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Hardware Installation 

The NVR can support two Hard Disk Drives� It comes equipped with one HDD� To add another 
HDD, follow the below instructions� 

1� 

Attach four (4) foot pads to the bottom of the enclosure if the NVR is to be place on a desk 
or shelf�

2� 

Use a screwdriver to loosen the retention screws on the sides and the back of the chassis� 
Slide the top cover back, and then remove the top cover� 

Summary of Contents for Linear LNVR1-08P

Page 1: ...User Manual NVRs Network Video Recorders 8 16 Channel LNVR1 08P 8 CH LNVR1 16P 16 CH ...

Page 2: ...2 H 265 H 264 8 16 CH 8 16 port PoE 2 HDDs ONVIF Fisheye Dewarp HDMI VGA Monitor Display RAID0 1 User Manual LNVR1 08P LNVR1 16P Network Video Recorder ...

Page 3: ...s 20 Initial Configuration via a Local Console 20 LED Indicators 24 Power Up and Power Down 25 Section 1 Management Over a Web Console 26 Chapter 1 Login and Getting Started 27 1 1 Login 27 1 2 Graphical Layout and Screen Elements Liveview 31 1 2 1 Camera List Panel 32 1 2 4 Layout 34 1 2 5 Scene 35 1 2 5 View Cell panel 36 Adding Cameras to View Cells 36 Control Pane 38 Display Pane 42 Graphical ...

Page 4: ... Alarm Search 73 3 3 4 Smart VCA event search 77 Line Crossing Detection 78 Intrusion Detection 78 Loitering Detection 79 Missing Object Detection 79 Unattended Object Detection 80 Crowd Detection 80 3 4 Export recordings 84 3 5 Settings 86 3 5 1 Settings Overview 86 3 5 2 Settings Camera Management 87 3 5 4 Settings Camera Recording 93 3 5 5 Settings Camera Media 95 3 5 6 Settings Camera Image 10...

Page 5: ...Settings Storage Scheduled backup 136 3 6 Information 139 Chapter 4 System Settings 140 Chapter 5 Operation 142 5 1 Liveview 142 5 1 1 Placing Cameras into the Layout 142 5 1 3 Audio 149 5 1 5 Events Panel 150 5 1 6 Layout view Control Buttons 151 5 2 Search Recording Clips 152 5 2 2 Past Events and Bookmarks 153 5 2 3 Synchronous Playback 154 5 2 4 Export media 155 5 2 5 Time Search 156 Safety an...

Page 6: ...yyy zzz 63 bytes total 253 bytes Email account local domain_name_part local 63bytes domain_name_part 253 bytes The following are the limitations for web access using the non IE browsers 1 Playback fast forward rewind next frame buttons are not available 2 Snapshot and Auto screen ratio not available on Safari 3 Web browsers supported Chrome v68 0 3440 and later official version Firefox v61 02 and ...

Page 7: ...E COMPLETE ACCORDING TO THE PACKAGE CONTENTS LISTED BELOW TAKE NOTE OF THE WARNINGS IN THE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE BEFORE THE NETWORK CAMERA IS INSTALLED THEN CAREFULLY READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE INSTALLATION CHAPTER TO AVOID DAMAGE DUE TO FAULTY ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION THIS ALSO ENSURES THE PRODUCT IS USED PROPERLY AS INTENDED THE NETWORK CAMERA IS A NETWORK DEVICE AND ITS USE SHO...

Page 8: ... bandwidth while maintaining this high quality the Auto Adaptive Stream function will adjust the display resolution automatically for each different layout type To quickly and intuitively find any target event the NVR is equipped with the Story Board Search function which provides a glimpse of past recordings over an intuitive time line The NVR supports HDMI and VGA local video output so users can...

Page 9: ...ith at all times during installation Ensure that all maintenance and repair work is handled by qualified personnel such as electrical engineers or network specialists Read this manual before installing or operating the system The documentation contains important safety instructions about permitted uses The rated AC input is 100 240V 3 5A 60 50Hz the maximum consumption 170W LNVR1 08P 250W LNVR1 16...

Page 10: ...10 Chassis Dimensions 360 310 5 44 Physical Description Front View 1 2 3 4 1 Network uplink status activity LED 2 System status LED 3 System power status 4 USB 3 0 port ...

Page 11: ...provides 100W The total PoE power per port is 30w not to exceed total PoE power budget Please ensure the camera PD specification meet the NVR PSE power supply specification before installation It is important to leave a clearance of 25cm behind the chassis The clearance is required to ensure an adequate airflow through the chassis to ventilate heat To ensure normal operation maintain ambient airfl...

Page 12: ... To add another HDD follow the below instructions 1 Attach four 4 foot pads to the bottom of the enclosure if the NVR is to be place on a desk or shelf 2 Use a screwdriver to loosen the retention screws on the sides and the back of the chassis Slide the top cover back and then remove the top cover ...

Page 13: ...rveillance 4 Connect the SATA power and SATA data cables to the hard drive SATA power SATA data 3 Attach the SATA Data cable to the SATA2 connector on the NVR mother board SATA2 SATA1 J3 SATA Data x2 SATA Power x1 ...

Page 14: ... four supplied screws into the HDD leaving them loose Position the HDD screws through the large end of the slotted mounting holes on the bottom of the NVR chassis slide it over then tighten the mounting screws x4 ...

Page 15: ...r and the 6 six cover screws 6 Secure the hard disks to the mounting positions in the chassis with its label side facing up and the connectors facing the inside of the chassis The sample drawing below shows the positions SATA2 H D D SATA1 H D D ...

Page 16: ...sis by driving three 3 included screws If you have either a round holed or square holed rack install cage nuts or clip nuts to the desired positions on the rack posts The instructions below are based on the installation to a 4 post equipment rack The slide rails apply to rack cabinet of a depth of 700 to 900mm With two 2 hard drives the chassis can weigh up to 4kg IMPORTANT ...

Page 17: ...17 Smart Surveillance 3 Secure the chassis to rack posts using two 2 M6 screws on each side ...

Page 18: ...es such as mouse keyboard USB optical drive USB thumb drive formatted in FAT format joystick or UPS 4 Connect external devices such as sensors relays or alarms to the terminal block 5 Connect the system to the power mains Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 06 Camera 05 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 AC100 240V 50 60Hz LAN USB 3 0 HDMI VGA Digital I O LAN WAN 1 8 or 16 PoE ...

Page 19: ...R s internal disk drives 2 4 The storage configuration on the external storage is separately configured For example a RAID configuration The RAID volume on the external storage appears to the NVR as a single large disk drive and you should create a volume from it from the Storage configuration page 2 5 If the disk drives in the external storage are not configured into the NVR s storage volumes you...

Page 20: ...setting for the system to automatically trigger a relay pin on the occurrence of system events See Settings Alarm Events page 109 ssss Normally Open pin Common pin Normally Closed pin Coil 1 Relay_NO 2 Relay_COM 3 DI1 4 DI2 5 DI3 6 DI4 7 GND 8 GND The GND are common ground for the DIs Initial Configuration via a Local Console A local console requires the following 1 A monitor is connected via an H...

Page 21: ...oceed Make sure you enter the correct date and time Except in the initial setup changing system time can produce disruptions to the existing recordings Turning the current system time back to a time when video recording was taking place can generate duplicate files And those files may not be playable 2 The system will then start to scan the local subnet for connected cameras IMPORTANT ...

Page 22: ...ghput 64Mbps LNVR1 08P 96Mbps LNVR1 16P Note that when accessed over the network the total streaming throughput is 24Mbps Pre recording 5 seconds maximum 10 Post recording 20 seconds maximum 300 When cameras are recruited into the configuration their stream 1 is used as the recording stream The resolution and fps frame rate per second of stream 1 may vary depending on the specifications of differe...

Page 23: ...lumes and then create RAID volumes in the Settings Storage page If the need should arise you can manually enter an IPv6 address to recruit a camera Note that currently you can not search a camera with an IPv6 address in the device search panel Note the following when using IPv6 addresses Abbreviation is supported For example for 0000 0000 If illegal characters are entered conflict warning messages...

Page 24: ...atus LED 1 Constant Green System ready 2 Blinking Green every 1 second Updating firmware or device pack 3 Constant Red 1 S M A R T related disk errors 2 A configured H D D is missing 3 H D D is full Buzzer will also be sounded When buzzer is turned off LED will return normal 3 Power LED 1 Solid Green The NVR is powered on 2 OFF The NVR is powered off 1 2 3 ...

Page 25: ...ompletely fail safe Damage to data might occur due to file system corruption operating system malfunction virus infection HDD component failures and so on Therefore it is highly recommended to regularly back up your data Data loss or recovery is not the responsibility of Nortek Security Control 2 Always power off the system using the Power button on the back of chassis The system is powered off wh...

Page 26: ...I cable to a TV screen or monitor The local management thus made is described in Section One of this manual 2 The other is accessed through the Ethernet connection Management via a web console will be described in Section Two of this manual LAN WAN Web console Note that when accessed over the network the total streaming throughput is 24Mbps ...

Page 27: ...owser The minimum for resolution is 1280x960 Please use Google Chrome to access the NVR By default the web console opens with the new user interface Please refer to Settings User page to see how to prevent unauthorized access The system will prompt you if you entered an incorrect user name or password ...

Page 28: ...using the selected language English is the default language setting Remember me Select the Remember Me checkbox to save your user name for use on the next login The user name will be preserved in browser cookies for two days If you do not login within the next two days the user name will be erased Login Error A Login failure can result from entering the incorrect user name and or password ...

Page 29: ...29 Smart Surveillance Liveview Playback The NVR system features a simple UI structure which consists of a Liveview window and Playback utility ...

Page 30: ...30 The NVR supports plug in free web sessions using any browser When more than one camera is connected multiple cameras can be view at one time and custom camera scenes can be displayed NOTE ...

Page 31: ...n recruited into the configuration will be listed 5 View cell panel The video feeds from cameras will be placed into view cells 6 Storage Provides a glimpse of current storage usage 7 Notification System notifications including system events and alarm notifications 8 Login Logout You can log out and log in again using another user role You can switch to the original interface from here too 9 Date ...

Page 32: ...f the cameras Camera Icon A mouse click on the camera name on the Device list brings forth the summary of IP address model name recording setup DI DO information and other control elements on the right pane Sorting Type Once devices are added to the NVR they will be listed The device type will be automatically detected Different types of devices will be given different types of device icons Sortin...

Page 33: ...ance Box or Bullet cameras Fisheye cameras PTZ cameras Different types of devices will be given different types of device icons View Cell elements Snapshot Additional info Full Screen View Hide the Control Display Pane ...

Page 34: ...outs are categorized into four 4 types Equal Panorama Focus and Vertical Equal 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 Panorama 1P Panoramic 6 2P 3 applies to fisheye cameras Focus 1M 5 1M 7 1M 12 Vertical 1V 6 2V 3 3V applies to corridor view Note that a user who did not log in as an administrator can change a layout but his configuration changes with cameras placed on view cells will not be saved 1 x 1 2 x 2 3 x 3 4 x ...

Page 35: ...alled to cover a specific area To create a new scene click on the Create Scene button You can change layout enter a name for the new scene and click and drag cameras into the layout When done click the Create Scene button In the Scene view you can place one camera into multiple view cells This applies when using cameras with a wide coverage area such as fisheye or multi lens cameras ...

Page 36: ...he video stream to display on the view cell you can still manually select a different video stream from the Stream tab below Click to open to Full Screen view To return to the normal view click on the Restore button at the lower right of the window 1 Click and drag a camera from the camera list to an unoccupied view cell 2 Double click a camera on the camera list The camera will be added to the fi...

Page 37: ...mera If the connection attempt takes a long time it may result from network problems or incorrect configuration with video streaming For example you may have configured the camera to be streaming a 5MP stream The NVR uses video stream 1 for recording and uses stream 2 from cameras for live viewing You should then open an individual web console to the network camera to change its video streaming co...

Page 38: ...t The bookmark is preserved as a one minute footage along with a short description of a particular incident The precondition of using this function is that the video stream while you are watching it on the view cell must be recorded to the NVR at the same time 5 Tune the audio volume 6 Select a different stream 7 Enable the Digital Zoom using the mouse wheel 8 Manually toggle the Digital Output Sn...

Page 39: ...art Surveillance For a fisheye camera you can select a dewarp mode as a Regional view or a Panoramic view 1O Original view 1P Panoramic view 1O View Original View 180 Hemispheric Swipe to scroll horizontally ...

Page 40: ... that if your fisheye mounting type is set to the Wall Mount type your screen control in the view cell will be limited to 90 pan and tilt Make sure your mounting type and camera settings have been properly configured Because fisheye lens can cover a wide surveillance area you can insert a fisheye camera into multiple view cells and let different regional views display in these view cells In this w...

Page 41: ... you move along the screen the faster the lens module moves Bookmarks will be erased if the user system erases the video clips they were appended to For example system will recycle storage space by deleting old videos along with their bookmarks Auto pan patrol controller These buttons provide pan and patrol functions provided that preset locations have been configured on the camera For a speed dom...

Page 42: ... left of view cell 2 Camera name and IP address Select one or both 3 Displays camera time 4 Displays Camera status Trend Micro IoT Security and Video content analysis If your camera supports these features you can choose to display them on the live view You can enable the display features on all view cells using the Apply to all view cells button ...

Page 43: ...elect the days with recordings Camera list Layout contents Playback panel Calendar Item Name Description 1 Camera List Provides a glimpse of all cameras that have recorded data Basic information is also provided along with a screenshot 2 Calendar Shows when the recording took place and thus enables users to quickly locate a specific part of recording in history 3 Layout Contents Provides functions...

Page 44: ...2x Playback volume tuner Takes a snapshot of the current playback screen Places a bookmark on the current recording Timeline zoomer Use the zoomer to zoom in for more precise skimming Lets the cameras in the scene play the recording of the same time When you find something of your interest use the Export function to export a video clip Select the length of the video clip using the Start and Stop t...

Page 45: ...45 Smart Surveillance Note that for specific cameras such as fisheye cameras you can click its view cell to display its control options such as the dewarp type ...

Page 46: ... conditions You can select Devices time span pre configured alarms or trigger types 2 Calendar Shows when the possible time of occurrence of alarms 3 Configured Alarms Select the alarms you previously configured on the system 4 Trigger types There are many trigger types including system event triggers cyber attacks DI DO or the numerous VCA detection triggers 5 Search results The results are displ...

Page 47: ... past recordings 1 Single click to select a camera You can select multiple cameras 2 The Calendar panel will display the days video recording actually took place And those days will be highlighted by a lighter text Click to select the days with recordings ...

Page 48: ...rveillance areas VCA events are recorded along with video recordings The NVR automatically detects cameras that come with the video analytics functionality Note that the video analytics configuration should be separately configured on individual cameras such as drawing the detection zone and detection line for Line crossing detection You may also refer to the following documentation for more infor...

Page 49: ...e or exit through the virtual line Detects and triggers an alarm in a predetermined direction The detection line can be used as a fence boundary to know if someone has crossed the articulated line around a perimeter Intrusion Detection Intrusion Detection can be used to detect people entering or leaving a virtual area in the camera field of view The applicable scenarios of this feature can be Dete...

Page 50: ... is loitering in an area that is normally not an access for visitors Missing Object Detection The Missing Object detection can be used to detect the removal of a predefined asset from a surveillance scene The applicable scenarios of this feature can be In a campus setting the Missing Object feature can be used to monitor high risk areas for theft such as the administrative offices computer labs or...

Page 51: ...idge or in a bank lobby Face Detection Face detection detects the presence of human faces in the field of view The applicable scenarios of this feature can be By tagging the video frames which contain facial features the administrator can later search for the video clips with presence of these faces in a more efficient manner Instead of searching through hours of recordings face detection can faci...

Page 52: ...52 Section 2 Management over a Local Console Chapter 2 Introduction to the Local Console Interface Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 06 Camera 05 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 ...

Page 53: ...age Stop buzzer Play recording clip Digital zoom PTZ DI DO Snapshot Manual recording Deselect camera Config portal Camera portal Information Audio Export recordings Virtual keypad Storage Scheduled backup Storyboard Alarm search Smart search II Smart VCA event search Smart search II User Login Logout When a view cell is selected Due to the limitation of system resources the fisheye dewarp 1R 1P 1O...

Page 54: ...lect a camera view cell the Camera Portal will appear The system automatically detects the characteristics of an individual camera when you select a view cell This portal appears with a camera that supports mechanical PTZ This portal appears with a camera that does not support mechanical PTZ Here are some operation steps using the tool bar 1 Single click to select a view cell and bring out the too...

Page 55: ...prefer Release the Mouse button to stop moving Zoom controller The zoom controller buttons only apply to cameras that come with an optical zoom module such as a speed dome camera Focus controller The focus controller buttons apply to cameras that come with focus control over its lens module such as a speed dome camera 3 How to retrieve and access recorded videos One is to access the video clips ta...

Page 56: ... way to access past videos is to open the Search recording clips window Move your mouse cursor to display the Configuration Portal without selecting any view cell Click on the Search Recording Clips button Please refer to page 46 for more information about the search functions You will be prompted for User name and Password enter admin and admin the default user name and password and click Login I...

Page 57: ... will prompt on the screen Use the Arrow button to browse through the alarm messages 10 32 56 2015 09 22 1x 01 Camera 01 If the alarm is configured with video recording as the responding action you can click on the alarm entry The Playback window will appear allowing an instant playback of the alarm related footage You will enter the Search alarm results page even if the alarm does not trigger a r...

Page 58: ... view receives a camera s stream 1 If a camera s stream 1 is configured using MPEG 4 as the video codec the following message will prompt You can go to the Settings Camera Media Video window to configure the video codec of stream 1 into H 264 or H 265 ...

Page 59: ...th idle modes Below are the applicable conditions 1 Live view if no management activities occur for 5 seconds the tool bars disappear from screen When in the idle mode mouse cursor and tool bars will disappear Moving the mouse cursor will re activate the screen 2 Settings page If left unattended for 10 minutes system will automatically log out The system will prompt for user credentials if a user ...

Page 60: ...e Focus near and Focus far buttons to adjust camera focus 3 Home Click to move the camera lens towards the default home position 4 Zoom Use the Zoom in and Zoom out buttons to adjust the camera s zoom ratio 5 Presets If you configured preset positions a list of preset positions will appear 6 Patrol If you configured preset positions into a patrolling tour click on this button and the camera will p...

Page 61: ...gured preset positions a list of preset positions will appear 5 Speed Adjusts the speed when moving across the field of view 6 Patrol If you configured preset positions into a patrolling tour click on this button and the camera will proceed with patrolling through the preset points Below is the PTZ panel that appears with ordinary PTZ cameras This portal appears with a fisheye camera Since it is f...

Page 62: ...ystick Y axis movement 3 Zoom Continuous move is supported To zoom in move joystick Z axis clockwise or use button 2 To zoom out move joystick Z axis counter clockwise or use button 3 4 Home joystick button 1 5 Auto Pan joystick button 5 6 Patrol joystick button 7 Preset positions must be pre configured for the camera 7 Stop Stops auto pan or patrol Joystick button 6 ...

Page 63: ...e as an area of your interest Using a click and drag on the ROI window you can instantly move to other areas within the video frame Use the zoom ratio pull bar at the bottom to change the zoom ratio You may also move the ROI around by click and drags Global view Zoom In Zoom Out 160 ROI Shrink Expand Note that not every camera supports the PiP function Please refer to page 45 for the description o...

Page 64: ...s and 60 mins for an immediate playback For security reasons using this function requires users to enter his her credentials 10 32 56 2015 09 22 1x 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x 2016 05 16 01 Camera 01 17 15 41 1x The Playback window will prompt and a playback begins from the point in time you selected This function allows you to quickly review what has just happened ...

Page 65: ... Otherwise the DO signal will be continuously triggered As the result if the DO is configured as an alarm trigger many alarm messages will be generated WARNING 2 2 5 Others 1 Snapshot is used to take a snapshot from the camera currently selected Note that this function only saves the snapshot in JPEG to a USB thumb drive The USB thumb drive has to be one that is formatted in FAT format 2 Manual Re...

Page 66: ...atically polls the camera for a smaller resolution stream The Auto adaptive stream feature can be disabled if you prefer consistent display resolution 3 Fit screen with ratio The NVR server automatically optimizes the display of camera view cells However you can still select this option to display the camera s original aspect ratio for example the original video feed can be 4 3 Without the fit scr...

Page 67: ...lay the time tab and the alarm panel For the 3D counting cameras right click on its view cell to display the counting rule option You can enable the display of counting lines and the bounding boxes for detected objects Note that the NVR supports the connection of up to 4 counting cameras The VCA rule displays only on the 2x2 layout ...

Page 68: ...P 3 1M 5 1P 6 LNVR1 08P If you select the single view layout the Rotation button will appear Click the Rotation button below to let the system swap the display of different cameras by every 10 seconds The rotation speed is configurable via Settings System Display 3 2 DI DO Click on the DI DO button to display the full list of all DI and DO signals whether they are connected or not from all cameras...

Page 69: ...hted in green indicates today and the green indicator does not necessarily mean that there are recorded videos today Use the Layout button to adjust view cell arrangement on screen You can retrieve the recorded videos from a maximum of 4 cameras at the same time Once you select to playback multiple cameras the playback window will automatically turns into the 2x2 layout Up to 4 cameras recording c...

Page 70: ...ck status is indicated on the screen This button appears when you select to playback a fisheye camera s recording This avails the selection of dewarp modes usable during the playback Digital zoom This applies when a camera is displaying the full of its field of view You can use the Digital zoom function to zoom in on the field of view Export clips Use this function to select a span of time you wan...

Page 71: ...ilable on screen You can click to select the 1O 1P Panoramic 1R Regional 1O3R 1 Original and 3 Regional or 1O8R modes If 1P 1R 1O3R or 1O8R mode is selected you can exert the mouse control on screen such as swiping the view or hold down the Mouse button and swipe the field of view Please refer to the User Manuals that came with fisheye cameras or page 45 for description of fisheye display modes ...

Page 72: ... time and the To time 4 Click on the From time tab using a single click 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to configure the To time 6 Click on the Export button 1 2 The export process is indicated on the right Depending on the length of footage to be exported this process can take minutes When completed a message will display on screen The default for export is 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the point i...

Page 73: ...eria by selecting the devices to be involved in the Alarm search 1 Camera list 2 The From and To time 3 Pre configured alarms such as those associated with camera DI motion detection or VCA analytics triggers etc 4 Trigger DI DO tampering detection disk failure cyber security events and VCA video analytics events Use the combinations of these parameters to sort through the alarms ...

Page 74: ...74 You can then specify the start time and end time to configure a span of time to be searched You can also determine what alarms will be included in the search ...

Page 75: ...rm footage When the Search window is left unattended for 10 minutes the NVR will return to the live view display To enter the Search window you will have to enter the user credentials again Up to 200 search result entries will appear If more than 200 entries have been found click on the New Results button on the last entry page If two cameras participate in the recording of an alarm related event ...

Page 76: ...h the alarm list Use the Continuous Playback button to let the system automatically play all alarm clips The continuous play starts from the first alarm or from the alarm you currently clicked and selected Click on the button again to stop the continuous play ...

Page 77: ...g videos to the NVR The search function helps sorting through hours of videos enabling you to quickly find a person or an event of your interest This facilitates an effective search for a deployment across large surveillance areas VCA events are recorded along with video recordings The NVR automatically detects cameras that come with the video analytics functionality Note that the video analytics ...

Page 78: ... The Line Crossing detection detects one or multiple persons crossing a virtual trip wire The traffic direction can be assigned on screen for persons passing the line in one specific direction or in both directions Out In Detection line The applicable scenarios of this feature can be Detects someone who enters a drive way entrance or exit through the virtual line Detects and triggers an alarm in a...

Page 79: ... when a person is loitering in an area that is normally not an access for visitors Missing Object Detection The Missing Object detection can be used to detect the removal of a predefined asset from a surveillance scene The applicable scenarios of this feature can be In a campus setting the Missing Object feature can be used to monitor high risk areas for theft such as the administrative offices co...

Page 80: ... number an event is triggered The applicable scenarios of this feature can be Detects the congestion when the number of people in a region exceeds a preset number For example 10 in a waiting line For example at an airport when too many passengers are waiting in line new checkpoints can be opened and they can be directed to other checkpoints To monitor a special area where at most one person is all...

Page 81: ...meras that generate VCA events Select at least one camera 2 Configure the time span within which the events occurred Use the pull down menu to change the From and To times 3 Select the Event types namely the pre configured VCA analytics rules Note that the event rules should have been properly configured on the individual cameras 4 Click the Search button to begin the search Depending on the scale...

Page 82: ...Esc button to leave the full screen Click to select another thumbnail or use the or buttons to view the previous or successive clips The default for the event recording setting is 5 seconds for pre event and 20 seconds for the post event recording You may change the parameters if the need should arise You may then select clips of your interest and click the Select clips to export button The associ...

Page 83: ...lts If using the Sort by event type option events of different types will be displayed in a successive order When exporting video clips mouse over and select the small checkboxes on the thumbnails Single click to select video clips When the selection is done click the Export button to proceed ...

Page 84: ...ect a period of time in which the recording took place and then click Export The maximum length of recording export is 24 hours To export recordings 1 Attach a USB thumb drive formatted in FAT format to the NVR s USB port 2 Select one or multiple cameras from the list 2 3 4 5 3 Select the start time of the period of recording time 4 Select the end time of the period of recording time 5 Click the E...

Page 85: ...xporting progress will be shown 7 When the export process is complete select to resume another export or go back to the live view Note that the export process can take a long time if the time span of the selected video is very long ...

Page 86: ...fault to the overview page displaying the camera connection and storage statuses An empty position will be left in blank and a disconnected camera will be indicated as The storage volume usage is displayed as the used and unused spaces The Stop Buzzer Reboot and Power down buttons are also available on this page There are critical conditions that can sound the system buzzer such as a disk failure ...

Page 87: ...will default to the Linear protocol ONVIF can be used to other cameras and RTSP for older non ONVIF cameras 5 Assign User name and Password or apply the credentials to all cameras in your configuration 6 Change the Network settings 7 Change the cameras positions on the layout screen The Camera menu provides access to Management Recording Media Image Motion detection and PTZ settings pages 3 5 2 Se...

Page 88: ...rt Motion detection configuration 6 RTSP cameras can not be selected as an alarm trigger For legacy cameras the NVR supports RTSP connections To manually add a legacy camera 1 Select an empty camera entry 2 Click the Add button 3 Select RTSP as the protocol 4 The original rtsp address is rtsp ip address rtsp port access name for stream 1 to 3 For example when the access name for stream 1 is set to...

Page 89: ...ton the camera will be placed at an unoccupied position You may also expand the menu on the side of the Add button to select a position number 3 When a camera is added it should appear on the graphical placement below 4 Click the Apply button after you added cameras 5 You may click the Page Back button to return to the previous window ...

Page 90: ...l appear 2 The Remove button will turn yellow Mouse over to the camera you want to remove and its entry will display the Remove message 3 Click on the Remove message The camera should then disappear from the camera list The recording from that camera will also be discontinued ...

Page 91: ...ng static IPs is recommended Although the NVR can remember the MAC addresses of cameras if IPs are changed under the DHCP configuration your NVR may still fail to connect the cameras Please consult your network administrator for details about network settings It is usually not necessary to change port numbers for the HTTP and RTSP ports unless there is a conflict in your network environment Wi Fi ...

Page 92: ...mera s position on the Liveview layout click and drag a camera to an unpopulated position Note that you cannot swap the positions of two cameras by dragging a camera onto a position already populated by the other Also the camera index number on the management list is not affected by the change of positions Click the Apply button for the configuration change to take effect The position screen displ...

Page 93: ...ance However you can still change the streaming characteristics Note that you can not assign the recording task to other video stream 4 Enable the Activity Adaptive Streaming feature This feature records the I frames only when there are no activities detected When activities or alarm are triggered the camera raises the recording stream to the full frame rate This feature can save tremendous amount...

Page 94: ... checkbox and move the cursor across the time table The minimum unit on the table is half an hour 1 You may also use the scheduler tool on the right to facilitate the process You can select a condition checkbox and then select the All day Work hour Off duty Working day Weekend options to apply a time selection 2 Repeat the process on individual cameras or select the Apply to all checkbox if the sc...

Page 95: ...resolution In a full view the system displays a video in its full resolution Due to the size of view cells on your monitor when in a multi cell layout the system automatically polls the camera for a smaller resolution stream The Auto adaptive stream feature can be disabled if you prefer consistent display resolution The NVR adapts and selects to display a video stream of a different resolution whe...

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Page 97: ...Intra frame period How often an I frame will be inserted into the video stream 5 Smart Stream II Some newer camera models come with Smart Stream features Please refer to page 99 for detailed information 6 Video quality You may either select Constant bit rate or Fixed Quality as the defining rules for video transmission Constant bit rate Places a packet size threshold on video frames This guarantee...

Page 98: ... tremendously reduced When streaming a video of a static scene the Dynamic Intra frame feature can save up to 53 of bandwidth The amount of bandwidth thus saved is also determined by the activities in the field of view If activities occur in the scene firmware automatically shortens the I frame insertion intervals in order to maintain image quality In the low light or night conditions the sizes of...

Page 99: ...objects move in that area The remainder of the screen where there are no moving objects no pixel changes will still be transmitted in low quality format Manual The Manual mode allows you to configure 3 ROI windows Region of Interest with Foreground quality on the screen Areas not included in any ROI windows will be considered as the non interested areas The details in the ROI areas will be transmi...

Page 100: ...ode the non interested area is always transmitted using a low quality format regardless of the activities inside Quality priority Use the slide bar to tune the quality contrast between the ROI and non interested areas The farther the Slide Bar button is to the right the higher the image quality of the ROI areas On the contrary the farther the Slide Bar button to the left the higher the image quali...

Page 101: ...he Audio window allows you to configure all audio codec sampling rate and Microphone input gains Depending on design of the camera models some codecs may not be available Also there are cameras that come without embedded microphones ...

Page 102: ...abled the video name and time is displayed on the view cell 3 Power line frequency Depending on power line frequency of your country select a matching option NTSC 60Hz or PAL 50Hz to avoid image flickering due to unmatched electricity 4 Video orientation select these options if the image from camera needs to be vertically or horizontally flipped 5 Click Restore to poll for the original settings or...

Page 103: ...of each individual camera Therefore the options here can vary For unique options coming with each individual camera please refer to their User Manuals for more information Click Restore to poll for the original settings or click the Apply button to finish the process For features common among cameras you may select the Apply to all cameras checkbox Exposure Focus Privacy mask Lens For specific ima...

Page 104: ...move to a field of view where you want to designate as a preset position 3 Click the Add button and enter a name for the position Press Enter to proceed Repeat the configuration to create more positions 4 Click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect Note that the PTZ panel can vary with different PTZ cameras 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 105: ...Up and Down buttons to change the position on the order or click the Remove button to disband a position from the order You can also change the interval to stay before moving from one position to the next position 3 You may then click on the Preview Patrol button to see if it runs as expected 4 Click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect 5 Click on the Back to Preset List button to...

Page 106: ...ng the HTTP request such as http 122 146 57 120 61001 If you change the port numbers on the Network configuration page please open the ports accordingly on your router For example you can open a management session to your router to configure access through the router to the camera within your local network Please consult your network administrator for router configuration if you have troubles with...

Page 107: ...mera Update firmware Prepare the camera firmware files in a USB thumb drive Connect the thumb drive to the NVR s USB port Select a camera and click the Upload button An upload panel will appear Select the firmware file Click the Upload button ...

Page 108: ... for cameras that are waiting for the update to take place Different messages can appear with different update results 1 Update successfully 2 If interrupted 3 Failed to update Please check your device 4 If the same revision is discovered firmware displays Invalid firmware or upgraded the same version of firmware 1 Firmware revision number will be updated if successfully updated ...

Page 109: ...ail with snapshots attached 3 Sound the onboard buzzer 4 Triggering video snapshot and text message by the occurrences of events to an FTP site 5 Triggering a camera s DO 6 Triggering a PTZ camera s for its lens to move to a preset position 7 Sending notification to the VAST CMS software 8 Sending a full screen live view on the connected monitor 9 You can create up to 10 instances of alarm Hardwar...

Page 110: ... full FTP snapshots Camera sources below Camera DO Camera DI Pan tilt zoom Pan Tilt Zoom Camera DO System DO Send to CMS Motion detection PIR Send video to full screen Tampering detection Camera disconnected Brute force attack Cyber attack Quarantine event Line crossing detection Intrusion detection Loitering detection Face detection Missing object detection Unattended object detection Camera DI D...

Page 111: ...ent setting You can enter up to 16 numeric or alphabetic characters for the name including symbols such as 0 9 a z A Z _ You can also designate the interval between one event and the next triggered alarm to avoid the situation that the alarms can be too frequently triggered 2 Click on the Next button to proceed ...

Page 112: ... displayed through individual checkboxes The Motion detection function if there are many detection windows configured on a camera is all triggered by one checkbox Note that the triggering sources will be listed even if the camera is currently not connected You may also select the Copy trigger from menu to borrow the setting you previously configured Click on the Next button to proceed ...

Page 113: ...length defined by the pre post event setting to the NVR system 4 2 Email The Email action sends an Email to the administrator along with a snapshot of the event To configure Email notification enter valid Email addresses as the Sender and Recipient addresses an Email subject and the SMTP server address through which the Email will be delivered If you need to log in to SMTP server to deliver an Ema...

Page 114: ...le a short tone 0 5 second A very short tone lasts only for 0 1 second Select how many times the buzzer tones will be repeated on the occurrence of an event If events of different importance are issued at the same time for example one major and one minor event the system will ignore the minor event and sound the buzzer tone for the major event only The buzzer can be sounded either by the event act...

Page 115: ...enter a directory name you prefer on the FTP site The server port default is 21 a different number between 1025 and 65535 can also be assigned The snapshot thus delivered has a size of 320x240 pixels If authentication is not applied login will proceed using the anonymous account The file names of the snapshot jpeg files will look like this MAC _ DATE _ TIME _ CAMERA_INDEX jpg If similar files alre...

Page 116: ...ra can move its lens to the preset position in case of a triggered alarm For example a triggered sensor may indicate an area of interest has been intruded and a camera s field of view should be moved to cover that area The precondition is that you properly set up preset positions on your PTZ cameras using a local or a web console ...

Page 117: ...117 Smart Surveillance 4 7 System DO A triggered alarm can be used to toggle the NVR s digital output For example to sound a siren ...

Page 118: ...screen The video feed from a related camera will be displayed on the occurrence of a triggered condition 5 On the Schedule page you can select to activate or de activate alarm triggers throughout a specific timeline For example in some situations you can disable the alarm triggers during the office hours and choose to enable the triggers only during the off office hours ...

Page 119: ...n to a Mail server Via the Mail server the system can deliver emails containing system event messages to multiple receivers A reachable Mail server and Email accounts must be provided before you can apply the settings The configuration options are identical to those found in the Email configuration in Settings event window ...

Page 120: ...lly update the daylight saving configuration A system reboot is required You can also manually update the daylight saving profile in the GZ format using the Import File button below 4 Click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect Note that if NTP time server configuration Auto is preferred the system will automatically configure all cameras to be listening to the system and therefore...

Page 121: ...o your NVR configuration The information in the device pack is related to some tunable parameters 3 Backup You can backup your system configuration using the Backup function Click Backup a message window will prompt Click Save to preserve your system configurations Select a location for your backup file then click Save to complete the process If you back up to a USB thumb drive that thumb drive mu...

Page 122: ...ay rotate cameras view cells on the Liveview window For example if you have eight 8 cameras in two 2x2 layouts the rotation can let you see the live views of all cameras You can also enable or disable the Alarm notification To enable the rotate function click on the Rotate button on the layout panel ...

Page 123: ...tings System UPS On this page you can configure the system to gracefully shut down when UPS battery is lower than a certain level You may also let it shut down when the estimated sustainable time is reached We support APC Black 500 UPS ...

Page 124: ...Settings System Log System logs are categorized as System Recording User and Error To display system logs select a range of time and click on the Search button You can search for past logs in each category window ...

Page 125: ...125 Smart Surveillance ...

Page 126: ... to access the Settings window the login window prohibits regular users to log in There is simply no regular user s name on the login window 4 The administrator users can access all cameras recruited in the configuration while the regular users can be configured to have access to some or all cameras 5 The system blocks out the video feeds from users who are denied of the access to particular camer...

Page 127: ...g its pull down menu Select either an Administrator or regular user as the user group 2 Enter the User name and password The maximum number of characters for a user name is 64 with alphabetic and numeric characters including 0 9 a z A Z _ The maximum number for password is also 64 ...

Page 128: ...ettings page Auto Logout should also be enabled when the NVR will be left unattended for an extended period of time Default is 10 minutes Camera views will be available for users according to their privilege settings as designated in the User account configuration Some camera views will be available for some users while others are not 4 Move authorized cameras to the beginning of live view regular...

Page 129: ... can format an existing storage volume in situations such as when you need to re deploy the system elsewhere Disk Information Model family The brand name of the HDD manufacturer Device model The disk model name Serial number Serial number assigned to the disk drive Firmware version The version of firmware running on this disk drive Last check The bad block check or S M A R T test previously execut...

Page 130: ...s action may take several hours to complete Fast S M A R T test Tests the electronic and mechanical performance and disk read performance including those on disk buffer read head seek time and integrity of drive sectors The short test is performed on a small section of disk platters and takes about 2 minutes to complete S M A R T long test The long test is more thoroughly and is performed to all d...

Page 131: ...high performance by simultaneously reading or writing to disk drives but if a drive fails all data within is lost Select at least 2 disks to build a RAID0 volume 0 N A Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 G 3 RAID1 A RAID1 volume provides high fault tolerance by writing the same data blocks simultaneously to duplicate disks Select at least two 2 disks or 4 disks to build a RAID1 volume 1 N A Disk 0 Disk 1 G Each ...

Page 132: ...ction Below is the summary of RAID level features RAID level No of HDD No of HDD failure Allowed Capacity RAID0 2 0 HDD x smallest HDD size RAID1 2 1 or 2 if counterparts in the mirrored pair survives HDD 2 There are conditions that disk drives will not be available for storage configuration 1 The disk drives are performing the Verify process 2 The disk drives considered as failed drives by the S ...

Page 133: ...133 Smart Surveillance To create a RAID volume 1 Click on the Create Volume button on top of the listed disk drives The Create Volume window will appear 2 Select a RAID level from the pull down menu ...

Page 134: ...elect the members for the volume When done click Create to begin the process 4 Creating a RAID volume will erase all data on the member drives A message prompt will remind you of the situation Click Create to continue ...

Page 135: ...135 Smart Surveillance 6 The RAID volume should be created in a short while When a volume is created video recording should also start immediately ...

Page 136: ...range is 1 65535 Path The path is effectively a path name of a resource and corresponds to a series of FTP commands such as a directory tree ftp NAME PASSWORD COMPANY com The applicable alpha numeric characters are 0 9 a z A Z _ with a maximum length of 64 characters If not specified destination will be the root directory Authorization Click to enter user name and password for the FTP site Click t...

Page 137: ...l display on every failed attempt In the event of backup failures any failures will be recorded into system logs The possible causes can be 1 The previous backup is not finished when the succeeding backup starts due to very slow upload speed or network problems 2 The on going scheduled backup is cancelled 3 Errors occur on the storage volume while the backup is taking place For example when the ha...

Page 138: ... 0 240 Enter the Static IP Subnet mask Default router and Primary DNS provided by your ISP Subnet mask This is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet The default value is 255 255 255 0 Default router This is the gateway used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet Invalid router setting will fail the transmission to destinations in different subnet Primary DNS T...

Page 139: ...139 Smart Surveillance 3 6 Information This window shows the revision number of the firmware running on this machine ...

Page 140: ...ted Please refer to page 86 for the description of System Settings via a local console Some minor differences between the web console and local console exist One is the Restore Factory default function It is only available on the web console The restore function is not available on the local console for users can use the Reset button to perform the system default restoration ...

Page 141: ...ence is the ability to enter a camera or system name using languages other than English The NVR s system name also supports the use of other languages This is only achievable through a web console The following characters are not supported ...

Page 142: ... in your deployment as previously described on page 87 All eight 8 cameras should be listed on the Camera list 1 Before operating the NVR make sure you have properly installed hard drives and configured the storage volumes Otherwise you will not be able to operate most of the system s functionality Note that layout design can only be performed by the system administrator Camera List Layout Design ...

Page 143: ... begin the design of your layout 1 Select a layout pattern by a single click Available options are 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 1M 5 1M 7 1M 12 1P 3 1P 6 2P 3 1V 6 2V 3 and 3V 3 If you ve selected a layout design that requires multiple page of cameras click the page switch button or to continue on the next camera layout page ...

Page 144: ... also contain a PiP view that is digitally zoomed The Fisheye Mode button is available on the view cell where you inserted a fisheye camera When a regional view is displayed the shooting angle and image orientation is kept with the layout See page 45 to see more about fisheye viewing modes Only an administrator can alter the display modes of fisheye cameras Although ordinary users can make changes...

Page 145: ... User Layout button You may create more user layouts for different purposes such as for the use of different users or playing different views of a camera on multiple view cells If users were created and some cameras are excluded from their access a user may log in and see the locked on cells as shown below A user with limited access rights may still re arrange the layout of view cells However the ...

Page 146: ...m module and may not be applicable to every PTZ camera The preset positions and the patrol functions require the associated configuration on the cameras via a web console Before you make use of these functions you should set up the preset positions on a web console with the camera The NVR GUI does not provide the configuration options with PTZ preset positions You can use Preset button to display ...

Page 147: ...oom to toggle full screen view Click the Digital Zoom again to toggle to the previous view If you have concerns with the display quality and frame rate per second refer to page 97 for how to configure video feeds for live viewing as well as for video recording The configuration options can be found in Settings Camera Video Note that the constant bit rate methodology is applied in this system and i...

Page 148: ... a specific moment in time when you need to trace back for a scenario later The bookmark function can be executed on a live or recorded stream when you observe a situation from your Live view or Playback window The precondition of using this function is that the video stream while you are watching it on the view cell must be recorded to the NVR at the same time 1 2 3 Note that the bookmarks insert...

Page 149: ...cription of the camera name address model name resolution codec and frame rate For a camera that is not performing a continuous recording you can click on the Manual Recording button to start a manual recording Press it again to stop recording You can also manually turn on the digital output For example triggering an external alarm that is connected to a specific camera Layout and Rotation DI DO S...

Page 150: ...ns in external environments You can configure certain kind of actions to take place in response to the alarms such as Recording the immediate image Sending an Email notification Sounding the on board buzzer Sending snapshots to an FTP server Sending videos to a web server Moving camera lens to a preset location Triggering a camera s digital output The operation details of the Alarm panel and Alarm...

Page 151: ...play successive pages in a user layout by the intervals of 10 seconds The layout page that does not contain camera views will be skipped A Rotate action will stop when you Move to another page in the user layout Move to another user layout Click to select a view cell Remove a camera from view cell Click to disable the rotation function When your current layout spans across multiple pages use the a...

Page 152: ... a LiveView window Search recording clips window 1 Select a view layout at the bottom if you want to view multiple recording simultaneously 2 Select the camera s from the left panel 3 Select the date for playback 2 3 NOTE If a video stream was recorded in the MPEG 4 format it will not be playable on the Playback window 1 ...

Page 153: ...ck the video recorded by the time of the occurrence 2 If you select the Playback button on the video window the view will change to a full screen playback window If you set up multiple triggering sources on a camera you can use the Event Filter button to find the alarms of a specific type You can select the types of listed events using search criteria such as Motion Detector Camera DI Camera DO Ca...

Page 154: ...yout from the Layout panel 2 Select up to four cameras from the camera list 3 Select a camera to be the master and select the playback date 4 Click on the Time Align button 1 2 3 Note the following when using the Synchronous playback 1 Only the alarms triggered on the Master camera will be shown In the Synchronous mode you can not find the alarms or bookmarks generated for other cameras 2 The play...

Page 155: ...our interest 2 An Export media window will prompt The file will be exported and compressed as a tar file The file name will be CamearName_Date_Time_Clip tar 3 Select the directory to where to save the file 4 Use an appropriate decompression utility to uncompress the file Once uncompressed you can use the supplied VMS viewer application provided in the file or VLC to view the video export ...

Page 156: ...ider thumb on the time line for a closer view into the existing recording Timeline hours Use this option to reduce or increase the hour s 1 12 or 24 hours displayed in the timeline In the Synchronous play mode a change to the zoomer will be reflected by all synchronously playing view cells If recordings take place by an event triggered recording the intervals between recordings can be down to 1 mi...

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