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1. jan 24 14 46 26 err device_controller 5101 ERROR video 0 0 H264 0 queryHandler got property error for UnitModelName 7 Couldn t connect to server Jan 24 14 46 25 err device_controller 5106 ERROR video 2 0 MP4V 1 CVideoStream Handler doesn t have video stream 1 an 24 14 46 25 err device contraller 51361 FRROR viden 4 0 MPAV 01 nuervHandler nat nronertv error for VidenCoderStreams 7 failed to query camera to Live Video Retrieve Logs FTP Log Management Event Logs Connection Device Logs Audit Trail ae Log Filters m ee Emergency Ml Critical Ml ror Waring info iter Tot EE ETTE Archive system Category Log er Jan 24 14 46 31 err device_controller 4622 Remove opendir failed when checking session path data1 CamFolder media 4 141 150 No such file or directory Network em Jan 24 14 46 31 err device_controller 5101 ERROR video 0 0 H264 0 queryHandler got property error for UnitModelName 7 Couldn t connect to server err Dan 24 14 46 30 err device_controller 5106 ERROR video 2 0 MPAV 1 CvideoStream Handler doesn t have video stream 1 jan 24 14 46 30 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MP4V 0 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to v Advanced ET determine its characteristics jan 24 14 46 30 err device controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MJPEG 1 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7
2. Assign Devices Assigning Cameras to Storage Sets During the process of adding cameras to the NVR if only one storage set is available the new camera will be added to this storage set However if there are a number of storage sets available you will be prompted to assign the camera to the required storage set Cameras can be reassigned to different storage sets as required without needing to remove and re add the camera If you are adding cameras using auto discovery the cameras will be added to the default storage set Procedure 4 6 Reassigning a Camera to a Different Storage Set Step Action 1 Select Storage from the main menu 2 Select Advanced Q American Dynamics 99 The Storage Sets tab displays 3 Select the Assign Devices tab summary of cameras assigned to storage sets are displayed 4 Locate the camera you want to reassign in its existing storage set Select the storage set you want to reassign the camera to from the Move to Storage Set dropdown list The camera is reassigned to the selected storage set End Calibrating Cameras The data transfer rate for a camera is displayed in each storage set table This is recorded in the Estimated Kbps field The data transfer rate displayed in this field usually displays the average rate over the last 24 hour period in kbps You can use the Calibrate camera function to calculate the data transfer rate in kbps for each camera over the last two minutes This will give an
3. VIDEOEDGE45 Video Rec Statistics Audio Rec Statistics RECORDING STATISTICS FOR EACH ACTIVE VIDEO STREAM 1 564 video H264 Alert 0 00 0 00 0 00 30416 5 0 02 0 0 00 6 70 2843 0 02507 Network 2 562 video H264 Live Aam 0 00 0 00 0 00 113536 0 000 o 0 00 25 01 2007 0 00030 v Advanced 3 563 video H264 te pam 0 00 0 00 0 00 136212 17 0 01 o 0 00 30 00 815 0 00075 Le 4 565 video H264 Le 0 00 0 00 0 00 18897 1 00 0 0 00 417 166 0 00538 Storage Statistics ive Arn 6 557 Video MP4V ES RUC nt 0 00 0 00 0 00 68115 o 0 00 o 000 15 00 301 0 00356 Stream Statistics 7 559 video MP4V ES ie lar 0 00 0 00 0 00 68115 o 000 0 0 00 15 00 301 0 00543 Archive Statistics mak 8 558 video mpaves Live Alarm 0 00 0 00 0 00 68115 o 000 0 0 00 15 00 301 0 00390 Logs Record Y f Dark Image Detection 9 560 video MP4V ES Live Alam 0 00 0 00 0 00 68115 0 0 00 0 0 00 15 00 242 0 00184 Email Alerts 10 561 video MP4V ES er 0 00 0 00 0 00 68114 0 0 00 0 0 00 15 00 300 0 00114 Serial Ports Connected Clients TOTAL RECORDING STATISTICS ACROSS ALL ACTIVE STREAMS Reset to Factory peat 9 639635 23 0 004 23 0 0 0 000 15 65 7276 808 44 Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Table 8 4 Recording Statistics pelt Beseript n O Device input number Current active media database session ID associated with stream type for this Session camera Note there will be multiple sessions for the same camera
4. Figure 3 4 Scheduler Tab VIDEOQEDGE Live Video Schedules Schedule Editor Group Editor w Devices Enabling the recording scheduler will prevent manual changes to the recording status of individual devices on the device list or advanced edit pages Any audio devices associated with video in a schedule group will adopt the same recording schedule as the video device Audio devices List without an association will adopt the default schedule group Alarms Recording scheduler status Enabled Disabled Scheduler Security Discovery Storage default B K 9 Archive System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout There are three tabs within the Scheduler menu Schedules Where you can enable the scheduler and create or remove schedules Scheduler Editor Where you set the schedule times and recording modes for each period e Group Editor Where you select which cameras belong to a schedule You can create multiple schedule groups where you can assign different cameras with different schedule times and record modes To create a recording schedule you need to 1 Set up your scheduler group s 2 Set the schedule times and recording modes for the schedule group s 3 Assign camera s to the schedule group s Schedules Where you can enable the scheduler and create or remove schedules Q American Dynamics 79 Procedure 3 54 Creating a Recording Schedule Step Action 1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 Select Devices
5. 3 Click ww in the camera record where you want to disable camera Video Intelligence The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Select None from the Video Analysis dropdown 5 cick E End Edge Analytics Edge Analytics are camera based analytic operations which forward alarms and metadata to the NVR This minimizes the impact on the NVRs CPU usage in comparison to Motion Detection and Video Intelligence which are both server based operations Edge analytics are supported on the following American Dynamics cameras Illustra 600 e Illustra 610 Illustra 610LT e Illustra 210 The NVR supports camera based analytics for supported cameras The NVR supports two edge analytics features Edge based Search a client can search recorded video for a specific type of event Edge based Alarms you can define parameters that can be used to set up edge based analytic rules The following edge based analytic types are available on the NVR Q American Dynamics 55 e Blur Detection Blur events occur when the camera becomes out of focus in the region of interest Edge based blur detection events are only supported in victor unified client e Motion Detection Motion detection events occur when motion is detected in the camera s view Edge based motion detection events are supported in both victor unified client and VideoEdge client Motion Detection metadata When enabled allows you to search recorded video for edge based m
6. Click inthe camera row for which you want to set alert recording buffers The Function amp Streams tab displays Select Alerts tab Q American Dynamics 60 5 Select the Alert Pre Buffer from the dropdown range 30 300 seconds 6 Select the Alert Post Buffer from the dropdown range 30 300 seconds 7 Crick E End Dry Contacts You can associate dry contact sensors with a particular camera in the Alerts tab These are sensors typically used in doorways and are activated for example when a door is opened The NVRs can command cameras to pan tilt zoom to predetermined locations and record video for a specified period Procedure 3 38 Enabling a Dry Contact Sensor Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Select o for the camera for which you want to enable dry contact settings The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Select Alerts tab Select the Dry Contact Input Enabled checkbox es in the Dry Contacts section 5 6 ciick E Note If you are editing the dry contact settings for a camera forming part of an encoder device all cameras related to this device will be updated with the changes made to the dry contacts In this instance a warning message opens informing you that multiple cameras will be updated End PTZ If a camera has PTZ capabilities you will be able enable disable PTZ functionality and configure the Return to Home settings for the camera in the PTZ tab Enable
7. Failover storage statistics logs Dark Image Detection email alerts serial ports connected clients reset to factory defaults and shutdown options The Advanced menu has the following menu items e Failover From here you can configure the NVR to act as a Failover server Storage Statistics From here you can view statistics relating to storage Stream Statistics From here you can view statistics relating to recorded video and audio streams Archive Statistics From here you can view statistics relating to archiving Logs From here you can generate log files for use by American Dynamics Technical Support Dark Image Detection From here you can enable dark image detection and apply a darkness threshold e Email Alerts From here you can enable and configure email alerts e Serial Ports From here you can configure the NVR s serial ports e Connected Clients From here you can view a list of all clients which have an active connection with the NVR Reset to Factory Defaults From here you can reset the NVR s settings to the factory defaults Options are provided to erase all media maintain all media or re index all media Shutdown From here you can restart NVR services Stop NVR services reboot the NVR or shutdown the NVR Q American Dynamics 182 NVR Failover You can configure an NVR to act as a Failover NVR or secondary NVR When configured as a secondary NVR the NVR will monitor other NVRs on
8. Select the contrast value from the dropdown Hue Select the hue value from the dropdown r o a a OJD Sharpness Select the sharpness value from the dropdown White Balance Select the white balance control value from the dropdown T a Back Light Compensation Select the back light compensation value from the dropdown i Image Interlaced Select the image interlacing setting from the dropdown 6 Adjust the Lens Sensor settings The types of settings and value ranges available are camera make model dependent and include a LensFocus Select a focus for the camera from the dropdown Lens Auto Focus Select the checkbox to enable automatic camera focus Lens Iris Select the iris value for the camera from the dropdown Lens Day Night Mode Select the required mode from the dropdown Lens WDR Wide Dynamic Range Select the checkbox to enable WDR g Mount Type Vivotech Fish eye camera only Select the Mount type from the dropdown b c d Lens Auto Iris Select the checkbox to enable automatic iris control e f Note The mount point configured on the NVR must match the location of the Vivotech Fish eye camera wheniit is installed as this will dictate the algorithm used by victor unified client for de warping 7 Click l The viewer window updates to reflect the changes made to the image settings End Function and Streams The Function and Streams tab is where you configure Q American Dynamics
9. i Enter the servers WAN Streaming Port j Enter a virtual WAN HTTP Port in the Virtual WAN HTTP Port field k Enter a virtual WAN Streaming Port in the Virtual WAN Streaming Port field 7 Click Apply The NVR is added to the server monitoring list 8 Optional Repeat Steps 5 to 7 to add another NVR to monitor End Configuring Failover Parameters Failover Parameters can be configured using the Advanced page Procedure 8 3 Configuring Failover Parameters Step Action Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens Select the Advanced tab 4 Edit the required Failover parameters a Polling Interval Click Edit enter the interval time in seconds and click Save b Retry Count Click Edit enter the retry count and click Save c Config Update Interval Click Edit enter the interval time in seconds and click Save End Terminating Failover Mode When Primary NVR is Operational After you have recovered the failed primary NVR it will remain in an standby state until the secondary NVR failover mode is terminated Q American Dynamics 188 When you terminate Failover mode on the secondary NVR it returns to monitoring the servers in the monitoring list A Caution To terminate failover mode for a primary NVR you must terminate failover from the secondary NVR s Administration Interface and not from the Administration Interface of any of the primary NVR Procedure 8 4 Terminating Fa
10. 7 Click Apply Note If you do not want to make these changes to all cameras click Cancel and update the settings as required 8 A message box opens to confirm the changes were successful Click OK Note If some of the changes are not successful a summary page of failed updates opens with the failures highlighted in red By hovering over you can view more detailed error information Click OK to continue End Audio List Audio devices which are connected to the NVR an encoder or part of a camera can be added to the NVR using the Administration Interface By default an audio source which is physically built into a camera will be associated with that camera You can de couple the audio input when adding the device manually or using Auto Discovery The association can also be removed at any stage using the device list The Audio List displays the audio devices which have been added to the NVR The table below provides a description of each field displayed Table 3 2 Audio List Summary Table pet eseriptiom O OU Device slot number Device name as given when adding the device to Name and IP Address the NVR Device IP address Device Manufacturer and Model Device Information FW Current Firmware version on the device Displays the device recording state There are four available options to select Recording Off e Recording Always Q American Dynamics 37 Associations Only Record on Alar
11. Address allocation is set to either None or DHCP you will be unable to edit any of the entry fields The menu will also display the MAC Address of each Network Interface Controller NIC for information purposes DHCP Server Use the DHCP Server page to configure the DHCP Status for each NIC The start and end range of the IP Addresses to be included for each NIC during automatic searches for IP Devices can also be configured Use the DHCP Status page to view active devices which have been assigned an IP address by the NVR when it is acting as a DHCP server WAN Settings Used to configure the NVR for operation on a Wide Area Network In the WAN Settings you can configure the WAN IP Address HTTP Port Secure HTTP Port and the Streaming Configured Port Dynamic Bandwidth Use to configure bandwidht throttling when disabled there is no framedropping or transcoding invoked In the bandwidth throttling settings you can enable Transcode select the number of streams to be transcoded up to four select the Bandwidth Priority Traffic smoothing LAN and WAN bitrate caps Q American Dynamics 23 Advanced Menu The Advanced Menu has sub menu items e Failover Use the Failover page to configure the NVR to take over the camera and system settings of another NVR on the network should it fail Also use to view Failover events which have occurred using the search tool in the Failover Events page Storage Statistics Use the Rec Performance page to
12. Connecting an NVR running a DHCP server to a network that already has a DHCP server can disrupt network service on that network If you have more than one NVR on LAN 2 you will need to disable DHCP on all but one of the LAN 2 NVRs so that cameras are receiving IP Addresses from only one DHCP server Note When the NVR is supplied as a hardware and software bundle only LAN 1 will be enabled all other NIC s will be disabled Q American Dynamics 162 General The General Network page provides you the option to edit the basic connection settings for the NVR network and to enable disable its NTP functionality These settings include Domain Name Domain Name Servers Default Gateway RTSP Port NTP Status NTP Servers WAN Bitrate Cap LAN Bitrate Cap and UPnP enable and disabling Figure 7 2 General Network Pa e VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Network General Devices Domain Name Storage Domain Name Servers Default Gateway Archive RTSP Port 554 System upp Enabled Disabled I v Network NTP Status Enabled Disabled General LAN Interface x DHCP Server WAN Settings Dynamic Bandwidth Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Domain Name and Domain Name Servers Under the General Network settings you can assign a bespoke Domain Name and create a list of DNS servers which provide name resolution services i e convert IP addresses to hostnames Procedure 7 1 Edit the Domain Name and Domain Name Servers
13. End Navigating the NVR Interface Figure 1 11 NVR Interface Live Video Menu item to Sub Menus Sub menu access live video This option Options are displayed when is not available when browsing a selection is made in the directly on the VideoEdge main menu NVRis server browser interface VIDEOEINDGE Live Video P video List Audio List Text List About Select this to find out NVR and System information Also displays user account in use and software version Main Pane This area forms the main body of the interface In this area you can view live video and change your NVR configuration settings vipEoEDGESs G Filter rec arch x r Rec gt Codec Spot Monitor Out SMO H264 127 0 0 1 American Dynamics Videokdge Hybri B Comms Native API FW SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 a MJPEG Axis 192 168 0 66 Comms Native API 4 320x240 MPAV Archive System Network SpeedDome 192 168 188 168 Comme Native API DB Di 7 320x240 Advanced Monitor Outputs i610 192 168 0 168 Comms Native API American Dynamics ADCI610 0521 FW AD00 00 6 05 wi ar Not configured Logout Test Feed 1 0 1 1 100 Comms Native APT 15 Not configured Test Feed 2 0 1 1 100 Comms Native APT 15 Not configured Tact Eoad 2 Main Menu Select each menu item to display a sub menu for each category This is the main method of navigation To navigate t
14. Table 8 6 Device Logs Definitions Date Time Displays the Date and Time that the camera reported a change Category Lists the type of action or change that occurred Camera Details Operator Client Machine Procedure 8 20 Viewing the Camera Logs Step Action 1 Select Advanced 2 Select Logs Select the Device Logs tab The Device Logs page opens End Q American Dynamics 209 Audit Trail The Audit Trail page displays a log of system changes which have been made by a privileged user The system changes which are logged in the Audit Trail are 1 System Date and Time 2 Software upgrade 3 FTP Log Management settings 4 User Login Passwords 5 Network Settings Figure 8 13 Audit Trail Page VIDEOEDGE Live Video Retrieve Logs FTP Log Management Event Logs Connection Device Logs Audit Trail Devices Admin Audit Trail Dateme Category T Detals user Client Machine Storage Jan 22 2014 15 17 18 Software upgrade UNKNOWN EE nen System Jan 22 2014 15 17 18 Software upgrade fer 4 5 0 444 Num 4 5 0 444 IP null r EE Advanced Jan 24 2014 14 45 06 Log Upload settings changed New Values FIP Log upload enabled Failover Jan 24 2014 14 45 11 Log Upload settings changed New Values IP 192 168 188 111 Stream Statistics Host userHostName Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Pr
15. Total 0 dammi Available camera licenses 32 Total 32 adel Available device inputs 32 Total 32 Network Device Add Options nr Default Associations z Security Group As Discovered Show 50 inputs Devices 3 ee Se fame lg Video assoc Manufacturer Model Firmware Version Mac Address Col Snapshot rity Retrieving device details System Password Finish Congratulations me E 7 Procedure 1 8 Discovery Settings Step Action The Discovery tab automatically displays all discovered devices Q American Dynamics 13 Note If there are devices that you expected to be discovered but are not displayed you may need to add these devices manually as some manufacturers do not have Discovery configured by default 1 Optional Select the camera network NIC from the dropdown if you want to search for cameras on a par ticular NIC instead of across all NICs 2 Optional Select the checkbox es of the device s you want to edit and click Change IP to edit the IP address of a camera 3 Optional Select the checkbox es of the device s you want to add to a Security Group and click Add Security Group Refer to Security for further information 4 Select the checkbox es for the device s you want to add to the NVR from the Discovered device list Optional De select the Default Associations checkbox if video audio association is not required 6 Click Add The imported device s are displayed in the Video Audio L
16. c Click Yes Note It is highly recommended to setup an operator account when prompted in addition to the root user account The root user account should be used for troubleshooting and system OS setup only 6 To continue with the installation and configuration process you need to log in to the NVR desktop End Logging into the NVR Desktop After setting the root password and creation of the administration user you are required to login to the NVR desktop to continue the installation and configuration process Figure 1 2 NVR Login Screen e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 techcomms adnvr Username amp Disconnect cancel Log In Procedure 1 3 Logging into the NVR Desktop Step Action 1 When the system boots to the NVR login screen Enter the Username Default Username VideoEdge 2 Click LogIn 3 Enter the Password Default Password VEclient 4 Click LogIn On successful login the NVR desktop is displayed End To complete the installation and configuration process you need to complete the Setup Wizard continue to VideoEdge Setup Wizard VideoEdge Setup Wizard Once the NVR has been installed you need to configure the NVR settings via the Setup Wizard On completion your NVR will be operational This can be accessed using the VideoEdge Administrator icon on the NVR desktop or via Q American Dynamics 8 remote client On the first time accessing the NVR user inter
17. failed to query camera to Failover ET determine its characteristics err Jan 24 14 46 30 err device_controller 5101 ERROR video 0 0 H264 0 queryHandler got property error for UnitModelName 7 Couldn t connect to server Storage Statistics er Jan 24 14 46 29 err device controller 5106 ERROR video 2 0 MP4V 1 CvideoStream Handler doesn t have video stream 1 er Dan 24 14 46 29 err device_controller S136 ERROR video 4 0 MPAV 0 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to Stream Statistics determine its characteristics on Jan 24 14 46 29 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MJPEG 1 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to Archive Statistics determine its characteristics er jan 24 14 46 29 err device controllerf5101 ERROR video 0 0 H264 0 queryHandler got property error for UnitModelName 7 Couldn t connect to server Logs er Jan 24 14 46 28 err device_controller 4622 Remove opendir failed when checking session path data1 CamFolder media 4 141 148 No such file or directory er Jan 24 14 46 28 err device controllerf5106 ERROR video 2 0 MP4V 1 CvideoStream Handler doesn t have video stream 1 i Jan 24 14 46 28 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MP4V 0 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to Dak image Detection SMT determine its characteristics Email Alerts Pa Dan 24 14 46
18. failed to query camera to Monitor Outputs determine its characteristics jan 24 14 46 26 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MJPEG 1 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to Li ET determine its characteristics ogout er er Procedure 8 18 Viewing Event Logs Step Action Select Advanced N Select Logs QD Select the Event Logs tab The Event Logs page opens To include emergency event logs select the Emergency checkbox To include critical event logs select the Critical checkbox To include error event logs select the Error checkbox To include warning event logs select the Warning checkbox To include info event logs select the Info checkbox To include specific filter text enter the desired filter text in the Filter text textbox 0 Click Apply 23 O ON OO A Q American Dynamics 207 Camera Connection Errors The Connection page displays the Camera Connection Errors that have occurred VIDEOEDGE End Figure 8 11 Connection Page Live Video Retrieve Logs FTP Log Management Event Logs Connection Device Logs Audit Trail Bente Camera Connection Errors Storage Fri Jan 24 02 20 31 2014 REDMON AE Archive System Fri Jan 24 02 20 32 2014 TEME Network Fri Jan 24 02 20 34 2014 EERIE EMCEE OM Cee eee ERE vw Advanced Fri Jan 24 02 20 35 2014 TEEME Failover Storage Statistics Fri Jan 24 02 20
19. or Recording Always With Alarm On 6 Enter an alarm Name max 50 characters Note Use a descriptive name that will make the alarm easy to identify Q American Dynamics 68 10 11 12 13 Ensure Motion is the selected Type Note If the Motion is not available in the dropdown you do not have Motion Detection enabled on the camera instead Video Intelligence is enabled Enable Motion Detection to continue Optional Use the drawing tools to draw the Motion Detection region of interest in the Camera Alarm Configuration drawing window Note If you do not draw a region of interest the entire camera view will be used as the region of interest Figure 3 3 Camera Alarm Configuration Drawing Window Draw Style Draw Mode ae O Select the Yes option button for the Enabled field to enable the alarm Use the Size slider to determine the percentage of the region of interest with activity present for the alarm to be triggered The higher the percentage of the region of interest selected the lower the number of motion detection results triggered for the alarm A setting of 0 will trigger an alarm for any size motion Enter the Duration secs that there is sustained activity in the region of interest before the alarm is triggered You can enter values between 0 default and 600 A value of 0 seconds will trigger an alarm for motion of any duration Select the Direction from the dropdown that the center of t
20. or Recording Always With Alarm On e Archiving Mode Use to set the archiving mode for these cameras You can choose Archiving dis abled archive all videos or Archive only alarm video f Archiving Quality Archiving Quality is defined as a percentage of applied framerate decimation Archiv ing quality is applied in 10 intervals where 10 provides the lowest quality video and 100 provides the highest quality video for archiving g Maximum Archiving Retention Period Select from the dropdown if an archiving retention period is Enabled or Disabled h Video Analysis Select from the dropdown which type of analytics to apply to this batch of cameras i Associate Audio Use to associate an audio device with the selected cameras j Stream Record Modes Set each stream to Live Alarm or Record k Stream Configurations Set the stream configurations for Codec FPS Resolution Quality Bit Rate Control Bit Rate Max Bit Rate and Profile in the respective dropdowns Q American Dynamics 36 Note When you are selecting a value for the Codec FPS Resolution Quality Bit Rate Control Bit Rate Max Bit Rate and Profile fields each dropdown contains the available options followed by a number in brackets This represents the number of cameras that support the setting over of the total number of cameras being edited 6 Click Apply A Confirm Changes window opens with a preview of the changes being made to the selected cameras
21. printed at the top then use this as a Marker in the stream When Store 15 appears in the Text Stream all the subsequent text until the next Store 15 is seen will be stored and displayed together as a single message Q American Dynamics 41 Procedure 3 13 Adding a Rule to a Text Device Step 1 2 10 11 12 13 14 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select List The Video List tab displays Select the Text List tab Select the checkbox of the Text device you want to create a rule for Click Th The Rules Markers tab displays Click 3 The Rule Definition Window opens Enter the Name Enter a match in the Match with field Select the Search Direction from the dropdown Forward by default Select the number of words from the Jump N Results dropdown to skip after a match is found to find the associated value Default 0 Select one of the following Criteria from the dropdown found Any results found string A series of characters in Value 1 field less than Less than Value 1 e greater than Greater than Value 1 equal to Equal to Value 1 range Values between Value 1 and 2 Enter a value in the Value field This is required when using string less than greater than equal to and range Criteria Enter a value in the Value2 field This is required when using range criteria Click Apply End Procedure 3 14 Editing a Rule Step Action Select Devi
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23. 28 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MJPEG 1 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to determine its characteristics Serial Ports er Jan 24 14 46 28 err device_controller 5101 ERROR video 0 0 H264 0 queryHandler got property error for UnitModelName 7 Couldn t connect to server z er Jan 24 14 46 27 err device controller 5106 ERROR video 2 0 MP4V 1 CvideoStream Handler doesn t have video stream 1 Jan 24 14 46 27 err device controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MP4V 0 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to Connected Clients GM determine its characteristics jan 24 14 46 27 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MJPEG 1 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7 failed to query camera to Reset to Factory eM determine its characteristics Defaults er Jan 24 14 46 27 err device controller 5101 ERROR video 0 0 H264 0 queryHandler got property error for UnitModelName 7 Couldn t connect to server er Jan 24 14 46 26 err device_controller 4622 Remove opendir failed when checking session path data1 CamFolder media 4 141 146 No such file or directory Shutdown em Jan 24 14 46 26 err device_controller 5106 ERROR video 2 0 MP4V 1 CVideoStream Handler doesn t have video stream 1 a Dan 24 14 46 26 err device_controller 5136 ERROR video 4 0 MP4V 0 queryHandler got property error for VideoCodecStreams 7
24. 5 8 Viewing Archive Video in a 3rd Party Media Player Step Action 1 Navigate to the required MP4 file in the archive folder structure 2 Right click on the MP4 file and select Open with Select the 3rd Part Media Player from the list End Q American Dynamics 121 Settings Global Settings Global settings are available on the Settings menu item in the Archives menu Global settings allow you to quickly enable disable automatic archiving the active Archive Destination and FIFO archive culling Note FIFO First In First Out archive culling is a basic form or data culling which will cull data based on the date it was written to the archive i e the oldest data is culled Archive culling can also be configured based on retention rules Figure 5 3 Global Setting Page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Global Settings Availability Devi Automatic archiving Enabled Disabled Storage Archiving destination None ris A Archiving destination not selected Archives Archive culling Enabled Disabled Settings Retry count 3 Archive Scheduler Retry interval minutes 30 Device List Jobs System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout You can also configure a retry count and retry interval which dictates the NVR s behavior should archiving be unsuccessful due to a loss of connection with the archive the archive becoming unreadable or the destination being full and culling is disabled For exa
25. Click Yes to remove the device s The device s are removed from the NVR Q American Dynamics 35 End Batch Camera Configuration Some camera settings can be batch edited The Batch Edit tab lists the cameras currently being edited in the left pane and the setting adjustments are made in the right pane When a change is made to a setting the checkbox next to the setting is checked If you deselect the checkbox the adjustment will not be applied When you click apply the changes being made are previewed with the new settings highlighted in yellow Procedure 3 8 Batch Editing Camera Settings Step 1 2 3 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select List Select the checkbox for each camera you want to batch edit r gt Click 4 The Batch Edit tab displays Adjust the device settings a Name Use this field to update the name of the cameras Note When you update the name of devices using batch edit each device will have a number appended to its name For example CameraName 1 CameraName 2 etc b Maximum Storage Per Device Select from the dropdown to set the maximum duration over which media recorded for these devices will be saved without being deleted c Storage Set Select from the dropdown which storage set the batch of devices will record to d Recording Mode Use this to set the recording mode for these cameras You can choose O Record ing Off Recording Always Only Record on Alarm
26. Custom Size and enter a value or select Custom Region where you can choose the disk cylinders for the partition Note In order to use a disk partition for storage it must meet the minimum storage capacity requirements 10GB 11 Click Next Q American Dynamics 109 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ensure the Format partition option button is selected Select XFS from the File system dropdown menu Select the Mount Partition option button Enter the Mount Point for the disk Select the Fstab Options button Select the Volume Label option button Enter a Volume Label in the field Enter nofail rw noatime nodiratime attr2 nobarrier noquota allocsize 4m inode64 nodelaylog in the Arbitrary option value field Note nobarrier should only be used on storage devices connected to disk controllers with battery backed cache Click OK ne ER point should have a unique name however it is good practice to use a folder structure naming convention for example mount point 1 data mediat mount point 2 data media2 mount point 3 data media3 etc Click Finish Click Next The Expert Partitioner Summary displays a list of the changes that will be made to the NVR partitions Click Finish The Perform Installation page opens and the disk partition for the new storage device is created Configure the NVR to allow the new disk to be used for storage a Open a web browser b Enter the IP address
27. Devices LAN Interface etho Storage IP Address Allocation STATIC Edit Archive LAN IP Address 192 168 188 110 ve Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ell MAC Address 00 04 CD 1F 44 24 p LAN Interface eth1 General IP Address Allocation NONE Edit LAN Interface DHCP Server WAN Settings Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 7 6 Enabling NIC s Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select LAN Interface The LAN Interface page opens 3 Select the dropdown arrow next to the LAN Interface you want to edit 2 Select P Select the IP Address Allocation dropdown Select DHCP this will allow a DHCP Server on the LAN to assign an IP address for that NIC of the NVR Q American Dynamics 167 Note The use of DHCP for all of the NVR s NICs is not recommended To open the NVR Administrator Interface the IP address of one of the NICs must be known if all the IP addresses are dynamic they will vary in value It is recommended that a NIC is configured with a static IP address and subnet mask for this reason Or Select STATIC to permanently assign an IP address and subnet mask to the NVR When using Static IP addresses you will be required to enter the IP address and subnet mask in the corresponding fields 7 Click E A dialog box displays advising that changing network interface settings may result in your NVR becoming inaccessible 8 Click OK End Procedure 7 7 Disabling NIC s Step Action Select Network 2 Select
28. Disable PTZ Functionality You can enable or disable PTZ functionality for a camera provided the camera has PTZ capabilities Procedure 3 39 Enable or Disable PTZ Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List Q American Dynamics 61 3 Click ve in the PTZ camera row The Function amp Streams tab displays Select PTZ tab Select the Enable PTZ checkbox to enable PTZ Or Deselect the Enable PTZ checkbox to disable PTZ 6 Click E End Return to Home When the PTZ Return to Home feature is enabled this will return the PTZ to its home position after a defined period of inactivity The first preset in a list of configured presets is considered to be the home position When the PTZ is moved the idle timer for the camera is reset For example if a camera moves to a preset position moves using the pan or tilt controls or moves as part of a tour the idle timer will reset to zero Note If the camera is moved using the camera s own web browser controls the timer will not reset The Return to Home period is defined using the dropdown The periods available are in seconds between 60 and 600 in 60 second intervals Procedure 3 40 Enabling PTZ Return to Home Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click we in the PTZ camera row for which you want to enable the Return to Home feature The Function amp Streams tab displays Select PTZ tab Select th
29. Disclaimer This product is licensed under the AVC Patent Portfolio License for the personal and non commercial use of a consumer to i encode video in compliance with the AVC Standard AVC Video and or ii decode AVC video that Q American Dynamics 2 was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non commercial activity and or was obtained from a video provider licensed to provide AVC video No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use Additional information may be obtained from MPEG LA LLC See HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM License Information Your use of this product is governed by certain terms and conditions Please see the detailed license information at the end of this manual Q American Dynamics 3 Overview of the VideoEdge NVR VideoEdge NVR Introduction The VideoEdge Network Video Management System is a scalable enterprise IP video surveillance solution It is designed as an open platform solution supporting a range of third party hardware storage video devices and clients allowing users to manage their video surveillance servers and edge devices as a single logical system The VideoEdge Network Video Recorder NVR manages the IP encoder and camera devices records the video onto its configured storage devices and provides clients with secure access to live and recorded video and audio Users can use a thin client NVR Administration Interface or the victor rich client application software to configure
30. Failover Considerations When a software update is applied either via a push update or applied manually using the Administration Interface NVR services will restart Temporary NVR service outage should therefore be expected when an update is applied It is recommended that you should schedule when NVR upgrades are applied and expect a loss of video when services restart When upgrading NVRs which are being monitored by a secondary Failover NVR you need to stop Server Monitoring to prevent the secondary NVR taking over when the upgraded primary NVR s services stop Q American Dynamics 155 Security Configuration You can configure enhanced security settings to your NVR including web server configuration certificate settings remote access and the Systems root password Figure 6 8 Security Configuration tab VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Security Configuration Remote Access Devices Web Server Configuration SEL Communication HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS only Archive HTTP Port 80 System HTTPS Port 443 we HE cancel Users and Roles Certificate Settings LEE When using HTTPS a certificate is required to identify the NVR For the highest security level a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority CA should be Templates installed If lower security is acceptable then generate a self signed certificate Create and install certificates Create self signed certificate Backup Restore Update Software 3 Create certificate
31. It can be used to manage the IP addresses of devices It can also be configured as a general DHCP server to allocate IP addresses of computers on a private network Storage Archive DHCP on eth0 System DHCP Status Disabled v Network DHCP on eth1 Sate DHCP Status Disabled 9 LAN Interface DHCP Server WAN Settings Dynamic Bandwidth Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 7 10 Editing the DHCP Server Settings Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select DHCP Server The DHCP Server settings page opens 3 Select the dropdown arrow next to the LAN Interface you want to edit Q American Dynamics 170 Note NICs which have been configured with a DHCP IP Address Allocation will be greyed out and not available to be used to host DHCP Servers A message is also displayed stating DHCP cannot be enabled on this interface unless the IP allocation method is set to STATIC on the LAN Interface page Select Edit To edit the DHCP Status select either the Enable or Disable option buttons When Enabled is selected the DHCP options for that NIC expand 6 To edit the DHCP Start Range and End range type the lowest and highest IP address to be assigned respectively For example if your network addresses were between 10 11 12 50 and 10 11 12 100 you could type 10 11 12 50 for DHCP Range Start and 10 11 12 100 for DHCP Range End 7 Click Save Note Subnet and Netmask can not be edited in this page The DHCP Start Range and En
32. Number for each camera being streamed from the NVR for each client connected to the NVR e The Media Type being streamed either audio or video or both e The Client type for example victor unified client or QuickTime e The Streaming Protocol being used Figure 8 17 Connected Clients Page VIDEOEDGE 50458 2280 VIDEOEDGE Live Video Connected Clients Devices Connected Clients 0 Storage IP AddressDevice No Media TypeChentStream Protocol Archive No Connected Clients System Network v Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 8 34 Viewing Connected Clients Step Action 1 Select Advanced 2 Select Connected Clients The Connected Clients page opens End 220 Reset to Factory Defaults Reset Factory Defaults Administration Interface The Reset Factory Defaults functionality allows you to revert several of the NVR s characteristics back to their default settings it will however not implement any changes to the servers Linux Operating System During a Reset Factory Defaults function the recorder will not be able to record or display live video until the process is complete Once the Reset Factory Defaults is complete you will have to reconfigure the NVR using the Setup Wizard The following settings will be affected when
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34. Recipient Email Address option button Enter the recipients email address in the field Or Q American Dynamics 215 If the user is already receiving notifications you can choose the user s email address from the Use Recipient Email address dropdown menu 6 Select the Alert Categories using the checkboxes 7 Click el 8 Verify that the email address has been added to the recipient list for each alert category You can check by viewing recipients for each alert category listed in the table on the Email Alerts page 9 To send a test email to a recipient list select the alert you want to test an click Test 10 Once you have the email recipients configured you need to enable alerts End Enabling and Disabling Email Alerts Once recipient addresses have been entered and alert categories assigned you can configure which email alerts should be enabled for each recipient Procedure 8 27 Enabling and Disabling Email Alerts Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Email Alerts The Email Alerts page opens 3 Select the checkbox for each alert you want to enable from the Alert Category list Click or f After enabling email alerts an email is sent to the selected recipients when the appropriate alert is triggered End Disabling Email Alerts for a Camera You can disable Email Alerts for a specific camera This allows you to suppress email alerts from cameras which are known to be malfunctioning A Caution This proce
35. Required for NVR Size GB Type FS Type Mount Point feen e Configuring System Partitions on a Previously Configured Device Procedure 9 5 Step Action 1 In the Suggested Partioning page of the Partitioner Wizard click Create Partition Setup 2 Select Custom Partitioning for experts The Expert Partitioner page displays 3 Select the disk on which you want to create the system partitions from the system view tree 4 Delete all of the existing partitions by selecting the partition and clicking Delete 5 Click Add 6 Select Primary Partition 7 Enter the required partition size by selecting Custom Size and entering the amount of disk space GB you want to allocate to the partition 8 Select Next 9 Select the desired option from the File System dropdown For swap select Swap for var select XFS and for root select Ext3 10 Enter the Mount Point for the media partition For swap enter swap for var enter var and for root enter 11 Click Finish 12 Create the required media storage partitions Refer to Installation for more information End Q American Dynamics 231 Editing Media Partition Configurations If you have completed the installation of the NVR hardware and software bundle default media partitions will be configured on the NVR You can change these media partitions to suit your specific requirements If you want to edit media partition configurations on a storage device you must remove al
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37. Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select General The Network General tab displays 3 To edit the Domain Name select the current value Update the Domain Name as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 To add a Domain Name Server to the Domain Name Servers select A text box displays 5 Enter the IP Address in the field The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made Q American Dynamics 163 6 To enter several Domain Server IP Addresses select to add an additional IP Address field and enter the IP Address 7 Click Save Confirmation messages display End Default Gateway In the General Network settings you can edit the IP Address of the Default Gateway The default gateway must be set manually if the NVR is not using a DHCP server The default gateway allows the NVR to have connectivity with IP addresses beyond the directly connected subnets of its own NICs Procedure 7 2 Editing the Default Gateway Step Action Select Network 2 Select General The Network General tab displays 3 To edit the Default Gateway select the current value Update the Default Gateway as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A warning dialog will display stating Changing the default gateway may result in your NVR becoming inaccessible If this happens you will need to physically connect to the NVR to re en
38. Use to view your VideoEdge NVR license information apply a license or upgrade your license Templates Sub menu consists of two pages Use the Save Template page to create a custom template based on the settings that are currently configured within the NVR these include Camera Settings Storage Settings User Information Network Settings Email Settings and Failover Settings Use the Import Template page to apply an existing template file to the NVR which will edit its settings accordingly Backup Restore Sub menu consists of two pages Use the Backup page to create a backup of the Camera settings System Settings User information DHCP Settings and NTP Settings Use the Restore page to upload a backup file to restore the NVR settings to the configuration of that Backup file Update Software Use to browse and upload a software upgrade package e Security Configuration Use to configure web server configuration create self signed certificates create certificate requests enable disable remote access and change the system password Network Menu The Networks menu has menu items e General Use to configure general network settings such as the Domain Name Domain Name Servers Default Gateway RTSP Port NTP Status and NTP Servers LAN Interface Use to configure the available LAN interfaces Each interface provides the option to configure the IP Address allocation LAN IP Address Subnet Mask and IP Broadcast Address If IP
39. WAN bitrate cap cannot exceed the LAN bitrate cap The dropdown menus provide a list of predefined values which you can choose from Alternatively a custom value can be entered and there is no minimum entry value This allows experienced users to customise their WAN and LAN Bitrate Caps to best utilise their networks capabilities Note If the LAN or WAN bitrate cap is set to a value which is less than the Traffic Smoothing value Traffic Smoothing will have no affect on the transmitted stream as it will adhere primarily to the bitrate cap It is recommended that Traffic Smoothing is set to a value less than or equal to the LAN and WAN bitrate caps Usually WAN connections have lower bandwidth than LAN connections if the WAN bandwidth is less than the default value of 150 Mbps Traffic Smoothing will have little to no effect When Preserve Framerate and Allow any throttle type are selected the Transcode Limit dropdown also displays This allows you to limit the number of transcoded streams between 1 and 4 to best suit your CPU s capabilities Traffic Smoothing Only Allows the ability to pace the traffic leaving the NVR to individual clients without incurring framedrop or transcode This smooths bursts of traffic which may cause issues for some consumer grade NICs consuming this data Procedure 7 17 Selecting Traffic Smoothing Only Step Action Select Network 2 Select Dynamic Bandwidth The Dynamic Bandwidth page opens 3 Click the T
40. a region of interest for example a car traveling the wrong way on a road It is best to use a thin region of interest to detect the direction of an object d Linger Used to detect objects lingering in a region of interest An object is lingering if it remains in the region of interest The minimum amount of time an object must linger before being included in the results can be defined and you can draw a region in the area where you want to detect objects lingering Use a higher Overlap setting to avoid detecting objects lingering nearby e Dwell Used to detect objects dwelling in a region of interest An object is dwelling if it is mostly sta tionary The minimum amount of time an object must dwell before being included in the results can be defined Draw a region in the area where you want to detect objects dwelling Use a higher Overlap set ting to avoid detecting objects dwelling nearby f Exit Used to detect objects exiting a camera view through a region of interest for example a doorway or threshold It is best to draw the region of interest around the doorway or threshold to include areas in which the door can move or objects can be seen for example glass This will exclude objects that can be seen in the region of interest but does not pass through it g Enter Used to detect objects entering a camera view through a region of interest for example a door way or threshold It is best to draw the region of interest around the doorw
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42. and log off VNC remote desktop Procedure 9 3 Logging in to VNC Remote Desktop Step Action 1 Launch your web browser and enter the NVR s IP address into the URL field followed by 5801 For example if your NVR s IP address was 100 100 100 100 enter the address as below http 100 100 100 100 5801 v P X Q American Dynamics 229 Note To use the remote desktop function your browser must be Java enabled access is achieved through the TCP port 5801 2 Press Enter The Remote Desktop page opens Figure 9 4 NVR Desktop Login Window VNC e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 techcomms adnvr Username amp Disconnect cancel fLog In 3 Enter your Username Note If you are planning to change system settings you need to login as the System Administrator root 4 Click Log In Enter your Password 6 Click Log In End Procedure 9 4 Logging Off VNC Remote Desktop Step Action 1 Click the Disconnect command button VNC Remote Desktop is disconnected End Editing Storage Partitions Using Partitioner Configuring System Partitions on a Previously Configured Device If you are installing or upgrading the NVR software on a device which has been previously configured there may be system partitions created already which will require re configuration To ensure your NVR is set up correctly all existing partitions should be deleted The requirements for conf
43. been changed for a camera or a group of cameras the NVR is no longer able to communicate with the camera s You must create a security group containing the new password and assign the camera s with this password to it Q American Dynamics 84 Procedure 3 60 Creating a Security Group Step 1 2 N DR 10 11 12 13 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select Security The Security tab displays Select The Security Group window opens Enter a Group Name Enter a Description Enter a Username Enter a Password Note This is the password that will now be used by the NVR to connect to the cameras in this security group Confirm the password in the Confirm Password field Optional Select Advanced Optional Select the Security Level from the dropdown Optional Enter the Port number Note Ensure the Default checkbox is selected if you want to use the default port number Select the cameras you want to assign to the security group by using the and buttons Click E Note If you are editing the security group for a camera attached by an encoder all cameras connected to the encoder will have the same password Editing the security group for one camera on an encoder will result in all cameras on that encoder being assigned a new password A message opens warning that multiple cameras will be updated End Edit a Security Group Security groups can be edited using the security tab
44. camera using the default settings If you change the security settings for a camera or a number of cameras usually through direct web interfaces you need to create a Security Group for those cameras and assign it the same password Note 1 The Security Groups feature does not change the password on the camera It determines what password is used by the NVR to communicate with cameras 2 You must change the password on the camera before you change the password for the security group using the Security feature otherwise those cameras will not be able to connect to the NVR In addition to configuring the username and password you can also configure the port number and protocol Security Level used for communications Note 1 Port number This is either the HTTP or HTTPS port number which has been specified for communication The default port number will be used to communicate with the camera unless you specify a port You must ensure the port number is correctly configured on the corresponding camera s for communication to be established 2 Security Level This is the protocol which will be used to communicate with the camera s Figure 3 5 Security Tab Live Vide Security v Devices List Note Any devices not added to a group will use the default security settings for access Alarms Scheduler 1 Axis for tc axis 210 d Security 2 illustra for tc illustra 400 Discovery Create a Security Group If a password has
45. carrying out a Reset Factory Defaults function Storage settings configured using the NVR Administration interface will be erased e Failover settings if configured will be erased User Passwords for all user roles will be reset to the factory defaults Alarm settings if configured will be erased Saved Media files video audio the NVR supports several options for keeping or deleting the Saved Media files they are as follows e Reset to Factory Defaults AND Erase All Media This will delete all your recorded media video audio protected media and video analytic data Choose this option if you want to remove all media and fully restore to factory defaults e Reset to Factory Defaults AND Keep Media This will preserve all your recorded media Choose this option for a quick reset of NVR settings but preserve all media and databases Note This option will keep both the media and the current media database If there are continuing issues a reset with full media re indexing is recommended Reset to Factory Defaults AND Re index Media This will keep all your recorded media and it will also re index the recorded media The media database will be com pletely rebuilt during this process Choose this option if the media database has become corrupt and you are unable to playback media Note The re index process is time intensive and can take several hours to complete depending on the volume of recorded data and the storage
46. depending on the stream PPT ETTE MIME MIME Tye SY Provided details on codec of data recorded in session details on codec of data recorded in session Stream Type Med what type of stream recorded for this session i e live alarm and or Usage Current percent used of the internal frame buffer will be 0 if no Current Buffer Usage buffering is occurring i e frames are being written to the disk as they are received Avg Buffer Usage Average percent used of the internal frame buffer Max Buffer Usage Maximum percent used of the internal frame buffer Q American Dynamics 200 F d Deseton _SOS Total Frames Packets Total number of frames recorded for video devices or total number of packets recorded for audio devices in the session pus Total number of missing frames for video devices or total number of missing Missing Fram s Packets packets for audio devices in the session percent missing Total number of dropped frames for video devices or total number of dropped Dropped Frames Packets packets for audio devices in the session frames packets inserted into buffer but the frames packets were removed before being written due to buffer overflow FPS PPS Actual FPS recorded for this video device for this session or actual PPS recorded for this audio device for this session Avg Queue Latency Sr between when frame is received and when inserted into queue Avg Disk Latency Average time from queue insertion to disk write seco
47. dropdown to select one of the following e Motion Detection e Video Intelligence Edge Analytics Motion Detection The NVR provides server based motion detection for all cameras Hardware based camera based Motion Detection is not supported by the NVR The NVR supports two motion detection features Motion Search a victor Client can search recorded video for motion e Motion Alerts you can define Motion detection settings that can be used to set up motion detection rules When a new camera is added to the NVR a motion detection alert is automatically created with a full view region The name of this alert will be called Full View The Motion Detection settings allow you to define the parameters which will initiate an alarm This will reduce the number of unwanted alarm events and is achieved using the following tools e Duration settings allowing you to define the time period of activity in the region of interest to activate an alarm Direction settings allowing you to define the direction of motion required to activate an alarm e Size expressed as the minimum percentage of the region of interest with activity required before activating an alarm Motion Detection events will create entries in the victor site manager database If required you can use the Reports feature in victor unified client to retrieve event information Enabling Motion Detection A Stream Configuration is required that allows the NVR to genera
48. events that have occurred on the NVR system The Connection page displays the Camera Connection Errors that have occurred The Camera Logs page provides information on camera reboots changed to camera recording status and the use of Pan Tilt Zoom PTZ and other controls The Audit Trail page provides information on changes which have been made by a privileged user including system date time software upgrade FTP log management user login passwords and network settings Image Detection Use to determine if a camera on the NVR is recording a very dark or potentially black video Once configured the test will run for each camera on the server once every minute Email Alerts Use the Email Alerts page to add email addresses to receive a number of predefined alerts The Alert Logs page displays a log of email alerts which have been transmitted from the NVR Ping Use to test communication between the NVR and other devices using a ping command Connected Clients Use to display the IP Address of the device viewing the NVR via a client for example victor unified client VideoEdge Client or QuickTime An entry for each camera being viewed from the NVR is displayed with the corresponding IP Address client type and streaming protocol Reset to Factory Defaults Use to reset the following of the NVR s settings Storage Failover User Passwords and Alarm settings Saved Media files video audio can be erased retained or retained and re indexe
49. from the main menu Select Scheduler The Schedules tab displays Click OG The new group is added to the schedule groups table Enter the Schedule Name Click o Select Edit Group Times in the schedule group record you want to configure The Schedule Editor tab displays Select the option buttons representing the day s for which you want to set the recording times and the recording mode Select the required Recording Mode option button Recording Off Recording Always e Only Record on Alarm e Recording always with alarms Select the times you want the selected recording mode to be active Click E To set other recording modes for different days and times repeat steps 5 to 8 until the Schedule Times chart is set as required for the recording schedule group Select the Group Editor tab Select the cameras you want to be in this schedule group by selecting the checkbox es for the cameras from the All other devices list and use the arrow to move them to the This group list Note Each camera can only be assigned to one schedule Click E Repeat steps 3 to 12 to configure additional schedule groups for the camera schedule End Q American Dynamics 80 Enabling Disabling the Recording Schedule Procedure 3 55 Enabling Disabling a Camera Schedule Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Scheduler The Schedules tab displays 3 To enable the camera schedule select the Reco
50. in an area of interest An object is lingering if it is mostly stationary e Object Enter Used to detect objects entering a camera view through a region of interest for example a doorway or threshold e Object Exit Used to detect objects exiting a camera view through a region of interest for example a doorway or threshold Object Abandoned Removed Used to find changes to the background of a scene in a region of interest for example use it to detect when a stationary object was placed moved or removed The Video Intelligence settings allow you to define the parameters which will initiate an alarm an alarm rule This will reduce the number of unwanted alarm events The parameters available are dependent on the type of Video Intelligence rules which are defined Video Intelligence provides useful information only if recording is enabled on the camera Your camera should be configured with Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On recording modes Q American Dynamics 53 Video Intelligence events will create entries in the victor site manager database If required you can use the Reports feature in victor unified client to retrieve event information To carry out Video Intelligence based activities you need to enable Video Intelligence on the NVR Enable Video Intelligence for a Camera To enable a camera to use Video Intelligence features you can use the Video List tab or the Function and Stream settings tab of
51. in the field Note The country code must be entered as per the standard SSL Certificate Country Code Optional Enter the State or province in the field Optional Enter the Locality in the field 5 6 7 Optional Enter the Organization in the field 8 Optional Enter the Organizational Unit in the field 9 Edit the Common Name if required 10 Edit the Subject Alternative Name if required 11 Edit the Validity if required 12 Click OK The new certificate is activated 13 Click OK and restart your browser End Creating a request for a signed certificate For users with more stringent security requirements you can request a certiificate request for a signed certificate from your CA Once the CA have issued a signed certifcate you can then install it using the Security Configuration page Procedure 6 27 Creating a certificate request Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu Q American Dynamics 157 2 Select Security Configuration The Security Configuration tab opens Click Create certificate request 4 Enter the Country code in the field Note The country code must be entered as per the standard SSL Certificate Country Code 5 Optional Enter the State or province in the field 6 Optional Enter the Locality in the field 7 Optional Enter the Organization in the field 8 Optional Enter the Organizational Unit in the field 9 Edit the Common Name if required 10 Edit the Subject Alternative
52. instance a warning message opens informing you that multiple cameras will be updated End Change a Camera s Storage Set Changing the storage set a camera is assigned to is only applicable if you have configured the NVR for advanced storage When you change the storage set media from the camera will now be stored on media folders in the new storage set You can also edit the storage set a camera is assigned to by editing the advanced storage settings refer to Advanced Camera Configuration on page 142 Procedure 3 22 Changing a Camera s Storage Set Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click in the camera row that you want to assign to a new storage set The Function amp Streams page opens 4 Select the General tab Select the new storage set from the Storage Set dropdown 5 6 Crick E End Look Down Look down should be enabled if a camera has been mounted on the ceiling pointing directs down to the floor This is to facilitate POS analytics Refer to the victor unified user guide for more information Q American Dynamics 47 Procedure 3 23 Enable Disable Camera Look down Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List a Click in the camera row that you want to enable disable look down for Select the General tab Select the Look down checkbox to enable look down Or Deselect the Look down checkbox to disable look down 6 cick E End Video S
53. list Replacing one encoder with another You can replace a complete encoder with another by selecting all of the encoders inputs from the device list and using the batch edit tool The channels from the new encoder will occupy the corresponding device slots For example Channel 1 will occupy the slot assigned to channel 1 of the original encoder and so on Note If the replacement device has less available slots than the device being replaced the operation will not succeed If you want to replace a larger encoder with a smaller encoder for example replacing an 8 channel with a 4 channel only the required slots should be selected before advancing to batch edit Note When slots are deleted recorded video associated with that slot can no longer be retrieved Audio Support Associations Provided the replacement encoder has adequate audio support audio association and settings should be maintained after a replacement is carried out Q American Dynamics 64 Temporary Device Replacement Should a device become faulty and need to be disconnected for repair temporary device can be achieved by following to following process 1 Carry out device replacement as previously described Note The NVR will apply as many of the existing parameters to the new device based on shared compatibility Settings which cannot be applied will be lost 2 Once repaired reconnect the faulty device Note Ensure the device has the same IP address a
54. monitors Q American Dynamics 191 Failover Events Report The occurrences and timing of Failover events can be queried using the Failover Events page on either a primary or secondary NVR Note Times are displayed in UTC Procedure 8 9 Displaying Failover Events Step Action Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens Select the Failover Events tab 4 Select the Virtual IP address you want to query from the Virtual IP Address dropdown list Note To query all virtual IP addresses which have been monitored by a secondary select ANY from the dropdown list When using the Failover Events feature on a Primary NVR only failover events relating to that primary will be displayed 5 Select the Start Date Time and the End Date Time to search a time range for Failover Events Select the current value and update the date and time as required Enter the date and time in the field in the following format YYYY MM DD Hours Minutes Seconds for example 2013 04 01 12 30 30 Or a Click on the current value The Calendar opens b Select the date from the calendar c Use the sliders to adjust the time Note Time must be entered in 24 hour format d Click Done 6 Click Get Failover Events All Failover Events within the configured time range display in the table End Disabling the Failover Mode on an NVR Failover mode on a secondary NVR can be disabled allowing an NVR to be used again as
55. need to reassign media folders from the default storage set or an existing storage set There is no limit to the number of media folders you can assign to a storage set There are however some restrictions You are able to add a system disk to a storage set by specifying a particular folder on the system disk It is recommended that the folder you specify exists on a separate partition on the system disk You will not be presented with Linux system file systems for example proc sys etc Note When allocating media folders from the same device or RAID group it is recommended to associate them with the same storage set Hard drive thrashing can occur if media folders from the same hard drive are spread across several storage sets this could result in the systems performance being downgraded when the hard drive is being overworked When a media folder is moved to another storage set all previously recorded media will still be retrievable via clip export and playback in victor unified client Procedure 4 5 Assigning Reassigning Media Folders to a Storage Set Step Action 1 Select Storage from the main menu 2 Select Advanced The Storage Sets tab displays Locate the media folder in its existing storage set that you want to move to a new storage set 4 Select the new storage set you want to assign the media folder to from the Move to Storage Set dropdown list The media folder is reassigned to the new storage set End
56. of recorded data and the storage type local disks or network storage ae Service affecting eg the NVR will not be able to record or display live video until the media re indexing is complete Choose this option if the media database has become corrupted and you are unable to playback media Dark Image Detection Apply Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout e Email Alerts will all be disabled and any email addresses entered for alert notifications will be erased The SMTP Server address will also be erased e WAN Settings will be reset to factory defaults e Cameras will be erased leaving the Video List empty Note Settings linked to the OS will not be affected These include Network Settings Services eg NTP DHCP and so on and the System Settings The NVR License will also not be affected Procedure 8 35 Reset to Factory Defaults Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Reset Factory Defaults The Reset Factory Defaults page opens 3 Select one of the three Reset Factory Defaults options available Reset to Factory Defaults AND Erase All Media Or Reset to Factory Defaults AND Keep Media Or Reset to Factory Defaults AND Re index Media Click Apply A warning message displays click OK to continue Q American Dynamics 222 End Q American Dynamics 223 System Shutdown The Shutdown page allows you to Restart the NVR Services St
57. of the NVR into the URL field The NVR login dialog box opens c Enter the Administrators User name and Password User name admin Default Password VIDEO edge23 d Select Storage from the main menu e Select Basic The Basic Storage Configuration page opens f Locate the new storage device in the summary table and select the checkbox in the storage device record g Click Add to Storage The connection and configuration of a fiber storage device is complete The fiber device can now be used to store media from the NVR End Q American Dynamics 110 Connecting NVR to FRS FES Using iSCSI Before configuring external storage you must stop NVR Services Once you have connected and configured external storage devices you must restart the NVR Services Procedure 4 11 Connecting NVR to FRS FES Using iSCSI Step Action 1 Power OFF the NVR and install the iSCSI NIC Card LAN3 into correct and compatible slot 2 Connect the iSCSI RAID Storage device to a switch or directly to NVR LAN3 to ensure that it is accessible 3 Open a web browser 4 Enter the IP address of the iSCSI storage device into the URL field The web configuration interface for the iSCSI storage device opens 5 Enter the User name Note The default User name is admin 6 Enter the Password Note The default Password is admin 7 Set up the NIC IP settings for the iSCSI port a Select iSCSI Configuration from the iSCSI RAID Rack menu The iSCSI Co
58. on a server or web site or otherwise distribute it i Software Keys The hardware software key where applicable is your proof of license to exercise the rights gran ted herein and must be retained by you Lost or stolen keys will not be replaced j Demonstration and Evaluation Copies A demonstration or evaluation copy of the Software is covered by this EULA provided that the licenses contained herein shall expire at the end of the demonstration or evaluation period k Registration of Software The Software may require registration with Tyco prior to use If you do not register the Software this EULA is automatically terminated and you may not use the Software l Additional Restrictions The Software may be subject to additional restrictions and conditions on use as specified in the documentation accompanying such Software which additional restrictions and conditions are hereby incor porated into and made a part of this EULA m Upgrades and Updates To the extent Tyco makes them available Software upgrades and updates may only be used to replace all or part of the original Software that you are licensed to use Software upgrades and updates do not increase the number of copies licensed to you If the Software is an upgrade of a component of a package of Software programs that you licensed as a single product the Software may be used and transferred only as part of that single product package and may not be separated for use on more than
59. one computer or System Software upgrades and updates downloaded free of charge via a Tyco authorized World Wide Web or FTP site may be used to upgrade multiple Systems provided that you are licensed to use the original Software on those Systems n Tools and Utilities Software distributed via a Tyco authorized World Wide Web or FTP site or similar Tyco authorized distribution means as a tool or utility may be copied and installed without limitation provided that the Software is not distributed or sold and the Software is only used for the intended purpose of the tool or utility and in conjunction with Tyco products All other terms and conditions of this EULA continue to apply 4 EXPORT RESTRICTIONS You agree that you will not export re export or transfer any portion of the Soft ware or any direct product thereof the foregoing collectively referred to as the Restricted Components to IRAN NORTH KOREA SYRIA CUBA and SUDAN including any entities or persons in those countries Q American Dynamics 243 either directly or indirectly Tyco s Position You also agree that you will not export re export or transfer the Restricted Components to any other countries except in full compliance with all applicable governmental require ments including but not limited to applicable economic sanctions and constraints administered by the U S Treas ury Department and applicable export control measures administered by the U S Department of Commerce
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61. percentage of the total storage available that is to be used to store vaulted media only Over time the amount of vaulted media within a storage set will accumulate If too much vaulted media accumulates it may result in non vaulted media being prematurely culled when the storage space reaches its maximum capacity A vault media quota can be set to prevent premature data culling as the amount of space for vaulted media is limited ensuring there is enough space for normal media storage When you are assigning media as vaulted and if there is not enough storage space in the quota allocated to store the media as vaulted media a warning message opens and you cannot assign the media as vaulted You will need to increase the vault media quota or delete vaulted media Procedure 4 3 Setting a Vaulted Media Quota Step Action Select the Storage menu 2 Select Basic The Basic tab displays 3 Click P Q American Dynamics 95 4 Enter the required protected media quota as a percentage of the total space available in the Vault Media Quota field 5 Click E End Q American Dynamics 96 Advanced The Advanced Storage Configuration options allow you to be flexible in setting up the storage on the NVR You can spread media folders and cameras across storage sets to achieve higher system performance due to a lower total data rate required to record to each storage device Using the Advanced Storage Configuration page you can e Crea
62. primary NVR is operational again If Failover email alerts have been enabled the following notifications will be sent on a Failover event e The secondary NVR will send an email notification stating Activating Failover Mode for NVR at primary IP address The primary NVR will send an email notification stating Primary NVR transitioning to standby state If Failover and Reboot notification email alerts have been enabled the following notifications will be sent on a Failover event The secondary NVR will send the following email notifications stating Activating Failover Mode for NVR at primary IP address and NVR services are being shut down The primary NVR will send the following email notifications stating Primary NVR transitioning to standby state and NVR services are being shut down Virtual IP Addresses When adding a primary NVR for monitoring you will be required to enter a virtual IP address for that NVR The virtual IP address allows you to seamlessly search and retrieve video from the secondary NVR which was recorded during the failover period The virtual IP address must belong to the management interface client LAN subnet on the secondary NVR The NVR and victor unified client communicate over the management interface client LAN If the virtual IP address does not belong to one of the secondary NVR s subnets the settings will not be applied and an error message will display If usi
63. sent by the primary NVR You can use victor client to view the video that is associated with these events When Failover mode is active the secondary NVR assumes the virtual IP address of the failed primary NVR The victor unified client will use the virtual IP address to receive events from the secondary NVR When the primary NVR is active and generates an event it sends the event to victor unified client When Failover mode is active media related events will be sent by the secondary NVR providing a seamless appearance in the victor unified client Events will appear as if they have been received from the primary NVR at all times even when failover mode is active When you add a secondary NVR to victor unified client as a recorder you should add it by a static IP address assigned to its admin network victor unified client will receive events from the secondary NVR via its static IP address Whether the secondary NVR is in failover mode or monitor mode it will send unit related events to victor unified client using its static IP address Adding your secondary NVR in this manner will enable you to monitor its health using the Health Dashboard feature of victor unified client For further information on this feature refer to the victor unified client User Guide Backup Restore A backup of a secondary NVR can take place while monitoring or while active for a failed NVR Backups created will only contain information about the secondary NVR and an
64. systems such as NAS and SAN However DAS cannot share information or space with other servers e DAS are usually connected via SCSI cables along with a SCSI terminator DAS can also be connected via eSATA or USB Storage Types e JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks JBOD The JBOD storage configuration is a group of disks without any RAID features depending on configuration in BIOS In NVR systems JBOD is rarely used with external devices Q American Dynamics 102 RAID An umbrella term for computer data storage schemes that distribute data across multiple disks for increased input output performance and or better reliability e Since RAID systems use multiple disks they are often referred to as disk groups Disk groups are also known as volumes or RAID arrays There are different types of RAID configurations Some of the best known configurations are RAID 0 1 5 and 1 0 Each configuration uses an approach to storage that can provide fault tolerance additional availability of data redundancy additional performance or more than one of these factors Key RAID Concepts e Mirroring Duplicating data to more than one disk Striping Splitting data across more than one disk Error Correction Storing redundant data so problems can be detected and possibly fixed Common RAID Types RAID 0 Uses striping to provide extra performance and capacity
65. the Current Date and Time Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select General The System Info tab displays Q American Dynamics 134 3 To edit the Current Date and Time select the current value Update the Current Date and time as required enter the date in the field in the following format YYYY MM DD for example 2012 01 01 Or EN The Calender opens a Select b Select the date from the calendar The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Enter the time in hours and minutes after the date You can also use the sliders to adjust the time Note Time must be entered in 24 hour format 5 Click E A confirmation message displays End Language Setting The displayed language of the NVR Administration Interface can be changed using the System Info page Procedure 6 4 Changing the Selected Language Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select General The System Info page opens 3 Select the required language from the Choose Language dropdown 4 Click E End Downloading the Public Key Each NVR has a unique public key which can be downloaded from the System Info page The public key is used for clip verification using either victor player or victor unified client Note Verification using the NVR s public key can only be carried out on exported packages i e the zip container with its corresponding ExportInfo Xml Q American Dynamic
66. the Filter field b Select iSCSI Initiator The iSCSI Initiator Overview window opens The Discovered Targets tab displays the discovered storage devices At this stage the value in the Connected field is False c Select the Service tab d Select the When Booting Service Start option button e Select the Discovered Targets tab f Click Discovery g Enterthe IP Address Note This is the IP Address of the storage device h Enter the Port The default port number is 3260 i Select the No Authentication checkbox j Click Next The iSCSI storage device is listed in the Discovered Targets table k Select the storage device and click Log In I Inthe Startup field select Automatic from the dropdown list m Click Next The value in the Connected field has been updated to True This means the storage device is connected to the NVR n To confirm the storage session is connected log into the storage web interface see Steps 3 to 6 select the iSCSI configuration in the menu select Session and ensure the session is connected with the cor rect initiator name 13 Mount the storage drive on the NVR a Select Partitioner from the System section in the Control Center warning message opens b Click Yes The Expert Partitioner window opens c Expand the Hard Disks menu d Select the new storage device from the list of hard disks Information about the storage partitions on the disk is displayed in the Partitions tab Q American Dy
67. the Hostname select the current value Update the Hostname as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made Q American Dynamics 133 4 Click E A confirmation message displays End Location The location of the NVR can be defined A dropdown list provides a list of cities for you to choose from If the current location of the NVR is not included in the list it is recommended that you select the nearest city available Note When using an NTP Server the location is used to define the time and date as NTP servers use UTC time Procedure 6 2 Editing the Location Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select General The System Info tab displays 3 To edit the Location select the city of the NVR or nearest city listed from the dropdown The dropdown background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click E A confirmation message displays End Current Date and Time The current date and time on an NVR can be manually edited When using an NTP Server the Time will be synchronized with the server Note When using a NTP Server the location is used to define the time and date as NTP servers uses UTC time A Caution It is critical that you configure the correct Location and Current Date Time to ensure the VideoEdge NVR is fully operational on completion of the setup wizard and to ensure recorded media has the correct timestamp Procedure 6 3 Editing
68. the camera Advanced Edit page You must ensure you have a Stream Specification that allows the NVR to generate meta data for Video Intelligence You also need to select Video Intelligence in the Video Analysis field The NVR will automatically determine the required settings and apply them to a stream If the camera is configured for dual stream then the NVR chooses the best stream If the NVR is unable to find a suitable video stream for Video Intelligence an error message opens Video intelligence may not be available for a particular camera if the camera s video resolution setting is lower than the minimum or higher than the maximum acceptable resolution for Video Intelligence The NVR will not allow you to configure a camera for Video Intelligence if the resolution setting of the camera is outside of the settings in the table below Table 3 6 Camera Resolutions for Video Intelligence Camera Type Minimum Resolution Maximum Resolution MJPEG 320 x 180 1280 x 960 MPEG 4 320 x 180 CIF The optimal stream to perform Video Intelligence is CIF 320 x 240 resolution MJPEG at 7 frames per second The NVR requires at least 320 x 180 resolution and more than 4 frames per second to perform Video Intelligence activities Note Video Analytics run internally at approximately 7fps If analytics utilizes a stream that is running at a higher frame rate that 7fps then the analytics engine will drop frames to make sure that it is under a certain fps
69. the network which have been added to its server monitoring list NVRs which have been added to the secondary s server monitoring list are known as primary NVRs The secondary NVR will continuously monitor all the primary NVRs In the event that a primary NVR fails the secondary NVR will then switch into failover mode and take over providing services previously provided by the primary NVR When the secondary NVR is in Failover mode it can no longer takeover for another primary NVR The secondary NVR can only take over providing services for one primary NVR at a time Using the default Failover configuration settings the secondary NVR will detect the absence of the primary NVR after approximately 30 seconds and will initiate assuming the role of the primary NVR Note For optimum performance it is recommended to use 1 secondary NVR to monitor a maximum of 8 primary NVRs When a primary NVR fails the secondary NVR assumes the role of the failed NVR and automatically takes over its services The secondary NVR will record all media that the primary NVR was recording if you have Motion Detection Video Intelligence Edge analytics or dry contact events enabled these will also be assumed by the secondary NVR Failover can support both IP and analog video connections Analog video connections are supported only when cabling is sufficiently connected between the primary NVRs and secondary NVR The camera password group information is also transferred to al
70. the victor database may differ and list archived video which no longer exists Maximum Archiving Retention Period You can configure the NVR to cull archived data using a retention period The NVR will cull data once it has exceeded the retention period Procedure 5 12 Enabling the Maximum Archiving Retention Period Step Action Select Devices 2 Select List The Device List page opens Click we in the device record you want to edit Select the Archive tab Click the Enabled Maximum Archiving Retention Period option button The retention field displays 6 Enter a retention period in the Content will be removed after field 7 Click Apply End Q American Dynamics 125 Archive Scheduler The NVR can be configured for automatic archiving by utilizing the Archiving Scheduler The Archiving Scheduler allows you to define time periods during which video is queued for archiving This schedule is configured in the Archive Schedules tab Video which is queued for archiving will be transferred to the archive destination when the next period of archive availability in the Archive Availability Schedule is reached This schedule is configured in the Archive Availability tab Archive Schedules and Archiving Modes can be applied to reduce the amount of video which is archived Use the Schedules page to enable or disable the Archiving Scheduler Archiving Schedules can be created and edited From the Archive Schedules page Figure 5 4 Sche
71. value is 554 End Allowed IP Addresses These are the public IP addresses that are permitted for use with the NVR A public IP address is one which is not in the following ranges Q American Dynamics 175 e 10 0 0 0 10 255 255 255 e 172 16 0 0 172 31 255 255 e 192 168 0 0 192 168 255 255 Procedure 7 16 Adding Allowed IP Addresses Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select WAN Settings The WAN Settings page opens 3 To add an IP Address to the Allowed IP Address click The IP Address and Subnet Mask text boxes display 4 Enter the IP address in the IP Address field Enter the subnet mask in the Subnet Mask field Click Save End Q American Dynamics 176 Dynamic Bandwidth In the Dynamic Bandwidth page you can edit the Bandwidth throttling by default the Bandwidth throttling is disabled no framedropping or transcoding are invoked Editing Bandwidth Throttling changes the type of throttling which is utilized during streaming of video The options available for configuration on the page vary with the Bandwidth Priority which is selected Options will only display for editing if they are applicable to that Bandwidth Priority Figure 7 7 Dynamic Bandwidth Page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Dynamic Bandwidth Devices Bandwidth Priority Disable Throttle Traffic Smoothing Only Preserve Framerate Preserve Resolution Allow any throttle type v Network Gene x LAN Interface DHCP Se
72. view a graph plotting the recording performance of each storage set Use the Disk Activity page to view a graph plotting the disk activity for a specific media folder over a specific time period Use the Storage Sets page to view storage statistics for each Storage Set use the Media Devices page to view storage statistics for each Device and use the Video page to view storage statistics for each Camera Stream Statistics Use the Video Rec Statistics page to view a table of information relating to the recording process of each camera added to the NVR Use the Audio Rec Statistics page to view a table of information relating to the recording process of each audio device added to the NVR Use the Device Streams page to view a summary of the configured stream settings for each device Archive Statistics Use to view graphs plotting the Total Throughput for all archives and Throughput per archive Logs Use the Retrieve Logs page to customise the search criteria for retrieving log files the criteria includes date and time range searches options to retrieve camera logs recording pipeline descriptions camera firmware details and core files The maximum size of the camera log file can be selected from a predefined dropdown list The FTP Log Management page provides the option to upload log files to an FTP server The Event Logs page is used primarily by American Dynamics technical support for troubleshooting It displays informational and error related
73. view camera snapshots End oN DOO FB WwW UPnP By default NVR UPnP advertisements are enabled to allow networked devices to be discovered by victor Unified Client If required this can be disabled Procedure 3 66 Disabling NVR UPnP Advertisements Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select General The Network General tab displays Select the UPnP Disable option button 4 Click Save Q American Dynamics 89 UPnP will now disabled End Troubleshooting 1 Issue Some video devices are not automatically discovered a Verify that the video device had a standard discovery protocol enabled If the device does not support standard discovery protocols then the Scan for Device page can be used to manually scan for these devices b Verify that the video device is configured with the manufacturer s default username and password If another usemame and password is configured on the device then create Security Group on the NVR witha matching username and password Issue Cannot change the IP address of a video device a Check if the NVR interface and device s current IP address are on the same subnet Some video devices perform source IP filtering In order to change the video device s IP address the NVR sends commands to the device s current IP address If the device is performing source IP filtering it will ignore any packets from the NVR that have a source IP that do not match the device s subnet Wo
74. 307 7 Test Feed 2 2014 01 13T11 50 47Z 2014 01 15T14 52 52Z 51 03 6 75 0 307 8 Test Feed 3 2014 01 13T11 50 47Z 2014 01 15714 52 52Z 51 03 6 74 0 307 9 Test Feed 4 2014 01 13T11 50 47Z 2014 01 15T14 52 52Z 51 03 5 54 0 253 10 Test Feed 5 2014 01 13T11 50 47Z 2014 01 15714 52 527 51 03 6 74 0 307 Table 8 3 Video Device Storage Statistics md gt Description S O Device Name Oldest Video Newest Video Recorded Video Hour Total Recorded Media GB Protected Media GB Record Rate Kbps Last 24 Hours Record rate for this camera over the last 24 hours N A if less than 24 hours of data Procedure 8 13 Viewing Storage Statistics Step Action 1 Select Advanced from the main menu 2 To view storage set statistics select Storage Sets tab Or To view device statistics select Media Device tab Or To view camera statistics select Video tab Q American Dynamics 198 The required statistics are displayed End Q American Dynamics 199 Stream Statistics You can use the Stream Statistics menu item to view statistics on video recording audio recording and an overview of streaming settings on each device Video and Audio Recording Statistics The Video and Audio Recording Statistics tabs display recording statistics for each device configured on the NVR There is also a Totals summary table displaying recording statistics for the total of all devices on the NVR Figure 8 7 Recording Statistics Page VIDEOEDGE
75. 36 2014 Veeteren esel Stream Statistics Fri Jan 24 02 20 37 2014 RE Archive Statistics Fri Jan 24 02 20 38 2014 REM sii Fri Jan 24 02 20 39 2014 ERI Dark Image Detection tr Email Alerts Fri Jan 24 02 20 40 2014 TEENE cea oats Fri Jan 24 02 20 41 2014 EERSTE Connected Clients Fri Jan 24 02 20 42 2014 TEITER Reset to Factory Defaults Fri Jan 24 02 20 43 2014 J Shutdown g Fri Jan 24 02 20 45 2014 OE Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 8 19 Viewing Camera Connection Errors Step Action Select Advanced Select Logs Select the Connection tab The Connection page opens Device Logs End i gt VIDEOEDGE The Device Logs page provides information on camera reboots changes to camera recording status and the use of the Pan Tilt Zoom PTZ and other controls Q American Dynamics 208 Figure 8 12 Device Logs Page VIDEOQEDGE VIDEOEDGE Live Video Retrieve Logs FTP Log Management Event Logs Connection Device Logs Audit Trail Devices Date Time Category Camera Details Operator Client Machine Storage Jan 22 2014 Scheduler status New Status Disabled admin IP null 15 06 08 Archive System Network v Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout
76. 49 Recording Mode e Video Analysis Motion Sensitivity Motion Detection only e Maximum Retention Period Associate Audio e Stream Configuration Recording Mode The recording mode setting on the camera determines when the camera records Table 3 4 Recording Statuses Mode Recording Off Camera is not recording Live video can still be viewed The camera will record continuously In this mode you will not receive alert notifications from the NVR Recording Always Camera is recording continuously with alarm detection bump on alarm Using this mode you will receive alert notifications from the NVR Recording Always with Alarm On Camera is not recording an alarm is detected recording Only Record on Alarm commences Using this mode you will receive alert notifications from the NVR Procedure 3 26 Setting the Camera Recording Mode Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click ve in the camera row you want to configure camera settings The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Select the required Record Mode option button e Recording Off e Recording Always e Recording Normal Off Alarms On e Recording Always with Alarm On 5 Crick E Q American Dynamics 50 Note You can check the recording mode of any camera in the Live Video windows The recording mode is displayed beside the camera name End Video Analysis Video Analysis can be enabled using the
77. 5 0 478 1 Advanced ACTi 4 5 0 478 1 Monitor Outputs AXIS 4 5 0 478 1 Logout Arecont Vision 4 5 0 478 1 Bosch 4 5 0 478 1 Dahua 4 5 0 478 1 Procedure 6 23 Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Update Software The Update Software page opens Click Browse 4 Select the update or patch file and click Open Q American Dynamics VIDEOEDGE45 154 The name and filepath of the patch file appears in the Upload New Package field 5 Click Upload The uploaded package is displayed in the Uploaded Packages list 6 Select the new package from the list and click Install End Updating Camera Handler Packs Existing camera handlers can be updated or new camera handler packs installed on the NVR without the need to reload or reboot Camera handlers can be installed using the Update Software page The current camera pack version is displayed A Caution Recording and dry contact processing will be stopped for any camera using a handler that is being updated Procedure 6 24 Updating a Camera Handler Pack Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Update Software The Update Software page opens Click Browse 4 Select the camera handler pack and click Open The name and filepath of the pack appears in the Upload New Package field 5 Click Upload The uploaded package is displayed in the Uploaded Packages list 6 Select the new package from the list and click Install End
78. Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On 6 Select Edge Based from the Video Analysis dropdown Note Refer to the camera handler release notes to ensure proper camera configuration is used for edge analytics 7 Crick E End Disabling Edge Based Analytics for a Camera When required you can disable edge based analytics in the Device List or using the camera s Setup pages When edge analytics is disabled you will not be able to perform some of the edge based analytic activities such as enabling edge based Motion Detection alarms Procedure 3 32 Disabling Motion Detection for a Camera Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click in the camera record where you want to disable camera Video Intelligence The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Select None from the Video Analysis dropdown 5 click E End Motion Sensitivity Motion Sensitivity can be configured using the dropdown to select one of the following e High most results e Medium high e Medium e Medium low Low least results Q American Dynamics 57 For more information on configuring motion detection refer to the Alarms chapter Set the Maximum Retention Period The maximum retention period is the maximum duration over which recorded video for a camera will be saved for without being deleted Recorded video older than this will be deleted periodically to free storage space in the storage set the camera is
79. American Dynamics From Tyco Security Products VideoEdge NVR Installation and User Guide VideoEdge 4 5 8200 1056 01 AO Q American Dynamics Notice The information in this manual was current when published The manufacturer reserves the right to revise and improve its products All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice Product offerings and specifications are subject to change without notice Not all products include all features refer to product datasheets for full feature information Copyright Under copyright laws the contents of this manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written consent of Tyco Security Products O 2014 Tyco Security Products All Rights Reserved American Dynamics 60 Congress Avenue Boca Raton FL 33487 U S A Customer Service Thanks you for using American Dynamics products We support our products through an extensive worldwide network of dealers the dealer through whom you originally purchased this product is your point of contact if you need service or support Our dealers are empowred to provide the very best in customer service and support Dealers should contact American Dynamics at 800 507 6268 or 561 912 6259 or on the Web at www americandynamics net Trademarks Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation PS 2 is a regi
80. CP Server on each of its installed NICs WAN Settings From here you can configure the NVR to operate in a wide area network Dynamic Bandwidth From here you can configure bandwidth throttling and transcoding Configuring the NVR Network Settings Figure 7 1 Network Diagram Example Camera Network with Ethernet Switch Remote victor Clients T T lt T iSCSI RAID Rack Mount via Internet Switch 2 Switch 3 ams ae LAN 2 eere as LAN 3 VideoEdge NVR victor Site Local Web Clients Manager r S Switch 1 gem g LAN 1 Local Area Network Backbone LAN 1 Connects the NVR to the network with client PCs Client PCs typically access the NVR through this port Note LAN 1 s default IP Address for an NVR supplied as a hardware and software bundle is 10 10 10 10 LAN 2 Connects the camera network to the NVR With this architecture the NVR acts as a firewall between users and the cameras The users do not have direct access to the cameras on LAN 2 and must access the NVR in order to view and configure the cameras As the LAN 2 cameras are not on the main network they use less network bandwidth from the main network Q American Dynamics 161 In this example DHCP is enabled on LAN 2 so that the NVR can automatically assign IP addresses to cameras that are added to LAN 2 The NVR can have DHCP enabled for each of its NIC s LAN 3 Connects network storage devices to the NVR A Caution
81. Delete archive job s End Q American Dynamics 131 System System Menu Overview The System Menu allows you to configure the NVR s basic system settings Users and Roles Licensing Template files Backup Restore software updates Serial Protocols and the NVR s Security Configuration The System menu has the following menu items General From here you can edit the Hostname Location Date amp Time and Language You can also download the public key e Users and Roles From here you can create new user accounts edit existing accounts apply lockout polices and auto logout Lockout and logout polices are OFF by default Licensing From here you can apply a license file to your NVR configure Software Service Agreement notifications and generate your NVR s Host ID Templates From here you can create a Template file or alternatively load a Template file Backup Restore From here you can create a Backup file or alternatively restore an NVR from a Backup file Update Software From here you can apply Software and Camera Handler updates Security Configuration From here you can edit the web server configuration Certificate settings and Remote Access settings Enhanced security configuration is OFF by default Q American Dynamics 132 General The General System Information page allows you to edit the hostname i e the name assigned to the NVR the location date and time selected language and downl
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83. G Live Video Retrieve Logs FTP Log Management Event Logs Connection Device Logs Audit Trail Storage Archive System Network End Date Time Retrieve Camera Logs Retrieve Recording Pipeline Description Devices Start Date Time 2014 01 23 14 41 39 2014 01 24 14 41 39 7 u Retrieve Camera Firmware Details V Maximum Camera Log Size 10 MB Q American Dynamics vw Advanced Indude Core Files E Failover Get Logs Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 8 16 Retrieving Logs Step Action 1 Select Advanced 204 2 Select Logs The Retrieve Logs page opens 3 Type the Start Date Time in the Start Date Time text box Note Enter in the following format Year Month Date Hours Minutes Seconds For example for 1pm on 21st January 2012 would be 2012 01 21 13 00 00 Or Select the Start Date Time field and a calendar opens You can use the calendar to select the date and use the sliders to adjust the time Type the End Date Time in the End Date Time text box in the same format described in step 3 Select deselect the Retrieve Camera Logs check box as required 4 5 6 Select deselect the Retrieve Recording Pipeline Description checkbox as required 7 Select deselect the Retrieve Camera Firmware details checkbox as req
84. LAN Interface The LAN Interface page opens 3 Select the dropdown arrow next to the LAN Interface you want to edit Select p Select the IP Address Allocation dropdown Select NONE When NONE is selected the LAN Interface options for that NIC will collapse leaving only the IP Address Allocation displayed 7 Click A dialog box displays advising that changing network interface settings may result in your NVR becoming inaccessible 8 Click OK Note If you disable ethO using the NVR Administration Interface it will terminate its connection on that NIC To re establish connection you can access the Administration Interface using the IP Address of one of the other active NIC s End Q American Dynamics 168 Procedure 7 8 Editing the LAN Interface Values Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select LAN Interface The LAN Interface page opens 3 Select the dropdown arrow next to the LAN Interface you want to edit Select P To edit the LAN IP Address enter the desired IP Address in the field To edit the Subnet Mask enter the desired Subnet Mask in the field 7 Click E Note The displayed MAC Address cannot be edited End Show Visible Port Identification You can use the Show visible port identifaction feature to identify the physical location of each LAN interface on the NVR to aid correct connection to the appropriate network Note This feature is available for each LAN Interface provided it is support
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86. Name if required 11 Click OK The certificate request is displayed in PEM format 12 Copy and paste the request into email or alternative file for sending to the CA 13 Click OK End Uploading a Signed Certificate Once your CA has issued a signed certificate it can be uploaded using the Security Configuration tab Procedure 6 28 Uploading a Signed Certificate Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Security Configuration The Security Configuration tab opens Click Browse Use the windows file explorer to located the signed certificate Click Open Click Install on A OQ End Remote Access You can enable or disable VNC and XRDP remote access to the VideoEdge operating system using the Security Configuration menu item to suit your network s security requirements Q American Dynamics 158 Procedure 6 29 Enabling and Disabling Remote Access Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Security Configuration The Security Configuration tab opens Select the Remote Access tab Click the Enabled icon in the entry you want to enable or disable remote access A dialog box opens 5 Click OK End System Password You can change the system password using the Security Configuration menu This is the password for the local root credential which provides full administrative access to the NVRs embedded operating system A Caution It is highly recommended for security reas
87. Ns It is recommended to try to maximize each virtual disk size It is recommended that Virtual Disks from a single Disk Group are all assigned to the same NVR Storage Set This will eliminate the possibility of unnecessary disk thrashing caused when the same set of physical disks DGs are being used by different sets of cameras aka Storage Sets e Verify that you have the latest firmware patch or upgrade for your controller Make sure to leave a minimum of a 2U space between storage units Start the camera s recording after all the drives have been formatted and their status is Normal Connecting NVR to FRS FES Using Fiber Before configuring external storage you must stop NVR Services Once you have connected and configured external storage devices you must restart the NVR Services Procedure 4 10 Connecting NVR to FRS FES Using Fiber Step Action 1 Power OFF the NVR and install the Fiber HBA Kit PCl e Connect the AD Fiber RAID Storage to the NVR 2 Reboot the NVR and log in to the NVR desktop as the Root User 3 Select Computer 4 Select YaST from the System menu The Control Center opens 5 Select Partitioner A warning message opens 6 Click Yes The Expert Partitioner window opens 7 Expand the Hard Disks menu 8 Right click the new storage device from the list of hard disks then click Edit 9 Click Add The Add Partition window opens 10 Set the new partition size You can select Maximum Size
88. Oo D Select the Stop Bits from the dropdown Select the Flow Control from the dropdown Click Apply 11 Click Apply FT a End Procedure 3 12 Editing Text Settings Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List tab displays 3 Select the Text List tab 4 Select in the text record for which you want to edit a text list setting The fields that you can update are ready to edit 5 Make the required changes to Text Stream Name Use this field to update the name of the Text device e Connection Type For information only when device is added e Line Delimiter Use this field to update the Line Delimiter value Port For information only when device is added 6 Click Apply End Adding Rules and Markers Rules are text matching instructions that can be used to define real time Text Stream alarms using the NVR Administration Interface or to search recorded Text Streams after the fact using VideoE dge Client For example you can use a Rule to trigger an alarm whenever the string VOID is detected in the stream or you can use a Rule to search for any time a particular field is greater than 20 00 Markers are strings that identify the beginning of anew message in the Text Stream For example if your Text Stream contains a stream of receipts from a POS system you can use a Marker to identify each new receipt that comes in the stream If your receipts always have Store 15
89. Q American Dynamics 141 Enter the number of minutes in the Retry Delay that are to pass before the user can re attempt to enter their credentials Minimum 1 maximum 4320 6 Optional Select the Enable Auto Logout checkbox Optional Enter the Auto Logout Interval minutes in the field Minimum 5 maximum 60 7 8 Click E End Locked Accounts When an account is locked the user can no longer access the NVR Administration Interface Provided this function is permitted by their configured role The NVR s Lockout Policies also apply to the VideoEdge Client and victor unified client Note Accounts cannot be manually locked Should an account be locked or delayed you will be unable to access the VideoEdge Client or access the NVR Administration Interface through victor unified client A locked account can quickly be identified using the Users table in the Users page locked accounts are indicated by a white padlock symbol Accounts can be unlocked by a user with either the admin or support role assigned to their account Accounts can be unlocked directly from the Users table or by using the edit icon located with each table entry in the Users page Note User accounts which have been assigned the admin or support role can only be unlocked by other users with either the admin or support role assigned Procedure 6 11 Unlocking Accounts from the Users Table Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users an
90. Q American Dynamics 85 Procedure 3 61 Edit a Security Group Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Security The Security tab displays 3 Select in the group record you want to edit The Security Group window opens 4 Edit the Group Name as required Edit the Description as required 6 Optional Select the Set Username Password checkbox Enter a Username Enter a Password Confirm the password in the Confirm Password field 7 Edit the Security Level using the dropdown as required 8 Edit the Port as required 9 Select the cameras you want to assign to the security group by using the and buttons 10 Click E End Delete a Security Group When you delete a security group the NVR will try to communicate with the cameras that were in this group using the manufacturers default password In order for the NVR to successfully communicate with the cameras that were in this group you must change the password for each camera back to the manufacturers default password using the direct camera web interface or reassign the cameras to a new security group Procedure 3 62 Deleting a Security Group Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Security The Security tab displays 3 Select the checkbox in the security group record that you want to remove 4 Click Ml End Q American Dynamics 86 Disc overy The Device Discovery feature automatically discovers video devices on the network w
91. Select XFS from the File System dropdown h Enter the Mount Point for the media partition for example data media1 i Select the Fstab Options button j Select the Volume Label option button Q American Dynamics 232 k Entera Volume Label in the field Enter rw noatime nodiratime attr2 nobarrier noquota allocsize 4m inode64 nodelaylog in the Arbitrary option value field an should only be used on storage devices connected to disk controllers with battery backed cache m Click OK Click Finish Or To delete a partition a Select the partition you want to delete b Click Delete c Click Confirm to delete the partition 7 Click Next The Expert Partitioner page opens displaying the changes to be made to the partitions 8 Click Finish The changes are made to the partitions End System Disk Recovery VideoEdge NVR Should the NVR s system disk fail or the system disk becomes corrupt the following procedure should be used for its recovery You will need the following items 1 A License file for the NVR 2 A system backup file from NVR 4 2 only Note You must have carried out a backup procedure after all NVR configuration was completed at time of install This is a zip file which when expanded contains two files One of the files is the NVR backup information Named VideoConfBackup xxxxxxxxxxx zip The other is a text file detailing Network and storage mount information This text file Vide
92. Select the Availability schedule Enabled option button A dialog box opens stating This will enable the availability scheduler Select OK to continue Click OK Note When the Availability schedule is disabled archiving will not be restricted when automatic archiving is configured i e the NVR will write to the archive 24 hours a day 5 To allocate defined time windows of archive availability a Select the Archiving availability Available option button to assign availability Or Select the Not Available option button to remove availability b Select individual cells to assign remove availability Or c Select the row heading to assign remove availability for an entire day Or d Select the column heading to assign remove availability to the same hour for every day of the week Q American Dynamics 123 Or e Press and hold the left mouse button then draw a region around specific time slots to assign remove availability 6 Click Save End Archiving Quality Framerate Decimation Archiving Quality is defined as a percentage of applied Framerate Decimation You can use Framerate Decimation to reduce the amount of data which is archived This is achieved by reducing the framerate of the video being archived for example by applying a Archiving Quality of 50 you are reducing the framerate by 50 Framerate decimation does not have any effect on the video s resolution Archiving quality can be applied in 10 intervals where 10 provid
93. Serial Ports tab displays Select Edit next to the Serial Port you want to edit The Port Settings dialog box opens Select Text Stream from the Protocol dropdown The following default settings are applied Baud Rate 4800 Data Bits 8 e Parity None Stop Bits 1 e Flow Control None Click Apply End Manually Adding a Text Stream Device Text Stream devices can be connected via serial or IP communications using the Text list tab Procedure 3 11 Manually Adding Text Stream Devices Step 1 2 oO N DR 10 Action Select the Devices menu Select List The Video List tab displays Select the Text List tab Click Enter a Text Stream Name Select the Connection Type from the dropdown Enter the Line Delimiter or click Default to use the default value Note If the Line Delimiter does not properly match what is used in the Text Stream then text may be lost or improperly stored in the media database IP Only Enter the Port Continue to step 11 Note The port number must match the port number assigned on the Text Stream device Serial Only Select the option button of the Serial Device you want to use Continue to step 10 2 Optional Select to edit the serial device settings Q American Dynamics 40 Enter the Com Port Enter the Protocol Select the Baud Rate from the dropdown Select the Data Bits from the dropdown Select the Parity from the dropdown 0 2 0n
94. This section provides instructions for connecting external storage devices and using them with the NVR It is assumed that the storage device s Disk Groups RAID set and Virtual Disks LUNs have been properly configured and the device has been physically connected to the NVR Use the operating system to mount any local storage device or any network storage device to the NVR Storage Concepts iSCSI e This standard is used to transmit data over local area networks LANs wide area networks WANs and can enable location independent data storage and retrieval e A system that uses iSCSI requires an initiator Initiators are iSCSI clients and they can either be in software or hardware iSCSI does not require dedicated cabling it can use existing switching and IP equipment As a result iSCSI is thought to be a low cost alternative to Fiber Channel which requires dedicated infrastructure Fiber Channel Fiber Channel or FC is a gigabit speed network technology primarily used for storage networking It got its start in the supercomputer field but has become the standard connection type for storage area networks SAN in enterprise storage e Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapters HBAs are available for all major open systems computer architectures and buses for example PCI They are needed to connect a Fiber storage device to a server Direct Attached Storage e This term is used to differentiate non networked storage from networking
95. VR and the configuration settings of the NVR will be configured according to the settings on the imported template You can store a template file on a USB or local disk ae 6 5 Template m VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Save Template Load Template Devices Storage Templates Archive Select the settings to save then click Save to save a template of your NVR v System NOTE A template file can be used to add to and or update an existing configuration General B al Users and Roles Device Settings Licensing Storage Settings BIE User Information Backup Restore Update Software Email Settings Serial Protocols a o a E Network Settings a E Failover Settings a Security Configuration Discovery Settings Network Save Template Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Save a Configuration Template You can create a configuration template using the Templates functionality in the NVR interface You can choose the type of configuration settings to be stored in the template If you want to save camera configuration settings toa template you must ensure that those cameras are connected to the NVR before the template is created Procedure 6 19 Creating a Configuration Template Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Templates The Save Template tab displays 3 Select the required checkboxes for the configuration settings that you want saved to the template a All b Camera Settings c Storage Settings d User In
96. VR s memory Devices which have been deleted will remain on the device list until all their remaining video has been culled from the NVR s memory You can batch edit the Archiving Mode Archiving Quality and Maximum Archiving Retention Period for the video devices found in the Archiving Device List Procedure 5 18 Batch Editing Archive Settings using the Device List sub menu Step Action Select Archive from the main menu Select Device List The Video List tab displays Select the checkbox es of the camera s you want to edit Click Batch Edit Device s The Batch Edit tab displays Select the checkbox followed by the required Archiving Mode option button Archiving disabled Archive all video Archive only alarm video Select the checkbox followed by the required Archiving Quality setting from the dropdown Select the checkbox followed by the required Maximum Archiving Retention Period from the dropdown Click Apply End Q American Dynamics 130 Jobs The Jobs page lists all outstanding queued archiving tasks Viewing and Deleting Manual Archiving Tasks You can view current manual archiving tasks in the Jobs page Tasks which you no longer wish to have carried out can be deleted Procedure 5 19 Viewing Deleting Current Manual Archiving Tasks Step Action Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Jobs The Job tab displays Optional Select the checkbox es next to the tasks you want to delete Click
97. a a Web Browser To access the NVR Administrator Interface you must log in There are two user accounts System Administrator and Operator If you log in using a System Administrator account you will have access to configure and edit all settings of the NVR If you log in using a Operator account you do not have permissions to edit any of the settings you can only view the current settings and view live video Procedure 1 11 Logging into the NVR Administrator Interface via a Web Browser Step Action 1 Launch your web browser and enter the NVR IP address into the URL field Enter https NVR_Server_IP_Address where NVR_Server_IP_Address is the IP address of the machine running the NVR software for example http 192 187 100 21 B https NVR Server IP Address O gt X 2 The NVR login dialog box opens Enter your User name and Password User name admin Default Password VIDE O edge23 Or User name operator Default Password VideoEdge Note 1 You are asked to login authenticate when you Q American Dynamics 19 First log on to the NVR Administrator Interface Are already logged on and your user access is changed 2 If you have changed the account passwords use these in place of the default password Figure 1 9 NVR Login Dialog Login to the VideoEdge system Username Password Login 3 Click OK The Administration interface for the NVR opens End victor NVR Administration In
98. a dedicated recorder A Caution To disable failover mode for an NVR you must disable it from the secondary NVR s Administration Interface and not Q American Dynamics 192 A from the interface of any of the monitored primary NVRs Prior to disabling Failover mode on an active secondary NVR you must terminate the failover Procedure 8 10 Disabling Failover Mode Step Action Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens Select the Disable tab 4 Click Disable this NVR as a Failover Server End Q American Dynamics 193 Storage Statistics The Storage Statistics menu item allows you to view statistical information for Recording Performance Disk Activity Storage Sets Media Devices and Video Recording Performance The Recording Performance tab contains a graph displaying the average throughput over time for a selected storage set Figure 8 2 Recording Performance tab VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Rec Performance Disk Activity Storage Sets Media Devices Video i DE Recording Performance Sf rsgesert ix Storage Archive Storage Set 1 System 1 2 Network Avg Throughput HBps vw Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Avg Throughput MBps Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection e 8 g e 8 g s g g Emal Alens 8 8 g se 3 5 5 3 3 i 3 Connected Clients Tine month da
99. a into the Search field As the criteria gets more specific the list filters accordingly End Q American Dynamics 30 Video List The Video List tab displays the cameras which have been added to the NVR Devices can be added edited removed and batch edited Advanced settings can also be configured The table below provides a description of each field displayed Table 3 1 Video List Summary Table ptt Beseriptlon Device name as given when adding Name and IP Address the device to the NVR Device IP address Device Manufacturer and Model Device Information FW Current Firmware version on the device Communications Type Displays the device recording state There are four available options to select Recording Off e Recording Always Bee Only Record on Alarm Recording Always With Alarm On If the scheduler is enabled you cannot change the device recording state and the icon ro is displayed in the field 2 Indicates if archiving is enabled for the device The archiving options available are Arch EE Archiving Disabled Archive all video Q Archive only alarm video Indicates if analytics are set on the Analytics device Q American Dynamics 31 pet Beserptlon E The analytic options are Analytics Off e Motion Detection Video Intelligence This ecompasses object detection direction linger enter exit and abandoned removed i Edg
100. able network access Are you sure you want to proceed 5 Click OK A confirmation message displays End RTSP Port If you need to modify the default RTSP Streaming Port for your NVR to conform to your network rules you can use the RTSP Streaming Port field on the General Settings page to change the port setting Procedure 7 3 Editing the RTSP Port Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select General The Network General tab displays 3 To edit the RTSP Port select the current value Update the RTSP Port as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A confirmation message displays Q American Dynamics 164 Note The default RSTP Port number is 554 End NTP Status and NTP Servers You can use external NTP servers to synchronize date and time instead of using the NVR as the NTP Server Note You should setup all NVRs and client systems to use the same NTP Server to synchronize date and time settings Procedure 7 4 Editing the NTP Status and NTP Servers to Synchronize Date and Time from the Internet Step Action Select Network 2 Select General The Network General tab displays 3 To edit the NTP Status click either the Enable or Disable option buttons The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow indicating a change has been made To edit the NTP Servers click Enter the NTP Server IP Address in the field The field background changes to
101. ached Motion Detection Alerts Video Intelligence Alerts Camera Malfunction Reboot Notification Camera s Not Recording Generated when recording does not occur on one or more cameras Blur Detection Alerts re when a configured camera becomes out of ocus Generated when a face is presentin a camera s No Storage Active on Unit Generated when no storage can be activated Failed to Read Storage Config Sent when storage configuration errors occur Sent when a failover is detected The IP address of the Failover Events NVR which has failed will be included Note In order to use the email notification feature you must have the IP address of an SMTP switch or a mail server ask your IT administrator for details Advance Preparation Prior to configuring email alerts you must ensure that you have a valid Domain Name and Default Gateway configured in the network settings of the NVR network Q American Dynamics 213 Procedure 8 24 Advance Preparation for Email Alerts Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select General The Network General page opens 3 To edit the Domain Name select the current value Update the Domain Name as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 To edit the Default Gateway select the current value Update the Default Gateway as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 5 Click E A validation message displays Not
102. amera and storage functions are automatically disabled To apply alicense use the Licensing page in the NVR Administration interface From here you can Generate a Host ID Apply a License edit the Software Service Agreement SSA message add edit SSA Contacts and add edit the SMTP Server The Licensing Status section provides a summary of the license type the number of cameras that are licensed on the NVR the number of cameras with analytics that are licensed on the NVR and the time remaining on the current license A license is generated based on the number of devices attached to the NVR This can be either a camera or a camera encoder with multiple analog cameras attached A license generated for one NVR cannot be used with another NVR however you can replace cameras and devices on the NVR without requiring a license change To license the NVR you must generate a Host ID specific to your NVR and enter the ID on the online registration page This can be accessed using the VideoEdge Licensing Activation Icon on the NVR Desktop or via the American Dynamics website Once you receive the license file you can then apply the permanent license to your NVR The NVR has optional licensable features consisting of Additional cameras beyond IP camera licenses included with base software Analytics channels Q American Dynamics 144 Figure 6 4 Licensing page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Licensing Devices License Status Sto
103. an Dynamics 105 Q American Dynamics Figure 4 5 Default Storage Set VIDEOEDGE Live Video Basic pe Add To Storage J Remove From Storage v Storage Vault Media Quota of total storage 5 Edit Basic Advanced G DEVICE riaa Archive dev sdb2 1769 02 System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout A Media Folder is a location on a device where media can be recorded to Media stored in these folders can include video audio and analytic media You can only have one media folder per storage device partition or storage device depending on your storage configuration You can choose which media folders on devices are to be used for storage Video from the cameras assigned to a particular storage set will record to the media folders on the storage devices that are assigned to the same storage set You can easily create additional storage sets and configure them as required to optimize the disk performance as media can be recorded to storage sets in parallel Each storage set must have at least one assigned media folder for storage You can assign multiple media folders and cameras to a storage set There is no limit to the number of storage sets you can create It is recommended that you assign no more than 32 devices or cameras to a particular storage set For example if an NVR has a 30 camera license you could have the following storage set options 2 Storage Sets Storage Set 1 15 CAMs record to first
104. and CPU load Procedure 3 29 Enabling Video Intelligence for a Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click et in the camera record for which you want to enable Video Intelligence The Function amp Streams tab displays Note You can also enable Video Intelligence from the Video List 4 Set the camera Record Status to a setting that supports Video Intelligence Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On Q American Dynamics 54 5 Select Video Intelligence from the Video Analysis dropdown Note If an error message opens the NVR cannot detect a suitable stream from the camera to support Video Intelligence You will need to change the Codec Image Resolution or FPS of one of your camera s streams to settings that are compatible with Video Intelligence 6 Crick E End Disable Video Intelligence for a Camera If you do not want Video Intelligence activities carried out on a camera you can disable Video Intelligence in the NVR camera settings When Video Intelligence is disabled you will not be able to perform any Video Intelligence searches or set Video Intelligence alarms on the camera However the Video Intelligence alarms defined on a camera are remembered and will become active if Video Intelligence is enabled again for that camera Procedure 3 30 Disabling Video Intelligence for a Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List
105. ay or threshold to include areas in which the door can move or objects can be seen for example glass This will exclude objects that can be seen in the region of interest but does not pass through it Note If these types are not available in the dropdown you do not have Video Intelligence enabled on the camera instead Motion Detection is enabled Enable Video Intelligence to continue 8 Optional Use the drawing tools to draw the Video Intelligence region of interest in the Camera Alarm Configuration drawing window Note If you do not draw a region of interest the entire camera view will be used as the region of interest 9 Enable the alarm by selecting the Yes option button for the Enabled field 10 Complete the alarm configuration fields Depending on the Video Intelligence type selected there will be different alarm parameters to configure Object Detection Q American Dynamics 73 a Overlap The amount of a detected object that must be in the region of interest before an alarm is triggered Use a higher setting to detect objects that are mostly inside the region and use a lower value to find objects that just brush the edge of the region Abandoned Removed a Overlap The amount of background change that must be in the region of interest before an alarm is triggered Use a higher setting to avoid finding nearby changes or changes that are not completely in the region of interest b Wipeout Amount Changed Th
106. be in the region of interest when it first appears in the camera view The object must leave the region of interest by the same amount before an alarm is triggered For best results select a higher overlap setting 11 Click Save End Editing a Video Intelligence Camera Alarm You can make changes to Video Intelligence camera alarm rules if required for example you can change the region of interest and update the parameters associated with that rule s Video Intelligence alarm type Procedure 3 48 Editing a Motion Detection Camera Alarm Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Alarms Q American Dynamics 74 The Alarms tab is displayed Select Edit for the camera alarm you want to edit Use the drawing tools to edit the selected alarm s region of interest in the drawing window Edit the alarm s parameters These will be different for each type of Video Intelligence alarm Note You cannot update the Name of the alarm If you must change the alarm name you must create a new alarm with the new name assign it the same parameters and delete the old alarm Select Save End Disabling Video Intelligence Camera Alarm When a Video Intelligence camera alarm is not needed at present but will be needed in the future the alarm can be disabled The alarm configuration remains the same for when it is enabled again You can also edit the alarm configuration parameters while the alarm is disabled once enabled
107. but does not provide data protection lack of mirroring or parity e RAID 1 Uses mirroring to provide 1 1 backup which increases read performance or reliability at the expense of capacity This configuration is often used with databases due to better transaction time and availability RAID 1 0 or 10 is a mirrored data set RAID 1 which is then striped RAID 0 hence the name 1 0 A RAID 1 0 array requires a minimum of four drives two mirrored drives to hold one half of the striped data plus another two mirrored drives to hold the other half of the data In LINUX MD RAID 10 is a non nested RAID type like RAID 1 that only requires a minimum of two drives and may give read performance on the level of RAID 0 RAID 5 Preserves against the loss of any one disk by combining the contents of three or more disks However the total storage capacity is reduced by one disk This configuration is often used with VideoEdge because of RAID 5 s performance in situations where data transfers are I O intensive RAID 5 Performance Benchmarks The Server Company Q American Dynamics 103 Figure 4 3 RAID 5 RAID 5 BlockA Block B Block C Block D Ap Dp Parity Sections Disk 0 Disk I Disk 2 Disk 3 RAID 6 Preserves against the loss of two disks failing at once by combining the contents of three or more disks However the total storage capacity is reduced by two disks Figure 4 4 RAID 6 RAID 6 Block A Bl
108. by step through the required installation steps to getting your NVR up and running General Choose Language English Network guage Engish e LAN Interface Devices Discovery System Security System Password Finish Congratulations Procedure 1 5 Selecting the Language Step Action 1 Select the required language from the Choose Language dropdown 2 Click Start and advance to the next page End System This System menu item displays the Support ID and allows system information to be edited System Info Tab The System Info tab is used to edit the NVR hostname location current date and current time You can also download the NVR s public key which is used for verifying the integrity of exported clips A Caution It is critical that you configure the correct Location and the Current Date Time to ensure the VideoEdge Appliance is fully operational on completion of the Setup Wizard and to ensure recorded media has the correct timestamp Q American Dynamics 10 Figure 1 4 System Info Page VIDEOEDGE System Info Preparation y Welcome Support ID eije5sd2 System Hostname VideoEdge45 gt General Location London E Network LAN Interface Current Date Time 2014 04 22 14 32 G YYYY MM DD HH MM PE x Discovery Spion Senni It is critical that you configure the correct Location and Current Date Time to System Password ensure the VideoEdge appliance is fully operational on completion of the s
109. ces from the main menu Select List The Video List tab displays Select the Text List tab Q American Dynamics 42 10 11 12 13 14 15 Select the checkbox of the Text device you want to edit a rule for click T The Rules Markers tab displays Select the checkbox of the Rule you want to edit Select The Rule Definition Window opens Edit the Name Edit the match in the Match with field Select the Search Direction from the dropdown Select the number of words from the Jump N Results dropdown Or From the Jump N Results dropdown select To last entry of line to skip a variable number of entries between the last match and the text value in a receipt Select the Criteria from the dropdown Edit the value in the Value field This is required when using string less than greater than equal to and range criteria Edit the value in the Value2 field This is required when using range criteria Click Apply End Procedure 3 15 Add a Marker to a Text Device Step Action Select Devices from the main menu Select List The Video List opens Select the Text List tab Select the checkbox of the Text device you want to create a marker for Click Th The Rules Markers page opens Click Ro The Marker Definitions Window opens Enter the marker Name Enter the Beginning Marker Click Apply End Q American Dynamics 43 Procedure 3 16 Edit a Marker Step Action 1 Select Devices
110. chive Destination only Archive Destinations can be assigned one of three states Locked The NVR will not modify any of the data on the destination either by culling or writing new data Unlocked and not the active destination The NVR will cull data based on retention rules but will not write any new data Unlocked and the active destination Only one destination can be enabled and active the NVR will cull data and write new archive data to this destination Note For installation and user instructions when using a dedicated NAS device refer to its Installation and User Manual Procedure 5 1 Adding an Archive Destination Step Action Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays Q American Dynamics 117 3 Click Add Archive The Archive Details form opens 4 Enter the Archive Name Enter the Network Path Note The Network Path consists of either a device hostname when DNS is in use or an IP address when it is not For example 1 With DNS and a shared folder named NvrShare Hostname NvrShare 2 With no DNS and a shared folder named NvrShare 0 0 0 0 NvrShare 6 Optional Enter the Domain 7 Enter the Username required to access the shared directory on the Archive Destination 8 Enter the Password required to access the shared directory on the Archive Destination 9 Optional Select the Locked checkbox to make the destination read only 10 Optional Click Test Co
111. ck Remove Server s End Testing Failover on the Secondary NVR The secondary NVR needs to be tested after configuration to ensure it is capable of assuming the role of any NVR that it is protecting when it goes into Failover mode Testing can be achieved by initiating failover Procedure 8 8 Testing the Secondary NVR Step Action 1 Using the Administration Interface of a primary NVR reboot the NVR using the Shutdown page As the primary NVR reboots the secondary NVR no longer receives a response when polling the primary 2 Inthe Administration Interface of the secondary NVR select Advanced Select Failover The Failover page opens 4 If the secondary NVR has successfully assumed the role of the primary NVR the Failover page will display the statement Currently the NVR is active for server lt Primary NVR s IP address gt 5 Click Terminate Failover on the Failover page of the secondary NVR to resume server monitoring The primary NVR will take over from the secondary NVR End If Failover Doesn t Occur If Failover doesn t occur ensure the following are set up as required The secondary NVR is suitably license to support the highest licensed primary NVR on its server monitoring list The cabling between primary and secondary NVRs is connected securely and correctly Failover settings are configured correctly e The secondary NVR is off suitable specification to take over services for each primary NVR it
112. confirmation message NVR Services have stopped The NVR will not record or display live media until the services are restarted displays and the NVR services are disabled Note When you have stopped NVR services use the Restart NVR Services option to restart the services End Reboot the NVR The Shutdown page allows you to reboot the NVR this will cause the NVR to go through a soft reboot when applied Procedure 8 38 Reboot the NVR Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Shutdown The Shutdown page opens Select Reboot NVR option button 4 Click Apply End Shutdown the NVR The Shutdown page allows you to shutdown the NVR this will cause the NVR to fully power down when applied Q American Dynamics 225 Procedure 8 39 Shutdown the NVR Step Action 1 Select Advanced 2 Select Shutdown The Shutdown page opens Select Shutdown NVR option button Click Apply Note To restart the NVR after it has been shut down it must be manually turned on at the server End Q American Dynamics 226 Appendix A NVR Troubleshooting Overview This topic covers useful troubleshooting procedures to aid you in the use of your NVR For configuring settings through the NVR s embedded operating system YaST Control Center is used You must log in to the VideoEdge NVR SUSE desktop as a root user in order to access the YaST Control Center A Remote Desktop Connection can also be established allowing you to edi
113. d Carrying out a Reset to Factory Defaults will have no affect on the NVR s Linux based operating system Shutdown Use to Restart NVR Services Reboot the NVR and to Shutdown the NVR Procedure 1 13 Navigating the NVR Interface Step Action 1 Select the required menu item from the main menu on the left hand side of the page The selected menu item expands to display a sub menu list of items Q American Dynamics 24 Note Live Video menu option is not available when browsing directly on VideoEdge NVR s server browser interface and is only available when connected from a remote system browser 2 Select the required item from the sub menu list The relevant configuration settings are displayed in the main pane of the window 3 Optional Select the tabs at the top of the main pane to navigate between pages End Q American Dynamics 25 Live Video Once the NVR system has been configured you can view live video streams You can view live video using the Live Video menu if you are remotely accessing the NVR Administration Interface If you access the NVR Administration Interface via victor client the Live Video menu item is not available Use the Surveillance window in victor Client to view live video Live Video The camera views on an NVR can display live video up to a maximum of 4 live video streams A live audio stream is not available on the NVR Administration interface To listen to audio use victor unified clie
114. d If you do not set a maximum retention period for a camera all media for this camera may be deleted to free up storage space as the NVR will prioritize saving the media stored for cameras up to their maximum retention period The oldest media is deleted first minute by minute until the free space limit is reached If there is no media older than the retention period the oldest media in the storage set is deleted and an alarm is raised Note The media deleted will only be the oldest media available online The alarm is an indication that there is insufficient storage space available for the media that you want to store To resolve this issue you can add additional storage devices to the NVR decrease the maximum retention period for camera s or use Advanced Storage Configuration settings to move cameras to another storage set Vaulted Media Vaulted media is specific media tagged so it will not be deleted until specified Vaulted media will not be deleted as part of the normal data culling process of media storage folders Use victor unified client to tag media as protected media using the Vault feature You must have Protect permissions to set video as protected media To allow vaulted media to be deleted you must set it as unprotected using victor unified client and have Unprotect permissions For more information refer to the Vault chapter in the victor Configuration and User Guide Vault Media Quota A vault media quota is a
115. d Range can only be entered when the DHCP Status is set to Enabled End Procedure 7 11 Viewing the DHCP Status Step Action Select Network 2 Select DHCP Server The DHCP Server settings page opens 3 Select the DHCP Status page The DHCP Status page opens Note You can now view all devices being managed by the NVR s DHCP server The information displayed includes the IP addresses in use by the device MAC address for connected devices the time a device was last active and the Hostname for each device End Q American Dynamics 171 WAN Settings The WAN Settings page allows you to configure the NVR to operate in a wide area network WAN configuration The WAN Settings page lets you specify the name or IP address that can be used to access an NVR located behind a NAT firewall such as a corporate LAN that presents a single public address for connections from outside the LAN You can also specify the ports that are used for HTTP secure HTTP and streaming RTSP connections to the NVR You can also enter a list of allowed IP addresses In addition the General Settings page allows you to change the RTSP Streaming Port Note For a new install the Setup WAN fields display the default values If you upgrade the NVR these fields will display the previously assigned values however if you carry out an appliance install the values will be lost unless a template has been created and applied If you enter a value into any o
116. d Roles The Users tab displays 3 Select A in the user credential row you want to unlock A dialog window opens stating This will unlock the account named xxxx 4 Click OK End Procedure 6 12 Unlocking Accounts using the Edit Icon Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users and Roles The Users tab displays Q American Dynamics 142 Select Edit in the user credential row you want to unlock 4 Optional Select the Reset Password checkbox when logged in as an admin or support user to create a new password for the locked user account The New Password and Confirm Password fields display for completion Note You are not required to know the current password to assign a new password or unlock the account 5 Select the Unlock Account checkbox to unlock the account 6 Optional Select the Role from the dropdown if you want to assign a new role to the account 7 Click Apply End Q American Dynamics 143 Licensing The NVR is supplied with a 60 day trial license the following topic details how to request a bespoke license from your American Dynamics sales team Note 1 The NVR software has a 60 day trial period with a maximum of 128 camera license 16 analytic cameras 2 American Dynamics cameras do not require licensing when you generate your host ID this is taken into account and will alter your licensing costs 3 If you do not purchase a license by the end of the trial period the c
117. dio List tab to view the Audio List Or Optional Select the Text List tab to view the Text List End Sorting the Device List The device list can be sorted alphanumerically by a selected column in ascending or descending order Q American Dynamics 29 Procedure 3 2 Sorting the Device Lists Step 1 2 Action Select the Devices menu Select List The Video List tab displays Optional Select the Audio List tab to view the Audio List Or Optional Select the Text List tab to view the Text List Select the column header from the device list table that you want to sort by The list is sorted in alphanumeric order Sort in ascending or descending order a Select E to sort in ascending order b Select El to sort in descending order End Filtering the Device List The device list has a Filter feature which can be used to display specific device records The filter feature will look at the criteria entered and compare this against all fields in the device list Procedure 3 3 Filtering the Device Lists Step Action Select the Devices menu Select List The Video List tab displays Optional Select the Audio List tab to view the Audio List Or Optional Select the Text List tab to view the Text List Enter the filter criteria into the Search field The device list is filtered to display only devices that meet the criteria entered Note The device list will filter as you type the criteri
118. dules Page vipeoeoce4s G Live Video Archive Schedules Archive Schedule Editor Archive Group Editor Automatic archiving disabled Devices Archiving destination not selected SEIS CONFIGURE ARCHIVING v Archive Enabling the archive scheduler will prevent manual changes to the archiving status of individual devices on the device list or advanced edit A pages Archives Settings Archiving scheduler status Enabled Disabled Archive Scheduler Device List EE ao default B ck 10 System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 5 13 Enabling Disabling the Archiving Scheduler Step Action 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archive Scheduler The Archive Schedules page displays oO To enable the Archiving Scheduler click the Enabled option button Or To disable the Archiving Scheduler click the Disabled option button End Q American Dynamics 126 Procedure 5 14 Creating an Archiving Schedule Step Action 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archive Scheduler The Archive Schedules page displays Enter a name in the Schedule Name field Click Create archiving schedule End Procedure 5 15 Renaming an Archive Schedule Step Action Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archive Scheduler The Archive Schedules page displays Click Rename next to the Archive Schedule name you want to edit Enter the new name in the text field Click Save End Sch
119. dure will disable the cameras ability to stream live video Attempting to modify some of the parameters of the camera such as Password Group or PTZ will not be possible when the camera is disabled Procedure 8 28 Disabling Email Alerts for a Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices Q American Dynamics 216 2 Select List The Video List page opens Te 3 Click in the camera record of the camera you want to disable email alerts The Function amp Streams page opens 4 Select the General tab The General page opens 5 Click the Camera Video Disable option button 6 Click E In the camera record on the Video List page the IP address indicates DISABLED End Procedure 8 29 Re enabling Email Alerts for a Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices 2 Select List The Video List page opens 3 Click ne in the camera record of the camera you want to re enable email alerts The Function amp Streams page opens 4 Select the General tab The General page opens 5 Click the Camera Streaming Enable option button 6 Click E In the camera record on the Video List page the IP address no longer indicates DISABLED End Removing an Address from the Recipient List You can remove recipient addresses from each alert category Procedure 8 30 Remove an Address from the Recipient List Step Action Select Advanced Select Email Alerts The Email Alerts page opens Scroll to the Alert Category you want to remove a recipients address fro
120. e The NVR will send notifications to email addresses sharing its own domain Additionally it can send notifications to email addresses in other domains provided those domains SMTP servers have allowed incoming emails from the NVR s domain Owners of email addresses in other domains should contact their email administrator to ensure they will be able to receive alert notifications from the NVR s domain The delivery of email notifications sent to email addresses provided by Internet Service Providers ISPs such as Yahoo or Gmail cannot be guaranteed because those ISPs have their own restrictions that may interfere End Setting Up Email Alerts To set up email notifications you are required to build the recipient list and enable the notifications each address on the recipient list is to receive Outbound Mail Server To allow the Email Alerts functionality with the NVR you must enter the outbound mail server s IP address or hostname In addition to the IP address hostname the following options are also available for configuration Server requires authentication Select to enter the username and password required to authenticate the NVR with the mail server Encryption The SMTP connection between the NVR and the SMTP server can be encrypted using TLS or SSL Note The use of a hostname is mandatory when using TLS or SSL encryption The hostname must match the entry in the CN Common Name field of the server s certifica
121. e Based Indicates the device s associations hover the cursor to display information A The following devices can be or associated Associations 04 Video Audio tive Indicates that this stream will be used for live streaming Alarm Indicates that this stream will be used Stream 1 for any alarms that are recorded Stream 2 Rec Indicates that this stream will be used for non alarm recording Indicates that this stream will be used for executing analytics motion detection or video intelligence Analytics Note Ifan alarm is raised for motion detection the alarm stream is used to record the alarm The camera resolution Adding Devices Cameras can be added to the NVR in the Video List tab There are two methods used for adding cameras Manually and using Auto Discovery 1 Enter 127 0 0 1 into the Device IP Address field Q American Dynamics 32 Manually Adding an IP Device When a device is manually added to the NVR the default recording mode is set to Recording Always When adding a camera were the configuration does not support Motion Detection using either a primary or secondary stream then the default recording mode will be Record Always Note The NVR is by default configured to attempt communicating with the camera using the cameras own native commands Using native camera handlers provides the maximum number of camera features available If the NVR does not support your camera brand it wil
122. e Enable Return to Home checkbox The Return to Home After dropdown displays 6 Select the desired period of inactivity before the camera returns to home from the Return to Home After dropdown range 60 600 seconds 7 cick E End Device Replacement The NVR s device replacement functionality allows you to replace camerasand encoders by changing the IP address on the existing and configured device slot This allows you to quickly replace faulty devices or to upgrade to a device Q American Dynamics 62 with greater capabilities The NVR will apply as many of the existing parameters to the new device based on shared compatibility Where the replacement device has features which are not compatible default settings will apply When the new device has been added a dialog window will summarize the settings which have been successfully applied and those that cannot be applied or where a best effort choice has been implemented Note When carrying out device replacement for a camera which utilizes analytics the Region of Interest and Alarms setting will need to be manually re applied This ensures that analytic operations remain accurate with the new device s Field of View When carrying out device replacements it s important to also consider the associations that are currently configured on your NVR Associations configured on the NVR will be maintained by default when device replacement is carried out bar when audio from the
123. e brush size when using free draw to draw a region of interest for Video Intelligence alarms Select 4x4 4x4 to draw using a thin line Note This option is not available when configuring Motion Detection alarms Brush Size You can choose the brush size when using free draw to draw a region of interest for Video Intelligence alarms 8x8 Select 8x8 to draw using a thick line Note This option is not available when configuring Motion Detection alarms Select Draw when you want Draw the draw style to draw a Draw Mode detection area Select Erase when you want Erase the draw style to erase sections of a detection area Q American Dynamics Motion Detection Best Practices To ensure you get the highest quality results when using Motion Detection on the NVR it is recommended that you adhere to the following An object exhibiting motion needs to be at least 8x8 pixels in size to be detected The color of the object in grayscale should be approximately 10 15 different than the background The frame rate of the video should be high enough to capture the object in one or more captured frames e Motion Detection events create entries in the victor site manager database It is important to ensure that the motion detection parameters are accurate to avoid generating false entries e Exclude the Time Stamp region from motion detection because the time stamp changes constantly and could register as motion Try not to point came
124. e given the option to retain or remove the recorded media Information in the media database is however removed When you remove a media folder if the NVR is actively recording to that folder it will automatically transition recording to another media folder in the same storage set Once a media folder is removed from storage the NVR will no longer record to that folder Procedure 4 2 Disabling a Storage Media Folder Step Action 1 Select the Storage menu 2 Select Basic The Basic tab displays 3 Select the checkbox for the media folder you want to use for storage and click Remove From Storage Or Select in the media folder record you want to use for storage in the Use For Storage field select the dropdown arrow Y click the Disable indicator then select 8 4 Click OK to delete any previously recorded media The Use For Storage indicator turns gray indicating that the media folder is not being used for storage End Q American Dynamics 94 Data Culling When there is not enough space in a storage set to store recorded media media will be deleted If there is any media older than the maximum retention period specified for a specific camera the media will be automatically deleted The available space in each storage set is determined periodically If the available space in a storage set falls below the data culling threshold media will be deleted for any camera in the storage set which is older than the maximum retention perio
125. e percentage of the region of interest that must change before an alarm is triggered Adjust to look for either a larger or smaller change in the region c Wipeout Within secs Time frame within which the change must occur in order to trigger the alarm A setting of 0 seconds represents instantaneous change Direction a Overlap The amount of a detected object that must be in the region of interest while moving in the specified direction for an alarm to be triggered b Direction This is the general direction the object must move in to trigger an alarm You can choose North South East or West c Traversal Time This is the maximum amount of time which an object can take to traverse most of the region before the alarm is triggered This is to exclude objects that move too slow Linger a Overlap The amount of detected object that must be in the region of interest while lingering for an alarm to be triggered Use a higher setting to avoid detecting objects lingering nearby b Linger Time The minimum amount of time an object lingers before the alarm is triggered Exit a Overlap The amount of detected object that must be in the region of interest when the object leaves the scene for an alarm to be triggered The object must appear in the scene while being outside the region of interest by the same amount For best results select a higher overlap setting Enter a Overlap The amount of detected object that must
126. e website s security certificate 2 Select Continue to this website not recommended Note Wording may differ between browsers The System Password page displays in HTTPS Q American Dynamics 15 VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 System Password Preparation v Welcome For security reasons this page must be run under HTTPS System A It is extremely important that you remember this password If necessary you should write this password down and store it securely v General Change System Root Password LAN Interface Current Password Devices New Password Discovery Confirm Password System Security System Password x Finish Congratulations Previous Continue 3 Enter the Current Password 4 Enter the New Password Re enter the New Password in the Confirm Password field 5 A Caution It is extremely important that you remember this password If necessary you should write this password down and store it securely 6 Click E 7 Click Continue to advance to the next page End Finish The Setup Wizard is now complete you can use view video using the Select Video dropdown or exit the wizard to the NVR Administration Interface Q American Dynamics 16 Figure 1 8 Summary Page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Summa Preparation vi Woe Congratulations System The NVR setup wizard has successfully configured your NVR To access any advanced features please use the NVR Admin GUI v General Press NVR Admin Clien
127. eckbox if you want to define custom associations after the devices have been added 10 Optional Rename the devices by entering a new device name in the Name field 11 Click E Q American Dynamics 33 If the Default Associations checkbox is unselected a window will open displaying the available inputs For video devices a snapshot can be displayed The device is added to the device list 12 Configure the device settings as required Note Devices can be added to the NVR using Discovery For further information refer to Discovery End Edit a Camera Name You can update the name given to a camera as required Procedure 3 5 Editing a Camera Name Step Action 1 Select Device from the main menu 2 Select List 3 The Video List tab displays 2 Click in the camera row where you want to change the camera name Select the Name field and enter the new camera name Or Click in the camera row where you want to change the camera name select the General tab and enter the new camera name into the Video Name field 6 click E End Procedure 3 6 Editing Basic Video Settings Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List tab displays 2 3 Select 2 in the camera raw for which you want to edit a video list setting The fields available to update are ready to edit 4 Make the required changes to Name Use this field to update the name of the camera Rec Use thi
128. ect the Sensors tab Click Enter the Sensor Name Select the Yes option button to enable the sensor Or Select the No option button to disable the sensor 7 Select the input from the Input dropdown 8 Select the state from the State dropdown Q American Dynamics 77 Click 9 The Interval Sec field displays 10 Enter the interval value in the Interval Sec field 11 Repeat steps 7 10 to add additional inputs To remove an input select the appropriate checkbox and click Delete 12 Select an action from the Action dropdown If PTZ to Preset is selected the Value dropdown displays 13 Select the device from the Device dropdown 14 PTZ to Preset only Select the preset number from the Value dropdown 15 Repeat steps 12 14 to add additional actions To remove an action select the appropriate checkbox and click Delete 16 Click E End Procedure 3 53 Deleting a Sensor Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Alarms The Alarms page opens Select the Sensors tab Select the appropriate checkbox of the sensor you want to delete 5 Click Ml End Q American Dynamics 78 Scheduler The Scheduler section describes how to set up and enable the camera scheduler By using a camera schedule you can set the NVR to automatically change recording modes hourly You can define camera recording modes and set camera recording times per scheduler group You can enable or disable the camera scheduler when necessary
129. ed Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Avg Utilization 8 Avg Disk 1 0 1000 KB secs 01 13 12 00 01 13 18 00 01 14 00 00 81 14 06 00 01 14 1200 01 14 18 00 01 15 00 00 81 15 96 00 01 15 12 00 Tine nonth day hhinn gt Avg Utilization The axis values are Time The axis values are dependent on Average Disk I O The axis scale is dependent on the filters selected the filters selected dependant on the filters selected Procedure 8 12 Filtering the Disk Activity Graph Step 1 2 Action Select Advanced from the main menu Select Storage Statistics The Rec Performance tab opens Select the Disk Activity tab Select the Media Folder you want the graph to display disk activity for from the dropdown Select the required Sampling Rate from the dropdown You can select ranges between 1 minute and 120 minutes Choose the number of hours you want the graph to display disk activity for Select this from the Report for last dropdown Select the Utilization Scale from the dropdown Select the Disk I O Scale from the dropdown The graph adjusts to display the disk activity as per the filters selected End Q American Dynamics 195 Storage Set Statistics The Storage Set tab contains statistics for the total amount of storage available in each storage set This is the combined storage available from all storage devices assigned
130. ed by the installed network card Procedure 7 9 Using the Show Visible Port Identification feature Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select LAN Interface The LAN Interface page opens Enter the time in seconds you want the LED indicator to blink 4 Click Blink End Q American Dynamics 169 DHCP Server The DHCP Server page provides the option to configure the NVR to host a DHCP Server for each network card plugged into the system This allows the NVR to allocate IP addresses from the range specified when other devices request IP allocation The page allows you to edit the DHCP Status and the Start and End Range of IP Addresses to be included during automatic searching for IP Devices The DHCP Status page allows you to view all active devices which have been assigned an IP address by the NVR acting as aDHCP server The page displays the IP addresses in use by the device its MAC address when it was last active and the device s hostname A Caution You should only set up the NVR as a DHCP Server if you are positive the LAN does not already have a DHCP Server and the NVR has been assigned a static IP Address Otherwise you could have two different DHCP Servers giving out IP addresses and this could cause network problems Figure 7 4 DHCP Server Page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 0 Live Video DHCP Server DHCP Status Devices This page allows the NVR to host a DHCP server on each network card plugged into the system
131. ed with the text device 6 Use the arrow left button to remove the selected devices from the Association list s 7 Click E End Advanced Camera Configuration There are several advanced camera configuration tabs which are accessed by clicking the Setup icon in the Video List tab General Image Settings Function amp Streams Archive e Alerts PTZ General General camera settings that can be easily updated from the General tab which can be accessed by clicking the Setup icon for the required device on the Video List tab Note The MAC Address ID Channel and Device Type fields are for information only and are not configurable Change the Security Group Assigned to an IP Camera If an IP camera is assigned to a security group and you have changed the password for this camera you will need to select the new security group the camera belongs to Q American Dynamics 46 Procedure 3 21 Changing the Security Group Assigned to an IP Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click in the camera row that you want to assign to a new password group The Function amp Streams tab displays Select the General tab 5 Select the new password group from the Security Group dropdown 6 Click E Note If you are editing the security group for a camera forming part of an encoder device all cameras related to this device will be updated with the new security group In this
132. edule Editor and Group Editor Pages When you create an Archiving Schedule using the Archiving Scheduler you need to assign cameras to that schedule these cameras form a group Groups can consist of an individual camera or groups of cameras Each group can have scheduled times and archiving modes assigned for queuing video for archiving There are three archiving modes available in the Archiving Scheduler Automatic archiving disabled Automatically archive all recorded video Archive only recorded alarm video You can assign multiple archiving modes to a group only one mode can be selected at any one scheduled time For example you can schedule a group to queue video for archiving by selecting the mode Automatically archive all recorded video between 09 00 to 18 00 Monday through to Friday and schedule the same group to archive only recorded alarm video by selecting the mode Archive only recorded alarm video between 19 00 23 00 Monday through to Friday Q American Dynamics 127 Procedure 5 16 Assigning Cameras to a Group Step 1 2 Action Select Archive from the main menu Select Archive Scheduler The Archive Schedules tab displays Select of the Archive Schedule you want to edit The Archive Group Editor page displays To add cameras to a group a Select the checkbox of the camera you want to add from the All other devices list b Click Or To remove cameras from a group a Select the checkbox of the camera y
133. eo Management System line includes products to address the needs of a wide range of users As the architecture is open it is independent of specific hardware platforms The NVR does not require an existing operating system as it includes it s own Linux based operating system that can support a variety of different hardware platforms The Figure below shows how the NVR fits into the victor Network Video Management System Q American Dynamics 4 Figure 1 1 VideoEdge Network Video Components Camera Network with Ethernet Switch Remote victor Clients iSCSI RAID Rack Mount via Internet he le F f rr satsen LAN 3 victor Site Local Web Clients Manager Switch 1 har sissies sessen LAN 1 KS Local Area Network Backbone The NVR manages the video camera storage and sensor assets for your site You use the NVR Administration Interface to configure and manage the NVR via a web browser You can use these web pages to configure the NVR and its storage cameras and devices Typically the assets connected to the NVR are configured on a local TCP IP network isolated from the larger network and accessible to clients via the NVR and the victor site manager The victor site manager provides a single point of access for users to manage multiple NVRs The victor site manager utilizes SQL Server s database functionality to provide authentication for VideoEdge Clients as well as central monitoring and administratio
134. era to open a QuickTime viewer showing that camera s video stream Figure 2 2 QuickTime Viewer Procedure 2 2 Opening a QuickTime Viewer for a Camera Step Action 1 From any camera live view click in the camera viewing window A QuickTime Internet Authorization dialog box opens 2 Enter your User ID Enter your Password 4 Click OK End Q American Dynamics 27 Devices Cameras audio devices and text devices are added and configured using the Devices menu of the NVR Administration Interface The Devices menu has the following menu items List From here you can view a list of all devices connected to the NVR and view a summary of their configuration status You can add and remove devices or edit batch edit cameras configuration settings Alarms You can create camera alarms these may be for specific regions of a cameras view You can also select different types of alarm trigger for example Motion Detection or Video Intelligence e Scheduler The scheduler allows you to specify the recording mode including no recording that is active at scheduled times during the day e Security The security page allows you to create and maintain camera password groups e Discovery This section allows you to use auto discovery to add cameras to the NVR Q American Dynamics 28 List The List section provides a summary of all devices connected to the NVR and outlines configuration settings that are available
135. ered in the field To use a predefined value open the dropdown select the desired predefined value from the list Or a To use a custom value select Custom from the dropdown The custom entry field displays b To edit the bitrate cap value select the current value Update the bitrate cap value as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a change has been made Note The custom value must be entered in kbps For example to enter a value of 5 5Mbps you would type a value of 5500 From the Transcode Limit dropdown select the number of streams desired Click E Confirmation messages display End Preserve Resolution Any overloaded network or set caps on the NVR client will allow the NVR to adapt the streams accordingly by reducing the stream output using framedrop If framedrop should fail or doesn t occur then best effort streaming will occur Procedure 7 19 Selecting Preserve Resolution Step 1 Action Select Network Q American Dynamics 179 2 Select Dynamic Bandwidth The Dynamic Bandwidth page opens 3 Click the Preserve Resolution option button The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow indicating a change has been made The Traffic Smoothing fields display The LAN and WAN Bitrate Cap dropdowns display 4 To edit the Client and Stream fields select the current values Update the Client and Stream values as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a chan
136. erts Serial Ports Ping Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs m Ping Number of Pings 1 to 10 5 Interval between Pings 1 to 10 seconds 1 Deadline 5 to 30 seconds 10 Destination IP address or hostname Ping VIDEOEDGE45 Procedure 8 33 Pinging other Devices Step Action Select Advanced N Select Ping The Ping page opens oa A O Note Enter the Number of Pings to send to the selected device Min 1 Max 10 Enter the Interval between Pings Min 1 second Max 10 seconds Enter the Deadline the NVR is to wait for a response Min 5 seconds Max 30 seconds Enter the Destination IP address or hostname A DNS must be present to ping a device via a hostname 7 Click Ping Results will be displayed below the Ping button TT End o eGGGCCCLGs rir o Q American Dynamics 219 Connected Clients Q American Dynamics You can view the clients currently connected to the NVR using the Connected Clients sub menu The NVR will only register a client as connected if it is actively receiving a video audio stream from the NVR The Connected Client page displays information relating to the clients currently connected to the NVR and their activity The following information is displayed when a client is connected to the NVR e The IP Address of the device which is streaming audio and video from the NVR via a client e The Camera
137. es the lowest quality video and 100 provides the highest quality video for archiving Note This function may have limitations based on codec for example H 264 and MPEG 4 only support decimation at key frame level Procedure 5 11 Configuring the Archiving Quality Step Action Select Devices Select List The Device List page opens Click wee in the device record you want to edit Select the Archive tab Select the Archiving Quality from the dropdown Click Apply ona A O End Archive Management Archive management is achieved either manually using victor unified client or automatically by configuring the NVR to automatically remove video based on retention rules When manually managing an archive you select time ranges of media through the victor unified client to remove If you do not manage the archive sufficiently alarms will be generated when storage is no longer available for archiving to occur When you configure the NVR to automatically manage an archive video will be removed as per its retention period or culling will occur when the archive storage is full similar to the management of video on local storage The ability to automatically remove video from the archive may be dependant on the capabilities of a specific Archive destination Q American Dynamics 124 A Caution If you delete video from the archive outside of victor unified client or by using the tools provided by the NVR Administration Interface
138. ese can be accessed via the Advanced menu Refer to Storage Statistics for more information Storage Monitoring All media folders assigned to a storage set will be monitored by the NVR to determine that they are operational and available for storing media The media folders are checked to ensure they are still mounted and read writable It is possible that media folders can become unmounted due to system errors device errors or the device being unmounted by a user A media folder could become read only for example if the device has been unmounted and remounted as read only If a media folder is determined as non operational recording will switch to the next available operational media folder in the storage set Non operational media folders are highlighted as being unhealthy To determine the health status of storage devices view the Status in the Device section of Storage Statistics Q American Dynamics 101 Adding External Storage NVRs can require a tremendous amount of storage space depending on the number of cameras codec resolution frame rates recording modes and the duration for which you want to preserve video recordings At the outset of your use of the NVR system you will need to have storage configured to record media data captured by video devices cameras or encoders connected to your NVRs From time to time you may find it necessary to replace or add a storage device to produce a greater capacity for video storage
139. et a Password User accounts with admin privileges can reset the password of user accounts which have been created using the Add New User button Note You do not need to know the current password to complete this function Procedure 6 7 Reset a Password Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users and Roles The Users tab displays a 3 Select beside the User name you want to edit the password for The edit window opens 4 Select the Reset Password checkbox Enter the new password in the New Password field Note It is good practice to choose a password consisting of a combination of upper case letters lower case letters numbers and special characters 6 Confirm the new password by entering it in the Confirm Password field Optional Select a new role from the Role dropdown 8 Click E End Changing the Default Role Passwords The passwords for the operator viewer1 viewer2 and viewer3 roles cannot be reset the password can however be changed by a user with admin privileges Procedure 6 8 Changing the Default Role Passwords Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users and Roles The Users tab displays a 3 Select beside the User name you want to edit the password for The edit window opens 4 Enter the new password in the New Password field Q American Dynamics 139 Note It is good practice to choose a password consisting of a combination of upper case letter
140. etup wizard and to ensure recorded media has the correct timestamp Finish Congratulations Procedure 1 6 System Info Settings Step Action 1 To edit the following fields Hostname Location Current Date Time Select the current value Edit the value as required Click Save Click Continue to advance to the next page Network End VIDEOEDGE45 This section describes the network stage of the Setup Wizard and outline all LAN interface details LAN Interface Tab The LAN Interface tab is used to edit the LAN interface settings for each NIC including IP address allocation LAN IP address subnet mask and IP broadcast The NVR can have multiple active NICs This allows the use of dedicated camera networks Q American Dynamics 11 Figure 1 5 LAN Interface Page VIDEOEDGE 20090 2607 VIDEOEDGE45 LAN Interface Preparation y Welc sg LAN Interface ethO Dre IP Address Allocation STATIC Edt 9 v canera LAN IP Address 10 10 10 10 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Network MAC Address 00 0A CD 1F 4A 24 gt LAN Interface v LAN Interface eth1 Devices Discovery IP Address Allocation NONE Edit System Securit iiid Default Gateway x System Password Finish Congratulations Procedure 1 7 LAN Interface Settings Step Action 1 To edit the LAN Interface settings select Edit next to the NIC you want to modify You can edit the following fields IP Address Allocation Note To open
141. etwork settings for the NVR are configured using the Setup Wizard NVR Software Only When the NVR is supplied as software only it requires full installation onto your hardware You should ensure your hardware matches the minimum operation requirements refer to Overview of the VideoEdge NVR A Caution Any previously configured OS on this system will be removed and overwritten Hardware and Software Bundle Installing the NVR Hardware and Software Bundle The installation and configuration process consists of Initial boot up of the NVR Setting up NVR OS User Accounts Logging into the NVR desktop A OO N gt Configuring the NVR using the Setup Wizard Initial Boot Up of the NVR Procedure 1 1 Powering up the NVR for the First Time Step Action 1 Power up the NVR A series of boot messages appear and the system is loaded to the License Agreement Q American Dynamics 6 When the license agreement is displayed select Yes I Agree to the License Agreement Click Next Set the Password for the Root User account page displays The next stage of installation process is to create user accounts End Procedure 1 2 Setting Up NVR OS User Accounts Step 1 AN Action Inthe Password field in the Root User account page of the Installer enter a password for the root user account Caution It is extremely important that you will remember this password If necessary you should write this password down and store
142. f device driver support and or experiencing a storage hardware problem This may also occur if the file system is not mounted A Caution If you are using RAID storage systems you must create disk groups and virtual disks on your RAID hardware before setting up storage on the NVR If you are not familiar with RAID configuration refer to your storage system s user manual for more information Q American Dynamics 92 Basic Basic storage configuration is the default storage configuration type Basic storage configuration is the configuration of media folders to be used for recording All storage devices discovered by the NVR are listed in the Basic storage configuration table All cameras added to the NVR are also automatically assigned to the default storage set You can select which media folders you want to use for media storage and set the amount of space available to store media Table 6 1 below describes fields used for basic storage configuration Figure 4 1 Basic Storage Tab VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Vault Media Quota of total storage 5 Edit a O dev sdb2 e data1 xfs 1769 02 ad Table 4 1 Basic Storage Configuration Fields pet eseriptiom OU A physical device detected by the NVR Indicates whether or not the device is being used for storage Use for Storage Green indicator Enabled for storage Gray indicator Disabled for storage Red indicator Media folder is unhealthy The location on the dev
143. f these fields that value is saved and is displayed until modified Figure 7 5 WAN Port Mapping Exam WAN Settings NAT Firewall WAN IP Address IP Address 75 25 43 2 Static Port Forwarding Rules as 10080 gt 10 10 10 1 80 HTTP Port 10443 gt 10 10 10 1443 sm 10554 gt 10 10 10 1 554 Streaming Port Allowed Private IP Addresses Cancel WEB Client Ez NVR1 Se IP Address 10 10 10 1 HTTP listening on port 80 Domain Name HTTPS listening on port 443 Domain Name Servers RTSP listening on port 554 Default Gateway Q American Dynamics 172 Figure 7 6 WAN Settings Page VIDEOEDGE Dynamics Video VIDEOEDGE Live Video WAN Settings Devices WAN IP Address Storage WAN IP Ports Static Archive P Pot 80 Secure HTTP Port 443 System m Streaming Port 554 v Netwoi Allowed Private IP Addresses General LAN Interface m ie DHCP Server WAN Settings Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout WAN IP Address Under the WAN Settings you can edit the WAN IP Address Procedure 7 12 Editing the WAN IP Address Step Action Select Network 2 Select WAN Settings The WAN settings page opens 3 To edit the WAN IP Address select the current value Update the WAN IP Address as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A confirmation message displays End HTTP Port This is the port number used to identify this NVR if more t
144. face after installation you will be automatically be directed to the Setup Wizard A Caution The VideoEdge Administration icon has been added for convenience 10 0 Firefox for SUSE Linux Enterprise SLE 11 is the supported browser for use with the NVR Administration Interface when accessing it locally on the NVR When accessing the NVR Administration Interface from a remote client PC Internet Explorer Versions 9 amp 10 or Firefox 10 are the supported browsers Google Chrome and Safari are not supported ia exit the Setup Wizard prior to completing all the steps the wizard will save your progress and automatically return to the last page viewed of the Setup Wizard The wizard consists of the following menu items e Preparation e System e Network e Devices e System Security e Finish Procedure 1 4 Logging into the Wizard Step Action 1 Enter the Administrator Username 2 Enter the Administrator Password End Preparation This menu item describes the preparation stage of the Setup Wizard The Welcome tab is displayed Welcome Tab The Welcome tab is the first page of the Setup Wizard and allows you to select the language in which the Administration Interface is displayed to advance to the next page click Start Q American Dynamics 9 Figure 1 3 Welcome Page VIDEOEDGE45 Welcome Preparation Welcome Welcome to the NVR Setup Wizard If you are connecting to your NVR for the first time this wizard will guide you step
145. figured in the drawing window a live display of the camera view To determine the areas of the camera view that you want monitored you need to draw on the window Use the drawing tools to draw on the Camera Alarm Configuration window The status of each Video Intelligence alarm highlighted in the Status field There are three alarm states Red Alarm is disabled The alarm can be disabled via the Enabled option button Yellow Alarm is enabled however the recording mode set for the camera does NOT support alarms so the alarms will not be generated Supported modes are Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On Q American Dynamics 66 e Green Alarm is enabled and a supported recording mode is selected Alarms will be generated Table 3 7 Drawing Tools Tool Type Doubles the size of the Draw using free draw by clicking on the window and Free Draw dragging to draw the shape The detection area is highlighted yellow Draw a polygon by clicking once in the window and use the lines to form the region of interest Click again to confirm Polygon the line Double click when the Dia eile shape is complete to finalize the detection area The detection area is highlighted in yellow Draw a rectangle by clicking once in the window and dragging the cursor over the camera view to highlight the Rectangle area of interest The detection area is highlighted in yellow when the mouse button is released You can choose th
146. formation e Network Settings Q American Dynamics 149 N DR f Email Settings g Failover Settings h Discovery Settings Click Save Select Save As Navigate to the folder where you want to save the template Enter a Filename for the template and click Save Note A default template file name is given this is made up of VideoEdgeNVRTemplate followed by the NVR name and the date and time the template was created Example VideoEdgeNVRTemplate ServerName YYYY MM DDT00_00 xml VideoEdgeNVR Template linux adnvr 2012 03 26T14_02 xml End Import a Template File You can import NVR configuration settings saved as a template When you are configuring a NVR for the first time you can load a saved template file which will configure the NVR with the settings in the file When applying a template file to an NVR that is already configured the settings on the NVR will update with the settings saved in the template file If there are camera configuration settings in the template to be imported the relevant cameras must be connected to the NVR Procedure 6 20 Importing a Template File Step 1 2 oa A O Action Select System from the main menu Select Templates The Save Template tab displays Select the Load Template tab Click Browse Navigate to the template file you want to import Select the file and click Open The filepath of the template file appears in the Template File field Click Apply Template No
147. from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List opens Select the Text List tab Select the checkbox of the Text device you want to edit a marker for 5 Click b The Rules Markers page opens 6 Select the checkbox of the Marker you want to edit 7 Select gH The Marker Definitions Window Opens 8 Edit the marker Name 9 Edit the Beginning Marker 10 Click Apply End Procedure 3 17 Removing a Rule or Marker from a Text Device Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List opens Select the Text List tab Select the checkbox of the Text device you want to remove a rule marker from 5 Click Th The Rules Markers page opens 6 Select the checkbox of the rule marker you want to remove 7 Click M End Grouping Rules Rules can be grouped together using the Group Rules checkbox for both Text Stream alarms and searches Grouping rules creates an AND logic so that all the grouped rules must be satisfied When the Group Rules checkbox is Q American Dynamics 44 selected it applies to all rules that have been added to the alarm or search definition Rules that have been disabled will not need to be satisfied Note When the Group Rules checkbox is applied the individual rules will not display in the Alarm Rule dropdown of an events form in the VideoEdge Client The only selectable option available will be All Procedure 3 18 Grouping Rules Step Action Select De
148. g statuses are activated at night or during non working hours This provides additional coverage during times when staff are not normally available e Use staff to help identify regions of interest to monitor based on their observations for example of missing merchandise or missing fixtures Video Intelligence alarms can therefore be configured to monitor areas of potential activity e Use searches frequently and watch activity leading up to an alarm being triggered This may give an indication of suspicious activity and other areas to monitor e Tune your alarms regularly to ensure the alarms reflect changes to the environment for example objects being rearranged or replaced Monitoring these changes and re tuning your alarms will ensure maximum effectiveness of the Video Intelligence alarms and searches e Use the new information that Video Intelligence provides to learn and adapt Use it to implement changes that will improve surveillance and reduce losses for example eliminate blind spots make staff aware of suspicious behavior or re design the environment and alarms Creating a Video Intelligence Camera Alarm To create a Video Intelligence camera alarm you must have Video Intelligence enabled on the camera Note If you try to create a Video Intelligence alarm for a camera without Motion Detection or Video Intelligence enabled you will be prompted to edit the camera settings Procedure 3 47 Creating a Video Intelligence Camera A
149. gate to and select the NVR backup file VideoC onfBackup xxxxxxXxxxxx Zip Note You must use the zip file and not an individual sub file 21 Click Upload Backup 22 You will be prompted for media recovery click Yes Media recovery will take approximately 1 minute per 90 100GB of Storage Status messages will display informing you of current progress 23 Once complete verify that all configuration parameters are correct End Q American Dynamics 235 AF AL DZ AS AD AO Al AQ AG AR AM AW AU AT BS BH BD BB BY BE BZ BJ BM BT BO BQ BA BW BV BR BN BG BF BI KH CM CA CV KY CF TD CL CN CX CC CO Q American Dynamics Appendix B ISO 3166 Country Codes AFGHANISTAN LAND ISLANDS ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANGUILLA ANTARCTICA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BHUTAN BOLIVIA PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BONAIRE SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BOUVET ISLAND BRAZIL BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CAYMAN ISLANDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA CHRISTMAS ISLAND COCOS KEELING ISLANDS COLOMBIA 236 KM CG CD CK CR CI HR CU CW cY cz DK DJ DM DO EC EG SV GQ ER
150. ge Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 8 17 Editing Settings for the Log FTP Server Step Action 1 Select Advanced 2 Select Logs 3 Select the FTP Log Management tab The FTP Log Management page opens 4 Select Edit 5 Select the Enabled option button to enable Event Log upload to the FTP Server 6 Enter the IP Address in the FTP Server field 7 Enter the username in the FTP User field 8 Enter the directory in the FTP Directory field 9 Enter the password in the FTP Password field 10 Enter the password again in the Confirm Password field 11 Click Save Note When FTP Log upload is enabled a Test Upload button displays This button can be used to verify the FTP server settings A successful upload test will create a test file on the specified location of the FTP Server End Q American Dynamics 206 Event Logs The Event Logs page is used primarily by American Dynamics technical support for troubleshooting The Event Log shows informational and error related events that have occurred on the NVR system When the Event Log is full the file is rotated all entries are cleared and a new Event Log is started The Event Log page provides a filter feature You can filter by the following criteria Emergency Critical Error Warning Info and Filter Text Figure 8 10 Event Logs Page VIDEOQEDGE VIDEOEDGE
151. ge has been made 5 The WAN and LAN Bitrate Caps can be set to either a predefined value from the dropdown menus or alternatively a custom value can be entered in the field To use a predefined value open the dropdown select the desired predefined value from the list Or a To use a custom value select Custom from the dropdown The custom entry field displays b To edit the bitrate cap value select the current value Update the bitrate cap value as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a change has been made Note The custom value must be entered in kbps For example to enter a value of 5 5Mbps you would type a value of 5500 6 Optional Select the Allow frame drop to local LAN clients to apply bandwidth throttling to devices sharing the same local network 7 Click E Confirmation messages display End Allow Any Throttle Type Any overloaded network or set caps on the NVR client will allow the NVR to adapt the streams accordingly by either transcoding transcoding and framedropping on the transcoded stream and if all the transcode resources are used framedrop will be invoked only If any of the above should fail then best effort streaming will occur Procedure 7 20 Selecting Allow Any Throttle Type Step Action Select Network 2 Select Dynamic Bandwidth The Dynamic Bandwidth page opens 3 Click the Allow any throttle type option button The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow
152. han one NVR is behind the NAT firewall In the HTTP address typed by the user when accessing an NVR a port number can be specified for example http 70 30 22 81 80 Port 80 is normally assumed by default However if two NVRs are behind the same NAT firewall they are both exposed as the same public address so the only way to distinguish between them is by port forwarding rules at the firewall level This means that both NVRs will still listen on port 80 for HTTP requests but that publicly NVR1 might be contactable as http 70 30 22 81 80 while NVR2 is contactable as http 70 30 22 81 10080 Q American Dynamics 173 The firewall is configured to accept NVR2 requests at http 70 30 22 81 10080 and forward them to http lt NVR2 private IP gt 80 This field must be set in scenarios where multiple NVRs are situated behind the same NAT firewall In this example this field on NVR2 must be set to 10080 Note If Failover functionality is active the Failover HTTP Port will be displayed for your information It can not be edited Procedure 7 13 Editing the HTTP Port Step Action 1 Select Network 2 Select WAN Settings The WAN settings page opens 3 To edit the HTTP Port select the current value Update the HTTP Port as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A confirmation message displays Note The default HTTP Port value is 80 End Secure HTTP Port This i
153. hat no other USB drives are inserted during installation 2 The NVR boots from the CD or USB drive and the installation options menu opens Note If the NVR does not boot from the disk intercept the Boot Loader by pressing the required function key Please check your computer server function key to enter Boot Loader Then select the required drive and press Enter 3 From the installations option menu select Install Restore VideoEdge NVR Release 4 5 0 and press Enter Note After approximately 20 seconds the installation will automatically start in this mode A Loading Linux Kernel pop up displays followed by a series of boot messages This process may take several minutes Note The VideoEdge NVR software will install the minimum required Linux Operating System to run the NVR The NVR software is installed as an appliance 4 Read and Accept the license agreement by selecting Next and selecting Yes The self installer will initiate progress will be displayed during installation 5 Once self installer has completed and Reboot NVR when prompted 6 Remove installable media 7 When the GRUB screen displays ensure VideoEdge is selected and press Enter The VideoEdge desktop will load 8 Enter your Username Default Username VideoEdge 9 Select Log in 10 Enter your Password Default Password VEclient 11 Select Log in The NVR Setup Installer Wizard will be launched Refer to the VideoEdge Setup Wizard section above for fur
154. he Expert Partitioner Summary displays a list of the changes that will be made to the NVR partitions w Click Finish The Perform Installation page opens and the disk partition for the new storage device is created Q American Dynamics 114 14 Configure the NVR to allow the new disk to be used for storage a Open a web browser b Enter the IP address of the NVR into the URL field The NVR login dialog box opens c Enter the Administrators User name and Password User name admin Default Password VIDEO edge23 d Select Storage from the main menu e Select Basic The Basic Storage Configuration page opens f Locate the new storage device in the summary table and select the checkbox in the storage device record g Click Add to Storage 15 The connection and configuration of an iSCSI storage device is complete The iSCSI storage device can now be used to store media from the NVR End Q American Dynamics 115 Archive Overview The NVR s Archiving feature allows you to save to and retrieve video from long term storage in the form of a dedicated Network Attached Storage NAS Note Network Attached Storage devices may require pre configuration before they can be used for archiving tasks Refer to your products Installation and User Manual for more information The Archive menu allows you to add and configure Archive destinations apply global settings select video devices for archiving and view outstanding archiving operatio
155. he NVR Interface and access the required configuration settings use the menu and sub menus down the left of the page Q American Dynamics 21 The menu is divided into several main areas e Live Video web only e Devices e Storage Archive System e Network Advanced Logout web only Each menu is further divided into sub menus for easy navigation to the required configuration settings Live Video Menu The Live Video menu item is only available through the web NVR Administration interface This section has sub menus 1 Camera View Allows you to view and edit configuration for a single camera connected to the NVR 2x2 Camera View Allows you to view and edit configuration for up to 4 cameras simultaneously that are connected to the NVR Devices Menu The Devices menu has sub menu items List From here you can view a list of all devices connected to the NVR and view a summary of their configuration status You can add and remove devices or edit batch edit cameras configuration settings Alarms You can create camera alarms these may be for specific regions of a cameras view You can also select different types of alarm trigger for example Motion Detection or Video Intelligence e Schedules The scheduler allows you to specify the recording mode including no recording that is active at scheduled times during the day e Security The security page allows you to create and maintain camera password g
156. he activity area of motion must move in order to trigger the alarm If you select ANY it will trigger an alarm for movement in any direction Select Save End Editing a Motion Detection Camera Alarm You can make changes to camera alarm settings if required for example you can change the region of interest the percentage of the region of interest that requires activity present the duration of activity or the direction of movement Q American Dynamics 69 Procedure 3 44 Editing a Motion Detection Camera Alarm Step 1 2 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select Alarms The Alarms tab displays Select Edit for the camera alarm you want to edit Use the drawing tools to edit the Motion Detection region of interest in the Camera Alarm Configuration drawing window Use the Size slider to edit he percentage of the region of interest with activity present for the alarm to be triggered The higher the percentage of the region of interest selected the lower the number of motion detection results triggered for the alarm A setting of 0 will trigger an alarm for any size motion Edit the Duration secs that there is sustained activity in the region of interest before the alarm is triggered You can enter values between 0 default and 600 A value of 0 seconds will trigger an alarm for motion of any duration Edit the Direction by selecting a different direction from the dropdown The direction is the center of
157. he device is added 9 Click After each device is added device s are displayed in the Video Audio List tab End Procedure 3 64 Changing the IP Address Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Click Discovery The Discovered Devices tab automatically displays all discovered devices Click Change IP 4 Select Use DCHP or Specify an IP address If you selected Specify an IP address enter the new IP Address Q American Dynamics 88 Note Some cameras require a reboot to apply the new IP configuration Within the Change IP screen you can click refresh to check when the camera advertises itself with the new IP configuration 6 Crick E End Scan for Devices Some cameras do not support standard discovery protocols To discover these cameras you can use NVR to perform a manual network scan for devices The Scan for Devices tab allows you to manually initiate a scan on a specific network interface for cameras Procedure 3 65 Scan for Devices Manually Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Click Discovery The Discovered Devices tab automatically displays all discovered devices Select the Scan for Devices tab Select the Security Group from the dropdown Select the LAN Interface from the dropdown Optional Select the Specify IP Address Range checkbox Enter the IP Address Range Click Start Scan Once discovered you can now add devices to the NVR add to a security group and
158. he warranty set forth in this EULA This EULA is governed by the laws of the State of New York without regards to its conflicts of law principles The parties hereby irrevocably agree that they submit themselves to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of New York for purposes of resolving any and all disputes arising under or related to these terms and conditions The parties specifically exclude the application of the provisions of the United Nations Con vention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Q American Dynamics 245
159. hich can be added to the NVR Multiple devices can be added to the NVR until the number of video licenses on the NVR is exceeded Video devices will be added with a default recording status of Record Always To discover devices the NVR uses standard discovery protocols such as MDNS UPnP SSDP and Onvif WS Discovery The NVR will discover video devices on the network that have these standard protocols enabled The NVR discovery feature supports changing the IP addresses of AD cameras By default the NVR will discover video devices using the device manufacturer s default username and password If video devices are configured with another username and password then Security Groups can be configured on the NVR to allow for those devices to be discovered NVR Discovery By default the NVR advertises itself on the network via UPnP SSDP This feature allows the Victor client to discover VideoEdge recorders Figure 3 6 Discovery Tab VIDEOEDGE Live vipeoence4s G Discovered Devices Scan for Devices e Vide v Devices U b All LAN Interfaces V Filter ie Auto Discovery Enabled Disabled Inputs shown 8 Total 8 Available camera licenses 12 Total 16 Gear Table Alarms Available device inputs 7 Total 16 Device Add Options a Default Associations Z Security Security Group As Discovered v Show 50 X inputs 1of1 I O mo Camera_2 127 0 0 1 2 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Chan
160. hot column for the device of interest Clicking the U icon to will cause the NVR to probe for new devices and list all discovered devices Q American Dynamics 87 Clear Table Clicking Clear Table will cause the NVR to clear the list of discovered devices and begin discovering devices again For example clearing the list of discovered devices can be useful if user accounts are changed on the video device or the number of encoder inputs are changed on the video device After the list of discovered devices is cleared the NVR will re discover devices with the new user account and learn the new encoder configuration Procedure 3 63 Add a Device using Auto Discovery Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Discovery The Discovered Devices tab automatically displays all discovered devices Optional Use the Show inputs dropdown to display more results per page Select the checkbox es for the device s you want to add to the NVR from the Discovered device list Optional De select the Default Associations checkbox if video audio association is not required ona A OQ Optional Select the Security Group from the dropdown if device should be added with a specific security group Note This may be appropriate if the device supports more than one user account or security level 7 Select the device rows to be added to the NVR 8 Optional Edit the Device Name The new device name will be applied when t
161. iber RAID Storage FRS FES Fiber RAID Storage is an NVR extended storage device acting as a Fiber Direct Attached Storage DAS or iSCSI device As a Fiber device a Fiber Host Bus Adapter HBA must be installed in the NVR and uses Fiber Optic cable connection As an iSCSI device 3rd Gigabit Ethernet NIC must be installed in the NVR and uses CAT 5e 6 Ethernet connection This is already installed in the NVR servers Second Generation American Dynamics iSCSI and Fiber RAID Storage The second generation American Dynamics iSCSI and Fiber RAID Storage solutions are designed for high performance recording devices They are secure and highly scalable storage solutions that provide SAN storage for virtually any network and application The new Rack Mount models are available in a variety of configurations and capacities There are iSCSI RAID 4Gb Fiber RAID and Expansion models which have been uniquely designed to utilize the same 3U chassis These storage solutions come standard with redundant power supplies and fans and nearly every component is hot swappable including sixteen lockable hot swap drives An optional battery backup module is also available for the iSCSI and Fiber RAID units Q American Dynamics 108 Storage Strategy for FRS FES RAID Device Recommendations The FRS FES supports a maximum of eight 8 Disk Groups aka RAID sets Each Disk Group can be carved up into one or more Virtual Disks aka Volumes or LU
162. ice where recorded media Media Folder will be stored Size GB The total size of the storage device in GB Enabling Media Folders for Storage If there are devices available in the basic storage configuration table media cannot be recorded to these devices until the corresponding media folder s are enabled for storage By default when a device is added to the NVR the media folder is NOT enabled for storage You must enable the media folders for storage in order to store media Q American Dynamics 93 Procedure 4 1 Enabling a Media Folder to be Used for Storage Step Action 1 Select the Storage menu 2 Select Basic The Basic tab displays 3 Select the checkbox for the media folder you want to use for storage and click Add To Storage Or a Select in the media folder record you want to use for storage in the Use For Storage field select the dropdown arrow click the Enable indicator then select i The Use For Storage indicator turns green indicating that the media folder is to be used for storage Note If there has been media already stored in the folder a pop up window will open asking Do you wish to delete all previously recorded media from this folder Click Yes or No as required End Disabling Storage Media Folders If you need to remove a media folder from storage you must disable it When a media folder is removed from storage the recorded media in the folder is not removed by default You ar
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164. iguration are three system partitions in addition to the media storage partitions The system partitions are needed for regular operation of the NVR s operating system The required system partitions that need to be created are outlined in the table below Each partition size in the table is the recommended minimum value Q American Dynamics 230 Note When the Linux system starts it scans the hardware for all system devices When it finds disks and partitions it assigns them unique names Linux does not follow DOS or Windows XP style partition or drive naming convention SUSE Linux uses a combination of bus type and alphanumeric suffixes The next part of the naming convention is an alphabetic designation for each physical drive as an example the primary drive of a system using SCSI drives would be sda The secondary physical SCSI drive naming prefix would be sdb Tertiary physical drive would be sdc and so on As mentioned above the next part of the naming convention is a numerical suffix that denotes the partition Each hard drive has a limit of 4 primary partitions For example the primary SCSI drive of a system with four partitions would be named as follows sda1 sda2 sda3 and sda4 As an example of the naming convention for the secondary drive it would be as follows sdb1 sdb2 etc One primary partition per drive can be assigned as an extended partition containing as many logical partitions as you require Table 9 1 Default Partitions
165. ilover Mode Step Action 1 Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens 3 Click Terminate Failover The secondary NVR returns to monitoring the server monitoring list End Starting and Stopping Server Monitoring Monitoring of primary NVRs which have been added to the secondary NVR s server monitoring list can be started and stopped using the Failover Page Procedure 8 5 Starting and Stopping Server Monitoring Step Action Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens Select the checkbox of the primary NVR s that you want to start or stop monitoring 4 Click Monitor Server s to start monitoring the selected primary NVR s Or Click Stop Monitoring Server s to stop monitoring the selected primary NVR s End Editing Primary NVR Monitoring Settings in the Server Monitoring List Primary NVR monitoring settings can be edited in the server monitoring list on the Failover page Q American Dynamics 189 Procedure 8 6 Editing Primary NVR Monitoring Settings in the Server Monitoring List Step Action 1 Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens 3 Click Edit An editing form opens 4 Enter details of the primary NVR you want the secondary NVR to monitor a Enterthe server s IP Address into the Server field b Entera Virtual IP address for the server Note If you change the Virtual IP address
166. in the alarms table to allow camera based search based on this metadata in victor unified client Note Face and Motion Detection metadata will be recorded if the camera recording status is set to one of the three recording modes Enabling Disabling an Edge Based Camera Alarm You can enable a camera alarm from the Alarms page Before enabling the alarm you must ensure all alarm parameters are configured on the camera using the camera s interface When a edge based camera alarm is not Q American Dynamics 76 needed at present but will be needed in the future the alarm can be disabled The alarm configuration remains the same on the camera for when it is enabled again Procedure 3 51 Enabling Disabling Edge Based Camera Alarms and Metadata Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Alarms The Alarms tab is displayed Select the alarm metadata record you want to enable disable Click Edit To enable a camera alarm select the Enabled option button Or To disable a camera alarm select the Disabled option button 6 Click Save End Sensors Dry Contact Sensors can be added to the NVR as stand alone devices Sensors can be configured to drive an action such as camera recording or driving a PTZ to preset Note Before adding a sensor you must enable dry contact sensors Procedure 3 52 Adding a Sensor Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Alarms The Alarms tab is displayed 3 Sel
167. indicating a change has been made Q American Dynamics 180 The Traffic Smoothing fields display The LAN and WAN Bitrate Cap dropdowns display The Transcode Limit Dropdown displays 4 To edit the Client and Stream fields select the current values Update the Client and Stream values as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a change has been made 5 The WAN and LAN Bitrate Caps can be set to either a predefined value from the dropdown menus or alternatively a custom value can be entered in the field To use a predefined value open the dropdown select the desired predefined value from the list Or a To use a custom value select Custom from the dropdown The custom entry field displays b To edit the bitrate cap value select the current values Update the bitrate cap value as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a change has been made Note The custom value must be entered in kbps For example to enter a value of 5 5Mbps you would type a value of 5500 6 Optional Select the Allow frame drop to local LAN clients to apply bandwidth throttling to devices sharing the same local network 7 From the Transcode Limit dropdown select the number of streams desired 8 Click E Confirmation messages display End Q American Dynamics 181 Advanced Advanced Menu Overview The Advanced Menu allows you to configure view the NVR s advanced system settings and information including
168. ired to delete the Text Device and add re add In this instance the association with recorded text data will be lost Q American Dynamics 63 Procedure 3 42 Replacing an IP Text Device Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List Select the Text List tab Click in the record of the device you want to replace Enter the Port number being used by the new device Click Apply The new device will now occupy this device slot End Replacing Multi Channel Encoders Multi channel encoders are perceived by the NVR as multiple devices for example an eight channel encoder will occupy eight slots in the device list The device replacement feature allows you to perform individual channel replacement or an encoder for encoder swap Replacing an encoder channel with and IP device Analog devices connected via a multi channel encoder can be replaced on a one to one basis with IP device This provides flexibility to upgrade or replace devices gradually without having to request a new license The process of replacing an encoder channel with an IP device is the same as standard device replacement Replacing a channel on one encoder with a channel from another You can replace the channels on one encoder with the channels from another For example if you change the IP address of the device slot occupied to channel 3 of encoder 1 to the IP address of encoder 2 channel 3 of encoder 2 will now occupy the slot in the device
169. ist tab 7 Click Continue to advance to the next page Note For further information on Camera and Device Discovery refer to Discovery for further information End System Security System Password Tab The System Password tab allows you to change the root password for the NVR A Caution It is highly recommended for security reasons that you change the root password Note For security reasons the System Password page must run under HTTPS Q American Dynamics 14 Figure 1 7 System Password Tab viewed in HTTP VIDEOEDGE45 System Password Preparation AEG You are currently viewing this page under HTTP Please press the Change to HTTPS button to run the page under HTTPS or the Back button to return to the previous page Spem In order to set the system root password you will be taken to a secure page HTTPS If a security warning message appears it may be because you have not yet v General upgraded the default NVR SSL certificate or because you have installed a certificate that is not trusted You can review the current certificate settings on the System Security Configuration tab after the wizard has completed Network L Change to HTTPS Back v LAN Interface Devices w Discovery System Security System Password Finish Congratulations Procedure 1 9 Changing the System Password Step Action 1 Click Change to HTTPS A browser warning page displays to state there is a problem with th
170. it c Click Attach d Select the virtual disk from the VD dropdown list e Select the LUN from the LUN dropdown list f Click Confirm The Virtual Disk is assigned to the LUN and appears in the Logical unit summary table g Repeat Steps c to f to assign all the required Virtual Disks toa LUN 10 Configure the Network Settings on the NVR a Login to the NVR desktop as the Root user b Select Computer c Select YaST from the System menu d The Control Center opens e Select Network Settings from the Network Devices section The Initializing Network Configuration window displays momentarily and the Network Settings page opens f Select the Overview tab g Select the storage network card h Click Edit i Select the Statically assigned IP Address option button j Enterthe IP Address k Enter the Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Enter the Hostname m Click Next n Click OK o Close the Network Settings window 11 Test the network connection between the NVR and the iSCSI storage device a Double click GNOME Terminal on the desktop Q American Dynamics 112 The Terminal window opens b Type ping followed by the IP address of the storage device for example ping 192 168 8 1 Press Enter in EA is unsuccessful a Destination Host Unreachable message is displayed Check the connections and network settings and retry c Close the Terminal window 12 Connect the storage device using the iSCSI initiator a Inthe Control Center enter iSCSI into
171. it securely 2 3 4 Re enter the password in the Confirm Password field Click Next If the system does not recognize the password as secure a message opens Click Yes to confirm the use of the weak password and continue or click No to change the password A secure password should contain both upper and lower case letters numbers and special characters Note If the passwords entered into the Password and Confirm Password fields do not match a message opens Re enter the passwords to continue Create an operator user account a Enter the User s Full Name b Entera Username Note A name is suggested depending on the User s Full Name c Enter a Password d Re enter the password in the Confirm Password field e Click Next Note 1 If the system does not recognize the password as secure a message opens Click Yes to confirm the use of the weak password and continue or click No to change the password secure password should contain both upper and lower case letters numbers and special characters 2 If the passwords entered into the Password and Confirm Password fields do not match a message opens Re enter the passwords to continue Or If you do not want to create an operator user account Q American Dynamics 7 a Leave the User s Full Name Username Password and Confirm Password fields empty b Click Next A message opens stating Empty User Login and asking for confirmation to Leave it empty
172. k OK End Logging Out of RDP Remote Desktop When using RDP remote desktop it is important to logout correctly Failure to do so will leave a high CPU process running on the NVR which will affect performance Procedure 9 2 Logging Out of RDP Remote Desktop Step Action 1 Click Computer 2 Select Logout A popup window opens Q American Dynamics 228 Figure 9 2 Logout Icon i Documents Places System Favorite Applications Help g Firefox Nautilus SAST Web Browser File Browser amp Install Remove Software Recent Applications Bb Logout E GNOME Terminal iSCSI Initiator B Shutdown Command Line Ter Configure an iSCSI i m Hostnames 9 Emacs Assign hostnames WW Text Editor Status A Network Settings E System Monitor LN Configure network c Home 4 5G Free 7 9G Network Wired More Applications Using ethernet etho Computer 3 Select Log Out Remote Desktop window closes Figure 9 3 Logout Popup Log Out of the Session Log Out Ends your session and logs you out Switch User Suspends your session allowing another user to log in and use the computer You are currently logged in as root You will be automatically logged out in 60 seconds Help cancel 4 Select to close the Remote Desktop Connection application End VNC Remote Desktop The following procedures will allow you to log on
173. l media folders already configured to be used by the NVR from the NVR configuration Note If a storage set contains only media folders from the device you want to edit media partition configurations on you must move camera recording to other storage sets first NVR Services should also be stopped prior to changing partition configurations on devices that have already been added to the NVR Procedure 9 6 Editing Media Partitions Step Action 1 Select Computer from the NVR desktop 2 Select YaST from the System menu The Control Center opens Select Partitioner from the System menu 4 A warning message opens Click Yes to continue The Expert Partitioner page opens 5 Select the disk containing the media partitions you want to edit from the system view tree 6 To edit the size of a partition a Select the partition in the table and click Resize b Select either Maximum Size Minimum Size or Custom Size and enter the required partition size c Click OK Or To add a new partition a Click Add b Select either Primary Partition or Extended Partition c Select the partition size Select either Maximum Size Minimum Size or Custom Size and enter the required partition size If preferred you can choose an allocated region of the disk by entering a Start Cylinder and an End Cylinder d Select Next e If you are creating an extended partition continue to step n otherwise continue to step f f Click the Format Partition option button g
174. l then attempt to use the general ONVIF communications protocol to communicate with the camera If the camera supports ONVIF you will be able to access one or more of the camera features for example video audio PTZ dry contact events You can determine which communication method has been employed by the NVR from the device list When you add an encoder to the NVR all cameras associated with this encoder will have the same IP address As a result these cameras must be assigned to the same password group and have the same dry contact settings If you edit either the password group or the dry contact settings for one camera associated with the encoder these settings will be updated for all cameras Procedure 3 4 Manually Adding an IP Device Step Action Select the Devices menu 2 Select List The Video List tab displays Click O Enter the Device Name Enter the Device IP Address of the device O oa A O Select the Security Group from the Security Group dropdown Note The Security Group will usually be set by default The NVR will use the manufacturer s default password to connect to the camera However if you have changed the password for this camera you need to assign the camera to the appropriate password group or create a new password group 7 Click Apply 8 Optional De select the Add All Inputs on Device checkbox if you do not want to add all inputs on a device 9 Optional De select the Default Associations ch
175. larm Step Action Select Devices in the main menu 2 Select Alarms The Alarms tab is displayed Select the camera for which you want to create a Video Intelligence alarm from the Select Video dropdown 4 Click Add Note If the Add button is not available you do not have Motion Detection or Video Intelligence enabled on the camera Q American Dynamics 72 5 If required you can update the Current Record Status For Video Intelligence alarms to be enabled you must select either Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On 6 Enter an alarm Name max 50 characters Note Use a descriptive name that will make the alarm easy to identify 7 Select the Video Intelligence Type from the dropdown a Object Detection Used to detect people or objects moving into a region of interest This alarm is similar to a motion alarm but only detects people or objects the first time they enter the region of interest A sep arate event is generated for each object that enters the region even if the objects move into the region at the same time unlike motion detection that generates one event b Abandoned Removed Used to find changes to the background of a scene in a region of interest for example use it to detect when a stationary object was placed moved or removed Draw the region of interest that contains all of the area you want to search for changes c Direction Used to detect objects moving in a certain direction through
176. le group when needed This procedure describes how to edit cameras assigned to a specific schedule group Procedure 3 58 Editing the Cameras Assigned to a Schedule Group Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Scheduler The Schedules tab displays Select the Group Editor tab 4 Select the group you want to edit from the dropdown 5 Select the required camera s checkbox es and use the and arrows to move cameras between the All other Cameras list and the This group list until the cameras you want to be assigned to the selected recording group are in the This group list 6 Click E End Remove a Schedule Group You can remove unwanted schedule groups when they are no longer needed Note If you remove a schedule the cameras in this schedule will be assigned back to the default scheduler group Q American Dynamics 82 Procedure 3 59 Removing a Schedule Group Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Scheduler The Schedules page opens 3 Select the checkbox in the group record s that you want to delete 4 Select i f The group is removed from the Schedule groups table End Q American Dynamics 83 Security When an IP camera is added to a NVR the server uses the manufacturer s default communication and security settings to communicate with the camera Administrators can change the default settings however when these are changed the NVR can no longer communicate with the
177. led storage devices their media folders and cameras assigned to it see Figure 6 1 Basic Storage Configuration A Media Folder is a location on a device where media can be recorded to Media stored in these folders can include video audio and analytic media You can only have one media folder per storage device You can choose which media folders on devices are to be used for storage Video from the cameras assigned to a particular storage set will record to the media folders on the storage devices that are assigned to the same storage set You can easily create additional storage sets and configure them as required to optimize the disk performance as media can be recorded to storage sets in parallel Each storage set must have at least one assigned media folder for storage You can assign multiple media folders and cameras to a storage set It is recommended that you assign no more than 32 devices or cameras to a particular storage set Verifying Storage Devices The Virtual Disks aka LUNs or Volumes may have all been detected by the NVR but not necessarily configured for usage by the NVR Ensure that your devices are listed in the Devices list on the Basic Storage Configuration page Q American Dynamics 91 before moving on to the next section If any expected storage is missing from the Basic Storage Configuration page then it is either physically disconnected the storage device is not recognized due to improper configuration or lack o
178. lligence The Function amp Streams page opens 4 Select None from the Video Analysis dropdown 5 Crick E End Video Intelligence The NVR provides server based Video Intelligence for all cameras Video Intelligence is a licenced add on for the NVR Hardware based camera based Video Intelligence is not supported by the NVR The NVR supports two Video Intelligence features e Video Intelligence Search or victor client can search recorded video for a specific type of event e Video Intelligence Alerts you can define Video Intelligence settings that can be used to set up Video Intelligence rules There are several types of Video Intelligence rules available These include Object Detection Used to detect people or objects moving into a region of interest This search is similar to a motion search but only detects people or objects on entry of the region of interest i e they will not be continuously detected if they remain within the region of interest If the object leaves the camera view and returns the search will detect them again A separate event is generated for each object that enters the region even if the objects move into the region at the same time unlike motion detection that generates one event e Object Direction Used to detect objects moving in a certain direction through a region of interest for example a car travelling the wrong way on a road e Object Linger Used to detect objects lingering
179. low the Failover NVR to communicate with the cameras User account information is not transferred therefore the primary and secondary NVRs must share the same username and password Failover monitoring resumes only after the damaged primary NVR is repaired or replaced and the secondary NVR is returned to normal monitoring operation Failover must be terminated manually using the secondary NVR s Administration Interface to return it to normal monitoring operation Note 1 The secondary NVR is intended to act as a redundant standby for the NVRs it monitors The secondary NVR is not intended to manage cameras on its own because these cameras would no longer be accessible when the secondary NVR takes over for a failed primary NVR Any camera configuration changes you have made whilst the secondary NVR has taken over the primary NVR s services will be lost when failover is terminated Camera configuration is not synced back from the secondary NVR to primary NVR 2 During Failover the archiving configuration on the primary NVR will not be assumed by the secondary NVR Media recorded to a secondary NVR can be archived if you configure archiving on the secondary NVR How Failover is Initiated When Failover is configured the secondary NVR polls the primary NVR at the configured polling interval over the camera network There are three possible responses from the primary NVR The secondary NVR does not receive a reply from the NVR This could occu
180. lt meaning they have no Lockout Policy configured Q American Dynamics 140 Figure 6 3 Roles tab VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Users Roles Devices Filter se E ROLENAME LOCKOUT POLICY RETRY LIMIT SEE DEY AUTO LOGOUT aE edl MINUTES INTERVAL MINUTES Archive _ admin None fad System operator None fad General ES a support Lockout 3 Licensing O viewer1 None A Templates viewer2 None o Backup Restore ra viewer3 None Update Software Serial Protocols Security Configuration Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Editing the Lockout Policy and enabling Auto Logout The Lockout Policy for the default user roles can be edited at any time using the Roles page You can also enable auto logout for each role Procedure 6 10 Editing the Lockout Policy and Auto Logout Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users and Roles The Users tab displays 3 Select the Roles tab The Roles tab displays 4 Select lad in the user role you want to edit 5 Select Lockout from the Lockout Policy dropdown Enter the number of failed password attempts in the Retry Limit field that are required for the account to lockout Minimum 1 maximum 50 Or Select Delay from the Lockout Policy dropdown Enter the number of failed password attempts in the Retry Limit field that are required to initiate a delay before the user can re attempt to enter their credentials
181. ly relate to issues that were detected during the queuing of the request Automatic archiving is configured using the NVR Administration Interface and allows you to archive video from selected cameras during scheduled times of the day Scheduling times are set in one hour periods throughout the day Monday through to Sunday Video is written to the archive in defined periods of archive availability allowing you to manage CPU load on your NVR Should archiving fall behind an alarm is generated Video is archived ina Common Internet File System or CIFS also known as Server Message Block or SMB file structure organized by camera and date and written in an open format allowing playback in 3rd party media players Additional configuration data such as credentials domain and server IP Addresses are entered using the NVR Administration Interface Q American Dynamics 116 Archives Archive Destinations Adding an Archiving destination is carried out using the Archive menu item in the NVR Administration Interface Multiple Archive Destinations can be added to the NVR When an Archive Destination is added it is listed in the Archives Table Figure 5 1 Archives Page VIDEOQEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Archives Devices nes I Archive 1 B 2 Archives Settings Archive 2 B p Archive Scheduler O Ardive3 8 2 Device List Jobs i System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout The NVR will write to the selected Ar
182. m Recording Always With Alarm On If the scheduler is enabled you cannot change the device recording state and the icon is displayed in the field 2 Indicates the device s associations hover the cursor to display information The following devices can be associated W4 Video The audio codec The current volume The current bitrate Procedure 3 9 Editing Audio Settings Step 1 2 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select List The Video List tab displays Select the Audio List tab Select P in the audio record for which you want to edit a audio list setting The fields that you can update are ready to edit Make the required changes to Name Use this field to update the name of the audio device Enabled Use the Enabled dropdown to enable or disable audio IP Address Use this field to update the IP address of the audio device Rec Use this to update the camera recording state You can choose Recording Off or Recording Always Note To update a audio device s recording state you must ensure the device recording scheduler is disabled Codec Use the dropdown to select the codec when available Q American Dynamics 38 Note Volume Bitrate Use the dropdown to select the bitrate when available Note 6 Crick E End Text List Text devices can be added to the NVR either via serial or IP connections Text devices provide a tex
183. m Q American Dynamics 217 4 Select lad 5 Select the checkbox next to the address you want to remove Figure 8 15 Deleting Email Addresses from a Recipient List ALERT CATEGORY RECIPIENT LIST ENABLED A example1 tyco com Sa E example2 tyco com OYes No add Test E example3 tyco com Archive Alerts 6 Select LE The page refreshes and the address is removed from the recipient list End Alert Logs The Alert Logs page displays a list of email alerts which have been sent by the NVR Each entry includes the recipient email address alert type and information sent with the time and date the alert occurred Procedure 8 31 Displaying the Email Alerts Log Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Email Alerts Select the Alert Logs tab The Alert Logs page opens End Clearing the Alert Logs Page All email alerts can be cleared from the Alert Logs page Procedure 8 32 Clearing the Alert Logs Page Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Email Alerts Select the Alert Logs tab The Alert Logs page opens 4 Click Clear Logs End Q American Dynamics 218 Ping The Ping page allows you to verify the operation and confirm communication with cameras and devices on the NVR s network s VIDEOEDGE Figure 8 16 Ping Page Live Video Devices Storage Archive System Network v Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Image Detection Email Al
184. m the same Disk Group to different storage sets If this is done there is a high probability that continuous disk thrashing will cause the storage device to lock up and cause undesirable results to the NVR Calculating Storage Requirements You need to have enough storage space to fulfill your video recording requirements without data being culled unnecessarily To ensure you do have enough storage it is important to carefully calculate your storage requirements Procedure 4 9 Calculating Storage Requirements Step Action 1 Determine the quantity of Edge Devices and Anticipated Settings Make Model Codec Rez FPS Compress Activity Record Hours 2 Calculate the Data Rate for each device using Vendor Calculators For example AD http www americandynamics net calculators calc 40 VideoEdge IP Encoder htmi Q American Dynamics 107 Axis http www axis com products video design_tool calculator htm e Sony http pro sony com bbsccms ext cat camsec cameraCalc3 HTML NTSC_Cal culator html 3 Enter the required information into the NVR Storage Requirement Calculator http www americandynamics net calculators Calc_NVR_Storage_Requirement html 4 The calculator output provides the Total Storage for All Cameras and the Total Bandwidth for All Cameras You may need to lower the camera count per NVR to meet network and storage requirements when dealing with many cameras large resolution or retention End Overview of AD F
185. me The NVR will recognize this as 1 storage device that can be used for storage Alternatively you can create 10 2TB logical partitions The NVR will recognize this as 10 storage devices that can be used for storage NVR 4 2 1 Migrated from 4 1 20 TB RAID set is still divided into 10 2TB logical volumes Each 2TB volume is represented as 14 storage devices The NVR will recognize this as 140 storage devices that can be used for storage e Example 2 Configuration Set up NVR 4 1 Storage configuration is performed using the NVR Administration Interface NVR 4 2 Storage configuration is performed using Linux YaST Partitioner If you want to use the XFS file system for maximum throughput additional file system options need to be configured For Internal devices you need to configure rw noatime nodiratime attr2 nobarrier noquota allocsize 4m inode64 nodelaylog For external devices including iSCSI and Fiber Optic you need to configure nofail rw noatime nodiratime attr2 nobarrier noquota allocsize 4m inode64 nodelaylog Note nobarrier should only be used on storage devices connected to disk controllers with battery backed cache Understanding Storage Sets The NVR uses a feature called Storage Sets These are groups of storage drives and cameras By default the NVR has one storage set Storage Set 1 Initially the default storage set has all detected storage devices their media folders and cameras assigned to it Q Americ
186. more devices Once you have paid the required license fees for these devices as determ ined by Tyco in its sole discretion you may install and or use one copy of such component of the Software on each of the devices as licensed by Tyco You may then use access display run or otherwise interact with use such component of the Software in connection with operating the device on which it is installed solely in the man ner set forth in any accompanying documentation or in the absence of such solely in the manner contemplated by the nature of the Software c Remotely Stored Components The Software may also include a software code component for operating one or more devices remotely You may install and or use one copy of such component of the Software on a remote stor age device on an internal network with all of the devices and may operate such component with each device over Q American Dynamics 241 the internal network solely in the manner set forth in any accompanying documentation or in the absence of such solely in the manner contemplated by the nature of the Software provided however you must still acquire the required number of licenses for each of the devices with which such component is to be operated d Embedded Software Firmware The Software may also include a software code component that is resident in a device as provided by Tyco for operating that device You may use such component of the Software solely in con nection wi
187. mple if a retry count of 2 is applied with 30 minute intervals when the NVR attempts to archive the clip and a failure to write occurs the system will wait 30 minutes and then re attempt to write the data After the second failure to write the system will not try again In this instance you will have to manually archive the data Procedure 5 9 Applying System Wide Settings Step Action Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Settings The Global Settings tab displays 3 Click the Enabled option button to enable Automatic Archiving Q American Dynamics 122 Or Click the Disabled option button to disable Automatic Archiving 4 Select the Archive Destination from the Archive Destination dropdown Click the Enabled option button to enable Archive culling Or Click the Disabled option button to disable Archive culling 6 Enter a value for the Retry count in the Retry count field 7 Enter a value for the Retry interval in the Retry interval field 8 Click Apply End Availability Archive availability schedules are user configured times when the NVR can archive video This can be used to minimize the effect of archiving on the NVR s network bandwidth disk I O and CPU resources by scheduling archiving when minimal activity is expected Procedure 5 10 Configuring an Archive Availability Schedule Step Action Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Settings The Global Settings tab displays Select the Availability tab
188. n is correctly configured 11 Optional Select the Enabled checkbox to enable the destination as the active archive 12 Click Apply End Locked and Unlocked Archives Archive Destinations can be locked or unlocked When an archive is locked it is read only and can only be used to retrieve archived video Procedure 5 4 Locking Archives in the Archives Table Step Action 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays 3 Select 6l A dialog box opens notifying that This will Lock the destination named xxxx 4 Click OK End Q American Dynamics 119 Procedure 5 5 Unlocking Archives in the Archives Table Step Action 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays TA 3 Select A dialog box opens notifying that This will unlock the destination named xxxx 4 Click OK End Enabling Disabling an Archive Destination An Archive Destination can be selected as the active destination by enabling it Alternatively an Archive Destination can be deselected as the active destination by disabling it Procedure 5 6 Enabling an Archive Destination Step Action 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays Select the checkbox in the Archives Table for the destination you want to enable 4 Click Enable Archive s End Procedure 5 7 Disabling an Archive Destination Step Action 1 Selec
189. n of multiple recording platforms over a Wide Area Network WAN Refer to the victor Configuration and User Guide for more information on configuring and using the victor site manager software The victor clients are used to monitor and configure one or more NVRs or other devices that are connected to the victor site manager network The victor client enables a user to login and access multiple NVRs from a single Graphical User Interface GUI Refer to the victor Configuration and User Guide for more information on using the victor client software Q American Dynamics 5 Installation Overview This section describes the installation and configuration process for the NVR The NVR is supplied as either 1 Hardware and Software bundle 2 Software Only bundle NVR Hardware and Software Bundle When the NVR is supplied as a pre configured hardware and software bundle the basic system settings including time and region are already applied The system will also have default partitioning already carried out including the required system partitions and some media partitions If the configured media partitions are not suitable these can be edited as required after installation for further information refer to the Storage The NVR is supplied with its NIC ethO enabled it s set to resolve a DHCP IP address or will be assigned a default static IP address of 10 10 10 10 if DHCP is not available All other NICs of the NVR will be supplied disabled The n
190. n the victor site manager database If required you can use the Reports feature in victor unified client to retrieve event information Enabling Edge Based Analytics To enable edge based analytics you need to configure settings on both the camera or encoder and the NVR Refer to the User s Guide of the edge device for information on how to enable edge based analytics on the device Once configured on the device you can enable the NVR to use edge based analytic features on the configured camera using the Device List page or the Function and Stream settings tab in the camera setup pages You need to select Edge Based in the Video Analysis field When the NVR is configured to support Edge based analytics certain Edge analytic functionality may be dependant on stream configuration Refer to camera documentation for more detail Procedure 3 31 Enabling Edge Based Analytics for a Camera Step Action 1 Ensure edge based analytics have been configured on the camera via the camera s own interface For further information refer to the camera s User Manual 2 Select Devices from the main menu 3 Select List Q American Dynamics 56 4 Click inthe camera record for which you want to configure camera settings The Function amp Streams tab is displayed Note You can also enable edge based analytics from the Device List and Batch edit tabs 5 Set the camera Record Status to a setting that supports edge based analytics Only Record on
191. namics 113 e Click the Expert dropdown list f Select Create New Partition Table from the dropdown message box opens g Select the GPT partition type h Click OK A message box opens to confirm that you are sure you want to create a new partition i Click Yes j Click Add The Add Partition window opens k Set the new partition size You can select Maximum Size Custom Size and enter a value or select Custom Region where you can choose the disk cylinders for the partition And to use a disk partition for storage it must meet the minimum storage capacity requirements 10GB Click Next m Ensure the Format partition option button is selected Select XFS from the File system dropdown menu n Select the Mount Partition option button o Enter the Mount Point for the disk de p Select the Fstab Options button q Select the Volume Label option button Enter a Volume Label in the field s Enter nofail rw noatime nodiratime attr2 nobarrier noquota allocsize 4m inode64 nodelaylog in the Arbitrary option value field Note nobarrier should only be used on storage devices connected to disk controllers with battery backed cache t Click OK Note Each Mount Point should have a unique name however it is good practice to use a folder structure naming convention for example mount point 1 data mediat mount point 2 data media2 mount point 3 data media3 etc u Click Finish v Click Next T
192. nced 2 Select Archive Statistics The Archive Statistics page opens 3 You can display hide the following items on the graphs using checkboxes Points Lines a b c Write throughput d Read throughput e Write rate per archive f Read rate per archive To zoom in click and drag on the area you want to enlarge To zoom out click Zoom out End Q American Dynamics 203 Logs The NVR tracks important types of system events You can view logs of the following e Administrative changes e Camera alerts e Changes to cameras e System events used by American Dynamics technical support The Logs page provides access to the NVRs log settings this allows you to retrieve logs edit the FTP Log Management settings filter searches for Events Logs view Camera Connection Errors Camera Logs and an Audit Trail Retrieving Logs The Retrieve Logs page provides you the ability to customize the search criteria for retrieving log files The editable criteria includes a date and time range selection options for retrieving camera logs recording pipeline descriptions camera firmware details and core files A dropdown also provides selectable maximum camera log sizes of 1Mb 5Mb 10Mb 25Mb and 50Mb The retrieved log file is in zipped format it can either be opened as a temporary folder or saved local using the Windows file download window or other OS equivalent Figure 8 8 Retrieve Logs Page VIDEOQEDGE mr vIDEOEDGE
193. nds Max Disk Latency Maximum time from queue insertion to disk write seconds Last Add Time of last added frame in this session Last Drop or Miss Time of last frame dropped missed if applicable N A indicates no frame dropped missed Table 8 5 Total Recording Statistics Calculated Kbps ofthis device for this session Pipeline Total number of frames dropped from buffer inserted into buffer but not written Total number of dropped frames across all devices percent dropped of total Dropped frames Average FPS Average FPS of all devices Aggregate Kbps Aggregate Kbps across all devices Average Kbps Average Kbps across all devices Procedure 8 14 Viewing the Video and Audio Recording Statistics Step Action 1 Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Stream Statistics The Rec Performance page opens 3 Select the Video Rec Statistics tab Q American Dynamics 201 The Video Recording Statistics page opens Or Select the Audio Rec Statistics tab The Audio Recording Statistics page opens 4 Details of these statistics are outlined in the Recording Statistics table or the Total Recording Statistics table End Q American Dynamics 202 Archive Statistics You can use the Archiving Statistics menu item to view graphical representation of the Total throughput for archiving for your NVR and the Throughput per archive destination Procedure 8 15 Viewing Archiving Statistics Step Action 1 Select Adva
194. nel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 n a oe O no Camera_3 127 0 0 1 3 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Channel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 na o No Camera 4 127 0 0 1 4 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Channel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 n a oe Oo No Camera 5 127 0 0 1 5 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Channel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 n a Advan 2 n o No Camera_6 127 0 0 1 6 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Channel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 n a Mo its one O No Camera_7 127 0 0 1 7 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Channel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 n a oe O No Camera_s 127 0 0 1 8 American Dynamics VideoEdge Hybrid 8 Channel SDK 7 10 0 13 DRIVER 7 10 0 0 FIRM 00 00 00 00 00 00 n a O Yes illustra flex 192 168 188 107 1 American Dynamics ADCI600F X002 01 39 00 0b 67 01 8b f8 etho Di scovered Devices When the discovered devices tab is selected information on all discovered devices is displayed From this tab the user add a camera change the IP address of cameras refresh the discovered device list create a security group clear the list of discovered devices and view camera snapshots Auto Discovery is enabled by default and can be disabled if required in the discovered devices tab Camera snapshots can be viewed by clicking the snapshot icon in the Snaps
195. nfiguration sub menu items are displayed b Select NIC A summary of all NICs available in the storage device are displayed c Check the values in the Link fields If the value is Up this represents that a cable is present connecting the storage device and the NVR This is the NIC you need to configure d Select the dropdown list in the Name field for the NIC with the Link field value set to Up e Select IP Settings for iSCSI ports from the dropdown list The NIC IP settings page opens f If required edit the Static Address Mask and Gateway Note If there are no DHCP settings available these fields will contain the default values Address 10 10 10 20 Mask 255 255 255 0 and Gateway blank g Click Confirm The NIC settings page closes and the NIC summary details are displayed 8 Create a Node to associate the storage NIC with an NVR port a Select Node from the iSCSI Configuration sub menu b Click Create Q American Dynamics 111 c Enter a Name for the Node d Select the type of Authentication from the dropdown list The default is None Note Select CHAP to use a password for data transfer e Select the checkbox for the required Portal This is the portal which contains the NIC IP address f Click Confirm 9 Assign the required Virtual Drives a LUN Note The Virtual Drives are pre configured on the storage device a Select Volume configuration from the iSCSI RAID Rack menu The Volume configuration menu expands b Select Logical Un
196. ng DHCP you must allocate a range of addresses for use as virtual IP addresses to ensure conflicts do not occur Recorded video on the secondary NVR is associated with the virtual IP address of the primary NVR Should the secondary NVR be required to switch to failover mode for multiple NVRs during its operation the recorded video associated with each primary NVR can be retrieved Note When the secondary NVR s available storage is depleted data culling will occur To manage storage you can configure the maximum retention for each slot that may be populated by a recording device in the event of Failover Using an NVR in Failover Mode When viewing Live Video on victor unified client from a primary NVR and the primary NVR fails the secondary NVR will automatically take over the connection to view live video The victor unified client will timeout and retry playing live video from the virtual IP address victor unified client will automatically reconnect to the camera s live video streams to view live video Note If a search and retrieve is in progress when a primary NVR fails the search will not be completed successfully Q American Dynamics 184 Events During Failover mode events will be sent from the secondary NVR on behalf of the primary NVR these events include video loss motion detection events video intelligence events dry contact events and so on These events will be displayed within victor unified client as if they have been
197. ngs can be configured for each individual camera This will determine video which is queued for archiving not when it will be written to the archive You can also apply framerate decimation using the Archive Quality dropdown and define a maximum retention period for archived video Q American Dynamics 59 Procedure 3 36 Configure Archive Settings Step 1 2 Alerts Action Select Devices from the menu Select List Click in the camera row for which you want to edit archive mode Select the Archive tab Select the Archiving disabled option button to disable archiving for the camera Or Select the Archive all video option button to archive all video for the camera Or Select the Archive only alarm video option button to archive video triggered with an alarm Select the Archiving Quality from the dropdown Select the Enabled option button to enable a Maximum Archiving Retention Period and enter the required value in the Maximum Retention Period days field Or Select the Disabled option button to disable a Maximum Archiving Retention Period Click E End The Alerts tab is where you configure Alert Pre Buffer seconds Alert Post Buffer seconds Buffer times range from 30 seconds to 300 seconds defined in 10 second intervals e Enable Disable Dry Contacts Procedure 3 37 Configuring Alert Recording Buffers Step 1 2 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select List
198. nnectivity to check the destination is correctly configured 11 Optional Select the Enabled checkbox to enable the destination as the active archive 12 Click Add End Editing Settings in the Archives Table Archive Destination settings can be edited in the Archives Table these include Archive name destination and lock status on the Archive Configure Page Figure 5 2 Archives Table O Archive 1 A Archive 2 tal 9 Archive 3 m Vag Procedure 5 2 Renaming an Archive in the Archives Table Step Action 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays Click Rename in the name cell of the archive you want to rename 4 Enter the new name in the Name field Q American Dynamics 118 5 Click Save End Procedure 5 3 Editing the Archive Destination Details in the Archives Table Step Acton 2000 1 Select Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays 3 Select The Archive Details form opens 4 Edit the Archive Name in the Name field 5 Edit the Network Path in the Network Path field 6 Optional Edit the Domain in the Domain field 7 Edit the Username required to access the shared directory on the Archive Destination 8 Enter the Password required to access the shared directory on the Archive Destination 9 Optional Select the Locked checkbox to make the destination read only 10 Optional Click Test Connectivity to check the destinatio
199. ns The Archive menu has the following menu items Archives From here you can add remove enable or disable archiving destinations connected to the NVR Settings From here you can configure global archive settings for each archive destination you can also configure the periods of availability where the NVR can write to the archive destination Archive Scheduler From here you can create Archive Groups and Schedules which define which video is to be automatically archived e Device List From here you can enable disable which video devices are to archive video You can also define the archiving quality and maximum retention period of the archived video Jobs From here you can view a list of all outstanding archiving operations You can also delete outstanding archiving jobs you no longer want to occur Overview of Archiving Archiving is a server side function which utilizes the NVR s network bandwidth disk I O and CPU resources which will need to be taken into account during installation and operation The NVR can only archive video audio can not be archived Archiving of video can either be carried out manually or automatically Manual archiving can be initiated using victor unified client the selected video is immediately written to the archive A journal entry is created on completion stating whether the archiving task was successful Note If errors are returned as a result of a manual archive requests they on
200. nt Viewing Live Video on the NVR Web Interface uses Apple QuickTime you must have a QuickTime player installed to be able to view video This allows you to view video within the web interface and as stand alone QuickTime windows You can download it from www apple com quicktime If you try to view Live Video and do not have QuickTime installed you will be notified that a plugin is required Selecting to Install the plugin will direct you to the Apple website You must have your storage and cameras configured before you can view live video Figure 2 1 Live Video View VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 G gt rE Video 1 Camera View 2x2 Camera View Devices Storage Archive System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout lt p I NE Camera Viewing Window IEN Oferenn TJ Setup Use to ect settings for the selected camera am Camera dropdown list Camera dropdown list Use to select the Use to select the camera to be displayed camera to be displayed in the viewing window in the viewing window Procedure 2 1 Viewing Live Video Step Action 1 Select Live Video from the main menu 2 Select 1 Camera View tab Q American Dynamics 26 Or Select 2x2 Camera View tab 3 Select the camera s you want to view from the Select camera to view dropdown The camera s live video stream displays in the viewing window End Viewing Live Video with QuickTime You can click on the viewing area of a cam
201. oOS Details xxxxxxxx zip is required to complete the recovery procedure Figure 9 5 Backup Information Files gO gt VideoConfBackup bellvpc100 65Cams_ContinuousREC_MD_LOW_MJPEG_25FPS_ v 4 Search VideoConfBackup bellvpc100 p q Back to Desktop ps all files v fl Je Funnies Name i Type Compressed size E Desktop _ VideoConfBackup bellvpc100 y2012 m06 d09 h12 m33 516 File 2 476 KB i Downloads _ VideoOSDetails bellvpc100 y2012 m06 d09 h12 m33 s16 File 3 KB E Rerent Places EG 3 A replacement disk greater than the existing system disk if applicable 4 NVR Software CD or USB drive Q American Dynamics 233 A Caution To maintain all configured Tours and Salvos relating to your NVR in victor unified client you should complete the VideoEdge System Disk Restore procedure before reconfiguring the NVR s LAN Interface Settings Procedure 9 7 VideoEdge NVR System Disk Recovery 10 11 12 13 14 15 Action Power OFF the NVR Optional Replace the system disk This step is required if the system disk becomes corrupt Ensure all external connections are present Boot the NVR from the Software CD or USB drive Complete the Installation process as far as the VideoEdge Setup Wizard stage Refer to Installation Using YaST configure any iSCSI storage devices and connect to them Unzip the backup file in windows Extract the file VideoOSDetails VideoEdge XXXXXXXX and save toa USB On the NVR open
202. oad the public key For playback to work reliably it is imperative that the time between the client and the NVR is synchronized This is best achieved using an NTP server to synchronize the time on both the client and the NVR Note The same NTP server should be used to synchronized the time settings on both the client and the NVR This can be achieved using a NTP server on the internet or by configuring an NVR to act as a NTP server Figure 6 1 System Info Page VIDEOEDGE45 i Live Video System Info Devices Support ID t4HLoeLH Storage Hostname VideoEdge45 Archive Te Location London l v System Current Date Time 2014 02 11 11 40 YYYY MM DD HH MM General Users and Roles x Licensing Templates Backup Restore Choose Language English rv Update Software a Serial Protocols Security Configuration Exported and archived clips are signed using a private key The public key is available for verifying the integrity of clips Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Hostname The Hostname of the NVR can be changed This provides you the ability to use a bespoke hostname to identify multiple NVRs on a network and in victor client When the hostname of an NVR is changed it will automatically change in the device list within victor client Procedure 6 1 Editing the Hostname Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select General The System Info tab displays 3 To edit
203. ocedure 8 21 Viewing the Audit Trail Step Action Select Advanced Select Logs Select the Audit Trail tab The Audit Trail page opens End Q American Dynamics 210 Image Detection The NVR can perform a Image Detection test on every camera in the network You can use this test to determine if the NVR has a camera that is recording a very dark or potentially black video The test runs for each camera once a minute it counts the number of pixels with intensity values less than the Darkness threshold which is defined in the Dark Image Detection page The Darkness threshold can be set from 1 darkest to 255 brightest with a default setting of 80 For example with a Darkness threshold setting of 80 a pixel with RGB values of 70 70 70 is considered dark while a pixel with RGB values of 70 70 81 is not considered dark If 90 of all pixels are dark have intensities less than the threshold you have set then a Video Loss alert is activated You can also enable Camera Loss Detection If the camera goes offline a Video Loss alert is triggered In victor client use the Activity Log page to see if any cameras have generated any Video Loss alert events Figure 8 14 Image Detection Page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE4S Image Detection Note Video Loss Detection must be enabled to configure Dark Image Detection Video Loss Detection Enabled Disabled Storage Dark Image Detection Enabled Di
204. ock B Block C Block D BlockE Ap Ep Parity Sections Aq Eq Parity Sections Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Virtual Disks Logical Unit Numbers 1 A virtual disk represents an individually addressable logical SCSI device that is a partition of a physical SCSI device target 2 Virtual disks are also known as volumes or LUNs Q American Dynamics 104 3 In enterprise level systems virtual disks usually represent segments of large RAID disk arrays Storage Strategy In order to properly configure an NVR it is important to understand how much storage you will require and how to configure it to maximize the overall performance To configure storage on an NVR you must consider 1 Storage The type of storage to be used Internal HDDs iSCSI external storage Fiber Optic external storage USB external hard drives etc e The storage configuration RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 JBOD etc 2 Cameras Total number of cameras Type of cameras make model resolution codec FPS compression recording mode e The file size of the camera s video stream that is to be recorded 3 The required recording retention period for stored video Below details some different storage usage examples and are compared to the NVR 4 1 storage model e Example 1 Using a 20TB RAID set NVR 4 1 20TB RAID set is divided into 10 2TB logical volumes There are 10 storage devices seen on the NVR NVR 4 2 20TB RAID set can be added as 1 20TB volu
205. ole is VideoEdge Support The support user role is solely for the use of American Dynamics Technical Support Note For systems which are not part of the VideoEdge Hybrid product range user roles viewer1 viewer2 and viewer3 cannot be used when creating user credentials as they do not permit access to the NVR Administration Interface Q American Dynamics 137 Figure 6 2 Users tab VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Users Roles dan Remove user s Fer ge USERNAME ROLE LOCKOUT POLICY LOCKED Archive admin admin None vw System ESS operator operator None 6 Users and Roles support support None amp caer viewer1 viewer1 None b Templates en viewer2 viewer2 None Update Software viewer3 viewer3 None 6 Serial Protocols Security Configuration Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Procedure 6 6 Add New User Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users and Roles The Users tab displays 3 Click The Add New User window opens 4 Enter the user name in the Username field Enter the pas sword in the New Password field 6 Re enter the password in the Confirm Password field Note When entering the user name and password note the use of upper and lowercase The user will be required to enter their user name and password as it has been entered at this stage 7 Select the role from the Role dropdown 8 Click E End Q American Dynamics 138 Res
206. on to the Software Similarly to the extent that the terms of this EULA conflict with any prior EULA or other agreement between you and Tyco regarding the Software the terms of this EULA shall prevail Q American Dynamics 242 f Incorporation of Open Source and other Third Party Software Portions of the Software may be subject to cer tain thirty party license agreements governing the use copying modification redistribution and warranty of those portions of the Software including what is commonly known as open source software A copy of each applic able third party license can be found in the file README TXT or other documentation accompanying the Soft ware By using the Software you are also agreeing to be bound to the terms of such third party licenses If provided for in the applicable third party license you have a right to receive source code for such software for use and distribution in any program that you create so long as you in turn agree to be bound to the terms of the applic able third party license and your programs are distributed under the terms of that license A copy of such source code may be obtained free of charge by contacting your Tyco representative g Trademarks This EULA does not grant you any rights in connection with any trademarks or service marks of Tyco its affiliates or its suppliers h Rental You may not sublicense rent lease or lend the Software You may not make it available to others or post it
207. on victor unified client the primary and secondary NVRs must all share the same username and password The secondary NVR must have at least the same processing power as the largest primary NVR it is protecting and must be licensed for at least as many cameras as the largest associated primary NVR For VideoEdge Hybrid Appliances the secondary NVR must have at least as many analog inputs as the largest primary NVR The network connection of the secondary NVR should have the same capability as the network connection from the primary NVRs to the client If for example the secondary NVR is connected through a lower bandwidth connection than the primary NVR you will notice a difference in performance when the secondary NVR is active if the primary NVR fails Failover Advanced Configuration You can edit the default Failover Advanced configuration settings The Failover Advanced configuration settings dictate how often the secondary NVR polls the primary NVR to confirm its current state There are three parameters which can be configured e Polling Interval This is how often the secondary NVR checks the primary NVR The Polling Interval has a default of 10 this means the secondary NVR will check the primary NVR s every 10 seconds e Retry Count This is the number of polling failures until the primary NVR is considered to be inoperable and Failover should begin The Retry Count has a default of 3 this means the secondary NVR will try 3 time
208. one SMTP server assigned to the NVR if you change the server address here it is the same as changing it through the Email Alerts page Procedure 6 17 Setting the SMTP Server Address Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Licensing The Licensing tab displays 3 In the Software Service Agreement section click Set SMTP Server The SMTP Server editing window opens 4 Enter the IP Address into the SMTP Server field Q American Dynamics 147 5 Click Submit Note The SMTP Server address is the same as the address entered in the Email Alerts page and therefore can also be changed from here End Send an SSA Test Message When you have configured the SSA settings you can send a test message to the contacts on the SSA contacts list Procedure 6 18 Sending an SSA Test Message Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Licensing The Licensing tab displays 3 Click Send Test Message in the Software Service Agreement section A test message is sent to the mailbox of those on the contacts list 4 A message opens to confirm if the email has been sent or if it has failed Click OK Note If the message has failed to send check your contact s email address es and the SMTP server address to confirm they are correct and re send End Q American Dynamics 148 Templates With the NVR you can save a server s configuration data to a template You can import the template to another N
209. ons that you change the root password Note For security reasons the System Password page must run under HTTPS Procedure 6 30 Changing the System Password Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select SecurityC onfiguration The Security Configuration tab opens Select the System Password tab 4 When viewing in HTTP Only Click Change to HTTPS A browser waming page displays to state there is a problem with the website s security certificate 5 Select Continue to this website not recommended Note Wording may differ between browsers Enter the Current Password Enter the New Password 8 Re enter the New Password in the Confirm Password field Q American Dynamics 159 A Caution It is extremely important that you remember this password If necessary you should write this password down and store it securely 9 Click E End Q American Dynamics 160 Network Network Menu Overview The Network Menu allows you to configure the NVR s network settings including general network settings LAN Interface settings DHCP Server settings WAN settings and Dynamic Bandwidth Settings The Network menu has the following menu items General From here you can edit the Domain Name Domain Name Serviers Default Gateway RSTP Port NTP Status and NTP Servers LAN Interface From here you can edit the LAN settings for each installed NIC DHCP Server From here you can configure the NVR to host a DH
210. op NVR Services Reboot the NVR and Shutdown the NVR aa 8 19 Shutdown VIDEOEDGE G Live Video Shutdown NVR Services are currently Running por Select function Storage pet Archive e eee ak System Apply Network v Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults gt Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Restart NVR Services The Shutdown page allows you to restart the NVR services this will restart the NVR software such as recording and playback services however it will not restart the operating system Restarting NVR services is faster than rebooting the NVR Procedure 8 36 Restart NVR Services Step Action 1 Select Advanced 2 Select Shutdown The Shutdown page opens Select Restart NVR Services option button 4 Click Apply End Q American Dynamics 224 Stop NVR Services NVR Services can be stopped permanently By stopping NVR services you can release resources and maximize system performance of some SUSE features Note It is highly recommended that you stop NVR Services before configuring storage Procedure 8 37 Stop NVR Services Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Shutdown The Shutdown page opens Select Stop NVR Services option button 4 Click Apply message box opens This will stop NVR Services Are you sure you want to continue 5 Click Yes The
211. or disable from the NVR Administrator interface The status of each Edge Based alarm is highlighted in the Status field There are three alarm states Red Alarm is disabled The alarm can be disabled via the Enabled option button Yellow Alarm is enabled however the recording mode set for the camera does NOT support alarms so the alarms will not be generated Supported modes are Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On e Green Alarm is enabled and a supported recording mode is selected Alarms will be generated Edge Analytics Best Practices To ensure you get the highest quality results when using Edge Analytics on the NVR it is recommended that you adhere to the following Edge based events create entries in the victor site manager database It is important to ensure that the edge analytic parameters are accurate to avoid generating false entries Edge based metadata is recorded in the NVR occupying storage space It is important to ensure that the edge analytic parameters are configured accurately to prevent occupying storage space unnecessarily Edge based events and metadata are created by the camera s analytics Refer to the camera s Installation and User manual for configuring analytics to ensure proper operation Edge Based Analytic Metadata After enabling edge based analytics for a camera edge based analytic alarms can be triggered You must enable Face Detection or Motion Detection Metadata
212. oss alert will not be triggered and the Dark Image Detection feature cannot be enabled Procedure 8 23 Enabling Disabling Video Loss Detection Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Image Detection The Image Detection page opens 3 Click the Enabled option button to enable Video Loss Detection Or Click the Disabled option button to disable Video Loss Detection The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A confirmation message displays End Q American Dynamics 212 Email Alerts The Email Alerts page consists of the Email Alerts page and the Alert Logs page Email Alerts can be setup in the NVR to send notifications to selected email addresses regarding several different categories The Alert Logs page is used to display all of the email alerts that have been transmitted Alert Category Sent when the archive is unhealthy the archive is Archive Alert falling behind data deleted before being archived and when archive is nearing full Audio Malfunction Sent when audio malfunctions occur Sent when a user is temporarily and permanently Security Alerts locked out of their account Text Stream Alerts Sent when user defined Text Stream exception rules are met System Alerts All general system alerts not included in other categories Storage Alerts Transmitted when storage is not healthy Storage Retention Alerts Transmitted when storage capacity is almost re
213. otion detection events Edge based motion detection searches are supported in both victor unified client and VideoEdge client e Face Detection Face detection events occur when a face is present in the camera s view Face detection is only supported on victor unified client Face Detection metadata When enabled allows you to search recorded video for edge based face detection events Face detection searches are only supported on victor unified client Note Only one edge based metadata type can be enabled for search at any one time for example if you have Motion Detection metadata enabled you cannot enable Face Detection metadata Before the NVR can receive edge based analytic events or metadata this functionality must be configured and enabled on the camera or encoder When edge analytics have been enabled on the device you must also enable edge analytics functionality on the NVR You must set the Video Analysis to be Edge Based in the NVR Camera Configuration Edge based analytics provides useful information only if recording is enabled on the camera All three recording status will record either Motion Detection metadata or Face Detection metadata provided it is enabled This allows Edge based searching of recorded video for either of these metadata types For Edge based alarms your camera recording status should be set to either Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On Edge Analytic events will create entries i
214. ou want to remove from the This group list b Click Click Save End Procedure 5 17 Editing the Queuing Times of an Archive Schedule Step 1 2 Action Select Archive from the main menu Select Archive Scheduler The Schedule tab displays Select Fo of the Archive Schedule you want to edit The Archive Schedule Editor tab displays To configure queuing times for archiving a Select the Automatic archiving disabled option button to disable queuing for archiving during selected time increments Or Select the Automatically archive all recorded video option button to queue for archiving all video during selected time increments Or Select the Archive only recorded alarm video option button to queue for archiving all video recorded under alarm conditions during selected time increments b Select individual cells to assign remove availability Q American Dynamics 128 c Select the row heading to assign remove availability for an entire day Or d Select the column heading to assign remove availability to a time slot for an entire week Or e Select All Week to assign remove availability to all time slots within a week Or f Press and hold the left mouse button then draw a region around specific time slots to assign remove availability 5 Click Save End Q American Dynamics 129 Device List The Device List menu item displays a list of all devices which have been added and have recorded video on the N
215. r due to a power failure issues with the NVR hardware loss of connection with the camera network and so on In this instance the secondary NVR sends a video stream status request to the primary NVR over the admin network If the primary NVR replies that there are no video streams recording when one or more streams should be recorded at the time of the request the secondary NVR will mark this as a failure The secondary NVR will repeat the polling process until the retry count is exceeded If the secondary NVR continues to receive a failure from the primary NVR Failover will be initiated The secondary NVR receives a failure from the primary NVR This could occur due to operator action for example if the primary NVR services are stopped In this instance the secondary NVR will attempt to poll the primary NVR again the number of polling attempts is determined by the retry count for further Q American Dynamics 183 information refer to Failover Advanced Configuration Should the secondary NVR continue to receive a failure from the primary NVR Failover will be initiated The secondary NVR receives a good reply from the primary NVR In this instance a no Failover action is taken Alerts Alerts are sent to victor unified client by the secondary NVRs when the following occur e The secondary NVR detects the primary NVR has failed and is assuming the primary NVR s role You terminate Failover mode after the
216. raffic Smoothing Only option button The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow indicating a change has been made The Traffic Smoothing fields display 4 To edit the Client and Stream fields select the current values Update the Client and Stream values as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a change has been made 5 Click el Confirmation messages display End Preserve Framerate Any overloaded network or set caps on the NVR client will allow the NVR to adapt the streams accordingly by reducing the bitrate by transcoding a stream to H 264 lower bitrate and possibly lower resolution If all transcode resources are used best effort streaming will occur Q American Dynamics 178 Procedure 7 18 Selecting Preserve Framerate Step 1 2 Action Select Network Select Dynamic Bandwidth The Dynamic Bandwidth page opens Click the Preserve Framerate option button The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow indicating a change has been made The Traffic Smoothing fields display The LAN and WAN Bitrate Cap dropdowns display The Transcode Limit Dropdown displays To edit the Client and Stream fields select the current values Update the Client and Stream values as required The field backgrounds change to yellow indicating a change has been made The WAN and LAN Bitrate Caps can be set to either a predefined value from the dropdown menus or alternatively a custom value can be ent
217. rage License Type Permanent Archive No of Devices 16 v System No of Analytic Devices 32 General SSA Expires 2761 Days 5 Hours 38 Minutes 13 Seconds Users and Roles Apply Licens Licensing Select your permanent license below Templates License File Backup Restore Apply Permanent License Update Software Serial Protocols Security Configuration i J a Software Service Agreement Network Configure expire notifications Advanced Change Message Edit Contacts Set SMTP Server Send Test Message Monitor Outputs Logout Jpgrades To upgrade please contact your American Dynamics sales associate quoting your NVR Host ID available below Generate Host ID Licensing the NVR This section details the procedures involved in licensing the NVR Generate a Host ID When it is time to renew your NVR License or upgrade your software the Generate Host ID tool is used to generate a Host ID specific to your NVR which should be entered on the VideoEdge registration page on the American Dynamics website The website can be accessed via the VideoEdge Licensing Activation Icon on the NVR Desktop or by going to the following address http www americandynamics net SoftwareRegistration AutoRegistration VideoEdgeAutoRegistrationForm as px Note Before you generate the NVR Host ID you must ensure that all NIC s intended to be used with the NVR for example a Client LAN Camera LANs or a Storage LANs are already in
218. ras into sunlight because high brightness will prevent detection of movement of bright objects such as a person with a white shirt Avoid areas with persistent motion such as trees blinking lights or spinning signs by using an appropriate region of interest Do not use motion detection on moving cameras such as PTZ cameras cameras that vibrate due to wind or other effects or cameras mounted on moveable fixtures Creating a Motion Detection Camera Alarm When creating Motion Detection camera alarm you must define an alarm rule When activity in a camera s view or region of interest satisfies the criteria defined in the rule an alarm is triggered To create a Motion Detection camera alarm you must have Motion Detection enabled on the camera If you try to adda camera alarm without Motion Detection enabled you will be prompted to edit the camera settings Procedure 3 43 Creating a Motion Detection Camera Alarm Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Alarms The Alarms tab displays Select the camera for which you want to create an alarm from the Select Video dropdown Click Add Note If the Add button is not available you do not have Motion Detection or Video Intelligence enabled on the camera Enable Motion Detection to continue 5 If required you can update the Current Record Status For Motion Detection to be enabled you must select either Recording Off Recording Always Only Record on Alarm
219. rding scheduler status Enabled option button Or To disable the camera schedule select the Recording scheduler status Disabled option button End Editing the Recording Schedule You can edit all aspects of the recording schedule as required Edit the Group Name You may want to update the schedule group name to reflect changes made within the schedule group Procedure 3 56 Editing the Schedule Group Name Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Scheduler The Schedules tab displays 3 Click P in the group record that you want to rename The group name field becomes editable 4 Enter the new group name 5 Click E End Edit the Recording Scheduler for a Group Within the recording schedule associated to a group you can update the recording days and times as your needs change The following procedure describes how to edit the recording schedule Q American Dynamics 81 Procedure 3 57 Editing the Recording Schedule for a Group Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Scheduler The Schedules tab displays Select the Schedule Editor tab Select the group you want to edit from the Group ID drop down Edit the recording schedule as required by selecting the day s the recording mode and start and end hours Click E If further changes are required repeat Steps 5 and 6 End Edit the Cameras Assigned to a Schedule Group You can add or remove cameras to from a schedu
220. recording to Procedure 3 33 Setting the Maximum Retention Period Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click Ne in the camera row you want to set the recording retention period The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Enter the Maximum Retention Period in the Days and Hours fields 5 Click E End Configuring Audio Association The audio device you want to associate with a camera is selected using the Associate Audio dropdown Note Audio playback is not available via the NVR Administration Interface The audio settings are used to determine how audio streams are made available to connected clients Audio and video are derived from the camera as two separate packet streams Depending on the camera manufacturer and video audio codec combination these packet streams may not be exactly in synchronization for live streaming The NVR s live streaming method is to pull video and audio from the camera and push it to the client straight away This helps achieve low video latency but sometimes at the expense of live audio video synchronization Recorded playback of the same audio and video may give better audio video synchronization results Procedure 3 34 Configuring Audio Association Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click Q in the camera row you want to edit audio settings The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Select the Audio device you want to a
221. replaced device was associated with other devices on the NVR and the new device does not have an audio input Replacing an Audio Video Device Video and audio devices can be replaced by re assigning the IP address of the configured slot Changes to the IP address in the Video List will also be applied to the Audio List and vice versa Procedure 3 41 Replacing a Device from the Video List Tab Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List Click lt in the record of the device you want to replace Enter the IP address of the new device 5 Click E A dialog box opens stating Warning Some camera settings may not be retained Remember to verify all settings pre and post device replacement 6 Click OK The new device will now occupy this device slot End Replacing a Text Device Text device replacement can be achieved by physically replacing the faulty device Provided the new device shares the same communication configurations as the replaced device no configuration of the NVR will be required IP Text devices can also be replaced by re assigning the port number assigned to the device slot in the Text List tab Note Should a text device become faulty due to a failure with a RS 232 to USB converter it may not be possible to carry out a successful device replacement Some RS232 to USB converters have uniquely assigned IDs this ID can not be re configured on the NVR and in this instance you will be requ
222. request Serial Protocols Security Install signed certificate Configuration Network Browse Install Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Web Server Configuration You can configure the communication type being utilized by the NVR and assign bespoke HTTP and HTTPS Ports Procedure 6 25 Editing the Web Server Configuration Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Security Configuration The Security Configuration tab opens 3 Select the HTTP and HTTPS option button Or Select the HTTPS only option button a Enter the HTTP port you want to use in the field b Enter the HTTPS port you want to use in the field 4 Click Save End Q American Dynamics 156 Certificate Settings When using HTTPS communication a certificate is required Depending on the level of security required by your network you can either create a self signed certificate or request one to be signed by your Certificate Authority CA Creating a self signed certificate For users with a lower security requirement you can create a self signed certificate which can then be installed on victor unified client and victor site manager allowing communication between the recorder and the client Procedure 6 26 Creating a self signed certificate Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Security Configuration The Security Configuration tab opens Click Create self signed certificate 4 Enter the Country code
223. rkaround e Temporarily disable recording of any devices on the NVR Temporarily change the IP configuration of the NVR interface to match the camera s current subnet configuration e Use the discovery feature to change the video device s IP address Change the IP configuration of the NVR interface back to its ori ginal IP address Enable recording of devices on the NVR as desired b The IP Address can updated on most American Dynamics cameras Refer to your camera doc umentation for further information Issue Not able to view snapshot of video device a Verify that the video device is IP reachable from the NVR When video devices advertise themselves via standard discovery protocols the advertisements are multicast Depending on the customer s network configuration it is possible that the NVR can hear multicast traffic from the device but it cannot reach the device via unicast IP Issue No snapshot icon is displayed in Snapshot column a Verify that NVR is configured with a Security Group with a usemame and password that matches the camera s username and password Q American Dynamics 90 Storage Storage Menu Overview Internal and external storage which has been correctly mounted can be enabled disabled using the Storage menu In addition the Storage menu is also used to create storage sets for load management to best utilize available internal and external storage The Storage menu has the following men
224. roups e Discovery This section allows you to use auto discovery to add cameras to the NVR Storage Menu The Storage menu has sub menu items Basic Use the Basic storage configuration option to assign devices available on the NVR as storage devices edit media folder settings of storage devices and to allocate a vault media quota Advanced Use the Advanced configuration options to assign storage devices and cameras to Storage Sets Archive Menu The Archive menu has sub menu items Archives Use to add remove and configure Archive Destinations Q American Dynamics 22 Settings Sub menu consists of two pages Use the Global Settings page to configure Automatic Archiving Archive Culling Retry Count and Retry Interval Use the Availability page to configure time periods when recorded video can be written to the archive Archive Scheduler Sub menu consists of three pages Use Schedules page to enable the Archiving Scheduler create and edit Archiving Schedules e Device List Use to edit the Archiving Mode Quality and Maximum Archiving Retention Period e Jobs Use to view or delete currently queued Archiving operations System Menu The System menu has sub menu items General Users and Roles Licensing Templates Backup Restore and Update Software and Security Configuration General Use to configure and edit general system information Users and Roles Use to edit role password settings Licensing
225. rver WAN Settings Dynamic Bandwidth Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Bandwidth Priority Bandwidth Priority allows you to select the type of throttling you wish to attempt to use You can chose to disable throttling or use one of the four predefined throttling options Traffic Smoothing Only Preserve Framerate Preserve Resolution and Allow any throttle type When any of the four predefined throttling types are selected the Traffic Smoothing fields display Traffic Smoothing reduces the appearance of framedrop on the LAN client by smoothing traffic from the NVR Traffic Smoothing can be configured for both the client and the stream it is entered in Mbps and its default values for each of the four predefined bandwidth priorities will appear as 300 Mbps for the client and 75 Mbps for the stream these figures can be edited to match the capabilities of your network and your client host client NIC and performance as this feature addresses issues with poor performance network cards on victor client Note The Traffic Smoothing function is carried out separately from the four transcoded streams of video and can reduce the NVR s performance When Preserve Framerate Preserve Resolution and Allow any throttle type are selected the WAN and LAN bitrate cap dropdowns display Q American Dynamics 177 Note A bitrate cap limits the amount of streaming data i e video leaving the NVR to remote clients or clients connected using VPN The
226. s lower case letters numbers and special characters 5 Confirm the new password by entering it in the Confirm Password text box 6 Click End Remove a User User accounts with admin privileges can remove user accounts which have been created using the Remove User s button Procedure 6 9 Remove a User Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Users and Roles The Users tab displays 3 Select the checkbox es next to the users you wish to remove 4 Click iif A dialog box opens 5 Click OK End Roles The Roles page allows you to configure a Lockout Policy and Auto Logout for each user role Once these settings have been applied to a user role it will be applied to all user accounts which have been assigned that user role Note It is recommended that you do not configure all the NVR s roles with lockout enabled If the passwords for each of the accounts where to become unknown access to the NVR Administration Interface could be lost There are three Lockout Polices available for use None Lockout and Delay When Lockout is enabled the user will be locked out of the account should they incorrectly enter the account password consecutively a set number of times Alternatively when Delay is enabled the user will only be unable to access their user account for a configurable period of time should they incorrectly enter the account password a set number of times Note All roles are set to None by defau
227. s 135 Procedure 6 5 Downloading the NVR s Public Key Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select General The System Info page opens 3 Click Download public key A Windows dialog box opens 4 Click Save The public key is saved as a PEM File and can be viewed using Windows Notepad End Q American Dynamics 136 Users and Roles You can create customizable user credentials for each of your NVR s users Each user credential can be assigned a role type which denotes it s permissions and lockout options A Caution For improved security you are strongly advised to change the account passwords configure appropriate lockout settings and enable auto logout Users The Users tab allows you to create edit and delete user credentials for custom users and edit the passwords for the six default users i e admin operator support viewer1 viewer2 and viewer3 The default users cannot be deleted New users can be clicking Add New User You can assign a bespoke username and password for a new user The user s role can be selected from the Role dropdown list the following options are available Admin Allows viewing and editing of the VideoEdge Administration Interface and full functionality of the VideoEdge Client The default password for this role is VIDEO edge23 e Operator Allows viewing of the VideoEdge Administration Interface and full functionality of the VideoEdge Client The default password for this r
228. s applied the NVR is restored as per the saved configurations Note 1 Only a licenced server can be restored 2 You cannot restore from a previously saved VideoEdge NVR 4 1 backup configuration file ZX Caution To maintain all configured Tours and Salvos relating to your NVR in victor unified client you should complete the System Restore procedure before reconfiguring the NVR s LAN Interface Settings Q American Dynamics 152 Procedure 6 22 Restoring an NVR from a Backup File Step 1 2 Action Select Backup Restore The Backup page opens Select the Restore tab Click Browse Navigate to the backup file you want to use select the file and click Open A message box opens asking you if you want to recover any media that is part of storage being restored Click Yes if you want to recover media otherwise click No A recovery progression bar opens and updates as the recovery progresses If you are recovering media this may take a some time A message box opens informing you that the recovery is complete Click OK Note If you are restoring DHCP and or NTP settings you need to restart your DHCP and or NTP server End Q American Dynamics Select System from the main menu 153 Update Software Software updates patches and update camera handler packs can be applied to the NVR manually or using the Push Update feature of victor unified client Push Updates Software updates can be initiated b
229. s previously configured prior to the fault developing 3 Apply the NVRs template file to restore all device settings For further information on applying a template file refer to Templates Q American Dynamics 65 Alarms The Alarms menu item allows you to configure the following Analytic alarms e Sensors Figure 3 2 Alarms Tab VIDEOEDGE Live Video Alarms Sensors v Devices i A WARNING For Video Analysis alarms to be enabled the video must be in one of the alarm recording modes with at least ONE alarm enabled Alarms Select Video Xv Curent Record statu e Scheduler Security NAME TYPE ENABLED STATUS Discovery Storage Video Analysis is not enabled Click HERE to edit camera settings Archive System Network Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Motion Detection Motion Detection Alarms After enabling Motion Detection on a camera you can set alarm rules that trigger an event Each camera can have up to 10 independent motion alarm rules defined Each rule has an associated region of interest In each region of interest you can define the areas in the cameras view that you want to monitor You can name each alarm rule It is best to use descriptive names like Back Door or Conference Room as these names make it easier to identify the alarm when using a client rather than an abstract name The areas that you want to monitor in a cameras view are con
230. s that for the same period the Software provided on the recording medium under this license will substantially perform as described in the user documentation provided with the product when used with specified hardware THE FOREGOING EXPRESS WARRANTY REPLACES AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS WHETHER EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE NON INFRINGEMENT OR NON MISAPPROPRIATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY CUSTOM TRADE QUIET ENJOYMENT ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OR SYSTEM INTEGRATION TYCO MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE ERROR FREE FREE OF ANY SECURITY DEFECTS OR IN AN UNINTERRUPTED MANNER TYCO SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CHANGES IN THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEVICE S UPON WHICH THE SOFTWARE IS OPERATING OR FOR PROBLEMS IN THE INTERACTION OF THE SOFTWARE WITH NON TYCO SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PRODUCTS TYCO NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES ANY OTHER PERSON PURPORTING TO ACT ON ITS BEHALF TO MODIFY OR TO CHANGE THIS WARRANTY NOR TO ASSUME FOR IT ANY OTHER WARRANTY OR LIABILITY CONCERNING THIS SOFTWARE THE WARRANTY MADE BY TYCO MAY BE VOIDED BY ABUSE OR MISUSE THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS UNDER MANDATORY LAW THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND COUNTRY TO COUNTRY Q American Dynam
231. s the port number used for the real time streaming protocol RTSP connection to this NVR if more than one NVR is behind the NAT firewall when video is being streamed to a client programmatically via RTSP Port 554 is the default port for RTSP connection However if two NVRs are behind the same NAT firewall they are both exposed as the same public address so the only way to distinguish between them is by setting up port forwarding rules at the firewall level This means that both NVRs listen on port 554 for HTTPS requests but that publicly NVR1 might be contactable as https 70 30 22 81 554 while NVR2 is contactable as https 70 30 22 81 100554 The firewall is configured to accept NVR2 requests at https 70 30 22 81 100554 and forward them to https lt NVR2 private IP gt 554 This field must be set in scenarios where multiple NVRs are situated behind the same NAT firewall In this example this field on NVR2 must be set to 10554 Note If Failover functionality is active the Failover Streaming Port will be displayed for your information It can not be edited Procedure 7 15 Editing the Streaming Configured Port Step Action Select Network 2 Select WAN Settings The WAN settings page opens 3 To edit the Streaming Port select the current value Update the Streaming Port as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A confirmation message displays Note The default HTTP Port
232. s the port number used to identify this NVR if more than one NVR is behind the NAT firewall and a secure connection https is being made If an HTTPS address is being used to access an NVR a port number can be specified for example https 70 30 22 81 443 Port 443 is normally assumed by default However if two NVRs are behind the same NAT firewall they are both exposed as the same public address so the only way to distinguish between them is by port forwarding rules at the firewall level This means that both NVRs will still listen on port 443 for HTTPS requests but that publicly NVR1 might be contactable as https 70 30 22 81 443 while NVR2 is contactable as https 70 30 22 81 100443 The firewall is configured to accept NVR2 requests at https 70 30 22 81 100443 and forward them to https lt NVR2 private IP gt 443 This field must be set in scenarios where multiple NVRs are situated behind the same NAT firewall In this example this field on NVR2 must be set to 10443 Procedure 7 14 Editing the Secure HTTP Port Step Action Select Network 2 Select WAN Settings The WAN settings page opens Q American Dynamics 174 3 To edit the Secure HTTP Port select the current value Update the Secure HTTP Port as required The field background changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 4 Click Save A confirmation message displays Note The default HTTP Port value is 443 End Streaming Configured Port This i
233. s to check the status of the primary NVR before failover is initiated e Config Update Interval This is the interval of how often the secondary NVR downloads the primary NVRs configuration The Config Update Interval has a default value of 60 this means the secondary NVR will check the configuration of the primary NVR s every 60 seconds A Caution The default settings for the Failover Parameters are recommended to provide the reliable operation of the Failover function Depending on the levels of traffic on your network you can try alternative settings If the secondary NVR fails to receive responses from the primary NVRs on the network i e due to network traffic this may result in failover triggering unnecessarily Q American Dynamics 186 Figure 8 1 Failover Page Before Failover is Enabled VIDEOEDGE Live Video Devices Storage Archive System Network Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout VIDEOEDGE G Failover Failover Events Failover Currently this NVR is not configured as a failover The failover NVR must have a license for at least the same number of devices as the NVR with the most licensed devices that it is monitoring When configuring failover ensure that all NVRs have their time synchronized to an NTP server or to your
234. s to update the camera recording state You can choose Recording Off Q American Dynamics 34 Recording Always Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always With Alarm On Note To update a camera s recording state you must ensure the device recording scheduler is disabled Analytics Use this to change the analytic alarm setting You can select Analytics Off Motion Detection or Video Intelligence Stream1 Stream 2 settings If a second stream is available on the camera use these settings to select which stream is to be used for c Live video d Alarms and e Recording You can assign each of these to either Stream 1 or Stream 2 as required You can also adjust the Codec FPS and stream Resolution settings for each stream Crick E End Removing a Device You can remove a device from the NVR if necessary Once you remove a device from the NVR you will no longer be able to view live video record media or access the device via a client Procedure 3 7 Removing a Device Step 1 2 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select List The Video List opens Select the checkbox of the device s you want to remove Click 0 If you are removing a camera which has an associated audio device a dialog box opens Click Yes to remove the associated audio device Or Click No to keep the associated audio device A dialog box opens for confirmation that you want to remove the device s
235. sabled Archive Darkness Threshold 80 System Note high values trigger Dark Image Detection more easily Network vw Advanced x Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Ping Connected Clients Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Enable Image Detection Before Image Detection can be enabled you must enable the Camera Loss Detection option When dark image detection occurs a Video Loss alert is activated Both camera loss detection and dark image detection alerts can be viewed in the victor client Activity List or via the Reports feature Procedure 8 22 Enable Image Detection Step Action Select Advanced 2 Select Image Detection The Image Detection page opens Q American Dynamics 211 To enable Video Loss Detection click the Enabled option button 4 To enable Image Detection click the Enabled option button The area behind the option buttons changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 5 To edit the Darkness Threshold use the slider to select the Darkness Threshold value The slider color changes to yellow indicating a change has been made 6 Click Save Confirmation messages display End Enable Disable Video Loss Detection When video loss detection is enabled a video loss alert is triggered when communication is lost between a camera and the NVR When video loss detection is disabled a video l
236. secondary NVR by enabling NTP under Network General Enable this NVR as a Failover Server Adding a Primary NVR for Monitoring to the Secondary NVR Primary NVRs can be added to the secondary NVR s server monitoring list using the Failover Page Note A primary NVR can only be monitored by one secondary NVR at any time Procedure 8 2 Adding a Primary NVR for Monitoring to the Secondary NVR Step Action 1 Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens Click Enable this NVR as a Failover Server 4 Wait 1 minute Click Add New Server An editing form opens 6 Enter details of the primary NVR you want the secondary NVR to monitor a Enter the server s IP Address into the Server field b Entera Virtual IP address for the server Note The Virtual IP address must belong to the management interface subnet on the secondary NVR Q American Dynamics 187 c Enter the primary NVR s Username d Enter the primary NVR s Password Note Primary NVR s being monitored by a secondary NVR should all share the same user credentials e Enter the IP Address of the primary NVR s camera network in the Camera N W IP field f To enable Failover monitoring of the primary NVR select the Enabled checkbox Optional To view search and retrieve video on victor unified client across on WAN also complete the following steps g Enter the servers WAN IP address h Enter the servers WAN HTTP Port
237. set of drive s e Storage Set 2 15 CAMs record to second set of drive s Or Storage Set 1 20 CAMs record to first set of drive s Storage Set 2 10 CAMs record to second set of drive s 3 Storage Sets Storage Set 1 10 CAMs record to first set of drive s Storage Set 2 10 CAMs record to second set of drive s Storage Set 3 10 CAMs record to third set of drive s Or Storage Set 1 16 CAMs record to first set of drive s Storage Set 2 7 CAMs record to second set of drive s 106 e Storage Set 3 7 CAMs record to third set of drive s Note 1 The lower number of cameras per storage set the higher achievable throughput This is due to a lower total data rate required to record to each storage device 2 High bit rate cameras e g megapixel should be spread across storage sets for load balancing Figure 4 6 Multiple Storage Sets M Spe peg Storage Sets Assign Devices Add Storage Set Devices v Storage Default Storage Set Available Space 1769 02 GB EELS set Ml DEVICE MEDIA FOLDER TYPE leg SIZE AMOUNT TO USE FOR MEDIA GB MOVE TO STORAGE SET Advanced 1 O dev sdb2 data1 xfs 1769 02GB 1769 02 GB lv Archive Storage Set Available Space 0 GB System set WE DEVICE MEDIA FOLDER TYPE pills SIZE AMOUNT TO USE FOR MEDIA GB MOVE TO STORAGE SET Network This storage set is empty SETE Delete Monitor Outputs Logout A Caution Avoid assigning Virtual Disks fro
238. ssociated with the camera from the Associate Audio dropdown 5 Crick E Q American Dynamics 58 End Stream Configuration Stream Configuration defines which stream is used for live video alarms and recording The NVR will automatically determine the best stream to use for Motion Detection or Video Intelligence You can also adjust the codec FPS and resolution of each stream Depending on what is assigned to a stream you need to have the appropriate codec FPS and resolution assigned For example the stream you are using for Video Intelligence analytics must be MJPEG or MPEG 4 with a recommended resolution of CIF and 7 FPS Note If the camera supports only a single stream the Stream 2 settings for Live Stream Alarm Stream Record Stream and Analytics Stream are unavailable Procedure 3 35 Configuring Stream Settings Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click vet in the camera row for which you want to edit stream settings The Function amp Streams page opens 4 Select the stream you want the camera to use for a Live video b Alarms c Recording Select the Codec for each stream Select the FPS for each stream Select the Resolution for each stream N O WO If you are using a stream for analytics select the Quality 9 cick E End Archive The Archive tab is where you configure Archive Mode e Archiving Quality Maximum Archiving Retention Period Archive setti
239. stalled on the server Procedure 6 13 Generate a Host ID Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Licensing The Licensing tab displays 3 Click Generate Host ID in the Upgrades section A file download window opens Q American Dynamics 145 4 Click Open to view the Host ID Alternatively you can click Save to save the Host ID to your chosen location End Apply a Software License After you have received your software license from the American Dynamics website you can apply your permanent license Procedure 6 14 Applying a License Step Action 1 Select System 2 Select Licensing The Licensing tab displays Inthe Apply License section click Browse 4 Locate the license file and click Open The filepath is displayed in the License File field 5 Click Apply Permanent License End Software Service Agreement Notifications The Software Service Agreement SSA page allows you to configure a message to alert you when the license is close to expiry You can add edit contact email addresses to receive the SSA expiry message and edit the SMTP Server You can also send a test email message to confirm the settings entered are correct Note To be able to use SSA notifications you must ensure that your NVR is configured with a valid Domain Name and Default Gateway Edit the SSA Message You can edit the SSA message that is sent to you when the NVR license is close to expiry Procedure 6 15 Edi
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241. t to exit the wizard and return to the NVR Admin GUI Press Previous to go back and revise your settings Network Select Video 4 Speed Dome v v LAN Interface Devices v Discovery System Security v System Password Finish Congratulations Previous NVR Admin Client NVR Software Only This section details the installation and configuration process for an NVR software only package Before installation you must ensure that the system drive is connected to the SATA 0 location on the motherboard A Caution Any previously configured OS on this system will be removed and over written Installing the NVR Software Only The installation and configuration process consists of Booting the system using the NVR software disk or USB Accepting the license agreement The Self Installer initiates A system reboot after basic installation Logging into the NVR desktop oa A OO N Configuring the NVR using the Setup Wizard Boot your Computer Server Using the NVR Software CD or USB To initialize the installation of the NVR the system must boot from the software CD or USB Q American Dynamics 17 Procedure 1 10 Boot your Computer Server Using the NVR Software CD or USB Step Action 1 Insert the NVR software CD into the optical drive or insert the NVR Installation USB drive into one of the available USB ports and restart your computer server Note If you are installing from a USB drive ensure t
242. t Archive from the main menu 2 Select Archives The Archives tab displays Select the checkbox in the Archives Table for the destination you want to disable 4 Click Disable Archive s End Q American Dynamics 120 Manually Archiving Video Video can be manually selected for archiving using victor unified client When video is archived manually it will be immediately written to the active Archive Destination You can view the status of the archive requests using the NVR Administration Interface and a journal entry is created on completion stating if the archiving task was successful For further information on manually archiving video refer to the victor unified client User Guide Retrieving Archived Video Using victor unified client Archived video can be retrieved using victor unified client For more information refer to the victor unified client User Guide Viewing Archived Video in a 3rd Party Media Player Archived Video is saved in an MP4 format Archive video can be viewed by a 3rd Party Media Player Video is archived in a user interpretable fashion for example when a CIFS destination is used for archiving the folder structure will contain folders for camera year month day and so on with the relevant MP4 files contained within The folders can then be navigated to find the required archived video file for playback with a 3rd party application Note 3rd Party Media Players are unable to validate video Procedure
243. t based search ability when associated with camera and audio devices for example a compatible cash register can be added to the NVR which will record the text data received from the register Cameras and audio devices in the vicinity of the cash register can then be associated with it when you perform a text based search using the VideoEdge Client associated video and audio will be returned which was recorded at the time the text data was received The Text List displays the serial and IP text devices which have been added to the NVR The table below provides a description of each field displayed Table 3 3 Text List Summary Table rents St Nam Device name as given when adding the device to EE NE the NVR Comms Type Indicates Communication type in use Indicates the devices associations hover the cursor to display information The following devices can be associated Associations e a Video Audio Indicates configured settings Configuring Port Settings Prior to Adding a Serial Text Stream Device Prior to adding a Serial Text Stream device you should ensure it is connected to one of the NVR s USB ports or its RS232 Serial port Once connected you are required to configure that Serial Port s communication protocol for Text Stream use Procedure 3 10 Configuring Serial Port Settings for a Serial Text Stream Device Step Action 1 Select the Advanced menu Q American Dynamics 39 Select Serial Ports The
244. t file containing the OS settings which can be used as reference for manually configuring the OS settings Procedure 6 21 Creating a Backup File Step Action Select System from the main menu 2 Select Backup Restore The Backup page opens 3 Select the required checkboxes for the configuration settings that you want saved to the template in the Templates section a Al Q American Dynamics 151 Device Settings System Settings User Information DHCP Settings NTP Settings Failover Settings VideoEdge Client Settings i Discovery Settings 0 a 0O ao TT a j System Security Settings k Network Interface Settings 4 Click Backup Select Save As 6 Navigate to the folder where you want to save the backup file Note To use the backup file during a system recovery procedure you must save the file to an external location for example a USB drive 7 Enter a File name for the backup file and click Save Note A default backup file name is given this is made up of VideoConfBackup followed by the NVR name and the date and time the file was created Example VideoC onfBackup ServerName yYYY Y mMM dDD h00 m00 s00_files zip VideoC onfBackup ServerName y2012 m03 d26 h14 m02 s43 files zip End Restore an NVR System backup files contain NVR configuration information The type of information contained in a particular file is dependent on the settings selected when the file was being created When the backup file i
245. t the SSA Message Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Licensing The Licensing tab displays 3 Inthe Software Service Agreement section click Change Message The SSA Expire Message editing window opens Q American Dynamics 146 4 To edit the message subject enter the desired text in the Subject field 5 To edit the message body enter the desired text in the Message field 6 Click Submit End Edit SSA Contacts The SSA contacts are those who will receive the SSA message to alert them when the NVR license is about to expire To receive the message you must add at least one contact s email address to the contacts list You can add and remove contacts to from the contact list when required Procedure 6 16 Edit SSA Contacts Step Action 1 Select System from the main menu 2 Select Licensing The Licensing tab displays 3 Inthe Software Service Agreement section click Edit Contacts The SSA Contacts editing window opens To add a contact enter their email address in the Add Email field Click Add The email address is added to the contacts list 6 Optional To add additional contacts to the contacts list repeat Steps 4 and 5 To remove an email address from the contact list click Remove next to the Email address to be removed The contacts s email address is no longer in the contacts list End Set the SMTP Server Address You can set your email SMTP server from the licencing page There is
246. t the network settings using the NVR desktop from a remote client Accessing the Remote Desktop RDP Remote Desktop The following procedures will allow you to log on and log off RDP remote desktop Procedure 9 1 Logging in to RDP Remote Desktop Step Action 1 Click Start in the Windows taskbar 2 Select All Programs 3 Select Accessories 4 Select Remote Desktop Connection The Remote Desktop Connection application opens Figure 9 1 Remote Desktop Connection a Remote Desktop Connection b Remote Desktop x Connection Computer Example computer fabrikam com Username None specified The computer name field is blank Enter a full remote computer name Options 5 Enter the NVR s IP Address in the Computer field 6 Click Connect A warning displays Q American Dynamics 227 This problem can occur if the remote computer is running a version of Windows that is earlier than Windows Vista or if the remote computer is not configured to support server ication For assistance contact your network administrator or the owner of the remote computer E Dont ask me again for connections to this computer 7 Click Yes The NVR s Desktop Login window opens Log On to techcomms adnyr openSUSE A SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Remote desktop Connection Username Password Session 8 Enter the username and password in the corresponding fields 9 Clic
247. t to use descriptive names like Back Door or Conference Room as these names make it easier to identify the alarm rule in the alerts log better than an abstract name You can choose the Video Intelligence type for the rule The areas that you want to monitor in a cameras view are configured in the Camera Alarm Configuration drawing window a live display of the camera view To determine the areas of the camera view that you want monitored you need to draw on the window Use the drawing tools to draw on the Camera Alarm Configuration window The status of each Video Intelligence alarm highlighted in the Status field There are three alarm states Red Alarm is disabled The alarm can be disabled via the Enabled option button Yellow Alarm is enabled however the recording mode set for the camera does NOT support alarms so the alarms will not be generated Supported modes are Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On e Green Alarm is enabled and a supported recording mode is selected Alarms will be generated Video Intelligence Best Practices To ensure you get the highest quality results when using Video Intelligence on the NVR it is recommended that you adhere to the following An object exhibiting movement or a change in the scene background must be large enough to be detected i e it must be around 1 25 of the image size The color of the object in grayscale should be approximately 10 15 different
248. te e Custom Sender Allows you to enter a custom senders address when username authenication is required by the SMTP server When not configured an automatically generated sender address will be used Q American Dynamics 214 Procedure 8 25 Configuring the Outbound Mail Server Step 1 2 Action Select Advanced Select Email Alerts The Email Alerts page opens Click next to the Outbound mail server field Enter the Outbound mail server IP address or hostname in the field Optional Select the Server requires authentication checkbox The username and password fields display a Enter your username in the field b Enter your password in the field Select the required encryption type None TLS or SSL Note When the SSL option button is selected you must select the Server TCP port from the dropdown Optional Select the Custom sender checkbox The Sender email address field displays a Enter an email address in the field Click E End Building the Recipient List The recipient list is made up of email addresses which will receive email alerts The alerts that each address will receive is defined by the alert category associated with that address and whether or not that category has been enabled Procedure 8 26 Building the Recipient List Step Action Select Advanced Select Email Alerts The Email Alerts page opens Click The Add Update Alert Recipient pop up displays Select the New
249. te If any errors occur during the template import process a summary of the errors are displayed End Q American Dynamics 150 Backup Restore With the NVR you can recover a server s configuration data in the event of a system failure A system backup file can be stored to a USB or local disk The backup files can then be imported to the NVR where the saved configuration can be restored Figure 6 6 Backup Pa e VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Backup E Devices Storage System Backup Archive Select the settings to save then click Backup to save a file that represents a backup of your VideoEdge NVR d fem SE NOTE A backup configuration file can be used for system recovery Create a backup configuration file whenever any change is made to your system General B al Users and Roles E Device Settings Licensing E System Settings Templates E User Information Backup Restore E DHCP Settings Update Software 1 NP Settings Serial Protocols E Failover Settings Security Configuration E VideoEdge Client Settings Network E Discovery Settings Advanced Monitor Outputs Logout Create a Backup File You can create a backup file using the Backup Restore functionality in the NVR Administration Interface You can choose the type of configuration settings to be stored in the backup file Note Operating System settings can not be stored in the configuration backup file However the system will also automatically export a tex
250. te meta data for motion detection You also need to select Motion Detection from the Video Analysis dropdown The NVR will automatically determine the required stream settings Table 10 1 If only one stream is configured and it does not satisfy the requirements for Motion Detection the NVR will attempt to automatically open the second stream with settings best suited for Motion Detection If the camera does not support dual streaming you will manually need to adjust the configuration of the configured stream Motion Detection may not be available on a camera if it s minimum video resolution setting is higher than the maximum acceptable resolution for Motion Detection The NVR will not allow you to configure a camera for Motion Detection if the resolution setting of the camera is higher than the settings in the table below Q American Dynamics 51 Table 3 5 Camera Resolutions for Motion Detection Camera Type Minimum Resolution Maximum Resolution MJPEG QCIF 1280 x 960 The optimal stream to perform Motion Detection is 320 x 240 resolution or the closest resolution supported by the camera MJPEG at 7 frames per second Lower resolution or framerates might degrade the quality of Motion Detection The NVR requires at least QCIF and more than 4 frames per second to perform motion detection Note Video Analytics run internally at approximately 7fps If analytics utilizes a stream that is running at a higher frame rate that 7fps then the anal
251. te storage sets e Delete storage sets Add media folders to storage sets e Move media folders between storage sets Assign cameras to storage sets e Move cameras between storage sets e Calibrate cameras By using a combination of the advanced configuration options and your calculated storage requirements per camera you can configure the NVR to achieve optimal efficiency and performance Storage Sets By default there is one storage set created on the NVR It initially contains all media devices detected by the NVR and are available to view through the Basic Storage Configuration page Once a media folder on a storage device is enabled for storage in the Basic Storage Configuration page the media folder is available for advanced configuration and is displayed in the Advanced Configuration page in Storage Set 1 Figure 4 2 Advanced Storage Tab Storage Sets Assign Devices Add Storage Set Default Storage Set Available Space 1769 02 GB Advanced 1 O f dev sdb2 data1 xfs 1769 02 GB 1769 02 GB EG Table 4 2 Advanced Storage Configuration Fields pet scription O_O Set This is the Storage Set the media folder is Q American Dynamics 97 pet scription O _U U assignee The total amount of space to be used for storing media before data culling begins on the stored media Amount to Use for Media GB Note The amount of space to be used for media cannot exceed the total size of the storage de
252. terface To access the victor NVR Administration interface you must have the NVR added as a recorder in the device list on your victor client For information on how to add the NVR recorder to victor refer to the victor Configuration and User Guide By configuring the NVR through victor you can configure your NVR in exactly the same way as via the web Administration interface However when using victor you do not have the option to view live video Instead use the Surveillance pane in the victor client to view NVR cameras in live mode Procedure 1 12 Accessing the victor NVR Administration Interface Step Action 1 In the victor client expand Recorders in the Device List 2 Expand the VideoEdge folder 3 Right click on the NVR recorder you want to configure Q American Dynamics 20 Figure 1 10 victor NVR Configure option A switch YE Clips EE Event Priority Window D Refresh f amp Search and Retrieve fill Surveillance 4 1 jj Activi Call Haan y f ups E Surveillance Activate Virtual Matrix System Vide Workstations EE Matrices P General Purpose Devices 4 mm Recorders firtelex prove 4 i Videotdge I Gi videoedg A Edit mA Configure E Delete eS View a Send To Find in Journal Alert O 0 BELIWKD112 CORF po Refresh VideoEdge 10 Mbps or higher Inactive Be 23 02 2012 10 41 4 Select Configure The NVR Administration interface opens
253. th the use of that device but may not retrieve copy or otherwise transfer that software component to any other media or device without Tyco s express prior written authorization e Backup Copy You may make a back up copy of the Software other than embedded software solely for archival purposes which copy may only be used to replace a component of the Software for which you have cur rent valid license Except as expressly provided in this EULA you may not otherwise make copies of the Soft ware including the printed materials 3 OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS Your use of the Software is subject to the following additional lim itations Failure to comply with any of these restrictions will result in automatic termination of this EULA and will make available to Tyco other legal remedies a Limitations on Reverse Engineering and Derivative Works You may not reverse engineer decompile or dis assemble the Software and any attempt to do so shall immediately terminate this EULA except and only to the extent that such activity may be expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation You may not make any changes or modifications to any portion of the Software or create any derivative works without the written permission of an officer of Tyco except as provided in Section 3 f of this EULA with respect to open source software You may not remove any proprietary notices marks or labels from the Software You shall insti
254. than the background The frame rate of the video should be high enough to capture the object in one or more captured frames e Video Intelligence events create entries in the victor site manager database It is important to ensure that the Video Intelligence parameters are accurate to avoid generating false log entries e Exclude the Time Stamp region from the region of interest because the time stamp changes constantly and could register as movement Q American Dynamics 71 Try not to point cameras into sunlight because high brightness will prevent detection of movement of bright objects such as a person with a white shirt Avoid areas with persistent motion such as trees blinking lights or spinning signs by using an appropriate region of interest Do not use Video Intelligence on moving cameras such as PTZ cameras cameras that vibrate due to wind or other effects or cameras mounted on moveable fixtures e Choose your Video Intelligence alarms selectively You do not want to create alarms that will trigger a high number of alerts making the important alerts more difficult to identify e Situate cameras to provide the best possible views of the areas of interest objects and people It is best to ensure camera views separate objects from people ensure objects and people take up a larger portion of the camera view and keep the entire region of interest within the camera s view e Use the scheduler to ensure alarm recordin
255. the activity area of motion must move in order to trigger the alarm If you select ANY it will trigger an alarm for movement in any direction Select Save End Disabling a Motion Detection Camera Alarm When a Motion Detection camera alarm is not needed at present but will be needed in the future the alarm can be disabled The alarm configuration remains the same on the camera for when it is enabled again Procedure 3 45 Disabling a Camera Alarm Step N O RR Q Action Select Devices from the main menu Select Alarms The Alarms tab displays Select the alarm record you want to disable Click Edit Select the No option button in the Enabled field Click Save End Deleting a Motion Detection Camera Alarm When a Motion Detection camera alarm is no longer required it can be deleted Q American Dynamics 70 Procedure 3 46 Deleting a Camera Alarm Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select Alarms The Alarms tab displays Select the alarm record you want to delete Click Delete The alarm record is removed from the alarm table End Video Intelligence Video Intelligence Camera Alarms After enabling Video Intelligence on a camera you can define alarm rules that trigger an event Each camera can have any number of independent Video Intelligence rules In each rule you can define the areas in the cameras view that you want to monitor You can name each alarm rule It is bes
256. the NVR or access the video audio streams Purpose of the NVR The NVR is the backbone for an IP based video security system The NVR uses TCP IP communication to access and control the hardware networked to it The server can be controlled directly by logging into its Administration interface homepage using a web browser or accessing it via the victor rich client application software Worldwide access to the NVR gives it excellent portability any place where you have a personal computer with internet access to the web you ve got access to your video security system An NVR gives you control over all the features of the surveillance and security hardware networked to the NVR Thus from your web browser or via victor you have control over your entire video security system The NVR is available as either a bundled hardware solution or as software only model that transforms a standard computer hardware system into an advanced and powerful NVR server The NVR software is a hardware independent platform It supports major brand IP cameras and encoder devices integrates into a TCP IP networking environment turning an ordinary PC or server into an Enterprise Network Video Recorder victor Digital Video Management System The open architecture of the victor Digital Video Management System line is designed so that each component can operate independently and can interact with software applications from other product lines The victor Digital Vid
257. the NVR Administration Interface the IP address of one of the NICs must be known if all the IP addresses are dynamic they will vary in value It is recommended that a NIC is configured with a static IP address and subnet mask for this reason LAN IP Address Subnet Mask e Default Gateway Note The Subnet Mask is defined by three classes of IP Address A B and C which will determine its value They are as follows 1 Class A First Octet Decimal Range 1 126 Subnet Mask Value 255 0 0 0 2 Class B First Octet Decimal Range 128 191 Subnet Mask Value 255 255 0 0 3 Class C First Octet Decimal Range 192 223 Subnet Mask Value 255 255 255 0 Q American Dynamics 12 Class A addresses 127 0 0 0 to 127 255 255 255 cannot be used and are reserved for loopback and diagnostic functions N Edit the setting as required and click Save QD Click Continue to advance to the next page End Devices Discovery Tab The Discovery tab automatically discovers all discoverable devices on the network to add to the NVR Multiple devices can be discovered until you reach your limit of camera licenses Not all cameras can be added to the NVR in this way as some manufacturers require cameras to be pre configured prior to being added to a network Figure 1 6 Discovery Page VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Discovered Devices Preparation v Welcome Um All LAN Interfaces Filter Auto Discovery Enabled Disabled Inputs shown 0
258. the changes will take effect Procedure 3 49 Disabling a Camera Alarm Step N OO A O Action Select Devices from the main menu Select Alarms The Alarms tab is displayed Select the alarm record you want to disable Click Edit Select the No option button in the Enabled field Click Save End Deleting a Video Intelligence Camera Alarm When a camera alarm is no longer required it can be deleted Procedure 3 50 Deleting a Video Intelligence Camera Alarm Step 1 2 Action Select Devices from the main menu Select Alarms The Alarms tab is displayed Select the alarm record you want to delete Click Delete Q American Dynamics 75 The alarm record is removed from the alarm table End Edge Analytics Edge Based Analytic Alarms The configuration of analytic camera alarms must take place using the camera s interface Refer to the camera s User s Guide for information Once the edge device has configured alarms the NVR can be configured to monitor for these alarms to fire The fired alarms can trigger recording can be sent via email and will be recorded in the victor activity log You can enable or disable edge based camera alarms using the NVR Administrator Interface There are three types of edge based analytic events supported by the NVR motion detection face detection and blur detection When you have configured the alarm parameters for the camera the alarms are available to enable
259. the file VideoOSDetails VideoEdge XXXXXXXX from the USB in a text editor Copy all information from the Filesystem details section of the file Paste the copied text into a new file tmp fstab_backup on the NVR a Open the Terminal window b Type cat gt tmp fstab_backup Press Enter c Paste the copied text from the clipboard Press Enter d Press CTRL D Inthe Terminal window type videoedge opt americandynamics venvr bin restore_fstab tmp fstab_backup and press Enter Running this command restores all previous mountpoints On the NVR desktop double click on the NVR Administrator icon or on a remote machine use Internet Explorer to log into the NVR Configuration Interface The default credentials are Username admin Password VIDEO edge23 The Setup Wizard opens at the Welcome page Click Start to begin the Setup Wizard Continue through the Setup Wizard until you reach the Network section of the wizard Open the VideoOS Details xxxxxxxx file and use the network settings to help you configure the following Domain Name Domain Name Servers e Default Gateway e RTSP Port NTP Status NTP Servers Complete the remaining stages of the Setup Wizard Q American Dynamics 234 When complete the NVR Configuration Interface opens at the Video List page 16 Select System 17 Select Backup Restore The Backup page opens 18 Select the Restore tab The Restore page opens 19 Click Browse 20 Navi
260. ther information End Q American Dynamics 18 Using the NVR Administration Interface Overview The NVR Administration Interface allows users to interact with the NVR This provides information about the server and allows you to modify the server s settings The NVR interface is accessible via a web browser through victor unified client or locally on your hardware All pages on the web client are static You must refresh your browser to keep all information current To access the NVR Administration Interface from a remote workstation you must know its IP address and have a User name and Password combination that is valid for the NVR A remote workstation logging into the NVR using the Administration Interface must have Java 6 or above installed If the workstation is connected to the Internet but does not have Java installed you must download Java from its website http www java com You must also enable javascript on your browser To access the NVR through victor unified client you must add the NVR Recorder to your recorders in the device list in victor client For information on how to add the NVR recorder to victor refer to Setting Up Recorder Devices in the victor Configuration and User Guide This section explains how to log into the NVR Administration Web Interface access the NVR Administration Interface via victor unified client and provides an overview of the user interface Logging into the NVR Administrator Interface vi
261. tion 253 00 N A 5 54 0 00 Connected Clients 10 Unknown Max retention 307 00 N A 6 74 0 00 Reset to Factory Defaults Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout Table 8 1 Storage Set Statistics Storage Total Configured Amount Total configured amount of storage that will be used in this storage set GB cp Recorded Media Current total amount of recorded media in this storage set Total Protected Media re Storage GB Current total amount of protected media in this storage set a Disk Space Total available disk space in this storage set Total Est Required Ifa retention period is defined on any camera this will show the total required storage PT GB needed to ames retention values otherwise 0 0 Total TotalMbps Current calculated Current calculated Mbps for this storage set sd for this storage set Q American Dynamics 196 Device Est Storage Required Ifa retention period is specified this will indicate the required storage needed to support GB that retention period ag Recorded Meaig Actual amount of recorded media for this camera in this storage set Protected Media GB Amount of current protected media for this camera in this storage set Note If a camera has stored media in a storage set but has now been assigned to another or has been deleted the camera number will be displayed followed by This indicates the camera is not currently configured in this storage set The Max Retention Recorded Rate Kbps and Est S
262. to the storage set and does not contain information on individual device statistics The storage set section also contains statistics for each camera assigned to each storage set Figure 8 4 Storage Statistics tab VIDEOQEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 Live Video Rec Performance Disk Activity Storage Sets Media Devices Video Devices NOTE The following statistics represent recorded media sampled over the last 24 hours may not reflect current activity Storage N A not enough media available or NO retention period specified Archive Storage Set 1 System Total Configured Amount GB 0 y 2 Total Recorded Media GB 160 32 AAN Total Protected Media GB ou 0 Network Available Disk Space GB Total Est Required Storage GB 0 v Advanced Total Mbps EST RECORDED EST STORAGE ACTUAL RECORDED MEDIA PROTECTED MEDIA Failover MAX RETENTION RATE Kbps REQUIRED GB 8 GB Storage Statistics 1 Unknown Max retention 2175 00 N A 49 29 0 00 Stream Statistics 2 Unknown Max retention 1973 00 N A 42 65 0 00 3 Unknown Max retention 553 00 N A 13 05 0 00 Archive Statistics 4 Unknown Max retention 165 00 N A 3 59 0 00 5 Unknown Max retention 507 00 N A 19 25 0 00 Dark Image Detection 6 Unknown Max retention 307 00 N A 6 74 0 00 Email Alerts P Unknown Max retention 307 00 N A 6 74 0 00 8 Unknown Max retention 307 00 N A 6 74 0 00 Serial Ports SS 9 Unknown Max reten
263. to view and edit It is separated into three tabs displaying a list of all cameras audio devices and text device Figure 3 1 Video List VIDEOEDGE VIDEOEDGE45 v Devices List Alarms Scheduler a Comms Security Mis Discos pay 5 640x480 Baer 2 O 192 168 0 66 aas bd bd oe Comme Native MJPEG 7 320x240 Archive SpeedDome T z 4 1 3 O 192 168 188 168 American Dynamics AD IP Dome 4 2 ciel Comma Native APE FW 2 0 0 645 MJPEG 7 320x240 Network 1610 H264 7 ar ae 4 O 192 168 0 168 4 z omme Native API FM Not configured Monitor Outputs ree Test Feed 1 Logout e e pay 15 320x240 5 O 011100 AD malt O 40 Comme Native APL FW Unknown Not configured pest MPAV 15 320x240 6 O 011100 AD Nu O gt 8 G s Comms Native API FW Unknown Not configured Test Feed_3 Mpav 15 320x240 7 o 011100 AD null gt 4 s s com APL EW Unknow Not configured Test Feed_4 wy M 15 320x240 8 O 011 100 AD Null 1 O e e Comme Native API FW Unknown Not configured Test Feed_5 pay 15 320x240 9 O 041100 AD Null t e e Comms Native API FW Unk 320x240 Viewing the Device List The device list provides a snapshot of the basic settings available on the NVR for all camera audio and text devices depending on the tab selected Procedure 3 1 Viewing the Device List Step Action 1 Select the Devices menu 2 Select List The Video List tab displayed 3 Optional Select the Au
264. torage Required GB will display as Unknown The Actual Recorded Media GB and Protected Media GB will display their values Media Device Statistics The Devices tab contains storage statistics per individual storage device Figure 8 5 Storage Statistics per Media Device Rec Perf ance Disk Activity Storage Sets Media Devices Video Storage Statistics Per Device data1 dev sdb2 1 Normal 1769 02 0 3 160 38 0 1769 02 1608 34 Table 8 2 Storage Device Statistics pitt scription O O Media Folder Device Storage Set Status Total Size GB Non Media Used Space GB Total amount of space used by non NVR media files if any on this device Alloted Media Space GB Available Space GB Q American Dynamics 197 Storage Statistics per Video Device The Video tab details the storage statistics for each camera Figure 8 6 Storage Statistics per Video Device Rec Performance Disk Activity Storage Sets Media Devices Video Storage Statistics Per Video Device IV Display times using UTC 2 illustra 610 2014 01 13T11 06 27Z 2014 01 15T14 52 52Z 51 77 49 35 0 2174 2 SMO 2014 01 13T11 55 27Z 2014 01 15T14 52 52Z 50 96 42 69 0 1972 3 illustra flex 2014 01 13T11 07 16Z 2014 01 15T14 52 52Z 51 76 13 07 0 552 4 Speed Dome 2014 01 13711 07 372 2014 01 15714 52 527 51 75 3 59 0 165 5 Axis 2014 01 13T11 50 21Z 2014 01 15T14 44 17Z 50 9 19 28 0 505 6 Test Feed 1 2014 01 13T11 50 46Z 2014 01 15714 52 527 51 03 6 75 0
265. treaming You can enable or disable streaming on a camera as required Procedure 3 24 Enable Disable Video Streaming Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List i 3 Click in the camera row that you want to assign to a new storage set The Function amp Streams page opens 4 Select the General tab In the Camera Streaming field select Enable to enable camera streaming Or Select Disable to disable camera streaming 6 cick E End Image Settings Camera image settings can be configured in the Image Setting tab which can be accessed by clicking the Setup icon for the required device on the Video List tab The settings available are dependent on the camera make model When the changed settings are applied the viewer window updates to reflect the changes made Q American Dynamics 48 Procedure 3 25 Configuring Camera Image Settings Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click vet in the camera row you want to configure camera settings The Function amp Streams tab displays Select the Image Settings tab Adjust the Video Properties as required The available settings and value ranges are dependent on the camera make model and include Video Standard Select the required video processing standard from the dropdown Rotate Image Select the angle you want to rotate the image from the dropdown Brightness Select the brightness value from the dropdown Contrast
266. type local disks or network storage The NVR will not be able to record or display live video until the media re indexing is complete Q American Dynamics 221 Figure 8 18 Factory Reset Page VIDEOQEDGE Live Video Factory Reset Reverts the NVR configuration to the factory defaults Devices The following options are available for the factory restore functionality You can choose to restore with or without preserving your recorded media Storage Reset to Factory Defaults AND Erase All Media This will delete al your recorded media all video audio vaulted media video analytic data and text stream data Archive Choose this option if you want to remove all media and fully restore to factory defaults System l Apply Network Reset to Factory Defaults AND Keep Media Sie This will preserve all your recorded media am NOTE this option will keep both the media and the current media database If there are continuing issues a reset with full media re indexing is recommended a Choose this option for a quick reset of NVR settings but preserve all media and databases ailover Apply Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Reset to Factory Defaults AND Re index Media This will keep all your recorded media and it will also re index the recorded media Archive Statistics This means it will completely rebuild the media database from scratch The reindex process is a Time intensive and could take at least several hours depending on the volume
267. u items Basic From here you can enable or disable storage devices connected to the NVR and set the Vault Media Quota Advanced From here you can create storage sets to allow for load balancing Devices can then be assigned as required to best utilize your hardware Overview NVRs can require a tremendous amount of storage space depending on the number of cameras codec resolution frame rates recording modes and the duration for which you wish to preserve video recordings At the outset of your use of the NVR system you will need to have storage configured to record data From time to time you may find it necessary to replace or add a storage device to produce a greater capacity for video storage This chapter describes how to configure storage devices that are physically connected to the NVR and storage devices that are networked to the NVR over a TCP IP connection There are two main storage configuration types basic and advanced configuration Basic configuration is the default configuration type where all storage devices and cameras are contained within one storage set By using advanced storage configuration you can create numerous storage sets and assign storage devices and cameras to storage sets as required to optimize disk performance Overview of Storage Sets A storage set is a group of storage drives One storage set is set up by default on an NVR This is storage set 1 Initially the default storage set has all enab
268. uired 8 Using the Maximum Camera Log Size dropdown select the maximum camera log size 9 Select deselect the Include Core Files checkbox as required 10 Click Get Logs 11 When the File Download window displays Click Open or Save The Logs folder is now ready to be viewed End FTP Log Management The FTP Log Management page allows you to configure FTP server settings where system logs will be uploaded periodically The Event Log is rotated all entries are cleared when it is full To preserve the Events Log this function should be configured and enabled Note Only syslog files are uploaded when using this feature The FTP Log Management page allows you to input the FTP server IP Address FTP Username remote FTP Directory and FTP Password A valid Default Gateway must be assigned in the General Network Settings to use this feature Q American Dynamics 205 Figure 8 9 FTP Log Management Page VIDEOEDGE Ii a4 2 vIDECEDGE G Live Video Retrieve Logs FTP Log Management Event Logs Connection Device Logs Audit Trail This page configures an FTP server where system logs will be uploaded periodically Please specify FTP server Devices IP remote FTP directory valid FTP login password and click enable check box to start uploading Storage Upload Disabled Edit Archive FIP Server system FTP User FTP Directory Network FTP Password Advanced Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Ima
269. up to date data transfer rate for each camera You can use this information to optimize the performance of your NVR by reassigning cameras to storage sets based on the current data transfer rates Procedure 4 7 Calibrating Cameras Step Action 1 Select Storage from the main menu 2 Select Advanced The Storage Sets tab displays 3 Select the Assign Devices tab A summary of cameras assigned to storage sets are displayed 4 Click Calibrate The Estimated Kbps field for each camera is updated with the data transfer rate for the last two minutes End Deleting Storage Sets You can delete storage sets as required however the default storage set cannot be deleted Note Before you delete a storage set you need to ensure that it contains no assigned cameras or media folders Procedure 4 8 Deleting a Storage Set Step Action 1 Select Storage from the main menu 2 Select Advanced The Storage Sets tab displays 3 Reassign all media folders currently assigned to the storage set you want to delete Q American Dynamics 100 4 Reassign all cameras currently assigned to the storage set you want to delete EZ 5 Click 6 Click x Note If you have not reassigned all cameras and media folders the NVR will not allow you to delete the storage set End Storage Statistics The NVR holds and displays storage statistics for storage devices storage sets and cameras that are being used in the NVR storage configuration Th
270. vice A dropdown list of other storage sets available on Move to Storage Set the NVR By selecting a storage set you will move the media folder to that storage set Creating Storage Sets You can create a new storage set to group particular media folders and cameras When a new storage set is created it contains no media folders or cameras you need to reassign these from another storage set Storage Set Recommendations If you are using RAID storage systems American Dynamics strongly recommends assigning all virtual disks from a disk group to the same storage set It is recommended that a storage set should contain a minimal number of media folders one if possible maximizing the virtual disk size The R720 bundled server storage set performance supports a maximum of 64 cameras with 200Mbps max on each storage set Total input into server is 400Mbps The Software Only option installed on the minimum requirement hardware supports a maximum of 32 cameras with 100Mbps max on each storage set Total input into server is 400Mbps Procedure 4 4 Creating a Storage Set Step Action 1 Select the Storage menu 2 Select Advanced The Storage Sets tab displays 3 Click Add Storage Set new storage set is created End Q American Dynamics 98 Media Folder Assignment for Storage Sets When you create a new storage set you need to assign media folders and cameras to it To assign media folders to a new storage set you
271. vices from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List opens Select the Text List tab 4 Select the checkbox of the Text device for which you want to group rules 5 click Th The Rules Markers page opens 6 Select the Group Rules checkbox End Advanced Text Device Configuration Advanced Text Device Configuration includes creating video and audio associations with text stream devices and creating of Rules and Markers Creating Associations for Text Devices Text devices can be associated with multiple cameras and audio devices Procedure 3 19 Associating Cameras and Audio Devices with Text Devices Step Action Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List opens 3 Select the Text List tab 4 Click we in the text record for which you want to edit a text list setting The Text Edit tab displays 5 Select the checkbox es for the video and audio device s you want to associate with the text device 6 Use the arrow right button to move the selected devices to the Association list s Q American Dynamics 45 7 Click Apply End Procedure 3 20 Removing Associations from Text Devices Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List The Video List opens 3 Select the Text List tab 4 Click inthe text record for which you want to edit a text list setting The Text Edit tab opens 5 Select the checkbox es for the video and audio device s you no longer want to be associat
272. y hh nn ste Factory Shutdown Monitor Outputs Logout m gt Procedure 8 11 Viewing the Recording Performance Statistics Step Action Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Storage Statistics The Rec Performance tab opens 3 Select the storage set you want to view the recording performance for from the Recording Performance dropdown list The graph updates displaying details for the selected storage set End Q American Dynamics 194 Disk Activity The Disk Activity tab contains a graph outlining the disk activity for a specified media folder over a specified period of time The graph can be customized by selecting the required filters There are three values the graph depicts The Average Utilization red the Average Read green and the Average Write blue over the time period selected Figure 8 3 Disk Activity Statistics tab Filters vipEOEDGE45 Q Live Video Rec Performance Disk Activity Storage Sets Media Devices Video Devices Disk Storage Activity Archive Media Folder datal Sampling Rate 120 minutes Report for last All hours x Utilization Scale 1000 w Disk I O Scale 1000 System Disk Id sdb Avg Utilizati we ve Utilization aina Avg Read HBps Avg Hrite ihe Advanced s 4 Failover Storage Statistics Stream Statistics Archive Statistics Logs Dark Image Detection Email Alerts Serial Ports Connect
273. y information about any primary NVRs will not be backed up Upgrade Considerations Failover functionality is only available when software version compatibility is satisfied i e both the primary and secondary NVRs have the same version of software installed It is recommended that you should upgrade all NVR s in the same maintenance window when a Failover system is present to ensure the time period without failover redundancy is minimized Procedure 8 1 Upgrading NVRs when Failover is Enabled Step Action 1 Disable failover monitoring on your primary NVR 2 Upgrade your primary NVR 3 Begin upgrading your secondary NVRs When a secondary NVR has been upgraded failover monitoring can be re enabled Note Security Configuration gt Web server configuration i e HTTP and HTTPS or HTTPS only must be applied identically on the primary NVR and on all the secondary NVRs on its active monitoring list for failover to function correctly End Q American Dynamics 185 Configure Failover Mode for an NVR An NVR that is going to be used as a secondary NVR must be installed and configured in the same way as you would for a primary NVR You need to configure media folders and storage sets It is important to note when you are configuring storage for a secondary NVR the storage configuration must be able to support recording of any camera configurations set up on any of the primary NVRs it is monitoring Note For seamless playback
274. y victor unified client using the Push Updates feature The user will be required to have the appropriate permissions to carry out a Push Update For further information refer to the victor unified client User Guide Applying Software Updates using the Administration Interface You can apply software updates or patches to the NVR using the Update Software page The current version of the software installed is displayed To update the software you must upload a new software package and then install the update VIDEOEDGE Figure 6 7 Update Software Page Live Video Update Software Devices Current Versions Last Upgrade Status Storage NVR software version 4 5 0 478 23032 Date 2014 02 07 12 17 55 ARN 3 F Files NVR_Update_Full 4 5 0 478 x86_64 is0 Result Package s installed successfully v System AD 1 Channel Encoder CN 4 5 0 478 1 General AD 8 Channel Encoder 4 5 0 478 1 Upload New Package Users and Roles AD Hybrid Analog Interface 4 5 0 478 1 Licensing AD IP Speed Dome 4 5 0 478 1 upload Templates AD Illustra Flex Series 4 5 0 478 1 Uploaded Packages Backup Restore AD Text Stream Analog 4 5 0 478 1 Filename Size Kb Date Select TESE AD Text Stream IP 4 5 0 478 1 AD VideoEdge IP Camera 4 5 0 478 1 NVR Update Full 4 5 0 478 x86 64is0 1153259 02 07 14 12 15 22 O Serial Protocols See AD illustra iAPI1 4 5 0 478 1 Adillustra iAPI2 4 5 0 478 1 Network AD illustra iAPI3 4
275. yellow indicating a change has been made 6 To enter several NTP Server IP Addresses click to add an additional IP Address Enter the IP Address in the field 7 Click Save A confirmation message displays End UPnP By default NVR UPnP advertisements are enabled to allow networked devices to be discovered by victor Unified Client If required this can be disabled Procedure 7 5 Disabling NVR UPnP Advertisements Step Action Select Network 2 Select General The Network General tab displays Select the UPnP Disable option button 4 Click Save Q American Dynamics 165 UPnP will now disabled End Q American Dynamics 166 LAN Interface The LAN Interface page allows you to enable and disable the NICs of the NVR Each NIC provides a LAN interface for the NVR The LAN Interface page also allows you to edit the available LAN Interfaces Inthe LAN Interface page the NIC s associated with the NVR will be displayed and available for editing The LAN Interface page allows you to edit the IP Address Allocation LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask The page will also display the MAC address for each NIC on the NVR Note If you are configuring or editing the LAN Interface Settings for a primary NVR when Failover mode is in use on your network the units Virtual IP address will also display on this page It can not be edited Figure 7 3 LAN Interface Page VIDEOEDGE ain 40 12700 VIDECEDGE G Live Video LAN Interface
276. you should modify the NVR s IP address in victor unified client Modifying the address allows you to keep any configured tours salvos and event actions you have configured for the NVR in the unified client c Enter the primary NVR s Username d Enter the primary NVR s Password Note Primary NVR s being monitored by a secondary NVR should all share the same user credentials e Enter the IP Address of the primary NVR s camera network in the Camera N W IP field f To enable Failover monitoring of the primary NVR select the Enabled checkbox Optional To view search and retrieve video on victor unified client across on WAN also complete the following steps g Enter the servers WAN IP address h Enter the servers WAN HTTP Port i Enter the servers WAN Streaming Port j Enter a virtual WAN HTTP Port in the Virtual WAN HTTP Port field k Enter a virtual WAN Streaming Port in the Virtual WAN Streaming Port field 5 Click Apply End Removing Primary NVRs from the Server Monitoring List Primary NVRs can be removed from the server monitoring list on the Failover page Q American Dynamics 190 Procedure 8 7 Removing Primary NVRs from the Server Monitoring List Step Action 1 Select Advanced from the main menu 2 Select Failover The Failover page opens 3 Select the checkbox of the primary NVR s that you want to remove from the server monitoring list Note The primary NVR s are listed by their static IP address 4 Cli
277. ytics engine will drop frames to make sure that it is under a certain fps and CPU load Procedure 3 27 Enabling Motion Detection for a Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click ed in the camera record for which you want to configure camera settings The Function amp Streams tab displays 4 Set the camera Record Status to a setting that supports Motion Detection Only Record on Alarm or Recording Always with Alarm On 5 Select Motion Detection from the Video Analysis dropdown list Note If an error message opens the NVR cannot detect a suitable stream from the camera to support Motion Detection You will need to change the Codec Image Resolution or FPS of one of your camera s streams to settings that are compatible with Motion Detection 6 Select the required level of Motion Sensitivity Values range from High most results to Low least results 7 ciiek E End Disabling Motion Detection When required you can disable Motion Detection in the Video List or using the camera s Advanced Edit page When Motion Detection is disabled you will not be able to perform some of the Motion Detection based activities such as setting NVR Motion Detection alarms Q American Dynamics 52 Procedure 3 28 Disabling Motion Detection for a Camera Step Action 1 Select Devices from the main menu 2 Select List 3 Click inthe camera record where you want to disable camera Video Inte

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