Securitytronix ST-NVR4CH User manual

ST-NVR4CH
ST-NVR8CH
ST-NVR16CH
USER’S MANUAL

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Safety Precautions
Notice：
Please do not place the NVR under direct sunlight or near heat source.
Please do not install equipment in a moist environment or place with dust
or soot exposure.
Please keep equipment installed horizontally, or install equipment in a
stable place.
Please install the device in a well-ventilated area, and do not block the
vents of the NVR.
Please only use the original power supply.
There are no internal user serviceable parts.
It is highly recommended to protect the NVR and any other critical
equipment with an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) with power
conditioning.

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Contents
Safety Precautions.....................................................................................II
1 Outline and Features ..............................................................................1
1.1 Outline .............................................................................................1
1.2 Function Features:........................................................................1
2 NVR Appearance..................................................................................3
2.1 The Front Panel..............................................................................3
2.1.1 The Front Panel...................................................................3
2.2 Rear Panel ......................................................................................4
2.2.1 Rear Panel...........................................................................4
2.3 Mouse Instructions........................................................................4
2.4 Input Method Introduction ........................................................5
3 Connecting NVR....................................................................................6
3.1 Hard Disk Installation....................................................................6
3.2 Device Connection .....................................................................7
4 NVR Startup ...............................................................................................8
4.1 System Initialization.......................................................................8
4.2 Preview Interface .........................................................................8
5 NVR Menu..............................................................................................10
5.1 Menu Options..............................................................................10
5.2 Main Menu Navigation.............................................................12
5.3 Main Menu ...................................................................................12
5.3.1 System Management.....................................................13
5.3.1.1 Common Setup ....................................................13
5.3.1.2 Network Setup ......................................................14
5.3.1.3 User Management...............................................15
5.3.2 Channel Management .................................................15
5.3.2.1 Channel Configuration ......................................16
5.3.2.2 Preview Configuration........................................17
5.3.2.3 Encoding Parameters .........................................17
5.3.2.4 Video Configuration ...........................................18
5.3.3 Record Management....................................................19
5.3.3.1 Record Setup ........................................................19
5.3.3.2 Record Playback .................................................20
5.3.4 Alarm Management ......................................................22
5.3.4.1 Motion Detection.................................................22
5.3.4.2 Alarm Input ............................................................23
5.3.5 System Maintain...............................................................24

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5.3.5.1 HDD Manage........................................................25
5.3.5.2 Device Upgrade...................................................25
5.3.5.3 Restore Defaults....................................................26
5.3.5.4 Log Info ...................................................................27
5.3.5.5 Version Information..............................................28
5.4 PTZ Controls ..................................................................................29
5.5 Shut Down.....................................................................................30
5.6 Quick adding function..............................................................31
5.7 Remote device ...........................................................................32
6 Appendix ...............................................................................................34
6.1 Q&A................................................................................................34
6.2 Mobile Apps................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

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1Outline and Features
1.1 Outline
The item is a high-performance network DVR, characterizing local
previewing, multi-picture division displaying & local real-time storage of
recorded files. It supports shortcut operating of mouse and remote
managing and controlling. It has two ways of storage--Front storage &
client-side storage. Front-end monitoring points can be located anywhere
on the network without geographical restrictions. Combined with other
front-end equipment such as network cameras, network video server
network, professional video surveillance system software to form a powerful
safety monitoring network, in its network deployment system, focal point
and monitoring points simply connect a network cable, no need to lay
monitor video cable, audio cable etc. from center to monitoring points,
easy construction, low cabling costs and low maintenance costs.
1.2 Function Features:
●H.264 video condensed format, Supports 1080P/720P/D1 resolution network
camera input.
●G.711U audio condensed format.
●Windows-style user interface, embedded real-time Linux3.0 operating system.
●Supports simultaneous preview, recording, play back, and backup.
●Supports dual stream.
●USB2.0 support for backup, software upgrading, and mouse operation.

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Function
Function Brief Introduction
Real-time
Two video outputs, VGA & HDMI.
Record
H.264 compression, motion and timing recording.
Storage
Supports SATA II Hard Drives.
Playback
Supports 1~4 channel playback and network
multi-channel play back.
Backup
Supports NVR backup to USB memory sticks, portable
hard drive or a network backup to a local disk.
Network
Operation
Support for remote/local client access.
Mouse
Operation
Supports USB mouse operation, easily and quickly set
system parameters.
Pan-tilt
Control
Though Onvif protocol

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2 NVR Appearance
2.1 The Front Panel
2.1.1 The Front Panel
No.
Button or indicator
light
Function
1
Indicator light
Depicts the current status of the NVR
2
Channel button
Select single channel full screen display
3
Multi-channel preview
Switch and display to 4,9,or16 channel
4
Direction button
Menu navigation button
5
USB2.0
Connect mouse or USB memory stick for
backup and control

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2.2 Rear Panel
2.2.1 Rear Panel
2.3 Mouse Instructions
Mouse instruction
Operate the NVR through the mouse, and scroll wheel.
Mouse actions
Function
Click left
mouse button
1. Select one of the options; 2. Insertion cursor, enter or
modify the value of a parameter.
Click right
mouse button
1. When the interface is not locked, right click for
system menu pop-up; 2. When interface is locked,
right click on real-time preview interface for the login
pop-up.
Double-click
the mouse left
button
1. When in the preview multiple channels interface,
double-click to maximize a selected channel; 2.
mouse
movements
Select the menu or menu item.
Mouse drag
Drag progress bar to playback video.
Slide mouse
scroll wheel
1.Time setting; 2.Select the drop-down menu values;
No.
Interface
Connection instructions
1
HDMI
Connect HDMI display device
2
VGA
Connect VGA display device to a computer
display
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RJ-45
Ethernet interface, for LAN/WAN connection
4
Alarm terminals
Three sets of alarm input,1 alarm output
interface
5
Power supply
interface
DC12V, use provided power supply
6
Power switch
On/Off

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2.4 Input Method Introduction
Click〖XXX〗with left mouse button to change input method, “←”is to delete
mistyped symbols. Input methods include lower-case English, capital English
& numbers.
Capital English Input
Number Input

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3 Connecting the NVR
3.1 Hard Disk Installation
Hard Disk Installation：
⑴Loosen the screw on the cover, to open the case.
⑵Align the four holes of the HDD with the holes on the bottom of the
chassis.
⑶Hold the hard disk with one hand, and turn over the chassis; secure
the HDD with screws at the indicated position.

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⑷After the HDD is mounted, turn over the chassis, connect the SATA
power and Data Cables.
⑷finally, replace the cover and tighten the case screws.
Note: 1. It is recommended to use Security Grade HDDs for longer
service life and reliability.
2. Before replacing the hard disk, please shut off the power first
and allow several minutes to discharge any remaining charge.
3. Always use anti-static protective equipment when working with
electronics.
3.2 Device Connection
Use a VGA or HDMI cable to transmit the NVR signal to the display. If it is
a controllable PTZ, use UTP wire to connect the RS485 A cable and RS485 B
cable to the corresponding RS485 interface on the NVR.

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4NVR Startup
4.1 System Initialization
After connecting the NVR to a display, plug in the mouse, power cable
and turn on the power switch on the rear panel, then start up the NVR. The
system initialization interface is as shown in Picture 4-1:
Picture 4-1
4.2 Preview Interface
After the system is fully booted, it will enter into the default preview
interface, shown in Picture 4-2.
Picture 4-2

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After the device starts up, the default setting is to preview in multi-screen
display mode. Products with different channels will have a different amount
of split screens to display. On the preview interface, you can set the
appropriate date and time. On the bottom left of the screen, it shows the
recording status of each video channel or alarm status icon.
: this icon means monitoring channel is recording;
: this icon means monitoring channel is in motion detection.

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5NVR Menu
5.1 Menu Options
After the system is ready, right click the mouse button in the preview
interface and it will pop up a system login interface, shown in Picture 5-1.
Then select a user name, enter the user password, select the system
language and click on the login button to login to the system (the default
username is admin, password is admin);
Picture 5-1
After logging into the system and returning to the preview interface,
click the right mouse button and it will pop up the Menu Options, shown in
Picture 5-2. Then you can select options of the Main Menu, the Main Screen
Switch, Playback, PTZ Control and System Shutdown. In addition, you can
set the channel display as follows: single-screen display, four-screen display,
eight-screen display, nine-screen display, and sixteen-screen display.

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Picture 5-2
Single-screen Display: Select one channel to display from CH1~CH16.
Four-screen Display: Divided into four groups to display (CH1~CH4、
CH5~CH8、CH9 ~CH12、CH13~CH16).
Eight-screen Display: Divided into two groups to display (CH1~CH8、
CH9 ~CH16).
Night-screen Display: Divided into two groups to display (CH1~CH9、
CH10~CH16).
Sixteen-screen Display: Display all channels (CH1 ~CH16).
Main Menu: Click and enter the main menu.
PTZ Control: Click and enter the PTZ Control menu, see chapter 5.4.
Playback: Click and enter the playback interface, see chapter 5.3.3.2.
Channel Settings: Click and enter the current channel configuration
menu.(Detailed operation as 5.3.2.1)
Shut Down: Logout the current user, restart the device and shut down
the device.
Remote Device: Click and enter the remote device configuration
menu.(Detailed operation as 5.7)
Motion Detection: Click and enter the current channel’s motion
detection settings menu.(Detailed operation as 5.3.4.1)

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5.2 Main Menu Navigation
5.3 Main Menu
Main menu is divided into five parts, including system management,
channel management, video management, alarm management and
system maintenance, as shown in Picture 5-3.
Main
Menu
System
Record
Alarm
Channel
Maintain
REC Setup
Play back
Motion Detect
Alarm In
HDD
Upgrade
Default
Version
Preview
REC Setup
Enc Param
Video Config
Network
User
CH Setup
REC Setup
Common
Logout

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Picture 5-3
5.3.1 System Management
5.3.1.1 Common Setup
Click “Common” in system management interface, then interface of
common setup will be out. As followed picture 5-4 shows:
Picture 5-4
System Time：System date and time of the NVR.
Language：English & Chinese. Default language is English.
Record Mode：Overwrite automatically, ie., The NVR will record over
the oldest files once it is full.
Device ID：Reserved.
Video Standard：PAL or NTSC.

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Resolution: Optional resolution: 1024×768 、1280×720 、1280×1024 、
1920×1080. Default resolution is 1280×720. It will be valid only after the
NVR reboots with changes saved.
Standby Time：Default standby time is 30 minutes. And standby time
range is: 1 to 120 minutes.
Default: Restore all specifications or parameters of common setup to
be the factory default specifications.
Save：To save specifications or parameters of common setup.
Refresh：Return to the previous interface.
5.3.1.2 Network Setup
Click “Network” in system management interface, to change basic
network settings. That interface is As follows in picture 5-5:
Picture 5-5
IP Address：IP address of the NVR.
Subnet Mask：Subnet mask of the NVR.
Default Gateway：Default gateway of the NVR.
TCP Port：Reserved.
RTSP Port：RTSP data port of NVR.
HTTP Port：Port for accessing by IE browser.
Primary DNS：It is usually offered by your local ISP. Your IP address of the
domain name server is entered here.
Secondary DNS：Back up DNS server.
Broadcast：Reserved.
MAC Address：MAC address of the NVR.
Default：Restore all network parameters to default.
Save：Save parameters of the common setup interface.

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Refresh：Return to the previous menu.
5.3.1.3 User Management
Click “User” in system management interface, to manage the user
accounts for the NVR. As follows in picture 5-6 shows:
Picture 5-6
User List：List added users. “admin” is super user/administrator, and we
cannot change its privilege, but only its password. Other general users
have no privilege of adding, modifying or deleting.
Privilege ：Privilege list of users. It includes PTZ control, playback,
parameter setup, query log, advanced configuration, channel
management, query parameter, backup /shut down/ logout.
Add ：To add a new user, which can be only done by super
administrator--admin. Click “Add”, then enter user name and
password, select privilege and save the parameters.
Modify：To change information of users, which can be only done by
super administrator--admin. First, choose a user, click “modify”, then
enter old password and new password, modify privilege, and finally
save the parameters.
Delete ：To delete user, which can be only done by super
administrator--admin.
Return：Return to the previous interface.
5.3.2 Channel Management
Click “Channel” icon, to configure the NVR Channel config. It includes
4 sub-menus: channel setup, preview, encode parameter and Video
Config. As follows in picture 5-7:

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Picture 5-7
5.3.2.1 Channel Configuration
Click “Ch setup” to configure the NVR’s channel mapping as shows in
Picture 5-8:
Picture 5-8
Channel：Channel choice of NVR. There are 2 choices: one is for only
one channel, and another is for all channels.
Vender Type：Onvif protocol.
Preview Stream：Sub-stream is defaulted. Double stream should be set
for IPC. Encode modes of both streams must be H.264 for normal
preview. Resolution of sub-stream can be D1 or CIF mode.
Protocol：TCP.
User Name：User name for IP CAM login. Use the credentials for direct
IP camera connections.