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1. Camera ID Protocol ACM8511 Camera IF A1D 220 V3 12 04 AC Http Port Camera amera oo User Name Camera i M di t IP PTZ Camera Fassword oder Production peme Connection Type ID ACM8510 Series NVR IP Connection Timeout NVR User Name osp Pocit Upper left NVR Password osion Camera Groups NVR Streaming Port M No Group NVR Control Port Get Device Setti 5 Click Apply to save settings to NVR and finish manually adding this camera 30 ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Add or configure cameras via Copy setting A third way is to utilize the Copy Setting function to add device to the NVR 1 Go to Active Setup gt Camera Setup gt Camera You must first select one camera from the camera tree to copy settings from fn Camera Tree WediaSource Camera 1 Entrance 1 Media Source Information i a 2 Entrance 2 Gi 3 Entrance 3 di 4 entrance 4 2 Click Copy Settings and the copy setting screen will appear as below Basic Setting Camera ID Camera Wee Copy Setting Camera Data Source f Entrance 1 Camera Data Target Add New Device item List Protocol Camera IF Camera Name OSD Position Channel No User Name Password Connection Setting NVRIP NVR User Name NVR Password NVR Streaming Fort NVR Control Port Conne Port Register Port Control Port Streaming Port RTSP Port
2. Remote Access Some functions cannot be setup through web client and must be configured via workstation 12 ACTI d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Keyboard Shortcuts NVR provides many keyboard shortcuts to save your time Here s a list of the available hotkeys F Refresh This will restart the application session and Starts from login page Ctrl F10 Cancel auto login mode during login Ctrl F 11 Show hide title bar Ctrl F12 Toggle full screen mode 5 ESC Cancel full screen mode return to normal mode This function is only valid in full screen mode Fig 3 Keyboard Shortcut List 3 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Installing If you are using ACTi NVR CD ROM just follow the auto run sequence If you downloaded NVR from our website please run the installer exe file included Users that start from auto run will see the first three screens described below Users that install directly from the installer files will proceed directly to installation If you are using the enterprise version please first install windows IIS server Refer to the How to Setup IIS Server document After you have IIS setup then you should install NVR Server and lastly workstation For remote user you may only install workstation as long as you can connect to the server Before actual installation you will be asked to register online Registering
3. F 1 2 1 2 4 8 f Fig 87 Active Player Overview 1 About Us Click on the logo to bring up the About Us dialog box which contains software version system information technical support knowledge base and other details about the software 2 Active Player Toolbar Contains buttons to operate in Active Player application Personal Profile Click on this to bring up Personal Profile settings you may change the password for the current user and select the preferred Language Layout Manager Control various window layouts and 4 channel synchronized playback 5 Camera Panel The Camera tree is displayed here Open Digital Zoom Export Open local file to playback Once file is open you may perform digital zoom or export to local PC Digital zoom is performed in the same way as in Active Monitor gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 7 Clip Information Displays start end and current date and time of the archive 8 Playback Panel Playback operations are performed here 9 Video Window Active window that plays recorded archive 10 Quick Search Bar Quick search with channel date time event criteria 11 Archive Time Bar Displays time segments with recordings in the time bar Each type of recording is represented in a different color Active Player Toolbar Sol BSS o WIND 1 Active Monitor Click to go to Active Monitor As you are already in Active monitor this w
4. Message Security Guard is checking IF Attach Snapshot Please enable snapshot function first in the Action panel Fig 38 Event Manager Setup Notification via Email 1 Notification via E Mail Check this box to enable email notification upon event 2 Mail to Click to select which users of NVR to send E mail notification to upon this event All these E mail accounts are from the NVR user list 3 Mail Subject Click to select the Mail subject to use To avoid accidentally blocking the message you may wish to include special words and use the words to do white listing on your mail sever 4 Mail Message Write the message body of your email here NOTE Only Alphabets numbers dash and underscore are allowed in Mail Subject Message Special characters are not allowed 5 Attach Snapshot File Click to select whether to include Snapshot in E mail upon event Attach Snapshot File option can only be enabled when Snapshot is enabled in the Action tab NOTE Event responses will only be triggered when the trigger time falls within either the Scheduled Recording or the Event with Streaming Recording period There must be video stream from device when the event happens for event responses to work so ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual System Setup Camera Groups Camera Group is an important layer of Camera management for NVR User Permissions View Layouts
5. NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual The drop down list O will show the maps you ve already added by the camera group name Pick the map you want to add cameras to and press Add Camera The description for the camera group will also show to the right in Map Description T Note Add Camera button will only appear after you have added at least one camera into the camera group that you are using for current map Add Cameras Map Manager ou Camera Name Camera IP r 7 Canteen 1 10 1 1 55 E 8 Canteen 2 10 1 1 858 E g Canteen 3 10 1 1 101 Fig 64 Map Setup Adding Cameras to Map Check the cameras 2 that you want to add to the given map and press Add Alternatively you may cancel the adding process by pressing Cancel button Map Manager N Add Map Delete Map Delete Camera Add MapLink Delete MapLink Apply Map Information J Camera Information j Map Name Map Description Camera ID Camera Name Map Image File File Name Must Be In English Direction ar a_map jpg jpg gif Q e z Ov Display Camera ID on eMap Viewer Apply to all maps 3 Entrance 3 Medium Oane Fig 65 Map Setup Arranging Cameras 3 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual After adding the cameras you will be redirected back to the Map Information screen where the newly added cameras are placed over the map image Note that each camera on the map appear
6. Search Result 11 Car Park 2 11 Car Park 2 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Entrance 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 Entrance 4 4 Entrance 4 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 Ss Camera 1 Entrance 3 Ba Entrance 4 _ Camera 1 Ww Entrance 3 da Entrance 4 amera Name BY K ow xk Xa a I4 4 Pagef 1162 gt Di Record Type Manual Manual Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Manual Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Displaying data 1 20 3237 le Locatior C Recordings Channel11 Channel11_20100429210042 M raw amp C Recordings Channel11 Channel11_20100429210046 M raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430104709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430104810 raw rdings Chan nnel 1 709 6 oN in hann hannel4 201 1058104 C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430110709 raw 1 111709 6 al in hannel3 Channel C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430111810 raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430112709 raw 14 f in hann hanneli_201 Lr C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430113709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430113810 raw 1 4501r CARecordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430114709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430114810 raw rdin hannel neli Start Time 2010 04 29 21 00 42 2010 04 29 21 00 46 2010 04 30 10 47 09 20
7. Fig 23 Camera Setup Delete Camera 1 Delete a single Camera video server Click this button to remove this device from NVR 2 Delete All Click this button to delete all of the cameras and video servers in the camera list NOTE Please be very careful when you select this option This delete is irreversible We recommend you to backup your data with backup wizard before using the Delete All option Even if you have kept a backup with the backup wizard it will only save your camera settings and will not retain your video recordings if they are also deleted After you clicked the Delete button you will see three options with different settings to delete Please select one method to delete Motion KNEIP gt PIZ Preset ie Preset Tour ae Event Manager Camera Record Path Schedule k Delete Cancel Delete Camera 1 f Delete all camera settings Camera Record Schedule PTZ PTZ Preset Preset Tour Motion Event Manager f Delete log records and recorded files only Event log Record log Snapshot log Snapshot files Record files f Delete all camera settings logs and recorded files Camera settings Event log Record log Snapshot log Snapshot files Record files s D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual After user click Delete All button the three options will also show up Please select one method to delete Deleting cameras will also remove them
8. ary D amp 8 Canteen 2 LA Pay P eani A amp 10 Car Park 1 a i HA oS Se D cs 11 Car Park 2 me 4 i i Name Entrance 1 D F 14 Corridor 1 Mises TF a IP 10 11 40 D 15 Corridor 2 Channel No 1 i FPS 30 16 Corridor 3 Resolution 720x480 faf Basketball Court i G 5 Basketball Court 1 D 42 6 Basketball Court 2 3 ef Canteen D a 7 Canteen 1 D 8 Canteen 2 D 9 Canteen 3 S fst Car Park DQ 10 Car Park 1 i ew 11 Car Park 2 jf Sidewalk D a2 12 Sidewalk 1 GD 13 Sidewalk 2 E m Pa Fig 95 Active Map Active Map Overview 1 Camera Tree The cameras are shown in camera groups here Select each camera group to show the map linked to that particular group 2 Camera Icons representing each camera is shown here on the map Arrows indicating the direction they point to may also be shown if it is configured in the map setup section Double click on camera icon to show mini preview 3 Live View Window These windows display the live view from cameras If an event is currently active the bar at the top will turn red Related event symbol will appear beside it and red rectangle will appear for Motion Detection or PIR events 4 Camera Info if your mouse hovers over the camera then a popup text box will show up ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual with information on this camera 5 Event rectangle If an event is currently being triggered for
9. ACTi NVR User s Manual Version 2 2 57 2010 6 21 a lt gt ACT Connecting Vision D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Table of Contents 1 Overview 9 ACTi NVR Architecture cccccceeeeeeeeeeneeeeneeeeneeseneseanesseneeeeneeseaees 9 PG TI INV RR SOVET irissen iar ien ian N EEEE EEEE AEA 9 ACTi NVR Workstation eseseciescavessxscaneresecaueceesaussoveueersee eens 10 NVR Web Client ccccccccccsecceeeeeceeeeseeeeseeeseeeeseeeseeeseeseseeeesaaees 10 System Requirements ssnsssnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmnnn nnna 11 Operating System and Browsers Supported c scsceeseeeeeeeees 12 Editions EK AUIS Gh sono 12 Keyboard Shortcuts see espee eens erences ee aces seers racenecanaverepeeecisenesneeeereneeee 13 2 Installing 14 BACKUP aac ec ecient E cee tenes aneeau tae uauee sen ueaanewasneaai 16 eee pe cit peei ets pe ae pe ae ve ne ys cn pe ae ee setae se eee A ate eee ee pee ese 16 lS SEIO a E 16 Ports and FIG WV INS annin AAA 17 Disabling UAC in Windows Vista and Windows 7 0s 00008 20 NVR Main Prograi csccccsceceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeneeeeseeeeseseesessenessenensnnees 20 Restore old setting to NVR Database c ccccsseeeeseeseneeeeneeeenees 21 LICENSE essere ae Seta E E wage ceae sfecnteesie 21 HOW does registration work cccsccccseecceeeeceeeeceeeeseeeeseueeseeeesaees 22 COMMAS R eo T
10. EEE EE EEE EEE EEEE E T EEA 84 How does registration work 84 Online Registration 84 Offline Registration Through ACTi Website 85 Verify Your License 87 OY SS IIE ENEE IAEE I ETN 88 MaD UND e E E 91 E Map SUD seetiecineneneaeneeaccecncactecencecasacmeaantecsececeseneceseeeneaaseeeueendecs 91 Add Map 92 Edit Map 92 PAAT GIMO e enn ee A eee 93 Add Map Link 95 Map Tour 96 ACNE NONTON aranna 97 OVEIVIEW eee ee aa ee 97 Active Monitor ToOlDar ccccccccccecceecceeeeceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeaes 99 Camera Panel saaaremactce tees tdceccencicescmacdeatacniecesceacduasennadesteenieesenncdes 100 EVEN Free E oeldaetaiataiaideataiesneakanesan 101 FP IV titra ie cisisenn E AE EN A E 104 Adding cameras into preview WINKOWS csccceseeceseeeeeeeeenees 106 POISON a LD OG xc cnccaaeeseuneuanansaaneaseaiaanawoossapnmnctaenncnersameteerpenageatere 107 Ay OMNIA scastaceecaceaceccectaceacactacescactadenauctaceecaatacaecesteceecaeeaues 107 VE U0 MONON eee ee ee eee ee eee 109 Active PUAN ON a scrpsacsarcc tas nate ogee aa vee teen ee aa cecevaeneaseeecinecesaceeeeeses 111 21 61 2 eee eee eee ee ee 111 ACUE Flay CF OOD cc cictehcedsecatcedeesch aedecsetcndeeactenduaiestad eretdedeetesee 112 AV dle E eke 6 gene ee ee ee en 113 Video Search Result cccccceccceeceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeens 114 Play Archive from Search Page cccccccssececeseeeseeseeseeeeeseeeeeeas 115 MAN SINOl Deal Cll aieaceteecaqect
11. LAN WAN IP Address Most devices have a single IP address Some devices provide two IP addresses identified as LAN or WAN Please click on the radio button to select the IP address you want to connect to In most cases this would be the WAN address 5 Camera ID When you select the row of the device you wish to add a drop down list will appear to the right in the Camera ID section Select an unused camera ID to refer to this device in NVR The column Channel No is used for multiple channel Video Servers One video server may connect to many analog cameras and they are identified by the Channel No You may add each Channel No as a separate Channel in NVR 3 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Manual Select Manual and click Next Step in the Add New Camera screen to proceed Camera Add New Camera Manual C Auto Manual All settings go with an individual camera User has to select a camera and start this settings Fig 15 Camera Setup Manual Please fill up the Basic Setting of the camera Then Click 17 Get Device Setting to read the other settings from your device Camera pa pe Ma Q Camera 1 Media Source Information Basic Setting Detail Description Setting Frame Rate Setting cam era ID Frame Mode Protocol Constant Camera IF ive View Camera Name A eee Http Port Remote Live View 30
12. f we ji I i i i l Camera Groups User Roles Users Storage Management Joystick View Layouts View Tours Language Senice gt License System i admin as Administrator Tuesday May 04 2010 5 00 40 PM New Delete Apply User Roles J Role Name Role Description Q Supervisor Supervisor Group amp Permissions Settings Setup l Setup System l Setup Camera l Setup Map MV Monitor V View Tours V Take Snapshot MV PTZ V PTZ OSD Event List MV Playback M Export MV Take Snapshot V eMap Viewer 4 User Roles J Role Name Role Description Permissions Settings Setup Setup System Setup Camera Setup Map Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ PTZ OSD Quad Event List Playback Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Guard Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ PTZ OSD Quad Event List Playback Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Administrator Administrator Group Guest Guest Group Monitor StandardUser Standard User Group Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ PTZ OSD Playback eMap Viewer Supervisor Supervisor Group Monitor View Tours lake Snapshot PTZ PTZ OSD Playback Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Fig 40 System Setup User Roles 1 Role Name Enter the role name for a new user role Role Description Enter the description of this user role Permission Selection Panel Select the range of permission for each user role here User Role List You can see all the existing roles and their pe
13. i 14 Corridor 1 15 Corridor 2 AMT 16 Corridor 3 Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Sync Follower Camera Name MediaSource gt 15 Corridor 2 m a m a m m a i pa we we ww wwe wwe wwe we we we we we ewe we we we Source File Path C Recordings Channel15 iChannel15_2 0100430191624 raw Digital Zoom Export Start Time Now End Time 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 19 17 40 19 17 42 19 19 39 admin as Administrator 2010764308 FF 07 21 23 sync Follower Camera Name MediaSource gt 14 Corridor 1 Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Source File Path C Recordings Channel14 Channel14_2 0100430191740 raw Sync Follower Camera Name MediaSource gt 16 Corridor 3 Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Source File Path C Recordings Channel16 Channel16_2 0100430191550 raw Disabled in sync playback mode Fig 94 Sync Main and Sync Follower 1 Sync Main This is the Main channel file that the other channels would synchronize to gt N Sync Follower 1 Drag add the channel you want to synchronize with Sync Main here Sync Follower 2 Drag add the channel you want to synchronize with Sync Main here Sync Follower 3 Drag add the channel you want to synchronize with Sync Main here If the channel you drag into Sync Follower view windows does not have recording at the time selected then it will show as Sync Fail You will need to find another channel with reco
14. 18 Dwell Time You may setup how long should Active Monitor stay in each layout by selecting from the drop down Dwell time list Default dwell time is 30 seconds You may change the value here but do not use dwell time smaller than 15 seconds unless absolutely necessary 19 Tour List All layout tours currently configured are listed here You may select each tour to edit the details 20 Apply Click this button to save all current settings If you are editing an existing tour you may change the tour name description and preset setting If you just clicked New tour then pressing apply will add the new tour to the tour list Be sure to click Apply after you finished setup before configuring something else Note If you remove a camera that is part of a layout the window for that removed camera will display a black video when viewed B0 Language ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual This section describes how to translate and modify the embedded texts through the language section of NVR Please do not contain any symbols in your translation or it will not be readable by our software system lt gt ID_1_WINDOW_VIEW ID_10_WINDOW_VIEW 1D_16_WINDOW_VIEW ID_1STRECORDPATH 1D_25_WINDOW_VIEW ID_2NDRECORDPATH ID_36_WINDOW_VIEW ID_4_ WINDOW_VIEW 1D_49_WINDOW_VIEW ID_6_WINDOW_VIEW 1D_64_WINDOW_VIEW ID_8_WINDOW_VIEW 1D_9_WINDOW_VIEW ID_ABOUT_US ID_ACC
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16. 30 5 p NetworkRecovery 18 37 24 CH Basketball Court 1 2010 04 30 5 NetworkLoss 18 37 23 CH Entrance 3 2010 04 30 3 B gt Alarm 1 18 37 22 CH CarPark2 2010 04 30 11 mp1 18 37 20 _CH Corridor 2 2010 04 30 OSD DigitalZoom Fig 78 Active Monitor Event Panel Event Popup Mini Preview 1 Mini Preview window This window will automatically popup if configured to do so in event manager 2 List of triggered event Each entry records the camera name event type and dwell time 3 Live preview Here is the actual preview window of the channels with recent events NOTE For PTZ cameras you may also use mouse for PTZ controls in pop up preview window ACTI Connecting Vision Ds NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual PTZ Panel OSD DigitalZoom Mouse PTZ oG 0G oG Fig 79 Active Monitor PTZ Panel 1 OSD Click here to open On Screen Display for devices that use OSD menus 2 Digital Zoom Enable the Digital Zoom function for this device You may zoom in Zoom out and perform digital pan tilt with this channel You must zoom in first with Digital zoom to perform digital PTZ 3 Mouse PTZ Enable PTZ control by mouse on the preview screen Available only for PTZ cameras When you perform Mouse PTZ your cursor icon will change with your position in view Depending upon its position on screen the PTZ camera will Pan Tilt with different speed or zoom in out The below overlay image show
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19. Key Management Service C Media Center Extenders 0O O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 O O Remove 0O 0O 0 0O O 0 O 0 0 0O O 18 www acti com D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Step 3 Browse to the target program In this sample Active Streaming Service is shown Add this into the list of allowed programs dig Windows Fire Allowed Programs om Allow progra Add a Program To add change f B n rowse What are the risk a G di System C Program Files NVR ActiveStreamEngine Allowed progra Organize New folder Mame O BranchCag sir Favorites Tapata BE Desktop ServerConfiguration 4 30 2010 9 11 PM File folder O BranchCaq p Downloads ActiveStreamingService 4 19 2010 6 56 AM Application O BranchCaq O Connect ta Core Netw O Distributed gt Name Date modified Type 5 Recent Places Libraries lt Documents al Music E Pictures z Videos jE Computer Filename ActiveStreamingService Applications exe com icd Step 4 Streaming Service is added to the allowed programs list Do the same for Active Scheduling service Allow programs to communicate through Windows Firewall To add change or remove allowed programs and ports click Change settings What are the risks of allowing a program to communicate Allowed programs and features Name Home Work Private Public O Secure Sock
20. Manual om MediaSource if ALL CAMERA G f 4 entrance 1 MediaSource Megapixel IP PTZ Camera Camera iD 1 Hame Entrance 1 ae jea IP 10 11 40 Channel Ho 1 FPS 30 Resolution 720450 Bitrate 12M i j i i a a Low Lal i ce 9 Canteen 3 Fig 74 Active Monitor Camera Panel Popup Info Panel Event Panel cH gt Entrance 3 2010 04 30 3 p mp1 16 34 02 CH gt Basketball Court 1 2010 04 30 5 NetworkRecovery 16 33 54 CH gt Basketball Court 1 2010 04 30 5 p NetworkLoss 16 33 52 CH gt Entrance 3 9010 04 30 3 PIR 16 33 51 CH Canteen 1 2010 04 30 7 Fig 75 Active Monitor Event Panel Camera Panel Events are special conditions that require attention either from device or from the system Event Panel keeps a real time log of recent events The most recent events are listed at the top of the scroll down list Each entry describes the Channel ID the Camera Name the type of event and the time You may click on the Clear button to clear the log entries in the event list By the side of each entry there are two clickable icons and Clicking the icon will pop up a mini preview window which shows the live view of the channel in this event Clicking the icon will pop up a mini playback window which shows the recording for this particular event The mini preview window and the playback window are shown in the following two figures ACTI Connecting
21. Multicast Port URI Path Camera Model Camera Model Production ID Dual Stream Settings Video Encoder Stream Mode Analog Video Frame Mode FPS Resolution Bitrate Mode Bit Rate Video Quality Frame Rate Setting Frame Mode Live View Remote Live View Schedule Record Event Record Video Adjustment Brightness Saturation Contrast x Video Setting Ha Bo 3 You may select the types of settings you wish to copy from the item list below You need to select at least one type of settings to proceed The Camera Data Target may be a new device or it may be an existing camera If you select Add New Device then a new camera will be created If you select a particular existing camera then the settings in NVR for that camera will be overwritten Camera Data Target Add New Device Add New Device Entrance 1 Entrance 2 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 h Fo pt 3 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Configuring Access Rights In NVR the access rights are managed by a combination of Camera Groups and User Roles User Roles define what functions are allowed for each user Camera Groups define to what cameras the user may apply these functions upon This means that different users may be able to use the same set of functions on different groups of cameras An example will be the guards located at building one and building two of a business complex They will belong
22. No Group NVR Contral Port Fig 12 Add New Cameras Manual 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 3 Once NVR finds the device it will open the Advanced setting Tab Click live view below the view window to see real time video from the camera so that you may verify this is the device you intended to add Camera Camera Media Source Information yy Advanced Setting ca Video Quality Video Adjustment Attributes Connection Port Live View Video Encoder MPEG4 22 Camera 1 2010 04 04 19 44 49 GMT 08 00 Stream Mode SINGLE Analog Video NTSC s Frame Mode Constant FPS 30 v Resolution N720x480 v Bitrate Mode Constant Maximum Bitrate UNLIMITED Bit Rate 1 2Mbps Reset Live View Close Show Basic Setting Please get device setting first and make sure you see the live view of camera before changing the camera configuration Get Video from current NVR will use login IP as NVR IP If your NVR IP has been changed please do not forget to get device setting and apply again 4 Click open the expand arrows on the right of Media Source information tab and you will see that the Detail Description Setting fields have been automatically filled up by NVR New Edit Delete Delete All Web Configurator Copy Setting Apply Camera Media Source Information Basic Setting Detail Description Setting
23. Pan Tilt Zoom parameters for this camera IP PTZ cameras may be controlled directly Or you may use a video server to either connect to an analog PTZ camera or an analog PTZ camera plus a PTZ platform You need to complete setup in this section to enable PTZ Preset and Preset Tour sections If the parameters here are incorrect the device will not respond properly to your PTZ commands Camera Record Path schedule Motion PTZ IZ Preset Preset Lour Event Manager i ply Camera 6 Basketball Court 2 Enable PTZ gt Vendor Protocol PTZ File PTZ File has to be on local drive Qj Olvsc x Address ID Parity 0 Ore PTZ Command a PT Command Jame PT Command FFOV000418001D0 ADDODODOD000A0B80800FFAFOO Fig 32 Camera Setup PTZ setup 1 Apply button Click this button after you finish setup to save the settings Enable Disable PTZ Click this to enable or disable the PTZ function of this device 3 Vendor Select the vendor of the PTZ device speed dome you wish to control You may select the device type directly if it is listed here 4 Protocol Select the protocol of the PTZ device speed dome PTZ File If the protocol for your PTZ device is not within the previous list you can import a new protocol file to control the PTZ device speed dome Commands in PTZ file will override the protocol previously selected For details about the protocol file format please contact our tec
24. Tour ID Tour Name Description fi i Parking Lot Paring Lot for staffs and students Tour List O DET i 0 Preset ID REN Dwell Timefsecand site 1 15 a site Tour List a Tour Name Description Farking Lot Parking Lot for staffs and students Hall way Fig 34 Camera Setup Preset Tour 1 New Tour Click this button to create a new tour Enter the Tour Name and Description then click apply to add a new tour to the tour list 2 Delete Tour Click this button to delete the currently selected tour from the tour list Add Preset Point Click this button to add preset point to the current tour After you click this button you will enter the subsection showing the available preset points k IZ Peset Preset Tour Event Manager 000000000 4 i mr 3 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual You may click the checkbox in front of each preset point to select it When you ve selected all the presets points you wish to add click Add to add them to the preset point list Click Return to return to preset tour page without making any changes 4 Delete Preset Point Click this button to delete preset points of a tour Apply Click this button to save all current settings If you are editing an existing tour you may change the tour name description and preset setting If you just clicked New tour then pressing apply will add the new tour to
25. Video from current NVR will use login IP as NVR IP If your NVR IP has been changed please do not forget to get device setting and apply again Fig 22 Camera Setup Advanced Setting Connection Port Connection Port tab Settings in this section are read only To modify them please use the web configurator to access camera firmware directly over Internet Explorer 1 Register Port User can see the current register port on this IP camera here 2 Control Port User can see the current control port on this IP camera here 3 Streaming Port User can see the current Streaming port on this IP camera here 4 Multicast Port User can see the current multicast port on this IP camera here a7 ACTI Connecting Vision We gt NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Delete Camera This section describes how to delete a camera There are several options when deleting a camera video server You may select a single camera first and click the Delete button to decide what settings to delete If user wants to delete all cameras and video servers click the Delete All button Schedule k Motion h adai a PIZ Preset a Preset Lour k Event Manager A New Edit lete All Web Configurator Copy Setting Appt Camera i Record Path Camera 1 Entrance 3 Media Source Information Basic Setting Detail Description Setting Camera ID Fra Protocol TCM4201 co e AID 310 V4 07 10 AC 7
26. X 2 V Record Type a V Schedule V DI l Motion and PIR MV Manual Qv Camera a lv 1 Camera 1 MV 2 Entrance 2 MV 3 Entrance 3 MV 4 Entrance 4 V 5 Basketball Court 1 PD V 6 Basketball Court 2 lv 7 Canteen 1 lv 8 Canteen 2 MV 9 Canteen 3 lv 10 Car Park 1 M 11 Car Park 2 M 12 Sidewalk 1 V 13 Sidewalk 2 M 14 Corridor 1 V 15 Corridor 2 V 16 Corridor 3 QTime Period N Start Time 2010 03 30 00 v 00 End Time 2010 04 30 00 00 v MV Include video that began before this time period Search Return Fig 88 Active Player Video Search 1 Video Search Click to show the Video Search screen as shown above 2 Record Type Select the types of recordings to include in search You may select between Schedule DI Motion and PIR Manual 3 Camera Select the cameras to include in search Beside each camera there is an icon you may click on it to see camera information tab 4 Time Period Mark the Start and end date time for this search Video that began before the starting time will be included unless Include video that began before this time period is unchecked Search Click to search video archives according to the filter above Return Button Click to return to main page Search Search Result id 4 Paget 162 gt pi Record Type NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Video Search Result Camera Name 5 ACTi 11 Car Park 2 3 4 3 4 3
27. a certain camera it will be highlighted on the map with a red square 6 Event Symbol When event is happening to a certain camera small symbols of the event type will show beside the camera and the camera live view This allows the user to identify what happened to the camera swiftly 7 Full Screen Click here for full screen mode To return pres Esc 8 Map Tour Click here to start the predefined Map tour Please go to Map Setup section for details 9 Live View Start Stop Click here to toggle live view from all cameras Mini Preview To get a more detailed view on a certain camera there are two ways to bring up the mini preview window 1 Double clicking on camera icon or 2 Double clicking on the live preview window Mini Preview QRH Fig 96 Active Map Mini Preview Window 1 Mini Preview Window Mini preview window displays with larger display window 2 Audio Control User may turn on off audio transmissions here NOTE You may also control PTZ cameras via on screen mouse PTZ XAI ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Web Client Introduction NVR Web Client is an alternative to NVR Workstation It provides access to NVR through Internet Explorer 7 or 8 The layouts and functions are almost the same as NVR workstation with a few restrictions User will only need to install a small ActiveX control add on to IE without requiring any desktop application Connecting
28. acti com gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Overview ACTi NVR Architecture ACTi NVR is a windows based program that provides full functionality IP based network video surveillance It consists of several modules such as ACTi NVR Server ACTi NVR Workstation ACTi Web Client and ACTi Utility Suite ACTi NVR Server NVR Server includes several Win32 services These programs start automatically when the computer boots up and operate in the background without requiring login by Administrator The server configurations are done by NVR Workstation or NVR Web Clients The services are Active Event Manager Event Manager handles events and responses and executes all rule based reactions Active Schedule Service Schedule service provides recording and scheduling management Active Service Manager This program monitors the other software service modules If the other services are down it will automatically restart them Active Streaming Service Streaming engine handles connection to ACTi IP devices and provides video stream to multiple clients Active Message Engine Message engine maintains proper background communication between the various win32 services 9 www acti com gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual ACTi NVR Workstation NVR Workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR
29. and e Maps are all based upon camera groups Designing proper data groups in advance is very important One camera can belong to multiple groups at the same time and there s no limit to number of camera groups Here s how to setup Camera Groups E DA Camera Groups User Roles Users Storage Management Joystick gt View Layouts gt View Tours i Language gt Senice gt License i syste New Delete Apply Q Camera Group Information Group Name Group Description Elevators g amp Camera Groups Group Name Group Description Elevators Floors Backyard Entrances Restroom Fig 39 System Setup Camera Groups 1 Group Name Enter the user group name for a new camera group or to modify existing camera group 2 Group Description Enter the description of this camera group Group List User can see all the groups already created here 4 Apply button When you first enter the Camera group screen you are by default in a ready to add new group mode You can just enter a group name and click Apply to add a new camera group You may also select a group from the list of existing camera groups below and edit the group Always click Apply before leaving to preserve changes you ve made IMPORTANT Please do not delete default Camera Group Default Camera Group is No Group 70 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual User Roles
30. any recording during the selected time period After configuring the recording schedule if you need to copy the schedule to other cameras 52 oir onnecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual you can click Copy Camera Setting button to replicate the schedule across many devices Camera Record Path Schedule Motion PIZ PIZ Preset Preset Tour Event Manager J View By Camera Special Day Camera Setting Apply Camera 1 Entrance 1 camera 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 l 5 Basketball Court 1 l 6 Basketball Court 2 I 7 Canteen 1 C 8 Canteen 2 9 Canteen 3 l 10 Car Park 1 414 Car Park 12 Sidewalk 1 13 Sidewalk 2 l 44 Corridor 1 l 15 Corridor 2 L 46 Corridor 3 Schedule te Schedule Event with Streaming g Delete 9 10 11 20 21 SNANAENEUSUSHOENSUSUGHOENEUSUGEQEMEUSNNEQENENSNNEQENENGUND a EEE a E e O Doma POT LEE OONAN POT LEE HO EL LTT Sun j Mon i r Tue Wed a Thu Ce Fri Co Sat UU a PEELE a a Oa Le Use mouse double click to select a single schedule Fig 27 Camera Setup Schedule Copy Setting Weekly 1 Copy Camera Setting Click this button to copy setting from this device to others Please note that if you selected Copy Camera setting during Weekly Schedule only the weekly schedule will be copied The special day settings of the target cameras will not be changed 2 Apply Once you compl
31. connection to register this way Please log into NVR with Active Setup Click on the Setup System symbol and then click on the license tab See following image DA Camera Groups gt UserRoles Users gt Storage Management gt Joystick gt View Layouts gt View Lours gt Language gt Senice Online Registration Offline Registration Apply Register Online MAC Address 00 1F 16 14 39 DC License Key OOESL Pi PO EPPHP te Notice Please enter your license key above and click apply NVR will connect to the online server and complete registration automatically Fig 51 System Setup License Online Registration 4 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Click the Online Registration on the horizontal menu under the tabs Make sure your computer is connected to internet and enter the License Key Click Apply to connect to Registration Center Your License Key and MAC address NVR automatically reads the Network card with the smallest MAC Address number on your PC will be recorded Offline Registration Through ACTi Website If your PC cannot connect to the internet e g in a restricted military base then you should register offline You may obtain an activation key from ACTi website with another PC that has internet connection and activate your NVR license on the server PC off line 1 Please go to our website http www acti com support_old SoftwareRegist
32. from 32 bit systems t6 D4 ACTi d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Ports and Firewalls Several ports are needed to transmit data for NVR Please properly configure the firewalls on the Server PC Workstation PC and the routers in between Blockage in any point of the way will prevent NVR from functioning properly Port Name amp Number Workstation Web Client In Some cases you may need to allow unlimited access through firewall for NVR core services This is required if you use RTP protocol for communication You can go to Control Panel gt Windows Firewall gt Allowed Programs to add the following two programs to the allowed list C Program Files NVR ActiveStreamEngine ActiveStreamingService exe C Program Files NVR ActiveScheduleService ActiveScheduleService exe Sample screenshots from Windows 7 are shown below The steps are similar in other versions of windows OS 7 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Step 1 Control Panel gt Windows Firewall gt Allow a program through Windows Firewall ie Soe e es Control Panel H a i ontrol Panel Home Action Center Review your computer s status and resolve issues System and Securi Change User Account Control settings Network and Internet Troubleshoot common computer problems Hardware and Sound Restore your computer to an earlier time Programs Windows Fir
33. from Layouts and View Tours but will not remove the maps or the camera groups they are involved in Camera Record Path Schedule Motion PIZ PIZ Preset Preset Lour Event Manager Delete All Cancel Delete All Camera f Delete all camera settings Camera Record Schedule PTZ PTZ Preset Preset Tour Motion Event Manager f Delete log records and recorded files only Event log Record log Snapshot log Snapshot files Record files f Delete all camera settings logs and recorded files Camera settings Event log Record log Snapshotlog Snapshot files Record files T D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Copy Settings When setting a large number of devices many settings will be the same across cameras and it is sometimes tiresome to repeat everything again and again You can use the Copy Setting function to save the hassle of needless repetition Camera Record Path Schedule gt Motion P12 PIZ Preset Preset Tour Event Manager ply Sancel Copy Setting Camera Data Source i Entrance 1 Q n Data Target 2 Entrance 2 os gt item List gt Protocol Camera IP Camera Name OSD Position Channel No User Name Password Connection Type Connection Setting MVR IP NVR UserName NVR Password NVR Streaming Port NVR Control Port Connection Timeout Http Port Register Port Control Port Streaming Port RTSP Port Multicast Port URI Path Cam
34. provides many benefits including online customer help desk e Newsletter and free software downloads You may choose to Skip and proceed to NVR installation User Registration Notice AC Ti encourages users to do on line registration to get following benefits Receive eNewsletter Get updated product information Download latest software Download software patch and service pack Get on line Technical Support Get training material and on line training Register on ine Skip The next screen will show the Installer Choose the software you wish to install on this PC Please refer to the previous section if you do not know what version to install If you downloaded ACTi NVR from the website you may have a single software package without multiple choices In this case just click install Note Be sure to have at least one NVR Server in your system to record video If you are installing Enterprise Server you must also install NVR workstation in the same machine to access server settings 1a ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual oix T i ACT PA acti installer ACTi NVR Software Note that you cannot install NVR Server Edition and NVR Profiession Edition on the same machine You need to uninstall previous version before installing new application View Cameras with IP Utility Install NVR Server v2 2 57 Install NVR Workstation v2 2 57 Install NVR Professional v2 2 57 nee Support at
35. see the list of camera groups Map Manager Map Tour x Gad Cancel Map Image File 5 No Group initiaitapjpg Elevators linitialMapipg fe Floors iniiaIMap jpof Backyard in tiallap jpg Fig 62 Map Setup Adding Map Image File 1 Pick a camera group for example Floors by clicking the radio button amp 2 Click on the map image file field to the right to select the map you need Before you change it will show initialMap jpg A browse window will pop up for you to select the map image on your local hard drive Once the needed map image has been selected press the Add button The Map Information page will appear together with the map image you had just chosen Only alphabets numbers dashes underscores or spaces can be used in file name You can press Cancel button to stop adding new maps Edit Map Map Manage Map Tour add Map T Delete Map ee spp gt Map Information Map Name Map Description 1 No Group ts Default Group 1 No Group 3 Floors T z FIN File Name Must Be In English jpg git Display Camera ID on eMap Viewer Apply to all maps Fig 63 Map Setup Selecting Map You may select one of the maps you have already added to the system and edit settings in this screen You may add cameras and arrange their icons mini previews on the map here 2 ACTI Connecting Vision bis
36. server NVR Workstation may be installed on the same PC as the NVR server or they may be installed separately and connect to NVR Server via network For NVR Professional workstation and server are bundled together and must be on the same PC They are Active Setup S amp This module includes both Camera Setup and System Setup Users can add and setup Cameras and devices configure system parameters and e maps here lt gt In this module you can see live view from cameras and devices perform PTZ operations with Active Monitor mouse or Joystick view system log receive alert on the Event panel setup view layouts or survey with pre defined multi layout tour A You may find and playback existing recordings in this module Up to 4 channels may be played Active Player back synchronously Snapshots or excerpted video segments can be taken from playback files Recorded files can also be exported to AVI format here Active Map You can see camera deployment on maps here Live video feed may also be displayed right on the e maps Cycling map tour views are also defined here NVR Web Client NVR Web Client is the web version of interface to access NVR You do not have to install any program to use Web Client just Open IE 7 or IE 8 and type in the server web address port to login Almost all of NVR workstation s functions can be accessed on Web Client except a few minor restrictions 0 ACTI d gt Connect
37. the tour list Be sure to click Apply after you finished setup before configuring something else 6 Tour ID Each preset tour has a unique preset tour ID stored in the system The ID column is entered automatically by the system 7 Tour Name Enter the name of this preset tour Description Enter the description of this preset tour 9 Preset Points Sequence Control Panel You may rearrange the preset point sequence here First click on the row of the preset point you wish to move then click the buttons to move to top move up move down or move to bottom of list 10 Preset ID list All the preset points included in this tour are listed here Click on the appropriate row to edit that preset point You may setup how long will the PTZ camera stay at each point by selecting from the drop down Dwell time list Default dwell time is 30 seconds You may change the value here but do not use dwell time smaller than 15 seconds unless absolutely necessary 11 Tour ID list All tours currently configured are listed here You may select each tour to edit the details s4 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Event Manager Event Manager describes how NVR responds to events from devices You may configure the event types and the responses to these events An example would be for NVR to record video when motion detection from camera is triggered and send email to alert the supervisor Event List Event l
38. to Law Enforcement authorities sometimes they do not have proper software to view RAW or AVI files This is a little program to pack along with the recording of the suspect so that they can work with you and enhance security
39. to NVR as a Web Client 1 Open your Internet Explorer Browser Only IE 7 and 8 are supported Firefox Safari Chrome or other browsers may not access NVR web client 2 Inthe address bar type in the web address of the NVR server If the HTTP port it uses is the default 80 then you do not need to add any port number If the HTTP port it uses has been changed please add a colon and the port number after the IP address Sample Scenarios http 127 0 0 1 Local host used when running web client on the NVR Server PC iGoogle Windows Internet Explorer GO w w i 8 http 127 0 0 1 F iGoogle al aoe http 127 0 0 1 3456 Local host HTTP Port changed to 3456 http 192 168 0 200 Connecting to NVR server from another PC over LAN http 192 168 0 200 3456 Connecting to NVR server from another PC over LAN HTTP Port changed to 3456 3 Ifyou are logging in for the first time a warning bar will appear in the page Click to install the ActiveX control and run the add on to access NVR This installation is secure and you will only need to install once for each PC Web Configurator Version v3 0 Windows OG http 10 1 1 111 cgi bin videoconfiguration cgi sly Favorites 93 Suggested Sites Web Slice Gallery v a gt Web Configurator Version v3 0 a mp v Pager Safety Toos W This website wants to run the following add on nvEPLMedia ocx from s Corpor
40. to the same user role but have access to different camera groups Both will be allowed to see live view perform PTZ operations take snapshots and export evidence But they may perform these functions only to the cameras in the building they are responsible for They will not be able to change the camera or system settings which are reserved for the system administrators Defining Camera Groups Setup Camera Group Basic Info 1 Please go to Active Setup gt System Setup gt Camera Groups ayouts New Delete Apply Camera Group Information Grou p Name Group Description A entrances Entrance Camera Groups sroup Mame Group Description Entrance All entrances Basketball Court south Court Canteen Building one Canteen Car Park 2 Type in the Group name and the Group Description The Group name is mandatory while the description may be omitted 3 Click Apply to save the currently typed group name description as a new camera group Camera groups already in the system will be displayed below in the camera groups table 32 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Setup which groups does each camera belong Each Camera may belong to multiple groups This is configured in Active Setup gt Camera Setup gt Camera gt Detailed description setting gt Camera Groups Select the Camera Groups for each camera to belong to Click Apply to sav
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43. 2 M 12 Sidewalk 1 M 13 Sidewalk 2 MV 14 Corridor 1 MV 15 Corridor 2 V 16 Corridor 3 O Time Period a Start Time 2010 03 30 00 00 End Time 2010 04 30 00 00 x seach Fig 91 Active Player Snapshot Search 1 Snapshot Search Click on Snapshot Search button to start search 2 Recording Type Displays the recording type This value can be Schedule Manual or event 3 Camera Select the cameras to include in search Beside each camera there is an icon you may click on it to see camera information tab 4 Time Period Mark the Start and end date time for this snapshot search Search Click to search snapshot archives according to the filter above 6 Return Button Click to return to main page gq ACTI di gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Snapshot Preview Crasher Ee M 4 Pagel 22 gt bi Displaying data 1 5 110 Motion 2010 04 29 17 26 07 2010 04 29 17 28 07 Motion amp D Recordings Channel5 Channel5_Shot20100429172137 jpg Download Er Fig 92 Snapshot Preview 1 Thumbnail List You may see the thumbnail image of the snapshots from the search results In each thumbnail the type of event is listed at the top left Beside the event type there is a small Play icon You may click on the Play icon or double click on the thumbnail to playback that video The video playback will start from the time of snapshot The time o
44. 2 Sidewalk 1 13 Sidewalk 2 44 Corridor 1 15 Corridor 2 16 Corridor 3 Schedule 8 Sch edulelilll Event with Streaming e Delete EN a 111 T EENEE VELEI TA H HHHH 20101629 Al LE Wi Use mouse double click to select a single schedule Fig 29 Camera Setup Schedule Copy Setting Special day 5s D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Motion This section describes how to setup motion detection for this camera with NVR Before configuring motion detection first make sure you can connect properly to the IP camera video server and get device settings This section covers both video motion detection and PIR Passive Infrared motion sensors PIR is available only for some models samera Record Path Schedule Motion PIZ P1Z Preset Preset Lour Event Manager Get Motion Setting Motion Setup Camera 8 Canteen 2 Motion Setting a V Show Motion Region in Active Monitor SET gt gt Motion 1 Event Sensitivity Timer fo z Name Description Fig 30 Camera Setup Motion Get motion setting 1 Get Motion Setting Click this button to connect to retrieve motion detection setting from the device and see live view The parameters of each motion region from the device will be displayed to the right In this stage red motion region borders will show up if you have previously configured motion detection in NVR and applied it to both dev
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48. A few tips on using IP Utility After a short initial search IP Utility will display devices it has found in a table The IP address of each will be shown If the IP is displayed as a hyperlink then it is in the same subnet as your computer and you can click the link to access the device via IE Clicking on the title sorts the whole list by that column Click again to sort in reverse order You may enter the Account and Password for each camera at the space provided to the right This will enable you to perform advanced functions like backup restore configurations save reboot and batch firmware or profile upgrades 7 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Adding cameras to NVR System Adding cameras Automatically via Active Setup 1 Login to Active Setup 2 As your system is currently empty and there are no cameras in the NVR camera tree you will see the Camera Setup section and Add New Camera displayed prominently You may add cameras manually or automatically Assuming your cameras are in the Local Area Network and not over the internet we will start with Auto If your cameras are located over the internet or in other LANs please use manual For now select Auto and click Next Step TA oA fx EZ a4 Admin as Administrator p lt Ww SE SL gs SN 2010 F4A4A FF 05 45 10 Refresh Camera ID v Camera Camera Tree ES cancel Add New Camera C Manual S
49. CTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Record Path This section describes how to configure video recording for each camera oO Record Path Schedule gt Motion PIZ gt PIZ Preset Preset Tour gt Event Manager Apply Camera 8 Canteen 2 Record To gt Recordings Channels lt SDRIVE_ID gt Recordings Channeli Channek CAMERA D gt Recording Path File Type raw Snapshot File Type Jg oF Flush File Frequency gt Frequency of flush record file 10min Event Recording Buffer and Duration gt Pre event recording buffer _ 5 30 Seconds Post event recording buffer Fig 25 Camera Setup Record Path 1 Apply Click this button to save the settings after you ve done configuration 2 Recording path This is the path where all recordings for this channel are stored This is read only and cannot be edited This can only be modified in Setup System gt Storage management File Type This shows the file type for recordings Currently only RAW format is allowed 4 Snapshot File Type Please select the file type for snapshots You may choose between JPG file and BMP file 5 Frequency of flush record file This is the length of each video recording segment Shorter segments create more files and may overload Microsoft SQL server in extreme cases Please set this to at least 10 minutes unless there is special requirement Recommended val
50. Cameras are the fundamental building blocks of surveillance systems This section describes how to 1 Add or delete camera video server to NVR system 2 Sort through the various methods of connection to your camera video server 3 Fine tune device through the Advanced Setting tab 4 Configure camera groups frame rates and other settings 5 Save setup time by copying settings across cameras Each camera is configured separately You should first select a camera to access its settings Add New Camera There are two ways to add devices into the system auto or manual Use auto search if your cameras are located in the same subnet as your NVR server If your cameras video servers are located outside of local subnet or if you are unable to find it via auto search then please use connect to it by Manual Add You need to know the IP address of the device to add it manually If you are just starting to use NVR and have no camera in your system you will see the Add New Camera screen automatically when you use active setup If you already have devices in your NVR system then click New under the Camera tab to add new camera Camera Cancel Add New Camera C Manual Auto Search Device start searching all IP camera video server on the same network segment User can see the search window pop up as below NOTE IP cameras video servers not on the same network segment as the NVR can amp apos t be found by this sear
51. Date Serial Number fi Channel Number Fig 53 System Setup License Verifying Registration Info If you encounter any error message please report on our Customer Help Desk http Awww acti com support case index asp 7 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual System This section describes how to setup system wide basic parameters i l l l 1 Camera Groups User Roles gt Users Storage Management Joystick gt View Layouts gt View Tours Language gt Semice License System System Property Apply pa System Property Q Keep Event Log for day 2 Keep Recording Log for day Keep System Log for day 45 45 NWR Streaming Port NVR Control Port 6 MessageEngine Port Number 6002 6001 B3001 IIS HTTP port 7 osD pFP3 7 o3D Camera Name 10 Popup message when event trigger 4 1 Event status on Camera Tree Fig 54 System Setup System System Property System Property NVR system setup 1 Keep Event Log for day The number of days to keep event logs for The default is 45 days Event logs older than this date will be deleted 2 Keep Recording Log for day The number of days to keep recording logs for The default is 45 days Recording logs older than this date will be deleted 3 Keep System Log for day The number of days to keep system logs for The default is 180 da
52. Delete Apply a Layout Configuration a Camera Groups Name Layout Style Q as Default amp Description 11 Entrance ntrance E 1 Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 1 Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 d View Layout List J View Layout ID Name Default Description Layout Style Camera Groups Camerals Entrance Entrance 1 2 3 4 3 4 6 10 14 15 16 11 Premises Premises Fig 45 View Layouts 1 New button Click this button to create a new view layout When you enter the View Layout screen it is by default in the New mode Select the camera group choose a layout style provide a name to the layout and assign at least one camera to the view before clicking Apply to add a new layout 2 Delete Button If you have selected one layout from the list below this button will appear You can click this to delete the layout from list 3 Camera Groups Select the camera group you wish to view from the drop down list Only cameras in the camera group can be assigned to the windows in the view layout Name Enter the name for a new layout list or to modify an existing view layout Layout Style Select the number of channels to see in this view layout Set as Default Select this option to use this layout as the default view to see upon login Description Enter descriptions for this v
53. License Key Click Apply to connect to Registration Center Your License Key and MAC address NVR automatically reads the Network card with the smallest MAC Address number on your PC will be recorded 2 ACTI Connecting Vision DA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Offline Registration Through ACTi website If your PC cannot connect to the internet e g in a restricted military base then you should register offline You may obtain an activation key from ACTi website with another PC that has internet connection and activate your NVR license on the server PC off line Please go to our website http www acti com support_old SoftwareRegistration asp See following image 2 Enter your license key and MAC address you need to record the MAC address you re your server PC beforehand Make sure the MAC address shown is correct Click Apply to generate your Activation Key gt ACTi About ACTi Join Us ContactUs Sitemap Find ACTI 5 Connecting Vision Get Full Product Information in Product nee een Software Registration Find Resources Documents amp Downloads Product Resource Matrix Technical FAQ To register your NVR software and to generate new Activation Keys you can use our Software Registration Knowledge Base Service Center Technical Cuide License Key OOESL PIYPO EPPHP i Lef Beall Machine Key oo LIE Lie Lid Llas Libe Customer Services Activation Key Customer Help
54. OUNT 1 Window View 10 Window View 16 Window View Recording Path 2o Window View 2nd Recording Path 36 Window View 4 Window View 49 Window View 6 Window View 64 Window View 8 Window View o Window View About Us Users 1G WindwViw Recording Path 2nd Recording Path sss S 36 Window View 49 WindowViw S 64 Window View AboutUs ss lt sSCS Fig 47 System Setup Language 1 Insert button If the language you wish to translate to is not in the Language list to the right 7 click here to select from the full Language list Check the boxes before the ones you wish to translate and click Insert again as in the figure below Insert Language List Afrikaans Arabic Bahrain Arabic Jordan Arabic Morocco Arabic Saudi Arabia Arabic ULAE Bulgarian TATA dodo Chinese Singapore OoOoOOOOOO Albanian Arabic Egypt Arabic Kuwait Arabic Oman Arabic Syria Basque Catalan Croatian OoOoOOOOOO Arabic Algeria Arabic Iraq Arabic Lebanon Arabic Qatar Arabic Tunisia Belarusian Chinese Hong Kong SAR Dutch Belgium Fig 48 System Setup Language Language List to Insert 81 www acti com D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 2 Remove button You may remove language already inserted by clicking here You can select language to remove from the support list below Language List Arabic Libya Ara
55. Please note that you still need to click Apply to confirm editing Weekly schedules are not affected Apply Click this button to save the settings Schedule Calendar Select the day to edit with the calendar here Schedule The camera will record continuously during your designated period oS oS a Event with Streaming NVR will keep receiving video from cameras but will not record unless events are triggered This method saves the storage space and keeps only the relevant video Delete The camera will not perform any recording during the selected time period 8 Schedule table on Special Day After you ve selected the day to edit this is where you 5 ACTI Connecting Vision Ds NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual edit schedule for that day 9 Special Day List A list of all special day schedules are shown here You may perform Copy camera setting in the same way as the weekly schedule Only the special day schedules will be copied if you select copy camera setting here Please see the sample screenshot below Camera L Record Path i Schedule y Motion he PLZ da Pl Preset a Preset Tour a Event Mana er View By Camera Special Day Camera Setting Camera 1 Entrance 1 Apply to all Today E Schedule Selected D Camera 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 5 Basketball Court 1 l 6 Basketball Court 2 L 7 Canteen 1 8 Canteen 9 Canteen 3 10 Car Park 1 44 Car Park 2 l 1
56. SG ca i fea ox w DO at mi A S gt Tuesday May 04 2010 5 00 40 PM ea mm Es E 3 fe e ey ee one MA sw MediaSource Q fief ALL CAMERA a y 1 Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 Refresh Camera ID 3 Entrance 3 Camera Tree 9 i U 4 Entrance 4 D t 5 Basketball Court 1 Clear CH Entrance 1 2010 04 30 1 mpl 19 29 11 CH Entrance 2 2010 04 30 _ 2 mD 19 29 07 7 CH Basketball Court 1 2010 04 30 5 p NetworkRecovery 19 29 06 CH Basketball Court 1 2010 04 30 5 gt NetworkLoss 19 29 05 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 os Fig 81 Active Monitor Playback window Users can add cameras into the preview window by simply dragging the camera from camera tree and drop it onto the preferred window A red border will show on the window where preview will be displayed You may also first click on the preferred preview window then double click on the camera you wish to display there gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual admin as Administrator Tuesday Way O4 2010 5 00 40 Pha Fig 82 Active Monitor Personal Profile Personal profile Personal Settings User Name admin User Roles Administrator Old Password New Password Re Type Password Cancel Fig 83 Active Monitor Change Password Users may change their password in the Active Monitor by clicking the personal profile
57. Vision T NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Mini Preview Event PIR Mute Mute Off 3 Entrance 3 2010 05 05 09 41 21 GMT 08 00 Ld Fig 76 Active Monitor Event Panel Event Preview window Camera 3 Entrance 3 File Location C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100505094108 raw Begin Time x End Time 2010 05 05 09 41 02 2010 05 05 09 41 09 2010 05 05 09 41 37 3 Entrance 3 2010 05 05 09 41 09 GMT 08 00 gt se he d Fig 77 Active Monitor Event Panel Event Playback window 102 ACT Connecting Vision cl NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual If you have configured a Pop up window in the Event Manager Section for this camera a window will pop up when the event is triggered If more events are triggered before the first one times out a logs show the events at the side of the pop up window You may click upon each event in the window to switch between them Shown below is the popup window for multiple events ActiveMonitor dius E X We Germ say 4 aR gt Mini Preview ane Refresh Camera ID Camera Tree a ww MediaSource lin ALL CAMERA Camera 3 Eventmp1 Dwell Mini Preview Event MD1 Mute Mute Off Close BE Erence 2 nee we D 2 Entrance 2 a Ee EAEn Time 14 D e 3 Entrance 3 canes nee Snag D amp 4 Entrance 4 intl gt 5 Basketball Court 1 Clear CH Basketball Court 1 2010 04
58. Workstation icons on your desktop or go to Start gt Program 7 XG for ActiveSetup Files gt NVR Workstation and select one of them We ll use Active Setup now as were just starting to configure the system 2 The login screen will be displayed as below User Account Admin Password Server IP Address 1277 0 0 1 50 Application Language English United States Preview Mode Advanced Auto login with this account D Save as Default E Use CTRL F10 to cancel auto login mode Fig 8 Login Screen NVR Workstation 2s D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 3 For the Server IP address you need to add the port number after the IP address If your workstation and server are located on the same computer you may either use 127 0 0 1 or the actual network address of your Network card The port to use is the HTTP port If your HTTP port used is the default port 80 you can just enter the IP address and omit the port number If you are logging in to NVR server from a workstation located on a separate PC please make sure the IP and the HTTP port are correct and that the router or firewall allows traffic at this port Workstation for NVR and CMS Central management System use the same client The workstation can choose the type of server to login to You may also select the language to use here 4 Preview Mode There are two different levels of complexities i
59. a Sync Main channel Then you may add up to three other reference channels that will synchronize with the Sync Main channel These other channels are called Sync Follower Open file Drag drop channel RA CSO OKT 9 e ae z eee ee a fa e E l z sw MediaSource ff ALL CAMERA 1 Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 d 3 Entrance 3 D amp 4 Entrance 4 i 5 Basketball Court 1 i A 6 Basketball Court 2 i 7 Canteen 1 D amp 8 Canteen 2 D 9 Canteen 3 7 amp 10 Car Park 1 CG g 11 Car Park 2 i 2 12 Sidewalk 1 emmma O i 14 Corridor 1 i 15 Corridor 2 TD 16 Corridor 3 Start Time End Time There are two ways to start a sync playback first you need to define a sync main for other channels to sync with 1 Drag You may drag a channel into one of the 4 window view or 2 Open You can open a file from archive to sync with Note You may sync to a maximum of 4 channels at one time ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Finding your time and Synchronize x RA Ceasa ae TS e we Coveo am fas ie es feo el eel ee q Camera Tree 14 Media Source Corridor 1 2010 04 30 18 11 38 GMT 08 00 om MediaSource ff ALL CAMERA D 4 Entrance 1 i 2 2 Entrance 2 i 3 Entrance 3 D U 4 Entrance 4 t 5 Basketball Court 1 D 6 Basketbal
60. age Management 1 y 1 i le aT i Joystick a View Layouts View Lours Language Service License gt System i i Camera Groups i User Roles Refresh Services gt service Mame service Description 7 Service Status service Action ActiveEventManager EXE Active Event Manager Running start Service stop Service ActiveScheduleService_EXE Active Schedule Service Running Start Service stop Service ActiveSerniceManager EXE Active Service Manager Running Start Service Stop Service ActveStreamingSernice EXE Active Streaming Service Running start Service stop Service ActiveMessageEngine EXE Active Message Engine Running Start Service stop Service 1 Refresh Click to refresh the status of all services 2 ActiveEventManager EXE Event Manager handles events and responses and executes all rule based reactions 3 ActiveScheduleService EXE Schedule service provides recording and scheduling management 4 ActiveServiceManager EXE This program monitors the other software service modules lf the other services are down it will automatically restart them 5 ActiveStreamingService EXE Streaming engine handles connection to ACTi IP devices and provides video stream to multiple clients 6 ActiveMessageEngine Exe Message engine maintains proper background communication between the various win32 services 7 Service Status Current status of each service is shown here They may be
61. ancel sync playback Disconnect all Channels disconnect all channels and cancel sync playback oS ae ee oS Disconnect Channel You may disconnect all sync followers except sync main Note Under Sync Playback mode you may not use Search and Snapshot view button While Sync Playback Play Pause you may not drag add more channels to empty ones nor replace original ones 125 www acti com 4 ACTI d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Active Map Active Map viewer shows live video overlaid upon area maps It can help you get a much better visualization of your surveillance system You can also navigate between several maps or cycle through maps on a preset tour This section describes how to operate the e Map system via Active Map Before using Active Map please be sure to setup your Camera Groups and e Map properly Map Overview The Active map screen is divided in two parts To the left is the camera tree sorted by Camera Groups To the right is the map view area EEU ORAC eae COLES ETE Camera Tree al Wheeler a Cy y wa MediaSource P ESF iak 5 ki EME ae Af 4 Entrance 1 SR s y Harai Ha o zg f Horat juditoriuh Age i 2 Entrance 2 g sree fC 1 Entrance 1 2010 05 03 10 41 33 GMT 08 0 POST hi GD 3 Entrance 3 ya LA ey SPA ee D 3 4 Entrance 4 Premises 3 Entrance 3 D a 4 Entrance 4 i 6 Basketball Court 2
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63. apixel H 264 video streams at the same time PC will be overloaded and NVR will stop operation This is a common limitation imposed upon all Windows based video management programs Enhancement for this limitation will be available in the next version of NVR NOTE PC Spec requirements are the same for 32 bit and 64 bit systems 1 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Operating System and Browsers Supported NVR works with windows based PCs for both 32 bit and 64 bit systems The versions supported are listed as below NVR requires Internet Explorer 7 or 8 to work Internet Explorer 6 and below are no longer supported For 64 bit systems 32 bit IE is required os Version Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Enterprise sp2 Windows XP Professional sp3 Standard Windows Server 2008 Fig 2 List of Supported Operating Systems Editions Explained ACTi NVR comes in two versions Enterprise and Professional Professional Version provides full functionality on a single PC You record and access the videos on the same computer Enterprise Version provides remote access from another PC User may connect to Server by either Workstation or Web Client Recording is done on the server Enterprise version is divided into Server and Workstation Remote users do not need to install NVR Server Function Overview Version NVR Professional NVR Enterprise Live View Record Playback Setup
64. at the top left corner of the Active Monitor a window will pop upon click with slots for password confirmation and change Layout Manager 0 6 0 86 oO D 12 eal eE Layout manager is a toolbar where you can quickly switch between frequently used layouts tl b El ig Ble E 1 Patrol Click here to select the view layout tour to use You may click Cancel to stop layout tour lt lt Cancel gt gt 1 School4rea 1 window view 4 window view 9 window view 16 window view 25 window view 36 window view St SA ae eS eS o 49 window view ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 9 64 window view 10 6 window view 11 8 window view 12 10 window view 13 This is the subsection where you select the stream or channel ID to display on the current preview window If you are using a Dual stream device you may setup two different streams in Camera Setup By default NVR will accept live view only on media 1 while recording can be done with either Media 1 or 2 In active Monitor channels with dual streams will by default preview in media 1 You may temporarily change the displayed video stream to media 2 by clicking on 2 here This does not affect the recording and the live view will still use media 1 when you next refresh this layout This way you may verify that media 2 is acceptable to your recording needs but do not need to keep decoding a larger video st
65. ate a new layout tour Enter the Tour Name and Description and then click Apply to add a new layout tour to the tour list 12 Delete Tour Click this button to delete the currently selected tour from the tour list 13 Add Layout Click this button to add layout to the current layout tour After you click the button you will enter the subsection showing the available layouts Add Return View Layout List View Layout ID Name Layout style Camera Groups Entrance Premises 3 4 6 10 14 15 16 11 Check the checkboxes in front of each layout to select it When you ve selected all the layouts you wish to add click Add to add them to the layout tour Click Return to return to preset tour page without making any changes 3 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 14 Delete Layout Click this button to delete layouts from a layout tour 15 Tour Information Each layout tour has a unique view layout ID stored in the system The column ID is assigned automatically by the system Each tour also has a tour name and description 16 Layouts in This Tour All the layouts included in this tour are listed here Click on the appropriate row to edit that layout 17 Layout Tour Sequence Control panel You may rearrange the layout sequence here First click on the row of the preset point you wish to move then click the buttons to move to top move up move down or move to bottom of list
66. ation If you trust the website and the add on and want to allow it to run click here x ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 4 The Web Client login screen is shown below User Account Admin server IP Address 10 1 1 10 7 60 Application NVR Language English United States Preview Mode Basic Advanced Auto login with this account E Save as Default m Use CTRL F10 to cancel auto login mode Fig 97 Web Client Login Screen There are two important differences between the login screen of Web Client and Workstation Firstly the Server IP Address port is not editable as you have already decided how to access your server when you typed in the address bar Secondly the Preview mode now has two options Basic and Advanced Advanced mode is almost the same as NVR workstation Basic mode is used when you want to restrict access or for simple observers gt q ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 5 Once you ve logged into Web Client it looks exactly like the NVR workstation The default login connects you to the Active Monitor If you do not have access right to Active Monitor it will connect you to modules where your account has permission to AVA OFA amp rs X e lt cy E Admin as Administrator lt s 6K LI SD Bw we re 201035108 08 01 33 Refresh Camera ID oH a a User Define El A Camera Tree a sm MediaSour
67. ation your license key is matched against the MAC address on the Network Interface Card NIC on your computer This MAC address is used as the Machine Key This matching record will be stored on the ACTi web server If your computer has more than one network card only the network card with the smallest MAC address will be used If your Server PC has multiple network cards you will need to disable the extra network cards which you do not intend to register Please refer to the support document How to Disable and Enable Multiple Network Cards on ACTi Knowledge base website for more information Online Registration This is the recommended and easiest way to register NVR on your PC You will need to have internet connection to register this way Please log into NVR with Active Setup Click on the Setup System symbol and then click on the license tab See following image P D Camera Groups gt User Roles Users gt Storage Management gt Joystick View Layouts View Lours gt Language Senice License Offline Registration Apply Register Online MAC Address 00 1F 16 14 39 DC License Key OOESL Pl PO EPPH P Notice Please enter your license key above and click apply NVR will connect to the online server and complete registration automatically Fig 5 Online Registration Click the Online Registration on the horizontal menu under the tabs Make sure your computer is connected to internet and enter the
68. b Client including Language files Raw AVI files and system logs 7 You may not setup eMap from web client ACTI d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual ACTi Utility Suite Aside from NVR we also provide a set of utilities to help round out the features Here is a brief introduction to the utility programs For details please go to the respective user s manual IP Utility IP Utility helps you find cameras over LAN network and allows for multiple camera firmware upgrades at the same time You may also backup and restore device settings through IP Utility Often it is faster to use IP utility to check if your device is properly running then go through NVR Media converter Media converter helps you process your recorded files into your desired format You may convert between RAW AVI MP4 JPG formats You may also trim a section out of the original video for your convenience Backup Wizard Backup Wizard provides a convenient way to safeguard your NVR settings In case of any troubleshooting needs you may also provide a backup file for easier troubleshooting Streaming Explorer Streaming explorer is a handy little tool to control camera directly It is especially useful when testing PTZ or OSD functions as it does not include bulky setup steps but goes directly to camera control Archive Player Archive Player allows you to view recorded video in detail When you need to present evidence
69. be used for NVR storage select a disk below and click New To remove a drive from use select a disk above and click delete Please note that removing a disk will result in deleting all previous recordings on that disk 10 Available Disk Drives These are the drives detected by NVR but not yet included for video storage use Note When deleting storage drive will delete all recorded logs on this disk 74 4 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Joystick Q B2 User Users gt Storage Management Joystick View Layouts gt View Tours gt Language gt Senice gt License gt System IP Desktop Logitech Apply Joystick Q E No Function No Function No Function No Function Fig 43 System Setup Joystick 1 Select joystick of IP Desktop NVR supports two joystick providers IP desktop Logitech Please select the correct model 2 Select joystick of Logitech NVR supports two joystick providers IP desktop Logitech Please select the correct model Apply Confirm the settings after you ve configured the joystick 4 Joystick Picture When any joystick is selected user can see a representative picture of the joystick here 5 Button setups You may configure the joystick buttons to perform specific actions Please the dropdown list in the next page for details Other joysticks are also supported but they may not offer 3 dimen
70. bic Yemen Chinese PRC Chinese Taiwan W Czech Danish Dutch Standard Finnish French Standard German Standard reek Hungarian indonesian italian Standard Japanese Fig 49 System Setup Language Language List to Remove 3 Reset button Restore the fields back to default settings 4 Export button Export current language to an XML file for editing Click here and a select path and filename to export This is available only to workstation not to Web Client Export File Type XML Path D Desktop NVR_Data Export Langue Browse File Name Export_fr_xml It may take few minutes to export language Export Cancel 5 Import button Select a translated XML file to import You may update support for new languages or change the more up to date translated version for your language this way Apply button Confirm and save current settings 7 Language Show the keyword list of the selected language to edit 2 i ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Services This section describes how to start stop the various NVR component services Occasionally some minor errors in NVR operation can be easily fixed by stopping and restarting individual services For security reasons this section is only available to workstation running on the same PC as the NVR server You cannot access this through web Client i 1 1 gt Users gt Stor
71. ce jf ALL CAMERA D Af 1 Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 l Entrance 4 5 Basketball Court 1 5 Basketball Court 2 7 Canteen 1 Canteen 2 3 Canteen 3 Car Park 1 Car Park 2 6 H88O8e 12 Sidewalk 1 Sidewalk 2 amp i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 14 Corridor 1 Clear Fig 98 Web Client Basic Mode 4 CSD MK Oo o CoB aae ea mm a3 Es E E Em CNC NL SES Refresh Camera ID an User Defined 4 sl A ga Camera Tree a sw MediaSource f pt ALL CAMERA Af 1 Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 i j 3 Entrance 3 Clear DigitalZoom Mouse PTZ i i E i i gt l 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 go GS J GS Goto v Action v Fig 99 Web Client Advanced Mode 130 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Web Client Restrictions Below is a List of functions available to Workstation and not to Web Client 1 In Setup Camera gt Event Action gt Beep and play audio file Play audio file is not available to Web Client In Setup System gt PTZ setup you may not use PTZ file function from Web Client In Setup System gt System Camera Model Update is not available to Web Client In Setup System Joystick setting is not available to Web Client In Setup System gt System Default Export Path is not available to Web Client o P e A P You may not export files from We
72. ch function Next Step Fig 13 Camera Setup Add New Camera 38 ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Auto Scan Select Auto and click Next Step to start auto scan NVR will take a short while to look for devices on your network Only devices on the same subnet can be found A list of available cameras and video servers will be displayed once the search is complete Camera Q Add New Camera Cancel rea Camera ID Product ID SED3200 1 Camera C 192 168 0 201 0 OO 0F 7C 00 2F 42 Video Decoder SED3320 2 Camera 192 168 0 200 40 0 0 1 0 00 0F 7C 00 7F EE Video Decoder i el MAC Address ACD 100 Camera 10 1 1 101 00 0F 7C 03 74 94 1 CH Video Server ACD 2200 4 Camera 10 1 1 102 1 00 0F 7C 03 79 57 4 CH Video Server Fig 14 Camera Setup Auto Scan Auto Search Result List 1 Add New Camera After you ve selected all the devices you wish to add to NVR and which channel ID should they be assigned to click here to add the selected devices into NVR database 2 Cancel Click this button to abort adding devices and return to the Add New Camera screen 3 List of Cameras Video servers Here is a list of devices found over the network You may click on the row of the device you wish to add and User can see the list of all the IP cameras video servers found You may click the column heading to sort by each column 4
73. cheduled Record Select the FPS number when you use schedule recording Event Record Select the FPS number when you use event recording w w ae A N Dual Stream Settings If the camera video server provide dual stream options 7 and 8 will show up 7 Live View Stream Show the stream used for Live View NVR uses only media 1 for live view 8 Recording Stream Select the stream Media 1 or 2 to use for recording By using different streams for recording and live view you may use different values so that the live view stream is smaller in size with lesser frame rate to save decoding CPU power and bandwidth Meanwhile the recording stream can be larger and have more FPS so that if you have clear images when you need to retrieve evidence IMPORTANT It is highly recommended that users use Get Device Setting before making configuration changes and use Apply after the changes are made This way the status of IP Camera can be synchronized to the NVR Server a ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Advanced Setting Advanced Setting Aj Q Wideo Encoder H264 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 16 40 55 GMT 08 00 Stream Mode DUAL Qs 30 Resolution Bitrate Mode Q Maximum Bitrate untmmeEo Bit Rate 1 2mbps l 8 View Oeics Show Basic Setting Please get device setting first and make sure you see the live view of camera before changing the camera configura
74. configure motion and PIR detection 1 Get Motion Setting Click this button to connect to retrieve motion detection setting from the device and see live view 2 Apply button Click this button to save the settings to camera and NVR 3 Show Motion Region in Active Monitor When this checkbox is checked a red rectangle representing the motion region will in Active Monitor during live view if there is motion activity Please note that if the motion detection region was configured only in camera and not through NVR the live view camera title bar will turn red but the motion region rectangle will not show up in Active Monitor live view Whether PIR motion sensor activity will show red borders around the live view window is also controlled here 4 Set After checking unchecking Show Motion Region in Active Monitor click Set button to save the setting This setting applies to all cameras regardless of which camera you enabled it from 5 Enable Disable Motion Detection Click this button to enable disable this motion 57 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual detection area The motion detection region setup rectangle will show up when this is enabled 6 Sensitivity Enter the sensitivity level of this motion detection region Higher sensitivity levels are more easily triggered but may give more false alarms Sensitivity may range from 1 100 7 Name Enter the name of this motio
75. cording will continue automatically for 5 minutes then stop Beu PTZ Refresh 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 14 27 59 aa 00 a Camera Tree i RAL r LN Ae F aw MediaSource s ipf ALL CAMERA Gd ay Entrance 1 D amp 2 Entrance 2 6 4 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual To take snapshots you should click the snapshot button instead me IOA P BK me DE 4X DO Bat Pm 2 S C EF 2am es a oom E Refresh CameraID eer Err 59 GMT 08 00 T Camera Tree 1 AQL YT LW ae my MediaSource i R pf ALL CAMERA D A 1 Entrance 1 D 42 2 Entrance 2 View recorded video To view recorded video you may either use the Active Player or the Utility program Archive Player Use Active player when you wish to search for some specific event but do not know the exact original recording file Use archive player when you have already located the file and wish to perform further processing Export Video as Evidence To export video as evidence you should first locate the file via Active Player If the format you need is AVI or RAW you may export directly from Active Player If you need JPEG files you may also use Media Converter to convert part of the video into JPG images 37 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual NVR Operation Explained Camera Setup Camera
76. ction An icon representing map link will appear on the map information page once you ve added the Map Link Q Occasionally the MapLink icon may appear outside the actual map image In that case please use scroll down to find the map link icon and drag it to your desired location Press Apply to save the changes You can delete the Map Links by pressing Delete MapLink button if necessary The typical situation where the map link is needed is when there is one map for the large area for example a school s campus and several other maps containing floor plans of each building in the area Map link can also be used when the area is too big so that it has to be divided into several smaller maps 3s ACTI Connecting Vision Ds NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Map Tour If there are two or more maps in the system and you would like to switch between them regularly then you can setup an automated Map Tour You can decide which maps should be included to the tour and for how many seconds will each map be displayed before switching to the next one Open Map Tour tab and press Add Map Manager Map Tour 7 Cancel Map Name Dwell Time Seconds E Entrance 10 a Canteen 10 E Premises 10 Fig 67 Map Setup Selecting Map to add into Map Tour Put the checks into checkboxes for the maps you want to be added to the tour Dwell time indicates how long the screen will display this given map before switch
77. desk SHOYHOUSYXINKHOSGOTKRVIMSMLWHJITPVUMFYPRUPXZHPTGIYKR a ee YPZWOUUNCVOXSGJUKLXPXVMHVIDXOWVHJIWOTT OYWPYUOXVOMY GPTHPUGOZJIZHPTGPVGIXGOWNYXGIUHOWIGSHIWGOQUICVGJUIB NVR Registration Tiii Bei ee ee Project Registration Customer Feedback Form Fig 6 Offline Registration 5 Copy the complete Activation Key and n y transfer it to the NVR server PC By Register Offline pasting into a text file and copying it via MAC Address 00 1F 16 14 39 DC Activation Key USB disk for example SHOYHOUSYXINXHOSGOTKRYVIMSMLYVHITPVUMPYPRUPXZ 6 Paste the key in Active Setup gt System o OE E NES Setup gt License gt Offline Registration er a 7 Click Apply to finish registration Notice If your computer cannot connect to the internet then you should register offline 2 Verify your license bis Con NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Once you ve successfully registered your NVR you will receive a notification message as shown here Wists Te Register Successfully Please check ActiveSetup System License Field You may check your current NVR license from Active Setup gt System Setup gt System tab System Property Keep Event Log for day NVR Streaming Port IS HTTP port a0 W OSD FPS Popup message when event trigger System E Mail Setting SMTP Server SMTP Authenticate O System FTP Setting FTF Server meoo User Na
78. e Command c Alert exe Fig 37 Event Manager Setup Action Tab 1 Action Check this box to enable the following responses Existing settings are still kept if you disable action responses by clearing the checkbox The settings will be grayed out as a result Snapshot Click to enable disable Snapshot when this event occurs 3 Trigger DO1 Click to enable disable DO1 when this event occurs You may also setup the duration for DO1 to be triggered 4 Trigger DO2 Click to enable disable DO2 when this event occurs You may also setup the duration for DO2 to be triggered 7 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 5 Beep Click to setup NVR to beep upon event User can also select how many times does it beep and the duration of each beep 6 Play Audio File Click to setup NVR to play your desired audio file for a number of repetitions User can enter the path of the audio file to be played Please note that you may either beep or play audio file but cannot do both at the same time NOTE Play Audio File function only works on NVR Workstation not on Web Client Don t beep Click to disable beep function of NVR Activate Hot Spot Window Click to display video from the camera on Hot Spot window upon event The upper left main preview window You may also select the duration for the video to display on the Hot spot window 9 Activate Pop Up Window Click to display video form th
79. e camera on the event pop up window upon trigger You may also select the duration for video to be displayed in the Pop up window Please note that you may activate either the Hot Spot window or the Pop up window but not both at the same time 10 None Click here to disable both Pop up and Hot Spot windows 11 Enable PTZ Command Upon event NVR can move specific camera to specific PTZ presets Check this box to enable this function 12 Camera Channel and Preset number Select which camera to move and which PTZ preset to go to Please note that you need to configure PTZ presets for that camera first 13 Upload Snapshot File to FTP Site Click to enable NVR to upload FIP to a FTP site upon this event You need to configure FTP settings in System Setup gt System for this to function correctly Please also make sure the FTP server setting is correct and the folder access rights are properly configured 14 Enable Execute Command and enter its File Path Click to enable NVR to execute a certain command upon this event This is a very power function User can use it to integrate NVR s event handling with other programs User can enter the path of the command to be executed upon event ss ba Act NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Mail Notification Setup This section lets you setup the E mail notification Notification via E Mail gt MailTo M Admin Subject Door Open Alert Lab Front Door is open
80. e settings Every camera that has not been specially reassigned will automatically belong to the section named No Group This means that No Group will contain all devices unless the administrator has unchecked the check box from specific cameras Refresh Camera ID i Camera Tree O om MediaSource Camera 1 Entrance 1 fst ALL CAMERA Media Inf z iT A Entrance 1 TA Basic Setting Detail Description Setting i Dy Camera ID ACM8 11 Tt at Protocol AID 220 V3 11 13 AC D a Camera IP Camera Name Entrance 1 CD aa Http Port Camera Model Megapixel IP PTZ Camera ie var E E si User Name Production ID ie i Password Connection T ce l L R a i Timeout Ti Get Video from Current NVR amp L oe Type OSD Position T a aA 13 Sidewalk 2 Defining User Roles 1 Please go to Active Setup gt System Setup gt User Roles Admin as Administrator SAA FF 09 40 44 New Delete Apply User Roles amp Role Name Role Description View Only l Setup I Setup System l Setup Camera I Setup Map MV Monitor M View Tours l Take Snapshot M PTZ l PTZ OSD Event List Playback l Export l Take Snapshot V eMap Viewer Role Name Role Description Permissions Settings pe oe P EIE Cais Setup Setup System Setup Camera Setup Map Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ PTZ P OSD Quad Event List Playback Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Guard Mo
81. earch Device start searching all IP camera video server on the same network segment User can see the search window pop up as below NOTE IP cameras video servers not on the same network segment as the NVR can t be found by this search function Next Step Fig 10 Add New Cameras Auto 3 A message will appear when searching for devices Once the search is complete a list of available devices will be shown You may click on the title header to sort by that column Click again to sort in the reverse order Camera Add New Camera Cancel TCM4300 4 ACTi 10 1 1 99 1 00 0F 7C 00 00 01 Megapixel IP Cube Camera ACD2000 10 1 1 98 00 0F 7C 02 98 5D 4 CH IP Quad Video Server ACM3001 IP Dome ACD2400 16 CH Video Server ACD2400 16 CH Video Server LAN IP Address VVAN IP Address MAC Address 3 ACTi 10 1 1 93 1 00 0F 7C 02 82 8C 4 ACTi 10 1 1 80 16 00 0F 7C 01 1F C5 5 ACTi 10 1 1 80 15 00 0F 7C 01 1F C5 Fig 11 Auto Search Camera List 28 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 4 Click on the row of the camera you wish to add to the system That row will be highlighted A drop down list will appear in the Camera ID column of the current highlighted row Click on it to expand and select the available channel no Repeat this step until you ve added all devices you wish to include in the NVR system 5 Click Add Ne
82. eforge net projects ffdshow http www divx com en software divx plus codec pack D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Time Based Search Bar Q QO Camera 5 20100429 17 z oz VM ESE v Vv V Manual Om Search 17 00 17 05 17 10 17 15 17 20 17 25 l 17 30 17 35 17 40 17 45 17 50 17 55 A m E eat 2010 04 29 17 29 02 D Recordings ChannelS ChannelS_20100429172206 raw Ge 6 56 9 59 1 Camera ID Shows the camera currently being displayed To select the camera click the camera name on the device tree Search time Select the time for time bar starting point Search event Choose the types of recordings to include in the search View by hour button Change the scale of the time bar to one hour View by day button Change the scale of the time bar to 24 hours Search button Search for video with the above filter and display below oe ee ee N Time bar The video clips found by the above filter will be displayed here You can see the time and type of recording available at a glance 8 Show previous section Go to the previous section If the time scale is hour the time bar will go back one hour If it is day it will go back by one day 9 Show next section Go to the next section If the time scale is hour the time bar will go forward one hour If it is day it will go forward one day 10 File Information Shows the recorded date and time o
83. either Running Pending Stop Running stopping and stop Service Action Start Service button Start Service Service Action Stop Service button Stop Service 8 D4 ACTi gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual License ACTi NVR software has 16 channel 32 channel 48 channel 64 channel packages and is free for 16 channels For more than 16 channels you have to purchase a license key Please contact our sales representatives for 32 48 64 channel license keys Version NVR Professional NVR Enterprise Channels Single Package Workstation 6 Free Free 32 48 64 License Required Fig 50 System Setup License License Requirements How does registration work During registration your license key is matched against the MAC address on the Network Interface Card NIC on your computer This MAC address is used as the Machine Key This matching record will be stored on the ACTi web server If your computer has more than one network card only the network card with the smallest MAC address will be used If your Server PC has multiple network cards you will need to disable the extra network cards which you do not intend to register Please refer to the support document How to Disable and Enable Multiple Network Cards on ACTi Knowledge base website for more information Online Registration This is the recommended and easiest way to register NVR on your PC You will need to have internet
84. emovable disk may risk losing recording when device is removed while being accessed k h 4 7 n 4 g 1 4 h 1 n i 7 k q Camera Groups User Roles gt Users Storage Management Joystick i View Layouts gt View Tours Language gt Semice gt License System lt Storage Management J 2 Recording Path IR scordings Only alphabets numbers underscores and dashes are allowed lt DRIVE_ID Recordings ChannekSC4AMERA ID fex C RecordingsiChannelt Mins Manual Record Duration C Keep Days Inactivate Cleanup Space and Reserve Space when user chooses Keep days delete rule Recording delete rule Reserve Space GB Keep recording until disk free space is smaller than Reserve Space then delete the earliest recordings _ snapshot delete rule Keep 50 cleanup Space GB fo oo GB System will delete this amount from the earliest recordings at one time when free space is smaller than reserve space selected Disk Drive Capacity Drive Name Drive Space Free Space MB Total Space MB Reserve space sB 35309 20 Fig 42 System Setup Storage Management 1 Apply Click this after you ve completed setup to save modified settings 2 Recording Path This is the folder path where the recordings from NVR will be stored This section will be inserted between the drive letter and the Channel number subfolder
85. era Model Camera Model Production ID Dual Stream Settings Video Setting Video En coder Stream Mode Analog Video Frame Mode FPS Resolution Bitrate Mode Maximum Bitrate Bit Rate Video Quality Frame Rate Setting Frame Mode Live View Remote Live View Schedule Record Event Record x m LU Video Adjustment Brightness Saturation Contrast Fig 24 Camera Setup Copy Setting 1 Apply Click this button after you have selected the types of info to copy 2 Cancel Click this button to cancel copy settings 3 Camera Data Target Select one camera video server to copy data to If you select Add New Device a new device will appear with the same settings as your current camera You may wish to modify the settings from there Camera Data Target B Entrance 2 v E litem List E Entrance 2 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 5 Basketball Court 1 W Connection Setting i Basketball Court 2 ne OSD Position Chaj Canteen 1 ASS ssword NVR Streami Canteen 2 Lc mera Mod treaming Port RTSP H ee nf Path Camera Model al Stream Settings CT oe 1 Car Park 2 r T log Video Frame Modi 12 Sidewalk 1 teh m Video setting Sidewalk 2 aes ive View Schedule Re 14 Corridor 1 Frame Rate Setting 5 Corridor 2 i Corridor 3 Video Adjustment 4 Items Check the settings that you want to copy Some detailed settings require you to first select Camera model to be able to include them in copy settings so D4 A
86. et Tunneling Protocol O Secure World Wide Web Services HTTPS OoOooodo 0o00 E Yn d a j a K StreamingService __ Windows Collaboration Computer Name Registration Service J Windows Firewall Remote Management O Windows Management Instrumentation WMI O Windows Media Player O Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service O Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Internet O Windows Peer to Peer Collaboration Foundation moa0oao0oo0g OOOOOOO0 O Windows Remote Management Details Remove Allow another program Cancel 9 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Disabling UAC in Windows Vista and Windows 7 UAC User Access Control is a security setting that restricts access in Microsoft Windows Vista You must disable UAC before installing NVR in Windows Vista and Windows 7 You may disable UAC through Windows control panel or through the TweakUAC tool that comes with NVR P TweakUAC T Turn User Account Control UAC on or off Turn UAC off now This will completely disable all UAC functionality Windows restart required Switch UAC to the quiet mode This will keep UAC on but suppress the elevation prompts for the administrators Leave UAC on This will leave the full UAC functionality enabled TweakUAC will launch automatically during install if you still have UAC on Choose Turn UAC off now the
87. eted the choices click apply to save settings to target cameras 3 Camera Check the Cameras to copy schedule to You may also click the checkbox in front of Camera to select all devices 4 Schedule You may adjust your schedule before copying to devices Note After you modify the recording schedule and click Apply it would only save to the assigned cameras but not to the original camera 53 DA ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Special Day Sometimes you need to override the weekly schedule during special days This is where you should go for such settings Camera Record Path schedule Motion Pl 3 PTZ Preset Preset Lour Event Manager Camera 1 Entrance 1 Apply to all a seneaue Hl son en Tee ves Tw Fa T So Selected ee ee ee ee ee o s ej 7 eal o 1 19 2 2 22 23 24 a j a a aa l Schedule j or Schedule i Event with Streaming T e Delete DEEDEEDEE CETTE anaana UNC Use mouse double click to select a single schedule Fig 28 Camera Setup Schedule Special Day To change the assigned record method for each time segment click the radio button then click and drag across the schedule to change the color 1 Special Day Click this button to establish schedule for special days This schedule will override weekly schedule settings 2 Delete Click this button to remove all special schedules of this camera
88. ewall User Accounts and Family Check firewall status Safety Allow a program through Windows Firewall Appearance and Personalization r B System View amount of RAM and processor speed Cl L d Regi eee and Reson Check the Windows Experience Index W Allow remote access Ease of Access See the name of this computer W Device Manager ap Windows Update Turn automatic updating on or off Check for updates View installed updates Power Options Require a password when the computer wakes Change what the power buttons do Change when the computer sleeps ia Backup and Restore Back up your computer Restore files from backup Windows Anytime Upgrade Get more features with a new edition of Windows 7 Step 2 Allow Another Program gt a Windows Fire Allowed Programs X Search Control Panel p Allow programs to communicate through Windows Firewall To add change or remove allowed programs and ports click Change settings What are the risks of allowing a program to communicate W Change settings Allowed programs and features Name Home Work Private Public O BranchCache Content Retrieval Uses HTTP O BranchCache Hosted Cache Client Uses HTTPS CJ BranchCache Hosted Cache Server Uses HTTPS O BranchCache Peer Discovery Uses WSD O Connect to a Network Projector Core Networking O Distributed Transaction Coordinator O File and Printer Sharing C HomeGroup O iSCSI Service O
89. f snapshot within that video is shown below the thumbnail 2 snapshot will be displayed below in the Snapshot view area You may see the physical file location below the snapshot and click the link to the right to download snapshot file gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Playback Control Panel Start Time Now End Time 2010 0429 3010 04 29 2010 0429 17 36 14 17 3620 17 36 46 Speed ee E F 12 1 hk Start Time Displays video clip start time 2 Current Time Displays the date time of the current video playback 3 End Time Displays end time of the video clip 4 Playback scroll bar Shows the time bar of current video clip Click and drag to change video segment to view 5 Previous recording Click this button to go to the recording file before the current one Play backward Click this button to play backward Local Record Click this button to record from the playback file Click again to stop recording This file is located in local PC and cannot be search from NVR When local record is in effect the playback speed is automatically locked into 1x normal Click on the Local Record button again to finish local record This is a useful way to retrieve a segment out of a long video archive clip 8 Stop Click this button to stop playback 9 Pause Click this button to pause playback 10 Play Click this button to play forward 11 Next recordin
90. f the recording file Note The time displayed is based upon device time not NVR PC time ACTI di gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Channel Layout tmm a E fe en fe E Eg 0 00000000 1 1 Window View Shows a single channel video is not expanded if maximum resolution of the source video is reached 4 Window View Shows a maximum of 2x2 video channels at one time 9 Window View Shows a maximum of 3x3 video channels at one time 16 Window View Shows a maximum of 4x4 video channels at one time 25 Window View Shows a maximum of 5x5 video channels at one time 36 Window View Shows a maximum of 6x6 video channels at one time oo ee Pt a A N 6 Window View Shows one video channel with a larger view and 5 others at a lower resolution 8 8 Window View Shows one video channel with a larger view and 7 others at a lower resolution 9 10 Window View Shows two video channels with a larger view and 8 others at a lower resolution 10 Synchronous Button 4 channel synchronized playback NOTE The Synchronous Button will be enabled only when there are files being played back ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Synchronous Playback 4 channel synchronous playback function allows user to review what happened at a give time from four different cameras Synchronized playback works by first finding the time you wish to investigate from
91. g Click this button to go to the recording file after the current one 12 Speed bar This bar shows how fast this recording is being played User can click the button on this bar to change playback speed F to the left means frame by frame gt q ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Export File Type RAW AVI 2 Path C Users Neil_Chuang Desktop NVR_ Browse File Name Channel 20100429152552 MEX raw It may take few minutes to export file Export Cancel Active Player Export Select a video window with a clip already playing then click on the Export button in the main screen to export video You may specify the following info 1 File type of the Export file 2 Export destination path 3 Name of the Export file 4 Start Exporting 5 Cancel Export NOTE You may export video only from Workstation not from Web Client The original file must be located on the same PC as the workstation If you are connecting to the server from a remote workstation then you may open the files from Server but will not be able to export them If there are local recording files on the remote workstation PC then the remote workstation user cam export from these files but not from files on NVR Server NOTE To play the exported AVI file you must have FFDShow or DivX codec installed in your computer They can be found over the internet at the following sites http sourc
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93. ger Camera 6 Basketball Court 2 Image Preview OSD Setting J tate OSD On Move Up Enter Move Left Move Right OSD Off Move Down Leave Sea QO PTZ Operation a Move Up Zoom In Move Left Stop Move Right Move Down Zoom Out GAuto Scan amp Start Scan Stop Scan Y Set Preset Clear Preset A fi PTZ Goto Preset 8 Preset Preset 1 fete woety site2 vaxt sites vaxt sites vaxt sites vat a aN i vat ee Fig 33 Camera Setup PTZ preset 1 Live View Click this button to see live view from camera Close Click this button to stop previewing current camera in live preview window Apply Click this button after you ve completed setup to save the settings Image Preview You can see the camera preview here ae N OSD setting Control Panel For devices that provide On Screen Display control OSD you may open control panel and configure the camera via OSD here 6 PTZ Operation Control Panel You may control camera movement in this panel Please note that if the device does not support zoom then the zoom in zoom out buttons will not show up 7 Auto Scan Panel You may setup Auto scan parameters in this panel For some devices you can only start or stop the auto scan The camera will automatically scan between the s1 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual left extreme and the right extreme position Fo
94. his user are also selected here pe User Information 1 31 chars User Account Holmes Tony Stark Email Address User Roles o Description robin aschool com StandardUser Camera Group Permissions M Entrance M Basketball Court M Canteen V Car Park M Sidewalk M Corridor M Premises User List User Account User Mame User Role Admin Admin Administrator Holmes Tony Stark StandardUser Guard1 Guard1 Guard Batman Dark Knight Supernisor 34 ACTI Connecting Vision gt S NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual View Live Video Now that you ve added your devices to NVR you should go to Active monitor to test the connection Display selected Camera 1 Start Active Monitor and login 2 The interface is shown as below To the top left is the camera tree Above the video display windows are the layout selection tab Oe x SZ Ne min as Administrator pa BSS SS 83 AE fen Prz Refresh CameraID EAEE 59 GMT 08 aa Camera Tree Ogi N A sm MediaSource E att i f ALL CAMERA Af 1 Entrance 1 Whe i 2 Entrance 2 ee if ay OSD Digital Zoom Mouse PTZ 3 There are two ways to see live view from your camera You may click and drag the appropriate camera from the camera tree to the view window or select the view window then double click on the camera you wish to add 4 You may arrange the channels by clic
95. hnical support PTZ file setup is not available for Web Clients 6 Address ID Enter the address ID of the PTZ device speed dome Parity Enter the parity of the PTZ device speed dome 8 User Command List If your speed dome or PTZ device has a special function not supported in the standard protocol Ex Activate the wiper to clean the window of the PTZ User can manually input the command to activate the wiper for later selection in PTZ controls 5o D4 ACTi go Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 9 Baud Rate Enter the baud rate of the PTZ device speed dome This option appears only for certain models i Enable PTZ PTZ File PTZ File has to be on local drive vendor Protocol Peico D CAM 6600 Address ID Parity BaudRate ia net gt 2400 10 Absolute Position Check this box to enable PTZ by absolute positioning This option appears only for certain devices gt W Enable PTZ Protoco 0 PTZ File PTzZ File has to be on local drive k visca T Absolute Position f Wendor Address ID Parity i Nei so ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual PTZ Preset This section describes how to setup PTZ preset points auto scan and the OSD On Screen Display settings of the camera Some devices may not support all functions listed here TZ PTZ Preset Preset lour Event Mana
96. ice and NVR You can check if the current setting detects video motion satisfactorily If you wish to modify the motion detection settings click Motion Setup 2 Motion Setup After you retrieved motion setting from device click this button to start setting up motion detection or PIR motion sensor The previously grayed out check boxes for each region will be enabled now In this stage you may configure the size and location of each individual region Please see screenshot on the next page 6 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual o Record Path gt Schedule Motion PIZ gt PL Preset Preset Lour Event Manager Motion Setting Camera 8 amp 8 Canteen 2 Motion Setting a Show Motion Region in Active Monitor SET a Canteen 2 2010 04 28 19 23 35 GMT 038 00 2 S a a Ov Motion 1 Event 2 Sensitivity Timer On e Name Description Motion Event J Sensitivity Timer Name Description Note Please make sure current machines IP address is on the same segment as the IP camera or video server Click Apply button will reboot the camera please oa me wait for few minutes Motion 3 Event 5 Sensitivity Timer Name Description D PIR Event Sensitivity Timer A Name Description Fig 31 Camera Setup Motion Motion Setup After you click the Motion Setup button the Apply button will show up and replace Motion Setup Then you can start to
97. ief ALL CAMERA Af 1 Entrance 1 D 2 Entrance 2 gt 3 Entrance 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 PIR 14 27 57 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 MD1 14 27 56 Basketball Court 2 2010 04 30 6 MD3 14 27 44 Car Park 2 2010 04 30 MD1 14 27 39 Basketball Court 2 2010 04 30 Fig 69 Active Monitor 1 About Us Click on the logo to bring up the About Us dialog box which contains software version system information technical support knowledge base and other details about the software 2 Active Monitor Toolbar Contains buttons to operate in Active Monitor application 3 Personal Profile Click on this to bring up Personal Profile settings you may change the password for the current user and select the preferred Language 7 D4 ACT lt q Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 4 PTZ Event Layout Control Click on the buttons to hide or show the sections of side panel devoted to these functions The figure below shows the different configurations available when either PTZ or Event panel is hidden from view Hiding sections you do not use will provide more space for the camera tree Bai PITZ Baa PTZ Refresh Camera ID Refresh Camera ID omy MediaSource a h Camera Tree Ea ist ALL CAMERA oe MediaSource A 1 Entrance 1 S fet ALL CAMERA i da 2 Entrance 2 ii 1 1 Entrance 1 D el EMU D 2 2 Entrance i 4 Entrance 4 RGI 2 Entrance
98. iew layout here Sa os o E Layout Setting Pick the cameras to view in each window for this view layout Only 77 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual cameras in the selected camera group are available You may assign the same camera to more than one window Please note that if you assign one camera to more than one window the streaming load will be increased 9 View Layout List User can see the existing view layout list here Click on the row of the target layout to edit 10 Apply Button Click button to confirm and save the settings If the View Layout screen is in the New mode clicking Apply will add a new layout 78 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual View Tours This section describes how to setup View Tours Layout tours View Tours are a predefined sequence of view layouts that will be displayed in the Active Monitor It is useful when you need to monitor a large number of channels and also want enough detail in each view Make sure you configure View Layouts correctly before setting up View Tours R View Tours New Tour Delete Tour AddLayout Delete Layout Apply Tour Information J Tour ID Tour Name Description Q Layouts In This Tour DEO Name Description Layout Style Dwell Time second Entrance 4 30 Premises 8 8 Fig 46 System Setup View Tours 11 New Tour Click this button to cre
99. ill not change your current view Active Player Click to go to Active Player to search and playback video recordings Active Map Click to go to Active Map and view video overlaid upon physical map 4 Active Setup Click to go to Active Setup and configure the Camera system or E Map settings 5 Full Screen Click to go to full screen mode The entire video layout will be enlarged together not just video in the window CTRL F12 To return press ESC 6 Snapshot Takes a single screenshot at maximum resolution for the selected video window CTRL F7 The screenshot is saved in JPG format It will be saved in the Recording Path for that particular channel as defined in the Recording section of Camera Setup Please refer to the Recording section for details The snapshots will be stored on your workstation local machine and cannot be searched by NVR Server Disconnect This Camera Click to stop video playback for the selected channel Disconnect All Cameras Click to stop video playback for all channels Video Search Click to search video recording files 10 Snapshot Search Click this button to search and browse snapshots taken by the system and bring up related archive playback 11 Volume Control Turn audio signal on off and adjust the volume New channels are set to Mute On as default No Sound D4 ACTi Cio Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Video Search RA GOO AK Too 5 amp S Search
100. ing Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual System Requirements The performance of NVR is largely determined by the hardware PC capability The table below provides basic guideline for selecting proper hardware The minimum required hardware will provide acceptable performance for systems that use mostly MPEG4 streams Surveillance systems that use primarily H 264 streams should satisfy Recommended PC Spec for good performance PC 16 Channels 32 48 64 channels Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Intel Core 2 Intel i5 670 2 4 a i a 2 66 GHz a 2 66 GHz eae 46 GHz r 4GB ss 4GB oo 4GB 4GB Network Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Graphics Card nVidia 9500 GT or nVidia 9800 GT nVidia9800 GT _ nVidia GTS 250 or ae arenes ee Graphics Card 512MBormore 512 MB or more 512MBormore 512 MB or more ion a Hard Drive 2 GB for NVR 2GBforNVR 2GBforNVR 2 GB for NVR Fig 1 System Requirements NOTE Live view for multiple channels require good hardware for smooth performance If your live view performance is not satisfactory please reduce the number of channels viewed at the same time and use Layout Tour to scan through all the channels instead NOTE When CPU power is not enough to provide smooth live view NVR will decode only one frame per second to save computing power This is done to ensure that recording is always properly processed In extreme cases like when viewing 64 Meg
101. ing to the next Once you have added the maps you wish into the Map Tour you can re arrange the order of maps by using the following arrow keys on the right side of the window You may also select each row and redefine the dwell time 29990 Fig 68 Map Setup Changing sequence in Map Tour You can run the Tour later on ActiveMap by pressing the following Patrol button e Once you have added the maps to the Map Tour the option of deleting the maps from the Tour will appear the Delete button Click Delete to remove one or more maps from the Tour 6 ACTI Connecting Vision Ds NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Active Monitor Active Monitor is the interface where you see the live views from your cameras It is where most of the security professionals access the surveillance system Aside from keeping an eye on the video you may also cycle through View layouts drag and drop various cameras to the screen review a log of events take snapshots control PTZ cameras start or stop recording on a given channel trigger Digital output and broadcast or talk to specific cameras First we provide an overview of the UI elements and then we describe the functions in each section Overview admin as Administrator A Ce V AS Ea gt ea v w DO Be lA Ar EB 4A FF 022750 Dm HEA era a m He E yabotesh Camera ID EEEE 00 amp Camera Tree en I a E AONE S f
102. ion i ServerApplicatio Deployment Channel Web Client NVR Server Server Client ee Yes up to 64 16 Free p a up to 64 NVR Professional Stand alone For installing Workstation just follow the on screen instructions For installing NVR Enterprise Server or NVR Professional please see sample screen from NVR Enterprise Server setup and follow below steps Orton T Vv ACT S gt s Installer Z0 Y Release Notes ACTi NVR 2257 Please follow the Quick Installation Guide procedure to J Quick Installation Guide install them Calhaeara Step 1 Backup Database Backup database from previous NVR installation J Manual Step 2 Install and setup IIS server Click the ink to invoke SOP How to install and setup IS server How to Setup IIS Server ick the link to invoke How to install and setup IIS serve j Step 3 Install NVR Server Main Program Tools install NVR Server Main program Step 4 Restore Database Restore database to current installation important Notice Please make sure to install both Server and Workstation on your original server before you run NVR again K Back 5 ACTI d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Backup If you are doing a fresh install you may ignore this section If you are upgrading from a previous version of NVR or otherwise doing a re install then it would be best to backup existing settings before installing Please note tha
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104. ist panel gives an overview on event setup for this device The Event type column is the Original trigger from the device The Name is shown on the Event panel so that you may easily decide what exactly happened Camera Record Path schedule da Motion ba PTZ PTZ Preset AN Preset Tour Event Manager Camera 1 Entrance 1 Event List a 3 Event Type Name Action MD2 MD2 MD3 MD3 Alarm 1 Alarm 1 Video Loss Video Loss Video Recovery Video Recovery Network Loss Network Loss Network Recovery Network Recovery Action amp Notification via E Mail a Record Please use scheduler to setup the period of Mail To M Admin time where Event Manager will take effect nanchnt subject Fig 35 Camera Setup Event Manager Setup 1 Delete Click this button to delete all the settings on the event Settings on other events are not influenced e g only settings for MD1 are removed while settings on MD2 and Alarm 1 are kept 2 Apply Click this button to save settings to NVR and device 3 Event type User can see the list of event type here and select the event user wants to trigger to modify it The Action and Mail checkboxes indicate if there is any responses currently configured for this type of event 4 Enable Action After selecting an event first user has to enable the function by checking it and then select which action to take upon event 5 Enable E Mail Notification If you wish to send email
105. king and dragging them to different view windows 3s ACTI onnec ting Vision A v NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Recording and snapshots There are three ways to record video Before recording video please go to System Setup gt Storage to configure your disks To record by schedule you should go to Camera Setup gt Schedule Preset Tour Event Manager Camera Record Path Schedule Motian k TF k PIZ Preset View By Camera SpecialDay Copy Camera Setting Delete Apphy Camera 1 Entrance 1 Schedule a iv Delete Scheduleffill Event with Streaming Sun p Mon Wed UTE a Thu PEEELEEEE EEL Fri Danann nonn Sat E Use mouse double click to select a single schedule IUAINEQENEUSUNEQENEUSUNEQENONSEUEQENENONND CE TEE CT EAE eae ee POE Ooo oorr Eronu uii EEE A Tonon EEL PO EECCA PTE EEL I For continuous recording first click on radio Schedule then click and drag over the scheduler to setup For Event only recording Triggered by motion detection Digital inputs PIR click on Event with Streaming and setup the time segments Each segment represents 20 minutes Time segments left blank will not be recorded If you wish to record a give channel while viewing live video first select the channel to record by clicking on the view window Then just click on the record icon to start manual recording By default manual re
106. l Court 2 D A 7 Canteen 1 D 8 Canteen 2 GD 9 Canteen 3 D 9 410 Car Park 1 sv 11 Car Park 2 D 12 Sidewalk 1 D 13 Sidewalk 2 D F 14 Corridor 1 GQ aA 15 Corridor 2 16 Corridor 3 Open Digital Zoom Export Start Time Now End Time 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 18 10 51 18 11 38 18 12 46 Tre 18 25 130 18 35 1840 1845183501855 Speed bo 0 18 09 a a eos Fig 93 Finding Sync Main start point Here are the steps to prepare for synchronized playback 1 Choose Video Screen Open a recording in the view window to use as Sync Main Playback Time Find the time you want to sync view from Playback Control Panel Time Bar Or find the time you want to sync view from Time Based Search Bar pp N Synchronize Button Then click on the synchronize button to confirm the current channel as Sync Main Sync Main and Sync Follower ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual DI CPE BA D aa S Sore gy e ie l E om MediaSource kf ALL CAMERA Sync Main Af 1 Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 Camera Name MediaSource gt 14 Corridor 1 e e Current Time 2010104130 19 17 42 j a 4 Entrance 4 5 Basketball Court 1 Source File Path C Recordings Channel14 Channel14_2 e S Eackoha Court 0100430191740 raw 7 Canteen 1 8 Canteen 2 2 Canteen 3 1 10 Car Park 1 4 11 Car Park 2 2 12 Sidewalk 1 13 Sidewalk 2
107. le C Recordings Channel13 Channel13_20100430210831 raw 2010 04 30 21 08 31 2010 04 30 21 10 30 122 9 Canteen 3 Schedule C Recordings Channel9 Channel9_20100430210831 raw 2010 04 30 21 08 31 2010 04 30 21 10 30 120 7 Canteen 1 WithStreaming C Recordings Channel7 Channel7_20100430210830 raw 2010 04 30 21 08 30 2010 04 30 21 10 29 127 Fig 84 Active Monitor System Monitor 1 Type of log Select the type of log you wish to display system Monitor Recorded Recorded Deleted Alarm Motion PIR Network Loss Recovery Video Loss Recovery User Operation Fig 85 Active Monitor System Monitor Select Type of Log 2 Date amp Time Enter the start and end time filter to limit your search results 3 Camera ID enter a specific Camera ID here if you wish to limit the search to a particular camera 4 Search Button Press the button to search the logs according to the filter 5 Export Button Export the logs into XLS file Pressing the button will pop up a window for you to confirm the path and name of the export file This function is only available through workstation not Web Client ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual File Type Path DANVR_Data System Log Browse File Name ExportLog xls It may take few minutes to export system log Cancel Fig 86 Active Monitor System Monitor Export Navigation buttons Click here to move through the pages of records Dis
108. le is broken down in 20 minute segments Camera Record Path Schedule Motion TEF PIZ Preset Preset Lour Event Manager i w By Camera SpecialDay Copy Camera Setting Delete Apply Camera 1 Entrance 1 Schedule q Schedule C Event with Streaming 6 B Delete T 01 2 3 4 55 F amp 8 10 99 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sun CU EE O CEOE OEO Con ee eao Ooo C eea eooo Mon CE Tue eae EECCECEEEEECOEEE EE CCEEEEC EEE CCCP Eee Wed ELEEEEEEEEEE EEE Thu ee Fri A T e aana aaraa arataa aaa aaa a aaa KE Use mouse double click to select a single schedule Fig 26 Camera Setup Schedule Weekly View To change the assigned record method for each time segment click the radio button then click and drag across the schedule to change the color View By Camera Click this button to configure recording schedule of this camera Delete Click this button to remove all weekly schedules of this camera Please note that you still need to click Apply to confirm editing Special day schedules are not affected 3 Apply Click this button to save the settings 4 Schedule The camera will record continuously during your designated period 5 Event with Streaming NVR will keep receiving video from cameras but will not record unless events are triggered This method saves the storage space and keeps only the relevant video 6 Delete The camera will not perform
109. lution Nesoxas0 t t i Yd Bitrate Mode Constant Maximum Bitrate uNLMTED gt f Bit Rate mes o Yd Live View Close a Please get device setting first and make sure you see the live view of camera before changing the camera configuration Get Video from current NVR will use login IP as NVR IP If your NVR IP has been changed please do not forget to get device setting and apply again Fig 17 Camera Setup Manual Get Device Setting completed Click the apply button to add device to NVR system We will explain the other sections below a2 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Detail Description Setting Detail Description Setting TCM4201 A1D 310 W4 07 10 AC Camera Name Entrance 3 Camera Model Megapixel IP Cube Camera Production ID TCM4200 Series goo ection Timeout osp Position Upper lefi cam era Groups 7 No Group M Entrance Basketball Court Canteen gt CarPark Sidewalk Coridor M Premises Fig 18 Camera Setup Detail Description Setting Tab 1 Camera Name Enter the name of the camera This name should be descriptive so that you know where the camera is located 2 Camera Model Select the device type of the IP cameras video servers If the setting here does not the device you may not be able to use the full function properly In most cases this is automatically filled in when you perfo
110. me License Information Keep Recording Log for day ia 45 NWR Control Port l OSD Camera Name Event status on Camera Tree Sender Email Address SMTP User Name Port 21 Password Keep System Lag for day a 180 MessageEngine Port Number Sender Name SMTP Password Upload Folder ACTI necting Vision Admin as Administrat 20105F 4 748 FF 04 20 36 2 gt gt Product APP20 00 shipping Date Channel Number Fig 7 Verifying License Registration Info Serial Number If you encounter any error message please report on our Customer Help Desk http Awww acti com support case index asp 24 ACTI Connecting Vision gt s NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual NVR Quick Start This section will demonstrate the fundamentals of how to setup your security surveillance system with ACTi NVR We will guide you through the basic steps required to setup your surveillance system This section will only explain the necessary part of the User Interface and will not detail every function For a complete list of functions please see the User Interface Explained section Logging In The default login User Account and Passwords are Admin 123456 You can use either workstation or web client to access NVR We will describe how to use Workstation at this moment Web client access will be covered in later sections 1 Click on one of the four NVR
111. n Mode to login Connect using 9 Windows authentication credentials of current user Server authentication using the Login ID and password below Login ID sa Password TOT TIT ILIILIIILiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiif l InstallShield ma C a L i After installing NVR Server or workstation system will ask you to reboot your PC Please reboot for proper operation afterwards Restore old setting to NVR Database If you have backed up your old database before installing the new NVR SP3 and somehow require restoring it please use the latest version of Backup Wizard to restore and recover old settings You can find Backup Wizard in NVR Workstation or the Utility folder in original install files Please refer to Backup Wizard User s Manual for detailed instructions License ACTi NVR software has 16 channel 32 channel 48 channel 64 channel packages For NVR Enterprise it is free for up to 16 channels For more than 16 channels you have to purchase a license key Please contact our sales representatives for Enterprise Version 32 48 64 channel license keys Professional version is free for up to 64 Channels D4 ACTi gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Version NVR Professional NVR Enterprise Channels Single Package Server Workstation Free Free 32 48 64 License Required r Fig 4 License Requirements for each version How does registration work During registr
112. n detection region This is the name that will be shown in Event manager and the Active Monitor event panel when motion activity is detected 8 Timer The interval before the next motion detection can be triggered again The range of available value is 1 300 seconds 9 Description Enter more detailed description of this motion detection area Both the name and the description will be shown in the event manager 10 Enable Disable PIR Event Click this button to enable disable PIR detection Available only to certain models 11 Motion Region Click and Drag to setup the location and size of the target motion region in view window After you ve completed setup please click Apply to save into to camera and NVR This process may take a short while If you have pressed Get motion setting and leave the page without applying the system will provide a warning message to urge you to save all changes 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 click apply to save to NVR This is to ensure that the settings in NVR are always in sync with the device For ACTi T CM TCD model devices motion detection is available when codec is either H 264 or MPEG4 MJPEG does not support motion detection 8 D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual PTZ This section describes how to set the PTZ
113. n restart the computer before continuing installation You may choose to turn UAC back on with TweakUAC after NVR has been fully installed NVR Main Program After you completed setting up SQL server disabling UAC for Vista Win7 and setting up IIS server you can proceed to install NVR Please follow the on screen instructions For NVR Server the recommended path is C Program Files NVR You can change the destination folder path if you really need to NVR will need to log into the SQL server during installation If you are doing a fresh install just use the default account password If you have your own sa password use this instead of the default password If you forgot the password for sa account please select Windows Authentication instead When you use Windows Authentication just use your windows login account password Please see following image 2 4 ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual E gr NVR Server v2 2 57_48 InstallShield Wizard Database Server Select database server and authentication method Select the database server to install to from the list below or click Browse to see a list of all database servers You can also spedfy the way to authenticate your login using your current credentials or a SQL Login ID and Password Database Serveri acah SSOLEXPRESS lf an SQL password error appears or if you forget the password please use Windows Authenticatio
114. n the live preview available For NVR Workstation you will always use the Advanced mode that comes with the full features For NVR Web Client you may also choose to login with the basic preview mode 5 You may choose to check the box Auto login with this account NVR will then remember the settings you used to login this time and automatically login in future startups saving you valuable time Please note that if your workstation will be accessed by more than one individual then you may not want everyone to be able to auto login with the default account In this case you should use the Save as Default as described below If you decide to cancel auto login in the future you may press Ctrl F10 during login process The NVR will still start automatically that time But when you login again it will again require you to type in your information manually 6 Selecting Save as Default will store the parameters you used this time for Language server IP Port User Name application and Preview mode for future use The next time you login everything except the password will be filled in automatically This is useful if there is a main user for this PC but others may also gain access to this PC In such cases you do not want to breach security protocols by automatically logging in without verifying if the user has permission to use this account This method provides convenience with proper security safeguard 26 ACTI C
115. nitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ Event List Playback Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Guest Guest Group Monitor StandardUser Standard User Group Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ PTZ OSD Playback eMap Viewer Supervisor Supervisor Group Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ PTZ OSD Playback Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer View Only Monitor View Tours PTZ eMap Viewer 3 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 2 There are four pre defined roles There may be more than one user in a given user role Administrator is the role that controls the whole system Setups are only allowed for the administrator Standard User can operate the view and see the playbacks Supervisor can do what Standard User can do plus export evidence and take snapshots Guest users can only see the live view 3 If you have other combinations of allowed functions in mind then you may create a new User Role by typing the Role Name Role Description and selecting the intended functions in the list below You need to first check the boxes to the left to enable the module then select the detail operations allowed for this role Then click Apply to add this role to the User Role list Defining Users You may add users to NVR system by going to Active Setup gt System Setup gt Users You may configure the User Account User name password email Address User Role and Descriptions here The camera groups available to t
116. notification you need to first enable it by checking the checkbox 6s ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual When cameras have PIR the event type PIR will show up Therefore user can take it as one of the events and set actions for it Event List 8 Event Type Description Action Video Loss Video Loss Video Recovery Video Recovery Network Loss Network Loss Network Recovery Network Recovery Fig 36 Camera Setup Event Manager PIR s ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Actions This section lets you select which action to take upon event Action gt gt Record Please use scheduler to setup the period of time where Event Manager will take effect G M Snapshot Or Trigger DO1 for 10 Seconds 1 Ov Trigger DOZ for 10 Seconds 1 5 0 Beep for i Seconds 1 i times 1 Play AudioFile for i times 1 4 Audio File JO WINDOVW s Media ding war Only Supports WAW File T Dont Beep CC HotSpot Window Dwell Time E I Seconds 1 9 C Pop up Window Dwell Time E Seconds 1 1 0 None 1 W PTZ PTZ Setting switch to Camera 6 Hallway ad Preset 1 site 1 Y for 10 Seconds 1 then switch to Preset 1 site 1 amp W Upload snapshot to FTP Please enable snapshot function first in the Action panel Please configure FTP settings in Setup System system page i Execut
117. o streaming for all channels 10 Trigger DO Click to trigger DO Digital Output of the selected channel 11 System Monitor Click to bring up system log 12 Talk Click and hold to talk to the selected video device release mouse to end transmission Depending upon how your device is set up you may be able to only hear only speak or talk in both directions 13 Broadcast Pressing this icon enables broadcasting to all video devices that appear in this layout What you speak will be heard over all cannels in current layout but you cannot hear from them 14 Volume Control Turn audio signal on off and adjust the volume New channels are set to Mute On as default No Sound z NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Camera Panel Qretresh Q Ccamera iD fs Camera Tree omg MediaSource jaf ALL CAMERA a 1 Entrance 1 a B ra B p B a B a By y p By a T a By y i j ji ji ji i i i i k i E i k E i E i i i E i i i E i i 2 Entrance 2 amp Pi D 3 Entrance 3 ap Fa 4 Entrance 4 gt Basketball Court 1 Basketball Court 2 mi Cn amp j 0 3 7 Canteen 1 Canteen 2 9 Canteen 3 10 Car Park 1 11 Car Park 2 i ts 6 Fig 72 Active Monitor Camera Panel 1 Refresh Refresh the camera list You should refresh when you have made some changes to camera parameters in Camera Setup 2 Sort By You may
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119. onnecting Vision vA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Finding Cameras on the Network There are two ways to find cameras on the network One is via the separate IP utility one is through NVR itself IP Utility is useful in that it allows you to perform multiple camera upgrading and setting but cameras are only added to NVR system via the workstation program Active Setup Find cameras with IP Utility Before using NVR to view cameras you may use IP Utility to find and access IP devices download the latest version here IP Utility will scan your network and display a list of ACTi Cameras From the list you may check the IP address of each camera access them through web configurators or perform firmware upgrade to many cameras at the same time IP Utility v3 5 S gt IP Address 10 1 1 131 e Submask 255 255 255 0 Listing Refresh EditAccount Camera Setting Firmware Upgrade Profile Upgrade Backup Configuration Restore Configuration Save amp Reboot Clean Check Box Total 40 Record Action gj Hostname LaNip WANIP Sy pla oe vnn Pronte Model es Account aor 09 3 a 192 168 0 200 1911104 0 00 0F 7C 00 7F EE B1D A2 V2 04 07 AC r ane NIA 0D m 10 11 1051 eaa A1D 220 V3 11 11 AC e oo P aarti aun ACMS5611 09J X 00236 as E 10 11 1091 00 0F 7C 02 CB 46 A1D 220 V3 11 13 AC ing heen a ae ACM3701 09E X 00011 Fig 9 IP Utility
120. ontrol Port Enter the control port for the target NVR Server 16 Reset Reset all the fields to default value 17 Get Device Setting Get Setting information from device After you have filled in the basic setting and completed getting device settings your screen will be similar to the figure below You can click AJ to open close Media Source Information section and the Advanced Setting section a ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Camera Camera 1 Media Source Information a Basic Setting Detail Description Setting Frame Rate Setting Camera ID Frame Mode Protocol TCM4201 Constant Camar A1ID 310 V4 07 10 AC Live View 0 Http Port Camera Name Entrance Remote Live View 20 User Name Camera Model Megapixel IP Cube Camera Scheduled Record Password Production ID ee z i _ Event Record 30 r Connection Type EES EE n Conn ection B Timeout Dual Stream Settings NVR IP 172 16 2 38 aa 5 OSD Position Upper left Live View Stream Media 1 E NVR User Mame Camera Grou ps Recording meaa NVR Password M No Group Entrance 7 Basketball Court eam NVR Streaming Canteen gt cCarPark Sidewalk ae l Corridor D Premises NVR Control Port Reset Get Device Setting Advanced Setting a Video Quality aie EE tig ean aE Connection Port Live View Video Encoder Bea oo Stream Mode pur its FPS 30 Reso
121. playing Data Here you can see the record numbers being displayed Records Display the search result according to the search filters The results may contain different fields depending upon the type of log filter ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Active Player Active Player is the NVR module that processes recorded clips You may search playback and export video through Active Player You may search by time period by snapshot by time bar and by event Playback may include up to 4 channels synchronized playback or up to 36 individual clips Video clips may also be exported in either RAW or AVI formats Overview admin as Administrator 5 Tuesday May 04 2010 5 00 40 Ph Refresh Camera ID m Es E E oe bal 5 wedia Source ACTi 2010 04 29 13 54 07 CMT 08 00 oo o S ff ALL CAMERA MOST LNY 0 Af 1 Entrance 1 4 Wi 1 ee F A RE S te i a 2 Entrance 2 gt Errance D 4 Entrance 4 D 5 Basketball Court 1 D amp 6 Basketball Court 2 6 Canteen 1 D dS Canteen 2 D 9 Canteen 3 GQ amp amp 10 Car Park 1 gw 11 Car Park 2 i KA 12 Sidewalk 1 D A 13 Sidewalk 2 D 14 Corridor 1 D 15 Corridor 2 16 Corridor 3 Open DigitalZoom Export Q Start Time Now Q End Time 2010 04 29 9010 04 29 2010 04 29 13 53 36 13 54 07 13 54 58 OOM ee Maton and PF D Om __Search
122. r 0 CameraMode o E User Name Scheduled Producionn ys hee Password Connection so x m i Event Record 30 ka conn ection Type Timeout BoSS vR F OSD Position Upper left NVR User Name Camera Groups M No Grou Entrance Basketball Court 13 NVR Password j canteen gt CarPark Sidewalk NVR Streaming Port l Corridor Premises BH NVR Control Port e001 i reset Wa Get Device Setting Please get device setting first and make sure you see the live view of camera before changing the camera configuration Get Video from current NVR will use login IP as NVR IF lf your NVR IP has been changed please do not forget to get device setting and apply again Fig 16 Camera Setup Manual Basic Settings 1 Web Configurator Click this button to open web configurator of the camera video server Some detailed settings are available only through the web configurator and not through NVR 10 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Apply After finishing all the setting click this button to add camera video server to NVR Cancel Click this button to cancel adding camera video server Camera ID Select the new camera ID to assign to the camera 2 3 4 O Protocol Select a streaming protocol to connect the camera with You may choose between TCP RTP or HTTP Camera IP Enter the camera s IP address or host name a Http Po
123. r some devices you can set the borders for the auto scan to repeat between The Auto Scan panel for such devices will look like below Auto Scan Set Border A Set Border B Start Scan Stop Scan E 8 Preset Points Setup Panel Here you may perform setups and operations about PTZ preset points w To setup a PTZ Preset point move the camera to your desired view angle including pan tilt and zoom via the PTZ control panel After you re satisfied with the view please enter a name for the Preset point and click this button to save the settings Click this button to delete this Preset point from both NVR and Device t I Click this button to go to the preset point NVR supports up to 32 Preset Points Some devices may not support that many Preset Points NOTE After you finish setting or deleting preset points please click Apply to ensure the changes are properly saved to the device 62 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Preset Tour Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple preset PTZ views including where to look and how long to look at each location You may configure the preset points to go to in the previous PTZ Preset section Make sure you configure PTZ and PTZ Preset sections correctly before setting up Preset Tours Preset Tour k Eve nt Manager Camera 6 Basketball Court 2 Tour Information a
124. ration asp See following image 2 Enter your license key and MAC address you need to record the MAC address you re your server PC beforehand Make sure the MAC address shown is correct Click Apply to generate your Activation Key gt ACTi About ACTi Join Us ContactUs Sitemap Find ACTI 5 Connecting Vision Get Full Product Information in Product ee een EEE Software Registration F Find Resources Documents amp Downloads Product Resource Matrix Technical FAQ To register your NVR software and to generate new Activation Keys you can use our Software Registration Knowledge Base service Center Technical Guide License Key Machine Key Customer Services Activation Key Customer Helpdesk SHOYHOUJYAINAHOSGOTKRVIMSMLWHITPVUMFYPRUPAZHPTGIYKR P7ZWOUUNCVOXSGJIUKLXPXVMHVIDKXOWVHIWOTTOYWPYUOXVORW Customer Feedback Form GPTHPUGOZJIZHPTGPVGIXGOWNYXGIUHOWIGSHIWGOUICVGIJUIB NVR Registration Lr PS ee Le ee Project Registration Fig 52 System Setup License Offline Registration 5 Copy the complete Activation Key and transfer it to the NVR server PC By pasting into a text file and copying it via USB disk for example Paste the key in Active Setup gt System Setup gt License gt Offline Registration Click Apply to finish registration 8s ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Register Offline MAC Address 00 1F 16 14 39 DC Ac
125. rding at the same time to do Sync Playback Note You may only have one channel acting as Sync Main Once a channel is defined as Sync Main you need to first click Cancel below to exit Sync Playback mode before disconnecting the Sync Main channel 124 www acti com vA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Sync Playback ACT Connecting Vision RA G2 B45 gea S g o hu peoe mee eee a EE 14 Media Source Corridor 1 2010 04 30 19 19 47 GMT 08 00 a e 15 Media Source Corridor 2 2010 04 30 19 19 42 GMT 08 00 E om MediaSource let ALL CAMERA i M 1 Entrance 1 eel i i i i i i i q i i i i i i i i a D j i 3 5 DA s D a DAs D 2 i i gw 11 Car Park 2 12 Sidewalk 1 D a D 4 RSE E le D ea E ej 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Basketball Court 1 Basketball Court 2 7 Canteen 1 Canteen 2 Canteen 3 10 Car Park 1 14 Corridor 1 15 Corridor 2 16 Corridor 3 Digital Zoom Export End Time 2010 04 30 19 19 47 Now 2010 04 30 19 19 47 CGOGOGO 000 iz 1 gt 4 Start Time 2010 04 30 19 17 50 Disabled in sync playback mode 5 M 1 F 1 Play Click this button to play forward Pause Click this button to pause playback Stop Click this button to stop playback Play backward Click this button to play backward Cancel Cancel sync playback Synchronization Button C
126. ream in live view ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual System Monitor You may review search and export system logs from System Monitor Joo 00 Camera D Search Export 2010 4 5 Joo r Joo 42010 5 5 Qn 4 Pagel 165 gt I Displaying data 1 50 3203 u Recorded v DateTime 8 Camera ID Camera Name Record Type File Location Start Time Duration 11 Car Park 2 Schedule C Recordings Channel11 Channel11_20100430211231 raw 2010 04 30 21 12 31 2010 04 30 21 12 54 25 14 Corridor 1 WithStreaming C Recordings Channel14 Channel14_20100430211037 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 37 2010 04 30 21 12 36 120 2 Entrance 2 WithStreaming C Recordings Channel2 Channel2_20100430211035 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 35 2010 04 30 21 12 34 117 16 Corridor 3 Schedule C Recordings Channel16 Channel16_20100430211034 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 34 2010 04 30 21 12 33 121 13 Sidewalk 2 Schedule C Recordings Channel13 Channel13_20100430211032 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 32 2010 04 30 21 12 31 119 8 Canteen 2 Schedule C Recordings Channel8 Channel6_20100430211032 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 32 2010 04 30 21 12 31 121 9 Canteen 3 WithStreaming C Recordings Channel9 Channel9_20100430211031 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 31 2010 04 30 21 12 30 121 11 Car Park 2 Schedule C Recordings Channel11 Channel11_20100430211031 raw 2010 04 30 21 10 31 2010 04 30 21 12 30 121 10 Car Park 1 Schedule C Recordings Channel10 Channel10_20100430211030 raw 2010 04 30 21 1
127. reaming Version 2 0 devices on the fly For Streaming Version 1 0 devices you need to saved amp reboot the devices to see the video adjustments Live View Close Show Basic Setting Please get device setting first and make sure you see the live view of camera before changing the camera configuration Get Video from current NVR will use login IP as NVR IP lf your NVR IP has been changed please do not forget to get device setting and apply again Fig 21 Camera Setup Advanced Setting Video Adjustment Video Adjustment tab 1 Brightness Adjust the brightness value either by clicking on the bar or selecting from the drop down list 2 Saturation Adjust the Saturation value either by clicking on the bar or selecting from the drop down list 3 Contrast Adjust the Contrast value either by clicking on the bar or selecting from the drop down list NOTE Some devices do not allow setting for some of these values r ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Advanced Setting gt e e CMR ee Pesci Connection Port registerPot oo 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 16 44 26 GMT 08 00 Control Por 6001 sitreaming Port feooz t lt s i lt i i C C iulticast Port s000 Live View Close Show Basic Setting Please get device setting first and make sure you see the live view of camera before changing the camera configuration Get
128. rm Get Device Setting and you don t need to worry about it 3 Production ID This is a more detailed parameter on what product series does the camera belong to In most cases you will not need to edit it 4 Connection Timeout Enter the amount of time without response for NVR to consider the device to be disconnected in seconds We recommend you to set different values for different types of connection The default setting is 5 seconds For devices located over the internet you may wish to increase this value to allow for occasional internet lags 5 OSD Position for devices with OSD On Screen Display this determines where to show them In most cases you do not need to edit this value 6 Camera Groups Select the camera groups for this device to belong to One camera may belong to many camera groups at the same time a3 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Frame Rate Setting Frame Rate Setting Q Frame Mode constant E Live view o gt G pRemote Live view 30 ocheduled E Record Sa Event Record 30 F dua Stream Settings QL View Stream Media 1 Recording ot Osean mintii z Fig 19 Camera Setup Frame Rate Setting 1 Frame Mode Show the Frame mode Constant Variable Live View Select the FPS Frame per second number to see in live view by workstation Remote Live View Select the FPS number to see in live view by web client S
129. rmission settings here a fF WwW N Apply When you first enter the User Role screen you are by default in a ready to add new User Role mode You can just enter a Role name and click Apply to add a new User Role You may also select a group from the list of existing user roles below and edit the role permissions Always click Apply before leaving to preserve changes you ve made NOTE Please do not change default User Roles Default User Roles are Administrator Guest Standard User and Guard n ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Users oJ wpe oD ARIIRAA KK BS Camera Groups User Roles Users Storage Management Joystick View Layouts View Tours Language Senice License f System new Apply User Information User Account 1 31 chars UserName 1 31 chars Password 1 63 chars Email Address User Role Description Q Aamin activator com Administrator 1 es Camera Group Permissions V Elevators V Floors V Backyard V Entrances V Restroom User List User Account User Name User Role Admin Admin Administrator Fig 41 System Setup Users 1 User Account Enter the user account for a new user or modify an existing user This user account will be used for this user to login the NVR system 2 User Name Enter the user name of this account This name is a reference data for this account and will NOT be u
130. rt Enter the HTTP port for IP cameras video servers Most cameras use the default port number of 80 User Name Enter the user name to login the camera Password Enter the password to login the camera 10 Connection Type This is the method of connection between NVR and the camera video server l Get Video from Device The video stream will be sent directly from the camera video server If you use this method each user will establish a separate connection to the device Please be careful not to overload the camera with too many viewers at the same time Il Get Video from NVR When you use this method options 11 15 will show up This allows you to get video stream by logging to another NVR system Then user has to fill up all these fields to access the assigned NVR Please make sure you have the proper access rights on the target NVR You should also verify the port settings and the firewall forwarding configurations on all the routers between your current NVR PC and the target NVR PC Ill Get Video from Current NVR The video stream will be sent from the current NVR you are logged in This is the recommended method unless your installation requires many NVR servers 11 NVR IP Enter NVR server IP address 12 NVR User Name Enter the user name to login to the target NVR Server 13 NVR Password Enter the password to login to the target NVR Server 14 NVR Streaming Port Enter the streaming port for the target NVR Server 15 NVR C
131. s 3 Manual Record Duration During manual recording in Active Monitor this is the duration when recording will automatically end if not stopped by user If the user forgets to end the manual recording this prevents the recording from taking up unnecessary space 4 Recording Delete Rule There are two ways to delete recordings The first one is to decide a number of days of videos to keep and delete recording files older than this The second option is to keep recording until the disk is almost full and then delete the earliest recording files Select the method you wish to use by choosing the radio button 5 Snapshot delete rule This field defines how long will snapshots be kept on the disk drive 73 gq ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual set the number of days to keep snapshots here 6 Cleanup Space GB This is only used when recording delete rule is Reserve Space Once free space on the drive is lower than reserve space the system will delete the earliest recordings This is the amount of space to clean out each time Setting cleanup space to small will result in over frequent deletes Selected Drive Here you can see the storage space information for your disk drives 8 Shift drive up down If you have multiple drives in your system this changes the priority in which they are used 9 New Delete These two buttons control whether a drive is added to the system To add new disk to
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133. s some of the possible cursor images 1 Entrance 1 2010 05 04 14 45 49 GMT 08 00 La 5 wad ANDU I Fig 80 Active Monitor PTZ Panel Mouse PTZ D4 ACTi lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 4 Tour Select PTZ Preset Tour from this drop down list You can setup the Preset tour for each camera in Camera Setup Control Pad Click on this wheel to control PTZ movements Zoom In Out If the camera has controllable zoom this will zoom the lens in or out 7 Focus In Out If the camera has controllable focus this will shift the focus of the camera Please note that if you use manual controlled focus then auto focus has to be disabled on the camera side via web configurator Otherwise the camera will return to the auto focus value once you finished the focus command 8 Iris In Out If the camera has controllable iris this will modify Iris level 9 Pan Set the Pan speed of the control pad 10 Tilt Set the Tilt soeed of the control pad 11 Goto Go to a preset point Just select the target from the drop down list You must first setup the preset point through NVR to use this 12 Action If you have special PTZ commands entered here you may select from the drop down list to issue that particular command ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Adding cameras into preview windows i Active onitor ii S ee admin as Administrator P lt amp
134. s twice one as a Camera icon to be positioned on the map 1 and another one with the small preview window to be placed anywhere you like O We recommended you to put it as close as possible to the camera icon so it is clear to the user which preview represents which camera You may also want to leave a little space to the right of cameras so that the popup camera information window does not interfere with the live image in Active Map You can drag and drop the cameras around the map to position them The currently selected camera will be highlighted with a green border You may also move the live preview windows by the same means Note that there is no actual live preview during Setup stage You will be able to see live preview later on when you start using the ActiveMap By checking the checkbox Display Camera ID on eMap Viewer the camera icons shown on the Active Map with live previews will contain the camera IDs for better recognition It is also possible to add the viewing direction arrows for each camera icon on the map In the camera information section click on the drop down list under Direction and choose one of the 8 possible directions Upper left Up Upper right Right Lower right Down Lower left Left As soon as you select any of the directions the arrows indicating view angle will appear beside the camera icon Press Apply to save the changes when finished with all the icons The live previe
135. sed for user to login NVR in the future Password Enter the password for this user account to login to NVR system 4 E mail Address Enter the E mail address for this user This may be used for administrative purposes Please note that when email is sent from event manager the emails are sent to the email stored here for the user account User Role Select the user role for this user User Description Enter the description for this user 7 Camera Group Permission You may assign which camera groups are available to this user The user will not be able to see cameras outside for their permission 8 User List User can see all the info on existing users here Apply When you first enter the Users screen you are by default in a ready to add new User mode You can add new user by clicking Apply after filling in the required fields You may also select a user from the list of existing users and edit the roles and permissions Always click Apply before leaving to preserve changes you ve made NOTE Please assign the correct Camera Groups to the user account created 7 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Storage This section describes how to manage storage space in NVR Please note that this section only deals with the overall storage rules and not storage of individual channels Please note that as NVR continuously writes and deletes file from the disk drive using a r
136. sort the camera list in different ways Select the criterion to sort by from the drop down list Refresh Camera Groups Refresh Camera IP Camera Tree Camera ID Camera Tree Camera ID Camera Model B Camera Model om MediaSource Camera Name om MediaSource Camera Name fet Entrance Camera Groups ff ALL CAMERA Camera Groups oan PETITE Recokstion a Camera IP 5 So ED D Et 5 10 1 1 10A EN D 3 Entrance 3 16 10 1 1 103 DE 4 Entrance 4 4 10 1 1 24 hf Premises 3 10 1 1 25 a e 2 1011 31 w 4 Entrance 4 TD SH 14 10 1 1 33 U a 6 Basketball Court 2 p i 10 1 1 40 i 8 Canteen 2 p D g 11 10 1 1 50 i 10 Car Park 1 5 as 3 D amp 12 10 1 1 51 i sv 11 Car Park 2 Z D amp 6 10 1 1 52 i 14 Corridor 1 j f 7 10 1 1 55 i 15 Corridor 2 p Deets i amp 13 10 1 1 56 i 16 Corridor 3 eae D 4 8 10 1 1 88 xt Basketball Court i Fig 73 Active Monitor Camera Panel Sorting the Camera Tree 3 Camera Tree List of cameras added into NVR Note that there isan icon to the left of each camera in the list Clicking the i icon displays a popup info panel with basic information about the camera as shown in the figure below If Event on Camera Tree is enabled in System setup then cameras with current events will highlight and flash WW 4 ii Aa 2 Entrance 2 pq ACTi q Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s
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138. ssible to define convenient hyperlinks that help you switch between the maps with a single click In order to set up the E map system you have to use the Workstation that is located in the same PC with the NVR server Before you proceed with creating the maps please make sure you have already created the necessary camera groups and added the cameras into those groups Once the E map is properly setup you may access it from other PCs by either workstation or web client To start with E map setup go to Active Setup gt Setup Map gt Map Manager gt Add Map es ActiveSetup Fa Da Cerak Map Manager i Map Tour 3 dd Map Apply Map Information a Map Name Map Description Map Image Fil File Name Must Be In English jpg git Display Camera ID on eMap Viewer Apply to all maps Fig 61 Map Setup Map Manager Before adding any map Before you add any map in the system the Map Name dropdown list will be empty Click Add Map to select the camera group you wish to monitor and the map image file you wish to show o1 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Tips to setup Before you start make sure you have your camera groups configured correctly Please also add the cameras to their proper camera groups Prepare the map images so that each camera group is shown in full on a single map Add Map Once you have clicked Add Map you will
139. t NVR 2 2 SP3 has a slightly change database structure You must use the latest version of Backup Wizard that comes with the NVR 2 2 SP3 for backup and restore During NVR 2 2 SP3 installation the existing database will be converted to the new format and your existing data will still be accessible by the upgraded version Click Step 1 Backup Database to launch Backup Wizard Select the version of NVR installed on the current PC Use the closest one if you do not find an exact match Enter the correct NVR IP address NVR Admin account and password Then choose the destination folder for backup files Default folder is C backup For detailed instructions please see Backup Wizard User s Manual SQL NVR 2 2 requires SQL database engine to work The NVR installer will automatically install Microsoft SQL 2005 Express SP3 on your PC Please follow all on screen instructions If you have already installed Microsoft SQL 2005 please be sure to upgrade it to SP3 During NVR installation NVR will need to log in to Database Server Please provide your own password for Login ID sa instead of the default password for fresh SQL installs IIS Server NVR 2 2 SP3 requires Microsoft IIS server to operate You need to install and configure IIS before installing or upgrading your NVR Please refer to the document How to Setup IIS Server for detailed instructions Please note that 64 bit systems are configured slightly different
140. tem Setup o8 gq ACTI d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Active Monitor Toolbar Dp E AaS te D DO Bot mt Fig 71 Active Monitor Active Monitor Toolbar ooo ma aX amp X 1 Active Monitor Click to go to Active Monitor As you are already in Active monitor this will not change your current view Active Player Click to go to Active Player to search and playback video recordings Active Map Click to go to Active Map and view video overlaid upon physical map Active Setup Click to go to Active Setup and configure the Camera system or E Map settings Full Screen Click to bring the video into full screen mode To return press ESC Snapshot Takes a single screenshot at maximum resolution for the selected video window The screenshot is saved as a JPG file in the Recording Path for that particular channel as defined in the Recording section of Camera Setup Please refer to the Recording section for details The snapshots will be stored on your workstation local machine and cannot be searched by NVR Server 7 Manual Record Click to record the current selected channel immediately The recording will be stored on NVR server PC and can be searched by NVR Server A red indicator will show on the top right of video channels currently being recorded 8 Disconnect This Camera Click to stop video streaming for the selected channel 9 Disconnect All Cameras Click to stop vide
141. tem Setup System Available Disk Drive Capacity This is the list of detected disks on this PC Workstation Setting T Default Export path CANWR _Data including export file export system log manual snapshot and local record Fig 59 System Setup System Workstation Setting Default Export path You may select the default export path for the data to export to This is only available on the workstation interface and not available for web client Camera Model update Source File Path Import Fig 60 System Setup System Camera Model Update Camera Model Update You may update supported device list to NVR by uploading a new Camera Model file Click the text field to select file to import This is only available on the workstation interface and not available for web client 30 9g ACTI d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Map Setup E Map Setup The purpose of the E map system is to help the guard have better overview of the physical locations of all the cameras in the monitored area The E map system may contain one or several images jpeg or gif of the territory map floor plan etc which can be filled with the icons of the cameras together with small live preview windows for each camera on the map Each image in the E map system will be linked to a certain camera group you can pick the cameras only from that camera group to fill the image with camera icons It is po
142. tion Get Video from current NVR will use login IP as NVR IP If your NVR IP has been changed please do not forget to get device setting and apply again Fig 20 Camera Setup Advanced Setting Video Quality There are several tabs available under advanced setting Please always use Get Device Setting before reviewing this section so that the information represented is up to date Some S C ettings may not be edited through NVR and will need to be changed through the web onfigurator Video quality tab 1 2 3 Video Encoder Show the codec of camera video server Stream Mode Show whether the streaming mode is single or dual FPS User can see the FPS Frames Per Second on this IP camera here To modify it select the new one and click the Apply button Resolution User can see the Resolution on this IP camera here To modify it enter desired resolution and click the Apply button Bitrate Mode Select Bitrate Mode of camera video server Maximum Bitrate Select the maximum bitrate of camera video server Bit Rate User can see the target Bit Rate on this IP camera To modify it enter the new one and click the Apply button s ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Advanced Setting Vest 2 Video Adjustment Attributes 04 42 08 0 uJ Saturation CCTs 2 G aturation j a 00 c E amp ontrast 3 y 106 You can see video adjustments for St
143. tional operation The user may need to define zoom in and zoom out with specific buttons USB joystick shown here may be obtained from www chproducts com or other online distributors Note Joystick Setup is available only through workstation and not available through web client 7s ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual 1 No Function PTZ Pan Right PTZ Tilt Up PTZ Tilt Down PT Zoom In PTZ Zoom Out PTZ Focus In PTZ Focus Out AUDIO Mute On AUDIO Mute Off DO Trigger DOT On DO Trigger DO1 OF DO Trigger DO On DO Trigger DO Off SNAPSHOT Take a Snapshot OSD On OSD Off OSD UP OSD DOWN OSD LEFT OSD RIGHT Enter Leave CHANNEL Move Previous CHANNEL Move Next Goto Preset 1 Goto Preset 2 Goto Preset 3 Goto Preset 4 Goto Preset 5 Goto Preset 6 Fig 44 System Setup Joystick Dropdown features menu 7e ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual View Layouts This section describes how to setup view layouts View layouts are predefined arrangements of cameras in a single screen Each screen may contain multiple cameras and the location of each camera in each layout can be configured 1 1 71 1 y i 1 7 r T r 41 k Ci 1 AEF 7 TE 0 Roles Users Storage Management gt Joysticky View Layouts View Tours gt Language senice gt License gt system i New
144. tration Key SHOYHOUSYAINKHOSGOTKRYVIMSMLYVAJITPYUMPYPRUPXA HPTGi KRY P4WVOUUNCYVOXSGIUKLAPKVAMAYIDXOVH IVY OTTOYWPYUOXV OAWGPTHPUGOZJZHPTGPYGJIXGOWNY ir ie E om E E LETTIE ee ae Notice If your computer cannot connect to the internet then you should register offline 6 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Verify Your License Once you ve successfully registered your NVR you will receive a notification message as shown here Wists Te Register Successfully Please check ActiveSetup System License Field You may check your current NVR license from Active Setup gt System Setup gt System tab T 4 T T i k T 1 3 4 h i amera Groups gt User Roles gt Users Storage Management gt Joystick Wiew Layouts gt View Tours gt Language gt senice gt Licensed System T i ra pi i Ro R o System Property Apply System Property RY Keep Event Log for day Keep Recording Log for day F tac 45 45 NVR Streaming 002 NVR Control Port j 16007 IS HTTP port B0 M OSD FPS OSD Camera Name Popup message when event trigger Event status on Camera Tree System E Mail Setting a SMTP Server Sender Email Address Sender Name SMTP Authenticate SMTP User Name SMTP Password System FTP Setting J FIP Server Port Upload Folder UserName Password License Information Product APP2000 Shipping
145. ts are triggered 1 SMTP Server Enter the SMTP server address to send E mail SMTP authentication Enable this checkbox if the SMTP server requires authentication Sender E mail Address Enter the E mail address to send E mail from SMTP User Name Enter a SMTP user account Sender Name Enter a name for NVR to send E mail from Se ae SMTP password Enter a password to login SMTP server with System FIP Setting FIP Server Port Upload Folder O User Name Password Fig 56 System Setup System System FTP Setting System FTP Setting Section This section includes a FTP account for NVR to send notification when events are triggered 1 FTP Server Enter a FTP server address for NVR to upload data 2 User Name Enter the FTP user name to login FTP server with 3 Port Enter the port number to upload files to FTP 4 Password Enter the password for NVR FTP account 5 Upload Folder Enter the FTP folder path to upload files onto License Information R Product APP2000 Shipping Date 201 W4 Serial Number i Channel Number le4 Fig 57 System Setup System License Information License Information You may review the software license information here including shipping date and Channel Number z ACTI di gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Available Disk Drive Capacity Crive Name 2 Drive Space 3 Free Space MB 4 Total Space MBi C 30 35721 51199 D 9 92208 107425 Fig 58 Sys
146. ue is 30 minutes per video segment 6 Pre event recording buffer NVR keeps a short cache of video received from devices If an event is triggered NVR will automatically store the pre event buffer along with the recording of the event itself E g Digital input is triggered when the gate is forced open A recording of the five seconds before the door is forced will be added to the video record 7 Post event recording buffer This determines how long after the event is triggered should be included in the event recording file NOTE You should only use recording by event scheduling if activity is NOT frequent and spaced far apart enough for significant storage space savings If you expect to encounter frequent short triggers you should use scheduled recording to keep track of the whole time period An example would be the entry of a retail shop during business hours s1 V lt gt ij ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Schedule This section describes how to configure the recording schedule for the IP camera video server There are two ways to setup recording schedule Weekly Schedule This marks the weekday and time to record and will be repeated every week Special day This marks special record schedules for individual days On such days the Special day schedule will override the Weekly Schedule When you select the Schedule Section you will see the weekly schedule view The schedu
147. w Camera to add selected devices into NVR system The devices will be added to your camera tree according to the Camera ID you ve assigned You may add further cameras by going to Active Setup gt Camera Setup gt Camera gt New Adding cameras Manually If your camera is not within the same LAN segment i e over the internet it will not be searchable by NVR In this case you need to add it manually 1 To add a camera manually go to Active Setup gt Camera Setup gt Camera gt New gt Manual 2 The camera setting page will appear as below The most important settings are the Protocol Camera IP HTTP Port username and Password These five fields are required for NVR to communicate with the device Click Get Device Setting and NVR will automatically contact the device to fill in the other fields NOTE If any one of the five fields is incorrect you will not be able to connect with the device When you have any device connection problem please check these settings Camera New Apply Cancel Camera Media Source Information Basic Setting Detail Description Setting Camera ID Protocol Camera IP Camera OO Http Port Name pam l es SO miaa User Name i Model Connection Type Get Video from NVR r eC NEON ES NVR IF 127 0 0 1 Timeout NVR User Name sigri Upper left Position NVR Password Camera Groups NVR Streaming Port M
148. w images can be resized by pressing Resize button There are three sizes available Small Medium and Large The default size is Small On the Camera Information section you can also find Camera ID and Camera Name These items are not editable under E map system You have to go to the Camera Setup page to edit the name and ID if necessary If you want to replace the existing map image just click on the file name and the file browsing window will pop up You can delete the camera from the map by pressing Delete Camera button if necessary Please note that it will not delete the camera from the NVR system but only from the current E map You can delete the map by pressing Delete Map button if necessary 7 XAI ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual Add Map Link If you want to have convenient hyperlinks to switch between the current map and other maps with a single click then you have to add Map Link Press Add MapLink button and check the map you want to link to NOTE Add MapLink button will only appear after you ve created more than one map Map Manager i Map Lour i i Cancel Map Name m 41 Entrance 43 Canteen Fig 66 Map Setup Selecting Map Check the maps you want to create links for and press Add Only maps you ve already added to the e Map system will be shown here Camera groups that are not represented by maps will not be available for sele
149. ys System logs older than this date will be deleted NVR Streaming Port NVR Streaming Port Default 6002 NVR Control Port NVR Control Port Default 6001 Message Engine Port Number NVR Message Engine Port Default 8001 IIS HTTP port IIS HTTP Port Default 80 If you have changed this port during IIS setup please be sure to change it here a a 8 OSD FPS Select this checkbox to display real time Frames Per Second info for each channel on Active Monitor preview windows 9 OSD Camera Name Check this box to show camera names on the preview window in Active Monitor The location of the OSD text is defined in Camera Setup gt Camera gt Media Source Information gt OSD Position 10 Popup Message when event trigger A warning message will popup in Active Monitor when an event is trigged A sample message is shown below f5 Warning l Camera 1 Entrance 1 Event MD1 11 Event status on Camera Tree Check this box to enable cameras with recently triggered events to highlight and flash on the Camera Tree 12 Apply Confirm and save the settings in System B8 ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 2 SP3 V2 2 57 User s Manual System E Mail Setting Q Semer Sender Email Address Sender Name 2 SMTF Authenticate SMTP User Name O SMTP Password E Fig 55 System Setup System System E Mail Setting System E Mail Setting User can set an e mail account for NVR to send notification when even

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