Product specifications

Table of Contents
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 9
1.1 WHAT'S NEW? ............................................................................................................................................. 9
1.2 CTC UNION NVR FEATURE MATRIX .............................................................................................................. 10
1.3 CAMERA SUPPORTING MATRIX ..................................................................................................................... 15
1.4 GETTING STARTED WITHCTC UNION NVR ...................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 2. NVR SYSTEM INSTALLATION .............................................................................................. 25
2.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 25
2.2 NVR SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 25
2.3 SOFTWARE INSTALL ..................................................................................................................................... 25
2.3.1 Server V.S Client ............................................................................................................................... 25
2.3.2 Exploring the CD contents ................................................................................................................ 26
2.3.3 Installing the Software ..................................................................................................................... 27
2.3.4 NVR Client installation ..................................................................................................................... 34
2.4 START NVR SERVICE ................................................................................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 3. VIDEO STREAMING AND CHANNEL SETTING ...................................................................... 41
3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 41
3.2 DOWNLOAD SETUP ..................................................................................................................................... 41
3.3 USING ONLINE LICENSE AUTHORIZATION ........................................................................................................ 42
3.4 STARTING THE SERVICE ................................................................................................................................ 48
3.5 SETUP FOR MULTI-MONITOR ........................................................................................................................ 49
3.5.1 Consoles and Profiles ....................................................................................................................... 49
3.5.2 Multi-monitor ................................................................................................................................... 50
CHAPTER 4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................. 51
4.1 LOG-IN FOR FIRST-TIME ................................................................................................................................ 51
4.2 CHANGE ACTIVE LOCALE .............................................................................................................................. 51
4.2.1 Concepts ........................................................................................................................................... 51
4.3 CONFIGURATION VIDEO STORAGE .................................................................................................................. 52
4.3.1 GUI Overview ................................................................................................................................... 52
4.3.2 Storage Space Parameters ............................................................................................................... 52
4.4 ADDING A CHANNEL .................................................................................................................................... 53
4.4.1 Console operation ............................................................................................................................ 53
4.4.2 Adding a channel .............................................................................................................................. 53
4.4.3 Parameters ....................................................................................................................................... 54
4.5 HOW TO ADD RTSP CAMERA? ...................................................................................................................... 54
4.5.1 Instructions ...................................................................................................................................... 54
4.5.2 How to deal with non-standard RTSP port? ..................................................................................... 56
4.6 SETTING VIDEO PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................................ 57
4.6.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 57
4.6.2 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 58
4.7 SCHEDULE CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................................... 58
4.7.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 58
4.7.2 Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 59
4.7.3 Weekly (Graphic) Schedule Configuration ....................................................................................... 60
4.7.4 Scheduled Video Configuration........................................................................................................ 61
4.8 PERMISSION CONTROL OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 62
4.8.1 Concepts ........................................................................................................................................... 62
4.8.2 Permission Types .............................................................................................................................. 62
4.9 ADDING A USER .......................................................................................................................................... 62
4.9.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................... 62
4.10 ADDING A GROUP ..................................................................................................................................... 63
4.10.1 GUI overview .................................................................................................................................. 63