Appro NVR-2028 manual

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    Before trying to connect or operate this product, please read this manual complete ly INST ALLA TION & OPERA TING MANU AL Wireless Network Video Recorder NVR-2028[...]

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    1 SAFETY PRECA UTIONS A ll the following safety and operated instructions which w ill prevent ha rm or damage to the operator and other per sons should be read be fore the unit is opera ted. W ARNING T o reduce the risk of f ire or electr ic shock , do not expos e this appliance to rain or mois ture. Do not bloc k ventilation openings . D o not pla[...]

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    2 T able Of Content s 1. PRODUCT FEA TURES .................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Pr oduct Intr oduction .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Pr oduct Featur es .......................................[...]

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    3 6. IDE HA RD DISK INST ALLA TION ................................................................................ 53 6.1 Built-in har d disk......................................................................................................... ............. 53 6.2 Mobile Rack .....................................................................[...]

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    4 1. PRODUCT FEA TURES 1.1 Product Introduction The W IRELESS NVR-202 8 is a storag e m edia of d igital vi deo im age, which uses hard d isk dr ives instead of NAS dev ices to s tore vid eo. This wire less stor age media provid es the u ser with the p ower of rem ote control of the I nternet. It’s an ex trem ely stable and reliable devic e becau[...]

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    5 * Password protec tion. * Motion detection: user c an select the range and 5 levels of sens itivity of detec tion. * Automatic search of all available LAN cam era within the Ethernet. * Disk -full warning and operation s tatus LEDs. * RS-232 com m unication port. * Remote c ontrol via RS-232 and Ethernet por ts * Pow er interrupt io[...]

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    6 2. DESCRIPTI ON OF THE FRONT/REA R VIEW 2.1 Front V iew Power Display Save Enter Setup PLAY STOP REC FWD REV PAUSE A-rec Search T-rec POWER DISK 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 13 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 23 24 Shift Seq. CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 4 8 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 Hard-disk driv e compartment : The com partment allo ws you to ins tall a hard d isk drive m [...]

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    7 Setup/Sav e button: Press this to enter the setup m enu. Press again to exit the setup m ode. In SD card back up m ode, press to save the desired st ill image to SD c ard. Search button: Press to enter the search m ode to acc ess recor ded video. In the LANCAM SETT ING m ode, use these buttons to s earch f or the desired LAN Cam era in the LAN. L[...]

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    8 A -rec Indicat or: This indicator of the alar m r ecording m ode lights up to indicate the alarm rec ord setting is on. DISK Indicator: The indica tor sho ws the op eration s tatus of the un it’s hard-dis k drives . The gree n light i ndicates th e hard-disk drive is storin g or r etrievin g data. The r ed ligh t signals the hard-d isk drive is[...]

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    9 2.2 Rear V iew SD Card RS-232 ALARM DC12V MONIT OR AUDIO ANT I/O 25 26 35 34 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 WAN LAN A NTENNA: This is one standard wireless ac cess , com plies with IEEE 802.1 1g/b. SD CA RD Slot : This is used f or system s oftware updating and archiving/acces sing critic al images . RS-232 Port : T he RS-232 comm unication port f unctio n[...]

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    10 2.3 A LARM In/Out ALARM OUT RECORD IN GROUND DISK FULL NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 THIS FIGURE IS LO OKED FROM THE REAR VIEW 1. GND: Ground Contact. 2. ALARM OUT (OUT PUT): This is an alar m output tr igger . C onnect this to exter nal dev ices suc h as buzz ers or lights. ( 5V 0V(Activ[...]

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    11 3. INST A LLA TION 3.1 Basic Connection Please follow the instr uctions below to connect your WIRELESS NVR-2028 to a LANCAM or a com puter and to choose a m ode f or connections. 3.1.1 Use a RS-232 cable to inst all a wireless setting in a LA NCA M Use a RS-232 cable to c onnect a wireless LANCAM. I/O DC 5V ANT VIDEO SD Card RS-232 ALARM DC12V A[...]

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    12 xi. P ush the Setup button to save the setup data. xii. W hen the words "W AITING" f lash on and of f at the bottom of the screen, if th e scr een goes bla nk, you can pres s the "P ower" b utton to c lose the device and pr ess it again to resum e its operation. 6. Go to the IP/ACCOUNT option on the LA NC A M SETUP page in th[...]

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    13 3.2 Hard-Disk Driv e Installat ion The WIRELESS NVR-2 028 is equ ipped with t wo com partments of hard disk drive. T he unit us uall y comes with one h ard-dis k driv e installe d in the com partment HD1, which is default-c onfigur ed as a master . If you need a s eco nd hard- disk dr ive to b e in stalled in t he com partment HD2 ( Mobile) , pl[...]

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    14 3.3 Sy stem Information Y ou can displa y system settings inform ation as s hown on T able 3.3 A below at any time by press ing the Display button . In the pla yback m ode, the recor ded vi deo infor mation is displa yed. In t he live or recording m ode, th e Manual Rec ordin g inform ation is displa yed. Each s equentia l press of the Display b[...]

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    15 3.4 Up dating System Sof tware If the s ystem software of the NVR needs t o be u pgraded , please t ake the f ollo wing ste ps to saf ely update it. Important: Before carrying out t he follow ing pro cedures, please ensure t he SD card is w orking and the file o f system software is intact 1. Create a direc tory named NVRVIDEO in the SD Card; if[...]

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    16 4. BA SIC OPERA TIONS This s ection shows you how to operate and manage the NVR when it gets in the way . 4.1 Configuring Recording Settings Recording Time settings (Image R esolution and Image Qualit y Setting) Recording tim e will var y de pending on th e im age size, qualit y , and the capacit y of the har d-disk drives. Generall y , the NVR [...]

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    17 4.2 Recording Operations This section details the way to record video into hard-disk drives. Bef ore com m encing with the recor ding function, pleas e configure the r ecording setting pr operly according to y our needs. 4.2.1 Manual Recording W hen the NVR is in live display mode, take the f ollowing steps to start recording: (1) In live dis pl[...]

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    18 NOTE: Y ou can pro ceed to start the s cheduled recording from t he cur rent time if it is in t he scheduled interlude as soon as setting is completed, and come out from menu to st art recording. NOTE: If you activate the r ecording function be fore the sch eduled re cordin g, the un it w ill operate recording as sho wn in the diagram belo w and[...]

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    19 MA IN ME NU LA N CA MERA RECORD / BA NDWIDTH CLOCK / TIM ER / SEQ AL AR M COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM GOTO CLOCK/TIMER/SEQ P AGE CLOCK / TIM ER / SEQ CLOCK SETT ING : SET T I M E R : S E T SEQUENCER : SET MAIN P A GE SET REC SCHEDULE REC SCHEDULE TIM ER ENA BLE: OFF ST AR T END ST AR T END S : 00:00-00:00 00:00-00: 00 M: 00:00-00:00 00: 00-00:0[...]

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    20 4.2.3 A larm Recordi ng T ake the f ollowing ste ps to activat e the pr ogramm ed alarm rec ording. For ALM OPER A TION , ALM DURA TION , MA X RE C RA TE , and PRE- AL ARM settings, please r efer t o sectio n 5.4 for mor e details. (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN MEN U . (2) Sel ect AL ARM and pres s the Enter button to enter the A[...]

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    21 4.2.4 Mot ion Detection Tak e the steps detailed below to activate a pr ogram med m otion detection. For MOTI ON SETT ING, as well as its two distinct func tions of MOT ION ENABLE and SENSIT IVIT Y / REGION, please ref er to section 5.4 f or fur ther details. (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN MEN U . (2) Select the item term ed "[...]

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    22 SENSITIVIT Y / REGION SET TING SENSITIVIT Y HIGHEST REGION ( 30, 25 ) – ( 90, 70 ) OK CA NCEL MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOT ION ENA BLE : OFF ON SET LA NCA M P AGE SET M OT ION ENABLE MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOTI ON E NA BL E SENSITIVIT Y/REGION : CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 LA NCA M P AGE SET MOT ION OF CH5 MOTIO N E NA BLE SETTI NG CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 O N[...]

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    23 4.2.5 External ly triggered Recording By connecting the RECORD IN of ALARM I/O on the rear panel of the NVR, y ou can activate/deactivate the rec ording function of a NVR. Please ref er to section 2.3 f or m ore details. NOTE: The status of reco rding operat ions wh en an alarm takes place are shown in the diagrams below . 1 2 3 4 Manual or Exte[...]

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    24 4.3 Play back Operations This s ection sho ws you ho w to operate the fast, s low , and sing le-pictur e pla yback func tions, and d etails how the unit is to playbac k a file in a d ifferent operati on status. Pleas e refer to the follo wing paragrap hs specif ying the r eleva nt de tails. W hen pla ying a fil e, the monitor shoul d displ ay a [...]

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    25 4.3.2 Slow Forw ard/Reverse There ar e 5 speeds available f or a slow play back : 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32. W hile play ing bac k r ecorded video at the rec orded speed: (1) Press th e P AUSE button for the s low play bac k m ode. (2) Forward: Turn the Shuttle dial to the right to vie w the recor ded vi deo in the forwar d direction at a spe ed[...]

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    26 4.4 Search Operations This section shows you how to access rec orded video. 4.4.1 Full List Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the full-lis t search f unction. (1) Press th e Search button to enter the s earch m ode. (2) Sel ect the FULL LIST and press the Ent er button to acces s the complete l ist of rec orded video. (3) Highl i[...]

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    27 4.4.3 TIME Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the tim e-list searc h function. (1) Press th e Search button to enter the s earch m ode. (2) Sele ct the TIM E SEARCH and press the Enter button to ac cess the tim e-s etting page. (3) Set the tim e period you wi sh to sear ch for the r ecorded video. (4) Press th e Enter button to st[...]

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    28 (5) There ar e 5 l evels of rec ording ra nge m odes to choose f rom : 1 Hour , 10 M inutes, 1 Minute, 10 Seconds and 1 Second. Select the specific field of your requirem ent and press the Enter button to enter t he next level. If you want to retur n the pr evious le vel, p lease pres s the Setup button (6) Once reaching the c ritical point at a[...]

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    29 4.5 Backup Operations 4.5.1 Mobi le Rack HD Backup Operati ons There ar e three way s available to duplicate the rec orded video fr om HD 1 (F ixed HD) to HD 2 (Mobile Rack HD). Please take the f ollowing steps to proceed. (1) Set HD 2 to BACKUP first. T ake the follow ing steps.  Press the Setup button to enter the setup m ode and select the[...]

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    30 SELECT : Duplic ate a particular recor ded video from HD1 to HD2.  St ay on the DISK SETT ING page.  Us e the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons , and , to highli ght B ACKUP , select SELECT an d the n press the En ter button to list all the r ecorded video.  Press the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons, and , to select the desir ed clip and pres[...]

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    31 4.5.2 Secure Digi t al Card (SD Card) Backup O perations The SD car d slot of the rear unit has three func tions as shown below: 1. A rchive Sing le image Clips into SD Card Please take the f ollowing steps to archive a cr itical im age in a SD card. (1) Insert a SD Card into the SD car d slot of the rear unit. (2) S tart playing back the recor [...]

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    32 4.6 Key Lock Operation The Ke y lock oper ation prot ects the unit aga inst unaut hori zed use b y disabling the entire fr ont panel controls. Sim ultaneousl y press thes e t wo “<” and “>” but tons (a s shown be low) fo r at lea st 3 seconds to loc k the unit; to releas e the Key Loc k , sim ultaneously press these two buttons aga[...]

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    33 5. M ENU SETUP There ar e 6 categories f or operation setting in the s etup menu s y stem as shown below . The f ollowing sections will instr uct you step by step to conf igure the operation setting and s tate each menu’s purpose and options. Press the Setup button to access the setup m enu. Once ins ide the menu system , the on-screen menu al[...]

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    34 5.1 LAN CA MERA SE TTING This page allows you can select your desired LAN Cam era, whose im ages you can save in the NVR hard disk . The login nam e and password m ust be entered corr ectly . IP / ACCOUNT : Set the des ired c hannel, entering its num ber (1 to 8) in the given spac e. Turn the “CONNECTION” to “ ON ”, Pro vide t he corre s[...]

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    35 MA IN ME NU L A N C A M E R A RECORD / BA NDWIDTH CLOCK / TIM ER / SEQ AL AR M COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM LA NCA M SET TING LA NCA M SET TING IP / ACCOUNT : SET IMAGE : SET A UDIO ENABLE : OFF MOT ION : OFF MAIN P AGE IMAGE SETT ING IMAGE SETT ING RESOLUT ION : 352 X 240 720 X 480 S E T LA NCA M P AGE SET IMAGE RESOLUTION INDIVIDUALL Y IMAGE S[...]

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    36 IMAGE: (1) Press the Setu p button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Select the item term ed " LA N CAMERA " and press the En ter button to enter the LA NCA M SET TING page. (3) Select the item term ed " IMAGE " and push the Enter button to enter the IM AGE SE TTING page. (4) T o regulate the im age reso lution f unction, set th[...]

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    37 A UDIO ENA BLE: (1) Press the Setu p button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Select the item term ed " LA N CAMERA " and press the En ter button to enter the LA NCA M SET TING page. (3) Select the item term ed " A UDIO ENABLE " and push the Ent er button to selec t the A UDIO ENA BLE . (4) To activate the m otion detection f un[...]

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    38 MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOT ION ENA BLE : OFF ON SET LA NCA M P AGE SET M OT ION ENABLE MOTIO N S ETTI NG MOTI ON E NA BL E SENSITIVIT Y/REGION : CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 LA NCA M P AGE SET MOT ION OF CH5 MOTIO N E NA BLE SETTI NG CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 O N O N O N O N C H 5 C H 6 C H 7 C H 8 O N O N O N O N O K C A N C E L MA IN ME NU L A N C A M E R[...]

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    39 MOTI ON: Take the s teps d etailed belo w to ac tivate a program m ed motion de tection. For MOTIO N SE TTING , as well as its two distinct functions of MOTI ON E NA BL E and SENSITI VITY / REG ION . (1) Press the Setu p button to enter the MA IN ME NU . (2) Select the item term ed " LA N CAMERA " and press the En ter button to enter t[...]

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    40 5.2 REC SE TTING This page allows you to set the re cording r ate and rec ording qualit y , and e nables you to cont inue recor ding when the disk is full. MAX REC RA TE: This option is used for limiting the num ber of pictures recorded ever y second into a s torage disk . The rec ording rate contr ols the m axim um of the frequenc y at which th[...]

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    41 5.3 CLOCK / TIMER / SEQ SETTING The NVR-2028 pr ovides a weekly table, consisti ng of two periods of time eac h day for scheduled recording. T his option allows you to set the time each day that the NVR will start and stop recording. CLOCK SETT ING: This entry allows users to set the system tim e. NOTE: Clock dat a is ret ained for about 3 month[...]

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    42 5.4 A LAR M SETTING This m enu allows user s to program the conf igurat ion of alar m r ecording only when an alarm input is activated. The device will rec ord as long as the alar m input is activated. A LM OPERA T ION: This option deter mines whether to activate/deactivate the alarm recor ding when it detects an alarm input. ON: The device ac t[...]

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    43 5.5 COMMUNICA TION This optio n allo ws you to configure th e status of the RS-232 c omm unication po rt when conn ected to an external device, a nd the wir eless com municatio ns settings . (Please r efer to the APPENDIX 2 and N etwork Function f or m ore details) WIRELESS: This entr y allows users to set the wireless setting. OPERA T ION: This[...]

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    44 CHA NNEL: Specify the bandwidth that the wi reless radio operates in. T he NVR and wireless LANCAMs ar e associated with operations in one of the frequenc y channels. NOTE: The standar d norms of channel number s and frequency ranges differ from countr y to country . When setting a channel, you must av oid interference from other w ireless devic[...]

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    45 LA NCA M SETUP: This option is used to sel ects either RS232 or WL A N . If yo u wish t o tran sfer i nfor mati on to th e wire les s LANCAM via the NVR, y ou m ust select the LA NCAM SETUP option to conf igure the wireless or wired (RS-232) f unction installation. RS232 : This option provides the wired func tion. "R S232" option can s[...]

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    46 ST A TUS: Show W AN leased IP table. CONNECT T YPE: This enables you to choose y our connection style. AU T O : Dy nam ic IP from DHCP server, no dialing necessary. MANUA L: Static IP, no dialing needed. Enter the W ide Area Network (W AN) IP Address , Subnet Mask , ISP Gatewa y Ad dress , and DNS values . You can obta in all th e above data f r[...]

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    47 COMM SET TING WIRELESS W AN SETTING N E T I P NET DHCP LEA SED IP T A BLE IP POOL RANGE SET CO MM ID RS232 MAIN P AGE SET IP POOL RANGE IP POOL RA NGE SETT ING 192.168. 1. 1 ― 192.168. 1.254 SET IP POOL RANGE NET IP: This option is used to conf igure the Ethernet com m unication settings . This is r equired for the pur pose of mak ing a networ[...]

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    48 CO MM ID: Comm unication ID f or RS232 com m unication. Af ter the NVR receives a RS232 com mand, it c heck s if the <Dest ID> within the code is the sam e as the COMM ID, in which c ase the particular com mand c an be accept. RS-232: The RS-232 c omm unication por t can be either in an im porting or ex porting mode ac cording to your appl[...]

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    49 5.6 DISK SETTING REFORMA T : This option allo ws you to cl ear out al l the data in the hard- disk dr ive. Y ou will be re quired to enter the pr e-set password before proc eeding with clearing out the data. Enter the standard password “9999” if you don’t set y our individual password. T o set your individual password, please refer to sect[...]

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    50 5.7 SYSTEM SETTING This page is us ed for acc essing the h istory of the operation status , setting th e password, resu ming f actory default, and determ ining the m enu display background. OPERA TION LOG: This log s hows the history of the operation status in chr onological order . W hat the following entries represent is detailed below . ON: P[...]

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    51 MENU BACKGND: There ar e 3 levels of bac kground c olor transpar ency, y ou c an choose fr om : level 1 is totally transparent, level 3 is opaque, and level 2 is between level 1 and 3. The back ground c olor is used in setup m enu and search f unction. BUZZER: This option deter mines the embedded buzzer sounding a tone to signal the following si[...]

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    52 SD SETUP: The NVR of fers a quic k s etup method by using a SD card. If the us er wants to set up m any a number of the sam e devices with the same settings , he can save the whole settings to a SD c ard, then transfer to another NVR. SA VE: Saves the whole setting to the SD card. LOA D: Loads the whole setting to the SD card. VERSION: This item[...]

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    53 6. IDE Hard Disk Inst allation Usually , th e unit c omes with one hard- disk drive ins talled in com partment HD 1, which is default-c onfigure d as a master . The j um per settings configur ation of the installe d hard- disk drives f or the un it and com patible drives which c an be us ed with this un it are listed in the table b elow . T o in[...]

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    54 6. 6. Secure the driver in the rack using two mounting s crews in both the side-m ounting holes. Please don’t tighten the screws too m uch, otherwise that may damage the driver . 7. 8. 7. Screw the rack in to the de vice, screwi ng in all the four s crews. 8. A ttach the inter face conne ctor and the power c onnector to the drive. Pleas e not [...]

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    55 2. Pull the active-handle outward to rem ove the carr ier body aw ay from the mobile r ack 3. Slide the top cover back ward and rem ove. 4. Setting the jum per of your hard disk driver . The way to set the jumper of the drive varies between manuf acturers; pleas e refer to the instructions on the driver to set the j umper s in the m aster positi[...]

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    56 7. Place the top cover bac k to the c arrier body by s liding forward to secure. 8. Slide the carrier body back in the m obile rac k. 9. Push the carr ier body further into the mobile r ack until fully inserted. 10. Push the active-handle inward. 11. Lock the Key .[...]

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    57 7. O.S.D Message No. O.S.D Message Meanings 1 NO DISK No hard-disk detected after power activated 2 B A TTER Y LO W Suggest change the battery and reset the s y stem tim e 3 LOADING Sy stem Boot up 4 KEY LOCKED Key lock func tion is on 5 KEY UNLOCKED Key lock func tion is off 6 n1 OF n2 ITEM S PROG RESS n3 % BACKUP n1/n2 NOW 7 BA CKUP COMPLET E [...]

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    58 8. Index T able The f ollowing description details how the NVR-2028 m anages an index table issue. The NVR will generate a tim e index table indicating re c orded data is kept in a particular HDD. This allows to individually selec ting recorded data to be displayed via the alarm list searc h and full list search. The m axim um number of lists, f[...]

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    59 9. Wireless Networ k Configuration 9.1 Configure Y our NVR-2028 Network Settings Upon wir eless net work hardware con nection, you ne ed to ac tivate th e wirel ess net work f unction and configur e the proper network s ettings of the NVR. 9.1.1 Enable DHCP Function Use the “ ^ ” and “v” but tons , and , to highli ght NET DHCP; se lect O[...]

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    60 Use the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons , and , to highlight the NET IP . Pres s the Enter button to enter the NET IP page  Set the IP , MASK and GA T EWA Y . Then press the Ent er button to proceed. The f ollowing is a sam ple setting. IP: 192.168.1.205 MASK: 255.255.255.0 GA TEW A Y : 192.168.1.254 NOTE: When only on e uni t of the NVR is con[...]

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    61 9.2 TCP/IP Communication Sof tware Follow the instructions below to install the TCP/IP comm unication progr am into your com puter .  Click the Star t Menu fr om your com puter , and point to the Settings/Control p anel.  Click the NETWORK ic on twice to enter the NETW ORK setting windows.  Click on the Configuration tag; check if the T[...]

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    62 9.3 TCP/IP inst allation During the installation, y ou will be requested to inser t the windows 98 CD ROM. After installation, the PC will be restarted. 9.4 TCP/IP Configuration setting  C lick Star t  Settings  Control Pa nel  Network .  Selec t TC P/IP , and then click Properties .  Bef ore proces sing the NVR installation in[...]

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    63 If you are us ing a DHCP server , please s elect Obtain an IP add ress auto matically . A ny assigned IP addres s for the connected NVRs mus t be in the sam e class t ype as the server . If there is no DHCP server , please s elect spec ify an IP addres s and type in the IP address of y our PC. This IP address mus t be different f rom the NVR IP [...]

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    64  If you receive a response as in the s ample s creen below , the connection has n’t been succe ssfully established. Please re- check all the hardware and software installation by repeating steps 1 to 5. If you still can’t establish the c onnection after rechec king, pleas e contact your dealer .  If you receive a response as in the s a[...]

  • Page 67

    65 10. Netw ork Viewer and Image View er This section provides instructions for ins talling and using the Network Viewer and Image Viewer , which are included with the NVR. The program s can be operated by a selected PC equipped with the following requirem ents. 1. Intel Pentium 233MHz (at least). 2. 32 MB RAM 3. W indows 95, 98, NT , ME and 2000. [...]

  • Page 68

    66 RJ-45 PIN c onfiguration for Etherne t PIN NO. PIN A ssignment 1. TX + 2. TX - 3. RX + 4. Not Connected 5. Not Connected 6. RX - 7. Not Connected 8. Not Connected Physical specification for Ethernet Wire T ype Cat. 5 Connector T ype RJ-45 Max. Cable Length 30 m Hub Wiring Configur ation S traight T hrough PC Wiri ng Configuration Cross Ove r NOT[...]

  • Page 69

    67 10.1.3 View the NVR vid eo from a remote PC Once the Network View er is ex ecuted a Login inset will appear . Y ou m ust enter the default Us er Nam e: admin , and password: 9999 into the respective entries and clic k OK to log into the applic ation. Follo w the instruct ions b elow to use t he Net work Viewer to bro wse a NVR v ideo from a rem [...]

  • Page 70

    68 Functions Description  Dev ice List Displays the entir e list of connect ed devic es if and as necessar y . T his list includes a lot of inform ation about all the connected devic es.  NVR Number As signs a display location when y ou have m ultiple devices connec ted.  Dev ice T ype Displays the device type.  Dev ice Title This entr [...]

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    69 Function Buttons Description Play back func tion bar .  Pla y- Cl ick to a r ecorded video f rom the PLA Y LIST .  Paus e- Click to freeze the im age.  Stop- Click to stop p laying bac k the recorded video or cease recor ding.  REC- Cl ick to activate the recording function of the device.  Step- Click to view im ages picture-by-pi[...]

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    70 This allows you to se arch a r ecorde d video kept in the HDD of the device. Enter the MONTH/DA Y/YEAR HOU R: MINUT E you wish to search and c lick GO to proceed. Every NVR has to o wn an IP address and a title to be id entif ied on th e net work. T his space displays the title and the IP address of the NVR. Image dis play area . Displ ays th e [...]

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    71 10.1.4 Change th e PC SYSTEM SET TING Follow the instructions below to reconfigure the System Setup and the Alarm Setup: A. B. Set the System Setup 1. W hen in the Wireless NVR Netw ork Viewer Console, c lick the button to enter the PC System Setup page. 2. Click the System Setup button to enter the System Setup page (see the s ample s creen in [...]

  • Page 74

    72 10.1.5 Change the Reco rd & Timer Propert ies Via the Network Follo w the instruct ions bel ow to rec onfigur e the recor d and sc hedule re cording s ettings via the net work. A. B. C B-1. D[...]

  • Page 75

    73 Set the regu lar record sett ings 1. When in the s ingle –de vice m ode, click to enter the NVR S ETUP page. (See the sam ple sc reen in A above) 2. Select a desired r ecording rate and Q uality fr om the c orresponding drop- down list 3. On the left side of the page are item ized Lancam s 1( ) to 8( ) (see the sam ple screen in C above) , eac[...]

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    74 10.1.6 A rchive Images t o the Comput er Play back im ages can be stor ed in a local PC in the JPEG f orm at. Follow the instruc tions below to save the viewed images to y our PC. 1. Click an entry from the Recorded video list box and click the button to review a recorded video. 2. Click the Pause button to f reeze the image. 3. Click to enter t[...]

  • Page 77

    75 10.2 The Image Viewer The Wire less NVR is equipped with a di gital watermar k. It's a check software whic h protects archived im ages and i nform s you whether the images have been m odified or not. Follo w the instructions below to open an archived im age fr om an SD c ard or a HDD. Pop up the ST ART m enu from y our c omputer , and point[...]

  • Page 78

    76 1 1 . Mi crosoft Internet Explorer If you wish to connec t your c omputer with a WIR ELESS NVR , your PC needs to h ave a wireles s card. This section provides instruct ions for us ing the Microsoft Internet Ex plorer , which are inc luded with the NVR. 1 1.1 Connecting the NVR S tart up the Micros oft Internet Explorer , and then follow the ste[...]

  • Page 79

    77 Function Buttons Description Click to stop pla ying back the r ecorded v ideo or to cease rec ording. Click to a recorded video f rom the PLA Y LIST . Click to freeze the image. Click to activate the recor ding function of the device. Click to leave the home page of the NVR. Press to e nter the SETU P window , a nd open th e device setti ng page[...]

  • Page 80

    78 Recorded v ideo list box . T his box allo ws you to acces s all rec orded video, which are st ored in t he HDD of the c onnected d evices. T o revie w a recorded video, s impl y select a n ent ry from the list a nd c lick the button. PgUp/PgDn : Ena bles you to scr oll up a nd down th e list. NVR Time & S tatus Box. Th is box indicat es the [...]

  • Page 81

    79 1 1.2 Change LA NCA M SETUP Setting Please follow the steps given below to change the LANCAM setting thr ough the network as and when necessary . (1) Click the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. (2) At the top of the page are item ized CAMs 1 to 8, each of which is c onnected to the corres ponding cam era. So, if you click any of [...]

  • Page 82

    80 1 1.3 Change Record / Alarm Set ting Please follow the steps given below to change the RECORD / ALARM s etting through the network as and when necessar y . 1. Click the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. 2. Click the connec tion on the setting page to enter the RECORD / ALARM setting page. 3. Adjust the Record / Alarm setting, inc[...]

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    81 1 1.4 Change Schedule Setting Please follow the steps below to change the Timer Record s etting through the network as and when necessar y . 1. Click the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. 2. Click the connection on the setting page to enter the Timer Recor d setting page. 3. Set the SCHEDULE RECORD to ON to enable the SCHEDULE RE[...]

  • Page 84

    82 1 1 .5 Change Wireless Sett ing Please follow the steps below to change the Timer Record s etting through the network as and when necessar y . 1. Click the button on the home page to enter the setup m ode. 2. Click the connection on the setting page to enter the W IRELESS SETT ING page. 3. Set the ESSID to change the wireless network name. 4. Ad[...]

  • Page 85

    83 12. SPECIFICA T IONS Mo del Number WIRELESS NVR-2028 Lancam Connection Lancam x 8 Image System NTSC P AL Image Res olution 720 x 480 pixels 352 x 240 pixels 720 x 576 pixels 352 x 288 pixels Video Input interface RJ-45 (bit s tream f rom Lancam ) Video Out Mon1 (BNC) Audio Input interfac e RJ-45 (bit stream from Lancam ) Audio Out RCA x 1 Compre[...]

  • Page 86

    84 A PPENDI X 1. –SCA NIP Follow the instructi ons belo w to use the SC ANIP software to search the N VR-202 8 devices from a local location. 1. Click the button to disco ver the co nnection of the al l-type device in the L AN. The Device List will display the connection of the all-type device. 2. Select the desired device f rom the Device List .[...]

  • Page 87

    85 5. Manual insertion of “Free IP Address ”. If you have clicked “ No”, please m anually ty pe in inser tions as requir ed in the “Free IP Address” , “Gat eway Address ”, and “ NET Mask ”. Foll ow each insert ion you m ake by t yping in the “Login Nam e” and “Password” , and click “UPDA TE” to s end y our alteration[...]

  • Page 88

    86 9. T o change any IP address, ty pe in the new address in the “ Free IP Address” box on the right as well as the device “Login Nam e” and “ Password” in their r espective blank s at bottom left, then click “UPDA TE” , and the new address will autom atically be sent to the device. 9. Click “Exit” at bottom right to shut the de[...]

  • Page 89

    87 A PPENDIX 2. –RS-232 Protocol 1. Setup 1.1 Us e a Null Modem c able (the standard RS-232 9 Pin Cable with Pin 2 and Pin 3 exchange d, see pin c onfigur ation chart be low f or details) to c onnect the CO M 1 on the rear panel of the NVR-2028 to a PC. NVR 1.2 Set the RS-232 option to ON in the COMM UNICA T ION page of the setup m enu. 1.3 Set t[...]

  • Page 90

    88 < The v alue of a specif ic front panel key > KEY_PLA Y 1 KEY_STOP 3 K E Y _ P A U S E 4 KEY_POW ER 5 KEY_REC 6 KEY_SETUP 7 KEY_ENTER 8 KEY_SEARCH 10 KEY_DISPLA Y 1 1 KEY_UP 13 KEY_DOW N 14 KEY_LEFT 15 KEY_RIGHT 16 KEY_SHIFT 36 JOG_L 128 JOG_R 129 KEY_SHIFT_LEFT 140 KEY_SHIFT_RIGHT 141 KEY_SHIFT_DOW N 142 KEY_SHIFT_UP 143 KEY_SHIFT_ENT ER [...]

  • Page 91

    89 3.2 Request Time (Second Category=0x02) PC Request: <0x41>, <0x01>, <0x 20>, <0x02>, <0x02>, <0x 00>, <0x4f> NVR Response: <0x41>, <0x 20>, <0x01>, <0x02>, <0x02>, <0x 07>, <7 T ime V alue >, <0x4f > The f ollowing case is an illus tration of < 7 Time V [...]