Vivotek NR8401 User manual

Quick Installation Guide
Rack Mount Design • Compatible with VAST •
Full Integration with VIVOTEK Cameras
All specications are subject to change without notice.
Copyright 2013 VIVOTEK INC. All rights reserved.
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P/N:625020201G Rev. 1.1
NR8401 Network Video Recorder
VIVOTEK INC.
6F, No.192, Lien-Cheng Rd., Chung-Ho, New Taipei City, 235, Taiwan, R.O.C.
|T:[phone]|F:[phone]|E:[email protected]
VIVOTEK USA, INC.
2050 Ringwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131
|T: 408-773-8686|F: 408-773-8298|E: [email protected]
VIVOTEK Netherlands B.V.
Busplein 36, 1315KV, Almere, The Netherlands
|T:[phone]|F:[phone]|E:[email protected]

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Power off the Network Video
Recorder if you detect abnormal
smell or smoke coming from it.
Keep the Network Video Recorder
away from water. If the Video Recorder
is wet, power off immediately.
Do not place the Network Video
Recorder around the heat sources,
such as television or oven.
Refer to your user's manual for the
operating temperature.
Keep the Network Video Recorder
away from direct sunlight.
Do not place the Network Video
Recorder in high humidity
environments.
Warning Before Installation
Software CD
NR8401
Warranty Card
Quick Installation Guide
Power Cord
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Package Contents
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Do not attempt to remove or uninstall
the software on the mounted ash
memory.
Screws, Chassis Ears, Bezel Keys,
and Foot pads
x16

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Physical Description
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Front View
Rear View
1 2 3 4 5 6
Disk 1 Disk 2
1 Power button and LED
2 Status LED
3 HDD activity LED
4 Restore Default button
5 Backup button
6 USB
LAN2 LAN1
USB 1 & 2 GPIO
terminal block
Fan Outlet
Power Cord
Socket
Power Switch
IMPORTANT:
It is important to leave a clearance of
10cm to the rear side of the chassis.
The clearance is required to ensure an
adequate airow through the chassis to
ventilate heat. A 5cm clearance is also
required on the front of the chassis.
To ensure normal operation, maintain
ambient airow. Do not block the airow
around chassis such as placing the sys-
tem in a closed cabinet.
10cm
5cm
Disk 3
Fan Outlet
Disk 4 can be installed inside
the chassis.
1 DO+ (12V) 6 DI2- 11 Power button 16 GND
2 DO- 7 DI3+ 12 GND
3 DI1+ 8 DI3- 13 RS232_TX
4 DI1- 9 DI4+ 14 RS232_RX
5 DI2+ 10 DI4- 15 GND

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SATA hard disk(s) are user-supplied. The network video recorder can readily accom-
modate most of the off-the-shelf SATA hard drives. For a RAID volume conguration, it is
recommended you use hard drives of the same model featuring the same capacity and
rotation speed.
1. Use the included bezel key to unlock the rotary bezel lock. Open the drive bay bezel by
pushing the door latch to the side.
Hardware Installation
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2
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Bezel Lever
Bezel Lock
Door Latch
2. Install your hard disk to the drive tray. Gently put the hard disk into drive tray with its la-
bel side facing up and the connector side towards the inside of the chassis. Secure the
hard disk by driving screws from the bottom.

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3. Insert the hard drive into drive bay.
4. 4-1. Push the hard drive into bay until you feel the contact resistance.
4-2. Close the bezel lever to connect the hard drive to the back-end connector.
4-3. You should always lock the drive bezel when the drive bay is populated. This en-
sures the hard drive is securely installed.
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5. Repeat the process above to install more hard drives.

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Interface Connections
LAN/WAN
Router
12
345
USB devices
DI/DO devices
Power cord
1 & 2. Connect CAT5e or better-quality Ethernet cables to cameras via a local, switched
network, or clients through the Internet. Refer to next page for more information.
3. Connect USB devices such as USB optical drive (formatted in FAT format) or UPS.
4. Connect external digital input/output devices to the GPIO teminal block.
5. Make sure the power switch on the rear panel is in the Off (O) position. Connect the sup-
plied power cord to the power mains (100-240V AC, 3-1.5A, 50~60Hz).

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1. Connect network cameras to the NVR’s LAN ports.
2. Internet access to the NVR is made through the TCP port 80 and RTSP streaming via
port 554.
Router
Internet
Router
16x
Network Deployment
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LAN
Switch
Router / Wireless AP
Clients
1. The two LAN ports can be congured into the same or different subnets, or into a failover or load-
sharing trunk group.
2. Client computers should support IE8 browser at a minimum of 1280x960 resolution or higher.
NOTE:
1. The NVR only receives H.264 and MPEG-4 video streams. If your cameras are congured to deliver
MJPEG streams, please change their video stream conguration.
2. The maximum recording bandwidth is 96Mbps using single disks or RAID0/1, and 48Mbps using a
RAID5 volume.
IMPORTANT:

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Initial Conguration
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2. From a management computer, install the IW2 utility software included in the product
CD. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
3. Start the IW2 utility. The IW2 utility will discover the NR8401 located in the same subnet.
1. Press the power switch on the rear panel to the ON (I) position. The NVR should start
immediately. To start the system again after the initial conguration, use the front panel
power button.
4. Double-click on the NR8401 entry to start a
web session with the NVR system.
5. The login page will prompt. Enter "admin"
and "admin" as user name and password
for access for the rst time. Click Login to
begin your conguration.

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6. The system will default to the Liveview page. Click on the Settings button on the upper
right corner of the screen.
7. On the Settings page, click on Storage > Volume to access your storage volume
conguration.
8. On the Storage settings page, check if your hard drives are present and identied by
your system. Click on the Create... button.

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9. Depending on the number of hard drives you installed, a list of RAID volume
congurations will be listed. Select a conguration's check circle and the disk members
of a volume, and then click OK to continue. The initialization of a RAID volume will take
several minutes.
10. The initialization process will be indicated as follows.
11. When done, the RAID volume details will be indicated on the Volume screen.

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12. Click on Camera > General on the menu tree to open the camera settings page. Click
on the Search button to locate cameras installed in the subnet.
13. Cameras on the network will be listed. Click on the +button on the far left to enlist
them into your conguration. Click OK when done on this page. Click Save when you
return to the Camera page.
14. By default, cameras are congured to record all streaming at all time. You can change
the recording settings in Camera > Schedule.
15. Refer to your User Manual for more operation and conguration details.

Quick Installation Guide
Rack Mount Design • Compatible with VAST •
Full Integration with VIVOTEK Cameras
All specications are subject to change without notice.
Copyright 2013 VIVOTEK INC. All rights reserved.
c
P/N:625020201G Rev. 1.1
NR8401 Network Video Recorder
VIVOTEK INC.
6F, No.192, Lien-Cheng Rd., Chung-Ho, New Taipei City, 235, Taiwan, R.O.C.
|T:[phone]|F:[phone]|E:[email protected]
VIVOTEK USA, INC.
2050 Ringwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131
|T: 408-773-8686|F: 408-773-8298|E: [email protected]
VIVOTEK Netherlands B.V.
Busplein 36, 1315KV, Almere, The Netherlands
|T:[phone]|F:[phone]|E:[email protected]