Messoa NVR203-004 User Manual

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Network Video Recorder
NVR203-004
NVR203-008
NVR203-004P
NVR203-008P
NVR206-016
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201501 A2

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  • Page 1 Network Video Recorder NVR203-004 NVR203-008 NVR203-004P NVR203-008P NVR206-016 User Manual 201501 A2...
  • Page 2: Regulatory Information

    Regulatory Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Features Product Specification Front Panel Rear Panel Remote Control (Optional) Packing Detail and Installation 1.6.1 Packing 1.6.2 Hard Disk Installation General Operation Login Add IP Cameras to NVR 2.2.1 Wizard-Full Auto Install Mode (Plug and Play) 2.2.2 Wizard-Manual Install Mode 2.2.3 Manual Install 2.2.4 IP Camera Discovery...
  • Page 4 PTZ Control Export(Backup) Video Export Video Export Player Player Installation Starting the Player Program and Viewing exported video file Main Menu Operations Camera 8.1.1 Camera Settings 8.1.1.1 Camera Basic Setting 8.1.1.2 Camera Advanced Setting 8.1.1.3 Video Loss Handle Settings 8.1.1.4 Motion Handle Settings 8.1.1.5 PTZ settings...
  • Page 5 8.4.4.2 Main Monitor Settings 8.4.5 HDD 8.4.5.1 HDD General Settings 8.4.5.2 HDD Management 8.4.6 Miscellaneous 8.4.6.1 Shutdown or Reboot the system 8.4.6.2 Firmware Upgrade 8.4.7 Restore factory default and use configuration Information 8.5.1 General Information 8.5.2 Web Viewer Operation Connecting to NVR Login Remote Live View Remote Search and Playback...
  • Page 6 10.5.3.2 Open Group Stream 10.5.3.3 Edit Group Name 10.5.3.4 Delete Group 10.6 Live Video 10.7 Playback Video 10.7.1 Search for Playback Videos 10.7.1.1 Calendar 10.7.2 Search operation 10.7.2.1 Search by Time 10.7.2.2 Search by Channel 10.7.2.3 Search by Event 10.8 CMS Playback Operation 10.9 CMS Export...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    1 Introduction The compact size standalone 4/8/16CH Network Video Recorder NVR203-004/008/004P/008P and NVR206-016 can operate independently with local live monitoring, recording, playback and local configuration. It supports up to H.264 High Profile decoding. The high-efficiency NVR can perform up to 4/8/16 Full HD recording with multiple recording modes, including continuous, scheduled, alarm and motion recording.
  • Page 8: Product Specification

    Product Specification NVR203-004/008 System NVR203-004 NVR203-008 Operating System Embedded Linux Operations Live, Recording, Playback, Backup & Remote access Control Mode USB mouse, Webpage, CMS Video Decompression H.264 HP/MP/BP, up to 30fps@1080p IP Camera Inputs 4 channel; 8 channel; each one is up to 30fps@1080p...
  • Page 9 8 channels Operating System Embedded Linux Operations Live, Recording, Playback, Backup & Remote access Control Mode USB mouse, Webpage, CMS Camera Compliant MESSOA IP Cameras, ONVIF, RTSP Video Compression H.264 HP/MP/BP Resolution Up to 1080P(1920x1080) Audio Input 1 x RCA...
  • Page 10 NVR206-016 System NVR206-016 Operating System Embedded Linux Operations Live, Recording, Playback, Backup & Remote access Control Mode USB mouse, IR remote control, Webpage, CMS Video Decompression H.264 HP/MP/BP, up to 30fps@1080p IP Camera Inputs 16 channel; each one is up to 30fps@1080p Audio Input 1 x RCA...
  • Page 11: Front Panel

    Front Panel NVR203-004/008 Front Panel NVR203-004P/008P Front Panel NVR206-016 Front Panel !"#$% &' !"#$% Power button: Power On/Off NVR. IR receiver: Receiver for IR remote. Status indicators: : HDD Indicator turns on when system is accessing hard disk : Alarm indicator turns on when alarm is detected.
  • Page 12: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel The rear panel connectors for NVR203-004/008 is: Audio In: Connect the microphone or camera audio input device to the audio input connector. Audio Out: Connect a speaker or other audio output device to the audio output connector. VGA: Connect a VGA monitor to the VGA output connector.
  • Page 13 The rear panel connectors for NVR203-008P is: !"#$% &' !"#$% Monitor 2: Connect a VGA monitor to the Monitor 2 output. Alarm in/ Out: Connect 4 alarm inputs to the alarm connectors. Alarm Out: N.C. or N.O type alarm signal out. RS485 socket: For RS485 PTZ control.
  • Page 14 Alarm Input / Output Connection The alarm input/output interface of the NVR is shown below. Connect the alarm inputs Configure the alarm inputs as N/O or N/C in the NVR UI system. Each (alarm) input line can be switched by a contact from external devices. Wire them as either Normally Open or Normally Closed.
  • Page 15: Remote Control (Optional)

    1.5 Remote Control (Optional) The NVR can be operated through the remote controller. The remote control operation is showing in below figure. Batteries (2xAAA) must be installed before operating. ID Button: Press ID button + number key to switch to the NVR that user would like to control.
  • Page 16: Packing Detail And Installation

    1.6 Packing Detail and Installation 1.6.1 Packing NVR203-004/008 packing includes the below. The package contains the following items: ● Network video recorder x 1 ● IR remote control x 1 (optional) ● Quick Install Guide x1 ● Power adapter x 1 ●...
  • Page 17: Hard Disk Installation

    1.6.2 Hard Disk Installation Hard disk installation steps for Lite NVR. Follow the steps to install or replace the hard disk: Step 1. Take out the screws on the back panel of the unit. Step 2. Slide opens the top cover. Step 3.
  • Page 18 Step 5. Connect the SATA cables and SATA power cable to the SATA connectors on the main board and HDDs. The HDD SATA connectors on the mainboard for different mainboards are shown as below. NVR203-004/008 NVR203-004P NVR203-008P NVR206-016 NVR203-004/008 NVR203-004P...
  • Page 19: General Operation

    General Operation 2.1. Login It is requested to login after boot up if the user authentication is enabled. Click on the User Name and Password column to bring up the virtual keyboard to enter the default user account and password to login to the system. The default user name/password is: Administrator user name/password: admin/admin NOTE...
  • Page 20: Add Ip Cameras To Nvr

    2.2 Add IP Cameras to NVR There are 6 methods to add IP cameras to NVR. User can use full auto install mode (Refer to 2.2.1 Wizard-Full Auto Install Mode), Wizard-manual install (Refer to 2.2.2 Wizard-Manual Install Mode), Manual Install (Refer to 2.2.3 Manual Install ), Discovery (Refer to 2.2.4 IP Camera Discovery) or IP Camera Stream Server (Refer to 2.2.5 Manually Add IP camera by Stream Server) or by Manually Add Camera by ONVIF(Refer to 2.2.6 Manually Add Camera by ONVIF).
  • Page 21: Wizard-Manual Install Mode

    2.2.2 Wizard-Manual Install Mode If user would like to add IP camera manually in wizard, please follow the below steps. Step 1. Click Manual Install and press Next to the next page. Step 2. User can configure NVR device settings. User can change the device name, select the desired display language, enable or disable authentication or keep the recorded data in hard disk or not.
  • Page 22 Step 3. User can configure network settings for WAN and LAN. ● The connection of the LAN port is for IP cameras. The connection of the WAN port is for the NVR to Internet. ● The NVR provides the options for user to access to the NVR through DHCP, Fixed IP or PPPoE. Select the option user would like to use to enable and configure the settings.
  • Page 23 ● Adjust Time : Click on the column and the Calendar will pop up on screen for user to adjust the system date and time. ● Time Zone: Set the time zone that the NVR adjusts to when updating from the time server. ●...
  • Page 24 Step 7. After adding IP cameras into NVR, NVR will start to configure the parameters of the IP cameras. Step 8. When NVR finish the configuration of the IP cameras, it will pop up the success message and IP camera also successfully add into NVR.
  • Page 25: Manual Install

    2.2.3 Manual Install User can add IP cameras manually in Camera-Settings menu by following the below steps. Step 1. Please click Manual Install button to add IP camera. Step 2. After click Manual Install button, NVR will pop up the below screen. Please select IP camera brand name, model name,IP address, manage port, user name, password, and stream profile.
  • Page 26: Ip Camera Discovery

    Step 3. When the IP camera is installed successfully, NVR will pop up the success message. 2.2.4 IP Camera Discovery Click “Discovery” button to start search IP cameras(s) connected in the same network segment of NVR.
  • Page 27: Manually Add Camera By Stream Server

    After NVR finish scanning, user will see the list of every connected IP cameras with its detailed information, MAC address and connection status to the NVR. User can add the IP camera into the desired channel. 2.2.5 Manually Add Camera by Stream Server User can add IP camera to NVR by input IP camera’s RTSP URL in main profile and sub profile, user name and password.
  • Page 28: Manually Add Onvif Ip Camera

    2.2.6 Manually Add ONVIF IP Camera User can add ONVIF IP camera to NVR by ONVIF protocol. Select brand name as ONVIF, input ONVIF IP camera’s IP address, manage port number, user name and password. Click Probe to search this specific IP camera to add IP camera into NVR. 2.3 Edit cameras Click to edit cameras.
  • Page 29: Live Viewing

    Live Viewing 2.5.1 Basic Operation The NVR will enter into the Live View mode after user login to the system. Use mouse to double click on any video channel to bring it up to full screen display. The basic operation icons are showing on the main screen, the functions are: (A) System indicators, Channel selection and Audio output selection The system indicator is showing general system status for each input channel.
  • Page 30 (B) Display mode control : Single view display mode PIP display mode First/ Second Quad display mode 3x3 display mode Sequence display mode Show/Hide OSD Switch display to full screen display mode (C) Function Control Alarm acknowledge, click to disable buzzer when alarm is triggered Click to enable/disable Setup menu Click to bring up Export menu Click to switch to search and playback mode...
  • Page 31: Search (Playback) Operation

    3 Search (Playback) Operation 3.1 Playback Basic Operation To search and playback the video, click Playback button on the main page to switch to playback mode as show below. The display mode controls are the same as under Live View mode. The function controls are as below: Click to bring up the Export menu Under full screen mode, click to enable Digital Zoom function.
  • Page 32: Calendar

    Calendar The calendar on the screen shows the recorded data contains in the hard drives. The date highlighted in orange means there’s recorded data of the date in the hard drives. The red highlighted date indicates the current search date. Click on the calendar to select the date user would like to search.
  • Page 33: Search By Channel

    3.3.2 Search by Channel Select the channel that user would like search. All the event video files of the selected date and channel will be shown in the list. Select the event video user would like to view and double click the item to start to play on the display window.
  • Page 34: Playback Operation

    Playback Operation Please refer to the below for the playback control function: The progress bar shows the current playback status and timeline. Drag the time indicator on the progress bar to move to the selected timeline to playback. On the time bar, it also indicates the initial and end time of the current playback section. Click to playback video.
  • Page 35: Recording

    Recording NVR is set to continually record once the system startup. NVR supports the following recording mode. ● Continuous recording: By default, all channels are enabled with continuous recording. ● Event recording: NVR can be configured to record event only when motion or video loss or alarm is detected. When motion of IP camera is detected, the motion icon (M) appears in the channel and NVR will start to record.
  • Page 36: Record Settings

    4.2 Record Settings In the Camera-Record sub menu, user can define the recording behavior in the record setup menu. Each channel can be configured independently. Click on the selected channel to bring up the setup page. ● Record Audio Enable or Disable the audio recording. ●...
  • Page 37: Ptz Control

    PTZ Control Click on the PTZ button to enable the PTZ control panel as shown below. The PTZ control will apply the PTZ command to the current focus camera channel if it’s connected to a PTZ device which includes RS485 PTZ device or Network PTZ device. The functions are: ●...
  • Page 38: Export(Backup) Video

    Export (Backup) Video To export the video from NVR hard disk to external USB drive device or self-powered USB external hard drive. 6.1 Export Video 1. Insert a USB drive or USB external hard drive into NVR USB port. 2. Click Export button to bring up the Export menu shown as below.
  • Page 39: Export Player

    Export Player The Export Player allows user to view video exported from the NVR or Web viewer on a PC (System operating platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8). Player Installation The Export Player can be downloaded from NVR or Web Viewer. On the NVR, insert the USB pen drive then start the Export page as shown below.
  • Page 40 Click Open button to select the exported video file. Drag the files to the window that would like to playback. The Player will automatically start to play the video. Note The Player is only PC compatible. User can playback exported .avs video files in 4-up screen. If user would like to view .avi file, please convert .avs file to avi file by click AVI icon on the Player.
  • Page 41: Main Menu Operations

    Main Menu Operations Click the Configuration button , the setup menu will be enable and shown as below. Please refer to below for the setup menu functions. Note By default the user name is admin and the password is admin. Camera The camera setup menu allows user to configure the behaviors related to the input video of IP cameras.
  • Page 42: Camera Settings

    8.1.1 Camera Settings In the Camera-Settings sub menu, it displays the current IP camera information, including camera title, IP address, Auto-IP address and IP camera connecting status. Click on the for detailed setup of each IP camera. Click on the to delete IP camera.
  • Page 43 To configure recording video quality setting ● Camera title Click on the column, the virtual keyboard will pop-up for user to input the camera title shown on the NVR. ● Model Name It indicates the model name of IP camera. ●...
  • Page 44: Camera Advanced Setting

    8.1.1.2 Camera Advanced Setting In the Camera-Settings-Advanced sub menu, user can configure image settings of integrated IP cameras from the NVR. User can adjust video brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, mirror and flip of the IP cameras. Press Restore to back to the last parameter settings.
  • Page 45: Video Loss Handle Settings

    8.1.1.3 Video Loss Handle Settings In the Camera-Settings-Video Loss Handle sub menu, it allows user to define the system actions while there’s video loss triggered. ● Buzzer – Select On to trigger buzzer when video loss is detected. ● Trigger Alarm Out – The corresponding alarm output setting. ●...
  • Page 46: Motion Handle Settings

    8.1.1.4 Motion Handle Settings In the Camera-Settings-Motion Handle Settings sub menu, it allows user to define the system actions while there’s motion triggered. ● Enabled Select On to enable motion handle. ● Buzzer Select On to trigger buzzer when motion is detected. ●...
  • Page 47: Ptz Settings

    8.1.1.5 PTZ settings In the Camera-Settings-PTZ sub menu, it allows user to configure the settings if the NVR is connected to a RS485 PTZ camera or Network PTZ camera. ● Enabled Select On to enable PTZ control. ● PTZ Type It will display RS485 PTZ or Network PTZ.
  • Page 48: Network

    Network 8.2.1 Network Settings The Network function must be enabled and configured properly in order to access and configure the IP cameras and NVR. 8.2.1.1 WAN Settings In the Network-Settings-WAN sub menu, user is required to set up the WAN setting properly in order to access NVR via internet.
  • Page 49: Lan Settings

    8.2.1.2 LAN settings In the Network-Settings-LAN sub menu, user is required to set up the LAN setting properly in order to access IP cameras via intranet. ● The NVR provides the options for DHCP or Fixed IP in LAN environment. Select the option user would like to use to enable and configure the settings.
  • Page 50: Ddns

    4. Choose the user name and password. 5. Click Apply to save the settings. The built-in DDNS allows user to enter messoa-ddns settings. Prerequistes of messoa-ddns: 1. Enable Network-WAN setting. Ensure the WAN networking setting is properly configured and system is able to connect to internet.
  • Page 51: Network Service

    8.2.2 Network Service 8.2.2.1 Service In the Network-Service-Service sub menu, user can enable/disable NTP Server and enable/disable UPnP. ● NTP Server User can enable NTP Server to make NVR as NTP Server. After enable NTP Server, IP camera can synchronize the date and time with NVR.
  • Page 52: Dhcp Server

    8.2.2.2 DHCP Server In the Network-Service-DHCP Server sub menu, user can select on to make NVR as DHCP Server. ● After enable DHCP Server, NVR is able to assign IP address to IP camera in the LAN environment. The range is from 0 ~ 255. Click Apply to save the settings.
  • Page 53: Network Notification

    8.2.3 Network Notification 8.2.3.1 E-Mail Notification In the Network-Notification-E-mail Notification sub menu, user is able to set the Email addresses and input related information. User can configure the system to send out the e-mail notification for motion detection or other events. Note To send out the e-mail notification, user must enable the Send Email option for video loss handle, motion handle and exception.
  • Page 54: Alarm Settings

    Alarm Settings 8.3.1 Alarm Input Settings In the Alarm-Settings sub menu, user can define the alarm behaviors and the corresponding actions for triggered alarm. Alarm input – Select the alarm input number from 1 to 8, the corresponding settings will show in the window. ●...
  • Page 55: Exception Management

    8.3.2 Exception Management In the Alarm-Exception sub menu, it allows user to define the system behavior when there’s an exceptional event occurred. The exceptional events are including Disk full, Disk error, No disk, Network Disconnect, Illegal Login, Disk Over Temperature, Fan Fail, Power loss and IP conflict.
  • Page 56: System Settings

    System Settings 8.4.1 Device Setting In the System-Device sub menu, user can configure the device related settings. ● Device Name Input the name for the NVR. ● Device No. Input the number for the NVR. ● Language Select from the list for the language to be displayed on the local NVR. ●...
  • Page 57: User Settings

    8.4.2 User Settings User setting page is where user can add or delete users on the system. The default user name and password are as below. Note Administrator user name/password: admin/admin Operator user name/password: operator/operator Guest user name/password: guest/guest ● Double click the selected user or click on to edit the user settings.
  • Page 58: Date/Time Settings

    8.4.3 Date/Time Settings 8.4.3.1 General Setting ● Adjust Time Click on the column and the Calendar will pop up on screen for user to adjust the system date and time. Click “Apply” to enable the settings. ● Time Zone Set the time zone that the NVR adjusts to when updating from the time server. ●...
  • Page 59: Dst Settings (Daylight Saving Time)

    8.4.3.2 DST Settings (Daylight Saving Time) ● Enabled Select On to enable daylight saving time. ● Start time Set the start date and time of daylight saving time. ● End time Set the end date and time of daylight saving time. ●...
  • Page 60: Ntp Client Settings

    8.4.3.3 NTP Client Settings User can sync NVR clock with an Internet NTP time server. To sync with Internet NTP server ● Ensure the system to be able to connect to internet. For details, please refer to 8.2.1.1 WAN Settings, page 63. ●...
  • Page 61: Display

    8.4.4 Display The Display setting allows user to define the monitor output behavior. 8.4.4.1 General Settings In the System-Display-General sub menu, user can select the proper resolution for connected HDMI and VGA monitors. ● Monitor Resolution Select Auto for system to identify resolution automatically for connected HDMI and VGA monitors. The supported resolutions are: 1920x1080, 1440x900, 1366x768, 1280x1024,1024x768.
  • Page 62: Main Monitor Settings

    8.4.4.2 Main Monitor Settings In the System-Display-Main Monitor sub menu, user can configure the main monitor display mode and the contents. ● Sequence enabled Select On to enable sequence display on main monitor. ● Dwell Input the dwell time in seconds for sequence display. ●...
  • Page 63: Hdd

    8.4.5 In the System-Disk sub menu, user can review and manage the hard disk settings of the NVR. It allows user to configure overwrite, auto delete and format HDD. 8.4.5.1 HDD General Settings In the System-Disk-General sub menu, user can enable or disable overwrite. User is also able to select the auto delete days. ●...
  • Page 64: Hdd Management

    8.4.5.2 HDD Management In the System-Disk-Disk sub menu, it is to manage and display the information of all the available hard disk. The information is including the hard disk total storage size, current temperature, usage status, available data start/end time. ●...
  • Page 65: Miscellaneous

    8.4.6 Miscellaneous 8.4.6.1 Shutdown or Reboot the system In the System-Misc-Shutdown sub menu, user can select to reboot or shutdown the System. 8.4.6.2 Firmware Upgrade In the System-Misc-Firmware upgrade sub menu, user is able to upgrade NVR firmware by store the firmware in USB drive. To upgrade the firmware, connect a USB flash device which contains the firmware version user would like to update.
  • Page 66: Restore Factory Default And Use Configuration

    8.4.7 Restore factory default and use configuration ● Restore Factory Default User can load factory default by clicking “Restore” button. Select the items that would like to be excluded from back to the factory default, the selected items will remain as the current values ●...
  • Page 67: Information

    Information 8.5.1 General Information In the Information-Information menu, it displays the general system information. The information includes model name, firmware version, serial number, WAN IP address, WAN MAC Address, LAN IP address ,LAN MAC address and PoE power consumption status (NVR203-004P/008P only).
  • Page 68: Log

    8.5.2. Log In the Information-Log sub menu, it allows user to filter and review the system event log. ● Click the Date column and the calendar will pop up for user to select the day to be displayed. ● Click the checkbox of configuration, Login, Exception, Date/Time, system, Export user would like to review and to show in the event log.
  • Page 69: Web Viewer Operation

    Web Viewer Operation 9.1 Connecting to NVR Users can remote access the NVR through Microsoft Internet Explorer to view live/recorded video and manage the NVR. Before accessing the web viewer, make sure that the PC and NVR are both connected to the internet and the network feature is enabled.
  • Page 70 After installing the ActiveX plugins, the login page will be displayed for users to enter the User name and Password. Users can also select the OSD language, date format and time format from the login page. Click Login to enter the web viewer. The user name/password are the same as the NVR login, the defaults are: Note Administrator user name/password : admin/admin...
  • Page 71: Remote Live View

    9.3 Remote Live View After login to the system, the web viewer will automatically display a 4-screen live video. Double click on a video display window and it will display full screen in the selected channel. The system indicators on the screen show the system status, channel status and for user to control the audio display channel (Refer to Chapter 8 General Operation).
  • Page 72 Switch display to full screen display mode Click to keep the image aspect ratio Show/Hide OSD Talk to Server In full screen, click to zoom in/out of the selected video in 2x, 4x and 8x. Click to take a snapshot of the selected video. Note For remote snapshot, please disable the protected mode in the IE browser.
  • Page 73: Remote Search And Playback

    Remote Search and Playback Click the Playback button to switch to playback mode. The video can be searched by Time, Channel and Event, select the search type to start searching. 9.4.1 Search by Time ● The calendar on the screen shows the recorded data contains in the NVR hard drives. ●...
  • Page 74: Search By Channel

    9.4.2 Search by Channel Search by Channel allows user to search the event video by channel. Select the date from the calendar, and select the channel user would like to view. The event video list of the selected channel will be shown on the screen. Double click on the selected recorded file to start the playback.
  • Page 75: Web Viewer Playback Operation

    9.4.4 Web Viewer Playback Operation Click on the search result and start to proceed the playback operations. The progress bar shows the current playback status and timeline. Drag the time indicator on the progress bar to move to the selected timeline to playback. On the time bar, it also indicates the initial and end time of the current playback section.
  • Page 76: Web Viewer Setup Menu

    9.4.5 Web Viewer Setup Menu Click on the Config button to switch to the setup menu page as below. User can configure all the NVR settings remotely through the web viewer. The setup menu operation is the same as in the NVR.
  • Page 77: Remote Export

    9.4.6 Remote Export Click on the Export button to bring up the remote export menu, this allows user to export the video file from the NVR. To export the video, select the date from the calendar, the starting time of the video and channels that user would like to export.
  • Page 78: Remote Ptz Control

    9.4.7 Remote PTZ Control Click the PTZ button to enable the PTZ control panel. This allows user to control the connected PTZ camera. The basic operation is the same as the NVR PTZ control. Please refer to Chapter 5 PTZ Control for detail operation.
  • Page 79: Remote Snapshot

    9.4.8 Remote Snapshot Click the Snapshot button in live mode or playback mode to store the current image as a still image and save in the PC folder.
  • Page 80: Remote Digital Zoom

    9.4.9 Remote Digital Zoom Click Digital Zoom button to allows user to enlarge the live video at 2x, 4x and 8x in live mode or in playback mode. Move the focus to the selected video. Click Full Screen button first and then click Digital Zoom icon and the selected area which user would like to enlarge.
  • Page 81: Cms Pro (Central Management Software)

    10.1. Begin Installation Simply double click the Setup.exe (Download from MESSOA website: http://www.messoa.com) to launch the installer. Once the CMS Pro installer starts, it should begin to check the compatibility with the operating system user are running this installation on.
  • Page 82 After click yes, there will pop up the installation progress bar to indicate the progress. The .NET Framework 4.0 installer will ask user to review the license terms. After user accept the license terms, please click Install to proceed further. Please click Next to proceed further.
  • Page 84 Once .NET Framework 4.0 software install successfully, it will pop up the below complete message. Then user can begin to install CMS Pro software. Once the .NET Framework 4.0 install successfully, user can begin the installation by clicking Next. The CMS Pro installer will install the program in a default directory. User can either accept the default or choose the directory user would like to save the installer.
  • Page 85 The CMS Pro installer will show the installation process.
  • Page 86: Start Cms Pro From The Pc

    Once the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the CMS Pro installer. 10.2. Start CMS Pro from the PC The program automatically creates a shortcut icon on user’s PC after CMS Pro install successfully. Simply double click the icon to launch the program.
  • Page 87: Cms Pro Ui Overview

    10.3 CMS Pro UI Overview (A) Menu Bar: This is where user can access all functions of the software. (B) Device List: This is where user can add or delete or edit device group. (C) eMap: This is where user can create a map showing the locations of the cameras for NVR. This can be customerized to show cameras from different NVRs on the same eMap.
  • Page 88: Login

    10.4 Login After installing the below digital signature, the login page will be displayed for users to enter the User name and Password. Click “OK” to enter CMS Pro Software. Note By default, the administrator’s user name is admin and password is admin. The program provides multi-language support.
  • Page 89: Add Nvrs To Cms Pro

    10.5 Add NVRs to CMS Pro The main purpose of the CMS Pro software is to manage multiple devices. User would need to tell the program which device user needs to manage. User does that by adding one or more devices through the device list. 10.5.1 Add Device Click the mouse right button on the Device List and Add Device will pop up in the same page.
  • Page 90: Remove Or Edit Or Configure Device Setting

    10.5.2 Remove or Edit or configure device setting Simply click on the mouse right button on the selected device from the list and choose the corresponding buttons to edit or remove or configure device setting. ● Device Setting Once the IP address, user name or password of the selected device has been changed, user can input the new information in the device setting.
  • Page 91: Cms Pro Group Video

    10.5.3 CMS Pro Group Video User can create the group to contain different videos from different devices. Click the mouse right button on the Group and it will pop up Add Group. Click the mouse left button on Add Group and the default “Group 1” will be generated. The group number is increased by numerical order.
  • Page 92: Edit Group Content

    10.5.3.1 Edit Group Content Then user can drag and drop either devices or channels from the device list to the desired video windows. 10.5.3.2 Open Group Stream After finish the edit group content, click Open Group Stream on the desired group to play the video streaming. 10.5.3.3 Edit Group Name User can modify the group name.
  • Page 93: Live Video

    10.6 Live Video This page basically provides user the ability to view, and manage the video streams of each channel. The menu bar is available for each video window. The menu bar provides the following functions: The basic operations are showing on the main screen, the functions are: Full screen display mode Quad display mode 9-up screen display mode...
  • Page 94 Take a snapshot: The function allows user to take the snapshots of the live video and save them on user’s local computer. Move the focus to the selected video and click Snapshot icon. User can save the file to a desired directory. Digital Zoom: The function allows user to enlarge the live video at 2x, 4x and 8x.
  • Page 95 If user clicks the Minimize icon in the live mode, user will see the icon display on the tool bar of user’s computer.
  • Page 96: Playback Video

    10.7 Playback Video The program supports 1 device synchronous playback in full screen or multi-screen view. To start looking for playback videos, click Playback button first. The menu bar is available for each video window. The menu bar provides the following functions: The basic operations are showing on the main screen, the functions are: Full screen display mode Quad display mode...
  • Page 97: Search For Playback Videos

    10.7.1 Search for Playback Videos Simply select a device from the drop-down device list and double click the selected device. It will pop up the calendar. 10.7.1.1 Calendar The calendar on the screen shows the recorded data contains in the hard drives. The date highlighted in red means there’s recorded data of the date in the hard drives.
  • Page 98: Search Operation

    10.7.2 Search operation The recorded file can be searched by “Time”, “Channel” and “Event”. Select the search type first, choose a date, and click Search button. The results will show in the list. Double click on the selected file then the video will start to play on the display window.
  • Page 99: Search By Channel

    10.7.2.2 Search by Channel Search by Channel allows user to search the event video by channel. Select the date from the calendar, and select the channel user would like to view. The event video list of the selected channel will be shown on the screen. Double click on the selected recorded file to start the playback.
  • Page 100: Cms Playback Operation

    10.8 CMS Playback Operation The basic playback operations are as below. The progress bar shows the current playback status and timeline. Drag the time indicator on the progress bar to move to the selected timeline to playback. On the time bar, it also indicates the initial and end time of the current playback section. Click to playback video Click to pause video Click to switch to fast forward playback (2x), user can also control the playback speed by clicking...
  • Page 101 To export the video, select the date from the calendar, the starting time of the video and channels that user would like to export. (Click All On or All off to enable or disable all channels.) Input the duration time user would like to export, the maximum search duration is 60min.
  • Page 102: Using Emap

    10.10 Using eMap eMap is a method of creating a map showing the locations of the cameras for NVRs. It can be customized to display cameras from different NVRs on the same eMap. If user is unable to get the eMap function, please upgrade the later CMS Pro version to get this function.
  • Page 103 User needs to create a digital map first before create an eMap. It can be a photo and is required to convert to PNG or JPG format. The file types can be imported is PNG or JPG. To bring in a PNG or JPG image, click on the Loading picture button.
  • Page 104 User is able to create maximum 8 different images once. Select the number in user configuration first and then click on the Loading picture to import the image. Click on the “Clear” button to delete the current shown image. Click on the “Close” button to back to the device tree.
  • Page 105 Since the map is in the position, user is able to drag the cameras from different NVRs to the desired spot and camera icons will be displayed shown as below. The color of the circular dot stands for the status of the specific camera as listed. The selected camera indicates as red color.
  • Page 106 Click the Camera Title icon to show the camera name. Click on the button to show the camera titles of different cameras shown as below. Click on the button to enable the audio of the selected camera.
  • Page 107 User is able to take the snapshot of the specific camera. Click on the icon to select the camera first. Then click on the icon to take the snapshot of the selected camera. User is able to choose the desired directory of the PC to save the image.
  • Page 108: Using Ptz Configuration

    10.11 Using PTZ Configuration User can synchronize PTZ settings from all cameras connected to the NVR on the network or user can create and add new PTZ preset points to those cameras through CMS Pro. The basic operation is the same as the NVR PTZ control. Please refer to Chapter 5 PTZ control for detail operation. 10.12 Multiple Monitor Support CMS Pro supports up to 4 monitors.
  • Page 109: Cms System

    10.13 CMS System Click on the “System” button to bring up the system menu, this allows user to change the Date Format, Time Format, Login Authentication, snapshot to FTP setting, JoyStick setting and CMS Version. ● Date Format Select date format from DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD. ●...
  • Page 110 ● Snapshot to FTP It works in CMS Pro live mode. Once user finishes the FTP settings, user is able to save the snapshot picture directly to ftp site. When user clicks on the “FTP Settings” icon, it will pop up FTP settings information. Please input the FTP server, FTP port, user name and password information.
  • Page 111: Appendix1 App For Ios And Android

    Appendix1. APP for Android and iOS Platform Android System System requirement To be able to install and run EZ iViewer App, please make sure user’s Android device is running Google Android 2.2 or later, and the device is with wireless network supported. Download Android App Step1.
  • Page 112 Step3. Tap “EZ iViewer” icon to launch Android App. Step4. Tap “Add” to add new NVR.
  • Page 113 Step5. Input NVR name, Host (IP Address), Port, User name and Password. Tap on “Save” to activate the settings. To operate the Android App Tap on the NVR that user would like to open the view window. Rotate the screen, the orientation of the screen rotates with the phone/tablet as user turns it.
  • Page 114 To select the view channel Tap on to switch the display mode between full screen and quad screen display. Select the display mode, and indicate the channel by tap on the number that user would like display in the selected display window. Tap on again to hide the selections.
  • Page 115 Others To enable/disable audio display Under full screen mode, tap on the icon to enable the digital zoom function. To operate, place two fingers at once on the display window and pinch them together to zoom out, or spreading them apart to zoom in. The zoom in/ out display ratio will be shown on the screen.
  • Page 116: Ios System

    1.2 iOS System System requirement To be able to install and run EZ iViewer App, please make sure user’s iOS device is running iOS 5.1 or later version, and the device is with wireless network supported. Step1. Select “App Store” Step2.
  • Page 117 Step4. Tap on to add new NVR. Step5. Input NVR name, Host (IP Address), Port, User name and Password. Tap on “Save” to activate the settings. To operate the iOS App Tap on the NVR that user would like to open the view window. Rotate the screen, the orientation of the screen rotates with the tablet as user turn it.
  • Page 118 To select the view channel Tap on to switch the display mode between full screen and quad screen display. Select the display mode, and indicate the channel by tap on the number that user would like display in the selected display window. Tap on again to hide the selections.
  • Page 119 ● Preset Tap on to bring up the preset menu for operations. Others To enable/disable audio display Under full screen mode, tap on the icon to enable the digital zoom function. To operate, place two fingers at once on the display window and pinch them together to zoom out, or spreading them apart to zoom in. The zoom in/ out display ratio will be shown on the screen.

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