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Title NetVu Uniplex Appliance NVR Advanced Installation Manual

UK and EMEA: NetVu Ltd.

www.netvu.org.uk

No 1 Thellow Heath Park, Northwich Road, Northwich, Cheshire. CW9 6JB

Contents

Version History ............................................................................................................................... 2

Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Important Safeguards ..................................................................................................................... 5

Installing the Unit ............................................................................................................................ 7

Before you start check the contents of the box ............................................................................ 7

Connections ................................................................................................................................ 7

Installation ................................................................................................................................. 11

Connecting external storage units. ......................................................................................... 11

Connecting Alarm Inputs ........................................................................................................ 16

End of Line (EOL) Circuitry .................................................................................................... 16

Connecting Relay Outputs ..................................................................................................... 17

Connecting the Serial Ports ................................................................................................... 17

Using the USB Serial Ports .................................................................................................... 18

Connecting Audio .................................................................................................................. 18

Configuring the Unit ...................................................................................................................... 19

Using the Unit with Secure Closed IPTV ................................................................................... 19

Locating the Unit IP address...................................................................................................... 21

DHCP IP Address configuration ................................................................................................ 21

Accessing the Configuration Pages ........................................................................................... 21

System

– Attributes Page ....................................................................................................... 23

Attributes ............................................................................................................................... 24

Status Page ........................................................................................................................... 25

Upload Page .......................................................................................................................... 27

Time and Date ....................................................................................................................... 28

User Accounts ....................................................................................................................... 30

Maintain ................................................................................................................................. 31

Features ................................................................................................................................ 32

Audio ..................................................................................................................................... 34

Database Page ...................................................................................................................... 35

Maps Page ............................................................................................................................ 35

Camera Arrows Page ............................................................................................................. 37

Viewer Defaults Page ............................................................................................................ 39

Camera

– Setup Page ........................................................................................................... 40

Camera

– Overview page ...................................................................................................... 41

Camera Titles Page ............................................................................................................... 41

Camera

– Auto Configuration page ........................................................................................ 42

Camera

– Assign Manually page ........................................................................................... 43

Summary of Contents for NetVu Uniplex UP/MAN/002/M

Page 1: ...e Installation Manual Page 1 of 102 04 08 2021 UK and EMEA NetVu Ltd www netvu org uk No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB Uniplex Appliance NVR Advanced Installation Manu...

Page 2: ...hor P Ridgeon Checker R S Hawes Version B 28th October 2019 Author P Ridgeon Checker R S Hawes Version C 17th January 2020 Author P Ridgeon Version D 24th March 2020 Author P Ridgeon Version E 1st Jun...

Page 3: ...itry 16 Connecting Relay Outputs 17 Connecting the Serial Ports 17 Using the USB Serial Ports 18 Connecting Audio 18 Configuring the Unit 19 Using the Unit with Secure Closed IPTV 19 Locating the Unit...

Page 4: ...D Setup page 71 Alarm Schedule page 72 RVRC page 73 Network Setup page 74 Network Multicast page 75 Network Firewall page 75 Network ARC Configuration page 76 Image Profiles Profile Setup page 77 Live...

Page 5: ...n or moisture The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user of this equipment that there are dangerous voltages within the enclosure which may...

Page 6: ...ng This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection again...

Page 7: ...ow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB Installing the Unit Before you start check the contents of the box The box should contain the following items Uniplex Appliance NVR Installation...

Page 8: ...ATA cable 12 Volts DC Power Cable Alternatively a storage unit for up to four drives This will include External storage unit either with preformatted drives or without eSATA cable Mains power cable fo...

Page 9: ...the protected area e g outside a building The rear panel of the Uniplex Appliance NVR has the following connections left to right 48 Volt DC Power Input Socket for use with supplied mains power adapt...

Page 10: ...product code from which the features and functionality of the NVR can be established Product code always starts UPXA First figure is the number of cameras which may be directly connected to the NVR i...

Page 11: ...section of this manual i e attention should be given to the following factors when physically installing the NVR Power Sources A UPS should be used to supply both the NVR and the multi drive storage u...

Page 12: ...turned on Connect the supplied power supply unit to the Uniplex NVR The power supply unit should in turn be connected to a mains UPS unit to protect the NVR from surges spikes and unexpected power out...

Page 13: ...urned off When you have fitted your own drives the type of RAID storage to be used must be configured This is done using switches on the rear panel of the storage unit Use the graphic above the switch...

Page 14: ...nce NVR using Cat5 or higher Ethernet cable maximum length 90m If a NetVu NVSE network extender is being used then connect the NetVu SmartVu IP cameras to the camera endpoint ports of the NetVu NVSE n...

Page 15: ...ce NVR it is strongly recommended that cameras are still segregated by the Camera Subnet and network This can be achieved using either a suitable configured managed switch or as a minimum with a dumb...

Page 16: ...open circuit and contact closure This function is part of the advanced alarms supported on NetVu Connected products and includes features required for Central Monitoring It is compatible with the Bri...

Page 17: ...puts available from the connector block on the rear of the NVR The Auxiliary Alarm Inputs are also available on the same connector Connecting the Serial Ports There are two serial ports serial 1 and s...

Page 18: ...audio input and a single audio output on the rear panel Connect the audio equipment to the 3 5mm sockets AUDIO IN and AUDIO OUT The levels on both input and output are 1 Volt peak to peak The audio ch...

Page 19: ...er up sequence is as follows 1 Apply power to all NVSE Network Extender Units this will power cameras using PoE 2 Wait two minutes 3 Apply power to UPXA Appliance NVR wait 5 minutes On first time powe...

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Page 21: ...the facility to enable DHCP and DNS If it is not available contact your network administrator The default DNS address for each unit is factory set as the serial number This address can be found on th...

Page 22: ...Manual UK and EMEA NetVu Ltd www netvu org uk No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB 2 Type the IP address or DNS name if there is no fixed IP address of the unit into the...

Page 23: ...s how long the unit has been operating and the reason for the last reset It also shows the camera status The Upload page facilitates uploading files to the NVR for software upgrade or to add features...

Page 24: ...server Software and is sent when transmitting information to a Remote Video Response Centres RVRC Account ID Used to provide an additional method of remotely connecting to the NVR Identifies this indi...

Page 25: ...the last reset of the NVR Total running time The total time that the unit has been running since manufacture Time Date Green Links to the System Time and Date page Accounts Yellow Links to the Viewer...

Page 26: ...ion Opens the UI Information page Camera Variables Opens the Sysvar Editor page Event Information Opens the Event Information page Alarm Keyword opens the Alarm Keywords page Image Stream Stats Opens...

Page 27: ...anual UK and EMEA NetVu Ltd www netvu org uk No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB Logs Page The logs page allows various diagnostics reports to be run under the guidance o...

Page 28: ...e uploaded Some Examples below 1 mdd0 upgrade for upgrade products 2 mdd0 gui frmpages for frm pages 3 mdd0 gui json for json file update 4 mdd0 qnc for PowerScript files When you are ready click on U...

Page 29: ...k on the down arrow on the right hand side of the Time Zone field and scroll up and down the list to find the correct time zone Click on the time zone to select it and then click on Save To manually s...

Page 30: ...ver set to the IP address of the master Uniplex In this way even if the link to the NTP server is lost all of the Uniplex units will remain at the same time as each other and they will not drift indep...

Page 31: ...ific credentials being set the system is only accessible from the Local Subnet i e cannot be accessed remotely via a router Strong User Credentials independent for each user should be set to ensure co...

Page 32: ...lick on Reset Red to re start the NVR Features The page is used to enable additional network ports on the NVR Secondary Web Port If the primary web port is blocked by the firewall it is possible to co...

Page 33: ...For example if you wish to see the web pages of camera number 1 then enter 1 into this field Then click on the save button at the top right hand side of the page To view the camera web pages now enter...

Page 34: ...camera number This closes the 8081 port and prevents the camera from cyber attack via password attack HTTPS proxy port Sets the port number for the HTTPS proxy daemon HTTPS secondary port Sets the po...

Page 35: ...e camera from cyber attack via password attack Database Page This page manages the event database Clicking on the Show Events button causes a list of recent system event s to be displayed Clicking on...

Page 36: ...his field would be maps thf2 jpg You can save a map in this location by using the Upload page of the NVR described earlier in this manual In that case the file entry in the Upload path filed would be...

Page 37: ...20 degrees to the right of its origin position 180 would send it to face in the opposite direction of its base position You can also move the hotspots around after you have created them using your mou...

Page 38: ...s for example 0 degrees arrow points up 90 degrees arrow points right 180 degrees arrow points down 270 degrees arrow points left The degree value can be 0 360 with positions in between those listed a...

Page 39: ...the Select Hotspot drop down list A border will appear around the arrow showing that it has been selected If you then click with your mouse pointer on a different position on the map the arrow will th...

Page 40: ...Mode Describes the type of camera selected This will be one of the following types IP Camera Remote Codec The codec in the remote NetVu connected video server or camera is used to allow change Multim...

Page 41: ...ter which the PTZ camera will return to the default preset position if the camera is not used If set to zero the PTZ will not return to a default position Default zoom speed Sets the default zoom spee...

Page 42: ...a camera title will copy that same title to all the following camera title fields Camera Auto Configuration page This page can be used to control how new SmartVu cameras are detected by the NVR Config...

Page 43: ...up Clicking on the Camera Setup Red button opens the Camera Camera Configuration Page Status Clicking on the Status blue button displays a page showing information about the cameras currently connecte...

Page 44: ...Cameras can also be allocated on the client s main network referred to as the Corporate Network However this offers little Cyber security or management of the endpoints and is not recommended practic...

Page 45: ...No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB The following web page will then appear Start by clicking on the down arrow in the Set Configuration Mode field You can now add indiv...

Page 46: ...hat you will notice that the Target IP field changes to the same range as that set for the Uniplex NVR for connection to the outside world For example if the IP address of the Uniplex is set to 192 16...

Page 47: ...the NVR it will be recorded and displayed You can check this by going to the Camera Overview page of the Uniplex where the new camera should now be listed Don t forget to return the Set Configuration...

Page 48: ...will be displayed If a camera is detected at the MAC address entered then it s IP address will be displayed The channel displayed below the MAC address is the streaming channel The channel number on...

Page 49: ...ddress of the camera one line which sets which channel of the NVR 1 64 that the camera is to be mapped to In the above the example the cameras will be mapped to channels 55 and 56 of the NVR The JSON...

Page 50: ...he new camera details Camera Assignment Status Page For the Uniplex and any NVSE network extenders connected this shows the port numbers currently in use the channel numbers associated with them and t...

Page 51: ...of the Uniplex or the NVSE network extender set using it s front panel controls Network Extender Type The type of Extender for example Uniplex Appliance or NVSE Network Extender Port Count Number of...

Page 52: ...Manual UK and EMEA NetVu Ltd www netvu org uk No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB New software files for NetVu SmartVu IP cameras may be obtained here https netvu org uk...

Page 53: ...s use Released non Beta versions of the software unless instructed otherwise by NetVu Technical Support For a unit which is being upgraded it is not usually necessary to upgrade Help files PC Apps Red...

Page 54: ...h camera connected You should note that the Platform information e g TISA TINA TIPA matches part of file names that you have downloaded For example if the Platform is TISA you may have downloaded a fi...

Page 55: ...that the spaces have been replaced by underscores The contents of the upgrade file should be the names of software upgrade file s which were downloaded previously For example the contents of the upgr...

Page 56: ...netvu org uk No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB Use your browser Firefox or similar browser to view the web page of the Uniplex NVR or Gen3 DVR NVR Click on the System...

Page 57: ...he software upgrade zip file s from your PC laptop for upload When you have selected a file click on the Upload button The progress of the upload will be displayed Repeat this for all files When the u...

Page 58: ...box Repeat for each camera to be upgraded You can select all cameras of the same type for upgrade by clicking on the Select All button You can clear all of the check boxes by clicking on the Deselect...

Page 59: ...Reset Statistics resets all figures and starts the gathering of data once more Video Storage Shows the amount of available hard disk storage Earliest Recordings Shows the date of the earliest recordi...

Page 60: ...disks and other storage devices in use by the NVR It also allows the hard disks to be formatted and existing recordings cleared Format Click on Format to format the hard disk concerned Mount Unmount C...

Page 61: ...ng a database entry such that the event appears in the history logs of the Uniplex allowing the logs to be searched by event so that video recordings associated with the event can be found quickly Rep...

Page 62: ...ll add the camera name to any database entry action configured by the wizard Activity Extend Time Used with the Activity Detection Trigger Extends any momentary activity detected to the time in second...

Page 63: ...ticked an Alarm Input event will create a database entry allowing the event to be found by event searches of Enterprise Observer and Pick a Point Software Report VMD If ticked a VMD event will be rep...

Page 64: ...can check that the cameras are enabled for MultiMode recording by clicking on the Exp Editor button at the bottom of the page There should be a line for each camera connected to the Uniplex Each line...

Page 65: ...op down arrow on the right hand side of the Wizard field Then select Camera Fail by clicking on it The following web page opens Enter the numbers of the cameras for which camera failure detection is r...

Page 66: ...he Alarm Expression created by the camfail wizard is shown in the Expression column for the camera connected to channel 1 in this example The Actions Active column shows the actions which will be carr...

Page 67: ...so be completed in the Network Menu Alarm Expression Wizard Example 3 Trigger recording from alarm inputs 1 8 This will use the alarm wizard to change recording profile and create an alarm event for c...

Page 68: ...on Save You can check the operation of the wizard by clicking on the Exp Editor tab blue to view the Alarm Expressions editor page which should look something like this As well as setting the Event re...

Page 69: ...ion detection alarm from camera number 1 A complete list of expression keywords can be seen by viewing the System Status About Alarm Keywords page of the NVR Actions active The second column in the pa...

Page 70: ...expressions Validate Checks for any illegal values none existent variables names Commit Saves the listed expressions Show User expressions Only displays only expressions which have been created manua...

Page 71: ...clear i e de select all the cells in the grid editor Click the Save button when you have finished in order to save the changes that you have made Alarm VMD Setup page Video Motion Detection enables a...

Page 72: ...e value of the overall change required over the complete range of black to white to be included in the pixel count A 100 pixel change would be from black to peak white Default is 20 To create a VMD zo...

Page 73: ...used to force the NVR in to the SET UNSET or OVERRIDE status remotely Override duration Sets the time in minutes that the OVERRIDE status will last before the preceding condition reverts Enter Your na...

Page 74: ...is on the local subnet or on a remote network Subnets are determined by the class A B or C of TCP IP network and by how much the network has been further divided sub netted by a system administrator G...

Page 75: ...1 2 or 3 buffers Ethernet MTU Bytes The MTU is the largest physical packet size measured in bytes that the network can transmit default is set at 1500bytes This is the maximum transmission unit MTU in...

Page 76: ...Video View putting a tick in this box prevents prevents remote users from logging in to view video if no username password is set up in the User Accounts page Click the Save button when you have fini...

Page 77: ...e for any camera in this group by clicking on the down arrow on the right hand side of the field and then selecting the camera from the drop down list Compression Settings can be established for MPEG4...

Page 78: ...recorded images Similar selections may be made for JPEG profiles Normal Selects the profile for recording a camera when an event is not active for that camera Available choices are High Medium Low Ve...

Page 79: ...ftkeys will be displayed in the bottom right hand corner of the screen driven from the monitor output To display the softkeys position the mouse cursor in the bottom right hand corner of the screen an...

Page 80: ...l increment all cameras by one if pressed again i e if cam 1 is shown top left cam 2 top right etc then the views will increment to cam 2 top left cam 3 top right etc Note When a camera button is pres...

Page 81: ...offers video playback functions i e play pause rewind and fast forward Key Colour Caption Function Red Freezes current video display Green Rewinds current video Yellow Plays from current position Blue...

Page 82: ...lay Selects playback mode Front panel buttons Can then be used to control playback Blue Seg Enters Segment selection function Purple Next Opens the next page of the Viewer menu Note The caption on the...

Page 83: ...returns to the previous control menu Note A highlighted segment will have a coloured border displayed around it The camera diplayed in a highlighted segment may be changed using the numbered buttons...

Page 84: ...lex Appliance NVR Advanced Installation Manual UK and EMEA NetVu Ltd www netvu org uk No 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 6JB A brief description of the function of each of t...

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Page 87: ...onding activity LED will light up solid red and the alarm will sound To disable the alarm press the Set Mute button once If only one drive is defective and the RAID mode is set to RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5...

Page 88: ...ack enclosure to return the LED to normal operation 3 For RAID 0 and Combine JBOD SPAN modes the corresponding LED will turn blue showing that the defective drive has been replaced and a good drive is...

Page 89: ...which are very useful in fault finding To access these functions use your browser Firefox or similar browser to view the web page of the Uniplex NVR At the bottom of the screen in the left hand corner...

Page 90: ...th If you select HOST then interaction will be with the Uniplex NVR Click on the camera desired if you wish to interact with a camera Viewing the DEBUG Stream Once you have selected the item that you...

Page 91: ...contents to your PC To start the scrolling once more click on the black triangle Click on the X in the top right hand corner of the debug window to close it When viewing the DEBUG stream from the Host...

Page 92: ...we can see that cameras are being recorded at 6 7 images per second Similarly if SCAN is entered into the Filter field in the top right hand corner of the DEBUG window then details of the NVR scanning...

Page 93: ...elp to list the MCI commands A list of available CLI commands can be viewed by typing HELP and then pressing ENTER The list of the available CLI commands will scroll up the shell window together with...

Page 94: ...cache to see other devices detected on the same network as the device svars List all the current system variables allowing the diagnosis of faults fdisk formats a hard disk timezone Shows timezone da...

Page 95: ...PATH Copies a file for example COPY master sfm master old makes a backup copy of the configuration of the NVR DEL PATH Deletes a file for example DEL user db deletes the password file of the DVR NVR D...

Page 96: ...To see system variables click on Sysyars Window and a new window will open This window actively updates to show the value of system variables being used by the NVR camera To pause the update click on...

Page 97: ...use Alternatively just refresh the web page using your browser Remote Maintenance After system commissioning and sign off NetVu offers a full support package to ensure the correct ongoing operation of...

Page 98: ...s Accessories and replacement parts are available from NetVu Limited 1 Thellow Heath Park Northwich Road Northwich Cheshire WA9 6JB See https netvu org uk e mail support netv org uk or telephone 44 0...

Page 99: ...ose of WEEE that is of equipment purchased before 13th August 2005 but is not being replaced by equipment of the same type or that performs the same function then the customer retains responsibility f...

Page 100: ...or used for coaxial cable CCTV Closed Circuit Television CIF Common Intermediate Format CIP Closed Internet Protocol CIPTNET Closed Internet Protocol Telnet CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconducto...

Page 101: ...n North America and Japan NVR Network Video Recorder ONVIF Open Network Video Interface Forum OSD On Screen Display PAL Phase Alternation Line a colour encoding system for analogue television PAR file...

Page 102: ...VSaaS Video Surveillance as a Service VESA mount A family of standards defined by the Video Electronics Standards Association for mounting flat panel monitors TVs and other displays to stands or wall...

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