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System Requirements

The following are minimum system requirements for the system to operate Em-
bedded Network Video Recorder (ENVR):

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 2.4 GHz or higher (Dual Core is recommended)

RAM

Minimum 1 GB of RAM, 2GB or above is recommended

Network

Minimum 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet is recommended)

Graphics Adapter

AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024×768, 16 bit colors.
(We highly recommend to work above the 1024 x 768 resolution to get the full
experience of the software)

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Make sure your display DPI setting is set to default at 96DPI

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To set DPI value, right-click on desktop, choose “Settings” tab >> “Advanced” >> “Gen-
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Contents Inside the Installation CD

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Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Smart Device Search Utility

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Central Basic CMS software

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NVR Media Player

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User’s Manual

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Quick installation Guide

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Datasheet

Summary of Contents for NVST MP-04

Page 1: ...Model NVST MP 04 08 16 User s Manual v1 6 0...

Page 2: ...k Videos to AVI Files 43 2 3 Play Exported AVI Videos With NVR Media Player 45 2 4 Open Event Snapshot Images with NVR Media Player 46 3 System Setup 47 3 1 System Configurations 47 3 1 1 Network Sett...

Page 3: ...Device Information 84 3 5 2 Logs and Reports 85 3 5 3 Maintenance 85 Reboot the NVR 86 Firmware Upgrade 87 Reset the NVR to Factory Default 89 3 5 4 DO Status 90 3 5 5 Disk Status 90 3 5 6 USB Backup...

Page 4: ...intended for general information purposes only and due care has been taken in its preparation Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient and nothing herein should be co...

Page 5: ...RAM 2GB or above is recommended Network Minimum 10 100 Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet is recommended Graphics Adapter AGP or PCI Express minimum 1024 768 16 bit colors We highly recommend to work above the...

Page 6: ...ctures It is possible to perform the settings or operate the NVR using a web browser installed on a PC connected to a network or remote controller Recorded video can be played back from remote site by...

Page 7: ...sk Start by removing the screws on the side Push the top housing forward Then lift it up The NVR supports SATA I or SATA II hard disks The NVR supports max 1 5TB per hard disk and it supports total of...

Page 8: ...e is a cable connected between the fron LED board and the main board You can remove it from the main board or simply put the top housing on the side like shown below Next slide the hard drive into the...

Page 9: ...Make sure the SATA connectors are aligned with each other correctly Secure the hard drive with the tool less screw provided in the box Place the top housing back and secure it with the bottom housing...

Page 10: ...10 Hardware Illustration Front 16 Channel 8 Channel...

Page 11: ...11 4 Channel...

Page 12: ...12 I O Ports and RS 485 Rear Pin Signal 1 12V DC 2 GND 3 10 Alarm input 11 Out1 12 Out2 13 Out3 14 Out4 15 RS485 16 RS485...

Page 13: ...13 LEDs Definition 4 Channel 8 Channel 16 Channel...

Page 14: ...reen for normal operation Blinking green when firmware upgrade is done Red Flashes red for failed firmware upgrade Power Green Normal operation Red System off power adapter remains plugged in Amber Bl...

Page 15: ...erver or you are connect ing to it directly Access NVR with its default IP Use PRIME Device Search Utility If the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area network where a DHCP server is al...

Page 16: ...rt automatically and its status should be displayed The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed Double click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR s web admini...

Page 17: ...o enter the system You will be prompted for the NVR s login information before proceeding to change device s IP address You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again Or dou ble...

Page 18: ...same network over a switch 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...

Page 19: ...T MP 08 The 8 channel NVR comes with a 8 video split window view with one video displays on a larger window Select a channel from the drop down menu to display its video on the larger split window You...

Page 20: ...camera s video stream Retrieve camera s status Perform Live Sequence Viewing PTZ Control Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send...

Page 21: ...a Group ex Group 1 to display videos from cameras under that group in quad view Click on any camera to display video in single view mode 1 2 Retrieve camera s status The camera list can show each cam...

Page 22: ...and corner Next 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 t...

Page 23: ...l as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera s that are currently being selected for live viewing will be listed in the PTZ drop down menu Simply select a camera then use the PTZ control pa...

Page 24: ...camera Auto pan a particular camera Perform preset point sequence viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop down list Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop down list s...

Page 25: ...out having to select them one by one Once you have defined the prefered preset points in Channel Con figurations PTZ Setting PTZ Sequence under the Setup menu click Start in the lower left hand corner...

Page 26: ...with control buttons with functions de scribed below Take a snapshot of a live video Full screen view of a live video Turn on off audio of a live video Start stop recording of a live video manual rec...

Page 27: ...tton and the snapshot of the video will be displayed in a pop up window shown like below Right click anywhere on the image and select Save Image as from the pull down menu In the pop up dialog name th...

Page 28: ...show in different color once the audio is turned on Click on it again to turn off audio Start Stop Recording of a Live Video You can manually start or stop recording of a live video by using the butto...

Page 29: ...b UI display language from the current login user name 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...

Page 30: ...Safari browser To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser make sure javascript is on under Settings Safari Javascript Once Javascript is enabled click the Home button on the iPhone...

Page 31: ...hould be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR Upon successful login you should see the live view video of the first channel Click on the Channe drop down menu to select other...

Page 32: ...corresponding control buttons will dis play control PT only Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size an...

Page 33: ...be able to view the live video through its browser make sure javascript is enabled under Browser Menu button Options Browser Configuration 1 2 Enable the Support Javascript option and click the menu...

Page 34: ...34 Make sure two options illustrated below are enabled Press the menu button and click the Save Options to save settings 1 2 Press the button highlighted below to go back to the browser...

Page 35: ...35 Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access...

Page 36: ...ding method or due to an event trigger The NVR offers 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...

Page 37: ...hat range Search by event Find videos that were recorded due to event triggers Play by start time Enter a specific time a video was recorded to start play ing back the video Search by time chart Start...

Page 38: ...s marked in blue represent videos found in those dates Click on any blue cell box should direct you to the hour channel table if there were multiple videos recorded during that date Videos from other...

Page 39: ...39 Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played...

Page 40: ...ill be marked in red Select Search by event from the Search Method drop down list and click Go to start the search Results will then be listed like what is shown below displays the oldest record top d...

Page 41: ...e displayed at once max 30 and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place you may choose the Play by start time from the Search Method drop down list T...

Page 42: ...ost Recent This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the se lected channels displaying the most recent result top down You may click Update to update the list to display the...

Page 43: ...y media player such as VLC player or Windows 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...

Page 44: ...named and saved under the C partition You will 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 th...

Page 45: ...d party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed You can launch the player under Start All P...

Page 46: ...pen Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recepient These type of snapshot images are saved in a prop...

Page 47: ...rder with correct timestamp To better secure the system for unwanted disturbance we will guide you on set ting up user s account and privileges to prevent settings gets altered by users other than the...

Page 48: ...ver under DHCP Server if you wish to use the recorder as a DHCP server or leave it disabled if there is already a DHCP server in the network 4 Click Apply for the settings to take effect The recorder...

Page 49: ...ch once the DDNS is properly setup users can access the NVR remotely with the DDNS domain name without worrying if the IP hs changed or not The NVR currently only works with free DDNS service provided...

Page 50: ...figure the DDNS service function please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first Go to www dyndns com from the browser to do so Click on the Signup FREE button to begin Choose th...

Page 51: ...utomatically fill in the current public IP in the IP Address field Pick one or more options here any is fine Click to go to the next step The page will check whether the hostname you entered has been...

Page 52: ...ecessary fields as illustrated below Create an username and a password here This will be used in the NVR s configuration Enter a valid email address as well Enter the security code Check to agree the...

Page 53: ...eld and the username password you created in the User ID and Password field and click Apply to finish You can click the Check DDNS Status button to check the DynDNS service status If you are getting a...

Page 54: ...every hour and update its latest public IP to the server The Apply button does the same thing which if you are see the Disconnected status you can use it to manually check with the server without wait...

Page 55: ...en they 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 hostna...

Page 56: ...of the 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...

Page 57: ...privilege pro files except the admin and the guest accounts the other five groups are fully customizable or you can simply assign a group with one of the default privilege profiles You can however as...

Page 58: ...ld like this group to have from the Privilege Type drop down menu Its access privilege will then be displayed You can alter its settings by allow ing or denying access to other cameras using the check...

Page 59: ...tain basic information about the disk you installed in this page To initialize it simply click the Format button You can also connect external USB thumb drive to the recorder for firmware upgrade For...

Page 60: ...to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera s information and add it manually Automatic Search 1 Click the Search button to perform the camera search You shou...

Page 61: ...select the channel ID and name the camera 5 Click on Detect to establish connection between the recorder and the camera If connection establishes successfully camera s detailed information should be...

Page 62: ...using the Search function enter the camera s IP address and credential in the Cam era Information manually then follow step 5 6 described above Enter manually 1 2 If cameras are marked with in the se...

Page 63: ...lso 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...

Page 64: ...monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular 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...

Page 65: ...t among all other preset points as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered Move Here when Event Trigger In order for this function to work properly please...

Page 66: ...or a camera select a channel from the Chan nel drop down menu The available preset points should be listed in Camera Presets section Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the button to...

Page 67: ...usual event and where this event is happening This function works by incorpo rating the event detection function as well as the recording function which as a result helps users take all the necessary...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...nfigure locations of each camera first determine the 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...

Page 70: ...ve it to the desired location The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in con junction with the regular E Map monitor function You can click anywhere on the map a...

Page 71: ...etting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administra tor only when it s necessary Start the event configuration by defining the general settings Define when an event will be triggered C...

Page 72: ...s input port and trigger a device such as an alarm that is connected to the recorder or camera s output port Cameras that do not have built in digital input output port can also be configured to pair...

Page 73: ...time e g if the camera has the motion detection function turned on its digital input will be disabled and vice versa Under such circumstance if you set to use camera s digital input port as the event...

Page 74: ...n send noti fication with the acceptable format image txt to a destined event server ac cording to the configuration Configuring an FTP server To add an FTP server 1 Start by giving a name to the serv...

Page 75: ...ac tive mode 6 Click Test to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connec tion to the FTP server can be established successfully 7 Click Add for the settings to take effect If you wis...

Page 76: ...2 Enter the port of the SMTP server 3 Specify the sender s name in the Sender s name field 4 Enter the sender s e mail address 5 Check Enable Authentication and enter the username and password of the...

Page 77: ...event Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent Select Channels to Enable Event Trigger and which type of event should be triggered Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the d...

Page 78: ...ut notifi cations Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until...

Page 79: ...nels It can help the recorder to operate with suffi cient system resource by performing recording only when it s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate You can define the following in General...

Page 80: ...on only works when the Continueous re cording is also activated Users can also set to keep a previous number of days of recording data by en abling the option below This is quite often used in applica...

Page 81: ...ecording Setting section allows you to turn on or off a particu lar recording type on any channels The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording record video only of part...

Page 82: ...u and select a camera first 2 You can use the schedule table to set the time range Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day Click and move...

Page 83: ...e by one on the time table Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either choosing All Day or enter a start and end time for specific recording...

Page 84: ...form maintenance tasks such as upgrading firmware restore backup device settings or reboot device etc 3 5 1 Device Information The Device Information provides the general information of the device suc...

Page 85: ...eshooting 3 5 3 Maintenance Maintenance provides functions for users to Reboot the NVR when necessary Reboot cameras directly from the NVR Perform Firmware Upgrade Backup the NVR s settings to a local...

Page 86: ...ocess would prevent a recording from getting interrupted because the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder Simply click Restart to begin the r...

Page 87: ...DO NOT unzip it It s normal that you may only see tar as the file extension in Windows as the OS hide the known file extention by default A Upgrade through Web UI 1 Login into NVR s web management UI...

Page 88: ...disk into USB port on the NVR 4 The Status LED on the NVR will start to flash in amber This indicates firm ware upgrade is in process 5 Warning Please wait until upgrade process finished interrupt th...

Page 89: ...to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default click Default button and begin the proces The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the Live View page aft...

Page 90: ...u can get the current status of the NVR s digital output ports You can also change their status from this page 3 5 5 Disk Status Disk Status gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive tha...

Page 91: ...ecording data in its database file format not AVI to the externally connected USB hard disk Insert a USB hard disk that has more than 100MB free space to the NVR You can check the Disk Status page und...

Page 92: ...playing the re maining disk space Make your selection from the drop down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR Next select channels which you would like to backup the recording dat...

Page 93: ...100MB remaining space If multiple partitions are presented in one disk only the first partitition will be detected and used for backup Process Progress will be displayed on the UI If the backup proces...

Page 94: ...dia Player The backup files can be played with the NVR media player To do open the player and select Open Media Database Click Browse to select the file from the USB disk A new dialog should be prompt...

Page 95: ...ck Check to validate the file Once the file has been successfully verified you should be prompted with the message shown below Select the time zone according to your current location Finally click OK...

Page 96: ...96 The player should now play the backed up file...

Page 97: ...am below to connect the UPS with its RS 232 interface to the NVR s DI DO port The NVR can receive signal from the UPS when there is a power failure and shut down itself automatically within a period o...

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