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Network Video Recorder

Model:

SVR-504/508/516/516+

User’s Manual

v1.0.2

Summary of Contents for SVR-504

Page 1: ...Network Video Recorder Model SVR 504 508 516 516 User s Manual v1 0 2 ...

Page 2: ...ck Videos 36 2 2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files 42 2 3 Play Exported AVI Videos With NVR Media Player 44 2 4 Open Event Snapshot Images with NVR Media Player 45 3 System Setup 46 3 1 System Configurations 46 3 1 1 Network Settings 46 3 1 2 DDNS Service 48 3 1 3 Time and Date 54 3 1 4 User Account 56 3 1 5 Group Privilege 55 3 1 6 Disk Setup 58 3 2 Channel Configurations 65 3 2 1 Add a Camera ...

Page 3: ... 3 5 1 Device Information 90 3 5 2 Logs and Reports 91 3 5 3 Maintenance 91 Reboot the NVR 92 Reboot NVR At a Specific Time Automatically 93 Firmware Upgrade 94 Reset the NVR to Factory Default 96 3 5 4 DO Status 97 3 5 5 Disk Status 97 3 5 6 USB Backup 98 3 5 7 UPS Configuration 104 ...

Page 4: ...e owners Disclaimer This document is 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 recipi ent and nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty SEEnergy reserves the right to make adjustments without prior notifi cation All names of people and organizations use...

Page 5: ...recom mended 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 Make sure your display DPI setting is set to default at 96DPI To set DPI value right click on desktop...

Page 6: ...mera pictures 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 a PC Up to 4 PCs web brows ers can access this unit concurrently and it is possible to perform the settings and operate this unit The NVR is compatible with most major brand cameras and its ab...

Page 7: ...Manual English 7 Install Hard Disk 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 3TB per hard disk and it supports total of 2 hard disks 6TB ...

Page 8: ...er User s Manual English 8 There 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 tray ...

Page 9: ...ecorder User s Manual English 9 Make sure the SATA connectors are correctly aligned with each other 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: ...SVR 500 Series Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 10 Hardware Illustration Front ...

Page 11: ...are upgrade Green Shows solid green 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 Blinking amber indicating device is initializing Alarm Red Blinking when an alarm occurs None When alarm is reset Camera LED Green Solid green live connected with no event...

Page 12: ...SVR 500 Series Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 12 I O Ports and RS 485 Rear SVR 504 508 516 SVR 516 ...

Page 13: ...SVR 500 Series Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 13 Pin Signal 1 12V DC 2 GND 3 10 Alarm input 11 Out1 12 Out2 13 Out3 14 Out4 15 RS485 16 RS485 ...

Page 14: ...VR is placed in a network without DHCP server or you are connecting to it directly Access NVR with its default IP Use SEEnergy Device Search Utility When the NVR is on a corporate network or a local area network where a DHCP server is already present Run the SEEnergy Device Search utility from a computer which is also on the same network and locate the NVR via its IP address assigned by the top le...

Page 15: ...ck Finish The search should start automatically and its status should be dis played 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 administration page from your default browser You may change NVR s IP address by click on the button highlighted below ...

Page 16: ...sword admin and then click OK to 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 double click on any of the search results to access NVR s web ad ministration page perform search again access NVR s web administration page ...

Page 17: ...the NVR use a PC that is on the 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 receive an IP from it Simply access the NVR from your web browser with its IP address Again you should be prompted for the username and password En ter its default user...

Page 18: ...o Control Buttons SVR 516 516 SVR 508 The 8 channel NVR comes with a 8 video split window view with one video displays on a larger window Se lect a channel from the drop down menu to display its video on the larger split window You can also double click on any of the smaller one to display its video to the larger window ...

Page 19: ...e Viewing PTZ Control Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send audio Control Buzzer Change web UI display language SVR 504 If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 please make sure you open Internet Explorer with the Administrator privilege or log in to Windows with Administrator account Right click Internet Explorer ...

Page 20: ...lay 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 camera s current status Each sta tus is represented with different colors and their meanings are ex plained on the left Camera is connected Camera is NOT connected This channel has event triggered and is recording event Camera is ...

Page 21: ...orner 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 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 desi...

Page 22: ...n tilt zoom a PTZ camera as well 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 panel to control the camera The bar shown below allows you to control the pan tilt speed ...

Page 23: ... point viewing of a particular 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 shown below Select a preset position from the drop down list and click Go to to move the live view to that position Preset Point Viewing ...

Page 24: ...without having to select them one by one Once you have defined the prefered preset points in Channel Configurations PTZ Setting PTZ Sequence under the Setup menu click Start in the lower left hand corner in Live View under Preset and the recorder will begin to display videos from those preset points in sequence automatically until you click Stop Autopan Certain cameras do not support bi directiona...

Page 25: ... live video window comes with control buttons with func tions described 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 recording Keep aspect ratio and true size Audio post function Keep aspect ratio ...

Page 26: ...e 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 the image file and choose which di rectory the image will be saved to and click Save If you are running Windows Vista or 7 please make sure IE is run with the Ad ministrator privilege in order for this function to work properly ...

Page 27: ...tton to do so The button will 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 button The button will show in different color once the recording is started manually Click on it again to stop recording Audio post This function allows user to speak from a ...

Page 28: ... Language You can change the web 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 infor mation about the user as well as a drop down menu which lets you change the displyay language ...

Page 29: ...ve view to the NVR by using its 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 to go back to the home screen and open the Safari browser Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar ...

Page 30: ... User s Manual English 30 You should 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 cameras ...

Page 31: ...If a PTZ camera is selected the corresponding control buttons will display 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 and the se lection Auto will be used ...

Page 32: ... by using its Safari browser To 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 button and click Save Options 1 2 Go to General Properties Enable the Support Javascript option and click the menu button and click Save Options ...

Page 33: ... Video Recorder User s Manual English 33 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 34: ...SVR 500 Series Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 34 Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter its username and password for ac cess ...

Page 35: ...usly recorded by a chosen recording 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 turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your choice if audio was also recorded during the recording of the video Playback video can be viewed in full screen and...

Page 36: ...search videos recorded within that 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 playing back the video Search by time chart Start by selecting which channel s you would like to perform a search on Selected channels will be marked in red Select Search by time chart from the Search Method drop down l...

Page 37: ...n a Date Channel table and boxes 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 cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed ...

Page 38: ...Recorder User s Manual English 38 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 39: ...a search on Selected channels will 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 down Click on a particular result to start the playback You can cilck Next Search to display the next 15 results ...

Page 40: ...trict the number of results to be 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 Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video Use the button to select month date and year ...

Page 41: ...ual English 41 Search by event Most Recent This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels displaying the most recent result top down You may click Update to update the list to display the most recent result ...

Page 42: ...ws Media player Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the pre vious section hit the Export AVI button on a video window of the video you wish to export A new dialog will pop up and allows you to speficy the time frame or length of the video you wish to export Click the button to pull down the calendar to help you specify the month date and the year If you are running Windows ...

Page 43: ... The file will be automatically 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 the exported AVI file with Win dows Media Player You can get it at http sourceforge net projects ffd show tryout to download the ffd show_beta6_rev2527_20081219 exe ...

Page 44: ...u the trouble of installing third 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 Programs IVS IVS Central Basic NVR Media Player Click Open AVI File Locate the exported AVI file and click open normally under C ExportFolder The video will then start p...

Page 45: ... disable Video Play Speed 2 4 Open 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 proprietary image file format h4i or p4i and can only be opened by the NVR media player To do so Select Open from the top menu then select Image File A new dialog should be ...

Page 46: ...tem time so videos will be recorder with correct timestamp To better secure the system for unwanted disturbance we will guide you on setting up user s account and privileges to prevent settings gets altered by us ers other than the system administrator Lastly we will tell you what you should expect after installing a hard disk and how to prepare the hard disk for the video recording 3 1 1 Network ...

Page 47: ...r the recorder 3 Enable DHCP Server 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 can detect the presence of a DHCP server upon startup It sets itself to use static IP address if there is no DHCP server currently presented in the network Its DHCP ser...

Page 48: ...sers 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 by DynDNS For more information please go to www dyndns com If the NVR is placed behind a router or Internet gateway please make sure port forwarding for port 80 is configured on the router or the gat way in order for the DDNS function ...

Page 49: ...ish 49 In order to properly configure the DDNS service function please reg ister 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 the FREE service on the left ...

Page 50: ... drop down menu Click here to automatically 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 used by another user or not as soon as you click the Add to Cart button If you see below message simply enter a different and click Add to Cart again ...

Page 51: ... to the next page fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below Create an username and a password here This will be used in the NVR s configuration Enter a valid email ad dress as well Enter the security code Check to agree the license Click to finish creating the account ...

Page 52: ...stration in the Do main Name field 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 Disconnected message it means that DDNS service server is down or the NVR is not connected to the Internet If everything is ok normally you should be prompted with a su...

Page 53: ...k with the DynDNS server once 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 waiting for the NVR to update itself in the next hour However it is advised not to do so too often as DynDNS disallow repetitive updates within a short period of time and the...

Page 54: ...play time of event logs and when they actually oc cur After selecting the time zone choose an option below to set the re corder time Manual Use the drop down list and configure the time manually Sync with NTP server enter the hostname or IP address of a valid NTP server and set how often the recorder should synchronize the time with it by using the Update interval drop down menu Sync with PC Check...

Page 55: ...l login To change the password 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 Informa tion 3 Enter a new password in the Password field and enter it again in Confirm Password To add a new user Enter a username and password in User Account Information All oth er fields are optional for your own re...

Page 56: ...uilt in groups and five built in privi lege profiles 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 assign more than one users to the admin account if you wish to do so The guest account comes with a view only privilege in the Live View page and users in this group do n...

Page 57: ...e what type of privilege you would 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 allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults ...

Page 58: ...t it can be ready for recording You can obtain 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 instructions to install a hard disk to the recorder refer to page 9 To obtain detail information about the disk go to System Options Disk Status ...

Page 59: ...To initialize it simply click the Format button You can also connect external USB thumb drive to the recorder for firmware upgrade For instructions to install a hard disk to the recorder refer to page 9 To obtain detail information about the disk go to System Options Disk Status To bring a disk online click Format If one or more disks you installed are not shown in the Disk Setup page it means it ...

Page 60: ...lish 60 Create RAID 0 Volume To create a RAID 0 volume two internal disks must be presented in the system Click on the RAID Volume tab and make sure there are two disks under the Internal Hard Disk List Select Create RAID 0 from Disk Actions drop down menu ...

Page 61: ...e will be displayed to confirm the action as creating a RAID volume or converting to a different RAID volume will result in ALL DATA LOSS The process will begin and wait for the screen to refresh You should be prompted with below message once the process is fin ished successfully ...

Page 62: ...e listed under the RAID Volume table with the status Offline To bring the RAID volume online go to the Hard Disk List which you should now see the RAID volume as Disk ID 1 simply click Format A warning message should be displayed notifying such action will erase all data on the disk RAID volume simply click OK to con tinue ...

Page 63: ...an convert to another RAID type or JBOD volume at anytime after a RAID volume has been created 3 Converting to a different RAID type or delete RAID will result in ALL DATA LOSS 4 Once a RAID volume is deleted both disks will be come offline and only the first internal disk will be listed in the Hard Disk List page and only this disk can be formatted 5 If there are multiple partitions presented in ...

Page 64: ...fails when one of the internal disks fails You should the warning message at the top of the NVR web UI Click on the warning message should direct you to the Disk Setup page click on the RAID Volume tab to see more details Only Disk 2 is presented in the Internal Hard Disk List It means Disk is failed ...

Page 65: ...ew camera Users have the option 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 should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly Go ahead and click Install ...

Page 66: ...ra Information section Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera 5 Once the camera s settings are polled and displayed you can also enable continuous recording and adjust its recording quality set tings before adding the camera Some cameras are capable of multiple streaming profiles in which different video codecs are used for different purposes You will be able...

Page 67: ...two types of fps settings here one is the fps that NVR sets back to the camera and this is the fps NVR will be receiving from the camera The other is recording fps which will be limited by the live fps ex if the live fps is set to 10 choosing Full in the recording fps meaning it will only record at 10fps maximum For MPEG H 264 only i frame or full i p frame can be selected for recording fps ...

Page 68: ...Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the Search function enter the camera s IP address and cre dential in the Camera Information manually then follow step 5 6 described above Enter manually 1 2 For single stream camera only the recording fps can be adjusted ...

Page 69: ... display options if you would also like the re corder 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 entering an X Y coordinate or use the system pre defined position from the drop down menu 4 Click on the Preview button to see the preview of your setting and click Ap...

Page 70: ... This is helpful if you need to 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 from the Position Number drop down menu and fill in a name in the Position Name field for easier identification 3 Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page ...

Page 71: ...e this preset point a Home point 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 also complete configuration in Event Configuration Event Trig ger ...

Page 72: ... To configure preset sequence for a camera select a channel from the Channel drop down menu The available preset points should be listed in Camera Presets sec tion Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the button to move them to the Preset Sequence section then use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequencing positions Finally select a dwell time from the drop down menu and c...

Page 73: ...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 function which as a result helps users take all the nec essary actions when an unusual event occurs To replace the map click Browse button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click Upload Only JPG PNG and GIF...

Page 74: ...he camera icon to move the camera 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 Map and you can double click on the video to enlarge it ...

Page 75: ...from different locations To configure 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 in to a smaller area by using the mouse scroll button You can also go to a specific place on the map by entering its address or the name of the place in the Address or pl...

Page 76: ... and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E Map monitor function You can click anywhere on the map and hold down the mouse left button then drag to move the map itself You can then access the Google Map Monitor from the top menu ...

Page 77: ...hen it will be triggered Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it s necessary Start the event configuration by defining the general settings Define when an event will be triggered Choose Always or Only during under Event Trigger Duration For the Only during option choose the days by using the check box and then define the time range in those days in...

Page 78: ...triggers from a particular camera s input port and trigger a de vice 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 with the recorder s DI DO ports 1 For cameras that come with physical digital input ports their ports will be listed in the far left drop down menu 2 Pick the desire...

Page 79: ...gger source be configured at a 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 trigger source you will not be able to select motion detection as the trigger source for this camera under Event Configurations Event Trigger setup page The image s that...

Page 80: ... or a disk failure the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format image txt to a destined event server according to the configuration Configuring an FTP server To add an FTP server 1 Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 2 Enter the FQDN or the IP address of the FTP server 3 Enter the communication port of the FTP server usually port 21 ...

Page 81: ...red or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6 Click Test to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully 7 Click Add for the settings to take effect If you wish to edit remove enable disable an FTP server click to highlight one from the profile list and choose the corresponding action button checkbox ...

Page 82: ...he 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 pass word of the SMTP server if it requires authentication 6 Click Apply to save the configuration The NVR supports SMTP servers that use base64 or MD5 authenti cation methods 3rd party free E mail services such as Gmail Hotmail or Yahoo mail are not supported ...

Page 83: ...ey 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 desired channels Once motion detection is enabled in this page please configure the motion area and enable motion detection in the corresponding channels cameras The NVR only detects the first motion area set in the camera The NVR recognizes the first ...

Page 84: ... trigger the recorder to send out notifications 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 the UPnP Port Forwarding is enabled in both the NVR and the router ...

Page 85: ...ecordings performed on each channels It can help the recorder to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate You can define the following in General Settings Pre Alarm Post Alarm recording length Recording frame rate Define to always keep a number of days of previously recorded data Enable disable different recording...

Page 86: ... select one of the pre defined frame rates for a particular recording type The Pre alarm function only works when the Continueous recording is also activated You are able to use the same video format for recordings or you can choose other formats for different recording purposes if it s a multi stream capable camera If you chose to use a different video format for recording you are able to adjust ...

Page 87: ... function will then start but it will ensure that the number of days of recording 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 number of days of recording data from these two particular point of time backward The Camera Recording Setting section al...

Page 88: ...1 Use the Channel drop down menu 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 vertically 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 recordi...

Page 89: ...stead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time ta ble 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 duration 4 Select the Copy to option if you would like to set the same re cording schedule to another camera ...

Page 90: ... status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firm ware restore backup device settings or reboot device etc 3 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 current network settings and status ...

Page 91: ...es basic information for troubleshooting 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 hard drive Restore the NVR s settings from a previously saved configuration file Reset the NVR s settings to their factory default values ...

Page 92: ...irmware to take effect Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted be cause the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder Simply click Restart to begin the reboot process and confirm the action The restart process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the Maintenance page after it is complete ...

Page 93: ... English 93 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically You can also configure the NVR to restart automatically by using the options given in the web UI You can set the NVR to restart at a par ticular hour of a specific day during a week or a month ...

Page 94: ...mal that you may only see tar as the the gz file extension is hidden by default in Windows You will get in correct file format error message if the file extension is altered Certain personal firewall may also cause such problem A Upgrade through Web UI 1 Login into NVR s web management UI Go to Setup page and go to System Options Maintenance 2 On Upgrade NVR s Firmware section click Browse and sel...

Page 95: ... the USB disk 3 Plug USB flash disk into USB port on the NVR 4 The Status LED on the NVR will start to flash in amber This indi cates firmware upgrade is in process 5 Warning Please wait until upgrade process finished inter rupt the upgrade process may cause system not work anymore 6 Wait until Status LED flashes in green This indicates firmware up grade is finished 7 Power off the NVR and remove ...

Page 96: ...nual English 96 Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default click Default but ton and begin the proces The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the Live View page after it is complete ...

Page 97: ...5 4 DO Status This is where you can get the current status of the NVR s digital out put 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 that is currently installed in the NVR ...

Page 98: ...at allows users to backup the recording 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 under System Options to see if the USB disk has been detected by the NVR ...

Page 99: ...isted in the drop down menu displaying the remaining 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 data from Maximum 4 channels can be selected at once Configure the start and end time of the recording data you would like to backup and click the Backup button to begin ...

Page 100: ...e If multiple partitions are presented in one disk only the first par titition will be detected and used for backup Process Progress will be displayed on the UI If the backup process gets interrupted which the process stops at a point of time that is before the END Time user defined such time will be displayed on the UI A folder will be automatically created in the USB hard disk with a name format...

Page 101: ... the backup file with the NVR Media 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 prompted for you to select the file location ...

Page 102: ...anual English 102 When done click 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 to begin playing ...

Page 103: ...SVR 500 Series Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 103 The player should now play the backed up file ...

Page 104: ...ime You can enable UPS support to prevent data loss when an unexpected power failure occurs To enable local UPS support NVR acting as UPS server 1 Connect the compatible USB UPS to the NVR 2 Turn on the NVR 3 Go to NVR Setup System Options UPS Configurations and check Enable UPS Support option You can adjust how long the UPS stays on to provide backup electric ity to the NVR after a power failure ...

Page 105: ...acting as UPS slave 1 Go to NVR Setup System Options UPS Configurations and check Enable UPS Support option 2 Enter the IP address of the NVR running as UPS server The NVR with USB UPS physically attached to Please make sure both NVRs UPS server and slave are on the same local network to ensure the communication between the two Please make sure both NVRs are plugged into the outlets that connect t...

Page 106: ...gy com tw 2007 SEEnergy Corp The SEEnergy logo is a registered trademark of SEEnergy Corp All other company names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies The specification is subject to change without prior notice SEEnergy endeavors to ensure that the information in this document is correct and faily stated but does not accept liability for any error or o...

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