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ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
Language:
The language that the NVR’s menus, alerts and other communications will use. This usually defaults to English.
Be careful not to change this setting unintentionally - it might be tricky to find the setting to change it back when the NVR is
speaking another language!
Video Standard:
Here you can choose between PAL and NTSC. PAL is used in Western Europe and Australia, NTSC is used in
the US, Canada and Japan. If the NVR’s picture is black and white, flickering or similar, then this is probably caused by the video
system being set incorrectly.
Don’t change this setting unless advised to do so by
Swann
Technical Support. You may not be able
to see the NVR’s output on your screen anymore!
Time Zone:
Particularly important if you’ve enabled NTP - set this to the time zone where you happen to be. For example, people
in eastern Australia (Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00, whilst the Eastern Time zone in the USA and Canada
is GMT-05:00. (GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time - it’s the baseline that keeps all the different time zones in sync.)
Menu Date Format:
The format of the date (eg. DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY and so on).
System Time:
This can be edited manually, or set to update automatically by using NTP (see
“Network: Advanced: NTP” on page
35
).
DST Setting:
As the standards for daylight savings differ from country to country, and often state to state, you might need to
manually tell the NVR exactly when it commences and ends in your locality. First, turn DST on. We suggest setting the
Daylight
Saving Time Mode
to
Date
, and manually entering the dates and times that daylight savings time applies to and from, in your
locality.
Note:
Some NTP servers are NOT fully compatible with DST. This may cause your system to double-count adding one or removing
one more hour than they should, or cancel each other out. You may need to intentionally change your time zone to compensate, or
simply not use NTP and DST simultaneously.
Enable Password:
When enabled, the NVR will require a password to access, even for local users. It’s advisable to enable
password protection
Auto Lock Time:
When the password protection is enabled, the NVR will automatically time-out, whereafter it will ask for a
password before returning to normal functioning. The
Auto Lock Time
determines how long a period of inactivity will cause the
NVR to lock itself again.
Device ID:
Differentiates your NVR from other devices. If you don’t have any other NVR’s or similar devices, then you can leave this
as-is. If you’ve got multiple NVRs running on the same network, then it’s a great idea to give each a unique ID.
System: General
The
System: General
menu contains
many of the settings you’ll need to
configure to get the most out of your
NVR system. Most importantly:
• The time and date can be set here.
• You can select the language you
want for the menus/GUI.
• The configuration for automatic
adjustment to daylight savings time
is here.
• You can easily enable or disable
password protection - but will
have to create a valid username/
password
The System: User
menu is where you can define
and configure the different levels of access various
users have to the NVR.
We suggest that
at minimum
the admin account be
password protected, as it has access to all aspects
of the NVR’s operation.
To add additional users, choose
Add
.
To remove a user, choose
Delete
.
To customize a user’s level of access, choose
Modify
.
You cannot modify the access level of the default
admin account
- they can do everything. This
is to prevent an unfortunate incident where, for
example, no user has the permissions required to
change another user’s permissions - which could
lead to the NVR being, in at least some senses,
inoperable.
User Name:
Select a name for the user you want to define.
The best usernames are short, to the point, are relevant to the
specific user they’re intended for, are easily memorable and
hard to guess.
Password:
A password can be any combination of numbers (0
though 9) between one and eight characters long.
Confirm Password:
Must exactly match the password for the
definintion of a new user to be successful.
Level:
There are two default levels of access to the NVR -
Guests and Operators.
Guest:
By default, a
Guest
user has access to the live images
on the NVR and can search through recorded events. They
cannot change any settings or configure the NVR in any way.
Operator:
The default permissions of an
Operator
allow them to
access and configure all aspects of the NVR.
You can easily customize the level of access each individual
user has. Simply choose the
Permission
button on either the
Add User
or
Modify
to set the specific access for the user you
want. The Permission menu has two tabs -
Configuration
and
Operation
.
Configuration:
The configuration page specifies which menu(s)
the user can access. There is no hierarchy and any combination
of menus can be selected (although some combinations would
make little sense in practice).
Operation:
You can select which channels the user has access
to, and what they can do with them. For example, you could set
a user to have permission to view all channels in live viewing
mode, but only playback channels 2 and 4.
Press the
Set
button next to each type of access to select
specific channels that the user can access.
Also, this page contains permissions for
HDD Management
and
Shutdown
. These are surprisingly powerful levels of
access: between them, a user can remove all footage from a
NVR’s hard drive and turn the NVR off. Be careful assigning
these permissions!
System: User
