Entry-Level 4 Channel Network Video Recorder EN/M175/11162011/001 User’s Manual v1.7.
4 Channel (Basic) Network Video Recorder English User’s Manual Table of Contents System Requirements 4 Product Description 5 Hardware Illustration 6 Hard Drive Installation 7 Connect to the NVR 8 1. Live View 13 1.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream 14 1.2 Retrieve camera’s status 14 1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing 15 1.4 PTZ Control 16 1.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing 17 1.6 Live Video Control Buttons 19 1.7 Change Web UI Display Language 22 1.8 Live View through iPhone 23 1.
4 Channel (Basic) 3.5 System Options 76 3.5.1 Device Information 76 3.5.2 Logs and Reports 77 3.5.3 Maintenance 77 Reboot the NVR 78 Reboot NVR At a Specific Time Automatically 79 Firmware Upgrade 80 Reset the NVR to Factory Default 82 3.5.
Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder System Requirements The following are minimum system requirements for the system to operate Embedded Network Video Recorder (ENVR): Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows® XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit) Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above CPU Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 2.
4 Channel (Basic) Product Description The NVR designed for use within a surveillance system, and performs recordings and playbacks pictures from network cameras in the system. It is designed for small scale applications such as retail store. Up to 4 cameras can be connected via a network and it is possible to record their camera pictures.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Hardware Illustration (Front) HDD Tray HDD Tray Power button and LED HDD LEDs USB Connector (Rear) USB connector Reset/Restart button Power jack English Ethernet jack 6
4 Channel (Basic) HDD Installation 1. Push the silver button to release the HDD tray 2. Pull out the HDD tray 3. Place the HDD on the tray and secure the HDD with the screws at the bottom (as illustrated) 4.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Connect to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for network setup: • The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “Smart Device Search” Utility. • The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are connecting to it directly): Access the NVR with its default IP.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”: The search should start automatically and its status should be displayed: The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed: Double-click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR’s web administration page from your default browser English You may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button highlighted below.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder You will be prompted for the NVR’s login information before proceeding to change device’s IP address. You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again. Or double-click on any of the search results to access NVR’s web administration page perform search again access NVR’s web administration page English You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder * The built-in DHCP server is intended to ease the installation between the NVR and the IP cameras. In the event there’s no DHCP server (router) presented in the network, the NVR can act as DHCP server and assign IP to cameras. However, if such configuration method is chosen, it’s strongly suggested that the NVR is fully started first as startup time is different among different network devices.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network. To connect to the NVR, use a PC that is on the same network over a switch or hub, or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable.
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4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page. • Click “All” to display videos in the quad-video mode • Click on any camera to display video in single-view mode 1.2 Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.3 Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.4 PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera(s) that are currently being selected for live viewing will be listed in the PTZ drop-down menu.
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4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Auto Pan Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Use the Auto Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan Autopan Pan Left Stop pan * Certain cameras do not support bidirectional pan movements. Use the “Autopan” button for such cameras. Pan right Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points videos of a camera without having to select them one by one.
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4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, click the button and the snapshot of the video will be displayed in a pop up window shown like below * If you are running Windows Vista or 7, please make sure IE is run with the “Administrator” privilege in order for this function to work properly.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Full Screen View of a Live Video To view a video in full screen, click the button. To exit full screen video, double-click anywhere on the video. Turn On/Off Audio of a Live Video You can retrieve audio from a particular camera. Simply click the button to do so. The button will show in different color once the audio is turned on. Click on it again to turn off audio.
4 Channel (Basic) 1.7 Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu which lets you change the displyay language.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.8 Live View through iPhone You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel English Click on the “Channe” drop-down menu to select other cameras 24
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder If a PTZ camera is selected, the corresponding control buttons will display (control PT only) English * Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras. Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the selection “Auto” will be used.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 1.9 Live View through Blackberry Phones You can use Blackberry and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through its browser, make sure “javascript” is enabled under “Browser” >> “Menu button” >> “Options” >> “Browser Configuration” 2. 1. Enable the “Support Javascript” option and click the menu button and click “Save Options” 2. 1.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Make sure two options illustrated below are enabled Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings 2. 1.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar English You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access 28
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2. Playback Methods to search playback Channels to be played back Playback video control buttons Playback video Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly.
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4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • Results will then be displayed in a “Date/Channel” table and boxes marked in blue represent videos found in those dates: • Click on any blue cell box should direct you to the hour/channel table if there were multiple videos recorded during that date: English * Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed 31
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: English • Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Search by event • Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on: * Selected channels will be marked in red • Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search: • Results will then be listed like what is shown below (displays the oldest record top down).
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time” from the “Search Method” drop-down list English Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video.
4 Channel (Basic) Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on the NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format. The files can then be played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player. Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the previous section, hit the “Export AVI” button on a video window of the video you wish to export.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Specify the starting and ending hours of the video by entering numbers in the text boxes Hit the “Start” button to start exporting. The file will be automatically named and saved under the C:\ partition You will be notified once the process is completed successfully The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition English * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2.3 Play Export Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the SEEnergy NVR Media Player that is available on the CD to play the exported AVI files. This can save you the trouble of installing third-party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos. Run the NVR Media Player on the CD: Click “Open” >> “AVI File” Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open”.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder video play control bar Volume Control video play control buttons: Rewind/Pause (Play)/Stop/Next Frame/Fast Forward/ Screenshot/Display OSD video play time Audio Control (click to enable/disable) Video Play Speed 2.4 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recepient.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3. System Setup 3.1 System Configurations The “System Configurations” page provides users options to setup the device quickly and properly. After properly configuring all settings in all the sub-pages, users should expect a fully working network video recorder that is ready to manage cameras on the network. We will start by configuring its network settings to make sure it works correctly in your network.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder By default, the recorder is set to obtain IP address from DHCP server, it should be sufficient in most network environments, and most likely you should not need to alter anything in this page. To locate the recorder, simply use the NVR search utility with steps described in page 12. If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local area network, 1. Choose “Static IP” from the “Connection Type” drop-down menu 2.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.2 DDNS Service DDNS, which stands for “Dynamic DNS”, is a method, protocol, or network service that provides the capability for a networked device, such as a router or computer system (in this case, the NVR) using the Internet Protocol Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in real time, the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder In order to properly configure the DDNS service function, please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first. Go to www.dyndns.com from the browser to do so.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below: Enter a desired hostname here Select a desired sub-domain from the drop-down menu Click here to automatically fill in the current public IP in the “IP Address field” Pick one or more options here (any is fine) Click to go to the next step English The page will check whether the hostname you entered has been used by another user or not as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below Create an username and a password here. This will be used in the NVR’s configuration. Enter a valid email address as well.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Go back to the NVR’s DDNS service configuration page under “Setup” >> “System Configuration” >> “DDNS Service”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Domain Name” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID” and “Password” field and click “Apply” to finish English You can click the “Check DDNS Status” button to check the DynDNS service status.
4 Channel (Basic) Notice the “Connection Status” displays the status of whether the NVR has been able to successfully update its current public IP address to the DynDNS server The NVR will automatically check with the DynDNS server once every hour and update its latest public IP to the server. The “Apply” button does the same thing which if you are see the “Disconnected” status, you can use it to manually check with the server without waiting for the NVR to update itself in the next hour.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.3 Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.4 User Account The recorder can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin”. It’s highly recommended to change the password upon your initial login. To change the password of the “admin” account: English 1.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.5 Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras. Users that are created and assigned to this group will have limited access instead of full administration rights.
4 Channel (Basic) Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type” drop-down menu Its access privilege will then be displayed.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.1.6 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page To initialize it, simply click the “Format” button You can also connect external USB thumb drive to the recorder for firmware upgrade.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2 Channel Configurations 3.2.1 Add a Camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually. Automatic Search: English 1. Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 2. After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed: 3. Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” 4. Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera. 5. Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and the camera.
4 Channel (Basic) Network Video Recorder User’s Manual If cameras are marked with “*” in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to the NVR. Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually, then follow step 5 ~6 described above. 2. 1.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.2 OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned off. To add texts to one or more videos, 1. Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD” 2. Choose one or more display options if you would also like the recorder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.3 PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera. 1. To set up PTZ preset points, select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add” 2.
4 Channel (Basic) Ultimately, you can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.5 E-Map Monitor 3.2.5.1 Local Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.2.5.2 Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E-Map monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations. To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map. You can do so by: 1. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Once the location has been determined, click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location: * Click and drag the icon to re-arrange its location • The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E-Map monitor function.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.3 Event Configurations The “Event Configurations” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it’s necessary. 3.3.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Trigger action Now that you have the event trigger duration and interval defined, choose what action to be taken during an event trigger: • You can choose to have the recorder send out the first few frames of the video recorder upon an event is triggered • You can also choose to have the recorder send out a warning message in e-mail or in txt file format and upload it to an destined FTP server English * The image(s) that are uploaded to the destined
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.3.2 Event Servers Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration. Configuring an FTP server To add an FTP server, English 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 2.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 4. Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it’s required 5. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6. Click “Test” to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully 7.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Configuring an SMTP server English 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field 4. Enter the sender’s e-mail address 5. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and password of the SMTP server and as it requires authentication 6.
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4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder • Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications • Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to English * Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the “UPnP Port Forwarding” is enabled in both the NVR and the router.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.4 Recording Configurations The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels. It can help the recorder to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder The “recording buffer” allows user to define “pre-alarm” and “postalarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time sets the NVR to record in advance when an event is triggered. The “post-alarm” time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an event trigger is finished. * The “Pre-alarm” function only works when the “Continueous” recording is also activated.
4 Channel (Basic) The “Camera Recording Setting” section allows you to turn on or off a particular recording type on any channels. The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. To configure a schedule recording: 1. Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first 2. You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day. Click and move vertically lets you set what days to perform recording at a specific time.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3. You can also use the “Quick Configuration” to define recording time range instead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time table. Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either choosing “All Day” or enter a start and end time for specific recording duration. English 4. Select the “Copy to” option if you would like to set the same recording schedule to another camera.
4 Channel (Basic) 3.5 System Options System Options gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firmware, restore/backup device settings or reboot device ….etc. 3.5.1 Device Information The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time. It also provides information of the current network settings and status.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 3.5.2 Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting 3.5.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Reboot the NVR Reboot the NVR after you upload a new firmware. You would need to manually reboot the system for the new firmware to take effect. Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted because the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder.
4 Channel (Basic) Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically You can also configure the NVR to restart automatically by using the options given in the web UI. You can set the NVR to restart at a particular hour of a specific day during a week or a month.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded through web UI or USB. Before upgrading firmware, please backup configuration in advance. ** the firmware file comes with a “.tar.gz” file extension, please use the file as is, DO NOT unzip it. It’s normal that you may only see “.tar” as the the “.gz” file extension is hidden by default in Windows. You will get “incorrect file format” error message if the file extension is altered.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder 4. When done, click “Upgrade” 5. Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish (After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the process) B. Upgrade through USB 1. Prepare a USB flash disk and format with FAT or FAT32 format 2. Place the firmware in the USB flash disk and make sure it’s placed at the top-level directory. Please do not place the file in a folder.
4 Channel (Basic) User’s Manual Network Video Recorder Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Default” button and begin the proces: English The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View” page after it is complete: 82
4 Channel (Basic) 3.5.4 Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
