4-Channel Network Video Recorder NVR-401 User’s Manual Version 1.
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Table of Contents 1. Product Description ................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Product Features............................................................................................................. 5 1.2 System Requirements..................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Packet Content .............................................................................
6.5.3 Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 55 6.5.4 Disk Status ........................................................................................................
1. Product Description The Network Video Recorder is designed for use within a surveillance system, and performs recordings and playbacks pictures from network cameras in the system. It is a recording device using a hard disk drive to record camera pictures instead of using video tapes so that pictures recorded by repeated overwriting will not experience deterioration of the recorded picture quality. Up to 4 cameras can be connected via a network and it is possible to record their camera pictures.
1.2 System Requirements The following are minimum system requirements for the system to operate Network Video Recorder (NVR): Operating System Windows® XP Professional (32 bit), Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit), Windows Vista or Windows 7 Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above CPU Minimum Intel® Core2 Duo E6300 2.
1.4 Specification NVR-401 Product General OS Ethernet USB Interface Storage Device Button LED Display Video Input Recording Mode E-Map Network Service Network File Protocol Management User Interface Multiple Language Power Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity Weight Dimension (L x W x H) 7 Embedded Linux 1 x RJ-45, 10/100/1000 Base-TX 2 x USB2.0 for backup device and firmware upgrade 2 x 3.
1.5 Front Panel OS HDD 1.6 LEDs Definition LEDs Color Description Power Blue On: Power on. Off: Power off. OS Green Blinking: System activity. Off: System no activity. HDD Green Blinking: HDD is accessing. Off: HDD is no action. 1.7 Buttons Button Description Manual Record Press to start/stop record manualy. Power Press to start or shut down. English 1.8 Connectors Connector Description USB Connect your USB flash disk for firmware upgrade. LAN Connect to your network hub/switch.
2. Install Hard Disk 1. Remove the screws on the bottom. 2. Pull out the case inside. 3. Connect the SATA bus cable and power cable to the HDD.
4. Lock the HDD with bundled HDD screws on both sides. 5. If there is a second HDD, please repeat step 3 and 4. 6. Place the inside housing back and secure it with the screws in step 1. 7. Connect the bundled power adapter to the power connector on the rear panel. 8. Press the power button to power on.
3. Connect to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: . The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “Device Search” Utility. . The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are connecting to it directly): Access NVR with its default IP (192.168.0.20). 3.
Please click “Next” to continue. Please click “Install” to start the installation.
Once the installation is complete, please check the “Finish”. Please go to Start => Programs => NVR => Search NVR to run the search tool. Then you will see the utility start search the network. 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.
You may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button highlighted below. 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 You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password.
3.2 Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP address “192.168.0.20”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. Connect the NVR and PC to your switch or hub, or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT.5 Ethernet cable. The PC that is connected directly to the NVR (or within the same local area network) should receive an IP from it. Simply access the NVR from your web browser with NVR default IP address.
4. Live View The NVR-401 comes with a 4-video split window view with one video displays on a larger window. Select a channel from the drop-down menu to display its video on the larger split window. You can also double-click on any of the smaller one to display its video to the larger window. The “Live View” page provides the following functions: . . . . . . . . . . .
4.1 Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page. . Click “All” to display videos in the 4-video mode. . Click on any camera to display video in single-view mode. 4.2 Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with different colors and their meanings are explained on the left. Camera is connected Camera is NOT connected Camera is current performing recording 4.
4.4 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. Simply select a camera then use the PTZ control panel to control the camera. The bar shown below allows you to control the pan/tilt speed.
4.5 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” section: . . . Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera. Auto pan a particular camera. Perform preset point sequence viewing. Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop-down list shown below: Select a preset position from the drop-down list and click “Go to” to move the live view to that position.
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. Auto-Pan * Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements. Use the “Auto-Pan” button for such cameras. Pan Left Stop pan 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.
4.6 Live Video Control Buttons Each live video window comes with control buttons with functions described below: Take a snapshot of a live video. Turn on/off audio of a live video. Start/stop recording of a live video (manual recording). Audio post function.
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. Right-click anywhere on the image and select “Save Image as” from the pull-down menu. In the pop up dialog, name the image file and choose which directory the image will be saved to and click “Save”.
Full Screen View of a Live Video button. To exit full screen To view a video in full screen, click the 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.
4.7 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 display language.
5. Playback 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. You can turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your choice if audio was also recorded during the recording of the video.
z Selected channels will be marked in red . Select “Search by time chart” from the “Search Method” drop- down list and click “Go” to start the search: .
. Click on any blue cell box should direct you to the hour/channel table if there were multiple videos recorded during that date: * Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed. * Move the mouse cursor on a particular cell box without clicking gives you a preview of the playback video n a small thumbnail. . Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results: .
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). Click on a particular result to start the playback. * You can click “Next Search” to display the next 15 results. . 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.
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. Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video. Use the button to select month, date, and year. 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.
5.2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on NVR-401 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.
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. * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player. You can get it at “http://sourceforge.
6. System Setup 6.1 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. Next, we will help you adjust the system time so videos will be recorder with correct timestamp.
3. Enable “DHCP Server” under “DHCP Server” if you wish to use the recorder as a DHCP server, or leave it disabled if there is already a DHCP server in the network . 4. Click Apply for the settings to take effect. The recorder can detect the presence of a DHCP server upon startup. It sets itself to use static IP address if there is no DHCP server currently presented in the network.
6.1.3 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: 1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit”. 2.
6.1.4 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.
6.1.5 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. For instructions to install a hard disk to the recorder, refer to page 10. To obtain detail information about the disk, go to “System Options” >> “Disk Status”.
6.2 Channel Configurations 6.2.1 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: 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.
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. It’s 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.
If cameras are marked with “*” in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to 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 and 6 described above. 2. 1.
6.2.2 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. Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own. 3.
6.2.3 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.
6.2.4 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. To configure preset sequence for a camera,” select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu. The available preset points should be listed in “Camera Presets” section.
6.2.5 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. This function works by incorporating the event detection function as well as the recording function, which, as a result, helps users take all the necessary actions when an unusual event occurs.
Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. Access the “Local MAP Monitor” page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
6.2.6 Google Map Setting Google Map monitor is a E-Map function that works like Local MAP. The difference is this function allow user to get the map from Internet Google map service. So you don’t have to provide a map to the NVR-401. In default, you will see the world map. Before using and configure Google map function, you have to make sure the PC and NVR are connecting to Internet. Then you can configure this function and the NVR will properly work with this service.
Besides located by search address. You can also roll the central roller of your mouse to zoom-in/zoom-out the map to find out the address manually. Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. When the configuration finished, please press “Apply” to save the settings. Access the “Google MAP Monitor” page from the upper-right hand corner menu.
6.3 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. 6.3.1 General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure when an event is triggered, how often events are triggered and the corresponding actions when events are triggered.
6.3.2 DI Settings This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input port right from the recorder. You can setup the recorder to receive triggers from a particular camera’s input port. 1. For cameras that come with physical digital input port, their port will be listed in the far left drop-down menu. 2. Pick the desired channel for DI mapping, and then select the camera’s input port from the drop-down menu. 3. Select the trigger condition from the “Condition” drop-down menu. 4.
6.3.3 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, 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder. 2. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server. 3.
Configuring an SMTP server 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 it requires authentication. 6. Click “Apply” to save the configuration. 6.3.
Select Channels to Enable Event Trigger and which type of event should be triggered. .Use the check box to enable event trigger on the desired channels. .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. * 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.
6.4 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. 6.4.1 General Settings You can define the following in “General Settings”: . . . . .
Keep video allows you to set the NVR keep the record video in previous days. The section at the bottom allows you to turn on or off a particular recording type on any channels. You can check the box the enable NVR audio recording function. 6.4.2 Schedule Recording Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels. To configure a schedule recording: 1. Use the “Camera” drop-down menu and select a camera first. 2. You can use the schedule table to set the time range.
* Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time. Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording. 3. You can also use the “Quick Configuration” to define recording time range instead of clicking cell box 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. 4.
6.5 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. 6.5.1 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. 6.5.
Reboot the NVR Reboot NVR-401 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. Simply click “Restart” to begin the reboot process and confirm the action.
Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Default” button and begin the process. The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Maintenance” page after it is complete. 6.5.4 Disk Status 50B “Disk Status” gives you more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
EC Declaration of Conformity For the following equipment: *Type of Product *Model Number : 4-Ch Network Video Recorder : NVR-401 * Produced by: Manufacturer‘s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer‘s Address : 11F, No. 96, Min Chuan Road, Hsin Tien, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC, 93/68/EEC).
