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

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Chapter 9 VCA Alarm
Section 1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 9-1
Section 2 Face Recognition .................................................................................... 9-1
Section 3 Face Detection ......................................................................................... 9-2
Section 4 Line Crossing Detection ......................................................................... 9-3
Section 5 Intrusion Detection ................................................................................. 9-5
Section 6 Region Entrance Detection .................................................................... 9-7
Section 7 Region Exiting Detection ........................................................................ 9-8
Section 8 Loitering Detection ................................................................................. 9-8
Section 9 People Gathering Detection ................................................................... 9-9
Section 10 Fast Moving Detection ............................................................................ 9-9
Section 11 Parking Detection .................................................................................... 9-9
Section 12 Unattended Baggage Detection ........................................................... 9-10
Section 13 Object Removal Detection .................................................................... 9-10
Section 14 Audio Exception Detection .................................................................. 9-11
Section 15 Sudden Scene Change Detection ........................................................ 9-12
Section 16 Defocus Detection ................................................................................. 9-12
Section 17 PIR Alarm ............................................................................................... 9-13
Chapter 10 VCA Search
Section 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 10-1
Section 2 Face Search ........................................................................................... 10-1
Section 3 Behavior Search .................................................................................... 10-3

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Section 4 People Counting ................................................................................... 10-5
Section 5 Heat Map ................................................................................................ 10-6
Chapter 11 Network Settings
Section 1 Configuring General Settings .............................................................. 11-1
Section 2 Configuring Advanced Settings .......................................................... 11-3
2.1 Configuring PPPoE Settings ...................................................................... 11-3
2.2 Configuring Cloud P2P .............................................................................. 11-3
2.3 Configuring DDNS ..................................................................................... 11-4
2.3.1 Register the Device on the SIMPLEDDNS Server ....................................11-7
2.3.2 Access the Device via Web Browser or Client Software ...........................11-9
2.4 Configuring NTP Server .......................................................................... 11-11
2.5 Configuring SNMP ................................................................................... 11-11
2.6 Configuring More Settings ....................................................................... 11-12
2.7 Configuring HTTPS Port .......................................................................... 11-14
2.8 Configuring Email .................................................................................... 11-16
2.9 Configuring NAT ...................................................................................... 11-18
2.9.1 UPnP .......................................................................................................11-18
2.9.2 Manual Mapping ......................................................................................11-20
2.10 Configuring High-Speed Download ......................................................... 11-22
2.11 Configuring Virtual Host .......................................................................... 11-23
Section 3 Checking Network Traffic ................................................................... 11-24
Section 4 Configuring Network Detection ......................................................... 11-24
4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss.................................................. 11-24
4.2 Exporting Network Packet ....................................................................... 11-25
4.3 Checking the Network Status .................................................................. 11-27

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4.4 Checking Network Statistics ....................................................................11-28
Chapter 12 RAID
Section 1 Configuring Array ................................................................................. 12-1
1.1 Enable RAID...............................................................................................12-2
1.2 One-Touch Configuration ..........................................................................12-3
1.3 Manually Creating Array ............................................................................12-5
Section 2 Rebuilding Array ................................................................................... 12-7
2.1 Automatically Rebuilding Array...................................................................12-8
2.2 Manually Rebuilding Array .........................................................................12-8
Section 3 Deleting Array ........................................................................................ 12-9
Section 4 Checking and Editing Firmware ........................................................ 12-10
Chapter 13 HDD Management
Section 1 Initializing HDDs .................................................................................... 13-1
Section 2 Managing Network HDD ....................................................................... 13-3
Section 3 Managing eSata ..................................................................................... 13-6
Section 4 Managing HDD Group ........................................................................... 13-7
4.1 Setting HDD Groups...................................................................................13-7
4.2 Setting HDD Property ................................................................................13-8
Section 5 Configuring Quota Mode .................................................................... 13-10
Section 6 Configuring Disk Clone ...................................................................... 13-11
Section 7 Checking HDD Status ......................................................................... 13-13
7.1 Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Screen...................................13-13

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7.2 Checking HDD Status in HDD Screen .................................................... 13-14
Section 8 HDD Detection ..................................................................................... 13-14
8.1 S.M.A.R.T Settings................................................................................... 13-14
8.2 Bad Sector Detection .............................................................................. 13-16
Section 9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms .......................................................... 13-17
Chapter 14 Camera Settings
Section 1 Configuring OSD Settings .................................................................... 14-1
Section 2 Configuring Privacy Mask .................................................................... 14-2
Section 3 Configuring Video Parameters ............................................................ 14-3
Chapter 15 NVR Management and Maintenance
Section 1 Viewing System Information ................................................................ 15-1
Section 2 Searching and Exporting Log Files ..................................................... 15-2
Section 3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info ................................................... 15-4
Section 4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files ............................................ 15-5
Section 5 Upgrading the System .......................................................................... 15-6
5.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device ........................................................... 15-6
5.2 Upgrading by FTP ..................................................................................... 15-7
Section 6 Restoring Default Settings ................................................................... 15-7
Chapter 16 Other Settings
Section 1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port ........................................................... 16-1
Section 2 Configuring General Settings .............................................................. 16-2

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Section 3 Configuring DST Settings .................................................................... 16-3
Section 4 Configuring More Settings ................................................................... 16-4
Section 5 Managing User Accounts ..................................................................... 16-5
5.1 Adding a User.............................................................................................16-5
5.2 Deleting a User ..........................................................................................16-9
5.3 Editing a User ............................................................................................16-9
Appendix A Glossary and Troubleshooting
Section 1 Glossary .................................................................................................. A-1
Section 2 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................... A-2
Section 3 List of Compatible IP Cameras ............................................................. A-9

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LIST OF FIGURES
Chapter 1 Introduction
Figure 1-1 Front Panel 1 ............................................................................1-1
Figure 1-2 Front Panel 2 ............................................................................1-4
Figure 1-3 Soft Keyboard 1 ........................................................................1-9
Figure 1-4 Soft Keyboard 2 ........................................................................1-9
Figure 1-5 Rear Panel 1 ........................................................................... 1-10
Figure 1-6 No PoE Series .......................................................................... 1-11
Figure 1-7 PoE Series .............................................................................. 1-11
Chapter 2 Getting Started
Figure 2-1 Shutdown Menu .........................................................................2-1
Figure 2-2 Set Admin Password ...................................................................2-3
Figure 2-3 Password Warning .....................................................................2-3
Figure 2-4 Start Wizard Screen ...................................................................2-4
Figure 2-5 Wizard Screen – Date and Time Settings .......................................2-4
Figure 2-6 Wizard Screen – Network Settings ...............................................2-5
Figure 2-7 Wizard Screen – Advanced Network Parameters .............................2-5
Figure 2-8 Wizard Screen – RAID Configuration .............................................2-6
Figure 2-9 Wizard Screen – Array Management .............................................2-6
Figure 2-10 Wizard Screen – HDD Management ..............................................2-7
Figure 2-11 Wizard Screen – Search for IP Cameras ........................................2-8
Figure 2-12 Wizard Screen – Record Settings .................................................2-8
Figure 2-13 Login Screen .............................................................................2-9
Figure 2-14 User Account Protection ..............................................................2-9
Figure 2-15 Logout ................................................................................... 2-10
Figure 2-16 IP Camera Management Screen ................................................. 2-11
Figure 2-17 Activate the Camera ................................................................. 2-12

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Figure 2-18 Set New Password ................................................................... 2-12
Figure 2-19 Quickly Add IP Camera Screen .................................................. 2-13
Figure 2-20 Adding IP Camera Screen ......................................................... 2-14
Figure 2-21 Selecting Multiple Channels ....................................................... 2-15
Figure 2-22 Add IP Camera (Custom) Screen ................................................ 2-15
Figure 2-23 Successfully Added IP Cameras ................................................. 2-16
Figure 2-24 Edit the Parameters ................................................................. 2-17
Figure 2-25 Network Configuration of the Camera ......................................... 2-18
Figure 2-26 Password Configuration of the Camera ........................................ 2-18
Figure 2-27 Protocol Management Screen .................................................... 2-19
Figure 2-28 Protocol Settings ..................................................................... 2-20
Figure 2-29 List of Connected Cameras ........................................................ 2-21
Figure 2-30 Edit IP Camera – Plug and Play .................................................. 2-22
Figure 2-31 Edit IP Camera – Manual .......................................................... 2-22
Chapter 3 Live View
Figure 3-1 Right-click Menu ........................................................................3-4
Figure 3-2 Quick Setting Toolbar .................................................................3-5
Figure 3-3 Digital Zoom .............................................................................3-5
Figure 3-4 Image Settings – Customize ........................................................3-6
Figure 3-5 Live View Strategy .....................................................................3-6
Figure 3-6 Information ..............................................................................3-7
Figure 3-7 Live View – General ...................................................................3-7
Figure 3-8 Live View – Camera Order ..........................................................3-8
Figure 3-9 Live View – Channel-zero Encoding .............................................. 3-9
Chapter 4 PTZ Controls
Figure 4-1 PTZ Settings .............................................................................4-1
Figure 4-2 PTZ – General ...........................................................................4-2
Figure 4-3 PTZ Settings .............................................................................4-3
Figure 4-4 PTZ Panel – General ...................................................................4-4

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Figure 4-5 PTZ Settings .............................................................................4-4
Figure 4-6 KeyPoint Configuration ...............................................................4-5
Figure 4-7 PTZ Panel – General ...................................................................4-5
Figure 4-8 PTZ Settings .............................................................................4-6
Figure 4-9 PTZ Panel – General ...................................................................4-7
Figure 4-10 PTZ Settings .............................................................................4-7
Figure 4-11 PTZ Panel – One-Touch ..............................................................4-8
Figure 4-12 PTZ Panel – One-Touch ..............................................................4-9
Figure 4-13 PTZ Panel ............................................................................... 4-10
Chapter 5 Recording and Capture Settings
Figure 5-1 HDD – General ..........................................................................5-1
Figure 5-2 HDD – Advanced .......................................................................5-1
Figure 5-3 Recording Parameters ................................................................5-2
Figure 5-4 More Settings ............................................................................5-3
Figure 5-5 Sub-stream Parameters ..............................................................5-4
Figure 5-6 Capture Parameters ...................................................................5-4
Figure 5-7 Record Schedule ........................................................................5-5
Figure 5-8 Recording Schedule Screen .........................................................5-6
Figure 5-9 Edit Schedule ............................................................................5-6
Figure 5-10 Copy Schedule to Other Days ......................................................5-7
Figure 5-11 Draw the Schedule .....................................................................5-8
Figure 5-12 Copy Schedule to Other Channels ................................................5-8
Figure 5-13 Motion Detection .......................................................................5-9
Figure 5-14 Motion Detection – Mask .............................................................5-9
Figure 5-15 Motion Detection Handling ........................................................ 5-10
Figure 5-16 Alarm Settings ........................................................................ 5-11
Figure 5-17 Alarm Settings – Alarm Input .................................................... 5-11
Figure 5-18 Settings Screen ....................................................................... 5-12
Figure 5-19 Copy Alarm Input .................................................................... 5-12
Figure 5-20 Manual Record ........................................................................ 5-13

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Figure 5-21 Continuous Capture ................................................................. 5-13
Figure 5-22 Holiday Settings ...................................................................... 5-14
Figure 5-23 Edit Holiday Settings ................................................................ 5-15
Figure 5-24 HDD General ........................................................................... 5-16
Figure 5-25 HDD General – Editing .............................................................. 5-16
Figure 5-26 Record Parameters .................................................................. 5-17
Figure 5-27 HDD General ........................................................................... 5-17
Figure 5-28 Storage Mode .......................................................................... 5-18
Figure 5-29 Normal Playback ...................................................................... 5-19
Figure 5-30 Locked File Management ........................................................... 5-20
Figure 5-31 Export .................................................................................... 5-20
Figure 5-32 Export – Search Result ............................................................. 5-21
Figure 5-33 Unlock Attention ...................................................................... 5-21
Figure 5-34 HDD General ........................................................................... 5-22
Figure 5-35 HDD General – Read/Write ........................................................ 5-22
Chapter 6 Playback
Figure 6-1 Instant Playback Screen .............................................................6-1
Figure 6-2 Right-click Menu – Playback in Live View .......................................6-2
Figure 6-3 Playback Calendar .....................................................................6-3
Figure 6-4 Playback Screen ........................................................................6-3
Figure 6-5 Playback Toolbar ....................................................................... 6-4
Figure 6-6 Motion Search Screen .................................................................6-5
Figure 6-7 Playback by Event Screen ...........................................................6-6
Figure 6-8 Playback by Time Screen ............................................................6-7
Figure 6-9 Tag Management Screen ............................................................6-8
Figure 6-10 Playback by Tag Screen ..............................................................6-8
Figure 6-11 Setting Intrusion Detection on IP Camera .....................................6-9
Figure 6-12 Smart Playback Screen ............................................................. 6-10
Figure 6-13 Smart Settings Screen .............................................................. 6-11
Figure 6-14 Set Result Filter ....................................................................... 6-12