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NVR-12 04/120 9/1216 Network V ideo Reco rder , 4/9/16 -Chann el System Admi nistrator ’ s Ma nual For V ersion 4 .01.14 2014/0 8/ 18[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 2 Lega l Not ice Discla i mer T he i nform atio n co ntain ed i n th is doc um ent is in tend ed f or g ener al inf orm ation p urpo ses. Digit al Data Communi catio ns GmbH Cor pora tion shal l n ot be l iabl e fo r errors c onta ined here in or for inc ide ntal or cons equ entia l dam ages ar[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 3 Reg ulator y Co mplia nce Infor mati on Fed eral Comm uni catio ns C omm issi on St atem ent This eq uipm ent has been test ed and foun d to c omp ly with th e limits for a Class B dig ital de vic e, purs uan t to Part 15 of t he FCC R ules. T hes e limi ts a re desig ned to provi de reaso nable [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 4 About Thi s Man ual T arget A udi enc e This m an ual is i ntend ed f or Syst em Admin ist rato rs who are r espo nsib le fo r ins tall ing and set ting up video sur vei llanc e s yst em. T he r ead er is exp ected to k now the f undam ent als of IP surve illa nce s ystem i ntegr ati on an d to o[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 5 T able o f Co nten ts 1 Legal Notic e 2 Discla imer 2 Copyri ght 2 Regula tor y Complia nce I nforma tion ............................................................ 3 2 A b ou t Thi s Manual 4 T arget A udi ence ...................................................................................[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 6 USB Sto rage Devi ce .................................................................... 20 Hard Disks ................................................................................... 20 Instal l the Hard Disk s .................................................................................[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 7 Confi gure PT Z Pres ets ................................................................ 45 Open PTZ Pane l 45 Man ipulat e PTZ Movem ent s 45 Go t o Pr eset Poin ts 46 Edit PTZ Pr eset T our 47 Device Inf ormatio n ................................................................................[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 8 Upgrade Fir mwa re ........................................................................................... 75 Backu p / Re store S etti ngs ............................................................................ 76 Backup ..................................................................[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 9 Enab le D HCP S erv er 93 Set HT TP Por t 94 Enab le D DNS S er vice 94 Set E -mail Notif ication Se rvice .................................................... 96 Live S creen Event L ist Settin g .................................................... 97 Live P age UI Ove rview ....................[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 10 Edit / Dele te a G roup ................................................................ . 130 Add a Use r ................................................................ ................. 131 Account /Pa ssword Rules .......................................................... 131 Edit / Dele te[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 11 Intro duct ion Pro duct Over view NVR- 12X X S eries (her eaft er r eferr ed to as NVR ) i s a com pact and rel iable m ulti -cha nne l stan dalon e N VR. It f eatur es a stab le embed ded Linu x oper ating s ystem and cap abil ities of supp orti ng m ega- pixe l res olu tion H. 264 s tre amin g[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 12 Rem ote Cl ie nt PC Req uire ment s As N VR i tself is a se lf- cont aine d uni t, the tab le bel ow prov ides basic gu idel ines onl y for selec tin g pr oper har dwar e f or th e r emot e PC clie nt . If your liv e vi ew dis pla y qual ity is not satisf ac tor y , p leas e co nsid er com put e[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 13 Supp orte d Vid eo Forma t As 1 080 p HD MI mo nitors h ave becom e th e mos t ex tens ive dis pla y st andar d us ed in va riou s app licat ions, N VR is desig ned to conf orm to t his s tan dard with its capa bili ty of outp utt ing 108 0p vi deo s tre am. There fore, to res erve as muc h com [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 14 Get Start ed What ’ s in th e Box This prod uct pack age i nclu des t he fo llowi ng item s : Item Desc ript ion 1 NVR Ser ver x 1 2 Prin ted q uick inst alla tion guid e x 1 3 AC p ower ad apter x 1 4 Har d disk scr ews 5 Adap ter c onve rter set x 1 This uni t co ntain s thr ee types of ada [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 15 At A Gla nce NVR- 12 04 /1209 /1216 Fron t Pan el Rear Pan el LED In dicat ors USB 2 .0 Po rts Reset Button Powe r Button HDMI O utpu t LAN 1 LAN 2 Powe r Connecto r[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 16 Pow er Bu tton & R eset But ton Y o u c an t urn o n / off the devic e wit h Powe r Butt on . T urn On the De vice Press do wn th e Pow er But ton a nd rel ease , the Powe r LE D will l ight up a nd t urn solid blu e. T urn Off t he De vice As t his u nit is p owere d on, the Pow er L ED and[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 17 1. On L ive scre en, c lick S etu p Powe r ta b, a nd c lick “ Shutdow n ” . 2. The loca l dis pla y scre en will turn black , wi th a n inf orm ation dia logu e box sho wing up. Pleas e obser ve the Sys tem LED on the front pane l, when its ora nge ligh t i s of f, you may pres s th e P[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 18 Reset to Fac tor y Defau lt By r eset ting this dev ice, a ll you r s yste m set ting s and syste m log will r etur n to fac tor y defa ult . It is st rongl y re com men ded t hat you ba ck up pr evious se ttin gs wit h B ack up func tion and expo rt t he s ystem logs bef ore r eset ting to f ac[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 19 Inst allati on The inst allat ion proc edur es may var y dep end ing on your sit e con diti ons . Th e pr oced ures prov ided in t his m anua l ar e bas ed o n an exam ple con sist in g of (1) loc al n etwork , ( 2) an N VR unit, (3) Net work cam eras , ( 4) a PO E net work swit ch and (5) neces[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 20 Monit or The m on itor s houl d su ppor ts HD MI p ort and 1080 p fu ll HD res olut ion d ispl ay . USB De vices Pleas e us e a USB mous e, k eyboar d or jo ystick wi th a ca ble. USB S torage De vice The USB stora ge d evice is r equ ired for syst em b ackup and s ystem lo g / s naps hot / vide[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 21 Inst all the Ha rd Disk s This s ystem requi res a t least one h ard disk t o st ore vi deo r ecor dings and f irm ware ima ge when upgr adi ng syst em. Ple ase f ollow the ins truct ions belo w to ins tall your har d dis k s in corr ect order t o mak e su re t he ph ysical disk lo catio ns acc [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 22 Lock Dis k SA TA -2 us ing disk scr ews i n this sequ ence : A B C D Step 3 Ins tall Disk S A T A-1 Repe at Step1 ~St ep3 to i nsta ll D isk S A T A-1 to the upp er ba y . Rem emb er t o c onnect Disk S A TA -1 wit h SA TA d ata c abl e 1 sho wn in the illus tra tion in St ep 2 . Ste[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 23 Netw ork Conn ecti on A r chit ect ure W hen co nnect ing NVR wit h your n etwor k, p lease ma ke s ure you p lug the n etwo rk ca ble into the r ight port . NVR-12 XX LAN 1 P ort L A N 1 port is th e d efaul t cam era port for a t ypica l local netwo rk . Via this port , the DHC P serve r bu il[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 24 Connec tion Se tting Examp le 1 Belo w diagr am di spla ys an ex ample conn ection setti ng us ing on ly L AN1 to connec t net work s camer as. In t his s ettin g, NVR al toget her with c am eras are with in th e sam e ne twork se gme nt; i n the mea n tim e, t here is no ne ed of ref ere ncin g[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 25 Connec tion Se tting Examp le 2 The dia gram belo w di spl ays an ex ampl e co nnec tion s etti ng us ing L AN1 + L AN2 to conn ect netwo rks cam eras with in differe nt ne twork se gmen ts. In t his s ettin g, N VR with thre e cam er as ar e with in t he same netwo rk s egm ent, wh ile th ere i[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 26 Con nect the De vices Follo w th e pr oced ures to c onn ect t he d evic es. Th ese devices ar e su ppos ed to be conne cte d in th e s eque nce shown b elow . NVR-1 204 /1209 /1 216 1. Conn ect the H DMI m on itor . 2. Conn ect the U SB devic es. 3. Atta ch t he ne twork ca ble t o L AN1 p ort.[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 27 Quick Se tup By th e f irst time you l og i n to NVR , th e S etup W iz ard with brin g you thr oug h t he init ial se tup proc ess. B y finis hin g th e qu ick s etup, you will ent er l ive s cree n imm ediate ly . Step 1 : Log i n t o NVR On Log in windo w. C lick in to the Accou nt and Passw [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 28 On HDD Setup Wiz ard win dow , se lect the unform att ed di sk a nd c lick “ F ormat ”. R epea t this ste p to format th e other disk , and then clic k “ OK ”. As NVR has suc cessf ull y f orma tted a hard disk , a m ess age will pop o ut t o not if y you. Af ter a suc ces sful f orm att[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 29 Sear ch Came ras Sear ch C amer as allows you to sel ect d esir ed cam er as a nd s tream s fr om m ult i- stream in g devic es, inc ludi ng ot her bran d came ras. 1. Inpu t the Accou nt and Passw ord to access t he camer as (this us er accou nt must be the camer a’s r oot ac cou nt) . 2. Cli[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 31 Loca l Clie nt O perat ion Log i n to / o ut of N VR By de faul t, a n admi nistr ator acco unt h as a lrea dy bee n ex isti ng in your s ystem. To log i n to NVR f or the f irst time , you will hav e to k e y in t he p ass word in Lo gin windo w. Log In If you ar e no t lo gged in yet, c lick o[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 32 Li v e P age UI O verview Afte r log ging i n, you wil l en ter Liv e sc ree n . Live scr een is t he i nterf ace wher e you see the live views fr om your cam eras . I t is wher e mos t of the sec urit y prof essi onals acc ess the surve illa nce s ystem No Descripti on A View List: Lists fiv e [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 33 Inp ut De vices The ph ysical in put devic es (e.g. US B mo use a nd USB k eyboa rd) are r ead y to use when you conn ect t hem to NVR via USB por ts. Onscre en Keyboar d The onscr een ke yboar ds a llow you t o in put char acter s wi thou t usi ng a ph ysica l on e. B y click ing in a c harac t[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 34 Mouse S etti ngs Y o u m a y adju st t he mo use’s c urs or s peed via t he path below: On L ive scre en , click S etu p s elec t Syst em t ab clic k “ M ou se ” . Onscre en Keyboar d Set tings T o disabl e the virt ual ke yboar d if a physic al one is alrea dy in use , on Live scr[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 35 Set Came ras NVR user interf ace also allows you to easi ly conf igure , add or delete cam eras without the us e of anot her we b bro wser . On Liv e pa ge, click Set up Came ra ta b. “ All Came ras ” disp lay all the adde d cam eras, cli ck “ Add ” to s tar t ad ding cam eras . Note[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 36 Add Ca meras Click “ Add ”. Th ere are f our m etho ds you c an us e t o add cam eras : ( A ) Cl ick Auto A dd to let NVR ad d the ch annels aut omat icall y . Th is i s th e sam e qu ick meth od pr ovid ed by Cam era Setu p Wiz ard ; ple ase r efer to Aut o A dd on pa ge 28 for instr uct io[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 37 1. Selec t a Cam era ID f rom the Cam era List on the left, and clic k “ Add C amer a Manu ally ” . 2. Fil l in the conn ection prope rties s uch as pro pert ies I P Ad dre ss , Port , Usern ame and Passw ord , an d cl ick “ G et C amer a Sett ing s ” . 3 4 1 2[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 38 3. The c am era s ettin gs wi ll a pp ear . Click “ Save ” to s ave it t o th is cam era cha nne l. 5[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 39 (D) Y ou can ma nual ly add a c amer a thr oug h RTSP pr otoc ol wit hou t to the came ra b rand . 1. Selec t a Cam era ID f rom the Cam era List on the left, and clic k “ Add C amer a Manu ally (RT SP)” . 2. Fil l in t he pr oper ties , m ake sur e you s elec t th e corr ect UR I t ype a nd[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 40 Cop y Camera Setti ng s Y o u m a y cop y an adde d cam era’s s etti ngs to a nothe r e mpty ch anne l. In this wa y , it is eas ier to m anua lly ad d m ore than one c amer a of th e sam e m ode ls. On Came ra ta b, e nter A ll C amer a list, s elec t th e c ameras you wan t to du pliac ate, [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 41 Delete Came ras Y o u m a y dele te one c han nel at a tim e or de lete mor e a ll at onc e. On Came ra ta b, e nter A ll C amer a list, s elec t th e c ameras you wan t to de lete, and click “ De lete ” . T o dele tae mul tipl e c amer as at onc e, you c an us e the m ous e t o d rage out a[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 42 Change Camera Se ttings Afte r th e cam eras are add ed, you m ay c hange t heir p roper ties on Ca mera tab . (A) Video form at and tra nsm issio n pr oper ties (B) Video adj ustm ent (C) Moti on Det ecti on s ettin gs (A) Video Form at an d T ran sm ission Pro pe rties T o mo dif y the vi deo [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 43 (B) F in e-tun e the Ima ge: Bri ghtn ess/C ontr ast/ Satu ratio n/H ue Not onl y clarit y but also brig htnes s, contr ast , satura tion an d hue are ess enti al factors to make imag es c loser to r eal sc ene . Fo r cam eras that sup port thes e conf ig urat ions, you m a y direc tl y mod if y[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 44 (C) M otio n Set ting s Afte r s electi ng t he cam er a, c lick “ M otio n Det ect ion Sett ing s ”. If t his came ra is in d ual stre am m ode, onl y Ch anne l I D 1 ( Stre am 1) s uppor ts m otio n d etect ion f eatur e. On M otion Det ectio n Se tting s windo w , ch eck “ Ena ble ” t[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 45 Confi gure PT Z Prese ts W ith PTZ cam eras, you m ay defi ne a view by wh ere to look ( thro ugh panni ng an d til ting) an d how clos e ( thr ough zoom ing) t o zo om. Onc e t hese vie ws h ave bee n s aved in NVR as pr eset point s, th e devi ce can alwa ys poin t to this vie w upo n the even[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 46 Go to Pr eset Poin ts Y o u m a y crea te/de lete/ go- to pres et p oints in this m ode . Go to a Prese t Po int Click the ta b t o ent er P reset Poin ts O per ation m ode, and click a r ed I D bu tton. Crea te a Pre sset Poin t 1 . G o to PT Z Ope ratio n m ode , use onscr een butto ns to def [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 47 Edit PTZ Pre set T our Prese t T o ur is a preconf igur ed PTZ s equ ence that directs th e cam era to c ycle t hrou gh mult iple pres et poin ts, includi ng wher e to look and how long to look at eac h locat ion. W ith this pres et tour , your PT Z devi ce can perf orm an autom at ic patro l to[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 48 De vice In form ati on T o cha nge t he d evic e name , che ck f irm ware vers ion i nform atio n or Mac addre ss, pleas e g o to S etup pag e Syst em tab Net work Afte r mo dif ying th e Syst em N ame , c lick “ Sav e ” t o s ave t he s ettin gs.[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 49 Netw ork Set tings There ar e two net work inter face cards in NV R. Ei ther of thes e car ds c an be supp orte d b y the buil t-in DHC P serve r fe atur e, whi ch enab les NVR to assig n I P address es to cam eras vi a L A N1 or L AN2 po rt wi tho ut an other DH CP on r out er . Go t o Se tup p[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 50 IP Settin gs Go t o Se tup pag e Netw ork tab c lick “ Ne two rk Co nne ction ” and s elec t th e L AN interf ac e card th at you wish to s et up. Af ter s ettin g up, pl ease click “ Sav e ” on t he bott om righ t to sa ve t he se ttin gs. Fie ld Nam e Descr ipt ion Conn ectio n[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 51 Subn et M ask Use d to defin e if the d estin ation is in the sam e sub net. L AN1 def ault is 2 55.2 55.2 55.0 ; L AN2 d ef ault is Aut o . Gatew ay A v alid gate way s etti ng is esse ntia l for data tran smiss ion bet ween differ ent s ubne ts, s uch as acc ess ing the DNS s erv ice or SMT P [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 52 Enab le D HCP Serv er Y o u m a y enab le t he b uilt -i n DH CP ser ver fo r ei ther L AN1 or LAN2 port . Go t o Se tup pag e Netw ork tab c lick “ DH CP Se rver ” : 1. Check “ Enab le ” a nd s elec t a L AN, this LAN has to b e in M anual mod e. 2. Set the Be ginn ing IP A d dr[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 53 Enab le D DNS Serv ice NVR has buil t-i n the DDN S upd ate clie nt f eatur e, wh ich sa ves N VR dom ain n ame addre ss inf ormat ion and ac tive ly up date its ip a ddres s t o the DDN S pr ovid er ’s ser ver . 1. Visit the d ynamic DNS ser vice pro vider ’s we bsi te an d re gist er th e [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 54 Date & T ime NVR prov ides thre e m ethods to s ync hro nize t he t ime sett ing; you c an ( 1) m anua lly s et t he date and time , (2) s ync wit h Ti m e Zon e or (3) s ynchr onize wi th NTP ser ver . On L ive scre en, click S etup c lick S ystem tab c lick “ D ate and Ti me ” [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 55 E-ma il S etti ngs NVR s upp orts e-m ail notif icat ion f or Ev ent Hand ling se nt thr oug h an SMT P s erver . To ena ble t his s ervic e, you wil l h ave t o co nfigur e t he SM TP m ail s etti ngs in a dvanc e . For SMTP servi ce, ple ase go t o Se tup pag e Syst em tab Netw or k an[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 56 4. Click “ S ave ” to save thes e pr oper ties . Field Nam e Descr ipt ion Send er E mai l Inpu t the send er ’s e -m ail a ddress , s hould the sam e acco unt you s et f or SMT P serve r . Serv er Inpu t the sen der ’s SMT P serv er a ddres s. O nly al phab ets , num bers , and t he sym[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 57 Disk Mana gem ent NVR k eeps th e rec ord ings on S A T A hard disk s ins tall ed i n it. W heneve r rec ord ing is tak ing plac e, NVR wri tes data to one of the disks, an d s wi tch to the other as the or igi nal one is f ull. Once the a vaila ble s pace of the whole syst em is less than the r[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 58 Forma t Har d Disks An y ne wly- inst alle d hard di sk has to be forma tted into NVR fil e system form at. Clic k “ Fo rmat ” to st art f orm attin g a new d isk . Af ter f orm attin g, t his di sk will becom e r ead y for r ecor din g. Dur ing n orma l oper atio n, DO N OT R EMO VE ANY DIS[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 59 Check Disk S tatus Har d disk fai lure of ten c omes aft er detect able sig ns a nd t hus c an b e pr edic able , thus it is impor ta nt to detec t th ese signs lo ng bef or e the y rea lly cause disk fai lur es. NVR perf orms S.M . A . R.T . D isk c heck on 2 4-h our basi s sinc e l ast c heck [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 60 S.M.A .R.T S tat us Descr ipt ion Solu tion P ASSED This disk is in n orma l c ond itio n. -- W ARNIN G Cer tain error has bee n fo und o n this disk . 1. On “ St orag e ” p age , se lect the disk and c l ick “ Disa ble ” nex t to Reco rdabl e s tatu s to stop the syst em fr om s avi ng [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 61 Sche dule Rec ordi ngs Unl ike the trad itio nal analog sur veill anc e s ystem, th e IP s urve illanc e s ystem pro vide s a targ et- orient ed rec ordi ng sch edu le for d evice s; t he view of eac h d evic e can b e recor ded base d o n your requ ired tim e s egm ents a nd event t ypes. F or [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 62 Event -Rec ording File Lengt h Bef ore sett ing the rec ord ing sch edul e, you ma y de fin e the leng th of an eve nt reco rding . T o do this , c onf igur e th e f oll owin g pr opert ies s hown as below, which will m ake an ev ent rec ord ing as l ong as 1 0+30 sec ond : Field Descr ipt ion P[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 63 on page 65 for Eve nt Rule s s ettin gs. By d ef ault, th e ev ent han dling is fu ll -t ime act ivat ed; you ma y disa ble i t durin g c ertai n tim e per iod . 1. Click on the r ecor din g mod e “ No Ev ent H andlin g” . 2. Click an d dra g over the “ Ti me T rack ” t o set tim e pe ri[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 64 E v en t M anage men t W hen som ethi ng h appe ns on camera s ite , s uch as s ome one walks by , t he d oor o pens or a fire b reak s ou t – thes e ar e all Ev ent s . Th e e vent which occurs in t he en vir onme nt a nd was pre- prog ramm ed i n the camera ser ves as T rigg ers . Triggers c[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 65 Set E vent Rules On L ive scre en, c lick S etup c lick Ev ent tab s elect a cam er a. 1. Once a device is a dde d to NV R s erver, the s erve r wo uld provi de em pt y rules wi th comp ati ble trig ger t ypes f or you to c onf igur e s uch as M otion 1, M otion 2 , M otio n 3 , DI 1 , D[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 66 Se nd Ma il Enab le N VR t o se nd e-m ail notif icat ions via S MTP se rvic e. C heck t he “ En able ” to enab le this func tion, an d fill in t he mail r eci pien t’s e -m ail addr ess in “ To ” f ield , not ific atio n tit le i n “ Sub ject ” f ield a nd m ail b od y in “ [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 67 Be ep NVR devi ce c an p lay beep so und u pon being tr igger ed b y ev ents . On Be ep tab , ch eck the “ Enab le ” to enab le th is fu ncti on. I nput the dura tion time and prepea t t imes of t he b ee p. C lick “ OK ” to c onfirm . En large Live scr een wi ll di spl ay cer ta[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 68 Cop y Event Rules Y o u m a y cop y a cam er a’s ev ent ru les to other m ul tipl e cam eras . This s ave s mu ch your t ime on s etti ng up rules one by o ne. 1. On Event ta b, se lect a source cam era from cam era list , its r ules wil l be cop ied t o othe rs. 2. Click “ Co py ” 3. On C[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 69 Jo y s tick NVR s upp orts two t y p es of co ntro ller f or l ocal oper ati ons: IP D eskt op , m anuf ac ture d by CH Prod uct s Ex trem e™ 3D Pr o , m an ufact ured by Log ite ch 1 . Co nnect the jo ystick to this uni t. 2 . Go to Setup pa ge Sys tem tab Jo ysti ck. 3. There[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 70 S y st em Log NVR rec ords t he impor tant syst em a ctivi ties and user ’s b ehavi ors in System L og . Onc e th e num ber of lo gs ex cee d 3000 , NVR wil l eras e the e arlie st 10 0 lo gs. On L ive scre en, c lick S etup c lick Lo g ta b 1. Defi ne th e t ime r ange: You m ay c hoos e [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 71 Expor t S ystem Lo g To ex por t the logs , inse rt a USB disk int o NVR , cl ick “ Expo rt ” and s ave the x ml f ile t o your loca l com pute r. Yo u ma y vi ew this fil e on a com put er with No te pad or XML Edit or .[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 72 User Gro up Ma nage ment In N VR, the a cces s p ermis sions ar e ma naged b y User Gro ups . User G rou ps def ines wh at funct ions are all owed f or a gro up of us ers. Differ ent U ser G roup s will h ave differ ent ac cess righ ts i n term s of perm itt ed op erat ions like m onito ring Liv[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 73 3. Click “ S ave ” to save the gro up set tin gs. Edit / Dele te a Gr oup Y o u ma y edit an ex istin g grou p by chan ging its Nam e , Descri ption or Per miss ions or delet e it. O nce you d elet e a g roup , th e Use rs belong ing t o it will be r emo ved altog ether. Selec t th e grou p [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 74 Edit / Dele te a User Y o u ma y ed it an ex isti ng user or delet e it. Selec t the user on U ser List , click “ Edit ” or De lete ” . Pleas e a lwa ys cl ick “ Sav e ” befor e le avin g this pa ge. `[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 75 Upgr ade Firmw are Y o u m a y check Leve oOne webs ite f or lates t NVR f irm ware pack age and d ownlo ad it. U nzip the packa ge and s ave the * .upg f ile to the ro ot d irect or y of a U SB d isk a nd inse rt it in to NVR USB port. 1. On L ive scre en, cl ick Setu p c lick M aint enanc [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 76 Back up / Res tore Se tti ngs Maki ng r egu lar s ystem b ack ups is al ways rec omm end ed i n c ase of u nexp ected dis asters or acci dents tha t m ay dam age N VR s erv er . NVR s er ver c an cr eate a b acku p f ile of the whol e s ystem sett ings as Back up_[ yyyym mdd ].nv r file and sa v[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 77 Rest ore Bef ore st arti ng res tori ng t he s ystem, m ak e sur e you have conn ecte d the USB d isk with t he desir ed .nvr back up f ile in it, and t he back up fi le is sa ved in th e roo t dir ect ory. 1. On Liv e s cree n, c lick Se tup c lick M aint enanc e tab c lick “ Setti ng[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 78 Cust omize Li ve Sc reen La yout Y o u m a y cus tomi ze th e la yout s tyle, c hanne l pos itio n an d patr ol behavi or . Y our arra ngem ent of Liv e s cr een l ayout will be the defau lt vi ew af ter an y loca l us er log s in to NVR. Change Cha nnel Pos itio n Y o u m a y plac e a ny c han [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 79 For ex am ple, to wa tch C ame ra 2,4,6 ,8 i n a quad lay out , you sho uld : 1. Selec t a squ are grid la yout (2x2 , 3x3 or 4x4) wh ere you can s ee all c hann els . 2. Plac e C amer a 2 in to Ch annel 1 , Cam era 4 into Ch annel 2 , Came ra 6 in to C han nel 3 ,and C ame ra 8 int o Ch annel 4[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 80 Execute Sequ ence P atro l The pa trol fu ncti on will sl ide-s how m ulti ple cha nne ls at your def ined lengt h of int erval . At o ne tim e t he layout will sho w as m an y cha nnel s as its m axim um displ ay chan nels . For i nstan ce, as P atro l is enab le, a 3x 3 la yout wil l s how c h[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 81 Cust omize S yste m Lan guage NVR us er interf ace s up ports m ulti ple lan guag es and offers you the flex ibi lit y to chang e the word ing . T here ar e over 10 sup port ed U I lan gua ges you m a y ch oose on Logi n p age. E ach lang uage ( exc ept for Engli sh ) is ope n f or c ust omi zat[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 82 4. Afte r th e mod ific atio n is do ne, s ave this fi le wi th its origi nal f ile name and file type onto the USB disk , mak e s ure t he text enco ding f orm at is UT F- 8 . 5. Conn ect the U SB disk with N VR , o n Lang uag e A d jus tmen t page, s elect the lang uage f ile from dr op -d own[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 83 Remot e C lient Oper ation Acces s NVR S er ver A r emot e c lient r efers t o any clie nt u sing a c omput er o ver WAN or L AN o ther t han serv er comp uter . If you k now t he IP addr ess and port numb er of the N VR, you m a y type in t he I P addr ess and p ort num ber d irect ly int o I n[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 84 If your c lient com pute r and N VR ar e bo th within the sam e netwo rk, f ind NVR ’s IP addr ess via the f oll owing two q uick m et hods - U Pn P co nnect ion or IP Util ity . Via UPnP Conn ectio n NVR sup ports UPnP conne ctio n. T his mea ns that onc e the devic e has an IP ad dres s, you[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 85 Via IP Utili ty IP Util ity is a sof twar e to ol us ed t o f ind pro ducts . Down load the la test IP Uti lit y from t he li nk b elow and ins tall it o n you r com put er. http ://le vel1.c om / Exec ute t his progr am, a nd f ind NVR from th e sea rch l ist, d oub le -cli ck on th e I P addre[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 86 Log I n / Out of NVR Afte r you B y def ault, an adm inistr ator acc ount has alre ad y been exis ting in your s ystem . T o log in t o NV R fo r th e firs t ti me, you will h ave to k ey in the pass word in Lo gin win dow. Log In Ente r A cc oun t & Passw ord ● Acc ount (n on c ase-s ens [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 87 Accep t Acti veX Con trols I nstal lati on NVR interf ac e re quir es th e ad d- on Ac tiveX Con trol com ponen ts, pleas e a llow Ac tiveX contr ols to b e down load ed and i nsta lled . It is str ongl y rec omm ende d th at ( 1) you ad d thi s N VR serve r into I nter net Ex plore r ’s T rus[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 88 Setu p Wiz ard Afte r log ging in, if no cam era has b een adde d to NVR s ystem , NV R S etup W izar d wi ll le ad you t hrou gh th ree esse ntia l ins talla tion step s in ord er t hat you c ould quic kl y get c amer a l ive view. For v ideo rec ordin g, pleas e rem em ber t o ins tall hard di[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 89 Setu p the Syst em Bef ore a ddin g cam eras to the s yst em or star tin g up the recor din g and eve nt ha ndli ng, it is esse ntia l to c onf igur e cert ain s yst em - wise s etti ngs on Setup p age. Set S ystem Name Go t o Se tup pag e Syst em tab Info rm ation Mod ify t he nam e of [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 90 Set D ate & Time Go t o Se tup pag e Syst em tab Da te an d T ime Y o u m a y conf igure ot her t ime -re late d set tings her e. Chan ge Tim e Zo ne Selec t the t ime zon e whe re N VR s erver belo ngs to. Af ter s elect ing th e time zone, it will chan ge t o the cor respo ndin g d[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 91 Sync hron ize w ith Client Co mput er ’s Time Click to s ynchr oni ze t he devic e t ime with the time o n t he com pu ter you are usin g no w , pleas e c lick this butt on.[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 92 Confi gure Netw ork Set tings There ar e two net work int erfac e car ds in N VR . Eith er of the se ca rds can be s uppor ted by th e b uilt -i n DHC P server f eature , wh ich enab les NVR to a ssig n IP ad dress es to cam era s vi a L AN1 o r LAN2 port wit hout anot her DHC P on rout er . By [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 93 Pleas e not e that a ny chan ge you mak e on this page re quires the syst em to res tar t its serv ice , pleas e wait f or a while an d reco nnec t N VR using the new prop erti es . Enab le D HCP Serv er Y o u m a y enab le t he b uilt -i n DH CP ser ver fo r ei ther L AN1 (def aul t) or L AN2 p[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 94 Set HTT P Port T o cha nge t he HT T P p ort of NVR ser ver , go to Set up pag e Netw ork tab cl ick “ HTT P Port ” . C onfi gure the port num ber and c lick “ Sav e ”. Enab le D DNS Serv ice NVR has buil t-i n the DDN S upd ate clie nt f eatur e, wh ich sa ves N VR dom ain n ame[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 95 3. Check “ Enab le ”, s elec t th e ser vice pro vide r , a nd input the Ho st Name , User Nam e and Pass word . 4. Click “ S ave ” to save the sett ings.[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 96 Set E -mail Noti ficatio n Ser vice NVR s upp orts e-m ail notif icat ion f or Event Han dlin g. The e -m ails are sent thr ough an SMT P serve r , the sett ings of wh ich are conf igur ed i n this sec tion. Go t o Se tup pag e Syst em tab Em ail . Pleas e f ill u p al l the fiel ds inc [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 97 Afte r conf igur ing , ple ase c lick “ Sav e ” t o s ave s ettin gs, a nd c lick “ Sen d T e st M ail ” to v alida te this conf igur atio n, if this conf igur atio n is c orre ct, a tes t e -m ai l will be s ent to Send er Emai l , pleas e login your SMT P ser ver t o ch eck i ncom ing [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 98 Li v e Pa ge UI Over view Afte r log ging in, you w ill enter Liv e sc ree n. Liv e s cree n is th e i nterfac e wh er e you s ee t he live views fr om your c amer as. It is wh ere m ost of t he s ecur ity pr ofess ion als acce ss th e surve illa nce s ystem No Descripti on A View Li st : Lists [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 99 J Shar e Cu rrent View to L ocal Click to s tar t s harin g your c urren t v iew t o loc al sc ree n K Scre en Switc h Switc h t o the S etup or Playb ack pag e b y click ing the tags . L Curr ent S yste m Ti me M Toolb ar Lists av aila ble t ools f or your c urr ent p age[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 100 Set Came ras NVR rem ote user in terf ace als o allo ws you to e asil y conf igure, add or de let e came ras wit hout indi vidu all y openi n g the cam eras ’ we b co nfig urato r . Add Ca meras Go t o Se tup pag e Cam era tab . 1. As ther e is curr entl y no cam era exi stin g in NVR sys[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 101 Searc h C amer as m etho d wi ll lis t all th e camer as c onn ecte d to your net work. 1. On Sear ch C amer as wind ows, inpu t th e Accoun t and Passwo rd to access the camer as, sel ect t he m anuf actur er and c lick “ Se arch ”. Aft er all th e co nnec ted camer as are f ound , c lick [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 102 If t he cam era is not l ocat ed wi thin your netwo rk s egm ent, you m a y add it m anual ly . 1. Fil l in t he co nnec tio n prop erti es suc h as pr opert ies I P Ad dre ss , Us ern ame and Passw ord , HT T P Po rt , and click “ Get C am era Sett ings ”. 2. The cam era p roper ties incl [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 103 Y o u m a y con nect a cam era via RTSP prot ocol . Via this mou thed, you can add a v ideo s tream fr om a ny bran d cam er a. Fil l in t he pr oper ties suc h as pro pert ies I P Add ress , U RI typ e, RTSP Port , P rotoco l t ype , User nam e, P assw ord, a nd c lick “ Sav e ”. Note NVR [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 104 Cop y Camera Setti ngs Y o u m a y cop y an adde d cam era’s s etti ngs anoth er c hann el. I n th is wa y , it i s eas ier to man uall y add m or e tha n on e c amer a of t he s ame m ode ls. 1. On All Ca mer as list, sel ect an ex isti ng c hanne l. 2. Click “ Du pli cate ”, t he se lec[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 105 Delete Came ras On All Ca mer as list, sel ect t he c amer as you wis h t o de lete and c lick “ Dele te ”. Change Camera Se ttings Afte r th e cam eras are add ed, s elect a c amer a on All C amer as list to c onfig ure its indi vidua l prop erti es. ( A ) Video Fo rmat and Transmi ssion P[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 106 (B) M otio n Set ting s Afte r se lectin g t he cam era from All Ca meras lis t , c lic k “ Motio n D etect ion ”. If th is cam er a is in du al s tream m ode, onl y Chann el I D 1 (Str eam 1) s upp orts m ot ion d etec tion f eatu re. On Motion Detect ion Se tting s window , ch eck “ En [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 107 Timer(0 -30 0 sec s) The int erval bef ore th e nex t m oti on de tect ion c an be tri gger ed a gain . Defa ult is 1 s eco nd. Thre shol d (%) The thr esho ld leve l of this m otion detect ion reg ion. The lower thr esho ld leve l is, sm al ler port ion of the r egi on would b e c onsid ered a[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 108 Video Adju stmen t A t tri butes Field Nam e Desc ript ion Brigh tne ss(1 -10 0) Defi nes how mu ch p orti on of lig ht and of dark ap pear in t he im ag e . A s th e valu e incr eas es, t he image appe ars b righ ter , a nd vi ce vers a. Cont rast( 1-1 00) Defi nes the ran ge leve l b etween l[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 109 Conf igu re PTZ Pr eset Poi nts W ith PTZ devic es, you ma y d ef ine a v iew b y wher e to look ( thro ugh p anni ng an d tilt ing) and how clos e ( thr ough zoom ing) t o zo om. Onc e t hese vie ws h ave bee n s aved in NVR as pr eset point s, th e devi ce can alwa ys poin t to this vie w upo[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 10 2. Save to a P reset Poin t On Pres et Po int list , se lect an ID , i nput the p oint nam e and click Afte r a point is s aved , click next to its nam e to g o to t his point . To d elete th is poi nt, c lick Conf igu re PTZ Pr eset T our Prese t T o ur is a prec onfi gure d PTZ s equen ce th[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 111 Confi gure Fi she ye Camera s W ith hemis pher ical le nses, f ish eye cam eras genera te ima ges at up t o 360 - degr ee widt h, whic h c an cov er a ll f our c orner s of a r oom or b oth s ides of a lo ng ais le. As the or igin al im age capt ured b y wid e- angl e le ns is m uch dis tort ed[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 12 Fishe ye M od e Desc ript ion PTZ Navig ati on Orig inal View The ver y raw f is heye v iew Dig ital PT Z Dew arpin g One larg e us er- def ined c ropp ed ar ea ePTZ Pano rama 360 -de gree p anor ama vie w for cei ling m oun t 180 -de gree p anor ama vie w for wall mo unt Dig ital PT Z Doub le[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 13 Pano rama /Focu s One panor am a view T wo sm all user -def ine d cr opp ed reg ions ePTZ Quad Four s mal l us er -def ined cro pped r egi ons ePTZ Afte r th e co nfigur atio n is done, rem emb er to clic k “ Sa ve ” t o s ave the s etti ngs. 1 2 1 2 3 4 Note 1. Loca l Li ve an d Pl ayback[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 14 Set Recor din g Sc hedul e For t he r ecor ding sch edule , NVR sup ports Sc hedu le r ecor ding , Ev ent r ecor ding and Even t Sp eed- up Reco rding m odes, whi ch a re se t u p on a we ek - based tim etabl e; th e even t-h andlin g sc hedu le is co nfigu red here . On N VR , you can conf ig[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 15 Field Descr ipt ion Pre -ev ent Reco rding Buff er ( sec) : NVR ke eps a s hort cac he of v ideo rece ived fr om devic es. If an even t is trig gere d, N VR will autom atic all y s tore the pre -e ve nt buffer a long with the rec ordin g of the event its elf. Post -ev ent Reco rding Buff er ( [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 16 Set the Eve nt Handli ng Sc hedul e The Ev ent Sched ule defin es when the even t han dling i s act ivated . T o s et the event r ules , pleas e r efer to Set E vent Rules on pa ge 1 17 . By def ault , the even t h andli ng is ful l -tim e acti vated ; you ma y dis able it f or a cer tai n per[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 17 E v en t M anag eme nt NVR c an r eac t to even ts oc curr ing o n t he st orag e dis k a nd cam era sit e bas ed o n th e ru les you s et h ere. Set E vent Rules Go t o Se tup pag e Even t tab, and s elect a cam era or Syst em t o set Eve nt r ules . Set Syst em Ev ent rul e W henever any[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 18 Set Ca mera E vent rule W henever an y enco unt er cer tai n eve nts ( incl udin g det ect ed mo tions , de tecte d DI tri ggers , netwo rk l oss and netwo rk r ecover y) N VR will trig ger a res pons e ba sed on th e ru le you se t. 1. Selec t a c am era and t hen c lick “ Set ” of your d[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 1 19 2. Selec t your d es ired res ponse t ype, s et t he de tai ls an d c lick “ OK ” t o sa ve th e ru les. T o de lete a c ertai n res pons e, s impl y de -s elect it f rom the res pons e wind ow , an d the n cl ick “ OK ”. 3. Afte r all the rule s are set , cl ick “ S ave ” o n Even[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 120 Respo nse T ypes NVR s upp orts the f ol lowing reac tio n t ypes: Po pup I nstan t Pl ayback NVR wi ll pop up a sm all win dow o n Liv e scr een to play th e 10 -sec ond p eriod ahea d of even t. Y o u will c hoos e a s pec ific cam era whose rec ordin g is to be p layed. Go t o Prese [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 121 Se nd Ma il The r esp onse e nable s N VR t o se nd e-m ai l no tific ations vi a SMT P s ervic e. F ill in t he m ail recip ient ’s e - mail addr ess in “ To ” fi eld, not ifica tion titl e in “ Sub ject ” fi eld and m ail bod y in “ Bod y ” f ield, the n ch oose a c amer a w[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 122 Cop y Event Rules Y o u m a y cop y a cam er a’s ev ent ru les to other mu ltip le c amer as. This sa ves m uch your time on s etti ng up rules o ne b y one. On Even t t ab, c lick “ C opy ” Selec t one c amer a as t he so urce of sc hedule , and add ot her c amer as to t he “ To ” f [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 123 Clear E vent Rule s On Eve nt t ab, you ma y se lect an eve nt ru le un der c ert ain c amer a, an d click “ Cle ar ” t o del ete it . T o dir ectl y cle ar a ll eve nt r ules set under a c erta in c amera , c lick “ Clear T hi s ”. Y o u m a y als o cle ar al l th e ru les in NV R s ys[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 124 Disk Mana gem ent NVR k eeps th e rec ord ings on S A T A hard disk s ins tal led in it . W heneve r rec ord ing is tak ing plac e, NVR wri tes data to one of the disks, an d s witc h to the ot her as the orig inal one is full. Once the a vaila ble s pace of the whole syst em is less than the r[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 125 Set Ma ximum Recor ding Da ys NVR c an keep reco rdin g fi les f or a certa in n umber of d ays defin ed b y you . Set this rul e if you have more conc ern ab out ho w lon g the recor dings are k ept, es pec iall y when you d o not wa nt the old r ecor dings to s ta y lon ger in th e s ystem th[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 126 Upgr ade Firmw are 1. Make sur e ther e is a r ec ord able hard disk ins tall ed in NVR or a USB disk wi th at leas t 200 MB s pace c onn ecte d to NV R. 2. Go t o Se tup pag e M ain ten ance tab Fi rmw are Up grad e . Click “ Brow se ”, f ind t he targ et * .upg f ile and c lick ?[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 127 Back up / Res tore Se tti ngs Maki ng r egu lar s ystem b ack ups is al ways rec omm end ed i n c ase of u nexp ected dis asters or acci dents tha t m ay dam age N VR s erv er . NVR s er ver c an cr eate a b acku p f ile of the whol e s ystem sett ings as Back up_[ yyyym mdd ].nv r file and sa [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 128 Rest ore Bef ore st arti ng r estor ing t he s ystem , mak e s ure you hav e con nect ed th e US B disk with the desir ed .nvr back up f ile in it, and t he back up fi le is sa ved in th e root dir ector y . 1. Go t o Se tup pag e M ain ten ance tab Sett ing s Ba ckup / Re stor e . 2. C[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 129 User Gro up Ma nage ment In N VR, the a cces s p ermis sions ar e ma naged b y User Gro ups . User G rou ps def ines wh at funct ions are all owed f or a gro up of us ers. Differ ent U ser G roup s will h ave differ ent ac cess righ ts i n term s of perm itt ed op erat ions like mo nitor ing Li[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 130 3. C lick “ S ave ” to save the gro up set tin gs. Edit / Dele te a Grou p Y o u ma y edit an e xist ing Gr oup or dele te it. Selec t t he use r on Group List , cl ick “ Edit ” or Dele te ”. Ple ase alwa ys c lick “ S ave ” befo re l eavi ng th is page.[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 131 Add a User By de faul t, t he Admi nistr ato r Us er a lrea dy ex ists , wh ich you ma y not de lete . Go t o Se tup pag e Use r tab . 1. Ent er Us er , clic k “ Add Use r ” to bri ng up Add N ew Use r wind ow , e nter the N ame and Passw ord , an d se lect its U ser G roup , cl ick “[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 132 Joys tick NVR s upp orts two t y p es of co ntro ller f or r emot e c lient oper ations : IP D eskt op , m anuf ac ture d by CH Prod uct s Ex trem e™ 3D Pr o , m an ufact ured by Log ite ch 1. Conn ect the j oyst ick t o your c lien t com pute r , and i nsta ll i ts dr iver . 2. Log i[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 133 S y st em Log NVR rec ords t he impor tant syst em a ctivi ties and user ’s b ehavi ors in System L og . Onc e th e num ber of lo gs ex cee d 300 0, NV R wi ll er ase the earli est 100 l ogs. Go t o Se tup pag e Log tab. 1. Define the tim e ran ge: You m ay cho ose “ Sh ow All D ays ”[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 134 Expor t S ystem Lo g To ex por t the logs , cl ick “ Expo rt ” and s ave the xml f ile t o your l ocal com puter . Yo u ma y vie w this file with No tep ad or X ML E ditor .[...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 135 Cust omize Li ve Sc reen La yout Y o u m a y cus tomi ze th e la yout s tyle, c hanne l pos itio n an d patr ol beh av ior . Y ou r arra ngem ent of Liv e s cr een l ayout will be the defau lt vi ew af ter an y loca l us er log s in to NVR. Change La yout ( A ) T o cha nge curr ent view layout [...]
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Network V ideo Recorder Administrator ’ s Manual 136 Execute Sequ ence P atrol The patr ol fu ncti on wil l s lide -s how m ult iple cha nnels at your d efin ed le ngt h of inter val. At o ne tim e the layo ut wi ll s how a s m an y chann els as i ts m axim um displ ay c hanne ls. For inst ance, duri ng th e p atrol , a 3x 3 la yout wil l s how c[...]