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4.2 Retrieve camera’s status 

 

The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with 
different colors and their meanings are explained on the left. 
 

 

Camera is connected 

 

Camera is NOT connected 

 

Camera is current performing recording 

 

4.3 Perform Sequence Viewing 

 

Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in 
sequence automatically with having to select them one by one. 
To perform sequence view, select “Sequence” from the upper-left hand corner. Then select one or 
more camera(s) or camera group(s) for sequence viewing 

 

 

 

Then select dwell interval from the drop-down menu 

 

 

 
Finally click “Start” to start sequence viewing 
 
 
Click “All Channels” to quickly select all available channels and start sequence view in single-view 
mode. 

 

Click “All Groups” to quick select all available groups and start sequence view in quad-view mode. 

 

Or simply select the desired channels and press “Start” to start sequence view. 

 

4.4 PTZ Control 

 

PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust 
camera focus and iris. 
 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for NVR-3250

Page 1: ...User s Manual NVR 3250 32 Channel Network Video Recorder...

Page 2: ...ommunications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can b...

Page 3: ...as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately Energy Saving Note of the Device This power required device does not support Stand by mode operation For energy saving please remov...

Page 4: ...1 METHODS TO SEARCH PLAYBACK VIDEOS 30 5 2 EXPORT PLAYBACK VIDEOS TO AVI FILES 34 6 SYSTEM SETUP 36 6 1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS 36 6 1 1 Network Settings 36 6 1 2 DDNS Server 38 6 1 3 Time and Date 41...

Page 5: ...tible with most of major IP camera brands in the market Furthermore the NVR 3250 can automatically search and find the available cameras in the network and provide smart setup wizard program so it gre...

Page 6: ...ecorder NVR Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Professional 32 bit or Windows Server 2003 32 bit Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above CPU Minimum Intel Pentium 4...

Page 7: ...vice 4 x 3 5 SATA hard disk connectors Max Capacity 12TB 3TB per HDD 1 x E SATA Max 8TB System Management Web Based administration USB mouse Keyboard at Local control Network Time Protocol Multiple us...

Page 8: ...full version of CMS software can be purchased additionally to manage up to 1 024 channels by working with the NVR 3250 1 5 Physical Specifications Front Panel LEDs Color Description Power Blue During...

Page 9: ...t 10 100 1000 Mbps network USB Connect your USB flash disk for firmware upgrade and backup E SATA External E SATA HDD Audio Line in Line out Mic I O DI x 8 DO x 4 2 Hardware Installation 1 Start by re...

Page 10: ...osened from the unit 10 2 To remove the front plate turn the tool less screws on both sides counter clock wise to loose it from the unit Please note the screws will still be attached to the front plat...

Page 11: ...5 Push the tray door back to the case to secure it 11 4 Remove the HDD tray by pulling the latch...

Page 12: ...7 Once the HDD is placed in the tray flip it over and secure the HDD with the screws 12 6 Once the tray is removed from the unit notice there are four holes which are used to secure the HDD...

Page 13: ...9 Secure the tray by pushing in the latch which locks the tray with the unit 13 8 Push the tray back in to the unit and push it all the way in...

Page 14: ...t bracket to each side of the NVR 3250 with supplied screws attached to the package You must use the screws supplied with the mounting brackets Damage caused to the parts by using incorrect screws wou...

Page 15: ...ity The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server or you are connecting to it directly Access NVR with its default IP 192 168 0 20 3 1 Use Device Search Utility If the NVR is placed in a corporat...

Page 16: ...16 Please click Next to continue Please click Install to start the installation Once the installation is complete please check the Finish...

Page 17: ...should automatically access the NVR s web administration page from your default browser You may change NVR s IP address by click on the button highlighted below You will be prompted for the NVR s log...

Page 18: ...NVR s web administration page You should be prompted for the NVR s username and password Enter its default username admin and password admin and then click OK to enter the system Default User Name adm...

Page 19: ...witch or hub or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable The PC that is connected directly to the NVR or within the same local area network should receive an IP from it...

Page 20: ...can also double click on any of the smaller one to display its video to the larger window The Live View page provides the following functions Retrieve camera s video stream Retrieve camera s status Pe...

Page 21: ...is expanded and displayed on the Live View page Click All to display videos in the 32 video mode NVR 3250 Click on a Group ex Group 1 to display videos from cameras under that group in quad view Clic...

Page 22: ...erform sequence view select Sequence from the upper left hand corner Then select one or more camera s or camera group s for sequence viewing Then select dwell interval from the drop down menu Finally...

Page 23: ...reset Viewing There are three functions provided in the Preset section Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera Auto pan a particular camera Perform preset point sequence viewing Preset Poi...

Page 24: ...such cameras Pan Left Stop pan Pan right Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points videos of a camera without having to select them one by one Once you hav...

Page 25: ...functions described below Take a snapshot of a live video Turn on off audio of a live video Start stop recording of a live video manual recording Audio post function Available if the camera support t...

Page 26: ...ct Save Image as from the pull down menu In the pop up dialog name the image file and choose which directory the image will be saved to and click Save Full Screen View of a Live Video To view a video...

Page 27: ...g of a Live Video You can manually start or stop recording of a live video by using the button The button will show in different color once the recording is started manually Click on it again to stop...

Page 28: ...UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper right hand corner Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a dr...

Page 29: ...synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly You can turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your...

Page 30: ...videos that were recorded due to event triggers Most Recent Events Displays the most recent 15 events Play by start time Enter a specific time a video was recorded to start playing back the video Sea...

Page 31: ...take you to the second view 5sec per cell box Right click anywhere or the Back button on the table will take you back to the previous view Click on the play button at anytime will start playing video...

Page 32: ...h Results will then be listed like what is shown below displays the oldest record top down Click on a particular result to start the playback You can click Next Search to display the next 15 results Y...

Page 33: ...l be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video Use the button to select month date and year Search by event Most Recent This function quickly displays the most recent event rec...

Page 34: ...Media player Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the previous section hit the Export AVI button on a video window of the video you wish to export A new dialog will pop up and a...

Page 35: ...be notified once the process is completed successfully The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition Ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player Y...

Page 36: ...ideo recording 6 1 1 Network Settings You need to adjust settings in this page for the device to work properly in your network It is critical that settings here are configured correctly based on your...

Page 37: ...ed in the network Its DHCP server function is also turned on at the same time to assign IP addresses to cameras that are later connected to the network You can manually turn off the DHCP server functi...

Page 38: ...th the DDNS domain name without worrying if the IP has changed or not Please make sure a valid DNS server has been configured under the Network Setting page in order for this function to work properly...

Page 39: ...Go to http dyn com dns dyndns free from the browser to do so 2 Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above 3 The page will check whether the hostname you entered has been used by another user or...

Page 40: ...the registration in the Domain Name field and the username password you created in the User ID and Password field and click Apply to finish 6 You can click the Check DDNS Status button to check the Dy...

Page 41: ...actually occur After selecting the time zone choose an option below to set the recorder time Manual Use the drop down list and configure the time manually Sync with NTP server enter the hostname or IP...

Page 42: ...e admin account 1 Click and highlight the admin account in the account list and click Edit 2 Its information should be displayed in User Account Information 3 Enter a new password in the Password fiel...

Page 43: ...ead of full administration rights The recorder comes with seven built in groups and five built in privilege profiles except the admin and the guest accounts the other five groups are fully customizabl...

Page 44: ...ss privilege will then be displayed You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults 6 1 6 Disk Setup Once you install a...

Page 45: ...ile system FAT32 is recommended Build RAID Volume The internal HDDs can be used for RAID To do so go to RAID Volume in Disk Setup and choose the available disk action The Disk Actions drop down menu d...

Page 46: ...few moments while the NVR is creating the RAID volume 3 You will be prompted once the action is completed successfully 4 Once the RAID volume is created it will be listed in the RAID volume list with...

Page 47: ...as if you were formatting any internal HDDs 7 Once a RAID volume is created it can be deleted at anytime by choosing the Delete RAID action in the RAID volume page All existing data will be removed af...

Page 48: ...rebuilding The replacement hard drive size must be larger or equal to the size of the smallest disk in the volume The internal disks do not need to be formatted prior to creating RAID volume Create RA...

Page 49: ...s information and add it manually Automatic Search 1 Click the Search button to perform the camera search You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function...

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Page 51: ...as below 6 Adjust its video format frame rate resolution or bitrates etc if you wish You can also click on the Preview to preview the live video of the camera Click Add to finish adding the camera If...

Page 52: ...able to use different video format for continuous recording if it s a multi stream capable camera There are two types of fps settings here one is the fps that NVR sets back to the camera and this is...

Page 53: ...camera only the recording fps can be adjusted Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the Search function enter the camera s IP address and credential in the Camera Informa...

Page 54: ...o like the recorder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own 3 Next define where the text will be displayed by either e...

Page 55: ...lar camera 1 To set up PTZ preset points select a camera from the Camera drop down menu and click Add 2 Select a position number for the preset point from the Position Number drop down menu and fill i...

Page 56: ...r you To configure preset sequence for a camera 1 select a camera from the Camera drop down menu The available preset points should be listed in Camera Presets section 2 Pick the ones you like for seq...

Page 57: ...tion users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening This function works by incorporating the event detection function as well as the recording...

Page 58: ...ra to define its location Access the E Map Monitor page from the upper right hand corner menu When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras their videos will be displayed on the E M...

Page 59: ...e location You d like to place the camera to on the map You can do so by 1 Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2 Zoom in to a smaller area by using the mouse scroll butt...

Page 60: ...the can click anywhere on the map and hold down the mouse left button then drag to move the map self ou can then access the Google Map Monitor from the top menu lo Click and drag the ico re arrange i...

Page 61: ...you would like the event trigger function to be enabled How often an event is triggered Set a time interval under Event Trigger Interval to define how often events are triggered Trigger action Now tha...

Page 62: ...receiving or triggering 2 The recorder only acts as a medium for pairing up input output ports between cameras and the recorder 3 Only connected cameras will be displayed in the list 4 Some cameras on...

Page 63: ...ion port of the FTP server usually port 21 4 Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it s required 5 Check Use Passive Mode if it s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6 Cli...

Page 64: ...name field 4 Enter the sender s e mail address 5 Check Enable Authentication and enter the username and password of the SMTP server and it requires authentication 6 Click Apply to save the configurati...

Page 65: ...ble Event Trigger and which type of event should be triggered Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channels Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifi...

Page 66: ...66 Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the UPnP Port Forwarding is enabled in both the NVR and the router...

Page 67: ...of previously recorded Data Enable disable different recording types on different cameras Enable disable audio recording The recording buffer allows user to define pre alarm and post alarm time for e...

Page 68: ...g data defined here will stay in hard drive instead of wiping out 20GB of data at a time If the hard drive is not full the NVR re calculates twice a day each at 2 30am and 2 30pm to keep the defined n...

Page 69: ...cally lets you set what days to perform recording at a specific time Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording 3 You can also use the Quick Conf...

Page 70: ...tings or reboot device etc 6 5 1 Device Information The Device Information provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time It also provides information of the c...

Page 71: ...s Reboot the NVR Reboot NVR 1610 after you upload a new firmware You would need to manually reboot the system for the new firmware to take effect Such process would prevent a recording from getting in...

Page 72: ...72 The firmware can be upgraded through web UI or USB Before upgrading firmware please backup configuration in advance...

Page 73: ...irmware and leave its file extension tar gz as is before placing the file to the USB disk 3 Plug USB flash disk into USB port on the NVR 4 The System LED on the NVR will start to flash in amber This i...

Page 74: ...information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR 6 5 5 USB Backup The USB Backup provides the function to allow users to backup the recorded file of one or more channels to USB HDD...

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