Product name:
NVR v1.0.0.x Release Date:
2014/
4/30
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Network Video Recorder
User Manual
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction .................................................................................. 4
Hardware Description ............................................................................................ 5
NR-1104 ........................................................................................ 5
NR-2104 / NR-2108 / NR-2116 ...................................................... 6
LED Indicators Status .............................................................................................. 7
NR-1104 ............................................................................................ 7
NR-2104 / NR-2108 / NR-2116 ........................................................... 7
Dual-Monitor Solution: HDMI/VGA/DVI-I Connection ........................................ 9
Chapter 2. NVR Installation .............................................................. 10
System Requirements .......................................................................................... 10
Connect to NVR .................................................................................................... 11
Quick Guide ...................................................................................... 11
Install EZ Search.................................................................................. 11
Install NVR Decoder.............................................................................. 19
User Manual ..................................................................................... 21
Browse CD ....................................................................................... 21
Activate Live View ................................................................................................ 22
Quick Configuration ............................................................................................. 24
Start ............................................................................................ 24
Network Settings ......................................................................... 25
Server Settings ............................................................................ 26
Date &Time .................................................................................. 27
Disk Management ........................................................................ 29
Camera Settings .......................................................................... 36
Finish .......................................................................................... 42
Start ............................................................................................ 47
Network Settings ......................................................................... 48
Server Settings ............................................................................ 49
Date &Time .................................................................................. 50
Disk Management ........................................................................ 52
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Camera Settings .......................................................................... 59
Finish .......................................................................................... 65
Steps to Playback Videos ............................................................. 76
Main Functions for Playback ......................................................... 79
Export Files ................................................................................. 81
Snapshot ..................................................................................... 81
Screenshot in Local Display .......................................................... 81
System Upgrade in Local Display .................................................. 81
USB Backup by Software USB BACKUP Virtual Button ................... 82
Select View Modes on Live View Page ................................................. 84
Main Functions for Live View ............................................................. 85
Right Click Functions on Video Window ............................................... 94
Steps to Playback Videos ........................................................... 100
Main Functions for Playback ....................................................... 105
IP Camera .............................................................................................................118
Camera Settings ........................................................................... 118
Camera Parameter ........................................................................ 118
Camera Status ............................................................................. 122
Recording & Events ............................................................................................123
Recording Settings ........................................................................ 123
Recording Schedule ....................................................................... 125
Event & Action Management ........................................................... 128
Advanced Setting.......................................................................... 137
Event Schedule ............................................................................ 138
E-Mail ......................................................................................... 143
Disk Management ................................................................................................144
Disk Management ......................................................................... 144
File System Management ............................................................... 145
File Sharing Service ...................................................................... 147
Cloud ....................................................................................................................149
Setup Dropbox Service .................................................................. 149
Share Files to Dropbox Server ........................................................ 150
Remove Configuration and Online Sync ............................................ 152
Network Setup .....................................................................................................153
Network Setup ............................................................................. 153
Network Service ........................................................................... 156
DDNS ......................................................................................... 158
Management ........................................................................................................160
User Management ......................................................................... 160
Log System ................................................................................. 164
Save/Load Configuration ................................................................ 168
USB Backup ................................................................................. 170
External IO Device ........................................................................ 176
UPS Management ......................................................................... 177
System .................................................................................................................179
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Device Information ....................................................................... 179
System Upgrade ........................................................................... 181
Language .................................................................................... 186
Date &Time ................................................................................. 186
Buzzer ........................................................................................ 188
Reboot &Shutdown ....................................................................... 188
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Before You Use This Product
When you first open the product’s package, verify that all the accessories listed on
the “Package Contents” of “Quick Installation Guide” are included. Before installing
the NVR, please read the instructions in the “Quick Installation Guide” to avoid
misuse and then follow the instructions in the “Hard Disk Installation” section to
avoid damages due to faulty assembly or installation.
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Hardware Description
NR-1104
Figure 1-1. Front & Rear View of NR1104
1. Power button
2. LED indicator: HDD
3. USB 2.0 x2
4. Power connector
5. USB 3.0 x 2
6. DVI-I
7. eSATA x 1
8. HDMI x 1
9. Gigabit LAN
10. USB 2.0 x 2
11. Audio mic input(Reserved)
12. Audio output
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NR-2104 / NR-2108 / NR-2116
Figure 1-4. Front & Rear View of NR-2104 / NR-2108 / NR-2116
1. Power button
2. LED indicator: HDD
3. USB 2.0 x2
4. Power connector
5. USB 3.0 x 2
6. DVI-I
7. eSATA x 1
8. HDMI x 1
9. Gigabit LAN
10. USB 2.0 x 2
11. Audio mic input(Reserved)
12. Audio output
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LED Indicators Status
NR-1104
Figure 2-3. NR-1104 Front Panel
Note:
**To turn off your NVR, long pressing power button at least 2 seconds.
**To turn on your NVR, long pressing power button at least 3 seconds.
NR-2104 / NR-2108 / NR-2116
Figure 2-4. NR-2104 / NR-2108 / NR-2116 Front Panel
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Note:
**To turn off your NVR, long pressing power button at least 2 seconds.
**To turn on your NVR, long pressing power button at least 3 seconds.
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Dual-Monitor Solution: HDMI/VGA/DVI-I Connection
NR-1104/NR-2104/NR-2108/NR-2116 provide HDMI and DVI-I port for local display.
Users can connect both of HDMI and DVI-I at the same time for video output.
Scenario A:If both monitors are Full HD(1920x1080),those will be shown as Full HD.
Scenario B: If both monitors are VGA (1024x768), those will be shown all as VGA.
Scenario C: If one of monitors is 1920x1080 and another is 1024x768, both monitors
are set as 1024x768
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Chapter 2. NVR Installation
System Requirements
The following information is the minimum level of system requirements for a
personal computer to operate NVR in better performance:
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® Vista /7 / 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Browser
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0 or above (32-bit)
CPU
For channels under 16 : Intel® Dual core CPU 3.0 GHz or above.
For channels over 16 : Intel® i5/i7 CPU 3.3 GHz or above.
Network
Minimum 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet is recommended)
Note: * User is suggested to connect cameras and NVR with Gigabit
switch.
Memory
For channels under 16: DDR3 4G or above.
For channels over 16: DDR3 8G or above
Graphics Adapter
AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024×768, 16 bit colors, 1G memory or
above
Note: It is highly recommended to use a graphics adaptor which provides
higher than resolutions 1024 x 768 in order to experience the full
benefits of the software.
Make sure the display DPI setting is set to default at 96DPI
To set DPI value, right-click on desktop, choose “Settings” tab >>
“Advanced” >> “General.”
CD-ROM Drive
It is necessary to read the operating instructions in the provided
CD-ROM.
Adobe Reader
It is necessary to read the operating instructions in the provided CD-ROM.
The audio function will not work if a sound card is not installed in the PC.
Audio may be interrupted depending on network traffic.
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Connect to NVR
To begin, please insert the product CD-ROM in a PC to access the Quick
Guide, User Manual and install the utilities. As user runs the product CD,
the following menu is displayed.
Quick Guide
Click “Quick Guide” to enter the folder and double
click the file to open. Please read Quick Guide to quickly understand the
process of NVR installation.
Install EZ Search
Click “Install NVR Search” to find NVR in the
network. Please follow the instructions to install and NVR Search will run
automatically.
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When installing NVR Search, Shield Wizard window for NVR Search will
pop up.
Click “Next” to continue installation.
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Read the license agreement and click “I accept the terms of the license
agreement”. Click “Next” to continue installation.
Select a location of destination and select a folder where the setup can
install files. The default location is: C:\Program Files\Brickcom\NVR
Search. Users can also install NVR Search in other folder by clicking
“Change” and select a location as below. Click “OK” to save the setting.
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The window shows that the Install Shield Wizard is installing NVR Search.
Please wait until the Wizard completes the installation.
The Install Shield has successfully installed NVR Search. Select “Create
Desktop Shortcut” and please click “Next” to continue.
The installation is complete. Please click “Launch application when done
installing” to execute NVR Search.
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After finishing the setup, the window of NVR Search will pop up.
NVR Search will execute automatically and show NO., Name, IP Address,
Mac Address and Model name of connected Brickcom.
Users can click “Search” to search NVR.
Introduction of NVR Search
NVR Search provides three kinds of toolbars for users:
1. File
You can click “Exit” to leave NVR Search and close the window.
2. Setting
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Configure UPnP and Network by clicking “Setting” in the top left or in the middle
right.
Note: Users will be prompted to enter the login information of NVR
before being allowed to change the setting.
When accessing the NVR setting, users will be prompted to enter username
and password. For the first-time use, the default username and password
are admin/admin. When the correct username and password have been
entered, click “Login” to continue.
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1) UPnP
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) simplifies the process of adding a
NVR to a local area network. Once connected to a LAN, NVR will
automatically appear on the internet. You can rename UPnP Name on
the NVR. Click “OK” to finish the setting.
2) Network
Two models are provided for setting the network: DHCP and Static IP.
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3. Option
Option provides several languages
Once you click “Connect” or double click the selected NVR list, IE browser
will pop up automatically for the web-based interface.
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Install NVR Decoder
Click “Install NVR Decoder” to install decoder and
follow the instructions to setup.
Install Shield Wizard window will pop up and please click “Next” to
continue installation.
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Read license agreement and click “I accept the terms of the license
agreement.” Click “Next” to continue installation.
The installation Wizard is installing NVR Decoder.
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The installation is complete. Please click “Finish” to close the window.
User Manual
Click “User Manual” to open the folder and double-click on
user manual file to read.
Browse CD
Click “Browse CD” to open the folder of current
Autorun.exe file.
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Activate Live View
Connect to NVR
Log in to the system by entering its IP address 192.168.1.245 in IE browser.
Enter username and password:
For first-time use, the default username and password are
“admin/admin.”
Select the languages for the UI.
Allow ActiveX Control
After logging in the NVR, users are recommended to install ActiveX control
for the first-time installation.
Left-click on the description “This website wants to run the following add-on:
‘NVR ActiveX’ from…..”
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Left-click on the description “Run Add on.”
Left-click “Run” to use licensed ActiveX controls.
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Quick Configuration
After users log in Brickcom and install the ActiveX control, the system will
direct you to set Quick Configuration in five main steps. Follow the
instructions of the Overview of wizard to complete system setup.
Start
System will lead you to “Start” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility to
begin.
To initial the configuration, please study the Overview of wizard first. Through five
steps, the wizard will guide you to set up the system quickly.
Click “Start” in Overview of wizard page to begin Quick Configuration.
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Network Settings
Please select “Network Settings” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility
to begin.
Users need to adjust the settings in the Network Setup page in order to let
NVR work properly within network.
There are 2 methods to configure IP address
1. Obtain an IP address automatically (NVR Default)
Obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server. If this
option is selected, NVR will automatically obtain an available dynamic IP
address from the DHCP server once it connects to the network.
2. Specify an IP address.
If there is no DHCP server existing in network environments, the static IP
address will be given as192.168.1.245. It should be adaptable in most
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networking environment, and user can choose to maintain the default IP
address or change it in this page. However, it’s recommended setting different
IP address of NVR if there is more than one NVR in the same LAN.
To assign a static IP address to the NVR:
1. Select “Specify an IP address”
2. Enter the IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway IP Address and DNS
server address.
3. If IP Address is changed, user needs to log out NVR and login in again.
Click “Next” to proceed with the configuration.
Server Settings
Please select “Server Settings” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility to
begin.
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Server name with UPnP
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) simplifies the process of adding a NVR to a local area
network. Once connected to LAN, the NVR will automatically appear on the internet.
User can select to enable the function with UPnP and edit a sever name.
Password Settings
Each NVR comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin.”
It’s highly recommended to change the password upon the initial login.
Enter a new password in the “New Password” field and enter it again in
“Retype Password.”Since you confirm “Next,” the administrator
password will be changed.
Date &Time
Please select “Date & Time” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility to
begin.
1. Manual setting
Use the drop-down list and configure the time manually. Select the Year, Month,
Date and Time. Time setting will be effective when you click “Next.”
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2. Time Zone: Synchronize with an Internet time server automatically.
Select the time zone of your area and update the date and time of the Brickcom
automatically with an NTP server. User also has an option to automatically adjust
daylight saving time.
Configure the time and date by verifying and adjusting current local time and
daylight saving to avoid the following errors:
Incorrect display time for playback videos.
Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur.
Please enter the hostname of a valid NTP server to synchronize the server time with
an Internet time server. NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a protocol to synchronize
the clocks of a computer system.
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Disk Management
Please select “Disk Management” from the drop-down menu of Configuration
Utility to begin.
If hard disk is not installed in NVR, the page will show “Disk doesn’t exist.”
Once an available hard disk drive is inserted into the tray, Disk Information will show
in Device Information and users can start to create new RAID Disk.
1. Disk Information
Device Information provides details of the hard disk drive: HDD Model,
Serial NO., Capacity and Status.
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2. Create
As the hard disk drive is available, the status of Device Information shows “Ready,”
which indicates the hard disk drive is ready to be created.
Please click “Create” to enter the window for building New RAID Disk and select the
hard disk drive in the Free HDDs field.
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The selected hard disk drive in the Free HDDs field will be marked in blue and please
click to recruit the hard disk drive into Assigned HDDs field.
The selected hard disk drive in Assigned HDDs field will be marked in blue.
Meanwhile, Target RAID Disk is ready to build RAID disk and it shows five types of
disk configuration.
The introduction of disk configuration is in the below table.
Disk Configuration
Big Drive
(Linear)
Performance
(Raid0)
Big Drive is a collection of hard disk drives and does not
provide any RAID protection. The data are written to the
disks continuously.
RAID0is one larger volume with 2 or more hard disk drives. The
data are written to the hard disk drives without any parity
Fault
Tolerant
(Raid1)
information. The total storage capacity is the sum of all hard disk
drives.
2 hard disk drives are required to create a RAID1 array.
RAID1 can provide disk mirroring by duplicating the data
between two hard disk drives.
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Fault
Tolerant
(Raid5)
A minimum of 3 hard disk drives are required to create RAID5. The
data are striped in all hard drives in a RAID5 array and the parity
information is stored in each drive. If a hard disk drive fails, the
array enters degraded mode. The data can be rebuilt from other
member drives after installing a new drive to replace the failed
one.
Select a type of disk configuration, and please click “Apply” to execute building new
RAID disk.
Note: Don’t turn off the server or unplug any hard drives when RAID Disk is in
building process.
Please wait. The disk configuration is in a process.
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The progress is under “formatting….20%”. Please wait till 100%.
The progress is in “Create swap” and is going to finish the disk building.
Finally, the RAID disk building is complete.
After the RAID disk is created, RAID List shows RAID Name and available
storage devices. Device Information provides status of the hard drive:
RAID Name, Level, Capacity, Status-Active, Action State,
Background Activity and Progress-none.
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3. Delete
After the RAID Disk is created, “Delete” option is available.
If user is going to delete RAID disk, please refer to following description.
In “Delete” option, user can remove or format RAID disk by selecting the RAID disk.
In the table, RAID Name, RAID type, Capacity and Status are shown.
Remove
Click “Remove” to delete RAID Disk. Once “Remove” is clicked, a window will
pop up to ensure the execution.
To delete RAID Disk, click “OK” to proceed.
Please wait. The deletion is in a process.
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If users want to change the RAID level setting, please click ‘‘Remove.’’ After the
RAID Disk is removed, the Status in Device information shows “Ready,” then
users can go back to Create page to continue the new RAID level configuration.
Note: Once you remove the disk and continually create it, the recorded
video will be formatted.
Format
Click “Format” to format the RAID disk, all recorded videos will be deleted.
Once “Format” is clicked, a window will pop up to ensure the execution.
To format RAID disk, click “OK” to continue.
Hard disk drive is formatting.
Please wait for formatting until 100%.
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Camera Settings
NVR provides two options for adding cameras: UPnP Search and Detect
Detect:
In this option, users are asked to enter IP Address and vendor. Then, click
“Apply” to start adding camera.
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Camera Name, Username and Password are editable.
After selecting a specific camera vender, username and password will be
automatically filled in by vendor ‘s default information.
Memorize modified username and password:
NVR also can memorize username and password which is modified by users
after users click “Apply” button. Then, the default username and password of
that vendor will be replaced by the modified one. Next time when users add
new camera of the specific vendor, username and password will be
automatically filled in by new modified one.
Note: Each vendor has its own default username and password.
If there is any error occurred in entering the following information, the
notification window will pop up as below.
When an inappropriate address is entered, a window will pop up as below.
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When an inappropriate user name is entered, a window will pop up as below.
When an inappropriate password is entered, a window will pop up as below.
After the detection is complete, the camera list shows connected camera
with Camera Name, IP Address, Port, Vendor and Mode.
All applied cameras will be shown in Camera List and if no more camera needs to be
connected, please click “Next” to continue configuration.
Delete
If any camera should be deleted from camera list, please click the column turning
into blue and click “Delete.”
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A window will pop up to ensure the action.
To delete the camera, click “OK” to proceed.
Please wait. The deletion is in a process.
The camera has been deleted from camera list.
Generic RTSP/ Generic MJPEG
Brickcom NVR provides the interface for users to enter RTSP/ MJPEG URLs of IP
cameras to receive the video streaming from IP camera. The streaming will be
applied to monitoring, recording and playback.
Generic RTSP and Generic MJPEG function can be selected in the vendor list of
camera setting page.
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Follow by entering the Generic URL column with proper RTSP or MJPEG URLs.
If Generic RTSP is selected, RTSP port should be filled out too.
Click “apply” to make parameters enable
The most correct URLs should be provided from each camera vendors.
Users may also refer to websites
- https://www.soleratec.com/rtsp/
- http://www.ispyconnect.com/sources.aspx
UPnP Search:
Click “UPnPSearch” to find out UPnP devices within the LAN.
Please make sure IP camera supports UPnP Search function.
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Please go to IP Camera web page to enable UPnP search function.
Please wait. The UPnP search is in a process.
The available cameras in the network will be displayed.
Add any camera you want by clicking “Add” from the list one by one.
After the search, the window displays Camera Name, IP Address, User Name,
Password, Port, Vendor and Model. Please click “Apply” to add new camera.
Note: NVR will automatically fill in default username and password of each
vendor. Camera Name, User Name and Password can be modified by users.
Memorize modified username and password:
NVR will memorize username and password which is modified by users after
users click “Apply” button. Then, the default username and password of that
vendor will be replaced by the modified one. Next time when users add new
camera of the specific vendor, username and password will be automatically
filled in by new modified one.
Note: Each vendor has its own default username and password.
All applied cameras will be shown in Camera List and If no more camera
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needs to be connected, please click “Next” to continue.
You can also click “Delete” to disconnect the camera.
Finish
Please select “Finish” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility
to begin.
Once five steps of Quick Configuration are completed, the window will show
the completed status. You can click “Back” to return to the previous steps
to modify the configuration or click “Start Live view” to start monitoring.
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To review the setting or information of Quick Configuration, user can also select
“Quick Configuration” in the left of the Configuration main page.
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Use NVR by Local Display
NVR can be connected to a monitor via HDMI and VGA port to execute quick
configuration and display live view.
Note: Local display feature is supported in NR-1104 , NR-2104 ,
NR-2108 , NR-2116.
To start local display, please check the steps below:
Please install at least one hard disk drive in your NVR.
Connect NVR and IP cameras to the network.
Make sure the monitor is connected to the port (HDMI /VGA/ DVI-I) of NVR rear
panel.
Please connect a USB mouse to the USB port of NVR.
Please connect power cord and connector to turn on NVR.
When you enter the log in interface of NVR, please enter default user name
“admin” and password “admin” and select languages.
Log in NVR
Users have to key in the correct username and password to login NVR
Resolution:
User can select the resolution 1920x1080 or 1024x768 in login page, when
the monitor supports both types of resolution.
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Anonymous login
Anonymous login allows users to login without username and password.
Anonymous user can only view live monitoring and playback page in local
monitor, however, the configuration page will be disable. While anonymous
login is applied, system will automatically log in without authorization
process after boot up.
Start to setup the anonymous login
Please go to “Configuration->Management->Users Management->Advance
Settings” in remote web browser.
Check the “Enable Anonymous Access.”
Enable the “Anonymous” at the local display login page, and then log in.
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Virtual Keyboard
Users can choose to use USB keyboard for typing in local display of
DIGISTOR, or fill out columns with virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard in
local display can be enabled from the right side of each column.
There are 3 types of virtual keyboard can be chosen, including Upper case,
Lower case and Symbols.
-Upper case -Lower case -Symbols
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Quick Configuration
After you log in local display of NVR, the system will direct you to set Quick
Configuration in five main steps. Follow the instructions of the Overview of
wizard to complete the system setup.
Start
System will lead you to “Start” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility to
begin.
To initial the configuration, please study the Overview of wizard first. Through five
steps, the wizard will guide you to set up the system quickly.
Click “Start” in Overview of wizard page to begin Quick Configuration.
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Network Settings
Please select “Network Settings” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility
to begin.
Users need to adjust the settings in the Network Setup page in order to let
NVR work properly within network.
There are 2 methods to configure IP address
1. Obtain an IP address automatically (NVR Default)
Obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server. If this
option is selected, NVR will automatically obtain an available dynamic IP
address from the DHCP server once it connects to the network.
2. Specify an IP address.
If there is no DHCP server existing in network environments, the static IP
address will be given as192.168.1.245. It should be adaptable in most
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networking environment, and user can choose to maintain the default IP
address or change it in this page. However, it’s recommended setting different
IP address of NVR if there is more than one NVR in the same LAN.
To assign a static IP address to the NVR:
1. Select “Specify an IP address”
2. Enter the IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway IP Address and DNS
server address.
3. If IP Address is changed, user needs to log out NVR and login in again.
Click “Next” to proceed with the configuration.
Server Settings
Please select “Server Settings” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility to
begin.
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Server name with UPnP
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) simplifies the process of adding a NVR to a local area
network. Once connected to LAN, the NVR will automatically appear on the internet.
User can select to enable the function with UPnP and edit a sever name.
Password Settings
Each NVR comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin.”
It’s highly recommended to change the password upon the initial login.
Enter a new password in the “New Password” field and enter it again in
“Retype Password.”Since you confirm “Next,” the administrator
password will be changed.
Date &Time
Please select “Date & Time” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility to
begin.
3. Manual setting
Use the drop-down list and configure the time manually. Select the Year, Month,
Date and Time. Time setting will be effective when you click “Next.”
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4. Time Zone: Synchronize with an Internet time server automatically.
Select the time zone of your area and update the date and time of the Brickcom
automatically with an NTP server. User also has an option to automatically adjust
daylight saving time.
Configure the time and date by verifying and adjusting current local time and
daylight saving to avoid the following errors:
Incorrect display time for playback videos.
Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur.
Please enter the hostname of a valid NTP server to synchronize the server time with
an Internet time server. NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a protocol to synchronize
the clocks of a computer system.
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Disk Management
Please select “Disk Management” from the drop-down menu of Configuration
Utility to begin.
If hard disk is not installed in NVR, the page will show “Disk doesn’t exist.”
Once an available hard disk drive is inserted into the tray, Disk Information will show
in Device Information and users can start to create new RAID Disk.
4. Disk Information
Device Information provides details of the hard disk drive: HDD Model,
Serial NO., Capacity and Status.
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5. Create
As the hard disk drive is available, the status of Device Information shows “Ready,”
which indicates the hard disk drive is ready to be created.
Please click “Create” to enter the window for building New RAID Disk and select the
hard disk drive in the Free HDDs field.
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The selected hard disk drive in the Free HDDs field will be marked in blue and please
click to recruit the hard disk drive into Assigned HDDs field.
The selected hard disk drive in Assigned HDDs field will be marked in blue.
Meanwhile, Target RAID Disk is ready to build RAID disk and it shows five types of
disk configuration.
The introduction of disk configuration is in the below table.
Disk Configuration
Big Drive
(Linear)
Performance
(Raid0)
Big Drive is a collection of hard disk drives and does not
provide any RAID protection. The data are written to the
disks continuously.
RAID0is one larger volume with 2 or more hard disk drives. The
data are written to the hard disk drives without any parity
Fault
Tolerant
(Raid1)
information. The total storage capacity is the sum of all hard disk
drives.
2 hard disk drives are required to create a RAID1 array.
RAID1 can provide disk mirroring by duplicating the data
between two hard disk drives.
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Fault
Tolerant
(Raid5)
A minimum of 3 hard disk drives are required to create RAID5. The
data are striped in all hard drives in a RAID5 array and the parity
information is stored in each drive. If a hard disk drive fails, the
array enters degraded mode. The data can be rebuilt from other
member drives after installing a new drive to replace the failed
one.
Select a type of disk configuration, and please click “Apply” to execute building new
RAID disk.
Note: Don’t turn off the server or unplug any hard drives when RAID Disk is in
building process.
Please wait. The disk configuration is in a process.
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The progress is under “formatting….20%”. Please wait till 100%.
The progress is in “Create swap” and is going to finish the disk building.
Finally, the RAID disk building is complete.
After the RAID disk is created, RAID List shows RAID Name and available
storage devices. Device Information provides status of the hard drive:
RAID Name, Level, Capacity, Status-Active, Action State,
Background Activity and Progress-none.
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6. Delete
After the RAID Disk is created, “Delete” option is available.
If user is going to delete RAID disk, please refer to following description.
In “Delete” option, user can remove or format RAID disk by selecting the RAID disk.
In the table, RAID Name, RAID type, Capacity and Status are shown.
Remove
Click “Remove” to delete RAID Disk. Once “Remove” is clicked, a window will
pop up to ensure the execution.
To delete RAID Disk, click “OK” to proceed.
Please wait. The deletion is in a process.
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If users want to change the RAID level setting, please click ‘‘Remove.’’ After the
RAID Disk is removed, the Status in Device information shows “Ready,” then
users can go back to Create page to continue the new RAID level configuration.
Note: Once you remove the disk and continually create it, the recorded
video will be formatted.
Format
Click “Format” to format the RAID disk, all recorded videos will be deleted.
Once “Format” is clicked, a window will pop up to ensure the execution.
To format RAID disk, click “OK” to continue.
Hard disk drive is formatting.
Please wait for formatting until 100%.
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Camera Settings
NVR provides two options for adding cameras: UPnP Search and Detect
Detect:
In this option, users are asked to enter IP Address and vendor. Then, click
“Apply” to start adding camera.
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Camera Name, Username and Password are editable.
After selecting a specific camera vender, username and password will be
automatically filled in by vendor ‘s default information.
Memorize modified username and password:
NVR also can memorize username and password which is modified by users
after users click “Apply” button. Then, the default username and password of
that vendor will be replaced by the modified one. Next time when users add
new camera of the specific vendor, username and password will be
automatically filled in by new modified one.
Note: Each vendor has its own default username and password.
If there is any error occurred in entering the following information, the
notification window will pop up as below.
When an inappropriate address is entered, a window will pop up as below.
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When an inappropriate user name is entered, a window will pop up as below.
When an inappropriate password is entered, a window will pop up as below.
After the detection is complete, the camera list shows connected camera
with Camera Name, IP Address, Port, Vendor and Mode.
All applied cameras will be shown in Camera List and if no more camera needs to be
connected, please click “Next” to continue configuration.
Delete
If any camera should be deleted from camera list, please click the column turning
into blue and click “Delete.”
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A window will pop up to ensure the action.
To delete the camera, click “OK” to proceed.
Please wait. The deletion is in a process.
The camera has been deleted from camera list.
Generic RTSP/ Generic MJPEG
Brickcom NVR provides the interface for users to enter RTSP/ MJPEG URLs of IP
cameras to receive the video streaming from IP camera. The streaming will be
applied to monitoring, recording and playback.
Generic RTSP and Generic MJPEG function can be selected in the vendor list of
camera setting page.
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Follow by entering the Generic URL column with proper RTSP or MJPEG URLs.
If Generic RTSP is selected, RTSP port should be filled out too.
Click “apply” to make parameters enable
The most correct URLs should be provided from each camera vendors.
Users may also refer to websites
- https://www.soleratec.com/rtsp/
- http://www.ispyconnect.com/sources.aspx
UPnP Search:
Click “UPnPSearch” to find out UPnP devices within the LAN.
Please make sure IP camera supports UPnP Search function.
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Please go to IP Camera web page to enable UPnP search function.
Please wait. The UPnP search is in a process.
The available cameras in the network will be displayed.
Add any camera you want by clicking “Add” from the list one by one.
After the search, the window displays Camera Name, IP Address, User Name,
Password, Port, Vendor and Model. Please click “Apply” to add new camera.
Note: NVR will automatically fill in default username and password of each
vendor. Camera Name, User Name and Password can be modified by users.
Memorize modified username and password:
NVR will memorize username and password which is modified by users after
users click “Apply” button. Then, the default username and password of that
vendor will be replaced by the modified one. Next time when users add new
camera of the specific vendor, username and password will be automatically
filled in by new modified one.
Note: Each vendor has its own default username and password.
All applied cameras will be shown in Camera List and If no more camera
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needs to be connected, please click “Next” to continue.
You can also click “Delete” to disconnect the camera.
Finish
Please select “Finish” from the drop-down menu of Configuration Utility
to begin.
Once five steps of Quick Configuration are completed, the window will show
the completed status. You can click “Back” to return to the previous steps
to modify the configuration or click “Start Live view” to start monitoring.
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To review the setting or information of Quick Configuration, user can also select
“Quick Configuration” in the left of the Configuration main page.
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Live View
After the Quick Configuration is complete, users can successfully monitor IP
cameras. In live view page, users can monitor cameras in various display
modes and control PTZ cameras.
Select View Modes on Live View Page
On top right of live view, users can select four view modes.
Mode Description
Live View:
Click “Live View” to control the monitoring
instantaneously.
Playback:
Click “Playback”to play and to export the recorded video
files.
Configuration:
Click “Configuration”to configure camera, recording,
event, management, network, quick configuration and
system.
Logout:
Click " Logout" to leave NVR.
Main Functions for Live View
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Camera status
Icon Description
Camera name:
The name of the camera is located in the top left corner in
NVR information
Firmware version
each video window. Users can rename the camera via the
path “Configuration->IP Camera->Camera Settings.”
Video compression format:
M-JPEG/MPEG-4/H.264
Audio: Once camera supports audio, NVR shows audio in
blue. Vice versa, DIGISTOR shows audio in grey.
Event: When event happens, NVR shows warning to user for
instant alert.
Recording status:
The window shows whether camera is recording or not.
Blue border:
The outline border surrounds the selected window to
highlight the focus image.
User can easily find out the firmware version in the live view page.
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Disk and CPU loading indicator:
Users can find out Disk and CPU loading directly without entering
configuration page.
Disk and CPU loading indicator shows blue when loading is70% or under,
and shows red as a warning when it reach to more than 70%.
With changing the video configuration, like resolution, FPS and video quality
or changing RAID type, can influence the CPU loading, and users can easily
find the best balance in NVR.
Basic functions
Icon Description
Snapshot:
Take a snapshot on the camera that you select. The snapshot will
be saved in “Public ->liveview_snapshot.” It can be access
through Windows Networking or FTP service at File Sharing
service in Configuration page.
Digital zoom in/ out:
Select a channel to enable digital zoom function
Drop:
Drop the camera from monitoring.
Drop all:
Drop all cameras from monitoring.
Add all:
Add all cameras from monitoring.
Mute:
Alter sound instrument from camera.
Date & Time:
Showthe specific day and time.
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Display mode
NVR supports multi-display modes for monitoring. Click the icon of display
mode to monitor live view. When you click a display mode, the mode icons
will turn into blue.
Icon Description
Full Screen
1 screen
4 screen
9 screen
creen
creen
creen
25 screen
+1 screen
Sequential mode
Click to choose the page of liveview .
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PTZ Control Panel
If the IP camera supports PTZ function, user can use the control panel to
adjust the viewing angle. The following functions are available depending
on the camera models.
Icon Description
PTZ panel:
PTZ allows users to monitor large areas with a single
network camera. Pan, tilt, and zoom functions can be
controlled remotely by users. If device supports PTZ
control, users can click on the arrows to pan and/ or tilt
the camera. The house in the middle can take you back
to original monitoring position.
Preset positions:
Select the preset positions which are defined in PTZ
camera and the camera will move to the position that
user selects.
Optical zoom in/ out:
If camera supports PTZ control, adjust the PTZ camera to
zoom out or zoom in.
Schedule for PTZ:
Select “Set” to set camera preset position.
It can open the dialog to set how many times PTZ cruise
to repeat and how many seconds stay between each
preset point.
Schedule for PTZ:
Click “Go” to start PTZ patrol schedule.
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Event Log
Event log is a convenient feature to notify users of motion detection at the
very first time. When a motion is detected, the icon will start blinking.
By clicking the button, a window will pop up to display the list of event log as
below.
Users can view all detailed list of motion detection in both local display and
remote web browser. At the same time, the icon will stop blinking.
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Option
Option button can let users directly to do live-view setting such as warning
setting, windows setting and sequential mode setting.
General
Resize all video sizes at the same time
Only a right click on the video, users can set "all" video size either in original size
or fit size.
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Highlight video window when event is triggered
The option of “Highlight video window when event is triggered” is a warning
frame which will pop out on the channel when an event is detected.
When the motion event is awarded, user can simply click on the channel with
mouse, the warning frame will be stopped.
Sequential mode setting
Click sequential interval to set the numbers of user-defined seconds for
sequential mode.
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Exchange Streaming Type
NVR allows users to setup the dual streaming configurations in camera
parameter page if cameras support dual stream. It is suggested stream 1 is
set for higher resolution and stream 2 for lower resolution, which helps
users to choose the proper streaming in live view with intuitive control.
To switch the different streaming, users can select the channel in live view
page and right click the mouse to show the list.
When “Optimization” is enable, streaming type is adjusted automatically in
different display modes.
When “Optimization” is disabled, users can manually adjust streaming type,
which will be memorized in different display modes.
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Playback
Playback is a function that allows users to view recorded videos from
cameras connected to NVR. NVR offers synchronized playback up to four
cameras and easy steps provided to help user sort through the recorded
videos quickly.
Steps to Playback Videos
Users can easily search recorded videos by following playback steps. Frame by frame
playback and rewind features help users to minimize searching time.
Please follow the following four steps to start playback:
Select cameras from camera list
Select date and time period
Select recording type
Click “Play”
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1. Select cameras from camera list
Users can select up to four cameras to play the recorded video.
2. Select date and time
Users can designate the specific date and time to playback video.
If the selected cameras have recorded videos, the date will be shown in a blue
background in default (Normal Record).
Users can select the date from calendar to start playback for a specific day. Or users
can set up specific date and time in Start Time and End Time column.
3. Select recording type:
There are five types of recorded videos in different colors: Normal Record , Event ,
Video Clip ,Recovered File and Daylight Saving time .
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The date will change the color of background when users select different recording
type.
4. Click “Play”
Please click play button to start playback.
Frame by Frame Playback
1 Follow above four steps of Playback
2 Click “Pause”
3 Click “Previous image” or “Next image”
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Main Functions for Playback
1. Display mode
The screen shows the recording time of each channel in the top of each grid.
Click to view the video in full screen.
One-screen and four-screens are also provided to display
playback.
Digital zoom in and digital zoom out
The image can be enlarged by clicking digital zoom-in button.
The image can also return to previous sizes by clicking the digital zoom out
button.
Video playback speed control
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Pause: to temporarily stop the playback.
Previous Image: to show the earlier image.
Speed down: to play in slower speeds.
Play: to play video file.
Speed up: When you click “speed up,” the recorded video will play faster.
Next image: to show the next image
Rewind: to let video automatically wind backward
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Playback speed status is beside scroll bar.
Scale bar
Users can move the bar to enlarge or narrow down the time period to check video
files from time table.
Scroll bar
By moving scroll bar, users can go to the specific recording time directly.
Date and time are shown above scroll bar to provide time reference.
Playback Audio
The audio will be played according to the channel selected on the screen.
Icon Description
Mute:
Disable audio for all playback channels.
Volume:
volume open
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Export Files
Export function allows users to export file to USB device or USB type DVD
burner directly.
Please select cameras, video file types, date and the time period first, and
then click the export button to copy the files.
Snapshot
Users can have the snapshot while having the playback in local display. It
needs to plug in USB device for the export of snapshot images and it will
have 10 sequential images to be saved in the USB dongle.
Others
Screenshot in Local Display
Press "PrtSc SysRq" the image of full screen in local display can be
pictured in the NVR HDDs. The image will be saved in the folder “Public “,
and users can reach the folder from remote web browser.
Users can access the file by the Windows Networking and FTP Service.
Note: To use Windows Networking and FTP Service, please enable both
in “File Sharing Service” in configuration page.
System Upgrade in Local Display
NVR supports system upgrade in local display.
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USB Backup by Software USB BACKUP Virtual Button
Users can easily back up recorded video by clicking “USB Backup” button in local
display user interface. Depending on different requirements, users can insert USB
dongle or USB type DVD burner to export confidential videos.
Note: Once users click “USB Backup” button, NVR will save settings and export
videos to your device.
(1) Enable USB backup in configuration page: Management > USB Backup
(2) Insert USB dongle or USB type DVD burner in USB backup port.
(When USB is ready to begin, the Device Information will show the status “Ready”
as below.)
(1) Choose The latest duration of recordings and Channels.
(The time period to backup is counted from now to previous time.)
(4) Click “USB backup” button to back up
Use NVR by Remote Web Browser
Users can adopt multiple web browsers ( IE/ Chrome/ Firefox/ Opera
browser in Windows) to monitor the network camera and view playback.
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Live View
After the Quick Configuration is complete, NVR will guide you to live view.
Users can view live video stream from IP camera via network and monitor
the instantaneous view remotely.
Live view displays the video according to the camera list which has been
configured in camera settings of Quick Configuration.
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Select View Modes on Live View Page
On top right of live view, users can select four view modes.
Mode Description
Live View:
Click “Live View” to control the monitoring
instantaneously.
Playback:
Click “Playback”to play and to export the recorded video
files.
Configuration:
Click “Configuration”to configure camera, recording,
event, management, network, quick configuration and
system.
Logout:
Click " Logout" to leave NVR.
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Main Functions for Live View
Camera status
Icon Description
Camera name:
The name of the camera is located in the top left corner in
each video window. Users can rename the camera via the
path “Configuration->IP Camera->Camera Settings.”
Video compression format:
M-JPEG/MPEG-4/H.264
Audio: Once camera supports audio, NVR shows audio in
blue. Vice versa, DIGISTOR shows audio in grey.
Event: When event happens, NVR shows warning to user for
instant alert.
Recording status:
The window shows whether camera is recording or not.
Blue border:
The outline border surrounds the selected window to
highlight the focus image.
NVR information
Firmware version
User can easily find out the firmware version in the live view page.
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Disk and CPU loading indicator:
Users can find out Disk and CPU loading directly without entering
configuration page.
Disk and CPU loading indicator shows blue when loading is70% or under,
and shows red as a warning when it reach to more than 70%.
With changing the video configuration, like resolution, FPS and video quality
or changing RAID type, can influence the CPU loading, and users can easily
find the best balance in NVR.
Basic function:
The function of each button will be briefly described below:
Icon Description
Snapshot:
Click on the “Snapshot” to save snapshots. Then, a window
will pop up to display the image.
There are three functions for snapshot:
Clipboard:
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Copy the image to device’s temporary memory. User can
paste image to graphics painting program such as Paint
for advanced editing.
Save:
Save image to default path.
Cancel:
Cancel snapshot.
Digital zoom in/ out:
Select a channel to enable digital zoom function
Drop:
Drop the camera from monitoring.
Drop all:
Drop all cameras from monitoring.
Add all:
Add all cameras from monitoring.
Camera information:
Consist of Camera Name, IP address, bit rate, and status.
Remote IO:
Click to check camera DI/DO control for its input pins and output
pins.
When camera does not support DI/DO feature, a window will pop up as
below.
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Display mode
NVR supports multi-display modes for monitoring. Click the icon of display
mode to monitor live view. When you click a display mode, the mode icons
will turn into blue.
Icon Description
Full Screen
One screen
Four screen
Nine screen
creen
creen
creen
creen
/30/ 36/49 screen
5+1 screen
7+1 screen
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. In option,
12+1 screen
Sequential mode
Click to choose the page of liveview
Users can set sequential interval in
user-defined seconds for display mode.
PTZ Control Panel
If IP camera supports PTZ function, users can use the control panel to adjust
the viewing angle. The following functions are available depending on the
camera models.
Icon Description
PTZ panel:
PTZ allows users to monitor large areas with a single
network camera. Pan, tilt, and zoom functions can be
controlled remotely by users. If device supports PTZ
control, users can click on the arrows to pan and/or tilt
the camera. The house in the middle can take users
back to original monitoring position.
Preset positions:
Select the preset positions which are defined in PTZ
camera and the camera will move to the position that
user selects.
Optical zoom in/out:
If camera supports PTZ control, users can adjust the PTZ
camera to zoom out or zoom in.
Schedule for PTZ:
Select “Set” to set camera preset position. (reserved)
It can open the dialog to set how many times PTZ cruise
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to repeat and how many seconds stay between each
preset point
Schedule for PTZ:
Click “Go” to start PTZ patrol schedule.
Event log:
Event log is a convenient feature to notify users of motion detection at the very
first time. When a motion is detected, the icon will start blinking.
By clicking the button, a window will pop up to display the list of event log as
below. Users can easily read detailed information from the window.
At the same time, the icon will stop blinking.
Enable Alert sound
If users enable the function, the remote web browser will sound the alarm to
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notify users when motion detection is triggered.
(Alert sound can also be set in Option>General.)
Option:
General:
Dynamic sort:
Users can use dynamic sort to rearrange video in order without blank grid
after droping video from live-view.
Resize all video sizes at the same time
Only a right click on the video, users can set "all" video size either in original
size or fit size.
Highlight video window when event is triggered
The option of “Highlight video window when event is triggered” is a warning
frame which will pop out on the channel when an event is detected.
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When the motion event is awarded, user can simply click on the channel with
mouse, the warning frame will be stopped.
Enable Alert sound
If users enable the function, the remote web browser will sound the alarm to
notify users when motion detection is triggered.
Multi-Server:
Users can save the camera list of multi-server in live-view page.
Sequential Mode Setting:
Click sequential interval to set the numbers of user-defined seconds for
sequential mode.
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Joystick
Users are able to manipulate PTZ camera with USB joystick.
Choose the joystick column and select joystick model then press ‘‘Apply’’
Joystick can work on PTZ cameras as the status bar is with PTZ icon.
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Right Click Functions on Video Window
Mute: To mute the audio of the video
Video Size: Original or Fit
Streaming change: To exchange the streaming resource.
Exchange Streaming
NVR allows users to setup the dual streaming configurations in cameras
parameters page if cameras support dual stream. It is suggested stream
1 is set for higher resolution and stream 2 for lower, which helps users to
choose the proper streaming in live view with intuitive control.
To switch different streaming, users can select the channel in the live view
page and right click the mouse to show the list.
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When “Optimize” is enable, streaming type will be adjusted automatically
for different display modes.
When “Optimize” is disabled, users can manually adjust streaming type,
which will be memorized in different display modes.
Stream from Server
In case that NVR performance is violated by camera limitation, stream from
server is an optional choice for users to view video images. It is highly
recommend to use “Enable Optimization” to perform real-time
monitoring
Note: Enable stream 1 from server may influence the efficiency of
NVR.
Go To Web: Go to camera configuration page.
Go to NVR's Setting page: To open a new browser to camera configuration
page.
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Go to Playback: To open a new browser to Playback.
EXIT Full Screen: To exit full screen
Fisheye Display Mode: To view the best image quality by choosing use the
proper engine of fisheye cameras or cameras with Immervision lenses
Dewarp for fisheye cameras
Choose mounting type:
Choose dewarp Type :
Dewarp for Immervision Lenses
Choose dewarp type:
Chosse display mode:
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Multi-NVR server
Users can add multi-NVR server by clicking “Searching NVR.”
Please insert account and password of the NVR which you are going to add
to the local server, and then the NVR which is located in LAN will appear,
including the local NVR. Click cameras up to 144 channels to add them into
camera list. Click “Ok” to add cameras or “Rescan” to search for NVR
again.
Add Server
With correct IP, port, username and password, then click OK to apply, NVRs
can be manually added in WAN or LAN.
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