Costar Video Systems CRINEXSN04-2TB, User Manual

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Network Video Recorder
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Chapter 1 — Introduction
This manual describes installation and operation of Network Video Recorder (NVR), which is designed
to be used with network cameras, network video transmitters and DVRs.
1.1 Features
This network video recorder provides monitoring of video from network video transmitters, network cameras
and DVRs, recording of monitoring video (DVR excluded) and playback of video recorded in the NVR
system or DVR.

Remote monitoring of live images
 Remote monitoring of live images in a WAN environment through a streaming service by up to two users
(the number of channels that can be streamed equals the number of channels that can be recorded)
 Management and monitoring of multiple NVR systems (max. 256) using Federation Service
 Up to 10 simultaneous connections to the NVR system
 Software upgrades and multiple systems setup remotely (supported only for devices which provide the
functions)
 Display of system log information (supported only for devices which use the iNEX protocol)
 Map monitoring of live images

Centralized system operation and management and event handling
 Management of multiple NVR systems (max. 256) using Federation Service
 Decompression algorithm for H.264, MPEG-4 and M-JPEG
 Enhanced security using the SSL function
 Two-way audio communication and audio broadcasting

Enhanced security by setting up different authorities for each user group
 Controlling with a network keyboard
 Text-in and alarm function via TCP networking
 Intuitive GUI
 The following are supported only for network cameras and network video transmitters:
−
Recording of video and playback of the recorded video
− Instant Recording of monitored images
− Audio recording
− Stable recording using proprietary video database file system
 The following are supported only for DVRs:
− Playback of video recorded in DVRs
−
Remote control of panic recording
 Number of devices that can be registered and channels that can be recorded and streamed:
− Registration: Maximum of 128 devices (16 for DVRs)
− Recording (not supported for DVRs): Maximum of 4 (4-channel model) /8 (8-channel model) /16
(16-channel model) channels
− Streaming (not supported for DVRs): The number of channels that can be streamed equals the number
of channels that can be recorded.
NOTE:
If the device is a four-channel network video transmitter which uses the iNEX protocol, all four
cameras are counted even if some of the four cameras are disabled, and four channels per network video
transmitter are deducted from the number of channels available for recording and streaming.