NEC NRS Expanded Series User manual

Configuration Guide (Advanced)
for NRS Expanded Series
NDA-31816
ISSUE 1.0
Network Video Recorder

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Manual
About this Manual....................................................................................................... Manual-1
Legal Disclaimer ......................................................................................................... Manual-1
Regulatory Information
Information FCC Information .............................................................................. Regulatory-1
FCC Conditions.................................................................................................... Regulatory-1
EU Conformity Statement ................................................................................... Regulatory-1
Industry Canada ICES-003 Compliance............................................................. Regulatory-2
Safety Instruction................................................................................................. Regulatory-2
Preventive and Cautionary Tips ......................................................................... Regulatory-2
Product Key Features
General.........................................................................................................................Feature-1
Local Monitoring .........................................................................................................Feature-1
HDD Management .......................................................................................................Feature-1
Recording, Capture and Playback.............................................................................Feature-2
Backup.........................................................................................................................Feature-2
Alarm and Exception ..................................................................................................Feature-3
Other Local Functions................................................................................................Feature-3
Network Functions......................................................................................................Feature-3

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Section 1 Front Panel .............................................................................................. 1-1
1.1 Front Panel 1................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 Front Panel 2 ............................................................................................... 1-4
Section 2 USB Mouse Operation ............................................................................ 1-7
Section 3 Input Methods ......................................................................................... 1-9
3.1 Rear Panel ............................................................................................... 1-10
3.1.1 Rear Panel 1 .............................................................................................1-10
3.1.2 Rear Panel 2 .............................................................................................1-11
Chapter 2 Getting Started
Section 1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the NVR .............................................. 2-1
1.1 Starting the NVR .......................................................................................... 2-1
1.2 Shutting Down the NVR .............................................................................. 2-1
1.2.1 OPTION 1: Standard Shutdown ..................................................................2-1
1.2.2 OPTION 2: From the Front Panel ...............................................................2-2
1.3 Rebooting the NVR ..................................................................................... 2-2
Section 2 Activating Your Device ........................................................................... 2-2
Section 3 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration ............................................ 2-4
Section 4 Login and Logout .................................................................................... 2-9
4.1 User Login .................................................................................................... 2-9
4.2 User Logout ............................................................................................... 2-10
Section 5 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras ............................................ 2-11
5.1 Activating the IP Camera............................................................................ 2-11
5.2 Adding the Online IP Cameras .................................................................. 2-13

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5.2.1 OPTION 1 .................................................................................................2-13
5.2.2 OPTION 2 .................................................................................................2-14
5.2.3 OPTION 3 .................................................................................................2-15
5.3 Editing the Connected IP Cameras and Configuring Customized
Protocols ....................................................................................................2-17
5.3.1 Edit Advanced Parameters .......................................................................2-18
5.3.2 Configuring the Customized Protocols ......................................................2-19
5.4 Editing IP Cameras Connected to PoE Interfaces .....................................2-20
5.4.1 Adding Cameras for NVR Supporting PoE Function .................................2-21
Chapter 3 Live View
Section 1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 3-1
1.1 Live View Icons.............................................................................................3-1
Section 2 Operations in Live View Mode ............................................................... 3-1
2.1 Front Panel Operation on Live View ............................................................3-2
2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View .....................................................................3-3
2.3 Using an Auxiliary Monitor ...........................................................................3-4
2.4 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode ....................................................3-5
Section 3 Adjusting Live View Settings ................................................................. 3-7
Section 4 Channel-zero Encoding .......................................................................... 3-9
Chapter 4 PTZ Controls
Section 1 Configuring PTZ Settings ....................................................................... 4-1
Section 2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols and Patterns ........................................... 4-2
2.1 Customizing Presets.....................................................................................4-2
2.2 Calling Presets ............................................................................................4-3
2.3 Customizing Patrols .....................................................................................4-4

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2.4 Calling Patrols ............................................................................................. 4-5
2.5 Customizing Patterns .................................................................................. 4-6
2.6 Calling Patterns ........................................................................................... 4-6
2.7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit .................................................................... 4-7
2.8 Calling Linear Scan ..................................................................................... 4-8
2.9 One-touch Park ........................................................................................... 4-9
Section 3 PTZ Control Panel ................................................................................. 4-10
Chapter 5 Recording and Capture Settings
Section 1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 5-1
Section 2 Configuring Parameters ......................................................................... 5-1
Section 3 Configuring the Recording and Capture Schedule ............................. 5-5
Edit the Schedule ................................................................................................. 5-6
Draw the Schedule ............................................................................................... 5-8
Section 4 Configuring Motion Detection Recording and Capture ....................... 5-9
Section 5 Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording and Capture ...................... 5-11
Section 6 Enabling/Disabling Manual Recording and Continuous Capture .... 5-13
Section 7 Configuring Holiday Recording and Capture ..................................... 5-14
Section 8 Configuring Redundant Recording and Capture ............................... 5-16
Section 9 Configuring HDD Group for Recording and Capture ........................ 5-17
Section 10 Files Protection ..................................................................................... 5-19
10.1 Locking the Recording Files ....................................................................... 5-19
10.1.1 Lock a File During Playback ......................................................................5-19
10.1.2 Lock File When Exporting .........................................................................5-20
10.2 Setting HDD Property to Read-Only .......................................................... 5-22

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Chapter 6 Playback
Section 1 Playing Back Record Files ..................................................................... 6-1
1.1 Instant Playback ...........................................................................................6-1
Instant Playback by Channel ....................................................................................6-1
1.2 Playing Back using Normal Search .............................................................6-2
1.2.1 Playback by Channel ..................................................................................6-2
1.2.2 Playback by Time ........................................................................................6-2
1.2.3 Playback Screen .........................................................................................6-3
1.3 Playing Back by Event Search ....................................................................6-5
1.4 Playing Back by Tag ....................................................................................6-6
Adding Tags ............................................................................................................. 6-7
Playing Back using Tags.......................................................................................... 6-8
1.5 Playing Back by Smart Playback .................................................................6-9
1.6 Playing Back by System Logs ...................................................................6-12
1.7 Playing Back External File .........................................................................6-14
1.8 Playing Back by Sub-Periods ....................................................................6-15
1.9 Playing Back Pictures ................................................................................6-16
Section 2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback .......................................................... 6-17
2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame ...................................................................6-17
Using a Mouse ....................................................................................................... 6-17
Using the Front Panel ............................................................................................ 6-17
2.2 Digital Zoom ..............................................................................................6-18
2.3 File Management .......................................................................................6-18
2.4 Reverse Playback of Multi-Channel ..........................................................6-19
Chapter 7 Backup
Section 1 Backing Up Recorded Files .................................................................... 7-1

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1.1 Quick Export................................................................................................. 7-1
1.2 Backing Up Using Normal Video/Picture Search ........................................ 7-3
1.3 Backing Up Using Event Search ................................................................. 7-7
1.4 Backing Up Video Clips or Captured Playback Pictures ............................. 7-8
Section 2 Managing Backup Devices ................................................................... 7-10
Section 3 Hot Spare Device Backup .................................................................... 7-11
3.1 Setting Hot Spare Device ........................................................................... 7-11
3.2 Setting Working Device ............................................................................. 7-12
3.3 Managing Hot Spare System .................................................................... 7-12
Chapter 8 Alarm Settings
Section 1 Setting Motion Detection Alarm ............................................................ 8-1
Section 2 Setting Sensor Alarms ........................................................................... 8-3
Section 3 Detecting Video Loss Alarm .................................................................. 8-7
Section 4 Detecting Video Tampering Alarm ........................................................ 8-8
Section 5 Handling Exceptions Alarm ................................................................. 8-10
Section 6 Setting Alarm Response Actions ........................................................ 8-11
6.1 Event Hint Display ...................................................................................... 8-11
6.2 Full Screen Monitoring .............................................................................. 8-12
6.3 Audible Warning ........................................................................................ 8-12
6.4 Notify Surveillance Center ......................................................................... 8-13
6.5 Email Linkage ............................................................................................ 8-13
6.6 Trigger Alarm Output ................................................................................. 8-13
Section 7 Triggering or Clearing Alarm Output Manually .................................. 8-15