GNR-2000 Standalone NVR User’s Manual Version 1.01.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Table of Contents 1 Overview 9 Package Contents ........................................................................... 9 Introduction.................................................................................... 9 Main Specification ........................................................................ 10 Physical Description ...................................................................... 11 Installing the Hard Disk ......................................
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Optical PTZ via Live View Window 37 Operating Digital PTZ 38 Preset Point Panel 39 Tool Bar 40 Layout Bar 43 4 Playback 44 Playback Screen Overview .......................................................... 44 Quick Tips .................................................................................... 44 Device Information ....................................................................... 45 Side Panel........................................................
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 All Device View ............................................................................ 71 Add Device: 71 Search Devices 71 Add Device Manually 72 Delete Device: 73 Delete Multiple Devices: 73 Device Configuration.................................................................... 74 Basic ............................................................................................ 74 Video Quality .................................................................
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Playback 98 Setup 99 Joystick ....................................................................................... 100 Figure List Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 GNR-2000 ................................................................................. 9 Front View .............................................................................. 11 Back View ............................................................................... 12 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 HDD Bay ..........
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 31 Digital Zoom with Picture in Picture view.............................. 38 Fig. 32 Fig. 33 Fig. 34 Fig. 35 Fig. 36 Fig. 37 Fig. 38 Fig. 39 Fig. 40 Fig. 41 Preset Point Panel .................................................................. 39 Selecting Preset Point ............................................................. 39 Selecting Preset Tour .............................................................. 39 Tool Bar .........................................
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 69 Playback – Print Multiple Image............................................. 60 Fig. 70 Fig. 71 Fig. 72 Fig. 73 Fig. 74 Fig. 75 Fig. 76 Fig. 77 Fig. 78 Fig. 79 Setup - Home.......................................................................... 61 Setup – System - Information ................................................. 62 Setup – System - Date & Time ................................................ 63 Setup – System - Network ................................
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 107 Setup – User - Group .............................................................. 92 Fig. 108 Fig. 109 Fig. 110 Fig. 111 Fig. 112 Fig. 113 Fig. 114 Fig. 115 Fig. 116 Fig. 117 Setup – Add New Group ........................................................ 92 Edit Group .............................................................................. 93 Setup – Delete Security Confirmation Screen ........................ 93 Setup – User - User .........................
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Overview Package Contents This product package includes the following contents: 1. GNR-2000 Standalone NVR x 1 2. Power Cord x 1 (US type / Europe type) Note: If your territory does not fall into US or Europe type adapter coverage, please purchase a power plug adapter or a travel adapter to connect your device to power supply. 3.
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GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Physical Description HDD Bays HDD Status LED Power-On Button Power Status LED System Status LED Reset Button Fig. 2 Front View 1. Power-On Button: Press and hold for a few seconds to turn on the system. 2. Reset Button: To restore to default settings, please follow the below steps: (1) After powering on the device, press and hold this button. (2) The System Status LED will flash once and then blink.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 AC Power Input Open Power Switch Open Ethernet Port 2 Ethernet Port 1 USB Port VGA Connector Fig. 3 Back View 1. USB Port: The two USB ports allow external DVD-ROMs to be connected to GNR. You may backup data through external DVD drives. 2. Power Switch: This switch controls power supply for the whole unit. Ensure the Power Switch is in the On position before pressing the Power-On Button on the front panel. 12 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Installing the Hard Disk DO NOT REMOVE HARD DISKS DURING OPERATION, or your hard disks may be damaged. 1. You should first remove the HDD tray. Slide the Slide Lock Tab up, then the Hinged Insert Tab will pop out by itself. Pull the tab to 90 degrees from the front. Pull out the tray to insert or remove hard disks. Slide Lock Tab Locking Keyhole Hinged Insert Tab Fig. 4 HDD Bay Step 1: Pull slide lock tab up. Hinge Tab will pop out. Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 2. To insert HDD tray, slide the tray in until it stops, then close the tab to connect hard disk to system. Step 1: Slide in the tray until it is stopped Fig. 6 Step 2: Close the tab to connect hard disk to system Inserting HDD Tray 14 www.acti.
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GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Turning On / Off or Rebooting the device 1. To turn on your GNR, press down the Power-On Button on the front side. 2. To turn off or reboot, go to Setup→Power, and click “Shutdown” to turn off your GNR or “Reboot” to reboot it. Fig. 7 Setup->Power System Requirements GNR-2000 itself is a self-contained unit. The system requirement here applies only to the remote Client PC used to view video and access settings. PC Specifications Minimum CPU Intel Core 2 Quad 2.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Installation Connecting to Network Connect GNR-2000 to your network via the two Ethernet Ports as shown in the Physical Descriptions section. Standalone NVR will first try to get an IP address assigned by your network router / DHCP server. If your network does not assign IP address automatically, then Ethernet Port 1 will assume IP address 192.168.0.10 while Ethernet Port 2 will use IP address 192.168.1.10.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Accessing GNR-2000 by UPnP GNR-2000 supports UPnP connection. This means that once the device has an IP address, you will be able to find it in the local network in Windows Explorer → Network. Please note that your PC must be in the same subnet as the Standalone NVR. A sample screen (in windows 7) is shown below. Double Click the icon to log into Standalone NVR. Next to the GNR-2000 title, the MAC address to this Standalone NVR is shown here.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Login A login screen will welcome you when you connect to GNR-2000 Fig. 11 Login Screen Enter your Account and Password then click the “Login” button to Login. Default Account: Admin Default Password: 123456 You may change the language settings by selecting from the “Language” dropdown list. Check “Remember me” for GNR-2000 to remember your last Login name and password.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 When your browser‟s pop-up blocker prompts ask if you would like to install ACTi Corporation‟s control or not, please accept it. Fig. 12 Ative X Installed by Pop-up 20 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 You may also click the “Download ActiveX installation package” link at the lower left of login screen. This will download and install file that gives you the required components to access Standalone NVR. Fig. 13 ActiveX Install File from the Download Link 21 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Setup Wizard Once you connected to Standalone NVR, Setup Wizard will guide you through the initial setup process. The setup wizard will also show up if you delete all devices from device list in the future. You may click “Previous” or “Next” button located to the lower right at any time. This will skip the current step so that you may come back to it later. All the settings in the setup wizard are available in the Setup tab from Standalone NVR web interface. Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Licensing The first step is to setup license. This screen shows number of channels allowed under your current license, and the license keys applied before. Each New device has a license for 4 channels which is already activated. You can click “Next” to next setting if you currently don‟t want to add new license. 4 4 Fig. 15 License Screen in Setup Wizard Standalone NVR licensed per number of channels managed. Each additional channel requires one license.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Online Activation Requires Internet access from standalone NVR. If you have Internet connection available from your Standalone NVR, you should register online. After obtaining the license for more channels, log in standalone NVR from local or via web client, click SetupLicense “Online Registration” button to enter license key directly into system. You need to have an account on ACTi.com for authentication.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Offline Activation Does not require Internet access from standalone NVR. It is used when standalone NVR is located in network not connected to public Internet. If you do not have Internet connection available from your Standalone NVR (e.g. in a restricted military base), you will need to get a license file from another computer and transfer it to standalone NVR. This is called Offline Registration.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Date and Time You can setup the date and time setting on this stage. ACTI Standalone NVR provides three methods to synchronize the time setting; you can use NTP server, local time setting or you can setup it manually.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 User You can setup the user account and access right in this stage. Press “Add User” button below to add a new user. In the Add New User window you can setup the name, password and the group of a new user. Please notice that you cannot add new group in the installation wizard; you can only add a new group in the setup menu inside the standalone NVR setting page.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 RAID In this stage you determine the RAID configuration to use in your NVR. Select the available configuration from below, then click Format to change RAID configuration. Reformatting the hard drives will take some time. Before reformatting is complete, you may perform other setups, but cannot record video. RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 1 Y 2 Y No. of 3 Disks 4 Y Y Y Y 5 Y Y 6 Y Y Y Y Y Fig. 20 RAID setting during Setup Wizard 28 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Device You can add devices into standalone NVR system in this stage with the following steps: STEP 1: Search current available devices by using the drop-down menu on the top of the page. Fig. 21 Adding Device during Setup Wizard You can choose your searching target then press “search” button, and the system will search all related device for you. STEP 2: Choose the device you want in the device list under search bar; selected device will be highlighted in yellow.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Live Live View Main Screen Selected Channel Live View Window Tool Bar Module Side Panel Tab Storage indicator Layout Bar Channel Status Fig. 22 Live View Main Screen Once you login to the system, you will see this default “Live View” page/layout. 1. Selected Channel :When you selected a channel from the live view windows, the channel will will be surrounded by an orange frame, its ID and the device name will be highlighted in the Device List. 2.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Live View Window Live View Window: This shows the “Live View” of your selected camera. Double-clicking in the areas of this camera allows you to view the “Live View” in full-screen. Press “ESC” in full-screen mode allows you to escape from full-screen mode. Right-Click Context Menu: Right-Clicking in “Live-View” (Live playing camera) brings out an options list which contains the following choices: Fig. 23 View Window Richt-Click Context Menu 1.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 2. Reconnect: Disconnect and reconnect the camera connection. 3. Disconnect: Disconnect the camera connection. 4. Optical PTZ: Please refer to the PTZ control section. 5. Manual Record:. In default, clicking Manual Record will automatically record a 5-minute stretch from this camera. This is useful if you find something you wish to take note of.. You may do following changes according to your needs: (1) Setup – Schedule to set the Pre-Event and Post-Event Buffer.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 25 Side Panel - Device List 1. Minimize: Minimizes the device panel. 2. Group name: If Device List is organized by group, this shows the name of this group. Click the minimize button before to collapse the cameras listed in this group. One camera may belong to multiple groups, so the same camera may be shown multiple times in the device panel when organized by group. 3. Camera Icon (Normal): The camera icon shows the camera device type. 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 26 Dragging camera group into live view 34 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Event List Event List displays events as they happen. The latest event is shown on top. Fig. 27 Side Panel - Event List 1. Minimize: Minimizes the event list panel. 2. Event information: This shows the type of event by an icon, camera ID, IP address and time of event. You can also double click on the event to playback the event video in a pop-up instant playback window. 3. Scroll Bar: Scroll up or down to browse the event list.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 PTZ Panel The PTZ Panel allows you to control camera motion for Pan / Tilt / Zoom enabled cameras. This is called the optical PTZ mode, in contrast with the digital PTZ available to all cameras via Standalone NVR. Fig. 28 PTZ Panel 1. Minimize: Minimizes the PTZ window. 2. Pan-Tilt Control: Click on the arrows to point camera at a given direction. Click and hold until you arrive at the position you desire. 3.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Optical PTZ via Live View Window Optical PTZ operation can also be performed from within the live view window itself. Select the PTZ camera you wish to operate. Make sure the PTZ mode is Optical PTZ. If not, change via right click context menu. There will be a red crosshair right in the middle of screen. Clicking anywhere on the screen will allow the camera to move in that direction. The length of the direction indicator is proportional to the Pan and Tilt speed.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Operating Digital PTZ Digital PTZ allows you to zoom into part of the video and enlarge it to display on screen. Just click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel, and the area highlighted will be displayed in the full live video window. In this mode, a picture-in-picture view will show in the lower right of live view window. A red rectangle will mark the currently enlarged view area within the full size video.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Preset Point Panel PTZ Preset points allow you to easily move the camera to pre-defined points of view. This is enabled only for cameras with PTZ function support. Fig. 32 Preset Point Panel You need to setup these points in Setup Device Preset Point. Be sure to save your settings before you leave the setup section to commit the changes. Once you have defined these points you will find the preset points in the drop down list. Fig. 33 Selecting Preset Point Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Tool Bar Tool Bar gives you additional control and info over the entire “Live View” experience. Application Menu Device List Hide Toolbar Help About Date/Time Fig. 35 Tool Bar Application Menu: This shows all the special functions within the application menu. Fig. 36 Application Menu 1. Video Title Bar: Enable/Disable video title bar. 2. Stretch Image: Enable/Disable stretch image. 3. Disconnect All Channels: Disconnect all channels. 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 37 Icon Style Device Panel Card: Change the “Device Panel” display into Card style. Each device will be shown with Channel ID, one thumbnail snapshot, device info and image. Channels currently in view will show an orange border to the left. The currently selected channel will be highlighted. Fig. 38 Card Style Device Panel List: Change the “Device Panel” display into List style. This is the default method.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 39 List Style Device Panel Detail: Change the “Device Panel” display into Detail style This looks very similar to the List style, but the info listed now extends to the right and include device IP and camera model. Fig. 40 Detail Style Device Panel Hide Toolbar: You may choose to hide the toolbar with this button. Press the “Esc” key to restore toolbar.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Layout Bar The Layout Bar gives you the freedom to select your own View Window style. Enable/Disable “Sequence Patrol”, change pages, and select group. Fig. 42 Layout Bar 1. Hide Side Tool Panel: Hide the Side Tool Panel to increase viewing area. 2. Channel Layouts: Different channel Layouts for your viewing. 3. More Layouts: Some layouts are not shown in the default Layout Bar. Click this to show more layouts. Fig. 43 More Layouts 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Playback Playback Screen Overview Playback Windows Device Information Module Bar Side Panel Device Playback Control Fig. 44 Playback Quick Tips 1. Drag cameras or groups from the device list to the playback windows to view. 2. You can see a maximum of four cameras at once in synchronized playback. 3. Click and drag the time bar to move to your target time. Change the scale from the dropdown list at bottom right. 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Device Information Device Information displays the selected device number, brand and model number. Side Panel On Playback Module, the Side Panel contains Device Tab and Search Tab. On Device Tab, you may group all the added devices by ID, by Group, by Model, by Name, and by IP Address. On Search Tab, you may click on the search result thumbnails and the time bar will be shifted to the beginning of the video. Hidden Device Device Tab Hidden Search Tab Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 1. Close Button: You may switch between devices or search tab by clicking the close button. 2. Group Drop-Down List Menu: Allows you to group all the added devices by ID, by Group, by Model, by Name, and by IP Address. 3. Device: Displays the device current status and information. The current status can be in idle or in recording mode. The device information is displayed by the camera type thumbnail, by device ID, by brand, and by model number. 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 6. Save Image: Click to save the image(s) to your desktop or to a destination path. 7. Bookmark: Click to add a bookmark to the selected channel. Device Playback Control Fig. 47 Playback – Device Playback Control 1. Event Icons: Toggle Motion, Digital Input, Recording and Lost signal on the Time Bars. 2. Displayed Time: Display the time of video currently viewed. Click here to go jump directly to target time / date. 3.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 (1) Print Image: Click this button to export images to a printer. (2) Save Image: Click this button to export images to a file. (3) Bookmark: Click this button to set bookmarks on all synchronized videos. (4) Time Bars: Click and drag to change current video displayed time. (5) Devices: The playback cameras are displayed here (6) Playback Control: Click these buttons to play, pause or rewind. You may go faster by clicking and dragging the black circle.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Layout Bar Fig. 50 Playback - Layout Bar 1. Hide Side Tool List: Click to hide or unhide the side tool list 2. Layout 1: Shows a single channel 3. Layout 2: Shows a maximum of 2 video channels at one time 4. Layout 4: Shows a maximum of 2x2 video channels at one time. Select Device for Playback They are two ways to insert a device for playback window: 1. Drag: You may drag a device into one of the windows or into the device playback control 2.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Bookmarks You may add bookmarks to different video archives for suspicious event marking. Bookmarks may be exported and imported for future security analysis. You may also do search query by Bookmark. Fig. 51 Add a single Bookmark to a device Too add bookmarks Here are the steps to insert a single Bookmark on the Playback Window. 1. Browse to a specific video segment through time bar. 2. Choose a specific Video Screen 3.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Here are the steps to add Bookmarks to all the devices 1. Browse to a specific video segment through time bar. 2. Click on To delete a bookmark On the playback time bar, right-click o bring up the menu, then select “Remove Bookmark” or “Remove All Bookmarks” To save the bookmarks You can save the important bookmarks made on certain channels. On Playback screen, click the “Application” on title bar, then select “Export Bookmark”.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Scrolling and Playing Video Fig. 53 Playback - Scrolling and Playing Video 1. Playback control buttons: Click these buttons to play, pause or rewind. You may go faster by clicking and dragging the black circle. For even faster speed up to 500 times, click and drag the pause button to the left or right limit. Fig. 54 Fast Play Backward Fig. 55 Extreme Play Backward 2. Play Backward: Click this button to play backward. 3. Pause: Click this button to pause playback 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Video Search Fig. 58 Playback – Search 1. Time Duration: Click on the highlighted area and you may type the searched date/time range. You may also click on the down arrow to select date/time range from the calendar as shown below. 2. Device: Select the devices to include in search. You may toggle the search conditions. 3. Cancel Button: Click to return to main page. 4. Search Button: Click to search video archives according to the toggled filters. 53 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Video Search Result Hidden Device Tab Fig. 59 Playback - Expanded Search 1. Close Button: You may switch between devices or search tab by clicking the close button. 2. Page Up-Down Arrows: You may click on the page index arrow to go to the next page or to the previous page 3. Page Index Number: You may click on the page index number to go to the next page or to the previous page 4. Current Page Number: Display the current page number. 5.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Export Video There are two ways to export Videos: 1. From Device Playback Control: You may mark start and end point on the time bar and then export the video. Fig. 60 Playback – Mark Export Start Fig. 61 Playback - Mark Export End Fig. 62 Playback – Export Video 55 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 2. From Playback Windows: Fig. 63 Playback – Playback Windows Once you clicked Export Video, you may reschedule the time duration, include or exclude devices, add overlay and export the videos to desktop or to a specific path or store them on a DVD media through a burner. Fig. 64 Playback – Export Video 56 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 1. Time Duration: Click on the highlighted area and you may type the date/time range. You may also click on the down arrow to select date/time range from the calendar as shown below. 2. Device: Select the devices to include or exclude in the export. 3. Overlay: Click on “Yes” to add overlay or “No” to exclude overlay. You may include timestamp and an OSD Text. 4.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Snapshot You can only take snap shot from the Playback Window. Fig. 65 Playback - Snapshot Once you click Snapshot, a message of “Saving Of snapshot to clipboard is completed” will display as below. You may then paste the image into software using Ctrl + V Print Image There are two ways to export Videos: 1. From Device Playback Control: You may click the print image icon and then print the image. Fig. 66 Playback – Print Image 58 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 2. From Playback Windows: Fig. 67 Playback – Playback Window Once you clicked Print Image from the Playback Windows, you may print the selected channel. If you click the Print Image from Device Playback Control, you will be able to print back one channel or all added channels. You may add overlay and note to the each channel. Fig. 68 Playback – Print Single Image 59 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 69 Playback – Print Multiple Image 60 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Setup In the Setup Home, there is the shortcut of all the setting items with short explanations of them. You can go to that page by clicking the corresponding button, or on the tabs above. Fig. 70 Setup - Home 61 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 System Information Basic information for standalone NVR is shown here. Fig. 71 Setup – System - Information 1. System Name: the name of the device. You can enter any name for it as he wants. 2. Firmware: It shows the firmware version of the device 3. Mac Address 1: It shows the Mac address 1 of the device 4. Mac Address 2: It shows the Mac Address 2 of the device 5. Product ID: It shows the Product ID of the device 6.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Date & Time You can configure date and time of the device in this section. Fig. 72 Setup – System - Date & Time 1. Time Zone: Select the Time Zone where the device belongs to. After selecting the time zone, it will change to the corresponding date and time. 2. Date & Time: It shows the current date and time on the device. 3. Daylight Saving: If the device is located in an area where daylight saving time is used, click the check box to enable daylight saving.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 8. ‘Time’ Button: If you don‟t have any NTP server and want to manually modify the time, please click this button. Then a clock as below will pop up. You have to select the time you wish to set. 64 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Network Every GNR has two network interface cards. Please click the tag „Ethernet 1‟ or „Ethernet 2‟ to select the interface card that you wish to set up. The selected card will be highlighted in orange. We suggest user connect one to LAN and connect the other to WAN. After setting up, please click „Save‟ button on the bottom right side to save the settings. DHCP Static Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Block List If user wants to block/unblock certain IP to allow/forbid it to access the device, enter the information here or remove it from IP Address list. After setting up, please click „Save‟ button on the bottom right side to save the settings. Fig. 74 Setup – System - Block List Block a IP address When you wish to block any IP, please enter IP address as below.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Unblock a IP address When you wish to unblock any IP, please select the IP from IP address list (ex. the IP address 172.16.26.6 is what user wants to remove. After clicking on the address, the address will highlight in orange as below,) and click „Remove‟ button to remove it from IP address list. Unblock all the IP address in the list When you wish to unblock all the IP, please click „Remove All‟ button to remove all of them from the list. RAID Storage Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 a disk is damaged or removed, you can replace that single disk, and shut off then power on to start RAID rebuilding. The system will automatically reconstruct that damaged disk from the data remaining in other hard drives. Your operation will not be affected during the rebuild. Device Pack The supported device list is continuously upgraded. You may periodically download the latest Device Pack and upload to SNVR via web interface.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Setting Backup / Restore After you finish all the settings, you may want to backup all the settings into your disk or copy the settings to other devices. Or you may need to load previous NVR settings. At that time, please come to this page and setup. Fig. 78 Setup – System - Setting Backup / Restore 1. ‘Backup’ Button: If you need to backup, please click this button. A window will popup to ask you to select a folder for saving the setting file. 2.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Adding and Removing Device This section is for device management. You will know how to add/delete devices and configure them. You also will know how to manage them with groups and its layout. Please do not forget to click „Save‟ button to save all the setting after you finish configuration. This section works in two modes. You can add and remove devices in the Al Device View. Just double click on the “All Devices” row in the Devices tree to go to All Device View.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 All Device View This part will include three parts which are to add device, delete device and device configuration. Add Device: Please click „Ad‟ button on the lower right to add device(s) to the list. Fig. 80 Setup – Device – Add Device You may either let standalone NVR search for devices automatically, or you may direct the search with more detail via manual add.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 After you have selected all required devices, please click „Submit‟ button to add the device. Then you will see it/them shown in the „All Device‟ group. Add Device Manually Once you click „Add Device Manually‟, you will go to the basic page of a new camera as below. Please fill up the fields, such as „Manufacture‟, „Model‟, and „IP Address‟. System will automatically assign a default value for other fields. If there is any field you need to change, please modify it now.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Delete Device: To remove a device, you can click “Delete” on its Device page. Delete Multiple Devices: You can delete multiple devices on All Devices View. Go to All Devices View by double clicking on the All Devices row. Select the cameras you wish to remove, and they will be highlighted in yellow. Click Delete to assign them for deletion. 73 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Device Configuration The first thing is you have to find the device you wish to configure. There are several ways to go to the setup page. (1) From the “All Devices View” in Setup →Device. Double click on the device to view. (2) From the Device list in Setup →Device Group. Fig. 82 Setup – Device - Device settings The following images are the configuration page. You can read the description below to understand the meaning of every field. Basic Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 device. The default value is 6002. HTTP Port: Please enter the port number that is set for the device to use HTTP protocol. Control Port: Please enter the port number that is used to control the device. The default value is 6001. : Open the camera firmware page. Video Quality Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Schedule Fig. 85 Setup – Device - Schedule You may control the recording and event handling schedule here. The one on top is the recording schedule. The one below is the Event Handling Schedule. Recording can be either full-time, or event only. Event responsive schedule also need to be scheduled separately. There are some event responses that do not involve recording like access control to email. You may: 1.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 clear all. 3. Clicking the day of the week will lock/unlock that day from schedule setting. You can shield schedule on a certain day from being changed by changes in other weekdays. You may easily set just the week days or the same time over the same week this way. 4. Pre-event and Post-event buffers determine how long will Standalone NVR record video when an event triggers recording. 5. Copy schedule from one camera to another.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Event Handling In default, the event schedule is set as full-time working, you can go to Schedule to adjust the Event Handling Schedule according to your needs. Note: Before starting using event handler functions, please make sure you have installed HDD in your standalone NVR. Motion Dwell Setup Event Edit Button Type of Event Options Fig. 87 Setup – Device – Event Handling Motion Dwell Setup: Dwell time determines the duration of motion event.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Event Responses ACTi standalone NVR provide wide flexibilities on handling events, which are Popup, Goto Preset, Beep, Trigger DO, Send Mail and Upload FTP. Multiple and duplicate handling options can be assigned for an event type; moreover, sequence of the actions is editable. Following paragraphs will introduce features in Event Handling. Device Name Event Type Event Handling Options Added Event Handling List Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Event Trigger Type Icon: Event Trigger types present with Icons, each of them indicates an event type. Motion – There are 4 motion regions available, number shows in the icon indicate its region. (1 ~ 4) Digital Input On – There are 2 DI available, number shows in the icon indicate its input. (1 or 2) Digital Input Off – There are 2 DI available, number shows in the icon indicate its input.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Popup Target Camera Fig. 90 Setup – Device – Event - Popup Target Camera – Select a camera stream for popup display; click the arrow for the dropdown menu of camera list. Previous Button – Return to Event Handling page (Fig. 68) Add Button – Click to add the selected camera into list. Ok Button – Click to confirm settings and return to Event page (Fig. 66). Cancel Button – Click to cancel settings and return to Event page (Fig. 66). 81 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Timeline Playback Button Playback Controls Fig. 91 Setup –Device – Instant Playback Fig. 70 shows the popup Instant Playback window upon the trigger of an event. Users may do instant playback or search by dragging timeline; the popup window will close after 30 seconds. Timeline – Timeline with records will be indicated with color green, black indicates no recording records. Red line and the white pointer indicate the current playback time.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Goto Preset: Option setup Fig. 92 Setup – Device – Goto Preset Option setup Device: Select a PTZ camera to Goto preset control. Only devices that already have preset points configured will be available Goto Preset: Select a preset point (1 ~ 32) from the dropdown menu. Beep: Option setup Fig. 93 Setup - Device – Beep Option Setup Duration: Duration in second(s) for alert beeping. Times: Number of alert beep times. Trigger DO Option setup Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Send Email Email setup Fig. 95 Setup – Send Mail settings Email Setup To: Receiver‟s email address Subject: Subject of the email Body: Content of the email Attach Snapshot: Attached snapshot from a selected camera in the email. **Slots with invalid input will point out with red dotted line as shows in figure below Fig. 96 Send Mail value check 84 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Upload FTP FTP setup Fig. 97 Setup – Upload FTP Upload FTP Server: Address of the server (URL or IP address) Account: Username of the account Password: Password of the account Port: Port number of the FTP server. Remote Folder: Folder path at the FTP server. Attach Snapshot: Attached snapshot from a selected camera in the email. File Name: Denote file name for upload files. With Timestamp: Attach Timestamp for upload files.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Event Handling List Once an event response is configured, clicking on the event handling list will show you this screen. Confirm Change Button Delete Button Fig. 99 Setup – Event Handling List Added Event Handling Options will list in the Event Handling List. Double click event in Event Handling List will bring up option setup for event editing. Delete Button: Deletion of the event. Notification messages will popup to confirm the deleting.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Event Response Overview Fig. 101 Event Response overview Added Event Response will show in the event page for quick overview. Device Group Add Group Please click „Add‟ button on the setup panel to add a new group. You will see the new group you created in the device tree. You also can enter the name in the field „Group Name‟ that you wish to set to change it. Delete Group Please double click the group that you wish to delete on the device tree.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Group Management When you need to manage the group and the devices belong to it, please double click the group on the device tree on the left bottom side. You can access settings through either the Device List tab or the Live Layout tab. Device List Under this page, you can see the devices within this group. You can change the group name from the edit box on top. Fig.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 (2) Copy Devices from one group to another Step1: Go to your group of origin Step2: Select the devices on the group device list on the right. They will be highlighted. Click “Copy” button to remember. Step3: Double click on the target group. Click the “Paste” button to add these cameras to the second group. Cut and paste is done in the same way. (3) Delete devices from one group Double click the group you want to delete some devices. The device list will be shown.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Settings Email Please fill up the information about the mail server you wish to connect to. After configuring, please click „Save‟ to save setting the device. Please take below sample as a reference. Fig. 104 Setup – Settings - Email FTP Please fill up the information about the FTP server you wish to connect to. After configuring, please click „Save‟ to save setting the device. Please take below sample as a reference. Fig. 105 Setup – Settings - FTP 90 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 1. Server: Please enter the IP address of FTP server 2. Folder: Please enter the upload path of the file 3. Port: Please enter the FTP port number 4. Account: Please enter the user name of the account. 5. Password: Please enter the password of the account. Global Settings A few of the parameters that cannot be easily categorized are listed here for editing. Fig. 106 Setup – Settings – Global Settings 91 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 User Group Existing Groups Fig. 107 Setup – User - Group Add Group Button: Click to add an user defined group. A window will popup for group name and Description entering; Group name will be in the list once successfully added. Fig. 108 Setup – Add New Group Existing Groups: List of existing groups. Groups other then Administrator are deletable and editable on both Name and Descrption slots. Administrator user group is not deletable, can only edit description slot.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 109 Edit Group Notification message will popup for Group Delete confirmation Fig. 110 Setup – Delete Security Confirmation Screen Note: You must click “Save” button to commit changes; otherwise edits you made will be lost once you leave. 93 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 User Fig. 111 Setup – User - User Add User Button: Click to add an user. A window will popup with slots for required information on creating an user (User name, password, Email). Created user groups will be available in the dropdown menu at the bottom of popup window, newly created user can then assigned to a group. Fig. 112 Setup – Add New User Existing User: List of existing users. For all fields, users other then Administrator are deletable and editable.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 113 Setup – Edit Existing User In the process of creating or editing users, system will continuously validate the input information and notify you for invalid inputs. Slots with invalid inputs will point out with red dotted lines Fig. 114 Setup – Edit User Error Notice Notification message will popup for User Delete confirmation 95 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 115 Setup – Delete User Notice Save Button – Click to save the settings. Permission Permission setup allows you to modify permissions for each individual user groups in three main categories; Live, Playback and Setup, each of them contain sub-options for detail setups on each individual group or simply enable/disable the categories by check/uncheck the checkbox.. Following paragraphs will explain in detail on each individual category.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Checkbox for category Live/Playback/Setup Select all Permission Devices List of device Fig. 117 Setup – User Permission list Save Button – Click to save the settings. Live Click the Live section to configure live permissions. A list of device shows up with checkbox for each. Check/uncheck to select the device. In addition, an edit button is available for each device, clicking it will pop another window with more control options for the device.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Playback Click the Playback section to configure playback permissions. A list of device shows up with checkbox for each. Check/uncheck to select the device. In addition, an edit button is available for each device, clicking it will pop another window with more control options for the device. Fig. 119 Setup – User Permission - Playback Select All Devices: Used the check box to check/uncheck all checkboxes for devices in list of device at once.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Setup Click to select Setup, where a list of setup option will display. You may check/uncheck to select the option. Fig. 120 Setup – User Permission - Setup 99 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Joystick List of Buttons Fig. 121 Setup - Controller ACTi NVR supports two types of controller, Logitech and IP Desktop. There are 12 buttons available on each controller and its function can be assign/modified with the drop down list as shown. Note: Every time you change the settings on this page, please 1. Click “Save” 2. Close all the windows 3. Log in GNR again, then the new settings will be applied. 100 www.acti.
GNR-2000 User’s Manual 1.01.04 Fig. 122 Setup – Controller Button Function List 101 www.acti.
