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    A ir Liv e NVR Serials Network Video Recorder User ’ s M anual[...]

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    Copyright & Disclaimer i AirLive NVR User ’s Manual Copyright & Di sclaimer No part of this publication may be reproduced in an y form or b y any means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or recordin g without the written consent of OvisLink Corp. OvisLink Corp. has made the best ef f ort to ensure the accuracy of the informati[...]

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    Copyright & Disclaimer AirLive NVR User ’s Manual ii FCC Interferenc e Statemen t The NVR has been tested an d found to comply with the lim its for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio inte rference in a commercial environment. Th is equipment c[...]

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    T able of Contents i AirLive NVR User ’s Manual Table of Contents 1. Overview ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ... 1 1.1 Introduction . ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... .... 1 1.2 Features . ...... ..... [...]

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    T able of Contents AirLive NVR User ’s Manual ii 5.5 System Options ... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ... 74 6. Append ix .. ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... .... 80 A. HDD comp at ibility lis t ....... ..... ...... ...[...]

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    1. O verview AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 1 1 1. Overview 1.1 Introducti on AirLive NVR serial products are Network Video Recorder for home, retailer store and small office applications; with AirLive NVR, you don’t have to prepare another PC for your da ily monitoring job. AirLive NVR can connect up to 4/8/16 I P-based cameras for high quality , [...]

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    1. O verview AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 2 Fully Control on Y our IP-base d Cameras AirLive NVR supports almost all AirCam IP cameras, the most stabl e and cost-efficient IP cameras in the market place nowadays. It also supports P TZ Control, Preset Point Patrol, Motion Detection Recording, e-Mail Alert and FT P Upload, which won’t let you miss [...]

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    1. O verview AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 3 Multiple Video Compression Format Support AirLive NVR supports H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG video compression format. H.264 is a high performing video com pression standard that boasts a much higher compression ratio than others, drastically redu cing file sizes and conserving valuable network bandwidth and st[...]

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    1. O verview AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 4 1.2 Features  Support up to 4/8/16 IP Ba se Camera  Recording Video Clip without You Compu ter  Support Easy Installation, IP Came ra Plug and Play  Support 2X SATAII Hard Driver, High-Capacity Sto rage up to 2TB  Support Multi-Channel Recordin g, Playback, Motion Detection  E-Map functi[...]

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    1. O verview AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 5 Playback S p lit Screen Full Screen Playback Control (Play/Pause/S top/Forward/Reverse/S peed Adjust/S tep by S tep) A VI Export Recording More than 200 Hours (with 2 x 1TB HDD) Manual/Continuous/Schedule/E vent Recording Protocols HTTP SMTP DHCP ARP NTP DNS UPnP FTP R TP R TSP Event System Events: System[...]

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    1. O verview AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 6 Network Minimum 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet is recommended) Graphics A dapter AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024×768, 16 bit colors Sof tw are Operating System Microsoft® W indows® 2000 Professional, W indow s ® XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows® S erver 2 003 (3 2 bit) Browser Microsoft Intern[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 7 2.1 Package Co ntent User can find the following items in the p a ckage as below: Item Descriptions NVR8/16 or NVR4 1. A irLiv e NVR: the m ain unit of AirLive NVR 2. Power adapter: t he dedicate po wer adapter for AirLive NVR 3. Ethernet c able: for conn ect the AirLive NVR to yo[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 8 5. Bundle CD: includes the Search Utilit y/User ’s Manual/QIG 6. Quick Installation Guide(QIG ): printed Quick Installation Guide 2.2 Hardw are Over v iew NVR4 Front Vie w: LED St a tus System St atus (Green) Dat a A cc ess (Amber) Solid System Ready Recording Power On/Off Switc[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 9 Blinking System Shutting Down Manual Recording Off System Off Recording Off Rare View: Ethernet LED St atus LED St a tus Green Y ellow G reen & Y el low Speed 10 Mbps 1000 Mbps 100 Mbps Rest a rt Button Press and release the button f or hardware restart. The OS LED should shou[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 10 NVR8/16 Front Vie w: LED St a tus Color St atus Power Red or Green Blinking red indicating NVR is initializing, Green: Normal operation LAN Green Light when network is read y Recycle Green Light when recycle recording is pe rformed Channel Green Light when any camera is connected[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 1 1 Rare View: Power Button For power on/off the NVR. Reset Button Press this button will resto re the system’ s settings to factory default values. T o start, press and hold the button fo r 10 seconds then release it. T he NVR should reset to the fa ctory default. USB The USB por[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 12 2.3 Hardw are Installation 2.3.1 Install the Hard Di sk (NVR4)  Remove the four screws from the bottom of the case.  Push the inner enclosure out, and remo ve the outer chassis.  Install the first hard driv e by placing it in th e enclosure and connecting the SA T A plus[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 13  Mount the drive with two screws on e ach side.  Attach the thermal probe with the t ape provided to the first hard drive.  Install the second hard drive by placing it in the enclosure and connecting the SA T A plus power cables. 2.3.2 Install the Hard Di sk (NVR8/16) ?[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 14  Put the back panel. 2.3.3 Connect to the NV R There are various ways you can connect to NVR and b elow are the suggested methods for different network setup:  The NVR is placed in a network w ith a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “NVR Search” Utility  The N[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 15 T o begin, install t he “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installatio n: Once the installation is complete, you might start the search tool by clicking “S tart”  ”Program File”  ”AirLive”  ”NVR S earch”  ”NVR Search”. The se[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 16 Y ou may change NVR’s IP address by click on the button h ighlighted below . Y ou will be prompted for the NVR’ s login informa tion before proceeding to change device’ s IP address. Y ou may click on the button h ighlighted below to perform search again. Or double-click on[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 17 Y ou should be prompted fo r the NVR’ s username and password. Enter its d efault username “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on”OK” to enter the system 2.3.2.2 A ccess NVR with its default IP a ddress The NVR co mes w ith a pre-configured st atic IP “1[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 18 Again, y ou should be promp ted for the username a n d password. Enter its default us e rname “admin” and password “airlive” and then click on ”OK” for acce ssing the system Note: After you login into the NVR, your bro wser w il l prompt you to install t he Act iveX c[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 19 Note: T o obtain det ail information about the disk, go to “System Options”  “Disk S tatus” 2.4.2 Connect to y our IP cameras The NVR prov ides two options for a dding a n ew IP camera. Users h ave the option to let the NVR automatically find the cameras or to enter th[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 20 The NVR wi ll retrieve the information about t he selected IP camera. The in f ormation should be displayed on t he “Came ra Information” section. Enter the username and password of the IP camera, then select the channel ID and name the camera. Click on “Detect” button fo[...]

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    2. Pack age Contents and Installation AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 21 English Use r ’ s Manual Adjust the video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate… according to your en vironment. Y ou can also click on the “Preview ” button to preview the live video of the camera. Click “Add” to finish adding the camera. Note: We highly recommen[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 22 The “Live View” page provides the following functions:  Retrieve camera’s video stream  Retrieve camera’s status  Perform Live Sequence Viewing  PTZ Control  Perform PTZ Preset Sequen ce viewing  Perform manual recording  T ake snap shot  Receive audio of a video st ream [...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 23  Control “Buzzer”  Change web UI disp la y language 3.1 Retrie ve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page.  Click “All” to display all the channe ls in the quad-vi ew mode  Click on any camera to display video in sin gle-view mode 3.2 R[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 24 3.3 Perform Se quence View ing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video stream s from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to se lect them one by one. T o perform sequence view , select “Sequence” from the upper-left hand corner Next, select one or more [...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 25 3.4 PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera(s) that are currently being sele cted for live viewing will be listed in the PTZ drop-down menu. Simply select a came ra then use the PTZ control panel to contro[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 26 S tart by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list: Av a ilable PTZ preset points of the selected camera will be listed in the drop- down list shown below: Select a preset position from the d rop-down list and click“. Go to” to move the live view to that position. 3.5.2 Auto Pan Vie w ing S ta[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 27 Use the Auto Pan to control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto p an Note: Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements. Use the “Auto Pan” button for such camera 3.5.3 Patrol function This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 28 3.6 Li v e Video C ontrol Butt ons Each live video window comes with con trol buttons with functions described below: T ake a snapsh ot of a live video T urn on/off audio of a live vi deo S tart/stop recording of a live vi deo (manual reco rding) Audio post function[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 29 Full screen view of a live video Displa y video in its original ratio 3.6.1 Take a snapshot o f a live video T o take a sn apshot of a live v ide o, click th e button and th e sn apshot of the video will b e displayed in a pop up window shown like be low For saving the image, please right click on the i[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 30 3.6.2 Full Screen Vie w of a Live Video T o vi ew a video in f ull screen, click the button. T o exit full screen video, doub le-click on the video. 3.6.3 Turn On/Off A udio of a Live Video Y ou can retrieve aud io from a p a rticular camera. Simply click the button. The button will show in different co[...]

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    3. Li ve View AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 31[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 32 Playback is a function that allows you t o play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger . The NVR offers synchronized playback f rom up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need qui[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 33 4.1 Methods to Search Pla yback V ideos The NVR offers four methods to quickly help users find videos that w e re previously recorded:  By Time Chart: Search the video clip by just clicking on the T ime Chart.  By S pe cific T ime: Search the video clip by the specific time.  By Event: Search th[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 34 Results will then be displayed in a “Date/Channel” table and boxes marked in gray represent videos found in those dates:[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 35 Click on any gray cell box should direct you to the hour/channel table. Click on the gr ay cell on the hour/channel shou ld direct you to the minute/channel table, if there were v ideos recorded during that date. By clicking on the “Back” button, the chart would return to the hour/channel table for y[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 36 Note: Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the same time will also be played. 4.1.2 Play b y specifi c time If you know when a recording was taken place, or you just want to check the videos starte d from a specific time, you may choo se the “By S pecific T ime” from the “Search Me[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 37 Use the button to select month, date, and year . Then press the button to start the playback. 4.1.3 Search by e vent S tart by selecting which ch annel(s) you would like to perform a search on: Note: Selected channels will be ma rked in red. Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 38 Results will then be listed like what is shown above (displays from the o ldest to the most recent). Click on a particular result to start the playback: Note: Y ou can click “Next Search” to display the next 15 searching resu lts. And you can also search the event by a specific time via the time sele[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 39 4.2 Export Pla yback Videos to AVI Files User can export the re corded playback videos stored on SVR-1 16 to a local computer and save them in A V I file format. The files can then be played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC p lay er or W indows Media player . Once you locate the recorded[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 40 Click the but ton t o pull dow n the ca lendar to help you speci fy the month, date and the year S p ecify the starting and ending hours of the video by entering numbers in the text boxes. Y ou can also specify the path, file name by entering the information in the “S pecify a file name” textbox.[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 41 Hit the “S tart” button t o start e xporting. T he pr o cess w ill be started and there w il l be a s tatus bar for you to learn the status of the progress. Y ou will be notified once the process is completed successfully . Note: FFDShow is required in order to p lay the exported A VI file with Windo[...]

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    4. Pla yback AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 42 Locate the exported A V I file, and click “open” (norma lly under “C:Ex p ortFolder). The video will then start playing. Note: User sh ould use our NVR Me dia P layer for playi ng th e a ttached pictures in the tr igger alert mail. For further information a bout the trig ger alert mail, p lease se[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 43 In this chap, it will show you how to se t the sy s tem conf iguration for your NVR. 5.1 S ystem Configurations The “System Configuration s” page provides users option s to setup the device quickly and properly . After properly configuring all settings in all the sub-pages, users should expect a [...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 44 Y ou need to adjust settings in this page for the dev ice to work properly in your network. It is critical that settings here a re configured correctly based on your network environment so that the NVR can be admin istered through the local area network and cameras can be connected with it. By defaul[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 45 static IP address if there is no DHCP serv e r currently presented in the network. Its DHCP server function is also turned on at the same time to assign IP addresses to cameras that are later connected to the network. Y o u can manually turn off the DHCP se rver function if you wish to use a separate[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 46 5.1.3 User Acco u nt The NVR can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously . Y ou can a dd, remove, and edit users by using opt ions provided in this pa ge t o keep user information organized. Each NVR comes with a bu ilt-in “admin” account with passw ord “airlive”. We highly recommended u[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 47 c. Enter a short descript ion for the account if you wish d. Click “Apply” to f inish configuration. 5.1.4 Group Privilege Group Priv ilege is where y o u ca n cre ate multiple customized acce ss policies f or si tuations i f you need the NVR to be acce ssed by users other than the administrator [...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 48 b. Y ou ca n change the group name by clicking the “Change Group Name” button. A text box will be displayed for you to enter the new group. c. Choose what type of privilege you would like t his group to have from the “Privilege T ype” drop -down menu. d. Its access privilege will then be disp[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 49 5.1.5 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the NVR, you need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. Y ou can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page. T o initialize it, simply click the “Format” button Note: T o obtain det ail information about th[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 50 After th at, the NVR should begin t o search the IP camera and th e pro gress of the searching should be displayed on the screen: Found IP cameras should be listed on the WEB . User can simply select a camera from the list and press “Conf igure” button for configuration. The NVR wi ll retrieve th[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 51 English Use r ’ s Manual Click on “Detect” button for establishing the connection between the NVR and the camera. If connection establishes, the detailed information of the IP ca mera should be polled and displayed as below Adjust the video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate… according[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 52 5.2.1.2 A dd a c amera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Sea rch” function by entering the camera’s IP ad dress and credential in the “Camera Information” manually .[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 53 5.2.2 OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned of f . T o add texts to one or more video, please follow the steps below: a. Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Displ[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 54 c. Next, define where the text will be d isplayed by either entering an X/Y coordinate or use the system pre-defined position from t he drop-down menu. d. Click on t he “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and click “Apply” to save the configuration. Note: The text s can be fur[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 55 a. T o set up PTZ preset points, select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. b. Sele ct a position number for the preset point from the “Position Number” dro p-down menu and fill in a name in the “Position Name” field for easier identification. c. Use the PTZ con[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 56 d. Click “Apply” to save th e configuration. e. User can select a specif ic point as the HOME position, and a specific point as the reaction against some event was triggered. 5.2.4 PTZ Preset Seque nce Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for the user to set[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 57 T o configure preset sequence for a camera, please follow the steps below: a. Select a channel from the “Chann el” drop-down menu. b. T he available preset points should be listed in “Preset Position” area. c. Pick the ones you like for sequen ce viewing and press the “->” button to mo[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 58 d. Finally , select a dwell time f rom the drop-down menu and click “Apply” to save the configuration. Note: T o start preset sequence viewing, section 3.5.1 for instructions 5.2.5 E-Map Monitor E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detect[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 59 5.2.5.1 Use the private map T o replace the map, please follow the steps below: a. Click “Browse” button to locate the new map i ma ge f ile f rom t he local P C and then click “Upload” b. T hen drag and drop the camera icon to define its location. T hen press the “Apply” button[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 60 c. Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. d. W hen the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, the ir videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it. 5.2.5.2 Use the Google Map[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 61 T o use the Goo gle Map, ple ase follow the steps belo w: a. Zoom the map to a proper size. b. Sele ct the camera you would like to configure from the channel drop-down list. c. Entering the address where the camera located in the “Address or places of interest” text box. Then press the “Search[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 62 e. W hen t he NVR receives an event triggered f rom any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it. 5.3 E vent Configurations The “Event Configurations ” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its co[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 63 S tart the event configuratio n by defining the general settings: 5.3.1.1 Define when will the event alerts be received by the NVR a. Choose “Always” or “Only during…” under “Event T rigger Duration” b. For th e “Only during…” option, choose the days by using the check-box and the[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 64 5.3.1.2 How of ten an event is triggered Set a time interval under “Event T rigger Interval” for def ining the time interval between two events. 5.3.1.3 T rigger ac tion Now that y ou have the ev e nt trigger d uration and interval defined, c hoose what action to be taken during an event trigger:[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 65 5.3.3 Event Servers Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the NVR can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration. 5.3.2.1 Configuring an FTP s[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 66 d. Ent er the username and passw o rd of the FTP server if it’ s required. e. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use active mod e. f. Y o u might click the “T est” button to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP serv e[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 67 5.3.2.2 Configuring an SMTP server a. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server . b. Ent er the port of the SMTP server . c. S p ecify the sender ’s name in the “Sender ’s name” field. d. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter th e username and passw o rd of the SMTP server[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 68 5.3.4 Event Triggers We have finished defining how an e vent will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the pre vious two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting:  W hich channels wil l have event trigger fun ction enabled.  W hat is conside[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 69 c. Define how the notifications will be sen t and w h ere they will be sen t to. Y ou can also instruct your PTZ camera to move to a sp ecific preset point when the event is triggered. Note: Event trigger may not work fo r cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 70 The “recording buffer” allows user to configure the “pre-alarm” and “post- alarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time s e ts the NVR to r ecord in ad vance w hen an event i s triggered. The “post-alarm” time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 71 The section at the bottom allows y o u to turn on or of f a particular recording method on any channels. A nd you might choose whether to record the au dio in the “ Reco rd Aud io” section. 5.4.2 Schedule Recordin g Here you can define the time ran ge of the schedule recording for all channels.[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 72 5.4.2.1 T o configure a schedule recording: a. Use the “Channel” drop-down m enu and select a camera first. b. Y ou ca n use the schedule table to set the time range. Click on the cell boxes to let you set the time and duration that NVR will perform recording action. c. After the schedule is set,[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 73 c. Y ou might set the duration separately via the “S tart T ime” and “End T im e” drop-down menu, or select the “All da y” option to make the NVR recording for 24 hours. d. Press t he “Add” button, then the schedule should be shown on the “Schedule T able”. e. After the schedule i[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 74 c. Then press the “Apply” bu tton for save the configuration. 5.5 S ystem Options System Options gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform mai ntenance t asks such as upgr ading f irm- ware, restore/backup device settings or reboot device ….etc. 5.5.1 Device [...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 75 5.5.2 Logs and Rep orts “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of w hat’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting. 5.5.3 Maintenance “Maintenance” provides fun ctions for users to:  Reboot the NVR when nece ssary  Reboot cameras directly from the NVR[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 76 5.5.3.1 Reboot the NVR Reboot the NVR after y ou uplo ad a new firmw a re. Y ou would need to manually reboot the system for the new firmware to take ef f ect. Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted be- cause the system would not automatically reboot itself aft e r the new fi[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 77 The restart process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Maintenance” page after it is complete. 5.5.3.2 Reset the NVR to Factory Default T o reset the NVR back to its factory defau lt, cli ck “Default” button and begin the proce ss: The process sh ould b e displayed an[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 78 5.5.3.4 Reboot cameras Y ou could re start the camera via NVR. Please select the desired camera from the drop-down menu and press the “Restart” button for rebooting the camera . 5.5.3.5 Backup and Restore the NVR’ s settings User can backup the entire con figuration to the PC. Please p ress the[...]

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    5. S ystem Setup AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 79[...]

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    6. App endix AirLive NVR User ’s Manual 80 A. HDD co mpatibilit y list Brand Model Capacity Barracuda 7200.7 40G Barracuda 7200.9 160G ST3320620AS 320G Barracuda 7200.10 500G ST3750330AS 750G ST3750330SV 750G Barracuda 7200.10 750G Barracuda 7200.11 750G Barracuda 7200.11 1500G Seagate ST31500341AS 1500G Toshiba MK1237GSX 120G W D80 0 80G W D12 0[...]