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Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified before using the same.
NVR User Manual Contents Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. i 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................................
NVR User Manual Contents 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ............................................................................................................ 54 7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ..................................................................................................................... 54 7.3 Schedule Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 55 7.3.1 Add Schedule ................
NVR User Manual Contents 11 Device Management .............................................................................................................................. 88 11.1 Network Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 88 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration ............................................................................................................... 88 11.1.2 Port Configuration .............
NVR User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of the NVR adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of the IP camera and the record search of slice. This series of the NVR which are powerful and easy to use are provided with excellent image quality and stable system.
NVR User Manual Introduction Support direct mouse control of the IP dome including rotating, zoom, focusing and so on Support single camera image to be zoomed by sliding the scroll wheel of the mouse Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras) Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live preview interface The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consist
NVR User Manual Introduction Support record to be backed up through USB (U disk, mobile HDD) or e-SATA interface Support record to be backed up by time/event/image searching Support record cutting for backing up when playing back Support a maximum of 10 backup tasks in background and backup status viewing Alarm Management Support alarm schedule setting Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP addre
NVR User Manual Introduction on the top of the setting interfaces Support NVR information viewing including basic, camera status, alarm status, record status, network status, disk and backup status Support factory restoring, import and export of the system configuration, log view and export and local upgrading by USB mobile device Support auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface You can click the middle
NVR User Manual Introduction Name Input digital number and select camera 0/-- Input number 0, the number above 10 Direction Key Change direction Multi-Screen Switch Change the screen mode Enter Confirm selection To connect external USB device like USB mouse or USB flash USB 1.4 Descriptions 1-9 Rear Panel Descriptions Here we only take a part of real panels for example to introduce their interfaces and connections. The interfaces and locations of the interfaces are only for references.
NVR User Manual Introduction No. Name Descriptions 1 VGA Connect to monitor 2 e-SATA Connect to HDD with e-SATA interface 3 RS485 Y/Z interface Unavailable right now 4 RS485 A/B interface Connect to keyboard.
NVR User Manual Introduction No. Name Descriptions 1 VGA Connect to monitor 2 RS485 Y/Z interface Unavailable right now 3 ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarm 4 GND Grounding 5 AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box 6 e-SATA1/ e-SATA2 Connect to HDD with e-SATA interface 7 LAN1/LAN2 Network port 8 HDMI1 9 USB3.0/USB 10 HDMI2 Connect to 4K×2K high definition display device USB3.0 and USB 2.
NVR User Manual Introduction No. 1.5 Name Descriptions 1 e-SATA Connect to HDD with e-SATA interface 2 LAN1/LAN2 Network port 3 HDMI2 4 USB 5 HDMI1 Connect to 1920×1080 high definition display device USB interface, connect USB storage device or USB mouse Connect to 4K×2K high definition display device 6 VGA Connect to monitor 7 RS485 Y/Z interface Unavailable right now 8 RS485 A/B interface Connect to keyboard.
NVR User Manual Introduction Some models may support this function. Take 16 CH alarm inputs and 1 CH alarm output for example. Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available. The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below: The alarm input is an open/closed relay.
NVR User Manual Introduction RS485 Connection There are two types of RS485 interfaces: （Type 1） （Type 2） Type 1: The P/Z interfaces are unavailable temporarily. K/B interfaces are used to connect keyboard. Type 2: The RS485 interfaces are used to connect keyboard. A is TX+; B is TX-.
NVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the NVR. ② Connect with the mouse and power. The device will boot and the power LED would turn blue.
NVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Power Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image SEQ To go to sequence view mode Audio To enable audio output in live mode Switch No function temporarily Direction button To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ Enter Button To confirm the choice o
NVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide Button Function REC Record manually Search To enter search mode MEUN To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in PIP No function temporarily To control playback. Play(Pause)/Next Frame/Speed Up/Stop/Previous Frame/Speed Down 2.
NVR User Manual Basic Operation Guide The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below. Button Meaning Button Meaning Backspace key Switch key of punctuation character Delete Key Enter key Switch key between upper and lower letter Space key Switch key of language 2.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk). You can quickly configure the NVR by wizard setup to make the NVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the NVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the wizard next time).
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ② Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure. Set the time zone, system time, date format and time format. The DST will be enabled by default if the time zone selected includes DST. Click “Next” to continue. ③ Network Settings.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Note: If you use the NVR with the PoE network ports, the online state of the internal ethernet port will be shown on the interface. Refer to the picture below. Please refer to 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for detail introduction of the internal ethernet port.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface If the NVR has two network ports or above, you can select the network work pattern as required. Network Fault Tolerance and Multiple Address Setting are available. Refer to the pictures below. Please refer to 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for more detailed information.
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NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ④ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with NVR and then click to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All” to delete all the added cameras.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Click to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Input the new IP address, subnet mask, gateway, username and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the NVR. Click “OK” to save the settings. Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface ⑥ Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual. Auto: Select one auto mode in the interface as shown below and then click “Next” button to save the settings. Click “Advanced” to self-define record mode. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details. Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “OK” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details. ⑦ QRCode.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface 3.2 Main Interface 3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button. Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence for details). Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Button Meaning Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status. Network status button. Click it to view the network status. Information button. Click it to view system information. Introduction of area ②: Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligence Analysis” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below. There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions Camera The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.
NVR User Manual Wizard & Main Interface Account and Authority The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on. System The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.
NVR User Manual Camera Management 4 Camera Management 4.1 Add/Edit Camera 4.1.1 Add Camera The network of the NVR should be set before adding IP camera (see 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for details). Refer to the pictures below. Click Add Camera in the setup panel or in the top right corner of the preview window to pop up the “Add Camera” window as shown below. You can quickly add or add the IP camera manually. Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras.
NVR User Manual Camera Management Add Manually Input the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input window, input the domain name of the IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol.
NVR User Manual Camera Management Note: Only the local NVR has unoccupied channels, may the IPC of other NVR/DVR in the same local network be added. And the added IPC supports previewing and recording. 4.1.2 Edit Camera Click “Edit Camera” in the setup panel to go to the interface as shown below. Click to view the live image of the camera in the popup window. Click to edit the camera (see Add camera in 3.1 Startup Wizard for details). Click to delete the camera.
NVR User Manual Camera Management If you use the NVR with the PoE network ports, the IP cameras (with PoE function) which directly connect to the PoE port of the NVR will be displayed automatically in the camera list. Refer to the picture below. The IP camera which occupies the PoE resource has a prefix shown before its camera name. The prefix consists of PoE plus PoE port number. The IP camera which connects to the PoE port cannot be deleted from the camera list manually.
NVR User Manual Camera Management Click to pop up the window as shown below. Set the group name and dwell time (the dwell time of the camera group sequence view) in the window. Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add group. Click to view the cameras in the group after adding group. 4.2.2 Edit Camera Group Click to modify the group information such as group name and dwell time. Click to delete the group. 4.2.3 IP Planning Some models may not support this function.
NVR User Manual Camera Management Click “IP Planning” to go to the interface as shown below. This function supports searching other NVRs/DVRs that is in the same local network as the local NVR. The user may add the IPC of other NVRs/DVRs into the unoccupied channels of the local NVR. Click NVRs.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5 Live Preview Introduction 5.1 Preview Interface Introduction You should add camera first after logging on to the system (see 4.1.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Button -- Menu List Meaning Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface. -- Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to 5.3.4 Image Adjustment for details. Camera Info Click it to view the camera information. The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for amplification.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Add Display Mode Method One: ① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as required. ③ Click “Save” button under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click “OK” button to save the current display mode. Method Two: ① Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface and then set the screen mode.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created, please refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence for details. Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view. 5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence You can start camera group view in sequence if camera group has been created (see 4.2.1 Add Camera Group for details). ① Go to the live preview interface and then select a camera window. ② Double click one camera group on the right side of the interface.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction Add Scheme Click in area ① to create a new scheme. Click scheme to delete it. on the top right corner of the Configure Scheme a) Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme. b) Select a camera window in area ② and then double click the camera or group in area ③. The camera or group will be added into the selected window. One camera in the same scheme cannot repeat.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction ② ③ Select one window and then double click one camera or group in the list. Click “Apply” button to save the settings after adding cameras or groups to the windows. 5.3 POS Settings Some models may not support this function. ① Click StartSettingsBasicPOS Settings to go to the interface. ② Enable POS and click configure under “Connection Settings” to add POS via IP address. ③ Click configure under “Display Settings” to configure display position.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction ④ Check “Trigger Camera” and click configure under it to bind POS to the camera. One POS can be bound to more than one channel, but one channel can only bind one POS. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings and then the trade information will be displayed on the preview image in real-time. 5.4 Preview Image Configuration 5.4.1 OSD Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction 5.4.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced” button or in the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up “Image Adjust” interface and then set the relevant setting items. Please refer to 5.3.4 Image Adjustment for detailed introductions of these items.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction click “Apply” to save the settings. 5.4.4 Image Adjustment Go to live preview interface and then click window to go to the image adjustment interface. button on the tool bar under the camera Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction value. Check sharpen, wide dynamic and denoise and then drag the slider to set the value. Click “Default” button to set these parameters to default values. The introductions of these parameters are as follows: Parameter Meaning Brightness It is the brightness level of the camera’s image. Contrast It is the color difference between the brightest and darkest parts. Saturation It is the degree of color purity. The color is purer, the image is brighter.
NVR User Manual Live Preview Introduction The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows: Button/Parameter Meaning Click Focus Mode / to zoom in/out the image. If manual mode is selected, focus button & “One Key Focus” & “Day/night mode switch autofocus” will be available; if auto mode is selected, the time interval setup will be available. Click / to increase/decrease the focal length. Click it to focus instantly.
NVR User Manual PTZ 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below. You can select another IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera on the top right of the interface for PTZ control. Introductions of the buttons on the bottom right of the interface: Button Meaning Click / / / to rotate the dome.
NVR User Manual PTZ Analog Joystick Control The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog joystick. 3D Control Click the camera image on any area and then the image will be centered on the clicked point.
NVR User Manual PTZ Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image; press and hold the right button to zoom out the image.
NVR User Manual PTZ adjusting the dome’s direction); click in the preset list to call the preset; click “Delete” button to delete the selected preset. You can also go to preset setting interface for preset setting, see 6.2 Preset Setting for details. Cruise Setting Click “Cruise” to go to cruise operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below left. You can add 8 cruises for each dome at most.
NVR User Manual PTZ Add preset Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset. The operations of the “Add Preset” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details. Edit preset Select camera and preset.
NVR User Manual PTZ Add Cruise Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise” window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface; please see 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction for details. Edit Cruise Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise” interface. Input the new cruise name and then click to save the cruise name.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings. There are two record modes: auto mode and manual mode.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Select one auto mode to pop up the corresponding window. Set the encode, GOP, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of each camera and then click “OK” to save the settings. Please adjust the parameters according to the actual condition. Video Encode: the available options will be H.265 and H.264 if the connected IP camera supports H.265, or the option will be H.264 only. GOP: group of pictures.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration Click StartSettingsRecordAdvanced to go to the following interface. Enable or disable cycle record (cycle record: the earliest record data will be replaced by the latest when the disks are full). Set the pre-alarm record time, post-alarm record time and expiration time of each camera and then click “Apply” to save the settings. Pre-alarm Record Time: set the time to record before the actual recording begins.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.3 Schedule Setting 7.3.1 Add Schedule Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleEdit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24ⅹ7”, “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or delete “24ⅹ7” while “24ⅹ5” and “24ⅹ2” can be edited and deleted. Click the schedule name to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area. You can manually set the record start time and end time. Click or and then click “Manual” on each day to pop up a window as shown below.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Click “All” to set all day recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a day; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a day. Click “Copy To” to copy the schedule of the day to other days. Refer to the picture below. Check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings. Set Week Schedule Click or and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management Go to “Edit Schedules” interface and then click to edit the schedule. The settings of “Edit Schedule” are similar to that of the “Add Schedule”. Click to delete the schedule. 7.4 Record Mode 7.4.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to enable recording of the camera.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management 7.4.5 Intelligence Recording ① Set the intelligence recording schedule of each IP camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. ② Enable the intelligence detection (object detection, exception, line crossing or intrusion detection) and draw alert surface or warning area of each IP camera. See 9.3 Intelligence Alarm for details. The camera will start intelligence recording once you finish the above settings. This function is only available for some IPCs. 7.
NVR User Manual Record & Disk Management There are all four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The NVR with e-SATA interface supports e-SATA recording. The added disks and cameras will be added into group one automatically.
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NVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time). Refer to the picture below. Drag the playback progress bar to change the playback time. You can also click the right-click menu “Instant Playback” in the camera window and then set the instant playback time to play back the record. 8.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The system supports a maximum of 16 synchronous playback cameras. The buttons on the tool bar (area ①) at the bottom of the playback interface are introduced in the table below.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup Button Menu List Meaning -- Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere. Enable Audio Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by enabling audio. Snap Click it to snap. Click it to go to the zoom in interface. The zoom in interface is similar to that of the camera window in the live preview interface. Zoom In Click to pause the record playing; click to play the record.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup 8.3 Record Search, Playback & Backup The record data and the snapped pictures can be backed up through network, USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD) or e-SATA (only available for some models). The file system of the backup devices should be FAT32 format. 8.3.1 Search, Playback & Backup by Time-sliced Image ① Click StartSearch and BackupBy Time-sliced Image to go to “By Time-sliced Image” tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤ Click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to 8.2 Playback Interface Introduction for details). Click “Close” to close the interface.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click / on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute” mode (in “Minute” mode, click the time scale to change the time of the 60 display windows) and click “Hour” to select “Hour” mode. Method Two: Click beside “Camera Thumbnail” on the left top corner of the interface to select the time slice mode.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ④ Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list. ⑤ Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window.
NVR User Manual Playback & Backup Click in the interface to play the record. Click delete the tag. to edit the tag name. Click to 8.3.5 Image Management Click StartSearch and BackupImage Management to go to “Image Management” tab. The system will display all the snapped images automatically in the list. Click to delete the image. Click to pop up the “Export” window. Select the device name and save path in the window and then click “Save” button. Click to pop up the “View Image” window.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ② Select the alarm type (NO or NC) according to trigger type of the sensor. ③ Enable the sensor alarm of each camera.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management trigger preset of each camera. To add presets, please see 6.2 Preset Setting for details. Buzzer: if enabled, the system will begin to buzz when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the delay time of the buzzer, please see 9.5.4 Buzzer for details. Pop-up Video: After camera setting, the system will pop up the corresponding video automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the video, please see 9.5.3 Display for details.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management Duration: it refers to the interval time between the adjacent motion detections. For instance, if the duration time is set to 10 seconds, once the system detects a motion, it will go to alarm and would not detect any other motion (specific to camera) in 10 seconds. If there is another motion detected during this period, it will be considered as continuous movement; otherwise it will be considered as a single motion. ③ Drag the camera image to set the motion area.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management Check “Draw Area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the warning area in the image (the warning area should be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw Warning Area” if you finish the drawing. Click “Clear” button to delete the warning area. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of object detection.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.3.2 Exception Exception Configuration: ① Click StartSettingsCameraIntelligent DetectionException to go to the following interface. ② Select the camera and enable the relevant detection as required. Scene Change: The relevant alarms will be triggered if the scene of the monitor video has changed. Video Blurred: The relevant alarms will be triggered if the monitor video is blurred.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Exception Config” to go to the exception detection configuration interface. 9.3.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management ③ Select the line and direction. You can add 4 lines at most. Direction: A<->B, A->B and A<-B optional. It is the crossing direction of the intruder who crosses over the alert line. A<->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A or from A to B. A->B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from A to B. A<-B: the alarm triggers when the intruder crosses over the alert line from B to A. ④ Draw the alert surface.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management Check “Draw area” and then click around the area where you want to set as the warning area in the image (the warning area should be a closed area). Uncheck the “Draw area” if you finish the drawing. Click “Clear” button to delete the warning area. ⑤ Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑥ Click “Processing Mode” to go to the alarm handling configuration interface of intrusion detection.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Regional Invasion Config” to go to the intrusion detection configuration interface. 9.4 Exception Alarm 9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ① Click StartSettingsAlarmExceptionIPC Offline Settings to go to the interface as shown below. ② Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5 Alarm Event Notification 9.5.1 Alarm-out ① Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent Notification to go to the following interface. ② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the schedules (see 7.3.1 Add Schedule for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Test” to test the alarm output. 9.5.2 E-mail Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationE-mail to go to the e-mail configuration interface.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.5.4 Buzzer Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationBuzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer. 9.5.5 Push Message Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationPush Message to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings.
NVR User Manual Alarm Management 9.7 View Alarm Status Click StartSettingsAlarmAlarm Status or click live preview interface to view the alarm status. on the tool bar at the bottom of the Click “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click the detail information as shown below. to view If the exception information is more than one page, you can input the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page.
NVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) available when adding accounts.
NVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Set the username, password and group. User can also set the graphical lock here. The e-mail address and MAC address are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user information. Click to delete the user (the user admin cannot be deleted).
NVR User Manual Account & Permission Management Only the password of admin can be modified. Click “Modify Password” to pop up a window. Input the current password and then set new password. Click “OK” to save the settings. Modify Graphical Lock Some models may not support this function. Click “Modify Graphical Lock” to pop up a window. Input current password and then check “Enable” to input graphical lock. Recover Password Click “Recover Password” to reset the password to 123456.
NVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown” window. Select “Logout” in the window and then click “OK” button to log out the system. 10.3 Permission Management 10.3.
NVR User Manual Account & Permission Management 10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Click to save the group as another group. Click to delete the permission group. The three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Common”) cannot be deleted.
NVR User Manual Account & Permission Management ② Check “Enable” and then choose “Enable Allow List” or “Enable Block List” (the PC client of which the IP address is in the allow list can access NVR remotely while the PC client in the block list cannot). ③ Add IP/IP segment/MAC. Click “Add IP” or “Add MAC” button and then check “Enable” in the popup window (only if you check it can the IP/IP segment/MAC you add be effective). Enter the IP/IP segment/MAC and then click “OK” button.
NVR User Manual Device Management 11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually input the network addresses.
NVR User Manual Device Management Multiple Ethernet Ports Setting If the NVR has two network ports or above, you can select the network work pattern as required. Network Fault Tolerance and Multiple Address Setting are available. Network Fault Tolerance: The two network ports will be bound to one IP address if you select the “Network Fault Tolerance” pattern. There are many advantages of this work pattern: 1. increase the bandwidth; 2. form a network redundant array to share the load.
NVR User Manual Device Management Multiple Address Setting: If “Multiple Address Setting” is selected, the IP addresses of the two Ethernet ports should be set respectively. Refer to the picture as shown below. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually input the network addresses; select one Ethernet port as the default route and then click “Apply” button to save the settings.
NVR User Manual Device Management 11.1.2 Port Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkPort to go to the interface as shown below. Input the HTTP port, HTTPS Port, server port and RTSP port of the NVR, enable “Anonymous” as required and then click “Apply” button to save the settings. HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the NVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used to IE remote access.
NVR User Manual Device Management through IE, you should input IP address plus HTTP port in the IE address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81. HTTPS Port: the default HTTP port of the NVR is 443. Server Port: the default server port of the NVR is 6036. The server port number can be changed as required. The port is mainly used in network video management system. RTSP Port: RTSP real-time stream protocol can be used to control the sending of real-time data.
NVR User Manual Device Management Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Input the server address, domain name, username and password according to the selected DDNS type. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You will have to input the server address and domain name if some DDNS types are selected. Go to the relative DNS website to register domain name and then input the registered domain information here). Now we take www.dvrdydns.
NVR User Manual Device Management ③ Create domain name and then click Request Domain. ④ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list.
NVR User Manual Device Management ⑤ Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the www.dvrdydns.com DDNS type. Input the registered username, password and domain name and then click “Apply”. ⑥ Map the IP address and HTTP port in the router (you can skip this step if UPnP function is enabled). ⑦ Input the registered domain name plus HTTP port like http://www.xxx.dvrdydns.com:81 in the IE address bar and then press Enter key to go to the IE client. 11.1.
NVR User Manual Device Management Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking in the “Schedule” column.
NVR User Manual Device Management ② Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. ③ Set the NVR’s IP address, subnet mask and gateway and so on corresponding to the router. ④ Check “Enable” in the interface as shown below and then click “Apply” button. Click “Refresh” button to refresh the UPnP status. If the UPnP status were still “Invalid UPnP” after refreshing it for many times, the port number would be wrong.
NVR User Manual Device Management 11.2 Basic Configuration 11.2.1 Common Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to go to the following interface. Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output. Enable or disable wizard, “Log In Automatically”, “Log Out Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time), “App Live Self-Adaption” and “Dwell Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time). Click “Apply” to save the settings.
NVR User Manual Device Management 11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration Click StartSettingsSystemBasicDate and Time to go to the interface as shown below. Set the system time, date format, time format and time zone of the NVR. The default time zone is GMT+08 Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei. If the selected time zone includes DST, the DST of the time zone will be checked by default. Click “Apply” to save the settings.
NVR User Manual Device Management 11.3 Factory Default Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceFactory Default and then click “Reset to factory default” button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings(check “Reset retain Network Configuration” to retain the network settings). Note: Resetting to the factory default settings will not change time zone. 11.
NVR User Manual Device Management devices; you can recover the configuration to other NVRs which are of the same model with the NVR by importing the configuration file to other NVRs for time saving. Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the NVR and then click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceBackup and Restore to go to the interface.
NVR User Manual Device Management Choose the log file in the list and then click “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the “Content” title bar to pop up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show the checked log contents only. Click to play the video log. 11.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance 12 Remote Surveillance 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the NVR. Refer to 11.1.7 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “SuperLive Plus” into the mobile device with the Android or iOS system. ③ Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface and then click to scan the QRCode of the NVR (Go to StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view the QRCode of the NVR).
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the NVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the NVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2. If the HTTP port of the NVR is not 80, but other number instead, you need to input the IP address plus port number in the IE address bar when accessing the NVR over network. For example, the HTTP port is 81.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Input the serial number (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to see the serial number of the NVR), user name (the user name of the NVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the NVR, 123456 by default) of the NVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the interface and then click “Login” button to go to the web client interface. PPPoE Access ① Click StartSettingsNetworkPPPoE to go to the “PPPoE” interface.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Input current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click “OK” button to save the new password. Local Settings: click it to change the local settings. Set the snapshot number and click “Browse” to set the snapshot path and record path as shown below.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Left Panel Introduction Click on the left panel to hide the panel and click all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. to show the panel. You can view View Camera Click to view the cameras. You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras. For instance, the left number 3 in on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras; the right number 4 stands for the number of all the added cameras.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply” to save the settings. Operation panel introduction: Button Meaning Click it to snap. Click it to start recording; click it again to stop recording.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click / / / to rotate the dome; click / / / / to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click / to zoom in/out camera image. Click / to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click / to increase/decrease the iris of the dome. Click it to view the preset list and then click the button in the list to call the preset.
NVR User Manual Remote Surveillance Button Meaning Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. 12.4.3 Remote Backup Click “Backup” in the remote interface to go to the backup interface. You can back up the record by event or by time.
NVR User Manual FAQ Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? a. Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. b. For some NVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them. Please use the power adaptor supplied along with the NVR. c. Please make sure the HDDs are compatible with the NVR. See Appendix C Compatible Device List for details. d. The HDD could have gone bad. Change a new one. Q2.
NVR User Manual FAQ Q6. The IP camera which connects to the PoE port of the NVR cannot be displayed automatically in the camera list, why? a. Please check whether the resource of the PoE port is occupied by another IP camera that is added through network. Take the 16 CH NVR with 8 PoE ports as an example. The resource distribution of the 16 CH IP cameras is shown in the picture below.
NVR User Manual FAQ b. Please make sure that the internal ethernet port and the IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port through ONVIF protocol are in the same network segment. The internal ethernet port and the IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port through ONVIF protocol should be in the same network segment, or you will fail to add the IP camera.
NVR User Manual FAQ Schedule Configuration for details. c. Maybe HDD is full and thus the NVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the recycle function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details). d. There is no disk but cameras in the disk group, so please add at least one disk to the group. Refer to 7.5.1 Storage Mode Configuration for details. e. The HDD could have gone bad. Please change another one. Q9.
NVR User Manual FAQ Fig 10-1 Q11. Fig 10-2 How to play the backup file? a. Record backed up by NVR: insert the USB device in which the record backup files is saved to the USB interface of the PC and then open the USB device path. The record can be backed up in the private format and AVI format by NVR. If you select the private format when backing up record by NVR, a RPAS compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.
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NVR User Manual Calculate Recording Capacity Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times. The calculation format of recording capacity is shown as below.
NVR User Manual Compatible Device List Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Brand and Series Seagate Western Digital Capacity Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Blue Series 500GB /1TB Green Series 2TB /3TB /4TB Purple Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Compatible USB mobile device Brand Capacity SSK 2GB Netac 4GB Kingston 2GB/8GB/16GB/32GB Aigo 2GB
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