LevelOne NVR-0204 manual

User Manual V er . 1.1 NVR-0204/0208/0216 4-CH/8-CH/16-C H Netw ork Video Recorder[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Video R ecorder Table of Contents Copyrights, T rademarks & G PL 3 System Requi rements 4 Product Desc ription 5 Hardware Illust ration 6 I/O Ports and RS-485 7 LEDs Definitio n 8 Install Hard Di sk 9 Connect to t he NVR 12 1. Live View 16 1.1 R etrieve cam era’ s vide o s[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Video R ecorder Copyrights , Trademarks & GPL Copyright © 2 0 0 9 D i g i t a l D a t a C o m m u n i c a t i o n s G m b H . Trademarks LevelOne NVR-0204/0208/0216 Network Video R e corder (NVR) is a registered trademark o f Digital Data Communications GmbH. Microsoft and W indow s are registered tr[...]

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5 English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder System Requirements The fo llowing are minimum system requirements for the system to op er ate LevelOne Network Video Recorder (NVR): Operating System Microsoft® W indows® 2000 P rofessional, W indows® XP Profe ssional (32 bit) or Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit) Browser Microsoft Inte[...]

6 English Use r ’ s Manual Product Description The LevelOne Network Video Recorder is designed for use w ithin a surveillance system, and performs recordings and playbacks pictures fro m network cam er as in the sy stem. It is a reco rding device using a hard d isk driv e to record camera pictures inst ead of using video tapes so t hat p ictures [...]

7 English Use r ’ s Manual Hard w are Illustr ation (Front) 6 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]

8 English Use r ’ s Manual I/O Ports and RS-485 (Rear) Pin Signal 1 DCIN 2 GND 3 ~ 10 Alarm input 11 Out1 12 Out2 13 Out3 14 Out4 15 RS485+ 16 RS485- 7 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]

9 English Use r ’ s Manual LEDs Definition Green Solid green when the hard disk is mounted and being accessed Red Solid red for disk fail HDD x 2 Amber Solid amber when disk is full Blinking when recycling Amber Solid amber for activity on a 1G bps network. Network Green Solid green for activity on a 10/100 Mbps n etwork. Amber Blinking during fi[...]

10 English Use r ’ s Manual Install Hard Disk Start b y removing the screws on the side: Push the top housing forward Then lift it up . The NV R supports S ATA I or SATA I I hard disks . The NV R supports max. 1TB per hard disk and it supports total of 2 hard disks 2TB) 9 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]

1 1 English Use r ’ s Manual R emov e the hard drive cov er plate Pull out the hard drive tr ay holder Place the hard driv e on the tra y and p ush it inward to se cure the hard drive 10 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]

English Use r ’ s Man ual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Connect the SA T A cab le to the hard driv e Put the hard drive tr ay cover plate back Place the top housing back and secure it with the bottom housing 1 1 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Connect to the NVR There are various ways y o u ca n co nnect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: . The NVR is placed in a netw ork with a DHC P serv er: Conn ect to the NVR by using “Search NVR” Utility . The NVR is placed in a network w ithout[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Once the installation is c omplete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”: The s earch should start automatically and its status should be displa y ed: The NVR should be located and its IP address shou ld be display e d: Double- click on it and the progr am sh[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Y ou wi ll be prompted for th e NVR ’ s login inf ormation be fore proceeding to change device’ s IP address. Y ou may click on the b utton highlighted below to per form s earch again. Or double-click on any of the search results to access NVR’ s web adm inistr ation page perform se[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder A ccess NVR w ith its default IP address The NVR come s with a p re-configured static IP “ 192.168.101.50 ” . Howev er , it is only u sed when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act a s the DHCP server in th e network. T[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1. Live Vie w NVR-0216 Camera List PTZ Control Live Video Live Video Control Buttons NVR-0208 The 8 channel NVR comes with an 8-video split window view with one v ideo displays o n a larg er wi ndow . Select a ch annel from the d rop-down menu to display its video on the larger split w in[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder NVR-0204 The “Live View” page provides the follow ing functions: . R etriev e camera’ s video stream . R etriev e camera’ s status . P erform Live Sequence Viewing . PTZ Control . P erform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing . P erform manual recording . T ake snapshot . R eceiv e audio o[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Liv e View page. . Click “ All ” t o display vid eos in the 8-v ideo mode (NVR-0208) o r 16 - video mode (NVR-0216) . Click o n a “Group” (ex. Group 1) to display vi deos from cam er as under tha[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a f unction that a llows you to view multiple video streams from certain camer as in sequence automatically with having to select them one by one. T o perform sequence view , sele ct “SEQ View” f rom the upper -left hand corner Next, selec[...]

Engli sh Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1.4 PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, zoom a PT Z camera as w ell as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera(s) that are currently being select ed for live viewing will be l isted in the P TZ drop-down menu. S imply select a camera then use the PTZ contr[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1.5 Perform PTZ Preset View ing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” se ction: . P erform preset point viewing of a particular cam er a . Auto pan a particular camera . P erform preset point sequence viewing Preset Point Viewing Start b y selecting a PTZ camera from the [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder A uto Pa n Viewing Start b y selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Use the Auto P an Control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan Autopan P an Left Stop pan  Certain cameras do not support bidirectional pan movements.  Use the “Autopan” button for such cameras [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1.6 Live Video Control Buttons Each live video window comes with control b uttons wi th functions described below: T ake a snapshot of a liv e video T u rn on/off audio of a live v ideo Start/stop recording of a live video (manual recording) Audio post function Full scre en view of a live[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Take a snapshot of a live video T o take a snapshot of a live video, click the button an d the snapshot of the video will be display ed in a po p up window shown like below Right -click anywhere on the image a nd sele ct “Save Image as” from the pull-down menu In the pop up d ialog, n[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Full Screen View of a Live Video T o view a video in f ull screen, click t he button. T o exit f ull screen video, double-click anyw here on the video. Turn O n/Off A udio of a Live Video Y ou ca n retrieve audio f rom a particular camera. S imply click the button to do so. The b utton wi[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 1.7 Change Web UI Display Language Y ou can change th e web UI display lan guage f rom the current login username link lo cated at the upper-ri ght hand co rner . Click on the link opens up a new wind ow which displays de tail information about the user a s well as a d rop-down menu which[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 2. Playba ck Methods to sear ch playback Playback video contro l buttons Channels to b e played back Playback video Playback is a fun ction that allows you to play o ne or more vi deos that were previously recorde d by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger . The NVR offers [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 2.1 Methods to Search Pla y back Vide os The NVR offers three methods to quickly help users find videos that were previously recorded: . Search by time: Specify a time rang e and search videos recorded within that range . Search by event: Find videos that were recorded due to event trigge[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder . R esults will the n be displayed in a “Date/Ch annel” table and box es marked in blue represent videos found in those dates: . Cli ck o n any blu e cell bo x shou ld direct y ou to the hour/channel table if there were multiple videos recorded du ring that date: * V ideos fr om oth e[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder . Click on t he ce ll box again will start playing ba ck the videos if y ou have reached the end of search results: . Videos found f rom other camer as that were reco rded at the same time will also be played. 30 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Search by event . Start by selecting which channel(s) you w ould like to p erform a search on: * Selected cha nnels will be mark ed in red . Select “Search by ev ent” from the “ Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search: . R esults will then be listed li[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder . Y ou may a lso specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. Y ou can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by specific time If y ou know when a re cording w as t aken place, y ou m ay choose the “Play[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly d isplay s the most recent event recordings f rom the selected ch annels, displaying th e mo st recent result top down. Y ou may click “Update” to update the list to d isplay the most recent result 33 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 2.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded p lay back videos stored on NVR-0216 to a local computer and save them in A V I file format. The files can then be p lay ed on the PC by a 3rd party m edia play er such as VLC play er or W indows Me dia player . Once you[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Specify the starting and e nding hours of the video b y entering numbers in the text boxes Hit the “Start ” button to start exporting. Th e f ile will be automatically named and saved under the C: partition Y ou wil l be not ified once the process is completed successfully The export[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3. Sy stem Setup 3.1 System Configurations The “S ystem Configur ations” page provides u sers o ptions to setup the device quickly and properly . After properly co nfiguring all se ttings in all th e sub-pages, users should expect a fully working network video recorder tha t is rea dy[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder By default, the recorder is set t o obtain IP address from DHCP server , it sh ould be s ufficient in most network environments, a nd most likely you sh ould n ot need to alter anything in this page. T o lo cate the recorder , simply use th e LevelOne IP Utility with steps de scribed in p[...]

Engli sh Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.1.2 Time and Date Set the time and date by se lecting the time zone according to y our lo cation. It is imperativ e tha t you set the recorder ’ s time correctly to avoid the following errors: • Incorrect display time for playback videos • Inconsistent display time of e v ent log[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.1.3 User Account The recorder can be accessed by m ultiple users simultaneously . Y ou can add, remove, and e dit users by usin g options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Ea ch recorde r comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “pa ssword” . I[...]

menu name English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.1.4 Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized acc ess po licies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator . Y ou can do so b y creating a group, and th en remov e access privileges for certain[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Choose what t ype of privilege you would like this group to have f rom the “Privilege T ype” drop -down menu Its access privilege will then be display ed. Y ou can a lter its sett ings by allowing or denying acce ss to other came r as using the ch eckbox es instead of accepting the de[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.1.5 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to th e recor der , you w ould need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. Y ou can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page T o initialize it, simply click the “F ormat” button Y ou can also conn[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.2 Channel Configurations 3.2.1 Add a Camera The NVR provides two options for ad ding a new camera. Users have the option to let the reco rder automatically fin d the c amer as or it is possible to enter camera’ s information and add it manually . A utoma tic Se arch: 1. Click th e “[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 2. After t hat, the search should begin and its status should be displ ay ed: 3. F ou nd cameras should be listed a nd simply select a camera f rom the list and press “Configure” 4. Its corresponding information should be d isplay e d in the “Cam er a Information” section. Enter i[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder If cameras are mar ked with “*” in the search res ult, it means those cam eras are already con figured and connecte d to NVR-0216 . A dd a ca mera manually Simply f ollow th e in struction describe d abov e b ut instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camer a’ s IP add[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.2.2 OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By d efault, this f unction is turned off . T o a dd texts to one or more videos, 1. Select a camer a y o u would li ke to add te xt to an d c hoose “Displa y OSD?[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.2.3 PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ camer as and can set multiple p reset points o r retrieve and man age preset po ints that are set in the cam er a. T his is helpful if you need to monitor mu ltiple spots in one area f rom a particular camera. 1. T o set u p PTZ p reset [...]

English Use r ’ s M anual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have m ultiple preset p oints def ined for a came r a, it is conv enient fo r monitoring to set up the sequencing viewi ng among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you. T o configure preset sequence f or a came[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.2.5 E-Map Monitor E-Map monitor is a function th at alerts users w henever there is an ev ent triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camer a with a geographical perspective. W ith this function, u sers can quickly identify which cam er a has detected an unusual event and w here t his e[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Then click and dr ag the camer a icon to m ov e the camera to define its location. Access the E-Map M onitor page from t he up per- right hand corner menu W hen the NVR receives an event triggered f rom any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and y ou can d ouble-c[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.3 Event Configurations The “Event Configurations” section allows use rs to d efine conditions that constitute an event, i ts correspond ing trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the man agement o verhead and noti fy the administrator only w hen it ’[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Trigger action Now tha t you have the event trigger duration and interv al def ined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: • Y ou can choose to hav e the recorder send out the first fe w frames of the video recorder upon an event is triggered • Y ou can also choose t[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder The recorder does not c ontrol camer a’s input or output ports in a way to let y ou pair recorder itself with a cam era’s input or output p ort for ev ent receiving or triggering. The recorder on ly acts as a medium for pairin g up input/output ports between c ameras and the recor der[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.3.3 Event Servers Event servers are t o be used with event trigger act ions. In case of unus ual motion detected by the camera or a disk f ailure, the recorder can send notification with th e acceptable f ormat (image/t xt) to a destined event serv er according to the conf ig ur ation. [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 4. Enter the username and password of the FT P serv er if it’s required 5. Check “Use Passiv e Mode” if it’s required or leav e it unchecked to use active mode 6. Click “T est ” to v erify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be esta[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Configuring an HTTP s erver 1. Start by giving it a name as well 2. Enter the hostname or the IP add ress of the HT TP server 3. Enter the port that ’ s used to communicate with the server 4. Enter the username and password if it’s required 5. Click “T est ” to v erify if the info[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Configuring an SMTP server 1. Enter the hostname or the IP add ress of the SMTP serv er 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 Auth entication” and e nter the use[...]

E nglish Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.3.3 Event Triggers W e have finished defining how an event wil l be triggered and w hich serv ers will be receiving notifications in the pre vious two sect ions, n ow we can finis h up the event configur ation by setting: . W hich channels wil l hav e event trigger function enab led . [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder . Define which system ev ents should trigger the recorder to send out notifications . Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to * Event trigger may not work for cameras that are plac ed outside of your local network or on the Internet unt il the UPn P Port F[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.4 Recording Configurations The “recording configur ations” gives use rs the over all control of how and when a reco rding is performed and the quality of different types of re cordings performed on e ach channels. It ca n help the reco rder to ope r ate with su fficient system resou[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder The “recording configur ations” giv es use rs the over all contro l of how and when a reco rding is performed and the qua lity of different types of recordings performed on e ach channels. It ca n help the reco rder to ope r ate with su fficient system resou rce by perform ing recordi[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.4.2 Schedule Recordi ng Here y ou ca n define the time range of the schedule reco rding for all channels. To c onfigure a schedule recording: 1. Use the “Camera” drop-down menu and select a camer a first 2. Y ou can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell box e [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3. Y ou can also u se the “Quick Configuration” to define recording time r ange inst ead of clicking c ell boxes one by o ne on th e time table. Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either cho osing “ All Day” o r ente r [...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.5 System Options Sy stem O ptions gives use rs a glance of t he ov erall system sta tus and allows users to perform main tenance tasks such as upgrading firmware, restore/backup device settings or reboo t device ….etc. 3.5.1 Device Information The “Device Information” prov ides th[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.5.2 Logs and Reports “Logs and R eports” k eeps a record of what’ s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting 3.5.3 Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: . R eboot the NVR when necessary . R eboot camer as directly fro[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Reboot the NVR R eboot NVR-0216 after you upload a n ew f irmw are. Y ou would need to manually reboot t he system for the new f irmw are to take effect. S uch process would p rev ent a recording f rom getting interrupt ed because the system w ould not a utomatically reb oot itsel f a fte[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder Reset the NVR to Factory Default T o rese t the recorder back to its factory d efault, click “Default” button and begin the process: The process should be display ed and you should b e prompted b ack to the “Maintenance” page after it is com plete: Hardware reset procedure: 1) Fin[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.5.4 DO Status This is where you can get the curre nt status of t he NVR-0216 digital ou tput ports. Y ou can also change their status from this page. 3.5.5 Disk Status “Disk Statu s” gives you more detailed information of the h ard drive that is currently installed in the NVR. 68 Le[...]

English Use r ’ s M anual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder 3.5.6 Ups Configuration Connect the UPS to the NVR ’s DI/DO port for se nding and receiving signals between the UPS and the NVR. Re fer to the diagram below to connect the UPS with its RS-232 interface to the NVR ’ s DI/DO po rt. The NVR can rece iv e signal f rom t he UPS w hen th e[...]

English Use r ’ s Manual LevelOne Network Vid eo R ecorder NVR recording time table for reference (it maybe different test res ult with each env ironment) 70 LevelOne NVR Se ries Network Vid eo R ecorder[...]