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Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1. Welcome Chapter 2. Installation Chapter 3. Startup Wizard Chapter 4. Recording and Playback Test Chapter 5. Display icon - Camera Placement and Display Chapter 6.Record icon - Record Settings and Scheduling Chapter 7. Search icon - Search and Playback Chapter 8. Network icon - Network Settings Chapter 9.System icon - System Settings Chapter 10. Advanced icon and tabs 2 4 6 12 14 17 19 22 25 28 Appendices: A.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 1 — WELCOME Welcome to your Night Owl Security System! This manual applies to the following model series: L Series TL Series P Series WMC Series You Night Owl DVR can be controlled locally with a USB mouse or with the included remote control. You can also view your system remotely via router and internet browser with a computer or mobile device.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Camera: Your Night Owl DVR Kit includes cameras. The number of cameras included in your kit depends on the model you have purchased. Below is a list of models and the quantity of the camera included: L Series / TL Series / WMC Series DVR with 4 Cameras (4) Cameras (1) Camera Power Supply 12V 1.0A (1) 1-to-4 Power Splitter Cable (4) Camera (video/power) Cable (60 ft.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 2—INSTALLATION WARNING: Do not connect power until monitor and camera connections have been made. Step 1: Connecting Your Night Owl DVR to a TV or Monitor Before connecting your DVR, check your TV or monitor to determine what type of connection is available - VGA or HDMI. Connect TV/Monitor with either VGA or HDMI cable to the matching connector on the DVR. Connect the other end into the VGA/HDMI input on your TV/Monitor. VGA Cable not included.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Step 4: Powering Up the Cameras, DVR, and Monitor Cameras - Plug the other ends of the 60’ video extension cable into the four-way power splitter Connect the single end of the splitter to the Camera Power Supply Plug Camera Power Supply into a wall socket or surge protector. DVR Plug DVR power connector into the port on back of DVR then plug the DVR Power Supply into a wall socket or surge protector. Make sure your monitor or TV is powered up.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 3—SET UP WIZARD SCREENS & ICONS Mouse Operations Using the mouse is the easiest way to interact with the set up screens and Live Feed To maximize or minimize – Double click on any of the images To access or exit Main Menu – Right click anywhere To select Menu items – Left click on the Menu item To exit each Menu – Right click or left click any area outside the menu Startup Wizard Screens guide you through basic administrative choices.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Before you start the automatic setup please ensure you have connected your DVR to your router or modem with an Ethernet cable, and make sure that your router/modem is connected to the internet. A. The first step in configuring your Night Owl DVR is to setup a user name and password. Enter your username and password in the fields shown and click [Next Step]. It is highly recommend that you setup a username and password. B.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual adjust your settings and don’t want to set a new username and password you can click [Skip] B. Click [Manual] on the Network and System Setting screen C. Enter your values in the fields below to manually set up your network. If you do not know the information, click [Prev. Step] and try Automatic configuration. D. Once you have filled in all the fields, click [Next Step] to see next screen - System General Configuration.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual E. Enter Date and Time preferences and click [Next Step] to proceed to Step 2: Mobile access configuration. Step 2: Mobile Access Configuration – for both Automatic and Manual Setup Use this to view your security system from outside your local network E.g. Remotely via web browser or from mobile phone. If you do not have a need for mobile access click [Live Feed] and you will be taken to the live display of your cameras. See Chapter 4. A.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual C. Enter this information into LOGIN screen Any default admin data is not secure. D. Click [Log In] to confirm that your account is registered and is working with your security system. If test is okay, click [Next Step] to proceed to next step. If test fails you will be returned to the Login screen and asked to reenter your information. Try again. If your test fails multiple times, please contact customer support via www.nightowlsp.com.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual B. On your device press [+] to add. Enter same Login information as for DVR setup (Domain/DVR User ID/Password). Select the number of channels (CH) for your system. C. If everything is working you can now see your security system from your mobile device. Click [Next Step] on mobile access configuration screen. D. Click [Live Feed] once more on the next screen and you will be taken to the live feed.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 4—RECORDING AND PLAYBACK TEST Live Feed Screen If you only want to monitor your system locally, you are done! The Live Feed screen should be showing you images from each of the cameras. You can now position them in the order you want on the screen. To position the cameras on the Live Feed Screen: A. Right click for Main Menu display B. Left click and select [Display] icon then [Live] Tab C. Choose a position for each channel/camera: E.g.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Now that you have confirmed that your cameras and DVR are working properly you may want to position your cameras around your property. Entries and windows are obvious choices for placement but there may also be special areas that are important to you. Your cameras are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The cameras are water resistant but should not be submersed in water.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 5— CAMERA PLACEMENT AND DISPLAY Placement: Night Owl cameras are intended for both indoor and outdoor use. Here are some helpful tips when mounting your cameras after initial testing and configuration: - Place cameras in areas with a largely unobstructed view. - Even when equipped with night/low light vision, cameras should be located in environments with ample lighting if possible.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual B. View Setup: Is either enabled or disabled. You may want to customizing the order of channels displayed on the live view screen. C. View Mode: Single or Quad – view one channel or all four at once D. SEQ Setting: You can set up the sequence in which you want to view each channel. The default sequence time is 5 seconds, you can adjust the time, the maximum is 300 seconds. E.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Step 4: Click [Apply] to save the settings or [Exit] to dismiss the changes. [Default] will return all values to the factory parameters.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 6— RECORD SETTINGS AND SCHEDULING Step 1: Select [Record icon], from then click on the [REC Para] tab to enter the recording parameter settings. Your Night Owl system lets you record video in a variety of ways choosing individual channels/cameras, specific times, as well as continuous recording or motion activated. Step 2: CH - Choose the cameras/channel you want to configure. Step 3: Record [Enable] or [Disable] recording for each channel.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual no color or blue indicates no recording, red = motion triggered or manual recording green = normal recording. Main Stream Tab and Options Resolution: Your Night Owl system supports the following resolution formats: 960H,D1,HD1, and CIF. Frame rate: Selectable from 1-30 FPS – 30 FPS for NTSC and PAL (1-25 FPS). Actual frame rate depends on the resolution setting. Bitrate: Users can select the bitrate at which their cameras record.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 7— SEARCH AND PLAYBACK You can search the recorded materials by Channel, Date/Time or Event. Step 1: Channel (CH): Select the channel(s)/camera(s) you want to search. Step 2: Search Date by entering in a date and [Search] for all recordings on that specific day. Recordings from that date will appear in red. Select a time period and the system will start to playback from the first recorded point.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Step 4: Click and highlight the data you want to view and you will be shown channels to select. Then [Play]. Step 5: In Playback Mode left click to view the timeline at the bottom of the screen. You can scroll by using the blue time indicator (red and green sections are recorded material) or use the Rewind/Slow/Play/Pause/FFWD icons on the Play Control Bar. Step 6: Mouse over the bottom of the screen in Playback Mode to view the play control bar.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Step 1: Enter a date and 1 or more channels. Select a start- time and end-time for your search. Step 2: Click [Search] All the recorded material recorded within that time range will be shown. You can now select one of these to playback. Forward and reverse arrows let you scroll through all events. Backup[BAK] Right click from playback screen returns you to this screen where you may choose to back-up [BAK] one or more files. ALL will fill all the BAK boxes.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 8. NETWORK SETTINGS About networking. To monitor your Night Owl security system from your local network you will need: A. High speed internet connection via a router/modem B. Router log-in info: User Name and Password You may be able to find this information in your router manual. Common factory presets are: Admin/Admin or Admin/Pass. You will need this to proceed.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual For more about IP addresses and how to find them, see IP address in the Appendix/Glossary Step 2: SubStream Tab These settings offer the ability to enable/disable a video channel or adjust the frame rate of your recording, from 10 FPS to 30 FPS. 30 FPS is at real-time quality and will take up the most file space on your hard drive but will give you the clearest pictures. Bitrate is adjustable from 224 to 512 with the best quality picture at 512.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Step 4: Email Tab When a motion triggered recording begins, you can enable this function to email you a notification at that time. Check your email program for the information required. Interval 3 min to 10 minute – Will send an email at this interval as long as motion is detected. Step 5: DDNS If you have registered for a DDNS www.nightowldvr.com enter it here. This is recommended to ensure the stability of your system.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 9 - SYSTEM SETTINGS This section contains basic settings and information about system status 1. HDD Management Tab State of drive (OK or NO ) — Ready to record or Not recognized Free/Total — Free memory space available on the hard drive/total memory on drive. Free Time — Free memory space currently available in hours. Overwrite options: [Enable]DVR will record over the oldest files on the hard drive when full.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual 2. PTZ: Pan-Tilt-Zoom only available for select camera models. For more information visit www.nightowlsp.com. 3. General: Set Date, Time, Video Format, Language, and Menu Timeout values.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual 4. Users: To add a user select Enable then go to [Edit] to enter new user name and password Enable new user and [Apply] to save. 5.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual CHAPTER 10 - ADVANCED 1. Set up Motion Detection parameters [Motion] Tab: Enables the motion detection function and lets you adjust sensitivity. Select a channel and Enable motion detection Choose an area and you will see the channel output full screen Drag the boundaries of the square to cover the area where you want to detect motion. Right Click to return to Motion screen and select the level of sensitivity from 1-6. 2.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual 2. [Maintain] Tab StartupWizard:Enable or disable the Startup Wizard when the system is turned on. 4. Auto Reboot: If you experience lag or technical difficulties, you can enable an auto reboot sequence as part of a regular maintenance plan. 5. Reboot: Set the schedule for the Auto Reboot sequence. 6.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual 10. Load Setting: Load the parameters of your system settings from a USB drive. Note: After loading the settings successfully, your system will reboot. 11. Save Settings: You can save the parameters of your system to a USB flash drive using this option. 12. Launch Mobile Wizard: Starts the mobile access Startup Wizard. 13. Launch Startup Wizard: Starts the Startup Wizard process. Events Tab Indicates other events that you might want to be notified off, E.g.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Appendices Quick References A. Navigation and Symbol Legend Control and playback bar icons To see this menu right click with the mouse anywhere on the screen.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual B. Mouse Operation Right Click: (in Live Feed mode) Shows the Main Menu and function icons . It can also be used to exit menus. Left Click: Enter sub-menus, make selections, and change statuses in drop-down menus. Double Left Click: (in Live Feed mode) Maximizes the selected camera/channel view. C. Handheld Remote Control 1. Number Keys 1-8 are for Channel selection. 2. Number Key 0 allows you to switch to output device 3. ALL: Activates multiple display mode. 4.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual Q: Some channels display just a blank screen even if they receive video sources? A: Check to see if the camera is connected to the system properly (power and video cables) and that nothing is in front of the lens.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual NightOwl DVR from your browser if you do not have a DDNS. If you do have a DDNS you will access you Night Owl DVR using the DDNS address YourDomainName.owldvr.com:2049 (2049 is the web port) E. FCC Compliance/Radio or TV Interference CAUTION – The FCC warns that changes or modification to the unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Night Owl L / TL / P / WMC Series Manual NTSC: Video standard for North America, most of South America, So. Korea and Taiwan (525 lines/30 FPS) NTP: Network Time Protocol. A system for synchronizing computer systems. IP Address: Internet Protocol Address. To find your IP external IP address go to: Whatsmyipaddress.com. For internal IP address see your computer’s Network system preferences.
