User Nam e: admin , password: 9999 into the respec tive field and click on OK to log into the application. Follo w the instruc tions bel ow to use the N etwork Viewer to bro wse a N VR video f rom a rem ote location[...]

61 Functions Description  Dev ice List Displays the entir e list of connec ted devic es if and as necessar y . T his list includes a lot of inform ation about all the connected devic es.  NVR Number Assigns a display location when y ou have m ultiple devices connected.  Dev ice T ype Display s the device type.  Dev ice Title This blank [...]

62 Function Buttons Description Play back func tion bar .  Pla y- Clic k to a rec orded vid eo from the PLA Y LIST .  Paus e- Click to freeze the im age.  Stop- Click to s top pla ying back the recorded v ideo or c ease r ecording.  REC- Click to ac tivate t he rec ording f unction of the device.  Step- Click to view images picture-b[...]

63 This allo ws you to searc h a recor ded vid eo kept i n the HDD of the device. Enter the MONT H/DA Y/YEA R HOUR: MINUTE you wish to s earch and c lick GO to proceed. Ever y NVR has to own an IP address an d a titl e to be iden tifi ed on the ne twork. Th is a rea displ a y s the tit le and the IP address of the NVR. Image dis play ar ea. Disp la[...]

64 9.1.4 Change the Reco rd & Timer Propert ies Via the Network Follo w the instruct ions bel ow to r econfigur e the recor d and s chedule r ecordi ng settings via the network . A. B. C D[...]

65 Set the regu lar record sett ings 1. W hen in the s ingle –device m ode, click to enter the SETUP page. (See the sam ple screen as in A above) 2. Select a desired r ecording rate and Q uality fr om the c orresponding drop- down list 3. At the left of the page are item ized Lancam 1( ) to 8( ) (See the sam ple screen as in C above) , each of wh[...]

66 9.1.5 A rchive Images t o the Comput er Play back im ages can be stor ed in a local PC in the JPEG f orm at. Follow the instruc tions below to save the viewed images to your PC. 1. Press to enter the following sample sc reen whenever in the play back m ode. 2. Select a folder in the com puter for c opying images in. 3. Enter the num ber of im ag[...]

67 9.2 The Image Viewer This is image integr ity -protec t software. It not only allow s you to view an archived im age f rom the SD card or HDD of a com puter , but also protec ts an archived im age from repr oduction or interpolation. If an image is n’t in the original for mat m ade by a NVR, the Image Viewer won’t display the im age and inst[...]

68 10. Index T able The f ollowing description details how the NVR manages an index table issue. The NVR will generate a tim e index table indicating rec orded data is kept in a partic ular HDD. This allows to individually select ing recorded data to be displayed via the alarm lis t search and f ull list search. T he maxim um num ber of lis ts, for[...]

69 1 1 . Netw ork Confi guration 1 1.1 Cable Connections Please f ollow t he instruc tions bel ow to conn ect your N VR to a com puter or a networ k and to c hoose a proper RJ- 45 cable conf iguration for c onnections. Phy sical specification of RJ-45 cable f or Ethernet 1 1 .1.1 Connect to a comput er Use a cros sover LAN cable to c onnect directl[...]

70 RJ-45 PIN configuration for LA N Hub PIN NO. PIN A ssignment 1. TX + 2. TX - 3. RX + 4. Not Connected 5. Not Connected 6. RX - 7. Not Connected 8. Not Connected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RJ-4 5 soc ke t 1 1.1.3 Connect to W AN (INTERNET) The RJ- 45 PIN configur ation for connec ting to a WAN is the s ame as connecting to a LAN. RJ-45 SD Card RS-232 ALARM [...]

71 NOTE: This function can only wo rk if the LA N w hich the unit is connected to has a DHCP server . If the DHCP server is working, the NVR will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP server . In that case please skip the section 1 1.2.2 (Set IP address) and follow section 3. (T CP/IP Communication So ftware). 1 1 .2.2 Set IP Address Y o[...]

72 NOTE: When connecting to a netw ork, each connected NVR must be assign ed a unique IP , w hich must b e in the same class t ype as your netw ork address. IP addre sses are writt en as four sets of nu mbers separated by periods; for exa mple, 192.168.0.1 T herefore, if th e connected network is id entified as Class C, for example, the first th re[...]

73  Click on the Configuration tag; check if the TCP/IC is included am ong the network com ponents list. If the TCP/IP is included, pleas e process step 5. If it is not included, please follow step 4 to ins tall the TCP/IP . 1 1 .4 TCP/IP inst allation During the installation, you w ill be requested to inser t the windows 98 CD ROM. After instal[...]

74 1 1.5 TCP/IP Configuration setting  Clic k Star t  Settings  Control Panel  Network .  Selec t T CP/IP , and then click Properties .  Bef ore proc essing the NVR installation in a W AN, please mak e sure the Inter net connection work s properly . If not, please contact your ISP provider .  If you ar e using a DHCP s erver , [...]

75  Ty pe in pin g 192.168.0.1 then Enter . (See the s ample sc reen below) ** This IP is the NVR IP address that is assigned for the connected NVR in step 2.  If you receive a response as in the s ample s creen below , the connection has n’t been succes sfully established. Please re- check all the hardware and software installation by repe[...]

76 12. Microsoft Internet Explorer This s ection provides instructions for us ing the Microsoft Inter net Explorer , which ar e included with the NVR-2018. 12.1 Connecting the N VR-2018 S tart up the Micros oft Internet Explorer , and then follow the steps given below to connect the NVR-2018: 1. Click the URL block at the top of the sc reen. 2. T y[...]

77 Function Buttons Description Click to stop pla ying back the r ecorded v ideo or to cease rec ording. Click to a recorded video f rom the PLA Y LIST . Click to freeze the image. Click to activate the recor ding function of the device. Click to leave the home page of the NVR- 2018. Press to e nter the SETU P window , a nd open th e device setti n[...]

78 Recorded video lis t box. T his box all ows you to acces s all rec orded video, which ar e st ored i n the HDD of the c onnecte d devic es. T o review a rec orded video, s impl y select a n ent ry fr om the lis t and c lick the button. PgUp/PgDn : Ena bles you to sc roll up a nd do wn the list. NVR-2018 Time & S tatus B ox. This box indic at[...]

79 12.2 Change LA NCAM SETUP Setting Please follow the steps given below to change the LANCAM setting thr ough the network as and when necessary . (1) Cli ck the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. (2) At the top of the page are itemized CAMs 1 to 8, each of which is connec ted to the corres ponding cam era. So, if you click any of th[...]

80 12.3 Change Record / A larm Setting Please follow the steps given below to change the RECORD / ALARM s etting through the network as and when necessar y . 1. Click the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. 2. Click the connec tion on the setting page to enter the RECORD / ALARM setting page. 3. Adjust the Record / Alarm setting, incl[...]

81 12.4 Change T imer Record Setting Please follow the steps below to change the Timer Record s etting through the network as and when necessar y . 1. Click the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. 2. Click the connection on the setting page to enter the Timer Record s etting page. 3. Set the SCHEDULE RECORD to ON to enable the SCHEDUL[...]

82 13. SPECIFICA TIONS Mo del Number 8CH NVR-2018 Lancam Connection Lancam x 8 Image System NTSC P AL Image Res olution 720 x 480 pixels 352 x 240 pixels 720 x 576 pixels 352 x 288 pixels Video Input interface RJ-45 (bit s tream from Lancam ) Video Out Mon1 (BNC) Audio Input interfac e RJ-45 (bit stream from Lancam ) Audio Out RCA x 1 Compressio n [...]

83 A PPENDI X 1. –SCA NIP Follo w the instruc tions bel ow to use t he SCAN IP software to searc h the NVR d evic es from a loc al location. 1. Click the button to disco ver the co nnection of the al l-type device in the L AN. The Device List will display the connection of the all-type device. 2. Select the des ired device f rom the Device List .[...]

84 5. Manual insertion of “Free IP Address ”. If you have clicked “ No”, please m anually ty pe in inser tions as requir ed in the “Free IP Address” , “Gat eway Addres s”, and “ NET Mask ”. Foll ow each insert ion you m ake by t yping in the “Login Nam e” and “Password” , and click “UPDA TE” to s end y our alteration[...]

85 8. T o change any IP address, ty pe in the new address in the “ Free IP Address” box on the right as well as the device “Login Nam e” and “Pass word” in their res pective blanks at bottom left, then click “UPDA TE” , and the new address will automatic ally be sent to the device. 9. Click “Exit” at bottom right to shut the dev[...]