PC Based Network Video Recorder
User’s Manual
Quality Service Group
Product name: PC Based Network Video Recorder
Release Date: 2011/7
Manual Revision: V1.7
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Table of Contents
Package Contents............................................................................................ 1
System Requirements ..................................................................................... 2
Software Installation ......................................................................................... 3
Start with PC-NVR ........................................................................................... 6
Authentication ........................................................................................... 7
Configure the PC-NVR..................................................................................... 9
Live View................................................................................................ 9
Setting ................................................................................................. 11
Add/Remove a Site ............................................................................ 11
Camera ........................................................................................... 12
Sequence ........................................................................................ 16
System ........................................................................................... 17
Account .......................................................................................... 18
Video Wall ....................................................................................... 20
NVS Setting: .................................................................................... 22
Schedule Record .................................................................................... 25
Playback .............................................................................................. 30
Event................................................................................................... 35
Snapshot.............................................................................................. 37
Emap................................................................................................... 38
ACCOUNT MANAGE................................................................................ 41
Lock.................................................................................................... 43
Hot-Key................................................................................................ 44
Watch dog ............................................................................................ 45
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Package Contents
a. ToolKit CD
b. Easy Installation Guide
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System Requirements
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7
Computer:
IBM PC/AT Compatible
CPU:
Pentium 3GHz or faster
Memory:
1024 MB or more
Monitor:
1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit True color or better
HDD
2048 MB or more
Network Interface:
10/100Mbps Network interface card must be installed
Web Browser:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 or higher
Adobe Reader:
Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher
Audio:
The audio function will not work if a sound card is not installed in the PC. Audio may
be interrupted depending on network traffic.
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Software Installation
1. Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM driver. Run Auto-Run Tool directly
from the CD-ROM to start the installation. When installing the Network Camera
Toolkit for the first time, select a desired language for the interface. The available
languages are listed in the scroll box. Click <Install PC-NVR> or <Install IP
Utility>to install. If installing the PC-NVR program, follow the steps to install the
PC-NVR on the desired computer. If installing the IP Utility, please refer to the
Network Camera user manual.
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2. In the Install Shield Wizard dialog box, click <Next> to continue.
3. Click <Next> to continue installation. If your device already exist another SQL server, you
can click <Browse> to search using.
4. Click <Change> to change the appointed folder where installation and program
files will be stored. Click <Next> to continue.
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5. Select to create shortcuts. Click <Next> to continue.
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5. Click to launch the application, and click <Finish> to complete the installation.
Start with PC-NVR
To launch PC-NVR, select PC-NVR from the start menu. The program should be
installed under "C:\Program Files\NetworkCamera\PC-NVR Standard" unless the program
was saved to a preferred directory. If a PC-NVR icon was installed on the desktop.
Double click to open the icon.
1. For first time use, the user name and password are assigned as “admin/admin”.
Click <OK> to login.
*Check <Save user name and password> to automatically login when the PC-NVR
starts.
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Authentication
PC-NVR for sale has its own individual product key. The authentication window will
pop-up if the users want to implement specific functions such as NVS, broadcast, etc.
Please input the corresponding product key to finish the authentication.
Main Window
The usage and function of each button will be briefly described below:
Click this button to search for NetworkCamera devices within the LAN.
The button is moving round and round.
Volume decrease/Volume increase
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Volume on/ Volume off
Increase Brightness
Decrease Brightness
Live View - Click on the <Live View> icon to view live video feed. Note:
After viewing recorded video, click this button to return to the live mode.
Note: The menu will jump if you use your mouse to click on this icon. The
content of this menu is:
(1) Enable all liveview
(2) Enable all liveview and record
(3) Enable all liveview and MD record
(4) Disable all record
Setting - Click on the <Setting> icon to adjust the camera, file path, event,
sequence, and login settings.
Schedule record - Click on the <Schedule Record> icon to schedule
recording times for cameras on the network.
Playback - Click on the <Playback> icon to view recorded video stored in the
HDD of the connected IP camera.
Event - List of system and camera event logs.
Snapshot - Click on the <Snapshot> icon to save a snapshot of the current
window(s).
Emap - Click on the <Emap> icon to open the Emap program. The Emap is
a program that allows the user to illustrate the positions of the cameras on a
self selected image.
Lock - Click on the <Lock> icon to lock the PC-NVR without closing the
program. To re-access the PC-NVR, the user will be prompted to enter the
username and password.
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Display Modes
1x1 2X2 3X3 4X4 8 division 10 division 13 division
5X5 6X6 7X7 8X8 Sequence
Full Screen Resort Camera
Display Modes - to view the image in a multiple window mode. The selections include
1-window, 4-window, 9-window, 16-window, 8-window, 10-window, 13-window,
25-window, 36-window, 49-window, and 64-window modes.
Sequence: This function is used to set the display sequence.
Full Screen: Enlarge the viewing window to fit full screen. Hit <Esc> to exit.
Resort Camera: Resort Display Window Grids; to rearrange camera images of connected
sites in order.
Configure the PC-NVR
Live View
With the live view function, the user can view live video feed from any IP camera
connected to the network. To operate this feature:
1. Click on the <Live View> button to see the live view. Right click on a
desired grid and select < Disable Live View > from the pull down menu to disable
live view.
2. Click <UPnP Search> button on the control panel to start searching
for UPnP devices within the LAN.
3. Use the Display Modes to determine the amount of sites to view
4. The PC-NVR allows the user to assign any camera in the site tree to any grid in the
main window.
Step 1: Selects the camera to be viewed from the site tree.
Step 2: Drag and drop the selected camera into the window to view.
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Re-sort Camera
If the user rearranges the camera sites during live view, they can return to the original
camera order by right clicking on any grid square and selecting <Re-sort camera>.
Zoom In – Double click on the desired grid, and use the scroll wheel on the mouse to
zoom in and out of the live view window.
If the camera has pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities, the following control panel will be
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displayed.
Zoom out / Zoom in - Click to manually adjust the zoom on the
desired grid.
Focus – Click to manually adjust the focus on the desired grid.
PTZ Panel- Click on the arrows to pan and/or tilt the desired camera.
Setting
With the setting function, the user can manage up to 64 camera sites on the PC-NVR. It
includes adding, removing or configuring cameras.
Add/Remove a Site
There are two ways to add a site.
1. Setup the Site via UPnP Device Search
a. Click <UPnP Search> button on the control panel to start searching
for UPnP devices within the LAN.
b. Click and select the Network Camera from the survey list. Enter the user name,
password and select the stream type from the drop-down menu. For first time use
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of an IP camera, the user name and password are “admin/admin”.
Setup the Site Manually
Camera
a. Click on the <Setting> icon and the figure below will be displayed.
Click button to add a site. Click to remove it.
b. To add a Network Camera to the PC-NVR, enter the required information, including
the Site name, IP address, Domain Name or EasyLink Name, as well as the Http
port, Username, and Password of the Network Camera. Click <Auto> to
automatically retrieve the Site name from the UPnP name of the camera being
added add to the PC-NVR. Select the <Model> and <Stream Type> of the IP
Camera from the drop-down menu. Click <OK> to complete the setting.
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Click to automatically open the Web GUI of the selected camera.
Talk
If there has connected cameras in PC-NVR, 2-Way audio is accessible to carry out.
Single: Implement 2-Way audio with single camera. Select ‘Single(On/Off)’. Please see
below photo.
Broadcast: 2-Way audio with several cameras.
1. Please select Broadcast to start broadcast setting.
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2. Please select to create group
3. Select to add camera
4. Add camera to broadcast list, then press ‘OK’.
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5. Select group to start broadcast service, then press ‘OK’.
OSD Settings
“On-screen display” displays the camera data, which includes site-name, UPnP name and
Date/Time, of a connected IP camera on the live view screen. Click to select the options
on the camera setting page or right click on a desired grid and select < OSD setting > from
the pull down menu.
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Sequence
This function is used to set the display sequence for live view of the cameras. There are
two ways to add cameras to the sequence.
1. Click on the <Setting> icon and choose <Sequence> to setup the sequence.
Select a camera and move from the “Camera List” to the “Sequence Display Camera
List” in the preferred sequence order. The user can setup the display time interval
(from 1 to 600 seconds) and split mode of sequence display (1*1, 2*2, 3*3, 4*4, and
5*5). Click <OK> to save the settings. Click on the button to start the
sequence.
2. Right click on a desired grid and select <Sequence> <Add to Sequence> to add, or
<Remove from Sequence> to remove. Note that when the sequence is added, a
capital “S” will be shown on the icon.
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System
Record Path
The file path menu defines the storage located of recorded videos and snapshot. It is
recommended to use the default folders.
<C:\Program Files\NetworkCamera\PC-NVR Standard\Record> is the default path for
recorded videos. The recorded videos can be stored in more than one folder.
Check the “Enable” box and click <Browse> to set more destination folders.
When motion detection is enabled, the <Event Recording Duration> can be used to define
the amount of time for post-event recording. The duration must between 10 seconds to
600 seconds.
Language Selection – Select the desired language from the drop-down menu.
Circular Recording
The “Circular” is used to adjust the HDD space usage of the PC-NVR. If ”Circular” is
enabled, then once the free space remaining in the destination folder falls below the
threshold, the “Circular” will overwrite the oldest video and snapshot files in the storage
folder with new videos and snapshots files. The user can adjust the threshold by
megabytes or percentage of the file size.
Auto Reboot – Modify the process to reboot PC-NVR
Remaining days – Decide the period to store the video clips
Snapshot Settings
<C:\Program Files\NetworkCamera\PC-NVR Standard\Snapshot> is the default path for
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snapshots.
Click <Browse> to set desired destination folder as shown below. If the boxes are
checked to save snapshots as Bmp and Jpg, the snapshots will be saved to two folders:
one for Bmp and one for Jpg.
Account
Account is for the administrator management of the PC-NVR. The default username and
password are set as “admin/admin”. PC-NVR has a capability to Auto Login for one
account. To change the password, the user must enter the user name, current password,
new password, and confirm password. Click <Apply> once the information is entered.
Login
The user can click the option “Start PC-NVR automatically when Windows begins” to
request the computer to open the PC-NVR when Windows is opened.
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The user can click “Auto Login” to automatically login when the PC-NVR starts. To use
this option, the user needs to verify a user name and password.
The user can click the option “Start live-view when PC-NVR opens” to automatically begin
viewing live feed from the camera sites in the start group when the PC-NVR opens.
Click <OK> to save the settings.
Note － If your system device is Windows Vista, please close the UAC function to
avoid extra mistakes. Take SP2 for example in the following steps:
(1) Please refer to the path as Start->Control Panel
(2) Please select User Accounts and Family Safety
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(3) Please select User Account
(4) Please select Turn User Account Control in or off
(5) Please cancel Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer
Video Wall
A video wall consists of multiple computer monitors, video projectors, or television sets
tiled together contiguously or overlapped to form one large screen.
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Note － Please restart PC-NVR after changing your device’s resolution
Available Monitor － Select the monitor to modify the setting
Camera List－ List for available cameras, user can assign those into schedule by dragging and
dropping the mouse.
Note －The setting of Emap, Event, and Playback only enable in 1x1 display
Function Dialog
According to user demand, Video Wall supports several functions to satisfy.
Event Display
User can assign cameras with motion detection to sequence display
Emap
User can arrange monitors to start Emap service to realize the whole surrounding environment
clearly.
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Event
User can assign monitors to show & update the latest message for PC-NVR
Playback
User also can assign monitor for playback service.
NVS Setting:
Allows another user to monitor immediately
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Service Status
Enable the NVS settings, press <Start> to begin the service or <Stop> to disable the
service.
Setting
Modify the maximum connections that can be accessed.
Session Status
Display connection information.
White/Black List
Allow/Block specific IP addresses during the service
Steps to start NVS
(1) Please open the IE browser
(2) Input IP address for PC-NVR
(3) Agree the ActiveX authorization
(4) Enter the username and password of PC-NVR
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(5) Live view
The root cause to fail the NVS service:
(1) Reject the installing request for ActiveX authorization
(2) Forget to close other IE browser pages during installing process
(3) Windows need to be updated. Please follow below paths to download the file
vcredist_x86.exe.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5582
Please select DOWNLOAD to start & finish the software installing process
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Schedule Record
Click on the <Schedule record> icon and the figure below will be displayed.
The user can schedule specific times for the camera to record videos.
Create a recording schedule for a camera:
1. Select the desired camera
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2. Select a profile from the “Profile” drop-down menu. Enter a description for the
profile. Note: When a profile is created, it can be used by other cameras by
repeating step one and choosing the desired profile.
3. Click and drag the mouse on the time frame table to schedule specific times for the
camera to record video. Note: When the sites are being recorded, a will be
displayed on the live view display window of the site.
4. When the user has finished creating a recording schedule for the desired camera,
click <Apply> to save and continue using the schedule record setting for other
cameras or click <OK> to save and exit the Schedule Record.
5. Recorded files will be saved to the default folder “\PC-NVR Standard\Record\”.
Read Only - Allows the user to read the schedule only.
Edit Schedule
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Select All Period
Schedule will be set to record normal and event videos at all times.
Schedule Record
Schedule to record only the normal videos within the selected time frame.
All Event Record
Schedule to record only the event videos all the times.
Event Record
Schedule to record only the event videos within the selected time frame.
Delete Schedule
Delete One Period
Select to manually clear the schedule setting.
Delete All Period
Select to clear all the schedule settings.
Click <Apply> to save and keep editing the Schedule Record setting or click <OK> to
save and exit the Schedule Record.
Instant Record
While the videos are scheduled to record, the user can choose to instantly record live
video clips. Right click on a desired grid and select <Start Recording> to start recording
and <Stop Recording> to stop recording.
Adjust the display size
The user can adjust the display size of the Live View window by right clicking on the
window to display the camera control menu. Select <Image Ratio> to adjust the size.
The image ratio includes: Original, Fit, Original all, and Fit all.
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Motion Detection
Users can setup a camera to record motion detection at any site. Right click on a desired
grid and select <Motion Detection> from the pull down menu.
Please see below pictures for the motion detection settings window. Under “Detection
Region”, users can click <ALL> to monitor the entire screen or click <Regional> to
monitor up to eight individual regions. A blue grid will appear on the screen and the user
can adjust the size. To delete, select desired grids and click on the <Clear> button to
delete all selected areas. Alternatively, right click on any selected area to delete it
individually.
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Enable Function - Check to begin monitoring motion detection.
Motion Recording - Check to record an event video when motion is detected. The length
of event video can be set by going to <Event Recording Duration> which is under System
Setting.
Start Simulation - Click to simulate motion detection. As shown above, red boxes will
mark when motion is detected in an area.
Stop Simulation - Click to stop the simulation.
Sensitivity - Setup a desired sensitivity level.
Click on <OK> to apply the settings, or click on <Cancel> to disregard and return to Live
mode. The live monitoring screen will not show the blue boxes.
Camera Info
The Camera Info can be viewed in PC-NVR Standard. Right click on any desired grid and
select <Camera Info.> from the pull down menu to view the information. Refer to the
following for example:
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Playback
Click on the <Playback> icon, the figure below will be displayed.
This function allows the user to retrieve and play videos stored on the HDD. There is a
calendar right above the window in order to search recorded video. Otherwise, archive UI
is available.
The preview snapshot pop-up after choosing the recorded video.
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Full Screen
Start Continuous Play
Change to fit mode
Backward/Play/Pause/Forward
Click on to start playing the video. To pause the video, press again.
Rewind Click on to rewind the video.
Fast Forward Click on to fast forward the video.
Volume increase/Volume decrease.
Volume on/off.
Search Image File
Click on the <Search Image File> icon to search for recorded files by date.
Click the options to indicate normal and/or event video clips in the specific time frame.
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The preview snapshot will pop-up if the mouse close to timeline with available video clips.
Double Click the blank area or modify left below bar to focus the period. Otherwise,
change the category colors is available.
(1)Move the mouse to <Color> bar on right below side of the window.
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(2)Double click to adjust the color setting
Convert Image File
The <Convert Image File> icon is used to convert recorded video files to WMV
video format. Click the icon to open the video files and select the files to be converted.
Click <Convert> to start conversion of selected files.
There is a service to select all video clips by clicking “All”. If the user wishes to stop the
conversion, click <STOP> to abort.
The converted files will be stored under folder C:\Program Files\NetworkCamera
\PC-NVR Standard\WMV. To choose an alternate destination folder, click <Browse>
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and chose a desired folder.
View Setting
Click on the <View Setting> to choose to show or hide the time on the playback
video. Check <Show Time>, and the time will be shown on the screen. Uncheck to hide
the information.
File Path determines where WMV conversion and snapshot files are saved on the
computer HDD. Click on <Browse> to select desired folders. In addition, snapshot
pictures can be saved using Bmp and/or Jpg formats. After the settings are selected, click
<OK> to save.
SnapShot
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Click on the <Snapshot> to capture a snapshot of the playback screen. When
the snapshot window is opened, the user can choose to rename the file or leave it as it is.
Click on <OK> to save the snapshot or <CANCEL> to discard it.
Event
Click on the <Event> icon to list all log and event activities of the camera.
Camera Event
Click <Refresh> to refresh the list of events. The user can filter events two ways. The
first is to use the three settings: priority, state, and type. The second is to filter using the
“Advanced” settings. Click <Advanced> and the following menu will appear. The user
can then select the filters for viewing the event list and click <OK> when done.
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Under “Time Period,” users can choose to view events from the most recently recorded or
a specific time period. The user can change the status of an event log by moving the
mouse pointer over the <State> column. When appears, click to change the status
of the log.
Alarm Setting
Click to enable the sound notification. Click <Load> to select a sound file to be played
when an alert event occurs. PC-NVR is able to DI service including
(1)DI Event Log – DI Event will save into Event logs.
(2)DI Event Sound Alarm – Enable to sound notification.
(3)DI Event Record – Enable to record video clips.
Please refer to below worksheet for DI’s hot-key:
Hotkey Description
F5 Set selected camera DI Status to Low
F6 Set selected camera DI Status to High
F7 Set all cameras DI Status to Low
F8 Set all cameras DI Status to High
Ctrl+F5 Set selected camera DI detection disable
Ctrl+F6 Set selected camera DI detection enable
Ctrl+F7 Set all cameras DI detection disable
Ctrl+F8 Set all cameras DI detection enable
F9 Show DI Status in Video Frame(10 Sec)
How to start DI service:
(1) Start search->”regedit”
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(2) Please enter to configuration for DI service via
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetworkCamera \PC-NVR Standard
(3) Please select DIEvent to change Value data from 0 to 1
Snapshot
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Click on the <Snapshot> icon to capture a screenshot of the window that you
are currently viewing.
The Snapshot function is a simple screen capture tool. The screenshots are saved to the
default path <C:\Program Files\NetworkCamera\PC-NVR Standard\Snapshot> or an
alternative file path chosen by the user.
There are two ways to take a snapshot. The first is to click on the <Snapshot> icon. A
snapshot will be taken and displayed in a new window. Click <OK> to save the file. The
second way is to right click on the window, and select <Snapshot>. The file will be saved
without displaying the image.
Emap
Click on the <Emap> icon to open the Emap program. The Emap is a program
that allows the user to illustrate the positions of the cameras on a self selected image. If
the PC-NVR Standard is being used to monitor multiple locations, the user can have
multiple images to display the location of the cameras.
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To add an image to the Emap, click on the <Load Image> icon. The
figure below is the Load Image window to add or delete images. Click on <Add> to add an
image.
After the image is loaded, the filename of the image will be displayed on the list. “Index”
indicates the order (starting from “1”) of the files. Click <Ok> to save the settings.
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Add cameras to the Emap by selecting <Emap List> menu to list the Emap images. The
user can select an image and it will be displayed in the Emap main window. Click
<Camera> on the control panel to list the site tree. Drag and drop a camera from the site
tree to any desired position on the main image.
The users can drag-and-drop cameras to access Live View, to remove the camera, or to
rotate its recording direction. The rotating directions include: Top, Top-Right, Right,
Bottom-Right, Bottom, Top-Left, Left, and Bottom-Left.
When the mouse pointer scrolls over a camera icon in the image, an information dialog
box will be displayed as below.
Double click on any camera icon in the image to display the live preview image of the
camera. Right click on the camera preview window to display the camera control menu.
The menu items includes: Snapshot, and Camera Info.
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ACCOUNT MANAGE
This function is able to manage user’s authority, including lower levels status and
individual account. Only administrators have the right to modify all accounts. There are
five levels status in default setting: Administrator, Power User, User, Operator, and Guest.
1. Click <Setting> Button and select <Account Manage>
2. The following photo is the UI for account manage. Each levels status consist
different accounts. Users are able to add account /delete account
/manage lower levels status accounts. User can modify username &
password in <Account manage>. <User Status> shows the levels status of the
account. Each function is able to open/close by ticking off the mouse. Functions
with gray are to indicate unable-to-modify. Select <Cameras> to decide if the
camera is able to be operated or not.
3. There are two ways to add accounts:
3.1 Select user status of new account, then set up username & password. Finally
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modify permission for each function. Click button to finish the setting.
3.2 Select the <User List> to decide the level status of new account. Then set up
username & password. Finally modify permission for each function. Click
button to finish the setting.
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4. Click button to apply the setting or return to default setting by selecting
button.
NOTE
If user is unable to NVS service, please contact higher levels status account to enable this
function.
Lock
The Lock function is to protect the PC-NVR when the user needs to be away from the
computer for any length of time. This function is the same as the computer’s screensaver.
Click on the <Lock> icon and a confirmation message will be displayed as below.
Click “Yes” to confirm.
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To unlock, click on the icon again. The user will need to enter the username
and password to unlock the PC-NVR. A window as shown below will be displayed.
Hot-Key
In order to give more support and service for our customer, PC-NVR provides hot-keys to
start function immediately. There are list for hotkeys:
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Hotkey Description
F2 Enable all Record
F3 Enable all MD Record
F4 Disable all Record
F5 Set selected camera DI Status to Low
F6 Set selected camera DI Status to High
F7 Set all cameras DI Status to Low
F8 Set all cameras DI Status to High
Ctrl+F5 Set selected camera DI detection disable
Ctrl+F6 Set selected camera DI detection enable
Ctrl+F7 Set all cameras DI detection disable
Ctrl+F8 Set all cameras DI detection enable
F9 Show DI Status in Video Frame(10 Sec)
Watch dog
The icon of watch dog always appears in right below side of screen for the sake of monitoring
the PC-NVR’s. Users are able to stop the monitor by selecting <Exit> or get the information by
<About>. Please see below photo.
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