ACTi MNR-310 Installation Guide

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MNR-310

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About This Manual

Target Audience

This manual is intended for System Administrators who are responsible for installing and setting up ACTi MNR-310 surveillance system. The reader is expected to know the fundamentals of IP surveillance system integration and to own the administrative privileges to achieve all the tasks.

You may also check http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter for updates or release information about this software and document.

Content Overview

This manual provides information needed for planning the installation, installing, setting up the system and configuring the video streaming devices. Its main content consists of the following three sections:

Getting Started provides the preparatory knowledge you should study before starting

installation, such as license registration and backup/restore procedures.

Log in to the System explains how to log in to the system right after a successful

installation.

System Setup gives instructions on the tasks such as adding devices to the system,

configuring the device settings, scheduling the recordings, managing events, managing storage, managing groups/users and setting up Live View. For each major task, you will be given a brief introduction of operation principles, step-by-step instructions, and a simple method to check if you have done it correctly.

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Tool

Installation Documentation

Plug-in for Lenel OnGuard

Plug-in for Lenel OnGuard Installation Guide

Related Documentation

Since this manual focuses on how to accomplish the tasks for system installation and configurations, there is very limited information about operation-wise directions for End Users who will be operating the NVR server system. To obtain the instructions on use of the NVR applications such as monitoring and playback, please download the latest ACTi MNR-310 User’s Manual from ACTi Download Center http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter

Technical support

If you have any questions during system installation, please feel free to contact our engineers via our Customer Help Desk platform at http://www.acti.com/CHD.

System Integration

NVR 3.0 is supported by other products via integration tools. Please follow the instructions in the installation guide to complete the installation and system configuration.

You can find both the tool and its installation documentation on

http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter

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Important Notice

Tip

The content within this box is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative method to easily or quickly achieve an objective, usually for specific conditions.

The content within this box is an important notice. This notice is important for you to get certain functions to work properly, or to prevent from certain potential problems that may damage your system. Make sure you read this notice and follow the instructions.

Note

The content within this box is a note. A note is some necessary information you need to know about the action you are currently taking, like what will happen after you follow or don’t follow certain procedure.

Conventions Used in This Manual

The following are typographic conventions used in this manual:

 Bold indicates keywords, major functions of NVR, or a title of a section/column.  Italic is used for a filename or location path.  Underlined is used for a document name or hyperlink.  “Bold” indicates the name of a button, a menu or a choice item.

Some notices are placed within the following boxes; each type of the box indicates different purposes or levels of importance for system:

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Legal Notice

Disclaimer

The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes.

ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

The English version of this document is the official one for all purposes. All the translated

versions are provided as a convenience. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translations of any other languages are not legally binding.

Trademarks

ACTi Connecting Vision and its logo are registered trademarks of ACTi

Corporation.

Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

All other product or company names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Regulatory Compliance Information

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by tuning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

WARNING: Changes or modifications to the equipment that are not expressly approved by the responsible party for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

European Community Compliance Statement

This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to European Standard EN 55022 and EN 55024. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which cause the user be require to take adequate measures.

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Table of Contents

1 About This Manual 2

Target Audience ........................................................................................ 2

Content Overview ..................................................................................... 2

Related Documentation ........................................................................... 3

Technical support ..................................................................................... 3

System Integration ................................................................................... 3

Conventions Used in This Manual .......................................................... 4

2 Legal Notice 5

Disclaimer ................................................................................................. 5

Trademarks ............................................................................................... 5

Regulatory Compliance Information ....................................................... 6

3 Table of Contents 7

4 Overview 13

Product Overview ................................................................................... 13

Server / Client Architecture ................................................................... 14

5 Getting Started 15

What’s in the Box.................................................................................... 15

At a Glance .............................................................................................. 16

4G/LTE Module Installation (Optional) .................................................. 18

WiFi Module Installation (Optional) ....................................................... 21

GPS Module Installation (Optional) ....................................................... 24

Power Ignition Control Module Installation (Optional) ........................ 28

Hard Disk Installation ............................................................................. 31

Connect the Devices .............................................................................. 33

Start the Unit ........................................................................................... 34

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Enter Windows ........................................................................................ 35

Definitions of LED Indicators ................................................................ 36

Turn Off the Unit ..................................................................................... 36

Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording ............................................. 37

Observe Disk Status ............................................................................... 42

License and Activation ........................................................................... 43

Online Activation .......................................................................... 44

Offline Activation .......................................................................... 44

Step-by-step Activation Process .................................................. 45

Online Activation SOP 45 Offline Activation SOP 46

Verify Your License ...................................................................... 47

6 System Installation Check List 48

7 Log In to the System 50

Access the NVR Server via NVR3 Workstation .................................... 50

Local Workstation Client Login ..................................................... 51

A. Enter Account & Password 51 B. Choose the Initial Page 51 C. Language 51 D. Remember Login Information and Auto Login 51 E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password 52

Remote Workstation Client Login ................................................. 52

A. Server IP & Server Port 52 B. Enter Account & Password 52 C. Choose the Initial Page 52 D. Language 53 E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login 53 F. Retrieve the Forgotten Password 53 G. Server Name/Server Sites List 53

Access the NVR Server via Internet Explorer ...................................... 55

Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests 55

Condition 1: Why can’t I access NVR server via web browser? 55 Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in? 57

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A. Enter Account & Password 59 B. Change UI language 59 C. Remember Account/Password 59 D. Retrieve the Forgotten Password 59

8 Set up the System 60

Setup Wizard ........................................................................................... 60

System Settings ........................................................................... 61

Storage ........................................................................................ 61

NVR Main Screen .................................................................................... 63

Live View ...................................................................................... 63

Playback ...................................................................................... 63

Setup............................................................................................ 63

Add Devices ............................................................................................ 64

Search Devices Within Local Area Network ................................. 65

Search Devices Within Local Area Network with ONVIF .............. 66

Add Devices on WAN or Other Local Area Networks ................... 67

Basic Settings Attributes 68

Device Status ............................................................................... 70

Status Icon Description 70

Add Non-ACTi Cameras .............................................................. 71

Manage Multiple Devices ....................................................................... 73

Modify Basic Connection Settings ................................................ 73

Delete Devices ............................................................................. 73

Copy Settings Across Devices ..................................................... 74

Add Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device ......................... 75

Configure Device Settings ..................................................................... 76

Configure Video Format ............................................................... 76

Video Settings Attributes 76

Save Storage by Setting Event Recording Frame Rate ............... 77

Schedule Recording 77 Event Recording 77 Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment 78 How to Make Use of Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment 78

Fine-tune the Image ..................................................................... 79

Video Adjustment Attributes 80

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Configure Motion Settings ............................................................ 82

Adjustment Attributes 83

Configure Storage Card Settings ................................................. 84

Configure PTZ Device .................................................................. 85

Adjustment Attributes 86 How to Do Live PTZ Operation 87

Set PTZ Preset Points.................................................................. 89

Set PTZ Preset Tour ..................................................................... 90

Configure Fisheye Cameras ........................................................ 91

Schedule Recordings ............................................................................. 95

Configure the Recording File Properties ...................................... 95

Attributes Explanation 95

Set the Schedule .......................................................................... 96

Use Time Setting Quick Buttons to Set the Time in One Click 97 Lock Specific Days 98

Copy an Existing Schedule to Others ........................................ 100

View the Entire Recording Schedule .......................................... 101

Event Management ............................................................................... 102

How Does NVR Handle Events .................................................. 102

How to Edit an Event Rule ......................................................... 103

Manage the Event Rules ............................................................ 107

View the Event Rules 107 Delete the Event Rules 108

How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules ........................... 108

How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules .............................. 109

System Log ........................................................................................... 110

Define Search Time .................................................................... 111

Choose Log Type ................................................................ ........ 111

Read the Log ............................................................................. 112

Export the Log ............................................................................ 113

Storage Management ........................................................................... 114

Change Recordings Folder Name .............................................. 114

Set System Log Lifecycle ........................................................... 114

Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule ............... 115

Manage User Groups/ Users ............................................................... 116

Overview .................................................................................... 116

User Groups ............................................................................... 117

Add Users ................................ ................................ .................. 119

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Domain Users Management ...................................................... 121

Customize Views ................................................................ .................. 122

Step 1: Create a New View ........................................................ 123

Step 2: Enter Edit Mode ............................................................. 123

Step 3: Select a Layout .............................................................. 123

Step 4: Add Video Source .......................................................... 124

Step 5: Add a Map ..................................................................... 124

Step 6: Add Devices to the Map ................................................. 126

Step 7: Adjust the Channel Size & Layout.................................. 127

Step 8: Save the View ................................................................ 128

Step 9: Set Default View ............................................................ 128

Step 10: Set Default Hotspot Channel (Optional) ....................... 128

Step 11: Set Fisheye Camera Mode .......................................... 128

Manage the Views...................................................................... 130

Set View Link ............................................................................. 131

Set View Patrol .......................................................................... 131

Tips to Enhance Live View Performance.................................... 133

Customize System Language .............................................................. 135

System Languages List .............................................................. 135

Display Configurations ........................................................................ 138

Video & Snapshot Export Configurations .......................................... 139

Joystick ................................................................................................. 140

Joystick Configurations .............................................................. 140

NVR System Upgrade ........................................................................... 141

Install the Software .................................................................... 141

Workstation Installation and Upgrade ................................................ 145

Install or Upgrade the Software .................................................. 145

Back Up System Data ........................................................................... 147

Step 1: Back up System Settings ............................................... 147

Step 2: Back up Recording Files Folder (Optional) .................... 148

Step 3: Back up Recording Files Index Folder (Optional) .......... 148

Step 4: System Log (Optional) ................................................... 148

Restore System Data ............................................................................ 149

Advanced Administrative Tasks .......................................................... 150

NVR Server Status ..................................................................... 150

Change Server Port ................................................................... 150

Change Authentication Method .................................................. 151

Switch to Redundancy Server ............................................................. 152

License Registration .................................................................. 152

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Set up Redundancy Server ........................................................ 155

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Microsoft ® Windows Embedded Standard 7 Professional

NVR 3.0

Server

NVR 3.0

Workstation

Overview

Product Overview

MNR-310 is a compact and reliable multi-channel transportation standalone NVR. It contains a pre-installed Windows operating system, and ACTi NVR 3.0 video management software along with client software.

This unit is composed of: Computer

PC with Microsoft ® Windows Embedded Standard 7 Professional operating system pre-installed.

NVR 3.0 Server System A video management software that allows this PC to become a server, where the system administrator performs the administrative tasks and NVR server services (event handling, schedule recording, media streaming, etc) take place.

NVR 3.0 Client Application

The dedicated client application of the NVR 3.0 system - NVR3 Workstation, allowing the user to directly access the NVR 3.0 system interface. A remote client can also access this system via network.

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Server / Client Architecture

NVR 3.0 is a typical web-based server/client system. In a video surveillance system architecture, the Server serves as a video management service provider, aimed to run 24/7 offering non-stop services for clients. A Client makes requests of monitoring video streams or playback recordings to Server, which can reside on the same computer with server program (as from local) or on another computer (as from remote). Server starts automatically as soon as the Server computer (where it is installed) boots up, and operates in the background without requiring login by administrator. It would provide services over the TCP/IP network to multiple Clients upon request through HTTP Protocol.

There are two types of Clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client. A user, connecting from whether web browser or workstation, will enjoy the same user interface and NVR functions.

 Web Client: the web version of interface to access the NVR server without need of installing

any client program to become a client. Logging in the NVR server is as simple as visiting a website through IE browser.

 Workstation Client: the client application accessing the NVR server free from the use of

browser .The workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR server.

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MNR-310 Unit x 1

3 4 5

Quick Installation Guide x 1

Warranty Card x 1 Power Cord x 1

Removable Hard Disk Bays x 2

(Installed on the unit)

8 7 9

Installation Accessories

WiFi Module x 1 (Optional)

GPS Module x 1 (Optional)

4G/LTE Module x 1 (Optional)

Power ignition control module x 1 (Optional)

Getting Started

What’s in the Box

This product package includes the following items:

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No.

Description

No.

Description



Power Switch



USB 2.0 Ports



SIM Card Slot



Buttons and

System Status LEDs



Line-out Jack



Hard Disk Bays



Mic-in Jack

System Power

LAN1 Connection Link Status

LAN2 Connection Link Status

Hard Disk Activity

LAN1 Connection Network Activity

LAN2 Connection Network Activity

At a Glance

Front Panel

     

 Buttons and System Status LEDs

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Description

No.

Description



HDMI Port



COM1 Port



VGA Port



DC-out Jack (12V)



e-SATA Port



DC-in Jack (6V~36V)



USB 2.0 Ports

Antenna Hole with Cover



LAN1 Port

COM2 Port



LAN2 Port

Power Ignition Jack



















Rear Panel

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4G/LTE Module x 1 Antenna x 1 RF Cable x 1 2 Rings (1 Hexagonal, 1 Circular) 2 Mounting Screws

Front Panel of MNR

Rear Panel of MNR

4G/LTE Module Slot

4G/LTE Module Installation (Optional)

For your standalone NVR, you may have purchased the additional 4G/LTE module that can provide your NVR with 4G/LTE mobile connectivity. When installing, please make sure your device is turned off, and follow the steps below:

Step 1: Remove the MNR’s chassis cover

Loosen and remove the six screws on the top cover. Lift up the cover to reveal the main board.

Step 2: Prepare all parts provided for your 4G/LTE module

Step 3: Locate the slot for your 4G/LTE module

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Circular Ring

RF Cable

Antenna Jack

Step 4: Insert 4G/LTE module into the slot

After locating the slot for 4G/LTE, insert your module into the slot at a 45-degree angle until the gold-plated connector on the edge of the module disappears into the slot:

Step 5: Secure the module with mounting screws

Push the module down and secure it with the two mounting screws provided:

Step 6: Insert antenna jacks into the antenna holes

Remove one of the antenna hole covers. Place the circular ring on the antenna jack of the RF cable and insert the antenna jack into the antenna hole. Make sure the flat side of the antenna jack is facing upwards, to slide smoothly into the antenna hole:

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Hexagonal Ring

Antenna (screw clockwise)

Step 7: Secure antenna jack with the hexagonal ring

Secure the antenna jack by placing the hexagonal ring on the antenna jack. Turn clockwise until it is tightly in place:

Step 8: Attach the RF cable of the antenna jack onto the module

Attach the RF cable of the antenna jack onto the module, as shown below. Push down on the RF cable until it “clicks” into place:

Step 9: Connect the external antenna to the antenna jack

Connect the external antenna to the antenna jack by turning it clockwise until it is tightly in place:

Step 10: Secure the chassis cover back onto the body of the MNR

Step 11: Insert your SIM card into the SIM card slot.

Make sure the SIM connector on the SIM card faces downward

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WiFi Module x 1 Antenna x 1 RF Cable x 1 2 Rings (1 Hexagonal, 1 Circular) 2 Mounting Screws

Front Panel of MNR

Rear Panel of MNR

WiFi Module Slot

WiFi Module Installation (Optional)

For your standalone NVR, you may have purchased the additional WiFi module that can provide your NVR with WiFi mobile connectivity. When installing, please make sure your device is turned off, and follow the steps below:

Step 1: Remove the MNR’s chassis cover

Loosen and remove the six screws on the top cover. Lift up the cover to reveal the main board.

Step 2: Prepare all parts provided for your WiFi module

Step 3: Locate the slot for your 4G/LTE module

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Circular Ring

RF Cable

Antenna Jack

Step 4: Insert WiFi module into the slot

After locating the slot for WiFi, insert your module into the slot at a 45-degree angle until the gold-plated connector on the edge of the module disappears into the slot:

Step 5: Secure the module with mounting screws

Push the module down and secure it with the two mounting screws provided:

Step 6: Insert antenna jacks into the antenna holes

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Hexagonal Ring

Antenna (screw clockwise)

Step 7: Secure antenna jack with the hexagonal ring

Secure the antenna jack by placing the hexagonal ring on the antenna jack. Turn clockwise until it is tightly in place:

Step 8: Attach the RF cable of the antenna jack onto the module

Attach the RF cable of the antenna jack onto the module, as shown below. Push down on the RF cable until it “clicks” into place:

Step 9: Connect the external antenna to the antenna jack

Connect the external antenna to the antenna jack by turning it clockwise until it is tightly in place:

Step 10: Secure the chassis cover back onto the body of the MNR

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Front Panel of MNR

Rear Panel of MNR

GPS Module Location

GPS Module x 1 Module Connector x 1 GPS Antenna x 1 RF Cable x 1 2 Rings (1 Hexagonal, 1 Circular) 2 Mounting Screws

GPS Module Installation (Optional)

For your standalone NVR, you may have purchased the additional GPS module that can provide your NVR with GPS data. When installing, please make sure your device is turned off, and follow the steps below:

Step 1: Remove the MNR’s chassis cover

Loosen and remove the six screws on the top cover. Lift up the cover to reveal the main board.

Step 2: Prepare all parts provided for your GPS module

Step 3: Find the location for your GPS module

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Circular Ring

RF Cable

Antenna Jack

Step 4: Secure the module with mounting screws

Step 5: Connect the GPS module connector to the GPS connector (J8) on the motherboard

Step 6: Insert antenna jacks into the antenna holes

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Hexagonal Ring

Antenna (screw clockwise)

Step 7: Secure antenna jack with the hexagonal ring

Secure the antenna jack by placing the hexagonal ring on the antenna jack. Turn clockwise until it is tightly in place:

Step 8: Attach the RF cable of the antenna jack onto the module

Attach the RF cable of the antenna jack onto the module, as shown below. Push down on the RF cable until it “clicks” into place:

Step 9: Connect the external antenna to the antenna jack

Connect the external antenna to the antenna jack by turning it clockwise until it is tightly in place:

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Step 10: Secure the body of the GPS onto your vehicle

Step 10: Secure the chassis cover back onto the body of the MNR

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GND

POWER IN (9V~36V)

ACC IN (IGNITION)

Power Ignition Control Module x 1 5-pin Block Connector x1 6-pin Block Connector x1 S3-to-Power Ignition Port Cable x 1

Battery

Ignition

Power Ignition Control Module Installation (Optional)

For your standalone NVR, you may have purchased the additional power ignition control module that can provide your NVR with stable power, as well as ensure that the device is well-shielded against premature failure at the boot or shutdown phase. When installing, please make sure your device is turned off, and follow the steps below:

Step 1: Prepare all parts provided for your power ignition control module

Step 2: Prepare a cable to connect your vehicle battery and ignition to the power ignition control module. Connect the vehicle battery and ignition to the module’s power input socket.

Attach and secure the 5-pin block connector to the power ignition control module’s power input socket, marked as “DC Input (9V~36V)”:

Connect the vehicle battery and ignition to the module’s power input socket by referring to the wiring definition below:

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Main Power Out

GND

LVDS GND

LVDS POWER OUT (+12V / 1A)

Step 2: Connect the module’s DC output to the MNR 310’s DC input

Attach and secure the 6-pin block connector to the power ignition control module’s power output socket, marked as “DC Output”:

Connect the module’s DC output socket to MNR 310’s DC input using the power cord provided with your MNR 310 by referring to the wiring definition and illustration below:

Step 3: Connect the module’s S3 control port to the MNR 310’s power ignition.

Attach and secure the 3-pin block connector provided with your MNR-310 device to the power ignition socket on your MNR:

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SLP_S3 IN (Input)

GND

Power ON Button (Output)

Settings for 12V DC input, 12V DC output

Settings for power on delay (10 sec), power off delay (20 sec)

Connect the module’s S3 control port to the MNR 310’s power ignition with the S3-to-Power Ignition Port Cable by referring to the wiring definition and illustration below:

Step 4: Adjust voltage setting to be suitable for your environment.

Refer to the “NISKIG120 Quick Reference Guide” provided with your power ignition control module for your settings. An example is provided below. For environments with 12V DC input and 12DC output, adjust your power ignition control module’s SW1 #7 and #8 to “ON”, as pictured below:

Step 4: Adjust power on/off delay timer to your desired settings

Refer to the “NISKIG120 Quick Reference Guide” provided with your power ignition control module for your settings. An example is provided below. To achieve a delay of 10 seconds before powering on and a delay of 20 seconds before powering off, adjust your power ignition control module’s SW2 # 1 and #2 to “ON”, as pictured below:

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Hard Disk Installation

For video recordings, you should install at least ONE certified 2.5-inch SATA hard disk. Be sure to use the hard disk models ACTi has tested to be compatible with MNR-310, and it is strongly recommended that you use hard disks of the same model and capacity. You may find the certified models via http://www.acti.com/hddselector.

The actual necessary space depends on the number of devices, recording and event rules settings. To get an approximate value, you may use ACTi software tool Bandwidth & Storage Calculator at http://www.acti.com/storagecalculator.

You can install up to 2 disks in to Storage Disk Bays.

Step 1: Remove the Tray

Loosen the two hand screws by turning them

counter-clockwise

Once they are loosened, pull the empty tray out

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Locked

Step 2: Mount the Disk

Secure the hard disk on the Tray with the four disk screws provided, and make sure the

disk connector faces towards the end of the tray.

Step 3: Install the Tray

Push the tray back into the bay

Step 4: Secure the Tray

Lock the hand screws with your fingers. Press and hold the screw heads while turning them

clock-wise until they are securely in place.

Repeat Step 1-4 to finish installing all the storage disks.

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Step

Description



Connect the monitor to MNR. (Local display can support up to 2 different ports at the same time: HDMI + VGA)



Connect the USB keyboard and mouse to MNR



Finish setting up your eSATA storage device if needed (e.g. RAID configuration for multiple disks), connect it to MNR and power it on. MNR will recognize it as a normal single hard disk.



Connect the network switch to MNR via one of the LAN ports



Plug the power adapter into MNR and electricity outlet. If your MNR’s set up includes a power ignition control module, refer to POWER IGNITION CONTROL MODULE

INSTALLATION for proper installation.



Connect MNR to the Internet if remote management via the Internet is required

Tip

MNR supports iSCSI NAS. For detailed information on how to use iSCSI NAS with MNR, please refer to our article introducing Using iSCSI NAS with NVR.

1 2 3

Internet

Connect the Devices

Follow the procedures to connect the devices. These devices are supposed to be connected in the sequence shown below.

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Start the Unit

To start the unit, press down the Power Button, the System Power LED Indicator will light up and turn solid yellow.

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Enter Windows

After the unit starts, key in “123456” to log in as Administrator to Windows Embedded 7 system.

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Indicator

LED Status

Description

HDD Activity

Flashing

There is read or write activity.

Indicator

LED Status

Description

System Power

Solid

The unit is powered on

Link1 Link2

Solid Green

1000Mbps connection detected

Solid Orange

100Mbps connection detected

Off (network cable connected)

10Mbps connection detected

Off (network cable disconnected)

No connection detected

ACT1 ACT2

Blinking Green

There is data activity

Off

No activity detected

Definitions of LED Indicators

System LED Indicators:

HDD LED Indicators:

Turn Off the Unit

The device may be turned off by using the Shut Down functions provided by Windows:

 .

The Power Status LED Indicator will go off right after the device is turned off.

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Volume

Type

Description

Simple

This volume type is the most basic method to make one disk a single logical volume.

Spanned

(JBOD)

This type is also called JBOD (Just a Bunch of Drives), combing two or more disks as a large single logical volume. This method does not offer any advantage in terms of reading / writing speeds, parity or redundancy but sacrifices no disk space because the total storage equals to the sum of the each individual disk storage. However, since the data is written to the physical disks sequentially, any failure of a single disk is likely to fail the whole array.

Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording

Before the installed hard disks and eSATA storage device can start recording, they must be initialized and recognized by Windows embedded 7 operating system. Besides regarding each hard disk as a single volume, MNR is able to combine multiple hard disks as a one single volume of large storage size due to RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology, and define how the data is stored on those hard disks regarding the protection against the physical failure of one or more hard disks. In this chapter, you will be provided with the knowledge of different RAID types and the instructions on RAID configurations to help you manage your storage system.

Software RAID

Windows 7 operating system provides built-in software RAID, and the software RAID task of

Windows runs on the computer’s CPU, requiring no extra hardware attached to the computer.

In Windows, a single accessible storage file system is referred as a Volume. When you are making the volume, you will need to select the volume type, which corresponds to a certain RAID type. The supported volume types are listed below with descriptions so that you will be able to choose the suitable RAID type for your video surveillance project. After hard disks are installed correctly, use Windows Disk Management to create disk volumes, and configure software RAID on multiple disks in the mean time.

Volume Type Introduction

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Striped

(RAID 0)

RAID 0 combines multiple hard drives into one larger volume. The data is split between these disks. Under this configuration every inserted disk will be used for storing data. No disks are used for data backup purposes. Should one of the disks be damaged, the recordings on all disks will be lost and are not recoverable, and the use of all remaining disks will be suspended until the broken disk has been replaced and the whole RAID configuration has been reset.

Mirrored

(RAID 1)

RAID 1 is a solution designed to make mirror copy of from one disk onto one or more disks for recovery purposes. In case of ACTi Standalone NVR servers, you need to have exactly 2 disks to configure RAID 1. Since the 2nd disk is used as a mirror of the first disk, the total available storage will be twice smaller compared to RAID 0. On the other hand, if one of the two disks fails then the system will still keep running on another disk without any problems. Once you replace the damaged hard disk, all the information will be copied from a healthy disk into the newly added disk, to recover a healthy RAID 1 condition.

Volume Type

Simple

Spanned

Striped

Mirrored

Corresponding RAID Type

JBOD

RAID 0

RAID 1

Minimum Number of

Disks required

1 2 2

Capacity

V1+V2+…+VN

min

x N

min

*Storage Efficiency



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

Fault Tolerance

None



Write Speed















Read Speed













Volume Type Comparison

N = the number of disks

= the volume of the disk with the smallest volume in the array

min

*This result is obtained based on the assumption that the disks are of the same volume size.

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Create Volume and Configure Software RAID

1. Click Window Start , in Windows Search Box, input “Computer Management”,

and enter this utility.

2. Select “Disk Management”, right-click on a disk title and select “Initialize Disk”. Check all the disks you have installed, choose “GPT” as the partition type and then click “OK”.

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3. Right-click on a disk title again, select “Convert to Dynamic Disk…”, check all the installed disks and then click “OK”.

4. Right-click on a disk and select the volume type to make a new volume.

A Volume Wizard will come up to bring you through the configuration process. Make sure you assign the desired Drive Letter and Volume Label to the volume via the wizard.

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5. After the volume is created, this drive will be shown on Volume list, and is ready for recording. You may follow the instructions in Storage Management on page 114 to assign certain volumes to do the recording.

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Not recording

Disk is full Disk is not available

Observe Disk Status

It may happen that one of your disks goes into failed status after the NVR system starts recording for a long period. Most times, a disk does not fail suddenly, but goes into failed status because the number of bad sectors on it has exceeded the minimum required level to maintain normal operation. On NVR Live View interface, the recording status and system events can help you make an initial assessment of the overall disk condition.

On Device List, if the recording is proceeding normally, the red “recording” icon will

appear next to the device icon. If all the icons are missing when the NVR is supposed to perform schedule recording, your storage disk might have gone into abnormal status.

Event list will also display two kinds of abnormal disk status – Disk Full and Disk Not

Found.

You may take the following steps to make a simple diagnosis.

1. Confirm the schedule-recording setting

Go to Setup page  Schedule tab, and modify the recording schedule if it is not correctly configured.

2. Check Disk Drive List

Go to Setup page  Storage tab.  If the disk drive is missing from Disk Drive List, please shut down the NVR and

re-install the hard drive.

 If the disk is full, a warning icon will appear next to the Drive, please

configure the recording rule setting. The NVR server will start recording again after the new setting is applied.

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License and Activation

Before managing the IP cameras via an NVR server, you will be required to purchase the license for the channels on the NVR server, and activate the license before connecting to the IP cameras. The License Key, provided by ACTi sales representative once your purchase of license is carried out, will be used to activate the license. After the license activation, the channels on the NVR server will automatically become available.

Aside from ACTi brand devices, MNR-310 is able to support other vendors’ devices. The channels for ACTi brand devices and for non-ACTi brand devices are licensed by different license types.

- Standard License: Channels for ACTi brand devices

- CDP License: Channels for other vendors’ devices

(For supported non-ACTi cameras list, please refer to http://www.acti.com/3rdpartycamera)

Please be aware of the following information about the license:

1. The license is cumulative and perpetual.

2. The license is not version-specific, and upgrading software version will not influence the

existing license you have activated on MNR-310.

3. The number of CDP licensed channels (for non-ACTi brand devices) and that of standard

licensed channels (for ACTi devices) are counted separately.

4. Any device added through ONVIF (either ACTi or non-ACTi devices) will also need to be

licensed. The license type used will solely be based on the brand of the device.

5. In MNR-310, there are 16 standard licensed channels which are already activated in the

NVR system. The maximum number of the devices (ACTi brand + non-ACTi brands) that can be managed by MNR-310 is 32.

6. After activating CDP license, please follow the instructions in Add Non-ACTi Cameras on

page 71 to manually add those non-ACTi cameras to MNR-310.

License activation is the process of unlocking the channels on NVR product with the received

License Key. License Key is a serial number delivered as a printed card or an E-mail after the purchase is carried out.

During license activation, the License Key is matched against the MAC address of the Network Interface Card (NIC) on the NVR server. Once the license key is used by the NVR server with the specific NIC, it cannot be used by another NVR server with a different NIC. This

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Note

Although certain fisheye camera view modes (e.g. Quad mode) display multiple regions in a view, they are still counted as one single channel in terms of licensing.

Purchase licenses from ACTi, get the

On another computer, access ACTi website to activate the licenses using the

Load the

into NVR server

Purchase licenses from ACTi, get the

On NVR server, input the

to activate the

license directly.

MNR

Computer

(Internet access)

MNR (with Internet access)

matching record will be stored on the ACTi license data server.

There are two ways to activate the licenses depending on your NVR network condition: Online

Activation and Offline Activation.

Online Activation

If your MNR has available Internet access, choose online activation.

Offline Activation

Offline activation does not require Internet access for MNR. It is used when MNR is located in a network not connected to public Internet (e.g. in a military base). You will need to get an activation file from another computer and transfer it to NVR server on MNR.

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Step-by-step Activation Process

Based on the network conditions of your site, follow Online Activation SOP or Offline Activation

SOP to activate your license.

Online Activation SOP

Step 1

free at http://member.acti.com/

Step 2

Registration”. Select the MAC Address, enter your License Key, ACTi member Account and Password, and then click “Apply”. The NVR server will connect to the license data server via Internet to register the license key, and unlock the channels.

: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for

: Login to the NVR server, and go to Setup pageSystem tabLicense“Online

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Offline Activation SOP

Step 1

free at http://member.acti.com/

: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for

Step 2

License Key and the MAC address of the NVR server, and then click “Submit”. An E-mail with activation code file (.lic) will be sent to your registered E-mail account.

: Access http://www.acti.com/support/LicenseMgt/NVR3_registration.asp, enter the

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Important Notice

Tip

1. Click Windows Start, in the run box on Start menu, input “cmd”.

2. Execute the cmd program, and input the command “ipconfig /all” or “getmac”

3. The MAC address will be referred to as the Physical Address, made up of 12 characters, e.g.

00-1E-65-FE-8E-98.

Activated Standard License

Activated CDP License

Step 3

: Login to the NVR server from local or via web client. Go to Setup page System tab  License  “Offline Registration” click “Import” and upload the license file(.lic). Click “Apply” to activate this license.

Verify Your License

Once your license is successfully activated, the license information will be shown on License page.

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Before Starting

Item

Task

Description

Reference

Prepare software license

MNR comes with 16-channel free license that are already activated. For additional channels, please purchase the license from your system supplier and get the license information ready before activation.

License and Activation on page 43

Set up Active Directory (optional)

To add users through the Active Directory service, please make sure an Active Directory server is available on your domain.

Connecting the Devices

Item

Task

Description

Reference

Get the IP cameras and video servers connected and ready for use

Finish the installation and basic settings (IP address, usernames, passwords) of all IP cameras or video servers.

Connect external devices to the NVR server

Attach necessary external hardware peripherals such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, or a microphone to the NVR server.

Joystick on page 140

Starting the unit

Item

Task

Description

Reference

Powering on the unit

Press the Power Button to power on MNR, and enter Windows after the system finishes booting up.

Start the Unit on page 34

Create the disk volumes for recording

Initialize the newly-installed hard disks and configure the volumes (RAID) for your storage system.

Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording on page 37

Activate the license (When required number of channels exceeds

16)

Activate your license key to get your required number of channels ready for adding devices.

License and Activation on page 43

System Setup

Item

Task

Description

Reference

Configure the storage Settings

Activate the disks for recordings and make sure the total size is sufficient, and how many days the recordings are kept on disk.

Storage Management on page 114

Add devices to the NVR server

Add devices and configure camera settings: camera name, video/motion/PTZ settings.

Add Devices on page 64; Configure Device Settings on page 75

System Installation Check List

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Configure recording schedule

By default, each device will start 24/7 schedule recording as soon as it is added.

Set recording schedule for each device.

Schedule Recordings on page 91

Configure e-mail & FTP settings

Complete the Email or FTP settings and test if NVR server succeeds in sending emails and uploading files. This step is necessary if you will use these functions for Event Handling.

How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 108 ; How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules on page 109

Configure event rules

Set up the desired event rules.

How to Edit an Event Rule on page 103

Create users accounts and groups

Configure User Group permissions and create required User Accounts.

Manage User Groups/ Users on page 116

Live View Setup

Item

Task

Description

Reference

Create Views for Users

Customize and save views for Live View screen.

Customize Views on page 122

Back up System Settings

Item

Task

Description

Reference

Create backup of system settings

Create a backup file of current system settings for future re-installation or in case of critical system failure. Back Up System

Data on page 147

Post-installation Validation

Item

Description

Reference

Live Preview basic operations

Make sure if user is able to see the live view with saved layouts and perform basic operations (e.g. PTZ controls or instant playback).

User’s Manual

Schedule Recording

Make sure the disk is recording normally according to the schedule.

Event Handling

Check if the expected actions (e.g. recording, alarms or email notification, etc) are correctly triggered by events.

User Access

Make sure User can access NVR with right account/password, and perform operations based on given user rights.

Playback

Make sure user can perform playback and video search, and the export function can generate viewable files to designated folder.

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Access the NVR Server via NVR3 Workstation

NVR3 Workstation includes a set of programs that provide the interface between users and the NVR server. In MNR-310, this software is already installed, and will

start automatically after you login to Windows. You can also install this software on the remote client computer to access the NVR server via network. You can download this software on ACTi website at http://www.acti.com/product/downoad, and it is wrapped together with the NVR 3.0 system software. For the instructions on the installation of this software on the client computer, please refer to Workstation Installation and Upgrade on page 145.

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Local Workstation Client Login

Local Workstation Client refers to the user who runs NVR3 Workstation on the NVR server to log in to the NVR system. The login process is described as follows.

A. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive)

Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive)

123456 (default)

B. Choose the Initial Page

The user interface consists of three main module screens, Live View, Playback and Setup. You may choose one where you would like to enter after login. Default is Live

View screen.

C. Language

Choose a UI language from the dropdown list.

D. Remember Login Information and Auto Login

To have NVR3 Workstation remember the Account, Password, Initial Page and UI Language, simply check “Remember login info”. Click “Don’t Remember” will clear your input text and reset to default. If the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by someone else, you might consider not to use this function.

To automatically login to the NVR system, please check both

“Remember login info” and “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by someone else, you might consider not to use this function.

To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click  “Logout” to return to login page, and this function will be cancelled.

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The email address input in Forgot Password window should match

the one under your User account saved in the NVR server.

E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

The NVR server can send the password of the User’s account to the saved email address. To have users be able to use this service, please make sure (1) the SMTP settings have been configured (refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 108) and (2) a valid email address has previously been saved in Setup page  Users tab  User list.

Remote Workstation Client Login

Remote Workstation Client refers to the user who runs NVR3 Workstation on a computer

rather than the NVR server, and tries to reach the NVR server via network. The login process is described as follows.

A. Server IP & Server Port

In Server IP field, please input the LAN or WAN IP address of the NVR server.

In Server Port field, key in the port number. The default value is 80.

B. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive)

Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive)

123456 (default)

C. Choose the Initial Page

The user interface consists of three main module screens, Live View, Playback and Setup. You may choose one where you would like to enter after login. Default is Live View screen.

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D. Language

Choose a UI language from the dropdown list.

E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login

To automatically login to the NVR system, please check both

“Remember login info” and “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by someone else, you might consider not to use this function.

To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click  “Logout” to return to login page, and this function will be cancelled.

F. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

Please refer to E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password on page 52

G. Server Name/Server Sites List

NVR3 Workstation can remember multiple server sites and their login settings and show the site lists on Login window. To add a new site:

1. Click in the Server Name box and input the

server site name.

2. Fill in the other fields. If you disable the

“Remember login info”, then only the Server Name, Server IP and Server Port

of this server site will be remembered.

3. Click “Save”.

4. After a server site is

saved, it will be shown on Server Name dropdown list. You may click on its name to enter its Login window or to delete it from the list.

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5. You can export the saved server sites, or import it to another Workstation client computer.

Access the NVR server via NVR3 Workstation, go to Setup page  System tab  Workstation.

A. Export current server sites list

Click “Browse” to select a folder to save the list, and then click “Export”. This file will be

saved as an *.xml file.

B. Import a server site list

Click “Browse” to select the *.xml file, and then click “Import”. The server sites will appear in Server Name dropdown list on Login window of your next login.

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Access the NVR Server via Internet Explorer

In addition to NVR3 Workstation, you can also log in to the NVR system with Internet Explorer (IE). If you open the IE browser on the NVR server, you will be directed to the NVR system Login page immediately. If you are connecting to the NVR server as a remote client, please type the NVR server’s LAN or WAN IP address, or domain name in the URL box. Remember to append a colon and the port number after the hostname or IP address.

Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests

NVR 3.0 system interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please make sure browser’s security settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed. When your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporation’s add-on components to run, please allow.

Once you confront with problems accessing the NVR server, refer to the possible conditions below and follow the instruction to solve your issues.

Condition 1: Why can’t I access NVR server via web browser?

After typing in the correct NVR server IP, if you cannot access NVR Login page, you may get the below browser screens:

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Cause 1: Server is not ready Solution: It may happen when you just started the server computer or the server installation

has just finished, please wait a few seconds and connect again.

Cause 2: The NVR server is not able to respond to your request through current path because port 80 has been seized by another service running on server computer. This may happen when that service is executed right before the NVR server starts its services. Solution: Please check if there is another service using port 80 right now, and change the setting in that program to release port 80 for the NVR server. Below are the steps to find the service:

1. Please click on "Windows Start" (Windows-Logo) , then enter "cmd.exe" in the run box and execute it.

2. Input the command “netstat -a -o -b”. You will be provided with the ports in use and the services using them. Find the Local Address that has taken port 80, and the PID number.

3. Press down “ctrl”+ “alt” + “Delete” keys to bring up Windows Task Manager. Select “View”, then “Select columns”, and enable the “PID (Process Identifier)” to appear on search results. Please also make sure “Show process from all users” is enabled.

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4. On Task Manager Process tab, locate the PID number of the service using port 80.

The service name is shown under “Image Name” column.

Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in?

ActiveX Control components are essential for the NVR server to present user interface. The message below will show if these controls were not installed. Please try refresh the browser first, making IE pop up the prompts again.

Cause 1: Your Internet Explorer browser version does not support NVR 3.0 system. Solution: Make sure your browser is 32-bit version. Cause 2: Your browser restricts the installation of add-on components. Solution: Internet Explorer security settings may restrict the installation of add-on components.

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To ensure the NVR server is always accessible from your web client regardless of any change

in browser’s overall Internet security settings, you may add the NVR server site to Internet Explorer’s trusted sites. Trusted sites are the sites which you consider safe and wish to visit

with low security restrictions while maintaining higher security for the rest of the Internet.

1. On IE browser, click Tools  Safety and make sure ActiveX Filtering is unchecked.

2. On IE browser, go to Tools Internet OptionsSecurity tab, select “Trusted sites”, set the security level to “Medium High”, and then click “Sites”.

3. Add http://localhost or the NVR server IP to the zone, and clear the box “Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone”.

4. Back on Security tab, click “Apply” to apply the changes. This will allow ActiveX and

scripting to be available for the chosen sites but not for the Internet as a whole.

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B D C

C. Remember Account/Password

A. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive):

Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive):

123456 (default)

B. Change UI language

To change UI language, select the desired language from “Language” dropdown list.

To have the server remember your Login Account and Password in the future, check

“Remember Account/Password”. Click “Don’t Remember” will clear your input text and

reset to default.

To directly enter the main page every time you log in, check “Remember

Account/Password” then “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If your computer may be accessed by someone without proper authority, please DO NOT use either of these functions.

To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click  “Logout” to return to login page, and this function will be disabled.

D. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

Please refer to E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password on page 52.

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Set up the System

This chapter will guide you through everything you need to know in System Setup procedure from first time connection with ACTi NVR server with NVR 3.0 system to general system configuration.

Setup Wizard

Once you connect to ACTi NVR 3.0 for the first time, Setup Wizard will guide you through the initial setup process. You may click “Previous” or “Next” button located on the lower right at any time. This will skip the current step so that you may come back to it later. All the settings in the Setup Wizard are available in the Setup page.

To skip this wizard, click the bubble “Done” on top right corner.

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System Settings

You can adjust the Email & SMTP settings, FTP settings for event rules now or later. For more details about the settings, please refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 108 and How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules on page 109.

Storage

On the NVR server, you may want to choose which disk drives to store the recording files, and decide how much memory space is left for all computer applications to run. You must configure the Drive and Reserve Space for recording. Reserve Space is the space on the drive that will not be used to save recording files, the deletion of earliest recording files will be performed if available space has decreased to reach below Reserve Space configuration; you may choose one or multiple disk drives in Disk Drive List to save the recordings. If you skip this step, Drive C will be the default drive. For more details about the settings, please refer to Storage Management on page 114.

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Licensing

This is the license management section. On lower right part of screen shows number of channels allowed under your current license. MNR-310 has a license for 16 channels which is already activated. You can click “Next” to next setting if you do not want to add new license for now. For more details about the settings, please refer to License and Activation on page 36.

The End of Setup Wizard

Click “Done” to complete Setup Wizard, the previous configuration steps you have gone through are available in Setup page.

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In this module, you can see live view from cameras, perform PTZ operations with mouse or Joystick, view system log, receive alerts on the event panel, set up view layouts, perform manual recording or take a snapshot.

You may find and playback existing recordings in this module. Up to 64 channels can be played synchronously. Snapshots or video segments can be taken from playback files. Recorded files can also be exported to AVI format here.

This module includes user setup, device setup, event setup, schedule setup and system-wide settings.

NVR Main Screen

You will enter the live view screen after Setup Wizard. On the right are link buttons to three NVR major functions: (1) Live view, (2) Playback and (3) Setup. You can click the orange button to enter the function page.

Live View

Playback

Setup

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Device List

Add Devices

Cameras or video encoders are the fundamental building blocks of surveillance systems. To manage cameras from MNR-310, you have to add camera devices into NVR 3.0 system first. In this section, we will guide you through how to add or delete devices on the NVR 3.0 system.

To start adding new devices, please follow these steps:

1. On Setup pageHome screen, click “Device”.

2. On Devices page, the Device List is currently empty, and you need to add some video sources to it. Now click “Add Device”.

3. There are three ways to add devices into the system, Search Devices, Search ONVIF

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Account/Password text box

IP filter (for multiple networks)

“Refresh” button

Available / Total Licensed Channels

Column title

Search result

“Apply” button

Available / Total Licensed Channels

Devices, and Add Device Manually.

- Use Search Devices to auto search ACTi cameras located in the same subnet as your NVR server.

- Use Search ONVIF Devices to find devices that support ONVIF in the same subnet as your NVR server.

- If your cameras / video encoders are located outside of a local subnet or over WAN, add them to your NVR server by using the Add Device Manually button. You will need to know the IP address of the device to add it manually.

Search Devices Within Local Area Network

1. Select “Search Devices”. Once the search is completed, a list of the devices in your LAN

will be shown. Click on the title header to sort by that column. Click on the header again to sort in reverse order. For faster search, you may type a specific IP address or a part of the IP address in IP Filter as a filter and click to narrow down the search result.

2. Select the row of the camera you wish to add to the system and repeat this step until you have checked all the devices you need. Please note that the list of devices is shown regardless of the account name and password. You can choose to add all shown devices. For those with different account and password, you will be prompted to fill in the correct credentials to in order access the video feed. To perform the search using different credentials, fill in the new Account and Password and click the “Refresh” button .

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Account/Password text box

“Search” button

IP filter ( for multiple networks)

Available / Total Licensed Channels

Column title

Search result

“Apply” button

B C D

E F G

Important Notice

1. For certain non-ACTi devices, you may need to configure the ONVIF user credentials of the camera by accessing its Web Configuration page and managing the ONVIF Users List.

2. Functions supported for devices added through ONVIF are live streaming and adjustments to video image settings.

3. Click “Apply” to add selected devices into NVR system.

Search Devices Within Local Area Network with ONVIF

1. After selecting “Search ONVIF Devices”, fill in the account name and password for the

device you want to add.

2. Click the “Search” button . Once the search is completed, a list of available devices will be shown. You may click on the title header to sort by that column. Click the header

again to sort in the reverse order. For faster search, you may type a specific IP address or a part of the IP address in IP Filter as a filter, and click to narrow down the search result.

3. Select the row of the camera you wish to add to the system and repeat this step until you have checked all the devices you need.

4. Click “Apply” to add selected devices into NVR system.

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Important Notice

If any of the required fields is incorrect, NVR will not be able to connect the device. When you have any device connection problem, please check these settings. However, at this point, you may skip filling in the Device Name, Brand, Model, and Stream Mode configuration.

Add Devices on WAN or Other Local Area Networks

1. After selecting “Add Device Manually”, the camera settings page will appear as below. The most important settings are (1) Media Type, (2) Protocol, (3) Camera IP, (4) HTTP Port, and (5) User Name & Password. Please fill in these required fields for NVR to

communicate with the device.

If the device you wish to add supports ONVIF, you can select ONVIF for Media Type, and the settings page will appear as below. The most important settings are (1) Media Type, (2) Camera IP, (3) HTTP Port, and (4) User Name & Password. Please fill in these required fields for NVR to communicate with the device.

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Field Name

Description

Media Type

Select the media type of the camera, choosing either “Standard” or “ONVIF”. To connect with a camera using ONVIF, please make sure

the camera device supports ONVIF.

Device Name

Enter the name of the camera, which will be shown in the Device list on the left in Live View. This name should be descriptive so that you know where the camera is located.

Protocol

Select a streaming protocol to connect the camera with.

IP address

Enter the camera’s IP address or host name.

Brand

Select the manufacturer of device.

Model

Select the device model of the IP cameras / video servers. In most cases, this is automatically filled in after you perform Get Device

Setting for ACTi cameras.

Stream Mode*1

Select one of the streaming modes this device supports.

Channel No. *2

The channel ID you set for a stream of a multi-streaming device.

2. Click “Get Device Settings” to have NVR contact the device and get the live view. Once connected to the device, NVR will get all the device properties such like Brand, Model,

Device Serial Number, Firmware Version. If the device supports dual stream, Stream Mode selection field will be revealed, and you may select a different streaming mode and configure relative options. You may click “Apply” to save it.

3. To directly access the device configurator webpage, simply click “Web Configurator” on

the top right to open it. Certain detailed settings are only available through the web configurator.

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HTTP Port

Enter the HTTP port for IP cameras/ video servers. Most cameras use the default port number - 80.

User Name

Enter the user name to access the camera.

Password

Enter the password to access the camera.

Default Live View Stream*3

Choose the streaming id for Live View.

Recording Stream*3

Choose the streaming id for Recording.

Connection Timeout(0~99 secs)

Enter length of time allowed for a device to respond to NVR. If the response is to late as to exceed this time, NVR will consider this

device “disconnected”. We recommend you to set different values for

different types of connection. The default setting is 5 seconds. For devices located over the WAN, you may wish to increase this value to allow for occasional Internet lags.

Note

Current NVR version does not support ePTZ operation of 6VGA streaming mode. Please define 6 VGA views through camera web configurator.

Available when NVR is connected to a multi-streaming device.

Available when NVR is connected to a device that is concurrently in multi-streaming mode (Dual

Stream mode excluded).

Available when NVR is connected to a multi-streaming device in Dual Stream mode.

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Status Description

NVR server cannot retrieve video streaming. This may be that a video server is not connected with cameras, or that the streaming is blocked by the firewall between the device and NVR server. Please (1) ensure the device side is well connected and can output video normally,(2) check the firewall and port forwarding settings.

This device’s settings have been modified but not saved yet. If you leave these modifications unsaved, they will not take effect by next time the server starts. Please always remember to save upon every change.

NVR cannot build up connection with this device. Please check the device connection settings (including IP Address, Port number, Account Name and

Password); or increase the “Connection Timeout” to allow more time for the

device to respond.

This device is currently connected, video is being transmitted and no recording is proceeding.

This device is currently connected, and video is being recorded either manually or according to the schedule.

Device Status

To validate if you have successfully added a device to NVR system, simply check the Device List on the left of Setup Devices tab to see if the device name appears in the tree. Point your mouse cursor over the device icon will bring up an information box containing the device’s IP Address, HTTP Port,

Protocol and device type.

Status Icon Description

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Add Non-ACTi Cameras

In this section, we will guide you through how to add devices of other brands to NVR 3.0 system.

After the required CDP license is activated, please:

1. Use the utility provided by camera the manufacturer to confirm the camera properties: (1) Protocol, (2) IP Address, (3) HTTP Port, and (4) User Name & Password.

2. Log in to the NVR server, go to Setup page “Device” tab, click “Add Device”, and select “Add Device Manually”.

3. After selecting “Add Device Manually”, the camera settings page will appear as below. Please fill in the eight fields marked below that are required to communicate with the device – Media Type, Protocol, IP Address, Brand, Model, HTTP Port, User Name and Password, and then click “Apply”.

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If the device you wish to add supports ONVIF, you can select “ONVIF” for Media Type, and the settings page will appear as below. Please fill in the five fields marked below that are required to communicate with the device – Media Type, IP Address, HTTP Port, User

Name and Password, and then click “Apply”.

4. By applying the settings, the NVR server will get the video stream, and the camera will have been successfully added to the NVR system. You may click Video, PTZ, or Preset Tour (available for camera with pan/tilt/zoom capabilities) tabs to configure other

properties.

5. To directly access the device configurator webpage, simply click “Web Configurator” on

top left to open it. Certain advanced settings are only available through the web configurator and not through NVR.

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Tip

The NVR server will sync with devices upon connecting to them. To make sure the settings on the

NVR side are prior to and always overwrite those on device sides, please check “Auto save NVR settings into devices upon connection”.

Manage Multiple Devices

After adding several devices to the system, you may get an overview of all devices on Setup pageDevice tab; this is where you may use certain fast and convenient approaches to manage a number of devices. In this section, we will guide you through how to quickly add or delete multiple devices.

Modify Basic Connection Settings

Go to Setup page  Devices tab, and click All Devices in Device List to get the devices overview in the right column. Each basic connection setting field including Name, IP Address, HTTP Port, User Name and Password, is editable. Simply click in the field to modify it directly.

Every time you modify a property without saving it, an icon will appear next to the device in Device List. You may click “Reset” to retrieve the settings you saved last time once you want to abort the current modificaiton. After changing any field, please remember to click “Apply” before you leave this page.

Delete Devices

You may delete a single, multiple or all devices on All Devices List. The logs and video files of the devices will be kept until deleted by server storage deletion rule. Select the device(s) you wish to delete, click “Delete” button and confirm the deletion. If you want to delete all the existing devices, simply click on upper right to select them all at once. To validate if you have successfully deleted a device on the NVR system, simply check the Device List on the left of Setup page  Devices tab to see if the device name is removed from the tree.

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Copy Settings Across Devices

When setting a large number of devices, many settings will resemble other ones, and it is sometimes tiresome to repeat every setting again and again. You can use the Copy function to save the hassle of needless repetition.

1. On All Device List, select the source device whose settings are to be copied from. You can select only one device to be the source.

2. Click “Copy” to bring up the copy setting window.

3. On the window, below the source device name are the settings you may choose to copy, including Basic settings, PTZ

Settings and Video Settings.

4. Click “Apply”, the settings will be written

to target devices.

5. To add a new device with the same settings, choose “Add New Device” in

Target Device area, and then click “Apply” to go to a new device page. Each field on this page has already been filled with the source device’s properties. You may continue to modify the Device Name, IP Address, get the live view by clicking “Get Device Settings”, and then click “Apply” to add this device to Device List.

6. There are a few differences of the copied items between two target device types:

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Target Type Settings

New Device

Existing Device

Basic

All

All except Device Name, IP Address, HTTP Port, RTSP

Port, User Name and Password

Video

All except Motion Settings, Video Adjustment

PTZ

All except PTZ Preset Points and Commands

Note

1. You can only choose either “Add New Device” or existing devices as target.

2. To add new devices by copying from an existing one, the user’s group should be permitted

with this right. To check the access rights, please go to Setup pageUsers pageUser Groups, select the user group, and enable the “Device Setup” -“Add New Device” under NVR Permissions.

Settings Copied to Target Devices

Tip

Saving CPU loading with Your Dual Streaming devices

The device supporting dual-streaming function can output two video streams of different value. You may make the live view stream smaller in size with lower frame rate to save decoding CPU power and bandwidth. Meanwhile the recording stream can be larger and have more FPS so that you have clear images when you need to retrieve the evidence. For settings in both streams of devices with dual stream functionality, please refer to section Configure Video Format on page 76.

Add Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device

There are devices that output more than one video streams to the NVR server. For example, a video encoder converts a number of analog video signals into the same amount of IP video streams; certain high megapixel cameras such as ACTi KCM-5111, supports outputting multiple VGA streams cropped from a single high-resolution video source. These multiple streams coming from a single device are managed as different cameras by the NVR server. To add these streams as multiple channels for you to view and record, please:

1. Select the desired stream mode in “Stream Mode” field on Setup page Devices tabBasic tab.

2. The “Channel No.” column will display for you to input the

stream ID (the same with your setting in device’s web

configurator).

3. After configuration, click “Apply”.

4. Go to All Devices page, duplicate this device to a new

channel, and repeat this step until all the channels you need are added.

5. Individually modify the Channel No value of the channels.

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Field Name

Description

TV Standard

Default is NTSC.

Stream Mode*1

Select one of the streaming modes this device supports.

Mounting Type*2

Select the mounting position.

Installation Angle*3

Input the angle for a device mounted on the wall.

Video encoder

Select the desired codec.

Resolution

Select the desired resolution.

Video Quality*4

Select the desired video quality.

Frame Rate(fps)

Select the desired frame rate.

Maximum Bitrate

This puts a hard cap on the maximum bit rate allowed in any given second of streaming. Assigning a limited bit rate may cause a few dropped frames when the stream data overflows the allowed bit rate.

Bitrate*5

This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when

Configure Device Settings

After adding a device to the NVR system, you may continue to configure its video, motion detection, PTZ or preset tour settings on Setup pageDevices tab. In this section, we will guide you through how to configure these settings and their corresponding functions.

Configure Video Format

Go to Setup page Device tab, select a device from Device List, and then go to Video tab to configure the video format of the stream output from the device. If the device is currently in Dual Stream mode, you may switch the stream in live view window by click on the switch below and configure individual settings for Media 1 and Media 2.

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you have selected “Unlimited” for Maximum Bitrate. The actual value will fluctuate slightly based on scene changes.

No Recording No Recording

30 FPS 30 FPS

30 FPS

Non- event Event Non-event

30 FPS

Available for multi-streaming devices.

Available for hemispheric devices.

Available for hemispheric devices with “Wall” Mount Type.

Available when “Video Encoder” is “MJPEG”.

Available when “Maximum Bitrate” is “Unlimited”.

Save Storage by Setting Event Recording Frame Rate

Video surveillance system is aimed to preserve as much evidence as possible, and you may want to have a view to be recorded 24/7 to capture every important moment; however, the general recording methods provided by most network recording systems- event and schedule recording, will either consume too much storage or have risk in missing important scenes. The “Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode” function record everything at economical storage usage by automatically adjusting video frame rate during event recording period.

Schedule Recording

Continuous recording promises no loss of video evidence; however, large data storage is required because this video is always recorded at the high frame rate you set for device.

Event Recording

This mode is storage-efficient because recording would stop during the non-event moments; while certain vital video evidences may be missed if the triggering device fails to take

effect.

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Frame Rate Setting

Event Recording

Non-Event: 0 FPS

Event: 30 FPS

1 FPS 1 FPS

30 FPS

Non- event Event Non-event

Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment

This mode keeps recording all the way without losing any single moment; lower frame rate can be set for non-event recording, which consumes only a little storage.

How to Make Use of Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment

To make use of Event recording with Frame Rate Adjustment function, you may configure the Frame Rate settings on Setup page Device tabVideo tab. The Frame Rate (fps) you set will always be applied to live view and schedule recording. Once Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode is checked, you may configure advanced settings for event recording. If the device is in Dual stream mode, you will only need to configure these settings of the

Recording Stream.

Scenario A:

You wish all the videos are recorded at a very high frame rate. With sufficient storage, you may not need this function. Set the video Frame Rate that will apply to all the recordings. In this way, the NVR server will not record non-event during event recording period.

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Frame Rate Setting

Event Recording

Non-event:1 FPS

Event: 30 FPS

Scenario B: You would like the system to record 24/7, and the non-event recording to be kept at a very low frame rate. Please set the event and schedule recordings at different frame rate, you will need to enable “Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode”, and set the “Non-event Frame Rate”

and “Active Event Frame Rate”.

Fine-tune the Image

When monitoring your cameras, it is essential to make the images as similar to the real scene as possible. The default settings of the camera are usually sufficient for most environments, but you may also make adjustments in case it is required to do so. For devices that support the configuration of properties related to image, day/night mode, or exposure/white balance settings, you may directly modify them and save your changes to the device using the NVR 3.0 system. The options available may vary depending on the device.

To start, click “Video Adjustment” on Device Video tab. Each field is only available when the device supports this property for modification. If the device is in Dual Mode, the video you get in this window will always be Stream 1. After setting up the desired value for the field, click “Apply”.

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Field Category

Field Name

Description

Image

Video Flipping/ Video Mirroring

Check this box to flip the video vertically and horizontally to achieve a 180-degree rotation effect.

Brightness

Select the Brightness value (0-100). The higher the value, the brighter the image.

Contrast

Select the Contrast value (0-100). The higher the value, the more obvious the separation between light and dark.

Saturation

Select the Saturation value (0-100). The higher the value, the more intense the color will appear; the lower the value, the more grayed-out the color will appear.

Hue

Select the Hue value (0-100). “Hue” is the term used to refer to the pure spectrum colors. Adjust this value to find the color closest to the real scene.

Digital Noise Reduction

Turn the Digital Noise Reduction ON or OFF. When turned on, the noise in the video (especially in low light) is reduced and the image will look smoother and clearer.

Wide Dynamic Range

Select the WDR level from the following options: Disabled, low, medium, high, highest. Note: WDR is disabled and will not appear if Exposure Mode is set to “Manual”.

Day/Night

Day/ Night Mode

Select one of three modes: Auto: The camera will automatically switch between day mode (color) and night mode (black/white) under exposure level defined by “Threshold”. Day: The camera will always stay in the day (color) mode, regardless of exposure level. Night: The camera will always stay in night (black/white) mode regardless of exposure level.

Threshold

The scale from 0-100 allows you to define the exposure level at which the day and night mode switch will happen. A higher value would require a darker environment to trigger a day to night switch and vice versa.

Exposure/ White Balance

Exposure Mode

Select between “Auto” or “Manual” exposure mode. In

Auto mode, the intelligent system of the camera will find the best possible exposure settings. In Manual mode, you can manually adjust the White Balance, Exposure Gain, Shutter Speed, and Line frequency.

White Balance

Select between “Auto” or “Manual” White Balance

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Exposure/ White Balance

mode. White balance refers to the device’s ability to

accurately define “true white” color. In Auto mode, the

camera will attempt to recognize the “true white” color

and adjust the image accordingly. In Manual mode, you can configure the White Balance by adjusting the R Gain and B Gain value manually.

R Gain

The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the R Gain level of the video frame. A higher value would adjust the image to have more red color value.

B Gain

The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the B Gain level of the video frame. A higher value would adjust the image to have more blue color value.

AE Reference Target

The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the Auto exposure reference target. A higher value will brighten the overall scene, although it may increase the amount of noise at night.

Exposure Gain

The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the Exposure Gain level of the video frame. A higher value would make the video frame brighter.

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed allows you to choose the speed of auto shutter.

IRIS Control

IRIS control allows you to configure the size for the opening of the iris

Line Frequency

Select between 50Hz or 60Hz to match with the frequency of artificial light source of a given country.

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To move the entire frame Place the mouse cursor over the title bar, and drag to move.

To adjust the region dimension

Place the mouse cursor over the downright corner, and drag to resize.

To disable this detection region

Place the mouse cursor over the upper right corner, and click the “X” to close this frame.

Configure Motion Settings

To make use of the motion and PIR detection functions supported by your devices, you need to configure the detection regions and settings. Once a motion is detected, the NVR server can trigger events and recording, bring up instant pop-up windows and show the detected area on live view.

Before configuring motion detection settings, first make sure you can connect properly to the IP camera / video server and get device settings. On Device tabVideo tab, and click

“Motion Detection” to start.

1. Click “Get Motion Settings” to retrieve the live view. For Dual Mode, the video you get in this window will always be Stream 1

2. Click “Motion Setup” to enable the property fields.

3. There are three motion regions for you to set. To enable one region, check the MD box,

and a red frame will appear in the view. You may start setting the detection area by adjusting this red frame on the view. Simply use your mouse to move and resize the frame.

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Field Name

Description

Sensitivity(1-100)

Determines how sensitive the camera reacts to the movement. The higher the sensitivity level is, the smaller motion will trigger the alarm, but may give false alarms. Default is 70.

Timer(0-300 secs)

The interval before the next motion detection can be triggered again. Default is 1 second.

Threshold (%)

The threshold level of this motion detection region. The lower threshold level is, smaller portion of the region would be considered as motions, which is more easily to be triggered, but may give more false alarms.

Note

1. If you have changed the motion detection settings via the web configurator, please remember to come back to NVR and press “Get Device Settings”, then “Apply” to save to NVR. This is to ensure that the settings in NVR are always in sync with the device.

2. If a motion region is set, once a movement is detected in this region, in live view: (1) the red region frame will blink, and (2) a new alert entry will be generated in the event list.

3. PIR detection is available only for models with this function.

4. When the setting is finished, click “Apply” to save, and then “Close” to exit this page. To check or modify the regions you set, please go through clicking “Get Motion Settings”, Motion Setup” and then “Motion Enable” buttons, the saved regions are already selected

on the list, select one to proceed.

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Note

Before you enable “Redundant Recording when Disconnected” function, please do the

following (1) upgrade the camera firmware to 6.07 or later version, and then (2) format the SD card either on camera firmware interface or on NVR interface.

Configure Storage Card Settings

Certain camera models come with the internal storage feature. Via NVR interface, you can observe the storage card’s memory status, and configure related settings.

1. Make sure the SD card is installed properly in the camera.

2. On Setup page  Device tab, select the device form Device List. Click “Storage”.

3. On Storage window, click “Get Storage Setting” to sync with the SD card.

You can enable “Redundant Recording when Disconnected” function to have this

SD card take over the recording service for this channel when this device is disconnected with NVR server. The video recorded on SD card during the disconnection period will automatically be restored back to NVR server upon the recovery of the connection. Click “Apply” to save the setting.

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ACTi Pan/Tilt/Zoom devices

Vendor

Protocol

Baud rate

Parity

Address

IP Zoom Camera/ IP PTZ Camera

V V V

IP Speed Dome / IP Camera

mounted on Scanner/ Analog PTZ

camera attached to Video Server

V V V V V

Configure PTZ Device

PTZ devices can do panning, tilting and zooming automatically or through manipulation. The PTZ-related applications are broadly supported by NVR 3.0 system. For example, you may control the movements of a PTZ camera with user interface panel controls or a joystick, and the device can be programmed to execute a continuous tour or triggered by events to go to a preset position. Once an ACTi PTZ device is added to the NVR system, the NVR system will use the default settings of the device model and enable PTZ functions, so that you may immediately start PTZ operations.

If you have previously changed the communication parameters of PTZ devices, please make sure these parameters on the NVR side and device side match.

Below is a list of functions supported ACTi solutions and the required settings. When you configure PTZ Protocol properties for ACTi Pan/Tilt/Zoom devices, please make sure the required settings are correct.

To start matching up the parameters, please follow the below procedures:

1. If the device is a speed dome camera or an analog camera attached to video server,

configure the parameters on physical device according to the product’s installation

instructions.

2. On the device’s (camera or video server) web configurator, configure the parameters to match the setting on physical device, and test the PTZ operations to make sure the device is properly set to be connected

3. In the NVR server, go to Setup page Devices tab, select the device from Device List, and click PTZ tab. In PTZ Protocol section, fill in the communication parameters.

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Field Name

Description

Vendor

The provider of Protocol. The selectable vendors would vary depending on different device models. Available vendor types are:

ACTI, DYNACOLOR, PELCO and SONY.

Protocol

A set of rules defining the communication format between the device and controller. Different protocols are provided for selection according to the Vendor you choose. Available protocols following their vendors are:

ACTI: [ACTI] / DYNACOLOR: [DYNACOLOR] / PELCO: [PELCOD] [PELCOP] SONY: [VISCA]

Parity

Parity is the data validation mechanism for analog devices that use serial port interface to send or receive data. When choosing parity mode other than "none", the data packets will be validated for possible data losses so that failed command could be re-sent if necessary. Please refer to the parity setting of the analog device and choose exactly the same parity setting also in the NVR server. When setting up ACTi Zoom, PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using

“ACTi” protocol, you may ignore the parity setting.

Available parity modes are:

Parity mode name

in NVR

Serial data,

represented by given

amount of bits

Parity mode

(none, odd, even)

Number of stop

bits

8N1

8O1

8E1

8N2

8O2

8E2

7N2

7O2

7E2

Baud rate

Baud rate defines the data speed through serial port interface – the rate value represents the number of symbols that can be transmitted within 1 second. Please refer to the baud rate setting of the analog device and choose exactly the same baud rate setting also in the NVR server. When setting up ACTi

Zoom, PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using “ACTi” protocol, you may ignore the baud rate setting.

Available baud rates: 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200

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Address ID

Address ID represents the identity of the device, only analog devices or speed dome cameras require this configuration. Please refer to the Address ID of the device and choose exactly the same baud rate setting also in the NVR server. Available value is from 1~99. By default, ACTi devices will use “1” as Address ID, it is suggested not to change it.

Live Preview

Important Notice

Note that the functions supported for devices connected using ONVIF are live streaming and adjustments to video image settings.

How to Do Live PTZ Operation

To configure PTZ settings, you need to view the live streaming while manipulating the PTZ controls simultaneously in this window.

There are two kinds of PTZ navigation:

Optical PTZ Navigation

1. Get the live view from Live Preview window:

Make sure the “Enable PTZ” is checked, and a red crosshair will appear on the Live Preview window. If the device is in Dual Stream mode, this window will always shows the

stream set for live view. You may click on to switch between the streams.

2. Use the mouse to do the following PTZ operations:

To execute optical Panning and Tilting, click anywhere on the live window to allow the camera to move in that direction. The length of the direction indicator is proportional to the Pan and Tilt speed. The farther you place the cursor from the center, the faster the Pan/Tilt movement.

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8 directional buttons

Zoom in / Zoom out

Focus in / Focus out

Widen / Narrow the Aperture

Zoom in

Zoom out

Pan/Tilt

Note

1. The zoom buttons are only applicable for those devices supporting optical zooming.

2. The focus buttons are only applicable for devices with controllable zoom lens, e.g.

KCM5211. Please remember to turn off the autofocus mode on device firmware before using these buttons.

3. The device should be equipped with DC-Iris or P-iris and has been switched to manual iris mode before you use the buttons for widening or narrowing aperture.

To execute optical Zoom in or Zoom out, scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in; scroll

the mouse wheel backward to zoom out.

3. Use panel controls to operate PTZ movements: Click a button on the panel to start, the red crosshair will appear in the view.

Digital PTZ Navigation

Digital PTZ allows you to zoom into part of the video and enlarge it to display on screen. This PTZ function is applied to every camera model in NVR 3.0 system.

1. Get the live view from Live Preview window:

Make sure the “Enable PTZ” is unchecked.

2. Click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel, and the area highlighted will be

displayed in the full live video window. In this mode, a picture-in-picture view will show in the lower right of live view window. A red rectangle will mark the currently enlarged view area within the full size video. You may click and drag the red rectangle to see another area.

3. To go back to the original full video view, just right-click on the minimized Picture in Picture

view.

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Cancel Zoom area

Draw Zoom area

Picture-in-Picture area

Set PTZ Preset Points

With PTZ devices, you may define a view by where to look (through panning and tilting) and how close (through zooming) to zoom. Once these views have been saved in the NVR server as preset points, the device can always point to this view upon the event triggering or user’s command.

1. Go to Setup page Devices tab, select the device from Device List, and click PTZ tab.

2. By PTZ operation, control the device to point at your desired view, and adjust the zoom

level (if available). In PTZ Preset Point section, click a preset point name field to start editing the name, and then click “+” to set this point. After finishing setting your desired

preset points, click “Apply”. You may review the points you set by clicking “” to go to the point, or “X” to delete it. To modify an existing point, select the existing point, then define a

new view and click “+”, and finally click “Apply” to save it.

3. After the preset points are set, they are available on Live View page PTZ control panel.

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Preset Point 1

Preset Point 2

Preset Point 3

Set PTZ Command

If your speed dome or PTZ device has a special function not supported in the standard protocol, you may input it in PTZ Command list and execute it. Ex: Activate the wiper to clean the window of the PTZ.

1. To add a PTZ action command, go to Setup page 

Devices tab, select the device from Device List, and on PTZ tab, check “Enable PTZ”.

2. In “PTZ Command” area, click in a command entry;

input the name, command and then click “Apply” to save it. You may also click “” to execute it or “X” to clear it.

Set PTZ Preset Tour

Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple preset points, including where to look and how long to look at each location. With this preset tour, your PTZ device can perform an automatic patrol to scan through your cared areas. For example, a Preset Tour should include two or more preset points. Once a tour is initiated, the device will automatically point to the preset points based on the sequence and stay at that view according to the duration you set.

Before setting up Preset Tours, please make sure you have configured PTZ settings and set PTZ Preset Points. To start setting the Preset Tour:

1. Go to Setup page Devices tab, select the device from Device List, and click Preset

Tour tab.

2. In the “Tour List”, as there is currently no existing tour, click “Add New Tour” to add one.

The default tour name is “Preset Tour 1”.

3. In the “Preset Points of a Tour” area, click “Add Preset Point” to add the number of

points for this tour. The number of points may outnumber the actual preset points you set, for the same preset point might be gone through more than one time in a single tour. For each point, click in the “Preset Point” field to bring up the dropdown list, and select one preset point and define the dwell time which represents the time the device would stay in a certain view. Finally, click “Apply” to save the tour.

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Note

The preset points and tour set in the NVR server are independent from those you set on device. If you have already defined certain preset points or tour on device, they will not be brought to NVR system. On the other hand, the settings on the NVR server will not write to the devices.

4. After a tour is saved, it is available on Live View pagePTZ control panel.

Configure Fisheye Cameras

With hemispherical lenses, fisheye cameras generate images at up to 360-degree width, which can cover all four corners of a room or both sides of a long aisle. As the original image captured by wide-angle lens is much distorted, to suit most monitoring purposes, the Dewarping process is required to alter the uneven lines and shapes before the images are displayed. Nowadays, the fisheye cameras come in two types in terms of the image-correction capability:  Fisheye Cameras with in-camera dewarping function The dewarping takes place in camera before the video is output to the NVR server. Since

the image correction counts on the camera itself, the NVR server will not bear much extra loading, which benefits the system requiring many of these fisheye cameras (e.g. ACTi

KCM-3911, KCM-7911)  Fisheye Cameras without dewarping function These fisheye cameras output only original global images, relying on the software algorithm

processing provided by the NVR sever to correct the images. They are suitable for a system

with limited bandwidth, for the NVR server processes and responds to User’s ePTZ

manipulation or demands for changing view modes immediately, without waiting for camera

side to deliver a new frame (e.g. ACTi E96).

The NVR 3.0 system makes it possible to integrate both kinds of fisheye cameras into your system with the following advantages:

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Full support for all types of dewarped video stream output from fisheye cameras with

in-camera dewarping capability.

NVR’s software algorithm can perfectly corrects the original fisheye images, generating 6

specific fisheye view modes from User’s usual perspective.

 Based on user’s instant request for changing view mode or PTZ view point, NVR server will

process the original fisheye image and respond to the client individually. In this way, what a

client sees on Live View will not affect playback, recording, as well as another concurrent

connection. The virtualized ePTZ manipulation also allows User to dynamically explore any region of

interest within the hemispheric view like operating a genuine PTZ device.

To make use of NVR’s dewarping features for your fisheye cameras, please

1. Adjust Video Quality Settings After the fisheye camera is successfully added, go to Setup page Devices tab, select the device and then Video tab, make sure you set the Stream Mode as “FISHEYE” for a hemispheric camera ( KCM-3911, KCM-7911) .This is to make sure this hemispheric camera is outputting fisheye original video stream as a mini fisheye dome camera does.

2. Adjust Fisheye Display Settings Select your Mounting Type, and then Default Fisheye Mode. For a Fisheye Mode containing panorama view, you may want to configure the Default Rotate X (width of view) and Default Rotate Y (height of view) configurations.

You may adjust the dewarped area by clicking “Image Calibration”. In the edit mode, move or resize the red ring to define the dewarped area, and then click “Set” to save the setting.

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Fisheye Mode

Description

PTZ Navigation

Original View

The very raw fisheye view

Digital PTZ

Dewarping

One large user-defined cropped area

ePTZ

Panorama

360-degree panorama view for ceiling mount 180-degree panorama view for wall mount

Digital PTZ

Double

Panorama

Two 180-degree panorama views

Digital PTZ

Panorama

/Focus

One panorama view Two small user-defined cropped regions

ePTZ

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Quad

Four small user-defined cropped regions

ePTZ

3. After the configuration is done, remember to click “Apply” to save the settings.

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Field Name

Description

Pre-event Recording Buffer (sec):

The NVR server keeps a short cache of video received from the devices. If an event is triggered, the NVR server will automatically store the pre-event buffer along with the recording of the event itself. Available choices are 0, 3, 5 seconds.

Schedule Recordings

Unlike the traditional analog surveillance system, the IP surveillance system provides a target-oriented recording schedule for devices; the view of each device can be recorded based on your required time segments and event types. For example, you may have a camera installed on the office ceiling do continuous recording during work hours, and record only upon the triggers (incidents that detected by system) at night. In this way, the system does not waste disk space storing meaningless parts, and you save much effort browsing playback for specific events.

For the device’s recording schedule, the NVR 3.0 system supports Schedule recording and Event recording modes, which are set up on a week-based timetable; the event-handling schedule can also be configured on it. This section describes how to set up the recording schedule for the IP cameras / video servers.

Configure the Recording File Properties

Before setting the recording schedule, you may define (1) where the recordings are stored, (2) how long an event recording is and (3) how long a recording file will be kept in the system.

1. To set the saved recordings folder, go to Setup pageStorage tab, and make sure you

have assigned the disk drives to store recorded files. For related recording settings, please refer to Storage Management on page 114.

2. To define how long an event recording is and the recording’s lifecycle, go to Setup

pageSchedule tab, and select the device from Device List, and then a week schedule will appear on the right. Configure the recording file related settings. The settings below will make an event recording as long as 5+30 seconds, which will be kept on server for 30 days.

Attributes Explanation

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Post-event Recording Buffer (sec):

This will determine how long after the event is triggered should be included in the event recording file. Available choices are 10, 30, 60,

120, 180, and 300 seconds.

Keep Recording Files for (1-999 days):

The NVR server will keep recording file of specific device for the number of days you set here. The default value is 30, and if you want to modify it, please check the box to start configuring it. Available value is among 1~999 days.

Specific Storage

You can assign a dedicated storage disk for a camera. By enabling this option and assigning a specific disk, the video footages will be recorded only to this selected disk rather than those you select on Setup page Storage tab. Please remember to configure the storage-related settings for this specific disk on Setup page Storage tab after you enable this option.

Tip

How to make proper storage arrangement

In NVR 3.0 system, there are two file-deleting mechanisms you can use based on different needs. If both rules are set, the one with the threshold to be reached earlier will execute the deletion first.

1. “Keep Recording Files for (1-999 days)” – Set this rule if you have the concern on

how long the recordings are kept, especially when you don’t want the old recordings

to stay longer in the system than a certain period.

2. “Reserve space” in the Disk Drive List on Setup page Storage tab - If the disk space is more critical in your system, please give an approximate value here, the system will always reserve this amount of space to store the newer recordings.

Given that you set the Reserve space as 30G, while Keeping Recording Files setting is 5 days, certain recording file will be deleted when it has been kept on disk for 5 days, despite that there is still plenty of available disk space. Before setting up the rules, you can make use of a handy storage calculator provided by ACTi to find out the estimated storage your system requires on ACTi corporate website.

Set the Schedule

Here you can configure camera’s recording schedule on 7 days / 24 hours basis. The schedule is split into segments of 20-minute length. By default, once a device is added to the system, its schedule is automatically set to full time schedule recording and event handling. You should configure it according to your system plan. Go to Setup-Schedule tab, on Schedule Setting panel:

1. Select the recording mode from “Recording Mode Bar”

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Time Track

Time Setting Quick Buttons

Recording Mode Bar

: Continuously record that channel. : Record a period of the detected motion event. Please make sure you

have configured the motion settings on Setup page  Device tab beforehand.

: Event handling is activated.

(Please refer to How to Edit an Event Rule on page 103 for Event Rules settings)

: Clear the setting + : Continuous recording with event handling + : Event recording with event handling

2. Click and drag over the “Time Track” to set time period.

Use Time Setting Quick Buttons to Set the Time in One Click

Select the recording mode, and then click one of these buttons to apply the mostly-used time settings. Click to apply schedule for all day.

Click to apply the schedule from 06:00 to 18:00 every day with the settings for the rest of the time track being cleared.

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Click to apply schedule from 18:00 to 06:00 every day with the settings for the rest of the time track being cleared.

Click to clear all schedule setting in this device.

Lock Specific Days

Clicking the day of the week will lock/unlock that day from schedule setting. You can shield schedule on a certain day from being changed by changes in other weekdays. You may easily set just the weekdays or the same time over the same week this way. To do this:

1. Click the days to shield them.

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2. As you drag any settings over the time track, it will not apply to those shielded days.

Copy an Existing Schedule to Others

With plenty of devices in your system, it happens that you want to apply the same schedule to multiple devices. After creating a schedule for one device, you can copy it to other cameras.

1. Go to Setup page Schedule tab, on Device List, select the device from which you want to copy the schedule settings.

2. Click the “Copy” button.

3. On the popup window, select target devices to which you want to copy the schedule

settings.

4. Click the “Apply” button.

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