LevelOne NVR-1204, NVR-1209, NVR-1216 Administrator's Manual

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NVR-1204/1209/1216 Network Video Recorder,

4/9/16-Channel

System Administrator’s Manual For Version 4.01.14

2014/08/18

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Regulatory Compliance Information

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING: Changes or modifications to the equipment that are not expressly approved by the responsible party for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

European Community Compliance Statement

This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to European Standard EN 55022 and EN 55024. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which cause the user be

require to take adequate measures.

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About This Manual

Target Audience

This manual is intended for System Administrators who are responsible for installing and setting up video surveillance system. The reader is expected to know the fundamentals of IP surveillance system integration and to own the administrative privileges to install and configure all the devices.

You may also visit http://global.level1.com/ for updates and documents:

Technical Support

If you have any questions during system installation, please feel free to contact our engineers via http://global.level1.com/ [email protected].

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Table of Contents

1 Legal Notice 2

Disclaimer 2 Copyright 2

Regulatory Compliance Information ............................................................ 3

2 About This Manual 4

Target Audience ................................................................................................. 4

Technical Support .............................................................................................. 4

3 Introduction 11

Product Overview ............................................................................................. 11

NVR Server / Client Architecture .................................................................. 11

Remote Client PC Requirements ................................................................. 12

Supported Video Format ............................................................................... 13

4 Get Started 14

What’s in the Box ............................................................................................. 14

At A Glance ........................................................................................................ 15

NVR-1204/1209/1216 .................................................................. 15

Power Button & Reset Button ...................................................................... 16

Turn On the Device...................................................................... 16

Turn Off the Device ...................................................................... 16

Reset to Factory Default .............................................................. 18

LED Indicators .................................................................................................. 18

5 Installation 19

Prepare the Devices ........................................................................................ 19

Cameras ...................................................................................... 19

Monitor ......................................................................................... 20

USB Devices ............................................................................... 20

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USB Storage Device .................................................................... 20

Hard Disks ................................................................................... 20

Install the Hard Disks ..................................................................................... 21

NVR-12XX ................................................................................... 21

Network Connection Architecture .............................................................. 23

LAN 1 Port ................................ ................................ ................... 23

Connection Setting Example 1 .................................................... 24

LAN 2 Port ................................ ................................ ................... 24

Connection Setting Example 2 .................................................... 25

Connect the Devices ....................................................................................... 26

NVR-110/120/130 ........................................................................ 26

Quick Setup ....................................................................................................... 27

Step 1: Log in to NVR .................................................................. 27

Step 2: Format the Hard Disks ................................ .................... 27

Step 3: Add Cameras .................................................................. 28

Auto Add 28 Search Cameras 29

6 Local Client Operation 31

Change UI language 31 Remember Login Information 31 Set Auto Login 31 Log Out 31

Live Page UI Overview ................................................................................... 32

Input Devices .................................................................................................... 33

Onscreen Keyboard ..................................................................... 33

Mouse Settings ............................................................................ 34

Onscreen Keyboard Settings ....................................................... 34

Set Cameras ...................................................................................................... 35

Add Cameras ............................................................................... 36

Copy Camera Settings ................................................................ 40

Delete Cameras ........................................................................... 41

Change Camera Settings ............................................................ 42

(A) Video Format and Transmission Properties 42 (B) Fine-tune the Image: Brightness/Contrast/Saturation/Hue 43 (C) Motion Settings 44

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Configure PTZ Presets ................................................................ 45

Open PTZ Panel 45 Manipulate PTZ Movements 45 Go to Preset Points 46 Edit PTZ Preset Tour 47

Device Information .......................................................................................... 48

Network Settings.............................................................................................. 49

IP Settings ................................................................................... 50

Change Port Setting .................................................................... 51

Enable DHCP Server 52 Enable DDNS Service 53

Date & Time ....................................................................................................... 54

Setup Manually ............................................................................ 54

Synchronize with Time Zone ....................................................... 54

E-mail Settings ................................................................................................. 55

Disk Management ............................................................................................ 57

Storage Device Types ................................................................. 57

Format Hard Disks ....................................................................... 58

Storage Settings - Set Recording Deletion Rule ......................... 58

Check Disk Status ....................................................................... 59

Manage Abnormal Disks ............................................................. 60

Schedule Recordings ..................................................................................... 61

Event-Recording File Length ....................................................... 62

Set the Recording Schedule ........................................................ 62

Set the Event Schedule ............................................................... 62

Copy Schedule ............................................................................ 63

Event Management .......................................................................................... 64

Event-Handling Schedule ............................................................ 64

Set Event Rules ........................................................................... 65

Clear Event Rules ........................................................................ 67

Copy Event Rules ........................................................................ 68

Joystick 69

System Log ........................................................................................................ 70

Export System Log ...................................................................... 71

User Group Management............................................................................... 72

Add a Group ................................................................................ 72

Edit / Delete a Group ................................................................... 73

Add a User ................................................................................... 73

Edit / Delete a User ..................................................................... 74

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Upgrade Firmware ........................................................................................... 75

Backup / Restore Settings ............................................................................ 76

Backup ......................................................................................... 76

Restore ........................................................................................ 77

Customize Live Screen Layout .................................................................... 78

Change Channel Position ............................................................ 78

Change Layout ............................................................................ 78

Execute Sequence Patrol ............................................................ 80

Save a Customized View ............................................................. 80

Set a Default View ....................................................................... 80

Customize System Language ...................................................................... 81

Modify the Wording ...................................................................... 81

Restore the Wording .................................................................... 82

7 Remote Client Operation 83

Access NVR Server ......................................................................................... 83

Find NVR in Your Network ........................................................... 83

Via UPnP Connection .................................................................. 84

Via IP Utility ................................................................................. 85

Enter Account & Password 86 Change UI language 86 Remember Login Information 86

Log Out ................................................................ ........................ 86

Accept ActiveX Controls Installation ............................................ 87

Setup Wizard ..................................................................................................... 88

Setup the System ............................................................................................. 89

Set System Name ........................................................................ 89

Set Date & Time .......................................................................... 90

Change Time Zone 90 Change Date and Time 90 Set Daylight Saving 90 Set NTP Server 90

Synchronize with Client Computer’s Time 91

Configure Network Settings ......................................................... 92

Current IP Configurations 92 IP Settings 92

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Enable DHCP Server 93 Set HTTP Port 94 Enable DDNS Service 94

Set E-mail Notification Service .................................................... 96

Live Screen Event List Setting .................................................... 97

Live Page UI Overview ................................................................................... 98

Set Cameras .................................................................................................... 100

Add Cameras ............................................................................. 100

Copy Camera Settings .............................................................. 104

Delete Cameras ......................................................................... 105

Change Camera Settings .......................................................... 105

(A) Video Format and Transmission Properties 105 (B) Motion Settings 106 (C) Fine-tune the Image: Brightness/Contrast/Saturation/Hue 107 Configure PTZ Preset Points 109 Configure PTZ Preset Tour 110

Configure Fisheye Cameras ....................................................... 111

Set Recording Schedule ............................................................................... 114

Event-Recording File Length ..................................................... 114

Set the Recording Schedule ...................................................... 115

Set the Event Handling Schedule .............................................. 116

Copy Schedule .......................................................................... 116

Event Management ......................................................................................... 117

Set Event Rules ......................................................................... 117

Set System Event rule 117

Set Camera Event rule .............................................................. 118

Response Types ........................................................................ 120

Copy Event Rules ...................................................................... 122

Clear Event Rules ...................................................................... 123

Disk Management .......................................................................................... 124

Format Hard Disks ..................................................................... 124

Set Maximum Recording Days .................................................. 125

Check Disk Status ..................................................................... 125

Upgrade Firmware ......................................................................................... 126

Backup / Restore Settings .......................................................................... 127

Backup ....................................................................................... 127

Restore ...................................................................................... 128

User Group Management............................................................................. 129

Add a Group .............................................................................. 129

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Edit / Delete a Group ................................................................. 130

Add a User ................................................................................. 131

Account /Password Rules .......................................................... 131

Edit / Delete a User ................................................................... 131

Joystick132

System Log ...................................................................................................... 133

Export System Log .................................................................... 134

Customize Live Screen Layout .................................................................. 135

Add Camera Views to Channels ................................................ 135

Remove Camera Views ............................................................. 135

Execute Sequence Patrol .......................................................... 136

Save a Customized View ........................................................... 136

Set a Default View ..................................................................... 136

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Introduction

Product Overview

NVR-12XX Series (hereafter referred to as NVR) is a compact and reliable multi-channel

standalone NVR. It features a stable embedded Linux operating system and capabilities of supporting mega-pixel resolution H.264 streaming, an HDMI output for local display, PTZ control, scheduled / event-triggered / event speed-up recording, event management, synchronized playback, time / event-based playback search and video bookmarks. Its smart Setup Wizard and intuitive user interface allow the system installer to enjoy effortless installation experience, while making it easy for new users to get acquainted with the operation by first-time use. Other than the local client, the remote PC client may access the NVR system simultaneously, and experience user-friendly web interface customized for browser-based operations.

NVR Server / Client Architecture

In a video surveillance system architecture, NVR serves as service provider, aimed to run 24/7 non-stop a video management service for clients. An NVR Client makes requests for monitoring video streams or playing back recordings of NVR.

There are two types of NVR clients: Local Client and Remote Client. A client, connecting from whether a remote computer or from local, will be offered the same functionalities of NVR.

Local Client: In the local site, the client user directly operates NVR by connecting an HDMI

monitor and a USB mouse to the physical NVR.

Remote Client: Over the TCP/IP network, the Remote Client communicates with NVR through HTTP Protocol. This client user will have to use a computer with Internet Explorer to access the NVR web interface, without the need of installing any client program beforehand. Logging in to NVR is as simple as visiting a website.

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Remote Client PC Requirements

As NVR itself is a self-contained unit, the table below provides basic guidelines only for selecting proper hardware for the remote PC client. If your live view display quality is not satisfactory, please consider computers with more advanced spec as the decoding of multiple channels requires good hardware for smooth performance (*1).

*1 The quality of video display performance lies not only in the hardware but a few variables.

Please refer to Supported Video Format on page 13 for instructions on how to achieve ideal video performance.

*2 PC spec requirements are the same for 32-bit and 64-bit systems. *3 Microsoft Windows operating system has limits on memory and address space,

regardless of the real or virtual memory available on a particular computer.

Please use 64-bit system if your computer has more than 4GB RAM.

*4 Please make sure your operating system is fully patched with the latest service packs.

PC Spec (*2)

Minimum Requirements

CPU Processor

Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz

RAM

4GB (*3)

Network

Ethernet (1000 Base-T recommended)

Operating System

Windows 7 and Windows 8

(All versions) (*4)

Display Resolution

1080p

Browser

Internet Explorer 9.0 or 10.0

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Supported Video Format

As 1080p HDMI monitors have become the most extensive display standard used in various applications, NVR is designed to conform to this standard with its capability of outputting 1080p video stream. Therefore, to reserve as much computing power for NVR unit as possible, up to four-megapixel H.264 video stream can be displayed on local live screen and local playback screen.

With a client computer, you may still acquire full support for displaying these types of video codec – MPEG4, MJPEG and H.264, and up to ten- megapixel video resolution from web client interface; also, the video stream is recorded at your desired format regardless of the displayed quality.

Camera Management

Export / Recording

Local

Live View / Playback

Remote

Live View / Playback

Codec

MPEG4 MJPEG

H.264 (*1)

H.264 (*2)

MPEG4

MJPEG

H.264

Resolution

Up to 10M pixels

Up to 4M pixels (*3)

Up to 10M pixels

*1 NVR’s “Auto Add” function will only add H.264 video streams. *2 H.264 is the only displayable codec for local live view and playback. The channels using

other codec will appear blank, although the recording is proceeding normally.

*3 NVR local live and playback can display up to four-megapixel resolution video. The

channels using higher resolution video stream will appear blank, although the recording is proceeding normally.

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Get Started

What’s in the Box

This product package includes the following items:

Item

Description

NVR Server x 1

Printed quick installation guide x 1

AC power adapter x 1

Hard disk screws

Adapter converter set x 1 This unit contains three types of adapter plugs – UK type, US type and Europe type. These adapter plugs do not change the voltage, but will only change the shape of adapter to fit your electrical outlet.

Please detach the plugs, take the plug type you need and connect it to the AC power adapter.

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At A Glance

NVR-1204/1209/1216

Front Panel

Rear Panel

LED Indicators

USB 2.0 Ports

Reset Button

Power Button

HDMI Output

LAN 1

LAN 2

Power Connector

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Power Button & Reset Button

You can turn on / off the device with Power Button.

Turn On the Device

Press down the Power Button and release, the Power LED will light up and turn solid blue.

Turn Off the Device

As this unit is powered on, the Power LED and System LED are both lit, and the Power Button is in pressed state. To turn NVR off, please do the following:

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1. On Live screen, click Setup  Power tab, and click “Shutdown”.

2. The local display screen will turn black, with an information dialogue box showing up.

Please observe the System LED on the front panel, when its orange light is off, you may press the Power Button to completely shut down the unit.

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Reset to Factory Default

By resetting this device, all your system settings and system log will return to factory default. It is strongly recommended that you back up previous settings with Backup function and export the system logs before resetting to factory default.

1. To begin, please turn off the device first.

2. Press down the Power Button to boot up the device, and immediately press and hold the Reset Button with a pin or clip, the System LED will light up for about 2~3 seconds, and

you may release the Reset Button as the red light is off.

The device will enter the resetting process immediately and automatically restart.

LED Indicators

The LED indicators on front panel show the current device status:

Item

Indicator Status

Light Color

Description

Power LED

Solid

Blue

The device power is on.

System Status

LED

Lights up for three

seconds after Reset

Button is pressed

Orange

The system resetting process is initializing.

Solid

The system service is running.

HDD LED

Flashing

Green

The hard disk is in activity.

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Installation

The installation procedures may vary depending on your site conditions. The procedures provided in this manual are based on an example consisting of (1) local network, (2) an NVR unit, (3)Network cameras, (4) a POE network switch and (5) necessary peripherals.

Prepare the Devices

Before starting connecting all the devices together, please read the instructions below to make sure your devices are ready for NVR system.

Cameras

NVR is able to automatically add the connected cameras then immediately displays their live streams without your further configurations. Please fulfill the conditions below to make sure your cameras are ready for NVR Auto Add function:

1. For a camera whose settings have been changed from factory default, make sure

its output stream is H.264 encoder type,

2. The camera’s connection type is Dynamic mode (DHCP Client). You can configure the this connection settings via Web Configurator.

If your camera is an other brand’s product or you would like to add more streams from a device, use Search Cameras provided by Camera Setup Wizard.

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Monitor

The monitor should supports HDMI port and 1080p full HD resolution display.

USB Devices

Please use a USB mouse, keyboard or joystick with a cable.

USB Storage Device

The USB storage device is required for system backup and system log / snapshot / video

export.

NVR supports all FAT/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3/EXT4/NTFS file systems.

Hard Disks

For video recordings, you should install at least ONE certified 3.5-inch SATA hard disk.

Note

Since NVR displays only H.264 stream on local display, any device outputting non-H.264 stream will still be added to NVR system and viewed via the web client interface, while this channel will appear blank on local monitor.

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Install the Hard Disks

This system requires at least one hard disk to store video recordings and firmware image when upgrading system. Please follow the instructions below to install your hard disks in correct order to make sure the physical disk locations accord with the Disk ID shown in NVR

server’s Storage Device List.

NVR-12XX

Step 1 Remove the Case Cover

Remove the four front panel screws, and then remove the three back panel screws.

Slide the case backward until it stops, and then lift it up to remove.

Step 2 Install Disk SATA-2

Insert Disk SATA-2 in the lower bay, connect SATA power cable and SATA data cable 2 to the hard disk.

Make sure you connect the correct data cable to the corresponding disk.

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Lock Disk SATA-2 using

disk screws in this sequence:

ABCD

Step 3 Install Disk SATA-1

Repeat Step1~Step3 to install Disk SATA-1 to the upper bay. Remember to connect Disk SATA-1 with SATA data cable 1 shown in the illustration in Step 2.

Step 4 Install the Case Cover Back

Install the case in reverse order of removal step (see Step 2), slide the case cover back until it clicks. Lock the back panel and then front panel with its screws.

Disk SATA-1

Disk SATA-2

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Network Connection Architecture

When connecting NVR with your network, please make sure you plug the network cable into the right port.

NVR-12XX

LAN 1 Port

LAN 1 port is the default camera port for a typical local network. Via this port, the DHCP

server built in NVR automatically assigns IP addresses to network cameras once they are connected. With this feature, you do not have to bother arranging the camera IP addresses on your own. By default, this DHCP server is enabled, so please avoid connecting NVR to a network where exits another DHCP server via this port.

LAN 1

Port (Camera Port)

Default:

192.168.0.10

LAN 2

Port (WAN Port)

Default:

Dynamic /192.168.1.10

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Connection Setting Example 1

Below diagram displays an example connection setting using only LAN1 to connect networks cameras.

In this setting, NVR altogether with cameras are within the same network segment; in the mean time, there is no need of referencing another DHCP server in this system.

LAN 2 Port

LAN2 port is a typical Ethernet port. You will have to use this port to connect with a different

network segment when your system requires (1) the connection with a remote PC client or network cameras, (2) the use of event-triggered e-mail service via an external SMTP server (3) the use of date/time synchronization with external NTP server.

By default, once connecting to a network, it will first try to get an IP address assigned by your network router from DHCP server. If your network does not assign IP address automatically, then LAN2 port will assume IP address 192.168.1.10.

192.168.0.101 ~ 192.168.0.104

LAN 1: 192.168.0.10

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Connection Setting Example 2

The diagram below displays an example connection setting using LAN1 + LAN2 to connect networks cameras within different network segments. In this setting, NVR with three cameras are within the same network segment, while there is another camera locating in another network. In addition, this system requires the connection with an external SMTP server and a remote client.

LAN1: 192.168.0.10

(e.g.172.16.26.101)

LAN2: DHCP client

(e.g.172.16.26.100)

(EX:192.168.0.101 ~ 192.168.0.103)

SMTP Server

Remote PC Client

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Connect the Devices

Follow the procedures to connect the devices. These devices are supposed to be connected in the sequence shown below.

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1. Connect the HDMI monitor.

2. Connect the USB devices.

3. Attach the network cable to LAN1 port.

4. Attach the network cable to LAN2 port. (Optional, required for remote client

connection)

5. Plug the power adapter into NVR and electricity outlet.

6. Press down Power Button to start the device, the power status LED will turn solid

blue.

7. Connect the network cameras to the switch and power them on.

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Quick Setup

By the first time you log in to NVR, the Setup Wizard with bring you through the initial setup process. By finishing the quick setup, you will enter live screen immediately.

Step 1: Log in to NVR

On Login window. Click into the Account and Password fields to enter the default account information - admin / 123456, then click “Login”.

Step 2: Format the Hard Disks

At present, the hard disks you installed in NVR are not ready for recording, they need formatting before use.

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On HDD Setup Wizard window, select the unformatted disk and click “Format”. Repeat this step to format the other disk, and then click “OK”. As NVR has successfully formatted a

hard disk, a message will pop out to notify you. After a successful formatting, the file system of the disk will show “NVR-FS”, and this disk will immediately become ready for recording,

(Not Formatted) (Formatted)

Step 3: Add Cameras

Please select Auto Add to automatically add cameras or Search Cameras to select cameras by yourself.

Auto Add

By using Auto Add function, NVR will add the first detected H.264 streams. Please input the Account and Password (this user account must be the camera’s root account) to access the

cameras.

Search all the cameras including supported other brand cameras within your current network segment.

This will add detected H.264 video streams and display all video streams on Live screen right away

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Search Cameras

Search Cameras allows you to select desired cameras and streams from multi-streaming

devices, including other brand cameras.

1. Input the Account and Password to access the cameras (this user account must be the

camera’s root account).

2. Click “Refresh”.

3. Select your desired cameras and click “Submit”. Please note that your clicking order will

decide Live View channels arrangement. For example, you select cameras on the search list in this order: FCS-3056  FCS-3064 FCS-5055 FCS-5056, which will exactly become the channel order: 01 Camera  02 Camera  03 Camera  04 Camera

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Local Client Operation

By default, an administrator account has already been existing in your system. To log in to NVR for the first time, you will have to key in the password in Login window.

If you are not logged in yet, click on screen to bring up the Login window.

Change UI language

To change UI language, select the desired language from “Language” dropdown list.

Remember Login Information

To have the server remember your Account, Password and language setting for future, check “Remember me”.

Set Auto Login

Check “Remember me” then “Auto Login”, you will skip the Login page and directly enter Live screen when accessing NVR in the future. This feature makes using NVR more

convenient, however it may pose a security risk because any other user can enter NVR using the account you established. The Remember me and Auto-login function will be cancelled when you logout from NVR.

Log Out

On Live screen, click “Logout NVR” .

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Live Page UI Overview

After logging in, you will enter Live screen. Live screen is the interface where you see the live views from your cameras. It is where most of the security professionals access the surveillance system

Description

View List: Lists five views available for customization.

Camera List:

Lists all the connected cameras and their recording status.

Event List:

Displays alerts of detected motion, recording and connection status.

PTZ Control Panel

Provides live onscreen PTZ controls. This panel is only enabled when a PTZ camera

channel is selected on live view display area.

System Message

Displays import messages to inform you of certain system conditions that require your prompt action.

Live Menu

Lists available layout selection and live view operation controls

Page Switch

You may switch to the Setup or Playback page by clicking the tags. The Setup page is only accessible from Live page.

System Status:

Displays the following system status from left to right – (1) connected USB storage device, (2) LAN1 IP address, (3) LAN2 IP address, (4) total free disk space, (5) your user account and (6) current system time.

Live view display area

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Input Devices

The physical input devices (e.g. USB mouse and USB keyboard) are ready to use when you connect them to NVR via USB ports.

Onscreen Keyboard

The onscreen keyboards allow you to input characters without using a physical one. By clicking in a character field (e.g. Account or Server name) or number field (e.g. IP address or Port), the specific onscreen keyboard will be brought up.

Standard Alphabet + Symbol Keyboard

Number + Symbol Keyboard

Symbol Keyboard

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Mouse Settings

You may adjust the mouse’s cursor speed via the path below: On Live screen, click Setup  select System tab  click “Mouse”.

Onscreen Keyboard Settings

To disable the virtual keyboard if a physical one is already in use, on Live screen, click Setup  System tab  click “Keyboard”. Uncheck the box “Always shows software keyboard”.

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Set Cameras

NVR user interface also allows you to easily configure, add or delete cameras without the use of another web browser. On Live page, click Setup  Camera tab. “All Cameras” display all the added cameras, click “Add” to start adding cameras.

Note

NVR will synchronize with devices upon connecting to them. To make sure the settings

on NVR side are prior to those on camera sides, please check “ Auto save NVR settings into device upon connection”. When this function is enabled, every

modification you make via camera web configurator will be overwritten by NVR.

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Add Cameras

Click “Add”. There are four methods you can use to add cameras: (A) Click Auto Add to let NVR add the channels automatically. This is the same quick

method provided by Camera Setup Wizard; please refer to Auto Add on page 28 for instructions.

(B) Click Search to scan through the available video sources, and select desired cameras to

add by yourself. This is the same quick method provided by Camera Setup Wizard, please refer to Search Cameras on page 29 for instructions.

are not located within the same network segment with NVR server, you may add it manually.

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1. Select a Camera ID from the Camera List on the left, and click “Add Camera

Manually”.

2. Fill in the connection properties such as properties IP Address, Port, Username and

Password, and click “Get Camera Settings”.

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3. The camera settings will appear. Click “Save” to save it to this camera channel.

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(D) You can manually add a camera through RTSP protocol without to the camera brand.

1. Select a Camera ID from the Camera List on the left, and click “Add Camera

Manually (RTSP)”.

2. Fill in the properties, make sure you select the correct URI type and Protocol type,

and then click “Save”.

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Copy Camera Settings

You may copy an added camera’s settings to another empty channel. In this way, it is easier to manually add more than one camera of the same models.

On Camera tab, enter All Camera list, select the cameras you want to dupliacate, and click “Duplicate” The new cameras will be added to the list.

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Delete Cameras

You may delete one channel at a time or delete more all at once.

On Camera tab, enter All Camera list, select the cameras you want to delete, and click

“Delete” . To deletae multiple cameras at once, you can use the mouse to drage out a selection range and then select “Delete”.

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Change Camera Settings

After the cameras are added, you may change their properties on Camera tab.

(A) Video format and transmission properties (B) Video adjustment (C) Motion Detection settings

(A) Video Format and Transmission Properties

To modify the video format and transmission properties including Channel ID, Resolution, Frame Rate, Protocol, and Bitrate, you will have to click

first to sync with the camera first. After configuration, click “Save” to save this setting to camera

Note

1. Changing the video resolution will reset your current motion region settings. Please re-configure the settings later.

2. For local display viewing, please DO NOT (1) change the video resolution to higher than 4M pixels or (2) change the video codec to MJPEG or MPEG4, for these types of video streams are only displayable through NVR web interface.

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(B) Fine-tune the Image: Brightness/Contrast/Saturation/Hue

Not only clarity but also brightness, contrast, saturation and hue are essential factors to make images closer to real scene. For cameras that support these configurations, you may directly modify them and save via NVR interface.

After selecting a camera, click “Video Adjustment” window, the fields available for modification (depends on models) will be enabled. Select the desired value for the field, and

click “Apply”.

Field Name

Description

Brightness (1-100)

Defines how much portion of light and of dark appear in the image. As the value increases, the image appears brighter, and vice versa.

Contrast (1-100)

Defines the range level between light values and dark values. As the value increases, the separation between light and dark becomes more obvious.

Saturation (1-100)

Defines the level of the actual color intensity. As it increases, colors appear more pure; as it decreases, colors appear more gray-out.

Hue(1-100)

It is the term used to refer to the pure spectrum colors. Adjust this value to find the color closest to the real scene.

Line Frequency (50Hz / 60 Hz)

The function that adjusts the shutter speed options to match the frequencies of artificial light source of given country. For example, in Europe, the light frequency is 50Hz (due to power supply frequency of lights), that is 50 flashes per second. By setting line frequency to 50Hz in such case, the shutter speed options will be proportional with light source frequency, such as 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/100s, etc. It is necessary to have the camera’s line frequency adjusted according to the power frequency of the light source to avoid flickering effect.

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After selecting the camera, click “Motion Detection Settings”. If this camera is in dual stream mode, only Channel ID 1 (Stream 1) supports motion detection feature. On Motion Detection Settings window, check “Enable” then click “Motion Setup”. To enable one motion region, check it, a color frame will appear in the view. You may start setting the detection area by adjusting this yellow frame on the view. Simply use your mouse to move and resize the frame. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

Field Name

Description

Sensitivity (0-100%)

Determines how sensitive the camera reacts to the movement. The higher the sensitivity level is, the smaller motion will trigger the alarm, but may give false alarms. Default is 70%.

Timer (0-300 secs)

The interval before the next motion detection can be triggered again. Default is 1 second.

Threshold (0-100%)

The threshold level of this motion detection region. The lower threshold level is, smaller portion of the region would be considered as motions, which is more easily to be triggered, but may give more false alarms. Default is 10%.

To move the entire frame

Place the mouse cursor over the

title bar, and drag to move.

To adjust the region dimension

Place the mouse cursor over the bottom right corner, and drag to

resize.

To disable this

detection region

Place the mouse cursor

over the upper right

corner, and click the “x”

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Configure PTZ Presets

With PTZ cameras, you may define a view by where to look (through panning and tilting) and how close (through zooming) to zoom. Once these views have been saved in NVR as preset points, the device can always point to this view upon the event triggering or user’s command. For local operation, the PTZ-related configurations are done on Live screen. Please note that, the PTZ-related settings you configure here will overwrite those on camera’s firmware.

Open PTZ Panel

On Live screen, select a PTZ channel, the PTZ panel will become enabled.

Manipulate PTZ Movements

Click the tab to enter PTZ operation mode, and make make use of the device’s PTZ capabilities to define a view.

Function

Eight-direction arrow keys

Click to pan or tilt the camera (only available for cameras with Pan/Tilt/ capability).

Pan/Tilt/Zoom speed

Click to change the speed. Provided speed scale is from 1 to 5 (available for cameras with Pan/Tilt/Zoom capability).

Auto focus (available for cameras with auto focus

capability)

Zoom (Available for cameras with a controllable

zoom) Zoom in Zoom out

Manual focus

(Available for cameras with a controllable focus) Near focus Far focus These buttons are enabled when the “Auto Focus” is disabled.

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Go to Preset Points

You may create/delete/go-to preset points in this mode.

Go to a Preset Point Click the tab to enter Preset Points Operation mode, and click a red ID button.

Create a Presset Point

1. Go to PTZ Operation mode , use onscreen buttons to define a view.

2. Click the tab to enter Preset Points Operation mode.

3. Click

4. Click the desired preset point ID and input the point name in Preset Point Setting box.

This preset point will be saved, and its ID will turn red.

Delete a Presset Point On Preset Points Operation mode, click and then the preset point you want to delete.

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Edit PTZ Preset Tour

Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple preset points, including where to look and how long to look at each location. With this preset tour, your PTZ device can perform an automatic patrol to scan through your cared areas.

Before setting up Preset Tours, please make sure you have set PTZ Preset Points. To start:

1. On PTZ Panel, click and then to enter Tour edit window.

2. On Tour Setting window, select a Tour from drop-down list.

3. Select a Preset Point from drop-down list.

4. Set the Dwell Time, default is 10 seconds.

5. Click to save this point into the list.

6. Repeat step 1 ~ step 5 to add other points in your desired

movement sequence. You may use the edit buttons to change the point order or delete a point. Click “Save” when this Tour list is well set. Click “Close” to exit this window.

7. The ID of a saved tour will appear red. Click on it to start the tour, and click to stop it.

Delete Add

Move down

Move to bottom

Move up

Move to top Start a Tour

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Device Information

To change the device name, check firmware version information or Mac address, please go to Setup page  System tab Network

After modifying the System Name, click “Save” to save the settings.

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Network Settings

There are two network interface cards in NVR. Either of these cards can be supported by the built-in DHCP server feature, which enables NVR to assign IP addresses to cameras via LAN1 or LAN2 port without another DHCP on router.

Go to Setup page  Network tab The current settings of both LANs will be displayed here. By default, LAN1 card is set to Manual mode with a fixed IP address 192.168.0.10, while

LAN2 is in DHCP client mode. It is suggested that you connect LAN1 to LAN and connect LAN2 to WAN.

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IP Settings

Go to Setup page  Network tab  click “Network Connection” and select the LAN interface card that you wish to set up. After setting up, please click “Save” on the bottom right to save the settings.

Field Name

Description

Connection Type

Choose one connection type for this LAN port. DHCP and PPPoE service will assign an IP Address to NVR, and there is no need for you to define other network information. Manual: Please obtain a static IP address and other network information including Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS server from your network administrator. DHCP: Use this connection type if you have a DHCP server on your network router. PPPoE: Chose this when your ISP is using PPPoE type DSL line. Please contact you ISP to get the Username and Password for this connection.

LAN1 default is Manual; LAN2 default is DHCP.

IP Address

Fixed IP Address. LAN1 default is 192.168.0.10; LAN2 default is

Auto.

LAN Connection Status

Shows “Activated” when connected to a network. Shows “Detected Network Cable Disconnection” when not connected to a network

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Subnet Mask

Used to define if the destination is in the same subnet. LAN1 default is 255.255.255.0; LAN2 default is Auto.

Gateway

A valid gateway setting is essential for data transmission between different subnets, such as accessing the DNS service or SMTP server on the Internet. LAN1 default is 192.168.0.254; LAN2 default is Auto.

DNS Setting

Primary DNS Server

Secondary DNS Server

The DNS server that translates domain names to actual IP addresses. If this LAN is Manual mode, and you will set an SMTP server for event notification, be sure to set the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS. LAN1 default is Manual; LAN2 default is Auto.

Default Gateway

Choose the gateway of the LAN card whose network is to connect with Internet. Default uses LAN2’s setting.

Change Port Setting

The default connection port used for remote web client to communicate with NVR is 80. To change it, click “Port Mapping” to modify and save the setting.

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Enable DHCP Server

You may enable the built-in DHCP server for either LAN1 or LAN2 port. Go to Setup page  Network tab  click “DHCP Server”:

1. Check “Enable” and select a LAN, this LAN has to be in Manual mode.

2. Set the Beginning IP Address and Ending Address, and click “Save”. NVR will assign

IP addresses within this range to the cameras connected to the selected LAN port. Please

(1) make sure the cameras are in DHCP client mode, (2) connect and power the cameras up after you enable this service.

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Enable DDNS Service

NVR has built-in the DDNS update client feature, which saves NVR domain name address information and actively update its ip address to the DDNS provider’s server.

1. Visit the dynamic DNS service provider’s website and register the domain name for your

NVR. NVR supports the following service providers:

● DynDNS: http://www.dyndns.com

● NO-IP: http://www.noip.com/

2. Go to Setup page  Network tab  click “DDNS”.

3. Check “Enable”, select the service provider, and input the Host Name, User Name and

Password.

4. Click “Save” to save the settings.

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Date & Time

NVR provides three methods to synchronize the time setting; you can (1) manually set the date and time, (2) sync with Time Zone or (3) synchronize with NTP server.

On Live screen, click Setup  click System tab  click “Date and Time”

Setup Manually

In Date & Time section, click the button that shows date and time information on it. On the popped-out calendar, select the correct date and time, then click “OK”.

Synchronize with Time Zone

In Time Zone section, select your zone from the Time Zone drop-down list. If your time zone

falls in Daylight Saving Time area, you may check the box “Enable Daylight Saving Time”,

and then system time will automatically adapt itself to daylight saving time clock.

Synchronize with NTP server

In NTP Server section, fill in the NTP server IP or domain name in the NTP Server field, and click “Apply” to start synchronizing.

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E-mail Settings

NVR supports e-mail notification for Event Handling sent through an SMTP server. To enable this service, you will have to configure the SMTP mail settings in advance. For SMTP service, please go to Setup page  System tab Network and make sure the Default

Gateway adopts the setting of the LAN connection has access to the SMTP server.

1. On Live screen, click Setup  Select System tab  click “Email”.

2. Fill in every field according to the detailed instructions in the table below.

3. Click “Send Test Mail” to send a test mail to this e-mail account. If the test mail is

sent successfully, the dialog box below will pop up, which means your NVR server is ready to send out e-mail notifications when being triggered by an event.

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4. Click “Save” to save these properties.

Field Name

Description

Sender Email

Input the sender’s e-mail address, should the same account you set for SMTP server.

Server

Input the sender’s SMTP server address. Only alphabets, numbers, and the

symbols (.), (_), (-) are valid. NVR server supports the SMTP services with SSL protocol. If you wish to use a free webmail SMTP service, you may choose certain webmail providers such as Yahoo (SMTP: smtp.mail.yahoo.com Port:25) or Gmail (SMTP: smtp.gmail.com Port:25 or 465 for SSL protocol / 587 for TLS protocol)

Port

Set the SMTP port, allowed value is from 1~65535, default is 25.

Account

Input the name of the SMTP server account. The form of account name depends on mail server, e.g. a Hotmail account name is a complete e-mail

address, while other mail servers’ are not. Only alphabets, numbers, and the

symbols (@), (.), (_), (-) are valid.

Password

Input the password of the SMTP server account. Only alphabets and numbers are valid.

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Disk Management

NVR keeps the recordings on SATA hard disks installed in it. Whenever recording is taking place, NVR writes data to one of the disks, and switch to the other as the original one is full. Once the available space of the whole system is less than the reserved size, NVR will start deleting the oldest file to make the amount of space allowing each active channel to record for another 10 minutes.

You may observe the disk memory and recording status on Storage page. On Live screen, click Setup  click System tab  click “Storage”. The connected storage devices will be shown in the Storage Device list. Select a storage device to check its

Storage Information appearing as below.

Storage Device Types

● SATA1 represents the disk installed in upper bay for saving recordings.

● SATA2 represents the disk installed in lower bay for saving recordings.

● Storage Media represents the connected USB disk that you inserted for carrying

firmware image file, backup file, exported system log file, snapshots or video.

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Format Hard Disks

Any newly-installed hard disk has to be formatted into NVR file system format. Click “Format” to start formatting a new disk. After formatting, this disk will become ready for recording.

During normal operation, DO NOT REMOVE ANY DISK FROM THIS UNIT, or it might cause damage to the disks. You can only remove or install a disk when the device is shut down.

Please note that the system will stop recording during the disk formation.

Storage Settings - Set Recording Deletion Rule

In NVR system, there are two file-deletion mechanisms:

1. User defined - Maximum Recording Days

NVR can keep recording files for a certain number of days defined by you. Set this rule if you have more concern about how long the recordings are kept, especially when you do not want the old recordings to stay longer in the system than a certain period. By default, this rule is

not activated, to modify it, check the box to input a number between 1~999 and click “Apply”.

2. Default - Automatic Disk Deletion

This is the default file deletion rule. When the total recordable disk space is full, an amount of disk space for approximate ten-minute long recording will be cleared to save new recordings.

If you activate the “Maximum Recording Days” rule, either of the thresholds reached earlier will execute the deletion first. Given that you set the Maximum Recording Days as 5 days, the recording files that stay on the disks longer than this period will be deleted, despite that there is still plenty of available disk space; on the other hand, if your disk space is not enough to keep all the recordings for 5 days, NVR will still delete the oldest files whenever the space is full.

Also, be careful when you apply the Maximum Recording Days setting, for NVR will execute the deletion rule immediately whenever you click “Apply”, meaning that the all the recording files kept longer than the last applied number of maximum days are just deleted in no time.

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Check Disk Status

Hard disk failure often comes after detectable signs and thus can be predicable, thus it is important to detect these signs long before they really cause disk failures.

NVR performs S.M.A.R.T. Disk check on 24-hour basis since last check. This technology enables a system to monitor the disk status and anticipate disk failures, helping the system administrator to prevent from unexpected outage and data loss.

You may manually perform an instant S.M.A.R.T check by clicking “Refresh”.

Once the disk a appears in “WARNING”, “FAILED”, or “UNKNOWN” status, it is not reliable for recording, and may fail when the number of bad sectors on the disk has grown high enough.

Healthy Disk

Abnormal Disk

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S.M.A.R.T Status

Description

Solution

PASSED

This disk is in normal condition.

WARNING

Certain error has been found on this disk.

1. On “Storage” page, select the disk and click “Disable” next to Recordable status to stop the system from saving recording into it.

2. Watch playback and export important video / system log.

FAILED

A number of errors have been found on this disk.

UNKNOWN

Unable to get the disk information.

Manage Abnormal Disks

A disk that is not recognized as “PASSED” by S.M.A.R.T. check may have unexpected failures anytime. However, it will still continue recording until it finally fails.

After you disabled the recording on this disk and review important recordings,

1. Turn off the device.

2. Replace the abnormal disk with a new one, and turn on the device.

3. Go to Live screen, click Setup  click Maintenance tab  click “Storage”, and click “Format” to format the new disk.

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Schedule Recordings

Unlike the traditional analog surveillance system, the IP surveillance system provides a target-oriented recording schedule for devices; the view of each device can be recorded based on your required time segments and event types. For example, you may have a camera installed on the office ceiling do continuous recording during work hours, and record only upon the triggers (incidents that detected by system) at night. In this way, the system does not waste disk space storing meaningless parts, and you save lots of effort browsing playback for specific events.

For the recording schedule, NVR supports Schedule recording, Event recording and Event Speed-up Recording modes, which are set up on a week-based timetable; the event-handling schedule is configured here.

On NVR, you can configure camera’s recording schedule on 7 days / 24 hours basis. The schedule is split into segments of one-hour-length. By default, once a device is added to the system, its schedule is automatically set to full-time schedule recording and event handling. You should configure it according to your system plan.

On Live screen  Select Setup  click “Schedule” tab and select one channel.

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Event-Recording File Length

Before setting the recording schedule, you may define the length of an event recording. To do this, configure the following properties shown as below, which will make an event recording as long as 10+30 second:

Field

Description

Pre-event Recording Buffer (sec):

NVR keeps a short cache of video received from devices. If an event is triggered, NVR will automatically store the pre-event buffer along with the recording of the event itself.

Post-event Recording Buffer (sec):

This will determine how long after the event is triggered should be included in the event recording file.

Set the Recording Schedule

On the time table

1. Click on the recording mode from

Field

Description

Full-Time Recording

Continuously record at the video frame rate you define in Camera Settings.

Event Speed Up Recording

Continuously record everything at 1FPS, when an event occurs, the frame rate will switch to the value you define in Camera Settings, and automatically switch back to 1FPS after the event ends.

Event Recording

Only events are recorded, at the video frame rate you define in

Camera Settings.

2. Click and drag over the “Time Track” to set time period.

3. Click “Save”.

Set the Event Schedule

The Event Schedule defines when the event handling is activated. To set the event rules, please refer to Set Event Rules on page 65.

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on page 65 for Event Rules settings. By default, the event handling is full-time activated; you may disable it during certain time period.

1. Click on the recording mode “No Event Handling”.

2. Click and drag over the “Time Track” to set time period.

3. Click “Save”.

Copy Schedule

You may copy a camera’s schedule setting to other multiple cameras. This saves much your

time on configuring the schedules camera by camera.

1. On Schedule tab, select a source camera from camera list, its schedule will be copied to others.

2. Click “Copy”

3. On Copy Schedule window, select the target cameras.

4. Click “Copy” on Copy Schedule window.

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Event Management

When something happens on camera site, such as someone walks by, the door opens or a fire breaks out – these are all Events. The event which occurs in the environment and was pre-programmed in the camera serves as Triggers. Triggers cause the device to react with Responses. The link between trigger and response is governed by Event Rules. Each event rule detects one specific trigger and may initiate multiple responses. An example rule would be for NVR to send an e-mail to alert the manager (Response 1) and trigger the alarm (Response 2) when motion on camera site is detected (Trigger) during the event handing active period (Schedule).

Each device can be involved in several event rules. As different camera models possess various capabilities, the supported response types would vary. For example, a PTZ camera can execute a go-to preset point response, while this option is not available for other models without this feature.

Event-Handling Schedule

Event rules become active or inactive based upon a weekly schedule, to enable event-handling service, you will have to make sure the event-handing schedule of certain device is well configured. By default, the event-handling schedule of each camera is enabled for 24 hours once it is added to NVR system. To configure the Event Handling Schedule, on Live screen, click Setup  click “Schedule”, select the camera, and drag on the 24-hour time table.

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Set Event Rules

On Live screen, click Setup  click Event tab  select a camera.

1. Once a device is added to NVR server, the server would provide empty rules with compatible trigger types for you to configure such as Motion 1, Motion 2, Motion 3, DI 1, DI 2, Network Loss and Network Recovery. Select the Event Type, then click “Set”.

2. Select the trigger type:

Trigger DO Set the DO to become ON or OFF upon trigger, only the devices supporting DO functions are available. Check the “Enable” to enable this function, and the device whose connected DO(s) will be triggered. You may select one DO to be activated after the other and the duration time between them. Clik “ OK” to confirm.

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Send Mail Enable NVR to send e-mail notifications via SMTP service.Check the “Enable” to enable

this function, and fill in the mail recipient’s e-mail address in “To” field, notification title in “Subject” field and mail body in “Body” field, then choose a camera whose snapshot will

be attached from Attach a Snapshot dropdown list. Clik “OK” to confirm. Please note that if you want to attach a snapshot to the notification e-mail, make sure your local display stays on Live screen during the event handing period, in this way, NVR can take the snapshots for motion events.

To enable this service, you have to configure the e-mail setting (please refer to E-mail Settings on page 55) before this trigger is enabled.

Go to Preset For the use of PTZ cameras to make movements toward certain triggers, please configure the preset points (refer to 46Go to Preset Points on page 46) on Live screen before you set the event rule.

On Go to Preset tab, check the “Enable” to enable this function (if there is no PTZ camera exsiting in NVR server to execute a PTZ response, a red sign would appear on the tab , please add a PTZ camera). Select which PTZ camera in NVR server to make the movement, then the preset points and duration time between them. Click “OK” to confirm.

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Beep

NVR device can play beep sound upon being triggered by events. On Beep tab, check

the “Enable” to enable this function. Input the duration time and prepeat times of the beep. Click “OK” to confirm.

Enlarge Live screen will display certain channel view in full screen for a while when the system is triggered. On Enlarge tab, check the “Enable” to enable this function. Select the camera whose live view will be enlarged on Live screen and the duration time. Click “OK” to confirm.

3. After configuring the event handling rules, on Event tab, input the dwell time in

for all the rules you set. Dwell Time defines, after an

event occurs, the period of time during which the same event will not be triggered again.

4. On Event tab, click “Save” to save the settings.

Clear Event Rules

On Event tab, you may select an event rule under certain camera, and click “Clear This” to

delete it, or “Clear All” to deleta all the rules belong to this camera.

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Copy Event Rules

You may copy a camera’s event rules to other multiple cameras. This saves much your time

on setting up rules one by one.

1. On Event tab, select a source camera from camera list, its rules will be copied to others.

2. Click “Copy”

3. On Copy Event window, select the target cameras.

4. Click “Copy” on Copy Event window.

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Joystick

NVR supports two types of controller for local operations:

 IP Desktop, manufactured by CH Products  Extreme™ 3D Pro, manufactured by Logitech

1. Connect the joystick to this unit.

2. Go to Setup page  System tab Joystick.

3. There are 12 buttons available on each controller; you may assign a function selected

from dropdown list to any button. Every time you change the settings on this page, please click “Save” to save the settings of this joystick model.

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System Log

NVR records the important system activities and user’s behaviors in System Log. Once the number of logs exceed 3000, NVR will erase the earliest 100 logs.

On Live screen, click Setup  click Log tab

1. Define the time range: You may choose “All Days” to show all the logs or choose “Day Range” to specify a range.

2. Select Log Types

3. Define other conditions. For example, you can view the logs of all remote clients by selecting “Remote” for Source.

4. Click “Search” to start searching.will automatically refresh accordingly.

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Export System Log

To export the logs, insert a USB disk into NVR, click “Export” and save the xml file to your local computer. You may view this file on a computer with Notepad or XML Editor.

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User Group Management

In NVR, the access permissions are managed by User Groups. User Groups defines what functions are allowed for a group of users. Different User Groups will have different access rights in terms of permitted operations like monitoring Live screen or execute Playback. For example, an Administrator user is allowed for all the operations in NVR, while a standard normal user may only be permitted to do Live monitoring.

On Live screen, click Setup  click User tab to enter Group and User management page.

Add a Group

By default, the Administrator User Group with full permissions in NVR already exists. Except for the password and e-mail settings, you may not delete this account or change its permissions.

1. Select “Group” , click “Add” to bring up Add New Group window, enter the Name and Description of the group, and click “OK” to add it to the Group List.

2. On Group List, select this group. In Group Permission section, enable the permissions possessed by this group.

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3. Click “Save” to save the group settings.

Edit / Delete a Group

You may edit an existing group by changing its Name, Description or Permissions or delete it. Once you delete a group, the Users belonging to it will be removed altogether. Select the

group on Group List, click “Edit” or Delete”.

Add a User

By default, the Administrator User already exists, which you may not delete.

1. Select User, click “Add” to bring up Add New User window, enter the Name, Password, Email and select its User Group from dropdown list. Click “OK” to add it to the User List.

2. Click “Save” to save the user settings.

Account /Password Rules

1. Account field allows alphabets, numbers, and symbols except the following: * < > ? | “ \ :.

The maximum length of characters is 15.

2. Password field allows alphabets, numbers and symbols. The maximum length of characters is 40.

3. Both the Account and Password field are non-case-sensitive.

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Edit / Delete a User

You may edit an existing user or delete it. Select the user on User List, click “Edit” or Delete”. Please always click “Save” before leaving this page.

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Upgrade Firmware

You may check LeveoOne website for latest NVR firmware package and download it. Unzip the package and save the *.upg file to the root directory of a USB disk and insert it into NVR USB port.

1. On Live screen, click Setup  click Maintenance tab  select “Firmware Upgrade”.

2. Click “Browse” , find the target *.upg file and click “Open”.

3. Click “Upgrade”.

During upgrading, the system will stop every other activity including recording and event handling. The system will auto-restart after the upgrading completes.

After upgrading has started, DO NOT cut off the system power or eject the USB disk

until NVR restarts.

Please note that

The USB disk carrying the firmware image should at least have 200 MB free space.

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Backup / Restore Settings

Making regular system backups is always recommended in case of unexpected disasters or accidents that may damage NVR server.

NVR server can create a backup file of the whole system settings as Backup_[yyyymmdd].nvr file and save it to a connected USB disk within one click. The backed up settings include the following properties: (1) System Settings including System

Name, Date & Time, Network, Email, Mouse and Keyboard, (2) Camera Settings, (3) Schedule Settings, and (4) Event Management.

The recordings will be kept on hard disks, please refer to NVR User’s Manual to export a system log file and to export video files for a complete backup.

Backup

To start backing up system setting, please insert a USB disk into NVR first.

1. On Live screen, click Setup” click Maintenance tab  click “Settings Backup / Restore”.

2. Click “Backup”, the backup file will be saved to your USB disk as .nvr file.

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Restore

Before starting restoring the system, make sure you have connected the USB disk with the desired .nvr backup file in it, and the backup file is saved in the root directory.

1. On Live screen, click Setup  click Maintenance tab  click “Setting Backup / Restore”.

2. All the .nvr file detected from your USB disk root directory will be shown on the File Name dropdown list, select your desired one.

3. Click “Restore” to start restoring the settings. The server will restore the settings from the backup file and reboot.

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Customize Live Screen Layout

You may customize the layout style, channel position and patrol behavior. Your arrangement of Live screen layout will be the default view after any local user logs in to NVR.

Change Channel Position

You may place any channel in your desired window, and NVR will remember this arrangement until you change it.

You may move a camera view to any position by dragging it to the target channel.

In the example below, the green numbers represent the order of channels. Dragged by the mouse, Camera 1 will be swapped from Channel 1 to Channel 6.

You can Reset the camera positions by clicking on Live Menu.

Change Layout

To select a desired layout, click one on Live Menu. Each layout will display specific windows shown below. Therefore, you have to make sure the cameras you desired to watch are placed in the designated channels before applying the layout.

Camera 1

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For example, to watch Camera 2,4,6,8 in a quad layout, you should:

1. Select a square grid layout (2x2, 3x3 or 4x4) where you can see all channels.

2. Place Camera 2 into Channel 1, Camera 4 into Channel 2, Camera 6 into Channel 3 ,and Camera 8 into Channel 4.

3. Select the 2x2 layout on Live Menu.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Camera 2

Camera 8

Camera 4

Camera 6

Camera 2

Camera 4

Camera 6

Camera 8

Note

The five customized views for local live view and those for remote live view are maintained separately; therefore, any modification you make to the views on View here list will not affect the View settings on remote Live screen.

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Execute Sequence Patrol

The patrol function will slide-show multiple channels at your defined length of interval. At one time the layout will show as many channels as its maximum display channels. For instance, as Patrol is enable, a 3x3 layout will show channel 1~9, then 10~16 by turns.

1. On Live Menu, click to bring up the Patrol Time Setting window.

2. Input the patrol time

3. Click “OK”, the patrol will start until you click again.

Save a Customized View

You may save up to five customized view on local View List. A saved view will remember (1) the layout style, (2) camera arrangement, (3) view size (stretched / un-stretched / full-screen) and (4) Patrol setting.

1. Select a View from the View List.

2. Customize your layout with the tools provided on Live Menu.

3. Click in bottom right corner of View List, enter

Set a Default View

If you have enabled “Auto-login” function (please refer to Set Auto Login on page 31), you may also set one View as default, in this way, you may immediately start live monitoring after the system starts up. To set a default view, simply select a desired view on View list, and click

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Customize System Language

NVR user interface supports multiple languages and offers you the flexibility to change the wording . There are over 10 supported UI languages you may choose on Login page. Each language (except for English) is open for customization based on your own needs. This section will describe how to choose or customize language wording for your NVR.

To start, you need to connect a USB disk to NVR to export the language file for editing.

Modify the Wording

After the USB disk is connected,

1. On Live screen, click Setup  click Maintenance tab  click “Language

Adjustment”.

2. On Language Adjustment page, below Export Language section, select your

desired language form original language file list, and click “Export”. NVR will pop up a window as the file is successfully saved to USB disk.

3. On a computer, open the file ( *.json) with a text editor program. Each entry

represents the current wording of an object. Please edit the wording of your language embedded in quotation marks (“ ”) on the right of the colon; The English term appearing on the left is the original system code, which should be left unchanged.

Language file name

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4. After the modification is done, save this file with its original file name and file type

onto the USB disk, make sure the text encoding format is UTF-8.

5. Connect the USB disk with NVR, on Language Adjustment page, select the

language file from drop-down list below Import Language section, and click “Import”. NVR will pop up a window as the file is successfully imported into NVR server.

6. Log in to NVR again. On Login window, select the UI language before you click

“Login”.

7. Check the UI to see if the modified term is correctly shown.

Restore the Wording

NVR always keeps the original language file in its memory, so you can restore the language wording to default. On Language Adjustment page, select the language file from drop-down list below Restore Language section, and click “Restore”. The entire original language wording will restore after you log into the system again.

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Remote Client Operation

Access NVR Server

A remote client refers to any client using a computer over WAN or LAN other than server computer. If you know the IP address and port number of the NVR, you may type in the IP address and port number directly into Internet Explorer. Sample IP will look like this:

http://220.228.146.21:1000 or domain name http://NVR.server.com. If the port number is

80, you do not need to append it when typing the address.

Find NVR in Your Network

The ip address of both NVR’s LAN ports are shown on local live screen.

http://ip address:port number

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If your client computer and NVR are both within the same network, find NVR’s IP address via the following two quick methods - UPnP connection or IP Utility.

Via UPnP Connection

NVR supports UPnP connection. This means that once the device has an IP address, you will be able to find it in the local network in Windows Explorer → Network. Please note that your PC must be in the same subnet with NVR.

Once you locate NVR, double-click on it to open the client browser.

IP Utility

UPnP

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Via IP Utility

IP Utility is a software tool used to find products.

Download the latest IP Utility from the link below and install it on your computer. http://level1.com/

Execute this program, and find NVR from the search list, double-click on the IP address to open the client browser.

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After you By default, an administrator account has already been existing in your system. To log in to NVR for the first time, you will have to key in the password in Login window.

Enter Account & Password

●Account (non case-sensitive): Admin (default)

●Password (case-sensitive): 123456 (default)

Change UI language

To change UI language, select the desired language from “Language” dropdown list.

Remember Login Information

To have the server remember your Account, Password and language setting for future, check “Remember me”.

Log Out

On Live screen, click “Application” “Logout”.

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Accept ActiveX Controls Installation

NVR interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed.

It is strongly recommended that (1) you add this NVR server into Internet Explorer’s Trusted Sites and (2) turn off Windows Firewall on this client computer.

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Setup Wizard

After logging in, if no camera has been added to NVR system, NVR Setup Wizard will lead you through three essential installation steps in order that you could quickly get camera live view.

For video recording, please remember to install hard disks and format them in physical NVR device.

You may click the Done bubble to skip to the quick setup procedures last step.

And click “Done” to exit Setup Wizard.

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Setup the System

Before adding cameras to the system or starting up the recording and event handling, it is essential to configure certain system-wise settings on Setup page.

Set System Name

Go to Setup page  System tab Information

Modify the name of this NVR server and click “Save”. The maximum length is 10 digits of English alphabets.

Your NVR’s current firmware version, serial number and MAC address are also shown here.

Maximum length: 10 digits

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Set Date & Time

Go to Setup page  System tab Date and Time You may configure other time-related settings here.

Change Time Zone

Select the time zone where NVR server belongs to. After selecting the time zone, it will change to the corresponding date and time.

Change Date and Time

It shows the current date and time on the device. Click to bring up the calendar. Input the exact date and time, then click

“OK”.

Set Daylight Saving

If the device is located in an area where daylight saving time is used, click the check box to enable daylight saving. The time will be automatically adjusted. When the daylight saving time has finished, uncheck the box to return to original setting.

Set NTP Server

Please enter a NTP server address and click “Apply” to synchronize time with the NTP server. Make sure NVR has connection with the NTP Server.

To delete this NTP server, simply clear its address in this field and click “Apply”.

Note

If your NTP server is a domain name address, make sure you have configured the DNS Setting and chosen appropriate Default Gateway on Setup page  System tab Network

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Synchronize with Client Computer’s Time

Click to synchronize the device time with the time on the computer you are using now, please click this button.

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Configure Network Settings

By default, LAN1 card uses a fixed IP address 192.168.0.10, while LAN2 is in DHCP client mode. It is suggested that you connect LAN1 to LAN and connect LAN2 to WAN.

Current IP Configurations

Go to Setup page  Network tab.

IP Settings

On Network tab, click “Network Connection” then select the interface card that you wish to set up. After setting up, please click “Save” on the bottom right side to save the settings.

LAN1 Configuration LAN2 Configuration

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Please note that any change you make on this page requires the system to restart its service, please wait for a while and reconnect NVR using the new properties.

Enable DHCP Server

You may enable the built-in DHCP server for either LAN1 (default) or LAN2 port. Go to Setup page  Network tab click “DHCP Server”.

1. Check “Enable” and select a LAN, this LAN has to be in Manual mode.

2. Set the Beginning IP Address and Ending Address, and click “Save”. NVR will assign

IP addresses within this range to the cameras connected to the selected LAN port. Please (1) make sure the cameras are in DHCP client mode, (2) connect and power the

cameras up after you enable this service.

Field Name

Description

HTTP Port

The connection port is used for remote web client to communicate with NVR. Default is 80.

Default Gateway

Default uses LAN2’s setting.

Connection Type

LAN1 default is Manual; LAN2 default is DHCP.

IP Address

Fixed IP Address. LAN1 default is 192.168.0.10; LAN2 default is Auto.

Subnet Mask

Used to define if the destination is in the same subnet. LAN1 default is

255.255.255.0; LAN2 default is Auto.

Gateway

DNS Setting

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Set HTTP Port

To change the HTTP port of NVR server, go to Setup page  Network tab click “HTTP Port”. Configure the port number and click “Save”.

Enable DDNS Service

NVR has built-in the DDNS update client feature, which saves NVR domain name address information and actively update its ip address to the DDNS provider’s server.

1. Visit the dynamic DNS service provider’s website and register the domain name for your NVR. NVR supports the following service providers:

● DynDNS: http://www.dyndns.com

● NO-IP: http://www.noip.com/

2. Go to Setup page  Network tab click “DDNS”.

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3. Check “Enable”, select the service provider, and input the Host Name, User Name and Password.

4. Click “Save” to save the settings.

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Set E-mail Notification Service

NVR supports e-mail notification for Event Handling. The e-mails are sent through an SMTP server, the settings of which are configured in this section.

Go to Setup page  System tab Email. Please fill up all the fields including Account and Password to access the e-mail address you input in “Sender Email”. NVR will send notification e-mail via this SMTP server when an event occurs. For detailed instruction on how to set up an event rule related to SMTP service, please refer to Set Event Rules on page 117.

Field Name

Description

Sender Email

Input the sender’s e-mail address, should the same account you set for SMTP server.

Server

Input the sender’s SMTP server address. Only alphabets, numbers, and the

Port

Set the SMTP port, allowed value is from 1~65535, default is 25.

Account

Input the name of the SMTP server account. The form of account name depends on mail server, e.g. a Hotmail account name is a complete e-mail address, while other e-mail servers’ may be not. Only alphabets, numbers, and the symbols (@), (.), (_), (-) are valid.

Password

Input the password of the SMTP server account. Only alphabets and numbers are valid.

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After configuring, please click “Save” to save settings, and click “Send Test Mail” to validate

this configuration, if this configuration is correct, a test e-mail will be sent to Sender Email, please login your SMTP server to check incoming e-mails.

Live Screen Event List Setting

The max number of latest events that can be displayed in event panel. Default is 100.

You can configure this setting on Setup page  System tab Parameter.

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Live Page UI Overview

Description

View List: Lists five View profiles for customization

Camera List:

Lists all the added cameras and their recording status.

Event List

Displays alerts of detected motion, digital inputs and connection status.

PTZ Control Panel

Provides onscreen PTZ controls. This panel is only enabled when a PTZ camera

channel is selected on live view display area.

Preset Point Panel

Provides onscreen tour and preset points controls. This panel is only enabled when

a PTZ camera channel is selected on live view display area.

Your current logged on Account name

Layout Selection Buttons

Click to change the current layout

Patrol

Click to start/stop sequence patrol

Page Selection

Click on the numbers to view a row of available pages:

Live display area

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Share Current View to Local

Click to start sharing your current view to local screen

Screen Switch Switch to the Setup or Playback page by clicking the tags.

Current System Time

Toolbar Lists available tools for your current page

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Set Cameras

NVR remote user interface also allows you to easily configure, add or delete cameras without individually opening the cameras’ web configurator.

Add Cameras

Go to Setup page  Camera tab.

1. As there is currently no camera existing in NVR system, click “Add” to starting adding the

first one.

2. Click “Search Cameras”