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    Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc . GSurf User Manual[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 2 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Contents Intr oduction 3 Installation 4 Minimum Recommended Requir ements 4 Login 4 Main Window 5 Configuration 7 Add netw o r k cameras/ digital video servers 7 How to watch video str eam 8 Remov e network cameras/ digital video ser vers 8 Edit the settings of n[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 3 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Introduction The Grandstream Networks Video Recorder is a software package that pro vides the tools for monitoring and recor ding sur veillance video stre ams. Video management software enables vie wing and managing multiple cameras at once . This user manual wil[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 4 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Installation Guide Minimum Recomm ended System Requir ements z Windows 2000 Server Pr ofessional, Windows XP , Windows Vista z CPU: Intel Pentium 4 or higher , 2 GHz z RAM: 1 GB (4 GB recommended f or larger systems) z Support for Dir ectX 8.0 and abov e Logi n O[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 5 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 GS_NVR Main Windo w The user interface was designed ease-of-use , pro v iding na vigation tools that offer quick access to cameras and recor d ing in the system. Video Monitor Device Operation GS_NVR Configuration Device List GS_NV R – Main Windo w Device Conf [...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 6 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Items Video Monitor - The section displa ys live video streams fr om the selected devices. Device Operation Connect All – Click this button to connect to all devices that ar e configured in NVR, except t h o s e w h i c h a r e s e t t o r e c o r d u s i n g a[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 7 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Configuration After installing GS_NVR, it must be configur ed for y o ur network cameras or digital video se r vers. This section describes how to conf igur e GS_NVR, as well as ho w to set up auto r e cord ing. Add netw ork cameras/digital video servers Add netw[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 8 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Stream T ype – Select the pr eferr ed stream, prim ar y st r eam or secondar y . User Name/passwor d – Enter the user name and passw o rd for the device’ s web GUI. RT S P P o r t – If the device’ s web access port is 80, enter 554 as R TSP T rans-Po rt[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 9 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Edit the settings of netw ork cameras/digital vide o ser vers 1. Fr om GS_NV R, in the Device list , select the device y o u would to edit. 2. Click Modify device to open Modify dialog. 3. Enter the r equired information. 4. Click Modify to sa ve the changes. Set[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 1 0 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Configur e the GS_NVR to recor d automatically 1. Fr om GS_NV R, in Device List , r i g h t click on the device fr om which you would lik e to recor d video stream. 2. Click Modify on the popup menu to open Modify dialog. 3. In Schedule Settings section, select[...]

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    F i r m w a r e 1 . 0 . 0 . 1 1 P a g e 1 1 o f 1 1 Grandstr eam Netw orks, Inc. 08/2009 Lock GS_NVR For secur ity purpose, y ou can lock the GS_NVR to pr otect it fr o m being changed by someone else. T o lock GS_NVR, from GS_NVR, click Lock GS_NVR . Then the Lock GS_NVR button will turn out to be Unlock . Click the Unlock , a dialo g will prompt [...]