Novus NHDR-4 AHD Series User manual

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NHDR-4xxxAHD

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INFORMACJE
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS AND WARNINGS
EMC (2014/30/EC) and LVD (2014/35/EC) Directives
CE Marking
Our products are manufactured to comply with requirements of following directives and
national regulations implementing the directives:
• Electromagnetic compatibility EMC 2014/30/EC.
• Low voltage LVD 2014/35/EC with further amendment. The Directive applies to electrical
equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50VAC and 1000VAC as well
as 75VDC and 1500VDC.
WEEE Directive 2012/19/UE
Information on Disposal for Users of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
This appliance is marked according to the European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (2012/19/UE) and further amendments. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly,
you will help to prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which
could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product.
The symbol on the product, or the documents accompanying the product, indicates that this appliance
may not be treated as household waste. It shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the
waste electrical and electronic equipment for recycling purpose. For more information about recycling
of this product, please contact your local authorities, your household waste disposal service or the shop
where you purchased the product.
RoHS Directive 2011/65/EC
Concerning for human health protection and friendly environment, we assure that our
products falling under RoHS Directive regulations, regarding the restriction of the use of
hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, were designed and manufactured
in compliance with mentioned regulation. Simultaneously, we claim that our products were tested and
do not contain hazardous substances exceeding limits which could have negative impact on human
health or natural environment.
Information
The device, as a part of professional CCTV system used for surveillance and control, is not designed
for self installation in households by individuals without technical knowledge.
The manufacturer is not responsible for defects and damages resulted from improper or inconsistent
with user’s manual installation of the device in the system.
The pictures from the cameras contained in this publication are simulations. Actual
images from cameras may vary, depending on the model, settings, area of observation,
and external conditions.
There are described all functions available in NHDR-4000AHD series in this publication.
Depending on your NHDR model and/or firmware version, some features may not be
available or not supported.

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SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
ATTENTION!
KNOWLEDGE OF THIS MANUAL PLACED AT THE WEBSITE WWW.NOVUSCCTV.COM
IS A PREREQUISITE FOR PROPER OPERATION OF THE DEVICE. PLEASE READ IT
BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF THE
RECORDER. DO NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS. ALL REPAIRS CAN ONLY BE
PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONEL
1. Prior to undertaking any action please consult the following manual and read all the safety and
operating instructions before starting the device.
2. Please keep this manual for the lifespan of the device in case referring to the contents of this manual
is necessary;
3. All the safety precautions referred to in this manual should be strictly followed, as they have a
direct influence on user’s safety and durability and reliability of the device;
4. All actions conducted by the servicemen and users must be accomplished in accordance with the
user’s manual;
5. The device should be disconnected from power sources during maintenance procedures;
6. Usage of additional devices and components neither provided nor recommended by the producer is
forbidden;
7. You are not allowed to use the device in high humidity environment (i.e. close to swimming pools,
bath tubs, damp basements);
8. Mounting the device in places where proper ventilation cannot be provided (i. e. closed lockers,
etc.) is not recommended, it cause lead to heat build-up and damaging the device itself as a
consequence;
9. Mounting the device on unstable surface or using not recommended mounts is forbidden.
Improperly mounted device may cause a fatal accident or may be seriously damaged itself. The
device must be mounted by qualified personnel with proper authorization, in accordance with this
user’s manual.
10. Device should be supplied only from a power sources whose parameters are in accordance with
those specified by the producer in the devices technical datasheet. Therefore, it is forbidden to
supply the devices from a power sources with unknown parameters, unstable or incompatible with
the producer’s requirements;
11. You cannot allow any metal objects get inside the recorder. It might cause serious damage. If a
metal object gets inside the device contact the authorised Novus service immediately.
12. Excluding of responsibility in case of damaging data on a disk or other devices: The manufacturer
does not bear any responsibility in case of damaging or losing data on a hard disk or other media
occured during the usage of the product.
Due to the product is constantly being improved and optimized, some of parameters and
functions described in the manual may have changed without further notice. Please refer to the
latest version of the user manual on the website www.novuscctv.com. The instruction manual on
the website www.novuscctv.com is always the most current version.
The NHDR-4000AHD series recorders are dedicated to work with NOVUS cameras. Using only
NOVUS products guarantees the highest level of service. Connecting third-party cameras may
result in lower video quality and functional limitations.
Technical changes reserved without prior notice and printing errors possible.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 4
1. DVR OPERATING .................................................................................................................................. 6
1.1. Controlling via IR remote controller .......................................................................................... 6
1.2. Controlling via USB mouse ........................................................................................................ 6
2. FIRST LAUNCH WIZARD..................................................................................................................... 7
2.1. First launch - language selection and password creating ............................................................ 7
2.2. First launch wizard ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.3. Network Settings ........................................................................................................................ 9
2.4. Time and date settings .............................................................................................................. 10
2.5. Adding IP cameras .................................................................................................................... 11
2.6. Hard drives ................................................................................................................................ 14
2.7. Monitor output resolution.......................................................................................................... 15
2.8. P2P Identifier............................................................................................................................. 15
2.9. Wizard Summary....................................................................................................................... 16
3. MAIN SCREEN ..................................................................................................................................... 17
4. MAIN MENU......................................................................................................................................... 20
5. CHANNEL SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................... 21
5.1. Switching on/off analog channels ............................................................................................. 21
5.2. Adding IP channels ................................................................................................................... 21
5.3. Protocol Manage menu.............................................................................................................. 25
5.4. „Live” tab - OSD settings.......................................................................................................... 26
5.5. Image Control - camera settings................................................................................................ 27
5.6. PTZ - control settings for speeddome and motorzoom cameras ............................................... 28
5.7. Video Cover (Privacy Zones).................................................................................................... 28
5.8. Deterence .............................................................................................................................29
5.9. Intelligent .............................................................................................................................29
5.9.1. PID - Perimeter Intrusion Detection .............................................................................30
5.9.2. LCD - Line Crossing Detection....................................................................................31
5.9.3. SOD - Stationary Object Detection ..............................................................................32
5.9.4. PD - Pedestrian Detection ............................................................................................34
5.9.5. FD - Face Detection .....................................................................................................35
5.9.6. CC - Cross Counting ....................................................................................................36
5.9.7. Sound Detection ...........................................................................................................37
5.9.8. Occlusion Detection .....................................................................................................38
5.9.9. Schedule of intelligent functions ..................................................................................38
5.9.10. Intelligent - report on crossing....................................................................................39
6. RECORDING......................................................................................................................................... 40
7. ALARMS ............................................................................................................................................... 45
7.1. Motion detection........................................................................................................................ 45
7.2. Alarm inputs.............................................................................................................................. 47
7.3. PIR............................................................................................................................................. 48
7.4. Intelligent .................................................................................................................................. 50
7.5. PTZ Linkage.............................................................................................................................. 51
7.6. Exception................................................................................................................................... 52
7.7. Alarm Schedule ......................................................................................................................... 52

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8. NETWORK SETTINGS......................................................................................................................... 54
8.1. DDNS settings ........................................................................................................................... 58
8.2. Email settings............................................................................................................................. 59
8.3. FTP settings ............................................................................................................................... 60
8.4. IP filtering.................................................................................................................................. 60
8.5. RTSP streaming ......................................................................................................................... 64
9. DEVICE MENU .............................................................................................................................. 65
9.1. Disk management. ............................................................................................................... 65
9.2. Cloud. .................................................................................................................................. 68
9.3. RS485.................................................................................................................................. 71
10. SYSTEM SETTINGS .................................................................................................................... 72
10.1. Date and time settings......................................................................................................... 72
10.2. Monitor output settings....................................................................................................... 73
10.3. User account management .................................................................................................. 75
10.4. Recorder operating system management ........................................................................... 78
10.5. IP Camera Management .................................................................................................... 81
10.6. Recorder informations ....................................................................................................... 83
11. CONTROL OF PTZ CAMERAS .................................................................................................... 85
12. PLAYBACK OF RECORDINGS......................................................................................................... 87
12.1. Playback - "General" tab......................................................................................................... 87
12.2. Playback - "Events" tab .......................................................................................................... 90
12.3. Playback - „Sub-periods” tab.................................................................................................. 95
12.4. Playback - „Smart” tab ...................................................................................................... 97
12.5. Playback - „Tag” tab ....................................................................................................... 100
12.6. Playback - „External File” tab.......................................................................................... 102
12.7. Playback - „Picture” tab................................................................................................... 103
12.8. Playback - „Slice” tab...................................................................................................... 106
12.9. Overwriting protection of recordings..................................................................................... 108
13. ARCHIVING AND EXPORTING RECORDS.................................................................................. 109
13.1. Creating a video clip.............................................................................................................. 109
13.2. Export of recording files........................................................................................................ 110
13.3. Backup type window ............................................................................................................. 110
13.4. Playback of archived recordings............................................................................................ 112
14. RECORDER OPERATION BY WEB BROWSER ........................................................................... 113
14.1. Recommended PC configuration ........................................................................................... 113
14.2. Installing the WWW applet plugin ........................................................................................ 113
14.3. Login to the web applet ......................................................................................................... 115
14.4. Live Preview window ........................................................................................................... 116
14.5. Playback window................................................................................................................... 119
14.6. Recording a video clip ........................................................................................................... 121
14.7. Screenshot.............................................................................................................................. 121
14.8. Downloading video files........................................................................................................ 121
14.9. Remote Settings ..................................................................................................................... 122
14.10. Local Settings ...................................................................................................................... 122

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1. DVR OPERATING
1.1. Controlling via IR remote controller
The set includes an IR remote controller. Its range depends on battery status and may vary between a
few and several meters. Some DVRs (i. e. NHDR-4116AHD, NHDR-4308AHD, NHDR-4316AHD)
have a port to connect NV-RCEX5AHD to extend the range. Controller is supplied by two AAA
batteries. Buttons functions are listed below.
1.2. Controlling via USB mouse
It is possible to control the NVR functions using a mouse with a USB interface connected to the NVR’s
USB port. The mouse button functions are described below:
 Left mouse button:
• A single click displays the channel menu and selects options from the menu.
• Double-clicking on any camera in the division displays it in full screen. Double-clicking again
returns to the previous display format.
• Clicking, holding and dragging any camera in the division changes the order of the channels.
During playback - marks a part of recordings for export. When using digital zoom - changes the
position of the enlarged part of the image.
0 - 9
Numeric buttons for channel selection. Channel 10 and another
can be selected using buttons combination. i.e. to open channel
15 press „1” and then „5”.
ALL Toggles between different display formats: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25.
MENU Enters to main menu. Pressing this button cancel the selection
and leaving the menu also
SUBMENU In live mode open the Popup menu.
Navigation control „left”, „right”. In live mode open the Popup
menu.
Navigation control „up” , „down”.
SEL Button is used for confirm the selection and start to editing
fields. In live mode open the Popup menu.
Switch on playback mode. Open Record Search menu. In live
mode open the Popup menu.
Slow down playback speed.
Fast up playback speed.
Turn on manual record.
Playback pause, press again to play frame by frame.
Stop the playback. In live mode stop the manual recording.

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 Right mouse button
• A single click on any camera displays the menu bar. When a menu or any window is displayed -
it closes.
 Roll
• Turning the roll changes the amount of digital zoom. Change the value of drop-down field in
menu.
2. FIRST LAUNCH WIZARD
2.1. First launch - language selection and password creating
After the first launch a window to choose and set language, administrator name and password will be
displayed.
Default language is English. If you change the language, all the descriptions will be translated
automatically.
Clicking on each field expands drop-down list or displays on-screen keyboard.
Device ID - option is not used. Leave it unchanged.
New Admin Name - name of administrator account (default: admin).
Password Strenght - the scale showing how strong is the written password. It is updated on the fly
while typing the password in the next fiels. Password strenght can be Low, Medium or High and
marked with Red, Yellow or Green color.

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New Admin Password - it is required to create access password. It must contain 5-15 characters.
Confirm password - enter the access password again to confirm.
Show Password - shows password instead of masking marks.
Unlock Pattern Enable - enables an alternative authentication method for the password using the
pattern. It allows to enter administrative settings and make changes. Some settings, such as disk
formatting, import/export settings still require password authentication.
Draw - the function shows when Unlock Pattern function is enabled. It allows to create an unlock
pattern. There is 3x3 board to create a pattern by dragging the mouse cursor. The pattern has to be
confirmed by dragging the mouse cursor again.
Apply - saves settings.
The next step is to log in using the created user data.
Use the Pattern button to switch to login with the unlock pattern.
The Password button returns to the previous view.
After authentication the First Launch Wizard opens.

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2.2. First launch wizard
The first launch wizard provides a quick way to configure basic DVR settings.
When the Start Wizard will be pressed, subsequent sections of the wizard will appear.
The Next and Previous buttons allow to toggle between consecutive sections. The Cancel button exits
the wizard without saving any changes.
2.3. Network Settings

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This section contains basic network settings.
DHCP - enable network settings retrieval from a DHCP server.
IP Address - network address of the recorder in the local network.
Subnet Mask - number dividing in IP address the network part.
Gateway - IP address of the router for Internet connection.
DNS1 - domain server address.
DNS2 - alternative domain server address.
Web Port- the port used to connect with the DVR network plugin by Internet Explorer browser.
Client Port - the port used to connect with the DVR by NHDR-5000Viewer, NMS, RxCamView.
RTSP Port - the port used for RTSP streaming from NVR.
HTTPS - the port used while the connection with HTTPS protocol.
UPNP - enable the UPnP discovery feature. The UPnP function must be supported by the router.
UPNP Status - informs if the UPnP function is active for the port (Active or Inactive).
2.4. Time and date settings
This section contains all the date and time options in the recorder.
Date - select day from calandar.
Time - current DVR time. It can be written manually.
Date Format - dispaly format of the date (MM/DD/YY, YY-MM-DD, DD/MM/YY).
Time Format - display format of time (12Hour or 24 Hour).
Time Zone - display a time zone depending on the region.
The recorder allows to synchronize time with the NTP server. The server can be selected from
drop-down list. The User-Deifined option allows to enter any IP address of the time server.
The correct network settings and connection are required to allow communication with the NTP
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The recorder allows to set daylight saving time.
Time Offset - defines time advancing (1Hour, 2Hour).
DST Mode - defines method of switching by specified Week, or by specified Day.
Start Time - defines first day of DST.
End Time - defines last day of DST.
2.5. Adding IP cameras
The next section allows to add IP channels to the recorder. The DVR automatically searches all IP
cameras, NHDR and NVR-4000 from Novus in local IP network.
On the left side is a list of found devices, on the right side the list of connected channels.

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The Search button starts researching IP devices. The recorders IP addresses are with sign,
which allow to add separated channels from recorders. If a channel has already been added from the
recorder, then its IP address is indicated by a red color.
There is an arrow in the center of the window which allows to add channels.
If there are selected multiple channels, the following dialog box appears to add a group, where are
defined the same User Name and Password.

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Position - specifies the location of the channel name
Port - Port number to connect devices. It is automatically recognized by default
Protocol - protocol to connect devices. The Novus 2000 and 4000 series IP cameras, NHDR and NVR
-4000 recorders are using Private protocol. Another devices are using ONVIF protocol. The protocol
is automatically recognized by default
User Name - name of the user which is used to log in to the device. The default user name is root.
Password - user password which is used to log in to the device. The default password is pass
The Add button confirms the entered data.
Adding a single channel there shows the following window, where can be defined the above
parameters, the IP address (or domain), channel name (Alias) and channel number to assign a specific
camera.

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In the right part of the wizzard window you can find the following indications:
2.6. Hard drives
The next section of the wizard displays a list of disks connected to the DVR.
No. - number of the disk. * means recording.
Edit - allow to change the HDD mode . HDD modes: Read/Write, Redundance, Read Only.
Model, Serial No., Firmware - disk information.
Type - information about HDD mode, which can be changed in Edit field. Default mode is
Read/Write.
State - information about HDDs filling.
- Adding a single camera. The Add IP Camera window from the previous page appears.
- Deleting a single camera.
- Editing added camera parameters. A completed window appears from the previous page.
- Information, that the camera is connected.
- Information, that there is no connection to the camera. Check the entered parameters and the
network connection.

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Free / Total - information about free and total HDD space.
Free / Total Time - estimated time of recording, which should be recorded on the free hard disk space
and the total recording time. The time depends on the encoding and the amount of video frames.
Overwrite - the default Auto setting cause recordings overwriting from the oldest when there is no free
space on HDDs. When overwriting is OFF, the DVR will stop recording when the disk is full. It is also
possible to set the time after which recordings will be overwritten: 1day, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days,
30 days and 90 days. It means the longest time of stored recordings, after which the recordings will be
deleted.
Format HDD - formatting the hard disk. Select the HDD before it.
Caution! You need to format the disk to start recording. Formatting deletes all data permanently
from the hard disk.
2.7. Monitor output resolution
The next section allows to select the monitor output resolution. Following HDMI output resolutions are
supported: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x720, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x1200,
1920x1200, 3840x2160. VGA output supports resolutions up to 1920x1080.
Press the Apply button after selecting the resolution. When you change the resolution, you are
prompted to confirm the change. If the change is not confirmed within 20 seconds, the previous
resolution is reverted.
Note! During the first launch the image resolution on the HDMI and VGA outputs is set to
1280x1024.
2.8. P2P identifier
DVR allows to connect over the Internet using P2P service. The connection to the recorder is done by
an external server, even if the recorder does not have a public IP address. The recorder need Internet
access only. The connection to the DVR via the P2P ID is available from the NHDR-5000viewer
software or Rxcamview application.

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The QR code contains the P2P ID and can be scanned eg. in the RXCAMview application.
Caution! P2P service is provided by third-party companies. AAT HOLDING S.A. is not
responsible for the operation of the service.
2.9. Wizard Summary

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The summary displays parameters settings. The user can select Don’t show this window next time
check box to stop displaying the wizard after DVR restart. The Finish button saves all settings and
closes the wizard.
3. MAIN SCREEN
When the initialization process is complete, live camera images are displayed on the monitor screen.
Moving the mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen displays the menu bar.
To display the menu in the recorder, press menu button , then select Settings. A detailed
description of the menu can be found later in this manual.
Then, log in with the using created datas.
The menu bar contains the following options:
-Expands the additional menu described below.
-Currently logged in user, click to switch user.
-Starts the playback mode of recordings.
-Displays the recorder menu.
- User logout.
-Allows to disable DVR, reboot, log out.
-Select the split video window (double-click on the image displays
the camera in full screen mode. Double-clickg again reverts to split.).

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The channel menu is displayed when you press the left mouse button on the selected video window
- Start sequence display.
- Start playback mode. Click on triangle mark to start quick playback recent recordings (5sec.
- 5min).
- Switches on/off audio, change audio level, mute.
- Switches the stream of all cameras, HD means main stream, SD means substream.
- Preview policy - allow to select Realtime, Balanced, Smooth. Mode defines buffer used for
smoothness the video.
- Network connection status: no connection.
- Network connection status: no connection with the router.
- Network connection status: connection OK.
- Manual mode allows for switch on record manually.
- Displays DVR information window, recorded channels, network.
- Displays date and time.
- Switches on/off manual record.
- Takes a screenshot of a given channel.
- Starts quick playback last 5 minutes recordings.
- Open PTZ panel.
- Turns on digital zoom.
- Picture settings - allows to adjust hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness levels
(only for analog cameras, Novus 2000 and 4000 series IP cameras).
- Switches the stream of camera, HD means main stream, SD means substream (only for
IP channels).
- Add tags (the camera must be in recording process).

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Note! For IP cameras, the DVR displays main or substream depending on the display
performance. If the main stream is choosen, depending on the available hardware resources,
some channels may not be displayed. The message "Resource not enough" will appear in the
place of the channel that cannot be displayed.
A pop-up window with current events appears on the right side of the screen. It shows the events with
different colours: yellow (motion detection), red (alarm input), purple (PIR), blue (intelligent
analysis). Each event has an additional summary description, date and time of occurrence and the
camera name. The icon allows to quick play a records with a specific event.
There are icons at the top of the pop-up window:
The filter window allow to define what kind of events and which cameras appears in the pop-up
window.
-Pin allows to clip the window permanently so that it does not obscor the video images.
- Hide / show pop-up window.
- Opens the filter window.

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4. MAIN MENU
To display the main menu, press the button on the menu bar and select Settings. Then log in using
created administrator datas.
The menu is shown below.
Sample menu screen: