Comelit IPNVR004BPOE User manual

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4-8 PoE INPUTS H264 STAND-ALONE
NETWORK VIDEO RECORDER
ART. IPNVR004BPOE-IPNVR008BPOE
Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it for future reference

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Technical parameters
Model IPNVR004BPOE-IPNVR008BPOE
Operation Embedded Linux operation system
Operation system Graphical user interface (GUI), mouse, front button, remote control
Imagine compression H.264
Recording mode Manual, Scheduled, Event
Video Search Time, Event, Channel, Log
Backup Network, USB
Video input RJ45
Video output VGA, HDMI
Monitoring/Playback
resolution 1080p
Motion Detection each channel can set the detection area and the multi-level
sensitivity
Image display 1/4/8
Video Speed 1080p@25 ips
Video Save HDD, network
HDD interface SATA
USB Interface 2 x USB2.0
Power 100-240 VAC / 50-60 Hz

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HDD Installation
Make sure to install the HDD when You first use it.
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Front Panel Description
1. HDD led 9. PLAY: Playback key
2. State led, reserved 10. ESC: Exit key
3. 1 ~ 8: CH1 ~ CH8 Single-Screen keys 11. MENU: Menu key
4. ▲▼◄►: Direction key 12. : Confirm key
5. POWER led 13. N.C.
6. IR receiver
7. QUAD key
8. REC: Manual recording key

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Rear Panel Description
CH1-Ch4 - - CH8: 4 / 8 Poe Inputs (RJ45 ports) WAN: 10/100 Mbit/sec. standard Ethernet
port
POWER:PoE power supply connector DC12V: 12 VDC power supply connector
VGA: VGA video output connector HDMI video output
USB: 2 x USB connectors
Operating System Description
Turn ON / OFF
Confirm that AC voltage matches with NVR .Ensure that the NVR power outlet connect with a good
middle ground grounding. After switching power, the device started,【POWER】light is on. Turn into
system, if the panel status light flashing ,it's normal conditions.
Preview
After device start, preview interface can be seen immediately. In the preview interface you can see
the system date, time, channel name. Press corresponding number key of panel or click the left
mouse button, user can preview the single channel; Press "QUAD" key in the panel or click the left
mouse button, you can return to a multi-interface monitoring state.
Menu operation instructions
Menu
【MENU】,enter the device's main menu interface. 【PLAY】shortcut keys for playback interface.
【REC】shortcut keys for manual recording.【PTZ】shortcut keys for PTZ control.
Note: default username is: admin, default password is empty.

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Menu composition
Menu component units as following:
（1）Check box: two kinds of status available, "√" means enabled, "□" means disabled; direction key:
【↑】【↓】【←】【--->】; enter key【 】. Also, click the left mouse button to choose.
For example: "channel" and "video mode" check box in the video research.
（2）Selection box: select the target content according to the drop-down box options. Use【↑】,【↓】
key or click the left mouse button to select.
For example: "channel" and "code stream" in the encode setup menu
（3）List Box: displays the research information in the list, you can try one option for operation
For example: press【 】 button in the video backup file. or the left mouse button.
（4）Edit box: enter the name into edit box
For example: in the setup menu, you could input numbers, English letters, punctuation and so on in
the "channel" edit box.
a) use panel key 【↑】【↓】【←】, 【→】or move the mouse to edit box , press " " key or click
the left mouse button, then enter keyboard appears, select the desired input target characters
through the arrow keys or click the left mouse button.
b) after input the information, click 【OK】【CANCEL】button or button【ESC】can safe or exit
（5）button: used to implement a specific function or enter the next setup menu, click【OK /
key and the left mouse button.
ESC MENU
Press 【MENU】, 【ESC】or the right mouse button to exit the menu mode
Click the right mouse button and return to the previous menu level.
Main Menu Introduction
Press MENU key or right mouse, it will pop-up the main menu. Main menu consists of the following
components:

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Video Playback
In the shortcut menu, click "Video Playback" to enter in the interface.
Video Search
Channel：to choose the target channel by clicking the check box means non-selected.
Record mode：to choose the recode mode by clicking the check box
Search time：input the starting and finishing time into edit box .
Search：after setup the above search condition, click "search" to begin the corresponding video file
searching and show the files. Red means time recording, green means MD recording,
yellow means sensor recording.
Playback: chose playback and turn into playback interface. In the search list box, choose the time
bucket according up ,down, left ,right key or move the mouse. Click 【 】or left
mouse to enter "video playback "Interface
Cancel：back to previous menu
Playback toolbar
Select the playback file or time playback file, it will turn into video playback interface.
Playback toolbar : it will show below the playback interface. Each channel can magnify or narrow by
clicking the left mouse .
Stop play：click to stop the video and turn back to playback interface.
Pause/play: click can pause the playback video, click can continue the playback video.
Fast forward：click can fast forward the video, also times fast forward the video by click the
button again.
Exit playback：click “ESC” or can exit the playback video; or exit until all file have been played.
Manual Record

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In the shortcut menu, click manual record or click 【REC】to enter the setup the manual record
interface.
Manual record menu illustration
Manual record menu include several parts:
Channel：☑”means open；“□”means close.
All on：start all the channel.
All off：close all the channel.
OK：confirm an exit
Cancel：click cancel can exit the manual record interface and back to main menu.
PTZ control
Choose the "PTZ control" from shortcut menu .
PTZ control menu including: direction control; auto pan scan; zoom; focus; Iris.
Video backup
Choose the channel, and record mode; setup the search time, then begin search the file. After
choosing the needed file from list box, click backup and ok, wait for process bar until 100% and show
backup success.
Notes
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USB driver pen must be FAT32 format when backup the file

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System setup
The “system setup” menu include: General setup, Record setup, Network setup, Channel setup,
System Admin.
General setup
Choose the "General setup" and turn into it's setup interface.
Auto Logout: the present user will be logged off if there is no operation within 10 minutes, and it
needs login again.
Key Buzzer：enabled, there is sound with the controller or pressing key on front panel. Disabled,
without sound.
Language：there is multiple choices according to users, English and so on.
Remote ID：user can use this ID to control the NVR by remote controller. The remote controller
should be correspond with the ID so that it can work.
Time Setup：the real time when preview, click” refresh” after setting, make sure saving when it
shows” the recording will stop once you modify the time” and save the setting.
Screen Setup

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Select “screen setup” in “general setup”.
OSD Alpha：OSD menu transparency can be adjusted as needed.
VGA Resolution: three choice (800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024)
Auto Switch: user can setup the time of auto switching for preview image, it switch in single screen
or 4 channels screen.
Enable：“☑”start using, “□” non-start using
After the page setup is completed, click '"OK " to save the changes ; click "cancel ",
non-save.
HDD setup
In the " General setup", click "HDD setup", enter setting interface
Overwrite: “☑” earliest recording files will be covered when the disk is full, “□"shows not cover.
Format: “☑” stands selected, “□” stands not selected, when click "Format" a confirm interface will
pop up, then click confirm to format, click cancel to return the main interface
After setting finished, click "ok", the information will be saved. Click "cancel" to exit without saving.
Video Manage

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If IP cameras are connected directly to NVR, there is no setup needed (PoE mode).
If not (Switch mode), before connecting and set up IPC, please confirm that IPC is already
connected to internet.
Right click on the preview interface, pop-up shortcut interface, click “Video Manage”, enter interface.
Search IPCs which connected to the same NVR network. Default NVR IP address is 192.168.1.114,
default IPC IP address is 192.168.1.168.
Auto Add: add all IPCs which in the same network and display in the different channels.
Add one: add the selected IPC
Delete channel: delete the selected connected IPC.
Modify/Manual Edit: modify the IPC parameters of the selected IPC
After finish setup, click “ Ok” button, it will be saved; click: “Cancel” button, it will be not save.
Record Setup
Select “Record setup” in system setup.
Channel：chose the channels as needed by clicking the inverted triangle
Weekday: chose the day as needed, "ALL" means all days in a week.
Schedule： every time slot can set different recording modes in all 4 time slot. "Time " recording with
red color, "Motion" recording with green color, "Sensor" recording with yellow color; “☑" means
enabled, “□” means disabled. The bottom parts has times status display, whole schedule from time
0~24 hours
Copy to：select the target channel on the right of "copy to "button, click "copy to" and ''Ok" to set
the current channel setup informations to other target video channel. By clicking the button "Cancel",
the setup informations are non-saved.

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Network setup
Select “network setup” in “system setup”.
DHCP : choose to enable to obtain IP address automatically. "☑" means anabled ，"□" means
disabled
Cloud (P2P)： after connecting internet , click“☑Cloud (P2P)” to gain a ID , which can be used in IP
remote monitoring in ESeenet network server
IP address：the IP address must be unique and cannot be in conflict with the host or workstation on
the same network segment
Subnet Mask：subnet for the network segment.
Gateway：need to set the gateway address to achieve communication between the different
network segments.
MAC address：showing the device's MAC address
Preferred DNS：DNS IP address
Web port：port number IE browser visit, default port is "80"
DDNS: automatic analytical function of dynamic domain name, support Comelit DNS, etc. To use
Comelit DNS see the last page of this manual.
In the "network setup" menu, click " DDNS "
Start using：“☑”means DDNS dynamic domain services start using ;“□”means not to start up。
Select the right network server and input user name, password and domain
PPPOE
Start using：“☑PPPOE”means to start up PPPOE dial-up. “□” means not to start up
Username：input the user name of ISP into edit box
Password：input the password of ISP into edit box
After the page setup is completed, click '"Ok " to save the changes; click "cancel ", non-save.

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Video detection
Select ”video detection” in the “channel setup” menu
Channel: the option to set the alarm channel selection box
Detection：select detection type --motion, video loss
Sensitivity：chose the trigger video detection sensitivity
Alarm duration: after chose the trigger video detection, choose the time alarm.
Area edit : setup motion detection area; move by dragging the left of mouse.
Alarm：“☑”means start ，“□”means non start 。
Buzzer ：“☑”means start ，“□”means non start。
E-Mail notice: “☑” means sent E-Mail enabled, “□” means sent E-Mail disabled.
Copy to：select the target channel on the right of "copy to "button ,click "copy to" and ''Ok " then
system will set the current channel setup informations to other target video channel.
Click button "cancel", the setup informations is non-saved.
PTZ Setup
Select ”PTZ setup” in “channel setup”
Channel: choose the right channel, click the select box to choose
Protocol: the selected protocol must be the same with the one of PTZ

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Copy to: choose the object route in the right select box , click
the button of “copy to”, then the informations of setting will be showed, which also can be applied in
other object routes. Or use can choose copy to “all” to make all channel in same setting.
After the setting, click the button of sure to exit with saving the setting , or click the botton of cancel
to exit without saving.
Sensor setup
In record setup , choose "Sensor setup", enter setting interface
Channel: choose the right channel
Work mode: setting to start alarm or not
Alarm duration: set up alarm duration time
Record channel: select the channel needed to be recorded when alarm is triggered
Alarm: “☑” enable alarm, “□” close alarm
Buzzer: “☑”start buzzer, “□” close buzzer
Copy to: choose the target channel in the right select box, click" copy to" ,the setting information will
be applied to other channel.
After the setting, click "OK" to exit with saving the , or click "cancel" to exit without saving.

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User
In system admin, click" User".
Add user: input a new user name in the edit box and set up the operational authority. Choosing in
the right check box, “☑” users can use it, “□” users cannot use it. Click the "password setup" to set
the new password or it can be the default password.
Delete user: delete the selected user (Admin only, other user has no the right to set up other users)
Edit user: modify the selected user (Admin only, other users has no right to set up other user
permissions)
Set password: set password of logging in user
After the setting, click "OK" to save and exit, or click "cancel" to exit without saving
System maintenance
In the " System admin", click "Sys maintenance", enter setting interface
Auto maintenance: setting automatic reboot time, it can set" Saturday to Sunday", "Never" means
do not reboot automatically.
System upgrade
In the " System admin", click "System upgrade", enter setting interface copy firmware to the root
directory of USB drive, insert USB, select the USB storage device, then click "start" to upgrade.
When upgrade is completed, click "OK" then system auto reboot.
Note: during upgrade, do not cut off power to protect from device damage

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Factory setting
In the " System admin", click "Factory setting", enter setting interface
Select the items which need factory setting, click "OK" to save and exit or click "cancel" to exit
without saving.
Notes: after factory setting, all the settings will be the initial one, please use carefully.
System info
In the system admin, click "HDD info", enter interface.
HDD info
The listbox shows the HDD status information

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System version
In the system admin, click "System version", enter interface
Device name ,device model, H/W version, S/W version could be checked here.
System log
In the system admin, click "System log", enter interface
Choose the log type which need to check from list box, and input the time period in the edit box, then
click "search", the related log information will showed below, you can turn the page by click
"previous" and "next" or input target page to turn
System logout
In the main menu, click "System logout", popup setting interface
Logout: apply for logging users. After logout, if you want to use the device again, need to login
again
Reboot: it will reboot after "OK".
Shutdown: shutdown the NVR

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ID (P2P) User Manual
1. Connect NVR with network, make sure network working fine
2. For remote view in computer, go to www.dvrskype.com or www.e-seenet.com
Do the following setup before you log in on computer
Note: Internet Explorer setting. If use it for the first time and the software can't load, then
need to make the following setting: Internet options Safety-Internet Custom options 
pick Active X and plugin all for opening, click ok.
1. Go to www.dvrskype.com or www.e-seenet.com, input ID, user name and password, this user
name and password is the same NVR user name and password
Note: the default user name is admin, no password
Remote Video Viewer
After connecting, remote video viewer includes: preview window, PTZ control, preview mode,
stream option, channel on/off, setting, configuration, playback, user logout, as below :

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Open preview: in preview window, click left mouse, choose target channel, (if channel frame is red,
means select). In channel on/off table, click left mouse, can open or close that channel video, such
as: on; off
Preview mode: In preview mode switch table, can click to choose mode, or double click
channel to signal channel preview mode, or switch to multi-channel mode.
NOTE: to view images of this series of NVRs from smartphones (iOS or Android OS) please
use the app "Comelit View S" which is freely downloadable from the relative stores (Apple
Store and Play Store). The same app for smartphones has to be used for tablet devices.
COMELIT DNS SERVICE
For this series of NVR is now available the Comelit DNS service.
To use it proceed as follows:
1 – check the firmware version of the device. If necessary, update the firmware
2 – verify that on the device, nearby the label showing the model, is present the label with the
univocal code for the DNS service registration. In case it was not present, contact Comelit
Technical support
3 – connect to the site http://www.comelitdns.com , sign up by following the instructions and then
create a host using the activation code above
4 – enter the data (hostname, user and password) in the appropriate NVR menu
5 – to connect to the device registered, enter http://hostname.comelitdns.com:port (if different from
80)

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