PC NVR Professional Software

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1 PC NVR Professional Software Free Bundle Rev Thanks for adapting our product. Before install the software, please read the instructions carefully and keep this manual for future reference. i

2 Table of Contents 1. SYSTEM PLATFORM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INSTALL & UNINSTALL SETUP UNINSTALL OPERATING RUN THE SOFTWARE SOFTWARE OPERATING DEVICE MANAGER SCREEN GROUP MANAGER PLAY BACK SYSTEM SCROLLING EVENT MANAGER HD MANAGER MAP MANAGER USER MANAGER LOGOUT i

3 1. System Platform This NVR software only support Windows XP Professional 32bit & Windows 7 Professional 32/64bit operating system and above, other OS (Windows 98/Me/Vista/2000/NT/Server2003) and lower versions (WIN XP or WIN7 Starter/Home/Home Premium) are not supported. 1.1 System Requirements Minimum System Requirements Recommend System Requirements CPU Intel Core i3 540 or higher Intel Core i7 Quad core or higher RAM 2GB RAM or higher 4GB RAM or higher Graphics Card ATI HD 2xxx Series(PCI-E) NV GeForce 5xxx Series(PCI-E) ATI HD 4xxx Series(PCI-E) NV GeForce GT/GTX Series(PCI-E) M/B Intel P/H55 Chipset or above Intel P/H55 Chipset or above HDD 250GB or above 1TB or above OS Windows XP Pro/32bit Windows 7 Pro/32bit 1

4 2. INSTALL & UNINSTALL 2.1 Setup When you get the NVR software, it can be a compressed RAR file from download or an EXE file from CD/Flash memory. (Note: The demonstration platform of the following screens is in Windows 7 Pro 64 bit English.) 1. Decompress from RAR Use WinRAR or any RAR format compatible decompress software to unpack the setup file. After decompressed, you can see the EXE setup file. Please turn off your all other software (i.e. firewall and anti-virus) before you run the installation. 2

5 2. Install Double click the EXE setup file. Again, please turn off your all other software (i.e. firewall and anti-virus) before you run the installation. Click "Yes" to continue the setup. Click "Next" to continue the setup. Select folder to install the NVR software, and click "Install" to continue the setup. 3

6 The installation process will takes some minutes. You may click "Show details" to see the processing items. To using some advanced controls, it needs some plug-ins. The software will install them too. After few minutes, the whole process is finished. Please select "Reboot now" and click "Finish" to reboot the system. After reboot, you can see the software "NVR_Pro" insides the programs. 4

7 2.2 Uninstall If there is any new version comes up, you may need to uninstall old version from your system. The following steps are the process for NVR software uninstall. Please turn off your all software (including NVR) before you do the un-installation. Go "Control Panel", then you can see the "Programs" and click "Uninstall a program". Some "Control Panel" looks like this. Please click "Uninstall a program". 5

8 Please find out the NVR software " NVR Pro", and click "Uninstall/Change". You may also use the "Uninstall" from the programs. Please click "Yes" to continue the uninstall. The system will uninstall the plug-ins. 6

9 The uninstall process will takes some minutes. You may click "Show details" to see more information. After all of the process finished. The NVR software "NVR_Pro" is no longer in the programs. You may install the new version if needed. 7

10 3. OPERATING 3.1 Run the software Run "NVR_Pro" from the programs. You may also click the "NVR_Pro" icon from the desktop. Type in login account and password under this textbox. You may change the account name and password in "User Manager" after login. The default value is: User Name: admin Password:

11 3.2 Software Operating Window Size Indicator & Quick Buttons Camera Screen Time & Date Setting Menu Screen Group HD Space Screen Matrix Language Start-up operating screen will be as this, it is called "Main Screen". No matter your log-in identity is an ordinary users or an administrator. If this software was newly installed or no camera connected, the screen will not like the above. 1. Setting Menu Play Back System Device Manager Screen Group Manager Scrolling Event Manager HD Manager Map Manager User Manager Logout Play Back the recorded video file. Add/Modify/Delete the connected cameras Add/Modify/Delete the camera groups Scrolling the arrangement of the screen matrix. Read/Release/Search the alert events. Backup/Restore/Save Paths of the system HDD. Add/Modify/Delete the maps of the NVR system. User authority and identification management. Log out the NVR system. 2. Window Size Minimize Restore/Maximize Close 9

12 3. Screen Matrix To select the size of camera screen matrix. It provides six types of matrix: 1x1 / 2x2 / 3x3 / 4x4 / 5x5 / 6x6 / 1+5 / 2+8 / 1+16 / The maximum screen number is 36, that is 6x6. 4. Language To select the operating interface language of the NVR software. It provides four languages: Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / Japanese / English. 5. Time & Date Displaying the current time and date of this system. 6. Screen Group The list of screen groups. 7. Indicator & Quick Buttons Camera in Recording (OFF / ON) / OSD (On Screen Display) PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) Snapshot Full Screen Indicates the recording is ON or OFF. Show the OSD information of camera. Adjust the setting of PTZ functions. Take a snapshot picture of displaying screen. Show full screen of displaying screen. 8. HDD Space The available HDD (hard disk drives) storage space and expected recording days of this PC system. 10

13 3.3 Device Manager Device Manager is the tool for camera management. If this is the first time to use this software in this PC system, you have no any file to playback. So, you have to setting up a new camera and recording some videos for playback later. You can add a new camera to the system as following steps. 1. In "Setting Menu", Click the "Device Manager", then you can see the Device Manager Window. Click "Add" to add a new camera. If you already have any camera in this system and want to change some settings, just click "Modify". Or, click "Delete" if you want to remove it. 2. In the "Add IP Camera Data", select the correct camera module (model) of your new one. You may also use the "Select Finder" and click the "Search" to searching new one for you. 11

14 3. After new model selected, click "Next" to setting the details of this new camera. Setting screen is as below. The "Detail Data" setting page is for camera IP address and so on. The "Location" is the location (site) name of this new camera. (You may type "Camera01" to represent camera 01) The "IP" is the IP address of this new camera. The "Port" is for internet protocol port, typical value is "80". The "Account" is the camera setting account name. And, the "Password" is the camera setting password. The "Priority Administration" is to set user authority of this camera. 4. Setting page of "Video Detail" is for camera video and so on. The "CODEC" is compression CODEC of this new camera. Typically, H.264/MPEG-4/M-JPEG are the available CODECs for selection. The "Screen Size" is the video screen size of this new camera. The "Quality" is the video quality of this new camera. You may adjust the "Saturation/Contrast/Brightness/Hue" to modify the visual results. And, the "Main Video Port" is the main video stream "Transfer Type" (transmission protocol) of this camera. Enable the "Multi Streaming Setting" can set sub-video setting and its stream transmission protocol. Video Resolution and Bit Rate for Reference: H.264 theoretical calculations (30fps) Resolution Size Bit Rate CIF 352x Kbps 4CIF 704x Kbps D1 720x Kbps 720p 1280x720 1,356Kbps 1080p 1920x1080 3,051Kbps 12

15 5. Setting page of "Motion Setting" is for camera motion detection. Enable the "Enable Motion" can make this camera record video by motion detection. After enabled, you may set the "Sensitivity" (motion sensitivity) level of this camera. 6. Setting page of "Record Mode" is for video record mode and scheduling of this camera. Enable the "Motion Recording" and/or "Event Recording" can make this camera record video by motion and/or event. After enabled, you may set the "Pre-record" (record the video before the alert) and "Post-record" (record the video after the alert) time period level this camera. 7. For the "Schedule Record", there are three mode of this setting: "Watch Only"(No recording), "Always Record"(Keep recording), and "Schedule Record"(By schedule). Select to the "Schedule Record" can make this camera record video by your schedule. After selected, you may set the "Schedule Setting" (record the video in weekly schedule) and the "Record Length" (the time period for each record interval, it means how long of the time for each video file) of this camera. Because of the system stability, it is only allowed for 1/2/3/4/5 minutes in Record Length. 13

16 8. After the IP camera setting finished. Please click "Save" to apply all of the settings. Then, the confirm dialog box will pop-up. Just click "Yes" to apply all of the settings. 9. Please close the "Device Manager" window to go back to the Main Screen. If you need to add another camera, please do these procedures again. 14

17 3.4 Screen Group Manager Screen Group Manager is the tool for camera screen groups management. For the first time to use this software, you have no any group to watch. So, you have to setting up a new screen group to organize the installed cameras. You can add a new screen group as following steps. 1. In "Setting Menu", Click the "Screen Group Manager", then you can see the Screen Group Manager Window. Click "Add" to add a new group. If you already have any group in this system and want to change some settings, just click "Modify". Or, click "Delete" if you want to remove it. 2. In the Screen Group setting window, you can choose the cameras that already installed and connected to PC system. And give it a name in "Group Name" for this screen group. (for example: Office) You can also use the "Default Screen Mode" to set the default screen matrix size (i.e. 3x3) while you switch to this group. 15

18 3. After the screen group setting finished. Please click "Save" to apply all of the settings. Then, the confirm dialog box will pop-up. Just click "Yes" to apply all of the settings. 4. You can see the "Screen Group Manager" window has this new group in the list. (The name called "Office") 5. If you have any new camera to add into this group. The setting window will looks like this. 6. After the screen group modification finished. Please click "Save" to apply all of the settings. Then, the confirm dialog box will pop-up. Just click "Yes" to apply all of the settings. 16

19 7. Please close the "Screen Group Manager" window to go back to the Main Screen. You can see the cameras list of the screen group now. 17

20 3.5 Play Back System Play Back System is the video player for recorded video files. For the first time to use this software, you have no any group to watch. If this is the first time to use this software in this PC system, you have no any file to playback. So, you have to setting up a new camera and a screen group to record some video clips. 1. Select the camera channel Before you get into the player, the system will ask you to select the camera channel that you want to play back. The screen is as below. Note: For your system stability, please do no select too many (more than 4) camera channels. 18

21 2. Player Window After the playback channel selected, you can see the player window. Window Size Camera Name & Play Back Status Video Screen Control Bar 3. Control Bar The function buttons of the control bar are: Close Playback System Close the playback system. Select and Open Synchronization Save Video File Time Bar Jump to pre-video file Skip Back Rewind Video Stop Video Pause Video Play Video Step-by-step Skip Forward Jump to next file Snapshot Date & Time Select and Open the video file to playback. Enable/Disable the playback synchronization (Not available in this version) Indicate the time now of total file. Jump to previous segment of the video. Skip the backward playing. Rewind the video playing. Stop the video playing. Pause the video playing. Play the video. Step forward the video playing. Skip the forward playing. Jump to next segment of the video. Take a snapshot picture of playing screen. The date and time of playing video. 19

22 4. Play Back Time Slot After click the "Open" button, the "Play Back Time Slot" window will pop-up. You may select by date and time of the recorded video file that already in your PC system. Whenever the video date and time was selected, click "OK/YES" to playback it. 20

23 3.6 Scrolling Scrolling is to arrange the screen matrix of displaying cameras. Just click "Scrolling", then you can see the arrangement of screen matrix will go different. Please switch the arrangements as you like. The example below are some screens (not the whole screens) of the arrangements of one 4x4 screen matrix. Screen 1 Screen 2 Screen 4 Screen

24 3.7 Event Manager Event Manager is for reading, releasing, and searching the alert events of this system. Just click "Event Manager", then you can see the Alert Report System Window. There are some pages of it, including "Occur Alert List", "Released Alert List", and "History Alert List". 1. Occur Alert List 2. Released Alert List 3. History Alert List 22

25 3.8 HD Manager HD Manger is to handling the system setting backup / restore, and the save paths of HD (hard drives or hard disc). Just click "HD Manager", then you can see the Storage Manager Window. The "Input System Setting" button is for importing the system setting file to restore your previous system environment. The "Output System Setting" button is for exporting the system settings to backup your system environment now. The "Save Path List" is to showing all the folders for saving your recording files. You may add another folder, or delete the folders you do not need. And, there are two recording modes to select: "Continuous Recording" and "Cycling Recording". Continuous mode is recording file to all of your system hard drives. If the free space is full, it will not record any new file. For cycling recording, it will delete the oldest file which in your system hard drives and replaced with newest one. Note: The default C:\XXXXX and D:\XXXXX folders are made by the NVR software. If you are not very sure about the system folders and HD settings, please do not delete them in any case. Otherwise, your recorded video files will be disappeared!!! Besides the folder paths, the folder name of these can ONLY use numbers and English alphabetic. NO any other non-english character (i.e. Chinese character) is allowed to be the folder name. When you backup and restore your system settings. The pop-up windows are as below. Default file name for this NVR system is "NVR_DB.ndb". 23

26 3.9 Map Manager Map Manger is for showing the system setting in your geographic areas. Just click "Map Manager", then you can see the Map Manager Window. The default map is a world map. You can add the sub-map location as you like. The following steps are the example for add the sub-map and camera location. You may prepare your own map, such as floor plan of your office. 1. Move your mouse to one location and click the right-button. Select "Add a sub-map at this location" to add a sub-map. 24

27 2. In the "Add Map System" window, select the map picture that you prepared. Please give it a "Map Name" (for example: Office) and click "Add". 3. Just like general windows user interface, go the folder and find out the picture for sub-map. 4. Then, you can see the sub-map picture. If this is what you want, please click "Next". 25

28 5. In the left-side, you can see the name of sub-map. For now, just move your mouse to one location and click the right-button. Select "Add a camera at this location" to add a camera location on this sub-map. 6. In the "Add the site of IP Camera for map" window, select the camera that already connected on this NVR system. 7. As you see, the camera at this location was shown on the sub-map. Camera-01 26

29 8. If you want to watch the video of this camera, just move your mouse to it and click the right-button. Select "Show the image from the camera" to show the video of this camera at the location. After this, the video screen of the camera will come up. 9. If you want to delete this camera location, just move your mouse to it and click the right-button. Select "Delete the connection of the camera" to remove this camera location from the sub-map. Please click "Yes" to confirm it in the coming window. 27

30 3.10 User Manager User Manger is for user authority and identification management. Just click "User Manager", then you can see the NVR User Management System Window. There are two pages for user authority and identification setting. You may use "User Management" and "Assign Data Management" to setting the authority and manage the identification of users. In the "User Management", you may manage the user identification. For change account name and password, just type in new name and password then save it. Please write your new account name and password down before you change. You can also add new user and define its authority. Note: If you have only one user account in this system, and you forget account name and password for login. The ONLY way to solve it is re-install this software again!! 28

31 In the "Assign Data Management", the default authority setting of "Administrator" is as below. In the "Assign Data Management", you may add new level of user (i.e. Guard). 29

32 3.11 Logout Logout button is for log-out this NVR system, or want to log-in with different identification. Just click the "Logout", then you can see the NVR system has log-out. And, you can log-in to NVR are system when you need. 30