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DVR Installation Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/13/2013 

V1.0 

DVR-Flex4/8/16E 

 

Summary of Contents for DVR-Flex4

Page 1: ...DVR Installation Manual 11 13 2013 V1 0 DVR Flex4 8 16E...

Page 2: ...ORKFLOW 3 INSTALLATION WORKSHEET 4 Default DVR Login 4 NETWORK SETUP 5 SMTP SETTINGS 7 Network Port Setup 8 Router Settings 8 USER SETTINGS 9 Changing Admin Password 9 RECORDING SETUP 10 Encoding Sett...

Page 3: ...s Event recording will only record when either a motion or alarm event is detected Scheduled recordings occur during the scheduled time 5 Alarm Input Setup Here the technician will be setting up the a...

Page 4: ...zone names An example worksheet is printed below You will need to retrieve the IP address while on site Either ask the customer IT department for the IP address or visit http whatismyip org while on s...

Page 5: ...ess The DVR requires a static internal IP address because one or more communication ports will have to be forwarded to it from the firewall router on site Right Click anywhere Login with User admin Pa...

Page 6: ...erver either ask the Site s IT staff for a preferred DNS server or just use the Google public DNS server at 8 8 8 8 and 8 8 4 4 If the default TCP port 37777 is already in use it can be changed here a...

Page 7: ...he SMTP server Enter 3480 for the Port For Sender Enter the SMTP ID from the Installer s Worksheet For Receiver Enter the SMTP ID from the Installer s Worksheet Yes Sender and Receiver are the same En...

Page 8: ...NAT Network Address Translation depending on what the installation site s router supports With either of these router features any unused unfiltered External Port can be forwarded to the TCP Port als...

Page 9: ...ewNow Navigate to the Advanced Menu Click the account icon Click Add User Enter the desired user name Enter the desired password Enter the password again to confirm Select Group User This process can...

Page 10: ...mat of the video record onto the DVR For clips to be decoded properly the frame rate must be set to 15 FPS on the recording channel being utilized I View Now suggests setting up all recording channels...

Page 11: ...to be enabled even if motion recording is enabled because it is possible for an alarm event to occur when there is no motion on the correlating camera From the Settings Menu Click the Detect Icon For...

Page 12: ...nt occurs I View Now suggests recording on all camera channels whenever an alarm event is detected From the Main Setup Menu Click the alarm Icon Select event Type Local Alarm Select Alarm In All Check...

Page 13: ...rly configured and the necessary settings entered into the i viewnow com portal it is a good idea to test each alarm input on the DVR by triggering the corresponding device on your alarm panel If rela...

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