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NVR 3.0
User's Manual
For Version 3.0.08
2013/12/20

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  • Page 1 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual For Version 3.0.08 2013/12/20...

  • Page 2: About This Manual

    System Administrators. You may also check video management system section on ACTi corporate website: http://www.acti.com/nvr3 for updates or release information about this software and this document.

  • Page 3: Related Documentation

    System Administrator. System Administrators and End Users who would like to obtain the instructions on NVR system setup, please acquire the latest ACTi NVR 3.0 System Administrator’s Manual from ACTi Corporation website via http://www.acti.com/nvr3 Technical Support...

  • Page 4: Conventions Used In This Manual

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Conventions Used in This Manual The following are typographic conventions used in this manual:  Bold: Bold typeface is used for a keyword, major functions of NVR, or a title of a section/column.  Italic: Italic typeface is used for a filename or location path.

  • Page 5: Legal Notice

    Disclaimer  The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes. ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Copyright ....................5 Trademarks ....................5 3 Table of Contents 4 Overview ACTi NVR Server / Client Architecture ........... 9 5 Log in to the System Access via Internet Explorer Browser ..........10 Login .................... 11 A. Enter Account & Password B.
  • Page 7 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual D. Choose the Initial Screen E. Language F. Remember Login Information G. Retrieve the Forgotten Password Change User Profile ................14 6 NVR User Interface Overview NVR Resident Tool Bars ................ 15 NVR Main Module Screens ..............17 Live View ..................
  • Page 8 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Manual Recording ................ 30 Take a Snapshot of Live Image ............ 31 Digital PTZ Operation ..............31 Optical PTZ Operation ..............32 PTZ Panel Overview Using Mouse Controls Navigate a Fisheye Camera Channel .......... 33 Change Fisheye Mode...

  • Page 9: Overview

    It would provide services over the TCP/IP network to multiple Clients upon request through HTTP Protocol. There are two types of Clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client. A user, connecting from whether web browser or workstation, will enjoy the same user interface and NVR functions.

  • Page 10: Log In To The System

    There are two types of clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client. Both clients will enjoy the same user interface and functions. A web client can access NVR 3.0 system via the Windows default browser: Internet Explorer; while a workstation client requires the NVR3 Worksation pre-installed on the computer.

  • Page 11: Login

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Login A. Enter Account & Password Please obtain the Account & Password information from System Administrator who has previously set up your User account in NVR 3.0 system. ●Account (non case-sensitive): deckard kain (example) ●Password (case-sensitive):...

  • Page 12: Access Via Nvr3 Workstation

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Access via NVR3 Workstation NVR3 Workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the NVR server. It may be installed on the same PC as the NVR server, or they may be installed separately and connected to NVR Server via network.

  • Page 13: Server Ip & Server Port

     In Server Port field, key in the server port number, default is 80. C. Enter Account & Password Please obtain the Account & Password information from System Administrator who has previously set up your User account in NVR 3.0 system.  Account (non case-sensitive): deckard kain (example) ...

  • Page 14: Change User Profile

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Change User Profile You can maintain your own account information on NVR interface without System Administrator’s help.  “Update Profile”. On NVR screen, click You may change the email address or password and then click “Apply” to save the settings to NVR server.

  • Page 15: Nvr User Interface Overview

    Unlike some NVR system products on the market, whose tree-like structure may easily confuse the User. NVR 3.0’s easy user interface structure saves you a lot of time and hassle going from one page to another. Once you log in to the system, you may switch to any of the main function modules: Live View, Playback and Setup on any screen.
  • Page 16 About Us displays the software version number and required ActiveX Control version number. You may also find ACTi supportive links here. NVR Module Bar includes three main module screens: Live View, Playback and Setup. You can click the button to enter the function page directly.

  • Page 17: Nvr Main Module Screens

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual NVR Main Module Screens Click on the orange buttons on Module Bar to switch among these three main screens directly. Live View In this module you can see live view from cameras and devices, perform PTZ operations with...

  • Page 18: Live View

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Live View Live View is the interface where you see the live views from your cameras. It is where most of the security professionals access the surveillance system. Aside from keeping an eye on the video, you may also cycle through View layouts, drag and drop various cameras to the screen, review a log of events, take snapshots, control PTZ cameras, start or stop recording on a given channel, trigger Digital output and broadcast or talk to specific cameras.

  • Page 19: Watch Live View

    Select a View In NVR 3.0 system, a View refers to the layout where the live images of a few devices are arranged in proper positions to suit the monitoring purpose. This is very similar to a Camera Group, which consists of cameras in the same physical location or with the same device functions.

  • Page 20: Select A Camera

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Select a Camera To watch the live view of individual devices, you need to identify and add this device video stream to a blank channel in display area. All the devices that you are allowed to see are in the Device List panel on the left.

  • Page 21: Remove A Channel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Remove a Channel To remove a channel from display window, you may right-click to bring up quick menu on the channel, and select “Remove” to remove this video source. Remove All Channels in title bar and selecting “Remove All”.

  • Page 22: Enable View Patrol

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Enable View Patrol You may have the saved Views patrol in turns. In this way, the views in different areas in your site may cycle through themselves for you automatically. On title bar, click to select a saved patrol. As patrolling is running on Live View is doing patrol, click to stop.

  • Page 23: Monitor The System

    The said tasks would require knowledge and skills to make use of NVR server functions. This section will introduce the essentials of how you achieve the goal with NVR 3.0 server. Acknowledge System Alerts and Channel Status On NVR Live view screen, it is essential to observe the system status events.

  • Page 24: Event Panel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual On a map channel, if a device is triggered by events such as video motion, PIR motion or digital input device, an event icon will blibk besided the device icon for a few seconds. Click on the device icon to see mini live view window on the map.

  • Page 25: Instant Event Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Important Notice When NVR server fails to connect a device, to get the video or have disk problems, it might be caused by a temporary network disconnection in your overall environment. The connection might recover after the problem is fixed. If not, please contact your System Administrator.

  • Page 26: Pop-Up Event Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Pop-up Event Playback Sometimes the instant event playback window would automatically pop-up to notify you of events detected on certain camera sites. As the events in certain sensitive spots will have higher priority than other channels, your System Administrator would apply this “Pop-up Event Window”...

  • Page 27: Live View Operations

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Live View Operations Aside from pure watching, there are more benefits provided by NVR server to accomplish more tasks. For example, you may make use of the audio function to commutate with people on camera side, look into more details with PTZ devices, or navigate the whole scene on the maps.

  • Page 28: Adjust Audio-In Volume

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Adjust Audio-in Volume If one or more cameras are connected with an audio-in device like a microphone, or supports two-way audio function, the audio signal will be recorded along with video stream. You may listen to the real-time audio on Live View screen or recorded audio in Playback screen. In Live view, NVR server will send out the audio signal when you select a channel.

  • Page 29: Trigger Digital-Out Device

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Trigger Digital-out Device If a camera is connected with a digital-out device such as a door contact or an alarm, you may trigger it via NVR server on Live View screen. Do either of the following: On the channel, right-click to bring up the quick menu, the DO icon will appear available if the corresponding DO device is connected.

  • Page 30: Watch Instant Playback Of A Channel

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Watch Instant Playback of a Channel You may watch the playback of any channel in a pop-up window on Live View without switching to Playback screen. As a channel is focused, click on Live View Control panel.

  • Page 31: Take A Snapshot Of Live Image

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Take a Snapshot of Live Image You may take a snapshot on a channel live image on Live View screen. The snapshot will be saved to default folder on your client computer as .jpg format (The system default location is Windows Desktop).

  • Page 32: Optical Ptz Operation

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Optical PTZ Operation If there is a camera supporting optical pan/tilt/zoom function in current view, you may operate it via the PTZ panel. Once you select the camera, the optical PTZ controls will become available on PTZ Panel.

  • Page 33: Using Mouse Controls

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Using Mouse Controls You may also use mouse to perform PTZ negation on a channel view or a mini live view window on a map. Place the mouse over the channel to do the following PTZ operations: ...

  • Page 34: Ptz Operation

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual PTZ Operation Select a fisheye mode; click the entire channel or a region of interest to navigate this view  Use PTZ Panel controls to operate PTZ movements: PTZ Controls on PTZ Panel Zoom in / Zoom out 8 directional buttons ...

  • Page 35: Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Playback NVR Playback is the NVR module that processes recorded clips, where you may search, playback and export video. Multiple channels can be played synchronizedly, and video clips may also be exported in either RAW or AVI formats.

  • Page 36: How To Do Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual How to Do Playback On NVR screen, click into “Playback” page to enter Playback view, none of the video sources is selected in the beginning, and you have to select your desired channels. Add Video Source There are two ways to pull in video sources: 1.
  • Page 37 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual To remove all channels at one time, on title bar, click to bring up the most used playback-related commands menu, and select “Remove All”. www.acti.com...

  • Page 38: Search On Time Bar

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Search on Time Bar You may focus on a certain channel as a search base. Its time bar will be highlighted as well. 1. To adjust the time frame seen on the Time Bar, you can click on any location on the Time Bar and use the scroll wheel on your mouse: ...

  • Page 39: Turn On Daylight Saving Time Function

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual do a reverse / forward play, or pause the video to spot your desired view. For non-continuous recording types such as DI, Event or Manual recording, you may use the “Previous Recording” or “Next Recording” buttons to jump to the part directly.

  • Page 40: Digital Zoom On Playback

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Digital Zoom on Playback Regardless of the device models, you may perform digital zooming while the video is playing. 1. Click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel, and the area highlighted will be displayed in the full live video window. In this mode, a picture-in-picture view will show in the lower right of live view window.

  • Page 41: Explore Fisheye View

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Explore Fisheye View You may change to the desired fisheye view mode on Playback screen. Select a fisheye camera channel, right-click to bring up the channel menu Fisheye Mode  select one view mode. In a view mode where ePTZ operation is available (e.g. Quad mode), you may explore the region of interest using mouse or PTZ Panel at will.

  • Page 42: Search By Filter

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Search by Filter If you are clear about (1) When (2) as which event type (3) Where the incident happened, you will not need to drag on time bar all the way to the spot. The search filter can sort out the video clips that match your criteria.

  • Page 43: View Search Results

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual View Search Results The search results will then start being generated in thumbnails in Search Result window. However, it might take a few seconds if a large number of results are found. The thumbnails are listed in sequential order, left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

  • Page 44: Take A Snapshot Of The Playback View

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Take a Snapshot of the Playback View You may save the snapshot of focused channel to NVR server computer during playback. 1. Focus on a channel, right-click the mouse to bring up quick menu, and then click “Snapshot”.

  • Page 45: Export The Recordings

    NVR playback offers two choices of video format for the exported video. The *.raw file, as the original video file format captured from video source, is able to be played on ACTi Archive Player. You may download the this utility from http://www.acti.com/utility...

  • Page 46: Set The Export Video Settings

    NVR 3.0 User’s Manual Set the Export Video Settings You may export video with or without defining the time duration beforehand since you can configure all the settings on Export Setting window. On Control panel, click to enter the window.
  • Page 47 NVR 3.0 User’s Manual 5. This exported video can be saved to your current client computer. Please choose the location. By default, the files will be saved to Desktop. 6. Click “Apply” to start file converting and exporting. The export process window will appear.

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