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AVer NXU Lite User Manual

NXU Lite
User’s Manual
OS
Function
Windows XP
Windows 7
Setup Wizard
N/A
Yes
Schedule by date
Yes
Yes
IPCam PnP
Yes
Yes
Manual Updates
Following are listed the new functions for the version 7.9.1.0033a and above of NXU surveillance software. [Note] User can press F1 to check NVR firmware version.
New Functions
Setup Wizard: A system setup wizard that will guide the user to setup the DVR system step
by step.
Schedule by date: Allows user to setup recording schedule by date.
IPCam PnP: Allows user to connect AVer IP camera series without any configuration; just plug
and play.
Active IP: Allows user to configure AVer IP camera series on DVR system; the IP camera
patch must be v. 7.0.0.118 or above.
ONVIF PTZ: NVR system supports IP PTZ function on the IP camera that is connected
through ONVIF protocol. The IP camera patch version must be v. 7.0.0.123 or above.
Function and OS supported table
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Important Notice
1. On Windows XP platform, the each partition capability limit is 2TB.
2. We do not recommend using KVM device with NXU system; KVM device may cause some unexpected problem to effect NXU system operation.
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Caution symbol is intended to alert the user of the important installation and operating instructions. Fail to comply may damage the system.
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Information symbol is intended to provide additional information for the purpose of clarification.
- INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIEC.
- THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REFERENCT ONLY.
Manual Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this manual.
NOTICE
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COPYRIGHT
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means without the prior written permission of AVer Information Inc. is prohibited. All information or specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
DISCLAIMER
No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the contents of this documentation, its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Information presented in this documentation has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. The information contained in this documentation is subject to change without notice. In no event will AVer Infomration Inc. be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
TRADEMARKS
“AVer” is a trad em ark owned by AVer Info rmati on In c. Other tr ademark s used here in for
description purpose only belong to each of their companies.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MANUAL UPDATES ................................................................................................... I
IMPORTANT NOTICE ................................................................................................ II
MANUAL CONVENTIONS ......................................................................................... III
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1
1.1 MINIMUM COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................. 1
1.2 DUAL MONITORS SETUP ............................................................................... 3
1.2.1 Graphic card with ATi chipset .......................................................................... 3
1.2.2 Graphic card with NVIDIA chipset ................................................................... 6
1.3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................................. 7
1.4 RUNNING THE NVR SOFTWARE ................................................................... 11
CHAPTER 2 USING THE NVR SOFTWARE ..................................................... 12
2.1 SYSTEM SETUP WIZARD ............................................................................. 12
2.1.1 System Setting Wizard ................................................................................. 13
2.1.2 Network Setting Wizard ................................................................................ 14
2.1.3 Display Setting Wizard.................................................................................. 17
2.1.4 Storage Setting Wizard ................................................................................. 18
2.2 PREVIEW THE LIVE VIDEO ........................................................................... 27
2.2.1 Setting Up and Using the Emap ................................................................... 34
2.2.2 To Use the Emap .......................................................................................... 35
2.2.3 Familiarizing the Buttons in PTZ Camera Controller ..................................... 36
2.2.4 Using Event Log Viewer ............................................................................... 37
2.3 USING THE NVR SYSTEM IN COMPACT MODE .............................................. 39
2.4 PLAYBACK THE RECORDED VIDEO ............................................................... 41
2.4.1 To Cut and Save the Wanted Portion of the Recorded Video ....................... 47
2.4.2 To Bookmark a Section of the Video ............................................................. 48
2.4.3 To Search Using the Visual Search .............................................................. 49
2.4.4 To Search Using the Event Search ............................................................... 50
2.4.5 To Search Using the Intelligent Search ......................................................... 51
2.4.6 Watermark Verification .................................................................................. 52
2.4.7 To Setup the IP PTZ Camera ........................................................................ 53
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CHAPTER 3 CUSTOMIZING THE NVR SYSTEM ............................................. 56
3.1 SYSTEM SETTING ....................................................................................... 56
3.2 CAMERA SETTING ....................................................................................... 84
3.2.1 Create a Camera Group ............................................................................... 92
3.2.2 IP camera PnP Setup ................................................................................... 95
3.3 RECORDING SETTING ................................................................................. 96
3.4 NETWORK SETTING .................................................................................. 100
3.5 SCHEDULE SETTING ................................................................................. 103
3.5.1 To set schedule at a specific portion of time in that hour ............................ 105
3.6 BACKUP SETTING ..................................................................................... 106
3.6.1 Setup Quick Backup ................................................................................... 108
3.7 SENSOR SETTING ..................................................................................... 109
3.8 RELAY SETTING ........................................................................................ 110
3.8.1 To Setup External I/O Box ........................................................................... 111
3.9 ALARM SETTING ....................................................................................... 114
3.9.1 To Setup the Alarm Sound Setting .............................................................. 120
3.9.2 To Setup Send E-mail Setting ..................................................................... 121
3.9.3 To Setup FTP Setting.................................................................................. 122
3.9.4 To Setup Alarm Recording Setting .............................................................. 123
3.9.5 To Setup SMS/MMS Setting ....................................................................... 124
3.9.6 To Setup PTZ Preset Point ......................................................................... 125
3.9.7 To Setup Alarm SOP ................................................................................... 125
3.9.8 To Setup CMS Setting ................................................................................ 126
3.10 USER SETTING ......................................................................................... 127
CHAPTER 4 PLAYBACK BACKUP VIDEO ON PC ........................................ 129
4.1 FAMILIARIZING QPLAYER BUTTONS ............................................................ 129
CHAPTER 5 USING THE REMOTE PROGRAMS........................................... 133
5.1 FAMILIARIZING THE PCVIEWER .................................................................. 134
5.1.1 PCViewer Screen ....................................................................................... 134
5.1.2 PCViewer Control Panel ............................................................................. 136
5.1.3 Playback Mode Control Panel .................................................................... 139
5.1.4 To Setup Remote System Setting ............................................................... 141
Basic Setting................................................................................................... 141
Advance Setting ............................................................................................. 143
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System Setting ........................................................................................................ 143
Camera Setting ................................................................................................ ....... 147
Record Setting ........................................................................................................ 148
Network Setting ....................................................................................................... 150
Alarm Setting .......................................................................................................... 153
5.2 FAMILIARIZING THE REMOTE CONSOLE BUTTONS ....................................... 159
5.2.1 To Setup Remote Console Setting .............................................................. 161
5.3 FAMILIARIZING THE BUTTONS IN PTZ CAMERA CONTROLLER ...................... 163
5.4 USING THE REMOTE PLAYBACK ................................................................. 164
5.4.1 Familiarizing the Local Playback Buttons ................................................... 166
5.4.2 Familiarizing the RealTime Playback Buttons ............................................. 170
5.4.3 Familiarizing the Download and Playback Buttons ..................................... 173
CHAPTER 6 USING THE REMOTE CONTROL SERVER .............................. 175
APPENDIX A REGISTERING DOMAIN NAMES ............................................ 176
APPENDIX B NETWORK SERVICE PORT .................................................... 178
LIMITED WARRANTY ........................................................................................ 179
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For Windows 7, do the following setting in order to operate DVR normally.
- To disable User Account Control (UAC) before enter DVR system. To disable UAC, please go to User Account setting in Control Panel to turn User Account Control off. If UAC doesn’t disable, the DVR program will not allow to be installed.
- Adjust the Display mode to Basic mode.
- When formatting HDD, please select 64K allocation unit size.
8CH NXU System
Item
Recommended
Motherboard
Intel G41/P43/X58/H55/P55/H61/H67/P67/Z68 chipset
CPU
1. Pentium® 4 3.2 GHz or higher
2. Dual core CPU is highly recommended
RAM
2G or higher
OS
Windows XP Professional(32bit/64bit)
HDD
80G or more
Ethernet
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet card
Others
Sound card and speakers
Chapter 1 Introduction
AVer NXU Lite is a NVR application that can connect up to 32 AVer IP cameras for monitoring, recording, and playback.
1.1 Minimum Computer System Requirements
The NXU Lite can install on any computer but the computer system needs to meet the minimum system requirements.
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16CH NXU System
Item
Recommended
Motherboard
Intel G41/P43/X58/H55/P55/H61/H67/P67/Z68 chipset
CPU
Dual core CPU is highly recommended
RAM
4G
OS
Windows 7 Professional(32bit)
HDD
160G or more
Ethernet
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet card
Others
Sound card and speakers
32CH NXU System
Item
Recommended
Motherboard
Intel G41/P43/X58/H55/P55/H61/H67/P67/Z68 chipset
CPU
Dual core CPU is highly recommended
RAM
4G
OS
Windows 7 Professional(64bit)
HDD
250G or more
Ethernet
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet card
Others
Sound card and speakers
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1.2 Dual Monitors Setup
The NVR system Supports Single and Dual monitor displays. When using dual monitors, the Emap and Playback function will be display on the second monitor. The Video configuration is different for each different VGA chipsets. Please follow the steps below to setup the dual monitors display.
1.2.1 Graphic card with ATi chipset
1. Enter the ATI Catalyst Control Center, user can click the short-cut or right click on the screen.
2. There are two modes to select ─ Basic and Advanced.
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3. If user selected Basic mode, press the Quick Settings tab. Then select the Select a different desktop mode and click Go.
4. Select the Extended Desktop and then click Finish.
5. If user selected the Advanced mode, click the View button.
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6. In Display Manager, right click on the second Display on the right side and select Extend Main onto monitor.
7. Adjust each monitor resolution to 1024x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 or 1920x1080.
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1.2.2 Graphic card with NVIDIA chipset
1. Click the NVIDIA nView, and select the Dualview mode.
2. Adjust each monitor resolution to 1024x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 or 1920x1080
3. To review if the display mode is correct, you can check the task bar. The task bar will show on the first monitor only.
Monitor 1 Monitor 2
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If user has installed AVer NV DVR system already, user doesn’t need to install NXU Lite again. Please uses NV DVR system to connect AVer IP camera that user has purchased.
Before installing the software, make sure that the Windows OS patches and the video graphic card driver are UPDATED.
We HIGHLY RECOMMEND having three (3) separate drives for the main system (OS and NVR software), storage and backup. The ideal hard disk size for the main drive is 20GB. As for the storage and backup, at least 60GB each. The hard drives format must be in NTFS. This way we can maintain an optimized system for your security.
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To ensure getting the latest copy of NVR software, go and download the updated version from the following site:
Worldwide :
http://surveillance.aver.com/download-center
US/CANADA:
http://www.averusa.com/surveillance/download.aspx
1.3 Software Installation
Please read the following information before install NXU Lite NVR application.
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1. Place the Software CD into the CD-ROM drive then click Install Surveillance System. Then, click Next to continue.
2. Select the NXU Lite to install and click Next to continue.
3. Read the License Agreement and click Yes to accept the agreement. If you do not agree the license agreement, the installation will be cancel.
Follow the below steps to install the NVR application:
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4. Setup the User name and Password for login NXU Lite system. Re-enter the password in Confirm password column and click Next to go next step.
5. Set the install destination, click Browse to change the default destination folder. If user doesn’t want to change, then, click Next to continue.
6. Select the skin color of NXU Lite application – Titanium Sliver or Electric Red, then, click Next to start installation.
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7. After installation completed, user need to restart your computer. Select “Yes, I want
to restart my computer now” and click Finish to reboot computer.
8. You may now run the application program. To run the application, click on your PC desktop or click Start > Programs > DVR > NXU Lite.
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Please make sure the cursor is located on User ID or Password column if user has call out virtual keyboard for entering ID and password.
Click it to call out virtual keyboard.
1.4 Running the NVR Software
To run the application, double-click on your PC desktop or click Start > Programs > DVR > NXU Lite.
For security purpose, some of the features would require you to enter User name and Password before it can be accessed. When the Authorization dialog box appears, key in your User ID and Password. (If this is the first time, enter the one you have registered when installing the software.)
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User can re-do the Setup Wizard anytime.
Chapter 2 Using the NVR Software
2.1 System Setup Wizard
The Setup Wizard can guide the user to complete the basic but important setting of DVR system. After login the NVR system, click Setup > Setup Wizard to start wizard.
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2.1.1 System Setting Wizard
In System Setting step, select the language of DVR system and interface, current time zone of DVR is located, setup network time synchronization, and select video standard of DVR system.
1. Language: Customize the language for the DVR system, interface, and tool tips based on the selected language. The default the language is in English.
2. Time Zone: Select the time zone, time, year, and date of DVR is located to setup correct DVR time.
3. Network Time Synchronization: Adjust the DVR system time same as network time server. Enter the Time Server IP address or domain name. Select Automatic Synchronize time to set automatic synchronize time on a daily basis. To adjust time manually, click Sync Now button to adjust time right away.
4. Video Standard: Change and select the proper video standard according to your camera video system. If the video system setting is wrong, the video would appear abnormally.
5. Click Next to go to next wizard section.
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Do Not assign the DVR to 1.0.0.0 network segment. It will cause the DVR cannot access to Internet due to the un-recognize to 1.0.0.0 IP segment.
The green light indicates the LAN port is connected with Ethernet cable.
2.1.2 Network Setting Wizard
Setup the IP address of DVR and configure the DDNS. After completed all configuration, click Next to save the setting and go to next wizard setting.
1. LAN: Select IP address mode -- DHCP or Static IP.
DHCP: To use DHCP server assigning DVR server an IP address.  Static IP: Assign a fixed IP address for DVR server
- IP ADDRESS: Assign a constant IP address which a real IP addresses give from ISP to DVR system.
- Mask: It is a bitmask used to identify the sub network and how many bits provide room for host addresses. Enter the subnet mask of the IP address which user has assigned to DVR system.
- GATEWAY: A network device act as a passageway to internet. Enter the network gateway IP address
- DNS: Domain Name Server translates domain names (such as www.abb.com.tw) to IP addresses. Enter the IP address of DNS if it is available.
2. DDNS setting: To use this feature, go to http://ddns.avers.com.tw or http://dyndns.org and register.
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The DDNS setting is not required to setup if user hasn’t apply your domain name yet.
dyndns.org
- Domain Name: The user has applied on website www.dyndns.org.
- ID: The account ID that user has created on website www.dyndns.org.
- Password: The password that user has assigned on website dyndns.org.
dyndns.org
ddns.avers.com.tw
- Domain Name: The domain name that user has applied on website ddns.avers.com.tw.
- CD-Key: The CD-Key is located on back panel of DVR unit.
- Password: The password that user has assigned on website ddns.avers.com.tw.
ddns.avers.com.tw
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One of CD-Key allows user to register two domain names. One of domain name can be used by Dispatch serve.
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- Note that Host Name and Domain Name (avers.com) are the replacement for Internet address while a remote client tends to search a dynamic server.
- Host Name column supports alphabet letters and number only. The maximum character is 15.
- The password maximum character is 12.
Register the Domain Name on http://ddns.avers.com.tw
1. User Login: Browse the website ddns.avers.com.tw with Microsoft IE or Netscape Navigator to access the following dialog.
- First input CD-Key number and select the product name.
- Then click OK to login or Reset to clear the previous input.
2. User Information: Please provide the following user information, Host Name (user can
choose any name he/she likes except the one in conflict with other users), Password, E- mail, Company, and Country. And then, click OK to complete the domain name registration.
Register the Domain Name on http://www.dyndns.com
1. Open the browser on your PC and enter the URL http://www.dyndns.com
2. Follow the DyDNS’s instruction on website to apply the free domain name.
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2.1.3 Display Setting Wizard
Set monitor resolution and frequency. The DVR system support dual monitor and user need to set a primary monitor when using dual monitor mode. The preview UI is displayed on primary monitor (Monitor 1) and the Monitor 1 sign is displayed at left-upper corner on preview UI screen. The playback UI and Eamp UI are displayed on monitor 2 and Monitor 2 sign is displayed at left-upper corner on screen. Select the Resolution and Frequency from drop-down list and click Next to save the setting and go to next wizard setting.
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2.1.4 Storage Setting Wizard
To create partition, format the hard disk and select storage path for saving recording data. Also, user can setup iSCSI for an extra storage capability if user has iSCSI server on your LAN network.
HDD Setting: To create and format hard disk partition, delete a partition, and formatting the hard
disk.
- Create a partition
1. Select the hard disk from Hard Disk Information table.
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2. Click on the hard disk is in Volume Information table and click Create volume to set the
size of partition.
3. User can enter the partition size or scroll the bar to adjust the size. Then, click OK to create
and format the partition. The created and formatted partition will list in Volume Information table.
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4. Each partition is assigned a letter as a volume ID. When user select a storage path, please
remember the volume ID match to which partition. To select storage path, click Next to go to Storage Setting page.
5. To create another partition, repeat the above steps.
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- Release the partition: User can delete the partition. When the partition has been deleted, all data save in partition will be erased
1. In Volume Information table, click Release icon ( ) of the partition that user wants to
delete it.
2. The DVR system will delete the partition and all data will be erased.
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- Format the hard disk: To format a hard disk or a partition. All data on the hard disk or partition will be erased.
1. Select the hard disk in Hard Disk Information table and select the partition or hard disk that
want to be format in Volume Information table.
2. Then, the Format button will show and click Format button to format it.
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