Honeywell MAXPRO Manual

Document 800-09356V2 – 02/2012
MAXPRO®NVR
Operator’s Guide

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Revisions
Issue Date Description
1.0 July 13, 2011 New document
2.0 October 13, 2011 Added the following:
• Changed the CONFIGURATION screen on p .13
• Changed the storage capacity of MAXPRO NVR SE on p.9
• Added the PAL version of MAXPRO NVR SE system diagram
3.0 January 27, 2012 Updated the whole guide with MAXPRO NVR S/W Only release
changes
4.0 February 14, 2012 Updated the "Licensing" section

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Table of Contents
ABOUT MAXPRO® NVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
INTRODUCING MAXPRO® NVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
MAXPRO NVR SINGLE-BOX SOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MAXPRO NVR SOFTWARE-ONLY SOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MAXPRO NVR SINGLE-BOX SOLUTION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . 9
MAXPRO NVR SE SYSTEM DIAGRAM (PAL VERSION). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MAXPRO NVR SE SYSTEM DIAGRAM (NTSC VERSION). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MAXPRO NVR XE SYSTEM DIAGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MAXPRO NVR SOFTWARE-ONLY SOLUTION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE . . . . 11
MAXPRO NVR STANDALONE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MAXPRO NVR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MAXPRO NVR WIZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LICENSING INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
VIEWING THE VERSION AND LICENSE INFORMATION OF MAXPRO NVR . . . 17
REGISTRATION AND LICENSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LOGGING ON AND FAMILIARIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LOGGING ON USING PROFILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LOGGING ON TO MAXPRO NVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SAVING ASERVER ADDRESS IN APROFILE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SETTING THE DEFAULT PROFILE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
MODIFYING APROFILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
DELETING APROFILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
EDITING THE PORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PORT FORWARDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
LOGGING OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CLOSING THE MAXPRO NVR USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
FAMILIARIZING WITH THE MAXPRO NVR USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . 25
VIEWER TAB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CONFIGURATOR TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SEARCH TAB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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REPORT TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SETTING PREFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SETTINGS FOR VIDEO RENDERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PAUSING THE VIDEO RENDERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SETTINGS FOR ALARM PREVIEW PANE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SETTING THE ALARM THRESHOLD VALUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CONFIGURING THE SNAPSHOT CLIP EXPORT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CONFIGURING THE OSD SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CONFIGURING THE TIMELINE SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CONFIGURING THE DIAGNOSTIC SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CONFIGURING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CONFIGURING MAXPRO NVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
GENERAL SYSTEM SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
EVENT RECORDING SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
EMAIL SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
HOLIDAYS/EXCEPTIONS SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
CONFIGURING THE DISK MANAGEMENT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CONFIGURING THE CAMERAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ADDING THE CAMERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
UPDATING THE CAMERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DELETING THE CAMERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
CONFIGURING THE ADVANCED DISCOVERY SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
ADDING THIRD PARTY PSIA, ONVIF AND AXIS CAMERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
CONFIGURING THE SCHEDULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CREATING ASCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
DELETING ASCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
CONFIGURING THE INPUT AND OUTPUT FOR ACAMERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CONFIGURING THE SEQUENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
CREATING ASEQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
UPDATING ASEQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
DELETING ASEQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
PERFORMING USER ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
ADDING AUSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
UPDATING AUSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
DELETING AUSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
MONITORING ASITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
SALVO LAYOUTS AND PANELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SALVO VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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CREATING ASALVO VIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SALVO BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
SURROUNDING CAMERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SWITCHING TO THE SURROUNDING CAMERA VIEW FOR ACAMERA 60
LIVE VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
VIEWING LIVE VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PLAYING ASEQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
VIDEO RECORDING AND VIEWING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
VIDEO RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ABOUT THE RECORDING SETTINGS FOR MAXPRO NVR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
TIMELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PLAYING RECORDED VIDEO USING THE TIMELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
VIEWING THUMBNAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
PLAYER CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
PLAYING RECORDED VIDEO USING MARK INAND MARK OUT POINTS IN THE TIMELINE . . . 67
CREATING ALOOP BY ADDING AMARK INAND MARK OUT POINT IN THE TIMELINE . . . . . . . . .67
PLAYING VIDEO FROM THE LOOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
TOSTOP PLAYING VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
MARKING POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE TIMELINE USING BOOKMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
ADDING ABOOKMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
ADDING COMMENTS TO ABOOKMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
BROWSING FROM ONE BOOKMARK TO THE OTHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
CUT, COPY, AND PASTE BOOKMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
DELETING ABOOKMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
VIDEO CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
VIDEO CONTROL OPTIONS IN THE PANEL TOOLBARS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PANNING, TILTING, AND ZOOMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ZOOMING THE VIDEO DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
PANNING AND TILTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
IMAGES AND CLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SAVING IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CREATING CLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
NAMING CONVENTION FOR CLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
VIEWING IMAGES AND CLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
VIEWING OPTIONS FOR IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
VIEWING VIDEO RELATED TO AN IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
CLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
DELETING IMAGES AND CLIPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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ALARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
ACKNOWLEDGING ALARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
CLEARING ACKNOWLEDGED ALARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
SEARCHING RECORDED VIDEO IN MAXPRO NVR . . . . . . . . . . . .81
PLAYING VIDEO AFTER SEARCHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
DELETING THE RECORDED VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
INTELLISENSE SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
GENERATING REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
EVENT HISTORY REPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
OPERATOR LOG REPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
GENERATING THE EVENT HISTORY REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
GENERATING THE OPERATOR LOG REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
VIEWING, PRINTING, AND SAVING THE REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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ABOUT MAXPRO®NVR
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INTRODUCING MAXPRO®NVR
This guide introduces the MAXPRO®NVR.
MAXPRO NVR is a Network Video Recorder (NVR) based on MAXPRO®VMS platform.
MAXPRO NVR is offered in the following two variants.
• Single-box solution
• Software-Only solution

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MAXPRO NVR SINGLE-BOX SOLUTION
MAXPRO NVR is a Network Video Recorder (NVR) based on MAXPRO®VMS platform.
MAXPRO NVR is offered as a Single-box solution, and is available in the following two
editions.
• MAXPRO NVR XE (Xpress Edition) - entry level NVR supporting up to 16 IP cameras.
• MAXPRO NVR SE (Standard Edition) - mid tier NVR supporting up to 32 IP cameras.
Honeywell’s MAXPRO NVR boxed solution is an ideal solution for entry into IP video
surveillance systems, and utilizes Honeywell's High-Definition cameras to offer a powerful high
definition IP recording and security monitoring system. MAXPRO NVR comes pre-installed
with the required software and pre-licensed with the required channels depending on the
MAXPRO NVR edition you purchase.
FEATURES
MAXPRO NVR Single-box solution offers the following features.
• Comes bundled with the software, hardware and licenses.
• Connects up to 16 IP cameras in MAXPRO NVR XE (Xpress Edition) and 32 IP
cameras in MAXPRO NVR SE (Standard Edition), including support for IP High-
definition cameras.
• Supports Honeywell Performance Series IP, EQUIP® Series cameras including
HD,PSIA cameras. Please visit the following URL:
http://www.security.honeywell.com/hota/ for the most up to date list of supported
Honeywell and 3rd party IP cameras.
• Includes a dual DVI/VGA graphics card for dual monitor support in MAXPRO NVR SE
(Standard Edition) and VGA graphics card for monitor support in MAXPRO NVR XE
(Xpress edition).
• Supports storage capacities: MAXPRO NVR SE (Standard Edition) 24TB (PAL
version, MAXPRO NVR XE (Xpress Edition) 1TB.
• Includes a separate Operating System hard drive from storage drives.
• Includes a DVD R/W drive for burning evidence clips.
• Includes a 22" depth chassis supporting shallow racks (only for MAXPRO NVR SE
(Standard Edition)).

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MAXPRO NVR SOFTWARE-ONLY SOLUTION
Honeywell’s MAXPRO NVR software is a flexible, scalable and open IP video surveillance
system. Supporting Honeywell's High definition (HD) cameras and broad integration with third
party IP cameras and encoders, the MAXPRO NVR family is a powerful HD IP recording and
security monitoring system for a variety of applications. MAXPRO NVR software ensures
flexibility for end user IT departments when choosing NVR hardware in deploying a recording
solution, but end users find it as easy as a DVR to configure and operate.
FEATURES
MAXPRO NVR Software-Only solution offers the following key features that differentiates it
from other IP video surveillance systems.
INDUSTRY STANDARDS
MAXPRO NVR software is an open platform and supports broad third party device integrations
with support for PSIA and ONVIF standards, Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) standard
and native device integrations. MAXPRO NVR provides easy to use desktop clients and
mobile apps - MAXPRO® Mobile.
FLEXIBLE LICENSING
MAXPRO NVR software comes with all required software applications and a license for 32
channels allowing for up to 32 cameras as your system grows. Minimum hardware
specifications for different levels of recording and monitoring performance are provided for IT
departments to choose the appropriate hardware platform.
ROLE BASED OPERATOR PRIVILEGES
MAXPRO NVR software offers role-based operator privileges supporting Windows and Local
users.
EASY CONFIGURATION
A quick and easy 3-click wizard to set up the system with auto-configuration and auto-
discovery of IP cameras, recording and monitoring configuration, makes installing HD IP
systems quick and efficient without requiring any IP expertise. Simple and logical
configuration pages make setup a breeze even for the novice installer.
USER FRIENDLY AND FEATURE RICH USER INTERFACE
The MAXPRO NVR software user interface is based on Honeywell's flagship MAXPRO®VMS
user interface which offers a feature rich user experience. Utilization of this familiar interface
allows for the “Learn One, Know Them All” concept that ensures familiarity across a broad
range of Honeywell products.
RECORDING AND PLAYBACK OPERATIONS
MAXPRO NVR software supports simultaneous recording, live and playback viewing, search
and system management for up to 32 IP cameras including HD formats in a single server
instance.
ENRICHED VIDEO VIEWING EXPERIENCE
MAXPRO NVR software offers enriched video viewing experience through the intuitive video
rendering engine that optimizes CPU utilization by altering the video frame rate.

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EFFICIENT EVENT AND ALARM VIEWING CAPABILITY
MAXPRO NVR software provides the ability to investigate events and alarms by
simultaneously viewing alarm videos at various stages. For every alarm, users can view the
video captured during pre-alarm, on-alarm, and post-alarm, and also view live video from the
camera which triggered the alarm.
SIMULTANEOUS VIDEO RECORDING AND VIDEO VIEWING
MAXPRO NVR software supports multiple simultaneous operations such as video recording
and video viewing or alarm monitoring on the server unit without the need for an additional
workstation and also provides the option of remote monitoring clients. Users can view live
video while simultaneously performing searches.
MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT
MAXPRO NVR software supports multiple languages such as English, Chinese, French,
German. English is the default language.
KEYBOARD SUPPORT
MAXPRO NVR software supports industry standard keyboards such as UltraKey Plus and
UltraKey Lite over Ethernet.
CLIP EXPORT
MAXPRO NVR software supports exporting clips and still images in simple .wmv and .bmp
formats. The clips can be signed with digital signatures for further analysis.
E-MAIL NOTIFICATION
MAXPRO NVR software supports e-mail notification on camera, system and operator events.
VIDEO SURROUND FEATURE
MAXPRO NVR software offers Video Surround, a Honeywell-patented feature, which provides
the ability to track subjects of interest as they move between areas covered by adjacent
cameras by simply double-clicking on the panel where the subject is currently visible.
REPORTS
Using the MAXPRO NVR software, you can generate Event History and Operator Log reports,
each of which having its own significance. These reports can be exported in .pdf, Crystal
Reports, Excel and Word formats.
INTEGRATION CAPABILITY
Multiple MAXPRO NVRs can be deployed for system expansion using a distributed
architecture and integrated with the MAXPRO Viewer multi-site software or MAXPRO VMS
enterprise video management system

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ARCHITECTURE
MAXPRO NVR SE SYSTEM DIAGRAM (PAL VERSION)
The following figure illustrates the PAL version of MAXPRO NVR SE (Standard Edition system
digram).
MAXPRO NVR SE SYSTEM DIAGRAM (NTSC VERSION)
The following figure illustrates the NTSC version of MAXPRO NVR SE (Standard Edition
system digram).

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MAXPRO NVR XE SYSTEM DIAGRAM
The following figure illustrates the MAXPRO NVR XE (Xpress Edition) system diagram.

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MAXPRO NVR SOFTWARE-ONLY SOLUTION SYSTEM
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ARCHITECTURE
MAXPRO NVR STANDALONE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
The following figure illustrates the MAXPRO NVR standalone system architecture.
MAXPRO NVR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
The following figure illustrates the MAXPRO NVR distributed system architecture.

ABOUT MAXPRO® NVR
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MAXPRO NVR W IZARD
MAXPRO NVR Wizard is an easy three-step procedure to live video. This wizard automatically
starts each time you power-on the MAXPRO NVR system.
The MAXPRO NVR Wizard includes the following three steps.
1. Step 1 - The CONFIGURATION page displays.
• if you want to change the default settings, select “YES” or “NO”corresponding to the
fields listed in the following table or click STEP 2 to accept the default settings, and
proceed to the CAMERA DISCOVERY page in step 2.
Field Description
CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
Video Format Select “NTSC” or “PAL” based on your region.
Start Recording Start recording as soon as soon as the camera is added. 24/7
continuous recording is enabled for all the cameras.

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• Select the required language from the drop-down list. The supported languages are
French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, and English. The default language is English
(US English).
• Select the Launch Wizard on Windows startup check box to launch the wizard
automatically each time you start Windows.
Note: Click RESET to restore the default settings for each of fields listed in the above
table.
Auto IP
Assignment
Assigns a valid address to cameras with Automatic Private IP
Addressing (APIPA).
Note: Use this option only if you do not have a DHCP server and
want to assign an IP address in your computer network range to
the cameras.
Dynamic IP
Synchronization
MAXPRO NVR software automatically synchronizes any change
in the camera’s IP address.
For example. if a camera is restarted, and a new IP is associated
to the camera, then the MAXPRO NVR software automatically
detects the changed IP address and synchronizes it to the
camera so that live viewing and recording is not disturbed.
Auto Add
Discovered
Camera
Any newly connected camera is automatically discovered and
added to the camera’s list.
DISCOVERY SETTINGS
Custom Camera
Credentials
Specifies the custom credentials (username and password) for
the cameras .
Camera Type This option is disabled as only Honeywell cameras are
discovered here.
Default Select this option to retain the default username and password
for the camera.
Custom Select this option to change the default username and password
for the camera
Username,
Password
The username and password for the camera.
This option is enabled only if you select the Custom option.
Search Cameras
IP Range
The MAXPRO NVR system automatically detects all the cameras
in this range on the network.
From, To Type the IP range.
Field Description

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2. Step 2 - The CAMERA DISCOVERY page displays.
• All the settings that you have saved on the CONFIGURATION page are listed, along with
the discovered cameras. As each connected camera is discovered (notice the message
that displays on the lower right of your monitor) it is added to the list. This list disappears
as the cameras are added to the MAXPRO NVR software.
Note: The ADD button on the CAMERA DISCOVERY page displays only if you have
selected “NO” corresponding to Auto Add Discovered Camera in the
CONFIGURATION page. Use the ADD button to add discovered cameras of
your choice to the MAXPRO NVR software. Select the check boxes
corresponding to a camera from the discovered list, and click ADD to add the
cameras.
•ClickBACK to return to the CONFIGURATION page or Click DONE when the number of
cameras discovered equals the number of connected cameras.
Caution: Only Honeywell cameras are discovered and added in the MAXPRO NVR
Wizard. To discover and add other Third party PSIA/ONVIF compliant
cameras, see Adding Third Party PSIA, ONVIF and AXIS Cameras on page
47. For adding and configuring Third party RTSP cameras, the RTSP
settings must be specified, see RTSP Settings on page 45.

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3. Step 3 - The INSTALLATION page displays.
•ClickLAUNCH. The MAXPRO NVR Log On dialog displays. Please wait while the system
logs you on automatically as a Windows Logged-In User. MAXPRO NVR launches and
the Viewer tab displays. The Devices window on the left pane lists all the discovered
network cameras.