Qvis Iapollo SMART NVR User manual

Iapollo SMART NVR
4 Channel 4PoE Network Video Recorder
User’s Manual
V 1.0.0 08/2013

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Table of Contents
1Features and Specifications.....................................................................................................1
1.1 Overview............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Features.............................................................................................................................1
1.3 Specifications.....................................................................................................................2
2Front Panel and Rear Panel.....................................................................................................4
2.1 Front Panel........................................................................................................................4
2.2 Rear Panel.........................................................................................................................4
2.3 Mouse Operation...............................................................................................................6
3Network Connection.................................................................................................................7
4GUI (Graphic User Interface) Operation ..................................................................................8
4.1 Login..................................................................................................................................8
4.2 Right Click Menu .............................................................................................................11
4.3 Main Menu....................................................................................................................... 11
4.4 Search & Playback..........................................................................................................12
4.5 Information.......................................................................................................................16
4.5.1 HDD Information........................................................................................................16
4.5.2 BPS ...........................................................................................................................18
4.5.3 Log.............................................................................................................................18
4.5.4 Version.......................................................................................................................20
4.5.5 Online Users..............................................................................................................20
4.5.6 Remote Device Information ......................................................................................21
4.5.7 Network Info..............................................................................................................22
4.6 Setting..............................................................................................................................24
4.6.1 General......................................................................................................................24
4.6.2 Encode......................................................................................................................27
4.6.3 Schedule ...................................................................................................................29
4.6.4 RS232........................................................................................................................31
4.6.5 Network .....................................................................................................................32
4.6.6 Alarm.........................................................................................................................49
4.6.7 Detect........................................................................................................................53
4.6.8 PTZ............................................................................................................................57
4.6.9 Display.......................................................................................................................59
4.6.10 Default...................................................................................................................60
4.6.11 Remote Device......................................................................................................61
4.7 Advanced.........................................................................................................................65
4.7.1 HDD Management ....................................................................................................66
4.7.2 Abnormity..................................................................................................................69
4.7.3 Alarm Output.............................................................................................................70
4.7.4 Manual Record..........................................................................................................70
4.7.5 Account......................................................................................................................73
4.7.6 Auto Maintenance .....................................................................................................75
4.7.7 Config Backup...........................................................................................................76
4.8 Shutdown.........................................................................................................................77

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5Quick Configuration Tool ........................................................................................................78
5.1 Overview..........................................................................................................................78
5.2 Operation.........................................................................................................................78
6Web Operation........................................................................................................................81
6.1 General Introduction........................................................................................................81
6.1.1 Preparation................................................................................................................81
6.1.2 Log in.........................................................................................................................83
6.2 LAN Mode........................................................................................................................85
6.2.1 Monitor Channel Menu Tree......................................................................................86
6.2.2 System Menu ............................................................................................................88
6.2.3 Monitor Window Switch.............................................................................................89
6.2.4 PTZ Control...............................................................................................................89
6.2.5 Color and More Setup...............................................................................................91
6.3 WAN Login.......................................................................................................................93
6.4 Configuration...................................................................................................................95
6.4.1 System Information...................................................................................................95
6.4.2 System Configuration................................................................................................97
6.4.3 Advanced ................................................................................................................117
6.4.4 Additional Function..................................................................................................126
6.5 Search ...........................................................................................................................130
6.6 Alarm .............................................................................................................................133
6.7 About .............................................................................................................................135
6.8 Log out...........................................................................................................................136
7FAQ.......................................................................................................................................137

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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our network video recorder!
This user’s manual is designed to be a reference tool for
your system. Please open the accessory bag to check
the items one by one in accordance with the list below.
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing
or damaged in the bag.
Here you can find information about the iApollo Mini
NVR’s features and functions, as well as a detailed menu
tree.
Before installation and operation please read the
following safeguards and warnings carefully!

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Important Safeguards and Warnings
1．Electrical safety
All installation and operation within this manual should conform to your local electrical safety
codes.
We assume no liability or responsibility for any fires or electrical shocks caused by improper
handling or installation.
2．Transportation security
Please avoid heavy stress, violent vibrations or water splashes during transportation, storage
and installation. Please take heed, as this may cause permanent and irreversible damage to
the unit.
3．Installation
Handle product with care and the correct way up.
Do not apply power to the NVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on top of the NVR.
4．Qualified engineers needed
All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.
5．Environment
The NVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, flammable and/or
explosive substances, etc.
This product should be transported, stored and used in the specified environments.
6. Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Before installation, please open the product packaging and check all the components are
included.
Contact your local retailerASAP if something is broken within the packaging.
7. Lithium battery
Improper battery use may result in hazardous consequences such as the start of fires, an
explosion, or personal injury!
When you need to replace the battery, please make sure you replace I with the same battery
model!

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Before your operation please read the following instructions
carefully.
Installation environment
Keep away from extreme hot places and sources；
Avoid direct sunlight；
Keep away from extreme humid places；
Avoid violent vibration；
Do not put other devices on the top of the NVR；
Be installed in well ventilated place; do not block the vent.
Accessories
Check the following accessories after opening the box：
*Please refer to the packing list in the box*

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1Features and Specifications
1.1 Overview
The NVR delivers high performance within a networked security surveillance system. This series
of products also support local preview, multiple-window display, recorded file local storage,
remote control & mouse shortcut menu operation, and remote management & control function.
In addition to this it can also provide integral centre storage, front-end storage and client-end
storage. The monitor zone in the front-end can be setup anywhere. Working with other front-end
devices within the Qvis product range, this product series can establish a strong surveillance
network via the CMS. In order for the system to work you only need one network cable running
from each security camera, to the monitor workstation, within the whole network. There is no need
for multiple audio/video cables from the security cameras to the monitor workstation. The whole
project features a simple connection, which reduces network installation costs and a low amount
of maintenance work.
This series of NVRs can be widely used in many areas such as public security, water conservancy,
transportation and education.
1.2 Features
Storage
Via corresponding setup (such as alarm setup and schedule setup), you
can backup related audio/video data on to the network video recorder.
Supports Web and local video recording.
Alarm
Responds to external alarms (within 200miliseconds) whilst continuing to
monitor and record video camera footage. This is based on user’s
pre-defined relay setup, the system can process the alarm input
systematically and will prompt user by using screen and voice alerts
(supports pre-recorded audio).
Supports central alarm server setup, so that alarm information can
remotely notify user automatically. Alarm input can be derived from
various connected peripheral devices.
Alarm trigger Alerts sent to your EMAIL.
Network
Monitor
Sending audio/video data, through the network, can both be compressed
by the IPC or the NVS and then sent to the monitoring station. The data
will then be decompressed and displayed. If the bandwidth is big enough,
latency will be less than 500miliseconds.
Supports a maximum of 10 connections
Transmit audio/video data by HTTP, TCP, UDP, MULTICAST, RTP/RTCP,
etc.
Transmit some alarm data or alarm info by SMTP.
Supports access in WAN.
Window Split
Adopt the video compression and digital process to display multiple
windows on one monitor. Supports 1/4/8/16-window display.

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Record
Supports scheduled record function. Save the recorded files on to the
HDD, client-end PC, or network storage server. You can search or
playback the saved files at the local-end or via the Web.
Backup
Supports network backup, USB2.0 record backup function, the recorded
files can be saved on to a network storage server, peripheral USB2.0
device, burner, etc.
Network
Management
Supervise NVR configuration and control power via an Ethernet
connection.
Supports network management remotely via the internet.
Peripheral
Equipment
Management
Supports peripheral equipment management such as protocol setup and
port connection.
Supports transparent data transmission such as RS232 (RS-422),
RS485 (RS-485).
Auxiliary
Supports both NTSC and PAL video formats.
User can access real-time system resource information and running
statistics display.
Supports log files.
Local GUI output. Shortcut menu operation via mouse.
IR control function. Shortcut menu operation via remote control.
Support IPC or NVS remote video preview and control.
1.3 Specifications
Parameter
Specifications
31-P Series
System
Resources
Max support 16-ch standard definition with the transmission rate of 2Mbps for each
channel;
8-channel 720P, with the transmission rate of 4Mbps for each channel;
4-channel 1080P, with the transmission rate of 8Mbps for each channel;
Support 20 online users at the same time,
The image delay time of each channel is under 500ms.
Operation
System
Embedded Linux real-time operation system
Operation
Interface
WEB/Local GUI
Video
Compression
H.264/MPEG4
Encode
Capacity
For H.264, it max supports 16-channel D1, 8-channel 720P, 4-channel 1080P.
Audio
Compression
G.711a
Video Output
1-channel VGAanalog video output.
Video Input
4/8/16-ch network compression video input
HDMI
1-ch HDMI output.

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Audio Input
1-ch bidirectional audio input
Window Split
1/4/9-window
Multiple-chann
el Playback
Max 16-channel D1/8-channel 720P/4-channel 1080P playback.
Storage
One built-in SATA port.
USB2.0 Port
One peripheral USB2.0 port.
Network
Connection
One RJ45 10/100Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet port.
Power Port
One power port, power adapter. Input DC 12V.
Two power ports,
power adapter.
Input DC 12V or
DC 48V.
Power Button
No on/off button. Connect to the power cable to boot up.
IR Remote
Control
Receiver
Support IR remote control
Clock
Built-in clock.
Indication Light
One power status indication light.
One network status indication light.
One HDD status indication light.
Power
Consumption
＜12W(Excluding HDD)
Working
Temperature
0℃～+50℃
Working
Humidity
10℅－90℅
Air pressure
86kpa－106kpa
Dimension
270mmX205mmX41mm
Weight
600-700G（Exclude HDD）
Installation
Desk installation

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2Front Panel and Rear Panel
2.1 Front Panel
The front panel is shown as in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information:
Icon
Name
Function
Power indicator light
The blue light becomes on when the power
connection is OK.
Network status indicator
light
The blue light becomes on when the network
connection is abnormal or offline.
HDD status indictor light
The red light becomes on when HDD is abnormal or
HDD space is below the threshold.
USB
USB port. Connect to USB storage device, mouse
burner and etc.
2.2 Rear Panel
The rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 2-.
Figure 2-2

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Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information:
Port Name
Connection
Function
Network port
/
10M/100/1000Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet port.
Connect to the network cable.
HDMI
High Definition
Media
Interface
/
High definition audio and video signal output
port. It transmits uncompressed high definition
video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port
of the display device.
VGA
VGA video
output port
VGA
VGA video output port. Output analog video
signal. It can connect to the monitor to view
analog video.
GND
/
Alarm input port GND port.
Power input
port
/
Power port. Input 12V DC.
Power input
port
/
Switch power port. Input DC 48V.
PoE
PORTS
4 PoE ports
/
Built-in Switch supports PoE function.
The 4 PoE ports series product supports total
48V 50W.
USB 2.0 port
/
USB 2.0 port. Conenct to mouse.
Wireless AP
Support wireless hotspot function. Use WIFI to
connect to the network camera when there is a
hotspot.

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2.3 Mouse Operation
Please refer to the following sheet for mouse operation instruction:
Left click
mouse
When you have selected one menu item, left click mouse to view menu
content.
Modify checkbox or motion detection status.
Click the ‘Combo’box to pop up dropdown list
In the input box, you can select input methods. Left click the corresponding
button on the panel you can input numeral/English character
(small/capitalised). Here the ← stands for backspace button. ＿stands for
space button.
In English input mode: _ stands for input a backspace icon and ← stands for
deleting the previous character.
In numeral input mode: _ stands for clear and ← stands for deleting the
previous numeral.
Double left
click mouse
Implement special control operation such as double click one item in the file list
to playback the video.
In multiple-window mode, double left click one channel to view in full-window.
Double left click current video again to go back to previous multiple-window
mode.
Right click
mouse
In real-time monitor mode, this action pops up shortcut menu.
Exit current menu without saving the modification.
Press middle
button
In numeral input box: Increase or decrease numeral value.
Switch the items in the check box.
Page up or page down
Move mouse
Select current control or move control
Drag mouse
Select motion detection zone
Select privacy mask zone.

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3Network Connection
Please refer to Figure 3-1 Error! Reference source not found.below for connection example.
Figure 3-1
PTZ Cameras

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4GUI (Graphic User Interface) Operation
Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse and power cable. Click the power
button at the rear panel and then boot up the device to view the analog video output. You can use
the mouse to implement some GUI operation.
4.1 Login
After the device boots up, the system is in the multiple-channel display mode. See Figure
4-1.Please note the displayed window amount may vary. The following figure is for reference only.
Figure 4-1
You can use USB2.0 mouse to input. Click to switch between numeral, English character
(small/capitalized) and denotation.
Note:
For security reason, please modify password after you first login.
3 failed login attempts within 30mins will result in triggering the system alarm and after 5 failed
attempts, also within 30mins, will result in account loss.
Figure 4-2

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2
3
4
5
6
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You can overlay the corresponding date, time and channel name on each screen. You can refer to
the following sheet for channel record or alarm status information.
Preview Control
The preview control function has the following features.
Support preview playback.
In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record of current
channel. Please go to the Main Menu->General to set real-time playback time.
Supports drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback
start time.
Supports playback, pause and exit function.
At this point, the system does not support slow playback and backward playback
function.
Support digital zoom function.
Support real-time backup function.
You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction.
Preview control interface
Move your mouse to the top centre of the current video channel; you can see that the system
pops up the ‘Preview control interface’. See Figure 4-3. If your mouse stays in this area for
more than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.
Figure 4-3
1
Recording status
3
Video loss
2
Motion detection
4
Camera lock

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You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information:
SN
Name
Function
1
Realtime playback
This is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes of
recorded from the current channel.
Please go to the Main Menu->General to set
real-time playback.
System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no such
record in current channel.
2
Digital zoom
This is to zoom in to a specified zone within the
current channel. You can use the zoom in function
with multiple-channels.
The selected area has an icon as and the free
area is shown as an icon as .
3
Real-time backup
function
This is to backup the video of a current channel to the
USB2.0 device. System cannot backup the video of
multiple-channel at the same time.
Current selected backup channel has an icon as
and the free channel is shown as an icon as .
Once the backup started, you can see the free
channel is shown as an icon as .
4
Manual Snap
Click it to snap manually.
5
Remote device add
shortcut
This is to go to the remote device connection
interface.
6
Bidirectional talk
Supports bidirectional talk function with the front-end
device.
7
Exit
Playback control
The playback control has the following features.
Supports play, pause, exit and drag function.
During the preview playback process, you cannot see the channel title and record status
of current channel. It will display the channel title and the record status once you exit the
preview playback.
During the preview playback, you cannot switch the displayed channel or change current
window-display mode.
Please note: the tour function has the higher priority than the preview playback. System
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the tour function started. You cannot control the preview playback until the tour function
has ended.
4.2 Right Click Menu
After you logged in to the device, right click mouse and you will see the short cut menu. Please
see Figure 4-4
Figure 4-4
Here you can set local playback window, PTZ control, video color, search records, remote device
etc. The local playback window includes 1/4/8/9/16 layout configurations. You can set the detail
channel amount in 1/4-window.
4.3 Main Menu
After you login, the system main menu will be displayed, as shown below (Figure 4-4). There are a
total of seven icons: Search, Information, Setting, Remote device, Backup, Advanced and
Shutdown. Move the cursor to highlight the icon, then double click mouse to enter the sub-menu.
Figure 4-4

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4.4 Search & Playback
Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown on the next page (Figure 4-5).
Figure 4-5
Please refer to the following sheet for more information:
SN
Name
Function
1
Display
window
This is to display the searched picture or file.
Supports 1/4/9/16-window playback configuration.
2
Search
type
Here you can select to search the video footage or the recorded file.
You can select to play from the read-write HDD, a peripheral device or
a redundancy HDD.
Before you can view footage from a peripheral device, please connect
the corresponding peripheral device. You can view all recorded files from
the peripheral device within the root directory. Click the Browse button; you
can select the file you want to play.
Important: Redundancy HDD does not support picture backup function, but
it supports picture playback function. You can select to play from
redundancy HDD if there are pictures stored on it.
3
Calendar
The blue highlighted date means there is recorded video footage or file
linked with it. Otherwise, it contains nothing.
In any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12
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corresponding record file trace in the time bar.
4
Playback
mode
and
channel
selection
pane.
Playback mode：1/4/9/16. (It may vary due on different NVR models.)
In 1-window playback mode: you can select one out of the 16 channels.
In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to
your requirement.
In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-8 and 9-16
channels.
In 16-window playback mode, you can switch between1-16 and 17-32
channels.
The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the
channel option.
5
File list
switch
button
Double click this button; you can view the picture/record file list of
current day.
The file list is to display the first channel of the record file.
The system can display a maximum of 128 files at any one time. Use
the /or the mouse to view the file. Select one item, and then double
click the mouse or click the ENTER button to initiate playback.
You can input the time period in the following interface to begin an
accurate search.
File type：R—regular record；A—external alarm record；M—Motion
detect record.
Lock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to
lock. The file locked will not be overwritten.
Search locked file: Click the button to view the locked file.
Return: Click button , system goes back to the calendar and the
channel setup interface.
Please note:
System locks up to 16 files. The size of the locked file shall be less than
a 1/4 of the HDD’s total space. The first 16G of each partition cannot be
locked.
System can only lock one file at one time and cannot lock the extra
stream. For the file that is writing or overwriting, it cannot be locked.
6
Card
number
search
The card number search interface is shown as below.
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Playback
control
pane.
►/
Play/Pause
There are three ways for you to begin playback.
The play button
Double click the valid period of the time bar.
Double click the item in the file list.