Kedacom NVR2820 User manual

NVR User Manual

Preface
Version
Software version: NVR3.0
Target Readers
Operators, Maintenance personnel
About This Manual
The user manual comprises two parts: the text and the appendix. The text
describes interface operations of the NVR, and the appendix presents
some information for your consultation.
Chapter 1 describes operation methods, interface prompts, use of entry
methods and so on;
Chapter 2 ~ 9 illustrates functional operations of the NVR system;
Chapter 10 presents the operation method in case of multiple NVR;
Chapter 11 discusses frequently asked questions;
Glossary presents terminologies used in the manual.
Conventions
Indicates special attention of users, and following these descriptions or
prompts will lead to better application of the NVR system.
Bold: Indicates main features, interface parameters or summary.
We try our best to insure the correctness, and our document will update with the software
without announcement, please ask for your provider to access the document up to date.

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Contents
1General Operations.......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Operation Mode........................................................................................................ 1
1.1.1 Remote Control ................................................................................................ 1
1.1.2 Mouse ............................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Menu/Video toggle ................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Icons ......................................................................................................................... 2
1.3.1 Toolbar Icons .................................................................................................... 2
1.3.2 Video Icon ........................................................................................................ 3
1.4 Turn on/Turn off ....................................................................................................... 3
1.5 User Login/Logout ................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Entering Digits/Characters ....................................................................................... 5
1.7 How to Get Help....................................................................................................... 6
2Video Surveillance ........................................................................................................... 7
2.1 PTZ Control.............................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Snapshot ................................................................................................................. 13
2.3 Voice call ................................................................................................................ 13
2.4 Camera Sequence ................................................................................................... 14
2.5 Layout..................................................................................................................... 15
2.6 Page Sequence ........................................................................................................ 16
2.7 Layout Scheme ....................................................................................................... 16
2.8 Scheme Sequence ................................................................................................... 17
3Playing Records............................................................................................................. 19
3.1 Record Control ....................................................................................................... 19
3.2 Schedule ................................................................................................................. 20
3.3 Record Policy ......................................................................................................... 21
3.4 Replay..................................................................................................................... 22

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3.5 Multi-records Replay.............................................................................................. 24
3.6 Synchronous Replay............................................................................................... 25
3.7 Backup/write in CD................................................................................................ 25
3.8 BAK Replay ........................................................................................................... 25
4Snapshot......................................................................................................................... 27
4.1 Snapshot ................................................................................................................. 27
4.2 Snapshot Query/Browse ......................................................................................... 28
4.3 Snapshot Settings.................................................................................................... 29
5Alarm Management........................................................................................................ 31
5.1 IO Input .................................................................................................................. 31
5.1.1 Access IO Input device................................................................................... 31
5.1.2 Name the alarm............................................................................................... 32
5.1.3 Alarm Linkage Settings .................................................................................. 32
5.2 Service Alarm ......................................................................................................... 35
5.2.1 Motion detection............................................................................................. 35
5.2.2 Name the alarm............................................................................................... 35
5.2.3 Alarm Linkage Settings .................................................................................. 35
5.2.4 System Alarm ................................................................................................. 35
5.3 Current Alarm......................................................................................................... 36
5.4 History Alarm ......................................................................................................... 36
6TV Wall Management ..................................................................................................... 38
6.1 TV Wall Scheme..................................................................................................... 38
6.2 TV Wall Video Edit ................................................................................................ 39
6.3 TV Wall Video Sequence........................................................................................ 39
7User Management .......................................................................................................... 41
7.1 Add a new User ...................................................................................................... 41
7.2 Right setting............................................................................................................ 41

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7.3 Delete a User .......................................................................................................... 42
7.4 Suspend a User ....................................................................................................... 42
7.5 Change Password.................................................................................................... 42
8Log Management ........................................................................................................... 43
8.1 View Log ................................................................................................................ 43
8.2 Delete log ............................................................................................................... 44
9System Management ..................................................................................................... 45
9.1 General Settings...................................................................................................... 45
9.2 System Information ................................................................................................ 47
9.3 Network Test........................................................................................................... 47
9.4 Dual screen ............................................................................................................. 48
9.5 Image cut ................................................................................................................ 48
10 Operating Multiple NVR................................................................................................. 49
10.1 Setting NVR No. .................................................................................................... 49
10.2 Remote control over NVR...................................................................................... 49
11 Question and Answer .................................................................................................... 51
12 Glossary.......................................................................................................................... 53

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1General Operations
This document describes the operations on Network Video Recorders (NVR) series, which is
applicable to NVR2820, NVR2820E, NVR2860 and KDM201S.The NVR mentioned in this
document refers to all kinds of NVR and KDM201S besides declaration specific.
1.1 Operation Mode
To control the NVR:
♦Remote control (applicable to NVR2820 and NVR2860)
♦USB Mouse
♦Surveillance keyboard
♦NVR Station, Refer to the help file for details.
1.1.1Remote Control
Figure 1-1 Remote Control

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1.1.2Mouse
The NVR supports USB mouse, the following are frequently used:
♦Click to open an interface or a configuration item
♦Right click to return to the previous interface
♦Rotate the wheel button to enter the digits
1.2 Menu/Video toggle
Use one of the follow operations to switch menu/video interfaces:
♦In the live video screen, press the button on the remote control to
switch to a menu, press to return to the previous menu, and then
press continuously to back to the video.
♦In the configuration items, press to return to the previous menu,
and press continuously to back to the video.
♦Right-click to select the main menu, and right click once to return to the
previous menu, while continuously to back to the video.
♦Press on the keyboard to open the menu, and press to back
to the previous, while continuously to back to the video.
1.3 Icons
1.3.1Toolbar Icons
Press any key in the numeric area (except 0) or move your mouse to the under-side area of the
screen, and the toolbar appears which is hidden by default. Press the key to show the
hotkeys of functions, and press the digit on your remote control to conduct operation.
The toolbar icons and hotkeys:
Full screen 1 PTZ control 2 Snapshot 3 Voice call 4
Record control 5 device management 6 Disk management 7

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Next video 8 Next layout 9 show hotkeys power off
Main menu
1.3.2Video Icon
Live video tips icon:
input alarm Motion detection alarm lens mask alarm
video packet loss Video source loss PU offline
playing recording speaking
NVR tips icon:
NVR alarm input disk error Disk full
No recording space NVR offline Slower network speed
IP conflict Snapshot space full Voice broadcast
USB device ANR No disk
Click icons on the screen to show the ToolTips.
1.4 Turn on/Turn off
Turn on:
After the power socket is connected, press the power switch on the rear panel of NVR.
Turn off:
♦Press on your remote control, and press again after the
display off, then press the power switch on the rear panel of the device.

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♦Select on the toolbar , then click Shutdown.
♦Click shutdown in the main menu.
Notice: The system will save the current configurations before shutdown, so that it will enter
the status next time when power on.
1.5 User Login/Logout
The NVR show live video screen automatically after it turn on, enter User and Password in the
User Login interface to operate.
The valid time for user can be set in general settings, see Section 9.1 for details.
Figure 1-2 User Login
Notice: Both username and password are admin by default. You may modify the password
in the user management interface. If you forget your password, please select Forget
Password, and contact your supplier according the suggestion on the interface.

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1.6 Entering Digits/Characters
Indication of input method status
Status icon Content Soft keyboard
Digits
Lower-case letters
Upper-case letters
Chinese characters
Special symbols
To Switch input method
♦In the input status, press on your remote control to switch the input
method;
♦In the input status, click the status icon after the input box to switch the
input method. Click the input box to open the soft keyboard.

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To enter digits
The icon show digits input status.
Some input box support input by rotating the wheel button, such as IP address, date, time, and
duration.
To enter letters
The icon show lower-case letters while show upper-case.
Continuously press the key rapidly to change the order of letters.
To enter Chinese characters
The icon show Chinese input, please type in full spelling method.
To enter special symbols
In the status, enter special symbols as you want. Please refer to the soft keyboard for
correct symbols.
1.7 How to Get Help
Please consult with your network administrator or refer to the NVR Administrator Guide to
install or configure your NVR surveillance system.
Refer to the online help of the NVR Station for details.
Get the latest document and software from your supplier.

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2Video Surveillance
When power on, the NVR automatically enters the video surveillance screen.
NVR2860 support dual display, and the main output resolution is 1920*1080.
To open the live video menu:
♦Right-click in the video screen.
♦Press on your remote control.
♦Press on the keyboard.
Menu Submenu or
Shortcut To Do
Full screen Full screen display of videos from the current video
live
PTZ control Control the camera, such as zoom and focus
Video view
Select a video source to display, and press once
to view the next, which increases cyclically according
to the camera sequence in the video source list.
Secondary output Auxiliary Picture
TV Wall
Available for NVR2860, Only one video displayed in
the secondary monitor.
Recording Mode set the recording mode of the current camera: Enable,
Auto, Disable. See Section 3.1 for more details.
Voice call Call the selected camera
Layout 13 optional layouts
Layout scheme 16 preset schemes available
Record replay Replay selected records.
Main menu Enter the main menu

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Menu Submenu or
Shortcut To Do
Advanced
Picture
adjustment
Adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation of the
picture,, and click Save to take effect.
Snapshot Take snapshots of video sources.
Camera sequence Conduct sequence according to the preset sequence
scheme or edit the sequence scheme
Scheme sequence Edit sequence scheme and enable/disable the scheme
Network test Test the network conditions of the current camera.
Refer to Section 9.3, “Network Test” for details.
Current alarm
View the current alarm.
2.1 PTZ Control
PTZ control method:
After choosing a video live, select on the toolbar (shortcut key 2) or the video live menu to
enter the PTZ Control interface, as shown in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 PTZ Control

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Camera menu, control the camera quickly;
Zoom in or zoom out: zoom in (shortcut key 3); zoom out (shortcut key 1);
Screen brightness: increase (shortcut key 6); decrease (shortcut key 4);
Focus adjustment: increase focal length (shortcut key 9); decrease focal length
(shortcut key 7); Auto focus (shortcut key 8).
Fast PTZ
Select the video, and click the icon on the top of the video, then click direction arrows on
the video
Operate on the video directly down and up and right and left, and press the center icon to reset.

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Advanced control
Click the icon on the PTZ Control interface or press on your remote control to
enter the PTZ Control-Advanced interface, as shown in Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2 PTZ Control – Advanced1
Enable camera cruising or set image display mode here.
Control Amplitude: The size of control amplitude indicates the PTZ control amplitude, that is,
the size of remote control step. The greater the amplitude is, the larger the remote control
stepping amplitude will be, or vice versa.
Preset Position: sets the current PTZ status to a preset position or stores and loads a selected
preset position, and 255 presets are maximum.
Click Edit Custom Button, as shown in Figure 2-3.

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Figure 2-3 PTZ Control – Custom Buttons
You may select custom buttons and button-related actions, such as enabling rain brush, turning
on light, cruising or not. For a camera which can receive control commands, you may enter
command strings and specific rules. Please refer to the Camera User Manual.
The other 2 pages can configure IPC’ s parameters, if the IPC be able to configure them.
Figure 2-4 PTZ Control – Advanced2

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Figure 2-5 PTZ Control – Advanced3

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2.2 Snapshot
If the service linkage of the video source (see Section 5.1.3) includes snapshot, when service
linkage takes place, automatic snapshot will be taken. The snapshot pictures will be saved in
the recording partition. For the same alarm, if multiple video sources (that is, cameras) are set,
snapshot will be taken by the principle of “first occupy and first snapshot”. Every time when a
snapshot is taken, the cameras will compete for the snapshot right at an interval of five seconds.
Figure 2-6 Snapshot
Manual snapshot:
Select on the toolbar, or select Snapshot for the video live;
Enter a name to save the snapshot or directly click OK to save the snapshot.
Notice: Please be sure there are system disk in NVR, otherwise it is not supported snapshot.
2.3 Voice call
Audio device is necessary for the camera to support voice call. Please refer to the user manual
of the camera or video encoder for details.

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Click the live video, to do:
Click the on the toolbar，
calling the dedicated camera； Right-click or press ，
select
voice control, and then select call or broadcast.
voice broadcast broadcast unavailable listen silent speak
dumb both call and broadcast are unavailable.
Volume: Drag the slide to tune the volume.
2.4 Camera Sequence
Camera sequence is which videos are sequenced according to the preset scheme. Totally 16
Camera sequence scenarios can be set. Select Camera Sequence from the shortcut menu of the
camera. The Camera Sequence Edit interface appears (Figure 2-7):
Figure 2-7 Camera Sequence Edit

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Camera sequence method:
1) Select a camera sequence scenario from the dropdown list;
2) Select start to start camera sequence.
3) Editing camera sequence scenario:
4) Select a video source from the camera list;
5) Set the camera residence time: 5s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 50s or 1 minute;
6) To change the order of camera sequence, select a camera and click UP or
Down;
7) To change the scenario name, select Rename and enter a name.
8) Unified Waiting Time: If the Unified Waiting Time check box is selected,
all cameras in the sequence scenario will have the same residence time.
2.5 Layout
Layout setting:
Layout interface (Figure 2-8): takes effect immediately after being selected. Different models
of NVRs such as NVR2820-4 or NVR2820-9 demonstrate different number of layouts. For
details, refer to Chapter 1 of NVR Administrator Guide.
Figure 2-8 screen layout