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1. x R Name g Date modified Type E Recent Places 2013 2 5 F 05 55 File folder J Downloads mDevicccap OTS S9 sje Dropbox Ji image 2013 2 5 F4 05 51 File folder HE Desktop Ji productmap 2013 2 5 F4 05 51 File folder Ji UserData 2013 2 5 F 05 55 File folder ew Libraries ControllerConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 55 XML Document Documents E DeviceCapsList 2013 2 5 F 05 28 XML Document d Music DeviceConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 29 XML Document Pictures EventHandleConfig 013 2 5 F 05 29 XML Document Videos License 2 5 B 05 28 XML Document MapConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 55 XML Document jM Computer ScheduleConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 29 XML Document amp Local Disk C SourceConfig 013 2 5 F 05 55 XML Document a Data D StorageConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 29 XML Document 2 DVD RW Drive E SystemConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 30 XML Document es Removable Disk UserConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 29 XML Document amp share Gdrivea ViewConfig 2013 2 5 F 05 55 XML Document DataBase Date modified 2013 2 5 F4 05 55 f File folder Step 4 System Log Optional The system log records the operations Users perform during logging in to NVR server You may export the system log of latest three days as csv file as backup Please refer to the section in this manual Export the Log on page 97 for instructions A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Restore System Data
2. NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Trouble shooting This chapter describes the methods to troubleshoot the general problems when using NVR server system such as login failures Log in Failures Once you confront with problems accessing the NVR server refer to the possible conditions below and follow the instruction to solve your issues Condition 1 Cannot access NVR server via web browser After typing in the correct NVR server IP if you cannot access NVR Login page you might get the browser screens shown below ola 3 oS ae E mpuono P OX E Hras notFound x JOa moroa p x E intenet Explorer cannot x is Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage 2 The webpage cannot be found D What you can try Most likely causes There might be a typing error in the address Diagnose Connection Problems If you clicked on a link it may be out of date More information What you can try Retype the address Go back to the previous page Goto and look for the information you want More information 100 v Cause 1 The NVR server is not ready Solution It may happen when you just start the NVR server and it is still booting up Please wait a few seconds and connect again Cause 2 The NVR server is not able to respond to your request through current path because port 80 has been seized by another service running on the
3. Click this icon to delete a selected group Click this icon to copy a selected group to another group Click this icon to move a selected group to another group View Manager xe re Group Type i aO 11F Entrance 7F f A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set View Patrol You may have the saved Views patrol in turns In this way the views in different area in your site may cycle through themselves for you automatically n T SM S88 ss py a E 3 s i e Ey E EEr i 01 Office 1F 2012 05 24 00 14 55 gt O 02 Office 2F E Public View 2 OOO U VT 5 o oT N T Aa H2 Office Area1 Il AMF Office Area2 E Private View 1 Open Area lt Create Patrol m e Camera P J Instant Patrol E All Devices 14 er a 04 Office 1F ree O29 Office 2F wee 03 Entrance REC M04 Office 3F 6 os Office 4F 03 Entrance 2012 05 24 00 14 55 04 Office 3F 2012 05 24 00 14 54 e O ern a gt 2012 05 24 00 14 52 lt P ilua 04 Office 3F Lm MD 3 2012 05 24 00 14 52 lt P T S d 05 Office 4F Control Kad On View Toolbar click then select Create Patrol 1 Input the Patrol Name 2 Select the Patrol Type to be either available for all Users or to the creator s account only 3 Define the Global Dwell Time between the views If you want to set different dwell time length for individual Views do not check t
4. NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 5 You can export the saved server sites or import it to another Workstation client computer Access the NVR server via NVR 3 Standard Workstation go to Setup page gt System tab gt Workstation A Export current server sites list Click Browse to select a folder to save the list and then click Export This file will be saved as an xml file B Import a server site list Click Browse to select the xml file and then click Import The server sites will appear in Server Name dropdown list on Login window of your next login System Settings Display Performance Setting UI Display Settings Enable f Lower display frame rate when current layout reaches Export Settings Lower display frame rate when CPU usage reaches Controller Server Site o License Export Backup Restore a Workstation import 8 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set up the System This chapter will guide you through everything you need to know in System Setup starting from the first time you access NVR server to general system configurations Instant Setup The Setup Wizard and Quick Setup can provide you shortcuts to the essential system configurations Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will only make its appearance the first time you log in after installing NVR server it will guide you through the initial setu
5. NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Configure PTZ Device PTZ devices can do panning tilting and zooming automatically or through manipulation The PTZ related applications are broadly supported by NVR 3 For example you may control the movements of a PTZ camera with user interface panel controls or a joystick the device can be programmed to execute a continuous tour or triggered by events to go to a preset position Once an ACTi PTZ device is added to the system NVR 3 will use the default settings of the device model and enable PTZ functions so that you may immediately start PTZ operations Enable PTZ lf you have previously changed the Bardaos communication parameters of PTZ devices Vendor Protocol please make sure these parameters on NVR deen Parity side and device side match Baud Rate Address ID The list below shows PTZ devices supported by ACTi solutions and the required settings When you configure PTZ protocol properties for ACTi Pan Tilt Zoom devices please make sure the required settings are correct IP Zoom Camera IP PTZ Camera IP Speed Dome IP Camera mounted on Scanner Analog PTZ V V V V V camera attached to Video Server To start matching up the parameters please follow the procedures below 1 If the device is a speed dome camera or an analog camera attached to video server configure the parameters on physical device according to the product s installation instructions 2 On the
6. NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual NVR server will detect them and provide you a dropdown list to select from Although certain fisheye camera view modes e g Quad mode display multiple regions in a view they are still counted as one single channel in terms of licensing There are two ways to activate the licenses depending on your NVR server network condition Online Activation and Offline Activation Online Activation If your NVR server computer has Internet access choose online activation Purchase licenses On NVR server input the 1 from ACTi i get the 2 LICENS to activate the license ates gt ACTi Connecting Vision gj i amp p SN r a 7 4 7 NVR server Internet access Offline Activation Offline activation does not require Internet access for NVR server It is used when NVR is located in network not connected to public Internet e g in a military base You will need to get an activation file from another computer and transfer it to NVR server computer Purchase licenses On another computer access Koek the 1 from ACTi get the 2 ACTi website to activate the 3 IN FILE LICENSE KEY licenses using the LICENSE KEY into NVR server e gt d kd Computer NVR server Internet access b ACTi Connecting Vision 27 ACT gt Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Step by step Activati
7. Before starting restoring the system make sure you have done the following 1 Re activate the license If you have done un installation previously and the number of channels to be recovered is over 16 Please prepare the license key information for online activation or the activation file lic for offline activation and follow the instructions in License and Activation on page 26 to activate your license The license should be activated before settings are restored so that the licensed channels are ready for recovery 2 The backup file xml To start 1 Goto Setup page gt System tab gt Backup Restore 2 In Restore section click Browse to select the backup file and then click Restore to start restoring the settings System Configuration Backup _ Brows Settings C UI Display Settings Export Settings Restore C Users sun sun Desktop NVR Backup Bacl Browse 2 s Controller L J Backup Restore system and d s configurations License g Backup Restore 3 The restoring process requires logging out of NVR server After restoring is done you may log in using your previous user account properties Message Restoring successful System need to i logout from NVR Click OK to logout 126 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual System Migration NVR server system migration is necessary when there is a need to upgrade your NVR server
8. t View devices and printers Region Add a device Change keyboards or other Connect to a projector input methods Adjust commonly used mobility settings jBacti NVR Server v3 0 01 ACTi Corporati BB Adobe Reader X 10 1 3 Chinese Traditional 4 m Adobe Systems Incorporated Ease of Access Let Windows suggest settings Optimize visual display Hardware and Sound Clock Language and J2 Currently installed programs Total size 768 MB a 27 programs installed 2 After you choose to uninstall ACTi NVR Server program the uninstallshield will execute and PA notify you when it is completed Uninstall Complete InstallShield Wizard has finished uninstalling ACTI NVR Server 3 0 01 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Step 2 Remove NVR Server Program Folder Optional If you are performing a complete un installation without leaving any NVR server related data on the current computer you may consider deleting this folder After un installation the NVR 3 system folder will remain under ACTi product folder ACTi Corporation on your hard drive the system configuration data here will not be removed until you delete them manually By default the path of NVR 3 system folder is C Program Files AC Ti Corporation However keeping this folder is convenient for a un installation followed by an instant re installation for the previous system setti
9. Live View interface overview Layout Selection Bar View Toolbar rE EEEE rE EP i oe Camera List Fv 1 Layout Selection Bar Provides 24 options for layout styles View Toolbar Provides functions keys for editing Channels Each channel window may display a camera view In edit mode you can adjust the channel size at will 4 View List All the saved Views are shown here On Live View you can go to gt View Manager to group and manage these views 5 Camera List In edit mode drag camera from here to your desired channel A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Step 1 Create a New View On View Tool Bar click the Create View button ed input the View Name add a New Group for this View and decide whether this group is to be Public or Private and then click Apply The views under Private View Group are only available to the User who created them The views under Public View Group are open to every User MM ne ESS SE CY K REE Create View 11F Emap amp Camera E 7F l 7F Emap amp Camera aaa View Name iF Entrancd All camera a Entrance 7F_11F Entrance ORSC EAE Group Name 11F SET Devices Tiai npe pz Public rec 1 11F_Entrance a 2 11F_Lab Set default view nec 8 3 7F Office Area A a JB 4 7F_Office PTZ 5 7F_Office Area B F 6 7F_Office Area All i REC lea 7 7F_Entrance _ t ma REC ea 8 7F_Entrance_Counter
10. NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual For Version 3 0 10 WwWw acti com 2015 02 10 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual About This Manual Target Audience This manual is intended for System Administrators who are responsible for installing and setting up ACTi NVR 3 Standard surveillance system The reader is expected to know the fundamentals of IP surveillance system integration and to own the administrative privileges to achieve all the tasks You may also visit http www acti com downloadcenter for updates or release information about this software and document Content Overview This manual provides information needed for planning the installation installing setting up the system and configuring the video streaming devices Its main content consists of the following three sections Getting Started provides the preparatory knowledge you should study before starting installation such as system requirements license registration and backup restore procedures Log in to the System explains how to log in to the system right after a successful installation System Setup gives instructions on the tasks such as adding cameras to the system configuring the camera settings scheduling the recordings managing events managing storage managing groups users and setting up Live View For each major task you will be given a brief introduction of operation principles s
11. Subject advance in Setup page gt Users Content tab Users for an NVR User so that it can be selected in this list 2 Edit the e mail subject and content 4 Click Apply to save this rule 7 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Create an Event Rule Based on Camera Events 1 Goto Setup page gt Event tab Click on the title bar of Camera list all the editable event rules are listed in the device ID order 2 Select a camera from the Camera list on the left Based on the trigger types this device supports the corresponding events rules are listed accordingly on the right In this example this selected camera model supports three motion detection regions and hence three MD trigger event rules are available All Events Jctearan A Select au 4 Front Gate2 amp 2ACTi Event Name Response 3 Cafeteria 1 E 4acti B sacti A 6ACTi 7 Classroom Building 3F 5 ACTi Video Loss 1 Video Loss 1 S 8ACTi 5 i Video Recovery 1 Video Recovery 1 9 Dormitory 5 Network Loss Network Loss 10 ACTi 11 Dormitory 3 12 ACTi 6 ACTi MD 1 MD 1 Ree D 13 Dormitory 4 6 ACTi MD 2 MD 2 6 ACTi MD 3 MD 3 Network Recovery Network Recovery 6 ACTi DI 1On DI 1 On 6 ACTi DI 1 Off DI 1 Off 6 ACTi DI 2 On DI 2 On 6 ACTi DI 2 Off DI 2 Off 6 ACTi Video Loss 1 Video Loss 1 3 Highlight the rule you want to edit Double click the Response column to edit the response action Loca
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13. aE AN 9 11F_Entrance_Outer Step 2 Enter Edit Mode On View Tool Bar click the Edit View button this view will turn into edit mode In edit mode you may add a video source to a channel and adjust the channel size Step 3 Select a Layout On Layout Selection Bar click the Expand button fed to find all provided layout styles Select a layout that is perfect for your required channel number and ideal arrangement I A coum sss GMS mi sees s Ce 24 25 55 Ce 48 9 ee San S888 11F Entrance HHA CBB RRR BRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRS se 11F Entrance Camera 4 All Devices lem 1 11F_Entrance 2 11F_Lab ree 375 Office Area A B 4 76 _Office PTZ ree 5 7F Office Area B 6 7F_Office Area All REC 7 7F_Entrance rec 9 7F_Entrance_Counter rec AR o 1F_Entrance_Outer WREPEOROEOEOCOOOOOOOOOOOEOOS i nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna i eee eee ee sh 3 107 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Step 4 Add Video Source In edit mode move the mouse over the channel and click o You may also directly pull a camera from the Device panel to your desired channel Remove the camera view right click on the channel and select Remove Default Hotspot Cein Ss Step 5 Adjust the Channel Size amp Layout Click E on right lower corner of the channel window drag and then release gt m FER a Ba New Group ia New View Camera
14. 2B BD License Key Account Password Total Number of Licenses 5 License Key Number MAC Address CABPA AAYAH ATEPP AQHQA PAABA APAGP 5 25 90 56 2B BD 133 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set up Redundancy Storage Service 1 Go to the Storage page to set up the storage space configuration L NVR2 Administrator Tool Setting Storage Recording Settings Folder Name Recordings Keep System Log 1 Disk Drive List Drive Free GB Total GB Reserved GB 2 Goto Target page to edit the list of the target NVR servers Click Add and fill in the connection properties of the NVR server and click Apply Ce NWYRS Administrator Tool Setting Storage Targets Lic Confirm The configuration settings of NVR server will be reset Do you want to continue Click Yes to continue or click No to stay in current page 134 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 3 After you click Yes to confirm this configuration this NVR will immediately turn into a redundancy storage on a first come first served basis By entering Service page you can observe the service status le HYRE Administrator Tool Setting storage License Service Services Server Name Status Active Service Manager Active Media Server Active Schedule Service Active Redundancy Server D4 ACTi Connecting Vision
15. Redundancy Server You can switch the server mode back to NVR Server here ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual le NYRS Administrator Tool Setting Service NVR Server Redundancy Server Local IP Address Auto Detection x Fort 50 Host Root Authentication Digest 3 The other relevant settings pages will then appear Enter License to start registering If this server has access to Internet please select Online Registration or you can perform Offline Registration by obtaining an activation file from http Awww acti com support LicenseMgt beforehand Fill in the required fields and click Register Important Notice If you are trying to switch an NVR server which has been operating for a while to a Redundancy server please be aware that by doing so the original NVR relevant settings and recordings saved previously will ALL be erased 132 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual C MYR3 Administrator Tool MAC Address 00 2 License Key RPBPP APWAE ATEPA ABHBA PBABP PAAGQC Account WEN CHENG ACTI COM Password SERRE EERE SE Total Number of Licenses 0 License Key Number MAC Address After the registration the license information will appear on this page Ca NVR Administrator Tool Setting Storage argets License Service Online Registration Offline Registration MAC Address oe 56
16. Storage Management 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 Go to Setup page gt Storage tab Storage Recording Settings Recording Folder Name Keep System Log days Disk Drive List Drive Free Space GB Total Space GB Reserved Space GB C 12 100 20 D 26 496 2 yal Change Recordings Folder Name In Recording Settings section you may change the name of video recordings folder The video files are saved in a folder named Recordings under hard drive root directory You may change the name here Set System Log Lifecycle System Log is the record of User activities and events that took place on the server In Recording Settings section you may set how long this record is kept on the server Default is 30 days Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule 1 On Disk Drive List displays the detected hard drives in your server computer You may select the storage location of the recording files and set the deletion threshold By default NVR server will select C drive as storage location Select Drive Free Space GB Total Space GB Reserve Space GB 60 4 100 136 6 198 1 z
17. eee JB 3 ACTI 5 GNR3000 7 ACT 8 Acti 9 1PDevice FP 11 ACTI 12 ACTi 14 ACTI 16 ACTI Event Step 6 Save the View Click on View Tool Bar to save it 108 ACTi d gt Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Step 7 Set Default View To set a View as default select it in the View List panel and then click on View Tool Bar By next time you log in you will directly enter this View Step 8 Set Default Hotspot Channel Optional By system default the global hotspot channel will always be the top left one You can set any other channel on your live view screen to be the default hotspot channel Right click on the channel and select Default Hotspot then click on View Tool Bar to save it Step 9 Set Fisheye Camera Mode Define a view for a fisheye camera channel by selecting its mode and using ePTZ control Please note that the maximum number of fisheye channels on the same View is 16 1 On this channel right click to bring up channel menu click Fisheye Mode and select one mode 1 E96 Ceiling 2013 09 18 20 31 40 Instant Playback Manual Record Original View Snapshot Dewarping Panorama Double Panorama Audio Out Panorama Focus Fisheye Mode Quad Remove Save as Default m Default Hotspot Reset 2 After the fisheye mode is selected click the entire channel or a region of interest Use PTZ Panel controls to operate PTZ movements ePTZ Con
18. for functions supported in newer version or a replacement of current server computer The migration process will involve a series of different procedures including backup un installation installation and restoration which should be executed carefully to prevent from loss of important data You should go though the instructions of required procedures before the migration starts This chapter will lead you through the procedures for managing a safe migration process Migrate from NVR 2 3 to NVR 3 The NVR Server has a disparate database structure from previous ACTi NVR systems Therefore the backup files and video files created from NVR 2 3 server are not compatible with NVR Server ACTi provides a backup converter utility to create a system settings backup directly from NVR 2 3 03 for NVR 3 to restore in this way you may directly carry the whole server settings to NVR 3 system with a single backup file Therefore if you are currently using an ACTi NVR 2 x server product Standard or Professional please upgrade it to 2 3 03 or later versions You may download the patch from htip www acti com downloadcenter NVR 2 3 to NVR Server Data Compatibilities Data Type Compatibility Description The license key for NVR 2 3 server is not compatible to NVR 3 License X If you require more than 16 channels to use on NVR 3 please eel contact your system provider to purchase new license key Please download the utility Config Convertor
19. simply click on Reset 4 When the setting is finished click Apply to save then Close to exit this page Adjustment Attributes Field Name Description Sensitivity 1 100 Determines how sensitive the camera reacts to the movement The higher the sensitivity level is the smaller motion will trigger the alarm but may give false alarms Default is 70 Timer 0 300 secs The interval before the next motion detection can be triggered again Default is 1 second Threshold The threshold level of this motion detection region The lower threshold level is smaller portion of the region would be considered as motions which is more easily to be triggered but may give more false alarms If you have changed the motion detection settings via the web configurator please remember to come back to NVR and press Get Device Settings then Apply to save to NVR This is to ensure that the settings in NVR are always in sync with the device If a motion region is set once a movement is detected in this region in live view 1 the red region frame will blink and 2 a new alert entry will be generated in the event list PIR detection is available only for models with this function s4 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Configure Storage Card Settings Certain camera models come with the internal storage feature Via NVR interface you can observe the storage
20. the video footages will be recorded only to this selected disk rather than those you select on Setup page gt Storage tab Please remember to configure the storage related settings for this specific disk on Setup page gt Storage tab after you enable this option Remove Expired Specific Schedule Settings By enabling this function NVR will automatically remove the expired recording schedule you set for a specific day How to make proper storage arrangement In NVR 3 0 system there are two file deleting mechanisms you can use based on different needs If both rules are set the threshold reached earlier will execute the deletion first 1 Keep Recording Files for 1 999 days Set this rule if you have more concern in how long the recordings are kept especially when you don t want the old recordings to stay longer in the system than a certain period Reserve space in the Disk Drive List on Setup page gt Storage tab If the disk space is more critical in your system please give an approximate value here the system will always reserve this amount of space to store the newer recordings Given that you set the Reserve space as 30G while Keeping Recording Files setting is 5 days certain recording file will be deleted when it has been kept on disk for 5 days despite that there is still plenty of available disk space Before setting up the rules you can make use of a handy storage calculator provided by AC
21. 02 10 15 09 14 De Image a m z is SS Sa z Video Flipping Video Mirroring Brightness Contrast Digital Noise Reduction Wide Dynamic Range Day Night Day Night Mode Threshold Exposure White Balance IR Exposure Compensation Exposure Mode White Balance AE Reference Target Shutter Speed s0 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Video Adjustment Attributes Field Category Field Name Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video vertically and horizontally Video Mirroring to achieve a 180 degree rotation effect Select the Brightness value 0 100 The higher the Brightness l value the brighter the image Select the Contrast value 0 100 The higher the value Contrast l l i the more obvious the separation between light and dark Select the Saturation value 0 100 The higher the smon value the more intense the color will appear the lower the value the more grayed out the color will appear Image Select the Hue value 0 100 Hue is the term used to refer to the pure spectrum colors Adjust this value to find the color closest to the real scene Turn the Digital Noise Reduction ON or OFF When turned on the noise in the video especially in low light Digital Noise Reduction l is reduced and the image will look smoother and clearer Select the WDR level from the following options Wide Dynamic Disabled lo
22. 4 Asan administrator you can set the validity period of thus user account by enabling Password Validity Period and set the duration time This setting enables you to give a user temporary access and effectively control the account s validity 5 If this user s group is permitted to access Playback screen you can even add a password protection to protect your video data by enabling Playback Password Protection The password can be a specific one or the same as the account s Home LER User Groups Soni i 7 eee ettings Q x Domain local 4 Bp All Users Account johnny cash Admin 1 Nia Password ecccce Name Johnny Email Group Guards Advanced Settings Password Validity Period Start Time 2015 02 11 End Time 2015 02 11 Playback Password Protection User Account 104 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual NVR server provides a procedure to help Users who have forgotten the password retrieving the original information which relies solely on the e mail address authentication It is strongly recommended that you input an e mail address that this User has access to when you establish the User account To update the e mail address of an account go to Setup page gt Users tab gt edit E mail of an selected User account the Users can also update the e mail addresses themselves after logging in to NVR on Live View page gt gt Update Profi
23. Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 2 Adjust Fisheye Display Settings Select your Mounting Type and then Default Fisheye Mode For a Fisheye Mode containing panorama view you may want to configure the Default Rotate X width of view and Default Rotate Y height of view configurations to enlarge your interested area Video 3a Z 1E96 2013 12 20 01 42 06 ae Video Adjustment Motion Detection Set Frame Rate For Event Recording Mode Video Quality Settings TV Standard Stream Mode VGA Aspect Ratio Fisheye Display Settings Mounting Type Default Fisheye Mode Media 1 Video Encoder Resolution Maximum Bitrate Frame Rate Media 2 Video Encoder Resolution Maximum Bitrate Frame Rate You may adjust the dewarped area by clicking Image Calibration In the edit mode move or resize the red ring to define the dewarped area and then click Set to save the setting Fisheye Mode Description PTZ Navigation The very raw fisheye view Original View y y Digital PTZ Dewarping ePTZ 74 ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 360 degree panorama view for ceiling mount 180 degree panorama view for wall mount Digital PTZ Panorama g Double Digital PTZ Panorama Panorama ePTZ Focus Quad ePTZ 3 After the configuration is done remember to click Apply to save the settings 7s D4 ACTi Connecti
24. For more information about non ACTi cameras supported by NVR 3 please refer to http www acti com 3rdpartycamera Please note e The license is cumulative and perpetual e The license is not version specific upgrading software version will not influence the existing license you have e CDP licensed channels for non ACTi brand cameras and _ standard licensed channels for ACTi cameras are counted separately e Any camera added through ONVIF either ACTi or non ACTi cameras will also need to be licensed The license type used will solely be based on the brand of the camera e The maximum number of cameras ACTi brand non ACTi brands that can be managed by NVR Server is 64 e After activating CDP license please follow the instructions in Add Non ACTi Cameras on page 51 to manually add those non ACTi cameras to NVR system License activation is the process of unlocking the channels on NVR product with the received License Key License Key is a serial number delivered as a printed card or an E mail after the purchase is carried out During license activation your License Key is matched against the MAC address of the Network Interface Card NIC on NVR server computer Once this license key is used by the computer with given MAC it cannot be activated with another MAC This matching record will be stored on the ACTi license data server If your computer has more than one network cards 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA
25. Preset Target 08 Preset 01 Duration 10 Next Preset 01 Audio Alert Beep Duration 5 Times 1 On Event List select the rules you wish to delete and then click Delete to clear this rule Filter Select Devices 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter MD 1 MD 2 MD 3 PIR DI 1 On DI 1 Off Video Loss 1 Video Recovery 1 Network Loss Network Recovery C Clear Au Response Focus Channel Pop up Target 04 Duration 5 Confirm Click Apply to delete the selected item or click Cancel to delete later 92 Select All www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules NVR 3 supports e mail notification for Event Handling sent through an SMTP server You can specify the e mail and server settings here E UI Display Settings Export Settings 2 Controller License Backup Restore Workstation System Qa E mail amp SMTP Settings e SMTP Server OF Email ender Name SMTP Port nder Mail Account Password None SSL J TLS Send Test Mail Security 1 Goto Setup page gt System tab gt Settings gt E mail amp SMTP Settings 2 Fill in each of the following fields Field Name Description Server SMTP Port Account Password Security
26. Set PTZ Preset Tour Preset Tour is a preconfigured PTZ sequence that directs the camera to cycle through multiple preset points including where to look and how long to look at each location With this preset tour your PTZ device can perform an automatic patrol to scan through your cared areas For example a Preset Tour should include two or more preset points Once a tour is started the device will automatically point to the preset points based on the sequence and stay at that view according to the duration you set Before setting up Preset Tours please make sure you have configured PTZ settings and set PTZ Preset Points To start setting the Preset Tour 1 Go to Setup page gt Devices tab select the device from Camera List and click Preset Tour tab 2 Inthe Tour List as there is currently no existing tour click Add New Tour to add one The default tour name is Preset Tour 1 3 In the Preset Points of a Tour area click Add Preset Point to add the number of points for this tour The number of points may outnumber the actual preset points you set for the same preset point might be gone through more than one time in a single tour For each point click in the Preset Point field to bring up the dropdown list and select one preset point and define the dwell time which represents the time the device would stay in a certain view Finally click Apply to save the tour r Pq ACTI Conne
27. advanced users lt Back Cancel 23 Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation IF you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard InstallShield www acti com A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual You can directly initiate Workstation application by clicking on OK ACTi NVR Workstation v3 0 10 Rd ACTi Connecting Vision The workstation has been installed successtully do you want to startup the workstation Cancel pm A shortcut will also appear on the Desktop 25 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual License and Activation In NVR 3 system your required number of channels should be licensed and activated before connecting the cameras The License Key provided by ACTi sales representative once your purchase of license is carried out will be used to activate the license After the license activation the channels on NVR server will automatically become available Aside from ACTi brand cameras NVR 3 system is also able to support other vendors cameras as well as all cameras that support ONVIF All ACTi brand cameras and non ACTi brand cameras are licensed by different license types Standard License ACTi brand cameras CDP License Other vendors cameras
28. assist the NVR administrator in monitoring the server status and basic trouble shooting the NVR 3 Administrator Tool is installed along with NVR server program on the server computer This tool will start running as the server computer starts up and resides in the system tray You may double click the icon to open this tool Ce a S Yo fk K Til icy Customize NVR Server Status You may observe the NVR services status on Service tab L NVR3 Administrator Tool Service Services Server Name Status Active Service Manager Active Schedule Service oy j z Active Media Server Change Server Port On Settings tab input a new port and then click Apply Cg NVR3 Administrator Tool Setting Local IP Address Port Host Root Authentication Digest gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Change Authentication Method You may enable the Digest authentication other than the basic way With this method User s credentials are encrypted using MD5 algorithm In this way there is more secure protection to prevent from unauthorized access Please also note that with Digest authentication method enabled a mobile client user or a domain user will be blocked from NVR system lS NVR3 Administrator Tool Setting Local IP Address Port Host Root Authentication Basic D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard Syste
29. blocked by the firewall between the camera and NVR server Please 1 ensure that the camera is correctly connected and can output video 2 check the firewall and port forwarding settings This camera s settings have been modified but not saved yet If you leave these modifications unsaved they will not take effect by next time the server starts Please go to the page where these changes were made and save the settings NVR cannot build up connection with this camera Please check the camera connection settings including IP Address Port number Account Name and Password or increase the Connection Timeout to allow more time for the camera to respond This camera is currently connected video is being transmitted and no recording iS proceeding This camera is currently connected and video is being recorded either manually or according to the schedule The recording of the period when NVR was disconnected with this camera is now being restored to NVR server from SD Card The Redundant Recording when Disconnected setting enabled for this ay camera s0 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Add Non ACTi Cameras In this section we will guide you through how to add cameras to NVR 3 system After the required CDP license is activated please 1 Use the utility provided by camera manufacturer to confirm the camera properties 1 Protocol 2 IP Address 3 HTTP
30. conditions of this license agreement caretully before installing the software This end user license agreement EULA is between you either an individual or a single legal entity and ACTI By installing the software and clicking on the agree button you agree to the term and conditions of this agreement If youu do not agree to this 1 do not accept the terms of the license agreement lt Back Next gt Cancel ACTi NVR Server v3 0 10 InstallShield Wizard AY Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for ACTi NYA Server 3 0 10 The InstallShield Wizard will install ACTi NVR Server 3 0 10 on your computer To continue click Next 20 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual When selecting Setup Type the default Complete will have the program installed on default C drive you may select Custom to choose another program location ACTI NVR Server v3 0 10 InstallShield Wizard AV Rd ACTi p Connecting Vision Setup Type Select the setup type to install Please select a setup type All program features will be installed Requires the most disk space _ Custom Select which program features you want installed Recommended for advanced users lt Back Cancel 3 The IP Port Checker will pop up to confirm the NVR port number with you The installation program will use 80 as default You may enter another available port number i
31. days to shield them 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 A i a Meg inin a Mi Aa inir a n n ini ir a A nia n n hy n n ta Ms n a th n n n R n n th a n n Sa SS MN Ma a ay ayy S S ha AA TRARA ARAR a aT 80 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set Specific Schedule You can set a specific recording schedule for a single date or a period as long as 400 days 1 1 Click on Specific tab 2 Click on to start adding a new schedule 3 On Add Specific Schedule window select Date to define a specific date or Duration to define a time period 4 Configure the recording time 5 Click Apply to save this schedule Schedule Settings X Event Handling Event Recording pi E Clear All Select All Add Specific Schedule O Date 2015 02 04 5 Schedule Recording W Event Recording Clear 0 1234 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 QQ CANAAN 70 00 SAN NN NN NNN C a x 6 The specific schedules you set will appear on the list You can clear them all by clicking on X or disable any of them by clicking on the date Finally click on Apply to save the schedules a B All Cameras 9 1 Front Gate2 Post Buffer secs 30 e 3 Cafeteria 1 Keep Recording Files days ree 7 Classroom Building 3F Specific Storage 9 Dormitory Frontdoor Ree 10 ACTI 11 Dormitory 3 Schedule Settings wee 12 ACTi Routine 13 Dormitory 4 REC l
32. device s camera or video server web configurator configure the parameters to match the setting on physical device and test the PTZ operations to make sure the device is properly set to be connected 3 In NVR Server go to Setup page gt Devices tab select the device from Camera List and click PTZ tab In PTZ Protocol section fill in the communication parameters 6 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Adjustment Attributes Field Name Description Vendor is the provider of Protocol The selectable vendors would vary Vendor l l l depending on different device models Protocol is a set of rules to define the communication format between the Protocol device and controller Different protocols are provided for selection according to the Vendor you choose Parity is the data validation mechanism for analog devices that use serial port interface to send or receive data When choosing parity mode other than none the data packets will be validated for possible data losses so that failed command could be re sent if necessary Please refer to the parity setting of the analog device and choose exactly the same parity setting also in NVR When setting up ACTi Zoom PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using ACTi protocol you may ignore the parity setting Available parity modes are Serial data Parity mode name op Parity mode Number of stop Parity l represented by given in N
33. displayed here gt Computer gt Properties is still less than actual installed memory This is acommon symptoms of all Windows platforms please find explanations and solutions in this Windows official support document http support microsoft com kb 978610 en us and http windows microsoft com en us windows 7 taking the mystery out of 64 bit windows 4 Supports local hard drives and iSCSI NAS For detailed information on how to use iSCSI NAS with NVR 3 please refer to our article on Using iSCSI NAS with NVR 5 The required free space of the disk drive where NVR is installed should be at least 40 GB at all times however the actual necessary space depends on number of cameras recording and event rules settings To get an approximate value you may use the software tool Bandwidth amp Storage Calculator htip www acti com sitoragecalculator It is also recommended to use a separate disk for video recordings 6 Please make sure your operating system is fully patched with the latest service packs 8 D4 ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Pre requisites These prerequisites below are necessary before installation 1 Suitable System Specifications Ensure that the server computer meets the minimum system requirements and that the server computer has C Drive 2 Uninstall Previous ACTi NVR Server NVR Server cannot co exist with another on the same server computer You can find
34. file name ACTi Member ID ACTi Member Password ACTi Unified Workstation ACTi member id password mismatch Please try again AVI About Us About Us Absolute Position Account Account and Password can not be blank Account is duplicated 2 Your target language will be displayed on the right column while the default system language English appears on the left for reference Click in any field on right column to customize your desired wordings and click Apply to overwrite the current wordings Schedule Language List B All B ul English Message Activate Digital Output 1 gt Activate Digital Output 2 Add Bookmark Select Language English All Day Audio Broadcast Camera Management Clear Copy Create Device Create Group Create Map Create Preset Point Create View Language Activate Digital Output 1 Activate Digital Output 2 Add Bookmark All Day Audio Broadcast Camera Management Create Device Create Group Create Map Create Preset Point Create View The new string will be applied by next time you log in If you log in as an NVR 3 Standard Workstation client please press button on Login page to synchronize with the latest modified language file then log in to the system 117 ACTI Connecting Vision A NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual NVR Workstation Server Name Server IP 172 16 26 62 Server Port 60 Account admin Password TELLI Initi
35. from ACTi corporate website and use it to export system settings from System V NVR 2 3 server to an NVR 3 compatible file The settings for Settings User Devices Storage Schedule Event and System can be exported as a backup file You may download the utility from http www acti com downloadcenter Individual video files recorded by NVR 2 3 server are not Recording playable on NVR Server Please make a copy of these Files X recordings and use the playback utility Archive Player to play them You may download it from http www acti com downloadcenter gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Please have the following data prepared before the migration takes place 1 NVR 3 install shield application file 2 NVR 3 license key 3 NVR 2 3 server backup file xml created by Config Converter To start 1 Uninstall all NVR 2 3 components including Server and Workstation programs and then restart the computer This step is required when NVR Server is to be installed on the same server computer where NVR 2 3 server locates as NVR 2 3 server and NVR Server cannot co exist on the same computer due to system conflict Install NVR Server refer to Server Installation on page 20 Activate NVR 3 license refer to License and Activation on page 26 Restore the system settings with backup file xml refer to Restore System Data on page 126 Migrate NVR Server to Another Computer For the mi
36. green font color uppercase and the result in white font color 96 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Date Time Type User Name Device Description TENE 2012 05 09 15 15 28 Setup System Admin l MainForm Alignment left The following user behaviors are recorded in NVR server Type Description User Operation Login Logout Manual Record Trigger DO Setup System Recording Configure Storage System Setting User Add Delete Modify User Groups Add Delete Modify Setup Schedule Modify Setup Users Setup Event Modify Server starst up disk is full disk is not found disk is available Time source ip address SYS SystemMgmt xxxxx 200 System Status Request Log If the pagination button appears to be disabled that means no more records found on NVR server By default the server will keep the logs for 30 days If you wish to adjust the period please go to Setup page gt Storage tab in Recording Settings section key in the value in this field BAS Export the Log Click Export button to export the log as csv file You can specify the time duration engaged User Account and devices of the logs and click Apply system Log Search Time Type E User Account Export System Log Time Duration Type User Account Device 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual
37. license again How to find MAC Address 1 Click Windows Start in the run box on Start menu input cmd 2 Execute the cmd program and input the command ipconfig all or getmac 3 The MAC address will be referred to as the Physical Address made up of 12 characters e g 00 1E 65 FE 8E 98 30 ACTI Connecting Vision Kal NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Log In to the System Access NVR Server via Internet Explorer http 172 16 26 82 D 220 228 146 21 Example se ir Example S Remote client computer A Remote client computer AL G NVR Server computer with local client http localhost From Server Computer as Local Client Open Internet Expolrer If your computer is where NVR 3 server is installed type http localhost in URL box From Remote Computer as Remote Client A remote client refers to any client using a computer over WAN or LAN other than the server computer to access NVR If you are connecting to a NVR server as a remote client please type server computer s ip e g local network ip http 172 16 26 217 within LAN public IP http 220 228 146 21 or domain name hittp nvr acti com over WAN in URL box Remember to append a colon and the port number after the hostname or IP address Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests NVR 3 interface requires the add on ActiveX Control components please make sure browser s security
38. server computer This may happen when that service has been executed right before the NVR server starts its services Solution Please check if there is another service currently using port 80 and change the setting in that program to release port 80 for the NVR server The followings are the steps to find the service 1 Please click on Windows Start Windows Logo then enter cmd exe in the D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual run box and execute it 2 Input the command netstat a o b You will be provided with the ports in use and the services using them Find the Local Address that has taken port 80 and the PID number Em Administrator C Windows system32 cmd exe Co Users Wen Cheng gt netstat a o hb Active Connections Proto Local Addamess H 6 8 0 88 ae 6 8 8 8 135 Foreign Address State Wen Cheng HP 8 LISTENING Wen Cheng HP 8 LISTENING suchost exe TCP H 8 8 8 443 Wen Cheng HP 8 Skype exe TGP 4 6 6 6 445 Wen Cheng HP 6 Can not obtain ownership information TCP H 8 8 8 3389 Wen Cheng HP 8 LISTENING LISTENING LISTENING Cryptsuc suchost exe 7 k k 3 Press down ctrl alt Delete keys to bring up Windows Task Manager Select View then Select columns and enable the PID Process Identifier to appear on search results Please also make sure Show pr
39. settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed When your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporation s add on components to run please a ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual G Eee 7 S E T e http 172 16 26 184 O OX e NVR3 0 File Edit View MZOS Tools Help Internet Explorer Security Warning Do you want to install this software a 7 Name nvUtilityEx ocx Publisher ACTi Corporation More options ison _Donitnstat e While files from the Internet can be useful this fle type can potentially harm your computer Only install software from publishers you trust What s the risk Internet Explorer Security Warning A Name nvMonitor ocx Publisher ACTi Corporation More options ns ns a A ACTI r Enterprise Editi While files from the Internet can be useful this file type can potentially harm meme god med aman your computer Only install software from publishers you trust Whats the risk 32 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Login A Enter Account amp Password Account not case sensitive Admin default Password case sensitive Language m 123456 default Account Password B Change Ul language To change UI language select the desired language from Language dropdown list C Remember Account Password To have the
40. to FTP Account Password Mode Remote Folder User List Show users in domain groups C Clear Al Select All Select User Account Email Admin wen cheng acti com Jeff jeff buckley acti com Jeremy Lin jeremy lin acti com Jimmy Hendrix jimmy hendrix acti com Neil Young neil young acti com Mail Send Mail Send Mai TO Subject Content Attach Snapshot Enable NVR to execute a certain command upon this event You can use it to integrate NVR s event handling with other programs Enter the path of the command to be executed upon event Set the DO to become ON or OFF upon trigger only the devices supporting DO functions can be the target devices Enable NVR to upload snapshots to a FTP site upon this event The default FTP settings can be set in advance in Setup page gt System tab gt Settings gt FTP Settings You may set another FTP destination here for this single event Please also make sure the FTP server setting is correct and the folder access rights are properly configured Enable NVR to send e mail notification via SMTP server The default SMTP and sender s e mail settings can be set in advance i n Setup page gt System tab gt Settings gt E mail amp SMTP Settings 1 Type one or more recipients e mail addresses in To column if more than one please separate them by symbol or click the icon to select recipients from existing NVR User list The E
41. websites in this zone will use the zone s security settings Soman This zone contains websites that you trust not to damage your computer or your files You have websites in this zone http localhost Security level for this zone ig ui sah Remove Appropriate for most websites Prompts before downloading potentially unsafe content Unsigned ActiveX controls will not be downloaded E Require server verification https for all sites in this zone Enable Protected Mode requires restarting Internet Explorer
42. 9 Dormitory Frontdoor 0 ACT A Specific Storage REC 12 ACTI TEE ee Remove Expired Spec 11 Dormitory 3 2 AC rec H 13 Dormitory 4 Target Camera Jctear an F Select An rec 18 Parking lot East Schedule Settings 13 Dormitory 4 18 Parking lot East Routine Sp X Event Handling Schedule _ Clear An Select All TE 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 00 SS ESSN SASS ALLL LLL LL LL LLL BSG ESSN SSG QQ gQ GG JG p2 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Check the Recording Schedule Overview On Setup page gt Schedule tab click All Cameras on Camera List an overview of all device schedules will be listed on the right Schedule Camera Reset Apply B All Cameras 14 rec 2 ACTI ree 4 ACTI REC ar 5 ACTI rec FG ACTI 7 ACTi Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2 ACTi Au LLL LLL SSG 4 ACTi SS SNINNIRBRRA_RRERRRERGXSA SSS 5 ACTi eae 6 ACTi RX SAASSAAAAAAAAA aa 7 ACTi Ledeen 9 ACTi SWARMS eed 11 ACTI 10 ACTI Lra E 12 ACTI 11 ACTi 14 ACTI 12 ACTi SSX EIIE E ETET EII E nE E E nEn E 415 ACTI 14 ACTI Ee A 16 ACTI 15 ACTi Ee 8417 ACTI 16 ACTI SSS SAAS III EII i E EII n n nEn mE IIR RRE E ENA ec 18 ACT 17 ACTI LLnL LLL LLL LLL 18 ACTI Schedule Recording Event Recording Event Handling The list below explains the status of different bar patterns con Recording Function Description ooo Schedule recording D
43. Click Done to complete Setup Wizard the previous configuration steps you have gone through are available in Setup page RaJ ACTi BeeeGoe0e Ooto Oooo O You can configure other settings in the Setup page later 41 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Quick Setup Quick Setup You can make immediate access to the live stream of a specific camera with the help of Quick Setup You can start by clicking on Add Camera Manually to manually add a camera by entering its IP address account and password and use Modify Schedule to quickly adjust the recording schedule of all cameras if the number of available licenses is not sufficient click on Modify Schedule to add your required channel licenses Add Camera Manually Available License 9 22 Get Device Settings J Web Configurator Basic Settings Name Brand Mode IP Address HTTP Port E Stream Mode Language Language Sett Users Management M Schedule Schedule Settings All Day Monday Day 06 00 18 00 Tuesday Night 18 00 06 00 Wednesday 3 Thursday eee Friday Saturday Online Registration Sunday MAC Address Recording Type License Key Schedule Recording Account Event Recording Password Event Handling 2 Pq ACTI P Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual NVR Main Screen You will enter the live view scr
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45. J epon Select All User Operation M Setup Device User Account Device Description Setup System Setup Users Setup Schedule Setup Event System Status Request Log Read the Log The search result will show 1000 records before and after your query time You may click the pagination buttons EME io navigate earlier or later records If there is an icon on the right top corner of an entry click it to view the full description content System Lag Search Time 2012 09 18 Type User Operation Setup D User Account Select All Device Select All Search Export Date Time Type User Account Device Description 2012 09 18 15 14 59 System Status Server startup UserGroup 2012 09 18 15 20 06 Setup Users admin f SA id Administrator Name Administrator User 2012 09 18 15 20 07 User Operation 2 id admin Name Admin DecodelSetting CPU enable 1 2012 09 18 15 23 33 Setup System admin FolderName Recordinas FolderName Recordings RecordingKeepDays Enable 0 KeepDays 30 2012 09 18 15 23 33 Setup System Storages Storage id C KeepSpace 20480 SystemLogKeepDays 30 A log entry contains several kinds of information including Date Time Type User Account Device and Description Check Type and Description fields to know what the user has done or what happened to the whole system In Type field shows what major functions user engaged in in Description field narrates how the change was done in
46. LLL LLL LLL LLL LLL LLLI 107 SIS LLL LLL LLL LLL LLL LLL LLL DRG ALL LLL L L LLL LLL LL LLL LLL LLL LLLLLL LLL LLLLLALLT ANNANN ALL LL L L L L L LL LLL LLL LL LLL LL ASSIS NRANTI LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL SSL GWG yw Ww Wj BRS GG GASSES SASS Event Handing Schedule Recording Event Recording a T 12 tf 5S 18 17 19 20 321 78 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Use Time Setting Quick Buttons to Set the Time Select the recording mode then click one of these buttons to apply the mostly used time settings Click to apply schedule for all day 10 0 1 2 23 Click to apply schedule from 06 00 to 18 00 every day with the settings for the rest of the time track being cleared Event Recording 10 fF 618 a E e E 22 23 Click to apply schedule from 18 00 to 06 00 every day with the settings for the rest of the time track being cleared Event Recording amp 9 10 11 1 F1 20 21 22 23 Click to clear all schedule setting in this device 79 4 ACTI p Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 18 19 20 21 22 23 Lock Specific Days Clicking the day of the week will lock unlock that day from schedule setting You can shield schedule on a certain day from being changed by changes in other weekdays You may easily set just the weekdays or the same time over the same week this way To do this 1 Click the
47. P Filter as a filter and click to narrow down the search result Add Camera mO Account admin Password ececece IP Filter IP Address 172 16 26 1 172 16 26 2 172 16 26 4 172 16 26 7 172 16 26 8 172 16 26 9 172 16 26 10 172 16 26 12 172 16 26 41 172 16 26 42 172 16 26 45 177 16 76 49 A Account Password text box Q uz MAC 00 0F 7C 0A 58 3D 00 0F 7C 07 9C F5 00 0F 7C 0C 58 E4 00 0F 7C 0B 36 8D 00 0F 7C 08 E8 B3 00 0F 7C 00 00 01 00 0F 7C 09 D6 BD 00 0F 7C 0A 7A 21 00 0F 7C 0A E8 8B 00 0F 7C 0B AE 80 00 0F 7C 0C B2 3A 00 0F 7C 0C CO DR C Refresh button E Search result Camera Found 58 License 8 16 CDP License 0 1 _Jclear an A Select An Channel Status E63 i KCM5211 i B97 i E96 i KCM5611 i KCM8111 i DS54 i E41A i D12 i E94 i E24A B IP filter for multiple networks D Available Total Licensed Channels F Apply button 45 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 2 Check all the cameras you need Please note that the list of cameras is shown regardless of the account name and password You can choose to add all shown cameras For those with different account and password you will be prompted to fill in the correct credentials in order access the video feed To perform the search using different credentials fill in the new Account and Password and click the Refresh button B 3 Click App
48. Port and 4 User Name amp Password 2 Log into NVR go to Setup page gt Devices tab click Add and select Add Camera Manually m amora All Cameras 0 Search Cameras click this option to search a Search ONVIF Cameras idd camera 3 After selecting Add Camera Manually the camera settings page will appear as below Please fill in the eight marked fields shown below that are required to communicate with the camera Media Type Protocol IP Address Brand Model HTTP Port Acount and Password and then click Apply GPS Positioning Enable 51 ACTI Connecting Vision AI NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual If the camera you want to add supports ONVIF you can select ONVIF for Media Type and the settings page will appear as below Please fill in the five marked fields shown below that are required to communicate with the camera Media Type Camera IP HTTP Port Account and Password and then click Apply Basic Settings Media Type ONVIF Name New Camera IP Address HTTP Port Account admin eeeeee Connection Timeout secs GPS Positioning Enable Latitude Longitude 4 By applying the settings the NVR server will get the video stream and the camera will be successfully added to the NVR 3 system You may click Video PTZ or Preset Tour available for cameras with pan tilt zoom capabilities tabs to configure other properties To d
49. Preview window Make sure the Enable PTZ is checked a red crosshair will appear on the Live Preview window if the device is in Dual Stream mode this window will always shows the stream set for live view You may click on to switch between the streams 2 Use the mouse to do the following PTZ operations To execute optical Panning and Tilting click anywhere on the live window to allow the camera to move in that direction The length of the direction indicator is proportional to the Pan and Tilt soeed The farther you place the cursor from the center the faster the Pan Tilt movement Jo execute optical Zoom in or Zoom out scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in scroll the mouse wheel backward to zoom out z ACTI gt Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 05 ACTi 2012 04 05 05 03 05 fe Pan Tilt 4 BP zoom Zoom in a Zoom out Click a button on the panel to start the red crosshair will appear in the view PTZ Panel 3 Use panel controls to operate PTZ movements Zoom in Zoom out Focus in Focus out Widen Narrow the Aperture Home Position 8 directional buttons The zoom buttons are only applicable for those devices supporting optical zooming The focus buttons are only applicable for devices with controllable zoom lens e g KCM5211 Please remember to turn off the autofocus mode on device firmware before using these buttons The de
50. R 3 server 22 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Workstation Installation NVR Workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR server It may be installed on the same PC as the NVR server or they may be installed separately and connect to NVR Server via network Install the Software 1 Execute the install shield application al 2 Follow the onscreen instructions of Install Shield Wizard accept the license agreement and proceed ACTi NVR Workstation v3 0 10 InstallShield Wizard Bq ACTi qv Connecting Vision License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Important Notice Please read the terms and conditions of this license agreement carefully before installing the software This end user license agreement EULA is between you either an individual or a single legal entity and ACTi By installing the software and clicking on the agree button you agree to the term and conditions of this agreement If you do not agree to this y Print Back naa Cancel ACTi NVR Workstation v3 0 10 InstallShield Wizard Ra ACTi Connecting Vision Setup Type Select the setup type to install Please select a setup type Complete All program features will be installed Requires the most disk space Custom Select which program features you want installed Recommended for
51. Sender Name Sender Mail Input the sender s SMTP server address Only alphabets numbers and the symbols _ are valid Set the SMTP port allowed value is from 1 65535 default is 25 Input the name of the SMTP server account Only alphabets numbers and the symbols _ are valid Input the password of the SMTP server account Only alphabets and numbers are valid Certain webmail providers provide the SSL TLS encrypted SMTP connections to secure your data when sending receiving e mails Please check if the SMTP connection settings you use especially the SMTP Port now require to enable either SSL or TLS Input the name or title of the sender You may input a name different from the account name Input the sender s e mail address which should the same account you set for SMTP server 3 As all necessary information is filled click Send Test Mail to try sending an e mail according to your settings and then log in to your SMTP server to check incoming e mails If the test mail is sent successfully NVR server is ready to send out e mails 4 As the settings are confirmed click Apply to save 93 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules NVR 3 supports uploading snapshots to FTP servers for Event Handling You can specify the e mail and server settings here 1 Goto Setup page gt Sy
52. Setup System Setup Add Camera system Backup Global Bookmark System Log 5 Assign camera permissions on Permissions tab for the created group This will define which cameras this User group is allowed to access You can define the common permissions for the existing cameras with Camera Unified Settings and for the new cameras with New Camera Default if this User group is allowed to access all newly added cameras check New Device Default and edit the permissions these default settings will be applied to any camera added in the future and then select the cameras from the list below Permissions New Camera Default amelas 1 Front Gate Live 2 ACTI 3 Cafeteria 1 4 ACTI 5 ACTi Playback 6 ACTi 7 Classroom Building 3F setup 102 Operate PTZ Send Audio Out Activate Digital Output Record Manually Export Video A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual If this user group is given more advanced permissions to certain cameras instead of enabling Camera Unified Settings you should select the cameras and define the permissions individually Camera Unified Settings New Camera Default Operate PTZ All Cameras P Send Audio Out 1 Front Gate Activate Digital Output 3 Cafeteria 1 Record Manually 4 ACTI 5 ACTI Playback 6 ACTI 5e 7 Classroom Building 3F etup You may copy a certain camera s permissions settin
53. Setup page gt System tab gt License gt Offline Registration gt click Import and upload the license file lic Click on Apply to activate this license f Online Registration Offline Registration Activation Key lic file 29 ACTI Connecting Vision A NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Verify Your License Once your license is successfully activated the license information will be shown on License page Online Registration Offline R egistratior Settings MAC Address 00 25 90 56 2B BD UI Display Settings License Key CPUPP AAAPP PBUPP PTRBA PZAPB PAPAY Account wen cheng acti com Export Settings Controller D License gt Backup Restore License Activated Standard License License Key Number of Licenses CPQAP PAAPY PBUAP PXQQP ARPPA APPAX 20 CDP License License Key Number of Licenses MNMIINN ANAANM MNDIINA AFNOA ARIA aon Important Total Number of Licenses 21 MAC Address 00 25 90 56 2B BD Total Number of Licenses 91 MAC Address fatal nE nn RC 72 or The license data will be erased once NVR 3 0 server is uninstalled Be sure to retain your license key information in a safe place because you may need to reinstall the software After the software is uninstalled you should contact ACTi Customer Help Desk http www acti com CHD to clear the Original registration data in our data server and then you may activate the
54. Ti to find out the estimated storage your system requires on ACTi corporate website http Awww acti com project_planner 7 ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set Routine Schedule Here you can configure camera s recording schedule on 7 days 24 hours basis The schedule is split into segments of 20 minute length By default once a device is added to the system its schedule is automatically set to full time schedule recording and event handling You should configure it according to your system plan Go to Setup gt Schedule tab click on Routine Schedule tab 1 Select the recording mode from Recording Mode Selection Bar SSS neers Continuously records this channel ESTE Records only the period of a detected motion the length of which is defined in Recording Settings see Configure the Recording File Properties_on page 76 Please make sure you have configured the motion settings on Setup page gt Devices tab in advance AS Event handling is activated Please refer to Event Management on page 84 Clear the setting Be aN Continuous recording event handling il Event Recording i SECTE Event recording event handling 2 Click and drag over the Time Track to set time period Routine Specific N aa Recording Mode Selection Bar E Select An 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 TLL
55. VR Freee ate none odd even bits 8N1 801 8E1 8N2 802 8E2 7N2 702 7E2 ee Z N N NOOO OO mo2zmoOo2Mm O PO MPM P PP PMO N e a Baud rate defines the data speed through serial port interface the rate value represents the number of symbols that can be transmitted within 1 second e Please refer to the baud rate setting of the analog device and choose exactly aud rate the same baud rate setting also in NVR When setting up ACTi Zoom PTZ or Speed Dome cameras using ACTi protocol you may ignore the baud rate setting Address ID represents the identity of the device only analog devices or speed dome cameras require this configuration Please refer to the Address ID of the device and choose exactly the same baud rate setting also in NVR 3 Available value is from 1 99 By default ACTi devices will use 1 as Address ID it is suggested not to change it Address ID 7 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Important Notice Note that the functions supported for devices connected using ONVIF are live streaming and adjustments to video image settings How to Do Live PTZ Operation To configure PTZ settings you need to view the live streaming while manipulating the PTZ controls simultaneously in this window G6 ACTI 2015 02 25 16 06 50 There are two kinds of PTZ navigation Optical PTZ Navigation 1 Get the live view from Live
56. Workstation NVR 3 Standard Workstation includes a set of programs that provide the interface between users and the NVR server You can install this software on the remote client computer in order to access the NVR server via network You can download this software on ACTi website at http www acti com DownloadCenter and it is wrapped together with the NVR 3 system software For the instructions on the installation of this software on the client computer please refer to Workstation Installation on page 23 Remote Workstation Client 34 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual From Server Computer as Local Workstation Client Local Workstation Client refers to the user who runs Workstation on the NVR server to log in to the NVR system The login process is described as follows A Enter Account amp Password Account non case sensitive Account Admin default Password Password case sensitive Initial Page 123456 default Language B Choose the Initial Page The user interface consists of three main module screens Live View Playback and Setup You may choose one where you would like to enter after login Live Default is Live View screen C Language Choose a UI language from the dropdown list D Remember Login Information and Auto Login To have NVR 3 Standard Workstation remember the Account G Password Initial Page and UI Language settings simpl
57. adjusting the R Gain and B Gain value manually The scale from 1 255 allows you to define the R Gain level of the video frame A higher value would adjust the image to have more red color value The scale from 1 255 allows you to define the B Gain level of the video frame A higher value would adjust the Exposure image to have more blue color value White Balance The scale from 1 255 allows you to define the Auto AE Reference exposure reference target A higher value will brighten Target the overall scene although it may increase the amount of noise at night The scale from 1 255 allows you to define the Exposure Exposure Gain Gain level of the video frame A higher value would make the video frame brighter Shutter speed allows you to choose the speed of auto Shutter Speed shutter IRIS control allows you to configure the size for the IRIS Control E opening of the iris Select between 50Hz or 60Hz to match with the Line Frequency oe frequency of artificial light source of a given country 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Configure Motion Settings To make use of the motion and PIR detection functions supported by your devices you need to configure the detection regions and settings Once a motion is detected NVR 3 can trigger events and recording bring up instant pop up windows and show the detected area on live view Before configuring motion d
58. al Page Live Language English Export Import Language String File You may also click Export to export the language file as xml format to edit in Notepad or Import to import a language file to use in the system Schedule Event Language Select Language English Language List All B ul Message English Activate Digital Output 1 Activate Digital Output 2 Language Activate Digital Output 1 Activate Digital Output 2 Add Bookmark Add Bookmark All Day All Day Audio Broadcast Audio Broadcast Camera Management Camera Management Clear Clear Copy Copy Create Device Create Device Create Group Create Group Create Map Create Map Create Preset Point Create Preset Point Create View Create View In general it is suggested that you always save a modified language table with a different file name in a location other than default system language folder C Program Files ACTi Corporation NVR 3 Language then import it to use In this way you can avoid overwriting the original language file 118 ACT P Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Display Configurations You can change the user interface style by arranging the main screen and Panel Camera List on the right or left Go to Setup page gt System tab gt UI Display Settings The change will be applied upon your next login System Settings Display Performance Settings JE UI Displ
59. art gt Programs gt Startup to open the Startup Internet Explorer folder and drag the application shortcut into it In your case you will have to aC drag the Internet Explorer shortcut or NVR 3 Standard Workstation shortcut Aba NVRSWorkst ation into the Startup folder 5 The next time you start Windows NVR 3 live view will be running automatically and you may start monitoring the system in no time Customize System Language ACTI Connecting Vision A NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual NVR server supports multiple languages for user interface display There are already 10 translated language files in the server system Each language is open to customization based on your own needs This section will describe how to choose or customize language strings for your site System Languages List You may decide which languages to be selectable on Login screen The chosen languages will appear on the Language dropdown list Welcome To NVR v3 0 Account Password Language English es esk Dansk Deutsch EAAnViIKG Suomen kieli Francais nay WE Te Es Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 25 Romana PyccKu A3bIK Svenska tma Turkce Ti ng Vi t h Sz 1 FH SZ Be ie Go to Setup page gt Language tab click Active Languages On popup window check the languages you need and click Apply By default all languages are selected as the default system lang
60. ating System 6 Browser Internet Explorer 8 9 10 and 11 1 These specifications are based on following camera settings Single stream mode 1280x1024 3Mbps 18fos MPEG 4 Dual stream mode 1280x1024 3Mbps 18fps H 264 recording 640x480 Quality 100 18fps MJPEG live view 2 Live monitoring of multiple channels requires good hardware for smooth performance For more channels or heavy use of high resolution streaming it is good to adopt computers with more advanced specifications than the requirements we suggest 3 Please use 64 bit system if your computer has more than 4GB RAM Windows operating system has limits on memory and address space regardless of the real or virtual memory available on a particular computer Take Windows 7 Professional for example the maximum physical memory for a 32 bit X86 system can address is 3 5 GB even though 16 17 ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual GB of RAM has been installed on this computer Therefore if you consider increasing the computer s multi tasking capability by adding more RAM you will need a 64 bit version of Windows to take advantage of it all Please visit the link below for more memory limitations on various Windows platforms http msdn microsoft com en us library aa366778 28VS 85 29 aspx physical_ memory imits windows 7 Besides the limitation mentioned above you may find the usable memory of your computer
61. ay Settings Enable Lower display frame rate when current layout reaches Export Settings Lower display frame rate when CPU usage reaches s Controller Video OSD Settings 9 License Camera ID Camera Name rn Date and Time Backup Restore me osition Video Title Settings Camera ID Camera Name Date and Time User Interface Style Live and Playback UI Setting D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Video amp Snapshot Export Configurations The snapshots taken by Users on Live View and all exported video files are saved to a default file location and you may configure the destination on NVR server Go to Setup page gt System tab gt Export Settings click Browse to choose the Export file path You may also define what information is printed on each snapshot by checking the items Date and time Device ID and Camera Name These configurations will take place after you click Apply System ei Settings Export Video Settings J UI Display Settings ia 7 Overlay Settings fy Export Settings X Controll S ontroller Camera ID Camera Name Date and Time YYYY MM DD HH MM SS MM DD YYYY HH MM SS DD MM YYYY HH MM SS License Backup Restore Bookmark Text gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Joystick On NVR 8 other than user interface PTZ panel and mouse operation you may also cont
62. card s memory status and configure related settings 1 Make sure the SD card is installed properly in the camera 2 On Setup page gt Devices tab select the device form Camera List Click Storage Basic TACTi 2014 09 15 17 50 29 s Basic Settings Media Type Device Name Protocol IP Address Brand Model Stream Mode HTTP Por Account Password 3 On Storage window click Get Storage Setting to sync with the SD card 4 You can enable Redundant Recording when Disconnected function to have this SD card take over the recording service for this channel when this device is disconnected with NVR server The video recorded on SD card during the disconnection period will automatically be restored back to NVR server upon the recovery of the connection Before you enable this function please do the following 1 upgrade the camera firmware to 6 07 or later version and then 2 format the SD card either on camera firmware interface or on NVR interface 3 Synchronize the camera time and server time You can do this by manually setting the time on either side to match the other s however it is strongly recommend that you make use of the NTP service to make both clocks are precisely synchronized 5 Click Apply to save the setting Storage Redundant Recording when Disconnected Type Micro SD Status Normal Available Space 0 87 3 50 G 25 File System EXT3 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision
63. cess http www acti com support LicenseMgt NVR 3_registration asp enter the License Key and the MAC address of NVR server computer click Submit An e mail with activation code file lic will be sent to your registered E mail account NVR3 CDP POS EXD Software Registration Documents amp Downloads License Key CPQAP PAAPW PBUAP PWRQP ARPPA AAPAC Machine Key MAC Address 0 25 90 56 2B BD Submit Ciean Customer Services Customer Helpdesk Admin RD NVR3 CDP POS License Registration License Registration NVR3 CDP POS Offline Registration is used when Server is located in network not connected to public internet i e Military Base Project Registration How to register NVR3 CDP POS Server License Off line Registration Tools amp Utilities Activation Flow Project Planner Policies Enter your License Key and the MAC Address Technical Support Policy Click Submit to generate an activation code Troubleshooting with ACTI Repair Service t Warranty Policy An email with an activation code file lic will be sent to your registered email address Transfer this license file to NVR server or web client PC x Log in to NVR Server from local or via web client Go to Setup System Tab License Offine Registration Click Import and select the license file Click Apply to activate this license x Done Step 3 Log in NVR server from local or via web client Go to
64. chedule Management Add License System NVR Configuration 2 On Devices page the Camera List is currently empty and you need to add some video sources to it Now click Add Camera All Cameras 0 HTTP Port Account Device List 44 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 3 There are three ways to add cameras into the system Search Cameras Search ONVIF Cameras and Add Cameras Manually Use Search Dev Cameras ices to auto search ACTi cameras located in the same subnet as your NVR server Use Search ONVIF Cameras to find cameras that support ONVIF in the same Add Camera Search Cameras 9 Click this option to search a peat available cameras inside the loca Search ONVIF Cameras Click this option to search Add Camera Manually Click this option to add camera manually subnet as your NVR server If your cameras video encoders are located outside of a local subnet or over WAN add them to your NVR server by using the Add Cameras Manually button You will need to know the IP address of the camera to add it manually Search Cameras Within Local Area Network 1 Select Search Cameras Once the search is completed a list of the cameras in your LAN will be shown Click on the title header to sort by that column Click on the header again to sort in reverse order For faster search you may type a specific IP address or a part of the IP address in I
65. ck and 7 the saved Views in Live View screen Complete Backup system settings video files Besides system settings some organizations may want to back up the video recording occasionally in case that the recording hard drives may fail The recording files raw can only be played on the playback utility Archive Player You may download it from http Awww acti com utility Step 1 Back up System Settings 1 Goto Setup page gt System tab gt Backup Restore 2 In Backup section click Browse to select the destination for backup file the file will be saved as Backup_YYYYMMDD xmI file Then click Backup to export the file Configuration Settings UI Display Settings HO aaa Backup Export Settings Save As Restore GO u gt NVR Backup Organize v New folder s Controller License yr Favorites E Desktop gy Backup Restore J Downloads Recent Places Workstation Dropbox vi Ea m p File name Backup_20120501 v Save as type XML File xml a Hide Folders ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Important Notice The license data is not included in the system backup file You have to preserve the license key information provided in e mail or printed card to you after the purchase takes place Step 2 Back up Recording Files Folder Optional Back up the whole Recordings folder s that saves the recorded video files on st
66. count Password Channel No Default Live View Stream Enlarged Live View Stream Recording Stream Connection Timeout 0 99 secs v4 ACT NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Enter the name of the camera which will be shown in the Camera list on the left in Live View This name should be descriptive so that you know where the camera Is located Select the manufacturer of this camera Select the camera model of the IP cameras video servers This is automatically filled in after you perform Get Device Settings for ACTi cameras Enter the camera s IP address or host name Enter the HTTP port for IP cameras video servers Most cameras use the default port number 80 This field is revealed as Protocol is RTP RTSP TCP or RTP RTSP UDP or RTP RTSP HTTP Select one of the streaming modes this camera supports Select a streaming protocol to connect the camera with Enter the user name to access the camera Enter the password to access the camera The channel ID you set for a stream of a multi streaming camera Choose the stream for Live View Choose the stream for 1x1 Live View layout You can have a channel automatically switch to the stream of higher clarity once this channel is enlarged to 1x1 layout by your double click or View Patrol Choose the stream for recording Enter length of time allowed for a camera to respond to NVR If the response is to late as to exceed this time NVR will consi
67. cting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Preset Tour Tour List Description Preset Points of a Tour Sequence Preset Point Dwell Time secs 1 1 01 Left Wing 4 After a tour is saved it is available on Live View screen gt PTZ panel 72 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Configure Fisheye Cameras With hemispherical lenses fisheye cameras generate images at up to 360 degree width which can cover all four corners of a room or both sides of a long aisle As the original image captured by wide angle lens is much distorted to suit most monitoring purposes the Dewarping process is required to alter the uneven lines and shapes before the images are displayed Nowadays the fisheye cameras come in two types in terms of the image correction capability Fisheye Cameras with in camera dewarping function The video is dewarped in camera before it is output to NVR server Since the image correction is handled by the camera itself NVR server will not bear much extra loading which benefits the system requiring many fisheye cameras e g ACTi KCM 3911 KCM 7911 Fisheye Cameras without dewarping function These fisheye cameras output only original global images which rely on software algorithm provided by NVR sever to correct the images They are suitable for a system with limited bandwidth for NVR server processes and responds to User s ePTZ manipulation o
68. d Type Musi a Mic dJ Channel01 2013 2 6 F 01 51 File folder m t Pictures A L i videos Ji Channel02 2013 2 6 F File fold I J Channel03 2013 2 6 FS File fold l J Channel04 2013 2 6 F 02 08 File folder Jm Computer OA di Channel05 2013 2 6 FF File fold amp Local Disk C E T E d Channel06 2013 2 6 F 02 08 File fold ca Data D p Ch 07 2013 2 6 F 02 08 File fold anne U15 2 9 T UZUS DVD RW Drive j he Recordings folder contains a ge ara eee eae i y d 6 wt ow g individual channel subfolders 123 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Back Up System Data Making regular system backups is always recommended in case of unexpected disasters or accidents that may damage NVR server Other than this you may need to perform an on demand backing up to 1 migrate the whole NVR server data to another computer or 2 re install the NVR server on current computer There are several types of data on NVR server essential to your surveillance system please consider your purpose and follow the below instructions to create their backups Regular Backup system settings only NVR server can create a backup file of the whole system settings within one click The settings being backed up include the following properties you set for system 1 Users 2 Device 3 Storage 4 Schedule 5 Event 6 System Settings User Interface Style Joysti
69. d use the stream of lower resolution frame rate bit rate for live view and megapixel resolution stream for recording 2 Use another browser client to share these high resolution channels Given that there are 32 megapixel channels to be monitored you may have Layout 1 to display channel 1 16 set Layout 2 to display channel 17 32 then open one browser client to show Layout 1 and the second browser on an extended monitor to show Layout 2 3 Have NVR automatically lower the frame rate of live streams when system loading is high Go to Setup page gt System tab gt UI Display Settings and enable this function Basically this setting will lower frame rate when the CPU usage is above certain percentage You may also enable Lower the frame rate when current layout is above_ in this way when the layout is displaying over certain number of channels the frame rate of all live streams will be declined By default this setting will be applied to the live display of all connected web clients and Workstation clients System Settings Display Performance Settings JE Ul Display Settings Enable Lower display frame rate when current layout reaches Export Settings Lower display frame rate when CPU usage reaches z s Controller Video OSD Settings A Workstation client computer can have its own specific display configuration without being affected by NVR universal setting Log in as NVR 3 Standard Workstation client go to Set
70. der this camera disconnected We recommend you to set different values for different types of connection The default setting is 5 seconds For cameras located over the WAN you may wish to increase this value to allow for occasional Internet lags Available when NVR is connected to a multi streaming device 2 Available when NVR is connected to a device that is concurrently in multi streaming mode Dual Stream mode excluded 8 Available when NVR is connected to a multi streaming device in Dual Stream mode Current NVR version does not support ePTZ operation of 6VGA streaming mode Please define 6 VGA views through camera web configurator 49 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Camera Status Camera To validate if you have successfully added a camera to NVR See 8 system simply check the Camera List on the left of Setup 01 Front Door 1 02 Front door 2 A 54 2nd Floor Hallway gt Cameras tab to see if the camera name appears in the tree Point your mouse cursor over the camera icon will bring up an information box containing the camera s IP Address HTTP IP 172 16 17 55 Port Protocol and camera type HTTP Port 80 Frotecol TP Model Mega IP Cube Camera Status Icon Description Icon Status Description NVR server cannot receive the video stream This may be that a video server is not connected with cameras or that the streaming is
71. due to an unsuccessful installation Before starting un installation please back up important data please refer to Back Up System Data on page 124 first and prepare the NVR server install shield application This chapter will describe un installation process Step 1 Remove NVR Server Program 1 Go to Windows Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs in Windows Server 2003 Windows XP or Programs gt Programs and Features in Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 to remove it When you un install NVR server program the web client will be terminated at the same time CE JG E gt Control Panel gt A 4 Search Control Pane P Adjust your computer s settings View by Category Y System and Security User Accounts NN 4 Review your computer s status Change account type Back up your computer G 9 YP Find and fix problems Appearance and gt B ss GQ Programs Programs and Features X 4 Search Programs and Features p Control Panel Home g Uninstall or change a program View installed updates To uninstall a program select it from the list and then click Uninstall Change or Network and Internet Personalization Repair la Windows features on or epen G a EE R O eee PE Change the theme o w s lt 2 Choose homegroup and Change desktop background om a rom the nganize sharing options Adjust screen resolution networ Name Publisher
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73. ecoding CPU power and bandwidth Meanwhile the recording stream can be larger and have more FPS so that you have clear images when you need to retrieve evidence For settings in both streams of devices with dual stream functionality please refer to section Configure Video Format_on page 57 se ACTI Connecting Vision A NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Configure Camera Settings After adding a camera to NVR you may continue to configure its video motion detection PTZ or preset tour settings on Setup page Devices tab In this section we will guide you through how to configure these settings and their corresponding functions Configure Video Format Go to Setup page Devices tab select a camera from Camera List and then go to Video tab to configure the video format of the stream output from this camera If the camera is currently in Dual Stream mode you may switch the stream in live view window by click on the switch below and configure individual settings for Media 1 and Media 2 Basic 6 ACTI 2015 01 28 17 46 38 m so a a A a Eai p i Set Frame Rate For Event Recording Mode Video Quality Settings TV Standard Line Frequency Stream Mode VGA Aspect Ratio Media 1 Video Encoder Maximum Bitrate Frame Rate Non event Frame Rate Active Event Frame Rate Media 2 Video Encoder Resolution Quality Frame Rate Non event Frame Rate Active Event Frame Rate Video Settings Attrib
74. ecording s lifecycle go to Setup page gt gt Schedule tab and select the device from Camera List and then a week schedule will appear on the right Configure the recording file related settings The settings below will make an event recording as long as 5 30 seconds which will be kept on server for 30 days Recording Settings Pre Buffer Secs Post Buffer secs Keep Recording Files days Specific Storage Remove Expired Specific schedule Settings re gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Attributes Explanation Field Name Description Pre event Recording The NVR server keeps a short cache of video received from the devices Buffer sec If an event is triggered the NVR server will automatically store the pre event buffer along with the recording of the event itself The maximum length is 60 seconds Post event This will determine how long after the event is triggered should be Recording Buffer included in the event recording file The maximum length is 3600 sec seconds Keep Recording The NVR server will keep recording file of specific device for the number Files for 1 999 of days you set here The default value is 30 and if you want to modify it days please check the box to start configuring it Available value is among 1 999 days Specific Storage You can assign a dedicated storage disk for a camera By enabling this option and assigning a specific disk
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76. een after Setup Wizard On the right are link buttons to three NVR major functions 1 Live view 2 Playback and 3 Setup You can click the orange button to enter the function page Live View In this module you can see live view from cameras perform PTZ operations with mouse or Joystick view system log receive alerts on the event panel setup view layouts perform manual recording or take a snapshot You may search and view playback of multiple channels synchronously Snapshots or video segments can be taken from playback files Recorded files can also be exported to AVI format here This module includes user setup device setup event setup schedule setup and system wide settings 1 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Add Cameras Cameras or video encoders are the fundamental building blocks of surveillance systems To manage cameras on NVR server you have to add cameras into NVR 3 system first In this section we will guide you through how to add or delete cameras on the NVR 3 system To start adding new cameras please follow these steps 1 On Setup page gt Home screen click Devices Quick Setup Users Devices Storage User Profile and Group Device Management A Storage Settings Management Add Camera Manually a Modify Schedule Schedule Event Language Recording Mode amp Event Management Language Settings CA S
77. el and Stream Mode configuration 2 Click Get Device Settings to have NVR contact the camera and get the live view Once connected to the camera NVR will get all the camera properties like Brand Model Camera Serial Number Firmware Version If the camera supports dual stream stream configuration fields Default Live View Stream Enlarged Live Stream and Recording Stream will be revealed and you may set different stream types for live view and recording to configure individual stream format please refer to Configure Video Format on page 57 Click on Apply to save this camera or Cancel to abort it Basic G ACTH 2015 02 25 15 06 03 Click on the stream name to display the live stream of a dual stream multi streaming device 3 To directly access the camera configurator webpage simply click Web Configurator on the top right to open it Certain detailed settings can only be accessed through the web configurator and not through NVR Basic Settings Attributes Field Name Description Select the media type of the camera choosing either Standard or ONVIF By default the setting is Standard which enables full function wise support for ACTi cameras capabilities To connect with an other brand camera using ONVIF please make sure the camera camera supports ONVIF 1 Media Type Name Brand Model IP address HTTP Port RTSP Port Stream Mode Protocol Ac
78. etection settings first make sure you can connect properly to the IP camera video server and get device settings On Devices tab gt Video tab and click Motion Detection to start Motion Detection 15 ACTi 2015 01 28 17 55 34 Motion Enable Sensitivity Timer secs Threshold 70 70 70 t ttp aarte a gt r a 1 Click Motion Setup to retrieve the live view For Dual Mode the video you get in this window will always be Stream 1 Click Motion Enable to enable the property fields 3 There are three motion regions for you to set To enable one check it in the MD box a red frame will appear in the view You may start setting the detection area by adjusting this red frame on the view Simply use your mouse to move and resize the frame To disable this detection region gt Place the mouse cursor over the upper right corner and click the X to close this frame Li To move the entire frame Place the mouse cursor over the title bar and drag to move oA aad a d To adjust the region dimension a Place the mouse cursor over the S downright corner and drag to fone SA resize A i a a E N N gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual You can easily resize the selected regions to the original dimension by clicking on Default Region button to reset all the motion regions and settings
79. from the furnishing performance or use of this manual The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The English version of this document is the official one for all purposes All the translated versions are provided as a convenience Any discrepancies or differences created in the translations of any other languages are not legally binding Copyright Copyright 2015 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved Trademarks ACTI Connecting Vision V ACTi Connecting Vision and its logo A are registered trademarks of ACTi Corporation Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other product or company names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners 5 www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Table of Contents 1 About This Manual 2 Target Audience ccs sas scenes cee ceees seme neste see es eee eeaantuseneenietesnevestsenesicessneseee 2 Content OVS lI aaa viscscoc oes scec cece cies cece cies elec ecient en eeen clean ean tenses ees 2 Related DOCUMENTATION 0cccececececececcncncececsceeenenceeeceeeceneneueeneeenenenennenes 3 Technical Support ise reece st ees cette techs desea ee ennatheeeeencteeeseeeeeuscen 3 SV SOMO TCC AON spice cus est nedawe te eae E 3 Conventions Used in This Manual 2 2 2c0ceccececnenecececececnenecececece
80. gration of NVR Server between two computers make sure you have contacted ACTi Customer Help Desk for assistance in resetting your previous activation record on ACTi license data server so that this license key can be activated again with another MAC address Please have the following data prepared before migration takes place 1 NVR 3 install shield application file 2 NVR 3 license key or activation file lic 8 NVR Server backup file xml 4 make sure you have made a copy of previous NVR 3 recordings folder 5 a copy of NVR 3 recording index file folder To start 1 Install NVR Server on new server computer refer to Server Installation on page 20 2 Activate NVR 3 license on new server computer refer to License and Activation on page 26 Copy the whole backup recordings folder s to the storage hard drive s Copy the whole backup DataBase folder to ACTi Corporation DataSource folder on server computer default path is C Program Files ACTi Corporation NVR 3 DataSource Remember to replace the existing folders that are with the same folder names refer to Back Up System Data on page 124 Restore the system settings with backup file refer to Restore System Data on page 126 Uninstall the NVR Server on previous computer and remove sensitive files if needed refer to Un install Server Software on page 122 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Advanced Administrative Tasks To
81. gs to other devices Select a camera and click Copy to bring up the target device menu check the target devices and click Apply Copy Permission Settings 1 Front Gate2 C Ciear an Select An New Device Default Home 3 Cafeteria 1 Add 5 ACTi n ee eee A z s User Groups Basic Permissions 7 Classroom Building 3F 8 ACTi Camera Unified Settings 9 Dormitory 10 ACTi 4 Be All User Groups New Camera Default s Administrator E 4 All Cameras 11 Dormitory 3 12 ACTi i Guards s User 13 Dormitory 4 2 ACTi 3 Cafeteria 1 4 ACTi 5 ACTi Playbak 6 ACTi Setup 7 Classroom Building 3F 8 ACTi 9 Dormitory 10 ACTi 11 Dormitory 3 12 ACTi 13 Dormitory 4 103 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Add Users To create a user account with on NVR server 1 Click on ES Input an account name its password and e mail address for this User Add New User User Groups Q x 1 Domain Accour 1 ia local PER Type Local User Admin Account Johnny Cash Name Password Email Group Administrator Administrator 2 Insert user account name password and the account mail For Local User Assign this created user account to a specific user group 3 After you click Apply this new user will be added to the list on the left You can modify the account settings in Settings section or click on Delete to remove this account
82. gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 2 After selecting the disk drive please set the deletion rule There are two ways to delete recordings when both are active NVR server will start to delete old files when any of the criteria below is met 1 Keep the recordings for a number of days and delete files older than this period by 1 GB at atime Please go to Setup page gt Schedule tab to set it 2 Keep recordings until the disk is almost full and then delete the earliest recording files by 1 GB at a time NVR server will delete old files when available space is lower than Reserve Space you set in Disk Drive List When setting the deletion rule please input a number in Reserve Space which should be smaller than your current Free Space tor Deseription Free Space GB Currently available space of the chosen disk drive Total Space GB The total volume of the chosen disk drive This is the amount of space to be reserved for the whole computer system Once the free space is used up as to reach the limit of reserve space the system will delete the earliest recordings The Reserve Space should always be smaller than Free Space Reserve Space GB 3 When finish settings click Apply a D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Manage User Groups Users The User Groups Users page allows you to 1 manage the access pe
83. heck if you can see is successful the login page On server computer type http localhost in browser s URL bar Activate the license License and Activation on page 26 Activate your license key to get your required number of channels ready for adding cameras Configuring the Cameras Get the cameras Finish the installation and basic settings of 7 connected and ready all cameras IP address usernames for use passwords ports internal storage etc and Camera s Manual attach all external hardware devices alarms Reference or sensors if necessary Connect external Joystick on page 121 devices with the NVR Client PC Attach necessary external hardware peripheral such as a joystick or a microphone to the client computer System Setup 9 Configure the Storage Activate the disks for recording and make Storage Management on Settings sure the total memory space is sufficient page 98 and make clear how many days the recordings are supposed to be kept on disk Add cameras to NVR Add cameras and configure camera Add Cameras on page 1a NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual settings camera name video motion PTZ 44 settings Configure Camera Settings on page 56 Configure Recording By default each camera will start 7 24 Schedule full time recording as soon as it is added Schedule the Set recording schedule for each camera RecordingsSchedule the se
84. his option and configure them separately in the table below 4 Choose the Views to display in patrol If you select the All Cameras group you will also need to select All Cameras Layout Style for it 5 Click Apply to save the settings Create Patrol Patrol Name New Patrol Patrol Type mi Public Global Dwell Time secs 5 All Cameras Layout Style C Clear Au Select All Name Dwell Time secs Ba All Cameras 4 Bg New Group New View 112 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 6 The saved patrols will be shown on the patrol list after you click J on View Tool Bar you may delete TIF x Create Patrol Edit Patrol and edit a saved patrol or select it to start patrolling Instant Patrol ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Tips to Enhance Live View Performance Live view for multiple channels requires sufficient computing power to run the performance In certain extreme cases like when viewing several megapixel H 264 video streams at the same time client computer will be overloaded and hence affect browser s performance This is a common limitation imposed upon all Windows based video management programs and web browser To enhance live view performance below are several tips you may try 1 Use dual stream mode for those devices supporting this function Enable the dual stream mode an
85. illance system is aimed to preserve as much evidence as possible and you may want a view to be recorded 24 7 to capture every important moment however the general recording methods provided by most network recording systems event and schedule recording will either consume too much storage or have risk in missing important scenes The Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode function makes NVR system record everything at economical storage usage by automatically adjusting video frame rate during event recording period Schedule Recording Continuous recording promises no loss of video evidence however large data storage is required because this video is always recorded at the high frame rate you set for device Non event Event Non event 30 FPS 30 FPS y wr 4 Ka i a ts wae l RE Event Recording This mode is storage efficient because recording would stop during the non event momenis yet certain vital video evidences may be missed if the trigger device fails to take effect Non event Event Non event No Recording No Recording se Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment Keeps recording all the way without losing any single moment lower frame rate can be set for non event recording which consumes only a little storage Non event Event Non event 1 FPS 1 FPS How to Make Use of Event Reco
86. instructions on System Migration on page 127 for how to perform a NVR system migration 3 More than 40 GB Space on Storage Drive Please make at least 20 GB memory space on the storage disk drive You may choose different disk drive on Setup page gt Storage tab 4 Turn Off Windows UAC Function UAC User Access Control is a security setting that restricts access in Microsoft Windows You must disable UAC before installing NVR in Windows Vista and Windows 7 for the installation of application components and certain program features would be interrupted by this security rule You may disable UAC through Windows control panel lf you are using Windows 8 please enable the built in Administrator account and log in with this identity or add this NVR site to IE browser s trusted sites 9 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Server Installation The server program installation is as easy as 1 2 3 by following the installation wizard s instructions The server would start its service right after installation completes without the need to restart the server computer Install the Software 1 Execute the install shield application 2 Follow the onscreen instructions of Install Shield Wizard accept the license agreement and proceed Connecting Vision License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Important Notice Please read the terms and
87. ion 5 Times 1 04 Counter Video Recovery 1 Video Recovery 1 04 Counter Network Loss Network Loss 04 Counter Network Recovery Network Recovery 91 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual To filter out the configured events select from the All Triggers dropdown list or filter by the event type by selecting from the All Events dropdown list All Triggers 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter Delete the Event Rules Trigger MD 1 MD 2 MD 3 PIR DI 1 On DI 1 Off Video Loss 1 Video Recovery 1 Network Loss Network Recovery Event Name MD 1 MD 2 MD 3 PIR DI 1 On DI 1 Off Video Loss Video Reco Network Lo Network Re Response C Clear A1 Focus Channel Pop up Target 04 Duration 5 Devices 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter 04 Counter All Events MD 1 MD 2 MD 3 PIR DI 1 On DI 1 Off Video Loss 1 Video Recovery 1 Network Loss Network Recovery ent Name MD 2 MD 3 PIR DI 1 On DI 1 Off Video Loss 1 Video Recovery 1 Network Loss Network Recovery Z Select all C Clear Au Select All Response Focus Channel Pop up Target 04 Duration 5 Focus Channel Hot spot Target 04 Duration 5 PTZ Goto
88. ion control the device to point at your desired view and adjust the zoom level if available In PTZ Preset Point section click a preset point name field to start editing the name only ASCII A Z a z 0 9 minus sign underscore _ and period are allowed then click to set this point After finishing setting your desired preset points click Apply You may review the points you set by clicking gt to go to the point or X to delete it You may modify an existing point with following procedure 1 Select it 2 Define a new view 3 Click the to set it 4 Click Apply to save it J PTZ Freset Point Name 3 After the preset points are set they are available on Live View screen gt PTZ panel 7 ACTI Connecting Vision bs NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set PTZ Command If your speed dome or PTZ device has a special function not supported in the standard protocol you may input it in PTZ Command list and execute it Ex Activate the wiper to clean the window of the PTZ 1 To add a PTZ action command go to Setup page gt saare Devices tab select the device from Camera List on ID Name PTZ Command PTZ tab check the Enable PTZ 2 In PTZ Command area click in a command entry Wipe A00000000A0808 input the name command and then click Apply to save it You may also click gt to execute it or X to clear it
89. irectly access the camera via webpage simply click Web Configurator on top left to open it Certain advanced settings are only available through the camera s web interface and not through NVR 3 ACTi 2015 02 25 15 31 20 x as Get Device Settings pa Basic Settings Media Type Name Brand GPS Positioning Enable Latitude Longitude Camera Information Serial Number 52 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Set Camera s Coordinates optional This information is to allow a GPS based management system to precisely obtain the camera s location You can get the camera s coordinates from GPS module connected to your server computer or simply input the address of your site into Googlemap rright click the place or area shown on the map and select What s here the coordinates will appear in the Searchbox On Basic tab enable the GPS Positioning and input the cooordinates Basic HTTP Port Stream Mode Channel No Protocol Account Password Connection Timeout secs GPS Positioning Enable Latitude Longitude Serial Number KCM7911 12H X 0046 Firmware Version 53 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Manage Multiple Cameras After adding several cameras to the system you may get an overview of all cameras on Setup page Devices tab this is where you may use certain fast and conve
90. ized management scheduled recording real time monitoring and recording of up to 64 ACTi video streaming devices from local or remote network with rule based services to trigger multiple schedules and events ACTi NVR Server Client Architecture NVR 3 is a typical web based server client system In a video surveillance system architecture the Server serves as a video management service provider aimed to run 24 7 offering non stop services for clients A Client makes requests of monitoring video streams or playback recordings to Server which can reside on the same computer with server program as from local or on another computer as from remote Server starts automatically as soon as the Server computer where it is installed boots up and operates in the background without requiring login by administrator It would provide services over the TCP IP network to multiple Clients upon request through HTTP Protocol There are two types of Clients in NVR 3 system Web Client and Workstation Client A user connecting from whether web browser or workstation will enjoy the same user interface and NVR functions Workstation Client the client application that can make accessing NVR server free from counting on browser The workstation contains a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR server Web Client the web version of interface to access NVR server without need of installing any client program to become a c
91. l Server Camera a Ba All Cameras 13 All Events Oceaan A Select au 1 Front Gate2 amp 2 ACTi Devices Event Event Name Response ree 3 Cafeteria 1 5 ACTi MD 1 MD 1 nee 4 ACTI 5 ACTI MD 2 MD 2 k 5 ACTi MD 3 MD 3 7 Classroom Building 3F 5 ACTi DI 1 On DI 1 On sActi 5 ACTi DI 1 Off DI 1 Off 9 Dormitory 5 ACTi Video Loss 1 Video Loss 1 REC Event Edit 6 ACTi EventName MD 1 REC c Acti Upload Focus Upload Snapshot to FTP Pop up Upload Snapshot to FTP Hot spot PTZ Goto Preset Audio Alert Beep Mail Digital Output Send Mail DO 1 Send Mail DO 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 4 Youcan enable multiple responses by first checking the box ers to enable the items Action tems Function Description Focus Channel Pop up Target 1 Duration secs Hot spot Target Duration secs Focus Channel Duration secs Pop up Group Switch View Duration secs Tiri Goto Preset Target Preset Duration secs Then go to Preset Audio Alert Beep Audio Alert Audio File Path Times 1 30 89 This kind of action will focus your attention on the channel when triggered Pop up Brings up event pop up instant playback window of selected channel upon trigger You may also define the display duration of video on the window Hot spot Displays video in Hot Spot window red flashing fra
92. le Account Password Rules 1 Account and Password fields allow alphabets numbers and symbols except the following lt gt In Account field for alphabets the input will be recognized as lowercase letters Space is only allowed between characters the space in the beginning or at the end will be deleted as it is saved The Password field is case sensitive and the space is allowed Admin is the default user account and belongs to Administrator user group Hence the user Admin and the group Administrator cannot be deleted it possesses full permissions to all devices and NVR settings ACTI Connecting Vision vA NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Customize Views After all cameras are configured you may start customizing the views for different users and purposes This chapter will teach you how to add video source arrange the channels and manage live view layouts In NVR 3 system a View refers to the layout where the live images of Cameras are placed in proper positions to suit the monitoring purpose This is very similar to a camera group which often consists of cameras in the same physical location For example a View named 11F Camera may contain the 11F floor plan and the cameras actually placed on 11F On NVR Live View a saved View not only remembers 1 layout style 2 which channel to display which camera 3 but the fisheye view mode for fisheye cameras only
93. le the Device Setup Add Camera in Setup section Add Video Streams from a Multi channel Device There are cameras that output more than one video streams to NVR For example a video encoder converts a number of analog video signals into the same amount of IP video streams certain high megapixel cameras such as ACTi KCM 5111 supports outputting multiple VGA streams cropped from a single high resolution video source These multiple streams coming from a single camera are managed as different cameras by NVR server To add these streams as multiple channels for you to view and record please 1 Select the desired stream mode in Stream Mode field on EE Device Name 2 The Channel No column will display for you to input the Protocol Setup page gt Devices tab gt Basic tab IP Address stream ID the same with your setting in camera s web Brand configurator ee Stream Mode After configuration click Apply Channel No HTTP Port Go to All Cameras page duplicate this camera to a new User Name channel repeat this step until all the channels you need are inde Connection Timeout 0 99 secs added 5 Individually modify the Channel No value of the channels Saving CPU loading with Your Dual Streaming devices The device supporting dual streaming function can output two video streams of different value You may make the live view stream smaller in size with lesser frame rate to save d
94. lect au Add Camera 3 On the window below the source device Sree ee name are the settings you may choose to A Pesach ehdot 10 ACTi 11 Dormitory 3 copy including Basic Settings PTZ Settings and Video Settings 4 Click Apply the settings will be written to target cameras 5 To add a new camera with the same settings choose Add Camera in Target Camera area and then click Apply to go to a new device page Each field on this page has already been filled with the source camera s properties You may continue to modify the Camera Name IP Address get the live view by clicking Get Device Settings and then click Apply to add this camera to Camera List 6 There are a few differences of the copied items between two target camera types 99 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Settings Copied to Target Cameras arget Type New Existing Camera Camera All All except Camera Name IP Address HTTP Port RTSP Port User Name and Password All except Motion Settings Video Adjustment All except PTZ Preset Points and Commands You can only choose either Add Camera unused channels or existing devices as target To add new devices by copying from an existing one the user s group should be permitted to do so To check the access rights please go to Setup page gt Users page gt User Groups select the user group on Basic tab enab
95. lient Logging in the NVR server is as simple as visiting a website through IE browser Mobile Client the mobile client app that enables the mobile devices iOS and Android to remotely access NVR server 2 ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual NVR Workstation Remote User NVR Server Security Web Client Remote Workstation or Officer User Web Client Remote User Administrator Supervisor Manager Security Officer Mobile Client Remote User 13 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual system Installation Check List Pre installation Item Description Reference 1 Prepare software NVR 3 comes with 16 channel free license License and Activation license For additional channels please purchase on page 26 the license from your system supplier and get the license information ready before activation 2 Prepare the server Make sure the computer s hardware spec System Requirements computer operating system and IE browser version on page 17 are compatible with software requirements 3 Assign a fixed IP for The server computer should possess a fixed server computer IP for NVR server Installation 4 Install NVR Server Follow the instructions to install the software Server Installation on software on server computer page 20 Check if the installation Log in to NVR server to c
96. ly to add selected cameras into NVR 3 system Search Cameras within Local Area Network with ONVIF 1 After selecting Search ONVIF Cameras fill in the account name and password for the camera you want to add 2 Click the Search button Qu Once the search is completed a list of available cameras will be shown You may click on the title header to sort by that column Click the header again to sort in the reverse order For faster search you may type a specific IP address or a part of the IP address in IP Filter as a filter and click to narrow down the search result Add Camera Account A Camera Found 4 Password k J License 10 16 IP Filter CDP License 0 1 C Cear an M Select An IP Address Status 172 16 26 68 00 0F 7C 09 7A 6B ACTi E13 A 172 16 26 142 00 0F 7C 04 87 A7 ACTi TCD210 172 16 26 167 00 02 D1 15 66 F5 VIVOTEK FD8362E 172 16 26 191 00 02 D1 17 46 C3 VIVOTEK FD8134 A Account Password text box B Search button C IP filter for multiple networks D Available Total Licensed Channels E Search result F Apply button 3 Select the row of the camera you wish to add to the system and repeat this step until you have checked all the cameras you need 4 Click Apply to add selected cameras into NVR 3 system 1 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Important Notice For certain non ACTi cameras you may need to config
97. m Administrator s Manual Switch to Redundancy Storage An NVR server can serve as Redundancy Storage for other NVR servers It records all surveillance videos directly from camera devices logs and performs actions for real time event notifications on behalf of the NVR server during system downtime Authorized users may also access the Redundancy Storage when it is in use for live monitoring or playback options After the NVR server becomes available the Redundancy Storage service will then automatically synchronize all recorded video and events back to the NVR server Before you start 1 Prepare a specific computer to be dedicated to carrying out the redundancy tasks 2 Purchase the redundancy storage service license from ACTi sales representative One redundancy storage computer will require one license which can serve maximum sixteen 16 NVR servers 3 If your are going to install the redundancy storage on a computer please go to http Awww acti com DownloadCeniter to download and install NVR server program on the computer Remember by switching an NVR server into a redundancy storage the original settings and recordings of it will all be overwritten License Registration With a successful purchase you will receive a license key for registration 1 Enter Administrative Tool interface by clicking the icon on Windows taskbar vy amp amp So Wo kx KK Customize PBN SON Fro C 2 On Settings page select
98. mail address should be set in advance in Setup page gt Users tab Users for an NVR User so that it can be selected in this list 2 Edit the e mail subject and content 3 Enable Attach Snapshot if you want After configuring the actions click Apply to save this response Go to Setup page gt Schedule tab and set the Event Handling schedule for this camera Event responses will only be triggered when the trigger time falls within either the Event Handling recording or the Event Handling with Schedule recording period 7 To check if this rule is successfully set please make sure you have properly configured the involved 1 triggering side settings like Motion Detection Regions or DI 2 response 90 www rs eld Kero aa A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual side settings like PTZ Preset Points SMTP Server and E mail Recipients FTP Server or DO Then set the Event Handling schedule to try triggering this rule 1 Sending E mail Uploading snapshot to FTP and Executing command actions are executed on the server computer not from the client computer There must be a video stream from the camera when the event happens for event responses to work Internet Explorer browser may become unstable due to frequent pop up instant playback windows please avoid setting the Pop up action as the event rule for a camera which is too frequently triggered The next server versio
99. me upon event You may also define display duration of video on the Hot spot window Switch View The current Live View will be switched to another one for a while To enable this option you will need to customize and save Views on Live View screen first You may also define duration of the temporary View Only Public Views are selectable for Switch View event rule Hot spot and Switch View responses cannot be executed at the same time Upon being triggered specific camera can make PTZ movements like going to specific PTZ presets as responses You may set both the start end point and the duration This action is only available when you have set the preset points for a PTZ device Makes NVR play beep sound or an audio file for a number of repetitions On NVR 3 Standard Workstation client computer you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file as the alert sound and set how many times this audio file is repeated when the event occurs This NVR server has to be already on Server Site list refer to G Server Name Server Sites List on page 37 for how to save a server site Please note that Beep and Audio file responses cannot be executed at the same time www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Execute Command Enable Command Digital Output DO 1 Target E Duration secs DO 2 Target Duration secs Io Upload Snapshot to FTP Upload Snapshot
100. med by logged in Users are recorded on server as System Log With the access permission a user may view search and export this record for analysis or investigation This section will provide the instructions on how to read and search data in the system log System Log is one of the resident buttons on top of NVR server user interface click it to enter search window Quick Setup Users Devices Storage User Profile and Group Device Management k Storage Settings SEE 5 Add Camera Manually Modify Schedule Schedule Event EET Recording Mode amp Event Management Language Settings Schedule Management Add License System NVR Configuration Define Search Time You need to first define the time of the logs you would like to search for On Search Time bar define the date and time Default is your current client time System Log Search Time 2012 09 18 19 23 eptember 20 Type Select count Select All Device Select All Sear m Exp d Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 3 4 5 6 7 Date 10 11 12 13 14 User Account Device Description A 18 eC ees es 24 25W26 27 28 95 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Choose Log Type You may filter the logs by Type User Account and Device by selecting from dropdown list then click Search By default all types are selected System Log Search Time 2012 10 05 Type Select All ser Account Select All Device Select All f searcn
101. n Listen Port field and click Apply IP Address Port Host Root webroot Application You may just click Apply if you are not sure whether this port has been taken or not If the port is being used by another service you will be asked to input another available port number IP Port Checker The port has been used www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 4 As the server port is confirmed the installation process is done click Finish ACTi NVR Server v3 0 10 InstallShield Wizard pal E A InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed ACTi NVR Server v3 0 10 Click Finish to exit the wizard Back Finish Cancel 5 After the installation completes connect to http localhost port number with Internet Explorer browser you will see NVR Login page lf IIS Web Server has been installed on the computer and you are asked to restart the computer during installation process please 1 Choose res lwant to restart my computer now to restart right away 2 After the computer reboots this install shield will continue to complete the installation Important Notice If the server computer has already installed previous ACTi NVR server versions please remove the main program and patches from Windows gt Control Panel before installing ACTi NVR 3 Standard or you should choose another computer as NV
102. n NVR 3 1 will improve the program efficiency with Internet Explorer browser Manage the Event Rules Event List panel gives an overview on event rules set on the NVR server Go to Setup page gt Event tab gt click on Camera or Local Server on the left Camera a l 4 All Cameras Filter All All Events Oceaan M Select An rec 4 Front Gate2 REC 2 ACTi Devices Event Name Response 3 Cafeteria 1 Pop up Target 5 nec a AACTI M 5 ACTi MD 1 MD 1 B 5 ACTI 5 ACTi MD 2 MD 2 A G6 ACT ree 7 Classroom Building 3F S SACTi 5 ACTi DI 1 On DI 1 On rec 9 Dormitory 5 ACTi DI 1 Off DI 1 Off e 10 ACTi 5 ACTi Video Loss 1 Video Loss 1 41 Dormitory 3 REC 12 ACTi Ree M 13 Dormitory 4 Hot spot Target 5 5 ACTi MD 3 MD 3 5 ACTi Video Recovery 1 Video Recovery 1 5 ACTi Network Loss Network Loss 5 ACTi Network Recovery Network Recovery View the Event Rules To sort by Device name Trigger type or Event Name click the titles to list the entries in ascending or descending alphabetic order Filter All Triggers All Events Ci ctear an K Select al Focus Channel Pop up Target 04 Duration 5 y 04 Counter ot spot Target 04 Duration 5 04 Counter MD 2 04 Counter MD 3 PTZ Goto Preset Target 08 Preset 01 Duration 10 Next Preset 01 04 Counter PIR PIR 04 Counter DI 1 On DI 1 On 04 Counter DI 1 Off DI 1 Off 04 Counter Video Loss 1 Video Loss 1 Audio Alert Beep Durat
103. ng Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Schedule the Recordings Unlike the traditional analog surveillance system IP surveillance system provides a more flexible recording schedule for devices the video streams captured by individual device can be recorded based on your required time segments and event types For example you may have a camera installed on the office ceiling perform continuous recording during work hours and record only upon triggers integrated digital inputs such as the PIR sensor during the night In this way the system does not waste disk space storing meaningless parts of footage and you save lots of effort browsing playback for specific events NVR 3 supports schedule recording for and Event recording modes which are set up on a week based timetable the event handling schedule can also be configured on it This section describes how to setup the recording schedule for the IP cameras video servers Configure the Recording File Properties Before setting the recording schedule you may define 1 where the recordings are stored 2 how long an event recording is and 3 how long a recording file will be kept in the system 1 To set the saved recordings folder go to Setup page gt Storage tab make sure you have assigned the disk drives to store recorded files For related recording settings please refer to Storage Management on page 98 2 To define how long an event recording is and the r
104. ngs can directly be applied to the new server alzi lt eIOuE Program Files ACTi Corporation gt Search ACTi Corporation p Organize v Include in library Share with v Burn New folder v TH Q Jt Favorites 5 Name Date modified Type Size W Desktop i 4 30 2012 5 25PM File folder Bb Downloads Recent Places NVR 3 Prog ra m Folder 47 Dropbox vE p p Step 3 Remove the Recordings Folder Optional Remove the whole Recordings folder s that saves the recorded video files on storage hard drive s If you selected multiple storage hard drives via Setup page gt Storage tab gt Disk Drive List then the server may have generated one Recordings folder under each selected drive If you have renamed the folders or change the locations please make sure you find the correct path r came x OO amp gt Computer Local Disk C gt v P Organize v ad Open Play Include in library Share with v o E S Je ae Name Title Contributing artists Recent Places a AcMiniDump sb Downloads J AMC 49 Dropbox J AMD MD Desktop d NVR Temp PerfLogs ay Libraries Pr i Documents Recordings a Music adl lt fii Recordings Date modified 2013 2 5 FE 11 31 eli xX GO gt Computer Local Disk C Recordings gt 5 Organize v Include in library v Share with v Burn New folder B onl Bl enn ane Documents Name J Date modifie
105. nient approaches to manage a number of cameras In this section we will guide you through how to quickly add or delete multiple cameras Modify Basic Connection Settings Go to Setup page gt Devices tab and click All Cameras in Camera List to get the cameras overview in right column Each basic connection setting field including Name IP Address HTTP Port User Name and Password is editable Simply click in the field to modify it directly ID Name IP Address HTTP Port Account Password Brand Model Channel Front Gate2 172 16 26 1 1001 admin TELIT ACTi E53 1 ACTI 172 16 26 192 80 admin eeecce ACTI E928 1 Cafeteria 1 172 16 26 211 50 admin TILLI ACTi E45 1 Classroom Buildi 172 16 26 1 admin eeccce ACTI E63 1 ACTI KCM7911 2 ACTI 172 16 26 124 8 ACTI E96 1 Dormitory 3 172 16 26 5 ACTI E44 1 Dormitory 4 172 16 26 4 ACTI CO 1 Camera B All Cameras 8 appear next to the camera in Camera List You may click Reset to e 1 Front Gate2 rec gt 2 ACTi Every time you modify a property without saving it an icon will retrieve the settings you saved last time once you want to abort ree 3 Cafeteria 1 Pe s 7 Classroom Building 3F current modificaiton After changing any field please remember to 2 9 Dormitory REC Gp 10 ACTI REC i 11 Dormitory 3 rec H 13 Dormitory 4 click Apply before you leave this page NVR will sync with devices upon connecting to them To make sure the settings on NVR side a
106. nt of works if you have multiple users performing similar tasks and acting as similar roles There are already two default User groups Administrator With full permissions in NVR server User With the permissions to watch all camera live view and playback 1 Click on 2 Click on Add 3 On Add New Group window insert ID and group Name your input in the Name field will be the name of this User group Click Apply to finish to pe Allser Grolp Add New Group s Administra s User ID Name 4 Assign Permissions for created group This will define what functions this User group is allowed to access On Basic tab by default a new User group will initially be allowed to access only Live View screen and Playback page but without any permission to change a certain camera s setting so you will have to assign the camera permissions later A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual User Groups Basic Settings 4 Bg All User Groups Domain local 18 Administrator si User NEME Guards System Permissions Live View screen Live Public View Setup Private View Setup Playback screen vi Playbac etup Setup Setup screen You can assign more administrative permissions to change system settings to a group in Setup section and Global section Setup Setup User Setup Device Setup Storage Setup Schedule Setup Event Setup Language
107. ocess from all users is enabled 4 On Task Manager Process tab locate the PID number of the service using port 80 The service name is shown under Image Name column 1 Windows Task Manager File Options iexplore exe taskmgr exe GoogleToolbarUser_32 exe conhost exe wicomm exe Dropbox ewe CCC exe WINWORD EXE jusched exe MOM exe msnmsgr exe explorer exe iexplore exe dwm exe AcroRid32 exe OUTLOOK EXE taskhost exe iexplore exe AcroRd32 exe Processes 58 CPU Usage 15 PID Process Identifier i Select Process Page Columns Bs Select the columns that will appear on the Process page of Task Manager User Name Session ID CPU Usage CPU Time Memory Working Set Memory Peak Working Set Memory Working Set Delta Memory Private Working Set Memory Commit Size Memory Paged Pool Memory Non paged Pool Page Faults Page Fault Delta Physical Memory 67 137 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision A NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Condition 2 Cannot install Active X controls after logging in ActiveX Control components are essential for the NVR server to present user interface The message below will show if these controls were not installed Please try refreshing the browser first making IE pop up the prompts again e amp 53 6 http localhost GX E ves Cause 1 Your Internet Explorer browser version doe
108. on Process Based on the network conditions of your site follow Online Activation SOP or Offline Activation SOP to activate your license Online Activation SOP Step 1 Membership ID in ACTi Member pala Center is required for activation Register siete males sere le jii one for free at http member acti com Ga renee Step 2 Log in NVR server go to Setup page gt System tab gt License gt Online Registration Select the MAC Address enter your License Key ACTi member Account and Password and then click Apply NVR server will connect to the license data server via Internet to register the license key and unlock the channels System Online Registration Settings MAC Address UI Display Settings License Key 2 Account Export Settings Password As Controller gt J 7 License a Backup Restore License Total Number of Licenses 21 License Key Number of Licenses MAC Address CPQAP PAAPY PBUAP PXQQP ARPPA APPAX 20 00 25 90 56 2B BD CDP License Total Number of Licenses 91 License Key Number of Licenses MAC Address fatal OF on Fe nono on z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Offline Activation SOP Step 1 Membership ID in ACTi Member Center bit ACT Login is required for activation Register one for free at er eee http member acti com IPRS pasmens Gat full access and support to all ACTI related shesools GIN Step 2 Ac
109. orage hard drive s If you selected multiple storage hard drives via Setup page gt Storage tab gt Disk Drive List then the server may have generated one Recordings folder under each selected drive If you have renamed the folders or change the locations please make sure you find the correct path g9 amp Computer Local Disk C v Search Loc Organize v ay Open Play Include in library Sharewith y v Gl A Name Title Contributing artists _ Ft Favorites m Recent Places di AcMiniDump m3 Downloads Ji AMC 47 Dropbox J AMD MB Desktop do NVR Temp d PerfLogs lt a Libraries Program Files di Recordings Music all mW Recordings Date modified 2013 2 5 E 11 31 File folder Documents Step 3 Back up Recording Files Index Folder Optional This step is necessary for NVR Server migration between two server computers The recording files index folder contains important video index data NVR server needs to process recorded video clips Enter the server program folder ACTi Corporation NVR 3 DataSource and back up the DataBase folder where stores the recording files index data z i s e G d Local Disk C Program Files ACTi Corporation NVR3 DataSource v Search Dat Organize v q Open Include in library v Share with Burn New folder
110. p stages You may click Previous or Next button located on the lower right at any time This will skip the current step so that you may come back to it later All the settings in the Setup Wizard are available on Setup page To skip this wizard click the bubble Done on top right corner Welcome to NVR3 0 The following settings are necessary for using NVR3 0 You can also configure them later in Setup page 39 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual System Settings You can adjust the E mail amp SMTP settings FTP settings for event rules now or later For more details about the settings X ACTi eoeoeo e Connecting Vision E mail amp SMTP Settings FTP Settings SMTP Server Server Port SMTP Port 25 Account Account Password Password GA z v Mode Passive Mode Security None SSL Remote Folder Email peee Sender Name Sender Mail Send Test Mail Set FTP server to upload snapshot when an event occurs This is default setting for event handling You must configure mail setting to send mail when event occurs Storage On NVR server you may choose which disk drives to store the recording files and decide how much memory space is left for all computer applications to run You must configure the Drive and Reserve Space for recording Reserve Space is the space on the drive that will not be used to save recording files the deletion of earlies
111. r Response 1 and trigger alarm Response 2 when a motion is detected by the camera shooting the house s backdoor Trigger during nighttime Schedule Event Rule Schedule Trigger Response When to apply rae What action to this rule response take How Does NVR 3 Handle Events In NVR 3 each camera can be involved in several event rules As different camera models possess various Capabilities the supported event trigger types would vary For example a PIR built in camera can execute a PIR triggered event rule while this option is not available to other models without this feature similarly the Supported response types would vary by camera models for example go to preset behavior can only be executed by PTZ devices The chart below shows NVR server supported Trigger types and Response types Source of Response Type canbe on client computer eStorage disk is full eProduces audio alert beep sound NVR Server eStorage disk is avalable for recording or pre loaded audio file Status eNVR server can t detect the storage eExecutes a command disk eSends email notification p4 Camera vA NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual eVideo motion is detected ePIR motion is detected eDigital input signal is detected eNVR server can t detect the camera via network e he camera s network connection is recovered eNVR server does not receive the camera s video strean el he camera
112. r demands for changing view modes without waiting for camera side to constantly deliver updated frames e g ACTi E96 NVR 3 makes it possible to integrate both kinds of fisheye cameras into your system with the following advantages Full support for all types of dewarped video stream output from fisheye cameras with in camera dewarping capability NVR s software algorithm can perfectly corrects the original fisheye images generating 6 specific fisheye view modes which suit human eye s accustomed perspective Based on user s instant request for changing view mode or PTZ view point NVR server processes the original fisheye image and responds to the clients individually In this way what one client sees on Live View will not affect playback recording as well as another concurrent client s connection The virtualized ePTZ manipulation also allows User to dynamically explore any region of interest within the hemispheric view like operating a genuine PTZ device To make use of NVR s dewarping features for your fisheye cameras please 1 Adjust Video Quality Settings After the fisheye camera is successfully added go to Setup page gt Devices tab select the device and then Video tab make sure you set the Stream Mode as FISHEYE for a hemispheric camera KCM 3911 KCM 7911 This is to make sure this hemispheric camera is outputting fisheye original video stream as a mini fisheye dome camera does 73 D4 ACTi
113. rd major functions of NVR or a title of a section column talic Italic typeface is used for a filename or location path Underlined Underlined typeface is used for a document name or hyperlink Bold Bold interface enclosed in double quotation marks indicates the name of a button a menu or a choice item some notices are placed within the following boxes each type of the box indicates different purposes or levels of importance for system Important Notice The content within this box is an important notice This notice is important for you to get certain functions to work properly or to prevent from certain potential problems that may damage your system Make sure you read this notice and follow the instructions The content within this box is a note A note is some necessary information you need to know about the action you are currently taking like what will happen after you follow or don t follow certain procedure The content within this box is a tip A tip gives you an alternative method to easily or quickly achieve an objective usually for specific conditions 4 AW AWArslei a exe aa D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Legal Notice Disclaimer The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages arising
114. rding with Frame Rate Adjustment To make use of Event recording with Frame Rate Adjustment function you may configure the Frame Rate settings on Setup page gt Devices tab gt Video tab The Frame Rate fps you set will always be applied to live view and schedule recording Once Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode is checked you may configure advanced settings for event recording If the device is in Dual stream mode you will only need to configure these settings of the Recording Stream Set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode Video Quality Settings TY Standard Stream Mode Media 1 Video Encoder Resolution Maximum Bitrate Bitrate Frame Rate fps Non event Frame Rate fps Active Event Frame Rate fps Scenario A Suppose you wish all the videos are recorded at very high frame rate With sufficient storage you may not need this function Set the video Frame Rate that will apply to all the recordings In this way NVR 3 will not record non event during event recording period Frame Rate Setting Event Recording set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode Frame Rate fps Non Event 0 FPS Event 30 FPS so D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Scenario B Suppose you wish the system to record 24 7 the non event recording to be kept at very low frame rate Please set the event and schedule recordings at different frame rate you will need to enable Se
115. re prior to and always overwrite those on device sides please check Auto save NVR settings into devices upon connection Delete Cameras You may delete a single multiple or all cameras on All Cameras List Regia The logs and video files of the cameras will be kept until deleted by server storage deletion rule Select the camera s you wish to delete click Delete button and confirm the deletion If you want to delete all the existing cameras simply click on upper right to select them all at once To validate if you have successfully deleted a camera on NVR system simply s4 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual check the Camera List on the left of Setup page gt Cameras tab to see if the camera name has been removed from the tree Copy Settings Across Cameras When setting a large number of cameras many settings will resemble other ones and it is sometimes tiresome to repeat every setting again and again You can use the Copy function to save the hassle of needless repetition Jevices Basic j GACT 2015 02 25 15 45 43 1 On Camera List select the source camera Copy Camera Settings 7 Classroom Building 3F Copy Item List C Clear An M Select An whose settings are to be copied from You Basic Settings PTZ Settings Video Settings can select only one camera to be the source 2 Click Copy to bring up the copy setting window arget Camera _ cClearan Se
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117. reen function i Hide Title Bar gt k Stretch Disable Motion Alert To automatically login to the NVR system please check both Motion Region Color Remember login info and Auto Login to skip the Login page If Remove All the NVR server or remote client computer may be accessed by ca orice a z a Update Profile someone else you might consider not to use this function Logout To cancel auto login on title bar click J gt Logout to return to login page and this function will be cancelled F Retrieve the Forgotten Password Please refer to E Retrieve the Forgotten Password _on page 35 G Server Name Server Sites List NVR 3 Standard Workstation can remember multiple server sites and their login credentials and show the site lists on Login window To add a new site NVR3 0 1 Click in the Server Name box and input the Server Name server site name Server IP 2 Fill in the other fields If you disable the sarjana Remember login info then only the Account Server Name Server IP and Server Port Fassword of this server site will be remembered 3 Click Save 4 After a server site Initial Page Server Name Server IP is saved it will be Server Port Language Account shown on Server Password Name dropdown list You may click on its name to enter its Login window or to delete it from the list 7 ACTi d gt Connecting Vision
118. repetitions On NVR 3 Standard Workstation client computer you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file as the alert sound and set how many times this audio file is repeated when the event occurs This NVR server has to be already on Server Site list refer to G Server Name Server Sites List on page 37 for how to save a server site Please note that Beep and Audio file responses cannot be executed at the same time Audio Alert Bee Duration secs 5 Times 1 30 1 p Audio Alert Audio File Path C tokyo hot mp3 Times 1 30 1 86 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Enable NVR to execute a certain ee ps command upon this event You can use it Enable Command to integrate NVR s event handling with other programs Enter the path of the command to be executed upon event User List pit mai aaah eis Cicweran isemet an Enable NVR to send e mail notification via User Account Email naan PEPETA SMTP server The default SMTP and a sender s e mail settings can be set in ae aeeneeneon advance in Setup page gt System ania tab gt Settings gt E mail amp SMTP Settings 1 Type one or more recipients e mail addresses in To column if more than one please separate them by symbol or click the Ej icon to select Send Mail Send Mai recipients from existing NVR User list To I The E mail address should be set in
119. rmissions of different user groups 2 add users to or delete them from user groups 3 and assign users to specific user group This chapter will take you through these settings Access Permissions In NVR 3 the access permissions are managed by User Groups User Groups defines what functions and devices are allowed for each user Different User Groups will have different access rights in terms of permitted operations with each device like Live View Playback and NVR server management operations like Device Setup Schedule Setup Event Setup and System Setup For example an Administrator User is allowed for all the operations in NVR while a standard User may only be permitted to do Live View and Playback with limited devices The chart below displays different employees as NVR Users and their access rights in this system Jeremy Gate Guard Monitor Gate Grou Sam Security Head Playback Security Group i Ae Monitor Sean Manager J Playback Administrator G _ F Setup Overview Go to Setup page gt Users tab There are two sections to manage User Groups and Users individually User Groups To setup user groups and its permissions Users To manage user accounts and configure user information gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual User Groups You can specify access permissions to each device for a whole user group This user grouping can save you significant amou
120. rol the PTZ movements by physical controllers NVR 3 supports two types of controllers which both feature in a joystick and twelve buttons for users to assign specific actions o oc Model IP Desktop Model Extreme 3D Pro Manufacturer CH Products Manufacturer Logitech Joystick Configurations 1 Log out from NVR server 2 Connect the controller device to your computer To make sure the device is installed properly open Windows Start menu and enter Devices and Printers to check the Status 3 Log in to NVR server go to Setup page gt System tab enter Controller section and select your product from Type list 4 You may assign specific commands from dropdown list to buttons 1 12 of the controller When setting is done click Apply The modification you did on one controller model will be applied to the other joystick model as well System Settings f UI Display Settings Export Settings Ap Controller License Backup Restore 5 To validate its function go to Live View screen and focus on a PTZ device channel to operate the supported PTZ operations D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Un install Server Software In certain cases un installation of NVR system is necessary for example 1 you want to terminate NVR server and clear all the evidence due to privacy and security reasons 2 you need to reinstall the system
121. rver Recording onpage 73 Configure E mail amp FTP Complete the E mail or FTP settings and settings test if NVR server succeeds in sending How to Setup SMTP e mails and uploading files This step is Settings for Event Rules necessary if you will need these services for on page 93 Event Handling How to Setup FTP Settings for Event Rules on page 94 13 Configure Event rules Set the event rules Event Management on page 84 14 Create Users Accounts Configure User Group permissions and Manage User Groups amp Groups create required User Accounts Users on page 100 Live View Setup 15 Create Views for Users Customize and save views for Live View Customize Views on screen page 106 Back up System Settings 16 Create backup of Create a backup file of current system Back Up System Data on system settings settings for future re installation or in case of Page 124 critical system failure Post installation Validation 17 Live Preview basic Make sure if the Live View screen displays operations the correct layout you have set and test the basic Live operations e g PTZ controls or instant playback 18 Schedule Recording Make sure the disk is recording normally according to the schedule Event Handling Check if the expected actions e g recording alarms or e mail notification etc are correctly triggered by events User Access Make sure user can access NVR with the given account pa
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124. s not support NVR 3 system Solution Make sure your browser is 32 bit version Cause 2 Your browser restricts the installation of add on components Solution Internet Explorer security settings may restrict the installation of add on components To ensure the NVR server is always accessible from your web client regardless of any change in browser s overall Internet security settings you may add the NVR server site to Internet Explorer s trusted sites Trusted sites are the sites which you consider safe and wish to visit with low security restrictions while maintaining higher security for the rest of the Internet 1 On IE browser click Tools gt Safety and make sure ActiveX Filtering is unchecked 2 On IE browser go to Tools gt Internet Options gt Security tab select Trusted sites set the security level to Medium High and then click Sites 3 Add http localhost or the NVR server IP to the zone and clear the box Require server verification https for all sites in this zone 4 Back on Security tab click Apply to apply the changes This will allow ActiveX and scripting to be available for the chosen sites but not for the Internet as a whole ACTI Connecting Vision a NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Internet Options pmm Security Select a zone to view or change security settings Trusted sites g Restricted l sites You can add and remove websites from this zone All
125. s video stream is back 85 eProduces audio alert beep sound or pre loaded audio file eExecutes a command eSends email notification On Live View screen eDisplays a designated camera view in a pop up window eDisplays a designated camera view in a designated channel eSwitches to designated layout e Triggers a designated PTZ camera to move to a preset point e Triggers a designated digital output eUploads snapshots to FTP server www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Create an Event Rule Based on NVR Server Events In NVR3 the abnormal status of NVR server is also considered a trigger that is worth your attention 1 Go to Setup page gt Event tab In Local Server panel there are already three types of server event Disk Full Disk Is Available and Disk Not Found Highlight the rule you want to edit Double click on the Response column to edit the response action 2 On Edit Event window you can rename this event in Event Name field Home Local Server C Ciear An Select All ve ven Disk Full Disk Full Disk Is Available Disk Is Available Disk Not Found Disk Not Found Action Mail Audio Alert Send Mail Beep Send Mail 3 You can enable multiple responses by first checking the box ers to enable the items ction tems Function Description Makes NVR play beep sound or an audio file for a number of
126. server remember your Login Account and Password check Remember Account Password Enabling Don t Remember will clear your E input text and reset to default apewe View Manager Bookmark Manager To directly enter the main page every time you log in from this PC in check Custom Panel Remember Account Password then Auto Login to skip the Login page If EASi Hide Title Bar someone else without proper authority also has the access to this computer please DO NOT enable either of these functions Disable Motion Alert Motion Region Color To cancel auto login on title bar click gt Logout to return to login page and igaj Connected Users this function is already cancelled Update Profile Logout D Retrieve the Forgotten Password NVR can send the password of the User s account to the saved e mail address To ensure that Users are able to use this service please make sure 1 the SMTP settings have been configured refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 93 and 2 a valid e mail address has previously been saved in Setup page gt Users tab gt User list Forgot Password You will have to enter the e mail address Email input in Forgot Password window should match the one under your User account saved in NVR server 33 ACT Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Access NVR Server via NVR 3 Standard
127. ssword and are only admitted to their permitted functionalities you have set 21 Playback Make sure the Playback screen can display recorded footage and the search functions can filter your desired event and the export s User s Manual 4 ACT Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual function can generate viewable files to designated folder 1e Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Getting Started System Requirements The Minimum CPU Processor spec will provide acceptable performance for systems that use mostly MPEG4 streams Surveillance systems that use 4 or more H 264 streams should satisfy Minimum CPU Processor spec for good performance To quickly validate the PC spec you need you may check with PC Selector http www acti com pcselector PC Spec Server Local Client PC atii Remote Client PC Number of Live 17 64 17 64 Channels 2 Viinin Intel Core 2 Intel i5 Intel Core 2 Intel Core 2 Intel i5 CPU Quad 2 4GHz 2 4 GHz Quad 2 4GHz Quad 2 4GHz 2 4 GHz Processor o scommended Intel i5 Intel Core i7 920 Intel i5 Inteli5 Intel Core i7 920 2 4 GHz 2 67 GHz 2 4 GHz 2 4 GHz 2 67 GHz RAM 4GB 3 Network Ethernet 1000 Base T recommended Hard Disk 4 Space Minimum 40 GB 5 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8 1 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Display Resolution Minimum 1024 X 768 Oper
128. stem tab gt Settings gt FTP Settings Reset p D3 Settings 1 FTP Settings Server f UI Display Settings System Port Export Settings Account NRS Controller Password Mode License Remote Folder ew Backup Restore z Workstation 2 Fill in each of the following fields Field Name Description Server Input the FTP server address Only alphabets numbers and the symbols _ are valid Port Set the FTP port allowed value is from 1 65535 default is 21 Account Input the name of the FTP server account Only alphabets numbers and the symbols _ are valid Password Input the password of the FTP server account Only alphabets and numbers are valid Mode The FTP works in two very different manners Active mode and Passive mode If your FTP server is behind the firewall or a NAT router you have to use Passive mode Remote Folder Input the upload path of the file Default will be to represent the root folder 3 As all necessary information is filled in click Test FTP Connection to test the connection If NVR server pops up a Testing FTP connection was successful message NVR server is ready to upload to this FTP 4 As the settings are confirmed click Apply to save The FTP settings here will be default for every event rule o4 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual System Log The activities perfor
129. t 18 Parking lot East N Event Handling edule Recording Event Recording Clear C Clear Al M Select All Remove Expired Specific Schedule Settings Specific 2015 02 04 Aa ee el ae eee cee eee etna 2015 02 11 AVLLI L L L LL LL LLL LRL 2015 02 18 UI RWG GAA MAMAS 2015 02 19 ALLL LLL LLL LLL LRL 2015 02 20 Q Q III IIi 2015 02 21 TALL LLL LLL L LLL RRL 81 gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Copy an Existing Schedule to Others With plenty of devices in your system it happens that you want to apply the same schedule to multiple cameras After creating a schedule for one device you can copy it to other cameras 1 Goto Setup page Schedule tab on Camera List select the camera you want to copy schedule settings from and then click on Copy button 2 On popup window select the Specific settings from Copy Item List that you want to be copied along with the routine recording schedule Select the target cameras you want to copy schedule settings to Click the Apply button Sch Copy Schedule Settings 1 Front Gate2 Copy Item List O Ciear an V Select An 2 Camera a Specific Storage Settings Specific Schedule Settings Ba All Cameras 9 pecific rag tting pecifi hedule Settings rec 4 Front Gate2 ree 3 Cafeteria 1 rec 7 Classroom Building 3F E 9 Dormitory Frontdoor 3 Cafeteria 1 7 Classroom Building 3F e 10 ACTi REC s i
130. t Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode and set the Non event Frame Rate and Active Event Frame Rate Frame Rate Setting set Frame Rate for Event Recording Mode Frame Rate fps ses Non event 1 FPS Non event Frame Rate fps Active Event Frame Rate fps Event 30 FPS Fine tune the Image When monitoring your cameras it is essential to make the images as similar to the real scene Event Recording as possible The default settings of the camera are usually sufficient for most environments but you may also make adjustments in case it is required to do so For devices that support the configuration of properties related to image day night mode or exposure white balance settings you may directly modify them and save your changes to the device using the NVR 3 system The options available may vary depending on the device To start on Devices tab gt Video tab click Video Adjustment Each field is only available when the device opens this property for modification If the device is in Dual Stream mode the video you get in this window will always be Stream 1 1 At first synchronize with the device to get the current settings by clicking Get Video Adjustment 2 After retrieving the settings from the device the fields available for modification depends on models will be enabled Select the desired value for the field 3 Click Apply Video Adjustment 7 Classroom Building 3F 2015
131. t recording files will be performed if available space has decreased to reach below Reserve Space configuration you may choose one or multiple disk drives in Disk Drive List to save the recordings If you skip this step Drive C will be the default drive For more details about the settings please refer to Storage Management on page 98 RA ACTI BGeeeGoeeed Recording Settings Recording Folder Name Recodings Keep System Log for 1 999 days 30 Disk Drive List Select Drive Free Space GB Total Space GB Reserve Space GB 76 3 100 136 4 198 1 40 A ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Licensing License Key Account Password License Total number of license 16 License Key Number of Licenses MAC Address CDP License Total number of license 16 License Key Number of Licenses MAC Address EXD License Total number of license 0 License Key Number of Licenses MAC Address POS License Total number of license 0 License Key Number of Licenses MAC Address This is the license management section On lower right part of the screen shows number of channels allowed under your current license Each NVR server has a license for 16 channels which is already activated You can click Next to next setting if you do not want to add new license for now For more details about the settings please refer to License and Activation on page 26 The End of Setup Wizard
132. tep by step instructions and a simple method to check if you have done it correctly 2 AW AWArslei a exe aa D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Related Documentation Since this manual focuses on how to accomplish the tasks for system installation and configurations there is very limited information about operation wise directions for End Users who will be operating NVR server system To obtain the instructions on use of NVR applications such as monitoring and playback please download the latest ACTi NVR 3 Standard User s Manual from http www acti com downloadcenter Technical Support If you have any questions during system installation please feel free to contact our engineers via our Customer Help Desk platform http www acti com CHD System Integration NVR 3 Standard is supported by other products via integration tools Please follow the instructions in the installation guide to complete the installation and system configuration Installation Documentation Plug in for Lenel OnGuard Plug in for Lenel OnGuard Installation Guide You can find both the tool and its installation documentation on http Awww acti com downloadcenter 3 www acti com gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Conventions Used in This Manual The following are typographic conventions used in this manual Bold Bold typeface is used for a keywo
133. tna perenne den anes etenecenatnetenwteneneeneenenceuteents 39 Setup WIZA Gl ccertceciieamscentsnendicancenerioesienerinetineetieanGoneduesi eaedereanerteastncesaes 39 System Settings 40 Storage 40 Licensing 41 The End of Setup Wizard 41 IC SO 1D aa EEE A 42 NVR Main Screen asnnsnnsnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmnnn nnna 43 ELIVO VION seseo Eeee EE EEE E usseeeeseeee 43 Playback 00 cece ceccceecccececeeeceeeeeeeeceeeceueeeueesaeeseeessueeseeseeessueeseeesaess 43 SS UIP atip apne rates espns penta carn raita te rca E tn tsar as pasta E 43 Add Cameras se ngecncccceec sdgeeencseenmenendenseceedasncnvcdscseuneendsecvedeuecuvedescessacuvescseus 44 Search Cameras Within Local Area Network cccceeseeeeeeeees 45 Search Cameras within Local Area Network with ONVIF 46 Add Cameras on WAN or Other Local Area Networks 47 Basic Settings Attributes 48 NS ee TAUS eeren e NE EEEE EEES 50 Status Icon Description 50 Add Non ACTi Cameras cccccecceccecceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeenaes 51 Set Camera s Coordinates Optional ccceceseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 53 Manage Multiple Cameras cccsssccssseecceseeseeneeeenseesenseesenseeeeneeseees 54 Modify Basic Connection SettingS cccccceeceessseesseeeeeeeeeesaeees 54 Delete Cameras ee ee 54 Copy Settings Across Cameras ccccseccecseeeeceeeeeceeeeeseeeeesaaeees 55 Add Video St
134. trols on PTZ Panel Zoom in Zoom out 8 directional buttons Click the mouse anywhere on the view to pan tilt scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in out ACTI Connecting Vision bis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual D Pan Tilt 4 oo in Ds n out To reset the ePTZ navigation area back to default viewing angle right click to bring up channel menu and then click Reset 3 click on View Tool Bar to save the configuration Once a channel is changed to any of the following fisheye modes Dewarping Panorama Double Panorama Panorama Focus or Quad the resolution of this live stream will become 1920x1080 while NVR still records the live stream at the resolution you set on Setup page gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Manage the Views Each View belongs to a specific View Group With the group management NVR Server makes it easy to deal with Views you created for multiple Users After you created and saved the Views on Live View screen click gt View Manager Click on the right arrow icon in front of a group folder to reveal its Views 2 By selecting a View you may directly modify its name in Name field You may change a group s Group Type Upon the change for example by changing a group from Private to Public all the views belonging to it will be open to every User Click this icon to add a new group
135. uage English and Traditional Chinese are not removable from this list Language List mA ul B Message B Tooltip Select Language lic file File already exists or ACTi Member ID ACTi Member Password ACTi Unified Workstation ACTi member id password mismatch AVI About Us About Us Absolute Position Account Account and Password can not be b Account is duplicated Event Language Active Languages Ass pall Dansk EAAnViKa Espa ol Fran ais Magyar Italiano Nederlands Portugu s PyccKun A3bIK ine M o cancel 116 C Clear All IM Select All esk Deutsch Suomen kieli nay Bahasa Indonesia Aaa Polski Romana Svenska T rk e f mme SST ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Edit User Interface Wordings Each language file contains four editable string tables Each table displays the default wordings in English and the translation in target language To view each table 1 Select the language from Select Language dropdown list then select a table from the Language List list on the left column B ul Message Ala Tooltip File already exists ACTi Member ID ACTi Member Passi ACTi Unified Works ACTi member id p2 3 AVI About Us About Us Absolute Position i Account Account and Passw T Account is duplicati r g Language lic file File already exists or duplicate
136. up page gt System tab gt Workstation and configure the Display Performance Setting Settings Display Performance Setting UI Display Settings Enable Lower display frame rate when current layout reaches Export Settings Lower display frame rate when CPU usage reaches Controller License Export ew Backup Restore Workstation Import gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Let Windows Automatically Start with NVR Live View You may have the client application automatically run and open the live view after Windows Starts In this way you may save steps and time before you eventually see the desired live view screen Additionally whenever a power breakdown takes place the live view may recover as soon as your computer resumes If more than one users would log in to this computer this tip might not be suitable due to account security issues 1 On NVR Server set a default View for your account For detailed procedures please refer to this section in this manual Customize Views on page 106 2 Set Auto login for your Workstation client or web browser client For detailed procedures please refer to this section in this manual C Remember Account Password on page 33 3 If you are using a browser client open the browser and set the NVR server ip as default homepage 4 Set your browser or Workstation application to start right after Windows has started Click Windows St
137. ure the ONVIF user credentials of the camera by accessing its Web Configuration page and managing the ONVIF Users List Functions supported for cameras added through ONVIF will depend on the camera capabilities Add Cameras on WAN or Other Local Area Networks 1 After selecting Add Camera Manually the camera settings page will appear as below The most important settings are 1 Media Type 2 Protocol 3 IP Address 4 HTTP Port and 5 User Name amp Password Please fill in these required fields for NVR to communicate with the camera Basic Settings Media Type Standard Name New Camera Brand ACTi Model ACD2000 IP Address HTTP Port Stream Mode Protocol Account Password Connection Timeout secs GPS Positioning Enable Latitude Longitude If the camera you wish to add supports ONVIF you can select ONVIF for Media Type and the settings page will appear as below The most important settings are 1 Media Type 2 Camera IP 3 HTTP Port and 4 User Name amp Password Please fill in these required fields for NVR to communicate with the camera 47 ACTI Connecting Vision vis NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Important Notice If any of the required fields is incorrect NVR will not be able to connect the device When you have any device connection problem please check these settings However at this point you may skip filling in the Device Name Brand Mod
138. uring this period device view will be recorded continuously Event handling During this schedule the event rules you set are active S9 Schedule recording and Event handling are both active during this period es Event recording During this period only detected events e g Motion PIR will be recorded SSY Event recording and Event handling are both active during this period Is the Recording Taking Place As the recording is taking place scheduled event triggered or manually triggered recording you can observe the status on the All Cameras list There will be an icon 2 appearing next to the device On Playback screen you can drag the playback bar to current time position to check the latest recording B3 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Event Management When something happens on camera site such as someone walks by the door opens or closes someone breaks into the house these are all Events Events which occur in the environment or were preprogrammed in the camera can be used as Triggers Triggers cause the camera to react with Responses The link between a trigger and its response is governed by Event Rules Event rules become active or inactive based upon the Schedule Each event rule is designated to one certain trigger type from a specific camera and can carry out multiple responses An example rule would be for NVR to send an e mail to alert the superviso
139. utes Field Name Description TV Standard Default is NTSC Stream Mode Select one of the streaming modes this camera supports Mounting Type Select the mounting position Installation Angle Input the angle for a camera mounted on the wall Video encoder Select one of the codec this device supports Resolution Select one of the resolutions this camera supports Video Quality Select your desired video quality of the image Frame Rate fps Select the Frames Per Second this camera supports This puts a hard cap on the maximum bit rate allowed in any given Maximum Bitrate second of streaming Assigning a limited bit rate may cause a few dropped frames when the stream data overflows the allowed bit rate Bitrate gt This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when you have selected Unlimited for Maximum Bitrate The actual value 57 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual will fluctuate slightly based on scene changes Available when NVR is connected to a multi streaming device Available when NVR is connected to a hemispheric camera Available when NVR is connected to a hemispheric camera whose Mount Type is set to Wall Available when Video Encoder is selected as MJPEG Available when Maximum Bitrate is selected as Unlimited x2 xo 4 5 Save Storage by Setting Event Recording Frame Rate Video surve
140. vice should be equipped with DC Iris or P iris and has been switched to manual iris mode before you use the buttons for widening or narrowing aperture Digital PTZ Navigation Digital PTZ allows you to zoom into part of the video and enlarge it to display on screen This PTZ function is applied to every camera model in NVR 3 system 1 Get the live view from Live Preview window Make sure the Enable PTZ is unchecked 2 Click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel and the area highlighted will be displayed in the full live video window In this mode a picture in picture view will show in the lower right of live view window A red rectangle will mark the currently enlarged view area within the full size video You may click and drag the red rectangle to see another area 3 Togo back to the original full video view just right click on the minimized Picture in Picture view s9 a m A ACTI NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual 03 ACTI 2012 04 10 19 50 47 D Draw Zoom area a Cancel Zoom area Set PTZ Preset Points With PTZ devices you may define a view by where to look through panning and tilting and how close through zooming to zoom Once these views have been saved in NVR server as preset points the device can always point to this view upon the event triggering or user s command 1 Goto Setup page gt Devices tab select the device from Camera List and click PTZ tab 2 By PTZ operat
141. w medium high highest Range Note WDR is disabled and will not appear if Exposure Mode is set to Manual Select one of three modes Auto The camera will automatically switch between day mode color and night mode black white under Day exposure level defined by Threshold Night Mode Day The camera will always stay in the day color mode regardless of exposure level Day Night Night The camera will always stay in night black white mode regardless of exposure level The scale from 0 100 allows you to define the exposure level at which the day and night mode switch will Threshold happen A higher value would require a darker environment to trigger a day to night switch and vice versa Select between Auto or Manual exposure mode In Auto mode the intelligent system of the camera will find Exposure the best possible exposure settings In Manual mode White Balance Exposure Mode you can manually adjust the White Balance Exposure Gain Shutter Speed and Line frequency z gt ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual Select between Auto or Manual White Balance mode White balance refers to the device s ability to accurately define true white color In Auto mode the White Balance camera will attempt to recognize the true white color and adjust the image accordingly In Manual mode you can configure the White Balance by
142. who runs NVR 3 Standard Workstation on a computer rather than the NVR server and tries to reach the NVR server via network The login process is described as follows NVR3 0 A Server IP amp Server Port In Server IP field please input the LAN or WAN IP address of the NVR server Server Name Server IP Server Port Account In Server Port field key in the port number Password The default value is 80 00 00 Initial Page B Enter Account amp Password T Language Account non case sensitive Admin default Password case sensitive 123456 default Remember login info Auto Login C Choose the Initial Page The user interface consists of three main module screens Live Live View Playback and Setup You may choose one where you would like to enter after login Default is Live View screen D Language Choose a UI language from the dropdown list z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual E Remember Login Information and Auto Login ola e To have NVR 3 Standard Workstation remember the Account ESF Password Initial Page and UI Language simply check Remember Snapshot All View Manager login info Click Don t Remember will clear your input text and Bookmark Manager reset to default If the NVR server or remote client computer may Custom Panel be accessed by someone else you might consider not to use this 2 Full Sc
143. y check en View Manager Remember login info Enabling Don t Remember will clear your Bookmark Manager input text and reset to default Custom Panel Full Screen To automatically log in to NVR system please check both Remember fauna Stretch login info and Auto Login to skip the Login page If there is Disable Motion Alert someone else without the system authority who also has access to Motion Region Color this computer you might consider not enabling this function ee Connected Users Update Profile To cancel auto login on title bar click gt Logout to return to login Logout page and this function will be cancelled E Retrieve the Forgotten Password The NVR server can send the password of the User s account to the saved email address To a5 D4 ACTI Connecting Vision NVR 3 Standard System Administrator s Manual ensure that users are able to use this service please make sure 1 the SMTP settings have been configured refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 93 and 2 a valid email address has previously been saved in Setup page gt Users tab gt User list Forgot Password You will have to enter the e mail address input in Forgot Password window should match the one under your User account saved in NVR server Email From Remote Computer as Remote Workstation Client Remote Workstation Client refers to the user

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