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1. om MediaSource if ALL CAMERA f 4 entrance 1 MediaSource Megapixel IP PTZ Camera CameralD 1 Name Entrance 1 ae ae IP 10 11 40 Channel Ho 1 FPS 30 Resolution 720x450 Bitrate 12M i j i i a at kt kat O ce 9 Canteen 3 Fig 74 Active Monitor Camera Panel Popup Info Panel Event Panel cH gt Entrance 3 2010 04 30 3 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 0430 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 gt and Clickingthe icon will pop up a mini preview window which shows the live view of the channel in this event Clicking the E 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 7 ACTI Connecting Vi
2. ak Default Export path DANWR_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 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 8 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual workstation interface and not available for web client 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 possible to define convenient hyperlinks that help you switch between the maps with a single click In order to set up the E map system
3. 3 sited 4 sited T5 site5 You may click the checkbox in front of each preset point to select it When you ve selected all so D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 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 Delete Preset Point Click this button to delete preset points of a tour 5 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 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 Tour Name Enter the name of this preset tour 8 Description Enter the description of this preset tour 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 fro
4. ACTi NVR User s Manual Version 2 3 04 2011 12 27 a lt gt ACT Connecting Vision D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Table of Contents 1 Overview 6 ACTi NVR ArchitecCture ccccccsseccesecsseceeeeeneeeeeeeeneecneseaneseeseeanenes 6 AGT NVR OGIVO eee een E eee 6 ACTi NVR Workstation cccccccccccececeeeseeeeseeeseeetaeeeseeeseessneesaess 7 PE VOT CN OU e E E E cosuaedseseeectcasen 7 Hardware System Requirements cccsccccsseeseeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneseeneeees 8 Operating System and Browsers SUPpoOrted ccsccceeeeceseeeeeeeees 9 Editions Explained icseeisioenanntetawesevecwanscaveenco nes eeuenestndeusvoeweeuswenemicaniees 9 Keyboard SINOG CUES sieges tensesceasntarsnescndeecinsyanneusatiwesnassssncenetacsnesenmen 10 2 Installing 11 BAC UND ia racecar esau ternnwaeceeann E ES 13 2 ee E E ee eer eee eee 13 BS OU ON soccer oe ae ce ssc ieee sa eee eee setae eet ecoe ca E E 13 Ports and Firewalls cicencrsevananasnedsectaawannssaanteudeasttneatwsedusatacecaneeasanns 14 Disabling UAC in Windows Vista and Windows 7 c 00 0 00008 17 NVR Main Program ccccccecceeeceeeseeeseneseneeeneseneeeneeenesenesneeeneaaaes 17 Restore old setting to NVR Database ccsscssseessseeceeseeneeeeees 18 LICENSE a O 19 How does registration WOK cccsecccseecceeeeceeeeceeeeceeeeseeeeseneesaees 19 Online Registration sesserseinein
5. 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 41 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 7 ACTI Connecting Vision a LA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual User Roles Ca er Grou i User New Delete Apply gt User Roles Role Name Role Description Standard User Group StandardUser rornision Settings J l Setup I Setup System l Setup Camera I Setup Map MV Monitor MV View Tours M Take Snapshot V PTZ Opera
6. 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 v Ee E E a 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 of the recording file Note The time displayed is based upon device time not NVR PC time Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Channel Layout om fn ff E Eg 0 0 0 0000o 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 ea SP 6 Window View Shows one video channel wit
7. C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430111709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430111810 raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430112709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430112810 raw C Recordings Channel1 Channel1_20100430113501 raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430113709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430113810 raw CADaArardina ChannaltChanpelt INANNAINAAALNA rass Start Time 2010 04 29 13 53 36 2010 04 29 21 00 46 2010 04 30 10 47 09 2010 04 30 10 48 10 2010 04 30 10 57 09 2010 04 30 10 58 10 2010 04 30 11 07 09 2010 04 30 11 08 10 2010 04 30 11 12 27 2010 04 30 11 17 09 2010 04 30 11 18 10 2010 04 30 11 27 09 2010 04 30 11 26 10 2010 04 30 11 35 01 2010 04 30 11 37 09 2010 04 30 11 38 10 INANINAIAN 44 AE N4 Fig 90 Active Player Video Search result End Time 2010 04 29 13 54 58 2010 04 29 21 00 52 2010 04 30 10 57 08 2010 04 30 10 58 09 2010 04 30 11 07 08 2010 04 30 11 08 09 2010 04 30 11 17 08 2010 04 30 11 18 09 2010 04 30 11 12 32 2010 04 30 11 27 08 2010 04 30 11 28 09 2010 04 30 11 37 08 2010 04 30 11 38 09 2010 04 30 11 45 00 2010 04 30 11 47 08 2010 04 30 11 48 09 AIN 44 FE nN Camera Name Display the camera name that matches the search criteria ACTI Connecting Vision admin as Administrator 201046548 FF 08 23 30 lownload feeEkeRERERERERE l ig le fe 2 le ee Oe Oe Oe ie z g Y Xx E Ei 2 Recording Type Displays the reco
8. Corridor 2 oR r aa 16 Corridor 3 Group Setting 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 s gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Record Configuration This section describes how to configure video recording for each camera D PAK TA Fa ZE admin as Administrator A y SN gs aN Friday August 12 2011 3 46 49 PM Camera Record Configuration Schedule Motion gt PIZ PTZ Preset Preset Tour gt Event Manager Apply Camera 5 ACTi Record To gt Record ngs Channel5 Recording Path aE ote File Type lt SDRIVE_ID gt Recordings ChannelS Channek CAMERA_ID gt 4 Snapshot File Type lipo v Flush File Frequency gt Frequency of flush record file 10min v Event Recording Buffer and Duration gt Pre event recording buffer E 5 30KSeconds Post event recording buffer Time interval of event trigger will also follow with the setting Fig 27 Camera Setup Record Configuration 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 Currentl
9. Snapshot Preview RA oO A T o 8 we 2 0 58 M 4 Pagel 122 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 93 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 of snapshot within that video is shown below the thumbnail 2 Snapshot View When you click on one thumbnail a preview image the original 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 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 oo 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 s
10. View scheduled 3 7 Record Event Record 3 Fig 21 Camera Setup Frame Rate Setting 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 Advanced Setting Camera Record Configuration Schedule Motion PTZ P1z Preset Preset Tour Event Manager New Delete Delete All Web Configurator Copy Setting Apply Camera 7 ACTi Media Source Information gt Advanced Setting Video Quality Video Adjustment Attributes Video Encoder Baes t SOSCS 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 16 42 44 GMT 08 00 Stream Mode y K Analog Video FPS Resolution N1920x1080 v Ee Bitrate Mode Variable 6 Video Quality hn e YS Close Show Basic Setting Fig 22 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 settings may not be edited through NVR and will need to be changed through the web configurator 7 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Video quality tab 1 Video Encoder Show the codec of camera video server 2 Stream Mode Show whether the streaming mode is single or dual 3 FPS User can see
11. 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 recording will continue automatically for 5 minutes then stop Refresh 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 14 27 59 E IE h Camera Tree T J Os SI LN Ae a MediaSource Ai i jf ALL CAMERA GQ Af 1 Entrance 1 i a 2 Entrance 2 To take snapshots you should click the snapshot button instead 33 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual even PTZ Refresh 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 14 27 59 a 00 A Camera Tree AQ i LARES w MediaSource F jf ALL CAMERA G Af 1 Entrance 1 D 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 Play
12. first you need to define a syne main for other channels to sync with 1 Drag You may drag a channel into one of the 4 window view 2 Open You can open a file from archive to sync with 3 Search Your selected search result will be the main file to sync from Note You may sync to a maximum of 4 channels at one time ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Finding your time and Synchronize RA GPO Ajao ae TS e aE coves E ie es feo el el ee q Camera Tree z 14 Media Source Corridor 1 2010 04 30 18 11 38 GMT 08 00 mm MediaSource fof ALL CAMERA D 4 Entrance 1 i a 2 Entrance 2 i 3 Entrance 3 D U 4 Entrance 4 t 5 Basketball Court 1 D 6 Basketball Court 2 D 7 Canteen 1 D 8 Canteen 2 D 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 94 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 Contro
13. 04 User s Manual Step 1 Control Panel Windows Firewall Allow a program through Windows Firewall E EE contol SptemandSeariy gt Control Panel H i ontrol Panel Home k Action Center Review your computer s status and resolve issues System and Securi ii Change User Account Control settings Network and Internet Troubleshoot common computer problems Hardware and Sound Restore your computer to an earlier time Windows Firewall User Accounts and Family Check firewall status Safety Allow a program through Windows Firewall Appearance and Personalization i gt oe System View amount of RAM and processor speed CI L d Regi ee and Region 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 ta 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 ey Windows Fire Allowed Programs X Search Contro Pane p Allow programs to communicate through Windows Firewall To add change or remove allowed programs and ports click Change settings What are the risk
14. 3 V2 3 04 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 New 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 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 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 Web Configurator Apply Cancel Camera 1 Media Sour
15. 30 5 NetworkRecovery 18 37 24 CH Basketball Court 1 2010 04 30 5 NetworkLoss 18 37 23 CH Entrance 3 2010 04 30 3 B Alarm 1 18 37 22 cH CarPark2 2010 04 30 11 amp gt mp1 18 37 20 _CH D Corridor 2 2010 04 30 OSD DigitalZoom P lt Mouse PTZ Go oe ale O s basi yay priim en 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Goto v Actio 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 6 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual PTZ Panel To use the PTZ control functions of PTZ cameras in Live view please first configure the PTZ protocol settings in NVR Setup System PTZ setup page OSD Digital Zoom Mouse PTZ X Fig 79 Active Monitor PTZ Panel 1 OSD Click here to open On Screen Display for PTZ 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 b
16. Court 2 i 5 Basketball Court 1 Ti 2 7 Canteen 1 i 2 6 Basketball Court 2 D 8 Canteen 2 li 2 7 Canteen 1 d 9 Canteen 3 D 8 Canteen 2 9 10 Car Park 1 D 9 Canteen 3 QD g 11 Car Park 2 i G2 10 Car Park 1 i aB 12 Sidewalk 1 QW weg 11 Car Park 2 ee GQ 12 Sidewalk 1 aa 13 Sidewalk 2 abe wa T D aa 13 Sidewalk 2 a 14 Corridor 1 z eN CD aa 15 Corridor 2 ft l 16 Corridor 3 ej E Clea cH Entrance 3 2010 04 30 3 PR 42757 CH Entrance 3 2040 04 30 3 p mp1 14 27 56 CH gt Basketball Cout2 2010 04 30 6 mp3 14 27 44 CH CarPark2 2010 04 30 11 Ep mp1 14 27 39 Fig 70 Active Monitor Side panels Camera Panel The Camera tree is displayed here Event Panel Displays a real time log of events from devices including motion detection Digital input PIR Video loss recovery and Network Loss recovery events You may click on each item to see further details 7 PTZ Panel PTZ operations are controlled here Layout Manager Controls the various window layouts Video Window Each video window displays live view from one device The round dot on the top right of video window is grey when not connected to device yellow when connected without video green when receiving video and flashing yellow when cannot be displayed due to lack of memory 10 Change Layout You may select a layout from this dropdown list to change the view The layouts here need to be setup
17. Database Server Select database server and authentication method Select the database server to install to from the list below or cick Browse to see a list of all database servers You can also specify the way to authenticate your login using your current credentials or a SQL Login ID and Password Database Serveri ocal SQLEXPRESS lf an SQL password error appears or if you forget the password please use Windows Authentication Mode to login Connect using O Windows authentication credentials of current user Server authentication using the Login ID and password below Login ID sa Password TOT TIT LILIILIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit canes After installing NVR Server or workstation system will ask you to reboot your PC Please InstallShield 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 1s D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 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
18. NVR IP NVR User Account NVR Password NVR Streaming Port NVR Control Port Connection Timeout Http Port Register Port Control Port Streaming Port RTSP Port Multicast Port URI Path M Production Setting aapea Production ID Dual Stream Settings Video Encoder Stream Mode Analog Video Frame Mode FPS Resolution Bitrate Mode Maximum Bitrate Bit Rate Item List Frame Rate Setting Use FPS Setting Live View Remote Live View Schedule Record Event Record Video Adjustment Brightness Saturation Contrast Group Setting Camera Groups Fig 26 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 2 Entrance 2 le tnt er item List Entrance 3 Entrance 4 5 Basketball Court 1 i Connection Setting Basketball Court 2 ne OSD Position Chaj Canteen 1 A ssword NVR Streamin Canteen 2 salen gas Gade s Production Setting treaming Port RTSP P nah g al Stream Settings 28T 5 EE 11 Car Park 2 ame Ra Coa log Video Frame Modi 12 Sidewalk 1 iz Frame Rate Setting Sidewalk 2 a a ive View Schedule Re 14 Corridor 1 Video Adjustment 5
19. RENESTE 125 Streaming Explorer nonnnnannnennnsnnnnennnennnnnrnnnnrnnnrrnrrrnenerserreennee 125 PACING Pidy Cl seses mrna E EEEE Naai 125 5 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 6 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04
20. User s Manual ACTi NVR Workstation NVR Workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR 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 6 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 8 0 or IE 9 0 and type in the server web address port to login Almost
21. V2 3 04 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 To BSS o olid 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 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 a folder named NVR_Data on your workstation local computer s desktop and cannot be searched by NVR Server Filepath example C Documents and Settings lt Windows login user name gt Desktop NVR_ Data Disconnect This Camera Click to stop video play
22. 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 Version NVR Professional NVR Enterprise Channels Single Package Workstation 6 Free Free 32 48 64 License Required Fig 4 License Requirements for each version 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 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 Pa Ls Camera Groups gt User Roles gt Users gt Storage Management Joystick gt View Layouts View Lours gt Language gt Service Online Registr
23. et Admin as Administrator as F 201141 A21 A FF 03 51 46 Camera Groups User Roles New Delete Apply t User Information j Qo ser Account 1 63 Characters ser name 1 31 Characters password 1 63 Characters Dark Knight eeeeeee email Address user Role Description serious gmail com Supervisor Q Otau Layout Eni ace it Please configure the camera group permission before setting Default Layout Camera Group Permissions M No Group M Entrance Basketball Court User Mame User Role Administrator Tony Stark standardUser Barman Dark Knight Supervisor Fig 43 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 used for user to login NVR in the future Password Enter the password for this user account to login to NVR system 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 Default Layout Select the layout to see upon login here Oo NO oO Camera Gr
24. of ACTi TCM 6630 speed dome camera in NVR please make sure you match the settings of Vendor Baud rate and Protocol on camera control protocol switch on bottom of the device camera firmware and NVR 57 ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 PTZ Preset Peset Jour Event Manager Camera 6 Basketball Court 2 Image Preview A OSD Setting AJ OSD On Move Up Enter Move Left Move Right OSD Off Move Down Leave PTZ Operation J Move Up Zoom In Move Left Move Right Move Down Zoom Out Auto Scan Start Scan gt Stop Scan iy Set Preset Clear Preset fi PTZ Goto Preset Fig 34 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 on a ee 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 th
25. 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 Remote Access Some functions cannot be setup through web client and must be configured via workstation 9 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Keyboard Shortcuts NVR provides many keyboard shortcuts to save your time Here s a list of the available hotkeys F5 Refresh This will restart the application session and Starts from login page Ctrl F6 Toggle Video display stretch Ctrl F8 Toggle start stop tour ESC Cancel full screen mode return to normal mode This Fig 3 Keyboard Shortcut List 0 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 enterpr
26. 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 aS DOSA x Ar FZ lt 4 Admin as Administrator Da TS Sq AK ss aN 201076448 FF 05 45 10 Refresh Camera ID Camera N Camera Tree Cancel Add New Camera C Manual 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 t be found by this search function Next Step G Fig 9 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 AddNew Camera Cancel LAN IP Address VWAN IP Address Channel No MAC Address Product ID TCM4300 1 ACTI 10 1 1 99 1 00 0F 7C 00 00 01 Megapixel IP Cube Camera ACD2000 amp 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 essssesee 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 10 Auto Search Camera List 2 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2
27. the expand arrows on the right of Media Source information tab and you will see that the Production Setting fields have been automatically filled up by NVR New Delte Delete All Web Configurator Copy Setting Apply Camera f ACTi Media Source Information Connection Setting Production Setting Camera ID Protocol Camera IF Camera Name Http Port Camera Model Megapixel IP Camera User Name Production ID KCMS310 Series Password Connection Timeout 5 Connection Type Get Video from Current NVR OSD Position F Ipper left Camera Groups M No Group Get Device Setting 5 Click Apply to save settings to NVR and finish manually adding this camera 27 ACTI Connecting Vision We LA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Goto Active Setup Camera Setup Camera You must first select one camera from the camera tree to copy settings from h Camera Tree E y paa ap Camera 1 ACTi Camera 1 s Media Source Information iig ha gt Rs ay Si a a E aie r Yh i i i en a Low a wt f J 4 ACT Camera ID j Prigay August 12 UII 49140 P Camera Data Source fi ACTi Camera 1 Item List Connection Setting Protocol Camera IP OSD Position Channel No User Name Password Conne
28. will be shown on screen Copy and paste it to text file then transfer to the NVR Server PC through USB disk Go to NVR Server PC and log in via ActiveSetup Setup System NVR Setup Offline Registration Paste the activation key and click Apply to activate this license Done 2 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual gt ACTi About ACTi Join Us ContactUs Sitemap Find ACTi Sales Where to Buy Language w gt Connecting Vision Get Full Product Information in Product Matrix pF VIDEOCLIPS PRODUCTS SOLUTION TRAINING SUPPORT NEWS PARTNER GESE Support Documents amp Downloads NVR Software Registration Product Resource Matrix License Key Knowledge Base Technical Guide Machine Key MAC Address Customer Services Activation Key Customer Helpdesk Customer Feedback Form License Registration Project Registration Tools amp Utilities NVR License registration Project Planner NVR License Offline Registration is used when Server is located in network not connected to public Troubleshoot Tool internet i e Military Base Policies Offline Activation Online Registration Offline Registration Apply Register Offline MAC Address 00 1F 16 14 39 DC Activation Key SHOYHOUJYXINXHOSGOTKRVIMSMLWHJTPVUMFYPRUPXZ a HPTGIY KRY PZWOUUNCVOXSGJUKLXPXVMHVIDXOWVHJW OTTOYWPYUOXVOQXWGPTHPUGQZJIZHPTGPYGJXGQWNY A a e a Notice If your comp
29. 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 Setup Map Map Manager Add Map Map Manager Map our Add Map Apply Map Information Map Name Map Description Map Image File jpo gif File name must be in English Gif files larger than 1920x1080 may not display correctly Display Camera ID and name 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 4 pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 see the list of camera groups Map Manager i Map Lour Qao Cancel Map Name Map Image File 5 No Group linitialMap jpa Elevator
30. 1 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 2010 04 30 10 48 10 2010 04 30 10 57 09 2010 04 30 10 58 10 2010 04 30 11 07 09 2010 04 30 11 08 10 2010 04 30 11 12 27 2010 04 30 11 17 09 2010 04 30 11 18 10 2010 04 30 11 27 09 2010 04 30 11 28 10 2010 04 30 11 35 01 2010 04 30 11 37 09 2010 04 30 11 38 10 2010 04 30 11 45 01 2010 04 30 11 47 09 2010 04 30 11 48 10 me 2010 04 29 21 00 45 2010 04 29 21 00 52 2010 04 30 10 57 08 2010 04 30 10 58 09 2010 04 30 11 07 08 2010 04 30 11 08 09 2010 04 30 11 17 08 2010 04 30 11 18 09 2010 04 30 11 12 32 2010 04 30 11 27 08 2010 04 30 11 28 09 2010 04 30 11 37 08 2010 04 30 11 38 09 2010 04 30 11 45 00 2010 04 30 11 47 08 2010 04 30 11 48 09 2010 04 30 11 55 00 2010 04 30 11 57 08 2010 04 30 11 58 09 Fig 91 Active Player Play Archive from Search Page I Ja 8 PRRER EE EE EE gig EEEIEE EE Oe s 8 5 F S After clicking the link from the search page us
31. 11 Search Button Press the button to search the logs according to the filter 12 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 File Type Path DANVR_Data system Log Browse File Name ExportLog xls It may take few minutes to export system log Fig 87 Active Monitor System Monitor Export D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 13 Navigation buttons Click here to move through the pages of records 14 Displaying Data Here you can see the record numbers being displayed 15 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 We LA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Tuesday May 04 2010 5 00 40 Ph Ds Refresh Camera ID m Es E E oe bal 5 wedia Sou
32. 7 Canteen 1 D 8 Canteen 2 D 2 Canteen 3 i 10 Car Park 1 i gw 11 Car Park 2 D A 12 Sidewalk 1 i i i i een ee 13 Sidewalk 2 i 14 Corridor 1 i A 15 Corridor 2 A 16 Corridor 3 Digital Zoom Export Start Time Now End Time 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 19 17 50 19 19 47 19 19 47 CGOGOGO o Disabled in sync playback mode 5 iz 1 gt a 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 Start or Stop sync playback Disconnect all Channels disconnect all channels and cancel sync playback oS ae ee e 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 drag add more channels to empty ones or replace Original ones ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 s
33. ECORDPATH 2nd Recording Path 2nd Recording Path ID_36_WINDOW_VIEW 36 Window View 36 Window View sss s S ID_4 WINDOW_VIEW 4 Window View 4 Window View Fig 49 System Setup Language 1 Settings button Select the language you wish to use in from the full list You may translate the list once you opened it Apply Language List Wo Arabic Yemen f Chinese PRC Chinese Taiwan If Czech if Danish Ii Dutch Standard jw Finnish W French Standard jf German Standard If Greek jf Hungarian If Indonesian Wo Italian Standard WwW Japanese Iv Polish W Portuguese Portugal Wo Romanian Wo Russian Wo Spanish LatinoAmerica j Spanish Mexico Spanish Spain Il Swedish W Thai Wo Turkish Wo Vienamese Fig 50 System Setup Language Language List 2 Reset button Restore the fields back to default settings 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 78 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Export File Type f XML Fath D DesktopNVR_Data Export Langus Browse File Name Export_fr_xml It may take few minutes to export language Export Cancel 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 5 App
34. End Time 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 2010 04 30 19 17 40 19 17 42 19 19 39 Disabled in sync playback mode Fig 95 Sync Main and Sync Follower 1 Sync Main This is the Main channel file that the other channels would synchronize to 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 gt N 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 recording 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 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Sync Playback a G2 BA Oa a S D oo ee aa T O H El El E E E om MediaSource 5 let ALL CAMERA 1 A 1 Entrance 1 14 Media Source Corridor 1 2010 04 30 19 19 47 GMT 08 00 a 15 Media Source Corridor 2 2010 04 30 19 19 42 GMT 08 00 el i 2 2 Entrance 2 i 3 Entrance 3 U 4 Entrance 4 gt t 5 Basketball Court 1 D 6 Basketball Court 2 i
35. Installer ACTI NVR Software Note that you cannot install NVR Server Edition and NVR Profession Edition on the same machine You need to uninstall previous version before installing new application View Cameras with IP Utility Install NVR Server v2 3 01 Install NVR Utility v2 3 01 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 y ACT s RA ASTI Installer Release Notes ACTi NVR 23 01 Please follow the Quick Installation Guide procedure to Quick Installation Guide install them Step 1 Backup Database Software _ Backup database from previous NVR installation iiia Step 2 Install and setup IIS server You must install and setup IIS server for NWR to work How to Setup IIS Server Click the link to see How to install and setup IIS server 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 E 12 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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
36. 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 server 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 s ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual System Setup Camera Groups Camera Group is an important layer of Camera management for NVR User Permissions View Layouts 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
37. Screen NVR Workstation 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 4 Preview Mode There are two different levels of complexities in 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 If you check the Checkbox for HTTPS support you will log into NVR with HTTPS protocol that encrypts the data transmitted between NVR Client and Server Before enabling this support on Login page you should configure the related HT TPs settings in IIS 6 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
38. UAC tool that comes with NVR P TweakUAC 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 then 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 7 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual
39. a video server There are two ways to setup recording schedule 1 Weekly Schedule This marks the weekday and time to record and will be repeated every week 2 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 schedule is broken down in 20 minute segments Camera Record Configuration Schedule View By Camera SpecialDay Copy Camera Setting Camera 2 ACTi camera 2 Schedule O Schedule i PIZ set i Preset Tour Event Manager Apply O Event with Streaming gt O O Delete a Se ee ele Fah a ea a a el a Pala eal Use mouse double click to select a single schedule Fig 28 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 1 View By Camera Click this button to configure recording schedule of this camera 2 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 Apply Click this button to save the settings 4 Schedule The camera will record continuously during your designated period Event with Streaming NVR will keep receiving video
40. a 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 s1 ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 oo N 2 D PIZ gt PIZ Beeset gt Preset Tour gt Event Manager l View By Special Day Copy Camera j e Apply Camera 2 ACTi camera 2 Apply to all amp MA Oce Tr sohecue il sin on Tue wea mmu ra T Sot Selected M a a a a s 6l Ee o 2 gt MM Schedule O G Schedule C C Event with Streaming Fig 30 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 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
41. a video server Camera ID Select the new camera ID to assign to the camera 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 Http Port Enter the HTTP port for IP cameras video servers Most cameras use the default port number of 80 8 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 ll 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 Ent
42. all of NVR workstation s functions can be accessed on Web Client except a few minor restrictions 7 www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Hardware 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 a CAN 17 64 channels Niak PC with Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core i7 920 Local Client 2 66 GHz 32 bit 2 67 GHz 64 bit Server PC without Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Duo PA A 2 4 GHz 32 bit 2 4 GHz 32 bit en lent a Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core i7 920 eee Fig 1 System Requirements NOTE The required free space of the disk drive where NVR is installed should be at least 40 GB at all times It is suggested that NVR program and the recording data be stored on separate disk drives NOTE These specifications are based on following camera settings Single stream mode 1280x1024 3Mbps 18fps MPEG 4 Dual stream mode 1280x1024 3Mbps 18fps H 264 recording 640x480 Quality 100 18fps MJPEG live view For more details about system requirements please refer to Project Planner on www acti com NOTE Live view for multiple channels require good hardw
43. ame Description MD1 MD1 E E MDZ MD2 m E MD3 MD3 E Z x f Video Loss Video Loss E E Video Recovery Video Recovery E E Network Loss Network Loss E Network Recovery Network Recovery E m Fig 38 Camera Setup Event Manager PIR 3 ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Actions This section lets you select which action to take upon event Action Record Please use scheduler to setup the period of time where Event Manager will take effect 2 W Snapshot Ov Trigger D01 for 10 Seconds 1 Ov Trigger D02 for 10 Seconds 1 Beep for fi Seconds 1 fi times 1 Play Audio File for f times 1 Audio File CAWINDOWS Mediaiding waw Only Supports WAW File Q Dont Beep gt C Hot Spot Window Dwell Time C Seconds 1 Pop up Window Dwell Time 30 Seconds 1 ADE None Dr pz PTZ Setting Switch to Camera 6 Hallway Preset 1 site 1 forf 0 Seconds 1 then switch to Preset 1 site 1 13 IY pload snapshotto FTP Please enable snapshot function firstin the Action panel Please configure FTP settings in Setup System System page 1 4 if Execute Command Eser EXE Fig 39 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 2 Snapsho
44. 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 8 View Layout List User can see the existing view layout list here Click on the row of the target layout to edit 9 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 7s ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 n 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 48 System Setup View Tours 1 New Tour Click this button to create a new layout tour Enter the Tour Name and Description and then click Apply to add a new layout tour to the tour list 2 Delete Tour Click this button to delete the currently selected tour from the tour list Add Layout Click this
45. are 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 Megapixel 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 8 www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 8 0 or 9 0 to work Internet Explorer 7 0 and below are no longer supported For 64 bit systems 32 bit IE is required 0s Version Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Enterprise sp2 Windows XP Professional sp3 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
46. ation Offline Registration Apply Register Online MAC Address 00 1F 16 14 39 DC License Key 00ESL PM PO EPPH P Notice Please enter your license key above and click apply NWR will connect to the online server and complete registration automatically Fig 5 Online Registration 9 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Go to NVR Server PC and log in via Active Setup Setup NVR Setup System License Select Offline Registration Record the MAC address shown Connect to www acti com Go to Support Customer ACTi Website Services License Registration Select your product to register Enter your License Key and the MAC Address Machine ACTi Website Key Click Submit to generate activation code Activation code
47. ation Info If you encounter any error message please report on our Customer Help Desk http www acti com support case index asp 22 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision a LA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Workstation icons on your desktop or go to Start gt Program Files NVR Workstation and select one of them We ll use Active Setup WK ActiveSetup for now as we re just starting to configure the system 2 The login screen will be displayed as below User Account Admin Password server IP Address server HTTP Port Application Language English United States Preview Mode Advanced Https Support E Auto login with this account Save as Default E Use CTRL F10 to cancel auto login mode Fig 8 Login
48. ays 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 X 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 ee Camera IP 5 2 Entrance 5 10 1 1 10 Camera IP T j 3 Entrance 3 16 10 1 1 103 DE 4 Entrance 4 D 4 10 1 1 24 if Premises 3 10 1 1 25 oe 2 1011 31 w 4 Entrance 4 D 14 10 1 1 33 ae 6 Basketball Court 2 y 10 1 1 40 i a 8 Canteen 2 i D gg 11 10 1 1 50 i 10 Car Park 1 Sa D amp 12 10 1 1 51 i g 11 Car Park 2 z i amp 6 10 1 1 52 i 7 14 Corridor 1 z D 7 10 1 1 55 i amp a 15 Corridor 2 p ean i amp 13 10 1 1 56 i 16 Corridor 3 5 i i amp 8 10 1 1 88 jef Basketball Court g Fig 73 Active Monitor Camera Panel Sorting the Camera Tree 3 Camera Tree List of cameras added into NVR Note that there is an i 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 4 4 ii Aa 2 Entrance 2 3 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual
49. back 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 Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Video Search RA GOO A 4K Tao 5 9 amp S Search x 2 V Record Type a V Schedule V DI l Motion and PIR MV Manual MV Camera a V 1 Camera 1 MV 2 Entrance 2 MV 3 Entrance 3 MV 4 Entrance 4 V 5 Basketball Court 1 V 6 Basketball Cout 2 lv 7 Canteen 1 PD 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 Aj Start Time 2010 03 30 00 v oo 7 End Time 2010 04 30 00 v 00 v l Include video that began before this time period Search Return Fig 89 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
50. 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 ACTI Connecting Vision Kal NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Map Tour i Cancel Map Name r 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 selection An icon representing map link wil
51. 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 View Layout tour page without making any changes 7e D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 4 Delete Layout Click this button to delete layouts from a layout tour 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 6 Layouts in This Tour All the layouts included in this tour are listed here Click on the appropriate row to edit that layout 7 Layout Tour Sequence Control panel You may rearrange the layout sequence here First click on the row of the Layout Tour you wish to move then click the buttons to move to top move up move down or move to bottom of list 8 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 ne
52. 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 NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Video Search Result WA Search Result id 4 Pagel 162 gt bi Record Type 1 camera Name 5 ACTi 11 Car Park 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Entrance 4 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Camera 1 Entrance 3 Entrance 4 Camara 4 Manual Manual Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Manual Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Orhadiula Displaying data 1 20 3237 File Location D Recordings Channel5 Channel5 _20100429135336_M raw C Recordings Channel11 Channel11_20100429210046_M raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430104709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430104810 raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430105709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430105810 raw C Recordings Channel3 Channel3_20100430110709 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430110810 raw C Recordings Channel4 Channel4_20100430111227_M raw
53. ce Camera l Camera 1 Media Source Information AJ Connection Setting Production Setting Frame Rate Setting camera iD Use FPS Setting Protocol Frame Mode Camera IF c tant Camera Name ainal Http Fort j 0 Camera mode P eve f User Name p Producionio ey Remote Lve view i Pa Connection Scheduled Record 20 conn ection Type Timeout is Event Record 20 11 NVR IP OSD Position Upper lett l Camera Groups NVR UserName Admin M No Group Entrance Basketball Court 13 NVR Password canteen CarPark Sidewalk E NVR Streaming eon Port ideas Corridor Premises B NvR Control Port Greset F cet 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 15 Camera Setup Manual Connection Settings 1 Web Configurator Click this button to open web configurator of the camera video server Some detailed settings are only through the web configurator and not through NVR 2 Apply After finishing all the setting click this button to add camera video server to NVR 37 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Cancel Click this button to cancel adding camer
54. ce Information Connection Setting Production Setting Camera ID Protocol 7 Camera Name Camera IF Camera Model Http Port a Production ID fos UserName p Connection Timeout Password OSD Position Upper left Camera Groups Connection Type Get Video from Current NWR Reset Get Device Setting Fig 11 Add New Cameras Manual M No Group 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 26 ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Media Source Information Advanced Setting Video Quality Video Adjustment Attributes Connection Port Live view Video Encoder hea i lt swt CSC s 27 Camera 1 2010 04 04 19 44 49 GMT 03 00 Stream Mode snee gt y 4 Analog Video NTSC z 7 FPS 15 ol Resolution wrezoxi080 ST Bitrate Mode Constant x Maximum Bitrate unm o Bit Rate subps o _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
55. cessary 9 Tour List All layout tours currently configured are listed here You may select each tour to edit the details 10 Apply Click this button to save all current settings If you are editing an existing tour you may change the tour name description and Layout Tour 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 77 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Language This section describes how to translate and modify the embedded texts through the language section of NVR 3 4 4 x k View Tours Language Senice License Systemi a Language Please do not contain any symbols in your translation or it will not be readable by our software system o gt amp 7 7 6 Language English United States ID_14_WINDOW_VIEW 1 Window View 1 Window View ID_10_WINDOW_VIEW 40 Window View 10 Window View itsi sSCS ID_12_WINDOW_VIEW_WIDESCREEN 12 Window View for Widescreen 12 Window View for Widescreen ID_16_WINDOW_VIEW 16 Window View 16 Window View ID_1STRECORDPATH Recording Path Recording Path iitsi sS ID_25_WINDOW_VIEW 25 Window View 25 Window View ID_2NDR
56. cording 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 stream in live view ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual System Monitor You may review search and export system logs from System Monitor 2010 4 5 foo l 00 12010 5 5 foo l 00 v Camera D Search Export v DateTime Qi 4 Pagel 65 gt bi Displaying data 1 50 3203 ae Record Type File Location Start Time Duration Car Park 2 Schedule C Recordings Channel11 Channel11_20100430211231 raw 2011 01 12 16 06 50 2011 01 12 16 07 02 00 12 Corridor 1 WithStreaming C Recordings Channel14 Channel14_20100430211037 raw 2011 01 12 16 06 37 2011 01 12 16 06 49 00 12 Entrance 2 WithStreaming C Recordings Channel2 Channel2_20100430211035 raw 2011 01 12 16 06 37 2011 01 12 16 07 04 00 27 Fig 85 Active Monitor System Monitor 8 Type of log Select the type of log you wish to display System Monitor Recorded Recorded Deleted Alarm Motion FIR Network Loss Recovery Video Loss Recovery User Operation Fig 86 Active Monitor System Monitor Select Type of Log 9 Date amp Time Enter the start and end time filter to limit your search results 10 Camera ID Enter a specific Camera ID here if you wish to limit the search to a particular camera
57. ction Type NVR IP NVR User Account NVR Password NVR Streaming Port NVR Control Port Connection Timeout Http Port Register Port Control Port Streaming Port RTSP Port Multicast Port URI Path z z Camera Model Production ID Dual Stream Settings Video Encoder Stream Mode Analog Video Frame Mode FPS Resolution Bitrate Mode Maximum Bitrate Bit Rate Production Setting z Video Quality Frame Rate Setting Use FPS Setting Live View Remote Live View Schedule Record Event Record Video Adjustment Brightness Saturation Contrast Group Setting Camera Groups Oaaod M 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 Y Add New Device 1 Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 28 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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
58. ctiveStreamingService Applications exe com icd Step 4 Streaming Service is added to the allowed programs list Do the same for Active Scheduling service P Windows Fire Allowed Programs v 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 Socket Tunneling Protocol O Secure World Wide Web Services HTTPS Oood 0O00 a wo uv aan a K StreamingService __ Windows Collaboration Computer Name Registration Service O Windows Firewall Remote Management O Windows Management Instrumentation WMI C Windows Media Player O Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service O Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Internet CO Windows Peer to Peer Collaboration Foundation on El EE Eo m O Windows Remote Management OOO000000 a Allow another program Remove OK Cancel t6 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Tweak
59. d Duration Mins El Keep Days O 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 cieanup Space GB GB System will delete this amount from the earliest recordings at one time when free space is smaller than reserve space O selected Disk Drive Capacity a Drive Name Used Spacef Free Space MB Total Space MB Reserve Space GB 51199 Fig 44 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 subfolders 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 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual recording files NVR will always delete old files when available s
60. der i 264 Stream Mode Analog Video NTSC FPS 6 hi Fig 17 Camera Setup Get Stream Mode setting 3 The setting page will refresh please type the VGA stream ID in Channel No column The ID number should correspond to your settings in camera firmware and click Apply Camera 8 Camera 1 Media Source Information Connection Setting Camera ID Protocol Camera IP Http Port UserName Fig 18 Camera Setup Input Channel Number for VGA Stream 4 Tocontinue adding another VGA stream click copy settings to copy all the settings of this camera to a New Device and modify the Channel No a ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Production Setting Production Setting TCM4201 A1D 310 W4 07 10 AC Camera Name Entran ce 3 2 Camera Model Megapixel IP Cube Camera E Production ID TCM4200 Series Connection Timeout osD Position Upper left Camera Groups NoGroup M Entrance Basketball Court Canteen gt CarPark Sidewalk Corridor M Premises Fig 19 Camera Setup Production 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 y
61. 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 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 System Setup gt Camera Groups M4 Conn lt gt Camera Group Information Group Name Group Description Entrance jan entrances Camera Groups 5 Group Name Group Description Entrance All entrances Basketball Court South Court Canteen Building one Canteen Car Park 2 Type inthe 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 Setup which groups does each camera belong Each Camera may belong to multiple groups This is configu
62. during your designated period D m S SS 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 7 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 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 52 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 camera Recordseonfiguration Schedule Motion PIZ PIZ Preset Preset Tour Event Manager et Motion Settin tion Setup Camera 5 ACTi Motion Setting AJ T Enable Motion gt Motion 1 Event t Sensitivit Timer sec Threshold fro fio Name Description gt Motion 2 Event Sensitivity Ti
63. e 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 and PTZ protocol you can only start or stop the auto scan The camera will automatically scan between the left extreme and the right extreme position for other cases you may D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual set the Starting Point and Terminal Point for the auto scan to repeat between The Auto Scan panel for such devices will look like below Auto Scan Ra Starting Point Terminal Point Start Scan Stop Scan Use the PTZ Operation buttons to move to desired Scan Start Point then click Starting Point and set the Terminal Point s well click Apply to save the settings 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 UR 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 cl
64. e to NVR This is to ensure that the settings in NVR are always in sync with the device NOTE For ACTi TCM TCD model devices motion detection is available when codec is either H 264 or MPEG4 MJPEG does not support motion detection 5s Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual PTZ This section describes how to set the PTZ 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 nananana PTZ naa Apply Camera 1 ACTi Camera 1 MV Enable PTZ gt Vendor Protocol PTZ File PTZ File has to be on local drive 2 Era e Address ID Parity BaudRate Absolute Position 6 E PTZ Command 8 PTZ Command e name PTZ Comma Ex Wash FFO10004180010 S OO 8001D Wipe A00000000A080800FFAF00 gt Fig 33 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 Se
65. ect Fig 36 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 DI 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 response 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 notification you need to first enable 62 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual it by checking the checkbox 6 Copy Settings Once you completed setup for a camera which you d like to apply to other cameras click here A dialog window will pop up as below Select the target cameras to apply settings to You may click on the dropdown list to select all cameras or a single device to copy to Copy Setting Entrance Select All E Cancel Fig 37 Camera Setup Event Manager Copy Setting Note When cameras have PIR an additional event type PIR will show up User can take it as one of the events and set actions for it Event List Rj Event Type N
66. egment 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 The save path will be displayed at the bottom 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 recording 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 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Export File Type RAW AVI 2 Path C Users Neil Chuang DesktopiNWR_ 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 inf
67. ent as the IP camera or video server Click Apply button will reboot the camera please wait for few minutes gt Motion 3 Event Sensitivit Timer sec Threshold Name Description Fig 32 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 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 In Active Monitor while the motion detection is active a red rectangle representing the motion region will appear during live view if there is motion activity Note 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 Apply button Click this button to save the settings to camera and NVR Enable Motion This checkbox disables enables all the motion functions Before modifying the motion region settings please check this checkbox first 4 Enable Disable Motion Event Check this box to enable disable individual motion detection area By enabling this you can see a rectangle appearing in the preview window and start setup this individual motion detection region 5 Sensitivity Enter the sensitivity level of this motion detection region Higher sensitiv
68. er If you need JPEG files you may also use Media Converter to convert part of the video into JPG images 34 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual NVR Operation Explained Camera Setup Camera 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 Auto Search Device start searc
69. er 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 Control 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 Connection 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 38 NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual ACTi Connecting Vision bis Camera a New Delete Delete All Camera 2 ACTi Media Source Information Connection Setting Production Setting gt Frame Rate Setting Camera ID ACM8511 Protocol A1D 220 V3 13 16 AC Camera IP Camera Name Camera Http Port Camera Model User Name Production ID ACM8510 s Password Connection Timeout E o o V TET I osp Position NVR IP Camera Groups NVR User Account Admin M No Group NVR Password NVR Streaming Port NVR Control Port Reset Get Device Setting I Use FPS Setting Frame Mode Constant Live View 5 Ez Remote Live View fs z Scheduled Record s z Event Record 5 v Video Quality Video Adjustment Attribu
70. er can see the file information on the screen first and playback will begin when the file is ready 108 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Snapshot Search AVA d Fs gt f Qc admin as Administrator P lt gt amp WA SQ cy d ox X Q Og on Tuesday May 04 2010 5 00 40 PM Search x Event Type amp Iv DI MV Motion and PIR Camera a V 1 Camera 1 MV 2 Entrance 2 MV 3 Entrance 3 MV 4 Entrance 4 MV 5 Basketball Cout 1 MV 6 Basketball Court 2 MV 7 Canteen 1 MV 8 Canteen 2 M 9 Canteen 3 V 10 Car Park 1 V 11 Car Park 2 M 12 Sidewalk 1 MV 13 Sidewalk 2 M 14 Corridor 1 MV 15 Corridor 2 V 16 Corridor 3 O Time Period N Start Time 2010 03 30 00 00 End Time 2010 04 30 00 00 san Ran Fig 92 Active Player Snapshot Search 1 Snapshot Search Click on Snapshot Search button to start search 2 Event Type Displays the recording type This value can be Schedule Manual or event 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 Time Period Mark the Start and end date time for this snapshot search 5 Search Click to search snapshot archives according to the filter above Return Button Click to return to main page ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual
71. first in the View Layouts section in System Setup o1 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Active Monitor Toolbar Dp E S te D DO Bat mt Fig 71 Active Monitor Active Monitor Toolbar ooo ma aX 4X 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 CTRL F7 The screenshot is saved in JPG format It will be saved in a folder named NVR_Data on your workstation local computer s desktop and cannot be searched by NVR Server For example C Documents and Settings lt Windows login user name gt Desktop NVR_Data 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 v
72. 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 any recording during the selected time period After configuring the recording schedule if you need to copy the schedule to other cameras you can click Copy Camera Setting button to replicate the schedule across many devices so ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual View By Camera SpecialDay Copy Camera Setting Apply Camera 2 ACTi camera 2 l Camera amp l 1 ACTi Camera 1 T 3 ACTi I 4 ACTi l 5 ACTi l 6 ACTi l 7 ACTi l 9 ACTi Schedule C Scheduleffill Event with Streaming e Delete LEER EEE ECC E i nE ECE EC EEE e e COCCO COLCCCCCECOLCCCE C ee COCEOCECECCEECEE CEEE eee e f EE E E FF Pe PP Ft 0 VT a VT Use mouse double click to select a single schedule Fig 29 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 completed 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 Camer
73. h 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 _ a anh 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 clicking and dragging them to different view windows 32 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Camera Record Configuration Schedule Motion iiia PTZ Preset Preset Tour gt Event Manager View By Camera SpecialDay Copy Camera Setting Delete Apply Camera 1 ACTi Camera 1 Schedule J G Schedule Event with Streaming C Delete SEEEnEETrENTEE a a EERE RE EGEEESEE a ee i AREEN ee a Pa CCE me See Beam OTT mE an fea ERRR GE Eee HHHH Use mouse double click to select a single schedule 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
74. h 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 ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 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 ae z Refresh Camera ID d Ez ERE A Camera Tree sm MediaSource ff ALL CAMERA 1 Entrance 1 i A 2 Entrance 2 d 3 Entrance 3 T U Entrance 4 gt 5 Basketball Court 1 i A 6 Basketball Court 2 i a 7 Canteen 1 D A 8 Canteen 2 D 9 Canteen 3 D amp 10 Car Park 1 CG g 11 Car Park 2 G 2 12 Sidewalk 1 emmma O i 14 Corridor 1 i 15 Corridor 2 TD 16 Corridor 3 Start Time End Time There are three ways to start a sync playback
75. hing 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 search function Next Step Fig 12 Camera Setup Add New Camera 3s ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 2 Add New Camera Cancel Product ID Camera ID 1D Hostname LAN IP Address MAC Address SED3200 1 Camera C 192 168 0 201 0 00 0F 7C 00 2F 42 Video Decoder SED3320 2 Camera C 192 168 0 200 40 0 0 1 0 00 0F 7C 00 7F EE Video Decoder ACD2100 Camera 10 1 1 101 00 0F 7C 03 74 94 1 CH Video 16 Si Server ACD2200 4 Camera 10 1 1 102 1 00 0F 7C 03 79 57 4 CH Video Server Fig 13 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
76. ick Apply to ensure the changes are properly saved 5o ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 4 k Preset Tour Event Manager k Camera 6 Basketball Court 2 Tour Information AJ Tour ID Tour Name Description O fi Q Parkin g Lot Parking Lot for staffs and students Tour List Be amp i i Preset ID Name Dwell Timefsecand site 1 15 i site Tour Name Description Parking Lot Parking Lot for staffs and students Hall way Fig 35 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 3 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 r h guration Schedule gt Motion gt PTZ gt PTZ Preset Preset Tour Available Preset List J Preset ID Mame Iw site 1
77. ide what settings to delete If user wants to delete all cameras and video servers click the Delete All button M o Configuration gt schedule Motion gt PIZ gt PIZ Preset New te te All Web Configurator Copy Setting Apply Camera 27 ACTI Media Source Information Fig 25 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 Camera Record Configuration Schedule gt Motion gt PIZ gt PIZ Preset gt Preset Lour gt Event Manager e Ee Delete Camera 2 Delete all camera settings Camera Record Schedule PTZ PTZ Preset Preset Tour Motion Event Manager Delete log records and recorded files only Event log Record log Snapshotlog Snapshot files Record files C Delete all camera settings logs and recorded files Camera Settings Event log Record log S
78. ideo 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 2 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Camera Panel Qpreiresh O Camera ID X fs Camera Tree B E om MediaSource is ALL CAMERA Sie 1 Entrance 1 i da 2 Entrance 2 fs 3 Entrance 3 a B ra B p B a B p By y p By a T i i i i i ii k i E i k E i i i i i i i i 4 Entrance 4 gt Basketball Court 1 Basketball Court 2 De cr i a 7 Canteen 1 Canteen 2 9 Canteen 3 10 Car Park 1 11 Car Park 2 i 5 i L 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 sort the camera list in different w
79. iew 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 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Web Client Introduction NVR Web Client is an alternative to NVR Workstation It provides access to NVR through Internet Explorer 8 0 or 9 0 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 to NVR as a Web Client 1 Open your Internet Explorer Browser Only IE 8 0 and 9 0 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 SE http 127 0 0 1 2 iGoogle m 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 ser
80. ing steps to access settings in both streams _ hk Add camera into NVR Go to Web Configurator via NVR UI or by directly typing in the ip address Go to setup gt Video amp Audio gt Video gt compression gt Stream 2 enabled Check In NVR Camera Setup get device setting ol a w Y Configurations for both streams will appear in advanced section Edit and apply to camera from here 6 You may now select which stream to do live record with Frame Rate Setting Dual Stream Settings Live View Stream Media2 Recording Stream Medial Frame Rate Setting Single Stream with constant frame rate For Dual stream devices with only stream one enabled the frame rate will be selected in the video quality section in Advanced setting after Get Device Setting Video Quality Wideo Adjustment Attributes Video Encoder H264 Stream Mode SINGLE FPS 13 Resolution N1280x720 Maximum Bitrate 71 2Mbps Fig 20 Camera Setup Frame Rate Setting Stream 1 only Frame Rate Setting Single Stream with constant and variable frame rate For devices without dual streaming and variable frame rate option you may check the Use a3 ACTI Connecting Vision vis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual FPS setting button to enable alternative frame reading from NVR side Frame Rate Setting Use FPS Setting Frame Mode Constant Live View 3 Remote Live i g
81. ing your NVR If you are using Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 IIS installation will be automatically covered by the install shield For other Operating systems Please refer to the document How to Setup IIS Server for detailed instructions Please note that 64 bit systems are configured slightly different from 32 bit 3 systems D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 If you encounter any connection issue please make sure that you have enabled these ports to pass through Even if your firewall is turned off Occasionally 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 Windows Firewall 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 1a ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3
82. install then it would be best to backup existing settings before installing Please note that NVR 2 3 has a slightly change database structure You must use the latest version of Backup Wizard that comes with the NVR 2 3 for backup and restore During NVR 2 3 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 NOTE Please use Backup Wizard v2 0 22 or later version to restore and backup your NVR For detailed instructions please see Backup Wizard User s Manual SQL NVR 2 3 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 3 requires Microsoft IIS server to operate You need to install and configure IIS before installing or upgrad
83. ise 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 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 ondine 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 1 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual gt ACTi A ACTi
84. ity levels are more easily triggered but may give more false alarms Sensitivity may range from 1 100 6 Name Enter the name of this motion detection region This is the name that will be shown in Event manager and the Active Monitor event panel when motion activity is detected 7 Timer The interval before the next motion detection can be triggered again The range of available value is 1 300 seconds 8 Description Enter more detailed description of this motion detection area Both the 5 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual name and the description will be shown in the event manager 9 Threshold Enter the threshed level of this motion detection region Lower threshold levels which mean that smaller portion of the motion region would be considered as motions are more easily triggered but may give more false alarms It may range from 1 100 10 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 sav
85. kstation and not to Web Client 1 In Setup Camera Event Action Beep and play audio file Play audio file is not available to Web Client In Setup System PTZ setup you may not use PTZ file function from Web Client In Setup System System Camera Model Update is not available to Web Client In Setup System Joystick setting is not available to Web Client In Setup System System Default Export Path is not available to Web Client owe a You may not export files from Web Client including Language files Raw AVI files and system logs 7 You may not setup eMap from web client D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 provide
86. l Panel Time Bar Or find the time you want to sync view from Time Based Search Bar P w Synchronize Button Then click on the synchronize button to confirm the current channel as Sync Main ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Sync Main and Sync Follower RA CPE AKO oy ae ane a NEEE Ea Eaj om MediaSource x lef ALL CAMERA Sync Main Sync Follower Af 1 Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 Camera Name MediaSource gt 14 Corridor 1 Camera Name MediaSource gt 14 Corridor 1 s 4 S Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Entrance Gb 5 Basketball Court 1 Source File Path C Recordings Channel14 Channel14_2 Source File Path C Recordings Channel14 Channel14_2 a tk Pests Oak 0100430191740 raw 0100430191740 raw 7 Canteen 1 amp 8 Canteen 2 2 Canteen 3 1 amp 2 10 Car Park 1 g 11 Car Park 2 amp A 12 Sidewalk 1 13 Sidewalk 2 ee Camera Name MediaSource gt 15 Corridor 2 Camera Name MediaSource gt 16 Corridor 3 2 15 Corridor 2 AMT 16 Corridor 3 Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Current Time 2010 04 30 19 17 42 Source File Path C Recordings Channel15 Channel15_2 Source File Path C Recordings Channel16 Channel16_2 0100430191624 raw 0100430191550 raw Sync Follower Sync Follower a pm m a m PN a N pr Ged Ge a a e a e a e a e a a a y Digital Zoom Export Start Time Now
87. l appear on the map information page once you ve added the MapLink 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 B8 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Wanager Map Tour 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 switching to the next Once you have added the ma
88. le only through workstation and not available through web client 2 Please always connect the joystick to PC before you run NVR 7 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 46 System Setup Joystick Dropdown features menu 73 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 4 1 4 n T k View Tours gt Language gt enice License gt system i i m a i Cy mers Spins gt ser Roles gt Users gt Storage Management Joystick View Layouts New Delete Apply E Layout Configuration AJ amp Camera Groups _ O Name Layout Style Description 11 E
89. lect from the drop down list to issue that particular command o8 ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Adding cameras into preview windows XE COP BK 59 Be G00 B 3 2 S eee ee ea lm fs E 6 ea a te me fe oo MA Refresh Camera ID cA Camera Tree 2 say MediaSource Q iif ALL CAMERA a 1 Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 i 3 Entrance 3 i Uv 4 Entrance 4 i 5 Basketball Court 1 Clear CH Entrance 1 2010 04 30 1 ml 19 29 11 CH Entrance 2 2010 04 30 _ 2 mm 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 CH Entrance 3 2010 04 30 OSD DigitalZoom Mouse PTZ os Fig 82 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 7 D4 ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual admin as Administrator Tuesday Way O04 2010 5 00 40 Pha Fig 83 Active Monitor Personal Profile Personal profile Personal Settings User Name admin User Roles Administrator Old Password Ne
90. lect 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 technical support PTZ file setup is not available for Web Clients 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 9 Baud Rate Enter the baud rate of the PTZ device speed dome This option appears only for certain models 6 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 10 Absolute Position Check this box to enable PTZ by absolute positioning This option appears only for certain devices Camera 3 TCM 6630 v Enable PTZ Vendor Protocol ToN 6600 Dynacolor v Address ID Parity BaudRate Absolute Pogition v v 7 NOTE To use the PTZ functions of ACTi KCM cameras in NVR you have to match the camera s PTZ Vendor and Protocol profile with NVR s Default is Vendor ACTI and Protocol ACTI NOTE To use the PTZ functions
91. leting storage drive from system NVR will delete all recorded logs on this disk n ag ACTi d gt Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Joystick O User Users gt Storage Management Joystick View Layouts gt View Tours gt Language gt Semice gt License gt System IP Desktop ae Apply Joystick a Function No Function FT No Function No Function o FT No Function o No Function j No Function j No Function No Function No Function No Function Fig 45 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 dimentional 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 1 Joystick Setup is availab
92. ly button Confirm and save current settings Language Show the keyword list of the selected language to edit 3 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Storage Management 1 y 1 i n le aT i Joystick View Layouts View Tours Language Service License System 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 ActiveStreamingSernice EXE Active Streaming Service Running start Service stop Service ActiveMessageEngine EXE Active Message Engine Running Start Service stop Service Fig 51 System Setup Service 1 Refresh Click to refresh the status of all services 2 ActiveEventManager EXE Event Manager handles events and responses and e
93. m 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 s1 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 list 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 Configuration Schedule Motion PTZ PIZ Preset Preset Tour Event Manager Yelete App op Setting Camera 1 Entrance 1 Event List gt Event Type Description MD2 MD2 MD3 MD3 DBM DIA Video Loss Video Loss 1 1 1 Olgas Video Recovery Video Recovery Network Loss Network Loss 74759777 iy nw e Network Recovery Network Recovery Action amp Notification via E Mail a Record Please use scheduler to setup the period of MailTo F Admin time where Event Manager will take effect pani i Gnanchat Su bj
94. mer sec Threshold Name Description rm Fig 31 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 device 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 53 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Camera Record Configur Schedule Motion PIZ gt PIZ Preset Preset Tour gt Event Manager Get Motion Setting Apply Camera 5 ACTi Motion Setting V Enable Motion MV Motion 1 Event Sensitivit Timer sec Threshold 8 Description Sensitivit Timer sec Threshold Name MD1 Motion 2 Event Name Description Note Please make sure current machines IP address is on the same segm
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96. mera 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 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 Camera Name Camera IP BE 7 Canteen 1 10 1 1 55 E 8 Canteen 2 10 1 1 88 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 4 g Add Map Delete Map Delete Camera Add MapLink Delete MapLink Apply Map Information J Camera Information amp Map Name Map Description Camera ID Camera Name Map Image File Direction Resize initialNtap jpg ipo gif on a Q sm z File name must be in English Gif files larger than 1920x1080 may not display correctly l Display Camera ID and name on eMap Viewer Apply to all maps EF BADA A Naa a McDonald Halt J A CETE AGE t Fig 65 Map Setup Arranging Cameras 6 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 appears twice one as a camera icon to be positio
97. mode is used when you want to restrict access or for simple observers gt q ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Ww E gt OF lt x gt I x xx Qe Admin as Administrator lt q OQ A S4 ki D L2 A w re 201045108 08 01 33 og eB mm Es aoa g Ez g aimi ser Define Refresh Camera ID M Camera Tree om MediaSource 3 ff ALL CAMERA Dp Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 ie Entrance 3 i 4 Entrance 4 D 5 Basketball Court 1 i 6 Basketball Court 2 i 7 Canteen 1 T A 8 Canteen 2 i 3 Canteen 3 i gt 10 Car Park 1 i q i i KILLE Car Park 2 2 Sidewalk 1 we 3 Sidewalk 2 GQ F 14 Corridor 1 Clear Fig 99 Web Client Basic Mode 4 eusian ela EENE jE E e E a oe 4 Refresh Camera ID A Camera Tree wy MediaSource 3 fpf ALL CAMERA M1 Entrance 1 i 2 Entrance 2 i 3 Entrance 3 Clear OSD Digital Zoom Mouse PTZ ARE sg e y is Goto v Action Fig 100 Web Client Advanced Mode 123 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Web Client Restrictions Below is a List of functions available to Wor
98. n Permissions Settings amp Setup I Setup System I Setup Camera I Setup Map l Monitor I View Tours I Take Snapshot I PTZ Operation l Event Panel I Manual Record F System Monitor Playback l Export l Take Snapshot I eMap Viewer Role Name Role Description Permissions Settings Setup Setup System Setup Camera Setup Map Monitor Administrator Administrator Group View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ Operation Event Panel Manual Record System Monitor Playback Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Guest Guest Group Monitor Monitor View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ Operation Playback eMap Viewer Setup Setup System Setup Camera Monitor Supervisor Group View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ Operation Playback StandardUser Standard User Group Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer 3 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 firs
99. n in Active Monitor Check this box to show the motion regions in Live View B D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Decode Setting i Lower display frame rate when CPU usage is above i Lower display frame rate when current layout is above 36 Fig 54 Decode I Setting This section controls the maximum number of videos to display before NVR starts to skip frames in video Skipping frames protect your PC from overloading This sacrifices live view smoothness to ensure that your computer will have enough resources to properly record all video feeds There are two ways to do this both are defaulted as enabled 1 Lower display frame rate when CPU usage is above a certain percentage 2 Lower display frame rate when displaying layout of more than a number of channels Please be sure that you enable at least one of the protection mechanisms here This protection will work only for MPEG4 and H 264 codecs not for MJPEG on E Mail Setting SMTP Server SMTP Fort ser Email Address Sender Name 25 SMTP Authenticate SMTP User Name T SMTP Password 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 events are triggered 1 SMTP Server Enter the SMTP server address to send E mail SMTP Port You may configure the SMTP port here Default is 25 SMTP authentication Enable this checkbox if the SMTP ser
100. napshotlog Snapshot files Record files 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 from Layouts and View Tours but will not remove the maps or the camera groups they are involved in Camera Record Configuration Schedule Motion gt PTZ gt PI Preset gt Preset Tour gt 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 Snapshot log Snapshot files Record files a7 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 amera 2 Schedule gt Motion gt PTZ gt PIZ Preset Preset Tour gt Event Manager Apply Cancel Copy Setting Camera Data Source 2 ACTi camera 2 3 X Camera Data Target RSS ue v X W Connection Setting Protocol Camera IP OSD Position Channel No User Name Password Connection Type
101. ned 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 3 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 preview images can be resized by pressing Resize
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103. nfigurator Apply Cancel Camera 10 Media Source Information Connection Setting Production Setting Frame Rate Setting Camera ID ACD2400 El Use FPS Setting Protocol vy A1D 220 V3 13 16 AC Frame Mode Camera IP Camera Name ACTI Constant z Camera Model 16 CH Video Serve X Live View 30 X Channel No Production ID pe Remote Live View 30 X ae Connection Timeout EX amman Password OSD Position Upper left m Event Record 30 X Connection Type Get Video from Current NVR Y Camera Groups VI No Group Reset Get Device Setting 10 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Cameras with multiple VGA streams When you first add a camera supporting multi VGA stream mode the mode is not recognized by NVR until NVR gets the device settings Before getting these streams you should enable the multi streaming mode on the device then add the channels the way you add a new camera in NVR Below is an example of adding six channels of VGA streams output from an ACTi KCM 3911 hemispheric camera 1 On camera s firmware page set the Stream Mode as 6 Streams and configure the VGA streams 2 In NVR Camera Setup add this camera and click Get Device Setting The Stream Mode is detected and displayed as 6VGA then click Apply Camera 6 ACTI KCM 3911 Media Source Information Advanced Setting Video Quality Video Adjustment Attributes Video Enco
104. ntrance 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 30 ACTI Connecting Vision bs NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 omg MediaSource a h Camera Tree a ist ALL CAMERA omy MediaSource A A 1 Entrance 1 fet ALL CAMERA i da 2 Entrance 2 ii 1 1 Entrance 1 WRJ 3 Entrance 3 D 2 2 Entrance Go amp 4 Entrance 4 Sem 2 Entrance 3 Qt 5 Basketball Court 1 T Q 4 Entrance 4 D 2 6 Basketball
105. ntrance I ntrance 4 fo Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 1 Entrance 1 2 Entrance 2 3 Entrance 3 4 Entrance 4 l View Layout List AJ 8 View Layout ID Name Default Description Layout Style Camera Groups Camera s Entrance 4 Entrance 1 2 3 4 i Premises Yy 6 Premises 3 4 6 10 14 15 16 11 Fig 47 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 Description Enter descriptions for this view layout here oo ee E Layout Setting Pick the cameras to view in each window for this view layout Only 74 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual cameras in the selected camera group
106. o 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 can 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 sourceforge net projects ffdshow http www divx com en software divx plus codec pack D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Time Based Search Bar v QO Camera 5 20100429 17 z foz 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 E E eat 8 2010 04 29 17 29 02 D Recordings ChannelS Channel5_20100429172206 raw Ge 6 56 9 59 9 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
107. ou may not be able to use the full function properly In most cases this is automatically filled in when you perform 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 a2 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Frame Rate Setting Dual Stream enabled 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 For devices with dual stream functionality use the follow
108. oup 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 9 User List User can see all the info on existing users here 10 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 z ACTI Connecting Vision vis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 removable disk may risk losing recording when device is removed while being accessed 4 1 4 m 1 m 4 1 m 1 g 1 storage Management b Storage Management AJ 2 Recording Fath Rer sordings Only alphabets numbers underscores and dashes are allowed The max length of recording path will be 50 byte lt DRIVE_ID gt recording Channek CAMERA _ID gt ex C recording Channel1 Manual Recor
109. p 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 FTP to a FTP site upon this event You need to configure FTP settings in System Setup 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 6s D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Mail Notification Setup This section lets you setup the E mail notification Notification via E Mail gt MailTo M Admin a Subject Door Open Alert Lab Front Door is open Message Security Guard is checking IF Attach Snapshot Please enable snapshot function first in the Action panel Fig 40 Event Manager Setup Notification via Email 1 Notification via E Mail Check this box to enable email notification upon event 2
110. pace is lower than reserve space Select the checkbox for Keep Days to add an additional soace management mechanism When both are active NVR will start to clear old files when any of the criterion is reached 5 Snapshot delete rule This field defines how long will snapshots be kept on the disk drive 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 too small will result in over frequent deletes 7 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 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 remove database logs of all recordings from that disk The files will still remain in the disk but will no longer be searchable and will not be automatically deleted by NVR upon low disk space 10 Available Disk Drives These are the drives detected by NVR but not yet included for video storage use Note When de
111. 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 a 3 Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual with information on this camera 5 Event rectangle If an event is currently being triggered for 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 QE Mini Preview Fig 97 Active Map Mini Prev
112. ps 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 COCOA Fig 68 Map Setup Changing sequence in Map Tour You can run the Tour later on ActiveMap by pressing the following Patrol button Ce a 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 z ACTI Connecting Vision Ds NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 fief ALL CAMERA Af 1 Entrance 1 D 2 E
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114. rding type This value can be Schedule Manual or event File Location Displays physical file location in NVR Server Start Time End Time Displays start end date time of the video clip End Time Displays end date time of the video clip Page Indicator User may go to different pages of the search result here Download Download video file to your local drive So ee oe Return Click to return to search page 107 www acti com NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Play Archive from Search Page ACTI Connecting Vision bis 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 YK ow xk Xa a id 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 a in hann hannel4 20
115. red in Active Setup gt Camera Setup gt Camera Detailed description setting gt Camera Groups 2 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Select the Camera Groups for each camera to belong to Click Apply to save 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 gt Refresh Camera ID Camera Camera Tree E New Delte Delete All Web Confiourator Conv Settina Apolv Camera 1 Entrance 1 Media Source Information O y MediaSource ff ALL CAMERA DE T 2 Entrance Basic Setting Detail Description Setting i e 3 Entrance 3 amp 4 entrance 4 Camera ID ACM8211 T Ay 5 Basketi Protocol A1D 220 V3 11 13 AC A 6 6 Camera IP Camera Name Entrance 1 G 7 Canteen 1 Http Port Camera Model Megapixel IP PTZ Camera ad J EELS User Name Production ID ch 9 Cant 3 x A Password Connection ci o 10 Car Park 1 Soe Timeout ie 11 Car Park 2 a Get Video from Current NWR x D a 11c Type OSD Fosition GQ 12 Sidewalk 1 D d 13 Sidewalk 2 Defining User Roles 1 Please go to Active Setup System Setup gt User Roles Ds Camera Groups New Apply User Roles Role Name Role Descriptio
116. ress WAN IP Address Channel No MAC Address Product ID 1 ACTI gt 192 168 0 100 10001 1 00 0F 7C 01 18 CF le 2 ACTI 172 16 26 8 1 00 0F 7C 05 19 AD ae EVN 3 ACTi 172 16 26 9 1 00 0F 7C 02 98 5D E 4 ACTi 172 16 26 9 1 00 0F 7C 04 87 A7 eee 1 CH Video Server 172 16 26 10 1 00 0F 7C 03 D2 33 apa Sanar 172 16 26 10 2 00 0F 7C 03 D2 33 spemeenal Server 172 16 26 10 3 00 0F 7C 03 D2 33 yc Sones 2 If you add anew stream manually input the connection settings and click Get Device Setting After the page refreshes input the channel number of the stream and then click Apply Camera Web Configurator Apply Cancel Camera 10 Media Source Information j Connection Setting Production Setting Frame Rate Setting Camera ID W y Use FPS Setting Protocol Camera Name Frame Mode a Camera Model eee Hite Port SS Production ID er i Live View 0 User Name Connection Timeout Remote Live View 50 Password OSD Position Upperiet Scheduled Record bo Connection Type P c r Camera Groups Event Record 30 J No Group Reset Get Device Setting Advanced 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 Camera Web Co
117. s 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 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
118. s 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 days System logs older than this date will be deleted NVR Streaming Port NVR Streaming Port Default 6002 5 NVR Control Port NVR Control Port Default 6001 Message Engine Port Number NVR Message Engine Port Default 8001 Monitor Setting J 7 OSD FPS OSD Camera Name Popup message when event trigger Event status on Camera Tree MV Show motion region in Active Monitor Fig 53 Monitor Setting 1 OSD FPS Select this checkbox to display real time Frames Per Second info for each channel on Active Monitor preview windows 2 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 Media Source Information OSD Position 3 Popup Message when event trigger A warning message will popup in Active Monitor when an event is trigged Asample message is shown below l Warning axe Camera 1 Entrance 1 Event MD1 4 Event status on Camera Tree Check this box to enable cameras with recently triggered events to highlight and flash on the Camera Tree 5 Show motion regio
119. s in itialMap jpa fe Floors initiaiap jpg Backyard linitiaiMap jpa Fig 62 Map Setup Adding Map Image File 1 Pick acamera group for example Floors by clicking the radio button 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 k Map Tour l Add Map Delete Map M eT Apply Map Information Aj a Map Name Map Description d 1 No Group Default Group 1 No Group 3 Floors a ppg jpg gif File name must be in English Gif files larger than 1920x1080 may not display correctly Display Camera ID and name on eMap Viewer Apply to all maps Fig 63 Map Setup Selecting Map 8s ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 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 The drop down list will show the maps you ve already added by the ca
120. s of allowing a program to communicate 9 Change settings Allowed programs and features Name Home Work Private Public O BranchCache Content Retrieval Uses HTTP O BranchCache Hosted Cache Client Uses HTTPS O 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 Key Management Service C Media Center Extenders OOOOOONO0000 prre Remove Allow another program Cane 15 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 diy 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 LI BranchCac Wr Favorites I Name Date modified Type O BranchCaq E Desktop gi ServerConfiguration 4 30 2010 9 11 PM sais O BranchCae Downloads MiP ActiveStreamingSevice 4 19 20106 56AM_ Application 333KB O BranchCaq CO Connect ta Core Metn O Distributed 5 Recent Places Libraries lt Documents al Music E Pictures z Videos jE Computer Filename A
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122. 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 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 6 ACT Connecting Vision WV LA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Manual Select Manual and click Next Step in the Add New Camera screen to proceed Camera Add New Camera C Auto Manual All settings go with an individual camera User has to select a camera and start this settings Next Step Fig 14 Camera Setup Manual Please fill up the Connection Setting of the camera Then Click Get Device Setting to read the other settings from your devi
123. sion s NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Ti ore End Ti iai O 2010 05 05 09 41 09 O AN 3 Entrance 3 2010 05 05 09 41 09 GMT 08 00 S A gt te st r Fig 77 Active Monitor Event Panel Event Playback window 95 ACTi Connecting Vision vis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 LLL M T l Ee zy X 4 o8 Y aT eN Ea eh SS DO BBs 3 T iii ceca cic Mini Preview a SEHE Refresh Camera ID Mini Preview Event MD1 RA Camera Tree is ww MediaSource ite Nate OF Cone fief ALL CAMERA Camera 3 EventMD1 Dwell mT Time 7 D ees 2 Entrance 2 Camera 1 EventMD1 Time 14 i 3 Entrance 3 a EventAlarm Dwell meag Time 26 a 4 Entrance 4 gt G 5 Basketball Court 1 Clear CH Basketball Court 1 2010 04
124. some of these values s ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Advanced Setting gt ATES Connection Port Register Port E000 3 Entrance 3 2010 04 30 16 44 26 GMT 08 00 contro Port 6001 F streaming Port 6002 ulticast Port 5000 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 Fig 24 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 r gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 dec
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126. t 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 s4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 4 Trigger DO2 Click to enable disable DO2 when this event occurs You may also setup the duration for DO2 to be triggered 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 7 Don t beep Click to disable beep function of NVR 8 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 the 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 Po
127. t 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 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 this user are also selected here Camera Groups User Roles storage Manz New Delete Apply User Information User Account 1 31 Characters User Name 1 31 Characters ony Stark Email Address User Role Description Standard ser ha Please configure the camera group permission before setting Default Layout Camera Group Permissions M No Group M Entrance l Basketball Court User List User Account User Mame User Role Admin Admin Administrator Holmes Tony Stark StandardUser Guard Guard Guard Batman Dark Knight Supervisor 3 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 Refres
128. tes Connection Port Live View Video Encoder MPEG4 Stream Mode mse SSC Analog Video NTSC Frame Mode Constat x FPS 5 v Resolution nssox80 o iY Bitrate Mode Constat x Maximum Bitrate funme COO YS Bit Rate mbs o Y 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 Hide Basic Setting Fig 16 Camera Setup Manual Get Device Setting completed Click the Apply button to add device to NVR system 39 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Adding Video Streams from a Multi channel Device There are devices that output more than one video streams to NVR server For example a video encoder converts a number of analog video signals into the same amount of IP video streams certain high megapixel cameras such as ACTi KCM 5111 supports outputting multiple VGA streams cropped from a single high resolution video source These multiple streams come from a single device are managed as different cameras by NVR server Video Encoder Adding a stream from one video server is the same as adding a single camera 1 If you use auto scan to add a new stream assign a Camera ID to it and click Add New Camera LAN IP Add
129. 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 7 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 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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
130. the FPS Frames Per Second on this IP camera here To modify it select the new one and click the Apply button 4 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 Video Quality Select the expected video quality of camera video server Advanced Setting Video Adjustment Attributes 0 0 0 50 10 saturation CET fo 0 50 100 ot i 0 50 100 You can see video adjustments for Streaming 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 23 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
131. tion Event Panel F Manual Record l System Monitor V Playback l Export l Take Snapshot V eMap Viewer gt r Roles List Role Name Role Description Permissions Settings Setup Setup System Setup Camera Setup Map Monitor Administrator Administrator Group View Tours Take Snapshot PTZ Operation Event Panel Manual Record System Monitor Playback Export Take Snapshot eMap Viewer Guest Group Monitor Monitor StandardUser Standard User Group sled rg das Sao Pe tet eMap Viewer Setup Setup System Setup Camera Monitor Fig 42 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 permission settings here ak oO LD 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 ss ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Users i 2
132. ure 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 wD CoS 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 ary D amp 8 Canteen 2 A amp 10 Car Park 1 pa TE l SNe REE S 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 ff Car Park amp 10 Car Park 1 ew 11 Car Park 2 if Sidewalk D B 12 Sidewalk 1 GD 13 Sidewalk 2 E m rl Fig 96 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
133. uter cannot connect to the internet then you should register offline Fig 6 Offline Registration Verify your license Once you ve successfully registered your NVR you will receive a notification message as shown here Message Register Successfully Please check ActiveSetup System License Field You may check your current NVR license from Active Setup System Setup System tab 2 NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Camera Groups User Roles gt Users gt Storage Management Joystick gt View Layouts gt View Tours Language Semice Licens System W Keep Event Log for day Keep Recording Log for day Keep System Log for day 180 NVR Streaming Port NVR Control Port MessageEngine Port Number e001 B001 Monitor Setting M OSD FPS V OSD Camera Name M Popup message when event trigger M Event status on Camera Tree V Show motion region in Active Monitor Decode Setting M Lower display frame rate when CPU usage is above jbo M Lower display frame rate when current layout is above 36 System E Mail Setting SMTP Server SMTP Port Sender Email Address Sender Name SMTP Authenticate SMTP User Name SMTP Password Ci System FTP Setting FTP Server Port Upload Folder User Name Password License Information Product Shipping Date Serial Number hannel Number ACTI Connecting Vision bis gt gt gt gt Fig 7 Verifying License Registr
134. ver 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 i E http 101 1 111 cgi bin videoconfiguration cgj p Y es 9 H Favorites 923 Suggested Sites Web Slice Gallery v Web Configurator Version v3 0 a v v v Pagey Safetyy Toolsv i W This website wants to run the following add on nvEPLMedia ocx from s Corporation If you trust the website and the add on and want to allow it to run click here x ACT Connecting Vision vis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 4 The Web Client login screen is shown below User Account Admin server IP Address 10 1 1 10 7 80 Application NVR Language English United States Preview Mode Basic Advanced Auto login with this account E Save as Default E Use CTRL F10 to cancel auto login mode Fig 98 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
135. ver 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 ee e a TY SMTP password Enter a password to login SMTP server with System FIP Setting FIP Server Port Upload Folder o 6 3 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 2 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual 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 A AY Product APP2000 Shipping Date 201 Oy 4 Serial Number l Channel Number e4 Fig 57 System Setup System License Information License Information You may review the software license information here including shipping date and Channel Number Available Disk Drive Capacity 1 Drive Name 2 Drive Space 3 Free Space MB 4 Total S pace MB C 30 35721 51199 D 9 92208 101425 Fig 58 System Setup System Available Disk Drive Capacity This is the list of detected disks on this PC Workstation Setting
136. w Password Re Type Password Cancel Fig 84 Active Monitor Change Password Users may change their password in the Active Monitor by clicking the personal profile 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 al ase ee Layout manager is a toolbar where you can quickly switch between frequently used layouts tl b El ig aa E 1 Patrol Click here to select the view layout tour to use You may click Cancel to close the patrol dialog window Click Patrol again 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 Se ee ee eS 49 window view D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 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 re
137. xecutes 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 If 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 either Running Pending Stop Running stopping and stop Service Action Start Service button Start Service Service Action Stop Service button Stop Service B0 gt ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual System This section describes how to setup system wide basic parameters ql Camera Groups User Roles gt Users gt Storage Management Joystick gt View Layouts View Lours gt Language semice License System Apply fa System Property a Keep Event Log for day 2 Keep Recording Log for day amp Keep System Log for day 45 45 fiso NVR Streaming Port NVR Control Port MessageEngine Port Number e002 6001 000 Fig 52 System Setup System System Property System Property NVR system setup 1 Keep Event Log for day The number of days to keep event log
138. y 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 shows some of the possible cursor images 1 Entrance 1 2010 05 04 14 45 49 GMT 08 00 p 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Fig 80 Active Monitor PTZ Panel Mouse PTZ 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 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 se
139. y 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 value 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 19 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 2 3 V2 3 04 User s Manual Schedule This section describes how to configure the recording schedule for the IP camer

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