Airlive NVR8 User Manual

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Network Video Recorder

User’s Manual

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FCC Interference Statement

The NVR has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.

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Table of Contents

1. Overview ................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................ 1

1.2 Features ............................................................................................ 4

1.3 Product Specification ......................................................................... 4

1.4 System Requirement ......................................................................... 5

2. Package Contents and Installation ....................................................... 7

2.1 Package Content ............................................................................... 7

2.2 Hardware Overview ........................................................................... 8

2.3 Hardware Installation ....................................................................... 12

2.4 Start to Use the NVR ....................................................................... 18

3. Live View .............................................................................................. 22

3.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream ....................................................... 23

3.2 Retrieve camera’s status ................................................................. 23

3.3 Perform Sequence Viewing ............................................................. 24

3.4 PTZ Control ..................................................................................... 25

3.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing ............................................................ 25

3.6 Live Video Control Buttons .............................................................. 28

3.7 Change Web UI Display Language .................................................. 30

4. Playback ............................................................................................... 32

4.1 Methods to Search Playback Videos................................................ 33

4.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files ................................................ 39

4.3 Play Export Playback Videos with NVR Media Player ...................... 41

5. System Setup ....................................................................................... 43

5.1 System Configurations ..................................................................... 43

5.2 Channel Configurations ................................................................... 49

5.3 Event Configurations ....................................................................... 62

5.4 Recording Configurations ................................................................ 69

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5.5 System Options ............................................................................... 74

6. Appendix .............................................................................................. 80

A. HDD compatibility list ........................................................................ 80

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1. Overview

1.1 Introduction

AirLive NVR serial products are Network Video Recorder for home, retailer store and small office applications; with AirLive NVR, you don’t have to prepare another PC for your daily monitoring job. AirLive NVR can connect up to 4 IP-based cameras for high quality, real-time video viewing, recording and playback. The IP Camera PNP function provides an easy way to setup your surveillance system; by a few clicking on the build-in web pages of AirLive NVR, users can search, configure and receive the video clips from his IP-based cameras without any suffering. AirLive NVR supports two high-speed SATA II hard drivers and raises its capacity up to 2TB; with the H.264 video compression format, it could keep video clips for more than 200 hours (4Mb bitrates per channel).

Recording Video Clip without You Computer

AirLive NVR utilizes the embedded Linux technology, and so eliminates users from experiencing the annoying hardware compatibility issues from a PC/Software based recording system. Furthermore, the AirLive NVR provides a build-in, web-based GUI that gives users an easy-to-access, easy-to-watch, easy-to-manage way for working with.

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Fully Control on Your IP-based Cameras

AirLive NVR supports almost all AirCam IP cameras, the most stable and cost-efficient IP cameras in the market place nowadays. It also supports PTZ Control, Preset Point Patrol, Motion Detection Recording, e-Mail Alert and FTP Upload, which won’t let you miss any critical moment that you concerned. With AirCam IP camera, AirLive NVR will be your most reliable guard for securing your family and property.

E-Map function for Live Street Monitor

User might utilize the Google Map or upload his floor plan to the AirLive NVR. Just few steps of drag-and-drop operation, user could use the camera icons for denoting the location of the IP cameras. In case of some IP camera triggered by an event, a live view window will popup right beside the corresponding camera icon for alerting the user that there is something unusual in front of that camera. With this function, user can quickly make a response to the intruder or accident.

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Multiple Video Compression Format Support

AirLive NVR supports H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG video compression format. H.264 is a high performing video compression standard that boasts a much higher compression ratio than others, drastically reducing file sizes and conserving valuable network bandwidth and storage space. With up to 90% reduction in file size, a 1 MB image can be drastically reduced to as low as 10KB using H.264.

Smart Phone Live Browsing

The mobile view function let you browse your AirLive NVR via your smart phone. Through the 3G, 3.5G or even 4G mobile networks, user might receive the image from his AirLive NVR when on his business trap, vacation, or just leaving for shopping.

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1.2 Features

Model

NVR

CPU

Marvell 500Mhz

Memory

128 MB DDR Ram

HDD

SATA II x 2

Network

Gigabit, half duplex/full duplex auto-negotiation

Camera Support

Support IP-based Camera (AirLive, Axis, Sony, Panasonic, Vivotek )

Video Compression

H.264, MPEG-4, MJPEG

Resolution

Up to 1280 x 1024

Max. FPS

120 fps @ 1280 x 1024

Audio

Two-way audio

Live View

Split Screen/Full Screen PTZ Control Sequence Mode Snapshot E-Map Smart Phone Live Browsing

 Support up to 4 IP Base Camera  Recording Video Clip without You Computer  Support Easy Installation, IP Camera Plug and Play  Support 2X SATAII Hard Driver, High-Capacity Storage up to 2TB  Support Multi-Channel Recording, Playback, Motion Detection  E-Map function for Live Street Monitor  Support Pan and Tile Function  Support 10/100/1000 Giga Lan port

1. Overview

1.3 Product Specification

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Playback

Split Screen Full Screen Playback Control (Play/Pause/Stop/Forward/Reverse/Speed Adjust/Step by Step) AVI Export

Recording

More than 200 Hours (with 2 x 1TB HDD) Manual/Continuous/Schedule/Event Recording

Protocols

HTTP SMTP DHCP ARP NTP DNS UPnP FTP RTP RTSP

Event

System Evens:

System Start Shutdown System Settings modified Camera Settings Modified Start Recycle,

Camera Events

Motion Detection Sensor Detection

Hardware

CPU

Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or higher (Dual Core Processor is recommended)

RAM

Minimum 1 GB of RAM, 2GB or above is recommended

1.4 System Requirement

The following are minimum system requirements for you to operate AirLive NVR

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Network

Minimum 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet is recommended)

Graphics Adapter

AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024×768, 16 bit colors

Software

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit)

Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above

IP Camera

For WL-2000CAM, POE-100CAM, POE-200CAM, OD-300CAM, POE-100CAMv2, POE-200CAMv2, WL-2600CAM, and POE-260CAM,

please upgrade it’s firmware to

LM.1.6.16.05 or above.

For POE-200HD, OD-600HD, POE-250HD, OD-325HD and POE-100HD, please upgrade it’s firmware to 5.0.3713 or above.

You might find the last released firmware on our web site:

http://www.airlive.com

Note: We highly recommend you to set your Screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or above for getting the full experience of AirLive NVR. Please also make sure your display DPI setting is set to default at 96DPI, and you might right-click on desktop, choose “Settings” tab “Advanced”  “General” for further configuring your desktop environment.

Note: If not specified, NVR means AirLive NVR in the following article.

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Item

Descriptions

NVR8/16 or NVR4

1. AirLive NVR: the main unit of AirLive NVR

2. Power adapter: the

dedicate power adapter for AirLive NVR

3. Ethernet cable: for connect the AirLive NVR to your switch.

4. Screw Packet: for fixing the HDD inside the AirLive NVR

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and Installation

2.1 Package Content

User can find the following items in the package as below:

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5. Bundle CD: includes the

Search Utility/User’s

Manual/QIG

6. Quick Installation Guide(QIG): printed Quick Installation Guide

System Status

(Green)

Data Access

(Amber)

Solid

System Ready

Recording

Power On/Off Switch

LED Indicator (System Status and Data Access)

USB Upstream Port (Reserve for future use)

Manual Recording

2.2 Hardware Overview NVR4

Front View:

LED Status

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Blinking

System Shutting Down

Manual Recording

Off

System Off

Recording Off

Rare View:

LED Status

Green

Yellow

Green & Yellow

Speed

10 Mbps

1000 Mbps

100 Mbps

Ventilation Fan

USB Upstream Port (Reserve for future use)

Security Lock Slot

DC Input

Restart Button

Reset Button

Gigabit Ethernet Port

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Ethernet LED Status

Restart Button

Press and release the button for hardware restart. The OS LED should should go off during the restart to indicate the system is restarting. The LED should indicate in solid green once the system becomes ready.

Reset Button

Press this button will restore the system’s settings to factory default values. To start, press and hold the button for 5 seconds then release it once the OS LED goes off. The OS LED should indicate in solid green once the system becomes ready.

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NVR8/16

Color

Status

Power

Red or Green

Blinking red indicating NVR is initializing, Green: Normal operation

LAN

Green

Light when network is ready

Recycle

Green

Light when recycle recording is performed

Channel

Green

Light when any camera is connected

Disk 1

Green

Light when Disk1 is mounted

Disk 2

Green

Light when Disk2 is mounted

Rec

Green

Light when recording is performed

Alarm

Green

Light when an alarm occurs

Front View:

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LED Status

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Rare View:

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Power Button

For power on/off the NVR.

Reset Button

Press this button will restore the system’s settings to factory default values. To start, press and hold the button for 10 seconds then release it. The NVR should reset to the factory default.

USB

The USB ports are reserved for future use.

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2.3 Hardware Installation

2.3.1 Install the Hard Disk (NVR4)

 Remove the four screws from the bottom of the case.

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 Push the inner enclosure out, and remove the outer chassis.

 Install the first hard drive by placing it in the enclosure and connecting the SATA plus

power cables.

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 Mount the drive with two screws on each side.

 Attach the thermal probe with the tape provided to the first hard drive.  Install the second hard drive by placing it in the enclosure and connecting the SATA

plus power cables.

2.3.2 Install the Hard Disk (NVR8/16)

 Remove the back panel.

 Insert the disks and push it until the SATA connector is closed.

 Scroll the screws for fixing the disks.

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 Put the back panel.

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2.3.3 Connect to the NVR

There are various ways you can connect to NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup:

 The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using

“NVR Search” Utility

 The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are connecting to it

directly): Access NVR with its default IP: 192.168.1.1

2.3.2.1 Use NVR Search Utility

If the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area network where a DHCP server is

already presented, install the “NVR Search” utility on the CD from a computer that is on the

same network and locate the NVR with its IP address that is assigned by the top-level DHCP server.

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To begin, install the “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:

Once the installation is complete, you might start the search tool by clicking “Start””Program File””AirLive””NVR Search””NVR Search”.

The search should start automatically and its status should be displayed:

The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed: Double-click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR’s web page from your default browser

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Perform NVR Searching again.

Double click for accessing the NVR

You may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button highlighted below.

You will be prompted for the NVR’s login information before proceeding to change device’s

IP address.

You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again. Or double-click on any of the search results to access NVR’s web ad- ministration page

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You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on”OK” to enter the system

2.3.2.2 Access NVR with its default IP address

The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.1.1. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network. To connect to the NVR, use a PC that is on the same network over a switch or hub, or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable.

The PC that is connected directly to the NVR (or within the same local area network) should receive an IP from it. Simply access the NVR from your web browser with its IP address

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Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on ”OK” for accessing the system

Note: After you login into the NVR, your browser will prompt you to install the ActiveX component. For letting the NVR work properly, please click on the prompted message and allow the browser to install the ActiveX component.

2.4 Start to Use the NVR

After accessing the NVR via your browser, you should format your hard disk first. Then you could open the “Channel Setting” page (Setup  Channel Configuration  Channel Setup) for further configuring the connection between your NVR and IP camera.

Note: You should be prompted to install another ActiveX component after you open the

“Channel Setting” page. In order to make the search function work properly, please go

ahead and install the ActiveX component.

2.4.1 Format the hard disk

Once you install a hard disk to the NVR, you need to initialize it so that it can be ready for

recording. You can obtain the basic information about the disk you installed on the “Hard

Disk Setting” page (SetupSystem ConfigurationDisk Setup).

To initialize your hard disk, simply click the “Format” button. Please note, after performing the format, all the data on the hard disk will disappear.

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Note: To obtain detail information about the disk, go to “System Options”“Disk Status”

2.4.2 Connect to your IP cameras

The NVR provides two options for adding a new IP camera. Users have the option to let the NVR automatically find the cameras or to enter the camera’s information and add it manually.

2.4.2.1 Automatic search:

Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search.

After that, the NVR should begin to search the IP camera and the progress of the searching should be displayed on the screen:

Found IP cameras should be listed on the WEB. User can simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” button for configuration.

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The NVR will retrieve the information about the selected IP camera. The information should be displayed on the “Camera Information” section. Enter the username and password of the IP camera, then select the channel ID and name the camera.

Click on “Detect” button for establishing the connection between the NVR and the camera. If connection establishes, the detailed information of the IP camera should be polled and displayed as below

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Adjust the video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate… according to your environment. You can also click on the “Preview” button to preview the live video of the camera. Click “Add” to finish adding the camera.

Note: We highly recommend our user to choose mpeg4 or H.264 compression format. For

that will not only save the network bandwidth but also save the NVR’s storage space. If it is

possible, we also advised our user to set his surveillance system upon an independent network segment or VLAN. This should help to avoid the network collision and make the NVR its best performance.

Note: After auto search, if there was any IP camera marked with “*” on the list, that means the IP camera was already configured and connected to NVR.

2.4.2.2 Add a camera manually

Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function by entering the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually.

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