Speco N8WNRL8TB, N8WNRL4TB, N4WNRL1TB, N8WNRL6TB, N8WNRL3TB User Manual

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NRL (4 and 8 Channel)

User Manual

N4NRL

N8NRL

Version 1.0

Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com

for firmware updates.

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Notes

 Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.
 There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this

manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

 This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified

before using the same. Kindly remove the cables from the power source if the device is not to be used for a long period of time.

 Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other devices that produce heat.
 Do not install this device near water. Clean only with a dry cloth.
 Do not block any ventilation openings and ensure proper ventilation around the machine.
 Do not power off the device at normal recording condition.
 This machine is for indoor use only. Do not expose the machine in rain or moist environment. In case any solid or liquid get inside the

machine’s case, please turn off the device immediately and get it checked by a qualified technician.

 Do not try to repair the device by yourself without technical aid or approval.

Contents

1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Welcome! .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Features ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.5 Connections....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Basic Operation Guide ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Startup & Shutdown .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.1 Startup .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.2 Shutdown ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.2 Remote Control ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

2.3 Mouse Control ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.4 Tex t -input Instruction ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

2.5 Common Button Operation ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5

3 EZ Setup & Main Interface ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6

3.1 EZ Setup............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

3.2 Main Interface ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.2.2 Setup Panel ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

3.2.3 Main Functions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

4 Camera Management .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13

4.1 Add/Edit Camera ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

4.1.1 Add Camera .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

4.1.2 Edit Camera .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15

4.2.1 Add Camera Group ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.2.2 Edit Camera Group ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16

4.2.3 IP Planning ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 16

5 Live View Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17

5.1 Live View Interface Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17

5.2 View Mode ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18

5.2.1 Display Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence ......................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence .................................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.3 Image Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 20

5.3.1 OSD Settings ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

5.3.2 Image Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

5.3.3 Mask Settings ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

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5.3.4 Image Adjustment ................................................................................................................................................................................ 21

6 PTZ .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 24

6.2 Preset Setting .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26

6.3 Cruise Setting .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 27

7 Record & Disk Management ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28

7.1 Record Configuration ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

7.1.1 Mode Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................................. 28

7.1.2 Advanced Configuration ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29

7.2 Encode Parameters Setting ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29

7.3 Schedule Setting .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30

7.3.1 Add Schedule ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30

7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................ 31

7.4 Record Mode ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

7.4.1 Manual Recording ................................................................................................................................................................................ 32

7.4.2 Timing Recording .................................................................................................................................................................................. 32

7.4.3 Motion Based Recording ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32

7.4.4 Sensor Based Recording ....................................................................................................................................................................... 32

7.4.5 Analytics Recording .............................................................................................................................................................................. 32

7.5 Disk .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32

7.5.1 Disk Management ................................................................................................................................................................................ 32

7.5.2 Storage Mode Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................ 33

7.5.3 View Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information .................................................................................................................................................. 33

8 Playback & Export .................................................................................................................................................................................... 35

8.1 Instant Playback .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 35

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 35

8.3 Record Search, Playback & Export ................................................................................................................................................................... 37

8.3.1 EZ Search .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 37

8.3.2 Museum Search .................................................................................................................................................................................... 38

8.3.3 Time Search .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

8.3.4 Event Search ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

8.3.5 Bookmark Search .................................................................................................................................................................................. 40

8.3.6 Snapshots ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 40

8.3.7 View Export Status ............................................................................................................................................................................... 41

9 Alarm Management ................................................................................................................................................................................. 42

9.1 Sensor Alarm ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42

9.2 Motion Alarm .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42

9.2.1 Motion Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 42

9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration ................................................................................................................................................. 43

9.3 Intelligence Alarm ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 43

9.3.1 Object Detection .................................................................................................................................................................................. 43

9.3.2 Exception .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 44

9.3.3 Tripwire................................................................................................................................................................................................. 45

9.3.4 Intrusion Detection ............................................................................................................................................................................... 46

9.4 Exception Alarm .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 47

9.4.1 IPC Offline Settings ............................................................................................................................................................................... 47

9.4.2 Warning Handling Settings ................................................................................................................................................................... 48

9.5 Alarm Event Notification ................................................................................................................................................................................. 48

9.5.1 Alarm-out ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 48

9.5.2 E-mail.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48

9.5.3 Display .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 48

9.5.4 Buzzer ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49

9.5.5 Push Message ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 49

9.6 Manual Alarm .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 49

9.7 View Alarm Status ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 49

10 Account & Permission Management ........................................................................................................................................................ 51

10.1 Account Management ................................................................................................................................................................................... 51

10.1.1 Add User ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 51

10.1.2 Edit User ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 51

10.2 User Login & Logout ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 52

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10.3 Permission Management............................................................................................................................................................................... 53

10.3.1 Add Permission Group ........................................................................................................................................................................ 53

10.3.2 Edit Permission Group ........................................................................................................................................................................ 53

10.4 Block and Allow List ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 53

10.5 Preview On Logout ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 54

10.6 View Online User ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 54

11 Device Management ................................................................................................................................................................................ 55

11.1 Network Configuration .................................................................................................................................................................................. 55

11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration .......................................................................................................................................................................... 55

11.1.2 Port Configuration .............................................................................................................................................................................. 55

11.1.3 PPPoE Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 56

11.1.4 DDNS Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................................ 56

11.1.5 E-mail Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 56

11.1.6 UPnP Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................................ 57

11.1.7 NAT Configuration .............................................................................................................................................................................. 58

11.1.8 View Network Status .......................................................................................................................................................................... 58

11.2 Basic Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 58

11.2.1 General Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................ 58

11.2.2 Date and Time Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................. 58

11.3 Factory Default .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 59

11.4 Device Software Upgrade .............................................................................................................................................................................. 59

11.5 Backup and Restore ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 60

11.6 Restart Automatically .................................................................................................................................................................................... 60

11.7 View Log ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60

11.8 View System Information .............................................................................................................................................................................. 61

12 Remote Surveillance ................................................................................................................................................................................ 62

12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ............................................................................................................................................................................. 62

12.2 Web LAN Access ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 62

12.3 Web WAN Access .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 62

12.4 Web Remote Control ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 63

12.4.1 Remote Preview ................................................................................................................................................................................. 63

12.4.2 Remote Playback ................................................................................................................................................................................ 66

12.4.3 Remote Export .................................................................................................................................................................................... 66

12.4.4 Remote Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................ 66

Appendix A FAQ ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 68

Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity ......................................................................................................................................................... 72

Appendix C Specifications ................................................................................................................................................................................ 73

Introduction

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1 Introduction

1.1 Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing this NVR.

If technical assistance is needed, please contact Speco Technologies Technical Support.

Phone: [phone] option 3
Email: [e-mail]

1.2 Features

Basic Functions

 Supports network device access including IP camera/dome and the third party IP cameras
 Supports the latest H.265 video coding stream and a mixture input of H.265 and H.264 IP cameras
 Supports standard ONVIF protocol
 Supports dual stream recording of each camera
 Supports IP cameras to be added quickly or manually
 Supports collective or individual configuration of the cameras’ OSD, video parameters, mask, motion and so on
 Supports a maximum of 8 user permission groups including Administrator, Advanced and Common which are the default permission groups of

the system
 Supports a maximum of 16 users to be created, multiple web clients login by using one username at the same time and the user’s permission
control to be enabled or disabled
 Supports multiple web clients login at the same time

Live View

 Supports 4K×2K/1920×1080/1280×1024 HDMI and 1920×1080/1280×1024 VGA high definition synchronous display
 Supports multi-screen modes such as 1/4/6/8
 Supports auto adjustment of the camera’s image display proportion
 Supports audio monitoring of the camera to be enabled or disabled
 Supports manual snapshot of the camera
 Supports the sequence of the cameras to be adjusted
 Supports display mode to be added and saved and the saved modes can be called directly
 Supports quick tool bar operation of the preview window
 Supports camera group view and scheme view in sequence, quick sequence view and dwell time setting
 Supports motion detection and video mask
 Supports multiple popular P.T.Z. control protocol and setup of the preset and cruise
 Supports direct mouse control of the IP dome including rotating, zoom, focusing and so on
 Supports single camera image to be zoomed by sliding the scroll wheel of the mouse
 Supports any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size
 Supports image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras)
 Supports quick camera adding in the camera window of the live view interface
 The live camera sequence of the web client will keep consistent with that of the NVR after adjusting the live camera sequence of the NVR, but

the live camera sequence of the NVR will not be changed if that of the web client is changed

Disk Management

 A maximum of 1 SATA HDD with max 6TB storage capacity
 Supports disk group configuration and management and each camera can be added into different disk groups with different storage capacity
 Supports disk information and disk working status viewing
 Supports formatting disks in batch

Record Configuration

 Supports main stream and sub stream recording at the same time and collective or individual configuration of the record stream
 Supports manual and auto record modes
 Supports schedule recording, sensor alarm recording and motion detection recording, etc
 Supports schedule recording and event recording setting with different record streams
 Supports record schedule setting and recycle recording
 Supports pre recording and delay recording configuration of the event recording

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 Supports time scale operation in quick playback and the playback date and time can be set randomly by scrolling the mouse; the time interval
of the time scale can be zoomed

 Supports record searching by time slice/time/event/tag
 Supports time view and camera view in searching by EZ mode
 Supports EZ search by month, by day, by hour and by minute and time slice to be displayed with camera thumbnail
 Supports a maximum of 8 cameras to be searched by time
 Supports event search by manual/motion/sensor/intelligent events
 Supports bookmark search by the manual added bookmarks
 Supports instant playback of the selected camera in the live view interface
 Supports a maximum of 8 synchronous playback cameras
 Supports acceleration(maximum 32 times of the normal speed), deceleration (minimum 1/32 times of the normal speed) and 30s’ addition or

reduction to current playing time

Record Export

 Supports record to be exported through USB (U disk, mobile HDD).
 Supports record to be exported by time/event/image search
 Supports record cutting for exporting when playing back
 Supports a maximum of 10 export tasks in background and export status viewing

Alarm Management

 Supports alarm schedule setting
 Supports enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input, intelligence alarm and exception alarms including IP address

conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm
trigger configuration supportable

 Supports IPC offline alarm trigger configuration of PTZ, snapshot, pop-up video, etc.
 Supports event notification modes of alarm-out, pop-up video, pop-up message box, buzzer, e-mail and so on
 The captured images can be attached into the e-mail when alarm linkage is triggered
 Supports alarm status view of alarm-in, alarm-out, motion detection and exception alarm
 Supports alarm to be triggered and cleared manually
 Supports system auto reboot when exception happens

Network Functions

 Supports TCP/IP and PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, UPnP, NTP, SMTP protocol and so on
 Supports allow and block list function and the allow and block IP address/IP segment address can be set
 Supports multiple browsers including IE8/9/10/11, Firefox, Opera, Chrome (available only for the versions lower than 45) and Safari in MAC

system
 Supports remote achievement, configuration, import and export of the NVR parameters and other system maintenance operations including
remote upgrading and system restart

 Supports remote camera configuration of the NVR including video parameters, image quality and so on
 Supports remote search, playback and export of the NVR
 Supports manual alarm to be triggered and cleared remotely
 The motorized zoom camera can be adjusted through web client (supports zoom in/out, but one key focus is not currently Supported)
 Supports NVMS or other platform management software to access the NVR and manage it
 Supports NAT function and QRCode scanning by mobile phone and PAD
 Supports mobile surveillance by phones or PADs with iOS or Android OS
 Supports NVR to be accessed remotely through telnet and the telnet function can be enabled or disabled
 If one camera recording is enabled or disabled manually through web client, it will be simultaneously enabled or disabled in the NVR

Other Functions

 The NVR can be controlled and operated by the buttons on the front panel, the remote controller and the mouse
 Setting interfaces can be switched to one another conveniently by clicking the main menus on the top of the setting interfaces
 Supports NVR information viewing including basic, camera status, alarm status, record status, network status, disk and export status
 Supports factory restoring, import and export of the system configuration, log view and export and local upgrading by USB mobile device
 Supports auto recognition of the displayer’s resolution
 You can click the right mouse button at any interface to go back to the upper interface
 You can click the mouse wheel at any interface to go to the live view interface
 The display language and video format of the NVR will not be changed and the system logs will be reserved if you reset the NVR to factory

default
 Press and hold the right mouse button for 5 seconds in any interface to switch the output to VGA and the NVR will display the video at the
lowest resolution which the NVR supports

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Name

Descriptions

Power

Power indicator, when connection , the light is blue

1.3 Front Panel Descriptions

The following descriptions are for reference only.

REC When recording, the light is blue

Net When access to network , the light is blue

1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions

To quickly get started, connect the following to your recorder in the following order, please refer to the following figure (N8NRL
shown for reference).

1. Connect IP cameras to the PoE ports of the recorder.

2. Connect a monitor to the recorder via VGA or HDMI cable (not included).

3. Connect the included optical mouse into any USB port of the recorder.

4. Connect the power adapter to the recorder and plug power cord into a 120VAC 50/60Hz outlet.

5. Connect recorder to network (optional)

6. Turn on power switch and allow recorder to boot up.

1.5 Connections

 Video Connections

Video Output: Supports VGA/HDMI video output. You can connect to monitor through these video output interfaces simultaneously or independently.

 Audio Connections

Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc.
Audio Output: Connect to headphone, sound box or other audio output devices.

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To control playback. Play(Pause)/Next Frame/Speed
Up/Stop/Previous Frame/Speed Down

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2.1 Startup & Shutdown

Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life
of your device.

2.1.1 Startup

① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the NVR.
② Connect with the mouse and p o w er. The device will boot and the power LED would turn blue.
③ EZ setup window will pop up (you should select the display language the first time you use the NVR). Refer to 3.1 EZ Setup for details.

2.1.2 Shutdown

You can power off the device by using remote control or mouse.

By remote control:

① Press Power button. This will take you to a shutdown window. The unit will power off after a while by clicking “OK” button.
② Disconnect the power.

By mouse:

① Click StartShutdown to pop up the Shutdown window. Select “Shutdown” in the window. The unit will power off after a while by clicking “OK”
button.
② Disconnect the power.

2.2 Remote Control

① It uses two AAA size batteries.
② Open the battery cover of the remote control.
③ Place batteries. Please take care the polarity (+ and -).
④ Replace the battery cover.

Key points to check in case the remote doesn’t work.

1. Check batteries polarity.

2. Check the remaining charge in the batteries.

3. Check IR controller sensor for any masking.

If it still doesn’t work, please change a new remote control to try, or contact your dealers. You can just turn the IR sensor of the remote control
towards the IR receiver of the NVR to control it when you are controlling multiple devices by remote control.
The interface of remote control is shown as below.

Button Function

REC Record manually

Search To enter search mode

MEUN To enter menu

Exit To exit the current interface

ENTER To confirm the choice or setup

Direction button To move cursor in setup

ZOOM To zoom in

PIP No function temporarily

Multi To choose multi screen display mode

Next To switch the live image

SEQ To go to sequence view mode

INFO Get information about the device

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Button

Meaning

Button

Meaning

Switch key between upper
and lower letter

2.3 Mouse Control

 Mouse control in Live Display & Playback interface

In the live display & playback interface, double click on any camera window to show the window in single screen mode; double click the window
again to restore it to the previous size.

In the live display & playback interface, if the interfaces display in full screen, move the mouse to the bottom of the interface to pop up a tool b a r.
The tool bar will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it for some time; move the mouse to the right side of the interface
to pop up a panel and the panel will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it.

 Mouse control in text-input

Move the mouse to the text-input box and then click the box. The input keyboard will pop up automatically.

Note: Mouse is the default tool for all operations unless an exception as indicated.

2.4 Tex t-input Instruction

The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which
provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown b elow.

Backspace key

Delete Key

Switch key of language

Switch key of punctuation character

Enter key

Space key

2.5 Common Button Operation

Button Meaning

Click it to show the menu list.

Click it to change the sequence of the list.

Click it to change the camera displaying mode.

Click it to close the current interface.

Click it to go to the earliest date of camera recording.

Click it to go to the latest date of camera recording.

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3 EZ Setup & Main Interface

3.1 EZ Setup

The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through

these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk).
You can quickly configure the NVR by clicking “OK” to make the NVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the NVR for the first
time (or click “Skip” to cancel the EZ Setup next time).

Click “OK” to start wizard. The setting steps are as follows.
① System Login. Set your own password when you use the wizard for the first time (the default username of the system is admin); select the login
username and enter the password you set by yourself.

Click “Edit Security Question” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in
A FAQ for details.
Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard.

② Date & Time. When booting up for the first time, the device will prompt you for time settings or go to Settings→System→Date and Time for

details.

System Time: Set the time and date format of the system
DST: Toggle Daylight Saving Time On or Off
Time format: Choose between 24-hour mode or 12-hour mode.
NTP: Specify an NTP server to synchronize the time (optional).

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③ Network Settings. Select the network work pattern as required. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to
get the IP address and DNS automatically (the DHCP function of the router in the same LAN should also be enabled), or manually enter them. Enter
the HTTP port, RTSP port and Server port (please see 11.1.2 Port Configuration

④ Other Network Settings.
 UPnP settings: Check “Enable” in the interface and enter the port of external and then click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input

information. If the UPnP status were “Invalid UPnP”, the port number may be wrong. Click to modify the port until the UPnP status turns
to “Valid UPnP”. Refer to the following picture. You can view the external IP address of the NVR. Enter the external IP address plus port in the
address bar of your browser to access the NVR. (please see 11.1.6 UPnP Configuration for details).

 DDNS Settings: Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Enter the server address, domain name, username and password according to

the selected DDNS type. And then click “Register” o r “ Test ” to test the effectiveness of the domain name. If it is effective, you can enter the
domain name in the address bar of your browser to access the NVR. (please see 11.1.4 DDNS Configuration

Note: Make sure the router supports UPnP function and the UPnP is enabled in the router. Set the NVR’s IP address, subnet mask and gateway and
so on corresponding to the router.

for details). Click “Next” to continue.

for details).

⑤ Add Camera. Add cameras via PoE first before adding any cameras from the LAN. Speco cameras added via the PoE ports will automatically

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be added to the corresponding channel. To add cameras from the LAN, make sure all cameras are set to DHCP. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list

of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with NVR and then click to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the

cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All” to delete all the added cameras.

Click to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Enter the new IP address, subnet mask, gateway, username and the password
of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment
with the NVR. Click “OK” to save the settings.

Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Enter the new camera name, IP address, port, username and the password of the
camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the IP camera name
only when the added camera is online. Click “Next” to continue.

⑥ Disk Settings. You c a n view the disk number, disk capacity of the NVR and serial number, R&W status of the disk. Click “Formatting” to format
the disk. Click “Next” to continue.

⑦ Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual.
Auto: Select one auto mode in the interface as shown below and then click “Next” button to save the settings. Click “Advanced” to self-define record

mode. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration

for details.

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to go to the playback

Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “OK” to save. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration
details.

for

⑧ QRCode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to
Configuration for details). You can scan the QRCode through the Speco Blue App available for iOS and Android to easily and securely view your
cameras. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance for details. Click “OK” to save the settings.

3.2 Main Interface

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

11.1.7 NAT

The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below.

Button Meaning

Start button. Click it to pop up area ③.

Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full
screen.

Screen mode button.

Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and
Sequence for details).

Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD.

Click to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (
Instant Playback) or going to the playback interface for playback operations

(8.2 Playback Interface Introduction); click
interface. For instance, if you choose “5 minutes ago” as the default playback
time, you can playback the record from the past five minutes.

Manual record button. Click it to enable/disable record.

Manual alarm button. Click it to trigger or clear the alarm-out manually in
the popup window.

Record status button. Click it to view the record status.

5.2.4 Scheme View In

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Button Meaning

Alarm status button. Click it to view the alarm status.

Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status.

Network status button. Click it to view the network status.

Information button. Click it to view system information.

Introduction of area ②:
Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click
one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.
Click “Single Channel Sequences” to view all the added groups in the group list; click one group in the list to view all the added cameras in the group
(refer to 4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group

for detail configuration of the camera group). Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and
then double click one group in the group list to preview the cameras’ images one by one in the selected window.
Click “Customize Layout” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Display Mode for detail configuration of the display
mode). Double click one display mode in the list to switch to the display mode for viewing.

Introduction of area ③:

Icon / Button Meaning

It shows the current login user.

3.2.2 Setup Panel

Click StartSettings to pop up the setup panel as shown below.

Click it to go to record search and export interface, see
Search, Play back & Export for details.

Click it to go to playback interface (click on the tool bar at the
bottom of the live view interface to set the default playback time), see

8.2 Playback Interface Introduction

Click it to pop up the setup panel, see 3.2.2 Setup Panel

Click it to log out the system.

Click it and then select “Logout”, “Reboot” or “Shutdown” in the
popup window.

Click it to go to the EZ setup.

for details.

8.3 Record

for details.

The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation.

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Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”,
“Motion”, “Intelligence Analysis” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below.

There are some function items on the left side of the camera management interface. Click each item to go to corresponding interface or window. For
instance, click “Add Camera” to pop up the window as shown below.

Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance,
you can go to the system setup interface by clicking “System” tag.

3.2.3 Main Functions

 Camera

The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview
Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details), and PTZ (see Chapter 6 PTZ for details) and so on.

 Record

The module covers the functions such as Encode Parameters and Record Schedule and so on. Please see Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management
details.

 Alarm

The module covers the functions such as Sensor and Motion Alarm Handling and Alarm Out Settings. Please see Chapter 9 Alarm Management for
details.

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 Disk

The module covers the functions such as Disk Management, Storage Mode and Disk Information and so on. Please see
Management for details.

 Network

The module covers the functions such as TCP/ IP, DDNS, Port, E-mail and Network Status and so on. Please see 11.1 Network Configuration

 Account and Authority

The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3
Permission Management for details) and so on.

 System

The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.8 View System
Information for details), Log Information (see 11.7 View Log for details) and Configuration File Import&Export (see 11.5 Backup and Restore for
details) and so on.

Chapter 7 Record & Disk

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4 Camera Management

4.1 Add/Edit Camera

4.1.1 Add Camera

The network of the NVR should be set before adding IP camera (see 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration for details).

Refer to the pictures below. Click Add Camera in the setup panel or in the top right corner of the preview window to pop up the “Add Camera”
window as shown below. You can quickly add or add the IP camera manually.

 Quickly Add

Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s I P address, username and password and so on. Click “Default
Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

 Add Manually

Enter the IP address or domain name (click in the IP address column to pop up the domain name input window, enter the domain name of the
IPC in the window and then click “OK” button), port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol. Click “Test” to test the

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effectiveness of the input information and then click “Add” button (you can input one camera’s information or above such as IP address, username

and password before clicking “Add” button). Click to delete the camera. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password
of each camera.

Note: Some models may not support this function.

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to check “Enable Add IPC by Zero Operation”. If the NVR has unoccupied channels, it can
add IPC without any operation by restarting.

 Add Recorder

 Quickly Add：Select the searched NVR/DVR and the click “Add” to add NVR in the same local network.

 Manually Add：Click “Manual Add” and then enter the IP address or domain name, port, username and password of the NVR/DVR.

Check the added remote channel number and click “ Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Then click “OK” button to
return to the previous interface.

Note: Only the local NVR has unoccupied channels, may the IPC of other NVR/DVR in the same local network be added. And the added IPC
supports previewing and recording.

4.1.2 Edit Camera

Click “Edit Camera” in the setup panel to go to the interface as shown below. Click to view the live image of the camera in the popup window.

Click to edit the camera (see Add camera in 3.1 Startup Wizard
header line and then click “Modify IPC Password” to pop up a window(check the IPCs in the window, set the new password and then click “OK”

button; only the online IPCs’ passwords can be modified and a batch of IPCs’ passwords can be modified at the same time). Click to upgrade an

online IPC ( or click in the “Upgrade” header line and then click “IPC Batch Upgrade” to upgrade a batch of IPCs), select the device which stores
the upgrade file in the “Device Name” item of the popup window and the upgrade file in the list(you should select the upgrade IPC model in the

for details). Click to delete the camera. Click in the “Operation”

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window if a batch of IPCs’ passwords need to be modified) and then click “Upgrade” button to start upgrading(the IPC will restart automatically after
the upgrade is completed successfully).

The IP cameras with PoE function which directly connect to the PoE port of the NVR will be displayed automatically in the camera list. Refer to the
picture below. The IP camera which occupies the PoE resource has a prefix shown before its camera name. The prefix consists of PoE plus PoE port
number. The IP camera which connects to the PoE port cannot be deleted from the camera list manually.

 The IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port of the NVR through private protocol will be shown automatically in the camera list.
 One of the two conditions must be met if the IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port of the NVR through ONVIF protocol should be

shown automatically in the camera list.

 The IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port is in the same network segment with the internal ethernet port.
 The DHCP (obtain an IP address automatically) of the IP camera which directly connects to the PoE port is enabled.

If the IP camera which connects to the PoE port cannot be displayed automatically in the camera list, please refer to Q6 in Appendix A FAQ

4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group

4.2.1 Add Camera Group

Click “Edit Camera Group” in the above interface to go to the interface as shown below.

for details.

Click to pop up the window as shown below. Set the group name and dwell time (the dwell time of the camera group sequence view) in the

window. Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add group. Click to view the cameras in the group after adding group.

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4.2.2 Edit Camera Group

Click to modify the group information such as group name and dwell time. Click to delete the group.

4.2.3 IP Planning

Some models may not support this function.
Click “IP Planning” to go to the interface as shown below. This function supports searching other NVRs/DVRs that is in the same local network as
the local NVR. The user may add camera channels of other NVRs/DVRs into the unoccupied channels of the local NVR.

Click to edit the IP address, user name or password and other information of the NVRs.

Click behind “Add” button to add the camera channel selected and the user may edit the IP address, user name or password by clicking

behind “Edit” button.

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5 Live View Introduction

5.1 Live View Interface Introduction

You should add camera first after logging on to the system (see 4.1.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera
in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.
The record symbols with different colors in the live view window refer to different record types when recording: green stands for manual record, red
stands for sensor based record, yellow stands for motion based record, blue stands for schedule record and cyan stands for intelligence record.

Click the preview window to show the tool bar as shown in area ①; right click the preview window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu
list are introduced in the table below.

Button Menu List Meaning

-- Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere.

Manually Record On Click it to start recording.

Instant Playback

Enable Audio

Snap

PTZ Control Click it to go to PTZ control interface. See Chapter 6 PTZ for details.

Zoom In Click it to go to single channel amplification interface.

--

-- Camera Info Click it to view the camera information.

Click to playback the record; click “Instant Playback” to select
or self-define the instant playback time. See 8.1 Instant Playback
details.

Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by
enabling audio.

Click it to pop up the snap window. Click “Save” in the window to
save the image. Click “Export” to export the image.

Click it to go to image adjustment interface. Refer to
Adjustment for details.

5.3.4 Image

for

The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom
the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for amplification. Click “Back” to return to the live view interface.

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5.2 View Mode

5.2.1 Display Mode

Set different screen modes and cameras’ display sequences as needed and then save the display modes classified by surveillance areas, priorities
and so on. Refer to the picture below. Double click one display mode in the display mode list to view the live images in this mode.

 Add Display Mode

Method One:

① Click “Customize Layout” in the above interface and then set the screen mode.
② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as required.

③ Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click “OK” button to save the current display

mode.

Method Two:

① Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface and then set the screen mode.
② Double click the camera or camera group in the list to add them to the selected window.

③ Click to save the current display mode (refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence

for detail configurations). The display mode will be saved

and displayed in the display mode list in the live view interface.

 Edit Display Mode

Click “Customize Layout” tab in the live view interface and then select one display mode in the list. Click to edit the display mode name; click

to delete the display mode.

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5.2.2 Quick Sequence View

You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created, please refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence
for details.

Go to the live view interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to view the live
group by group according to the camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double

click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.

5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence

You can start camera group view in sequence if camera group has been created (see 4.2.1 Add Camera Group for details).

① Go to the live view interface and then select a camera window.

② Double click one camera group on the right side of the interface. The cameras in the group will start camera group view one by one in the

selected camera window.
You can also drag the group directly to any preview window. Right click on the group view window and then click “Close Dwell” button to stop the
vi ew.

You can also add camera group in the live view interface. Select “Single Channel Sequences” and then click to add camera group. Click

to modify the group name and sequence interval. Click to delete the group.

5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface as shown below.
Area ① displays all the dwell schemes; area ② shows the detailed information of the scheme; area ③ displays all the cameras and groups; area

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④ is the tool bar ( : clear button; : favorite button, click it to pop up a window, enter the display mode name in the window and then click
“OK” to save the current display mode; other buttons are screen mode buttons).

 Add Scheme

Click in area ① to create a new scheme. Click on the top right corner of the scheme to delete it.

 Configure Scheme

a) Select a scheme in area ① and then click the screen mode button on the tool bar to set the screen mode of the scheme.
b) Select a camera window in area ② and then double click the camera or group in area ③. The camera or group will be added into the selected
window. One camera in the same scheme cannot repeat. You can click the right-click menu “Clear” in area ② to remove a single camera or click

to remove all the cameras.

c) Click “Apply” to save the settings.

 Start Sequence View

Go to the live view interface and then click to open a window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to start scheme view in

sequence. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.

5.3 Image Configuration

5.3.1 OSD Settings

Click StartSettingsCameraImageOSD Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera, enter the camera name (or double
click the camera name in the camera list to change the camera name), enable or disable the name and time OSDs (if enabled, drag the red name and
time OSDs directly in the image view area to change the OSDs’ display position) and select the date and time formats. Click “Apply” to save the
settings.

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