Network Video recorder US E R MAN UAL PLUG & PLAY VHDIPL
About this document Purpose This document is for the VHDIPL, including the product features, hardware installation, network access, network configuration, daily maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Contents About this document .................................................................................................... i 1 Preface ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Important note...................................................................................................................1 1.2 Check the installation environment ............................................................
10.6 VHDIPL setup ..............................................................................................................51 10.7 Network camera setup ..................................................................................................52 11 HD-IP Access for VHDIPL .................................................................................. 53 11.1 Start and run..............................................................................................................
1 Preface 1.1 Important note Thank you for choosing the Concept Pro VHDIPL Network Video Recorder (NVR). Please read this user manual carefully before installing the VHDIPL. ! ! ! Never open or disassemble the device unless it is by a qualified or professional person, as this product maybe damaged or cause electric shock. Video data loss caused by installation, configuration, improper operations, and hard disk error is not the responsibility of the manufacturer.
1.2 Check the installation environment Installation environment Before installing the device, check the installation environment according to Table 1-1 Table -1 Installation environment check items Check item standard Moisture-resistant The relative environment humidity must be in the range of 0% to 95%. If the humidity is higher than 95%, a dehumidifier must be installed, such as an air conditioner with the dehumidification function or a dedicated dehumidifier.
2 Specification System CPU SOC (System-on-chip) Operating system Embedded Linux 2.6 Embedded CMS system, user friendly interface, easy to use; Quick configuration and simple Features operation. Plug-and-play, auto detection and schedule setup . Real-time fault alarm mechanism for timely reporting of hard disks, networks, fault information. Embedded Web Server using Flash technology to support common browsers with real-time monitoring and playback.
In / Out 3.5mm linear audio output Audio formats G711_A，G711_U Network Transmission control Embedded network bandwidth adaptive flow control technology. Interface 1 RJ45 10M/100M network port and 4 RJ45 10M/100M ports with POE Web Webserver supported with Flash technology for popular browsers in real-time monitoring, video playback, and system configuration.
3 VHDIPL Networking solutions The VHDIPL has 5 Ethernet ports, one is RJ45 without POE, others are POE supported ports. The 4 POE ports are for connecting to the cameras. Cameras should not exceed a distance of 100 metres from the POE Ports. POE port The POE ports on the VHDIPL can connect to the cameras directly. The VHDIPL will add the cameras automatically if connected to the POE ports and the default recording is 24 hours * 7 days a week. Note the POE only supports IEEE 802.3af standard .
4 Installation 4.1 Days recorded Table 4-1 video storage time HDD capacity Video stream Cameras Days recorded 2 x 3TB 720p at 6 Mbps 4 30 2 x 3TB 1080p at 6 Mbps 4 30 Suggestion: Use two hard disk dives to reduce the risk of data loss.
4.2 Front panel description Figure 4-1 shows the front panel of the VHDIPL. Table 4-1 shows the description of the front panel. Figure 4-1 Front panel 6 5 4 1 2 3 Table 4-1 Front panel description No.
4.3 Rear panel description Figure 4-2 shows the rear panel of the VHDIPL. Table 4-2 shows the interface of rear panel. Figure 4-2 Rear panel 2 1 3 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Table 4-2 Real panel description No. Name Description 1 POE port POE power supply port 2 Fan When the power is on, the fan is operational 3 Power Input DC12V,5A power input (Supplied) Network Interface RJ45 100Mbps network interface.
No. Name Description 9 Ground connect Ground connect 10 DC48V Power interface DC48V.1.04A power input (Supplied) 4.4 First boot ! Make sure that the VHDIPL has the correct amount of power. If you want to use POE power supply, please plug in the DC48V power adapter, supplied with the VHDIPL. Once the VHDIPL starts and after the self test, (which takes about 2 minutes) the results are displayed on the screen shown in figure 4-3.
If the HDD fails testing the reasons may include the following： ! Unformatted new hard disk, go to quick configure to format the hard disk drive. ! Formatted hard disk drive, the VHDIPL supported file systems do not match. ! Hard disk drive is damaged. 4.5 Shutdown ! Shutdown process, the system prompts are off, do not cut off the power ! Do not remove the power cables while the VHDIPL is still on.
Figure 4-4 Shutdown interface 4.6 Displayer resolution adjustment The VHDIPL will support resolutions with VGA 1024*768, VGA 1280*1024, VGA 1600*1200, HDMI 720P, HDMI 1080P, you can select the correct resolution according your monitor. When using VGA we advise to set it to 1024*768 or VGA 1280*1024. When using HDMI input we advise to use HDMI 1080P. Adjustment Steps: Step 1 Click change on login interface and find the adjustment interface shown in figure 4-5.
Figure 4-5 Adjustment Monitor Setup Step 2 Choose the type of resolution in the resolution drop-down box. The VHDIPL will automatically switch to the selected resolution and show the following dialog options Yes or Cancel. If no selection is made within 10 seconds, the display will return to the previous resolution. ! If you select Yes then it will switch to the selected resolution. ! If you select cancel the display will not save the configuration and go back to the previous resolution. Adjust display.
4.7 Adding Network Cameras The VHDIPL allows you to connect a maximum of 4 network cameras. The total recording bit rate is 24 Mbps and live video total bit rate is also 24 Mbps. ! The VHDIPL will support a maximum of 4 cameras at 1080p resolution with average bit rate is 6 Mbps network camera. If the total baud rate is more than 24 Mbps it may cause the VHDIPL to lose video. ! For detailed specifications please refer to chapter 2 Specifications. Add Network camera Method 1: Add the camera manually.
Figure 4-6 Login screen Step 2 Click Login and enter the main interface.
5 Quick configuration To quickly configure, use the quick configuration interface of the VHDIPL. It provides: The network configuration, disk management, date and time configuration, search network cameras, video configuration, camera network configuration stream configuration and motion detection configuration. Enter the quick configuration interface, as shown in figure 4-7 Figure 4-7 Quick Configuration Interface The quick configuration interface description.
VHDIPL, this means all cameras will have internal times to match the VHDIPL time. Area 2：Managing camera certification accounts. The certification accounts used to log on to the network cameras. Only certified network cameras can be added to VHDIPL system. ! System cameras will have a default user account: admin and default password: admin. Click ! Click to add a network camera certification account. to select account to be deleted from the list. Area 3：VHDIPL network configuration.
The VHDIPL is capable of detecting and recording up to 16 cameras however for maximum performance we only recommend and support the VHDIPL a 4 camera device. If more than 4 cameras are detected they will be displayed as per figure 4.8. From here you must select the 4 cameras that you require. Figure 4-8 Device Discovery Tips Click the Apply button to complete the network camera selection. Area 5：Search cameras, delete cameras.
Figure 4-9 Camera Search Interface Click the button To remove the camera in the camera list, click the check box and then click delete to remove, shown in figure 4.7. , select the camera Area 6：Configuring the network cameras. To view the status of the network camera, set the name of the network cameras, IP address, video strategy, stream parameters, and motion detection parameters. ! View the status of network cameras: online, not online, account errors. 1. To preview real time video click . 2.
Figure 4-10 Stream Quick Configurations 5. Click the Apply button to set the current parameters to the devices. ! Set to detect motion detection alarm, shown in figure 4.7. 1. Click motion detection, and the motion detection alarm dialog pops up. 2. If you want to turn on the motion detection alarm, you must set the arming time and detection area.
6 Live video To input the username (default is admin) and password (default is admin), click login. Enter the live video interface, shown in figure 4-11. Figure 4-11 Live Video Interface In the live video interface, you can select the cameras from the left list to view live video. You are also able to do the below operations: 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Intelligent adaptive mechanism of stream frame rates This system provides the intelligent adaptive mechanism of stream frame rates. When you are selecting the camera to watch in live video, the system will select the suitable stream according to system’s own decoding ability and live video windows. It will always ensure the system works with the best performance.
Items Name Content : Automatic Full Screen control 6 Live video Right mouse click on the live display will allow the changing of some display information. Start the audio, bookmark the current video footage for ease of finding later, change the video stream and access the sensor configuration set up menu of the camera being viewed. : Mark/Tag, press this button during live video and the recording will be highlighted in “yellow” and make it easier to find the footage at a later date.
Click button to close the PTZ configuration menu. Click button to exit the PTZ control menu. Live video fast operation Right click mouse button to actvate figure 4-13 interface, call the menu to: Show Title, Show Stream Information, Start Audio, Stream, Sensor Configuration etc.
7 Playback 7.1 Recording playback Recording playback will playback the video which is recorded to the local HDD, shown in figure 4-14. Figure 4-14 Local playback Playback operations steps. Step 1 Choose the camera to playback. Click one from the list on the left hand side, icon been selected, Step 2 means this camera has means camera has not been selected. Date selection. You can select the date period on the calendar. Click , to switch month, click Means selected date.
After selecting the device and date, at the bottom area of the live video, it will display the recording status. The scale on the time axis shows the recording time period, blue means the current playback video time. The playback video will be displayed above the time axis, blue means retain video, red means alarm video, yellow means label video, green means normal video. Input the time, then click , the playback video will jump to the pointed time.
Figure 4-16 Backup Path Browser In the backup path, it will display the current backup path, if it is blank, then select one option. In the below list it shows the available storage paths. The VHDIPL will support two kinds of the storage: Network Attached Storage (NAS) and USB storage device (U disk or Removable HDD). ! Network Attached Storage 4. Double click the Add Network Disc, or right click the menu to call the Add Network Disc interface, shown in figure 4-17. Figure 4-17 Add Network Disc 5.
7. Double click the network disc path list, select the backup path, click ok button save and exit. ! Step 2 USB Storage device 1. Insert U disk or removable HDD to the USB interface. 2. The VHDIPL will detect the USB storage device automatically, after detection, it will show USB storage device. 3. Right click menu to select unmount or formatting options on the U disk. 4. Double click the USB storage device path list, select the backup path, click OK and exit. Configure the backup file options. 8.
Figure 4-19 File Search 28
8 Alarm searching Alarm searching Interface Operation steps Step 1 Step 2 Click to enter the alarm management interface shown in 4-20. elect the camera which you want to search the alarm information from the list on the Select Step 3 left. indicates this camera has alarm information. Select the alarm type at the Type drop-down menu. Figure 4-20 Alarm Searching Interface. Step 4 Date selections. Choose the date period which you want to search in the calendar area.
Select the alarm trigger recording files, click Step 7 button to start playing. Alarm recording backup Select the recorded files and click backup button to create backup files.
9 Setup Setup includes the VHDIPL setup and the camera setup. 9.1 VHDIPL setup Click NVR setup in upper right to show the VHDIPL configure interface shown in Figure 4-21. Figure 4-21 NVR setup 9.1.1 Device information When in the VHDIPL setup interface, we can see the system information shown in Figure 4-21.
• Hardware Version • Software Version • Channel Quantity • Disk Quantity ! Only the device name can be edited, other parameters can’t be edited. 9.1.2 Device Management You can search, add, and delete cameras via Device Management. Select NVR setup > Device Management Enter the camera management interface, shown in Figure 4-22; it will list all the cameras which are connected with the VHDIPL, and some basic information. Figure 4-22 Device Management Interface Search and add cameras.
Figure 4-23 Add IP section. 2. Input the Begin IP address and End IP address and Port number. 3. Click Apply to finish the operation. 4. The system will search the IP cameras in the IP segment and it will show the results as shown in Figure 4-23. 11. Add manually 1. Click button, to add cameras, shown in Figure 4-24. Figure 4-24 Add cameras manually 2. Input the IP address and Port number. 3. Click OK button to finish the operation. 4.
Figure 4-25 Add Camera Management Step 4 Select the cameras which you want to add from the left hand side, then click to add them to the VHDIPL. Press to cancel the adding operation. Click OK button to finish the operation.
9.1.3 System alarming Select Setup > System warning > system warning Enter the system warning shown in Figure 4-26. Figure 4-26 System Warning Information. Warning information searching steps. Step 1 Select the warning type (Disk Alarm, Record Alarm, All). Step 2 Input search begin and end time. Step 3 Click , then the results will be displayed. 9.1.4 Network You can check the Camera’s DHCP IP address, configure IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, First DNS and backup DNS.
Figure 4-27 Network Interface Step 2 Configure the network parameters, reference the Table 4-4. Table 4-4 Network parameters Items Introduction How to configure Get IP address automatically It will get the IP address from DHCP server automatically. Switch DHCP to on by this button . IP Address It can configure the camera's IP address. Default IP is 192.168.0.120 Subnet mask Configure the subnet mask Default address is 255.255.255.0 Gateway Configure the Gateway address Default is 192.168.0.
• Create a new layout • View a current layout • Edit a current layout Create New layout The steps to create new layout are shown below: Step 1 NVR Setup > Live Video Layout Enter the live video layout shown in Figure 4-28. Figure 4-28 Live Video Layout Step 2 Click New to call the new layout shown in Figure 4-29.
Step 3 Step 4 Input the New layout name Configure the New layout position, you can select the Shared layout or my layout. Shared layout means the layout for all the users. My layout means the layout for current login user only. Shared layout can only be created by authorized users. Step 5 Step 6 Configure to enable the wheel guard or not. Wheel guard time interval could be set as 5s, 10s, 30s, and 60s. Choose the screen split settings.
Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Enable the record (Enabled as Default) Please select √ on the cameras which you want to record, and also select the corresponding stream parameters. Click more The record policy configuration interface will pop up, shown in Figure 4-31. Figure 4-31 Record Policy Configuration Interface. Step 5 Configure Record Policy When configuring the record policy, there are two policies, 24 x 7 or Schedule. If you select record by schedule, you need to configure the schedule plan.
Figure 4-32 Schedule record configuration Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 To enable the alarm record • If you do not want to enable the alarm record, then just set the button to OFF. • If you want to enable the alarm record, then set the button to ON. To enable the audio • Slide the bar to on. To configure the storage policy, select either: • When HDD is full, overwrite. • Retention day time. Configure the HDD disk group. There will be 2 HDD disk groups.
9.1.7 Storage policy In storage policy interface, you can do the following operations: • • • Check the current HDD status. Check the HDD information details include: HDD capacity, free space. Unload and format operations. When you first use the VHDIPL you will need to format the HDD otherwise recording will not be written to the HDD. Select System configuration > Record > Storage Configuration. Enter the Storage Configuration, shown in Figure 4-33. Figure 4-33 Storage Configurations 9.1.
Step 1 • System Management • Shutdown • Record service • Set shared layout Accounts > Group Enter the Group configuration interface, shown in Figure 4-34. Figure 4-34 Group configuration interface Step 2 Add and Delete Groups • Add privilege group. 1. Click Add to bring up the Add Group Interface. 2. Input Group Name. 3. Click OK. Once added, return to the original interface. 4. Select the groups which are added, and select the privileges which they can have. 5. Click Apply to finish.
User setting You can add and delete users. The users which have the privilege of system configuration can unlock the system, it may be locked by inputting an incorrect password more than 3 times. Step 1 System configuration > Account > User Enter the user interface shown in Figure 4-35. Step 2 Add and delete user. • Add user 1. Click add to call the add user interface. 2. Input the user name. 3. Click OK. Finish the adding user, return to the previous interface. Figure 4-35 User configurations 4.
Unlock the locked user When logged on to the system, if the user inputs the wrong password more than 3 times, then the system will lock the user, but only the administrator can unlock the user. 9.1.9 Date and Time Configuration You can set the Date and Time and also the Date and Time format of VHDIPL. Step 1 Setup > System Configuration > Date and Time, Enter the date and time shown in Figure 4-36. Figure 4-36 Date and Time configuration Step 2 Step 3 Input the correct time.
10 Web Browser Access for VHDIPL VHDIPL Web Server, built-in flash technology supports IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and other popular browsers. It can be quickly be configured through the Web. Live preview, video playback, alarm retrieval, VHDIPL configuration, camera configuration and other operations can be configured through a web browser. 10.1 Login The VHDIPL default IP address is: 192.168.1.120. Input the IP address of the VHDIPL into the address bar of the web browser to view the VHDIPL remotely.
Administrator user ID: admin, administrator password: admin. User names and passwords are case-sensitive. Please modify the password after the first login. After three failed attempts of inputting the incorrect password the user will be locked, and will no longer be able to continue to log in until the administrator can unlock the user. 10.2 Operation Read 10.2.1 Player VHDIPL web video function needs Adobe Flash Player to support it.
VHDIPL web will only support 16 channels live video and 4 channel playback for one user login (maximum ability), with other users it will only support 1 channel Live video and 1 channel playback (minimum ability). The first login user will be the maximum ability user. Other users are the minimum ability users, when the maximum ability user logs out then the next user login will be the maximum ability user.
Figure 4-42 Set User Video Ability If other users are set to a maximum ability the interface will go back to Figure 4-42 and you can’t set the ability anymore. If a setting failed then a failed message will be displayed. 10.3 Live Video After login via the Web, you can see the live video by selecting the cameras shown in Figure 4-43.
10.4 Playback You can play back the video by the playback interface. Operation Steps Step 1 Click Playback to enter the playback interface shown in Figure 4-44. Step 2 Select the camera to playback. Click the camera list, not chosen. Step 3 means device was chosen, means device was Select date. Check the date on the calendar , change month, , change year. This means the date is chosen. If the date with green colour it means this day has recorded video.
Figure 4-44 Playback 50
10.5 Alarm Search Click the Alarm Search in the Alarm Management Interface shown in Figure 4-45. Figure 4-45 Alarm search Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Choose the device on the left that you want to see the alarm information. Choose the alarm type by the bar Type. Choose the date. Check the date on the calendar , change month, , change year. This means the date is chosen. If the date with red colour means this day has alarm video recorded. Step 4 Video play.
Figure 4-46 VHDIPL setup interface 10.7 Network Camera setup Click the Network Camera Setup on the Web, enter the Camera Configuration interface shown in Figure 4-47. For a detailed setup please refer to the VIPC-MD720 and VIPC-MB720 User Manual.
11 HD-IP Access for VHDIPL Operation condition Please install HD-IP client from the USB stick provided. The HD-IP client installation methods will be in the "Network Video Management System manual” 11.1 Start and Run If you have installed HD-IP please run it by this icon to the Login interface. 11.
11.3 System main interface After entering the correct user name and password, click Login to the system main interface shown in Figure 4-49. Figure 4-49 Main Interface 11.4 VHDIPL management After entering main interface, select Device Manager > NVR management go to VHDIPL configure interface.
! Only the Device Name can be edited, other parameters can’t be edited. Operation Steps Step 1 Select Device Manager > NVR management > Device Info The VHDIPL information is shown in Figure 4-50. Figure 4-50 Device info interface Step 2 Set Device Name, Enter the name and click Set. 11.4.1 Login Once logged into the interface you can change the default user name and password. Operation Steps Step 1 Select Device Manager > NVR management > Login in to enter the interface shown in Figure 4-51.
Figure 4-51 Login Interface Step 2 Enter the user name and password, and click Save to exit. 11.4.2 Date and Time Change the date and time of the VHDIPL Step 1 Select Device Manager > NVR management > Date and Time, enter configuration interface shown in Figure 4-52.
Figure 4-52 Date and Time Settings Step 2 Change the VHDIPL Date and Time Click the Set button behind the Current Computer Time to sync the time from the PC to the device. • Set the Computer current time to the VHDIPL time. • Set manually to change time. • Click • Set the date. • Input the time after the date. button to call the date. 11.4.3 Device Management Add/Delete the IP cameras to the VHDIPL through the Device management.
Figure 4-53 Device Management Step 2 Select the cameras and click Add. Step 3 Select the cameras which you want to add into the VHDIPL. Step 4 Click Add to call the added ok message, then click OK, and exit the interface. Call the adding device interface, shown in Figure 4-54 to add all the network cameras. Select the devices which you want to delete click delete, the cameras have now been deleted. Step 5 Click Apply to call the “Configure Successful interface”, click OK to save the configuration.
Figure 4-54 Add Device 11.4.4 VHDIPL Record VHDIPL can set the Record Policy and Record Storage. Record Policy Step 1 Select Device Manager > NVR management > Record > Record Policy and enter the Record Policy interface shown in Figure 4-55.
Figure 4-55 Record Policy Step 2 Select the device and click Configure. In the Record Policy setting you can set the Schedule Record, Alarm Record, Audio Record etc. Step 3 Set the policy which you need. Step 4 After you set the configuration click Apply to set. Record Storage Step 1 Select device manager > NVR management > Record > Record Storage. Enter the Record Storage interface shown in Figure 4-56.
Figure 4-56 Record Storage Step 2 Select the Hard Disk and click Modify enter the path setting interface shown in Figure 4-57.
Step 3 Select Enable. Step 4 Select the Disk Group ID. Step 5 Input the Usable Space. Step 6 Click Modify to save the configuration and exit the interface. Step 7 Select the file system. Step 8 Click disk format to format the disk. Confirmation will be required, if yes, then it will start to format. 11.4.5 VHDIPL Monitor VHDIPL rear panel has a VGA output and a HDMI output interface you can adjust the monitor type shown in Figure 4-58.
11.5.1 Video Search and playback In HD-IP click Playback then click Figure 4-59. to enter the VHDIPL playback shown in Figure 4-59 Playback Means: Play, Pause, Stop, back 1 frame, forward 1 frame, 1/2 fast forward, ! fast forward, 1/8 fast forward, 1/16 fast forward, 2 x fast forward, 4 x fast forward, 8 x fast forward, 16 x fast forward. Means: amplification, narrow, reduction, 10 seconds amplification, 30 second amplification, 1 minute amplification, 5 minute amplification, 10 minute amplification.
Blue file on time axis is the video chosen for backup. Press Ctrl to select more parts of the video. Click to backup configure and check the task, setting the path and backup size shown in Figure 4-60. Figure 4-60 Backup Click Directory and check the backup file has finished.
12 HD-IP Lite App 12.1 HD-IP Lite Android device How to download the HD-IP Lite on an Android device From your smart phone access the Play Store and search for HD-IP Lite.
12.2 HD-IP Lite iOS Device How to download the HD-IP Lite on an iOS device From your smart phone access the App Store and search for HD-IP Lite. Click on Free then Install to install the app, you may need to enter your apple account details. Once installed click on Open For more information about the HD-IP Lite app, please see the HD-IP Lite Quick Start Guide.
13 F.A.Q 1. Why does the device’s self-test interface not move? Method One: Check the VHDIPL is equipped with a HDD. Method Two: Check the VHDIPL’s HDDs are detected. Method Three: Check the VHDIPL’s HDDs has not been damaged. 2. Why is the interface display incomplete or location offset? Method One: Automatically adjust the display function. Method Two: In the login screen, select the adjustment, enter the display adjustment interface. 3.
