Planet NVR-1615, User Manual

Page 1: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 ...

Page 2: ...e in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception whi...

Page 3: ...ence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately Energy Saving Note of the Device This power required device does not support Stand by mode operation For energy saving plea...

Page 4: ...Screen Division 20 4 4 Sub screen Functions 21 Chapter 5 System Setting 23 5 1 Camera Setup 23 5 1 1 Audio Setting 23 5 1 2 Template Setting 24 5 1 3 Camera List 25 5 1 4 Camera Setup 25 5 1 5 Parameter Setting 26 5 1 6 Search Camera 27 5 2 Schedule Setting 27 5 3 Network Setting 29 5 3 1 Network 29 5 3 2 PPPoE 29 5 3 3 UPnP 30 5 3 4 UPnP Transversal 30 5 3 5 Server 30 5 3 6 DDNS 30 5 4 System Set...

Page 5: ...pe 43 Chapter 8 Log Viewer 46 8 1 System Log 46 8 2 Event Log 47 8 3 Bitrate Log 48 Chapter 9 Playback 49 9 1 Search Recorded Video Files 49 9 2 Playback Control Buttons 50 9 3 Convert into AVI File 51 9 4 Backup Video File 51 Chapter 10 Web Remote Management 52 10 1 Connection to NVR 52 10 2 Live View on Internet Explorer 53 10 3 System Information 54 10 4 Screen Division 54 10 5 Sub screen Funct...

Page 6: ... IP cameras but also is compatible with most of major IP camera brands with ONVIF in the market Furthermore the NVR 1615 can automatically search and find the available cameras in the network and provide smart setup wizard program so it greatly reduces users effort when setting up the system The NVR 1615 is suitable to fit in various network environments Besides its small scale applications for re...

Page 7: ... Windows XP Professional 32 bit or Windows Server 2003 32 bit Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above CPU Minimum Intel Pentium 4 2 4 GHz or higher Dual Core is recommended RAM Minimum 1 GB of RAM 2GB or above is recommended Network Minimum 10 100 Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet is recommended Graphics Adapter AGP or PCI Express minimum 1024 x 768 16 bit colors We highly recommend to work above t...

Page 8: ...roughput 80Mbps Snapshot z Preview snapshot in HDD or removable device z Search event snapshot z Backup to USB device Audio Audio Type 2 way Audio format G 711 G 726 Live view Display Mode Live View Playback Full Screen Split Screen 1 4 6 9 16 Full Screen Full Screen 1 4 6 9 16 PTZ Support Preset Tour Auto pan Iris Focus Speed and joystick Playback Split Screen 1 4 6 9 16 Full Screen Search Mode S...

Page 9: ...cording z Mail z FTP z TCP z HTTP Management Number of Groups 2 Administrator User Privileges Live View Playback Record Setting PTZ Two Way Audio User Interface z Graphic local user interface Operated by mouse z Web browser Internet Explorer 7 or above z CMS Utility Log Type System Event Bit rate Software Utility Search utility Mobile app CMS Environment Power 12V DC 4 16A Consumption 8W without H...

Page 10: ...d Digital In 1 4 Amber LED on when digital input X is closed Digital Out 1 4 Blue LED on when digital output X is closed Rear Panel Connector Description USB Connect your mouse and USB flash disk for local display control and backup Reset Press and hold reset button to factory default HDMI HDMI output VGA VGA output e SATA External e SATA HDD PWR eSATA 12V D D DI 0 DI 1 DI 2 DI 3 GND DO 0 DO 1 DO ...

Page 11: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 11 LAN 10 100 1000Mbps network I O DI x 4 DO x 4 Audio Audio out Mic in ...

Page 12: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Accessories Check 2 2 Installation 1 Remove all screws on the box 2 Lift up and remove the cover English ...

Page 13: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 13 3 Assemble the hard disk cradles with the silver screws 4 Install the hard disks in the case with the black screws ...

Page 14: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 14 5 Connect the SATA data cable and SATA power cable between hard disk and main board 6 Put the cover back 7 Assemble all the screws back to the box ...

Page 15: ...ing PLANET IP Wizard II Utility The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server or you are connecting to it directly Access NVR with its default IP 192 168 0 20 3 1 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 please install the PLANET IP Wizard II utility from the bundled CD disk To begin launch the PLANE...

Page 16: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 16 Please click Next to continue Please click Install to start the installation ...

Page 17: ...t Programs PLANET IP Wizard II PLANET IP Wizard II to run the search tool Then you will see the utility start searching the network The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed Double click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR s web administration page from your default browser ...

Page 18: ... IP address The NVR comes with a pre configured static IP address 192 168 0 20 However it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network Connect the NVR and PC to your 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 it Simply acc...

Page 19: ...16 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 1615 19 You should be prompted for the user name and password Enter its default username admin and password admin and then click OK to enter the system ...

Page 20: ... two way audio playback volume control snapshot start or stop monitoring and PTZ controls 4 2 System Information Date Time Throughput Recording Status Event Alarm Status HDD Status 4 3 Screen Division Assign the preview screen to the expected layout division by clicking these buttons Switch to 1 division Switch to 4 division Switch to 9 division Switch to 16 division ...

Page 21: ...ange current division mode 3 Switch to current channel display ratio mode 4 Switch to Full Screen mode Cancel Full Screen mode 5 Reset all channels to default camera list 6 Snapshot current display 7 Enable Disable auto switch Setting Click it to set up system and view log Playback Click it to go to Playback page to search and display needed video Snapshot Click it to take a snapshot to the HDD yo...

Page 22: ...r setting from combo box and click go button to start tour click Stop button to stop tour Preset Select a preset position from combo box and camera will move to preset position after clicking IRIS Adjust camera s IRIS setting or set it to auto Focus Adjust camera s focus setting or set it to auto Zoom Zoom in or zoom out focus PAN Start camera auto pan or stop ...

Page 23: ...og 5 1 Camera Setup 5 1 1 Audio Setting Click the Auto Setting button for adding cameras to system automatically and maximum number of cameras depends on NVR s model After clicking the button system will show the fuzzy search filter dialog You could input the search filter with model name IP address or MAC address or you could keep them empty to search all cameras ...

Page 24: ... longer need to set up parameter of camera again in most cases You could set up the quick template from camera setting page and only need to set the camera s resolution and frames per second If you need to set up more details in template please click the Advanced button to approach the template setting dialog Resolution The new camera will try to fit the selected resolution When you select Max the...

Page 25: ...disabled if the check box is empty Switch Camera sequential Click right button of mouse on the camera and select another camera in the popup menu System will switch to these two camera s settings Quick Setup 1 Select a camera 2 Click Quick Setup button 3 Select an action Copy to Copy selected camera s settings to all channel or single channel Switch To Switch selected camera and target camera sequ...

Page 26: ...for live viewing and recording Protocol Select protocol HTTP TCP and UDP Rate Control Select EVBR or CBR for better video performance Quality Select video quality by numbers Enable Audio You have to enable audio for two way audio function Audio Recording Enable it for audio recording Two way Audio Enable it for Two way Audio function Input Gain Adjust the gain to reduce the input audio noise Outpu...

Page 27: ...ing OK on the bottom of the page If you click Cancel button to leave setting page system will ignore all your modified settings Clear button Clear all setting fields 5 1 6 Search Camera Click Search button and system will list all cameras that can be searched in Search List You can click on each row to preview live video streaming In addition you can click on the header column for sorting the curr...

Page 28: ...ule Select a camera Select a camera for schedule configuration Select a weekday Select a weekday bar system will list time periods with this weekday Add Configure Select the time period and type of recording Delete Delete the preset schedule Copy Copy selected schedule to all weekdays ...

Page 29: ...User defines Secondary DNS User defines DNS Setting Check Obtain DNS from DHCP to get DNS setting from DHCP server It only works on DHCP when enabled If Obtain DNS from DHCP is disabled you could key in DNS server IP in the text box 5 3 2 PPPoE Enable Disable Select the radio boxes to enable or disable PPPOE function Account Key in login user name of PPPOE server Password Key in login password of ...

Page 30: ...r HTTP Port Set up HTTP service port here The default setting is 80 RTSP Port Set up RTSP service port here The default setting is 554 RTSP over HTTP Enable RTSP over HTTP function and the remote live streaming will use HTTP protocol and HTTP port 5 3 6 DDNS The NVR 1615 provides PLANET DDNS function to allow you to map a domain name to the dynamic IP address of a network device Sever Name Select ...

Page 31: ...ize with NTP default Enable synchronize date time with NTP service NTP Server Key in NTP server IP or domain name If you use the domain name to connect NTP server the DNS service must be enabled NTP Sync Interval Select time period to synchronize with NTP service Time Zone Select the time zone of NVR location Daylight Saving Enable or disable daylight saving mode Daylight Saving Start Time Configu...

Page 32: ...roup Select user s login group Username Set up username for account Password Set up password for account Confirm Password Confirm the password is correct Description Describe the user or group Live Viewing Define the access permission for each user to have live viewing Playback Define the access permission for each user to play back camera Record Define user permission for recording Setting Define...

Page 33: ... motion window Click on motion window or window s name to set up focus window and then click Delete button to remove it Modify motion parameter Click on motion window or window s name to set up focus window and then edit its motion parameters You must click Update button to save modified values otherwise the settings will be lost Name Key in motion window s name Include Exclude Include indicates s...

Page 34: ... in the personal e mail account information and then click on Add to add the information to the address book you may also click on Modify to change the information or Delete to remove the account from the list 5 8 Notification Setting You may set up the notification to receive e mails send file to FTP server or HTTP CGI when the event is triggered ...

Page 35: ...ecure Connection The e mail server needs SSL connection Send Test Button Send out a test mail to check whether Server information is correct or not HTTP Setting HTTP IP HTTP server s IP or domain name HTTP Port HTTP server s service port HTTP User Name Login HTTP server s user account HTTP Password Login HTTP server s password HTTP CGI HTTP server receive notification CGI path FTP Setting FTP Serv...

Page 36: ...5 seconds Style You may change the interface to Simple Normal Professional Advance Image Adjust monitor Brightness Contrast Saturation Sharpness and Hue value Only available on D sub interface Maintenance Default Setting Reset all settings to factory default value Backup Setting Export backup setting file to removable storage device Restore Setting Restore a backup setting file from removable stor...

Page 37: ...ce and click Partition button System will remove all data and partitions on selected device and create a new partition Mount Un mount Button Mount or un mount USB stick S M A R T Button Display the Hard Disk S M A R T status Partition List Display all partitions of selected device and their information Clicking Format button will format selected partition to ext4 format all data will be lost 6 3 S...

Page 38: ...image will display on the right of window Copy Clicking Copy button will copy selected snapshot file to removable device Delete Clicking Delete button will delete selected snapshot file Destination Snapshot List 1 Select a removable device path 2 System will show snapshot file s name of selected folder 3 Select a snapshot file name the snapshot image will display on the right of window Delete Clic...

Page 39: ...Type Input Event DI port number if not DI event will fill 1 Device Event triggered device ID Snapshot Viewer Select an event from search result table and click the Play button The snapshot video will display on the right of window Next Frame Click button for next frame Pre Frame Click button for pre frame Information Display snapshot video information Snapshot Button Click Snapshot button and save...

Page 40: ... Samba server account Password Login Samba server password Add Button Key in all Samba server information and then Click Add button to add to samba server list Modify Button Select a Samba server from list and then modify server s information when the modify job is done click the Update button to save Delete Button Select a Samba server in the list and then click Delete Button to remove it from li...

Page 41: ...w 7 1 Add a New Event 1 Select a camera or local from tree list 2 Click Add button in the below device list 3 Select an event from table Motion Alarm Camera s motion detection Please set the camera motion first Disconnect Alarm Lost camera connection Digital Input_0 Digital Input_4 Detected input Schedule Trigger Triggered by schedule setting HDD Error Alarm Failed recording or HDD error will send...

Page 42: ...rm triggered by DI in open status false means alarm triggered by DI in close status For Schedule trigger true means alarm is triggered during scheduled period false means alarm triggered when not in scheduled period Alarm seconds Define the alarm time period when the event is triggered Merge seconds Set for merging the same two alarms between setting seconds 7 Click Add button in the below Action ...

Page 43: ...List Delete Event Schedule 1 Select an event from Event List 2 Select an event schedule from Event Schedule List 3 Click Delete button in the below Event Schedule List Delete Action 1 Select an event from Event List 2 Select an event schedule from Event Schedule List 3 Select an Action from Action List 4 Click Delete button in the below Action List 7 4 Event Action Type Buzzer Buzzer works after e...

Page 44: ...hot images with selected channels and save snapshots to event snapshot folder automatically You could search them on Event Snapshot page under System Management E mail 1 Select channels for snapshot or record a file when event is triggered 2 Select Snapshot or Record a period video file 3 Set up Pre Alarm seconds and Post Alarm seconds for record file 4 Select users to send notification e mail whe...

Page 45: ...nd notification to HTTP server when event is triggered FTP 1 Select channels for snapshot or record a file when event is triggered 2 Select Snapshot or record a video file in a specified time 3 Set up Pre Alarm seconds and Post Alarm seconds for recording ...

Page 46: ...og Viewer 8 1 System Log Log Type Select a log type to filter data Time Set up search logs in time period Limit Record Set up maximum number records of search result Search Click Search button to start search the search result will display in the table below ...

Page 47: ...er records of search result Search Click Search button to start search the search result will display in the table below Preview Event Images Select an event log from log table Event image will display in the window You could click the play control buttons to preview event images Change Display Channel Select another camera ID from combo box System will display selected channel image in event time...

Page 48: ...ll show a different color of bitrate data as seen below Select a date Click on the calendar with blue background days Bit rate table System will display the bit rate log in the table Blue Bit rate is very low Green Bit rate is fine Yellow Bit rate is a bit high Orange Bit rate is very high Red Bit rate is over limit ...

Page 49: ...layback date If there is record history data system will set calendar s day to blue to identify which days has recorded files 2 Begin search Click Search button to start search record file in selected date and system will draw search result in the grid 3 Select playback camera and time period Select cameras from list and drag on search result or edit start end time from date time picker control to...

Page 50: ...lly and select which cameras you need to play back together Click the OK button when the search is done Simple Search Select playback period from date controls directly and select which cameras will play back Click the OK button when the search is done 9 2 Playback Control Buttons Parameter Description Play video forward Pause playing video Stop playing video Play video backward Seek to previous f...

Page 51: ...ack sound Switch display mode to full screen and right click mouse to return to normal mode Take a snapshot to hard disk 9 3 Convert into AVI File 1 Click button to open search dialog 2 Select convert camera s and time period for converting 3 Select converted files destination folder and then click OK 9 4 Backup Video File 1 Click button to open backup dialog 2 Select backup camera s and time peri...

Page 52: ...r playback and most of the functions are the same as the NVR system 10 1 Connection to NVR For the first time connection you need to install the ActiveX control if it appears on your web page as shown below After installing the ActiveX component login the system on pop up window Please login your username and password and then you will see the Select View Channel window as shown below ...

Page 53: ...l s you would like to view on your computer Please also check the Low Bitrate to reduce the bandwidth consumption on IE Click on OK to see the live view 10 2 Live View on Internet Explorer The picture below is the live view on IE which is exactly the same as NVR system ...

Page 54: ... 3 System Information 10 4 Screen Division Switch to 1 division Switch to 4 division Switch to 9 division Switch to Full screen and right click mouse to cancel Full Screen HDD Status Event Alarm Status Recording Status Date Time Switch to 16 division ...

Page 55: ...nel Restore Division Default Restore to default division when you finish full screen view Click it for System setting System Management Event Setting Log Viewer Playback Click it to go to Playback page Snapshot Click it to take a snapshot to the HDD you can manage snapshots at snapshot page of system management Audio Volume Control Click it to switch between normal and mute Schedule Monitoring Cli...

Page 56: ...o auto Zoom Zoom in or zoom out focus PAN Start camera auto pan or stop 10 6 Playback on Internet Explorer Click it to go to Playback page Play video forward Pause playing video Stop playing video Play video backward Seek to previous frame when in pause mode Seek to next frame when in pause mode Close playback and return to live view Change of playback speed Adjust playback audio volume Convert in...

Page 57: ...r NVR 1615 57 To select which information you would like to show as seen below Search recorded video files please see chapter 9 1 for information Take a snapshot to hard disk Back up video files please see chapter 9 4 for information ...