ACTi INR-430 System System Administrator's Manual PDF
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INR-410
INR-420
INR-430 System Administrators Manual
2016/04/11
For Version 3.0.12
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About This Manual
Target Audience
This manual is intended for System Administrators who are responsible for installing and
setting up ACTi INR-410/420/430 surveillance system. The reader is expected to know the
fundamentals of IP surveillance system integration and to own the administrative privileges to
achieve all the tasks.
You may also check http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter for updates or release information
about this software and document.
Content Overview
This manual provides information needed for planning the installation, installing, setting up the
system and configuring the video streaming devices. Its main content consists of the following
three sections:
Getting Started provides the preparatory knowledge you should study before starting
installation, such as license registration and backup/restore procedures.
Log in to the System explains how to log in to the system right after a successful
installation.
System Setup gives instructions on the tasks such as adding devices to the system,
configuring the device settings, scheduling the recordings, managing events, managing
storage, managing groups/users and setting up Live View. For each major task, you will be
given a brief introduction of operation principles, step-by-step instructions, and a simple
method to check if you have done it correctly.
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Related Documentation
Since this manual focuses on how to accomplish the tasks for system installation and
configurations, there is very limited information about operation-wise directions for End Users
who will be operating the NVR server system. To obtain the instructions on use of the NVR
applications such as monitoring and playback, please download the latest ACTi
INR-410/420/430 Users Manual from ACTi Download Center
http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter
Technical support
If you have any questions during system installation, please feel free to contact our engineers
via our Customer Help Desk platform at http://www.acti.com/CHD.
System Integration
NVR 3is supported by other products via integration tools. Please follow the instructions in the
installation guide to complete the installation and system configuration.
You can find both the tool and its installation documentation on
http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter
Tool Installation Documentation
Plug-in for Lenel OnGuard Plug-in for Lenel OnGuard Installation Guide
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Conventions Used in This Manual
The following are typographic conventions used in this manual:
Bold indicates keywords, major functions of NVR, or a title of a section/column.
Italic is used for a filename or location path.
Underlined is used for a document name or hyperlink.
Bold indicates the name of a button, a menu or a choice item.
Some notices are placed within the following boxes; each type of the box indicates different
purposes or levels of importance for system:
Important Notice
Tip
The content within this box is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative method to easily or quickly
achieve an objective, usually for specific conditions.
The content within this box is an important notice. This notice is important for you to get certain
functions to work properly, or to prevent from certain potential problems that may damage your
system. Make sure you read this notice and follow the instructions.
Note
The content within this box is a note. A note is some necessary information you need to know
about the action you are currently taking, like what will happen after you follow or dont follow
certain procedure.
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Legal Notice
Disclaimer
The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes.
ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or
consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
The English version of this document is the official one for all purposes. All the translated
versions are provided as a convenience. Any discrepancies or differences created in the
translations of any other languages are not legally binding.
Copyright
Copyright 2015 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved.
Trademarks
ACTi Connecting Vision and its logo are registered trademarks of ACTi
Corporation.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
All other product or company names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Regulatory Compliance Information
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING: Changes or modifications to the equipment that are not expressly approved by the
responsible party for compliance could void the users authority to operate the equipment.
European Community Compliance Statement
This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
Class B Information Technology Equipment according to European
Standard EN 55022 and EN 55024. In a domestic environment, this
product may cause radio interference in which cause the user be
require to take adequate measures.
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Table of Contents
1 About This Manual 2
Target Audience ........................................................................................ 2
Content Overview ..................................................................................... 2
Related Documentation ........................................................................... 3
Technical support ..................................................................................... 3
System Integration ................................................................................... 3
Conventions Used in This Manual .......................................................... 4
2 Legal Notice 5
Disclaimer ................................................................................................. 5
Copyright .................................................................................................. 5
Trademarks ............................................................................................... 5
Regulatory Compliance Information ....................................................... 6
3 Table of Contents 7
4 Overview 13
Product Overview ................................................................................... 13
Server / Client Architecture ................................................................... 14
5 Getting Started 15
Whats in the Box.................................................................................... 15
At a Glance .............................................................................................. 16
Rackmount the Unit ................................................................................ 18
Hard Disk Installation ............................................................................. 19
Step 1: Remove the Tray ............................................................. 19
Step 2: Mount the Disk ................................................................. 20
Step 3: Install the Tray ................................................................. 20
Step 4: Attach the Front Cover ..................................................... 21
Connect the Devices .............................................................................. 22
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Start the Unit ........................................................................................... 23
Enter Windows ........................................................................................ 24
Definitions of LED Indicators ................................................................ 25
Turn Off the Unit ..................................................................................... 25
Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording ............................................. 26
Observe Disk Status ............................................................................... 35
License and Activation ........................................................................... 36
Online Activation .......................................................................... 37
Offline Activation .......................................................................... 37
Step-by-step Activation Process .................................................. 38
Online Activation SOP 38
Offline Activation SOP 39
Verify Your License ...................................................................... 40
6 System Installation Check List 41
7 Log In to the System 43
Access the NVR Server via NVR3 Workstation .................................... 43
Local Workstation Client Login ..................................................... 44
A. Enter Account & Password 44
B. Choose the Initial Page 44
C. Language 44
D. Remember Login Information and Auto Login 44
E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password 45
Remote Workstation Client Login ................................................. 45
A. Server IP & Server Port 45
B. Enter Account & Password 45
C. Choose the Initial Page 45
D. Language 46
E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login 46
F. Retrieve the Forgotten Password 46
G. Server Name/Server Sites List 46
Access the NVR Server via Internet Explorer ...................................... 48
Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests 48
Log in Failure Troubleshooting ..................................................... 48
Condition 1: Why cant I access NVR server via web browser? 48
Condition 2: Why cant I install Active X controls after logging in? 50
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Login ............................................................................................ 52
A. Enter Account & Password 52
B. Change UI language 52
C. Remember Account/Password 52
D. Retrieve the Forgotten Password 52
8 Set up the System 53
Setup Wizard ........................................................................................... 53
System Settings ........................................................................... 54
Storage ........................................................................................ 54
NVR Main Screen .................................................................................... 56
Live View ...................................................................................... 56
Playback ...................................................................................... 56
Setup............................................................................................ 56
Add Devices ............................................................................................ 57
Search Devices Within Local Area Network ................................. 58
Search Devices Within Local Area Network with ONVIF .............. 59
Add Devices on WAN or Other Local Area Networks ................... 60
Basic Settings Attributes 61
Device Status ............................................................................... 63
Status Icon Description 63
Add Non-ACTi Cameras .............................................................. 64
Manage Multiple Devices ....................................................................... 66
Modify Basic Connection Settings ................................................ 66
Delete Devices ............................................................................. 66
Copy Settings Across Devices ..................................................... 67
Add Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device ......................... 68
Configure Device Settings ..................................................................... 69
Configure Video Format ............................................................... 69
Video Settings Attributes 69
Save Storage by Setting Event Recording Frame Rate ............... 70
Schedule Recording 70
Event Recording 70
Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment 71
How to Make Use of Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment 71
Fine-tune the Image ..................................................................... 72
Video Adjustment Attributes 73
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Configure Motion Settings ............................................................ 75
Adjustment Attributes 76
Configure Storage Card Settings ................................................. 77
Configure PTZ Device .................................................................. 78
Adjustment Attributes 79
How to Do Live PTZ Operation 80
Set PTZ Preset Points.................................................................. 82
Set PTZ Preset Tour ..................................................................... 83
Configure Fisheye Cameras ........................................................ 84
Schedule Recordings ............................................................................. 88
Configure the Recording File Properties ...................................... 88
Attributes Explanation 88
Set the Schedule .......................................................................... 89
Use Time Setting Quick Buttons to Set the Time in One Click 90
Lock Specific Days 91
Copy an Existing Schedule to Others .......................................... 93
View the Entire Recording Schedule ............................................ 94
Event Management ................................................................................. 95
How Does NVR Handle Events .................................................... 95
How to Edit an Event Rule ........................................................... 96
Manage the Event Rules ............................................................ 100
View the Event Rules 100
Delete the Event Rules 101
How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules ........................... 101
How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules .............................. 102
System Log ........................................................................................... 103
Define Search Time ................................................................... 104
Choose Log Type ....................................................................... 104
Read the Log ............................................................................. 105
Export the Log ............................................................................ 106
Storage Management ........................................................................... 107
Change Recordings Folder Name .............................................. 107
Set System Log Lifecycle ........................................................... 107
Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule ............... 108
Manage User Groups/ Users ............................................................... 109
Overview .................................................................................... 109
User Groups ............................................................................... 110
Add Users .................................................................................. 112
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Domain Users Management ...................................................... 114
Customize Views .................................................................................. 115
Step 1: Create a New View ........................................................ 116
Step 2: Enter Edit Mode ............................................................. 116
Step 3: Select a Layout .............................................................. 116
Step 4: Add Video Source .......................................................... 117
Step 5: Add a Map ..................................................................... 117
Step 6: Add Devices to the Map ................................................. 119
Step 7: Adjust the Channel Size & Layout.................................. 120
Step 8: Save the View ................................................................ 121
Step 9: Set Default View ............................................................ 121
Step 10: Set Default Hotspot Channel (Optional) ....................... 121
Step 11: Set Fisheye Camera Mode .......................................... 121
Manage the Views...................................................................... 123
Set View Link ............................................................................. 124
Set View Patrol .......................................................................... 124
Tips to Enhance Live View Performance.................................... 126
Customize System Language .............................................................. 128
System Languages List .............................................................. 128
Display Configurations ........................................................................ 131
Video & Snapshot Export Configurations .......................................... 132
Joystick ................................................................................................. 133
Joystick Configurations .............................................................. 133
NVR System Upgrade ........................................................................... 134
Install the Software .................................................................... 134
Workstation Installation and Upgrade ................................................ 138
Install or Upgrade the Software .................................................. 138
Back Up System Data ........................................................................... 140
Step 1: Back up System Settings ............................................... 140
Step 2: Back up Recording Files Folder (Optional) .................... 141
Step 3: Back up Recording Files Index Folder (Optional) .......... 141
Step 4: System Log (Optional) ................................................... 141
Restore System Data ............................................................................ 142
Advanced Administrative Tasks .......................................................... 143
NVR Server Status ..................................................................... 143
Change Server Port ................................................................... 143
Change Authentication Method .................................................. 144
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Switch to Redundancy Server ............................................................. 145
License Registration .................................................................. 145
Set up Redundancy Server ........................................................ 148
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Overview
Product Overview
INR-410/420/430 is a compact and reliable multi-channel standalone NVR. It contains a
pre-installed Windows operating system, and ACTi NVR 3 Enterprise video management
software along with client software.
This unit is composed of:
Computer
A PC, with Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 Professional operating system
pre-installed.
NVR 3 Enterprise Server System
A video management software that allows this PC to become a server, where the system
administrator performs the administrative tasks and NVR server services (event handling,
schedule recording, media streaming, etc) take place.
NVR 3 Enterprise Client Application
The dedicated client application of the NVR system NVR 3 Enterprise Workstation,
allowing the user to directly access the NVR system interface. A remote client can also access
this system via network.
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 Professional
NVR
Server
NVR
Workstation
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Server / Client Architecture
NVR 3 is a typical web-based server/client system. In a video surveillance system architecture,
the Server serves as a video management service provider, aimed to run 24/7 offering
non-stop services for clients. A Client makes requests of monitoring video streams or playback
recordings to Server, which can reside on the same computer with server program (as from
local) or on another computer (as from remote). Server starts automatically as soon as the
Server computer (where it is installed) boots up, and operates in the background without
requiring login by administrator. It would provide services over the TCP/IP network to multiple
Clients upon request through HTTP Protocol.
There are two types of Clients in NVR system: Web Client and Workstation Client. A user,
connecting from whether web browser or workstation, will enjoy the same user interface and
NVR functions.
Web Client: the web version of interface to access the NVR server without need of installing
any client program to become a client. Logging in the NVR server is as simple as visiting a
website through IE browser.
Workstation Client: the client application accessing the NVR server free from the use of
browser .The workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users
and the NVR server.
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Getting Started
Whats in the Box
This product package includes the following items:
1 INR-410/420/430 x 1
2
3
4
5
6
Quick Installation Guide x 1
Front Cover x 1 Warranty Card x 1
Power Cord x 1
Removable Hard Disk Bays x 8 (Installed on the unit)
HDD Tray Keys Pack x 1
8
7 Universal Converter x 1
Screws Pack x 1
9
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At a Glance
Front Panel
No. Description No. Description
Disk Bays USB Ports
In INR-410 and INR-420, this bay contains System
Disk; do not remove it
Buttons and System Status LEDs
HDD Status LEDs
HDD Status LEDs
Buttons and System Status LEDs
Power Button
Reset Button
Power Failure
Overheat Alert
System Power LAN 2 Connection
LAN 1 Connection System Activity
*
HDD Activity
HDD Power
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*The LED icon on the front cover also represents Overheat Alert LED indicator.
Rear Panel
No Description No. Description
AC Power Connector Power Switch
PS/2 Connector USB Ports
VGA Ports LAN 1 Port
HDMI Ports LAN 2 Port
USB Ports eSATA Port(s) INR-410: 2 Ports ; INR-420/430: 1 Port
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Rackmount the Unit
To make system maintenance easier, you may want to put INR-410/420/430 into the rack. To
rackmount INR, you will need to install INR Sliding Rail Kit, offered as an optional accessory,
on INR and make sure there is 2U space in your rack. For detailed installation instructions,
please refer to Rackmount Installation Guide packed with the sliding rail kit.
This unit is designed to be mounted on a standard server rack, which occupies 2U (3.5) of
vertical space.
1. Allow a minimum of 5 cm clearance at the front and the rear for front-to-back airflow of
the unit.
2. Prepare a rack shelf rated for the units weight or purchase the rail kit from ACTi,
and install that to support the entire unit.
3. Secure the unit onto the rack.
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Hard Disk Installation
For video recordings, you should install at least ONE certified 3.5-inch SATA hard disk. Be sure
to use the hard disk models ACTi has tested to be compatible with INR-410/420/430, and it is
strongly recommended that you use hard disks of the same model and capacity. You may find
the certified models via http://www.acti.com/hddselector.
The actual necessary space depends on the number of devices, recording and event rules
settings. To get an approximate value, you may use ACTi software tool Bandwidth & Storage
Calculator at http://www.acti.com/storagecalculator.
In INR-410/420, you can install up to 7 disks in to Storage Disk Bays. During the installation,
please avoid removing the System Disk Bay; in INR-430, you can install up to 8 disks in to
Storage Disk Bays
Step 1: Remove the Tray
Slide the Key Lock aside, the Latch Lever
will pop out by itself.
Hold the Latch Lever to pull out the tray.
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Step 2: Mount the Disk
Loosen the two screws on the Tray to remove the dummy disk.
Secure the hard disk on the Tray with the disk screws provided, and make sure the disk
connector faces towards the SATA contacts inside the unit.
Step 3: Install the Tray
Press on Key Lock, push the tray into the Bay until it stops.
Press on the Latch Lever until it clicks into place.
Repeat Step 1~3 to finish installing all the storage disks.
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Step 4: Attach the Front Cover
Align the left end hooks of the cover to the holes on the left handle.
Press the latch and push the right end toward the right handle until it clicks into place.
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Connect the Devices
Follow the procedures to connect the devices. These devices are supposed to get connected
in the sequence shown below.
Step Description
Connect the monitor to INR. (Local display can support up to 2 different ports at the same time, e.g.HDMI x 2 or HDMI + VGA)
Connect the USB keyboard and mouse to INR.
Finish setting up your eSATA storage device if needed (e.g. RAID configuration for
multiple disks), connect it to INR and power it on. INR will recognize it as a normal
single hard disk.
Connect the network switch to INR via one of the LAN ports.
Plug the power adapter into INR and electricity outlet.
Connect INR to the Internet if remote management via the Internet is required.
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Internet
Tip
INR supports iSCSI NAS. For detailed information on how to use iSCSI NAS with INR, please
refer to our article introducing Using iSCSI NAS with NVR.
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Start the Unit
1. On the rear panel, press down the Power Switch to the side with I mark.
2. On the front panel, press down Power Button, the System Power LED Indicator will light
up and turn solid yellow.
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Enter Windows
After the unit starts, key in 123456 to log in as Administrator to Windows Embedded 7
system.
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Definitions of LED Indicators
System LED Indicators:
HDD LED Indicators:
Indicator LED Status Description
HDD Power Solid The hard disk is powered on and ready.
HDD Activity Flashing There is read or write activity.
Turn Off the Unit
The device can be turned off by the methods described below, and the Power Status LED
Indicator will go off right after the device is turned off.
1. Shut down the system from Windows Start
.
2. Press down Power Button to turn the device off.
To completely cut off the power supply of this unit, press down the Power Switch to the side
with O mark.
Indicator LED Status Description
System Power Solid The unit power is on.
System Activity Solid The system is booting up.
Flashing There system is operating and there is activity.
LAN 1 Flashing There is network activity on LAN 1.
LAN 2 Flashing There is network activity on LAN 2.
Overheat Alert Solid The temperature has exceeded the threshold.
Power Failure Flashing A power failure occurs in the power supply.
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Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording
Before the installed hard disks and eSATA storage device can start recording, they must be
initialized and recognized by Windows embedded 7 operating system. Besides regarding each
hard disk as a single volume, INR is able to combine multiple hard disks as a one single
volume of large storage size due to RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology,
and define how the data is stored on those hard disks regarding the protection against the
physical failure of one or more hard disks. In this chapter, you will be provided with the
knowledge of different RAID types and the instructions on RAID configurations to help you
manage your storage system.
Software RAID
Windows 7 operating system provides built-in software RAID, and the software RAID task of
Windows runs on the computers CPU, requiring no extra hardware attached to the computer.
In Windows, a single accessible storage file system is referred as a Volume. When you are
making the volume, you will need to select the volume type, which basically corresponds to a
certain RAID type. The supported volume types are listed below with descriptions for you so
that you will be able to choose the suitable RAID type for your video surveillance project. After
hard disks are installed correctly, use Windows Disk Management tocreate disk volumes,
and configure software RAID on multiple disks in the mean time.
Volume Type Introduction
Volume
Type
Description
Simple This volume type is the most basic method to make one disk a single logical
volume.
Spanned
(JBOD)
This type is also called JBOD (Just a Bunch of Drives), combing two or more
disks as a large single logical volume. This method does not offer any
advantage in terms of reading / writing
speeds, parity or redundancy but sacrifices
no disk space because the total storage
equals to the sum of the each individual
disk storage. However, since the data is
written to the physical disks sequentially,
any failure of a single disk is likely to fail the
whole array.
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Striped
(RAID 0)
RAID 0 combines multiple hard drives into one larger volume. The data is
split between these disks. Under this configuration
every inserted disk will be used for storing data. No
disks are used for data backup purposes. Should
one of the disks be damaged, the recordings on all
disks will be lost and are not recoverable, and the
use of all remaining disks will be suspended until
the broken disk has been replaced and the whole
RAID configuration has been reset.
Mirrored
(RAID 1)
RAID 1 is a solution designed to make mirror copy of from one disk onto one
or more disks for recovery purposes. In case of ACTi Standalone NVR
servers, you need to have exactly 2 disks to configure RAID 1. Since the 2 nd
disk is used as a mirror of the first disk, the total
available storage will be twice smaller compared to
RAID 0. On the other hand, if one of the two disks
fails then the system will still keep running on
another disk without any problems. Once you
replace the damaged hard disk, all the information
will be copied from a healthy disk into the newly
added disk, to recover a healthy RAID 1 condition.
Volume Type Comparison
Volume Type Simple Spanned Striped Mirrored
Corresponding RAID Type JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1
Minimum Number of
Disks required 1 2 2 2
Capacity V V1+V2++VN Vmin x N Vmin
*Storage Efficiency
Fault Tolerance None None None
Write Speed
Read Speed
N = the number of disks
Vmin = the volume of the disk with the smallest volume in the array
*This result is obtained based on the assumption that the disks are of the same volume size.
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Create Volume and Configure Software RAID
1. Click Window Start , in Windows Search Box, input Computer Management,
and enter this utility.
2. Select Disk Management, right-click on a disk title and select Initialize Disk. Check
all the disks you have installed, choose GPT as the partition type and then click OK.
1
2 3
4
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3. Right-click on a disk title again, select Convert to Dynamic Disk, check all the
installed disks and then click OK.
4. Right-click on a disk and select the volume type to make a new volume.
A Volume Wizard will come up to bring you through the configuration process. Make sure you
assign the desired Drive Letter and Volume Label to the volume via the wizard.
1
2 3
1 2 3
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5. After the volume is created, this drive will be shown on Volume list, and is ready for
recording. You may follow the instructions in Storage Management on page 107 to assign
certain volumes to do the recording.
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Hardware RAID (for INR-420/430)
With the purpose of achieving better performance and interoperability, INR-420/430 is also
designed with hardware RAID which does not require CPU resources to run the RAID task.
Besides JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1, INR-420/430s hardware RAID also supports RAID 5 and
RAID 10. The introductions of these two RAID types are as follows.
Introduction of RAID 5, RAID 10 and RAID 50
RAID Type Description
RAID 5 RAID 5 is probably the most popular configuration of all because it
provides both disk recovery options and quite efficient use of storage
space. Furthermore, the more hard disks you add into RAID 5
configuration, the faster will be the writing and reading speed, for the
similar reason as in case of RAID 0. In RAID 5 configuration, the data
blocks are considered the same data group or a stripe. Certain special
portion of data that is created based on the values of other data blocks for
recovery purposes. Such value is called parity. The parity information is
distributed and stored across each
hard drive. If any of the hard drive
fails, the array enters downgrade
mode, all that you need to do is
replace the failed disk with a new
one.
RAID 10
RAID 10 (also called 1+0)
combines RAID 1 and RAID 0
configurations think of it as a
group of mirrored disks. From that it
is possible to conclude that there
has to be even number of disks and
at least two pairs.
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Hardware RAID Comparison
RAID Type JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
Minimum Number
of Disks required 2 2 2 3 4
Capacity V1+V2++VN Vmin x N Vmin Vmin x (N-1) Vmin x (N/2)
*Storage
Efficiency
Fault Tolerance None None
Write Speed
Read Speed
N = the number of disks
Vmin = the volume of the disk with the smallest volume in the array
*The result is obtained based on the assumption that the disks are of the same volume size.
Configure Hardware RAID
Please follow the steps described below to configure hardware RAID with the bundled
software HighPoint Web RAID.
1. On Windows Desktop, double click the shortcut to initialize HighPoint Web RAID
Management Software.
2. Login with default username and password.
User Name: RAID
Password: hpt
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3. Go to Logical and select Create Array. Configure the desired setting, and then click
to create an array.
As for the Available Disks, It is recommended to choose disks of the same model and
capacity to make an array.
4. Go to Logical again, and the newly created array will appear on Logical Device
Information list.
Now, use Windows Disk Management to make the newly created array to be recognized
as a Volume by Windowsoperating system.
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5. In Windows Search Box, input Computer Management and enter this utility.
6. Select Disk Management, right-click on a disk title, select Initialize Disk, then choose
GPT as the partition style and click OK.
7. Right-click on an initialized disk and select New Simple Volume to make a new volume.
Make sure that you assign the desired Drive Letter and Volume label to this volume via this
wizard. Repeat this step to create other volumes if needed.
8. After the volume is created, it will be shown on the volume list, and is ready for recording.
For more details and instructions on HighPoint Web RAID Management software, please
refer to HighPoint online help document at http://www.highpoint-tech.com/help/.
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Observe Disk Status
It may happen that one of your disks goes into failed status after the NVR system starts
recording for a long period. Mostly, a disk does not fail all of a sudden but because the number
of bad sectors on it has exceeded the minimum required level to maintain normal operation.
On NVR Live View interface, the recording status and system events can help you make an
initial assessment of the overall disk condition.
On Device List, if the recording is proceeding normally, the red recording icon will
appear next to the device icon. If all the icons are missing when the NVR is supposed to
perform schedule recording, your storage disk might have gone into abnormal status.
Event list will also display two kinds of abnormal disk status Disk Full and Disk Not
Found.
You may take the following steps to make a simple diagnosis.
1. Confirm the schedule-recording setting
Go to Setup page Schedule tab, and modify the recording schedule if it is not correctly
configured.
2. Check Disk Drive List
Go to Setup page Storage tab.
If the disk drive is missing from Disk Drive List,please shut down the NVR and
re-install the hard drive.
If the disk is full, a warning icon will appear next to the Drive, please
configure the recording rule setting. The NVR server will start recording
again after the new setting is applied.
?
Not recording
Disk is full Disk is not available
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License and Activation
Before managing the IP cameras via an NVR server, you will be required to purchase the
license for the channels on the NVR server, and activate the license before connecting to the
IP cameras. The License Key, provided by ACTi sales representative once your purchase of
license is carried out, will be used to activate the license. After the license activation, the
channels on the NVR server will automatically become available.
Aside from ACTi brand devices, INR-410/420/430 is able to support other vendors devices.
The channels for ACTi brand devices and for non-ACTi brand devices are licensed by different
license types.
- Standard License: Channels for ACTi brand devices
- CDP License: Channels for other vendors devices
(For supported non-ACTi cameras list, please refer to http://www.acti.com/3rdpartycamera)
Please be aware of the following information about the license:
1. The license is cumulative and perpetual.
2. The license is not version-specific, and upgrading software version will not influence the
existing license you have activated on INR-410/420/430.
3. The number of CDP licensed channels (for non-ACTi brand devices) and that of standard
licensed channels (for ACTi devices) are counted separately.
4. Any device added through ONVIF (either ACTi or non-ACTi devices) will also need to be
licensed. The license type used will solely be based on the brand of the device.
5. In INR-410/420/430, there are 64 standard licensed channels which are already activated
in the NVR system. The maximum number of the devices (ACTi brand + non-ACTi brands)
that can be managed by INR-410/420/430 is 200.
6. After activating CDP license, please follow the instructions in Add Non-ACTi Cameras on
page 64 to manually add those non-ACTi cameras to INR-410/420/430.
License activation is the process of unlocking the channels on NVR product with the received
License Key. License Key is a serial number delivered as a printed card or an E-mail after
the purchase is carried out.
During license activation, the License Key is matched against the MAC address of the
Network Interface Card (NIC) on the NVR server. Once the license key is used by the NVR
server with the specific NIC, it cannot be used by another NVR server with a different NIC. This
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matching record will be stored on the ACTi license data server.
There are two ways to activate the licenses depending on your NVR network condition: Online
Activation and Offline Activation.
Online Activation
If your INR has available Internet access, choose online activation.
Offline Activation
Offline activation does not require Internet access for INR. It is used when INR is located in a
network not connected to public Internet (e.g. in a military base). You will need to get an
activation file from another computer and transfer it to NVR server on INR.
Note
Although certain fisheye camera view modes (e.g. Quad mode) display multiple regions in a
view, they are still counted as one single channel in terms of licensing.
Purchase licenses from ACTi, get the
LL II CEE NSS EE KEE YY
On another computer, access ACTi website to activate the licenses using the LL II CEE NSS EE KEE YY
1 2
Load the
ACTII VATII ON FF II LL EE into NVR server
3
Purchase licenses from ACTi, get the
LL II CEE NSS EE KEE YY
On NVR server, input the
LL II CEE NSS EE KEE YY to activate the license directly.
1 2
INR Computer (Internet access)
INR (with Internet access)
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Step-by-step Activation Process
Based on the network conditions of your site, follow Online Activation SOPor Offline Activation
SOPto activate your license.
Online Activation SOP
Step 1: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for
free at http://member.acti.com/
Step 2: Login to the NVR server, and go to Setup pageSystem tabLicenseOnline
Registration. Select the MAC Address, enter your License Key, ACTi member Account
and Password, and then click Apply. The NVR server will connect to the license data server
via Internet to register the license key, and unlock the channels.
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Offline Activation SOP
Step 1: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for
free at http://member.acti.com/
Step 2: Access http://www.acti.com/support/LicenseMgt/NVR3_registration.asp, enter the
License Key and the MAC address of the NVR server, and then click Submit. An E-mail
with activation code file (.lic) will be sent to your registered E-mail account.
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Step 3: Login to the NVR server from local or via web client. Go to Setup page System
tab License Offline Registration click Import and upload the license file(.lic).
Click Apply to activate this license.
Verify Your License
Once your license is successfully activated, the license information will be shown on License
page.
Important Notice
Tip
1. How to find MAC Address
1. Click Windows Start, in the run box on Start menu, input cmd.
2. Execute the cmd program, and input the command ipconfig /all or getmac
3. The MAC address will be referred to as the Physical Address, made up of 12 characters, e.g.
00-1E-65-FE-8E-98.
Activated Standard License
Activated CDP License
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System Installation Check List
Before Starting
Item Task Description Reference
1 Prepare software
license
INR comes with 64-channel free license that
are already activated. For additional
channels, please purchase the license from
your system supplier and get the license
information ready before activation.
License and
Activation on page
36
2 Set up Active Directory
(optional)
To add users through the Active Directory
service, please make sure an Active Directory
server is available on your domain.
Connecting the Devices
Item Task Description Reference
3 Get the IP cameras and
video servers
connected and ready
for use
Finish the installation and basic settings (IP
address, usernames, passwords) of all IP
cameras or video servers.
4 Connect external
devices to the NVR
server
Attach necessary external hardware
peripherals such as a keyboard, a mouse, a
joystick, or a microphone to the NVR server.
Joystick on page
133
Starting the unit
Item Task Description Reference
5 Powering on the unit Press the Power Button to power on INR,
and enter Windows after the system finishes
booting up.
Start the Unit on page 23
6 Create the disk
volumes for recording
Initialize the newly-installed hard disks and
configure the volumes (RAID) for your storage
system.
Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording on page 26
7 Login to the system Login to the NVR system with default account
and password.
Log In to the System on page 48
8 Activate the license
(When required number
of channels exceeds
64)
Activate your license key to get your required
number of channels ready for adding devices.
License and Activation on page 36
System Setup
Item Task Description Reference
9 Configure the storage
Settings
Activate the disks for recordings and make
sure the total size is sufficient, and how many
days the recordings are kept on disk.
Storage
Management on
page 107
10 Add devices to the NVR
server
Add devices and configure camera settings:
camera name, video/motion/PTZ settings.
Add Devices on
page 57;
Configure Device
Settings on page 68
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11 Configure recording
schedule
By default, each device will start 7/24
schedule recording as soon as it is added.
Set recording schedule for each device.
Schedule
Recordings on page
84
12 Configure e-mail & FTP
settings
Complete the Email or FTP settings and test if
NVR server succeeds in sending emails and
uploading files. This step is necessary if you
will use these functions for Event Handling.
How to Setup SMTP
Settings for Event
Rules on page 101 ;
How to Setup FTP
Settings for Event
Rules on page 102
13 Configure event rules Set up the desired event rules. How to Edit an
Event Rule on page
96
14 Create users accounts
and groups
Configure User Group permissions and create
required User Accounts.
Manage User
Groups/ Users on
page 109
Live View Setup
Item Task Description Reference
15 Create Views for Users Customize and save views for Live View
screen. Customize Views on
page 115
Back up System Settings
Item Task Description Reference
16 Create backup of
system settings
Create a backup file of current system
settings for future re-installation or in case of
critical system failure.
Back Up System
Data on page 140
Post-installation Validation
Item Item Description Reference
17 Live Preview basic
operations
Make sure if user is able to see the live view
with saved layouts and perform basic
operations (e.g. PTZ controls or instant
playback).
Users Manual
18 Schedule Recording Make sure the disk is recording normally
according to the schedule.
19 Event Handling Check if the expected actions (e.g. recording,
alarms or email notification, etc) are correctly
triggered by events.
20 User Access Make sure User can access NVR with right
account/password, and perform operations
based on given user rights.
21 Playback Make sure user can perform playback and
video search, and the export function can
generate viewable files to designated folder.
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Log In to the System
Access the NVR Server via NVR3 Workstation
NVR3 Workstation includes a set of programs that provide the interface between
users and the NVR server. In INR-410/420/430, this software is already installed,
and will start automatically after you login to Windows. You can also install this
software on the remote client computer to access the NVR server via network. You can
download this software on ACTi website at http://www.acti.com/product/downoad, and it is
wrapped together with the NVR 3 system software. For the instructions on the installation of
this software on the client computer, please refer to Workstation Installation and Upgrade on
page 138.
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Local Workstation Client Login
Local Workstation Client refers to the user who runs NVR3 Workstation on the NVR server
to log in to the NVR system. The login process is described as follows.
A. Enter Account & Password
Account (non case-sensitive)
Admin (default)
Password (case-sensitive)
123456 (default)
B. Choose the Initial Page
The user interface consists of three main
module screens, Live View, Playback
and Setup. You may choose one where
you would like to
enter after login.
Default is Live
View screen.
C. Language
Choose a UI language from the dropdown list.
D. Remember Login Information and Auto Login
To have NVR3 Workstation remember the Account, Password,
Initial Page and UI Language, simply check Remember login info.
Click Dont Remember will clear your input text and reset to default.
If the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by
someone else, you might consider not to use this function.
To automatically login to the NVR system, please check both
Remember login info and Auto Login to skip the Login page. If
the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by
someone else, you might consider not to use this function.
To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click Logout to return to
login page, and this function will be cancelled.
E
A
B
C
D
E
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E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password
The NVR server can send the password of the Users account to the saved email address. To
have users be able to use this service, please make sure (1) the SMTP settings have been
configured (refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 101) and (2) a valid
email address has previously been saved in Setup page Users tab User list.
Remote Workstation Client Login
Remote Workstation Client refers to the user who runs NVR3 Workstation on a computer
rather than the NVR server, and tries to reach the NVR server via network. The login process
is described as follows.
A. Server IP & Server Port
In Server IP field, please input the LAN or
WAN IP address of the NVR server.
In Server Port field, key in the port number.
The default value is 80.
B. Enter Account & Password
Account (non case-sensitive)
Admin (default)
Password (case-sensitive)
123456 (default)
C. Choose the Initial Page
The user interface consists of three main module screens, Live
View, Playback and Setup. You may choose one where you would
like to enter after login. Default is Live View screen.
A
C
D
E
F
G
B
The email address input in Forgot
Password window should match
the one under your User account
saved in the NVR server.
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D. Language
Choose a UI language from the dropdown list.
E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login
To have NVR3 Workstation remember the Account, Password,
Initial Page and UI Language, simply check Remember login info.
Click Dont Remember will clear your input text and reset to default.
If the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by
someone else, you might consider not to use this function.
To automatically login to the NVR system, please check both
Remember login info and Auto Login to skip the Login page. If
the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by
someone else, you might consider not to use this function.
To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click Logout to return to
login page, and this function will be cancelled.
F. Retrieve the Forgotten Password
Please refer to E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password on page 45
G. Server Name/Server Sites List
NVR3 Workstation can remember multiple server sites and their login settings and show the
site lists on Login window. To add a new site:
1. Click in the Server Name box and input the
server site name.
2. Fill in the other fields. If you disable the
Remember login info, then only the
Server Name, Server IP and Server Port
of this server site will be remembered.
3. Click Save.
4. After a server site is
saved, it will be
shown on Server
Name dropdown
list. You may click on its name to enter its
Login window or to delete it from the list.
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5. You can export the saved server sites, or import it to another Workstation client computer.
Access the NVR server via NVR3 Workstation, go to Setup page System tab
Workstation.
A. Export current server sites list
Click Browse to select a folder to save the list, and then click Export. This file will be
saved as an *.xml file.
B. Import a server site list
Click Browse to select the *.xml file, and then click Import. The server sites will appear
in Server Name dropdown list on Login window of your next login.
A
B
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Access the NVR Server via Internet Explorer
In addition to NVR3 Workstation, you can also log in to the NVR system with Internet Explorer
(IE). If you open the IE browser on the NVR server, you will be directed to the NVR system
Login page immediately. If you are connecting to the NVR server as a remote client, please
type the NVR servers LAN or WAN IP address, or domain name in the URL box. Remember to
append a colon and the port number after the hostname or IP address.
Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests
NVR 3 system interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please make sure
browsers security settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed. When
your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporations add-on components to run, please allow.
Log in Failure Troubleshooting
Once you confront with problems accessing the NVR server, refer to the possible conditions
below and follow the instruction to solve your issues.
Condition 1: Why cant I access NVR server via web browser?
After typing in the correct NVR server IP, if you cannot access NVR Login page, you may get
the below browser screens:
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Cause 1: Server is not ready
Solution: It may happen when you just started the server computer or the server installation
has just finished, please wait a few seconds and connect again.
Cause 2:The NVR server is not able to respond to your request through current path because
port 80 has been seized by another service running on server computer. This may happen
when that service is executed right before the NVR server starts its services.
Solution: Please check if there is another service using port 80 right now, and change the
setting in that program to release port 80 for the NVR server. Below are the steps to find the
service:
1. Please click on "Windows Start" (Windows-Logo) , then enter "cmd.exe" in the
run box and execute it.
2. Input the command netstat -a -o -b. You will be provided with the ports in use and
the services using them. Find the Local Address that has taken port 80, and the PID
number.
3. Press down ctrl+ alt + Delete keys to bring up Windows Task Manager. Select
View, then Select columns, and enable the PID (Process Identifier) to appear
on search results. Please also make sure Show process from all users is enabled.
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4. On Task Manager Process tab, locate the PID number of the service using port 80.
The service name is shown under Image Name column.
Condition 2: Why cant I install Active X controls after logging in?
ActiveX Control components are essential for the NVR server to present user interface. The
message below will show if these controls were not installed. Please try refresh the browser
first, making IE pop up the prompts again.
Cause 1: Your Internet Explorer browser version does not support NVR 3 system.
Solution: Make sure your browser is 32-bit version.
Cause 2: Your browser restricts the installation of add-on components.
Solution: Internet Explorer security settings may restrict the installation of add-on components.
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To ensure the NVR server is always accessible from your web client regardless of any change
in browsers overall Internet security settings, you may add the NVR server site to Internet
Explorers trusted sites. Trusted sites are the sites which you consider safe and wish to visit
with low security restrictions while maintaining higher security for the rest of the Internet.
1. On IE browser, click Tools Safety and make sure ActiveX Filtering is unchecked.
2. On IE browser, go to Tools Internet OptionsSecurity tab, select Trusted sites,
set the security level to Medium High, and then click Sites.
3. Add http://localhost or the NVR server IP to the zone, and clear the box Require
server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone.
4. Back on Security tab, click Apply to apply the changes. This will allow ActiveX and
scripting to be available for the chosen sites but not for the Internet as a whole.
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Login
A. Enter Account & Password
Account (non case-sensitive):
Admin (default)
Password (case-sensitive):
123456 (default)
B. Change UI language
To change UI language, select the desired
language from Language dropdown list.
C. Remember Account/Password
To have the server remember your Login Account and Password in the future, check
Remember Account/Password. Click Dont Remember will clear your input text and
reset to default.
To directly enter the main page every time you log in, check Remember
Account/Password then Auto Login to skip the Login page. If your
computer may be accessed by someone without proper authority,
please DO NOT use either of these functions.
To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click Logout to return to login page,
and this function will be disabled.
D. Retrieve the Forgotten Password
Please refer to E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password on page 45.
A
B
D
C
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Set up the System
This chapter will guide you through everything you need to know in System Setup procedure
from first time connection with ACTi NVR server with NVR 3 system to general system
configuration.
Setup Wizard
Once you connect to ACTi NVR 3 for the first time, Setup Wizard will guide you through the
initial setup process. You may click Previous or Next button located on the lower right at
any time. This will skip the current step so that you may come back to it later. All the settings in
the Setup Wizard are available in the Setup page.
To skip this wizard, click the bubble Done on top right corner.
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System Settings
You can adjust the Email & SMTP settings, FTP settings for event rules now or later. For more
details about the settings, please refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on
page 101 and How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules on page 102.
Storage
On the NVR server, you may want to choose which disk drives to store the recording files, and
decide how much memory space is left for all computer applications to run. You must configure
the Drive and Reserve Space for recording. Reserve Space is the space on the drive that will
not be used to save recording files, the deletion of earliest recording files will be performed if
available space has decreased to reach below Reserve Space configuration; you may choose
one or multiple disk drives in Disk Drive List to save the recordings. If you skip this step,
Drive C will be the default drive. For more details about the settings, please refer to Storage
Management on page 107.
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Licensing
This is the license management section. On lower right part of screen shows number of
channels allowed under your current license. INR-410/420/430 has a license for 64 channels
which is already activated. You can click Next to next setting if you do not want to add new
license for now. For more details about the settings, please refer to License and Activation on
page 36.
The End of Setup Wizard
Click Done to complete Setup Wizard, the previous configuration steps you have gone
through are available in Setup page.
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NVR Main Screen
You will enter the live view screen after Setup Wizard. On the right are link buttons to three
NVR major functions: (1) Live view, (2) Playback and (3) Setup. You can click the orange
button to enter the function page.
Live View
Playback
Setup
In this module, you can see live
view from cameras, perform
PTZ operations with mouse or
Joystick, view system log,
receive alerts on the event
panel, set up view layouts,
perform manual recording or
take a snapshot.
You may find and playback
existing recordings in this
module. Up to 64 channels can
be played synchronously.
Snapshots or video segments
can be taken from playback
files. Recorded files can also be
exported to AVI format here.
This module includes user
setup, device setup, event
setup, schedule setup and
system-wide settings.
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Add Devices
Cameras or video encoders are the fundamental building blocks of surveillance systems. To
manage cameras from INR-410/420/430, you have to add camera devices into NVR 3 system
first.
In this section, we will guide you through how to add or delete devices on the NVR 3 system.
To start adding new devices, please follow these steps:
1. On Setup pageHome screen, click Device.
2. On Devices page, the Device List is currently empty, and you need to add some video
sources to it. Now click Add Device.
Device List
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3. There are three ways to add devices into the
system, Search Devices, Search ONVIF
Devices,and Add Device Manually.
- Use Search Devices to auto search ACTi
cameras located in the same subnet as your
NVR server.
- Use Search ONVIF Devices to find devices
that support ONVIF in the same subnet as
your NVR server.
- If your cameras / video encoders are located
outside of a local subnet or over WAN, add
them to your NVR server by using the Add Device Manually button. You will need to know
the IP address of the device to add it manually.
Search Devices Within Local Area Network
1. Select Search Devices. Once the search is completed, a list of the devices in your LAN
will be shown. Click on the title header to sort by that column. Click on the header again to
sort in reverse order. For faster search, you may type a specific IP address or a part of the
IP address in IP Filter as a filter and click to narrow down the search result.
2. Select the row of the camera you wish to add to the system and repeat this step until you
A. Account/Password text box B.
Titl
e
IP filter (for multiple networks)
C. Refresh button D. Available / Total Licensed Channels
E. Column title F. Search result
G. Apply button
C
A
G
3
F
E
Available / Total Licensed Channels
D
B
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have checked all the devices you need. Please note that the list of devices is shown
regardless of the account name and password. You can choose to add all shown devices.
For those with different account and password, you will be prompted to fill in the correct
credentials to in order access the video feed. To perform the search using different
credentials, fill in the new Account and Password and click the Refresh button .
3. Click Apply to add selected devices into NVR system.
Search Devices Within Local Area Network with ONVIF
1. After selecting Search ONVIF Devices, fill in the account name and password for the
device you want to add.
2. Click the Search button . Once the search is completed, a list of available devices
will be shown. You may click on the title header to sort by that column. Click the header
again to sort in the reverse order. For faster search, you may type a specific IP address or
a part of the IP address in IP Filter as a filter, and click to narrow down the search
result.
3. Select the row of the camera you wish to add to the system and repeat this step until you
have checked all the devices you need.
4. Click Apply to add selected devices into NVR system.
A. Account/Password text box B.
Titl
e
Search button
C. IP filter ( for multiple networks) D. Available / Total Licensed Channels
E. Column title F. Search result
G. Apply button
A
B
C D
E
F
G
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Add Devices on WAN or Other Local Area Networks
1. After selecting Add Device Manually, the camera settings page will appear as below.
The most important settings are (1) Media Type, (2) Protocol, (3) Camera IP, (4) HTTP
Port, and (5) User Name & Password. Please fill in these required fields for NVR to
communicate with the device.
If the device you wish to add supports ONVIF, you can select ONVIF for Media Type, and
the settings page will appear as below. The most important settings are (1) Media Type, (2)
Camera IP, (3) HTTP Port, and (4) User Name & Password. Please fill in these required
fields for NVR to communicate with the device.
Important Notice
1. For certain non-ACTi devices, you may need to configure the ONVIF user credentials of the
camera by accessing its Web Configuration page and managing the ONVIF Users List.
2. Functions supported for devices added through ONVIF are live streaming and adjustments to
video image settings.
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2. Click Get Device Settings to have NVR contact the device and get the live view. Once
connected to the device, NVR will get all the device properties such like Brand, Model,
Device Serial Number, Firmware Version. If the device supports dual stream, Stream
Mode selection field will be revealed, and you may select a different streaming mode and
configure relative options. You may click Apply to save it.
3. To directly access the device configurator webpage, simply click Web Configurator on
the top right to open it. Certain detailed settings are only available through the web
configurator.
Basic Settings Attributes
Field Name Description
Media Type Select the media type of the camera, choosing either Standard or
ONVIF. To connect with a camera using ONVIF, please make sure
the camera device supports ONVIF.
Device Name Enter the name of the camera, which will be shown in the Device list
on the left in Live View. This name should be descriptive so that you
know where the camera is located.
Protocol Select a streaming protocol to connect the camera with.
IP address Enter the cameras IP address or host name.
Important Notice
If any of the required fields is incorrect, NVR will not be able to connect the device. When you
have any device connection problem, please check these settings. However, at this point, you
may skip filling in the Device Name, Brand, Model, and Stream Mode configuration.
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Brand Select the manufacturer of device.
Model Select the device model of the IP cameras / video servers. In most
cases, this is automatically filled in after you perform Get Device
Setting for ACTi cameras.
Stream Mode*1 Select one of the streaming modes this device supports.
Channel No. *2 The channel ID you set for a stream of a multi-streaming device.
HTTP Port Enter the HTTP port for IP cameras/ video servers. Most cameras
use the default port number - 80.
User Name Enter the user name to access the camera.
Password Enter the password to access the camera.
Default Live View
Stream*3
Choose the streaming id for Live View.
Recording Stream*3 Choose the streaming id for Recording.
Connection
Timeout(0~99 secs)
Enter length of time allowed for a device to respond to NVR. If the
response is to late as to exceed this time, NVR will consider this
device disconnected. We recommend you to set different values for
different types of connection. The default setting is 5 seconds. For
devices located over the WAN, you may wish to increase this value to
allow for occasional Internet lags.
* 1
Available when NVR is connected to a multi-streaming device.
* 2
Available when NVR is connected to a device that is concurrently in multi-streaming mode (Dual
Stream mode excluded).
* 3
Available when NVR is connected to a multi-streaming device in Dual Stream mode.
Note
Current NVR version does not support ePTZ operation of 6VGA streaming mode. Please
define 6 VGA views through camera web configurator.
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Device Status
To validate if you have successfully added a device to NVR
system, simply check the Device List on the left of Setup
Devices tab to see if the device name appears in the tree.
Point your mouse cursor over the device icon will bring up an
information box containing the devices IP Address, HTTP Port,
Protocol and device type.
Status Icon Description
Icon Status Description
NVR server cannot retrieve video streaming. This may be that a video server is
not connected with cameras, or that the streaming is blocked by the firewall
between the device and NVR server. Please (1) ensure the device side is well
connected and can output video normally,(2) check the firewall and port
forwarding settings.
This devices settings have been modified but not saved yet. If you leave these
modifications unsaved, they will not take effect by next time the server starts.
Please always remember to save upon every change.
NVR cannot build up connection with this device. Please check the device
connection settings (including IP Address, Port number, Account Name and
Password); or increase the Connection Timeout to allow more time for the
device to respond.
This device is currently connected, video is being transmitted and no recording
is proceeding.
This device is currently connected, and video is being recorded either manually
or according to the schedule.
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Add Non-ACTi Cameras
In this section, we will guide you through how to add devices of other brands to NVR 3 system.
After the required CDP license is activated, please:
1. Use the utility provided by camera the manufacturer to confirm the camera properties:
(1) Protocol, (2) IP Address, (3) HTTP Port, and (4) User Name & Password.
2. Log in to the NVR server, go to Setup pageDevice tab, click Add Device, and select
Add Device Manually.
3. After selecting Add Device Manually, the camera settings page will appear as below.
Please fill in the eight fields marked below that are required to communicate with the
device Media Type, Protocol, IP Address, Brand, Model, HTTP Port, User Name and
Password, and then click Apply.
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If the device you wish to add supports ONVIF, you can select ONVIF for Media Type,
and the settings page will appear as below. Please fill in the five fields marked below that
are required to communicate with the device Media Type, IP Address, HTTP Port, User
Name and Password, and then click Apply.
4. By applying the settings, the NVR server will get the video stream, and the camera will
have been successfully added to the NVR system. You may click Video, PTZ, or Preset
Tour (available for camera with pan/tilt/zoom capabilities) tabs to configure other
properties.
5. To directly access the device configurator webpage, simply click Web Configurator on
top left to open it. Certain advanced settings are only available through the web
configurator and not through NVR.
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Manage Multiple Devices
After adding several devices to the system, you may get an overview of all devices on Setup
pageDevice tab; this is where you may use certain fast and convenient approaches to
manage a number of devices. In this section, we will guide you through how to quickly add or
delete multiple devices.
Modify Basic Connection Settings
Go to Setup page Devices tab, and click All Devices in Device List to get the devices
overview in the right column. Each basic connection setting field including Name, IP Address,
HTTP Port, User Name and Password, is editable. Simply click in the field to modify it directly.
Every time you modify a property without saving it, an icon will appear
next to the device in Device List. You may click Reset to retrieve the
settings you saved last time once you want to abort the current modificaiton.
After changing any field, please remember to click Apply before you
leave this page.
Delete Devices
You may delete a single, multiple or all devices on All Devices List. The
logs and video files of the devices will be kept until deleted by server
storage deletion rule. Select the device(s) you wish to delete, click
Delete button and confirm the deletion. If you want to delete all the
existing devices, simply click on upper right to select them
all at once. To validate if you have successfully deleted a device on the NVR system, simply
check the Device List on the left of Setup page Devices tab to see if the device name is
removed from the tree.
Tip
The NVR server will sync with devices upon connecting to them. To make sure the settings on the
NVR side are prior to and always overwrite those on device sides, please check Auto save NVR
settings into devices upon connection.
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Copy Settings Across Devices
When setting a large number of devices, many settings will resemble other ones, and it is
sometimes tiresome to repeat every setting again and again. You can use the Copy function to
save the hassle of needless repetition.
1. On All Device List, select the source
device whose settings are to be copied
from. You can select only one device to
be the source.
2. Click Copy to bring up the copy setting
window.
3. On the window, below the source device
name are the settings you may choose
to copy, including Basic settings, PTZ
Settings and Video Settings.
4. Click Apply, the settings will be written
to target devices.
5. To add a new device with the same
settings, choose Add New Device in
Target Device area, and then click Apply to go to a new device page. Each field on
this page has already been filled with the source devices properties. You may continue to
modify the Device Name, IP Address, get the live view by clicking Get Device Settings,
and then click Apply to add this device to Device List.
6. There are a few differences of the copied items between two target device types:
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Add Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device
There are devices that output more than one video streams to the NVR server. For example, a
video encoder converts a number of analog video signals into the same amount of IP video
streams; certain high megapixel cameras such as ACTi KCM-5111, supports outputting
multiple VGA streams cropped from a single high-resolution video source. These multiple
streams coming from a single device are managed as different cameras by the NVR server.
To add these streams as multiple channels for you to view and record, please:
1. Select the desired stream mode in Stream Mode field on
Setup page Devices tabBasic tab.
2. The Channel No. column will display for you to input the
stream ID (the same with your setting in devices web
configurator).
3. After configuration, click Apply.
4. Go to All Devices page, duplicate this device to a new
channel, and repeat this step until all the channels you need
are added.
5. Individually modify the Channel No value of the channels.
Target Type
Settings New Device Existing Device
Basic All All except Device Name, IP Address, HTTP Port, RTSP
Port, User Name and Password
Video All except Motion Settings, Video Adjustment
PTZ All except PTZ Preset Points and Commands
Note
1. You can only choose either Add New Device or existing devices as target.
2. To add new devices by copying from an existing one, the users group should be permitted
with this right. To check the access rights, please go to Setup pageUsers pageUser
Groups, select the user group, and enable the Device Setup -Add New Device under
NVR Permissions.
Settings Copied to Target Devices
Tip
Saving CPU loading with Your Dual Streaming devices
The device supporting dual-streaming function can output two video streams of different value. You
may make the live view stream smaller in size with lower frame rate to save decoding CPU power
and bandwidth. Meanwhile the recording stream can be larger and have more FPS so that you have
clear images when you need to retrieve the evidence. For settings in both streams of devices with
dual stream functionality, please refer to section Configure Video Format on page 69.
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Configure Device Settings
After adding a device to the NVR system, you may continue to configure its video, motion
detection, PTZ or preset tour settings on Setup pageDevices tab. In this section, we will
guide you through how to configure these settings and their corresponding functions.
Configure Video Format
Go to Setup page Device tab, select a device from Device List, and then go to Video tab to
configure the video format of the stream output from the device. If the device is currently in
Dual Stream mode, you may switch the stream in live view window by click on the switch
below and configure individual settings for Media 1 and Media 2.
Video Settings Attributes
Field Name Description
TV Standard Default is NTSC.
Stream Mode*1 Select one of the streaming modes this device supports.
Mounting Type*2 Select the mounting position.
Installation Angle*3 Input the angle for a device mounted on the wall.
Video encoder Select the desired codec.
Resolution Select the desired resolution.
Video Quality*4 Select the desired video quality.
Frame Rate(fps) Select the desired frame rate.
Maximum Bitrate This puts a hard cap on the maximum bit rate allowed in any given
second of streaming. Assigning a limited bit rate may cause a few
dropped frames when the stream data overflows the allowed bit rate.
Bitrate*5 This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when
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you have selected Unlimited for Maximum Bitrate. The actual value
will fluctuate slightly based on scene changes.
* 1
Available for multi-streaming devices.
* 2
Available for hemispheric devices.
* 3
Available for hemispheric devices with Wall Mount Type.
* 4
Available when Video Encoder is MJPEG.
* 5
Available when Maximum Bitrate is Unlimited.
Save Storage by Setting Event Recording Frame Rate
Video surveillance system is aimed to preserve as much evidence as possible, and you may
want to have a view to be recorded 24/7 to capture every important moment; however, the
general recording methods provided by most network recording systems- event and schedule
recording, will either consume too much storage or have risk in missing important scenes. The
Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Modefunction record everything at economical
storage usage by automatically adjusting video frame rate during event recording period.
Schedule Recording
Continuous recording promisesno loss of video evidence; however, large data storage is
required because this video is always recorded at the high frame rate you set for device.
Event Recording
This mode is storage-efficient because recording would stop during the non-event moments;
while certain vital video evidences may be missed if the triggering device fails to take
effect.
No Recording No Recording
30 FPS 30 FPS
30 FPS
Non- event Event Non-event
Non- event Event Non-event
30 FPS
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Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment
This mode keeps recording all the way without losing any single moment; lower frame rate can
be set for non-event recording, which consumes only a little storage.
How to Make Use of Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment
To make use of Event recording with Frame Rate Adjustment function, you may configure
the Frame Rate settings on Setup page Device tabVideo tab. The Frame Rate (fps) you
set will always be applied to live view and schedule recording. Once Set Frame Rate for
Event Recording Mode is checked, you may configure advanced settings for event recording.
If the device is in Dual stream mode, you will only need to configure these settings of the
Recording Stream.
Scenario A:
You wish all the videos are recorded at a very high frame rate. With sufficient storage, you may
not need this function. Set the video Frame Rate that will apply to all the recordings. In this
way, the NVR server will not record non-event during event recording period.
Frame Rate Setting
Event Recording
Non-Event: 0 FPS
Event: 30 FPS
1 FPS 1 FPS
30 FPS
Non- event Event Non-event
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Scenario B:
You would like the system to record 24/7, and the non-event recording to be kept at a very low
frame rate. Please set the event and schedule recordings at different frame rate, you will need
to enable Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode, and set the Non-event Frame Rate
and Active Event Frame Rate.
Fine-tune the Image
When monitoring your cameras, it is essential to make the images as similar to the real scene
as possible. The default settings of the camera are usually sufficient for most environments,
but you may also make adjustments in case it is required to do so. For devices that support the
configuration of properties related to image, day/night mode, or exposure/white balance
settings, you may directly modify them and save your changes to the device using the NVR 3
system. The options available may vary depending on the device.
To start, click Video Adjustment on Device Video tab. Each field is only available when the
device supports this property for modification. If the device is in Dual Mode, the video you get
in this window will always be Stream 1. After setting up the desired value for the field, click
Apply.
Frame Rate Setting Event Recording
Non-event:1 FPS
Event: 30 FPS
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Video Adjustment Attributes
Field Category Field Name Description
Image
Video Flipping/
Video Mirroring
Check this box to flip the video vertically and horizontally
to achieve a 180-degree rotation effect.
Brightness Select the Brightness value (0-100). The higher the
value, the brighter the image.
Contrast Select the Contrast value (0-100). The higher the value,
the more obvious the separation between light and dark.
Saturation Select the Saturation value (0-100). The higher the
value, the more intense the color will appear; the lower
the value, the more grayed-out the color will appear.
Hue Select the Hue value (0-100). Hue is the term used to
refer to the pure spectrum colors. Adjust this value to
find the color closest to the real scene.
Digital Noise
Reduction
Turn the Digital Noise Reduction ON or OFF. When
turned on, the noise in the video (especially in low light)
is reduced and the image will look smoother and clearer.
Wide Dynamic
Range
Select the WDR level from the following options:
Disabled, low, medium, high, highest.
Note: WDR is disabled and will not appear if Exposure
Mode is set to Manual.
Day/Night
Day/
Night Mode
Select one of three modes:
Auto: The camera will automatically switch between day
mode (color) and night mode (black/white) under
exposure level defined by Threshold.
Day: The camera will always stay in the day (color)
mode, regardless of exposure level.
Night: The camera will always stay in night (black/white)
mode regardless of exposure level.
Threshold The scale from 0-100 allows you to define the exposure
level at which the day and night mode switch will
happen. A higher value would require a darker
environment to trigger a day to night switch and vice
versa.
Exposure/
White Balance
Exposure Mode Select between Auto or Manual exposure mode. In
Auto mode, the intelligent system of the camera will find
the best possible exposure settings. In Manual mode,
you can manually adjust the White Balance, Exposure
Gain, Shutter Speed, and Line frequency.
White Balance Select between Auto or Manual White Balance
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Exposure/
White Balance
mode. White balance refers to the devices ability to
accurately define true white color. In Auto mode, the
camera will attempt to recognize the true white color
and adjust the image accordingly. In Manual mode, you
can configure the White Balance by adjusting the R
Gain and B Gain value manually.
R Gain The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the R Gain
level of the video frame. A higher value would adjust the
image to have more red color value.
B Gain The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the B Gain
level of the video frame. A higher value would adjust the
image to have more blue color value.
AE Reference
Target
The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the Auto
exposure reference target. A higher value will brighten
the overall scene, although it may increase the amount
of noise at night.
Exposure Gain The scale from 1-255 allows you to define the Exposure
Gain level of the video frame. A higher value would
make the video frame brighter.
Shutter Speed Shutter speed allows you to choose the speed of auto
shutter.
IRIS Control IRIS control allows you to configure the size for the
opening of the iris
Line Frequency Select between 50Hz or 60Hz to match with the
frequency of artificial light source of a given country.
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Configure Motion Settings
To make use of the motion and PIR detection functions supported by your devices, you need to
configure the detection regions and settings. Once a motion is detected, the NVR server can
trigger events and recording, bring up instant pop-up windows and show the detected area on
live view.
Before configuring motion detection settings, first make sure you can connect properly to the
IP camera / video server and get device settings. On Device tabVideo tab, and click
Motion Detection to start.
1. Click Get Motion Settings to retrieve the live view. For Dual Mode, the video you get in
this window will always be Stream 1
2. Click Motion Setup to enable the property fields.
3. There are three motion regions for you to set. To enable one region, check the MD box,
and a red frame will appear in the view. You may start setting the detection area by
adjusting this red frame on the view. Simply use your mouse to move and resize the frame.
3
To move the entire frame
Place the mouse cursor over the title
bar, and drag to move.
To adjust the region dimension
Place the mouse cursor over the
downright corner, and drag to
resize.
To disable this detection region
Place the mouse cursor over the
upper right corner, and click the
X to close this frame.
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4. When the setting is finished, click Apply to save, and then Close to exit this page. To
check or modify the regions you set, please go through clicking Get Motion Settings,
Motion Setup and then Motion Enable buttons, the saved regions are already selected
on the list, select one to proceed.
Adjustment Attributes
Field Name Description
Sensitivity(1-100) Determines how sensitive the camera reacts to the movement. The higher
the sensitivity level is, the smaller motion will trigger the alarm, but may give
false alarms. Default is 70.
Timer(0-300 secs) The interval before the next motion detection can be triggered again. Default
is 1 second.
Threshold (%) The threshold level of this motion detection region. The lower threshold level
is, smaller portion of the region would be considered as motions, which is
more easily to be triggered, but may give more false alarms.
Note
1. If you have changed the motion detection settings via the web configurator, please remember
to come back to NVR and press Get Device Settings, then Apply to save to NVR. This is
to ensure that the settings in NVR are always in sync with the device.
2. If a motion region is set, once a movement is detected in this region, in live view:
(1) the red region frame will blink, and (2) a new alert entry will be generated in the event list.
3. PIR detection is available only for models with this function.
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Configure Storage Card Settings
Certain camera models come with the internal storage feature. Via NVR interface, you can
observe the storage cards memory status, and configure related settings.
1. Make sure the SD card is installed properly in the camera.
2. On Setup page Device tab, select the device form Device List. Click Storage.
3. On Storage window, click Get Storage Setting to sync with the SD card.
You can enable Redundant Recording when Disconnected function to have this
SD card take over the recording service for this channel when this device is
disconnected with NVR server. The video recorded on SD card during the
disconnection period will automatically be restored back to NVR server upon the
recovery of the connection. Click Apply to save the setting.
Note
Before you enable Redundant Recording when Disconnected function, please do the
following (1) upgrade the camera firmware to 6.07 or later version, and then (2) format the SD
card either on camera firmware interface or on NVR interface.
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Configure PTZ Device
PTZ devices can do panning, tilting and zooming automatically or through manipulation. The
PTZ-related applications are broadly supported by NVR 3 system. For example, you may
control the movements of a PTZ camera with user interface panel controls or a joystick, and
the device can be programmed to execute a continuous tour or triggered by events to go to a
preset position. Once an ACTi PTZ device is added to the NVR system, the NVR system will
use the default settings of the device model and enable PTZ functions, so that you may
immediately start PTZ operations.
If you have previously changed the communication parameters of
PTZ devices, please make sure these parameters on the NVR side
and device side match.
Below is a list of functions supported ACTi solutions and the required
settings. When you configure PTZ Protocol properties for ACTi
Pan/Tilt/Zoom devices, please make sure the required settings are
correct.
To start matching up the parameters, please follow the below procedures:
1. If the device is a speed dome camera or an analog camera attached to video server,
configure the parameters on physical device according to the products installation
instructions.
2. On the devices (camera or video server) web configurator, configure the parameters to
match the setting on physical device, and test the PTZ operations to make sure the device
is properly set to be connected
3. In the NVR server, go to Setup page Devices tab, select the device from Device List,
and click PTZ tab. In PTZ Protocol section, fill in the communication parameters.
ACTi Pan/Tilt/Zoom devices Vendor Protocol Baud rate Parity Address
ID
IP Zoom Camera/ IP PTZ Camera V V V
IP Speed Dome / IP Camera
mounted on Scanner/ Analog PTZ
camera attached to Video Server
V V V V V
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Adjustment Attributes
Field Name Description
Vendor
The provider of Protocol. The selectable vendors would vary depending on
different device models. Available vendor types are:
ACTI, DYNACOLOR, PELCO and SONY.
Protocol
A set of rules defining the communication format between the device and
controller. Different protocols are provided for selection according to the Vendor
you choose.
Available protocols following their vendors are:
ACTI: [ACTI] / DYNACOLOR: [DYNACOLOR] / PELCO: [PELCOD] [PELCOP]
SONY: [VISCA]
Parity
Parity is the data validation mechanism for analog devices that use serial port
interface to send or receive data. When choosing parity mode other than
"none", the data packets will be validated for possible data losses so that failed
command could be re-sent if necessary. Please refer to the parity setting of the
analog device and choose exactly the same parity setting also in the NVR
server. When setting up ACTi Zoom, PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using
ACTi protocol, you may ignore the parity setting.
Available parity modes are:
Parity mode name
in NVR
Serial data,
represented by given
amount of bits
Parity mode
(none, odd, even)
Number of stop
bits
8N1 8 N 1
8O1 8 O 1
8E1 8 E 1
8N2 8 N 2
8O2 8 O 2
8E2 8 E 2
7N2 7 N 2
7O2 7 O 2
7E2 7 E 2
Baud rate
Baud rate defines the data speed through serial port interface the rate value
represents the number of symbols that can be transmitted within 1 second.
Please refer to the baud rate setting of the analog device and choose exactly
the same baud rate setting also in the NVR server. When setting up ACTi
Zoom, PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using ACTi protocol, you may
ignore the baud rate setting.
Available baud rates:
2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200
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Address ID
Address ID represents the identity of the device, only analog devices or speed
dome cameras require this configuration. Please refer to the Address ID of the
device and choose exactly the same baud rate setting also in the NVR server.
Available value is from 1~99. By default, ACTi devices will use 1 as Address
ID, it is suggested not to change it.
How to Do Live PTZ Operation
To configure PTZ settings, you need to view the live streaming while manipulating the PTZ
controls simultaneously in this window.
There are two kinds of PTZ navigation:
Optical PTZ Navigation
1. Get the live view from Live Preview window:
Make sure the Enable PTZ is checked, and a red crosshair will appear on the Live
Preview window. If the device is in Dual Stream mode, this window will always shows the
stream set for live view. You may click on to switch between the streams.
2. Use the mouse to do the following PTZ operations:
To execute optical Panning and Tilting, click anywhere on the live window to allow the
camera to move in that direction. The length of the direction indicator is proportional to
the Pan and Tilt speed. The farther you place the cursor from the center, the faster the
Pan/Tilt movement.
Live Preview
Important Notice
Note that the functions supported for devices connected using ONVIF are live streaming and
adjustments to video image settings.
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To execute optical Zoom in or Zoom out, scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in; scroll
the mouse wheel backward to zoom out.
3. Use panel controls to operate PTZ movements:
Click a button on the panel to start, the red crosshair will appear in the view.
Digital PTZ Navigation
Digital PTZ allows you to zoom into part of the video and enlarge it to display on screen. This
PTZ function is applied to every camera model in NVR 3 system.
1. Get the live view from Live Preview window:
Make sure the Enable PTZ is unchecked.
2. Click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel, and the area highlighted will be
displayed in the full live video window. In this mode, a picture-in-picture view will show in
the lower right of live view window. A red rectangle will mark the currently enlarged view
area within the full size video. You may click and drag the red rectangle to see another
area.
3. To go back to the original full video view, just right-click on the minimized Picture in Picture
view.
8 directional buttons Zoom in / Zoom out
Focus in / Focus out
Widen / Narrow the Aperture
Zoom in
Zoom out
Pan/Tilt
Note
1. The zoom buttons are only applicable for those devices supporting optical zooming.
2. The focus buttons are only applicable for devices with controllable zoom lens, e.g.
KCM5211. Please remember to turn off the autofocus mode on device firmware before
using these buttons.
3. The device should be equipped with DC-Iris or P-iris and has been switched to manual iris
mode before you use the buttons for widening or narrowing aperture.
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Set PTZ Preset Points
With PTZ devices, you may define a view by where to look (through panning and tilting) and
how close (through zooming) to zoom. Once these views have been saved in the NVR server
as preset points, the device can always point to this view upon the event triggering or users
command.
1. Go to Setup pageDevices tab, select the device from Device List, and click PTZ tab.
2. By PTZ operation, control the device to point at your desired view, and adjust the zoom
level (if available). In PTZ Preset Point section, click a preset point name field to start
editing the name, and then click + to set this point. After finishing setting your desired
preset points, click Apply. You may review the points you set by clicking to go to the
point, or X to delete it. To modify an existing point, select the existing point, then define a
new view and click +, and finally click Apply to save it.
3. After the preset points are set, they are available on Live View pagePTZ control panel.
Cancel Zoom area
Draw Zoom area
1
Picture-in-Picture area
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Set PTZ Command
If your speed dome or PTZ device has a special function not supported in the standard
protocol, you may input it in PTZ Command list and execute it. Ex: Activate the wiper to clean
the window of the PTZ.
1. To add a PTZ action command, go to Setup page
Devices tab, select the device from Device List, and
on PTZ tab, check Enable PTZ.
2. In PTZ Command area, click in a command entry;
input the name, command and then click Apply to save it. You may also click to
execute it or X to clear it.
Set PTZ Preset Tour
Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple
preset points, including where to look and how long to look at each location. With this preset
tour, your PTZ device can perform an automatic patrol to scan through your cared areas.
For example, a Preset Tour should include two or more preset points. Once a tour is initiated,
the device will automatically point to the preset points based on the sequence and stay at that
view according to the duration you set.
Before setting up Preset Tours, please make sure you have configured PTZ settings and set
PTZ Preset Points. To start setting the Preset Tour:
1. Go to Setup pageDevices tab, select the device from Device List, and click Preset
Tour tab.
2. In the Tour List, as there is currently no existing tour, click Add New Tour to add one.
The default tour name is Preset Tour 1.
3. In the Preset Points of a Tour area, click Add Preset Point to add the number of
points for this tour. The number of points may outnumber the actual preset points you set,
for the same preset point might be gone through more than one time in a single tour. For
each point, click in the Preset Point field to bring up the dropdown list, and select one
preset point and define the dwell time which represents the time the device would stay in a
certain view. Finally, click Apply to save the tour.
Preset Point 1 Preset Point 2 Preset Point 3
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4. After a tour is saved, it is available on Live View pagePTZ control panel.
Configure Fisheye Cameras
With hemispherical lenses, fisheye cameras generate images at up to 360-degree width,
which can cover all four corners of a room or both sides of a long aisle. As the original image
captured by wide-angle lens is much distorted, to suit most monitoring purposes, the
Dewarping process is required to alter the uneven lines and shapes before the images are
displayed. Nowadays, the fisheye cameras come in two types in terms of the
image-correction capability:
Fisheye Cameras with in-camera dewarping function
The dewarping takes place in camera before the video is output to the NVR server. Since
the image correction counts on the camera itself, the NVR server will not bear much extra
loading, which benefits the system requiring many of these fisheye cameras (e.g. ACTi
KCM-3911, KCM-7911)
Fisheye Cameras without dewarping function
These fisheye cameras output only original global images, relying on the software algorithm
processing provided by the NVR sever to correct the images. They are suitable for a system
with limited bandwidth, for the NVR server processes and responds to Users ePTZ
manipulation or demands for changing view modes immediately, without waiting for camera
side to deliver a new frame (e.g. ACTi E96).
The NVR 3 system makes it possible to integrate both kinds of fisheye cameras into your
system with the following advantages:
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Note
The preset points and tour set in the NVR server are independent from those you set on device. If
you have already defined certain preset points or tour on device, they will not be brought to NVR
system. On the other hand, the settings on the NVR server will not write to the devices.
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Full support for all types of dewarped video stream output from fisheye cameras with
in-camera dewarping capability.
NVRs software algorithm can perfectly corrects the original fisheye images, generating 6
specific fisheye view modes from Users usual perspective.
Based on users instant request for changing view mode or PTZ view point, NVR server will
process the original fisheye image and respond to the client individually. In this way, what a
client sees on Live View will not affect playback, recording, as well as another concurrent
connection.
The virtualized ePTZ manipulation also allows User to dynamically explore any region of
interest within the hemispheric view like operating a genuine PTZ device.
To make use of NVRs dewarping features for your fisheye cameras, please
1. Adjust Video Quality Settings
After the fisheye camera is successfully added, go to Setup pageDevices tab, select the
device and then Video tab, make sure you set the Stream Mode as FISHEYE for a
hemispheric camera ( KCM-3911, KCM-7911) .This is to make sure this hemispheric camera is
outputting fisheye original video stream as a mini fisheye dome camera does.
2. Adjust Fisheye Display Settings
Select your Mounting Type, and then Default Fisheye Mode. For a Fisheye Mode containing
panorama view, you may want to configure the Default Rotate X (width of view) and Default
Rotate Y (height of view) configurations.
You may adjust the dewarped area by clicking Image Calibration. In the edit mode, move or
resize the red ring to define the dewarped area, and then click Set to save the setting.
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Fisheye Mode Description PTZ Navigation
Original View
The very raw fisheye view
Digital PTZ
Dewarping
One large user-defined cropped area
ePTZ
Panorama
360-degree panorama view for ceiling mount
180-degree panorama view for wall mount
Digital PTZ
Double
Panorama
Two 180-degree panorama views
Digital PTZ
Panorama
/Focus
One panorama view
Two small user-defined cropped regions
ePTZ
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Quad
Four small user-defined cropped regions
ePTZ
3. After the configuration is done, remember to click Apply to save the settings.
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Schedule Recordings
Unlike the traditional analog surveillance system, the IP surveillance system provides a
target-oriented recording schedule for devices; the view of each device can be recorded based
on your required time segments and event types. For example, you may have a camera
installed on the office ceiling do continuous recording during work hours, and record only upon
the triggers (incidents that detected by system) at night. In this way, the system does not waste
disk space storing meaningless parts, and you save much effort browsing playback for specific
events.
For the devices recording schedule, the NVR 3 system supports Schedule recording and
Event recording modes, which are set up on a week-based timetable; the event-handling
schedule can also be configured on it. This section describes how to set up the recording
schedule for the IP cameras / video servers.
Configure the Recording File Properties
Before setting the recording schedule, you may define (1) where the recordings are stored, (2)
how long an event recording is and (3) how long a recording file will be kept in the system.
1. To set the saved recordings folder, go to Setup pageStorage tab, and make sure you
have assigned the disk drives to store recorded files. For related recording settings, please
refer to Storage Management on page 107.
2. To define how long an event recording is and the recordings lifecycle, go to Setup
pageSchedule tab, and select the device from Device List, and then a week schedule
will appear on the right. Configure the recording file related settings. The settings below
will make an event recording as long as 5+30 seconds, which will be kept on server for 30
days.
Attributes Explanation
Field Name Description
Pre-event Recording
Buffer (sec): The NVR server keeps a short cache of video received from the
devices. If an event is triggered, the NVR server will automatically
store the pre-event buffer along with the recording of the event itself.
Available choices are 0, 3, 5 seconds.
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Post-event Recording
Buffer (sec):
This will determine how long after the event is triggered should be
included in the event recording file. Available choices are 10, 30, 60,
120, 180, and 300 seconds.
Keep Recording Files
for (1-999 days):
The NVR server will keep recording file of specific device for the
number of days you set here. The default value is 30, and if you want
to modify it, please check the box to start configuring it. Available
value is among 1~999 days.
Specific Storage You can assign a dedicated storage disk for a camera. By enabling
this option and assigning a specific disk, the video footages will be
recorded only to this selected disk rather than those you select on
Setup page Storage tab. Please remember to configure the
storage-related settings for this specific disk on Setup page
Storage tab after you enable this option.
Set the Schedule
Here you can configure cameras recording schedule on 7 days / 24 hours basis. The schedule
is split into segments of 20-minute length. By default, once a device is added to the system, its
schedule is automatically set to full time schedule recording and event handling. You should
configure it according to your system plan.
Go to Setup-Schedule tab, on Schedule Setting panel:
1. Select the recording mode from Recording Mode Bar
Tip
How to make proper storage arrangement
In NVR 3.0 system, there are two file-deleting mechanisms you can use based on different
needs. If both rules are set, the one with the threshold to be reached earlier will execute the
deletion first.
1. Keep Recording Files for (1-999 days) Set this rule if you have the concern on
how long the recordings are kept, especially when you dont want the old recordings
to stay longer in the system than a certain period.
2. Reserve space in the Disk Drive List on Setup pageStorage tab - If the disk
space is more critical in your system, please give an approximate value here, the
system will always reserve this amount of space to store the newer recordings.
Given that you set the Reserve space as 30G, while Keeping Recording Files setting is 5
days, certain recording file will be deleted when it has been kept on disk for 5 days, despite
that there is still plenty of available disk space.
Before setting up the rules, you can make use of a handy storage calculator provided by
ACTi to find out the estimated storage your system requires on ACTi corporate website.
http://www.acti.com/project_planner
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: Continuously record that channel.
: Record a period of the detected motion event. Please make sure you
have configured the motion settings on Setup page Device tab beforehand.
: Event handling is activated.
(Please refer to How to Edit an Event Rule on page 96 for Event Rules settings)
: Clear the setting
+ : Continuous recording with event handling
+ : Event recording with event handling
2. Click and drag over the Time Track to set time period.
Use Time Setting Quick Buttons to Set the Time in One Click
Select the recording mode, and then click one of these buttons to apply the mostly-used time
settings.
Click to apply schedule for all day.
Click to apply the schedule from 06:00 to 18:00 every day with the settings for the rest
of the time track being cleared.
Time Track
Time Setting Quick Buttons
Recording Mode Bar
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Click to apply schedule from 18:00 to 06:00 every day with the settings for the rest of
the time track being cleared.
Click to clear all schedule setting in this device.
Lock Specific Days
Clicking the day of the week will lock/unlock that day from schedule setting. You can shield
schedule on a certain day from being changed by changes in other weekdays. You may easily
set just the weekdays or the same time over the same week this way. To do this:
1. Click the days to shield them.
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2. As you drag any settings over the time track, it will not apply to those shielded days.
Copy an Existing Schedule to Others
With plenty of devices in your system, it happens that you want to apply the same schedule to
multiple devices. After creating a schedule for one device, you can copy it to other cameras.
1. Go to Setup page Schedule tab, on Device List, select the device from which you
want to copy the schedule settings.
2. Click the Copy button.
3. On the popup window, select target devices to which you want to copy the schedule
settings.
4. Click the Apply button.
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To check the result, go to Schedule tab, and click All Devices on Device List.
View the Entire Recording Schedule
On Setup page Schedule tab, click All Devices on Device List, and an overview of all
devices schedules will be listed on the right.
The below list explains the status of different bar patterns:
How to Know if the Recording is Proceeding?
As the recording is taking place, you can observe the status on the All Device List. There will
be an icon appearing in front of the device. In Playback, you can drag the playback bar to
current time position to check the latest recording.
Pattern Recording Function Description
Schedule recording. During this period, the system will record continuously.
Event handling. During this period, the event rules you configured are active.
Schedule recording and Event handling are both active during this period.
Event recording. During this period, only detected events (e.g. Motion/PIR ) will
be recorded .
Event recording and Event handling are both active during this period
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Event Management
When something happens on the camera site, such as someone walks by, the door opens or
closes, a fire breaks out or the sun goes down these are all Events. Events which occur in
the environment or were preprogrammed in the camera may be used as Triggers. Triggers
cause the device to react with Responses. The link between trigger and response is governed
by Event Rules. Event rules become active or inactive based upon a weekly Schedule. Each
event rule detects one specific trigger and may initiate multiple responses. An example rule
would be for the NVR server to send emails to alert the supervisor (Response 1) and trigger
alarm (Response 2) when motion detection from camera is triggered (Trigger) during the
event handing active period (Schedule).
How Does NVR Handle Events
In NVR 3 system, each device can be involved in several event rules. As different device
models have different capabilities, the supported event trigger types would vary. For example,
a PIR built-in camera can execute a PIR-triggered event rule, while this option is not provided
for other models without this feature; similarly, the supported response types would vary by
device models, such like Go-to-Preset behavior can only be executed by PTZ devices. The
below chart shows the NVR server supported Trigger types and Response types. Once a
device is added to the NVR server, the server would create empty rules with compatible trigger
types for you to configure.
Trigger Type
Event Rule
Response Type
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How to Edit an Event Rule
1. Go to Setup page Event tab. All the editable event rules are listed in the device ID
order.
2. Select a device from the Device List on the left. Based on the trigger types this device
supports, the corresponding events rules are listed accordingly on the right. In this
example, this selected camera model supports three motion detection regions, and hence
three MD trigger event rules are available.
3. Highlight the rule you wish to edit. Click in the Event Name column to edit the event
name, and then double-click the Response column to edit the response action.
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You can enable multiple responses by first checking the boxes to enable the items:
Action Items Function Description
This kind of action will focus your attention
on the channel when triggered.
Pop-up:
Brings up event pop-up instant playback
window of selected channel upon trigger.
You may also define the display duration
of video on the window.
Hot-spot:
Displays video in Hot-Spot window (red
flashing frame) upon event. You may also
define display duration of video on the
Hot-spot window.
Switch View:
The current Live View will be switched to
another one for a while. To enable this
option, you will need to customize and
save Views on Live View screen first.
You may also define duration of the
temporary View. Only Public Views are
selectable for Switch View event rule.
Hot-spot and Switch View responses
cannot be executed at the same time.
Upon being triggered, specific camera
can make PTZ movements like going to
specific PTZ presets as responses. You
may set both the start / end point and the
duration. This action is only available
when you have set the preset points
for a PTZ device.
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Makes the NVR server play beep sound
or an audio file for a number of repetitions.
On NVR3 Workstation client computer,
you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file
as the alert sound, and set how many
times this audio file is played after the
event occurs. (This NVR server has to be
already saved on Server Site list; please
refer to G. Server Name/Server Sites List
on page 46 for how to save a server site).
Please note that Beep and Audio file
responses cannot be executed at the
same time.
Setup the DO to ON or OFF upon trigger,
only the devices supporting DO functions
can be the target devices.
Enable the NVR to execute a certain
command upon this event. You can use it
to integrate the NVRs event handling with
other programs. Enter the path of the
command to be executed upon event.
Enable the NVR to upload snapshots to a
FTP site upon this event. The default FTP
settings can be set in advance in Setup
page System tab Settings FTP
Settings. You may set another FTP
destination here for this single event.
Please also make sure the FTP server
setting is correct and the folder access
rights are properly configured.
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4. After configuring the actions, click Apply to save this response.
5. Go to Setup pageSchedule tab and set the Event Handling schedule for this device.
Event responses will only be triggered when the trigger time falls within either the Event
Handling recording or the Event Handling with Schedule recording period.
6. To check if this rule is successfully set, please make sure you have properly configured the
involved (1) trigging side settings like Motion Detection Regions or DI, and (2) response
side settings like PTZ Preset Points, SMTP Server and Email Recipients, FTP Server
or DO. Then set the Event Handling schedule for current time and trigger this rule.
Enable the NVR to send email
notifications via the SMTP server. The
default SMTP and senders email settings
can be set in advance in Setup page
System tab Settings Email& SMTP
Settings.
1. Type one or more recipients email
addresses in To column (if more than
one, please separate them by ;
symbol) or click the icon to select
recipients from existing the NVR User
list. The Email address should be set
in advance (in Setup page Users
tab Users) for an NVR User so that
it can be selected in this list.
2. Edit the email subject and content.
3. Choose to attach a snapshot or not.
If the event trigger type is Video
Recovery or Network Recovery, this
function is disabled.
Note
1. Sending email, Uploading snapshot to FTP and Executing command actions are
executed on the NVR server, not from the client computer.
2. There must be video stream from the device when the event happens for event
responses to work.
3. Internet Explorer browser may become unstable due to frequent pop-up instant
playback windows, please avoid setting the Pop-up action as the event rule for a
device which is too frequently triggered.
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Manage the Event Rules
Event List panel gives an overview on event rules set on the NVR server. Go to Setup page
Event tab select All Devices on the left. As the entire available rules of all devices are
listed here, you may want to sort out some of them from the long list.
View the Event Rules
To sort by Device name, Trigger type or Event Name, click the titles to list the entries in
ascending or descending alphabetic order.
To filter out the configured events, select from the All Triggers dropdown list; or filter by the
event type by selecting from the All Events dropdown list.
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Delete the Event Rules
On Event List, select the rules you wish to delete, and then click Delete to clear this rule.
How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules
The NVR 3 system supports email notification for Event Handling sent through an SMTP
server. You can specify the email and server settings here.
1. Go to Setup pageSystem tabSettings Email& SMTP Settings.
2. Fill in each of the following fields.
Field Name Description
Server Input the senders SMTP server address. Only alphabets, numbers, and the
symbols (.), (_), (-) are valid.
SMTP Port Set the SMTP port. The allowed value is from 1~65535, and default is 25.
Account Input the name of the SMTP server account. Only alphabets, numbers, and the
symbols (@), (.), (_), (-) are valid.
Password Input the password of the SMTP server account. Only alphabets and numbers
are valid.
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Security Certain webmail providers provide the SSL/TLS-encrypted SMTP connections
to secure your data when sending/receiving emails. Please check if the SMTP
connection settings you use (especially the SMTP Port) now require either SSL
or TLS to be enabled.
Sender Name Input the name or title of the sender. You may input a name different from the
account name.
Sender Mail Input the senders email address, and it should the same account you set for
SMTP server.
3. As all necessary information is filled in, click Send Test Mail to try sending an email
according to your settings, and then log in to your SMTP server to check incoming emails.
If the test email is sent successfully, the NVR server is ready to send out emails.
4. As the settings are confirmed, click Apply to save.
How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules
The NVR 3 system supports uploading snapshots to FTP servers for Event Handling.
You can specify the email and server settings here.
1. Go to Setup pageSystem tabSettings FTP Settings.
2. Fill in each of the following fields.
Field Name Description
Server Input the FTP server address. Only alphabets, numbers, and the symbols (.),
(_), (-) are valid
Port Set the FTP port. The allowed value is from 1~65535, and default is 21.
Account Input the name of the FTP server account. Only alphabets, numbers, and the
symbols (@), (.), (_), (-) are valid.
Password Input the password of the FTP server account. Only alphabets and numbers
are valid.
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Mode The FTP works in two very different manners, Active mode and Passive mode.
If your FTP server is behind the firewall or a NAT router, you have to use
Passive mode.
Remote Folder Input the upload path of the file.Default will be / to represent the root folder.
3. As all necessary information is filled in, click Test FTP Connection to test the connection.
If the NVR server pops up a Testing FTP connection was successful message, the
NVR server is ready to upload to this FTP server.
4. As the settings are confirmed, click Apply to save. The FTP settings here will be default
for every event rule.
System Log
The activities performed by logged-in users are recorded on the server as System Log. With
the access permission, a user may view, search and export this record for analysis or
investigation. This section will provide the instructions on how to read and search data in the
system log.
System Log is one of the resident buttons on top of the NVR server user interface, click
it to enter search window.
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Define Search Time
You need to first define the time of the logs you would like to search for. On Search Time bar,
define the date and time. Default is your current client time.
Choose Log Type
You may filter the logs by Type, User Account, and Device by selecting from the dropdown
list, and then click Search. By default, all types are selected.
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Read the Log
The search result will show 1000 records before and after your query time. You may click the
pagination buttons to navigate earlier or later records. If there is an icon on the right
top corner of an entry, click it to view the full description content.
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A log entry contains several kinds of information including Date Time, Type, User Account,
Device and Description. Check Type and Description fields to know what the user has done
or what happened to the whole system. Type field shows what major functions user engaged
in, and Description field narrates how the change was done (in green font color, uppercase)
and the result (in white font color).
The following user behaviors are recorded in the NVR server:
Type Description
User Operation Login, Logout, Manual Record,Trigger DO
Setup System Recording Configure, Storage System Setting
Setup Users User Add, Delete, Modify
User Groups Add, Delete, Modify
Setup Schedule Modify
Setup Event Modify
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System Status Server start up, disk is full, disk is not found, disk
is available
Request Log Time, source IP address,
/SYS/SystemMgmt/xxxxx, 200
Export the Log
Click Export button to export the log as .csv file. You can specify the time duration, type, user
account and engaged device of the logs, and click Apply.
Note
If the pagination button appears to be disabled, that means no more records found on the
NVR server. By default, the server will keep the logs for 30 days. If you wish to adjust the
period, please go to Setup page Storage tab, in Recording Settings section, key in the
value in this field:
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Storage Management
This section describes how to manage storage space in the NVR server. Please note that this
section only deals with the overall storage rules rather than the storage of individual channels.
Please note that as the NVR continuously writes and deletes file from the disk drive, using a
removable disk may risk losing the recordings when the device is removed while being
accessed.
Go to Setup pageStorage tab.
Change Recordings Folder Name
In Recording Settings section, you may change the name of video recordings folder. The
video files are saved in a folder named Recordings under hard drive root directory. You may
change the name here.
Set System Log Lifecycle
System Log is the record of user activities and events that take place on the server. In
Recording Settings section, you may set how long this record will be reserved on the server.
Default is 30 days.
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Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule
1. Disk Drive List displays the detected hard drives in the NVR server. You may select the
storage location of the recording files and set the deletion threshold. By default, the NVR
server will select C drive as storage location. It is strongly recommended that, for INR, you
select other hard drives as the storage disks rather than Drive C.
2. After selecting the disk drive, please set the deletion rule. There are two ways to delete
recordings, and when both are active, the NVR server will start to delete old files when any
of the criteria is met.
(1) Reserve the recordings for a number of days, and delete files older than this period by
1 GB at a time. Please go to Setup page Schedule tab to set it.
(2) Reserve the recordings until the disk is almost full, and then delete the earliest
recording files by 1 GB at a time. The NVR server will delete old files when available space
is lower than Reserve Space you set in Disk Drive List.
When setting the deletion rule, please input a number in Reserve Space which should be
smaller than your current Free Space.
3. When finishing settings, click Apply.
Item Description
Free Space (GB) Currently available space of the chosen disk drive.
Total Space (GB) The total volume of the chosen disk drive.
Reserve Space (GB)
This is the amount of space to be reserved for the whole system.
Once the free space is used up as to reach the limit of reserved
space, the system will delete the earliest recordings. The
Reserve Space should always be smaller than Free Space
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Manage User Groups/ Users
The User Groups/Users page allows you to (1) manage the access permissions of different
user groups, (2) add or delete users from user groups, (3) and assign users to specific user
group. This chapter will take you through these settings.
Access Permissions
In the NVR 3 system, the access permissions are managed by User Groups. User Groups
defines what functions and devices are allowed for each user. Different User Groups will have
different access rights in terms of permitted operations with each device like Live View,
Playback, and NVR server management operations like Device Setup, Schedule Setup,
Event Setup and System Setup. For example, an Administrator User is allowed for all the
operations in the NVR server, while a standard User may only be permitted to do Live View
and Playback with limited devices.
The chart below displays different employees as NVR Users and their access rights in this
system:
Overview
Go to Setup page Users tab. There are two sections to manage User Groups and Users
individually.
User Groups: To setup user groups and its permissions for the device and functionalities.
Users: To manage user accounts and configure user information.
ACTi NVR 3 system has integrated Microsoft Active Directory service to provide network
administrators with a more convenient choice for user management. Active Directory is a
directory service built in Microsoft Server products to manage user identities and privileges
Setup
Jeremy, Gate Guard
Gate Group (User)
Sam, Security Head
Security Group (User)
Monitor
Sean, Manager
Administrator Group
Playback
Playback
Monitor
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within the domain network. As the NVR server runs on the same domain where the Active
Directory server is, you can import a user account or a group from those concurrently existing
one in Active Directory into the NVR server. In this way, the user identification is processed by
Active Directory centrally; there is no need for the NVR administrator to maintain user
accounts as long as they are under management of Active Directory service.
User Groups
You can specify access permissions to each device for a whole user group. This user grouping
can save you significant amount of efforts if you have multiple users performing similar tasks
and acting as similar roles.
There are already two default user groups as described below.
Administrator: With full permissions in the NVR server.
User: With the permissions to watch all camera live view and playback.
You can create a new user group on the NVR server or import an existing group from the
active directory database within your domain.
1. Select , click Add and then choose the group type:
Add a new user group:
Insert ID, group Name and group Description, your input in the Name fieldwill be the
name of this user group. Click Apply to finish.
Import a domain group as a user group:
Choose an existing user group from your domain, and click Apply to finish.
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The domain users within that group will all be added to the NVR server at the same time. To
view the whole users within this group, please select and enable the
Show users in domain groups. The account information of these domain users, unlike
those user accounts you add one by one to the NVR server, are not editable on Users
page.
2. Assign NVR Permissions for the created group. This will define what functions this user
group is allowed to access. By default, a new user group will initially be allowed to access
only Live View page and Playback page without any permission to any device setting, so
you will have to assign the device permissions later.
3. Assign Device Permissions for the created group. This will define which devices this user
group is allowed to access. If this user group is allowed to access all newly-added devices,
check New Device Default and edit the permissions, and these default settings will be
applied to any device added in the future.
Live View page
Playback page
Setup page
Domain users added as a whole group.
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You may copy the Device Permissions Settings to other devices. Click Copy under
Device Permissions tab to bring up the target device menu, check the target devices, and
click Apply.
Click Apply on top to save the settings.
Add Users To create a user account with on NVR server, please follow the below steps. 1. Select , and click Add button.
2. Choose Customized User or Domain User for the User Type.
Customized User: an account created and managed on the NVR server only. You will
input an account name, its password and email address for this user.
Domain User: an account that already exists in Active Directory database within the
domain. Since this is an existing account in your domain, you will have to select this
account from Account dropdown list.
3. Insert user account, name, password, and the account e-mail (For Customized User).
4. Assign this newly registered user account to a specific user group.
5. After you click Apply, this new user will be added to the list on top.
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The NVR server provides a procedure to help users who have forgotten the password
retrieve the original information with the e-mail address authentication. It is strongly
recommended that you input an email address to which this user has the access when you
establish the user account. To update the e-mail address of an account, go to Setup page
Users tab edit Email of a selected user account; the users can also update the email
addresses themselves after logging in to the NVR server on Live View page
Update Profile.
Note
Account /Password Rules
1. Account and Password fields allow alphabets, numbers, and symbols except the
following: / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > "
2. In Account field, for alphabets, the input will be recognized as lowercase letters. Space
is only allowed between characters; the space in the beginning or at the end will be
deleted as it is saved.
3. The Password field is case-sensitive, and the space is allowed.
Note
Admin is the default user account and belongs to Administrator user group. Hence, the
user Admin and the group Administrator cannot be deleted; it possesses full permissions
to all devices and NVR settings.
Note
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Domain:
ACTi.com
Domain Users Management
As the NVR server is logged in to a domain Active Directory, it can import a user account from
Active Directory.
This type of user account is Domain User. Upon being added to the NVR server, the user
properties stored on Active Directory database including (1) account name and (2) email
address will be imported to the NVR server.
Whenever a domain user client tries to log in to the NVR server, the NVR server will first verify
if this account exists in the NVR server database, and then have Active Directory verify the
user account and password.
As Active Directory owns the privilege to create, edit and delete domain users, the Domain
Users account and password are not editable through the NVR user interface but via
Active Directory Administrative Tool.
Active
Directory
Domain
Controller
ACTi NVR 3.0 Server
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Customize Views
After all devices are configured, you may start customizing the views for different users and
purposes. This chapter will teach you how to add video sources, arrange the channels and
manage live view layouts.
In the NVR 3 system, a View refers to the layout where the live images of Cameras or Maps
are placed in the proper positions to suit the monitoring purpose. This is very similar to a
camera group, which often consists of cameras in the same physical location. For example, a
View named 11F Emap & Camera may contain the 11F floor plan and the cameras actually
installed on 11F.
On NVR Live View, a saved View remembers (1) layout style, (2) which channel to display
which camera, and (3) the fisheye view mode (for fisheye cameras only).
Live View interface overview
1. Layout Selection Bar: There are 24 options for layout styles.
2. View Toolbar: Choose the function keys for editing the layout.
3. Channels: Each channel window may display a camera view or a map. In edit mode, you
can adjust the channel size at will.
4. View List: All the saved Views are shown here. On Live View, you can go to
View Manager to group and manage these views (refer to Manage the Views on page
123).
5. Device List: In edit mode, drag the camera from here to your desired channel.
View List
Device List Map Camera
View
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Step 1: Create a New View
On View Toolbar, click the Create View button , input the View Name, add a New
Group for this View and decide whether this group is to be Public or Private, and then click
Apply. The views under Private View Group are only available to the user who creates
them, while the views under Public View Group are open to every user.
Step 2: Enter Edit Mode
On View Toolbar, click the Edit View button , and this view will turn into edit mode. In
edit mode, you may add a video source to a channel, and adjust the channel size.
Step 3: Select a Layout
On Layout Selection Bar, click the Expand button for all provided layout styles. Select a
layout that is perfect for your required channel number and ideal arrangement.
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Step 4: Add Video Source
In edit mode, move the mouse over the channel
and click . You may also directly pull a
camera from the Device panel to your desired
channel.
Remove the camera view: right-click on the channel and select Remove.
Step 5: Add a Map
By adding a map, you put a picture on the channel, where you may place camera icons to
make it an e-Map.
In edit mode, move the mouse over the channel
and click to upload a map. Please input the
Map Name, select the image location (file format
must be JPG) and click Apply.
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Map brightness:
To change the map brightness, right-click on the map, select
Map Mask and choose the brightness percentage level.
Map size:
By default, the map will be displayed
in its original size. Use the buttons on
upper left to adjust the map size.
Fit image to channel height
Zoom out
Original image size
Zoom in
Edit map title:
The map title will be shown on channel title bar. In edit mode, right-click on a map channel and
select Edit Map Information
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Remove the whole map:
Right-click on the map and select Remove.
Manage maps:
All the uploaded images are managed under Map Image Manager. On Live View screen, you
may go to Map Image Manager to view, upload or delete the maps.
Step 6: Add Devices to the Map
Pull a device from Device List to the map.
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Step 7: Adjust the Channel Size & Layout
Adjust the channel size:
Click on lower right corner of the channel window, drag and then release.
To remove this device from map, Click .
To move this device, left-click on the device icon
and drag.
To turn the pointed direction, mouse over the
viewing angle area, and left-click on the clockwise
arrow to turn the direction.
To adjust precise pointed
direction, right-click on the device
icon, and select Pointed
Direction.
To adjust devices viewing angle,
right-click on the device icon, and
select Vision Angle.
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Switch channel windows:
Click on a channel title until the cross arrow
appears, and hold it to drag this device or map to your
desired channel.
Step 8: Save the View
Click on View Toolbar to save it.
Step 9: Set Default View
To set a View as default, select it in the View List panel and then click on View Toolbar.
By the next time you log in, you will directly enter this View.
Step 10: Set Default Hotspot Channel (Optional)
By system default, the global hotspot channel will always be the top left one. You can set any
other channel on your live view screen to be the default hotspot channel. Right-click on the
channel and select Default Hotspot , and then click on View
Toolbar to save it.
Step 11: Set Fisheye Camera Mode
Define a view for a fisheye camera channel by selecting its mode and using ePTZ control.
Please note that the maximum number of fisheye channels on the same View is 16.
1. On this channel, right-click to bring up channel menu, click Fisheye Mode and select
one mode.
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2. After the fisheye mode is selected, click the entire channel or a region of interest.
Use PTZ Panel controls to operate PTZ movements:
Click the mouse anywhere on the view to pan/tilt, and scroll the mouse wheel to zoom
in/out.
To reset the ePTZ navigation area back to default viewing angle, right-click to bring up
channel menu, and then click Reset.
3. click on View Toolbar to save the configuration.
Zoom in
Zoom out
Pan/Tilt
8 directional buttons
Zoom in / Zoom out
ePTZ Controls on PTZ Panel
Note
Once a channel is changed to any of the following fisheye modes, Dewarping, Panorama,
Double Panorama, Panorama/Focus or Quad, the resolution of this live stream will become
1920x1080, while the NVR server still records the live stream at the resolution you set on Setup
page.
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Manage the Views
Each View belongs to a specific View Group. With the group management, the NVR 3 system
makes it easy to deal with Views you create for multiple users.
After you create and save the Views on Live View screen, click View Manager.
1. Click on the right arrow icon in front of a group folder to reveal its Views.
2. By selecting a View, you may directly modify its name in Name field.
3. You may change a groups Group Type. Upon the change, for example, by changing a
group from Private to Public, all the views belonging to it will be open to every user.
4. Click this icon to add a new group.
5. Click this icon to delete a selected group.
6. Click this icon to copy a selected group to another group.
7. Click this icon to move a selected group to another group.
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Set View Link
By creating a link button on a map view, you can directly be linked to another specific view by
clicking the button. On the picture below shows how to create a link button to 7F View on
11F View.
1. Select a View, on which you will place a link button to another view.
2. Click on View Toolbar to enter edit mode.
3. From View List, drag the target View to current View, and a link button will appear.
4. Click on View Toolbar to save it.
Set View Patrol
You may have the saved Views patrol in turns. In this way, the views in different area in your
site may cycle through themselves automatically.
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On View Toolbar, click and select Create Patrol.
1. Input the Patrol Name
2. Select the Patrol Type to be either available for all users or to the creators account only.
3. Define the Global Dwell Time between the views. If you want to set different dwell time
length for individual Views, do not check this option, and configure them separately in the
table below.
4. Choose the Views to display in patrol. If you select the All Device group, you will also
need to select All Device Layout Style for it.
5. Click Apply to save the settings.
6. The saved patrols will be shown on the patrol list
after you click on View Toolbar. You may delete
and edit a saved patrol or select it to start patrolling.
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Tips to Enhance Live View Performance
Live view for multiple channels requires sufficient computing power to run the performance.
In certain extreme cases, like when viewing several megapixel H.264 video streams at the
same time, the client computer will be overloaded and hence affect browsers performance.
This is a common limitation imposed upon all Windows based video management programs
and web browser.
To enhance live view performance, below are several tips you may try.
1. Use dual stream mode for those devices supporting this function. Enable the dual stream
mode and use the stream of lower resolution/frame rate/bit rate for live view, and
megapixel resolution stream for recording.
2. Use another browser client to share these high-resolution channels. Given that there are
32 megapixel channels to be monitored, and you may have Layout 1 to display channel 1
to 16, Layout 2 to display channel 17 to 32. You can open one browser client to show
Layout 1 and the second browser on an extended monitor to show Layout 2.
3. Have NVR automatically decode only I frame for live view stream when system loading is
high. Go to Setup page System tab Settings Display Performance Settings for
the settings. You may choose to enable the Decode I frame function under either or both
of the conditions that the current layout is displaying channels above certain number, or
the CPU usage is above certain percentage. When either of these two situations happens,
the frame rate of all live streams will be declined. This setting will be applied to the live
display of all connected clients except for the client on INR.
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4. A Workstation client computercan have its own specific display configuration without
being affected by the NVR universal setting.Log in as NVR3 Workstation client, go to
Setup page System tab Workstation and configure the Display Performance
Setting.
Note
By default, on INR-410/420, when the number of layout on Live View exceeds four
channels, all the channels will automatically turn into Decode-I mode. For smooth
video quality, please remember to go to Setup page System tab Workstation
and configure the Display Performance Setting.
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Customize System Language
The NVR server supports multiple languages for user interface display. There are already 10
translated language files in the server system. Each language is open to customization based
on your own needs. This section will describe how to choose or customize language strings for
your site.
System Languages List
You may decide which languages to be selectable on Login screen. The chosen languages will
appear on the Language dropdown list.
Go to Setup page Language tab, and click Active Languages. On popup window, check
the languages you need, and click Apply. By default, all languages are selected, as the
default system language, English and Traditional Chinese are not removable from this list.
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Edit User Interface Wordings
Each language file contains four editable string tables. Each table displays the default
wordings in English and the translation in target language.
To view each table:
1. Select the language from Select Language dropdown list, and then select a table from
the Language List on the left column.
2. Your target language will be displayed on the right column, while the default system
language English appears on the left for reference. Click in any field on right column to
customize your desired wordings, and click Apply to overwrite the current wordings.
The new string will be applied by next time you log in. If you log in as an NVR3 Workstation
client, please press button on Login page to synchronize with the latest modified
language file, and then log in to the system.
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Export / Import Language String File
You may also click Export to export the language file as .xml format to edit in Notepad, or
Import to importa language file to use in the system.
In general, it is suggested that you always save a modified language table with a different file
name in a location other than default system language folder C:\Program Files\ACTi
Corporation\NVR3\Language, and then import it to use. In this way, you can avoid overwriting
the original language file.
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Display Configurations
You can change the user interface style by arranging the main screen and Panel/Device List
on the right or left. Go to Setup pageSystem tabSettings. In User Interface Style section,
select the setting style and click Apply. The change will be applied upon your next login.
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Video & Snapshot Export Configurations
The snapshots taken by users on Live View and all exported video files are saved to a default
file location, and you may configure the destination on the NVR server. Go to Setup
pageSystem tabSettings. In Export Video Settings section, click Browse to choose
the Export file path.
You may also want to define what information to be printed on each snapshot by checking the
items Date and time, Device ID and Device Name.
These configurations will take place after you click Apply.
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Joystick
On the NVR server, other than user interface PTZ panel and mouse operation, you may also
control the PTZ movements by physical controllers. The NVR server supports two types of
controllers, both of which feature in a joystick with twelve buttons for users to assign specific
actions.
Model: IP Desktop
Manufacturer: CH Products
Model: Extreme 3D Pro
Manufacturer: Logitech
Joystick Configurations
1. Log out from the NVR server.
2. Connect the controller device to the NVR server. To make sure the device is installed
properly, open Windows Start menu and enter Devices and Printers tocheck the
status.
3. Log in to NVR server, go to Setup page System tab, enter Controller section and
select your product.
4. You may assign specific commands from dropdown list to buttons 1~12 of the controller.
When the setting is done, click Apply. The modification you did on one controller model
will be applied to the other joystick model as well.
5. To validate its function, go to Live View page and focus on a PTZ device channel to
operate the supported PTZ operations.
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NVR System Upgrade
When a newer version of the NVR system software for INR-410/420/430 is released on ACTi
website, you can download and install it directly to upgrade your NVR system. To download
the latest version, please go to http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter to see if there is any newly
released version of the NVR system. The upgrade process is as easy as 1-2-3 by following the
installation wizards instructions. The server would start its service right after installation
completes, without the need to restart the server computer.
Install the Software
1. Execute the install shield application .
2. Follow the onscreen instructions of Install Shield Wizard, and accept the license
agreement and proceed.
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When selecting Setup Type, the defaultComplete will have the program installed
on default C drive,you may select Custom to choose another program location.
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3. The IP Port Checker will pop up to confirm the NVR port number with you. The
installation program will use 80 as default. You may enter another available port
number in Listen Port field and click Apply.
You may just click Apply if you are not sure whether this port has been taken or not.
If the port is being used by another service, you will be asked to input another
available port number.
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4. As the server port is confirmed, the installation process is done, click Finish.
5. After the installation completes, connect to http://localhost:port number with Internet
Explorer browser, you will see NVR Login page.
Note
If IIS Web Server has been installed on the computer and you are asked to restart the
computer during installation process, please
1. Choose to restart right away.
2. After the computer reboots, this install shield will continue to complete the
installation.
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Workstation Installation and Upgrade
NVR3 Workstation program is wrapped together with the NVR system software in a zip file.
When you upgrade the NVR system to a new version, please also upgrade NVR3
Workstation to the same version as the NVR system.
Install or Upgrade the Software
1. Execute the install shield application .
2. Follow the onscreen instructions of Install Shield Wizard, accept the license
agreement and proceed.
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3. Double-click the shortcut on desktop to execute the application.
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Back Up System Data
Making regular system backups is always recommended in case of unexpected disasters or
accidents that may damage the NVR server. Other than this, you may need to perform an
on-demand backing up to migrate the whole NVR server data to another one. There are
several types of data on the NVR server essential to your surveillance system, and please
consider your purpose and follow the below instructions to create their backups:
Regular Backup (system settings only)
The NVR server can create a backup file of the whole system settings within one click. The
backed up settings include the following properties you set for system: (1) Users (2) Device (3)
Storage (4) Schedule (5) Event (6) System Settings / User Interface Style / Joystick,
and (7)the saved Views in Live View page.
Complete Backup (system settings + video files)
Besides system settings, some organizations may want to back up the video recording
occasionally in case that the recording hard drives may fail. The recording files ( *.raw) can
only be played on the playback utility Archive Player. You may download it from
http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter
Step 1: Back up System Settings
1. Go to Setup pageSystem tab Backup / Restore.
2. In Backup section, click Browse to select the destination for the backup file, and the file
will be saved as Backup_YYYYMMDD.xml file. Then click Backup to export the file.
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Step 2: Back up Recording Files Folder (Optional)
Back up the whole Recordings folder(s) with the recorded video files on storage hard drive(s).
If you selected multiple storage hard drives via Setup page Storage tab Disk Drive
List, the server may have generated one Recordings folder under each selected drive. If you
have renamed the folders or change the locations, please make sure you find the correct path.
Step 3: Back up Recording Files Index Folder (Optional)
This step is necessary for the NVR 3 system migration between two servers. The recording
files index folder contains important video index data that the NVR server needs to process
recorded video clips. Enter the server program folder ACTi Corporation\NVR3\DataSource,
and back up the DataBase folder (where stores the recording files index data).
Step 4: System Log (Optional)
The system log records the operations users perform during logging in to the NVR server. You
may export the system log of latest three days as *.csv file as backup. Please refer to
Export the Log on page 106 for instructions.
2. The license data is not included in the system backup file. You have to preserve the
license key information provided in email or printed card after the purchase takes place.
Important Notice
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Restore System Data
Before starting restoring the system, make sure you already have the backup file (.xml).
Please follow the below steps to restore the configuration.
1. Go to Setup pageSystem tab Backup / Restore.
2. In Restore section, click Browse to select the backup file, and then click Restore to
start restoring the settings.
3. The restoring process requires logging out of the NVR server. After restoring is done, you
may log in using your previous user account properties.
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Advanced Administrative Tasks
To assist the NVR administrator in monitoring the server status and basic troubleshooting, the
NVR3 Administrator Tool is installed along with NVR server program. This tool will start
running as the server starts up, and resides in the system tray. You may double-click the icon
to open this tool.
NVR Server Status
You may observe the NVR services status on Service tab.
Change Server Port
On Settings tab, input a new port and then click Apply.
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Change Authentication Method
You may enable the Digest authentication other than the basic way. With this method, Users
credentials are encrypted using MD5 algorithm. In this way, the protection is more secure to
prevent from unauthorized access.
Please also note that, with Digest authentication method enabled, a mobile client user or a
domain user will be blocked from the NVR system.
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Switch to Redundancy Server
An NVR server can serve as a redundancy server for other NVR server. ACTis Redundancy
Server records all surveillance videos directly from camera devices, logs and performs actions
for real-time event notifications on behalf of the NVR server during system downtime.
Authorized users may also access the Redundancy Server when it is in use for live-monitoring
or playback options. After the NVR server becomes available, the Redundancy Server will
then automatically synchronize all recorded video and events back to the NVR server.
Before you start,
1. Prepare a specific computer to be dedicated to carrying out the redundancy tasks.
2. Purchase the redundancy server license from ACTi sales representative. One
redundancy server computer will require one license, which can serve maximum
sixteen (16) NVR servers.
3. If your are going to install the redundancy server on a computer, go to
http://www.acti.com/DownloadCenter to download and install NVR server program on
the computer.
You can also switch your INR to a redundancy server. However, by applying this change, the
original settings and recordings of this server will all be overwritten.
License Registration
With a successful purchase, you will receive a license key for registration
1. Enter Administrative Tool interface by clicking the icon on Windows taskbar.
2. On Settings page, select Redundancy Server. You can switch the server mode
back to NVR Server here.
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3. The other relevant settings pages will then appear. Enter License to start registering.
If this server has access to Internet, please select Online Registration or you can
perform Offline Registration by obtaining an activation file from
http://www.acti.com/support/LicenseMgt beforehand. Fill in the required fields and
click Register.
4.
5.
Important Notice
If you are trying to switch an NVR server which has been operating for a while to a Redundancy
server, please be aware that, by doing so, the original NVR relevant settings and recordings
saved previously will ALL be erased.
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After the registration, the license information will appear on this page.
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Set up Redundancy Server
1. Go to the Storage page to set up the storage space configuration
2. Go to Target page to edit the list of the target NVR servers. Click Add and fill in the
connection properties of the NVR server and click Apply.
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3. After you click Yes to confirm this configuration, this NVR will immediate turn into an
redundancy server on a first-come-first-served basis. By entering Service page, you
can observe the service status.
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