NST NVR32 Operation & User’s Manual

System Overview ..................................................................... 6 Front View .................................................................................... 6 Rear View ..................................................................................... 6 LED Definition ............................................................................... 7 Installation .............................................................................. 8 HDD Installation ............................................................................. 8 Connect to the NVR ....................................................................... 17 Use SEEnergy Device Search Utility ................................................ 17 Access the NVR with its default IP address ....................................... 20 Set up Password .......................................................................... 22 Camera Installation ...................................................................... 23 Add a Camera -- Automatic Search ................................................. 23 Add a camera manually ................................................................ 25 Live View (Web Interface) ..................................................... 26 Live View ...................................................................................... 26 Live View .................................................................................... 26 Retrieve camera’s video stream ..................................................... 27 Retrieve camera’s status ............................................................... 27 Perform Sequence Viewing ............................................................ 28 PTZ Control ................................................................................. 29 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing ........................................................... 31 Preset Point Viewing ..................................................................... 31 Auto Pan Viewing ......................................................................... 32 Preset Point Sequence Viewing ...................................................... 33 Live Video Controls ...................................................................... 33 Display ratio and full screen .......................................................... 34 Take a snapshot of a live video ...................................................... 34 Perform Digital PTZ ...................................................................... 39 Adjust Bightness for the Live Video ................................................. 41 Adjust Contrast For the Live Video .................................................. 42 Change Web UI Display Language .................................................. 43 Live View through iPhone Safari Browser ......................................... 44 Live View through Blackberry Phones .............................................. 47 Playback (Web Interface) ...................................................... 51 Playback ....................................................................................... 51 Methods to Search Playback Videos ................................................ 51 Search by time chart .................................................................... 52 Search by event ........................................................................... 53 Play by specific time ..................................................................... 55 Search by event (Most Recent) ...................................................... 56

Take a snapshot of a playback video ............................................... 59 Adjust Bightness for the Playback Video .......................................... 63 Adjust Contrast For the Playback Video ........................................... 64 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files ................................................ 64 Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player ....................... 68 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player ........................ 70 NVR Setup -- System Configurations (Web Interface) ............ 70 Network Setup .............................................................................. 70 Network Settings ......................................................................... 71 DHCP Server ............................................................................... 72 DDNS Service .............................................................................. 73 Time and Date .............................................................................. 79 User Account ................................................................................ 80 Add a new user ............................................................................ 81 Change the password of the “admin” account .................................. 82 Group Privilege ............................................................................. 83 Disk Setup .................................................................................... 85 Build RAID Volume ....................................................................... 86 Deleting RAID .............................................................................. 90 Notes for RAID function ................................................................ 90 NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations (Web Interface) ........... 91 Add a camera ................................................................................ 91 Automatic Search ......................................................................... 92 Add a camera manually ................................................................ 96 OSD Settings ................................................................................. 97 PTZ Setting ................................................................................... 99 PTZ Preset Settings ...................................................................... 99 PTZ Preset Sequence ................................................................... 101 E-Map Setting ............................................................................. 103 Local E-Map Setting ..................................................................... 103 Google Map Setting ..................................................................... 105 NVR Setup -- Event Configurations (Web Interface) ............. 107 Event Configuration .................................................................... 107 General Settings ......................................................................... 108 I/O Settings ............................................................................... 110 Event Servers ............................................................................. 112 Configuring an FTP server ............................................................ 112 Configuring an SMTP server .......................................................... 114 Event Triggers ............................................................................ 115 NVR Setup -- Recording Configurations (Web Interface) ...... 116 General Settings ......................................................................... 116 General Settings ......................................................................... 117 Schedule Recording .................................................................... 121 To configure a schedule recording ................................................. 121

Device Information ..................................................................... 122 Device Information ...................................................................... 123 Logs and Reports ........................................................................ 124 Logs and Reports ........................................................................ 124 Maintenance ............................................................................... 125 Maintenance ............................................................................... 125 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically .............................. 126 Firmware Upgrade ....................................................................... 126 Through the web interface ............................................................ 126 Upgrade through USB thumb drive ................................................ 128 Reset the NVR to Factory Default .................................................. 129 Disk Status ................................................................................. 130 Disk Status ................................................................................ 130 USB Backup ................................................................................ 131 Things to pay attention to the USB Backup function ......................... 133 Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player ............................... 134 Live View (VGA output Interface) ........................................ 137 Live View .................................................................................... 137 Video Area ................................................................................. 147 Snapshot ................................................................................... 151 Digital PTZ ................................................................................. 154 Keep Ratio ................................................................................. 157 NVR Configuration (VGA output Interface) ........................... 158 System Configuration ................................................................. 158 Service ...................................................................................... 158 Display ...................................................................................... 159 Network ..................................................................................... 160 User Account -- User setting ......................................................... 162 User Account -- User group setting ................................................ 164 Disk .......................................................................................... 166 Channel Configurations -- Add a camera (Automatic Search) ............ 168 Channel Configurations -- Add a camera (Add manually) .................. 172 E-Map ....................................................................................... 175 Add new E-map .......................................................................... 176 Change E-map Image .................................................................. 177 Schedule Recording ..................................................................... 184 Record Buffer ............................................................................. 186 Event Handling ........................................................................... 187 General Setting .......................................................................... 188 DI Setting .................................................................................. 191 FTP Servers ................................................................................ 193 SMTP Servers ............................................................................. 194 System Log ................................................................................ 196 Maintenance ............................................................................... 197 Playback (VGA output Interface) ......................................... 201

E-Map Monitor ...................................................................... 206 Event Monitor ....................................................................... 210 History Event Monitor .................................................................. 213

counter-clock wise to loose it from the unit. Please note the screws will still be attached to the front plate even after the screws are completely loosened from the unit.

from the unit.

which are used to secure the HDD.

with the screws.

There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: Through the browser from another PC on the network: • The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “SEEnergy 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 Direct operation: Connect a USB keyboard and mouse to the NVR's USB port and a monitor with VGA input to the VGA output port in the back of the NVR. Use SEEnergy Device Search Utility If the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area network where a DHCP server is already presented, run the “SEEnergy Device Search” utility from a computer that is on the same network and locate the NVR with its IP address that is assigned by the top-level DHCP server.

proceed with the installation:

option and click “Finish”. The search should start automatically and its status should be dis- played. The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed. Double-click on an NVR and the search program should automatically access the NVR’s web administration page from your default browser.

its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system Access the 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.

area network) should receive an IP from the NVR. Simply access the NVR from your web browser with its IP address Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system

The default login username and password is admin/admin. To change the password of the admin account, go to “Setup” --> “System Con- figurations” --> “User Account”, click on the “admin” account in the account list then press the “edit” button to change its password. Finally, click “Apply” to save the change.

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. Go ahead and click “Install” After that, the search should begin and its status should be displayed:

list and press “Configure” 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.

camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc if you wish and then click “Add” to finish adding the camera 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

Live View Live View The “Live View” page provides the following functions: • Retrieve camera’s video stream • Retrieve camera’s status • Perform Live Sequence Viewing • PTZ Control • Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing • Perform manual recording • Take snapshot • Receive audio of a video stream • Send audio • Control “Buzzer” • Change web UI display language

The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page: • Click “All” to display videos of all 32 channels • Click “1-16” or "17-32" to display videos of in 16-video view • Click on a “Group” (ex. Group 1) to display videos from cameras under that group in quad view • Click on any camera to display video in single-view mode Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with different colors: Blue: Connected Gray: Disconnected Red: Performing event recording Green: Recording (manual/continuous/schedule) White: This channel is not configured with any camera

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. To perform sequence view, select “SEQ View” from the upper-left hand corner Next, select one or more camera(s) or camera group(s) for sequence viewing:

Select "Group(x)" to start sequence viewing in quad view Select "cameras" to start sequence viewing in single video view Then, select dwell interval from the drop-down menu and click "Start" to begin. PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris.

The bar highlighted above controls the moving angle. Larger number means bigger movement angle.

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 (In order to use this function, one must configure camera's preset points in "NVR Setup" >> "Channel Configurations" >> "PTZ Preset" first) Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list

shown below. Click "Go to" to move to the selected position. Auto Pan Viewing Use the Auto Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan * Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements. Use the “Auto pan” button for such cameras

This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one. Once you have defined the preferred preset points in “Channel Configurations” >> “PTZ Setting” >> “PTZ Sequence” under the “Setup” menu, click “Start” in the lower-left hand corner in Live View under “Preset” and the recorder will begin to display videos from those preset points in sequence automatically until you click “Stop” Live Video Controls Users can perform certain functions to a live view video. They can be accessed by right clicking on a video.

By default, the videos are set to fill the whole video window, to display its original size or ratio, use the button in the upper-right hand corner. Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots.

displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.

automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.

directory/folder of where the snapshot will be saved to. Perform Digital PTZ

its video and select "Digital PTZ". Next, hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to specify the zoom in area

further zoom on or zoom out the image. Hold and left-click on the image and move the mouse to move the zoomed in video. Adjust Bightness for the Live Video You are able to adjust brightness of the live video from the right-click menu.

Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the live video from the right-click menu as well.

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.

You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser. To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser, make sure “javascript” is on under “Settings” >> “Safari” >> “Javascript” Once Javascript is enabled, click the “Home” button on the iPhone to go back to the home screen and open the Safari browser

You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR

channel Click on the “Channel” drop-down menu to select other cameras

display (control PT only) * 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 se- lection “Auto” will be used. 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”

click “Save Options” Go to “General Properties Make sure two options illustrated above are enabled

Press the button highlighted above to go back to the browser

You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access

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. Playback video can be viewed in full screen and snapshots can be taken and saved during a video playback. Methods to Search Playback Videos The NVR offers three methods to quickly help users find videos that were previously recorded: • Search by time: Specify a time range and search videos recorded within that range • Search by event: Find videos that were recorded due to event triggers • Most Recent Events: Displays the most recent 15 events • Play by start time: Enter a specific time a video was recorded to start playing back the video

1. Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on. 2. Select “Search by time chart” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search * Selected channels will be marked in red

table and boxes marked in dark gray represent videos found in those dates. (* Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed) Clicking on a cell box marked with gray will take you to the "day" view of the selected month. Repeating the same step will eventually take you to the "second" view (5sec per cell box). Right-click anywhere or the "Back" button on the table will take you back to the previous view. Click on the play button at anytime will start playing videos from the beginning of the current time view (ex. if the table is in the "month" view, click play will start playing from the first available clip of that month) Search by event Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on.

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.)

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 Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video.

This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down.

results.

You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video: 1. Play Audio 2. Snapshot 3. Export as AVI file 4. Digital PTZ 5. Adjust Brightness 6. Adjust Contrast

To take a snapshot, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots. A new window should display and load the snapshot image.

displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.

automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.

You are able to adjust brightness of the playback video from the right- click menu.

Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the playback video from the right-click menu as well. 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

Windows Media player. Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the previous section, select "Export as AVI file" A new dialog will pop up and allows you to specify the time frame (or length) of the video you wish to export

images by choosing the "Export as JPEG images" option. Specify the Start time/End time (or export length) and click "Start" to begin exporting. You will be notified once the process is completed successfully

NVR media player, which can be obtained from the same dialog window. Simply click on the icon at the bottom (highlighted above), and a message box should appear to let you open the media player directly, or save it to the local hard drive for later use.

partition (or the partition where Windows is installed) * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player. You can get it at “http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffd- show-tryout/” to download the “ffd- show_beta6_rev2527_20081219. exe” Play Exported Playback Videos with NVR Media Player You can also use the NVR Media Player 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. The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed. You can find it in the Windows Start menu. Click “Open” >> “AVI File”

“C:\ExportFolder)” The video will then start playing

The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recipient. These types of snapshot images are saved in a proprietary image file format, h4i or p4i, and can only be opened by the NVR media player. To do so, Select “Open” from the top menu then select “Image File”. A new dialog should be displayed which lets you locate the image file. NVR Setup -- System Configurations (Web Interface) Network Setup 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. To better secure the system for unwanted disturbance, we will guide you on setting up user’s account and privileges to prevent settings gets altered by users other than the system administrator. Lastly, we will tell you what you should expect after installing a hard disk and how to prepare the hard disk for the video recording.

in your network. It is critical that settings here are configured correctly based on your network configurations so that the recorder can be administered through the local area network and cameras can be connected from it. By default, the recorder is set to "Auto Mode" which if there's a DHCP server in the same local network, the NVR can obtain IP address from DHCP server, and you can locate the NVR by using the NVR search utility. If there's no DHCP server in the network, and the NVR is set to use "Auto Mode", it will use its own default static IP 192.168.101.50. The NVR supports three connection types that can be configured depends on how the network is setup.

area network, 1. Choose “Static IP” from the “Connection Type” drop-down menu 2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the recorder 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. Its DHCP server function is also turned on at the same time to assign IP addresses to cameras that are later connected to the network or you can manually turn off the DHCP server function from "System Configurations">>"Network Setup">>"DHCP Server" if you wish to use a separate DHCP server DHCP Server The built-in DHCP Server function is NOT always configurable and is greatly dependant to the connection type that is set to use in "Device Network Setting":

NOT configurable. It will be ON if the NVR doesn't obtain an IP from a DHCP server in the local network and uses its own default static IP 192.168.101.50 2. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be OFF if the NVR obtains an IP from a DHCP server in the local network. 3. If the connection type is "DHCP Client", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be OFF if the NVR obtains an IP from a DHCP server in the local network. 4. If the connection type is "DHCP Client", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be ON if the NVR doesn't obtain an IP from a DHCP server in the local network and uses its own default static IP 192.168.101.50 5. If the connection type if "Static IP", the DHCP server function is configurable and can be turn on/off manually. 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. A popular application of dynamic DNS is to provide a residential user’s Internet gateway that has a variable, often changing, IP address with a well known hostname resolvable through standard DNS queries.

public IP, which once the DDNS is properly setup, users can access the NVR remotely with the DDNS domain name without worrying if the IP has changed or not. *Please make sure a valid DNS server has been configured under the “Network Setting” page in order for this function to work properly. *The NVR currently only works with free DDNS service provided by “DynDNS”. For more information, please go to www.dyndns.com *If the NVR is placed behind a router or Internet gateway, please make sure port forwarding for port 80 is configured on the router or the gat- way in order for the DDNS function to properly register with the service. It’s often suggested to use the DDNS function in the router/ gateway for such case instead. *Once you have the DDNS function successfully up and running, please DO NOT forget to configure port forwarding for the NVR web port (default 80) and the streaming port (default 9877) in the router/gateway for remote viewing. You can then type in http://yourddnsdomain in the browser to access the NVR remotely for live view.

register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first. Go to http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-free/ from the browser to do so.

The page will check whether another user has used the hostname you entered or not as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button. If you see below message, simply enter a different and click “Add to Cart” again

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>> “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 You can click the “Check DDNS Status” button to check the DynDNS service status. If you are getting a “Disconnected” message, it means that DDNS service server is down or the NVR is not connected to the Internet. If everything is ok normally, you should be prompted with a success message.

Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location. It is imperative that you set the recorder’s time correctly to avoid the following errors: • Incorrect display time for playback videos • Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur After selecting the time zone, choose an option below to set the recorder time • Manual – Use the drop-down list and configure the time manually • Sync with NTP server – enter the hostname or IP address of a valid NTP server and set how often the recorder should synchronize the time with it by using the “Update interval” drop-down menu • Sync with PC – Check this option to synchronize the recorder time with the PC that you are currently using to access the recorder

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.

• Enter a username and password in “User Account Information”. All other fields are optional for your own reference. • Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu to assign the new user to a particular group • Enter a short description for the account if you wish • Click “Add” to finish configuration

1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit” 2. Its information should be displayed in “User Account Information” 3. Enter a new password in the “Password” field and enter it again in “Confirm Password”

policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by us- ers 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. The recorder comes with seven built-in groups and five built-in privilege profiles, except the “admin” and the “guest” accounts; the other five groups are fully customizable or you can simply assign a group with one of the default privilege profiles. You can, however, assign more than one users to the “admin” account if you wish to do so. The guest account comes with a “view-only” privilege in the “Live View” page, and users in this group do not have the power to make any changes in the “Live View” page or have access to pages other than the “Live View” page. To create a group, select a group from the “Group” drop-down

button. A text box will be displayed for you to enter the new group. 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. You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to other cameras using the checkboxes instead of accepting the defaults

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. *This page will list the Internal disks (or RAID volumes), and the E- SATA disk only. The HDD will be formatted in EXT3 file system. *The USB HDDs will only be listed in the "USB Backup" and "Hard Disk Status pages in "System Options". The USB HDDs have to be formatted in advance in FAT16/FAT32 or EXT3 file system. (FAT32 is recommended)

The internal HDDs can be used for RAID. To do so, go to "RAID Volume" in Disk Setup and choose the available disk action. The "Disk Actions" drop-down menu displays available actions based on how many HDDs are installed in the NVR. For detail, please refer to the table above.

be displayed as creating RAID volume will erase all existing data on the HDDs. Click "OK" to continue. Please wait for a few moments while the NVR is creating the RAID volume.

Once the RAID volume is created, it will be listed in the "RAID volume list with the status of "Offline"

in the list. Click "Format" to bring the RAID volume online. The status will be displayed just as if you were formatting any internal HDDs

choosing the "Delete RAID" action in the RAID volume page. All existing data will be removed after the RAID volume is deleted. All internal disks that were originally used for RAID volume will have to be formatted again after the RAID volume is deleted. Notes for RAID function * Once a RAID volume is created, the “Delete RAID" option should be presented in the “Disk Action” drop-down menu. (Regardless the RAID volume has been formatted or not) * Only RAID1 and RAID 5 have repair function * The recording should continue even when RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume fails or is rebuilding. * The replacement hard drive size must be larger or equal to the size of the smallest disk in the volume. * The internal disks do not need to be formatted prior to creating RAID volume. * Create RAID with an existing RAID volume is not allowed.

should become offline and need to be formatted again before they can be used individually. * All internal disks (or RAID volumes) need to be formatted before they can be used. NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations (Web Interface) 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.

You should be prompted to install Active Control component the first time you visit the page in order for the search to function properly. Go ahead and click “Install”

should be displayed after clicking "Search" Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” 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.

camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc if you wish. You can also click on the “Preview” to preview the live video of the camera. Click “Add” to finish adding the camera *If cameras are marked with "*" in the search result, it means those cameras are already configured and connected to the NVR.

enable "continuous" recording and adjust its recording quality settings before adding the camera. Some cameras are capable of multiple streaming profiles, in which different video codecs are used for different purposes. You will be able to use different video format for continuous recording if it's a multi-stream capable camera. There are two types of fps settings here, one is the fps that NVR sets back to the camera, and this is the fps NVR will be receiving from the

fps. (ex. if the live fps is set to 10, choosing "Full" in the recording fps meaning it will only record at 10fps maximum. For MPEG/H.264, only i frame or full (i+p frame) can be selected for recording fps. For single stream camera, only the recording fps can be adjusted. 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.

message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned off. To add texts to one or more videos: Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD” 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. Next, define where the text will be displayed by either entering an X/Y value based on percentage or use the system pre-defined position from the drop-down menu.

click “Apply” to save the configuration. The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size, color or font so they can be more visible on the video.

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.

To set up PTZ preset points: 1. Select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. 2. Select a position number for the preset point from the “Position Number” drop-down menu and fill in a name in the “Position Name” field for easier identification. 3. Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the preset point