Edimax NVR-4, User Manual

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Page 2: ...ves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The product you have purchased and the setup screen may appear slightly different from those shown in this QIG For more information about this product please refer to the user manual on the CD ROM The software and specificatio...

Page 3: ...Recording Setup 29 2 7 2 Storage Setup 31 2 8 Video Playback 34 2 9 System Setup 37 2 9 1 General Settings 37 2 9 2 Maintenance Settings 38 2 9 3 Config Backup Settings 39 2 10 Server Setup 40 2 11 User Management 42 2 12 Device Information 43 CHAPTER III CMS LITE 46 3 1 Installation 46 3 2 Main Menu 49 3 3 Device Maintenance 50 4 1 Area Setup 51 3 3 1 Area Setup 51 3 3 2 Location Setup 53 3 3 3 G...

Page 4: ...enance 74 3 8 1 Account Management 74 3 8 2 Address Book 75 3 8 3 System Setup 77 3 9 Video Playback 79 3 10 Report Log 80 3 10 1 System Use Log 80 3 10 2 Video Playback Log 81 3 10 3 Account Change Log 82 CHAPTER IV APPENDIX 84 4 1 Troubleshooting 84 4 2 Specifications 84 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 86 ...

Page 5: ...ement 1 2 Safety Instructions Please obey the safety instructions listed below when you are using this Network Video Recorder or you would harm this NVR and or yourself In addition the warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions This network video recorder is sophisticated electronic device do not drop it from high places Do not place this NVR at hot humid places and avoid d...

Page 6: ...p Item Description Quantity 1 Network Video Recorder 1 2 AC power adapter 1 3 Power cord 1 4 CD with utility software and user manual 1 5 Quick installation guide 1 1 4 Getting Familiar with Your New NVR Front Item Description Indicates system power status ON NVR is powered on OFF NVR is powered off Indicates network status ON Network cable connected OFF Network cable disconnected ...

Page 7: ...ard drive 2 is online OFF Hard drive 2 is offline Flash Accessing hard drive 2 Indicates USB status ON USB device connected OFF USB device not connected Flash Accessing USB device USB Port Connects to your external USB device Back Item Description Hard drive bay 1 left HDD bay for hard drive 1 ICON 1 HDD 1 is online ICON 2 Accessing HDD 1 Hard drive bay 2 HDD bay for hard drive 2 ...

Page 8: ...to AC power adapter Ethernet socket Connects to Ethernet cable 1 5 Setting up Your NVR Please follow the following instructions to setup your new network video server Please prepare the following items in advance 1 or 2 3 5 SATA HDD s maximum capacity 2TB AC power outlet AC 100V 240V IP address that will be assigned to this NVR Note the NVR does not support HDD hot plug please do not insert or rem...

Page 9: ...8 1 Press the black tab on HDD enclosure 1 down 2 Pull the black tab downward ...

Page 10: ...9 3 Hold the HDD enclosure and pull it out 4 Use your finger to remove white bracket in HDD enclosure as instructed by the arrows ...

Page 11: ...re as instructed HDD s SATA connector should be located at left 6 Use screwdriver with screws to fasten HDD to HDD enclosure Please use the screws that come with HDD package and be careful when you are doing this DO NOT use forces to fasten HDD ...

Page 12: ...lever back now and it should remain in open position in this step Note Do not pull the hard drive out when the NVR is powered on or data stored on the hard drive will be damaged 8 Push the lever until you hear a click sound If you want to install second hard drive please repeat step 1 to 6 on HDD bay 2 ...

Page 13: ...12 9 Connect AC cord to AC adapter and connect AC cord to power outlet on the wall 10 Insert the AC adapter s power plug into NVR s power socket ...

Page 14: ...of Ethernet cable should connect to your local network s hub or switch 12 Switch the power switch of NVR on The POWER LED on the front panel of NVR should light up now If not please recheck step 7 to 9 and make sure the power outlet you are connecting to is properly working ...

Page 15: ...lity named EdiView Finder exe to find the IP address of NVR which is located on CD ROM Press Discover to search for all NVRs on your local network When you find any NVR you can click on it and click Link button to connect to it by your web browser If you need to change a certain NVR s IP address you can also click on the NVR you wish to change IP address then click Change IP button to change selec...

Page 16: ...nected Lon in the NVR The default username is admin and the default password is 1234 Click Apply or press ENTER key on your keyboard when you finish entering username and password When you connect to NVR for the first time you will see the following If you use Internet Explorer web browser This message prompts you that you need to install ActiveX plug in before you can see the video from IP camera...

Page 17: ...Click Allow to install ActiveX plug in If you see Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program click Allow access or video server will not be able to function properly Note If this is the first time you use this NVR you can jump to chapter 2 4 for instructions on Setup Wizard which will guide you to complete the software setup of your new NVR ...

Page 18: ...eras Your new NVR is capable to connect to multiple IP cameras and display their video streams simultaneously You can also change Pan and Tilt of camera In this chapter you will learn how to control remote IP camera by web interface After you logged into NVR s web interface you will see Home screen it is also the page where you can control camera ...

Page 19: ...view the video of a certain camera only click button To view the video of four cameras simultaneously click button Camera Select Click on the dropdown menu to select a certain camera to view from all of the cameras To get the camera s IP address you can move the move and stop on this icon Connect Connect to selected IP camera and start playing video Disconnect Disconnect from connected IP camera a...

Page 20: ...good idea to setup NVR by this way if it is first time you use this NVR To access Setup Wizard menu click indicated button on the top of web interface The following will appear Item Description Host Name Input the hostname of this NVR You can give this NVR a unique name so you can identify each other easily Network Type LAN Specify an IP address to this NVR There are two ways ...

Page 21: ...der Wizard mode When you finish with above settings click Next button to continue In this screen you can locate all compatible IP cameras on the local network Click Auto Search to start locating IP cameras you can click this button more than one time if not all IP cameras are found In this example an IP camera named CAMER 1 which model is NC 213 has been found Please note that this function is onl...

Page 22: ...t button as you have configured storage space already After these setup steps you will be prompted with the setup information so far Click Back to return to previous screens to change settings or click Start button to start NVR with settings listed above NVR need few seconds to configure its setting please be patient After configuration is complete you will see this message ...

Page 23: ...k Yes to close window and reconnect to NVR Your NVR will be ready to use 2 5 Camera Setup Camera setup allows you to setup remote IP camera s parameters so NVR can access IP camera and start recording To access Camera Setup menu click indicated button on the top of web interface The following screen will appear ...

Page 24: ...s Check all boxes of IP camera you wish to add and click Apply to add all cameras into camera list or click Back to go back to previous page and not adding any camera Note IP cameras which are added in the NVR already will not appear here again Add Add a new IP camera manually You ll be prompted to input following camera parameters IP Address Input the IP address of IP camera Username Input the lo...

Page 25: ...ting on IP camera input correct RTSP port number here Click Apply to add a new IP camera with above settings or click Back to discard all settings and go back Edit You can modify the settings of an existing IP camera in Camera list Please click the number of camera you wish to modify setting first Then click Edit button to show the setting page of selected camera You can change settings and click ...

Page 26: ... Stop button Note If you want to configure disk space you must stop recording first If NVR is recording any camera s video you will not be able to configure disk space 2 6 Network Setup Network setup allows you to setup NVR s network parameters This NVR supports DHCP static IP assignment and PPPoE To access Network Setup menu click indicated button on the top of web interface The following screen ...

Page 27: ... Static IP You have to assign IP address manually If you selected static IP Please input the IP address information IP address Please input the IP address you wish to assign to NVR Subnet Mask Input the subnet mask of your local area network Gateway Input your local area network s gateway IP address If you ll only use this NVR on local area network and will not access from other ...

Page 28: ... network Username Please input PPPoE username Password Please input PPPoE password HTTP Port Input HTTP port number Please note that if you changed HTTP port setting here you have to use the address port format to connect to NVR by web browser For example if you changed HTTP port to 8080 and NVR s IP address is 192 168 2 5 please input http 192 168 2 5 8080 in browser s address bar RTSP Port Input...

Page 29: ...nish click Apply to save settings NVR will start countdown for 120 seconds Please wait until countdown finishes and you will be prompted to close current Internet Explorer window Click Yes to close window and reconnect to NVR Your NVR will be ready to use 2 7 Recording Settings You can configure NVR s video recording settings here To access Recording Setup menu click indicated button on the top of...

Page 30: ...tings pages available Recording Setup and Storage Please note To make sure the camera s motion detection has been enabled 2 7 1 Recording Setup You can configure IP camera s recording settings here Every IP camera can has its own settings and different from others Please click Recording Setup tab All IP cameras will be listed here Select one camera by clicking its radio button under ...

Page 31: ...ction here When motion detection is enabled NVR will record only when there s something change in camera s view and this will save hard disk space Please note that you need to switch IP camera s motion detection function on first Recycle When you select enable NVR will remove oldest record files when recording limit is reached see below If you select Disable NVR will stop recording when recording ...

Page 32: ...day automatically If you want to define a record job in the future click Job tab You can make a pre defined recording job here You can setup up to 5 recording jobs here You must define the starting date time under From and ending date time under To To enable a job the box under Job must be checked When you finish click Apply button 2 7 2 Storage Setup You can configure NVR s storage space here Thi...

Page 33: ...o store video files on it If you want to delete a configured disk space select the disk by click its radio button and click Delete space button To add a space for recording click the radio button of the disk you wish to configure and then click Add space button You can configure the whole disk as a single space for recording Click Single Disk radio button and click Apply button then NVR will start...

Page 34: ...rompted to close current Internet Explorer window Click Yes to close window and reconnect to NVR Your NVR will be ready to use If NVR have two hard drives in the NVR system will display following option for you re choose You can make single disk or RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD If the space type chooses the RAID the two hard drives must use the same capacity and same brand hard disk ...

Page 35: ...n 2 8 Video Playback You can play recorded video clips here To access Playback menu click indicated button on the top of web interface When you enter this page for the first time you may receive add on notification on the top of bottom of Internet Explorer Right click on the notification ...

Page 36: ... not be able to see recorded video When Windows media player is enabled you can search for recorded file Item Description Camera Please select an IP camera from dropdown menu Only video files recorded by selected camera will be found Start Time Specify the starting date and time of video search To select date click calendar icon A calendar will appear ...

Page 37: ...le is found the search window will look like this All found files will be listed on the left you can select a file to play by click on it and click Play or Click Delete to delete selected file Click Download to download selected file to your computer s hard drive Click Backup to USB to store selected file to external USB device If there is no USB device connected to NVR you will receive an error m...

Page 38: ...om NVR 2 9 System Setup You can configure NVR s system parameters here To access System Setup menu click indicated button on the top of web interface There are 3 sub menus available General Maintenance and Config Backup which can be accessed by three tabs in this page 2 9 1 General Settings You can configure NVR s basic system parameters here ...

Page 39: ...er Select this option and NVR will set its time by NTP Network Time Protocol server Please note that NVR must be able to access Internet if you want to use a NTP server on Internet If this NVR will not be able to access Internet please select other options or use a NTP server located on your local area network Set Manually Set NVR s date and time manually When you finish setting click Apply button...

Page 40: ...ll cause problem to this NVR and makes it become unusable Update After you selected a firmware file you can click this button to update the NVR s firmware file Please follow the instructions to complete update procedure Firmware update requires few minutes to complete please be patient 2 9 3 Config Backup Settings You can backup and restore NVR s configuration file here This function is handy when...

Page 41: ...ion is opened To access Server Setup menu click indicated button on the top of web interface FTP Item Description Enable FTP Server Check this box to enable FTP server functionality FTP Server Input FTP server s IP address or host name Port Input FTP server s port number Generally FTP server will use default value 21 you can change port number when this FTP server does not use standard port number...

Page 42: ...ess here Secondary Email Input secondary backup E mail receiving address here You can leave this field blank if you only have one E mail address Authorization If your mail server requires authorization check this box Please note Please consult your E mail server s administrator to know if you need to check this box Username User name used to pass E mail server s authorization Password Password use...

Page 43: ...ly allowed viewing video files Only 1 administrator is allowed while more than one user is allowed To access User Management menu click indicated button on the top of web interface Administrator Item Description User Description Input descriptions for administrator You can input any description text here Password Input administrator s new password here ...

Page 44: ...e Delete a user Select one user from Account List first Account Input a new account name User Description Input any description text for this user here Password Input this user s password here Confirm Password Input this user s password again for confirmation When you finish click Add button to add a new user with the information you provided or click Reset to clear all texts in this page 2 12 Dev...

Page 45: ...44 There are two tabs in this page You will find general NVR information under General NVR activities are recording under Log ...

Page 46: ...n First page Go to first page of system log Previous Go to previous page Next Go to next page Final page Go to last page of system log Clear Remove all logs from NVR Refresh Reload log and display latest log information ...

Page 47: ...46 CHAPTER III CMS LITE 3 1 Installation Perform CMSLite installation setup exe Click Next ...

Page 48: ...47 Click Install Installation steps Press Finish to complete system installation After completing installation there will be a hyperlink CMSLite produced on desktop ...

Page 49: ...ssword the default account is admin and the default password is 1234 Click OK button to enter main menu In case of wrong information entered there will a notice shown Click Exit button to complete the system Note The minimum screen resolution supported by CMS system is 1024 768 ...

Page 50: ... click camera page or group page at top left click the desired real time video to be viewed Electronic map Electronic map maintenance electronic map browser Schedule maintenance Schedule setup event server event trigger setup Device status Check current status of all device System maintenance Account management address book and system maintenance System setup language and database maintenance Vide...

Page 51: ...era abnormal at the same time all triggered actions will be performed in turn One abnormal camera will trigger once triggered action except for new abnormal state Directly click the flashing figure to browse the abnormal devices To browse the real time video select split 1 split 4 split 9 split 16 and full screen press ESC button to exit full screen If the camera is over one page there will be a b...

Page 52: ...button It will be OK to click Save button just after entering area name Modify Slide the mouse to click one area name to be changed from area list enter the correct name and press Save button to complete modification 3 3 1 Area Setup Administrators can add modify remove area data at will ...

Page 53: ...o click one area name to be changed from area list enter the correct name and press Save button to complete modification Remove After sliding the mouse to click one area name to be changed from area list it will OK just to press Remove button In case of location data existing in this location remove is prohibited ...

Page 54: ...selecting data Other data are for reference only they are not required for input of area located and entering location name it will be OK just to click Save button Modify Slide the mouse to click the area name to be changed from location list enter the correct name and press Save button to complete modification ...

Page 55: ...ion data existing in this location remove is prohibited 4 3 Camera device setup The devices include IP Camera Video Server and NVR Administrators can add modify remove data of the devices at will Cameras of each device differ from each other Quantity of cameras allowed to be input to system differs from each other due to different versions Add ...

Page 56: ... be normally displayed Select streaming type Different branded model device support different streaming In case of wrong information entered camera can not be normally displayed Select if to capture device connecting status select if to determine the device is currently connecting Camera quantity The system will automatically make judgment based on brand and model selected Device search If to pres...

Page 57: ...ave button to complete modification The operation modes of each field are the same as the added action Remove Slide the mouse to click one camera device name to be changed from camera device list It will be OK just to press Remove button While removing the camera all the other related setups are also removed Remove from group and electronic map ...

Page 58: ...ing camera located it will OK just to press Save button Modify Slide the mouse to click one group name to be changed from camera device list after entering data to be changed press Save button to complete modification Remove Slide the mouse to click one group name to be removed from group list It will be OK just to press Remove button The system will ask you to make sure if to really remove data o...

Page 59: ...ton to return to the main menu If not to press OK button some operations of the main menu are locked and can not be performed At this time the camera device group data at top left corner of the main menu will ails be accordingly changed Arrow zoom list can be selected by click ...

Page 60: ... user will have no way to collect abnormal status in the future 3 4 View Classified into device check for all camera devices and group view mode 3 4 1 Device View Click device view to connect all camera devices Firstly to display video in split 1 interface Aiming at demand functions including 1 4 9 16 full screen page next page previous automatic scan snapshot audio listen talking PTZ can be perfo...

Page 61: ...e page automatic scan can be started After a certain period of interval of the system Time in second for interval can be set in system maintenance it will automatically skip to the next page Press the Automatic Skip button again to delete the action PTZ Theses functions can be performed in spilt 1 mode Full screen In different spilt modes if to press Full Screen button the system will switch over ...

Page 62: ...tion Connect In case of video interrupted click Connect to connect with the camera again Disconnect If stop is required click Disconnect If displaying camera is required it is to click Connect Camera switchover If to switch over to another camera displayed Camera Switchover can be selected for changing camera displayed ...

Page 63: ...mera in split 1 And aiming at demand the system performs functions like 1 4 9 16 full screen page next page previous automatic scan PT If to click to select a certain group name from the group tree list at top left corner of the main menu you may also directly enter split 1 mode of group check Click to select one group name from group list Click group tree list ...

Page 64: ...t alarm icon to check location of abnormality with the device Press X button at left bottom to return hide event alarm list return to the main menu Event trigger In case of abnormal camera with set event trigger and the time the event occurs is within the range of the action trigger will be performed Send e mail Play audio Pop up electronic map The reporting device on the electronic map will flash...

Page 65: ...5 1 Electronic Map Maintenance Administrators can add modify remove electronic map data at will Add Press Add button after selecting one map file the uploaded file types are BMP JPG GIF PNG you can find map file in the preview area at this time Click Save button to complete adding to the electronic map ...

Page 66: ...this E MAP to find the location to be placed in and then press the mouse to pop up a window for selecting camera direction After selecting direction it is press setup to complete camera location editing Remove camera from map find the camera in the map to remove click right button of the mouse The system till pop up a dialogue box to ask you to make sure if to remove it In case Yes Y replied it wi...

Page 67: ...g box to ask you to make sure if to remove it In case of Yes Y replied it will be removed Save After completing editing press Save button to complete setup Return to map list Back If no any changes made you may click Back button to return to electronic map maintenance Modify Click one electronic map name in the electronic map list desired to change after entering data to be changed press Save butt...

Page 68: ...onic map list to be removed it will be OK just to press Remove button The system will ask you to make sure if really to remove data of the electronic map 3 5 2 Electronic Map Browser After clicking the main menu you can select one electronic map to browse ...

Page 69: ...amera icon to browse real time video of the camera pop up the window click map link to switch over to another electronic map Close map Return to browse real time video of the main menu 3 6 Event Schedule Including the functions of schedule setup event server setup and event trigger click the page with items to be maintained on to set and maintain data ...

Page 70: ...press it again to remove it or click day of the week to set a whole day of this week Press it again to remove it or press to select all for setup all time or remove all not selected Click day of the week to set a whole day of this week Press it again to remove it or press to select all for setup all time or remove all not selected Modify Click one schedule name from the schedule list to be changed...

Page 71: ... still set trigger data in the schedule there will be a warning note shown and remove is prohibited 3 6 2 Event Server Administrators can add modify remove event server setup data at will SMTP server Enable SMTP With setup to enable SMTP only with setup for event trigger message can be normally sent SMTP main unit location ...

Page 72: ...nt trigger log file can be sent to the ftp server Host address FTP server address FTP port The preset is 21 if FTP server port and port event are with preset value they can be changed to correct data Authentication information If authentication is required for FTP please enter user name password Test User can test SMTP or FTP setting is correct or not Save Click Save button to complete adding Remo...

Page 73: ...ly select the camera to be set from the camera list If it was set ready there would be trigger action set before displayed in the right field Setup event trigger can be based on the schedule If time is beyond the schedule and an abnormal event happens no trigger action will be performed Camera list Select the camera device to be set Event schedule Select one schedule being performed FTP If to send...

Page 74: ... electronic map with this camera When event happens the main menu will switch over to this electronic map Meanwhile the icon of this camera will turn red and flash It will be OK to press Save button after completion of setup To delete event trigger action of a certain camera click Remove button for deletion 3 7 Device Status In the main menu clock Device Status button to check status of all camera...

Page 75: ...d To change administrator s password it is required to firstly enter current password and new password and then press Change button to complete change In case of wrong data change fail will be caused and a warning notice will be popped up User Account Add Press Add button after entering user account it will be OK to click Save button Enter user account user name and password same user account is p...

Page 76: ...t list to be deleted it will be OK just to press Remove button The system will pop up a notice to confirm your removing 3 8 2 Address Book add modify remove user s account data The data in address book can be used for clocking during camera event trigger setup Add Press Add button to select enter name and e mail data or directly click the preset user account data as address book it will OK finally...

Page 77: ...with the mouse after entering the correct data press Save button to complete modification Remove Click one name to be removed from the address book with the mouse it will OK just to press Remove button The system will pop up a notice for confirm your removing ...

Page 78: ...ress the Apply button Enable start the software when windows start Language Set language for the system after selecting the desired language it will be OK just to press the Apply button Database maintenance Backup press Backup button to produce a backup file in computer of the user Restore Select one file for restoring from backup database list press Restore ...

Page 79: ...ystem it is to press Upload button The system will ask you to select the file for uploading After pressing catalogue browsing button for selection Totally two files to be uploaded press Upload button to complete uploading After uploading a file will be generated The file can be restored based on your actual need restore the reference database Reset Clear all system information to the initial insta...

Page 80: ...elect a camera and a period of time for playback Begin time and end time In case of being searched it will automatically download and play the video file The method to find the video file follows the setup for camera device timing and video information In case of video set to NVR 4 the system will be linked to the set installation route to ask In case of fail to ask the reply is the fail to find t...

Page 81: ...on the system will ask you for the catalogue to be saved in After that it will download the selected file from the remote end Download decoder In case of replay found during video file playback however the video image is blank that indicates that there is no a video decoder installed on the computer Please click a decoder hyperlink to download the updated decoder 3 10 Report Log Click Report Log b...

Page 82: ...xport CSV file for the searched files the system will export the file to the designated catalogue Remove In case of too many log files when the file can be searched press Delete Log button for deletion 3 10 2 Video Playback Log During playing the image of video playback file function all the video files searched within this period of time are kept as the log ...

Page 83: ...xport After pressing export CSV file for the searched file the system will export the file to the designated catalogue Remove In case of too many log files when the file can be searched press Delete Log button for deletion 3 10 3 Account Change Log During performing account management function all changes for the account are kept as the log ...

Page 84: ...ind account change log Information of current password name and password and new account name and password will be recorded Export After pressing export CSV file for the searched file the system will export the file to the designated catalogue Remove In case of too many log files when the file can be searched press Delete Log button for deletion ...

Page 85: ...unction only works on IP cameras located on local area network To add a remote IP camera you must use manual configuration 2 Only EDIMAX IP cameras are supported currently 4 2 Specifications Description 4 CH Network Video Recorder Microprocessor Cavium Flash ROM 32 MB RAM 256 MB Supported Image Format H 264 MPEG 4 M JPEG Maximum Number of Cameras 4 Channels HDD Type SATA I II III Compatible HDD Ba...

Page 86: ...Free Bundled CMS CMS Lite Manage 16 sets of NVR Total 64 ch Supported Protocols IPV4 ARP TCP UDP ICMP DHCP NTP DNS DDNS SMTP FTP HTTP UPnP RTP RTCP RTSP PPPoE Device Network Configuration Static IP DHCP Security Multi level User Management Event Log Display Mode 1 or 4 channels Live View and 1 channel Playback View Video Channels 4 Concurrent Recording 4 Compression Format H 264 MPEG4 MJPEG Resolu...

Page 87: ...xposure limits human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 2 5cm 1 inch during normal operation Federal Communications Commission FCC RF Exposure Requirements SAR compliance has been established in the laptop computer s configurations with PCMCIA slot on the side near the center as tested in the application for certification and can be used in laptop computer s with substantially similar...

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