X-Vision X101VS User manual

X101VS Series
Network Video Server WEB Operation Manual

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Table of Contents
1OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................4
1.1 General Introduction..............................................................................................................................4
1.2 Preparation .............................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Log in.......................................................................................................................................................4
2MAIN INTERFACE..............................................................................................6
2.1 Monitor Channel Menu Tree ................................................................................................................6
2.2 System Menu .........................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Monitor Window Switch ........................................................................................................................8
2.4 Preview Window Switch........................................................................................................................9
2.5 PTZ Control ............................................................................................................................................9
2.6 Color and More Setup.........................................................................................................................11
3CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................13
3.1 System Information .............................................................................................................................13
3.1.1 Version Information ........................................................................................................................13
3.1.2 HDD information..............................................................................................................................13
3.1.3 Log....................................................................................................................................................14
3.2 System Configuration..........................................................................................................................15

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3.2.1 General Setup .................................................................................................................................15
3.2.2 Encode .............................................................................................................................................16
3.2.3 Schedule ..........................................................................................................................................19
3.2.4 RS232...............................................................................................................................................20
3.2.5 Network ............................................................................................................................................21
3.2.6Alarm.................................................................................................................................................26
3.2.7 Detect ...............................................................................................................................................28
3.2.8 PTZ ...................................................................................................................................................30
3.2.9 Default & Backup............................................................................................................................31
3.3 Advanced ..............................................................................................................................................32
3.3.1 HDD Management..........................................................................................................................32
3.3.2 Alarm I/O..........................................................................................................................................34
3.3.3 Record..............................................................................................................................................34
3.3.4 Account.............................................................................................................................................35
3.3.5 Auto Maintenance...........................................................................................................................36
3.3.6 Snapshot..........................................................................................................................................36
3.3.7 Abnormity.........................................................................................................................................37
3.4 Additional Function..............................................................................................................................38
3.4.1 Configure..........................................................................................................................................38
3.4.2 Auto Register...................................................................................................................................39
3.4.3 Talk Encode.....................................................................................................................................40
3.4.4 IP Filter.............................................................................................................................................40
3.4.5 DNS...................................................................................................................................................41
3.4.6 Wireless Network (For –W series only).......................................................................................41
3.4.7 CDMA/GPRS (For –T/E/C series only)........................................................................................43
3.4.8 Mobile Configuration (For –T/E/C series only) ...........................................................................45
4SEARCH ...........................................................................................................47
5ALARM..............................................................................................................50
6ABOUT..............................................................................................................51
7LOG OUT..........................................................................................................52
8APPENDIX NO-IP DDNS..................................................................................53

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1Overview
1.1 General Introduction
NVS web provides channel monitor menu tree, search, alarm setup, system setup, PTZ control
and monitor window.
1.2 Preparation
Before log in, please make sure:
PC and NVS connection is OK.
You have set PC IP address, NVS IP address, subnet mask and gateway. (Please set the IP
address of the same section for the PC and NVS. Please input corresponding gateway and
subnet mask if there are routers.) NVS default IP address is 192.168.1.108.
Use order ping ***.***.***.***(NVS IP address) to check connection is OK or not. Usually the
return TTL value should be less than 255.
1.3 Log in
Open the IE and then input the NVS IP address in the address column.
For example, if your NVS IP address is 192.168.1.108, then please input http:// 192.168.1.108 in
IE address column. See Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1 Log in Interface
System pops up warning information to ask you whether install webrec.cab control or not. Please
click yes button.
If you can’t download the ActiveX file, please modify your settings as follows. See Figure 1-2.
Input IP address
here.

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Figure 1-2 IE Safety Setup
After installation, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3 Log In Interface
Please input your user name and password.
Default factory name is admin and password is admin.
Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login.

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2Main Interface
NVS web main interface is shown as in
Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 Web Main Interface
There are six sections:
Section 1: Monitor channel menu tree
Section 2: System menu
Section3: PTZ control
Section4: Video setup and other setup
Section5: Preview window
Section 6: Monitor window switch
2.1 Monitor Channel Menu Tree
The monitor channel menu tree is shown as in Figure 2-2.
①
②
③
④
⑥
⑤

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Figure 2-2 Monitor Channel Menu Tree
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter
Function
Channel 1 to
channel 4
channel 1 to channel 4
NVS supports main stream and extra stream.
Main stream: In normal network width environment, main
stream can record video and audio and realize network
monitor.
Extra stream: If network width is not sufficient, you can use
extra stream to realize network monitor.
Please note the extra stream resolution shall be less than main
stream resolution.
Open all /close
all
Click this button to open all video channels.
Once all video channels are open, it becomes close all button.
Start dialogue
You can click this button to enable audio talk.
For 1-ch series product, it includes the following options:
DEFAULT ,G.711a，AMR.
Default setup is G.711a.
For 2-ch and 4-ch series product, it includes the following
options:
DEFAULT ,PCM，G.711a，G.711u，AMR.
Default setup is: G.711a.
Local play
Click local play button to select file to play in PC.
Refresh
Click this button to refresh monitor channel name.
Please left click one monitor to view real-time video, the monitor window is shown as in Figure
2-3.
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Figure 2-3 Real-time Monitor
Please refer to the following sheet for monitor window parameter information.
SN
Parameter
Function
1-4
Display
device
information
1: NVS IP address.
2: Channel number.
3: Bit stream.
4: Stream decode type.
S1: Overlay.
S2: Off stream.
S3:GD1
H1: Overlay
H2: off stream decoding from the display card.
5
Digital
zoom
Click this button and then left drag the mouse in the zone to
zoom in. Right click mouse system restores original status.
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Change
show
mode
Resize or switch to full screen mode.
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Local
record
When you click local record button, the system begins
recording. The recorded file is saved to system folder: \
RecordDownload(default).
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Capture
picture
You can snapshoot important video. All images are memorized
in system folder: \ picture download (default).
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Audio
Turn on or off audio.(It has no relationship with system audio
setup )
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Close
video
Close video in current window.
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Channel
number
Current view channel number.
2.2 System Menu
System menu is shown as in Figure 2-4.
Please refer to chapter 3 Configuration, chapter 4 Search, chapter 5 Alarm, chapter 6 About,
chapter 7 Log out for detailed information.
Figure 2-4 System Menu
2.3 Monitor Window Switch
The monitor window switch interface is shown as in Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5 Monitor Window Switch

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System supports 1/4/6/8/9/13/16/20/25/36-window real-time preview.
----It is video quality adjustment button. It has relationship with decode via software.
--Fluency button. You can use this function to adjust the priority between real-time and
fluency.
2.4 Preview Window Switch
The preview window switch interface is shown as in Figure 2-6.
NVS series products do not support this function.
Figure 2-6 Preview Window Switch
2.5 PTZ Control
Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol. (Please refer to
chapter 3.2.8 PTZ).
Here you can view direction keys, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, pan, scan, pattern, aux
close, and PTZ setup button.
Please note: open menu/close menu/up/down/left/right/confirm/cancel buttons are for speed
dome only.
PTZ direction: PTZ supports eight directions: left/right/up/down/upper left/upper right/bottom
left/bottom right.
Speed: The step 8 speed is faster than step 1.

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Figure 2-7 PTZ Interface
Click PTZ set button, the interface is shown as in Figure 2-8.
Figure 2-8 PTZ Setup
You can click this icon to
display or hide the PTZ
control platform.
These six buttons are for
speed dome only.

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Please refer to the following sheet for PTZ setup information.
Parameter
Function
Scan
Move the camera to you desired location and then click left limit
button.
Then move the camera again and then click right limit button to
set a right limit.
Preset
Use direction keys to move the camera to your desired location and
then input preset value (1 to 80). Click add button, you have set one
preset.
Tour
Input auto tour value (0 to 7) and preset value. Click add button,
you have added one preset in the tour.
Repeat the above procedures you can add more presets in one
tour.
Or you can click delete button to remove one preset from the
tour.
Pattern
You can input pattern value (1 to 5) and then click start record button
to begin PTZ movement. Please go back to Figure 2-7 to implement
camera operation. Then you can click stop record button in Figure
2-8. Now you have set one pattern.
Assistant
The assistant items include: BLC, Digital zoom, day/night mode,
camera brightness, flip.
You can select one option and then click start or stop button.
Matrix
Please select matrix x and then input corresponding monitor output
channel number, video input channel number. Then you can click
video switch button.
2.6 Color and More Setup
Color and other setup interface are shown as in Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-9 Color
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter
Function
Video
setup
It is to adjust monitor video
brightness.
Note:
All the operation here
applies to WEB end
only.
Please go to chapter
3.3.2 System
configuration->Encode
setup->color setting to
adjust corresponding
system items.
It is to adjust monitor video contrast
ness.
It is to adjust monitor video
saturation.
It is to adjust monitor video hue.

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Click more button, the interface is shown as in Figure 2-10.
Figure 2-10 Color and More
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter
Function
More
Picture
Path
Click picture path button, system pops up an interface for you
to modify path.
Record
Path
Click record path button, system pops up an interface for you
to modify path.
Reboot
Click this button to reboot device.

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3Configuration
3.1 System Information
3.1.1 Version Information
Here you can view device hardware feature and software version information. See Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1 Version Information
3.1.2 HDD information
Here you can view local storage status and network status including, free capacity and total
capacity. See Figure 3-2.
Please note, if you want to use network storage function, you need to enable NAS function
(Chapter 3.2.5 Network->NAS).

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Figure 3-2 HDD Information
3.1.3 Log
Here you can view system log. See Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3 Log
Click backup button, the interface is shown as in Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4 Save Log
Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information.
Parameter
Function
Type
Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data
management, alarm event, record operation, user management, log
clear and file operation.
Search
You can select log type from the drop down list and then click search
button to view the list.
Clear
You can click this button to delete all displayed log files. Please note
system does not support clear by type.
Backup
You can click this button to backup log files to current PC.

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3.2 System Configuration
Please click save button to save your current setup.
3.2.1 General Setup
Here you can set system time, record length, video format and etc. See Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5 General Setup
Figure 3-6 DST
Figure 3-7 DST
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.

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Parameter
Function
System
Time
Here is for you to modify system time. Please click Save button after
your completed modification
Sync PC
You can click this button to save the system time as your PC current
time.
Data
Format
Here you can select data format from the dropdown list.
Data
Separator
Please select separator such as –or /.
Time
Format
There are two options: 24-H and 12-H.
DST
Here you can set day night save time begin time and end time. See
Figure 3-6 and Figure 3-7.
Language
You can select the language from the dropdown list. Device needs to
reboot to get the modification activated.
HDD Full
There are two options: stop recording or overwrite the previous files
when HDD is full.
Pack
Duration
Here you can select file size. Default setup is 60 minutes.
Device No
When you are using one remote control to manage multiple devices,
you can give a serial numbers to the device.
Please note current series does not support this function.
Video
Standard
There are two options: PAL.
3.2.2 Encode
Encode interface is shown as in Figure 3-8.
Figure 3-8 Encode

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Figure 3-9 Color Setting
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter
Function
Channel
Here is for you to select a monitor channel.
Channel Name
Here is to display current channel name. You can modify it .
Compression
H.264
Main Stream
It includes main stream, motion stream and alarm stream. You
can select different encode frame rates form different recorded
events.
System supports active control frame function (ACF). It allows
you to record in different frame rates.
For example, you can use high frame rate to record important
events, record scheduled event in lower frame rate and it allows
you to set different frame rates for motion detection record and
alarm record.
Extra Stream
Select extra stream if you enabled the extension stream to
monitor.
Audio/Video
Recorded file only contains video by default. You need to draw a
circle here to enable audio function.
Resolution
The options include: D1/HD1/CIF/QCIF/QVGA/QQVGA.
The main stream and extra stream resolution may not be the
same.
In VBR mode, you can not modify resolution.
Frame Rate
PAL：1～25f/s；NTSC：1～30f/s
The frame rate may vary due to different channel amount.
Bit Rate Type
There are two options: VBR and CBR.
Please note, you can set video quality in both modes.
Quality
The value ranges from 1 to 6. The level 6 is the best video
quality.
Bit Rate
In CBR, the bit rate here is the max value. In dynamic video,
system needs to low frame rate or video quality to guarantee
the value.
The value is null in VBR mode.
Please refer to recommend bit rate for the detailed information.
Recommended
Bit
Recommended bit rate value according to the resolution and
frame rate you have set.

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Parameter
Function
I Frame
Here you can set the P frame amount between two I frames. The
value ranges from 1 to 150. System default value is 50.
Recommended value is frame rate *2.
Color Setting
Here you can set video brightness, contrast ness, hue, saturation
and gain.
The value ranges from 0 to 100.default value is 50. See Figure
3-9.
Watermark
Here you can select watermark bit stream, watermark mode and
watermark character. Default character is DigitalCCTV. See
Figure 3-11.
Cover area
(privacy mask)
Here you can privacy mask the specified video in the monitor
video.
System max supports 8 privacy mask zones.
Time Title
You can enable this function so that system overlays time
information in video window.
OSD transparent value ranges from 0 to 255. 0 means
complete transparent.
You can use the mouse to drag the time tile position.
Channel Title
You can enable this function so that system overlays channel
information in video window.
OSD transparent value ranges from 0 to 255. 0 means
complete transparent.
You can use the mouse to drag the channel tile position.
Copy
It is a shortcut menu button. You can copy current channel setup
to one or more channels. The interface is shown as in Figure
3-10.
Save
You can click save button after you complete setup for one
channel, or you can complete the whole setups and then click
save button.
Refresh
Click this button to get device latest configuration information.
Click copy interface, the interface is shown as in Figure 3-10.
If you have completed the setup for channel 1, you can click 3 to copy current setup to channel 3.
Or you can click 2, 3, and 4 to copy current setup to channel 2, channel 3 and channel 4.
Figure 3-10 Shortcut Menu
Click watermark button, you can see an interface is shown as below.

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Figure 3-11 Watermark
3.2.3 Schedule
Here you can set different periods for various days. There are max six periods in one day. See
Figure 3-12.
Figure 3-12 Schedule
Figure 3-13 Storage Set

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Figure 3-14 Schedule Time
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter
Function
Channel
Please select a channel first.
Pre-record
Please input pre-record value here.
System can record the three to five seconds video before activating
the record operation into the file. (Depends on data size).
Storage
Event type includes:
Local storage: Storage record or image to the storage media.
Net storage: Storage recorded file or image to the remote server
via FTP. Please note, if you want to use this function, you need
to go to 3.2.5 Network->NAS to configure remote server IP and
corresponding information.
Emergency storage (Local).if you only enable net storage and
the net storage is abnormal right now, system can backup the
recorded file and image to the storage device.
Setup
In Figure 3-12, click set button, you can go to the corresponding
setup interface.
Please set schedule period and then select corresponding record
or snapshot type: schedule/snapshot, motion detection/snapshot,
and alarm/snapshot.
Please select date (Current setup applies to current day by default.
You can draw a circle before the week to apply the setup to the
whole week.)
After complete setup, please go back to Figure 3-12 and then click
save to save current time period setup.
Copy
It is a shortcut menu button. You can copy current channel setup to
one or more (all) channels. The interface is shown as in Figure
3-10.
Save
You can click save button after you complete setup for one channel,
or you can complete the whole setups and then click save button.
Refresh
Click this button to get device latest configuration information.
3.2.4 RS232