SUNBA NVR-F8009SE User manual

2020/09
Visit http://nvr.sunba.net to access the step by step YouTube video
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Version 2.0
(NVR-F8009SE / NVR-F2008PL)
SUNBA H.265/H.264
Network Video Recorder
User Manual
Dedicated PTZ Camera Professional
SUNBA
All pictures shown are for illustration purpose only. Actual
product may vary due to product enhancement.
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Sunba Technology Co., Ltd.

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FCC Warning (U.S.A)
The device has been tested in compliance with limits set by Part 15 of Federal
Communication Commission (Class B). The operation of the device is thus limited by
the following two conditions:
1) It is not permitted to cause harmful interference to any authorized radio communi-
cations.
2) It must accept any interference it receives.
MENU
1. Overview and Specication
2. Front Panel and Rear Panel
3. HDD Installation
4. Connecting to IP Camera
5. Operations and Setting
6. Add Device to NVR
7. Record
8. Playback
9. Backup
10. IE/Desktop Client Operation
11. Remote Access
12. Face Capture
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1. Overview and Specication
Feature
Main Processor Hi3536DV100
Operating System Embedded Linux
System Resources Simultaneous muti-channel real-time view, recording,
playback, network operation & USB backup
Operator Interface 16-bit true color graphic menu operation interface, support mouse operation
Preview 1/4/8/16
Video Input(IP) 9*5MP/9*1080P
Video Standard PAL(25F/S); NTSC(30F/S)
Display Quality 2K(2560*1440)/1920*1080/1440*900/1280*1024/1280*720/1024*768
Playback Quality 5MP/1080P
Motion Detection Sunba cameras: supported;
3rd party camera: depending on ONVIF compatibility, not guaranteed
Audio Compressio G.711A
Recording Mode Manual (Continuous)>Schedule>Video Dection
Local Playback 1CH*5MP/2CH*1080P
Search Mode Search by Time/Date/Event/Channel/Face
Record Storage HDD/Network
Backup Mode Network Backup, USB Hard Disk, USB Burner, SATA Burner
Video Output HDMI/VGA
Audio I/O 0/1 (3.5mm stereo jack)
Alarm I/O 0/0
Network Interface 1*10M/100M Adaptive Enternet port
USB Interface 2*USB 2.0 Port
Hard Disk 1*SATA(Up to 8TB for Each Disk)
PTZ Control Control PTZ Device by Network
ONVIF Support
Power Supply DC 12V/2A
Power Consumption <10W (Without HDD)
Work Environment Temperature: 0℃~55℃, Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Atm:86kpa~106kp
Model NVR-F8009SE
The series NVR is an 9 channel high performance embedded network video
recorder. The system is dedicated to store digital videos captured by front-end
devices such as IP Camera (IPC). This series NVR can perform live video preview,
recording, playback, remote access, and backup. simultaneously.

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Power System on
Record HDD installed and recording normally
Net
Red
Green
Green Net connected
ICON LED DESCRIPTION
2. Front Panel and Rear Panel
2.1 Front Panel
Mouse
Speaker Power Adapter
Monitor Router USB Drive for Backup
2.2 Rear Panel
Disclaimer: the following diagram and pictures are adopted from NVR-F8009SE and
may vary slightly from the actual model you received.
VGA VGA video output port can connect to a monitor or TV to view analog video.
DC 12v Connects to 12V DC power adapter.
USB Ports USB 2.0 Ports that can connect to a mouse for control and to USB drives for backup.
LAN Port 10M/100M self-adaptive Ethernet port. Connects to router or other network adapters.
Audio Connects to a speaker (not included).
HDMI High definition multimedia signal output port transmit
uncompressed high definition video and multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display device.
ICON DESCRIPTION

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3. HDD Installation
Step 1.Remove the 4 screws
on both sides of the NVR
Step 2.Slide out the NVR upper case
Step 3.Put in the HDD
Step 6.Put back the NVR upper case
Step 4.Install and secure the HDD on the NVR from
the bottom with given screws
Step 5.Plug-in the data and power cable for
the HDD into the slot of the PCB board
Step 7.Install the screws back on the sides of the NVR

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4. Connecting to IP Camera
Note: 3rd party IP Camera MUST BE ONVIF compliant to be added to Sunba NVR.
5. Operations and Setting
Access the NVR Main Menu by either pressing the “MENU” button on the NVR front
panel or by making a right click on the screen and select the first item from the right
click (context) menu.
Note: For security purposes, please modify your password after your first login.
Note the UI and snapshots below were taken from NVR-F8009SE. The actual
interface may vary slightly among different firmware versions. For any questions,
feel free to contact [email protected].
The default account for the NVR is:
Username: admin
Password: (leave it blank)

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You can add additional accounts and modify your administrator account password in
Main Menu-System-Account.
5.1 Account Management
By default, there are two existing accounts associated with the NVR.
Username:admin Password:(blank) [Administrator]
Username:default Password:default [User]
The user “default” is a reserved user for system interior use only and cannot be deleted. It
only has the rights to access live view and check playbacks, but has no access to any
other advanced features. This default user is suitable so that you can view some channels
without logging in or you can assign the account to Security Guards/Police without
granting access to other features.
Modify Password: Select a user from the account list, and click “Modify Pwd”.
Add/Delete/Modify Group: A user can belong to a certain group. For example, the admin-
/blank password set belongs to the administrator group. You can set specific purviews of
certain user groups. By default users under the “admin group” gets access to all features of
the NVR while users under the “user group” gets access to limited features of the NVR. You
can click “Modify Group” to assign/set specific rights of a group.
Add/Delete/Modify User: You can add a user by clicking “Add User”, delete a user from
NVR by “Delete User.” Specifically, you can also set the rights and privileges of the user by
selecting a user from the account list and click “Modify User.”
Update: Refresh the account list.
Safety Question: Set the safety question to reset account password and retrieve access in
case that the original password has been forgotten.

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5.2 Network
The network setting page can be accessed from Main Menu-Network.
The network menu shows the current IP, submask, gateway, DNS, TCP port and http port
of the device.
DHCP is a network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address
to a network machine. We suggest assigning a Sunba NVR with a static IP address (by
default) and disable this function to avoid potential IP conflict especially if you have
multiple network machines connected to a same server (eg., a router or a switch). Also
do not enable DHCP if you set port forwarding on your server for external connection to
the NVR on the LAN.
Please make sure the NVR Gateway/IP Address matches the Gateway of the server
(router). For example, if the router IP is 192.168.0.1, you need to modify the Gateway of
NVR to 192.168.0.1 and IP Address to 192.168.0.X where X can be any integer between 2
to 255. However, no two devices on the same network shall share the same IP Address.
Make sure your NVR doesn’t conflict with other devices on the LAN Network. Failure to
properly configure the NVR network will affect remote access of the device.
Media Port: Same as TCP Port. Default is
34567. If modified, please power cycle
the device.
Http Port: Default is 80. If modified,
please power cycle the device. If this
value is modified, in the web browser,
users must login to the NVR using
http://IP:http port.
DNS: Domain Name Server that trans-
lates domain name into IP address.
It is recommended to set the DNS by the
same value as offered by your ISP.
Transfer Policy: there are three strategies: Self-adaptive, Quality preferred or Fluency
preferred. The video stream will adjust according to the setup. Quality preferred transfer
policy delivers best quality but the video may be lagged. Self-adaptive is the tradeoff
between quality preferred and fluency preferred. Fluency preferred and self-adaptive are
valid only when the sub stream is turned on.
Click NetService to open the submenus of network configuration.

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5.2.1 PPPoE
PPPOE connection stands for a dial-up
internet connection. User needs to input
a valid username and password offered
by the ISP to connect the device to the
internet. This only takes effect when the
NVR is directly connected to the modem.
5.2.2 NTP
NTP means Network Time Protocol. NTP
function will automatically sync the NVR
system time with a remote server to
ensure all channels on the NVR have the
same time stamp. It is useful for custom-
ers to calibrate the time and also for
regions that have constant daylight
saving.
5.2.3 Email Alert
5.2.3 Email Alert
Users can enable this function for email alert with any motion detection. For details on how
to use this function (example of gmail will be provided), please refer to the FAQ page:
https://sunbatech.com/faq/enable-motion-detection-email-photo-alerts-sunba-ip-cameras/
5.2.4 IP Filter
5.2.4 IP Filter
In this submenu, all IP address on the blacklist are blocked from accessing to the camera.
If you enable the whitelist function, only IP address on the whitelist are able to access to
the camera.

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5.2.5 DDNS
DDNS means Dynamic DNS. If your external IP address is dynamically assigned , you
will need to frequently update settings used to connect to your camera over the Internet
whenever a new public IP address is assigned by your ISP. This is time consuming. A
DDNS service communicates with your router and translates the dynamic IP address
into a static URL. You will need to register with a DDNS service provider such as NO-IP
or DynDNS before using this function.
However, this function is rarely used over NVR as many routers (ASUS, TP-LINK,
NETGEAR etc) now support DDNS configuration within the router, which is more
convenient and support most popular DDNS service providers.
5.2.6 FTP
FTP function allows the NVR to upload a video or snapshot to a remote FTP server when
an event (such as motion detection, video masking, video loss) occurs.
Note: Video will NOT upload to your FTP server if a memory card (hard drive) is not
inserted into the memory card slot because the camera has limited RAM that is unable
to serve as a media to store videos before uploading to the FTP server. However,
snapshot upload does not require a hard disk to be installed.
5.2.7 ARSP
Setup a server to add devices and manage it remotely in the server. This is a conven-
tional way of connecting your NVR remotely and is not widely used today.
In case that the NVR's external IP changes due to ISP, the ARSP option enables remote
browser login to the NVR. This would allow you to remotely look up the NVR's current IP,
and manually update it in the app settings. This can be useful if you choose not to use
dynamic DNS.
5.2.8 Alarm Server
The alarm server interface is shown as below. The NVR can upload alarm signal to the
syslog server when local alarm occurs. Before you use alarm server, please set up and
specify server IP, port and etc. When an alarm triggers, the NVR can send out data as
defined by the protocol, so that the syslog server can get the data.

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5.2.9 Wireless Config
This function is only applicable when the unit is connected to WiFi adapters.
Fill out the information of your adapters to connect the NVR to the internet.
5.2.10 UPNP
UPNP means Universal Plug and Play. It makes it easy for another network device to
seamlessly discover and connect to your camera if you enable this function. However it
creates a risk of being hacked, because any UPnP device will arbitrarily accept communi-
cations from any source. If your router’s UPnP function is enabled, your camera can be
easily attacked and hacked. Sunba does not recommend enabling this feature for
average customers for home & business surveillance purpose.
5.2.11 WiFi
This function is for device with built-in WiFi signal and is not applicable for Sunba NVR.

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5.2.12 RTSP
RTSP is the abbreviation for real-time streaming protocol. By default, this function is
activated to enable the real-time streaming of your camera view from a third-party RTSP
service provider.
Please use URL:
rtsp://IP:554/user=admin&password=&channel=1&stream=0.sdp?real_ stream
where 0=mainstream and 1=substream and the default channel is 1.
For example,if the NVR has the LAN IP address 192.168.1.9 and has no password,
and you want to stream channel 5, then the URL is
rtsp://192.168.1.9:554/user=admin&password=&channel=5&stream=0.sdp?real_stream
5.2.13 Cloud
In order to use P2P cloud connection to a Sunba camera, this function is activated by
default. You can disable the function if you choose to use other methods to remotely
access the camera or to deactivate all network transmission to the public network.
5.2.14 Mobile Reported
Please enable this function if you wish to receive events text push notification on your
smartphone.
5.3 Alarm
The alarm page can be accessed from Main Menu-Alarm with different types of alarm.
5.3.1 Motion Detect
The motion detect page enables you to configure alarm format when a movement is
detected by the camera. Please first check the box next to the “Enable” option.

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[Region] Select the detection area on the camera view.
[Sensitivity] Select the detection sensitivity level accordingly.
[Period] Select the schedule (daily or weekly) of detection period. You can choose up
to four time periods per day for motion detection functions.
[MD Interval] Set time interval between 0 and 600 seconds. Only one alarm will be
sent in the time interval even if multiple motion detections are triggered.
[PostRec] The total amount of motion detection period, which also determines the
length of motion video clip. The range is 10-300 seconds.
[Record Channel] Select the channels that will be recorded when a motion is detected.
[Tour] Select the channels that will be included in a display tour when a motion is
detected.
Note: TF card must be installed into the camera’s internal TF card slot to enable this
function.Also, please enable motion detection of the same time period at “Record
Config” under “Storage Config”.
[Snapshot] A snapshot will be taken when a motion is detected and send the snapshot
via email if the email push function is enabled in NetService.
[PTZ Activation] Activate the PTZ function (Preset position, Cruise, or Pattern) once
the motion is detected. Note: you need to set preset, cruise, and pattern in advance.
[Show Message] Switch on or off message alarm on the NVR when a motion detection
occurs.
[Send Email] Switch on or off this function
to send email alert when a motion detection
occurs.
Note: Users need to set up “Email” server
under “Network”.
[White Log] Switch on or off this function to
keep the log for the event in the NVR.
alarm when a motion detection occurs (only NVR with buzzer will be supported).
NVR-F2008PL doesn’t support buzzer alarm.
[FTP] Switch on or off this function to send snapshot and/or video to a FTP server
when a motion detection occurs.
Note: Users need to set up “FTP” server under “Network”.
[Mobile Reported] Switch on or off this function to send snapshot and/or video to a
FTP server when a motion detection occurs.
Note: Users need to enable “Mobile Reported” under “Network”.

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5.3.2 Video Blind
Video Masking/Video Blind is another alarm event that happens when camera lens/im-
age has been purposely covered to disrupt the surveillance. Whenever this event occurs,
the NVR can activate various reporting functions.
Please refer to Chapter 5.3.1 for detail settings.
5.3.3 Video Loss
When NVR loses the channel video signal, video loss event occurs. Whenever this event
occurs, the NVR will activate various reporting functions according to the settings below.
Please refer to Chapter 5.3.1 for detail settings.
5.3.4 Alarm Input
5.3.5 Alarm Abnormality
This function is not supported on NVR-F8009SE.
When NVR detects software or hardware abnormalities, the alarm will be triggered.
Five alarm event types can be selected in the drop-down box (below).
5.3.6 Intelligent
The intelligent detection feature (VCA feature) allows the NVR to effectively detect
motion events based on virtual perimeters and lines on the screen. This feature is
only supported by non-tracking Sunba IP cameras.
To enable intelligent detection, go to Main Menu-Intelligent and check “Enable”.
Please refer to Chapter 5.3.1 for detail settings.

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[Show Traces] When alarm is triggered, there
will be a red box showing moving object.
[Show Rules] Show virtual lines/polygons on
the monitor.
[Algorithm] Options for choosing algorithm
rule of detection (Perimeter/Item Care).
[Alarm Rules] Click to enter the rule setting
page for each algorithm.
[Alarm Linkage] Click to setup alarm linkage methods for intelligent alarm. Please
refer to Chapter 5.3.1 for detailed alarm linkage settings.
5.4 PTZ Control
Open the right-click menu, and select PTZ Control to turn on the PTZ Control Panel.
Below is the fundamental PTZ Control panel. Eight directions are supported.
[Hide] Click “Hide” to hide the control panel. An icon will appear on the lower right corner.
Click the icon to retrieve the control panel.
[Speed] The PTZ step size of the camera. The greater the speed, the faster the camera
moves. By default the speed will be 5. Valid Range: 1~8.
[Preset] Enter the preset value. Valid Range: 1~255.
[+] Add a preset. [-] Delete a preset.
[Start] Call a preset.
[Zoom] Click + to zoom in and – to zoom out.
[PTZ Trace] This function will hide the PTZ control panel and the PTZ control will be
controlled by dragging the mouse. This function is also called High Speed PTZ.
[Cancel] Exit the control panel.
Click “Advanced” to access patrol, boundary scan and other PTZ related functions.

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Click the numerric value box under Tour to name the tour order. Click + next to Start to
add/delete preset into the tour, and set its interval. Click – to delete the tour.
[Left] Click to set the left boundary of auto scan.
[Right] Click to set the right boundary of auto scan.
[Auto Pan] Click to start 360 degrees auto pan.
[Flip] Flip the camera 180 degrees vertically (for cameras support auto-flip only).
[Auto Scan] Click to start auto scan.
[Reset] Reset the patrol/tour setting.
5.5 HDD Management
Please follow instructions from Chapter 3 to install the HDD first. The HDD Management
page can be accessed from Main Menu-Advanced-HDD Info.
All recognized storage drives will be displayed on the page.
[Format Storage] Erase all information from the hard drive.
[Recover] Recover the lost files from the hard drive (redundant drive only).
[Partition] Split the drive spaces to store recordings and snapshots in separate drives. A
reboot will take place when drive partition completes.
[Read/Write] Set the hard drive into Read/Write
mode (default mode).
[Redundant] Applicable only for NVR with
dual-drive slots. Set the hard drive into Redundant
mode as a backup drive. This drive usually serves
as the duplicate (backup) drive of the Read/Write
main drive.
[Read Only] Set the hard drive into Read-only
mode. No new recordings can be stored into the
hard drive but the existing recordings can be read.
5.6 Channel Management
See Chapter 6.3.2.
5.7 Channel Type
The channel type page can be accessed from Main Menu-System-Digital.

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The channel type diagram below shows the possible channel configuration for NVR
application.
5.8 Channel Status
The channel status page can be accessed from Main Menu-System-Digital.
Channel status enables quick troubleshooting on each channel as it shows the real
time status of each channel including “Not Config”, “Connected”, “Wrong Username/-
Password”, or “Offline” etc.
If any channel drops or cannot be connected, it is recommended to start by examining
the channel status of the corresponding channel.
Click “Set” next to Channel Title to edit titles for all channels:
Click “Tour” to set up display tours on the monitor with a designated motion detection
interval. Choose whether to return back to static view after the end of the tour.
5.9 Display
The display setting page can be accessed from Main Menu-System-Display.
You can select to enable/disable displays for Time, Channel Title, Record Status and
Alarm Status for end-devices. The monitor display ranges from 1024*768, 1280*720,
1280*1024, 1440*900, 1920*1080, 2560*1440 (2K).

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5.10 Basic Setting
The general setting page can be accessed from Main Menu-System-General.
In the General menu, users can set Machine name, assign NVR number (if you have
multiple recorders), languages, video standard, actions when storage is full and the time
limit for auto-login. The video standard is critical to the maximum frame per second
allowed (usually 30 fps@NTSC and 25 fps@PAL) and must be consistent between
end-device and NVR.
5.11 Date and Time
The general setting page can be accessed from Main Menu-Date Time.
Users can specify the time zone, time, date and the preferred display formats.
Check DST to enter the effective range of Daylight Saving Time.
Please check 5.2.2 NTP if you want to constantly calibrate the system time with
local server.
6. Add Device to NVR
6.1 Configuration Wizard
The configuration wizard allows the NVR to go through the necessary windows
(network, time, smartphone QR code etc) recommended for setting up the NVR
properly. Click “Next” if you would like the configuration wizard to lead you through the
setup process. Click “cancel” if you wish to setup the NVR manually.

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Set up the time and language of the NVR. Click Next to save the changes and go to the
next interface.
The Wizard tool will test whether the NVR is connected to your local network.
You can choose to “Retry” the network status examination test, “Skip” the test part to
proceed the Wizard Configuration or click “Network” to manually configure NVR network
parameters.
Please refer to Chapter 5.2 for details regarding network configuration.
The next interface of the Configuration Wizard will enable you to scan the QR code to
install the corresponding smartphone apps. Note, if any of the network test (gateway,
network, DNS) above fails, you may not be able to access the NVR through the mobile
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Click Next to scan the QR code to retrieve the NVR Serial Number (aka. Cloud ID/P2P
Code) that can be used in the Smartphone app to remotely access the NVR. Read
Chapter 11. Remote Access for more details regarding smartphone setup.
Click Next to enter the IP Channel Quick Set tool that will automatically detect all online IP
Cameras with quick configuration options.
6.2 Sunba Camera
Sunba IP cameras (except for the Illuminati series) can be setup automatically. A prompt
will pop out with suggestions to switch to H.264+, H.265 or H.265+ to optimize storage
space. Click “OK” to accept changes or click “Turn Off” and OK to disable the prompt.
Users need to enable H.265 option in Main Main-Encode for the corresponding channel as well.
If the connection status shows error messages such as “Wrong Username/Password”,
please select the device and update the correct channel info including protocol (NETIP for
Sunba cameras), port, username and password. Click “Apply” to save changes. End-device
username and password cannot be changed in NVR and shall be edited by accessing the
end-device interface directly through desktop and smartphone app.
For Sunba Illuminati, please add the device using “ONVIF” protocol, and port 80.
[Search] Detect all IP cameras on the network.
[Add] Add the selected IP camera, that appears in the search box to an unoccupied
channel below.
[Network] Modify the IP address of the camera.
[Quick Set] Automatically assign all searched device into the unoccupied channel below.
[Delete] Delete the camera from the selected channel.
[Clear] Clear all channel configuration.
If Sunba camera does not show up
automatically on the monitor after 2~3
minutes, please open the right-click menu
and choose “Quick Set”. The NVR will
automaticallyconnect to all searchable
end-devices. Select the device and click
“add” if the device is not being added
automatically.