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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. NOTICE: (1) The changes or modifications not expressively approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. (2) Shielded interface cables and AC power cord, if any, must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

CISPR PUB.22 Class A COMPLIANCE:

This device complies with EMC directive of the European Community and meets or exceeds the following technical standard. EN 55022 - Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment. This device complies with CISPR Class A.

WARNING:

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

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CTC Union Technologies Co., Ltd.

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NVR

Network Video Software User Manual.

User Manual Version 4.41 July 2012

This document is the current official release manual. Please check CTC Union's website for any updated manual or contact us by E-mail at [email protected]. Please address any comments for improving this manual or to point out omissions or errors to [email protected]. Thank you.

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2012 CTC Union Technologies Co.,Ltd.

The contents of this docu ment are subject to change without a ny prior not ice.

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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 9

1.1 WHAT'S NEW? ............................................................................................................................................. 9

1.2 CTC UNION NVR FEATURE MATRIX .............................................................................................................. 10

1.3 CAMERA SUPPORTING MATRIX ..................................................................................................................... 15

1.4 GETTING STARTED WITHCTC UNION NVR ...................................................................................................... 20

CHAPTER 2. NVR SYSTEM INSTALLATION .............................................................................................. 25

2.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 25

2.2 NVR SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 25

2.3 SOFTWARE INSTALL ..................................................................................................................................... 25

2.3.1 Server V.S Client ............................................................................................................................... 25

2.3.2 Exploring the CD contents ................................................................................................................ 26

2.3.3 Installing the Software ..................................................................................................................... 27

2.3.4 NVR Client installation ..................................................................................................................... 34

2.4 START NVR SERVICE ................................................................................................................................... 38

CHAPTER 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING ...................................................................... 41

3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 41

3.2 DOWNLOAD SETUP ..................................................................................................................................... 41

3.3 USING ONLINE LICENSE AUTHORIZATION ........................................................................................................ 42

3.4 STARTING THE SERVICE ................................................................................................................................ 48

3.5 SETUP FOR MULTI-MONITOR ........................................................................................................................ 49

3.5.1 Consoles and Profiles ....................................................................................................................... 49

3.5.2 Multi-monitor ................................................................................................................................... 50

CHAPTER 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................. 51

4.1 LOG-IN FOR FIRST-TIME ................................................................................................................................ 51

4.2 CHANGE ACTIVE LOCALE .............................................................................................................................. 51

4.2.1 Concepts ........................................................................................................................................... 51

4.3 CONFIGURATION VIDEO STORAGE .................................................................................................................. 52

4.3.1 GUI Overview ................................................................................................................................... 52

4.3.2 Storage Space Parameters ............................................................................................................... 52

4.4 ADDING A CHANNEL .................................................................................................................................... 53

4.4.1 Console operation ............................................................................................................................ 53

4.4.2 Adding a channel .............................................................................................................................. 53

4.4.3 Parameters ....................................................................................................................................... 54

4.5 HOW TO ADD RTSP CAMERA? ...................................................................................................................... 54

4.5.1 Instructions ...................................................................................................................................... 54

4.5.2 How to deal with non-standard RTSP port? ..................................................................................... 56

4.6 SETTING VIDEO PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................................ 57

4.6.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 57

4.6.2 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 58

4.7 SCHEDULE CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................................... 58

4.7.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 58

4.7.2 Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 59

4.7.3 Weekly (Graphic) Schedule Configuration ....................................................................................... 60

4.7.4 Scheduled Video Configuration........................................................................................................ 61

4.8 PERMISSION CONTROL OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 62

4.8.1 Concepts ........................................................................................................................................... 62

4.8.2 Permission Types .............................................................................................................................. 62

4.9 ADDING A USER .......................................................................................................................................... 62

4.9.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 62

4.10 ADDING A GROUP ..................................................................................................................................... 63

4.10.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................. 63

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4.11

CREATING MAPS ...................................................................................................................................... 65

4.11.1 Create New Map ........................................................................................................................... 65

4.11.2 GUI overview ................................................................................................................................. 65

4.11.3 Toolbar Functions .......................................................................................................................... 66

4.11.4 Adding Items ................................................................................................................................. 66

4.11.5 Basic Operations ............................................................................................................................ 67

4.11.6 Special operations ......................................................................................................................... 68

4.12 EXTERNAL MAPS ...................................................................................................................................... 68

4.12.1 Create New Map ........................................................................................................................... 68

4.12.2 Toolbar Functions .......................................................................................................................... 69

4.12.3 Basic Operations ............................................................................................................................ 69

4.12.4 Adding Items ................................................................................................................................. 70

4.12.5 Basic Operations of Objects .......................................................................................................... 70

4.12.6 Special operations ......................................................................................................................... 70

4.13 TRIGGER POLICY ...................................................................................................................................... 71

4.13.1 Adding New Trigger Policy ............................................................................................................ 71

4.13.2 Input Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 72

4.13.3 Output Configuration .................................................................................................................... 72

4.13.4 Channel trigger .............................................................................................................................. 72

4.13.5 Schedule trigger ............................................................................................................................ 72

4.13.6 System trigger ............................................................................................................................... 72

4.13.7 Channel control ............................................................................................................................. 73

4.13.8 Email .............................................................................................................................................. 74

4.13.9 Snapshot ........................................................................................................................................ 75

4.13.10 FTP ............................................................................................................................................... 76

4.13.11 Trigger policy logics ..................................................................................................................... 76

4.14 MOBILE PHONE VIDEO STREAMING (3GPP) ................................................................................................. 77

4.14.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 77

4.14.2 How-tos ......................................................................................................................................... 78

4.14.3 Is the 3G video streaming default enabled? ................................................................................. 78

4.14.4 How to enable 3G video streaming? ............................................................................................. 78

4.14.5 Why can't I see 3G video streaming? ............................................................................................ 79

4.14.6 What are the frame-rate or image size of the 3G streaming video? Can they be changed? ....... 80

CHAPTER 5. NVR SYSTEM OPERATION ................................................................................................. 81

5.1 CONSOLE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 81

5.1.1 GUI Overview................................................................................................................................... 81

5.1.1.1 Layout Control .............................................................................................................................. 81

5.1.1.2 System control .............................................................................................................................. 82

5.1.1.3 User tree ....................................................................................................................................... 82

5.1.1.4 System briefcase viewer ............................................................................................................... 83

5.1.1.5 Pattern tab control ....................................................................................................................... 83

5.1.1.6 Player ............................................................................................................................................ 84

5.1.1.7 Splitter Control ............................................................................................................................. 85

5.2 VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ................................................................................................................................... 85

5.2.1 GUI Overview................................................................................................................................... 85

5.3 DIGITAL PTZ ............................................................................................................................................. 87

5.2.1 Digital Pan-Tile-Zoom ...................................................................................................................... 87

5.4 RENDERING AUDIO ..................................................................................................................................... 88

5.4.1 GUI Overview................................................................................................................................... 88

5.4.2 Audio Icon Explained ....................................................................................................................... 89

5.5 VIEWING PLAYBACK VIDEO ........................................................................................................................... 89

5.5.1 Concept ........................................................................................................................................... 89

5.5.2 Simple toolbar ................................................................................................................................. 89

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5.6

USING PLAYBACK TIMELINE ........................................................................................................................... 90

5.6.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 90

5.6.2 Using timeline .................................................................................................................................. 90

5.6.3 Basic operations ............................................................................................................................... 91

5.6.4 Playback ........................................................................................................................................... 91

5.6.5 Timeline modes ................................................................................................................................ 92

5.7 SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK ............................................................................................................................ 93

5.8 PTZ .......................................................................................................................................................... 94

5.8.1 Basic operation................................................................................................................................. 94

5.8.2 Presets .............................................................................................................................................. 95

5.8.3 Patrol ................................................................................................................................................ 96

5.9 BUILDING USER TREE ................................................................................................................................... 97

5.10 TAKING SNAPSHOT .................................................................................................................................... 98

5.11 MANAGING LAYOUT PAGES ........................................................................................................................ 98

5.12 TOUR ...................................................................................................................................................... 99

5.13 STORAGE REPORT ................................................................................................................................... 100

5.14 ALARM DIALOG ...................................................................................................................................... 102

5.15 USER CALCULATOR.................................................................................................................................. 104

5.16 VIEWING LOGS ....................................................................................................................................... 107

5.17 EXPORTING FOOTAGE .............................................................................................................................. 108

5.18 HOT KEYS .............................................................................................................................................. 109

5.19 REMOTE LIVE VIEWING............................................................................................................................. 111

5.20 IO PORT ................................................................................................................................................ 112

5.21 PLAYER CONTROL PANEL .......................................................................................................................... 113

CHAPTER 6. INTELLIGENT VIDEO......................................................................................................... 117

6.1 ACTIVATING INTELLIGENT DETECTION ........................................................................................................... 117

6.2 REGION CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................................... 118

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Chapter 1.

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the NVR surveillance system developed by CTC Union Technologies Company, Limited. CTC UNION NVR Server ™ is a surveillance system that delivers the most comprehensive security architecture for enterprise level security operation. NVR provides cost-effective scalability to support thousands of cameras and sensors. Its distributed management technology and modular architecture help reduce the total cost of ownership and streamline security operations for today's enterprise. For a better understanding, please read this manual before operating the NVR.

1.1 What's New?

1. New & simplified play control

2. Import/Export System Configurations

3. Authentication failure message

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1.2 CTC Union NVR Feature Matrix

Notice :

• NOTE: Terms specified in the document "Copyright Disclaimer " also apply to this document and

content linked by this document.

• Content in this document may change over time and will be changed at the sole discretion of CTC Union.

Function Level 1

Standard

Professional

Intelligent

Maximum concurrent recording channels per server

Depend on actual licensed channels

Maximum number of concurrent login users

Max [*3]

Maximum times of fast playback

32x

512x

Maximum number of concurrent playback sessions per server

Max [*3]

Maximum times of fast playback

512

Maximum concurrent live view per monitor

Support multiple monitor: Maximum number of monitors supported

Maximum number of TCP incoming connection per server [*4]

150

Recording can span into multiple disk volumes. No arbitrary recording limits.

Single directory

only

v v

Time-bar display (1)Storage space (2)Activity amount(3)Event:

Graphically displays storage space, activity amount, and events

on the time-bar.

Standard and

event mode

only

v v

Sophisticated and comprehensive permission control: Using groups and hierarchical GUI to represent permissions. Allows permission control on all or specific channels regarding to live, playback, operation, and setup

Max 3 users

and 3 groups

v v

Optional display of meta-information, including: timestamp, bps, Fps, playing status, recording status.

Timestamp only

v vv

Function Level 2

Standard

Professional

Intelligent

Centrally Management Station architecture, providing

management features with integrated security across multiple

NVR servers.

n/a v v

3GPP mobile video streaming

n/a

Server-side console channel viewing layout configuration. New

user don't have to configure locally after proper configuration.

n/a v v

PTZ advanced operations: preset and preset go-to [*2]

n/a

MPEG-4/H.264 frame-by-frame backward playback

n/a

Multi-channel synchronized playback.

n/a

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Audio/video synchronized export to AVI file: Export now has the

option to export footage to portable AVI format. Also allow user to opt to add the raw recorded timestamp overlay as AVI subtitle.

[*1]

n/a v v

Shared logical resource tree. Users can configure an common arbitrary system tree structures/order with heterogeneous objects.

n/a v v

Tour on console

n/a

Administrators can assign or retrieve layouts of other remote consoles

n/a v v

Advanced alarm flow processing: Allow multiple operators to

coordinate and process active and in-progress alarms.

n/a v v

Trigger/Action Features

Standard

Professional

Intelligent

Flexible rule engine for triggering and actions

• System trigger condition for: system start, abnormal

restart, system config change, any channel config change, any video loss

• Channel trigger condition for: DI/DO on/off[*2], video

loss, recording started, recording stopped, disabled, enabled, alarm triggered, alarm acknowledged

Scheduled trigger condition for: daily, weekly, fixed interval

Email notification action (text/html/multilingual)

Email notification with snapshot aggregating multiple channels in

split-view

n/a v v

FTP upload snapshot aggregating multiple channels in split-view

n/a

Channel control action for: recording, output DO[*2], and move to camera preset

Only support

recording

v v

eMAP/DI/DO Features

Standard

Professional

Intelligent

E-Map: Allows user to edit map and choose arbitrary location and

angle of a camera icon, which reflects camera status in real-time. Support inter-map linking/navigation/browsing. Allows viewing/editing in remote site transparently. JPEG and BMP backgrounds are supported, also with arbitrary resizing and

rotating.

n/a v v

DI/DO on E-Map[*2], reflecting real-time status and provides direct

GUI control. Support several predefined stereo-type icons.

n/a v v

External-map integration (including Google Map)

n/a

DI/DO on User-tree in arbitrary position[*2], reflecting real-time

status and provide direct GUI control.

Status visible

on standard tree. No DO

control.

v v

Intelligent Video Content Analysis Features

Standard

Professional

Intelligent

Software-based motion detection. Allows multiple polygon detection regions.

n/a v v

Tamper detection.

n/a

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Double-tripwire directional object counting.

n/a

Missing object and foreign object alarm/detection.

n/a

Double-tripwire alarm

n/a

Intelligent video statistics report. View counting in various scale (per minute, per hour, per day)

n/a n/a v

Basic Features

Standard

Professional

Intelligent

Architectural advantages:

• Disk-access optimized to reduce read/write time. Designed to

handle huge multi-mega pixel data streams and concurrent number of playback clients.

• Allows the viewing frame-rate to be different from the

actual/recorded frame-rate, and automatically detects available computing resource.

• Support multi-core processors to boost your system

performance.

• Remote control through Internet Explorer. Identical user-

interface with local interface. (Can opt to install client software)

• Audio-video synchronized recording and playback

• Most configuration change can take effect immediately

without having to restart system, as well as the change can be opted to revert to previous state.

• Support many brands of network cameras simultaneously

existing in the system. Also support any RTSP-based video source. Support M-JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264 and various audio codec.

Basic video player features:

• Seamless integration of live and playback interface. Live and

playback is tightly integrated. User can instantly play backwardly from live.

• Digital PTZ on both live and playback mode.

• Snapshot JPEG

• PTZ basic operations: on-screen Pan-Tilt-Zoom[*2]

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Local/Remote console GUI features:

• Fully multilingual enabled.

• Provides persistent per-user settings of multi-page channel

viewing layout.

• Provide options to remember password and automatic login.

• Provide shortcut script to automatic connect to specified

remote host.

• Automatically and continuously attempt to reconnect upon

connection failure.

• Alarm window flashing. Can opt to switch to 1x1 (popup)

• Full-screen viewing. Can opt to lock keyboard/mouse.

• System events/viewer: System start, configuration change, or

camera alarms.

Recording mode:

• Flexible scheduled recording and weekly graphical interface.

• Simple alarm functions. Configurable pre-alarm recording

buffer to support at least 30 seconds.

• Event recording: Allows configuration of event-triggered

recording. Also allows configuration of pre-record and postrecord periods.

• Motion detection: Visually configure motion detection regions

and visually verifies configuration result. [*2]

Engine program features:

• Run as Windows service. Engine can be configured to auto-

start recording even without user login nor any GUI activated.

• Prevent non-administrative Windows users from shutting

down the engine.

• Software watchdog. Automatically restart service upon

unknown failure.

• Embedded web server. Don't need to install additional web

server.

Export footage (XGV format):

• Export options: Single channel to single file, single channel to

multi-file (size spanned), multi-channel to single file (combined), multi-channel to multi-file (channel combined, file spanned).

• Efficient IO with resume able (from interrupt, if any) footage

download transfer over network.

• Single file can contain video of multiple channels.

• Exported file can be appended multiple times later.

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Activity analysis and statistics: Records activity (including motion detection) into

a scalar value to indicate the amount of activity occurred at a certain period of

time. This allows user to quickly identify the time of interest to view.

Multiple configuration sets for each channel. A configuration set of a channel

specifies channel-specific parameters, such as FPS, quality, etc. A configuration set can also be "inherited" from other configuration set. The system can be

configured to use different configuration set at different schedule or condition.

Storage report:

• Provides a comprehensive report about the recorded storage in

various scales (day, hour, minute).

• Also displays the storage space, statistics of activity, and related

events side-by-side in real-time. This allow user to quickly identify storage bottleneck and the location of meaningful data

User calculator tool:

• Storage space calculator: Provides easy-to-use tool to let user

calculate the required video storage space

• Calculator of field-of-view, resolution for camera lenses: Provides

easy-to-use tool to let user calculate what types of lenses to choose by computing field-of-view, shooting distance, visual coverage, and resolution.

Remarks

 [*1] Not all codec are supported. For more information please refer to here  [*2] Only some selected drivers (hardware models) are supported. For more information

please refer to here

 [*3] "Max" means the system places no arbitrary limitation. However the actual limitation

may come from other limiting factors such as server CPU, network, disk I/O throughput, or memory resource.

 [*4] Number of TCP connection required are calculated as follows: If N is the number of

active user sessions, and M is the total number of video connection requested, then the required number of TCP connection is N*3 + M. Local connection is also accounted. Using connections exceeding this number is not recommended, as connection request will simply not be accepted by server.

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1.3 Camera Supporting Matrix

Note: Different versions or branches may have different feature support. If you are unsure, please

Vendor

Connectivity

Video

Audio

Supported Features

Supported Model

AXIS HTTP

H.264,

M-JPEG,

RTSP

• Video

parameters setup

• Motion

event/setup

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 8 directions and free mode.

• Preset

set/recall.

• Focus control.

• Digital

input/output.

• Audio

out

(two-way).

M1011, M1011-W, M1031-W, M1054, M1103, M1104, M1113, M1114, 1311,

P1343, P1344, P1346, P1347, P1343-E, P1344-E, P1346-E, P1347-E, Q1755, Q1755-E, 211W, 221, M3011, M3014, M3113-R, M3114-R, M3203, M3204, M3203-V, M3204-V, P3343, P3344, P3346, P3343-V, P3344-V, P3346-V, P3343-VE, P3344-VE, P3346-

VE, P3301,

P3304, P3301-V, P3304-V, 209FD, 216FD, 216FD-V, 216MFD, 216MFD-V, 212PTZ, 212PTZ-V, 214PTZ, 215PTZ, 215PTZ-E, P5512, P5522, P5512-E, P5522-E, Indoor, P5532, P5534, P5532-E, P5534-E, Q6034, Q6032-E, Q6034-E, Q1910, Q1921, Q1910-E, Q1921-E, 233D, Q6034, Q6032-E, Q6034-E, 241S, 243SA, 247S, Q7401, M7001, M7001, 240Q, 241Q, 241QA, 243Q Blade, Q7406 Blade, Q7404,

291 1U, Q7900

Arecont

Vision

AV2000

2.5.37

M-JPEG,

H.264

---

• Video

parameters setup

AV10005, AV2805, AV1305, AV1355,

AV1300, AV1310, AV2105, AV2155, AV2100, AV2110, AV3105, AV3155, AV3100, AV3110, AV5105, AV5155, AV5100, AV5110, AV3130, AV3135, AV8185DN, AV8365DN, AV8185, AV8180, AV8365, AV8360, AV1315,

AV2815, AV1325, AV2825,

StarDot HTTP

M-JPEG,

H.264,

RTSP

---

• Video

parameters setup

• Motion

event/setup

• Auto

discovery.

• Digital

input/output

ExpressXL, NetCamXL,

NetCamSC, NetCamSCD

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Vendor

Connectivity

Video

Audio

Supported Features

Supported Model

IQinVision

HTTP M-JPEG ---

•

Motion event.

IQ755, IQ753

VIVOTEK VNDP-

080610

MPEG-4,

VV_H263,

M-JPEG

AAC,

AMR

• Motion

event/setup.

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 4 directions.

IP8362, IP8162P, IP8162, IP8151P,

IP8151, IP7361, IP7142, IP8332, IP8330, IP7330, IP8161, IP7161, IP7160, IP7154, IP7153, IP7130, IP8132, IP7134, IP7133, PZ71x2, PZ71x1, PZ7152, PZ7151, PZ7132, PZ7131, PT7137, PT7135, SD73x3,

SD7151, SD81x1, FD8361, FD8361L,

FD7141, FD8161, FD7132, FD7131, MD7560, MD7530, FD8134V, FD8133V, FD8134, FD813

3, IP8352, FE8171V, SD8362E,

SD83x3E, SD83x2E, SD83x1E, FD8362E, FD8362, FD8162,

SONY HTTP

MPEG-4,

M-JPEG,

H.264

G.711 G.726

• Motion event/

setup.[*1]

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 8 directions.

SNC-RZ50N, SNC-RZ30, SNC-P5,

SNC-RX550, SNC-P1

ACTi SDK-10000 MPEG-4 PCM

• Video parameters

setup

• Motion

event/setup.

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 8 directions.

• Preset set/recall.

• Digital

input/output.

ACM-5001, ACM-5601, ACM-5611,

KCM-5111, KCM-5211, KCM-5311, TCM-5311, TCM-5601, TCM-5611, ACM-1231, ACM-1431, TCM-1231, TCM-1511, ACM-4001, ACM-4201, TCM-4201, ACM-3001, ACM-3011, ACM-3401, ACM-3411, ACM-3511, ACM-3601, ACM-3701, ACM-7411, KCM-7111, KCM-7211, TCM-3401, TCM-3411, TCM-3511, TCM-7411, TCM-7811, ACM-8511, CAM-6610, CAM-6630, ACD-2000Q, ACD-2100, ACD-2200, ACD-2300, ACD-2400, TCD-2100, TCD-2500,

Brickcom

HTTP

H.264,

RTSP

• Video parameters

setup

• Dual (multiple)

streaming.

• Audio out

(two-way).

• Digital

input/output

CB-102A Series, CB-101A Series,

FB-300A Series, FB-130N Series, FB-130A Series, FB-100A Series, FD-130A Series, FD-100A Series, MD-100A Series, OSD-040 36x Series, PZ-040 12x Series, VD-130A Series, VD-100A Series

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Vendor

Connectivity

Video

Audio

Supported Features

Supported Model

Panasonic

HTTP

H.264,

RTSP

• Video parameters

setup

• Pan-Tilt with 4

directions and click-move-to.

• Preset set/recall.

• Focus control.

• Dual (multiple)

streaming.

BL-C2xx: BL-C230A/C210A BL

-C1xx: BL-C121A/C101A,

C160A/C140A,C131A/C111A

-HCM7xx: BB-

HCM701A/HCM705A, HCM735A/HCM715A

-HCM5xx: BB-

HCM547A/HCM527A/ HCM581A/HCM580A/H

CM531A/HC

M511A/HCM515A

PIXORD

HTTP

H.264,

RTSP

•

Video parameters

setup

• Digital

input/output.

PD636, PD634, PB630(W), PD637, P600, P606(W), PD614, P

-415M,

-416(W), P-413, P-400(W), P-426,

-412, P-405(W),PL621, P-423, P-

428,

-465, P463A, P463H, P600E, D634E,

-400 PoE, P-426 PoE, P-413 PoE,

PL621E, P

-423 PoE, PV6901, P-1401

(W,PoE), P-4000

Truen HTTP

H.264,

RTSP

•

Video parameters

setup

• Digital

input/output.

• Motion event and

setup.

• Dual (multiple)

streaming

TCAM-330, TCAM-330W, TCAM

-570-X10S, TCAM-570-X18H,

TCAM

-7300, TCAM-6300,

TCAM

-540-X10S, TCAM-530,

TCAM

-540-X18H, TCAM-531,

TCAM

-531BIR, TCAM-551,

TCAM

-551IR, TCAM-351, TCAM-

351IR, TCAM

-370-X10, TCAM-370-

X26/36, TCAM

-370-X27/X33/X37, TCS-2000,

TCS-400, TCS-300, TCS-200

JVC

(V.Networks)

HTTP M-JPEG ---

•

Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 8 directions and click-move-to.

• Preset set/recall.

C30U, C625U, C655U, VN

-V685U, VN-686U, VN-686BU

LILIN HTTP

H.264,

M-

JPEG,

RTSP

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 8 directions.

• Preset set/recall.

IPD552EX, IPR454, IPR458, IPS203, IPS212, IPS303, IPS312, IPS125, IPS130, IPS135, IPS025, IPS030, IPS035, IPG012ES, IPD112ESX, IPR312SX, IPR614ES, IPR618ES, IPR414ESX, IPR418ESX, IPR712S, VS012, BTE02S,

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Vendor

Connectivity

Video

Audio

Supported Features

Supported Model

ASONI HTTP

H.264,

M-

JPEG,

RTSP

• Video

parameters setup

• Motion event

and setup

• Digital

input/output.

• Pan-Tilt with

4 directions.

• Preset

set/recall.

• Focus control.

CAM613M, CAM616M(PoE), CAM619M(PoE), CAM619MIR(PoE), CAM620A(PoE), CAM620B(PoE), CAM624M(PoE), CAM62

7(PoE),

CAM636M(PoE), CAM628M(PoE), CAM629(PoE), CAM614(W,PoE), CAM638(W), CAM639(W), CAM634M(W), CAM615(PoE), CAM646MIR(PoE), CAM635(PoE), CAM640, CAM641, CAM630, CAM630A(PoE), CAM630B(PoE), CAM633, CAM633A(PoE), CAM633B(PoE), CAM647, CAM647A(PoE), C

AM647B(PoE),

CAM416(PoE), CAM419(PoE), CAM419IR(PoE), CAM422M(PoE), CAM428M

-PoE, CAM436(PoE),

CAM439(W), CAM441, CAM415(PoE), CAM424(PoE), CAM425(PoE), CAM426(PoE), CAM427(PoE), CAM428(PoE), CAM450, CAM413(PoE,W), CAM417(PoE), CAM418(PoE), CAM435(PoE), C

AM437(PoE), CAM438(W),

CAM415(PoE), CAM419(PoE), CAM419IR(PoE), CAM435(PoE), CAM436(PoE), CAM437(PoE), CAM420A(PoE), CAM420B(PoE), CAM450, CAM451, CAM451A(PoE), CAM451B(PoE), SVR640, SVR611, SVR610, SVR410, SVR440, SVR411,

ZAVIO HTTP

RTSP,

MPEG-4,

M-JPEG

RTSP,

G.711

• Video

parameters setup

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

(8 directions)

• Preset

set/recall.

• Focus control.

• Digital

input/output.

F210A, F312A, F3100, F3105, F3101, F3106, F7110, F7115, B5110, F531E, F731E, D5110, D5111, D7110, M511E, M511W, P5110, P5115, V111T

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Vendor

Connectivity

Video

Audio

Supported Features

Supported Model

CTC-U HTTP

H.264,

RTSP

• Pan-Tilt zoom (8

directions)

• Preset set/recall.

• Focus control.

• Digital

input/output.

DVS-8501E, DVS-8501E-H, DVS8504E

-FD, DVS-8504E-H, DVS-8301,

IPCAM

-8318P, IPCAM-8318F, IPCAM-

8309D, IPCAM

-8309FW, IPCAM-8309F,

EtroVision

EtroSDK 1.31

MPEG-

4, H.264

---

• Video parameters

setup

• Pan-Tilt-Zoom

with 4 directions

• Preset set/recall

• Focus control

EV6150 Series, EV6150A Series, EV6151A, EV6153A, EV6156A, EV6551A Seri

es, EV6551A-DI,

EV6552A, EV6552R, EV8150A, EV8180F, EV8180U, EV8780U, EV8580U Series, EV8580F, EV8180A, EV8580A Series, EV8780A, EV8781A, EV8781D, EV8781F, EV8781U Series, EV6353A Series, EV6355A Series, EV6356A Series, EV6750, EV6250A Series, EV3150A, EV3151, EV3151A,

BOSCH

VideoJet

HTTP

M-JPEG ---

• Pan-Tilt with 8

directions

VideoJet-10

RTSP Supporting Information

Supported Video Codecs MPEG-4, M-JPEG, H.264

Supported Audio Codecs G.711, AAC, AMR, G.726, MPEG audio

Supported Transport Modes UDP, TCP, HTTP

Remarks

• VV_H263: A variation of proprietary H263 developed apparently by VIVOTEKV_H263">.

• [*1] Not all models are supported. Known supported models are RZ50, RX550

AVI-Export Supporting Information

Supported Video Codecs MPEG-4, M-JPEG, H.264

Supported Audio Codecs G.711, PCM

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1.4 Getting Started with CTC Union NVR

Installation and Initialization

The installer will install a Windows service. You can manage it with our organizer, a triangle in Windows task-bar. When the triangle is green, you are good to go.

Invoke the console to interact with the server. Default account/password is admin/1234.

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Minimum Configuration

The first thing you need to do is configuring storage. All available drives are listed automatically. Just enable the drive you want to use to store recorded data. You may want to change "MaxSize_GB" if the

drive is not dedicated to recording. Everything else should be left untouched.

The second to do is adding a camera. Channel name is an unique identification associated with recorded data and events. It can't change in the future so name it carefully. Put additional information in description instead. Select driver DirectShow for webcam. Check "unconditional recording" for 24x7 recording.

Okay. Now the setup is done and the server is recording. The server is running as long as the PC is on, even before any user logged in Windows.

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Things You May Want To Know Configure camera, and many things as well, with right click menu.

Cameras, maps, and some objects can be dragged. Experiment with various operations with mouse drag & drop

Use matrix mode for better performance. Decoding massive channels with massive resolution consumes hell lot of computing power. Use simplified player (no OSD, no aspect control, no zoom, no playback, no audio) for better performance.

List all hot-keys.

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Configure for IE access.

Enable intelligent video analytic on server in camera configuration. You don't want to do this if the server is not dedicated to surveillance. To analyze video, the engine must decode it first so it consumes fair amount of computing power.

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Some of the indicators in player is clickable

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Chapter 2.

NVR System Installation

2.1 Introduction

The NVR software is typically deployed from a CDROM. This is how the software is distributed as a package. It is also possible that the installation program might have been downloaded from CTC Union's website, in which case the setup software is packaged in a ZIP file. The following procedure will assume that we are installed the CDROM distribution.

2.2 NVR System Requirements

Recommended System Requirement

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7/Server 2008

CPU Multi-core CPU

System Memory 2G (or more)

Graphics Nvidia or ATi Hi-performance graphics card

Video RAM

128MB (or more)

Required Space At least 40MB for installation

Others Requires DirectX 9

2.3 Software install

2.3.1 Server V.S Client

There are two software packages for NVR, one server, and one client. The server software provides the main recording functions. It captures the video streams from the network cameras, provides live view and records to local storage.

Client PCs view video from the server. A PC may simply use Internet Explorer web browser to view video, or if using the client software, may local record streams from the server. The client software cannot record the streams from the network cameras. That function is reserved for the server.

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2.3.2 Exploring the CD contents

Place the installation CD into the PC's CD/DVD drive. If the installation does not auto-run, click the Window's 'Start' button and select 'Computer'. Locate the drive containing the installation media, click with the 'Right' mouse button and from the pull-down window select 'Open'.

Below the contents of the CD are shown. There are two setup files, one for installing the NVR server, the other for installing only the NVR client software. The user manual is also included on the CD and is in PDF format. The PDF can be opened using Acrobat Reader, Foxit Reader, or any other free PDF reader software.

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2.3.3 Installing the Software

Locate the file called 'CTCU NVR Setup vXXX' and double-click it to start the NVR installation.

Select the language to use during installation.

Click 'Next' from the 'Welcome' screen to continue the setup or 'Cancel' to exit setup.

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You must click the radio button "I accept the agreement" to the EULA (End User License Agreement) before you can install the software. After accepting the agreement, click 'Next' to continue.

The default installation directory can be changed through this "Select Destination Location" screen. We recommend leaving the system default location which would be "C:\Program Files" for 32 bit OS or "C:\Program Files (x86) for the 32 bit folder on 64 bit OS. Click 'Next' to continue.

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It is possible to only install the client portion of the software from the main server installation program. But in our case we will be sure to choose "Full installation (NVR/CMS Server and Client). Click 'Next'.

From the "Select Start Menu Folder" window the default program shortcut name can be changed. Click 'Next' to continue.

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Now that all information has been gathered, the program is ready to be installed. If you 'Cancel' at this point, you must start installation all over again. Click 'Install' now to install the NVR server program.

The "Progress Bar" will indicate the progress of the NVR installation.

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The next step of the installation will validate your NVR license. You must be connected to the Internet in order for License Verification to succeed. If you do not yet have a license, you still must be connected to the Internet. The NVR will run in 'Demo License' mode, supporting a maximum of only 4 cameras.

If there is a problem with Internet connection, the above error code will be displayed. The NVR installer must be able to contact the License Server.

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The software has been installed and is running in Demo mode.

The final step of the setup is the configure which windows "services" will be launched. Select all three items and then click 'Finish'.

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The NVR is now installed and running. The default username and password are "admin/1234".

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2.3.4 NVR Client installation

Locate the installation files. You may have these files on CDROM or they may have been downloaded from CTC Union's website. In either case, double-click the client install file.

Administrative privileges are required in order to install this software. If you see the following message, either logout and log back in as 'administrator', log in with another account that has administrative privileges or add administrative privileges to your user account.

Start to setup wizard

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Continue with setup by clicking the 'Next >' button.

You must accept the License Agreement by selecting the radio button, then click 'Next >'.

Use the 'Browse…' button to select a different location to install the program, or press 'Next >' to continue.

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Click 'Next >' to continue with the assigned program start folder.

Review the settings and then click 'Install'.

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The setup now proceeds to install the program.

By default, just leave one check boxes checked and then click 'Finish'.

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2.4 Start NVR Service

At installation complete screen, you can choose "Start NVR service" to start the NVR service. You can also invoke this by using "Start Menu"=>"Programs'=>" NVR organizer"=>"Start NVR service

If the installation is properly done and service is started, you will see a gray triangle-shaped icon in the trayicon area (usually at the right-bottom side of the screen)

Use the Tray Icon

The NVR has an icon that will reside in the toolbar. The icon is 'green' in color when the NVR is activated. To activate the NVR, right-click the toolbar icon and select 'Activate' from the pop-up window. If you select 'Auto-Start' the NVR will automatically activate on Windows startup or login.

The color of the tray icon indicates the system status:

The NVR is offline.

The NVR is online.

The NVR will be auto-started very soon

The NVR is busy starting up or shutting down.

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You can right-click on the tray-icon to change the system state:

In production environment, you should configure your NVR as "Auto-start", so it will automatically start on system start-up, and it will also automatically restart after abnormal shutdown. Right click the icon ，and click “Local Console” to login.

If there are no accounts existing in the system, an administrator account is automatically created:

Default accounts

Account：admin Password：1234

It is essential to change the password right after first login to ensure the security of the system. Please refer to related pages in this section about how to perform password change to a specific account.

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Chapter 3.

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3.1 System Requirements

Minimum System Requirement

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP / Windows 7 / Server 2008

System Memory 1G

Video RAM 64MB

Others Requires DirectX 9 preinstalled

Recommended System Requirement

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

CPU Multi-core CPU

System Memory 2G

Video RAM 128MB

Others Requires DirectX 9 preinstalled

3.2 Download Setup

Downloading

Download the setup package into local folder and execute it.

Activating License

There are two ways to properly activate your license. One is to use our USB-dongle-key. The other is use

Online License Authorization.

If the product is not properly licensed, it won't work correctly.

Starting NVR ServiceAt installation complete screen, you can choose "Start NVR service" to start the NVR

service. You can also invoke this by using "Start Menu"=>"Programs'=>"NVR organizer"=>"Start NVR service"

If the installation is properly done and service is started, you will see a gray triangle-shaped icon in the tray-icon area (usually at the right-bottom side of the screen), like the following picture.

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3.3 Using Online License Authorization

Concepts

Online license authorization offers software publisher a more flexible way to sell license and to eliminate additional logistic cost. In NVR system, it even gives the flexibility to license software in per-single-channel basis. Therefore it's more cost-effective to the customers.

In our system, there are two types of license:

Online license: This type of license requires periodic Internet check of license validity. It allows users to transfer license from one computer to another, as long as the maximum concurrent license does not exceed the purchased ones. In most scenario, this offers greatest flexibility, highest cost efficiency, and minimum risk.

Offline license: This type of license does not require Internet when normal operation. However it needs to be "bound" to a specific computer. The operation to bind a license to a computer is called "commit

". If you committed a license to a computer, it became fused to that specific computer state (including its system and the underlying hardware). If you change the underlying system or hardware, you risk losing the license.

It is generally recommended unless situation is required, one should avoid using offline license and choose the online one. Even if offline scenario is required, one should start from using online license. After a period of stable running, one can always convert online license directly to offline ones through the process of committing

To generate effective license (called authorization code, or auth. code), one need two elementsRequest code: This code contains information about target computer, number of channels and

type of product requested.

 Purchase code: This is the code that you paid money for. (Giving away this code is same as giving

away your money. So you need to keep it in secret.)

In online environment, the request code is transparent (invisible) to users. You only need to input purchase code in the GUI to get authorized. However, in some special environment, where Internet access is not possible, we also offer an offline way to activate license. In this scenario, you must generate a request file (which contains encrypted request code), copy it to a portable storage device, and bring it to a computer where Internet access is available.

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In addition to the types of license, there are some attributes associated with a specific license. Depending on actual business terms, a license might have a number of following properties:

 Forced online license: If a license has this attribute, it cannot be committed to computer. If you try

to do that, it will fail (Offline Install Forbidden). This is needed in some business terms to enforce certain licensing policies.

 Limited (Expire able) license: A license may subject to expire after certain date (either demo

license or not). This kind of license implies "forced online license".

 Demo/Evaluation: If a license has this attribute, the program will display an evaluation notice

stating that "using the software in production environment of any kind is strictly prohibited". This is needed for customers who want to try the software before paying. The function of the program is, however, almost same as the formal one. Demo version implies "forced online license" and "limited license" (the reverse is not true). A demo license can be transparently converted to formal one by paying fees to clear the demo flag on the server. The user only needs to restart the NVR engine to obtain formal license automatically.

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On systems like Windows Vista or Windows 7, where administrative privilege is often not given in default scenario, you will need right-click NVR organizer and select "Run as administrator" to let the program gain administrative access.

The NVR engine service must NOT be also running. That is: only one of NVR engine and License Manager can be running at the same time. They are, sort of, exclusive to each other. If you try to start NVR engine service while License Manager is running, it will cause the NVR service license check to fail.

License Manager - Install package online

The fastest and most convenient way to install package is through "Install package online" option. You will need unrestricted access to the Internet to use this option. Please note however, using this option means you will need Internet even in normal operation, as License Manager will check in the background periodically for license validation. (see Concepts.)

After clicking "Next", following screen will appear. You need to enter purchase code, package, and desired quantity. Please note the desired quantity must not exceed the remaining purchased quantity. If you check the "Commit to current computer" box, this will became an offline license (unless the licensing terms doesn't allow that). You can always convert an online license to an offline one later.

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Package Types

There are 3 types of packages, when selecting license to install:

"std": This means the NVR Standard edition.

"pro": This means the NVR Professional edition.

"ipr": This means the NVR Intelligent edition.

The prices for different packages are different. Please note however, you cannot mix installing "std" and

"pro" packages on the same computer. If you do so, "std" packages will be hidden and disabled, becoming useless. On the other hand, you can mix "pro" and "ipr" packages freely on the same computer.

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Managing Installed License

To manage installed license, select the indicated item:

Following screen will appear:

Authorized packages

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Below explains license status:

"OK": This online license works correctly. "NEW": This is a newly installed license. "BOUND": This is an offline (committed) license which works correctly. "UNKNOWN": This license is currently working (and is previously known working). But due to some factors (such as lacking Internet connection or exceeding maximum concurrent license), it might soon be invalidated. "FAIL": This license is invalidated, mostly likely due to license check failure, or license revoked at server-side. "INVALID": This license is invalidated, mostly likely due to computer system change.

If you want to commit a online license to current computer, right-click on that license and bring up a context menu. Select "Commit..." to perform the commit operation. You'll need Internet connection to perform this operation.

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3.4 Starting the Service

Use the Tray Icon

The color of the tray icon indicates the system status:

The NVR is offline.

The NVR is online.

The NVR will be auto-started very soon

The NVR is busy starting up or shutting down.

You can right-click on the tray-icon to change the system state:

In production environment, you should configure your NVR as "Auto-start", so it will automatically start on system start-up, and it will also automatically restart on abnormal shutdown.

Alternative Way to Activate NVR

The tray icon manager of the CTC NVR should automatically appear . If it's not, you can activate the tray icon by using Windows service manager to start service "ActiveX".

You can do so by either

(1) Start a service using "net" Command Use "Start Menu"=>"Run"

A dialog will appear. Now enter "net start ActiveX" and press ENTER.

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(2) Start a service using Windows service manager consol

Use "Start Menu"=>"Settings"=>"Control Panel"=>"Administrative Tools"=>"Services" Locate "ActiveX" Right-click and select "Start".

Note: Sometimes the GUI of the service manager is not updated so you will be unable to select the "Start" from context menu. In this case, press F5 to refresh the GUI.

3.5 Setup for Multi-monitor

3.5.1 Consoles and Profiles

A profile stores states and settings associated with a local console, including the window position, layout, saved login information, IP address of server... etc. To invoke a console with specific profile, click Connect to

remote NVR in CTC Union in Start Menu. Connection Agent dialog will be opened.

To select a profile, use the Profile combo box.

IP address of the remote server must be specified before connecting. If the server and console is on the same computer, enter 127.0.0.1 in IP address.

Click Make Shortcut... button and a shortcut will be created in windows desktop. Simply double click on the shortcut and the console with this profile will be invoked. Rename the shortcut or it may be overwritten next time a shortcut is created.

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3.5.2 Multi-monitor

The following demonstrates how to setup CTC Union NVR for multi-monitor. The example uses 3 monitors but this can be applied to more or less monitors as well.

1. Set the multi-monitor to Extended mode in Windows. This is not a requirement but it's

recommended for easier setup and more intuitive operations. In extended mode, multimonitor act as a single desktop. Just navigate the mouse cursor in different monitors to access them. For more information, refer to the manual provided by video card vendor.

2. Create 3 shortcuts with different profiles. They may connect to the same NVR server or

different ones. Or they may connect to local host using 127.0.0.1 as IP address.

3. Invoke the consoles using the shortcuts. There will be 3 windows. Move them to the

monitors you want to place in and change the layout. To move among different monitors, simply move the mouse to the left/right edge of the monitor.

4. For best viewing experience, close menu of some consoles by pressing F10 on keyboard.

5. Next time the shortcuts are clicked, the consoles will be invoked as their last states and

layouts. The shortcuts can also be placed in the Startup of Windows Start Menu.

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Chapter 4.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

4.1 Log-in for first-time

Default accounts

If there are no accounts existing in the system, an administrator account is automatically created:

Account Name admin

Password 1234

4.2 Change Active Locale

4.2.1 Concepts

CTC Union NVR is designed as fully multilingual. Because of this, the factory default is set as English. You can change this by selecting "Cfg. Console":

Following dialog will appear.

Select the first combo-box to change to your locale. After this, you need to restart the system to make the setting change take effective.

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4.3 Configuration video storage

4.3.1 GUI Overview

Click on the "Cfg. Storage". Following dialog box will appear. If no directories have been enabled, this dialog will appear automatically after login.

4.3.2 Storage Space Parameters

Parameter Description

Enabled Is the directory enabled?

MaxSize_GB Maximum space the recording process will utilize.

SafeFreeSize_GB

Safe-guard of free space. If free space is lower than this value the system will start to recollect space from old video data.

FileSize_MB The size of a single file.

ReadCache_MB

This is the global setting of storage system read (playback) cache. Adjust this value according to your available memory and required performance.

WriteCache_MB

This is the global setting of storage system write (record) cache. Adjust this value according to your available memory and required performance.

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4.4 Adding a channel

4.4.1 Console operation

To start configuration, you need to get basic understanding about how the console is operated after login. You may read the first page of "Operation" section before you proceed with this page.

4.4.2 Adding a channel

Right-click on the empty area of the user tree panel, and then click "New Channel…"

Following dialog box will appear.

This is an integrated dialog with everything about channel configuration; camera setup, video setup, schedule recording setup, PTZ setup. Navigate through the tree nodes to change the items to be configured.

Enter the channel name, IP address, etc information.

Note: "Channel name" is an important signature of a channel and therefore cannot be changed after it's created. Nor can it be duplicated with other channels. You should choose the channel name carefully, as it associates all configuration and storage information with that channel. If you expect a more user-friendly description, you can use the "Description" field for the purpose.

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4.4.3 Parameters

IP Address

IP address of the network camera

PortThe TCP/IP port number of the network camera

Channel

The channel number of the network camera. This value may apply if a single video server has multiple channels.

Unconditional Recording

Check this box, if you wish the NVR to start recording immediately. To configure other types of recording, you need to perform additional operations after channel creation.

Disable Channel Temporarily disable the channel. NVR will not access any channel with this box checked. You can always enable it at later time.

4.5 How to add RTSP camera?

4.5.1 Instructions

Let's assume you have a RTSP video source as follows: rtsp://192.168.0.55/mpeg4 In this example, you need to perform following configuration steps in Camera Setup

 Select RTSPCam as driver  Enter correct IP address (Port is not related RTSP port)

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Then perform following configuration steps in Video Setup:

If your frame packet is extraordinarily large, you may needs this step to increase

RTP buffer size (as follows):

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4.5.2 How to deal with non-standard RTSP port?

RTSP has a standard control port number 554. If you have a non-standard RTSP control port, your RTSP URL will look like: rtsp://192.168.0.55:5510/mpeg4

When you encounter this situation, you need to change RTSP Port:

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4.6 Setting video parameters

4.6.1 GUI overview

Right-click on the desired channel and select "Video setup".

Following dialog box will appear.

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4.6.2 GUI overview

Each channel can be associated with multiple set of configurations. A configuration set is composed of multiple parameters. A configuration set can also "inherit" from another configuration set.

Each parameter, except for its value, can also specify its effectiveness depending on the status of the checkbox:

Effectiveness Description Icon

Unspecified

The value is not specified in current configuration set. The effective value depend on the inherited configuration set.

Clear

The value is "cleared" by current configuration set, meaning the parameter will not be in the effective parameter list.

Set The value is set by current configuration.

Carefully planning of configuration set can make your system extreme versatile to deal with various different situations. Especially note that the schedule config can associate to a specific configuration set.

The meaning of each parameter can differ from various vendors of IP cameras. You can refer to the description beside the parameter or look for vendor manuals for further information.

4.7 Schedule configuration

4.7.1 GUI overview

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4.7.2 Configuration

Scheduled configuration items has various types, including whole day, daily, weekly (detailed), weekly (graphic), disabled. You may add multiple items.

Type Description

24x7 24 hours recording

Dail Daily fixed interval . For example: daily 08:00:00 to 21:30:00.

Weekly (Detailed)

Resembles "Daily", but you may appoint to days within a week. For example: Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday 08:00:00 to21:30:00

Weekly (Graphic) Weekly schedule. Each slot is united an hour.

Interval Fixed interval, each starts with offset every X seconds, lasts Y seconds

Disabled Disable current schedule item.

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4.7.3 Weekly (Graphic) Schedule Configuration

Horizontal axis is time, with hour as the unit. Vertical axis is day in a week. Click to change the schedule status. Blue means enabled, white means disabled. Click any cell and drag will copy the state of the clicked cells to others.

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4.7.4 Scheduled Video Configuration

You may specified a Video Parameters for each schedule configuration item . When that item is activated during appropriate time, the specified parameter will be used. If you choose (Default) for the value, schedule configuration will not affect video parameters.

When multiple schedule configuration item is in effect, the higher (in order) one will apply. To change the priority of the items, use Higher and Lower buttons.

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4.8 Permission control overview

4.8.1 Concepts

The permission control in CTC Union NVR is group-based. The administrator configures permissions for groups, and then assigns the user to one or more groups. Permissions are not assigned directly to the user, but rather associates to the user through groups.

4.8.2 Permission Types

System admin

Allows to control system-level configuration, such as permissions or creating a channel.

System operation Allows creating or deleting a channel, editing maps and files.

All channel permissions Configures permissions to all channels.

Specific channel permissions Configures permissions to specific channels.

Channel live video Allows to view live video

Channel playback Allows accessing archived (playback) video.

Channel operation Allows to operate on PTZ, manual recording, or channel resetting.

Channel administration Allows to change settings.

4.9 Adding a user

4.9.1 GUI overview

Following dialog box will appear. Please click on Users tree node.

If you want to create, delete, or duplicate a user, use the buttons on the top area.

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4.10 Adding a group

4.10.1 GUI overview

Following dialog box will appear.

Select Group

Preview

privilleges

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You can check the privillege you wish to grant to the group.

If you want to create, delete, or duplicate a user group, use the buttons on the top area.

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4.11 Creating Maps

4.11.1 Create New Map

Select Add a new map in menu of New Obj. The map can be dragged into User tree and be operated as it is in system briefcase viewer. To view the map, drag it in a player. Not all players support maps.

4.11.2 GUI overview

I/O port

Disable channel

Tool bar

Channel in alarm

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4.11.3 Toolbar Functions

Enter map viewing mode

Enter map editing mode

Enter delete object mode

Enter map panning mode

Zoom-in map

Restore 1:1 view of map

Map properties

Map hyperlink

Save changed map

Exit map editor

4.11.4 Adding Items

Bitmap

Drag a JPEG/BMP file in the map. Or drag a previously uploaded file from system briefcase viewer.

Channel Drag channels from system briefcase viewer or user tree.

Hyperlink

Assuming you want to add the link of map A in map B.

1. Open both map A and map B in players.

2. Adjust the view of map A with zoom in/out.

3. In the toolbar of map A, drag Map hyperlink icon to map B.

IO port Drag IO ports from system briefcase viewer or user tree.

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4.11.5 Basic Operations

Not all operations are available for all objects.

Reset aspect ratio

Reset the object to its original aspect. Only applies to Bitmaps.

Fit original size

Reset the object to its original size. Only applies to Bitmaps.

Arrange

Arrange the object's display order(Z order). "Back" objects covered by "front" objects are not visible.

Set orientation

Set orientation of the object to 0/90/180/270 degrees.

Lock object

Position/size/direction of a locked object cannot be changed. Its "property" dialog is still accessible if available for that object type.

Properties

Invoke the property dialog to edit additional information such as description or stereotype(icon). Only applies to hyperlink and IO port.

Remove object

Only the map object is deleted. The entity the object represents to will not be deleted.

Mouse operations

Rotate/resize

Move

Resize

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4.11.6 Special operations

4.12 External Maps

4.12.1 Create New Map

Channel operation