Approach Tech 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 A RNING T o reduce the risk of fire or elec tric 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 digital vi deo im age, which uses har d dis k drive s instea d of N AS devices to store video. This storage 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 becaus e it is a stand- alone s y[...]

5 ＊ High stability and reliability . ＊ Operation-s tatus record log. ＊ Distribution of live and recorded 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 s lot for 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 c ompartment allo ws you to i nstall 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 s till 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 search f or the desired LAN Cam era in the LAN. Le[...]

8 A -rec Indicat or: This indicator of the alarm recording m ode lights up to indicate the alarm rec ord setting is on. DISK Indicator: The indic ator sho ws the op eration s tatus of the un it’s hard-dis k dr ives. The gr een light i ndicates the hard-disk drive is stor ing or retrievin g data. The r ed ligh t signals the hard-d isk drive is fil[...]

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 Conn ector : T his 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/acc essing critic al im ages. RS-232 Port : T he RS-2 32 c ommunic atio[...]

10 2.3 A LAR M 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 FIG URE IS LOOKED FROM TH E REA R 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(Ac[...]

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 di 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 on e hard-disk driv e installed i n the c ompartm ent HD1, whic h is def ault-conf igured as a m aster . If you need a second hard-dis k drive to b e installe d in the com partment HD2 (Mo bile), please contact your[...]

14 3.3 Sy stem Information Y ou can displa y system settings inform ation as s hown on T abl e 3.3 A belo w at any 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 s equentia l press of the Displa y [...]

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

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 pendin g on the im age size, qual ity , and the capacit y of the har d-disk drives. Generall y , the NVR [...]

17 4.2 Recording Operations This section details the way to recor d video into hard-disk drives . Before 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 pl[...]

18 NOTE: Y ou can pro ceed to start the s cheduled recordin g from t he cur rent ti me if it is in the scheduled interlude as soon as setting is completed, and come out from menu to st art recording. NOTE: If you activate the recording function be fore the sch eduled re cord ing, the u nit w ill operate recording as sh own 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 00:00-00:0[...]

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, pleas e refer to sec tion 5. 4 for mor e details. (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Sel ect AL AR M and pres s the Enter button to enter the [...]

21 4.2.4 Mot ion Detecti on Tak e the steps detailed below to activate a pr ogram med m otion detection. For MOTIO N SETT ING, as well as its two distinct func tions of MOT ION ENABLE and SENSIT IVIT Y / 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/REGIO N : 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 [...]

23 4.2.5 External ly triggered Recording By connec ting the RECORD IN of ALARM I/O on the r ear panel of the NVR, y ou can activate/deactivate the rec ording func tion of a NVR. Please r efer to sec tion 2.3 for m ore details. NOTE: The status of reco rding operat ions wh en an alarm takes place are show n in the diagrams below . 1 2 3 4 Manual or [...]

24 4.3 Play back Operations This s ection sho ws you ho w to operate the fast, s low , and s ingle- picture p layback functions , and details how the unit is to playbac k a file in a d ifferent operati on status. Pl ease ref er to the f ollowing paragrap hs specif ying the r eleva nt de tails. W hen pla ying a f ile, the m onitor shoul d displ ay a[...]

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 recorded video at the rec orded speed: (1) Press th e P AUSE button f or the slow playback m ode. (2) Forward: Turn the Shuttle dial to the right to vi ew the rec orded video i n the for ward directi on at a s peed s [...]

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 LIS T and pr ess the Ent er button to ac cess the c omplete list of recor ded video. (3) Hig h[...]

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) Ther e are 5 levels of rec ording ra nge m odes to choose 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 any[...]

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 tak e the following 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 h ighlight B ACKUP , sele ct SEL ECT an d the n press the En ter button to list all the recor ded video.  Press the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons, and , to select th e desired cl ip and p[...]

31 4.5.2 Secure Digi t al Card (SD Card) Backup O perations The SD card s lot of the rear unit has three func tions 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 r ear unit. (2) S tart playing back the rec o[...]

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 Lock , sim ultaneously press these two buttons again[...]

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 s hown below . T he follo wing sections will ins truct you step b y step to configur e 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-sc[...]

34 5.1 LAN CA MERA S ETTING This page allow s you can select your desired LAN Cam era, whose im ages you 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 ”, Prov ide the co rres[...]

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 IM A GE : SET A UDIO ENA BLE : 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 INDIVIDUA LL Y IMA[...]

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 " and push t he En ter bu tton to enter t he IM AGE SE TTING page. (4) T o regulate the im age reso lution f unction[...]

37 A UDIO ENA BLE: (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN MEN U . (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 En ter bu tton to sele ct the A UDIO ENA BLE . (4) T o activate the m otion dete [...]

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/REGIO N : 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 [...]

39 MOTI ON: Take the s teps d etailed belo w to ac tivate a program med m otion detec tion. For MOTI ON S ETTI NG , as well as its two distinct f unctions of MOT IO N E NA BL E and SENSITIVITY / REG ION . (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 ent[...]

40 MAX REC RA T E: This option is used f or lim iting the num ber of pictures recorded 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 rec ording 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, cons isting of two periods of time eac h day for s cheduled recor ding. This option allows you to set the time eac h day that the NVR will start and stop rec ording. CLOCK SETT ING: This entry allows users to set the system tim e. NOTE: Clock dat a is ret ained for about 3 months [...]

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 , rang ing from the " 00 " to t he " 30 ".you c an set i ndividu al chann els in d iffer ent dwell t ime. Af ter set ind ividual ch annels, q uad and m ulti sc reen in diff ere[...]

43 MAX REC RA TE: This option is the n umber of pictur es recor ded every s econd into a stor age dis k when an al arm input is activate d. Ther e are 2 d ifferent recor d speeds you can 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 de[...]

44 5.5 COMMUNICA TION This option all ows you t o conf igure the sta tus of the RS-232 c omm unication po rt when c onnected t o an external device, a nd the 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 set[...]

45 COMM SET TING N E T I P NET DHCP LEA SED IP T A BLE IP POOL RANGE SET CO MM I D RS232 MAIN P AGE SET IP POOL RANGE IP POOL RANGE SETTING 192.168. 1. 1 ― 192.168. 1.254 SET IP POOL RA NGE 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 y ou to clear out all the data in the hard-dis k drive. Y ou will be required to enter the pre-set password bef ore proc eeding with clearing out the data. Enter the standard password “9999” if y ou don’t set your individual password. T o s et y our individual password, please ref er to secti[...]

47 5.7 SYSTEM SETTING This page is used for ac cess 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 shows the history of the operation status in chr onological order . W hat the f ollowing entries represent is detailed below . ON:[...]

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

49 DEF A UL T : This option allo ws you to relo ad th e factor y defau lt sett ing. Ple ase do note that 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 COMM UNICA T ION page of the setup menu. 6.1.3 Set the PC com munic ati[...]

51 < The v alue of a sp ecific 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>, <0x4 f> 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 drive ins talled in com partment HD 1, which is def ault-c onfigure d as a master . The j um per settings configur ation of the installe d har d-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 ; please refer to the instruct ions on the driver to set the j umper s in the m aster pos[...]

56 7. Place the top cover bac k to the c arrier body by s liding forward to secure. 8. Slide the carrier body back in the mobile r ack. 9. Push the carr ier body fur ther 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 f unction is off 6 n1 OF n2 IT EM S PROGRESS n3 % BACKUP n1/n2 NOW 7 BA CKUP COMPLET E[...]

58 9. Netw ork Viewer and Image View er This section provides instructions for ins talling and using the Network Viewer , and Image Viewer , which are included with the NVR. The program s can be oper ated 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 Ethern et Wire T ype Cat. 5 Connector T ype RJ-45 Max. Cable Length 30 m Hub Wiring Configur ation S traight T hrough PC Wir ing Configuration Cross Ove r NOTE: For more details on netw ork connectio ns, please refer to t he follow ing docu ment. 9.1.2 Install the Netwo rk Viewer in your PC Inst all the Network Vie w e[...]

60 9.1.3 View the NVR v ideo 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 Disp lays the ent ire list of connected de vices if and as necessar y . T his list includes a lot of inform ation about all the connec ted devices.  NVR Number Assigns a display location when y ou have m ultiple devices connected.  Dev ice T ype Displays the device ty pe.  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 fr eeze the image.  S top- C lick to stop pla ying back the recor ded video or c ease r ecording.  REC- Click to ac tivate t he rec ording f unction of the device.  S tep- Clic k to view im ages pictu[...]

63 This allows you to searc h a rec orded vid eo kept i n the HDD of the de vice. Enter the MONTH/DA Y/ YEAR 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 id entifi ed on the ne twork. Th is ar ea displ ays th e title and the IP address of the NVR. Image dis play ar ea. Disp lays [...]

64 9.1.4 Change th e Record & Timer Propert ies Via the Network Follo w the instruct ions b elow to r econfigur e the recor d and s chedul e recordi ng settings via the network . A. B. C D[...]

65 Set the reg ular record sett ings 1. W hen in the s ingle –device m ode, click to enter the SETUP page. (See the sample s creen as in A above) 2. Select a desir ed recording rate and Q uality fr om the c orresponding dr op-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 f ollowing sample s creen whenever in the playback m ode. 2. Select a folder in the com puter for copy ing im ages in. 3. Enter the num ber of im a[...]

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 pr otects an archived im age fr om repr oduction or interpolation. If an image is n’t in the original for mat m ade by a NVR, the Image Viewer w on’t display the image and ins[...]

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 max imum 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 directly [...]

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 A N (INTERNET) The RJ- 45 PIN configur ation for c onnecting to a WAN is the same as connecting to a LAN. RJ-45 SD Card RS-232 ALARM [...]

71 NOTE: This function can only w ork if the LA N which 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 ou [...]

72 NOTE: When connecting to a netw ork, each connected NVR must be assign ed a unique IP , w hich must be 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, th e 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, y ou will be requested to inser t the windows 98 CD ROM. After install[...]

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 are using a DHCP server , pl[...]

75  Ty pe in pin g 192.168.0.1 then Enter . (See the s ample s creen below) ** This IP is the NVR IP addres s that is ass igned 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 succ essfully established. Please re- check all the hardware and software installation by re[...]

76 12. Microsoft Internet Explorer This section 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 bloc k at the top of the screen. 2. Ty p[...]

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 im age. Click to activate the recor ding function of the device. Click to leave the home page of the NVR- 2018. Press to e nter t he SETU P window , a nd open th e device s ett[...]

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

79 12.2 Change LA NCA M 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 connected 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 setting 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. Adjus t the Record / Alarm setting, inc [...]

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 Recor d setting 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 s tream from Lancam ) Audio Out RCA x 1 Compressio n[...]

83 A PPENDIX 1. –SCANIP Follo w the instruc tions bel ow to us e the 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 all-type device in the L AN. T he Device List will display the connection of the all-type device. 2. Select the desir ed device fr om the Dev ice 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 ewa y Ad dres s”, and “NET Mask ”. Foll ow eac h insert ion you m ake by t yping in the “Login Nam e” and “Password” , and click “UPDA TE” to s end y our alterati[...]

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 “Pas sword” in their res pective blanks at bottom left, then click “UPDA TE” , and the new address will automatic ally be sent to the devic e. 9. Click “Exit” at bottom right to shut the de[...]