InVid UN1A-4X4 User manual

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UN1A-16X8)and)UN1A-32X16)
Going)beyond)the)Plug-and-Play)port)count)
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ULTRA-IP!NVRs!have!a!fixed!number!of!Plug-and-Play!ports!on!the!rear!panel.!The!maximum!number!of!fully!
Plug-and-Play!cameras!supported!by!an!ULTRA-IP!NVR!is!the!same!as!the!number!of!Plug-and-Play!ports!on!
the!rear!panel.!In!addition,!the!maximum!number!of!IP!cameras!that!can!be!connected!through!the!PoE!switch!
on!the!rear!panel!is!the!same!as!the!number!of!Plug-and-Play!ports!on!the!rear!panel*.!
For!the!UN1A-4X4!and!UN1A-16X16XL,!that!is!rather!straightforward.!Cameras!can!be!connected!as!Plug-and-!
Play!to!the!PnP!ports.!Cameras!can!be!connected!as!“manual”!configured!cameras!through!either!the!PnP!ports!
or!the!LAN/WAN!network!port.!Either!way,!on!these!two!models,!the!maximum!number!of!connected!cameras!
is!exactly!equal!to!the!number!of!PnP!ports!on!the!rear!panel.!If!any!camera!is!connected!via!the!LAN/WAN!
network!port,!that!is!one!less!camera!that!can!be!connected!to!one!of!the!PnP!ports.!
The!UN1A-16X8!and!UN1A-32X16!are!a!different!story.!Each!is!capable!of!connecting!up!to!twice!the!number!of!
cameras!as!there!are!PnP!ports!on!the!rear!panel.!Given!that!a!maximum!of!8!cameras!can!be!connected!
thought!the!PnP!switch!on!the!rear!of!the!UN1A-16X8!and!a!maximum!of!16!cameras*!can!be!connected!
through!the!PnP!switch!on!the!rear!of!the!UN1A-32X16,!how!are!the!additional!8/16!cameras!connected?!
They!must!be!connected!through!the!Gb/s!LAN/WAN!network!port!on!the!rear!panel!of!the!NVR.!
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Maximum)
Total)
Cameras)
Rear)
Panel)PoE)
Ports)
Maximum)
Cameras)on)
Rear)PoE)Ports)
Cameras)on)
LAN/WAN)
Port)
If)"N")cameras)on)LAN/WAN)
port,)Cameras)on)PoE)Ports)
UN1A-4X4)
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4!
Up!to!4!
Up!to!4!
4-N!
UN1A-16X8)
16!
8!
Up!to!8!
Up!to!16!
16-N!(to!max!of!8!cameras)!
UN1A-16X16)
16!
16!
Up!to!16!
Up!to!16!
16-N!
UN1A-16X16L)
16!
16!
Up!to!16!
Up!to!16!
16-N!
UN1A-32X16)
32!
16!
Up!to!16*!
Up!to!32!
32-N!(to!max!of!16!cameras*)!
*While!additional!cameras!may!be!connected!to!the!internal!switch,!as!the!switch!capacity!is!100Mb/s!spreading!that!bandwidth!across!
more!than!16!cameras!may!reduce!system!performance!and!reliability.!
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Does!this!mean!that!for!the!additional!8/16!cameras,!or!any!cameras!connected!though!the!LAN/WAN!port!
there!is!no!Plug-and-Play!convenience?!Not!exactly.!Depending!on!the!network!setup,!if!they!are!KT&C!Plug-!
and-Play!capable!cameras,!it!is!possible!to!quickly!and!conveniently!set!up!and!access!those!cameras.

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Consider!this!network!connection!setup.!The!Plug-and-Play!PoE!switch!IP!address!is!192.168.254.1;!the!PnP!IP!
cameras!1~8!are!assigned!addresses!192.168.254.2~192.168.254.9!respectively.!Any!cameras!beyond!those!8!
must!be!powered!separately!(by!PoE!or!12VDC)!and!connected!through!a!separate!LAN!switch!(gigabit!strongly!
recommended).!Fortunately!for!ULTRA-IP!PnP!cameras,!once!the!LAN/WAN!port!is!assigned!a!static!IP!address!it!
can!discover!attached!ULTRA-IP!PnP!cameras!and!will!assign!them!IP!addresses.!In!this!example,!the!LAN/WAN!
port!is!assigned!an!IP!address!of!192.168.1.254.!The!NVR!automatically)discovers!and!assigns!the!IP!addresses!
192.168.1.2~192.168.1.9!to!the!eight!cameras!on!that!port.!Once!this!process!has!completed,!those!8!cameras!
are!available!for!‘one!click!adding’![Add!All]!to!become!cameras!9~16.!At!this!point!one!has!a!working,!stand-!
alone!16!camera!NVR!system.!!As!an!example:!
Discovered!cameras!ready!to!“Add!All”!

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Cameras!9~11!Added!and!Connected!
If!this!were!a!‘stand!alone’!system!it!would!be!complete.!The!NVR!has!local!display!for!live!and!playback;!
additional!monitoring!PCs!can!be!connected!to!the!192.168.1.0!network.!However,!in!our!modern!‘connected’!
world!local!access!alone!is!not!sufficient.!We!need!to!be!able!to!access!this!system!remotely!using!ULTRA!CMS!or!
ULTRA!Remote!smart!phone!apps.!!To!accomplish!this,!we!must!link!the!LAN/WAN!port!on!the!NVR!with!a!
network!which!has!access!to!the!Internet.!Can!we!do!this!simply!by!connecting!the!auxiliary!switch!directly!to!an!
existing!LAN/WAN!as!shown!below?!

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While!this!may!be!possible,!it!is!unlikely!to!work!and!may!be!unreliable.!IF!the!existing!network!happens!to!also!
use!the!same!addressing!scheme!as!the!LAN/WAN!port!on!the!NVR!(e.g.!192.168.1.X),!the!two!networks!can!be!
joined.!However,!there!is!nothing!to!prevent!two!devices!from!trying!to!use!the!same!IP!address!(an!address!
conflict).!Camera!network!address!are!assigned!by!the!NVR!without!regard!to!any!other!constraints.!The!DHCP!
host!on!the!existing!LAN!also!hands!out!DHCP!addresses!that!might!duplicate/conflict!with!camera!addresses.!
There!may!also!be!manually!assigned!static!IP!addresses!on!that!other!network!which!conflict!with!the!NVR!itself!
or!with!the!IP!cameras!(initially,!or!at!some!time!in!the!future).!
If!the!addressing!scheme!on!the!two!networks!is!different,!no!communication!between!them!can!take!place.!
Trying!to!directly!co-join!these!two!networks!is!likely!to!be!more!trouble!than!it!is!worth!in!the!long!term.!Still,!
the!NVR!needs!a!path!to!the!Internet,!and!perhaps!needs!to!be!accessible!from!some!or!all!of!the!PCs!on!the!
home/office!LAN/WAN.!
One!simple!way!to!connect!two!networks!with!different!network!numbering!schemes!is!a!router.!A!simple!
home/office!router!will!likely!suffice.!The!“LAN”!side!of!the!router!connects!to!the!auxiliary!camera!network!
switch.!The!router!LAN!port!is!assigned!a!compatible!IP!address!(e.g.!192.168.1.253).!The!“WAN”!side!of!the!
router!is!connected!to!the!home/office!LAN/WAN!and!is!assigned!a!static!IP!address!compatible!with!that!
network!(e.g.!192.168.0.50).!Since!routers!function!as!DHCP!hosts,!to!avoid!conflicts!the!DHCP!function!in!the!
additional!router!should!either!be!disabled,!or!restricted!to!a!very!limited!address!range,!e.g.!192.168.1.245~!
192.168.1.252.!This!DHCP!capability!aids!in!the!connection!of!wired!or!wireless!PCs!and!other!devices!to!that!
NVR/camera!network!for!monitoring!and!diagnostic!purposes.!
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Since!routers!also!function!as!firewalls,!we!need!to!make!the!NVR!accessible!from!the!home/office!LAN/WAN!
side.!!!One!way!to!do!this!is!to!indicate!the!IP!address!of!the!NVR!(192.168.1.254)!as!being!in!the!“DMZ”!for!the!

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router.!This!completely!exposes!the!DMZ!device!address!to!the!“WAN”.!From!the!home/office!LAN/WAN!
192.168.0.50!effectively!becomes!the!IP!address!of!the!NVR.!
Another!way!to!set!up!access!to!the!NVR!through!this!router!is!using!the!automated!“NAT”!feature!in!the!NVR.!
This!will!open!up!the!IP!ports!through!the!AUXILIARY!router!that!joins!the!secondary!camera!network!with!the!
home/office!LAN/WAN.!It!will!be!necessary!to!manually!configure!the!existing!home/office!LAN/WAN!router!to!
forward!the!necessary!ports!to!the!auxiliary!router,!so!it!can!pass!that!traffic!on!to!the!NVR.!
DDNS!on!the!NVR!should!have!no!problems.!Contact!from!the!recorder!to!the!DDNS!server!(presuming!that!the!
DNS!information!has!been!properly!entered!in!all!router!and!NVR!network!configuration!settings)!is!outbound!
and!should!be!unrestricted.!Inbound,!the!DDNS!name!directs!the!communication!to!the!site’s!WAN!IP!address,!
and!port!access!should!be!forwarded!by!the!site’s!WAN!router!onward!to!the!auxiliary!router,!which!in!turn!
forwards!the!requests!to!the!recorder.!
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V1.0!11-10-2016!©!InVid!Tech!
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