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ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Legal Notice Disclaimer The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes. ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Copyright Copyright © 2013-2014 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Regulatory Compliance Information Federal Communications Commission Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual About This Manual Target Audience This manual is intended for End Users who actually execute security tasks such as monitoring ongoing activities in the building, patrolling secured zones, searching video data and managing alarms with use of ENR surveillance system. The reader is expected to own not only the basic operation skills but permissions to access major functionalities defined by the System Administrator. You may also check the product page for updates and documents.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Table of Contents 1 Legal Notice 2 Disclaimer ............................................................................................. 2 Copyright ............................................................................................. 2 Trademarks ............................................................................................ 2 Regulatory Compliance Information ....................................................
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual 5 Local Client Operation 16 Login & Logout ................................................................................... 16 System Overview ................................................................................. 17 Main Screen Introduction ............................................................ 17 Input Devices ..............................................................................
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual 7 System Log 34 Search Log ................................................................................. 34 Export Log .................................................................................. 35 7 www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Introduction Product Overview ACTi ENR-1000 Series (hereafter referred to as ENR) is a compact and reliable multi-channel standalone NVR. It features a stable embedded Linux operating system and capabilities of supporting mega-pixel resolution H.264 streaming, an HDMI output for local display, PTZ control, scheduled / event-triggered / event speed-up recording, event management, synchronized playback, time / event-based playback search and video bookmarks.
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ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Display Video Performance On a Live or Playback screen, ENR handles displayed video differently based on the combination of the following factors, which you should put into consideration when configuring your view layout: (1) The number of channels of your current layout (2) The format of video stream, e.g. resolution and frame rate. To balance the loading of the system, ENR will decode only I frames (*1) for viewing when CPU usage is critical.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Remote Live View Aside from user’s behaviors, the hardware specifications of each remote client computer will affect the Live View display quality. ENR system will observe the outcome of all the variables (such as dynamic CPU loading) to make adaptations. For Live View display, you may select a desired display mode to suit your system condition. On remote Live screen interface, click “Application” and select “Decode I-frame” or “Auto Drop Frame”.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Supported Video Format As 1080p HDMI monitors have become the most extensive products used in various applications, ENR is designed to conform to this display standard with its capability of outputting 1080p video stream. Therefore, to reserve as much computing power for ENR unit as possible, only up to two-megapixel H.264 video stream can be displayed on local Live screen and Playback screen.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual At A Glance Front Panel Power Button USB 2.0 Ports Reset Button LED Indicators Rear Panel LAN 2 Power Connector HDMI Output 13 LAN 1 www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Power Button & Reset Button You can turn on/turn off the device with Power Button; with Reset Button, you may restore the device to factory default settings. Turn On the Device Press down the Power Button and release, the Power LED will light up and turn solid blue. Turn Off the Device As the device is powered on, the Power LED and System LED are both lit, and the Power Button is in pressed state. To turn ENR off, please do the following: 1.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Reset to Factory Default By resetting this device, all your system settings and system log will return to factory default. It is strongly recommended that you back up previous settings with Backup function and export the system logs before resetting to factory default. 1. To begin, please turn off the device first. 2.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Local Client Operation Login & Logout To log into ENR system for the first time, you will have to key in the account name and password in Login window. Please contact your system administrator for account and password information. Login On Login window, click into the Account and Password fields to enter your account information. Logout On Live View screen, click on the Logout button. 16 www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual System Overview Main Screen Introduction ENR system has two main screens: ●Live screen After logging in, you will enter Live screen. Live screen is the interface where you see the live views from your cameras. It is where most of the security professionals access the surveillance system. Click to enter Playback Menu Click to open Setup Menu ●Playback screen Where you can search the recordings, view the playback, put video bookmarks and export the video.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Input Devices IN ENR system, a USB mouse is the required input device to do all the operations on user interface. All the input devices, including USB mouse and USB keyboard are ready to use when you connect them to ENR via USB 2.0 ports. You may adjust the mouse’s cursor speed via the path below: On Live screen, click Setup select System tab click “Mouse” or “Keyboard”. Onscreen Keyboard The onscreen keyboards allow you to input characters without using a physical one.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Onscreen Keyboard Settings To disable the virtual keyboard if a physical one is already in use, on Live screen, click Setup System tab click “Keyboard”. Uncheck the box “Always shows software keyboard”. Mouse Settings You may adjust the mouse’s cursor speed via the path below: On Live screen, click Setup select System tab click “Mouse”. 19 www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Monitoring You can perform most live monitoring tasks on Live screen. ENR may display all live channels on the screen, or 1x1 single channel in succession automatically. Aside from keeping an eye on the video, you may also take snapshots, control PTZ cameras, start or stop manual recording on a selected channel. In this section, you will be given instructions on the said fundamental operations. To start, log on to the system first.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Single Channel Operations By selecting a specific channel on Live screen, you may perform functions below on a single channel view: ● Take a snapshot of this single channel ● Start manual recording of this single channel ● Enter Digital PTZ operation mode ( for all cameras, in 1X1 layout) ● Enter Optical PTZ operation mode ( for cameras with pan/tilt/zoom capabilities) Click on a channel to reveal Si n g l e Ch a n n e l M e n u Take a Snapshot The image (at original r
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Digital PTZ Operations Double-click a channel to display it in 1x1 layout, and then click on it again to reveal Single Channel Menu. On Single Channel Menu, click to enable digital PTZ controls. Drag the lever on the Zoom Bar to adjust zoom level. -To zoom in, drag it up -To zoom out, drag it down Click on eight directional buttons to navigate the whole view.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Optical PTZ Operations By selecting a camera with panning / tilting / zooming capabilities, all onscreen buttons on PTZ Panel will become enabled. 23 www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Layout Patrol By performing the Patrol function, all the four channels can be displayed by 1x1 layout in turns. 1. On Live View menu, click to swtich to 1x1 layout. 2. Click 3. On Patrol Time Setting window, input the patrol interval (the maximum value is 999 seconds), and the click “OK”. 4.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual 1. Entrance 1 No 2 3 4 Description 1 Camera Name 2 Digital Input Motion Alert This will flash along with the channel outline border when the digital input device detects motion on camera site. 3 Video Motion Alert This will flash along with the channel outline border when the camera detects video motions on camera site. 4 Recording Status This will appear when ENR is recording this channel by schedule, event or user’s manual control. 25 www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Playback Playback is the service that processes recorded video clips. You may search by time. by event or the bookmarks you have set. Playback may include up to 4 channels synchronized playback. Video clips may also be exported in either RAW or AVI formats. On Live View screen, click on Live View menu to enter Playback screen. Search Video Upon entering Playback screen, you will have to choose a search method to start searching.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Click Month or Year to choose exact value Previous month Next month Recording exists No recording exists 2. As the date has been selected, choose the hour from the 24-hour time bar. The color represents the event type of the recording. Color Description Full-time or manual recording The camera’s video motion detection function had been enabled, and the camera detected motion events during this period. The digital input device (e.g.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual 1 2 3 4 1. Select Event Search tab, and define the start time and a search duration (In the example below, ENR will search recording from 2013/01/23 04:00 to 08:00.) the Cameras and Event Type. 2. Click “Search”. 3. On search result list, select an entry. 4. Click “Play” to start the playback. Bookmark Search If you have previously set bookmarks on certain video time spot, these bookmarks are listed here.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual 1 2 Playback Recordings ENR will start playing back the video after you click “Play” on Playback Search window. P Pllaayybbaacckk M Meennuu Current Playback Time 29 Current Play Speed www.acti.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Playback Menu On Playback screen, right-click anywhere on screen to bring up the Playback Menu.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Change play speed Increase the play speed by clicking , and decrease the speed by clicking . The provided speed rates are ½ x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x and 32x. The current play speed will be shown on bottom of the screen . Change Screen Layout 2x2 layout is used by default, once you srtart playingg back, all the four channels will be played synchronisedly. To watch a single channel playback, click on Playback menu to swtich to 1x1 layout.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Take a Snapshot On Playback menu, click ,the image of current screen will be saved as jpg format (at 720x480 resolution) onto the USB mass storage. Please make sure the USB mass storage has already been connected to ENR device. If you want to get a snapshot of certain channel in its full resolution size, select the channel and click Export Video You may export video of the selected channel to .avi or .raw file.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual 1. Select a channel and click 2. Select the Export Duration and Export Type. 3. Click “Start” The exported video will be saved onto the USB mass storage. Please make sure the USB mass storage has already been connected to ENR device and the available storage space is enough. Set Video Bookmark When the video is playing, you can set a bookmark on current playback time for later quick retrieval.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual System Log The activities performed by logged-in Users are recorded on server as System Log. With the access permission to Setup (for how to change the user group permissions, please refer to the User Group section in ENR1000_System_Administrator_Manual), a user may view, search and export this record for analysis or investigation. ENR keeps the system log of last 45 days on the storage disk.
ENR-1000 Series User’s Manual Export Log You may export the system log of selected time period as .txt file onto the USB storage disk by clicking “Export”. 35 www.acti.
