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Standalone NVR
User’s Manual
Version 1.02.13
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Table of Contents
1 Overview 5
Package Contents ........................................................................... 5
Introduction .................................................................................... 5
Physical Description ........................................................................ 7
Turning On / Off or Rebooting the device ..................................... 11
System Requirements .................................................................. 11
2 Installation 12
Connecting to Network ................................................................ 12
Accessing XNR-4200 by IE .......................................................... 12
Accessing XNR-4200 by UPnP .................................................... 13
Disabling UAC in Windows Vista and Windows 7 ........................ 14
Login ............................................................................................. 15
Setup Wizard ................................................................................ 18
Licensing ...................................................................................... 19
How does Activation Work 19
Online Activation 20
Offline Activation 21
Date and Time .............................................................................. 22
User ................................ ................................ ............................. 23
RAID ............................................................................................ 24
RAID Introduction 24
RAID Types and Number of Disks 27
Storage Calculation 27
Compatible Hard Disks 27
3 Live 31
Live View Main Screen .................................................................. 31
Live View Window ........................................................................ 32
Side Panel .................................................................................... 34
Device List 34
Event List 36
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Operating Digital PTZ 39
Preset Point Panel 40
Tool Bar 41
Layout Bar 44
4 Playback 45
Playback Screen Overview .......................................................... 45
Quick Tips .................................................................................... 45
Device Information ....................................................................... 46
Side Panel .................................................................................... 46
Playback Windows ....................................................................... 47
Device Playback Control .............................................................. 48
Layout Bar .................................................................................... 49
Select Device for Playback ........................................................... 49
Bookmarks .................................................................................... 50
Scrolling and Playing Video .......................................................... 52
Video Search ................................................................................. 53
Video Search Result ...................................................................... 54
Export Video ................................................................................. 55
Snapshot ....................................................................................... 58
Print Image ................................................................................... 58
5 Setup 60
System ........................................................................................... 60
Settings-Email .............................................................................. 60
Settings-FTP ................................................................ ................ 61
Settings-Global Settings............................................................... 61
Information ................................................................................... 62
Date & Time ................................................................................. 63
Network ........................................................................................ 65
Block List ...................................................................................... 66
RAID Management ...................................................................... 67
Disk Status 67
RAID Status 68
How to Manage Disk Error (Changing Disks) 68
Device Pack ................................................................................. 69
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Firmware Upgrade ....................................................................... 69
Setting Backup / Restore ............................................................. 69
Adding and Removing Device ...................................................... 71
Search Devices 72
Add Device Manually 72
Adding Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device 73
Device Configuration .................................................................... 75
Basic ............................................................................................ 75
Video Quality ................................................................................ 77
Motion Detection .......................................................................... 78
Schedule ....................................................................................... 82
Event Handling ............................................................................. 84
Event Responses ......................................................................... 85
Event Trigger Type Icon 86
Event Response Options 86
Popup 87
Goto Preset 89
Beep 89
Trigger DO 90
Send Email 90
Upload FTP 91
Event Handling List ...................................................................... 92
Event Response Overview ........................................................... 93
Device Group ................................................................................ 94
Device List ................................................................................... 95
Live Layout ................................................................................... 96
User ............................................................................................... 97
Group ........................................................................................... 97
User ................................ ................................ ............................. 99
Permission ................................................................................. 101
Playback 103
Setup 103
Joystick ....................................................................................... 104
Language .................................................................................... 106
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US Type
Supply End:
NEMA 5-15P
Equipment End:
IEC-60320-C13
Europe Type
Supply End:
European Schuko CEE 7/7
Equipment End:
IEC-60320-C13
Overview
Package Contents
This product package includes the following contents:
1. XNR-4200 Standalone NVR x 1
2. Power Cord x 1 (US type / Europe type)
Note: If your territory does not fall into
US or Europe type adapter coverage,
please purchase a power plug adapter
or a travel adapter to connect your device
to power supply.
3. Removable Hard Disk Bay x 6
(stored inside XNR-4200)
4. Installation Accessories
5. Machine Info Card
6. Warranty Card
Introduction
XNR-4200 Standalone NVR is a Linux based Network Video Recorder that is housed in a 2U
rack mount casing. It is easy to setup and operate. You may connect to the XNR-4200 via Cat 5
cable Ethernet networks or through remote internet.
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Main Specification
XNR-4200
General
Full Name
ACTi Standalone Network Video Recorder XNR-4200
Maximum Number of Clients
Unlimited
Maximum Number of Cameras
64
Compression
H.264, MPEG-4, MJPEG
Live View
Display Layout Mode
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 16, 25, 32, 36, 49, 64
Layout Manager
An interface to define display layouts and the pre-set cameras within layouts; full-screen mode available
Layout Tour
Automatic switch between different display layouts
Digital Zoom
Zoom in/out digitally by PiP (Picture-in-Picture)
Camera Tree
Drag and drop video source from camera tree into display layout
Manual Recording
Instant recording upon mouse click
Event Panel
Display event status upon alarm or upon connection loss or recovery between server and client or when the allocated disk
space is full
Two-way audio
Audio sound from and to all the audio supported devices
PTZ Control
Pan, tilt and zoom controls; speed control; both buttons and overlay controls
Preset Points and Tours
Create preset points; create auto tours between preset points ; activate NVR preset points or auto tours between preset
Number of Preset Points
32
Joystick
USB based joystick supported
Default Protocol
URL command
Recording
Scheduled Recording
Record video with user defined schedule
Event Recording
Record video when the alarm event is triggered, including the pre-event buffered video clip
Bufferless Recording
Event recording without pre-event buffered video clip; no streaming in normal mode; saves bandwidth
Manual Recording
Instant recording upon mouse click
Recording Frame Rate
Max 1920 fps total; Max 30 fps per camera
Maximum Recording Throughput
320 Mbps
Storage
Interface
Serial ATA
HDD Bay
Maximum 6 disks (disks not included)
RAID Level
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Search & Playback
Time Based Video Search
Search video recordings by time, channel or bookmark
Event Based Video Search
Search alarm triggered video recordings
Activity and Status Log Search
Search for log of video loss/recovery, network disconnect/reconnect, alarm events, user activity; export of all logs
Playback Control
Forward and backward playback with speeds 1x-500x; pause; stop
Synchronized Playback
4 channels
Manual Snapshot
Create snapshot from playback for export
Digital Zoom
Zoom in/out digitally by PiP (Picture-in-Picture)
Video Cropping
Crop a short video clip from long recording file and save it as an independent file
Video Export
Export video clips in AVI format; text overlay supported
Event Management
Event Trigger
Video motion detection; External device through digital input; Video loss and recovery; Network loss and recovery
Event Response
Record video; Play alert beep; Activate external device through digital output; Upload snapshot to FTP server;
E-mail notification with snapshots; Event logging
Manual Event
Manually activate external devices through digital output via live view monitor
System
Permission Control
Unlimited number of users, multi-level permission, camera group permission for different users
Data Backup
By external DVD drive (optional)
Operating System
Embedded Linux
System Status Monitor
Real time status reports on remote browser
Language
Multi-language support
Remote Access
PC Web Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0 with live view, PTZ, playback, setup
Mobile Client Program
Mobile device application (MobileGo!) supporting live view, NVR layouts, PTZ control, event or time based search and
playback, Supported devices: iPhone, iPad, iPod
Hardware
Dimensions (W x H x D)
482.6 mm x 88 mm x 545 mm (19” x 3.46” x 21.4”); Rack-mountable (2U)
Weight
11.2 kg (24.64 lb) without HDD
Operating Temperature
0 ℃~ 40 ℃(32 ℉ ~ 104 ℉)
Operating Humidity
10% ~ 85% RGH
Power Source / Consumption
110V~220V AC 50/60Hz / 350 W
Approvals
CE, FCC (Part 15B Class A), LVD
USB
USB 2.0, 6 ports
Ethernet Port
2, Ethernet (1000 Base-T), RJ-45 connector
System Requirements*
Remote Client PC
1-16 channels: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz, 32/64-bit, 4GB RAM;
17-64 channels: Intel Core i7-920 2.67 GHz 64-bit, 6GB RAM
Client PC Operating System
32/64 bit: Windows 7 (all versions), Windows Server 2008 (all versions), Windows Vista (all versions),
Windows Server 2003 (all versions), Windows XP (all versions)
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0
Integration
Unified Solution
Fully compatible with ACTi cameras, encoders and CMS v2.0
Camera Integration
Open platform
ISV CMS Integration
Software Development Kit (SDK) available
* These specifications are based on following camera settings--Scenario 1: 1280x1024, 3Mbps, 18fps, MPEG-4; Scenario 2: 1280x1024, 1.5Mbps, 18fps,
H.264.H.264. In case of high number of channels, you may use "Decode I" mode on live view.
For more details about system requirements, please refer to Project Planner on www.acti.com
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Open
Open
Rack Mount
Ear
Front Panel Nut
LED indicators
Physical Description
Front View (Panel Closed)
1. Front Panel Nut: The Front Panel contains sponge filters to keep dust away from the
interior of the device. Front Panel is secured to the main body via the Front Panel Nuts.
Rotate them counterclockwise to open, clockwise to lock in place.
2. Rack Mount Ear: XNR-4200 is designed to be used in the control room and mounted on
server racks. The device is attached to standard rack via the Rack Mount Ears.
3. LED Indicators: The LED indicators show the current device status.
-- Power Status LED: The Red light to the left, indicates that the device is powered.
-- HDD Status LED: The central light, indicates HD access status.
-- System Status LED: The yellow light to the right, indicates the system service status. If it
is lit continuously, the system is running and hard drives are operating normally, recording may
proceed. If the disks are not ready for recording, then the yellow light will continue flashing.
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Power
Switch
Reset
Button
USB Port
HDD Bays
Slide Lock Tab
Hinged Insert Tab
Locking
Keyhole
Front View (Panel Open)
1. Power Switch: Press and hold for a few seconds before system reboots automatically
2. Reset Button: To restore to default settings, please follow the below steps:
(1) Power on the device, then press and hold this button.
(2) Count 45 seconds and observe the system status LED in the mean while, as it is
quickly blinking, release the Reset button.
(3) The System Status LED will turn stable, then the device will load the default settings
and restart.
If you just want to shutdown or reboot XNR, please use the software interface Shutdown
Button or Reboot Button (Setup→Power) instead.
3. USB Port: The two USB ports allow external DVD-ROMs to be connected to XNR. You
may backup data through external DVD drives.
4. HDD Bay: The 6 HDD bays each contain one HDD tray. The tray is removable from the
front panel.
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Power
Socket
Ethernet Port 1
Ethernet Port 2
RS-232 Port (For Diagnostic Adapter Connection Only)
Back View
Installing the Hard Disk
Before removing the HDD trays, please make sure the device is turned off. Your hard disks may
be damaged if you move the HDD trays while the device is operation.
To remove the HDD tray, first slide the Slide Lock Tab to the right. The Hinged Insert Tab will
then pop out by itself. Pull the tab to 90 degrees from the front panel to disengage the internal
connection. Pull out the tray to insert or remove Hard Disk.
To insert HDD tray, slide the tray until it is stopped, then close the tab to connect Hard disk to
system.
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Removing HDD Tray
Inserting HDD Tray
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PC Specifications
1-16 channels
17-64 channels
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz, 32/64-bit
Intel Core i7-920 2.67 GHz 64-bit
Memory
4GB RAM
6GB RAM
Operating System
32/64 bit: Windows 7 (all versions), Windows Server 2008 (all versions),
Windows Vista (all versions), Windows Server 2003 (all versions), Windows
XP (all versions)
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0
Turning On / Off or Rebooting the device
1. To turn on your XNR, press down the Power-On Button on the front side.
2. To turn off or reboot, go to Setup→Power, and click “Shutdown” to turn off your XNR or
“Reboot” to reboot it.
System Requirements
XNR-4200 itself is a self-contained unit. The system requirement here applies only to the
Client PC used to view video and access settings.
These specifications are based on following camera settings:
Scenario 1: 1280x1024, 3Mbps, 18fps, MPEG-4;
Scenario 2: 1280x1024, 1.5Mbps, 18fps, H.264.
In case of high number of channels, you may use "Decode I" mode on live view. For more
details about system requirements, please refer to Project Planner on www.acti.com
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Ethernet Port 1
Ethernet Port 2
Get IP address from
network router via DHCP
Use IP Address
assigned by
network router
Use Static IP
192.168.0.10
IP Address available
from network router
IP Address
not available
Use Static IP
192.168.1.10
Installation
Connecting to Network
Connect XNR-4200 to your network via the two Ethernet Ports as shown in the Physical
Descriptions section.
Standalone NVR will first try to get an IP address assigned by your network router / DHCP
server. If your network does not assign IP address automatically, then Ethernet Port 1 will
assume IP address 192.168.0.10 while Ethernet Port 2 will use IP address 192.168.1.10.
Accessing XNR-4200 by IE
If you know the IP address and port number of the standalone NVR, you may also type in the
IP address and port number directly into Internet Explorer. Sample IP will look like this:
http://192.168.0.10:80/
Input the NVR‟s IP Address and Port Number in IE URL Bar
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Accessing XNR-4200 by UPnP
XNR-4200 supports UPnP connection. This means that once the device has an IP address,
you will be able to find it in the local network in Windows Explorer → Network. Please note that
your PC must be in the same subnet as the Standalone NVR. A sample screen (in windows 7)
is shown below. Double-click the icon to log into Standalone NVR.
Next to the XNR-4200 title, the MAC address to this Standalone NVR is shown here. You will
need to provide this MAC address to your sales representative if you are registering offline. If
you have internet connection and choose to register online, then you don‟t need to worry about
the MAC address.
XNR-4200 Detected over Local Network by UPnP
If your default browser is other than IE8.0 or 9.0, right-click on the icon to bring up the context
menu, and select “Properties”, find the IP address and port number next to “Device Webpage”
and input them in your IE browser.
The IP Address and Port Number
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Disabling UAC in Windows Vista and Windows 7
UAC (User Access Control) is a security setting that restricts access in Microsoft Windows
Vista and Windows 7. You must disable UAC before starting using XNR-4200 in these two
operation systems.
Disabling UAC in Windows Vista
1. Go to Start , then enter Control Panel.
2. In Search box, type “uac”.
3. Click “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”.
4. Uncheck the “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer” to
turn off UAC, then click “OK”.
5. Restart your PC to have the change take effect.
Disabling UAC in Windows 7
1. Go to Start , then enter Control Panel.
2. In Search box, type “uac”.
3. Click “Change User Account Control settings”.
4. On the pop-up window, drag the slider to “Never notify” position, and then click “OK”.
5. Restart your PC to have the change take effect.
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Login
A login screen will welcome you when you connect to XNR-4200.
Enter your Account and Password then click the “Login” button to Login.
Default Account: Admin Default Password: 123456
You may change the language settings by selecting from the “Language” dropdown list.
Check “Remember me” for XNR-4200 to remember your last Login name and password.
Check “Auto Login” to skip the Login page and go directly to the main page every time you
login from this PC in the future. If your PC may be accessed by someone without proper
authority, please do NOT use either remember me or auto login.
When you are logging in for the first time, or when you have just upgraded your firmware, you
will be prompted to install ActiveX components. You must accept the install to access
Standalone NVR properly. You may also click the “Download ActiveX installation package” link
at the lower left of login screen. This will download and install file that gives you the required
components to access Standalone NVR.
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When your browser‟s pop-up blocker prompts ask if you would like to install ACTi Corporation‟s
control or not, please accept it.
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You may also click the “Download ActiveX installation package” link at the lower left of login
screen. This will download and install file that gives you the required components to access
Standalone NVR.
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Setup Wizard
Once you connected to Standalone NVR, Setup Wizard will guide you through the initial setup
process. The setup wizard will also show up if you delete all devices from device list in the
future. You may click “Previous” or “Next” button located to 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 tab from Standalone NVR web interface.
If you want to exit this wizard, click the “Done” bubble on upper right corner to directly start
using XNR-4200.
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Licensing
The first step is to setup license. This screen shows number of channels allowed under your
current license, and the license keys applied before. Each New device has a license for 16
channels which is already activated. You can click “Next” to next setting if you currently don‟t
want to add new license.
Standalone NVR licensed per number of channels managed. Each additional channel requires
one license. License codes are purchased through our sales representatives. Contact your
distributor for purchase info.
How does Activation Work
During license activation, your license key is matched against the MAC address on the
Network Interface Card (NIC) on your computer. This MAC address is used as the Machine Key.
This matching record will be stored on the ACTi web server. Your standalone NVR has two
MAC Addresses, please use MAC Address 1 (with smaller MAC address) to register.
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ACTi Website
SNVR Setup
Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for
activation. Register one for free at http://member.acti.com/
Setup License. Select “Online Registration”. Enter your
license key, member ID and password, click “Apply”.
Done!
Online Activation
Requires Internet access from standalone NVR.
If you have Internet connection available from your Standalone NVR, you should register
online. After obtaining the license for more channels, log in standalone NVR from local or via
web client, click SetupLicense “Online Registration” button to enter license key directly into
system. You need to have an account on ACTi.com for authentication. If you do not have an
account yet, please click the blue link below and register your account, once you click “OK”,
XNR-4200 will connect to the server to register the license key, and allow more cameras in the
system.
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ACTi Website
SNVR Setup
ACTi Website
ACTi Website
Mailbox
SNVR Setup
Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required
for activation. Register one for free at
http://member.acti.com/
Log in standalone NVR, go to
SetupSystemInformation. Record the MAC address 1.
Connect to www.acti.com. Go to Support
Customer Services: License Registration. Select your
product to register.
Enter your License Key and the MAC address 1.
Click “Submit” to generate activation file.
Log in standalone NVR from local or via web client. Go to
Setup License Offline Registration click “Open File”
and select the license file. Click “OK” to activate this license.
An email with activation code file (.lic) will be sent to your
registered email. Transfer this license file to standalone NVR
or web client PC.
Done!
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Offline Activation
Does not require Internet access from standalone NVR. It is used when standalone NVR is
located in network not connected to public Internet.
If you do not have Internet connection available from your Standalone NVR (e.g. in a restricted
military base), you will need to get a license file from another computer and transfer it to
standalone NVR. This is called Offline Registration. Click SetupLicense “Offline
Registration” button to load the activation code file.
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Date and Time
You can setup the date and time setting on this stage. ACTI Standalone NVR provides three
methods to synchronize the time setting; you can use NTP server, local time setting or you can
setup it manually. The methods are as follows:
Setup by using NTP server:
STEP 1: Fill in the NTP server IP or domain name.
STEP 2: Press the “NTP Sync” button to synchronize your time setting with NTP server.
Setup by local time:
Just press the “Local Sync” button to synchronize your time setting with your computer‟s local
time.
Setup manually:
Pressing “Date” or “Time” button to setup your date or time manually.
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User
You can setup the user account and access right in this stage. Press “Add User” button below
to add a new user. In the Add New User window you can setup the name, password and the
group of a new user. Please notice that you cannot add new group in the installation wizard;
you can only add a new group in the setup menu inside the standalone NVR setting page.
After adding a user you can edit the user profile by pressing “edit” button or delete the user by
pressing “delete” button.
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RAID
Your video is recorded on the hard disks managed by XNR-4200 built-in RAID (Redundant
Array of Independent Disks) system. Before staring video recording, it is important that
you have installed the number of hard disks you need.
RAID Introduction
There are configurations by which the video recordings on disks can be recovered even in
case of physical failure of several hard disks; however, while using such secure configurations,
the total available storage space will be smaller compared to less secure configurations.
ACTi Standalone NVR servers support 4 different RAID types (0, 1, 5, 10). Depending on the
number of inserted disks, there will be different RAID options available.
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.
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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.
RAID 5
RAID 5 is probably the most popular configuration of all because it provides both disk recovery
options and quite efficient use of storage space. Furthermore, the more hard disks you add
into RAID 5 configuration, the faster will be the writing and reading speed, for the similar
reason as in case of RAID 0. In RAID 5 configuration, the
data blocks are considered the same data group or a stripe.
Certain special portion of data that is created based on the
values of other data blocks for recovery purposes. Such
value is called parity. The parity information is distributed
and stored across each hard drive. If any of the hard drive
fails, the array enters downgrade mode, all that you need to
do is replace the failed disk with a new one.
RAID 10
RAID 10 (also called 1+0) combines RAID 1 and RAID 0
configurations – think of it as a group of mirrored disks. From
that it is possible to conclude that there has to be even
number of disks and at least two pairs, which means that you
can use 4 or 6 disks for XNR-4200.
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RAID Type
Advantages
Disadvantages
Suitable Applications
RAID 0
Biggest possible
usable storage
space and faster
speed of reading
and writing.
No protection
against possible
hard disk failure. If
one disk fails, the
whole RAID
system will stop
working.
Projects with lower security risk
where the potential risk of lost video
records is acceptable while the
usable storage space should be as
big as possible in order to serve
more cameras with one standalone
NVR server.
Example: schools, hospitals, bus
stops, etc.
RAID1
Excellent protection
against failure of
hard disk and twice
faster speed of
reading.
Available storage
space is twice
smaller compared
to RAID 0.
Projects with high security risk and
with small number of cameras due
to the limited storage space.
Example: Currency exchange
booths, etc.
RAID5
Basic protection
against failure of
hard disks and
excellent speed of
reading and writing
(only a bit slower
than RAID 0).
Available storage
space is one disk
less than the
maximum.
Nearly all types of projects that are
somewhat demanding about data
recovery options and yet need to
work with quite many cameras and
therefore would like to use as much
storage space as possible.
Example: Retail, city surveillance,
commercial buildings, etc.
RAID10
Excellent protection
against failure of
hard disks and
excellent writing
and reading
speeds.
Only 50% of the
total storage is
available for writing
data.
Projects with high security risk and
with medium number of cameras.
Example: Branches of banks, etc
RAID Types Usage Comparison
Different RAID type configuration will have advantages and disadvantages in terms of data
protection against disk failure, more storage space or affordability. It is up to you to decide
whether to have more available storage space or more security according to the conditions of
your site.
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RAID
Type
Number of
disks (n)
Tolerates
the failure
of disks
Max
Available
Capacity
(2TB for each
hard drive)
Usable
Storage
Space
Read
Speed
Write
Speed
RAID 0
1-6 0 12TB
n
nX
nX
RAID 1
2 1 4TB
n/2
2X
1X
RAID 5
3-6 1 10TB
n - 1
(n-1)X
(n-1)X
RAID 10
4 or 6
1 of each pair
6TB
n/2
nX
nX
Brand
Class
Model
Capacity
Interface
Cache
Spin Speed
Seagate
Enterprise
ST2000NM0011
2TB
SATA 6 Gb/s
64MB
7200
Desktop
ST3250318AS
250GB
SATA 3 Gb/s
8MB
7200
ST32000641AS
2TB
SATA 6 Gb/s
64MB
7200
Western
Digital
Enterprise
WD1002FBYS
1TB
SATA 3 Gb/s
32MB
7200
WD2002FYPS
2TB
SATA 3 Gb/s
64MB
IntelliPower
WD2003FYYS
2TB
SATA 3 Gb/s
64MB
7200
WD1003FBYX
1TB
SATA 3 Gb/s
64MB
7200
Desktop
WD2002FAEX
2TB
SATA 6 Gb/s
64MB
7200
WD1002FAEX
1TB
SATA 6 Gb/s
64MB
7200
RAID Types and Number of Disks
Each RAID type has its requirement of minimum hard disk number. Here‟s a table of available
RAID levels with different numbers of disks.
n = the number of hard disks used
Storage Calculation
If you have already decided the RAID type that fits best with your project requirements then
you can take good use of our MS Excel based storage calculator that helps you with
calculating the total storage space available in given RAID configuration
Download the Storage Calculator from ACTi website:
http://www.acti.com/download_file/KnowledgeBase_UploadFile/ACTi_standalone_NVR_RAID
_storage_calculator_v_1_0_20110504_001.xlsx
Compatible Hard Disks
ACTi has tested and announced the full compatibility with following hard disks:
Desktop and Enterprise are two common product classes most hard drive manufacturers use
to differentiate drive models of two different usages. The differences between these classes
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may vary in degree or designs depending on the manufacturer. In general, manufacturers do
not recommend installing desktop class hard drives for RAID environment.
Desktop class hard drives are designed for balanced performance and reliability for everyday
use (8 hours/day, 5 days/week), while Enterprise class hard drives are designed especially for
RAID system environment which requires higher performance for 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
mission critical applications.
Note: Any other hard disk that is not bigger than 2TB will theoretically also work, however, in
such cases ACTi does not guarantee the performance of those uncertified hard drives.
Note: Hard disks with capacity bigger than 2TB are not supported!
First-time Hard Disk Installation
Once you have the hard disks ready, do the following to install them to your XNR-4200.
1. Shut down the device.
2. Remove the HDD trays, lock the disks on them.
3. Insert those HDD trays back into the device
4. Start the device.
5. As the Setup Wizard runs to RAID setting stage, you will see the number of disks
appear as “Unused” status. Choose the RAID type and click “Format”, this will erase
the disks to get ready for building the RAID.
6. Once formatting completes, the disks status turns to “Normal”, and the device
continues to ReSync to build the RAID file system until the Mode Statues displays
“Active”. Your RAID system is ready for recording.
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You can add devices into standalone NVR system in this stage with the following steps:
STEP 1: Search current available devices by using the drop-down menu on the top of the
page.
You can choose your searching target then press “search” button, and the system will search
all related device for you.
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STEP 2: Choose the device you want in the device list under search bar; selected device will
be highlighted in yellow.
STEP 3: Press “Next” button to add these device into device list and start to use ACTI
standalone NVR.
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Channel Status
Storage indicator
Tool Bar
Module
Tab
Layout Bar
Side Panel
Selected Channel
Live View Window
Live
Live View Main Screen
Once you login to the system, you will see this default “Live View” page/layout.
1. Selected Channel: When you selected a channel from the live view windows, the
channel will will be surrounded by an orange frame, its ID and the device name will be
highlighted in the Device List.
2. Side Panel: This area contains several collapsible information panels. Including “Device”,
“Event”, and “PTZ”.
3. Tool Bar: This bar provides access to functions including “Application”, “Device List”,
“Help”, “About”, and Date/Time information.
4. Module Tab: Switch between 3 main modules of the Standalone NVR, namely: “Live”,
“Playback”, and “Setup”.
5. Layout Bar: Allows you to switch between different view layouts, turn on/off “Patrol”,
select different “Pages”, “Group” selection and choose the streaming compression format
of the selected camera( if it supports Dual Streaming).
6. Channel Status: Numbers of cameras currently being viewed and recorded are shown
here.
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Playtime Scroll Bar
Shortcut to Playback
Module
Playback Control
Live View Window
Live View Window: This shows the “Live View” of your selected camera. Double-clicking in the
areas of this camera allows you to view the “Live View” in full-screen. Press “ESC” in
full-screen mode allows you to escape from full-screen mode.
Right-Click Context Menu: Right-Clicking in “Live-View” (Live playing camera) brings out an
options list which contains the following choices:
1. Instant Playback: Clicking the Instant playback will bring out the instant playback
pop-up window.
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2. Reconnect: Disconnect and reconnect the camera connection.
3. Disconnect: Disconnect the camera connection.
4. Optical PTZ: Please refer to the PTZ control section.
5. Manual Record: In default, clicking Manual Record will automatically record a 5-minute
stretch from this camera. This is useful if you find something you wish to take note of.
You may do following changes to customize its length according to your needs:
(1) Setup → Schedule: Set the Pre-Event and Post-Event Buffer.
(2) Setup→System→Settings: In “Global Settings”, set Manual Record duration,
the min length is 30, max is 3600.
6. Snapshot: You may copy a snapshot of the “Live View” to your clipboard.
7. Digital Output 1: Manually start and end digital output 1 from this device.
8. Digital Output 2: Manually start and end digital output 2 from this device.
9. Audio In: Enable and disable your audio input.
10. Audio Out: Enable and diable your audio output.
Note: All functions from the “Right-Click Context Menu” work only on the single channel you
have chosen.
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Side Panel
The “Side Panel” is divided into four panels as shown below.
Device List
The Device List shows the devices in your system and their status. You may organize the view
in many ways.
1. Minimize: Minimizes the device panel.
2. Group name: If Device List is organized by group, this shows the name of this group.
Click the minimize button before to collapse the cameras listed in this group. One camera
may belong to multiple groups, so the same camera may be shown multiple times in the
device panel when organized by group.
3. Camera Icon (Normal): The camera icon shows the camera device type.
4. Recording Icon: This icon indicates that this camera is currently being recorded.
5. Live View indicator: Cameras with this orange bar before its icon is currently shown in
the live view window.
6. Camera Info: This area describes the camera name and ID. If this camera is currently
selected, this whole area will be a highlighted bar.
7. Camera Icon (error): The exclamation mark (!) icon over camera icon means that this
camera is currently not connected and not being recorded.
8. Group Patrol: Click this icon to enable cycling your view by group, which is called group
patrol. Please note that you need to have more than one group of camera to switch views
to. If not, this function will only repeat displaying the same cameras in the same group.
9. Sort: You may sort the display of cameras according to ID, Group, Model, Name and IP
address.
10. Scroll Bar: Scroll up or down to browse the device list.
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Note: By double clicking on groups (not individual cameras), this will allow you to add your
entire group of cameras to the “Live View”. You may click and drag a single channel onto the
window you wish to view it in to see video from that camera. You may also drag an entire group
into the live view window to view the cameras.
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Event List
Event List displays events as they happen. The latest event is shown on top.
1. Minimize: Minimizes the event list panel.
2. Event information: This shows the type of event by an icon, camera ID, IP address and
time of event. You can also double click on the event to playback the event video in a
pop-up instant playback window.
3. Scroll Bar: Scroll up or down to browse the event list.
To set up the number of events shown on this list, go to Setup→System→Settings, in the
Global Setting section, input the number, the maximum is 100.
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PTZ Panel
The PTZ Panel allows you to control camera motion for Pan / Tilt / Zoom enabled cameras.
This is called the optical PTZ mode, in contrast with the digital PTZ available to all cameras via
Standalone NVR.
1. Minimize: Minimizes the PTZ window.
2. Pan-Tilt Control: Click on the arrows to point camera at a given direction. Click and hold
until you arrive at the position you desire.
3. Pan Speed: Adjust Pan Speed from 1 to 5, higher the number, faster the speed.
Caution: Speed varies from protocol to protocol.
Tilt Speed: Adjust Tilt Speed from 1 to 5, higher the number, faster the speed.
Caution: Speed varies from protocol to protocol.
Zoom Speed: Adjust Zoom Speed from 1 to 5, higher the number, faster the speed.
Caution: Speed varies from protocol to protocol.
4. Go to Preset: Make PTZ camera go to preset points. (Only available when you have
done PTZ and Preset Points settings for a PTZ or speed dome camera).
5. Preset Tour: Make PTZ camera cycle through grouped multiple preset points. (Only
available when you have done PTZ and Preset Points settings for a PTZ or speed dome
camera).
6. Zoom Out: Zoom out.
7. Focus In: Focus near.
8. Zoom In: Zoom in.
9. Focus Out: Focus far.
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PTZ via Live View Window
Optical PTZ operation can also be performed from within the live view window itself.
Select the PTZ camera you wish to operate. Make sure the PTZ mode is Optical PTZ. If not,
change via right click context menu. There will be a red crosshair right in the middle of screen.
Clicking anywhere on the screen will 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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Picture in Picture
Display Showing
Current View
Operating Digital PTZ
Digital PTZ allows you to zoom into part of the video and enlarge it to display on screen. Just
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. Just click
and drag the red rectangle to see another area. Right clicking on the minimize Picture in
Picture view will take you back to the original full video view.
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Preset Point Panel
PTZ Preset points allow you to easily move the camera to pre-defined points of view. This is
enabled only for cameras with PTZ function support.
You need to setup these points in Setup Device PTZ. Be sure to save your settings before you
leave the setup section to commit the changes.
Once you have defined these points you will find the preset points in the drop down list.
After you have more than one preset points defined, you may configure the Preset Tour in the
Setup Device section.
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Application Menu
Hide Toolbar
Help
About
Date/Time
Device List
Tool Bar
Tool Bar gives you additional control and info over the entire “Live View” experience.
Application Menu:
This shows all the special functions within the application menu.
1. Video Title Bar: Enable/Disable video title bar.
2. Stretch Image: Enable/Disable stretch image.
3. Disconnect All Channels: Disconnect all channels.
4. Decode I-Frame: Change all channels to 1 FPS. This saves CPU on the remote
client PC.
5. Logout: Logout of the Stand Alone NVR but stay in IE.
6. Quit: Quit entire session and close IE.
Device List Menu:
Icon: Change the “Device Panel” display into Icon style
Each Channel is identified with a snapshot. Channels currently in live view will
be shown with Orange borders. Currently selected channel will be shown in
yellow border.
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Card: Change the “Device Panel” display into Card style.
Each device will be shown with Channel ID, one thumbnail snapshot, device
info and image. Channels currently in view will show an orange border to the
left. The currently selected channel will be highlighted.
List: Change the “Device Panel” display into List style.
This is the default method. Each device will be shown in one line, with Rec
icons indicating currently recording channels, and orange highlights to the left
for the ones currently in view.
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Detail: Change the “Device Panel” display into Detail style
This looks very similar to the List style, but the info listed now extends to the
right and include device IP and camera model.
Hide Toolbar:
You may choose to hide the toolbar with this button. Press the “Esc” key to restore toolbar.
Help:
Help will take you to our website for more detailed info
About:
Clicking “About” will display current Standalone NVR versions.
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Layout Bar
The Layout Bar gives you the freedom to select your own View Window style. Enable/Disable
“Sequence Patrol”, change pages, and select group.
1. Hide Side Tool Panel: Hide the Side Tool Panel to increase viewing area.
2. Channel Layouts: Different channel Layouts for your viewing.
3. More Layouts: Some layouts are not shown in the default Layout Bar. Click this to show
more layouts.
4. Dual Stream Switch: Switch the current video stream for live view to stream 1 or stream
2(if you have set the Stream Mode as DUAL on Device page).
5. Sequence Patrol: Patrol your cameras in the Side Tool List, starting from the top of list.
6. Page Selection: If you have more channels than one page can show, the system will
automatically add cameras to different pages. You may view other cameras in different
page.
7. Select Group: Cameras can be categorized into different groups for better management.
By selecting from this list you can find all groupings of your camera for viewing.
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Device Information
Side
Panel
Device
Playback
Control
Module Bar
Playback
Windows
Playback
Playback Screen Overview
Quick Tips
1. Drag cameras or groups from the device list to the playback windows to view.
2. You can see a maximum of four cameras at once in synchronized playback.
3. Click and drag the time bar to move to your target time. Change the scale from the
dropdown list at bottom right.
4. Click the date / time in the center of device playback control to jump to target day / time.
5. Click the play/reverse/pause buttons below the playback control to play.
6. Click and drag the black circle left or right to fast forward / rewind at up to 500x speed.
7. Filter events by clicking on the four icons on top left of Device Playback Control.
8. Search, print, bookmark or export video by clicking the buttons on top right of device
playback control.
9. Right click on each channel for more detailed context menus.
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Hidden Search Tab
Device Tab
Hidden Device
Device Information
Device Information displays the selected device number, brand and model number.
Side Panel
On Playback Module, the Side Panel contains Device Tab and Search Tab. On Device Tab, you
may group all the added devices by ID, by Group, by Model, by Name, and by IP Address. On
Search Tab, you may click on the search result thumbnails and the time bar will be shifted to
the beginning of the video.
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1. Close Button: You may switch between devices or search tab by clicking the close button.
2. Group Drop-Down List Menu: Allows you to group all the added devices by ID, by Group,
by Model, by Name, and by IP Address.
3. Device: Displays the device current status and information. The current status can be in
idle or in recording mode. The device information is displayed by the camera type
thumbnail, by device ID, by brand, and by model number.
4. Thumbnail List: You may see the thumbnail images of the video from the search results.
In each thumbnail, the type of event is listed at the right. Once you clicked on a thumbnail,
the time bar will be shifted to the beginning of the video. Then, you may proceed to play the
archive video.
5. Page Index Number: You may click on the page index number to go to the next page or to
the previous page.
6. Page Up-Down Arrows: You may click on the page index arrow to go to the next page or
to the previous page.
Playback Windows
On the Playback module, you may have 1, 2 and 4 channel window layouts for Playback. You
may only disconnect, export video, take snapshot, print image, save image and add bookmark
to a channel with a video clip through right click.
1. Disconnect: Select to disconnect the channel
2. Audio In: Click to enable or disable audio of the selected channel
3. Snapshot: Click to take a snapshot of the channel and save it on the clipboard
4. Export Video: Click to export selected video channel
5. Print Image: Click to print the image snapshot.
6. Save Image: Click to save the image(s) to your desktop or to a destination path.
7. Bookmark: Click to add a bookmark to the selected channel.
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Device Playback Control
1. Event Icons: Toggle Motion, Digital Input, Recording and Lost signal on the Time Bars.
2. Displayed Time: Display the time of video currently viewed.
Click here to go jump directly to target time / date.
3. Displayed Time Bar: Marks time of video currently viewed.
4. Return to Present: Instantly moves Displayed time to now.
5. Search: Click this button to perform search.
6. Export Video: Export video clips to other locations.
7. Print Image: Click this button to export images to a printer.
8. Save Image: Click this button to export images to a file.
9. Bookmark: Click this button to set bookmarks on all synchronized videos.
10. Time Bars: Click and drag to change current video displayed time.
11. Devices: The playback cameras are displayed here
12. Playback Control: Click these buttons to play, pause or rewind. You may go faster by
clicking and dragging the black circle. For even faster speed up to 500 times, click and drag
the pause button to the left or right limit.
13. Time Bars Scale: Time Bars Scales are changed here.
14. Event Buttons: You may jump to then previous or to the next Record, Motion, Digital Input,
Video Loss, Network Loss, and Bookmark. Previous / Next Record is very useful when
navigating long stretches of video.
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Layout Bar
1. Hide Side Tool List: Click to hide or unhide the side tool list
2. Layout 1: Shows a single channel
3. Layout 2: Shows a maximum of 2 video channels at one time
4. Layout 4: Shows a maximum of 2x2 video channels at one time.
Select Device for Playback
They are two ways to insert a device for playback window:
1. Drag: You may drag a device into one of the windows or into the device playback control
2. Click: You may double-click the device name to add the device into one of the windows
Note: You may add up to 4 devices for synchronous playback.
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Bookmarks
You may add bookmarks to different video archives for suspicious event marking. Bookmarks
may be exported and imported for future security analysis. You may also do search query by
Bookmark.
Add a single Bookmark to a device
To add bookmarks
Here are the steps to insert a single Bookmark on the Playback Window.
1. Browse to a specific video segment through time bar.
2. Choose a specific Video Screen
3. Right click on the Video Screen and Click on Bookmark.
Add Bookmarks to all displayed devices
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Here are the steps to add Bookmarks to all the devices
1. Browse to a specific video segment through time bar.
2. Click on
To delete a bookmark
On the playback time bar, right-click o bring up the menu, then select “Remove Bookmark” or
“Remove All Bookmarks”
To save the bookmarks
You can save the important bookmarks made on certain channels. On Playback screen, click
the “Application” on title bar, then select “Export Bookmark”. The bookmarks which contain
time and channel ID information will be saved as an xml file. Later on, when you restart this
standalone NVR, you can import the saved xml file to recover the bookmarks.
Note: After you import the xml file, pull the original channel (should remain the same channel
ID and the same camera) to live view and drag the time bar to the approximate time section to
show the bookmarks.
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Fast Play Backward
[
Extreme Play Backward
Fast Play
Extreme Play Forward
Scrolling and Playing Video
1. Playback control buttons: Click these buttons to play, pause or rewind. You may go
faster by clicking and dragging the black circle. For even faster speed up to 500 times,
click and drag the pause button to the left or right limit.
2. Play Backward: Click this button to play backward.
3. Pause: Click this button to pause playback
4. Play: Click this button to play forward
5. Fast Play: Click this button to play at 2x speed. You may go faster by click and drag. For
even faster speed, up to 500x, click and drag the pause button to the right.
6. Scrolling Cursor: When you put your mouse cursor on the time bar, you may see a
bidirectional arrow. Then, click and drag to change current displayed time.
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Video Search
1. Time Duration: Click on the down arrow to select date/time range from the calendar as
shown below.
2. Device: Select the devices to include in search. You may toggle the search conditions.
3. Cancel Button: Click to return to main page.
4. Search Button: Click to search video archives according to the toggled filters.
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Hidden Device Tab
Video Search Result
1. Close Button: You may switch between devices or search tab by clicking the close button.
2. Page Up-Down Arrows: You may click on the page index arrow to go to the next page or
to the previous page
3. Page Index Number: You may click on the page index number to go to the next page or to
the previous page
4. Current Page Number: Display the current page number.
5. Thumbnail List: Display thumbnail images that matches the search criteria
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Export Video
There are two ways to export Videos:
1. From Device Playback Control: You may mark start and end point on the time bar and
then export the video.
Mark Export Start
Mark Export End
Playback – Export Video
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2. From Playback Windows:
Playback – Playback Windows
Once you clicked Export Video, you may reschedule the time duration, include or exclude
devices, add overlay and export the videos to desktop or to a specific path or store them on a
DVD media through a burner.
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1. Time Duration: Click on the down arrow to select date/time range from the calendar as
shown below.
2. Device: Select the devices to include or exclude in the export.
3. Video Type: You can choose to save the video as AVI or RAW format in the computer. To
create a video CD/DVD-ROM, please connect the USB CD/DVD burner to XNR-4200, then
select “Burn Image” and click “Detect” to detect the burner. This video CD/DVD-ROM will
contain a player for you to directly execute and watch the video playback on a
Windows-based computer.
4. Overlay: Click on “Yes” to add overlay or “No” to exclude overlay. You may include
timestamp and an OSD Text.
5. Save Path: You may export the videos to your desktop or to a specific path or even store
them on a DVD media through a burner. Click this button and choose the export method:
(1) – Save AVI files to client PC or other location.
(2) –Create CD/DVD containing the video file and
player. Please first connect a USB DVD burner to standalone NVR, then select “Burn
Image” on this window, click “Detect” to find the burner and click “Burn” to start
creating the CD/DVD.
6. Burn Button: Click to export select video archives according to the date/time, with or
without overlay into your desktop or a specific path or store them on DVD media through
an external burner.
Note: To play the exported .AVI file, you must have FFDShow or DivX codec installed in your
computer. They can be found over the internet at the following sites:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/
http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/codec-pack
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Snapshot
You can only take snap shot from the Playback Window.
Once you click Snapshot, a message of “Saving Of snapshot to clipboard is completed” will
display as below.
You may then paste the image into software using Ctrl + V
Print Image
There are two ways to export Videos:
1. From Device Playback Control: You may click the print image icon and then print the
image.
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2. From Playback Windows:
Once you clicked Print Image from the Playback Windows, you may print the selected channel.
If you click the Print Image from Device Playback Control, you will be able to print back one
channel or all added channels. You may add overlay and note to the each channel.
Print Single Image
Print Multiple Image
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Setup
In the Setup Home, there is the shortcut of all the setting items with short explanations of
them. You can go to that page by clicking the corresponding button, or on the tabs above.
Setup - Home
System
Settings-Email
Please fill up the information about the mail server you wish to connect to. After configuring,
please click „Save‟ to save setting the device. Please take below sample as a reference.
XNR-4200 supports email notification for Event Handling. The emails are sent through an
SMTP server, the settings of which are configured in this section. Please first enable the “Send
email” checkbox:
1. Sender Name: Input the sender‟s information
2. Sender Email: Input the email address
3. Port: Set the port number for the SMTP server. The default port number is 25.
4. Account & Password: Input the login information of the SMTP server
As all necessary information is filled in, click “Send Test Mail” to try sending an email according
to your settings, and then login your SMTP server to check incoming emails. If the test mail is
sent successfully, XNR-4200 is ready to send emails to the receiver‟s email address when
triggered by events.
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Settings-FTP
Please fill up the information about the FTP server you wish to connect to. After configuring,
please click „Save‟ to save setting the device. Please take below sample as a reference.
1. Server: Please enter the IP address of FTP server
2. Folder: Please enter the upload path of the file
3. Port: Please enter the FTP port number
4. Account: Please enter the user name of the account.
5. Password: Please enter the password of the account.
6. The FTP works in two very different manners, Active mode and Passive mode.
If your FTP server is behind the firewall or a NAT router, you have to use “Passive”
mode.
Settings-Global Settings
A few of the parameters that cannot be easily categorized are listed here for editing.
1. Patrol Interval (sec): The interval of live view patrol, default is 10 sec.
2. Manual Record (sec): Manual recording duration Default is 300 sec.
3. Number of Events: The max number events that can be displayed in event panel.
Default is 30.
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Information
Basic information for standalone NVR is shown here.
1. System Name: the name of the device. You can enter any name for it as he wants.
2. Firmware: It shows the firmware version of the device
3. Mac Address 1: It shows the Mac address 1 of the device
4. Mac Address 2: It shows the Mac Address 2 of the device
5. Product ID: It shows the Product ID of the device
6. Company Name: It shows the Company Name that produces the device
7. Website: It shows the website of the Standalone NVR company.
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Date & Time
You can configure date and time of the device in this section.
1. Time Zone: Select the Time Zone where the device belongs to. After selecting the time
zone, it will change to the corresponding date and time.
2. Date & Time: It shows the current date and time on the device.
3. Daylight Saving: If the device is located in an area where daylight saving time is used,
click the check box to enable daylight saving. The time will be automatically adjusted.
When the daylight saving time has finished, uncheck the box to return to original setting.
4. NTP Server: Please enter a NTP server address if you wish to synchronize time with the
NTP server.
5. „NTP Sync‟ Button: It is for synchronizing the clocks of computers over network. After
you enter any NTP server, please click this button to start synchronizing.
6. „Local Sync‟ Button: If you wish to sync the device time with the time on the PC you are
using now, please click this button.
7. „Date‟ Button: If you don‟t have any NTP server and want to manually modify the date,
please click this button and then a calendar as below will pop up. You have to select the
date you wish to set.
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8. „Time‟ Button: If you don‟t have any NTP server and want to manually modify the time,
please click this button. Then a clock as below will pop up. You have to select the time you
wish to set.
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DHCP
Static
Network
Every XNR has two network interface cards. Please click the tag „Ethernet 1‟ or „Ethernet 2‟ to
select the interface card that you wish to set up. The selected card will be highlighted in orange.
We suggest user connect one to LAN and connect the other to WAN. After setting up, please
click „Save‟ button on the bottom right side to save the settings.
DHCP
If you would like to use DHCP to assign IP, please click the check box to enable DHCP.
Static IP
If you wish to assign one specific IP, please fill up all the fields.
1. Fixed IP Address: Enter the IP address you wish to set on the device
2. Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask you wish to set
3. Default Gateway: Enter the default gateway you wish to set
4. HTTP Port: Enter the HTTP port you wish to set.
5. Primary DNS Server: Enter the primary DNS server you wish to set
6. Secondary DNS Server: Enter the secondary DNS server you wish to set. This field
may be left empty.
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Block List
If user wants to block/unblock certain IP to allow/forbid it to access the device, enter the
information here or remove it from IP Address list. After setting up, please click „Save‟ button on
the bottom right side to save the settings.
Block a IP address
When you wish to block any IP, please enter IP address as below.
If you wish to use Netmask, please click the check box to enable this function and enter
the Netmask as below.
After finishing the settings, please click „Add‟ button to add into list.
Unblock a IP address
When you wish to unblock any IP, please select the IP from IP address list (ex. the IP
address 172.16.26.6 is what user wants to remove. After clicking on the address, the
address will highlight in orange as below,) and click „Remove‟ button to remove it from
IP address list.
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Disk
Status
RAID
Status
Unblock all the IP address in the list
When you wish to unblock all the IP, please click „Remove All‟ button to remove all of
them from the list.
RAID Management
During normal operation, it is important that you cannot remove any disk from the device,
or it might cause damage to the disk. However, there are certain conditions that you need to
switch the disks.
You can observe the disk and RAID status on RAID setting page.
Disk Status
The disk status displays the disks conditions as follows:
1. Unused: needs formatting before being used.
2. Normal: formatted and ready to use(before Resync) / in use (after Resync)
3. Error: detected but cannot be read or written
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Active
Downgrade
Inactive
Replace the error disk with a
new one.
Backup
In Playback, export the
important video to CD/DVD
ROMs or PC.
System is normal. (No data loss)
Replace the error disk with a new
one.
System will be back to “Active “after
Recovery.” (No data loss)
System will format all the disks
and perform “ReSync” before it
can start recording. (All data will
be erased)
RAID Status
1. Format: Formatting all the disks, all the data will be erased. Recording is stopped.
2. Active: The RAID system is recording normally.
3. Inactive: The RAID system is not working. Recording is stopped.
4. Downgrade: The RAID system is recording normally with certain one disk failed.
5. Recovery: The RAID system is recovering its data with enough disks. Recording may
proceed.
6. ReSync: All the disks have been formatted, now performing ReSync to re-build the
RAID system. Recording may proceed.
How to Manage Disk Error (Changing Disks)
Whenever any of the disks goes into abnormal (e.g. disconnected from the HDD tray) or error
status, you can observe it from (1) Event List on Live view (2) RAID setting page.
The failure of disks might or might not result in recording disruption because different RAID
type has different tolerance level toward disk failures. In XNR-4200 RAID system tolerates no
disk failure in RAID 0; one disk failure in RAID 1, 5 and 10.
Please do the following when the any of the disks appears error:
1. Shut down the device, remove and insert the error disk(s) again, then start the device,
and go to RAID settings page to check the disk and RAID status.
2. If the disk remains “Error” status, please do the following according to RAID status:
Note1: When doing the replacing of disks, please make sure the device has been shut down.
Note2: Please use a new disk with at least the same capacity of other drives.
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Device Pack
The supported device list is continuously updated. You may periodically download the latest
Device Pack and upload to SNVR via web interface. This will refresh the support list to the
latest version.
Firmware Upgrade
If you need to upgrade the firmware, please come to this page to upgrade.
Please click „Select‟ button to browse and find your .img file, then click „Upgrade‟ button to
upload the file. You can check the current firmware version in the System→Information.
Setting Backup / Restore
After you finish all the settings, you may want to backup all the settings into your disk or copy
the settings to other devices. Or you may need to load previous NVR settings. At that time,
please come to this page and setup.
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1. „Backup‟ Button: If you need to backup, please click this button. A window will popup to
ask you to select a folder for saving the setting file.
2. „Restore‟ Button: If you need to restore, please click the „Select‟ button to find the path to
the setting file that you wish to restore from.
After selecting, please click „Restore‟ button to restore the NVR settings.
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Device
Tree
Device
List
Adding and Removing Device
This section is for device management. You will know how to add/delete devices and configure
them. You also will know how to manage them with groups and its layout. Please do not forget
to click „Save‟ button to save all the setting after you finish configuration.
This section works in two modes. You can add and remove devices in the Al Device View. Just
double click on the “All Devices” row in the Devices tree to go to All Device View. If you click on
any one camera, this will go into single device view with more detailed settings.
All Device View
This part will include three parts which are to add device, delete device and device
configuration.
Add Device
Please click „Ad‟ button on the lower right to add device(s) to the list.
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You may either let standalone NVR search for devices automatically, or you may direct the
search with more detail via manual add. We recommend Auto Search for devices located in the
same LAN, and you should only manually add device when they are located over the internet.
Search Devices
Selecting Search Devices will bring you to the page where you decide which supplier‟s camera
to search. Click from the drop down menu and select the brand of devices to search. Then click
„Search‟ button to start searching.
After searching is done, you will see all the devices that can be found in the network. Please
click on the devices that you wish to add and the selected devices will be highlighted in yellow.
After you have selected all required devices, please click „Submit‟ button to add the device.
Then you will see it/them shown in the „All Device‟ group.
Add Device Manually
Once you click „Add Device Manually‟, you will go to the basic page of a new camera as below.
Please fill up the fields, such as „Brand, „Model‟, and „IP Address‟. System will automatically
assign a default value for other fields. If there is any field you need to change, please modify it
now. After clicking “Save”, XNR-4200 will get connect this device.
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After the device is connected, you can get the live view.
The “Cancel” button turns to “Delete”, and you can click it to delete this device.
Note: On a single device setting page, please remember to click “Save” to save the settings
after you have done all the configurations.
Adding Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device
There are devices that output more than one video streams to XNR-4200. 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 come from a single device are managed as different cameras by SNVR server.
To add these streams as multiple channels for you to view and record, please:
1. Select the desired stream mode in “Stream Mode” on Device Basic Setting page.
2. The “Channel No” column will display for you to input the stream ID ( the same with
your setting on Device)
3. After configuration, click “Save”.
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4. Go to All Device page, duplicate this device to number of new channels you want, and
individually modify their Channel No value.
Delete Multiple Devices:
You can delete multiple devices on All Devices View. Go to All Devices View by double
clicking on the All Devices row. Select the cameras you wish to remove, and they will be
highlighted in yellow. Click Delete to assign them for deletion.
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Device Configuration
The first thing is you have to find the device you wish to configure. There are several ways to go
to the setup page.
(1) From the “All Devices View” in Setup →Device. Double click on the device to view.
(2) From the Device list in Setup →Device Group.
The following images are the configuration page. You can read the description below to
understand the meaning of every field.
Basic
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Name: The displayed name of the device. You can enter any name you want.
Brand: The manufacturer of the device.
Model: The model number of the device.
Stream Mode: For devices that support multi-streaming, you can change the
modes here.
Default Live View Stream (displayed after you selected Dual Stream in
the previous column): Choose Stream1 or Stream 2 for live view, usually
Stream 1 with lower video format.
Recording Stream (displayed after you selected Dual Stream in the
previous column): Choose Stream1 or Stream 2 for recording, usually
Stream 2 with better video format.
Protocol: Please select the streaming method of the device
IP Address: The IP address assigned to the device
HTTP Port: Please enter the port number that is set for the device to use
HTTP protocol.
Streaming Port: Please enter the port number that is set to stream video
from device. The default value is 6002.
Control Port: Please enter the port number that is used to control the device.
The default value is 6001.
User Name: The user name used to log in the device
Password: The password used to log in the device
Channel ID: The Channel ID is the ID of video server‟s channel. If the device
is camera, its channel ID would be 1.
Open the camera firmware page.
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Video Quality
If you selected “Single” stream mode on Device Basic Setting page, only one set of video
profile is configurable here; if you selected “Dual” stream mode, you get to set both stream and
stream 2 video configurations.
TV Standard: You can choose NTSC or PAL format f here, the default will use
device setting.
Stream Mode: This column is not configurable, for it only displays the mode
you selected on Basic Device setting page.
Video Encoder: Choose different encoders here, the default will use device
setting. If you choose “MJPG”, the “Video Quality” column will display for you
to set video quality from 1~100.
Resolution: The video resolution of the IP device
Frame Rate: The frame rate of the video streaming
Max Bitrate: If you choose “Unlimited”, the “Bitrate” column will display for
you to set the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when using
constant bitrate mode
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Motion Detection
On Device Video Setting page, click to enter Motion Setting page.
1. Please click “Get Motion Setting” to get device‟s current motion settings.
2. The button “Setup Motion” will turn enabled, click it to start modifying.
3. Check the “Motion Enable” box, and enable any region to defining the region‟s size and
position on the view by dragging the red frames.
4. Set the other three configurations:
Sensitivity – Determines how sensitive the camera reacts to the shift of object. The
higher is the sensitivity level, the smaller motion will trigger the alarm.
Timer - The time period from the beginning of the triggered event during which the all
motion activities are ignored by the camera.
Threshold – Determines at what point the motion detection feature is triggered.
5. Click “Save” then “Close”.
Note: The live view will display the Stream 1 if your device sends multiple streams.
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PTZ
The PTZ setting page will only display for a PTZ / Speed dome model.
On this page, you can configure all the PTZ related settings and use-on screen PTZ control.
1. Enable/Disable PTZ: Click this to enable or disable the PTZ function of this device.
2. Address ID: Enter the address ID of the PTZ device / speed dome.
3. Vendor: Select the vendor of the PTZ device/ speed dome you wish to control. You may
select the device type directly if it is listed here.
4. Protocol: Select the protocol of the PTZ device/ speed dome.
5. Parity: Enter the parity of the PTZ device / speed dome.
6. Baud Rate: Enter the baud rate of the PTZ device/ speed dome. This option appears
only for certain models.
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Preset Points
On the Preset Points Setup section, you may perform setups and operations about PTZ preset
points.
1. Set Button: To setup a PTZ Preset point, move the camera to your desired view
angle (including pan, tilt and zoom) on the live view. After you‟re satisfied with the
view, please click this button to enter a name for the Preset point and.
2. Clear Button: Click this button to delete this Preset point from both Standalone NVR
and Device
Note: After you finish setting or deleting preset points, please click “Save” to ensure the
changes are properly saved.
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Preset Tour
Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple
preset PTZ views, including where to look and how long to look at each location. You may
configure the preset points to go to in the previous Preset Points section. Make sure you
configure PTZ and Preset Points sections correctly before setting up Preset Tours.
1. New: Click this button to create a new tour. Enter the Tour Name
2. Delete: Click this button to delete the currently selected tour from the tour list.
3. Right Arrow Button: Click this button to add preset point to the current tour. After
you click this button, you can define the duration time each point will stay, from 5~300
seconds.
4. Left Arrow Button: Click this button to delete preset points from a tour.
5. Save: Click this button to save all current settings.
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Schedule
You may control the recording and event handling schedule here. The one on top is the
recording schedule. The one below is the Event Handling Schedule. Recording can be either
full-time, or event only. Event responsive schedule al o need to be scheduled separately. There
are some event responses that do not involve recording like access control to email.
You may:
1. Edit Recording Schedule: Click and drag over
the schedule to set time period. You need to
select Full Time or Event for that time period.
Shift-Click will set it to Full time, while
Ctrl-Click will set to Event. Right click to either
select all or clear all.
2. Edit Event Handling Schedule by clicking and dragging. Right click to either select all or
clear all.
3. 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 week days or the same time over the same week this way.
4. Pre-event and Post-event buffers determine how long will Standalone NVR record video
when an event triggers recording.
5. Copy schedule from one camera to another. Select one camera as the source of schedule,
and add other cameras to the “Copy To” field. Click Copy to commit changes.
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6. You may click the “Clear” and “Add” button beneath to change current cursor type. When
cursor is in clear mode, areas under click and drag will be removed from recording or event
process.
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Motion
Dwell
Setup
Type of Event
Options
Event
Edit
Button
Event Handling
In default, the event schedule is set as full-time working, you can go to Schedule to adjust the
Event Handling Schedule according to your needs.
Note: Before starting using event handler functions, please make sure you have installed HDD
in your standalone NVR.
1. Motion Dwell Setup: Dwell time determines the duration of motion event. Multiple
motion triggering
2. Type of Events: There are 5 event types, which are Motion (3 or 4 regions), DI (Digital
Input), DO (Digital Output), Network (Loss/Recovery), Video (Loss/Recovery) and
Record (Fail/Recovery).
3. Event Edit Button: Click to setup and clear details about the event type.
4. Copy Button: Copy a device‟s whole event settings to other devices.
5. Clear All Button: Clear event settings for all cameras.
6. Clear This Button: Clear event setting for this selected camera.
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Device Name
Added Event
Handling List
Event
Type
Event Handling
Options
Event Responses
ACTi standalone NVR provide wide flexibilities on handling events, which are Popup, Goto
Preset, Beep, Trigger DO, Send Mail and Upload FTP. Multiple and duplicate handling options
can be assigned for an event type; moreover, sequence of the actions is editable. Following
paragraphs will introduce features in Event Handling.
1. Event Type Icon – Indicate the event type.
2. Device Name – Shows the device you are currently setting up.
3. Event Handling Options – List of options of event handler.
4. Added Event Handling List – List for added event handlers.
5. Ok Button – Click to confirm settings and return to Event page.
6. Cancel Button – Click to cancel settings and return to Event page.
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Motion – There are 4 motion regions available, number shows in the icon indicate
its region. (1 ~ 4)
Digital Input On – There are 2 DI available, number shows in the icon indicate its
input. (1 or 2)
Digital Input Off – There are 2 DI available, number shows in the icon indicate its
input. (1 or 2)
Network Loss
Network Recovery
Video Loss
Video Recovery
Record Fail
Record Recovery
Event Trigger Type Icon
Event Trigger types present with Icons, each of them indicates an event type.
Event Response Options
There are a number or responses possible for each given trigger. You may select from the list
below and add to actual response.
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1. Target Camera – Select a camera stream for popup display; click the arrow for
the dropdown menu of camera list.
2. Previous Button – Return to Event Handling page
3. Add Button – Click to add the selected camera into list.
4. OK Button – Click to confirm settings and return to Event page
5. Cancel Button – Click to cancel settings and return to Event page
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Playback Controls
Playback Button
Timeline
This figure shows the popup Instant Playback window upon the trigger of an event. Users may
do instant playback or search by dragging timeline; the popup window will close after 30
seconds.
1. Timeline – Timeline with records will be indicated with color green, black indicates no
recording records. Red line and the white pointer indicate the current playback time.
Cursor position will display as a white arrow with timestamp.
2. Playback Controls – Allow users to play back, fast forward, pause, rewinds and fast
rewind. Filled black circle indicate the current playback mode; if it is in pause mode,
user may mouse right click, hold and drag it to the right for faster fast forward or to the
left for faster rewind.
3. Playback Button – Click to close the popup window and playback the instance in
main playback interface. Please refer to chapter Playback for more details.
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Option setup
1. Device: Select a PTZ camera to Goto preset control.
Only devices that already have preset points configured will be available.
2. Goto Preset: Select a preset point (1 ~ 32) from the dropdown menu.
3. Duration: How long the camera will stay at this point.
4. Go to Next Preset: Select next preset point after the previous point is finished with
its time duration.
Beep
Option Setup
1. Duration: Duration in second(s) for alert beeping.
2. Times: Number of alert beep times.
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Email setup
Option setup
Trigger DO
Option Setup
1. Target: Select a device for DO (Digital Output) triggering.
2. DO: Select DO number (1 ~ 2).
3. Duration: Insert the duration of triggering.
Send Email
Email Setup
1. To: Receiver‟s email address
2. Subject: Subject of the email
3. Body: Content of the email
4. Attach Snapshot: Attached snapshot from a selected camera in the email.
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1. Server: Address of the server (URL or IP address)
2. Account: Username of the account
3. Password: Password of the account
4. Port: Port number of the FTP server.
5. Remote Folder: Folder path at the FTP server.
6. Attach Snapshot: Attached snapshot from a selected camera in the email.
7. File Name: Denote file name for upload files.
8. With Timestamp: Attach Timestamp for upload files.
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Confirm Change Button
Delete Button
Event Handling List
Once an event response is configured, clicking on the event handling list will show you this
screen.
Added Event Handling Options will list in the Event Handling List. Double click event in Event
Handling List will bring up option setup for event editing.
1. Delete Button: Deletion of the event. Notification messages will popup to confirm the
deleting.
2. Confirm Change Button: Confirm change button will remain grayed out without any
edit of the event content.
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Event Response Overview
Added Event Response will show in the event page for quick overview.
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Add Group
Please click „Add‟ button on the setup panel to add a new group. You will see the new
group you created in the device tree. You also can enter the name in the field „Group
Name‟ that you wish to set to change it.
Delete Group
Please double click the group that you wish to delete on the device tree. Then the setup
panel and device list will show its information. Please click „Delete‟ button to delete the
group. It will pop up a confirmation window to make sure.
Group Management
When you need to manage the group and the devices belong to it, please double click the
group on the device tree on the left bottom side. You can access settings through either
the Device List tab or the Live Layout tab.
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Device List
Under this page, you can see the devices within this group. You can change the group name
from the edit box on top.
(1) Add Devices to Group
Step1: Please go to the group you wish to edit on the device tree by double clicking on
the group name.
Step2: The device list for this group will be shown in the large area to the right. Click and
drag from the “All Devices” group to the right side device list area to add.
(2) Copy Devices from one group to another
Step1: Go to your group of origin
Step2: Select the devices on the group device list on the right. They will be highlighted. Click
“Copy” button to remember.
Step3: Double click on the target group. Click the “Paste” button to add these cameras to the
second group. Cut and paste is done in the same way.
(3) Delete devices from one group
Double click the group you want to delete some devices.
The device list will be shown. Please select the device(s)
that you wish to remove from the group by clicking them.
Then click „Delete‟ button to delete them from the group.
There will be a popup window as below to make sure
you really want to delete a device from the group
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Live Layout
Please click the “Live Layout” tab to setup layout for the group.
Select the channel style from the layout style list below the view windows. Click and drag
cameras from the group you‟re editing to arrange layout. If you have more cameras than can be
shown in a single page, you may click the left / right arrow button to the lower right of screen to
scroll through next page.
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Existing
Groups
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Add Group Button: Click to add an user defined group. A window will popup for group name
and Description entering; Group name will be in the list once successfully added.
Existing Groups: List of existing groups. Groups other then Administrator are deletable and
editable on both Name and Descrption slots. Administrator user group is not deletable, can
only edit description slot. Images in the following page show the Edit Group window for
Administrator and User define group, Administrator was grayed out and not editable.
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Edit Group
Notification message will popup for Group Delete confirmation
Note: You must click “Save” button to commit changes; otherwise edits you made will be lost
once you leave.
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User
Add User Button: Click to add an user. A window will popup with slots for required information
on creating an user (User name, password, Email). Created user groups will be available in the
dropdown menu at the bottom of popup window, newly created user can then assigned to a
group.
Existing User: List of existing users. For all fields, users other then Administrator are deletable
and editable. For Administrator, Name and Group slots will be gray out and restricted. A
window will popup while trying to edit an user, The next image demonstrates by using
administrator and general user.
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In the process of creating or editing users, system will continuously validate the input
information and notify you for invalid inputs. Slots with invalid inputs will point out with red
dotted lines
Notification message will popup for User Delete confirmation.
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