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VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Overview VIVOTEK’s NR8201/8301 network video recorder offers an elegant recording solution for VIVOTEK network cameras and performs real-time monitoring and recording simultaneously. It supports up to 4-CH (NR8201) and 8-CH (NR8301) H.264, MJPEG, and MPEG-4 video and provides multiple recording modes including alarm recording, scheduled recording, manual recording and continuous recording.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Physical description Front panel ■ NR8301 Status Indicator USB Socket Power PoE Status HDD Removable & Lockable Hard Disk Trays x 2 NR8301 Network Video Recorder WA N LAN1 LA N 2 LA N 3 L AN 4 LA N 5 LA N 6 LA N 7 LA N 8 ■ NR8201 Status Indicator Power PoE Status HDD Removable & Lockable Hard Disk Tray NR8201 Network Video Recorder WA N L AN1 LAN2 Power PoE Status HDD L AN3 L AN4 NR8301 Network Video Recorder
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions General I/O Terminal Block This Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block which is used to connect external input / output devices. The pin definitions are described below. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 DI/DO Diagram 1: Power 2: Relay output COM 3: Relay output N.O.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Status LED The LED indicates the status of the Network Video Recorder.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Reboot: Press and release the indented reset button. All status LED will extinguish and then power on again. Wait for the Status LED to blink and then become steady green in normal state. It takes about 30 seconds to complete the procedure. Restore: 1. Use a straightened paper clip to press and hold down the reset button. 2. Press the power button for 3 seconds and let go both buttons.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Installation Hard Disk installation Before using the Network Video Recorder, please prepare SATA hard disk(s) for recording video. 1. Make sure the power is disconnected. 2. Secure the supplied rack mount ears if you want to install into a rack cabinet. 3. Open the drive tray bezel as shown below and remove the drive tray. 4. Install hard disks to the disk trays by securing it with the supplied four screws. 5.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Network deployment Device Connection 1. Connect the supplied power cable from the NR8201/8301 to a power outlet. 2. Press the power button to power up. 3. Connect network cameras to NR8201/8301 LAN ports. Because NR8201/8301 supports PoE, if the Network Camera is PoE-compliant (802.3af), an Ethernet cable transmits both power and data. 4. 4-1.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Install the IW2 Utility If your network environment is DHCP, you can use VIVOTEK Installation Wizard 2 (IW2) to discover the IP address for the WAN port. (1) Install “Installation Wizard 2” from the Software Utility directory on the software CD. (2) The program will conduct an analysis of your network environment. After your network is analyzed, please click on the “Next” button to continue the program. (3).
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Supported & Unsupported Connections 1. You can connect a management PC to the NVR’s WAN port for management and monitoring. All cameras should be connected to the 10/100BaseT “LAN” ports which reside on a different subnet from the WAN port. IMPORTANT! Please configure the IP addresses for the “LAN” and “WAN” ports into different class C subnets, e.g., 192.168.100.xxx for LAN and 192.168.4.104 for WAN.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 3. If you use a “LAN” port to connect a management PC and that PC resides on a DHCP-enabled subnet, configuration conflicts will occur. Therefore, the “LAN“ ports should always be used to connect PoE or non-PoE network cameras. The NVR will detect whether a camera is PoE-compliant and will not supply power to a non-PoE camera.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Getting Started Please follow the steps below to link your computer to NR8201/8301 for the first time: 1. Connect your computer to NR8201/8301 (LAN port) using an Ethernet cable. 2. Setup your computer in DHCP mode. a. Click Start > My Network Places > View network connections. b. Right-click on Local Area Connection, and then click Properties. c. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions d. Select "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically" as below. Then click OK to enable your settings. 3. Then NR8201/8301 will serve as a router and automatically assign an IP address to your computer.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Set up NR8201/8301 in LAN To setup NR8201/8301 for the first time if your local network does not have a DHCP server, please connect to one of the NVR's LAN ports (to utilize NVR's onboard DHCP server). Set up your computer's network setting in DHCP mode (see page 13), and then directly enter the default IP for NR8201/8301 (http://192.168.100.1) in the address field of an IE browser.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Network Settings Configuration If you want to access the Network Video Recorder over the Internet, please go to Configuration > Network to assign a WAN IP address (public IP) for NR8201/8301. There are three ways to get an IP address: Private DHCP (Dynamic IP), Static IP address, and PPPoE (DSL).
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions d. After searching, the main installer window will pop up. Click on the MAC and model name which match the product label to connect to the Network Video Recorder. 00-02-D1-07-89-3F 192.168.5.131 NR8301 0002D107893F NR8301 0002D107893F Internet connection with static IP Choose this connection type if you want to use a static IP for the Network Video Recorder. Please follow the steps below to change the settings: 1.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Internet connection via PPPoE (Point-to-Point over Ethernet) Choose this connection type if you wish to connect to the Internet via a DSL Line. Please follow the steps below to setup: 1. Go to Configuration > Network. Click PPPoE. 2. Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. 3. Enable the Upnp protocol by selecting the Upnp presentation if you require to apply it. 4. Click Save to enable the settings. 5.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions NOTE ► When attempting link to NR8201/8301 for the first time with the web browser, a message will pop up to remind you of installing required plug-in or software first. ► If you receive a message saying that your Internet Explorer ® security settings prohibit installing Active X® components, please enable your Active X® Controls for your browser. 1. Click Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom level...
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Home Page Following is the user interface of the home page. It is composed of the following sections. Main menu Language Status panel http://192.168.100.1/ Main menu There are four buttons for you to click to open the page: Monitor: Click this button to open the monitoring page. This page is for you to see the live video or playback the recorded data. History: Click this button to open the History page.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Language Click the drop-down list to choose a language for the user interface. Language options are available in: English, 繁 體 中 文 , 簡 体 中 文 , 日 本 語 ,Français, Español, Deutsch, Português, Italiano. Status panel User Name (default: root) Login Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) Current Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) NOTE ► The Userrname will be blank if you have not setup a password in the Security page.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Configuration This page contains several sub-pages: “Device”, “Network”, “LAN“, “Access list”, “DDNS”, “Security”, “Schedule”, “Recording Policy”, “Trigger”, “Layout”, “System”, “Maintenance”, “Storage“, “Backup”, “System Log“, and “Joystick“. Each sub-page in the left menu will be explained in the following sections. Device This page allows user to add a new device or modify an inserted device.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Auto search by device installer or manually install in LAN If your devices are linked to the LAN port of the Network Video Recorder, you can follow the steps below to add a new device: 1. Click Search Device. The searching results will be displayed in the following column. You can click Stop Searching if the linked devices are all displayed on the list. 2. You may wait for a moment while the system is searching for the new devices. 3.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 6. Enter the Username/Password if the device needs to do authentication. The Username/Password must be consistent to the camera’s web server. Then, click on Save. 6 This section allows you to change the settings for the new device (camera). Name: Enter the Device Name. Recording Stream: You may choose the stream for recording. Recording Storage: You may select the storage for recording. Recording Policy: Choose the recording policy.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions You can also manually install a new device in LAN. Please follow the steps below: 1. Select Add new on the drop-down list 2. Enter IP Address. 3. Enter the Username/Password if the device needs to do authentication. 4. Click on Detect Device, the Device Type, MAC Address, and HTTP Port will show up in the blanks automatically. 5. Click Save to enable the settings. Manually install in WAN When in WAN, you have to add a new device manually.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions The device information will be displayed in the following blanks, and then you can modify the settings of the device. Please refer to page 24 for detailed information.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Network This page provides configurable options for the WAN port, the Gigabit Ethernet port on the rear panel for making the management access via LAN or remotely over Internet. For making the initial connection, you can refer to page 16 for information. You may also configure a fixed IP address for the WAN port along with associated subnet mask, router, and DNS servers settings.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions LAN This page allows user to configure LAN configuration for the Network Video Recorder. It contains two columns: “LAN” and “DHCP Server.“ LAN / DHCP Server The NVR server comes with an embedded DHCP server for connecting 4 or 8 “LAN” ports to network cameras. This page allows Administrators to configure network configuration for those LAN ports. The configuration menu contains two columns: “LAN” and “DHCP Server.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions NOTE ► In order to comply with IEC 60950-1 regulations, DO NOT connect the LAN ports to other devices (such as a PC) unless for the initial setup. These LAN ports are designed for camera connections, and come with PoE power through the lines, which may impose unpredictable problems when connected to a non-PoE device.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Access list This page allows the user to setup the access permission for the Network Video Recorder by identifying the IP address of the client’s PC Following columns are the setup options of access permissions: “Allowed List”, “Denied List”. Allowed list / Denied list There are two lists for permission control: Allowed list and Denied list. Only the IP on the allowed list is permitted to access to the Network Video Recorder. 1.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions DDNS This page allows user to configure dynamic domain name service for the Network Video Recorder. DDNS (Dynamic domain name service) is a service that allows your network video recorder to be assigned with a fixed dynamic IP address with a domain name. DDNS Settings Select DDNS Service: Select a DDNS provider from the Provider drop-down list. VIVOTEK offers Safe100.net, a free dynamic domain name service to VIVOTEK customers.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions 3. In the Register column, fill in the Host name, Email, Key and Confirm Key and then click Register. You will receive a “Self registration E-mail” which records your account information. 4. Back to the DDNS settings window, enter your account information and then click Save to enable the settings. Forget key: Click this button if you forget the key of Safe100.net. Your account information will be sent to your e-mail address.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Security This page allows Administrator to enable password protection and create multiple user accounts for the Network Video Recorder. It is composed of the following three columns: “Root Password”, “Manage Privilege“, and “Manage User”. Root Password If you want to add more accounts in Manage User column, please apply a password for the “root” account first. Please follow the steps below to set up root password: 1.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Manage Privilege In this section, you can modify the manage privilege of operators or viewers. Check or uncheck the item, and then click Save to take effect.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Schedule This page allows Administrator to add a new Recording Schedule or modify an existing Schedule for the Network Video Recorder. You can configure up to 16 recording schedules based on a weekly basis. By default setting, all inserted device are assigned to the default recording schedule (always). Therefore, once you insert a device to the network video recorder, it will begin to record live video continuously.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions ■ The new recording schedule will show up on the Recording Mode as below. Notice that to enable the schedule, you may set up a recording policy first. Please refer to page 37 to continue the setting. The new recording schedule will also show up on the Trigger Configuration as below. Click Trigger on the left Menu. Then you can select Always, Never, or schedule1 as your schedule for event trigger.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Recording Policy This page allows user to set up recording policy for linked cameras. By default setting, all inserted cameras are assigned to the default recording schedule (always), default recording type (continuous mode), and default recording policy (save continuous recording for 30days). Therefore, once you insert a camera to the Network Video Recorder, it begins to record live video continuously and save “30 days” of recorded videos.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions This page allows Administrator to add/modify a new Recording Policy and Recording Mode. There are 4 types of Recording Policy for the user to configure properly. ■ Please configure the following items to add a new Recording Policy/Recording Mode: Recording Policy Select Policy: Select Add new. Name: Enter a descriptive name for the new recording policy.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Recording Mode Add Entry: Select the event mode or continuous mode to apply to the schedule as an entry. ■ Event Mode: Select to apply the motion-triggered type, input-triggered type or both types of the event mode to the schedule. ■ Continuous Mode: Select to apply the continuous mode to the schedule. 1 2 Click Add, the new recording mode will show up in the Delete Entry drop-down list.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Trigger This page allows Administrator to configure the Network Video Recorder to react in response to particular triggered events. A typical reaction is that when a motion is detected by the network camera, the Network Video Recorder sends buffered images to a FTP server or E-mail address as notifications. Sixteen sets of events are available for triggering.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Trigger Configuration Select Trigger: Select Add new. Name: Enter a descriptive name for the new event trigger. Schedule: Select a recording schedule on the drop-down list (Always, Never, or pre-set recording schedule). Trigger Event 1. From linked devices Select one of the following event source, and then select a linked device. Camera Disconnected: Linked Device is disconnected.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Turn Off Relay: Turn off Relay (digital output) on linked device. This function will only be enabled on the devices with DO function. 3. Actions of the network video recorder Turn On Relay: Turn on Relay (digital output do0) on the network video recorder. Turn Off Relay: Turn off Relay (digital output do0) on the network video recorder. NOTE ► You can modify the Name of digital outputs on the network video recorder.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Layout This page allows Administrator to configure the customized layout styles for monitoring. The settings are composed of the following two columns: Layout Configuration, and Default Layout, of which allow you to add and edit the layout group by assigning the desired device (camera) to each viewing cell. Meanwhile, the setting will be synchronized to the monitoring page for a quick viewing.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions System This page allows Administrator to configure the system settings for the Network Video Recorder, Formed with the following columns; system, system time, E-mail server, FTP server, digital inputs, digital output and VAST. System Host Name: Add a host name for the system identification. Device Automatic Installation: Check Enable, and the system will automatically detect the plugged-in camera. Then click Save.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions E-mail Server Mail Server: Enter the domain name or IP address of the e-mail server. Port: The default mail server port is set to 25. You can manually set another port. Username: Enter the user name of the e-mail account. Password: Enter the password of the e-mail account. Sender Email Address: Enter the e-mail address of the sender. Recipient Email Address: Enter the e-mail address of the recipient.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Digital Input In the digital input section, you may modify the name of the external digital inputs. Digital Output In the digital output section, you may modify the name of the external digital output. VAST This section allows you to enable the service for VAST to connect to the NVR. The port is set to 3454 by default. It requires a password for authentication.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Maintenance This page allows Administrator to restore the Network Video Recorder to factory default, format hard disk, and upgrade firmware version, etc. System Reboot: This function allows you to restart the Network Video Recorder. It takes 1 ~ 2 minutes to complete the process. If the connection fails after rebooting, manually enter the IP address of the Network Video Recorder in the address field to resume the connection.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Storage This column shows the information of your internal hard disk, USB, and eSATA. For the first time you install the hard disk, please format it before recording. In addition, if you want to delete all recorded data, you can click Format to clean the hard disk. The following message is displayed during the formatting process. ■ NR8201 ■ NR8301 RAID NR8301 supports RAID 0, 1 as for storage management.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Backup This function allows Administrator to backup the recorded data to the USB storage. Please remember to initialize the USB disk to EXT3 USB Storage file format for the first time. Scheduled Backup There are several options for you to narrow down the range of the data. First of all, it is necessary to enable backup, and then you may select the backup options individually or simultaneously.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions System log This column displays the system log in chronological order. The system log is stored in the Network Video Recorder’s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain amount. Click Refresh, it will update the latest system log.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Joystick NR8201/8301 supports the use of VIVOTEK’s joystick. You can control your PTZ cameras through it. It is simple as plugging it into the USB connector on the PC and refresh the NVR Configuration page.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Monitor This page allows user to see the live view or playback recorded video from linked devices. User Interface of Monitor Page Click Monitor on the Main Menu, the user interface of Monitor page will be displayed. ■ Following is the Monitor page (NR8301) without connected cameras. f a b c d e a. Layouts c. Time Bar and Histogram e. Digital I/O Control Area b. Playback Control d. Live Control Panel f.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions ■ Following pictures show the Monitor page with connected cameras. For more information about how to insert connected cameras, please refer to Device on page 22. Live viewing mode Playback mode Click on the Histogram to switch to playback mode. The Live Control Panel will turn into Playback Control Panel as below. Click on the Playback Control Panel, it will switch to live viewing mode.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Functions of Monitor Page Layouts Click the Layout buttons to change the viewing mode. ■ NR8301 1x1 ■ NR8201 2x2 3x3 1+5 1+7 full screen 1x1 2x2 full screen Following is an example of 4x4 layout. For each video cell, you can select a linked device on the dropdown list. The red frame represents the focused cell.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Digital I/O Control Area This column shows the DI status, and you can manually turn on/off the DO. Live Control Panel Only PTZ and speed dome network cameras will enable the PTZ control panel. up home left right down zoom in zoom out event history stop/start manual recording snapshot mute/unmute Preset: On the drop-down list, there are preset locations you’ve set on the Configuration page of the cameras.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Playback Control Panel There are eight buttons for you to playback the recorded video clips (current 80 seconds). Play: To start or resume playback at normal speed. Pause: To pause the playback. Click again to step forward a frame. Stop: To stop video playback. Live: To switch to live video. Play rewind: To rewind recorded video. Click again to speed up (-4x, -16x, -64x). Play forward: To playback recorded video.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions History This page offers user a time-navigation interface to playback recorded video and browse the live view from linked devices. User Interface of History Page Click History on the Main Menu, the user interface of History page will be displayed as below: c a f b e d a. Time Picker c. Recorded Video Clips e. Playback Control Panel b. Time Bar and Histogram d. Video Viewing Window f.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Functions of History Page Time Picker Storage: Select a storage device you want to review. Select Time: Select a period of time (1 Hour, Day, 1 Week, 1 Month, or Manually), which decides the length of histogram. Start Time: The beginning of the selected period of time. End Time: The end of the selected period of time. : Click this button to go to the current period of time (current Hour, Day, Week, or Month).
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions : The latest video clip, and still recording. : The video with recorded audio. To enable the audio function, please go to Configuration > Device to enable the Audio Compression setting of the Device. : If you want to prevent a video clip from being erased by the latest video clip, select the will show up. video clip and then click this button. A Protect Icon : Select a video clip with Protect Icon and then click this button.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Example: Following video clip list contains different kinds of recording mode. NOTE ► For the length of Continuous Recording, Motion Recording, Input Recording, and Manual Recording, please refer to Recording Policy on page 37 for detailed configuration.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions ■ There are two ways to playback recorded video clips: 1. Click a desired time on the histogram. IP8162P 2. Click on a video clip, and then click on the playback control panel.
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions Video Viewing Window This window playbacks the recorded videos. If you have not selected a video, the playback status will be empty as pic01. Once you select a video clip to play, the video viewing window will on the playback begin to playback the selected recorded video clips as pic02. If you click control panel, the video viewing window will switch to the live video view as pic03. If you click , the video will paused as pic04.
V Built-in Gateway for Separating the Networks from the Network Cameras and Data Transmitting IP Address Filtering V PTZ & ePTZ Camera Control -- (ePTZ not supported) Removable & Lockable HDD Design Compatible with VIVOTEK VAST Central Management Software -- VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions -- Professional Rack Mount Design -- External eSATA Interface (NR8201) -- Support RAID 0, 1 Scalable Storage Solution (NR8301) -- Power Timer for Power Safety -- Support
VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions URL Commands for the Network Camera RTSP URL command RTSP://ip_address[:port]/cameraID where camera ID is mac address with 00, For instance, if mac is 00:02:dd:dd:dd:dd the camera ID is 0002dddddddd00 url example is RTSP://192.168.100.
