Vivotek NV9311P, User Manual

Page 1: ...Rev 1 6 1 11 Rev 1 0 User s Manual H 265 H 264 Codec 802 3af at PoE HDMI VGA G sensor GPS 8 16 CH 40ºC 55ºC EN50155 Solid Connection for Shock Vibration SATA or SSD Programmable Delay ON Off Mobile NVR NV9311P NV9411P NV9311P M12 NV9411P M12 Rev 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...s on VAST2 48 2 2 1 Adding NVR as a VAST2 Sub station 48 2 2 2 Configuring GPS and E Map 50 Alarm 57 2 2 3 Playback Videos on the NVR H D D from the VAST2 CMS Software 62 2 3 Operation on Camera View Cell 66 2 3 1 PTZ Panel 66 2 3 2 Digital zoom Panel 69 2 3 3 Play Recording Clips Panel 70 2 3 4 DI DO 71 2 3 5 Others 71 2 3 6 Right click Commands 72 Chapter Three Configuation Using the Local Conso...

Page 3: ... Network IP 134 Settings DDNS 139 Settings Service 140 3 6 Devices 144 GPS G sensor 144 3 7 Information 145 Section Two Management over a Web Console 146 Chapter Four Login and Getting Started 147 4 1 Login 147 4 2 Graphical Layout and Screen Elements Liveview 151 4 2 1 Camera List Panel 152 4 2 2 Layout 154 4 2 3 Layout contents 155 4 2 4 Logo Menu 155 4 2 5 View Cell panel 156 Adding Cameras to ...

Page 4: ...a 195 6 2 5 Time Search 196 Safety and Compatibility 198 1 No storage system is completely fail safe Damage to data might occur due to file system corruption operating system malfunction virus infection HDD component failures and so on Therefore it is highly recommended to regularly back up your data and VIVOTEK disclaims responsibilities of data loss or recovery 2 Always power off the system usin...

Page 5: ...ments in this Document i INFORMATION provides important messages or advices that might help prevent inconvenient or problem situations NOTE Notices provide guidance or advices that are related to the functional integrity of the machine Tips Tips are useful information that helps enhance or facilitate an installation function or process WARNING or IMPORTANT These statements indicate situations that...

Page 6: ...ed The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those who have basic networking knowledge It is designed for various applications including video sharing general security surveillance etc The Configuration chapter suggests ways to best utilize the Network Camera and ensure proper operations For creative and professional developers the URL Commands of the Network...

Page 7: ...eMap Live videos can also be displayed remotely allowing instant access for a complete safety control For the installation on vehicles the NVR supports ignition startup delay start and shutdown scheduled start shutdown The NVR also features as wide range of power input aluminum die case chassis built in heater surge protection and the protection for shock and vibration Special Features Runs on emb...

Page 8: ...rsh conditions or exposed to unconforming stress The relevant electrical engineering regulations must be complied with at all times during installation Ensure that all maintenance and repair work is handled by qualified personnel such as electrical engineers or network specialists Read this manual before installing or operating the system The documentation contains important safety instructions ab...

Page 9: ...he wiring can become overheated causing dam ages to your equipment Warning The system must be disconnected from all sources of power and the power cord re moved from the power supply module s before accessing the chassis interior to install or remove system components Warning Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install replace or service this equipment Warning Installation of...

Page 10: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability 10 User s Manual Dimension Drawing 268 170 214 3 5 90 284 276 7 230 27 M3 tapping 4x 5 5 4x Chapter 1 Hardware 1 ...

Page 11: ...LEDs SD card 2 5 HDD or SSD Tray lock Reserved Front Panel 2 You should pull the retention cap up after you install an SD card to prevent disconnection by vibration or impact Note that the front panels of the NV9311P NV9411P and the M12 version NV9311P M12 NV9411P M12 are identical ...

Page 12: ...2 3af at IP cameras Chassis ground Main LTE Black Yellow Red ACC DC IN Chassis ground 802 3af at total power budget is 64W 4G HDMI VGA Terminal block USB GbE Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 06 Camera 05 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Wi Fi antenna GPS antenna 12V 48V LTE Antenna RS232 PoE ports 802 3af at IP cameras Chassis ground Main LTE Black Yellow Red ACC DC IN Chassis ground LA...

Page 13: ...ioning System connectivity can apply for speed and route tracking data on video streams For specialized wireless transmission a SIM card is necessary for the LTE module The SIM card can be installed by opening a small cover from the bottom of the NVR Reset button SIM socket Reset button The SIM socket ...

Page 14: ...arance It is recommended to have a clearance for making the cabling connections at the front and the the rear of the chassis Front 4 Rear 3 Connector Pinouts Front Panel 1 Brown 2 White 4 Black 3 Blue 4C 3C Wire Color NOTE Brown GND White GND Blue Line out Black MIC in Audio IN OUT M12 ...

Page 15: ... will automatically detect the current signal status You can then trigger the external devices using the DI DO panel on the live view You can also configure the system alarm setting for the system to automatically trigger a DO on the occurrence of system events See Alarm settings on page 107 Normally Open pin Common pin Normally Closed pin Coil The pins are listed and described from left to right ...

Page 16: ... R 10 9 8 7 6 GND VGA_5V GND GND GND 15 14 13 12 11 SCL Vsync Hsync SDA GND VGA 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC IN DC IN ACC DC IN DC IN DC IN Power Input The Red DC IN connects to the vehicle battery positive The Black DC IN connects to the vehicle battery negative or chassis ground The Yellow ACC connects to the ACC pin of the vehicle ignition key switch ...

Page 17: ...l 17 While routing the cables the possible damage caused by impact friction and vibration should be taken into consideration IMPORTANT Cable Pinouts Black Yellow Red M12 8 pin A code Ethernet TxData RxData RxData TxData M12 4 pin D code Ethernet ...

Page 18: ...nd screw resistance can be high causing problems with voltages supply Do not make ground connections to screws with thread locker compounds They are insulated from the chassis Screws with thread sealers or those mounted on gaskets are not the good choice for grounding IMPORTANT Connect the yellow wire to a vehicle s ignition switch s ACC pin Red wire to the vehicle battery output and the Black wir...

Page 19: ...tional Gain 3dBi avg Input impedance 50 ohm Efficiency 50 VSWR 2 Recommended Active Antenna Characteristics Band Performance TRP TIS GSM850 29dBm 104dBm EGSM900 29dBm 104dBm DCS1800 26dBm 104dBm PCS1900 26dBm 104dBm WCDMA B1 19dBm 104dBm WCDMA B2 19dBm 104dBm WCDMA B5 19dBm 104dBm WCDMA B8 19dBm 104dBm LTE B1 18dBm 92dBm LTE B2 18dBm 90dBm LTE B3 18dBm 89dBm LTE B4 18dBm 92dBm LTE B5 18dBm 90dBm L...

Page 20: ... panel at the bottom of the NVR You should subscribe to a service with a wireless service provider and obtain a SIM card Reset button SIM socket Reset button Install a SIM card to the SIM socket The reset button is also located in here Refer to page 134 for the Network IP and the default gateway configuration ...

Page 21: ...and Wi Fi module Depending on the country region of your operation you may need to install different wireless WAN modules Install an LTE and Wi Fi module by lowering and inserting them into socket LTE module Wi Fi module Secure the installation by driving 3 screws ...

Page 22: ...he PCI E 4G communication module need to be connected The NVR comes with another embedded GPS module Connect the antenna cables to the Wi Fi module The SIM7100C PCI E 4G communication module is shown here as an example Note that the Wi Fi and 4G network configuration windows will only be available when the associated modules are installed in the NVR See page 134 for information of the configuratio...

Page 23: ...D Note the choice with HDD or SSD is relted to operating temperature 40 C 55 C SSD 0 C 55 C surveillance HDD 1 Use the bezel key to unlock the bezel lock 2 Loosen the hand screws 3 Remove the tray box Tray lock 1 2 3 4 Remove 4 flat sunk head screws from the top of the tray box ...

Page 24: ...ilt with Reliability 24 User s Manual 5 Remove another screw from the bottom of the tray box 1 2 6 The interior of the box is revealed Remove the drive tray by unlocking the tray lock and press lever to the right ...

Page 25: ...DD Connector side 8 Insert the 2 5 hard disk or SDD into the drive tray through the side opening Note that the hard disk label side is facing up and the SATA connector is at the rear side ESD When handling hard disk drives it is recommended to wear an anti static wrist strap to avoid damages from static charge ...

Page 26: ...User s Manual 9 Flip the drive tray over and secure the hard drive using 4 included sunk head screws 10 When done install the drive tray into the tray box Note that the lever should be in the open position when you insert the drive tray ...

Page 27: ...rive tray firmly into the unit bay Contact resistance can be felt during the process 10 2 Close the front lever 10 3 Secure the installation using the tray lock Keep the tray lock key safe for later use 11 Install the tray box cover by fastening 5 screws you just removed ...

Page 28: ...User s Manual 12 Install the tray box back into the NVR 13 Secure the installation by fastening hand screws and lock the tray lock on the front panel NOTE that you cannot power up the device unless the tray lock is locked Tray lock 1 2 ...

Page 29: ...nstall the NVR with the M12 connectors Install the cable clamps to the cable retention bracket Note that the positions of every two cable clamps should be one in the back and the other in the front The same applies to the holes at the bottom 15 Remove the grounding screw Keep it for later use ...

Page 30: ...y 30 User s Manual 16 Secure the bracket to chassis using two screws at the top and the grounding screw at the bottom 17 Connect cables to ports and secure their connections using the cable clamps M12 4 pin D code M12 8 pin A code ...

Page 31: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability User s Manual 31 M12 4 pin D code M12 8 pin A code Shown below is the M12 rear panel connection ...

Page 32: ...VR can be powered on Make sure you keep your tray keys for access to the onboard disk drive 18 Use four self tapping screws to secure the NVR to a metal panel If the need should arise to install the NVR on a ceiling use the M5 self tapping screws and drive them through the smaller holes on the four corners of the NVR IMPORTANT ...

Page 33: ...he first time you will be required to configure a system password Jot down the password and enter it twice to access the system A local console requires the following 1 A monitor is connected via an HDMI or VGA cable 2 A mouse and or a keyboard are connected to the system 3 It is presumed that the system has not been configured yet 2 Select the UI language Time zone and current date and time Click...

Page 34: ...the configuration Click Finish to proceed Except in the initial setup changing system time can produce disruptions to the existing recordings Turning the current system time back to a time when video recording was taking place can generate duplicate files And those files may not be playable IMPORTANT 3 The system will then start to scan the local subnet for connected cameras ...

Page 35: ... manually select cameras If there are less than 8 or 16 cameras the Auto Setup will automatically move to the next configuration step 3 The maximum streaming bandwidth is 96Mbps If multiple web consoles VAST or iViewer connections are being made and the threshold is exceeded the new connection requests will be rejected NOTE Max Decoding streaming resolution 8192x8192 for H 264 MJPEG 4096x4096 for ...

Page 36: ...on delay LED blinks 3 times 0 5 sec apart Repeats after 2 sec 8 Heater on LED blinks 4 times 0 5 sec apart Repeats after 2 sec 9 Abnormal temperature LED blinks 5 times 0 5 sec apart Repeats after 2 sec Status LED 1 Solid Green System is ready 2 Blinking Green every 1 second Updating firmware or device pack 3 Solid Red S M A R T related disk errors or a configured H D D is missing or H D D is full...

Page 37: ...elay time Low power protection is also supported See page 125 for the delayed ON OFF configuration see Settings System Power management After the initial connection When the vehicle engine stops the system should start flushing the cached contents in system memory and gracefully shut down The NVR can be configured to power down later than the engine stop using the battery power Press the Reset but...

Page 38: ... tunnel see page 141 for details You can also refer to VAST2 User Guide for details To enable VPN tunneling when you install VAST2 select VAST server with OpenVPN IMPORTANT When a camera is included into the NVR configuration the video recording automatically starts The red dot indicates the recording is taking place ...

Page 39: ...em buzzer is sounded move your mouse cursor to reveal the main screen portal and then click on the Stop buzzer button Serious system faults such as a missing volume can trigger the system buzzer Verify the cause of system fault and turn off the buzzer NOTE ...

Page 40: ... Reliability 40 User s Manual Section One Management over a Local Console Chapter Two Introduction to the Local Console Interface Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 06 Camera 05 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 ...

Page 41: ...iew camera connection storage Stop buzzer Play recording clip Digital zoom PTZ DI DO Snapshot Manual recording Deselect camera Config portal Camera portal Information Audio Export recordings Virtual keypad PoE management Power management GPS G sensor Storage Device Alarm search When a view cell is selected Due to the limitation of system resources the fisheye dewarp 1R 1P 1O3R 1O8R modes can only ...

Page 42: ...amera Portal will appear The system automatically detects the characteristics of an individual camera when you select a view cell This portal appears with a camera that supports mechanical PTZ This portal appears with a camera that does not support mechanical PTZ You can also hide these portal toolbar Right click on the LiveView screen to display the option Here are some operation steps using the ...

Page 43: ...be prompted for User name and Password enter admin and admin the default user name and password and then click Login PTZ presets If your PTZ cameras have preset locations click on the button to unfold the preset menu Click on any of the preset locations to move to the area of your interest Pan Tilt controller Pull the inner circle to the direction you prefer Release the mouse button to stop moving...

Page 44: ...what has just happened 3 2 Another way to access past videos is to open the Search recording clips window Move your mouse cursor to display the Configuration Portal without selecting any view cell Click on the Search recording clips button Please refer to page 74 for more information about the search functions You will be prompted for User name and Password enter admin and admin the default user n...

Page 45: ...tion an alarm message will prompt on the screen Click on the Alarm icon for an instant review of the event occurrences If the alarm is configured with video recording as the responding action you can click on the alarm entry The Playback window will appear allowing an instant playback of the alarm related footage You will enter the Search alarm results page even if the alarm does not trigger a rec...

Page 46: ...ilable The default live view receives a camera s stream 1 If a camera s stream 1 is configured using MPEG 4 as the video codec the following message will prompt You can go to the Settings Camera Media Video window to configure the video codec of stream 1 into H 264 or H 265 ...

Page 47: ...stem comes with idle modes Below are the applicable conditions 1 Live view if no management activities occur for 5 seconds the tool bars disappear from screen When in the idle mode mouse cursor and tool bars will disappear Moving the mouse cursor will re activate the screen 2 Settings page If left unattended for 10 minutes system will automatically log out The system will prompt for user credentia...

Page 48: ... s Manual 2 2 Tracking and Viewing the Mobile NVR Videos on VAST2 2 2 1 Adding NVR as a VAST2 Sub station 1 From the Live view page click Settings 2 Click Sites from the Device pane 3 In the Site management window click the Add Sites button ...

Page 49: ...u can manually enter the IP address or use the Search button to locate your NVR 5 Once the NVR is found enter the CMS access password to authenticate the connection Note that the CMS password is configured on the NVR in the Settings Network Service page ...

Page 50: ...n the NVR entry Click the Apply button to complete the configuration 2 2 2 Configuring GPS and E Map 1 Open the E Map configuration page and click on the E Map import button Select a graphic file of your vehicle 2 An exmaple of a bus is shown here Double click to edit the E Map ...

Page 51: ... and drag cameras to their corresponding positions on the vehicle When the camera is in place drag the FOV indicators on the edge to change the shoot angle and the coverage range Drag the FOV to change the shooting direction to match the actual installation ...

Page 52: ...e Google map icon Click on the camera icon You can also change the color of camera icon and the FOV type Fisheye cameras when ceiling mounted have a round shape coverage When your E Map configuration is completed click the Done button at the lower right of the screen ...

Page 53: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability User s Manual 53 5 The Google map window appears Click on the GPS tab 6 Click the Add GPS button The GPS device on the NVR will be listed ...

Page 54: ...le click the Built in GPS found under the NVR to display the current position 8 Select the Show e maps while selecting GPS on google map checkbox Select the E Map configured for your vehicle from the pull down menu Click the Apply button and then click the Done button at the lower right corner of the screen ...

Page 55: ...reate an E Map view Click the E Map tab on the left to open the E Map window 10 Click to open the E Map view Double click to open the Google map 11 A GPS location mark will appear on the E Map showing the location of vehicle Single click on the location mark to display the associated vehicle s E MAP ...

Page 56: ... with Reliability 56 User s Manual 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x 12 You can click on any of the camera icons placed on the vehicle to display an instant live view Note that one live view can display at a time ...

Page 57: ...on is triggered A wide variety of triggering conditions can be applied including 1 Camera triggers Motion detection Field detection VCA Camera DI Loitering VCA Camera DO Camera disconnected Tampering detection Recording error Temperature Stop recording IR Infrared Video loss Video server only PIR Passive infrared Line crossing VCA Note that some of the triggers require that you open a web console ...

Page 58: ...ile NVR The GPS and G sensor related options apply to the Mobile NVR that comes with the GPS and G sensor GPS can be used to track the speed and location of a vehicle while the G sensor can be used to detect abnormal impact or traffic accidents Abnormal G sensor motion Mobile NVR Speeding Mobile NVR Note that you should use the pull down menu to select a triggering condition and then click to sele...

Page 59: ...eed from a specific camera The Go to camera presets requires you to configure preset points on a PTZ camera before the Alarm configuration such as a speed dome Once triggered the PTZ camera lens will move to a preset The VAST server automatically disables unavailable options For example when the DO option is selected the cameras that do not support DO connections will be hidden The Send email open...

Page 60: ...ided before you can apply the settings On the Schedule page you can select to activate or de activate alarm triggers throughout a specific timeline For example in some situations you can disable the alarm triggers during the office hours and choose to enable the triggers only during the off office hours ...

Page 61: ...an of your preferrence The minimum selectable unit is half an hour You can select multiple time spans on the template Enter a name for the template and click Add to save your template The same configuraion window apply to both the Schedule template and the customize schedule windows Make sure a Schedule mode is selected when you leave this configuration step Enter a name and instructions for users...

Page 62: ...VR runs on Linux you have to install the Ext2 File System Driver for Windows to access the recording files from a NVR hard disk The file system driver can be found here https sourceforge net projects ext2fsd source typ_ redirect Run and install the Ext2fsd 0 xx exe Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation ...

Page 63: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability User s Manual 63 ...

Page 64: ...era 04 Camera 06 Camera 05 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 VAST USB Micro B Mobile NVR Disk Tray 3 From VAST enter Settings Device Locabl DB 4 There are 3 import types 1 NVR disk the drive tray box removed from a mobile NVR 2 NVR backup the recorded videos exported from an NVR using a USB thumb disk or portable drive 3 VAST backup scheduled backup from the local machine Note that the USB 3 0 cable i...

Page 65: ...g a mobile NVR s disk drive as an example click the Source select button to locate the disk drive 6 The NVR will be mounted as a local DB 7 A Local DB sub tree will be listed under your server and you can view the existing recordings on the NVR s disk drive ...

Page 66: ...ve to 2 Focus Click on the Focus near and Focus far buttons to adjust camera focus 3 Home Click to move the camera lens towards the default home position 4 Zoom Use the Zoom in and Zoom out buttons to adjust the camera s zoom ratio 5 Presets If you configured preset positions a list of preset positions will appear 6 Patrol If you configured preset positions into a patrolling tour click on this but...

Page 67: ...Presets If you configured preset positions a list of preset positions will appear 5 Speed Adjusts the speed when moving across the field of view 6 Patrol If you configured preset positions into a patrolling tour click on this button and the camera will proceed with patrolling through the preset points Below is the PTZ panel that appears with ordinary PTZ cameras This portal appears with a fisheye ...

Page 68: ...s move is supported joystick Y axis movement 3 Zoom Continuous move is supported To zoom in move joystick Z axis clockwise or use button 2 To zoom out move joystick Z axis counter clockwise or use button 3 4 Home joystick button 1 5 Auto Pan joystick button 5 6 Patrol joystick button 7 Preset positions must be pre configured for the camera 7 Stop Stops auto pan or patrol Joystick button 6 ...

Page 69: ...te video frame as an area of your interest Using a click and drag on the ROI window you can instantly move to other areas within the video frame Use the zoom ratio pull bar at the bottom to change the zoom ratio You may also move the ROI around by click and drags Global view Zoom In Zoom Out 160 ROI Shrink Expand Note that not every camera supports the PiP function Please refer to page 163 for the...

Page 70: ... mins 10 mins and 60 mins for an immediate playback For security reasons using this function requires users to enter his her credentials 10 32 56 2015 09 22 1x 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x 2016 05 16 01 Camera 01 17 15 41 1x The Playback window will prompt and a playback begins from the point in time you selected e g 30 seconds ago This function allows you to quickly review what has just ha...

Page 71: ...to disable the DO Otherwise the DO signal will be continuously triggered As the result if the DO is configured as an alarm trigger many alarm messages will be generated 2 3 5 Others 1 Snapshot is used to take a snapshot from the camera currently selected Note that this function only saves the snapshot in JPEG to a USB thumb drive The USB thumb drive has to be one that is formatted in FAT format 2 ...

Page 72: ... streaming Select to display snapshots on screen instead of constantly streaming live videos 3 Fit screen with ratio The NVR server automatically optimizes the display of camera view cells However you can still select this option to display the camera s original aspect ratio for example the original video feed can be 4 3 Without the fit screen every camera s image will be expanded to fill the view...

Page 73: ...rotation button below to let the system swap the display of different cameras by every 10 seconds The rotation speed is configurable via Settings System Display Move your mouse cursor across the screen to display the portal 3 2 DI DO Click on the DI DO button to display the full list of all DI and DO signals whether they are connected or not from all cameras in the configuration If a digital input...

Page 74: ...orded clips A confirm box will prompt Enter User name and Password to proceed 3 3 1 Time Search 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x 2016 05 16 01 Camera 01 17 15 41 1x Use the layout button to adjust view cell arangement on screen You can retrieve the recorded videos from a max of 4 cameras at the same time The search and calendar view will appear Select a day on the calendar when the recordings t...

Page 75: ...imes The current playback status is indicated on the screen This button appears when you select to playback a fisheye camera s recording This avails the selection of dewarp modes usable during the playback Digital zoom This applies when a camera is displaying the full of its field of view You can use the Digital zoom function to zoom in on the field of view Export clips Use this function to select...

Page 76: ...k to select the 1O 1P Panoramic 1R Regional 1O3R 1 Original and 3 Regional or 1O8R modes If 1P 1R 1O3R or 1O8R mode is selected you can exert the mouse control on screen such as swiping the view or hold down the mouse button and swipe the field of view Please refer to the User Manuals that came with fisheye cameras or page 163 for description of fisheye display modes ...

Page 77: ...anually enter the From time and the To time 4 Click on the From time tab using a single click 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to configure the To time 6 Click on the Export button 1 2 The export process is indicated on the right Depending on the length of footage to be exported this process can take minutes When completed a message will display on screen The default for export is 5 minutes before and 5 min...

Page 78: ... s Manual 3 3 2 Alarm Search Click on the Alarm search button on the upper left of the screen to enter the Alarm Search panel You can specify the search criteria by selecting the devices to be involved in the Alarm search The default is All ...

Page 79: ... span of time to be searched Click to expand the calendar view and keypad to specify the From and the To time to cover the possible time of occurrences You can also determine what types of alarms will be included in the search Select the pre configured Alarms or select the Trigger types from the pull down menus ...

Page 80: ...en the Search window is left unattended for 10 minutes the NVR will return to the live view display To enter the Search window you will have to enter the user credentials again NOTE Up to 200 search result entries will appear If more than 200 entries have been found click on the New results button on the last entry page If two cameras participate in the recording of an alarm related event the foot...

Page 81: ... a glimpse of past recordings over a timeline It looks like doing the film editing after a film was shot To enter the Storyboard window click on the Storyboard shortcut on the upper left of screen Below are the screen elements of the Storyboard window To search for a particular video footage select the target cameras and the time of recording On the Storyboard the timelines of up to two cameras ca...

Page 82: ...n and then moving in to a 4 hour 1 hour 10 minutes and 2 minutes span When the screen displays a 24 hour span each snapshot represents a 3 hour time span Each click on a snapshot brings you deeper into the timeline 24 hour 4 hour 1 hour 10 mins 2 mins Time span 1 hour 22 00 00 22 07 30 22 22 30 22 30 00 22 37 30 Below is a sample screen showing the screen of a one hour time span Each snapshot repr...

Page 83: ...e time span of your current position For example if you are in a 4 hour time span the Back to previous state button will bring you back to the 24 hour time span Back to previous state Previous hours mins Next hours mins The smallest time span is 2 minutes And on the screen of 2 mins span each snapshot represents a 15 seconds video footage You can then click on the Play button to playback the recor...

Page 84: ...mera 2016 03 14 14 05 09 1x The playback window will appear Please refer to page 75 for the operation details To return to the Live View window click on the Back to Search recording clips button and the Back to Liveview button on the upper left of the screen ...

Page 85: ...e or multiple cameras select a period of time in which the recording took place and then click export The max length of recording export is 24 hours To export recordings 1 Attach a USB thumb drive formatted in FAT format to the NVR s USB port 2 Select one or multiple cameras from the list 2 3 4 5 3 Select the start time of the period of recording time 4 Select the end time of the period of recodin...

Page 86: ...s Manual 6 The Export progress will be shown 7 When the Export process is done select to resume another export or go back to the live view Note that the Export process can take a long time if the time span of the selected video is very long ...

Page 87: ...ystem will default to the overview page displaying the camera connection and storage statuses An empty position will be left in blank and a disconnected camera will be indicated as The storage volume usage is displayed as the used and unused spaces The Reboot button is also available on this page There are critical conditions that can sound the system buzzer such as a disk failure 3 5 1 Settings O...

Page 88: ... configuration 4 Change the Network settings 5 Change the cameras positions on the layout screen 3 5 2 Settings Camera Management The Camera menu provides access to Management Recording Media Image Motion detection and PTZ settings pages For a camera name you can enter up to 64 alphabetic and numeric characters including 0 9 a z A Z _ For user name and password you can enter up to 64 alphabetic an...

Page 89: ...k the Add button the camera will be placed at an unoccupied position You may also expand the menu on the side of the Add button to select a position number 3 When a camera is added it should appear on the graphical placement below 4 Click the Apply button after you added cameras 5 You may click the page back button to return to the previous window ...

Page 90: ...A list of cameras will appear 2 The Remove button will turn yellow Mouse over to the camera you want to remove and its entry will display the Remove message 3 Click on the Remove message The camera should then disappear from the camera list The recording from that camera will also be discontinued ...

Page 91: ...l cameras Using static IPs is recommended Although the NVR can remember the MAC addresses of cameras if IPs are changed under the DHCP configuration your NVR may still fail to connect the cameras Please consult your network administrator for details about network settings It is usually not necessary to change port numbers for the HTTP and RTSP ports unless there is a conflict in your network envir...

Page 92: ...y populated by the other Also the camera index number on the management list is not affected by the change of positions Click the Apply button for the configuration change to take effect The position screen displays the current layout on the Liveview screen 1 Wi Fi SSID Displays the AP Access Point this camera is connected to 2 Security mode Displays the security mode used for the security encrypt...

Page 93: ...ction 3 The default recording stream is Stream 1 and the system automatically adjusts the frame rate resolution etc for optimum performance However you can still change the streaming characteristics Note that you can not assign the recording task to other video stream 4 Watermark password Configure a password in a length of 16 to 64 characters You can use it to verify the authenticity of exported ...

Page 94: ... still change the streaming characteristics Note that you can not assign the recording task to other video stream 4 Enable the Activity Adaptive Streaming feature This feature records the I frames only when there are no activities detected When activities or alarm are triggered the camera raises the recording stream to the full frame rate This feature can save tremendous ammount of bandwidth 5 Ena...

Page 95: ...elect the the Clear checkbox and move the cursor across the time table The minimum unit on the table is half an hour 3 You may also use the scheduler tool on the right to facilitate the process You can select a condition checkbox and then select the All day Work hour Off duty Working day Weekend options to apply a time selection 4 Repeat the process on individual cameras or select the Apply to all...

Page 96: ...tting Configuration Default Medium resolution full frame rate High Quality Guaranteed video quality set as Good full frame rate Economical Medium to low resolution frame rate at 5fps High quality w economical High resolution Good image quality frame rate at 5fps With each recommended configuration applied the estimated bandwidth consumption value is immediately calculated and displayed at the lowe...

Page 97: ...ate 4 Intra frame period How often an I frame will be inserted into the video stream 5 Smart Stream II Some newer camera models come with Smart Stream features Please refer to the next page for detailed information 6 Video quality You may either select Constant bit rate or Fixed Quality as the defining rules for video transmission Constant bit rate Places a packet size threshold on video frames Th...

Page 98: ...onds the bit rates required for streaming a video can be tremendously reduced When streaming a video of a static scene the Dynamic Intra frame feature can save up to 53 of bandwidth The amount of bandwidth thus saved is also determined by the activities in the field of view If activities occur in the scene firmware automatically shortens the I frame insertion intervals in order to maintain image q...

Page 99: ... one or more objects move in that area The remainder of the screen where there are no moving objects no pixel changes will still be transmitted in low quality format Manual The Manual mode allows you to configure 3 ROI windows Region of Interest with Foreground quality on the screen Areas not included in any ROI windows will be considered as the non interested areas The details in the ROI areas wi...

Page 100: ...objects In the Manual mode the non interested area is always transmitted using a low quality format regardless of the activities inside You should also select the Maximum bit rate from the pull down menu as the threshold to contain the bandwidth consumption for both the high and low quality video sections in a smart stream Quality priority Use the slide bar to tune the quality contrast between the...

Page 101: ... 101 Audio The Audio window allows you to configure all audio codec sampling rate and Microphone input gains Depending on design of the camera models some codecs may not be available Also there are cameras that come without embedded mircrophones ...

Page 102: ...efault is enabled If enabled the video name and time is displayed on the view cell 3 Power line frequency Depending on power line frequency of your country select a matching option NTSC 60Hz or PAL 50Hz to avoid image flickering due to unmatched electricity 4 Video orientation select these options if the image from camera needs to be vertically or horizontally flipped 5 Click Restore to poll for t...

Page 103: ...High TV line Gamma curve low light compensation etc The rest of the options depend on the lens and image sensor type of each individual camera Therefore the options here can vary For unique options coming with each individual camera please refer to their User Manuals for more information Click Restore to poll for the original settings or click the Apply button to finish the process For features co...

Page 104: ...w 4 Pull the detection area level up to a preferred position An object must be larger than the detection area to trigger an alarm 5 Select a Sensitivity level using the slide bar 6 Click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect The sample screen shows a connection with a speed dome camera If you already configured Preset positions expand its menu and click on the presets to move to a ...

Page 105: ...field of view where you want to designate as a preset position 3 Click the add button and enter a name for the position Press Enter to proceed Repeat the configuration to create more positions 4 Click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect Note that the PTZ panel can vary with different PTZ cameras 3 5 8 Settings Camera PTZ settings 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 106: ...hange its position on the patrolling order 2 Click the up and down buttons to change the position on the order or click the remove button to disband a position from the order You can also change the interval to stay before moving from one position to the next position 3 You may then click on the Preview patrol button to see if it runs as expected 4 Click the Apply button for the configuration to t...

Page 107: ...ing events via Email with snapshots attached 3 Sound the onboard buzzer 4 Triggering video snapshot and text message by the occurrences of events to an FTP site 5 Triggering a camera s DO 6 Triggering a PTZ camera s for its lens to move to a preset position 7 Sending notification to the VAST CMS software 8 Sending a full screen live view on the connected monitor You can create up to 10 instances o...

Page 108: ...TP snapshots GPS disconnected Camera DO G sensor Pan tilt zoom Pan Tilt Zoom Speed limit XX km h System DO Send to CMS Camera sources below Camera DI Send video to full screen Camera DO Motion detection PIR Tampering detection Camera disconnected Camera DI DO motion detection and tampering are not supported for ONVIF cameras When an alarm is triggered a message prompt will appear on the Liveview o...

Page 109: ... be a square To create an alarm 1 Click on the Add button You can manually enter a name for the current setting You can enter up to 16 numeric or alphabetic characters for the name including symbols such as 0 9 a z A Z _ You can also designate the interval between one alarm and the next triggered alarm to avoid the situation that the alarms can be too frequently triggered Click on the next button ...

Page 110: ...ed by one checkbox Note that the triggering sources will be listed even if the camera is currently not connected You may also select the Copy trigger from menu to borrow the setting you previously configured Click on the next button to proceed Note that the GPS and G sensor configuration such as vehicle speed limit is configured in the GPS G sensor window The following can apply with the GPS and G...

Page 111: ...otage of the length defined by the pre post event setting to the NVR system 4 2 Email The Email action sends an Email to the administrator along with a snapshot of the event To configure Email notification enter valid Email addresses as the Sender and Recipient addresses an Email subject and the SMTP server address through which the Email will be delivered If you need to log in to SMTP server to d...

Page 112: ...as a duration of 1 second while a short tone 0 5 second A very short tone lasts only for 0 1 second Select how many times the buzzer tones will be repeated on the occurrence of an event If events of different importance are issued at the same time e g one major and one minor event system will ignore the minor event and sound the buzzer tone for the major event only The buzzer can be sounded either...

Page 113: ... You can enter a directory name you prefer on the FTP site The server port default is 21 a different number between 1025 and 65535 can also be assigned The snapshot thus delivered has a size of 320x240 pixels If authentication is not applied login will proceed using the anonymous account The file names of the snapshot jpeg files will look like this MAC _ DATE _ TIME _ CAMERA_INDEX jpg If similar f...

Page 114: ...A PTZ capable camera can move its lens to the preset position in case of a triggered alarm For example a triggered sensor may indicate an area of interest has been intruded and a camera s field of view should be moved to cover that area The precondition is that you properly set up preset positions on your PTZ cameras using a local or a web console ...

Page 115: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability User s Manual 115 4 7 System DO A triggered alarm can be used to toggle the NVR s digital output e g to sound an alarm siren ...

Page 116: ...y 116 User s Manual 4 8 Send to CMS An event message will display on your VAST CMS software in the event of GPS signal loss or G sensor force exceeds configured thresholds The triggered alarms can be found in the Alarm search panel ...

Page 117: ...Manual 117 You should also configure a corresponding alarm on the VAST server Enter the Alarm management window Select System Event and begin your configuration Select NVR and a triggering condition such as the GPS diconnect as your trigger ...

Page 118: ...from the pull down menu Configure the corresponding action and proceed with the rest of the configuration When an event is triggered such as GPS signal loss or exceptional G force is detected an event message will prompt on screen You can also search the past alarms to find an event ...

Page 119: ...u can disable the alarm triggers during the office hours and choose to enable the triggers only during the off office hours 6 Click Finish to end the configuration 7 Repeat the process above to create more alarms according to the needs in your surveillance deployment 4 9 Send video to full screen The video feed from a related camera will be displayed on the occurrence of a triggered condition ...

Page 120: ...the connection to a Mail server Via the Mail server the system can deliver Emails containing system alarm messages to multiple receivers A reachable Mail server and Email accounts must be provided before you can apply the settings The configuration options are identical to those found in the Email configuration in Settings Alarm window ...

Page 121: ...daylight saving configuration A system reboot is required You can also manually update the daylight saving profile in the GZ format using the Import file button below 4 Click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect Note that if NTP time server configuration Auto is preferred the system will automatically configure all cameras to be listening to the system and therefore to the same ti...

Page 122: ...can be integrated into your NVR configuration The information in the device pack is related to some tunable parameters Note that the backup action does not involve the following 1 Recorded videos and database 2 Alarm records bookmarks and bookmarked footages Select a location for your backup file then click Save to complete the process If you back up to a USB thumb drive that thumb drive must be f...

Page 123: ...secutively display rotate cameras view cells on the Liveview window For example if you have 8 cameras in 2 2x2 layouts the rotation can let you see the live views of all cameras by every few seconds You can also enable or disable the Alarm notification To enable the rotate function click on the rotate button on the layout panel ...

Page 124: ...The total PoE power budget is 64W The maximum output for each port is 30W 6 You can manually enable or disable the PoE output on each port and configure a priority setting for each port should you need to run the deployment on a tight power budget 7 If port 5 7 and 8 are configured with Low priority and power runs short on the NVR The ports with smaller port number e g port 5 will be powered first...

Page 125: ...ower to the new camera You can configure the system delayed boot up and delayed shuntdown here Note the function only takes effect when the power line connection is valid If the key lock of the tray box is unlocked the system automatically shuts down The low voltage protection feaure enables the system to be powered down after the low voltage condition persists for a configurable period of time ...

Page 126: ...al 3 5 16 Settings System UPS On this page you can configure the system to gracefully shut down when UPS battery is lower than a certain level You may also let it shut down when the estimated sustainable time is reached We support APC Black 500 UPS ...

Page 127: ...er s Manual 127 3 5 17 Settings System Log System logs are categorized as System Recording User and Error To display system logs select a range of time and click on the Search button You can search for past logs in each category window ...

Page 128: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability 128 User s Manual ...

Page 129: ...ttings When users try to access the Settings window the login window prohibits regular users to log in There is simply no regular user s name on the login window 3 The administrator users can access all cameras recruited in the configuration while the regular users can be configured to have access to some or all cameras 4 The system blocks out the video feeds from users who are denied of the acces...

Page 130: ...group by unfolding its pull down menu Select either an Administrator or regular user as the user group 2 Enter the User name and password The max number of characters for a user name is 64 with alphabetic and numeric characters including 0 9 a z A Z _ The max number for password is also 64 ...

Page 131: ...e Since each volume contains only 1 hard drive detailed information about the hard drive is also displayed on this page You can format an existing storage volume in situations such as when you need to re deploy the system elsewhere Disk Information Model family The brand name of the HDD manufacturer Device model The disk model name Serial number Serial number assigned to the disk drive Firmware ve...

Page 132: ...o locate bad blocks This action may take several hours to complete Fast S M A R T test Tests the electronic and mechanical performance and disk read performance including those on disk buffer read head seek time and integrity of drive sectors The short test is performed on a small section of disk platters and takes about 2 minutes to complete S M A R T long test The long test is more thoroughly an...

Page 133: ...s Manual 133 There are conditions that disk drives will not be available for storage configuration 1 The disk drives are performing the Verify process 2 The disk drives considered as failed drives by the S M A R T self detection IMPORTANT ...

Page 134: ... SIM during the authentication process or when trying to unlock a locked SIM You can unblock a blocked SIM card using the PUK code Contact your service provider for the PUK code 2 If LTE connection is preferred and an LTE module is installed you need an active SIM card provided by a service provider The SIM cards are usually provided in an unlocked state so that it can be used without a Personal I...

Page 135: ...be installed for the WAN feature to work Enter the following on the LTE configuration page 1 PIN A code 4 to 8 digits long provided by your carrier to lock or unlock the SIM card 2 APN specifies an Access Point Name APN An APN is provided by your service provider 3 User Name provided by service provider 4 Password provided by service provider LTE Configuration ...

Page 136: ...igned by the DHCP server each time the system is connected to the LAN Manual setup Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the NVR Enter the Static IP Subnet mask Default router and Primary DNS provided by your ISP Subnet mask This is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet The default value is 255 255 255 0 Default router This is the gateway used to forward...

Page 137: ...o use WPA with pre shared keys WPA2 only PSK The AP accepts connections from wireless devices configured to use WPA2 with pre shared keys WPA2 implements the full 802 11i standard The WPA2 only mode it does not work with some older wireless network cards WPA WPA2 PSK The AP accepts connections from wireless devices configured to use WPA or WPA2 with pre shared keys Password The applicable alpha nu...

Page 138: ...ver each time the system is connected to the LAN Manual setup Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the NVR Enter the Static IP Subnet mask Default router and Primary DNS provided by your ISP Subnet mask This is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet The default value is 255 255 255 0 Default router This is the gateway used to forward frames to destinatio...

Page 139: ...net access Click the Register button The terms of service agreement window is selected from a checkbox at the bottom Click to read the license agreement terms When completed a confirm message will prompt You will also receive a confirm Email You can now access your NVR system using the xxxx safe100 net domain name address Note that access from the Internet should be routed to the private IP assign...

Page 140: ... by default Instead of a web console you can also access the NVR and the subordinate cameras using the iViewer and VIVOTEK s VAST software The NVR can be managed as one of the sub stations in a hierarchical device structure Set up a password for access from the VAST server before you can join the NVR to a VAST configuration For access from the iViewer you log in using the same user name and passwo...

Page 141: ...ed with the VAST server HMAC authentication and TLS encryption over an encrypted UDP connection are made effort lessly using the traversal methodology The sample installation screens are shown below VAST Camera 01 Camera 02 Camera 03 Camera 04 Camera 06 Camera 05 Camera 07 Camera 08 Camera 09 Internet HTTPS connection OpenVPN tunnel Port Forwarding Establish VPN tunnel Port Forwarding Register Sub...

Page 142: ...ers 0 9 a z A Z can not be the beginning or the ending character Note that on the side of the VAST server making connection via the OpenVPN the server client configuration should be properly configured On the mobile NVR a proper gateway setting should be made for VPN connection For the server configuration the configuration file is placed in C Program Files x86 VIVOTEK Inc VAST Server OpenVPN conf...

Page 143: ... name must be configured on the VAST server for the access through the Internet The IP or domain name can contain alpha numeric characters 0 9 a z A Z can not be the beginning or the ending character Note that the NVR and VAST server should have a similar time setting when exchanging certificate information Otherwise the mutual handshake authentication process may fail ...

Page 144: ...a triggering condition Enter a number as a speed threshold G sensor The G sensor can be used to detect unusual maneuvers by detecting acceleration speed information in 3 axial X Y Z directions You can change its sensitivity using the pull down menu or use the Customized option to manually enter the numbers for g force m s2 meters per second squared G 9 8 m s2 ...

Page 145: ...VIVOTEK Built with Reliability User s Manual 145 3 7 Information This window shows the revision number of the firmware running on this machine ...

Page 146: ... and keyboard and an HDMI cable to a TV screen or monitor The local management thus made is described in Section One of this manual 2 The other is accessed through the Ethernet connection Management via a web console will be described in Section Two of this manual LAN WAN Web console Note that when accessed over the network the total streaming throughput is 96Mbps ...

Page 147: ...re in the browser press F12 to check its status It is highly recommended that you should change the default password Please refer to Settings Security User account page to see how to prevent unauthorized access The system will prompt you if you entered an incorrect user name or password Remember me Your user name will be preserved in browser cookies for two days if you select the Remember me check...

Page 148: ...the selected language Login errors below are the login errors that might occur A Login failure can result from the incorrect user name and passwords The No permission error occurs when a user logs in using an authentication that has no access rights to the Settings page He will then be re directed to the Liveview page Remember me Select the checkbox to save your user name for use on the next login...

Page 149: ...view Playback or Settings window Liveview Search recording clips Settings 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x The NVR system features a simple UI structure which consists of a Liveview window a Playback utility and a system Settings window Once logged in you can move from one window to another by selecting the hot link buttons on the upper right of the screen ...

Page 150: ...your PC runs a default 64 bit IE browser and you manually enter the NVR s address on the browser your browser session may malfunction Instead if you double click on the discovered NVR on the IW2 utility a 32 bit IE browser will open 3 When you log in to the Liveview or Playback interface to stream a live or recorded video install the ActiveX plug ins If it does not prompt when you log in install p...

Page 151: ...ng with a screenshot 2 Layout Provides access to various layouts 3 Layout contents Provides functions to extend rotate and redo the layout System DI DOs are also shown in here 4 Logo Menu Provides access to the Playback and System Settings utilities as well as system time and logout function 5 View cell panel Displays video streams from one or multiple cameras Snapshot streaming bookmark and audio...

Page 152: ... of 8 cameras are displayed in this panel If a user logged in using a credential of a limited access he may only see cameras that he can access instead of all of the cameras To arrange a view cell layout users can click and drag a camera to a view cell Once connected a camera s video stream is displayed in the view cell Camera Thumbnail A mouse click on the camera name under the thumbnail brings f...

Page 153: ...tal input is triggered Connected and recording video to system storage Connected with live streaming Disconnected or trying to establish a connection Sorting criteria Use the sorting buttons to re arrange the order of the cameras on the list Cameras that match the condition will be brought to higher places on the list front of the order regardless of its original camera index Online the online cam...

Page 154: ...te a specific layout to be displayed when he she logs in The default layout for each user is stored in a browser s cookies Whenever changes are made to the current layout a message prompt will appear on the side of the layout panel reminding you to save your current setting 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 1P 3 1M 5 User layout 1 User layout 2 User layout 3 User layout 4 By default 5 typical layouts are provided f...

Page 155: ...index number of the current page will be shown between the arrow buttons When your current layout is displayed in a full view move your cursor to the left center of the screen to return to the default Liveview screen The Return button will appear 4 2 4 Logo Menu A logout button system time panel and 3 hot link buttons to access the Liveview Search recording clips and System Settings utilities The ...

Page 156: ...ized view back into the focused mode Although the system automatically selects the video stream to display on the view cell you can still manually select a different video stream from the Stream tab below To deselect a view cell and return to the normal view click on the Restore button at the lower right of the window Adding Cameras to View Cells 1 Click and drag a camera from the camera list to a...

Page 157: ...ss multiple layout pages e g on the second page of the 1M 12 layout Placing a camera in the 17th to 18th view cells will bring out the following message A view cell attempting to connect to a network camera will look like this If the connection attempt takes a long time it may result from network problems or incorrect configuration with video streaming For example you may have configured the camer...

Page 158: ...ll not be able to use the Manual Recording function on the Liveview A mouse hover over the status icon will produce the following messages 1 Connecting or Cannot connect Connecting to a camera or connection problem might have occurred 2 Live streaming Video is being streamed 3 Recording Currently recording the video stream Status icon Camera index Video time Video time The time configured on the N...

Page 159: ... from the view cell Mutes if there is audio input from the camera Unmutes Stream selector Restores the view cell s original position on the Liveview panel Maximize the size of current view cell Activates the PiP function Disables digital zoom PiP Volume controller Fisheye display modes if the view cell contains video from a fisheye camera the fisheye display mode selector will be available 1O the ...

Page 160: ...ive view window The bookmark is preserved as a one minute footage along with a short description of a particular incident The precondition of using this function is that the video stream while you are watching it on the view cell must be recorded to the NVR at the same time To add a bookmark 1 Click on the button 2 Enter a short description that can be as long as 120 characters 3 A confirm message...

Page 161: ...d video 3 Snapshot This button produces a snapshot prompt You may then right click on the snapshot image to save it to a preferred location Bookmarks will be erased if the user system erases the video clips they were appended to For example system will recycle storage space by deleting old videos along with their bookmarks Note that the size of a snapshot is equal to the frame size set for the vid...

Page 162: ...igital zoom into a live video When activated a Global view window will appear at the lower right of the view cell as shown below You can display only a portion of the complete video frame as an area of your interest Using a click and drag on the ROI window you can instantly move to other areas within the video frame Global view Zoom In Zoom Out 160 ROI Shrink Expand Note that not every camera supp...

Page 163: ...default The actual sound level is also dependent on the system volume of the PC having a web console with the NVR The sound volume configuration will not be preserved when a camera is removed from a view cell web console is restarted or when the Liveview layout is re configured 10 Fisheye display modes A view mode selector icon appears in a view cell of a fisheye camera You can click to select a v...

Page 164: ...lly and vertically 1R View Single Regional View Zoom in out all directional navigation control Zoom In Zoom Out Note that if your fisheye mounting type is set to the Wall Mount type your screen control in the view cell will be limited to 90 pan and tilt Make sure your mounting type and camera settings have been properly configured Because fisheye lens can cover a wide surveillance area you can ins...

Page 165: ...dule such as PD8136 and PT8133 Pan Tilt controller Preset location selector Zoom controller Auto pan patrol controller Focus controller Model series Pan tilt controller Preset location Zoom controller Focus controller Auto Pan Patrol controller PD Yes Yes No No Yes VS VS8100 and 8102 Depends Depends Depends Depends No VS84xx 88xx Depends Depends Depends Depends Depends Listed below are the camera ...

Page 166: ...a has no preset locations Pan Tilt controller A mouse hover over the arrow buttons activates the arrow button Use the buttons to navigate to a preferred location Zoom controller The zoom controller buttons only apply to cameras that come with an optical zoom module such as a speed dome camera Focus controller The focus controller buttons apply to cameras that come with focus control over its lens ...

Page 167: ...r motion detection can all be used to detect conditions in external environments When the alarms are triggered you can configure certain kind of actions to take place in response to the alarms such as 1 recording the immediate image 2 sending an Email 3 sounding the buzzer 4 sending snapshots to an FTP server 5 sending event messages to web server 6 moving camera lens to a preset location 7 trigge...

Page 168: ...read alarms The number of unread alarms will be listed on the title bar The alarm playback window will begin playback of a footage taken 10 seconds before the occurrence of an alarm The playback of an alarm triggered recording will normally last for one minute If however you configured a shorter pre and post alarm recording time your alarm recording may be slightly shorter The default for pre and ...

Page 169: ...ew streaming instead of the alarm recording Resumes the alarm playback Begins the alarm playback Pauses the current playback Mute or unmute the audio with the current playback Drag the controller to change the audio volume level Use the playback slider to quickly change the playback position Click to enable the digital zoom function The following buttons are available in the alarm playback window ...

Page 170: ...OTEK Built with Reliability 170 User s Manual Incoming Alarms New alarms will be indicated by the messages in bold letters the alarm bell icons and the increasing number of unread messages on the title bar ...

Page 171: ... also provided along with a screenshot 2 Layout contents Provides functions to extend rotate redo the layout and the synchronous playback 3 Logo Menu Provides access to the Playback and System Settings utilities as well as system time and logout function 4 Playback panel Displays the playback functions Snapshot bookmark and export functions are also available on individual view cells 5 Alarm panel...

Page 172: ...yback and search for past recordings 1 Double click on a camera 2 The Calendar panel will display the days video recording actually took place And those days will be highlighted by a blue background as the 25th and 28th in the screen below x2 2 3 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x There are two key differences between the Camera List on Liveview and that on the Playback window 1 Users can not cli...

Page 173: ...e current layout Starts or stops the Synchronous playback Full view extends the view cells on the current layout to the full of the screen When your current layout is displayed in a full view move your cursor to the left center of the screen to return to the default Liveview screen The Return button will appear 4 3 3 Logo Menu A logout button system time panel and 3 hot link buttons to access the ...

Page 174: ...on of the video into a 3GP or Windows exe file The length of exported video is configurable to 1 3 5 or 10 minutes Adds a Bookmark that saves a short description and a one minute footage from the current feed Takes a snapshot Removes camera from the view cell Mutes if there is audio input from the camera Unmutes Restores the view cell s original position on the liveview panel Maximizes the size of...

Page 175: ...k use this button to browse video frame by frame Speeds down by 1 2 The slowest speed is 1 8 Speeds up Increases the playback speed to 2x 4x 8x 16x and then to a maximum of 32x Displays the current playback status such as Playing Pause play speed or Stop Timeline slider Timeline zoomer Playback info Control buttons Span of existing recording Timeline zoomer Use the zoomer to zoom in for more preci...

Page 176: ...he time line represents 15 minutes of recording The total time span of a timeline starts from the minimal of 4 minutes 20 minutes 40 minutes 1 hour and up to a maximum of 24 hours In the Synchronous play mode a change to the zoomer will be reflected by all synchronously playing view cells If recordings take place by an event triggered recording the intervals between recordings can be down to 1 min...

Page 177: ... in a day Use the page selector to display different pages of alarm entries Up to 200 entries can appear on one page Note that the new alarms that occurred seconds or minutes ago may not be instantaneously listed on the page If bookmarks are listed in the Alarm list a bookmark entry will look like this Camera index camera name time bookmark Alarm filter Use the alarm filter to find out specific al...

Page 178: ...recordings taken in the days of the following month will be shown stead 4 3 6 Calendar Panel Double click on any of the existing cameras to display the Calendar panel Days with recorded videos will be highlighted in blue regardless of the length of existing recordings that occurred in that day You may then click on a day to begin viewing the past recordings 2 3 1 4 ...

Page 179: ...al the following pages will be omitted Please refer to page 87 for the description of System Settings via a local console Some minor differences between the web console and local console exist One is the Restore Factory default function It is only available on the web console The restore function is not available on the local console for users can use the reset button to perform the system default...

Page 180: ...other difference is the ability to enter a camera or system name using languages other than English The NVR s system name also supports the use of other lanaguages This is only achievable through a web console The following characters are not supported ...

Page 181: ...ut contents 1 Before operating the NVR make sure you have properly installed hard drives and configured the storage volumes Otherwise you will not be able to operate most of the system s functionality 2 Since the NVR system comes with 32 bit plug ins for screen control if your PC runs a default 64 bit IE browser and you manually enter the NVR s address on the browser your browser session may malfu...

Page 182: ... first unoccupied view cell To begin the design of your layout 1 3 1 Select a layout pattern by a single click The options are 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 1P 3 1M 5 1M 12 and 1M 31 where 4x4 and 1M 12 are available for the 16 CH model Camera list 2 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x 3 When you filled up the current layout e g 6 camera into the 1M 5 layout click the page switch button to continue on the next ...

Page 183: ...s 1R View Single Regional View Placing different regional views of a fisheye camera into view cells will look like this In addition to fisheye cameras if a camera has a wide field of view you may also display its different fields of view in multiple view cells Some view cells may also contain a PiP view that is digitally zoomed Only an administrator can alter the display modes of fisheye cameras A...

Page 184: ... overing the user layout button You may create more user layouts for different purposes such as for the use of different users or playing different views of a camera on multiple view cells If users were created and some cameras are excluded from their access a user may log in and see the locked on cells as shown below A user who has limited access rights may still re arrange the layout of view cel...

Page 185: ...d zoom module and may not be applicable to every PTZ camera The preset positions and the patrol functions require the associated configuration on the cameras via a web console Before you make use of these functions you should set up the preset positions on a web console with the camera The NVR GUI does not provide the configuration options with PTZ preset positions You can use Preset button to dis...

Page 186: ...ect a view cell you can click on another view cell in the display area or click on the Restore button A selected focused view cell If you have concerns with the display quality and frame rate per second refer to page 97 for how to configure video feeds for live viewing as well as for video recording The configuration options can be found in Settings Camera Video Note that the constant bit rate met...

Page 187: ...same time To add a bookmark 1 Click on the button 2 Enter a short description that can be as long as 120 characters 3 Click on the button or simply press Enter on your keyboard 1 2 3 To place bookmarks and exert screen controls On a focused view cell you can place a bookmark that saves a short description and a one minute footage from the current feed The bookmark is also displayed along with the ...

Page 188: ...he video frame Global view Zoom In Zoom Out 160 ROI Shrink Expand Note that not every camera supports the PiP function For example PTZ cameras do not support the PiP feature You can resize the ROI window by a mouse hover on the lower right corner of the window until the resize mark appears The default size of the ROI window is 25 of the Global view Click on the deactivate button to close the PiP w...

Page 189: ...ble the scheduled or continuous recording set for the camera Click on their associated icons to change their recording status For a camera that is not performing a continuous recording you can click on the Manual Recording button to start a manual recording The recording will stop using the same button You can also manually turn on the digital output e g to trigger an external alarm that is connec...

Page 190: ... in external environments You can configure certain kind of actions to take place in response to the alarms such as 1 recording the immediate image 2 sending an Email notification 3 sounding the onboard buzzer 4 sending snapshots to an FTP server 5 sending videos to a web server 6 moving camera lens to a preset location 7 triggering a camera s digital output The operation details of the Alarm pane...

Page 191: ... a user layout by the intervals of 10 seconds The layout page that does not contain camera views will be skipped A Rotate action will stop when you 1 move to another page in the user layout 2 move to another user layout 3 click to select a view cell 4 remove a camera from view cell 5 click to disable the rotation function When your current layout spans across multiple pages use the arrow buttons t...

Page 192: ...e days video recording actually took place And those days will be highlighted by a blue background as the 25th and 28th in the screen below x2 2 3 2016 05 16 03 Camera 03 17 15 41 1x However on a Search recording clips window 1 You cannot click and drag a camera thumbnail to a playback view cell 2 A double click on a camera does not display video in a view cell A double click displays a calendar w...

Page 193: ... Liveview window which only plays back the related video for only one minute the alarm playback will continue throughout the recording of that day 6 2 2 Past Alarms and Bookmarks If you set up multiple triggering sources on a camera you can use the Alarm filter button to find the alarms of a specific type You can select the check circles to narrow down the types of listed alarms using search crite...

Page 194: ...ic point in time To perform synchronous playback 1 Select a layout from the Layout panel e g a 2x2 layout 2 Click on the Synchronous playback button 3 Double click to select a camera from the camera list This camera becomes the Master camera 4 When the Calendar panel appears click to select a date you prefer 5 Click and drag other cameras from the camera list to the empty view cells These cameras ...

Page 195: ...a container format for 3G UMTS services These files can be played on QuickTime RealPlayer and VLC The file name will look like this MAC _ DATE _ TIME _ CAMERA_INDEX 3gp exe 4 Select an export length of video by 1 3 5 or 10 minutes The actual length can be longer due to the fact that the program needs to trace back to the previous I frame for a complete rendering of video frames into the media 5 Cl...

Page 196: ...r more precise skimming Timeline slider thumb Click and drag this thumb button to move along and reach a specific point in time Details of the control bar in the Playback window can be found on page 175 You can use the timeline zoomer to scale down the span of time For example if the time span is reduced to 1 hour then each section on the time line represents 15 minutes of recording The total time...

Page 197: ... Each section 3 hrs Total time span If recordings take place by an event triggered recording the intervals between recordings can be down to 1 minute and the individual recordings will not be easily discernible In this situation you can mouse over the timeline to pin point individual recording instances ...

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