Vivotek NR8201, User Manual

Page 1: ...8 CH Viewing Recording RAID0 1 Scalable Storage 4 CH Viewing Recording External eSATA Interface Rev 1 4 1 ...

Page 2: ...t 9 Home Page 20 Configuration 22 Device 22 Network 27 LAN 28 Access list 30 DDNS 31 Security 33 Schedule 35 Recording Policy 37 Trigger 40 Layout 43 System 44 Maintenance 47 Storage 48 Backup 49 System log 50 Joystick 51 Monitor 52 User Interface of Monitor Page 52 Functions of Monitor Page 54 History 57 User Interface of History Page 57 Functions of History Page 58 Appendix 63 Technical Specific...

Page 3: ...he NR8201 8301 are comprehensive network video recorders featuring with multiple functions to provide the best quality and highest performance in network video recording Read before use The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country It is the user s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use It is ...

Page 4: ...gabit Ethernet RJ45 Socket x 1 WAN General I O Terminal Block Power Button Power Cord Socket Recessed Reset Button General I O Terminal Block Power Button eSATA Socket Ethernet 10 100 RJ45 Socket x 4 LAN Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Socket x 1 WAN Physical description Front panel NR8301 NR8201 Connectors NR8301 NR8201 WAN LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LAN4 LAN5 LAN6 LAN7 LAN8 Power PoE Status HDD NR8301 Network Video R...

Page 5: ...d 6 Digital Input 2 7 Digital Input 2 Ground 8 Digital Input 3 9 Digital Input 3 Ground 10 Digital Input 4 11 Digital Input 4 Ground 12 Ground General I O Terminal Block This Network Camera provides a general I O terminal block which is used to connect external input output devices The pin definitions are described below DI DO Diagram Refer to the following illustration for connection method ...

Page 6: ...onnection on Off No connection Blink WAN port activated LAN 1 8 On With connection Off No connection Blink LAN port activated 1 8 Hardware System Requirement Computer Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 or above Internet Explorer 6 0 or later Hard disk NR8201 Support 1 x 3 5 SATA I II HDD up to 2TB Supports external eSATA interface NR8301 Support 2 x 3 5 SATA I II HDD up to 4TB Supports RAID0 an...

Page 7: ... let go both buttons Do not press the buttons too long or the system will power down The status LED will flash yellow during the reboot process Wait for the Status LED to blink and then become steady green in normal state Note that all settings will be restored to factory default It takes about 50 seconds to complete the procedure The LAN LEDs will also flash to indicate the system is accessing ne...

Page 8: ...remember to format the hard disks before starting recording Please refer to Storage on page 48 Before using the Network Video Recorder please prepare SATA hard disk s for recording video 1 Make sure the power is disconnected 2 Secure the supplied rack mount ears if you want to install into a rack cabinet 3 Open the drive tray bezel as shown below and remove the drive tray 4 Install hard disks to t...

Page 9: ...o the NVR WAN port 4 2 If your local network has a DHCP server connect the WAN port to your local network and use the IW2 utility to find the NVR server IP You may then access the NVR server by en tering the discovered IP in the address field of a web browser 5 If you have external devices such as sensors and alarms make connections from general I O terminal block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 WAN POWER...

Page 10: ...2 The program will conduct an analysis of your network environment After your network is analyzed please click on the Next button to continue the program 3 The program will search for VIVOTEK network devices on the same LAN 4 After a brief search the main install window will prompt Double click on the listed NVR and check if its MAC address matches that printed on the product label A web browser c...

Page 11: ...8 Private LAN NVR embedded DHCP server LAN Management PC Supported Unsupported Connections 1 You can connect a management PC to the NVR s WAN port for management and monitoring All cameras should be connected to the 10 100BaseT LAN ports which reside on a different subnet from the WAN port IMPORTANT Please configure the IP addresses for the LAN and WAN ports into different class C subnets e g 192 ...

Page 12: ...te LAN NVR embedded DHCP server Internet LAN Router DSL Modem Management PC Management PC 3 If you use a LAN port to connect a management PC and that PC resides on a DHCP en abled subnet configuration conflicts will occur Therefore the LAN ports should always be used to connect PoE or non PoE network cameras The NVR will detect whether a camera is PoE compliant and will not supply power to a non P...

Page 13: ... your computer to NR8201 8301 for the first time 1 Connect your computer to NR8201 8301 LAN port using an Ethernet cable 2 Setup your computer in DHCP mode a Click Start My Network Places View network connections b Right click on Local Area Connection and then click Properties c Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties ...

Page 14: ...olutions 14 User s Manual d Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically as below Then click OK to enable your settings 3 Then NR8201 8301 will serve as a router and automatically assign an IP address to your computer ...

Page 15: ... one of the NVR s LAN ports to utilize NVR s onboard DHCP server Set up your computer s network setting in DHCP mode see page 13 and then directly enter the default IP for NR8201 8301 http 192 168 100 1 in the address field of an IE browser A web console with the NVR will be displayed and you can proceed with detailed configuration LAN Settings Configuration Go to Configuration LAN to verify the s...

Page 16: ...ettings 1 Go to Configuration Network The Network page provides configurations for the WAN port Click Get IP address automatically 2 Click Save to enable the settings 3 If your computer is in the same domain with the WAN IP address then you can use VIVOTEK Installation Wizard 2 IW2 to search for the Network Video Recorder easily Please follow the steps below to run IW2 a Install the IW2 under the ...

Page 17: ...his connection type if you want to use a static IP for the Network Video Recorder Please follow the steps below to change the settings 1 Go to Configuration Network Click Use fixed IP address 2 Enter the static IP Subnet Mask Default Router Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server provided by your ISP 3 Click Save to enable the settings 4 The MAC address will be shown when selecting fixed IP ad...

Page 18: ... via a DSL Line Please follow the steps below to setup 1 Go to Configuration Network Click PPPoE 2 Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP 3 Enable the Upnp protocol by selecting the Upnp presentation if you require to apply it 4 Click Save to enable the settings 5 The IP Address Subnet Mask Default Router Primary DNS Server MAC address will automatically show up in the above blanks ...

Page 19: ...t If you receive a message saying that your Internet Explorer security settings prohibit installing Active X components please enable your Active X Controls for your browser 1 Click Tools Internet Options Security Custom level on the tool bar of the Internet browser 2 Look for Download signed ActiveX controls select Enable or Prompt Click OK 3 Refresh your web browser and then install the Active X...

Page 20: ...his page is for you to search and playback recorded data in a specific range of time Configuration Click this button to open the Configuration page This page is for you to configure the settings of the network video recorder It is suggesting to apply a password for the Network Video Recorder so that only the authorized user can configure the settings Please refer to page 22 for detailed informatio...

Page 21: ...rtuguês Italiano Status panel NOTE The Userrname will be blank if you have not setup a password in the Security page Please refer to page 33 for detailed information Depending on user s privilege of the user account the access to the configuration page may be restricted For more information about user s privilege please refer to Manage Privilege on page 34 User Name default root Login Time yyyy mm...

Page 22: ...ports simultaneous 4 CH video recording and 8 CH video recording using NR8301 The following is the support list of NR8201 and NR8301 If the camera you wish to add is not on the list you may choose unknown from the list or you may download the newest firmware updated with the new models 8000 series 7000 series 6000 series IP8161 IP7135 7137 IP6112 22 IP8330 IP7130 31 32 33 34 38 39 IP6117 27 IP8332...

Page 23: ... Search Device The searching results will be displayed in the following column You can click Stop Searching if the linked devices are all displayed on the list 2 You may wait for a moment while the system is searching for the new devices 3 Select a device to be inserted Modify the Device Name if necessary 4 Click Add Devices to enable the settings 5 Select Add new on the drop down list and click o...

Page 24: ...me Recording Stream You may choose the stream for recording Recording Storage You may select the storage for recording Recording Policy Choose the recording policy To know more details please refer to page 37 Motion triggered Choose the Motion Window Noted that you need to set up motion windows on the configuration page of the camera first Input triggered Choose the digital input trigger source an...

Page 25: ...matically 5 Click Save to enable the settings 6 If you wish to remove or link to the device select the device and click Remove or Link to Device to remove or link to the device NOTE If you want to modify the settings of the device select it on the drop down list You can also manually install a new device in LAN Please follow the steps below 1 Select Add new on the drop down list 2 Enter IP Address...

Page 26: ...er of Multimedia Communication Solutions 26 User s Manual The device information will be displayed in the following blanks and then you can modify the settings of the device Please refer to page 24 for detailed information 51 ...

Page 27: ...can refer to page 16 for information You may also configure a fixed IP address for the WAN port along with associated subnet mask router and DNS servers settings If you are using PPPoE for Internet connection enter User Name and Passwords provided by your Internet Service Provider If you need an access from Internet via a router using the port forwarding methodology you may need to open HTTP and R...

Page 28: ...nitial configuration The default Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 If you connect network cameras to NVR as diagrammed below the embedded DHCP server will automatically assign IP addresses to the 4 NR8201 and 8 NR8301 cameras 192 168 100 2 192 168 100 254 while the NVR server itself takes up the first address RESET LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 LAN WAN LAN NVR Server IP address 192 16...

Page 29: ...ve been implemented with these ports it is best to avoid the connections to devices other than PoE cameras The LAN ports should be connected only to PoE networks without routing to the outside plants WARNING The Network configuration page provides configurable options for the NVR s WAN port The LAN configuration page provides network configuration options for the 4 or 8 LAN ports and usually you d...

Page 30: ...Denied list column type in the starting IP address and ending address in the blank space on the allowed list and the denied list columns A number of total 10 IP entries for both lists can be configured 2 Click Add to take effect NOTE For example when the range of allowed list is set from 1 1 1 0 to 192 255 255 255 and the range of denied list is set from 1 1 1 0 to 170 255 255 255 Only users IP lo...

Page 31: ...ce Select a DDNS provider from the Provider drop down list VIVOTEK offers Safe100 net a free dynamic domain name service to VIVOTEK customers It is recommended that you register with the Safe100 net to access the Network Video Recorder from the Internet Additionally we offer other DDNS providers such as Dyndns org DHS org TZO com dyn interfree it Note that to utilize this feature please apply a dy...

Page 32: ...ngs window enter your account information and then click Save to enable the settings Forget key Click this button if you forget the key of Safe100 net Your account information will be sent to your e mail address Please refer to the following links to apply a dynamic domain account when selecting other DDNS providers Dyndns org Dynamic Dyndns org Custom visit http www dyndns com TZO com visit http ...

Page 33: ... accounts in Manage User column please apply a password for the root account first Please follow the steps below to set up root password 1 Enter the password identically in both text boxes 2 Click Save to enable password protection 3 The following window will automatically pop up for you to login Enter the administrator username as root which is permanent and can not be changed Enter the root pass...

Page 34: ...O O O Playback Control History page O O O NOTE The user privileges of an administrator are always enabled and unchangeable Operator and Viewer don t heve the permission to the Configuration page Manage User Administrator can add up to twenty user accounts 1 Enter the new user s name and password 2 Select the Privilege for new user account Click Save to take effect Here you also can change user s p...

Page 35: ...ault recording schedule always Therefore once you insert a device to the network video recorder it will begin to record live video continuously Please follow the steps below to add a new recording schedule 1 Enter a descriptive name for the new schedule 2 Select a day and enter a time frame in the format of 24hr 3 Click Add to take effect The new recording schedule will show up in the Schedule Dis...

Page 36: ... 37 to continue the setting The new recording schedule will also show up on the Trigger Configuration as below Click Trigger on the left Menu Then you can select Always Never or schedule1 as your schedule for event trigger If you want to delete a recording schedule select it on the drop down list Select Schedule and then click Remove to delete it If you want to delete a time frame select it on the...

Page 37: ...ording policy save continuous recording for 30days Therefore once you insert a camera to the Network Video Recorder it begins to record live video continuously and save 30 days of recorded videos You may go to History page to retrieve the videos For example The user adds a VIVOTEK IP8162 camera to NR8201 8301 Following pictures shows the default settings Configuration Device Configuration Recordin...

Page 38: ... of the time period 0 Seconds 10 Seconds 30 Seconds 1 Minute or 5 Minutes as pre motion time Pre motion records the video in a pre set time period before the event and merges the recorded event into one combined video Post motion Time Select an option of the time period 30 Seconds 1 Minute or 5 Minutes post motion time Post motion records the video in a post set time period after the event and mer...

Page 39: ... policy section and select the given recording policy first Then click Remove See below The new recording policy will show up on the device information as below Click Device on the left Menu Then you can select Default or recording1 as your recording policy 1 2 1 2 Recording Mode Add Entry Select the event mode or continuous mode to apply to the schedule as an entry Event Mode Select to apply the ...

Page 40: ...ggering In the following illustration an event can be triggered by many sources such as motion detection or external alarm digital input devices When an event is triggered you can specify what kind of action should be performed You can assign the Network Video Recorder to send notifications to your e mail address or FTP site Please configure the following items to add a new trigger type of event e...

Page 41: ...ice This function will only be enabled on the devices with DI function 2 From the network video recorder Select one of the following source and then select a digital input Alarm On Alarm external digital input NVR D1 1 NVR D1 4 is triggered on the network video recorder Alarm Off Alarm external digital input NVR D1 1 NVR D1 4 is off on the network video recorder NOTE You can modify the Name and pr...

Page 42: ...ted Device Y motion X on Device Y motion X off Device Y DI Device Y DI X on Device Y DI Device Y DI X on With Snapshot jpg No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 FTP format Event Type Camera disconnected Motion on Motion off Snapshot No snapshot motion on_Z_MAC address_date time_ random number jpg mottion off_Z_MAC address_ date time_random number jpg Event Type Alarm on Alarm off Snapshot alarm on_Z_MAC address_da...

Page 43: ...5 1 7 for the display in live viewing window on the monitoring page Noted that there are only two types of layout 1x1 2x2 supported in NR8201 Cells You can assign a device and select a stream of the assigned device for each cell Noted that there are up to 4 cells for NR8201 and up to 9 cells for NR8301 Save Click Save to save the new layout Remove Select the layout you want to remove and click Rem...

Page 44: ...ystem Time Select one of the following option as the system time displaying in the status panel on top right of the monitor page Please refer to page 21 for detailed information Keep current date and time Select this option to reserve the current date and time of the Network Video Recorder The Network Video Recorder s internal real time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the ...

Page 45: ...en the setup is done you may try to confirm the settings by clicking on Send test FTP Then click Save to enable the settings E mail Server Mail Server Enter the domain name or IP address of the e mail server Port The default mail server port is set to 25 You can manually set another port Username Enter the user name of the e mail account Password Enter the password of the e mail account Sender Ema...

Page 46: ...puts Digital Output In the digital output section you may modify the name of the external digital output VAST This section allows you to enable the service for VAST to connect to the NVR The port is set to 3454 by default It requires a password for authentication Noted that the maximum live connection is 10 and the connection for VAST counts one live connection in the system ...

Page 47: ...e camera list of device page will no longer exist The recorded video will still remain and retrievable in history The process window will display when the reboot or restore is in processing Download Configuration Click Download to save the configuration Please note the configuration of NR8201 and NR8301 cannot be used for one the other Upload Configuration Click Browse and specify the configuratio...

Page 48: ... The following message is displayed during the formatting process NR8201 NR8301 RAID NR8301 supports RAID 0 1 as for storage management You may choose to format the hard disks to RAID 0 or RAID 1 Once the RAID pattern is applied to the hard disks the storage space will follow the RAID system If you replace the hard disks you can click Recover RAID button to recover the preset RAID system If you wa...

Page 49: ...ssary to enable backup and then you may select the backup options individually or simultaneously Next is pick up the backup date and time and then click Save to execute it Manually Backup There are several options for you to narrow down the range of the data First of all it is necessary to enable backup and then select the backup options individually or simultaneously Next is pick up the backup da...

Page 50: ...ns 50 User s Manual System log This column displays the system log in chronological order The system log is stored in the Network Video Recorder s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain amount Click Refresh it will update the latest system log ...

Page 51: ...and refresh the NVR Configuration page The joystick functional buttons support to be assigned with commands as zoom in out pan stop patrol start stop manual recording mute unmute snapshot play pause live stop playing fast forward fast rewind previous next turn on turn off NVR digital output enter exit full screen mode and preset 1 16 You can assign up to 10 commands to the 10 buttons of joystick f...

Page 52: ... devices User Interface of Monitor Page Click Monitor on the Main Menu the user interface of Monitor page will be displayed Following is the Monitor page NR8301 without connected cameras NOTE There are only two layouts 1x1 2x2 provided in NR8201 a Layouts b Playback Control c Time Bar and Histogram d Live Control Panel e Digital I O Control Area f Video Cell f a b c d e ...

Page 53: ...nnected cameras For more information about how to insert connected cameras please refer to Device on page 22 Live viewing mode Playback mode Click on the Histogram to switch to playback mode The Live Control Panel will turn into Playback Control Panel as below Click on the Playback Control Panel it will switch to live viewing mode ...

Page 54: ...een Following is an example of 4x4 layout For each video cell you can select a linked device on the drop down list Time Bar and Histogram In the Monitoring page the Histogram only shows video clip for 80 seconds as below The blue line is the Time Bar The green line is the status of motion value windows Drop down list of Linked devices The red frame represents the focused cell 80 seconds Playback m...

Page 55: ...u ve set on the Configuration page of the cameras Refresh Click it to update the preset locations Manual Recording Button If you click Manual Recording Button on the Live Control Panel the Recording Type will turn into Manual recording If you want to stop manual recording click the button again Snapshot Click to save a snapshot of the video you select To configure Snapshot and Download Path please...

Page 56: ...peed up 4x 16x 64x Play forward To playback recorded video Click again to speed up 4x 16x 64x Previous During playing mode click this button to play the last video clip back in 60 seconds During pause mode click this button to step back to display the last I frame Next During playing mode click this button to play the next video clip forward in 60 seconds During pause mode click this button to ste...

Page 57: ...ace to playback recorded video and browse the live view from linked devices User Interface of History Page Click History on the Main Menu the user interface of History page will be displayed as below d a a Time Picker b Time Bar and Histogram c Recorded Video Clips d Video Viewing Window e Playback Control Panel f Recording Mode e c f b ...

Page 58: ... current Hour Day Week or Month Click this button to go the last period of time last Hour Day Week or Month Click this button to go the next period of time next Hour Day Week or Month Manually input the time and then click this button to go the selected period of time selected Hour Day Week or Month Time Bar and Histogram Recorded Video Clips The recorded video clips in the selected period of time...

Page 59: ... AVI file of a video clip to your local computer select it and then click this button Click this button to refresh the latest video clip Recording Type The following color bar will show up on the histogram according to the recording type Green bar Continuous Record video according to continuous mode For detailed configuration refer to Recording Policy on page 37 Yellow bar Motion Record video when...

Page 60: ...s 60 User s Manual Example Following video clip list contains different kinds of recording mode NOTE For the length of Continuous Recording Motion Recording Input Recording and Manual Recording please refer to Recording Policy on page 37 for detailed configuration ...

Page 61: ...f Multimedia Communication Solutions User s Manual 61 IP8162P There are two ways to playback recorded video clips 1 Click a desired time on the histogram 2 Click on a video clip and then click on the playback control panel IP8162P ...

Page 62: ...ame Stop To stop video playback Play rewind To rewind recorded video Click again to speed up 4x 16x 64x Play forward To playback recorded video Click again to speed up 4x 16x 64x Previous During playing mode click this button to move to play the last video clip During pause mode click this button to step back to display the last I frame Next During playing mode click this button to move to play th...

Page 63: ... Security Multi level user access with password protection IP address filtering Users Camera live and playback viewing for up to 10 clients Dimension 446 4 mm W x 330 2 mm D x 43 6 mm H Weight NR8201 4kg NR8301 4 7kg LED Indicator System power PoE status and hard disk indicators Network link indicator Power 100 240V AC 802 3af compliant Power over Ethernet Power consumption NR8201 Max 0 48 W witho...

Page 64: ...ns 64 User s Manual URL Commands for the Network Camera RTSP URL command RTSP ip_address port cameraID where camera ID is mac address with 00 For instance if mac is 00 02 dd dd dd dd the camera ID is 0002dddddddd00 url example is RTSP 192 168 100 1 0002dddddddd00 ...