ICRealtime NVR8256DR User manual

NVR Series User’s Manual
Version 3.0.1

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Table of Contents
1FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................1
1.1 Overview...........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Features............................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Specifications ...................................................................................................................................2
2OVERVIEW AND CONTROLS ...........................................................................5
2.1 Front Panel.......................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Rear Panel........................................................................................................................................6
2.3 Alarm Input and Output Connection ...............................................................................................7
2.3.1 Alarm Input and Output Details..................................................................................................8
2.3.2 Alarm Input Port...........................................................................................................................8
2.3.3 Alarm Output Port........................................................................................................................9
3OVERVIEW OF NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS ............................................10
3.1 Login ...............................................................................................................................................10
3.2 Main Menu......................................................................................................................................17
3.3 Search & Playback.........................................................................................................................18
3.3.1 Mark Playback...........................................................................................................................20
3.4 Information......................................................................................................................................22
3.4.1 HDD Information........................................................................................................................22
3.4.2 BPS.............................................................................................................................................24
3.4.3 Log..............................................................................................................................................24

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3.4.4 Version.......................................................................................................................................26
3.4.5 Online Users..............................................................................................................................26
3.4.6 Remote Device Information......................................................................................................27
3.4.7 System Status............................................................................................................................28
3.5 Setting.............................................................................................................................................29
3.5.1 General.......................................................................................................................................29
3.5.2 Encode.......................................................................................................................................32
3.5.3 Schedule....................................................................................................................................34
3.5.4 Network......................................................................................................................................35
3.5.5 Alarm..........................................................................................................................................49
3.5.6 Detect.........................................................................................................................................52
3.5.7 Display........................................................................................................................................56
3.5.8 Default........................................................................................................................................58
3.6 Remote Device...............................................................................................................................59
3.7 Advanced........................................................................................................................................60
3.7.1 HDD Manager............................................................................................................................61
3.7.2 Abnormality................................................................................................................................62
3.7.3 Alarm Output..............................................................................................................................63
3.7.4 Manual Record..........................................................................................................................64
3.7.5 Account ......................................................................................................................................66
3.7.6 Auto Maintain.............................................................................................................................68
3.7.7 Config Backup...........................................................................................................................69
3.7.8 RAID Manager...........................................................................................................................69
3.8 Backup............................................................................................................................................70
3.9 Shutdown........................................................................................................................................72
3.10 IPC Upgrade...................................................................................................................................72
4SYSTEM UPGRADE.........................................................................................74
5WEB OPERATION............................................................................................75
5.1 General Introduction ......................................................................................................................75
5.1.1 Preparation.................................................................................................................................75

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5.1.2 Log in..........................................................................................................................................75
5.2 LAN Mode.......................................................................................................................................76
5.3 Real-time Monitor...........................................................................................................................78
5.4 PTZ .................................................................................................................................................79
5.5 Image/Alarm out.............................................................................................................................80
5.5.1 Image..........................................................................................................................................80
5.5.2 Alarm output...............................................................................................................................81
5.6 WAN Login .....................................................................................................................................81
5.7 Setup...............................................................................................................................................83
5.7.1 Camera.......................................................................................................................................83
5.7.2 Network......................................................................................................................................92
5.7.3 Event........................................................................................................................................108
5.7.4 Storage.....................................................................................................................................119
5.7.5 Setting......................................................................................................................................124
5.8 Information....................................................................................................................................133
5.8.1 Version.....................................................................................................................................133
5.8.2 Log............................................................................................................................................133
5.8.3 Online User..............................................................................................................................134
5.8.4 HDD Info...................................................................................................................................135
5.9 Playback .......................................................................................................................................135
5.10 Alarm.............................................................................................................................................139
5.11 Log out..........................................................................................................................................140
APPENDIX H TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR ELEMENTS................141

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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our NVR!
This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your
system.
Here you can find information about this series NVR features and functions, as well as a detailed
menu tree.
Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!

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Important Safeguards and Warnings
1．Electrical safety
All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes.
The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock.
We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electric shock caused by improper
handling or installation.
2．Transportation security
Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and
installation.
3．Installation
Keep upwards. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the NVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on the NVR.
4．Qualified engineers needed
All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.
5．Environment
The NVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable,
explosive substances and etc.
This series product shall be transported, storage and used in the specified environments.
6. Lithium battery
Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury!
When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!
7. Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included.
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.

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1FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS
1.1 Overview
This series product is designed for the management, storage and applications of high definition
video data. It adopts the LINUX OS and professional customized hardware platform. It consists
of several HDDs management systems, front-end high definition device management system,
high definition analysis system, and large-capacity video storage system. It uses the high-stream
flow data network transmission technology, multiple-channel video decode and display
technology. It realizes the smart management, safe storage, fast transmission, HD decode of the
huge-capacity and multiple-channel high definition video data.
1.2 Features
This series product has the following features:
User
Management
Different user rights for each group, one user belongs to one group.
The user right can not exceed the group right.
Storage
Function
Support central server backup function in accordance with your
configuration and setup in alarm or schedule setting.
Alarm
Function
Real-time respond to external alarm input as user pre-defined
activation setup.
Support centralized alarm server setup, alarm can auto notify the
user remotely; the alarm can be from the various peripheral
devices. .
Can generate an email to notify the user when an alarm occurred.
Network
Monitor
Transmit audio/video data from the IPC or the NVS connected to the
device to the network terminal simultaneously. Delaying time is
within 500ms (Network bandwidth support needed).
Max supports 128 connections.
Adopt the following audio and video transmission protocol: HTTP,
TCP, UDP, MULTICAST, RTP/RTCP and etc.
Support SMTP transmission for some alarm data or information.
Support web access for WAN.
Display system current status such as RAID information, HDD
information, network usage information, fan speed, CPU usage, CPU
temperature, memory usage, power information and etc.
Window Split
Adopts the video compression and digital process way to output
several-window to display in one monitor at the same compression
rate.
Support 1/4/9/16-window mode and etc.
Record
Support schedule record function. Support search and playback via
the Web or local-end.
Backup
Support USB record backup function. It can copy the record file to
the peripheral devices connected to the NVR via the USB port.
Network
Management
Realize NVR configuration and management via Ethernet.
Support device management via web.
Peripheral
Equipment
Support peripheral equipment connection, each peripheral
equipment control protocol and interface can be set freely.
Assistant
Function
Support system resource information and running status real-time
display.
Support log function.
Support local GUI output, support shortcut operation via the mouse. .

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Support to browse video and audio of the remote IPC and NVS.
1.3 Specifications
Specifications
NVR8256DR
System
Main Processor
Industrial X86 multiple-core processor
Operation System
Embedded LINUX system
Power
Support hot swap
Fan
Redundant dual ball bearing fan
MTBF>100 thousand hours
Support online replacement.
Memory
8GB Server-level
Case
1.2mm extra-thickness hot-dip galvanized steel.
High accuracy aluminum alloy slider.
Self-developed patent removable HDD bracket.
User Interface
WEB, local GUI
Network Protocol
RTP/RTCP, RTSP, UDP, HTTP, NTP, SNMP
Compression
Standard
Image
Compression
Standard
H.264, MotionJpeg,Mpeg4
Audio
Compression
Standard
G711A, MpegLayerII
Video Monitor
Image Display
1/4/8/9/16/25/36/64-window
Video Output
1-channel VGA output
2-channel HDMI output
LCD output at the front panel（For special series only.）
Support VGA/HDMI/LCD（For special series only）video
output at the same time.
Monitor Tour
Support monitor tour functions such as motion detection, and
schedule auto control.
Resolution
Real-time monitor
VGA: 1280*1024, 1920*1080, 1024*768；
HDMI : 1280*1024、1920*1080
Image
Information
Channel information, time information.
Color
Configuration
Hue, brightness, contrast, saturation and gain setup for each
channel.
Audio
Audio Input
1-chanel audio input
Audio Output
1-channel audio output
Bidirectional Talk
1-channel bidirectional talk input
HDD
HDD Amount
24 HDDs
HDD Installation
Independent HDD bracket, support HDD hot swap.
Disk Array
Enclosure/Backu
p Port
eSATA port
HDD Backup
Support global hotspare HDD
HDD Mode
One HDD/RAID0/RAID1/RAID5
HDD Manager
Non-working HDD adopts hibernation function. It is suitable
to guarantee sound ventilation, lower power consumption
and enhance HDD life span.

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Record and
Playback
Record Mode
Manual recording, motion detection recording, schedule
recording and alarm recording.
Priority: Manual recording>card number recording-> alarm
recording>motion detection recording>schedule recording.
Record Repeat
Mode
When hard disk is full, system can overwrite previous video
file.
Record Search
Various search engines such as time, type and channel.
Playback Mode
Various fast play, slow play speeds, manual frame by frame
playback and reverse play mode.
Various File
Switch Ways
Can switch to previous or next file or any file in current play
list.
Can switch to file on other channel of the same time. (If there
is a file)
Support file continuous play, when a file is end system auto
plays the next file in the current channel
Multi-Channel
Playback
Support 64-channel D1 playback at the same time.
Backup
function
Backup Mode
HDD backup. Redundancy HDD backup.
Support peripheral USB backup device. (Flash disk, portable
disk and etc.)
Support peripheral eSATA device.
Support network download and save.
Network
Function
Network control
View monitor channel remotely.
NVR configuration through client-end and web browser
Upgrade via client or browser to realize remote maintenance.
View alarm information such as motion detection and video
loss via client.
Support network PTZ lens control
File remote download and backup and playback
Multiple devices share information via corresponding
software such as professional surveillance software (PSS)
Network alarm input and output
Bidirectional audio.
Video Loss
Alarm can activate record, external alarm, screen message
prompt, or audio.
External Alarm
Support record activation function or activate external alarm
or screen message in specified period.
Manual Alarm
Control
Enable or disable alarm input channel
Simulate alarm signal to specific alarm output channel.
Alarm Input
4-channel alarm input (NO/NC)
Alarm Output
4-channel relay output
Alarm Relay
30VDC 2A，125VAC 1A（activation output）
Port
USB port
1 USB 2.0 ports,
2 USB3.0 ports
Network Amount
4 100/1000Mbps Ethetnet port
Network Features
4 Ethernet port load balance or 4 independent 1000Mbps
Ethernet port.
RS485 RS232
Serial port protocol communication
User
Management
User Management
Multi-lever user management; various management modes
Integrated management for local user, serial port user and
network user.
Configurable user power.
Support user /group and its corresponding rights
modification.
No limit to the user or group amount.

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Password
Authentication
Password modification
Administrator can modify other user’s password.
Account lock strategy
Five times login failure in thirty minutes may result in account
lock.
Upgrade
Client-end/update tool.
USB device
Login, Logout and Shutdown
Password login protection to guarantee safety
User-friendly interface when login. Provide the following
options: Logout /shutdown/ restart.
Right authentication when shut down to make sure only
those proper people can turn off NVR.
General
Parameters
Power
100V～240V，47～63Hz
Power
Consumption
200～400W（With HDD）
Working
Temperature
0℃～40℃
Working Humidity
10%～80%（No condensation）
Storage
Environment
Temperature
-20℃～70℃
Storage
environment
Humidity
5%～90%（No condensation）
Working Altitude
-60m～5000m
Dimensions
495（No LCD）mm*446（Without ear）mm*175mm
（L*W*H）
Weight
27Kg（No package materials, no HDD）
Installation Mode
Standard 19-inch rack installation
Rack/desktop
HDD Amount
24 SATA HDD (Max 4T/HDD）

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2Overview and Controls
This section provides information about the rear panel. When you install this series NVR for the
first time, please refer to this part first.
2.1 Front Panel
The front panel is shown as in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1
SN
Icon
Name
Function
1
Front panel
lock
/
2
USB port
/
3
Network
indicator light
The network indicator light is blue and it flashes when
you connect the device to the network.
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Alarm indicator
light
The alarm indicator light becomes on once an alarm
occurred. It becomes on via the software detection.
The alarm includes local alarm, no disk and etc.
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System HDD
Indicator light
The blue light flashes when system is reading or
writing the system HDD.
In the system HDD, there are device important
configuration file, factory default configuration file,
device initial boot up data.
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Power button
Press it once to turn on the device.
Press it for a long time to turn off the device (Usually
we do not recommend).
Press power button for a long time or pull out the
power cable may result in device auto restart.

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After you remove the front panel, you can see there are 24 HDDs. From the left to the right and
from the top to the bottom, it ranges from 1~4, 5~8, 9~12, 13~16, 17～20, 21～24. See Figure
2-2.
You can see there are two indication lights on the HDD bracket.
: The power indication light is at the top. The light is yellow after you connected the
device to the power.
: The read-write indication light is at the bottom. The blue light flashes when system is
reading or writing the data.
Figure 2-2
2.2 Rear Panel
The general rear panel is shown as in Figure 2-3.
Figure 2-3
The redundant power series rear panel is shown as in Figure 2-4.

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Figure 2-4
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN
Name
SN
Name
1
Alarm input/alarm output
2
HDMI port（Reserved port. Right now
system does not support HD decode
card.）
3
Power port
4
HDMI port
5
eSATA port
6
USB port
7
SAS port
8
Video VGA output
9
Network port
10
RS485 port
11
RS232（RS422）port
12
Audio input port
13
Audio output port
2.3 Alarm Input and Output Connection
Please refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output connection.
There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC).
1. Alarm input
a. Please make sure alarm input mode is grounding alarm input.
b. Grounding signal is needed for alarm input.
c. Alarm input needs the low level voltage signal.
d. Alarm input mode can be either NC (normal Open) or NO (Normal Close)
e. When you are connecting two NVRs or you are connecting one NVR and one other device,
please use a relay to separate them,

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2. Alarm output
The alarm output port should not be connected to high power load directly (It shall be less than
1A) to avoid high current which may result in relay damage. Please use the co contactor to
realize the connection between the alarm output port and the load.
3. Please make sure the front-end device has soundly earthed.
Improper grounding may result in chip damage.
2.3.1 Alarm Input and Output Details
You can refer to the following sheet X for alarm input and output information. See Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5
Icon
Note
1～4
ALARM 1 to ALARM 4. The alarm becomes active in low
voltage.
NO1 C1，NO2 C2，NO3 C3，
NO4 C4
Four groups of normal open activation output (on/off
button)
GND
2.3.2 Alarm Input Port
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
Normal open or Normal close type.
Please parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external
power to the alarm detector).
Please parallel connect the Ground of the NVR and the ground of the alarm detector.
Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the NVR alarm input(ALARM)
Use the same ground with that of NVR if you use external power to the alarm device.

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Figure 2-6
2.3.3 Alarm Output Port
Provide power to peripheral alarm device.
To avoid overloading, please read the following relay parameters sheet carefully.
RS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.
Relay Specification
Model:
JRC-27F
Material of the
touch
Silver
Rating
（Resistance
Load）
Rated switch capacity
30VDC 2A, 125VAC 1A
Maximum switch power
125VA 160W
Maximum switch voltage
250VAC, 220VDC
Maximum switch currency
1A
Insulation
Between touches with same
polarity
1000VAC 1minute
Between touches with different
polarity
1000VAC 1minute
Between touch and winding
1000VAC 1minute
Surge voltage
Between touches with same
polarity
1500V (10×160us)
Length of open
time
3ms max
Length of close
time
3ms max
Longevity
Mechanical
50×106 times (3Hz)
Electrical
200×103 times (0.5Hz)
Temperature
-40℃~+70℃

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3Overview of Navigation and Controls
Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse and power cable. Click the power
button at the front panel and then boot up the device to view the video output. You can use the
mouse to implement some GUI operation.
3.1 Login
Right click mouse, you can see system pops up the login interface for you to input user name
and password.
You can use USB mouse to input. Click to switch between numeral, English character
(small/capitalized) and denotation.
Note:
For security reason, please modify password after you first login.
Continuous three times login failure will result in system alarm and five times login failure will
result in account lock.
Figure 3-1
After device booted up, the system is in multiple-channel display mode. See Figure 3-2.Please
note the displayed window amount may vary. The following figure is for reference only.
Figure 3-2
You can overlay the corresponding date, time and channel name on each screen. You can refer
to the following sheet for channel record or alarm status information.
1
Recording status
3
Video loss
2
Motion detection
4
Monitor lock

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Preview control bar
When you move your mouse on the top middle pane of the preview window, you can see the
following preview control bar. See Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
1
Real-time monitor
2
Main stream and extra stream
switch
3
IPC bidirectional talk
4
Digital zoom in
5
Close monitor source.
①: Real-time monitor
It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes record of current channel.
Please go to the Main menu->Setting->General to set real-time playback time. See Figure
3-4.
Figure 3-4
Please note:
Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback start
time.
Support playback, pause and exit function.
Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback function.
The playback control has the following features.
Support play, pause, and exit and drag function.

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During the preview playback process, you can not see the channel title and record status
of current channel. It will display the channel title and the record status once you exit the
preview playback.
During the preview playback, you can not switch the displayed channel or change
current window-display mode.
Please note the tour function has the higher priority than the preview playback. You can
not control the preview playback until the tour function ended.
②： M/S
Click it to switch between main stream/sub stream.
③：IPC Bidirectional talk
Support dual-way bidirectional talk with the IPC.
④： Digital zoom
It is to zoom in specified zone of current channel. It supports zoom in function of multiple-
channel.
a) Click button , the button is shown as .
b) Drag the mouse to select a zone to zoom in to view.
c) Right click mouse to cancel zoom in and resume original interface.
d) Click , the button is shown as . Now you have exited the digital zoom function.
⑤： Close video source.
Navigation bar
The navigation bas is shown as below. See Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5
①：Main interface
②：Output screen option:
Select corresponding output device and set the output window amount.
③：Window split:
System supports 1/4/8/9/16/25/36/64-window output mode. Please select the window mode and
then select the corresponding channels.
④：PTZ Setup
The PTZ setup is shown as in Figure 3-6.
Please note the commend name is grey once device does not support this function.
Double click the title to hide the PTZ menu interface.
Here you can control PTZ direction, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, scan, pattern aux
function, light and wiper, rotation and etc.

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Speed is to control PTZ movement speed. The value ranges from 1 to 8.The speed 8 is faster
than speed 1. You can use the remote control to click the small keyboard to set.
You can click and of the zoom, focus and iris to zoom in/out, definition and brightness.
The PTZ rotation supports 8 directions.
Figure 3-6
In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure
3-7.XPlease make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control.
Click this key, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to
adjust section size. The dragged zone supports 4X to 16X speeds. Drag the mouse from top to
the bottom to zoom in. Drag the mouse from bottom to up to zoom out. It can realize PTZ
automatically. The smaller zone you dragged, the higher the speed.
Figure 3-7
Here is a sheet for you reference.
Name
Function
key
function
Function
key
function
Zoom
Near
Far
Focus
Near
Far
Iris
close
Open
Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan
In Figure 3-6, please click the “set” button. The interface is shown as below. See Figure 3-8.
Here you can set the following items:
Preset
Tour
Pattern
Border
Figure 3-8

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In X328H328H328H Figure 3-6, click page switch button, the interface is shown as in Figure 3-9.
Here you can activate the following functions:
Preset
Tour
Pattern
Auto scan
Auto pan
Flip
Reset
Page switch
Figure 3-9
Note:
Preset, tour and pattern all need the value to be the control parameter. You can define it as
you require.
You need to refer to your speed dome user’s manual for Aux definition. In some cases, it
can be used for special process.
The following setups are usually operated in the Figure 3-6, Figure 3-8 and Figure 3-9.
Preset Setup
In Figure 3-6, use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position.
In Figure 3-8, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in Figure
3-10.
Now you can add this preset to one tour.
Figure 3-10
Activate Preset
In Figure 3-9, please input preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button.
Patrol setup (Tour Setup)