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Connecting the NVR

 

3.1 Hard Disk Installation 

Hard Disk Installation

 

 Loosen the screw on the cover, to open the case. 

 

 

 

 Align the four holes of the HDD with the holes on the bottom of the 

chassis. 

 

 

 Hold the hard disk with one hand, and turn over the chassis; secure 

the HDD with screws at the indicated position. 

 

Summary of Contents for ST-NVR16CH

Page 1: ...ST NVR4CH ST NVR8CH ST NVR16CH USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...e keep equipment installed horizontally or install equipment in a stable place Please install the device in a well ventilated area and do not block the vents of the NVR Please only use the original power supply There are no internal user serviceable parts It is highly recommended to protect the NVR and any other critical equipment with an uninterruptable power supply UPS with power conditioning ...

Page 3: ...p 8 4 1 System Initialization 8 4 2 Preview Interface 8 5 NVR Menu 10 5 1 Menu Options 10 5 2 Main Menu Navigation 12 5 3 Main Menu 12 5 3 1 System Management 13 5 3 1 1 Common Setup 13 5 3 1 2 Network Setup 14 5 3 1 3 User Management 15 5 3 2 Channel Management 15 5 3 2 1 Channel Configuration 16 5 3 2 2 Preview Configuration 17 5 3 2 3 Encoding Parameters 17 5 3 2 4 Video Configuration 18 5 3 3 ...

Page 4: ...5 3 5 2 Device Upgrade 25 5 3 5 3 Restore Defaults 26 5 3 5 4 Log Info 27 5 3 5 5 Version Information 28 5 4 PTZ Controls 29 5 5 Shut Down 30 5 6 Quick adding function 31 5 7 Remote device 32 6 Appendix 34 6 1 Q A 34 6 2 Mobile Apps Error Bookmark not defined ...

Page 5: ...erver network professional video surveillance system software to form a powerful safety monitoring network in its network deployment system focal point and monitoring points simply connect a network cable no need to lay monitor video cable audio cable etc from center to monitoring points easy construction low cabling costs and low maintenance costs 1 2 Function Features H 264 video condensed forma...

Page 6: ...orts SATA II Hard Drives Playback Supports 1 4 channel playback and network multi channel play back Backup Supports NVR backup to USB memory sticks portable hard drive or a network backup to a local disk Network Operation Support for remote local client access Mouse Operation Supports USB mouse operation easily and quickly set system parameters Pan tilt Control Though Onvif protocol ...

Page 7: ...unction 1 Indicator light Depicts the current status of the NVR 2 Channel button Select single channel full screen display 3 Multi channel preview Switch and display to 4 9 or16 channel 4 Direction button Menu navigation button 5 USB2 0 Connect mouse or USB memory stick for backup and control ...

Page 8: ...in pop up Double click the mouse left button 1 When in the preview multiple channels interface double click to maximize a selected channel 2 mouse movements Select the menu or menu item Mouse drag Drag progress bar to playback video Slide mouse scroll wheel 1 Time setting 2 Select the drop down menu values No Interface Connection instructions 1 HDMI Connect HDMI display device 2 VGA Connect VGA di...

Page 9: ...Appearance 5 2 4 Input Method Introduction Click XXX with left mouse button to change input method is to delete mistyped symbols Input methods include lower case English capital English numbers Capital English Input Number Input ...

Page 10: ...d Disk Installation Loosen the screw on the cover to open the case Align the four holes of the HDD with the holes on the bottom of the chassis Hold the hard disk with one hand and turn over the chassis secure the HDD with screws at the indicated position ...

Page 11: ...ice life and reliability 2 Before replacing the hard disk please shut off the power first and allow several minutes to discharge any remaining charge 3 Always use anti static protective equipment when working with electronics 3 2 Device Connection Use a VGA or HDMI cable to transmit the NVR signal to the display If it is a controllable PTZ use UTP wire to connect the RS485 A cable and RS485 B cabl...

Page 12: ...play plug in the mouse power cable and turn on the power switch on the rear panel then start up the NVR The system initialization interface is as shown in Picture 4 1 Picture 4 1 4 2 Preview Interface After the system is fully booted it will enter into the default preview interface shown in Picture 4 2 Picture 4 2 ...

Page 13: ...ent channels will have a different amount of split screens to display On the preview interface you can set the appropriate date and time On the bottom left of the screen it shows the recording status of each video channel or alarm status icon this icon means monitoring channel is recording this icon means monitoring channel is in motion detection ...

Page 14: ...e system the default username is admin password is admin Picture 5 1 After logging into the system and returning to the preview interface click the right mouse button and it will pop up the Menu Options shown in Picture 5 2 Then you can select options of the Main Menu the Main Screen Switch Playback PTZ Control and System Shutdown In addition you can set the channel display as follows single scree...

Page 15: ...all channels CH1 CH16 Main Menu Click and enter the main menu PTZ Control Click and enter the PTZ Control menu see chapter 5 4 Playback Click and enter the playback interface see chapter 5 3 3 2 Channel Settings Click and enter the current channel configuration menu Detailed operation as 5 3 2 1 Shut Down Logout the current user restart the device and shut down the device Remote Device Click and e...

Page 16: ...system management channel management video management alarm management and system maintenance as shown in Picture 5 3 Main Menu System Record Alarm Channel Maintain REC Setup Play back Motion Detect Alarm In HDD Upgrade Default Version Preview REC Setup Enc Param Video Config Network User CH Setup REC Setup Common Logout ...

Page 17: ...erface then interface of common setup will be out As followed picture 5 4 shows Picture 5 4 System Time System date and time of the NVR Language English Chinese Default language is English Record Mode Overwrite automatically ie The NVR will record over the oldest files once it is full Device ID Reserved Video Standard PAL or NTSC ...

Page 18: ...previous interface 5 3 1 2 Network Setup Click Network in system management interface to change basic network settings That interface is As follows in picture 5 5 Picture 5 5 IP Address IP address of the NVR Subnet Mask Subnet mask of the NVR Default Gateway Default gateway of the NVR TCP Port Reserved RTSP Port RTSP data port of NVR HTTP Port Port for accessing by IE browser Primary DNS It is usu...

Page 19: ...annel management query parameter backup shut down logout Add To add a new user which can be only done by super administrator admin Click Add then enter user name and password select privilege and save the parameters Modify To change information of users which can be only done by super administrator admin First choose a user click modify then enter old password and new password modify privilege and...

Page 20: ...VR There are 2 choices one is for only one channel and another is for all channels Vender Type Onvif protocol Preview Stream Sub stream is defaulted Double stream should be set for IPC Encode modes of both streams must be H 264 for normal preview Resolution of sub stream can be D1 or CIF mode Protocol TCP User Name User name for IP CAM login Use the credentials for direct IP camera connections ...

Page 21: ...gUP PgDn To check all searched IPC by choosing PgUp PgDn Save To save current parameters Return Return to the previous interface 5 3 2 2 Preview Configuration Click Preview Config in channel management interface then the interface of preview config will be displayed It includes boot preview and image preview config As followed in picture 5 9 Picture 5 9 Boot Preview Supports image preview of windo...

Page 22: ...e recorded framerate to optimize the system Stream type Select video stream or audio stream Bit Rate Setting the bitrate can be used to manage local bandwith resources Higher bitrates result in higher quality video but can affect network latency Default Recover all the encoding parameter to default values Save Save the parameters on preview configuration menu Return Return to last management menu ...

Page 23: ...lt Recover all the video configuration parameters to default values Save Save configured parameters Return Return to last management menu 5 3 3 Record Management It includes 2 sub menus record setup and playback As follows in picture 5 12 Picture 5 12 5 3 3 1 Record Setup Click Record Setup under recording management interface to reach record setup interface As follows picture 5 13 shows ...

Page 24: ... week or every day to record All Day Record the whole day Default set is 24 7 Period If not all day record then any four periods can be set to customize the recording schedule Default Restore parameters of record setup to default Save Save parameters Cancel Cancel the set parameters of current interface 5 3 3 2 Record Playback Click record playback under record management to skip to record playbac...

Page 25: ...ackup the file The file type is avi Search Set conditions for searching and click Search to find recorded files Number Listed number of record files They are listed chronologically Start time Time for recorded files Size File size of the recordings PgUp PgDn Each page of record list contains 21 record files You can choose PgUp or PgDn to check all recorded files Multi channel Playback At most 4 ch...

Page 26: ...l will not play any record Play Play in a normal speed Pause To stop current record playback Fast Forward Fast forward paly mode Choices are as followed 1 2 4 8 16 1 is normal speed Close Exit the record playback interface 5 3 4 Alarm Management Click Alarm icon under main OSD interface and click Alarm in As followed picture 5 15 shows Picture 5 15 5 3 4 1 Motion Detection Click the Motion Detecti...

Page 27: ...stem will trigger the buzzer alarm when motion detect Buzzer time Set the buzzer alarm duration Record channel Select the target video channel and the system will trigger the video signal of the selected channel Record time Set the trigger duration Default Recover all the alarm setting parameters to the default values Save Save the set parameters of the current menu Cancel Don t save the set param...

Page 28: ...setting is closed Alarm Time Set the time of Alarm Output Default Recover the setting of alarm to default value Save Save the settings of current interface Cancel Cancel the settings of current interface 5 3 5 System Maintain Left click the Maintenance icon in the main menu please refer to Picture 5 18 below including 5 submenu items HDD Default Upgrade Log info Version Picture 5 18 ...

Page 29: ...Capacity The total available HDD capacity the single HDD capacity cannot exceed the maximum capacity 4TB Residual Capacity Display the residual capacity of the current HDD Device Type SATA Refresh Refresh HDD information in the list Format Format the HDD select the HDD that needs to be formatted first and then click the Format button pop up warning dialog formatting will result in the selected HDD...

Page 30: ... out please check whether the USB connection with the USB disk and also check whether the upgrade file name is correct After the upgrade file appears select the upgrade file click the upgrade button to upgrade if you don t want to upgrade click cancel to return Note During the upgrading process please do not turn off the power or take off the USB disk After the upgrading your system will restart a...

Page 31: ... 5 3 5 4 Log Info Under the system maintenance menu please click Log Info and then switch to the interface of Log Info As shown in Picture 5 22 Picture 5 22 View System Logs to access the logs and search for the events on one day for a specified time Type Select the type of information you are requesting Start Time End Time Enter the time to find the log info Search Search for logs according to cr...

Page 32: ...ria are found it will be displayed in a list to view all logs through PgUp PgDn button 5 3 5 5 Version Information To view system Version information Enter into the Main menu shown in Picture 5 23 by clicking Main Menu Maintain Vision Info Picture 5 23 Users can find system version including serial No model number system version Version Date Serial No Shows the serial Number of the NVR Model numbe...

Page 33: ... wheel to set speed Directional Buttons controls the movements and directions of the PTZ Zoom focus iris can be adjust by increase reducing the button Presets position Can select certain Presets to Configure Preset or Call Preset Clear Preset range from 1 255 Presets point Click the Presets button the pop up screen shown in Picture 5 25 will display you can view the setting status of presets from ...

Page 34: ...ruise Start Cruise and patrol in fixed path Auto Scan Clear all preset points Notice the NVR supports a maximum of 255 preset points however it is also affected by the PTZ Camera itself for different PTZ Cameras the number of preset points supported could vary 5 5 Shut Down Shut down the system interface Therefore the system can be ...

Page 35: ...gout Logout the current user switch to user login interface Reboot Reboot the device Shut down Shut down the device 5 6 Quick adding function At the preview menu for the channel of unconnected IP Camera you can quickly click the icon to add the camera as shown in picture 5 29 and 5 30 Picture 5 29 ...

Page 36: ...a network the searched IPC devices can be displayed in the list Select any IPC device in the list click Add the selected IPC information can be automatically added to the particular channel then click Save to complete Return Return to the previous menu 5 7 Remote device Right click the Remote device option at the preview menu to enter the remote device management menu as shown in picture 5 31 Pict...

Page 37: ...ter Filter the display of the searched devices Delete Delete the selected IPC device at the Device Added list Click the icon to quickly delete the device Manual Add If the Added device list is not full click Manual Add to pop up the channel setting menu and manually add the IPC Select All Click Select All which below the Device Added list table can select all the IPC devices and click the Select A...

Page 38: ...t it is highly recommended to use CCTV grade HDDs for increased read write capacity and reliability 4 Can I playback while still recording Answer Yes The device can perform playback streaming preview all while maintaining recording 5 Why can t I login into the NVR using the client software Answer Check the LAN connection for continuity performing a command line ping test can rule out physical laye...

Page 39: ...e a new account The created account will store the server list for easy account migration to other mobile devices STEP 2 Connect your NVR to the internet and enable FREE IP from the P2P menu STEP 3 From your mobile device with FREE IP add a new device and either enter the P2P serial number or scan the QR code on the NVR to automatically configure and connect FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PLEASE CONTACT 1...

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