LevelOne NVR-0432, User Manual

Page 1: ...LevelOne NVR 0432 Network Video Recorder User Manual v1 0 32 64 CH Network Video Recorder with Local Display ...

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Page 3: ...int Sequence Viewing 30 Live Video Controls 31 Display ratio and full screen 31 Take a snapshot of a live video 32 Perform Digital PTZ 35 Change Web UI Display Language 38 Live View through iPhone Safari Browser 39 Live View through Blackberry Phones 44 Playback 50 Methods to Search Playback Videos 50 Search by time chart 51 Search by event 53 Play by specific time 56 Search by event Most Recent 5...

Page 4: ...ation 110 General Settings 110 I O Settings 112 Event Servers 114 Configuring an FTP server 114 Configuring an SMTP server 116 Event Triggers 117 NVR Setup Recording Configurations 119 General Settings 119 Schedule Recording 124 To configure a schedule recording 124 NVR Setup System Options 126 Device Information 126 Logs and Reports 127 Maintenance 128 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatica...

Page 5: ...System Overview Front View Rear View ...

Page 6: ...LED Definition ...

Page 7: ...Installation HDD Installation Release the HDD tray by pulling the lock to the right Pull the HDD tray out of the case ...

Page 8: ...Place the HDD in the tray and Put the HDD tray back to the case Secure it with the screws at the bottom of the tray ...

Page 9: ...Push the tray door back to the case to secure it ...

Page 10: ... Utility The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server or you are connecting to it directly Access the NVR with its default IP Use Device Search Utility If the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area network where a DHCP server is already presented run the Device Search utility from a computer that is on the same network and locate the NVR with its IP address that is assigned by ...

Page 11: ...To begin launch the Deivce Search utility from the CD and proceed with the installation ...

Page 12: ...Once the installation is complete check the Launch the Search AP option and click Finish The search should start automatically and its status should be dis played ...

Page 13: ...The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed Double click on an NVR and the search program should automati cally access the NVR s web administration page from your default browser ...

Page 14: ...You should be prompted for the the NVR s username and password Enter its default username admin and password admin and then click OK to enter the system ...

Page 15: ... its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network To connect to the NVR use a PC that is on the same network over a switch or hub or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable The PC that is connected directly to the NVR or within the same local area network should receive an IP from the NVR Simply access the NVR from your web browser with its IP add...

Page 16: ...Again you should be prompted for the username and password Enter its default username admin and password admin and then click OK to enter the system Set up Password ...

Page 17: ...is admin admin To change the password of the admin account go to Setup System Con figurations User Account click on the admin account in the account list then press the edit button to change its password Finally click Apply to save the change ...

Page 18: ...ion Add a Camera Automatic Search Click the Search button to perform the camera search You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly Go ahead and click Install ...

Page 19: ...After that the search should begin and its status should be displayed Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press Configure ...

Page 20: ...nd name the camera Click on Detect to establish connection between the recorder and the camera If connection establishes successfully camera s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below Adjust its video format frame rate resolution or bitrate etc if you wish and then click Add to finish adding the camera Add a camera manually ...

Page 21: ...Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the Search function enter the camera s IP address and credential in the Camera Information manually ...

Page 22: ... Retrieve camera s video stream Retrieve camera s status Perform Live Sequence Viewing PTZ Control Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send audio Control Buzzer Change web UI display language ...

Page 23: ... or 17 32 to display videos of in 16 video view Click on a Group ex Group 1 to display videos from cameras under that group in quad view Click on any camera to display video in single view mode Retrieve camera s status The camera list can show each camera s current status Each status is represented with different colors Blue Connected Gray Disconnected ...

Page 24: ...is not configured with any camera Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one To perform sequence view select SEQ View from the upper left hand corner ...

Page 25: ...amera s or camera group s for sequence viewing Select 1 16 and 17 32 to start sequence viewing in 16 video view Select Group x to start sequence viewing in quad view Select cameras to start sequence viewing in single video view ...

Page 26: ...hen select dwell interval from the drop down menu and click Start to begin PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan tilt zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris ...

Page 27: ...Only PTZ capable cameras will be listed in the drop down menu ...

Page 28: ...set Viewing There are three functions provided in the Preset section Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera Auto pan a particular camera Perform preset point sequence viewing In order to use this function one must configure camera s preset points in NVR Setup Channl Configurations PTZ Preset first ...

Page 29: ...Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop down list Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop down list shown below Click Go to to move to the selected position ...

Page 30: ...tton for such cameras Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one Once you have defined the prefered preset points in Channel Configurations PTZ Setting PTZ Sequence under the Setup menu click Start in the lower left hand corner in Live View under Preset and ...

Page 31: ...k Stop Live Video Controls Users can perform certain functions to a live view video They can be accessed by right clicking on a video Display ratio and full screen By default the videos are set to fill the whole video window to display its original size or ratio use the button in the upper right hand corner ...

Page 32: ...Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video right click on the video and select Take Snapshot ...

Page 33: ...An additional window containing the captured image should be displayed Right click anywhere on the image and select Save Picture As to save the image ...

Page 34: ...A dialog should be displayed that allows you to choose a directory folder of where the snapshot will be saved to ...

Page 35: ...Perform Digital PTZ To perform digital PTZ on a particual channel right click anywhere on its video and select Digital PTZ ...

Page 36: ...Next hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to specify the zoom in area ...

Page 37: ...Once the image is digitally zoomed in use the mouse scroll button to further zoom on or zoom out the image Hold and left click on the image and move the mouse to move the zoomed in video ...

Page 38: ...I display language from the current login username link located at the upper right hand corner Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail infor mation about the user as well as a drop down menu which lets you change the displyay language ...

Page 39: ...ive view to the NVR by using its Safari browser To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser make sure javascript is on under Settings Safari Javascript Once Javascript is enabled click the Home button on the iPhone to go back to the home screen and open the Safari browser ...

Page 40: ...Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar ...

Page 41: ...You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR ...

Page 42: ...Upon successful login you should see the live view video of the first channel ...

Page 43: ...Click on the Channel drop down menu to select other cameras ...

Page 44: ... cameras Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the selection Auto will be used Live View through Blackberry Phones You can use Blackberry and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser To be able to view the live video through its browser make sure javascript is enabled under Browser Menu button Options Browser Configuration ...

Page 45: ...Enable the Support Javascript option and click the menu button and click Save Options Go to General Properties ...

Page 46: ...Make sure two options illustrated above are enabled Press the menu button and click the Save Options to save settings ...

Page 47: ...Press the button highlighted above to go back to the browser ...

Page 48: ...Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar ...

Page 49: ...You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access ...

Page 50: ...audio was also recorded during the recording of the video Playback video can be viewed in full screen and snapshots can be taken and saved during a video playback Methods to Search Playback Videos The NVR offers three methods to quickly help users find videos that were previously recorded Search by time Specifiy a time range and search videos recorded within that range Search by event Find videos ...

Page 51: ...art 1 Start by selecting which channel s you would like to perform a search on 2 Select Search by time chart from the Search Method drop down list and click Go to start the search Selected channels will be marked in red ...

Page 52: ... then be displayed in a new dialog with a Month Channel table and boxes marked in dark gray represent videos found in those dates Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed ...

Page 53: ...ond view 5sec per cell box Right click anywhere or the Back button on the table will take you back to the previous view Click on the play button at anytime will start playing videos from the beginning of the current time view ex if the table is in the month view click play will start playing from the first available clip of that month Search by event ...

Page 54: ...Start by selecting which channel s you would like to perform a search on Select Search by event from the Search Method drop down list and click Go to start the search ...

Page 55: ...n Click on a particular result to start the playback You can cilck Next Search to display the next 15 results You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once max 30 and perform the search again ...

Page 56: ...ific time If you know when a recording was taken place you may choose the Play by start time from the Search Method drop down list Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video ...

Page 57: ...Search by event Most Recent This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels displaying the most recent result top down ...

Page 58: ...You may click Update to update the list to display the most recent results ...

Page 59: ...Certain functions you can perform to the playback video You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video 1 Play Audio 2 Snapshot 3 Export as AVI file 4 Digital PTZ ...

Page 60: ...ored on the NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format The files can then be played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the previous section select Export as AVI file ...

Page 61: ...A new dialog will pop up and allows you to speficy the time frame or length of the video you wish to export ...

Page 62: ...Specify the Start time End time or export length and click Start to begin exporting You will be notified once the process is completed successfully ...

Page 63: ...ere Windows is installed ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Win dows Media Player You can get it at http sourceforge net projects ffd show tryout to download the ffd show_beta6_rev2527_20081219 exe Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player ...

Page 64: ...s This can save you the trouble of installing third party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed You can find it in the Windows Start menu Click Open AVI File ...

Page 65: ...Locate the exported AVI file and click open normally under C ExportFolder ...

Page 66: ...eo will then start playing Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recepient These type of snapshot images ...

Page 67: ... to manage cameras on the network We will start by configuring its network settings to make sure it works cor rectly in your network Next we will help you adjust the system time so videos will be recorder with correct timestamp To better secure the system for unwanted disturbance we will guide you on setting up user s account and privileges to prevent settings gets altered by us ers other than the...

Page 68: ...ted from it By default the recorder is set to obtain IP address from DHCP server it should be sufficient in most network environments and most likely you should not need to alter anything in this page If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local area network 1 Choose Static IP from the Connection Type drop down menu ...

Page 69: ...ction if you wish to use a separate DHCP server DDNS Service DDNS which stands for Dynamic DNS is a method protocol or network service that provides the capability for a networked device such as a router or computer system in this case the NVR using the Internet Protocol Suite to notify a domain name server to change in real time the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames addresses o...

Page 70: ...arding for port 80 is configured on the router or the gat way in order for the DDNS function to properly register with the service It s often suggested to use the DDNS function in the router gateway for such case instead Once you have the DDNS function successfully up and running please DO NOT forget to configure port forwarding for the NVR web port default 80 and the streaming port default 9877 i...

Page 71: ...In order to properly configure the DDNS service function please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first Go to http dyn com dns dyndns free from the browser to do so ...

Page 72: ...Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above The page will check whether the hostname you entered has been used by another user or not as soon as you click the Add to Cart button If ...

Page 73: ...you see below message simply enter a different and click Add to Cart again Once you get to the next page fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above ...

Page 74: ...guration page under Setup System Configuration DDNS Service Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the Domain Name field and the username password you created in the User ID and Password field and click Apply to finish ...

Page 75: ...ton to check the DynDNS service status If you are getting a Disconnected message it means that DDNS service server is down or the NVR is not connected to the Internet If everything is ok normally you should be prompted with a success message ...

Page 76: ...they actually occur After selecting the time zone choose an option below to set the recorder time Manual Use the drop down list and configure the time manually Sync with NTP server enter the hostname or IP address of a valid NTP server and set how often the recorder should synchronize the time with it by using the Update interval drop down menu Sync with PC Check this option to synchronize the rec...

Page 77: ...imultaneously You can add remove and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized Each recorder comes with a built in admin account with password admin It s highly recommended to change the password upon your initial login ...

Page 78: ...r Account Information All other fields are optional for your own reference Select a group from the Group drop down menu to assign the new user to a particular group Enter a short description for the account if you wish Click Add to finish configuration ...

Page 79: ... account 1 Click and highlight the admin account in the account list and click Edit 2 Its information should be displayed in User Account Information 3 Enter a new password in the Password field and enter it again in Confirm Password ...

Page 80: ...ghts The recorder comes with seven built in groups and five built in privilege profiles except the admin and the guest accounts the other five groups are fully customizable or you can simply assign a group with one of the default privilege profiles You can however assign more than one users to the admin account if you wish to do so The guest account comes with a view only privilege in the Live Vie...

Page 81: ...he group name by clicking the Change Group Name button A text box will be displayed for you to enter the new group Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the Privilege Type drop down menu ...

Page 82: ...Its access privilege will then be displayed You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults ...

Page 83: ...is page To initialize it simply click the Format button This page will list the Internal disks or RAID volumes and the E SATA disk only The HDD will be formatted in EXT3 file system The USB HDDs will only be listed in the USB Backup and Hard Disk Status pages in System Options The USB HDDs have to be formatted in advance in FAT16 FAT32 or EXT3 file system FAT32 is recommeded Build RAID Volume ...

Page 84: ...r RAID To do so go to RAID Volume in Disk Setup and choose the availabe disk action The Disk Actions drop down menu displays available actions based on how many HDDs are installed in the NVR For detail please refer to the table above ...

Page 85: ...Select a disk action and click Apply to proceed A warning dialog will be displayed as creating RAID volume will erase all existing data on the HDDs Click OK to continue ...

Page 86: ...Please wait for a few moment while the NVR is creating the RAID volume You will be prompted once the action is completed successfully ...

Page 87: ...Once the RAID volume is created it will be listed in the RAID volume list with the status of Offline ...

Page 88: ...Go back to the Hard Disk List page and the RAID volume should be in the list Click Format to bring the RAID volume online The status will be displayed just as if you were formating any internal HDDs ...

Page 89: ...AID function Once a RAID volume is created the Delete RAID option should be presented in the Disk Action drop down menu regardless the RAID volume has been formatted or not Only RAID1 and RAID 5 have repair function The recording should continue even when RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume fails or is rebuilding The replacement hard drive size must be larger or equal to the size of the smallest disk in the v...

Page 90: ...me is deleted all internal disks within that RAID should become offline and need to be formatted again before they can be used individually All internal disks or RAID volumes need to be formatted before they can be used ...

Page 91: ...tions Add a camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera s information and add it manually Automatic Search ...

Page 92: ...nent the first time you visit the page in order for the search to function properly Go ahead and click Install Once you have the ActiveX component installed the search status should be displayed after clicking Search Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press Configure ...

Page 93: ...ion section Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera Click on Detect to establish connection between the recorder and the camera If connection establishes successfully camera s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below ...

Page 94: ...trate etc if you wish You can also click on the Preview to preview the live video of the camera Click Add to finish adding the camera If cameras are marked with in the search result it means those cameras are already configured and connected to the NVR ...

Page 95: ...nd adjust its recording quality settings before adding the camera Some cameras are capable of multiple streaming profiles in which different video codecs are used for different purposes You will be able to use different video format for continuous recording if it s a multi stream capable camera ...

Page 96: ...om the camera The other is recording fps which will be limited by the live fps ex if the live fps is set to 10 choosing Full in the recording fps meaning it will only record at 10fps maximum For MPEG H 264 only i frame or full i p frame can be selected for recording fps For single stream camera only the recording fps can be adjusted ...

Page 97: ...Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the Search function enter the camera s IP address and cre dential in the Camera Information manually ...

Page 98: ... this function is turned off To add texts to one or more videos Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose Display OSD Choose one or more display options if you would also like the re corder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own ...

Page 99: ...xt will be displayed by either entering an X Y coordinate or use the system pre defined position from the drop down menu Click on the Preview button to see the preview of your setting and click Apply to save the configuration ...

Page 100: ...The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size color or font so they can be more visible on the video ...

Page 101: ...ings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera ...

Page 102: ...p down menu and click Add 2 Select a position number for the preset point from the Position Number drop down menu and fill in a name in the Position Name field for easier identification 3 Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the preset point ...

Page 103: ...ered Move Here when Event Trigger In order for this function to work properly please also complete configuration in Event Configuration Event Trigger PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera it is con venient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you ...

Page 104: ... should be listed in Camera Presets section 2 Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the button to move them to the Preset Sequence section then 3 use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequencing positions 4 Finally select a dwell time from the drop down menu and click Apply to save the configuration ...

Page 105: ...era with a geographical perspective With this function users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening This function works by incorporating the event detection function as well as the recording function which as a result helps users take all the necessary actions when an unusual event occurs ...

Page 106: ...To replace the map click Browse button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click Upload Only JPG PNG and GIF file formats are supported with file size under 100KB ...

Page 107: ...ra to define its location Access the E Map Monitor page from the upper right hand corner menu When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras their videos will be displayed on the E Map and you can double click on the video to enlarge it ...

Page 108: ...lar function to the aforementioned E Map monitor It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations To configure locations of each camera first determine the location you d like to place the camera to on the map You can do so by ...

Page 109: ...pecific place on the map by entering its address or the name of the place in the Address or places of interest field Once the location has been determined click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E Map monitor function ...

Page 110: ...it s necessary General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure when an event is triggered how often events are triggered and the corresponding actions when events are triggered Start the event configuration by defining the general settings Define when an event will be triggered Choose Always or Only during under Event Trigger Duration For the Only during option choose ...

Page 111: ...ggered Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined choose what action to be taken during an event trigger You can choose to have the recorder send out the first few frames of the video recorder upon an event is triggered You can also choose to have the recorder send out a warning mes sage in e mail or in txt file format and upload it to an destined FTP server ...

Page 112: ...s 1 For cameras that come with physical digital input ports their ports will be listed in the far left drop down menu 2 Pick the desired channel for I O mapping and then select the camera s input port from the drop down menu 3 Select the trigger condition from the Condition drop down menu The recorder does not control camera s input or output ports in a way to let you pair recorder itself with a c...

Page 113: ...u set to use camera s digital input port as the event trigger source you will not be able to select motion detection as the trigger source for this camera under Event Configurations Event Trigger setup page The image s that are uploaded to the destined FTP server or emailed to a des tined mail recepient are in their own proprietary image file format h4i or p4i which can only be opened by the NVR m...

Page 114: ... servers are to be used with event trigger actions In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format image txt to a destined event server according to the configuration ...

Page 115: ...cation port of the FTP server usually port 21 4 Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it s re quired 5 Check Use Passive Mode if it s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6 Click Test to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully 7 Click Add for the settings to take effect ...

Page 116: ... 3 Specify the sender s name in the Sender s name field 4 Enter the sender s e mail address 5 Check Enable Authentication and enter the username and password of the SMTP server if it requires authentication 6 Click Apply to save the configuration The NVR supports SMTP servers that use base64 or MD5 authentication methods ...

Page 117: ...tifications in the previous two sections now we can finish up the event configuration by setting which channels will have event trigger function enabled What is considered to be an event Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channels ...

Page 118: ...in the camera The NVR recognizes the first motion area by its ID number set in the camera Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the UPnP Port Forwarding is enabled in both th...

Page 119: ...nels It can help the recorder to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate You can define the following in General Settings Pre Alarm Post Alarm recording length Recording frame rate Define to always keep a number of days of previously recorded data Enable disable different recording types on different cameras Enab...

Page 120: ...en an event is triggered The post alarm time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an event trigger is finished The Pre alarm function only works when the Continueous recording is also activated Recording frame rate allows you to set different frame rate for different types of recording instead of recording at one frame rate ...

Page 121: ... it s a multi stream capable cameras If you chose to use a different video format for recording you are able to adjust its detail settings by clicking on the A new dialog will pop out for further detail configurations Noticing the Frame rate in this dialog represents the live fps that will be set back to the camera for this particular video format You can configure the recording fps for different ...

Page 122: ...f recording data If this option is enabled once the hard drive is full the recycle function will then start but it will ensure that the number of days of recording data defined here will stay in hard drive instead of wiping out 20GB of data at a time If the hard drive is not full the NVR re calculates twice a day each at 2 30am and 2 30pm to keep the defined number of days of recording data from t...

Page 123: ...The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording record video only of particular channels ...

Page 124: ...Schedule Recording You can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels in this page To configure a schedule recording Use the Channel drop down menu and select a camera first ...

Page 125: ... a specific time Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording You can also use the Quick Configuration to define recording time range instead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time table Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either choosing All Day or enter a start and end time fo...

Page 126: ...gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firm ware restore backup device settings or reboot device etc The Device Information provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time It also provides information of the current network settings and status ...

Page 127: ...Logs and Reports Logs and Reports keeps a record of what s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting ...

Page 128: ...ot the NVR when necessary Reboot cameras directly from the NVR Perform Firmware Upgrade Backup the NVR s settings to a local hard drive Restore the NVR s settings from a previously saved configuration file Reset the NVR s settings to their factory default values ...

Page 129: ... day during a week or a month Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded through web UI or USB Before upgrading firmware please backup configuration in advance the firmware file comes with a tar gz file extension please use the file as is DO NOT unzip it It s normal that you may only see tar as the file extension in Windows as the OS hide the known file extention by de fault Through the web int...

Page 130: ...anagement UI Go to Setup page and go to System Options Maintenance On Upgrade NVR s Firmware section click Browse and select new firmware file A new dialog should display and let you choose the location of the firmware file ...

Page 131: ...When done click Upgrade Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish After upgrade the system will reboot automatically it s part of the process ...

Page 132: ...o USB port on the NVR 4 The System LED on the NVR will start to flash in amber This indicates firmware upgrade is in process 5 Warning Please wait until upgrade process finished inter rupt the upgrade process may cause system not work anymore 6 Wait until System LED remains solid in amber This indicates firmware upgrade is finished 7 Power off the NVR and remove the USB disk the power the unit bac...

Page 133: ...The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the Live View page after it is complete ...

Page 134: ...Disk Status Disk Status gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR ...

Page 135: ...not AVI to the externally connected USB hard disk You can check the Disk Status page under System Options to see if the USB disk has been detected by the NVR If it s available it will also be in the USB HDD drop down menu in the USB backup page It needs a USB disk containing free space larger than 100MB ...

Page 136: ...page and it should be available for further configuration The USB hard disk s will be listed in the drop down menu displaying the remaining disk space Make your selection from the drop down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR ...

Page 137: ...ay attention to the USB Backup function Limitation It does not support USB Hub extend the number of HDD con nected to the NVR Only one backup process can be performed at a time Maximum 4 channels can be selected for backup Only FAT32 USB hard disk is supported for backup The USB hard disk needs to have more than 100MB remaining space If multiple partitions are presented in one disk only the first ...

Page 138: ...atically created in the USB hard disk with a name format like 0028687831_20100610151515_2010060511 0010_20100606110010 MAC_backupbuttonclicktime_starttime_ endtime Note Please plug in the USB HDD only after the NVR is fully started or the HDDs will be incorrenctly mounted Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player The backup files can be played with the NVR media player To do open the player a...

Page 139: ...Click Browse to select the file from the USB disk A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location ...

Page 140: ...When done click Check to validate the file Once the file has been successfully verified you should be prompted with the message shown below ...

Page 141: ...Select the time zone according to your current location Finally click OK to begin playing The player should now play the backed up file ...

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