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Moxa MxNVR-MO4 Industrial Video 

Recorder User’s Manual 

First Edition, December 2011 

www.moxa.com/product 

 

© 2011 Moxa Inc. All rights reserved. 

Reproduction without permission is prohibited. 

 

 

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Page 1: ...Moxa MxNVR MO4 Industrial Video Recorder User s Manual First Edition December 2011 www moxa com product 2011 Moxa Inc All rights reserved Reproduction without permission is prohibited...

Page 2: ...pose Moxa reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is inten...

Page 3: ...rements 3 13 Grounding the MxNVR MO4 3 14 4 Accessing the MxNVR MO4 s Web based Manager 4 1 Functions Featured on the MxNVR MO4 s Web Homepage 4 2 MxNVR s Information 4 2 Server Name 4 2 Camera Image...

Page 4: ...and peripherals You may also refer to Chapter 1 under Product Description and all of Chapter 2 of this manual The MxNVR MO4 has been designed for various environments and can be used to build various...

Page 5: ...n to being able to handle basic video feeds and recording the MxNVR MO4 also includes many advanced features for setting up surveillance or web multimedia applications The following topics are covered...

Page 6: ...and MJPEG video streaming at Full D1 720x576 resolution the total FPS of these 2 video streams will be about 25 30 FPS For example if MJPEG is set to 10 FPS then H 264 must be set at 20 FPS Easy to us...

Page 7: ...of network bandwidth management is one of the most important factors that determine the performance of a video over IP surveillance system The MxNVR MO4 364 supports multicast transmission with the IG...

Page 8: ...latency under 200 ms 4 BNC video inputs Single video stream up to 30 frames sec in Full D1 720 x 480 resolution in NTSC and 25 frames sec in Full D1 720 x 576 resolution in PAL If both a H 264 and a M...

Page 9: ...its Compliant with essential sections of EN 50155 power EMC vibration shock and Class TX temperature T model Passed the EN50155 vibration test EN 61373 with a general 2 5 inch hard disk This hard disk...

Page 10: ...udio inputs line in port 5 DB9 male connector for 4 digital inputs and 1 relay output 6 5 pin M12 A code connector for one 12 24VDC power input 7 4 pin M12 D code connector for 10 100 Mbps Ethernet co...

Page 11: ...udio inputs on the front panel These 2 audio inputs are for the MIC in Line in connection which can be directly connected with a microphone or an audio source from an amplifier The MxNVR MO4 has 2 aud...

Page 12: ...ps M12 Ethernet port The MxNVR MO4 video recorder has 1 10 100M Ethernet port with a 4 pin M12 D code connector The 10 100 LED on the left corner of the port indicates the link in 10Mbps or 100Mbps Th...

Page 13: ...rce voltage is stable GPIO General purpose I O The MxNVR MO4 has four digital inputs and one relay output which is located on the GPIO port with 9 pin DB9 male connector Below is its pin assignment PI...

Page 14: ...ring the system to the factory default settings Use a pointed object such as a straightened paper clip or toothpick to press the reset button Reboot To reboot the MxNVR MO4 power it off and then power...

Page 15: ...der The following topics are covered in this chapter Before Getting Started First Time Installation and Configuration RS 232 Console Configuration 115200 None 8 1 VT1 00 Mounting the MxNVR MO4 Dimensi...

Page 16: ...y or secure identity system to ensure only qualified personnel have access to the restricted access location External metal parts are hot Before touching it special attention or protection is necessar...

Page 17: ...k The MxNVR MO4 has a HDD tray located in the bottom There are few steps to install the HDD or SSD NOTE It is recommended to remove the power input before installing the hard disk 1 Loosen the 2 thumb...

Page 18: ...powering on the MxNVR MO4 wait a few seconds for the POST Power On Self Test to run The STAT LED turns green to indicate that the POST process has completed The IP address will be assigned when the 10...

Page 19: ...om Moxa s website at www moxa com 2 The Broadcast Search window will show a list of all switches and MxNVR MO4 located on the network The progress of the search will also be displayed 3 When the searc...

Page 20: ...address you assign is not deleted each time the MxNVR MO4 is restarted Step 6 Log into the ActiveX Control Plug in Type the IP address in the web browser s address input box and then press enter Step...

Page 21: ...tatus appear in the green bar near the top of the page Use this information to check the system information and installation NOTE After accessing the MxNVR MO4 s web based manager administrators shoul...

Page 22: ...s allows you to maintain better control over your MxNVR MO4 364 s configuration You can access the RS 232 console by using a terminal emulator on your PC We recommend that you use the PComm Terminal E...

Page 23: ...mmunication Parameter page of the Property window opens Select the appropriate COM port for Console Connection 115200 for Baud Rate 8 for Data Bits None for Parity and 1 for Stop Bits 5 Click the Term...

Page 24: ...the PComm Terminal Emulator window select Font under the Edit menu and then choose the desired formatting options 7 After entering the Main Menu use the following keys to move the cursor and to select...

Page 25: ...g Started 3 11 Mounting the MxNVR MO4 Dimension Unit mm Panel Mounting For some applications you will find it convenient to mount the MxNVR MO4 on a wall as illustrated below STEP 1 Attach the panel m...

Page 26: ...l between the wall and the screws NOTE Test the screw head and shank size by inserting the screw into one of the keyhole shaped apertures of the wall mounting plates before it is screwed into the wall...

Page 27: ...ocked position Next reverse Steps 3 and 4 above Wiring Requirements ATTENTION Be sure to disconnect the power cord before installing and or wiring your Moxa MxNVR MO4 Calculate the maximum possible cu...

Page 28: ...r Keep input wiring and output wiring separated It is strongly advised that you label wiring to all devices in the system when necessary Grounding the MxNVR MO4 Grounding and wire routing help limit t...

Page 29: ...The following topics are covered in this chapter Functions Featured on the MxNVR MO4 s Web Homepage MxNVR s Information Server Name Camera Image View Client Settings System Configuration Video Informa...

Page 30: ...This section shows the MxNVR MO4 s model name server name IP address MAC address firmware version and the display status of the LEDs located on the MxNVR MO4 s front panel NOTE The MxNVR MO4 LEDs sho...

Page 31: ...ves the client s request Push Enable the multicast video stream to be sent in Push control which means that after this setting is selected the multicast video stream will be sent continuously even wit...

Page 32: ...nnection for local video recording to a HDD hard disk or SSD Solid State Disk To record video there are some steps to perform after the HDD or SSD is mounted successfully please refer chapter 2 for th...

Page 33: ...corded video from MxNVR MO4 it is required to use the FTP download method Step 1 Setup the FTP server daemon The administrator needs to enable the FTP server daemon in the System Configuration System...

Page 34: ..._YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS avi Ch0x Indicates ch01 ch02 ch03 and ch04 YYYYMMDD Indicates the year month and day HHMMSS Indicates the hour minute and second Each recorded video file contains 1 minute of video in...

Page 35: ...ommands every 10 minutes A CGI command http ip moxa cgi getiostatus cgi is used for this purpose The reply message is like SYS 2 PW1 1 FAULT 0 VIDEO1 1 VIDEO2 1 VIDEO3 1 VIDEO4 1 DI1 0 DI2 0 DI3 0 DI4...

Page 36: ...ng the hardware the next step is to configure the MxNVR MO4 364 s settings Users can configure by web console The following topics are covered in this chapter System Configuration by Web Console Syste...

Page 37: ...Primary and Secondary FTP Server DDNS Configure Dynamic DNS service Universal PnP Enable UPnP function Multicast Setting Set up Multicast IGMP Streaming Accessible IP Set up a list to control the acce...

Page 38: ...hich is displayed in the image s caption Server name Setting Description Default Max 40 characters Use a different server name for each server to help identify the different servers The name appears o...

Page 39: ...e Domain name or IP address format of the timeserver if the DNS server is available Don t forget to set the Time zone for local settings Refer to Appendix for your region s time zone Account Privilege...

Page 40: ...e The MxNVR MO4 supports a local storage function for recording video onto a 2 5 inch HDD or SSD solid state disk Once this local storage is enabled the MxNVR MO4 will start to record the video based...

Page 41: ...video recording is activated Blank FTP Server Daemon Set up the FTP server for remotely downloading the recorded video clips Setting Description Default Enable FTP Server Daemon Enable or disable the...

Page 42: ...ia email by clicking the Send a Report via Email button System Log History The system log contains useful information including current system configuration and activity history with timestamps for tr...

Page 43: ...4 NOTE A maximum of 500 lines is displayed in the log Earlier data beyond the first 500 entries are still in the MxNVR MO4 s database the administrator can export them at any time System Parameters Th...

Page 44: ...after the MxNVR MO4 is rebooted Firmware Upgrade Take the following steps to upgrade the firmware Step 1 Press the Browse button to select the firmware file NOTE For the MxNVR MO4 the firmware file e...

Page 45: ...e the Factory Default function For this reason if you want to keep a digital copy of the current configuration remember to export the sys_config ini file before using the Factory Default function Rebo...

Page 46: ...MO4 are active when the MxNVR MO4 is connected to the network Use DHCP to determine if the MxNVR MO4 s IP address may change when then network environment changes or the IP address is occupied by oth...

Page 47: ...eft blank in non DHCP environments Secondary DNS Enter the IP address of the DNS Server used by your network The MxNVR MO4 will try to locate the secondary DNS Server if the primary DNS Server fails t...

Page 48: ...e Open URL in New Player Step 2 When the following pop up window appears type the URL in the input box E g type rtsp MxNVR MO4 s IP address RTSP Port udpstream_ch1_stream 1 or 2 rtsp MxNVR MO4 s IP ad...

Page 49: ...O4 s RTSP video audio stream can be identified and viewed by Apple QuickTime Ver 6 5 and above and the VLC media player System integrators can use these 2 media players to view the MxNVR MO4 s video d...

Page 50: ...not set a warning message will pop up and the e mail system will not be allowed to operate NOTE The 2nd SMTP Server and Sender Email are backups that are used if the 1st SMTP Server and Sender Email f...

Page 51: ...ct To send the system log via FTP the SMTP server should be erased since the E mail system is used by default to transmit the system log NOTE For either e mail or FTP the information of the 1st server...

Page 52: ...operating system such as Windows XP supported by this function Users can link to the MxNVR MO4 directly by clicking on the MxNVR MO4 listed in the network devices table Setting Description Default En...

Page 53: ...stations simultaneously but for which broadcasting that traffic to all end stations would seriously reduce network performance Several industrial automation protocols such as Allen Bradley EtherNet IP...

Page 54: ...2 5562 Channel 3 5566 Channel 4 5570 Multicast TTL Multicast TTL Time to live threshold There is a certain TTL threshold defined for each network interface or tunnel A multicast packet s TTL must be l...

Page 55: ...255 255 255 0 192 168 0 1 to 192 168 255 254 192 168 0 0 255 255 0 0 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 126 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 128 192 168 1 129 to 192 168 1 254 192 168 1 128 255 255 255 128 SNMP The MxN...

Page 56: ...ing SNMP Settings The following figures indicate which SNMP parameters can be configured A more detailed explanation of each parameter is given below the figure SNMP Read Write Settings SNMP Versions...

Page 57: ...ey is the minimum requirement for data encryption Maximum 30 character encryption key No Disable No data encryption No User Auth Type For SNMP V1 V2c V3 and V3 only Setting Description Default No Auth...

Page 58: ...he ToS for transmitting the video stream with the given priority Disable DSCP Value Set the mapping table with different ToS values 0 0 NOTE To configure the ToS values map to the network environment...

Page 59: ...ervisory control and data acquisition SCADA systems To transmit Modbus over a TCP IP network a standard Modbus TCP protocol is provided With the support of the Modbus TCP protocol the SCADA HMI system...

Page 60: ...ted by video traffic For example the frame rate can be set low during regular streaming to reduce bandwidth usage and automatically switch to a high frame rate during triggered events to ensure quick...

Page 61: ...u may preview the video performance by clicking the Test button to ensure it meets your requirements Conditions The administrator can set up DynaStream s trigger conditions for facilitating automatic...

Page 62: ...Channel 1 2 3 or 4 For configuring the channels image settings Channel 1 Image Information Setting Description Default Description max of 14 characters The customized description shown on the caption...

Page 63: ...termine if the tuning adjustments meet their requirements Click Restore to change back to the original tuning configurations Camera Modulation The MxNVR MO4 supports both NTSC and PAL camera modulatio...

Page 64: ...Max FPS Frame per second Setting Description Default Maximum frame rate The maximum frame rate is different to accommodate different modulations of video input Administrators can also set up the maxi...

Page 65: ...Kbps 570 Kbps 534 Kbps 144 Kbps 36 Kbps B2 1200 Kbps 1140 Kbps 1068 Kbps 288 Kbps 72 Kbps B3 1800 Kbps 1710 Kbps 1602 Kbps 432 Kbps 108 Kbps B4 2400 Kbps 2280 Kbps 2136 Kbps 576 Kbps 144 Kbps B5 3000...

Page 66: ...Since several alarms can be set up to trigger the MxNVR MO4 s relays the administrator should configure these alarms carefully in case a relay message is read incorrectly Event Alarm Four kinds of eve...

Page 67: ...r the event A snapshot image is taken this number of seconds after the event alarm is triggered 11 seconds from 1 to 999 seconds NOTE MxNVR MO4 products will take 3 JPEG snapshot images VPRE JPG pre e...

Page 68: ...ct the option Event Alarms are active all the time Event Alarms are active based on a weekly schedule Event Alarms are active based on a weekly schedule Select to operate event alarms on a weekly sche...

Page 69: ...r disable the Video Motion Detection alarm Disabled Show alert on the image when VMD is triggered Enable or disable the show the alert which when enabled displays a red square frame on the video image...

Page 70: ...asurable difference between two sequential images for triggering VMD Increase the sensitivity to make it easier for VMD to be triggered 1 NOTE After setting the VMD Alarm click the Save button to save...

Page 71: ...will record the video on the HDD for a configured time period Disabled HTTP Action Setting Setting Description Default Server 1 2 3 or 4 Select the HTTP event server for sending the HTTP action Disabl...

Page 72: ...message via HTTP Event Servers Once this DI is triggered the MxNVR MO4 will send the message set in HTTP Action Setting to the HTTP event servers which are set in the Network HTTP Event Server page D...

Page 73: ...ent Servers Once the Video Loss alarm is triggered the MxNVR MO4 will send the message set in the HTTP Action Setting to the HTTP event servers which are set in the Network HTTP Event Server page Disa...

Page 74: ...ia HTTP Event Servers Once this CGI Event is triggered the MxNVR MO4 will send the message set in the HTTP Action Setting to the HTTP event servers which are set in the Network HTTP Event Server page...

Page 75: ...option to set the time interval The interval can be set to any number between 1 and 9999 seconds Setting Description Default Enable Sequential Snapshots Enable or disable the Sequential Snapshots Disa...

Page 76: ...g in oftware the security level of the web browser may need to be lowered It is recommended that you consult the network supervisor in your office before adjusting the security level FAQ 4 Why is the...

Page 77: ...d trace the origins FAQ 8 How fast will the video recorder check the status of digital inputs The video recorder will check the input status in less than half a second FAQ 9 Why can t I access the vid...

Page 78: ...Hi byte M Word 0 Lo byte X Word 1 Hi byte N Word 1 Lo byte V Word 2 Hi byte R Word 2 Lo byte Word 3 Hi byte M Word 3 Lo byte O Word 4 Hi byte 4 Word 4 Lo byte 0 0x0050 R 1 word Product Serial Number...

Page 79: ...annel 4 Video Signal 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0080 R 1 word DI1 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0081 R 1 word DI2 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0082 R 1 word DI3 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0083 R 1 word DI4 0x0000 Off 0x00...

Page 80: ...rce Stop 0x806 R W 1 word CH4 DynaStream Duration 1 999 0x807 R W 1 word CH4 DynaStream alwaysrun forcestop 1 Always Run 0 Force Stop Port Information 0x1000 1 word Port 1 Status 0x0000 Link down 0x00...

Page 81: ...Lima Quito GMT 05 00 Eastern Time US Canada GMT 05 00 Indiana East GMT 04 00 Atlantic Time Canada GMT 04 00 Caracas La Paz GMT 04 00 Santiago GMT 03 30 Newfoundland GMT 03 00 Brasilia GMT 03 00 Bueno...

Page 82: ...a GMT 06 30 Rangoon GMT 07 00 Bangkok Hanoi Jakarta GMT 07 00 Krasnoyarsk GMT 08 00 Beijing Chongqing Hong Kong Urumqi GMT 08 00 Taipei GMT 08 00 Irkutsk Ulaan Bataar GMT 08 00 Kuala Lumpur Singapore...

Page 83: ...age size and quality Timestamp and text overlay Maximum of 8 simultaneous unicast connections Recording Stream Types H 264 120 FPS or MJPEG 60 FPS Video File Format AVI Record Modes continuous recordi...

Page 84: ...ts for pre trigger post alarm images Email FTP Messaging Automatic transfer of stored images via email or FTP with event triggered actions Custom Alarms HTTP event servers and CGI events for setting c...

Page 85: ...ry 512 MB memory or above OS Windows XP 2000 with SP2 or above Browser Internet Explorer 6 x or above Multimedia DirectX 9 0c or above Software Development Kit MxNVR MO4 SDK PLUS Includes CGI commands...

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