Acti INR-410 INR-420 V3.0.09 User Manual

INR-410 INR-420 System Administrator’s Manual 2014/10/23 For Version 3.0.09

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 10 Video Adjustment Attributes 72 Configure Motion Settings ...

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 100 Delete the Event Rules On Event List, select the rules you wish to delete, and

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 101 Security Certain webmail providers provide the SSL/TLS-encrypted SMTP connectio

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 102 Mode The FTP works in two very different manners, Active mode and Passive mode.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 103 Define Search Time You need to first define the time of the logs you would like

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 104 Read the Log The search result will show 1000 records before and after your q

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 105 System Status Server start up, disk is full, disk is not found, disk i

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 106 Storage Management This section describes how to manage storage space in the N

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 107 Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule 1. Disk Drive List displa

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 108 Manage User Groups/ Users The User Groups/Users page allows you to (1) manage

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 109 within the domain network. As the NVR server runs on the same domain where th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 11 Add Users ...

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 110 The domain users within that group will all be added to the NVR server at the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 111 You may copy the Device Permissions Settings to other devices. Clic

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 112 The NVR server provides a procedure to help users who have

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 113 Domain: ACTi.com Domain Users Management As the NVR server is logged in to

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 114 Customize Views After all devices are configured, you may start customizing th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 115 Step 1: Create a New View On View Toolbar, click the Create View button

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 116 Step 4: Add Video Source In edit mode, move the mouse over the channel and clic

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 117 Map brightness: To change the map brightness, right-click on the map, select

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 118 Remove the whole map: Right-click on the map and select “Remove”. Manage maps:

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 119 Step 7: Adjust the Channel Size & Layout Adjust the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 12 License Registration...

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 120 Switch channel windows: Click on a channel title until the cross arrow

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 121 2. After the fisheye mode is selected, click the entire channel or a region of

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 122 Manage the Views Each View belongs to a specific View Group. With the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 123 Set View Link By creating a link button on a map view, you can directly be link

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 124 On View Toolbar, click and select Create Patrol. 1. Input the Patrol

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 125 Tips to Enhance Live View Performance Live view for multiple channels require

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 126 4. A Workstation client computer can have its own specific display configura

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 127 Customize System Language The NVR server supports multiple languages for user

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 128 Edit User Interface Wordings Each language file contains four editable string t

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 129 Export / Import Language String File You may also click “Export” to export the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 13 Overview Product Overview INR-410/420 is a compact and reliable multi-cha

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 130 Display Configurations You can change the user interface style by arranging th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 131 Video & Snapshot Export Configurations The snapshots taken by users on Liv

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 132 Joystick On the NVR server, other than user interface PTZ panel and mouse oper

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 133 NVR System Upgrade When a newer version of the NVR system software fo

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 134 When selecting Setup Type, the default “Complete” will have the program instal

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 135 3. The IP Port Checker will pop up to confirm the NVR port number with you. Th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 136 4. As the server port is confirmed, the installation process is done, click “F

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 137 Workstation Installation and Upgrade NVR3 Workstation program is wrapped toget

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 138 3. Double-click the shortcut on desktop to execute the applicati

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 139 Back Up System Data Making regular system backups is always recommended in cas

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 14 Server / Client Architecture NVR 3.0 is a typical web-based server/client

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 140 Step 2: Back up Recording Files Folder (Optional) Back up the whole Recordin

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 141 Restore System Data Before starting restoring the system, make sure you alread

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 142 Advanced Administrative Tasks To assist the NVR administrator in monitoring

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 143 Change Authentication Method You may enable the Digest authentication other tha

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 144 Switch to Redundancy Server An NVR server can serve as a redundancy server f

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 145 3. The other relevant settings pages will then appear. Enter “License” to sta

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 146 After the registration, the license information will appear on this page.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 147 Set up Redundancy Server 1. Go to the “Storage” page to set up the storage spa

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 148 3. After you click “Yes” to confirm this configuration, this NVR will immediat

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 15 Getting Started What’s in the Box This product package includes the following i

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 16 At a Glance Front Panel No. Description No. Description  Disk B

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 17 Rear Panel No Description No. Description  AC Power Connector  Power S

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 18 Rackmount the Unit To make system maintenance easier, you may want to pu

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 19 Step 2: Mount the Disk Loosen the two screws on the Tray to remove the dummy

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 2 About This Manual Target Audience This manual is intended for System Administ

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 20 Step 4: Attach the Front Cover Align the left end hooks of the cover to the h

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 21 Connect the Devices Follow the procedures to connect the devices. These devices

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 22 Start the Unit 1. On the rear panel, press down the Power Switch to the si

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 23 Enter Windows After the unit starts, key in “123456” to log in as Administrat

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 24 Definitions of LED Indicators System LED Indicators: HDD LED Indicators: Ind

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 25 Get the Hard Disks Ready for Recording Before the installed hard disks and eSAT

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 26 Striped (RAID 0) RAID 0 combines multiple hard drives into one larger volume.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 27 Create Volume and Configure Software RAID 1. Click Window Start ,

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 28 3. Right-click on a disk title again, select “Convert to Dynamic Disk

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 29 5. After the volume is created, this drive will be shown on Volume

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 3 Related Documentation Since this manual focuses on how to accomplish the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 30 Hardware RAID (for INR-420 Only) With the purpose of achieving better perf

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 31 Hardware RAID Comparison RAID Type JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Minimum Num

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 32 3. Go to Logical and select Create Array. Configure the desired setting, and th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 33 5. In Windows Search Box, input “Computer Management” and enter this utility.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 34 Observe Disk Status It may happen that one of your disks goes into fa

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 35 License and Activation Before managing the IP cameras via an NVR server,

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 36 matching record will be stored on the ACTi license data server. There ar

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 37 Step-by-step Activation Process Based on the network conditions of your site, f

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 38 Offline Activation SOP Step 1: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required f

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 39 Step 3: Login to the NVR server from local or via web client. Go to Setup page

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 4 Conventions Used in This Manual The following are typographic conventions used i

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 40 System Installation Check List Before Starting Item Task Description Reference 1

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 41 11 Configure recording schedule By default, each device will start 7/24 s

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 42 Log In to the System Access the NVR Server via NVR3 Workstation NVR3 Workstatio

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 43 Local Workstation Client Login Local Workstation Client refers to the user who r

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 44 E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password The NVR server can send the password of the U

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 45 D. Language Choose a UI language from the dropdown list. E. Remember Login In

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 46 5. You can export the saved server sites, or import it to another Workstation c

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 47 Access the NVR Server via Internet Explorer In addition to NVR3 Workstation, yo

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 48 Cause 1: Server is not ready Solution: It may happen when you just started the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 49 4. On Task Manager Process tab, locate the PID number of the service using port

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 5 Legal Notice Disclaimer The information contained in this document is in

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 50 To ensure the NVR server is always accessible from your web client regardless of

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 51 Login A. Enter Account & Password Account (non case-sensitive): Admin (

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 52 Set up the System This chapter will guide you through everything you need to kno

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 53 System Settings You can adjust the Email & SMTP settings, FTP settings for e

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 54 Licensing This is the license management section. On lower right par

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 55 NVR Main Screen You will enter the live view screen after Setup Wizard. On the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 56 Add Devices Cameras or video encoders are the fundamental building blocks of su

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 57 3. There are three ways to add devices into the system, Search Devices, Sear

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 58 have checked all the devices you need. Please note that the list of

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 59 Add Devices on WAN or Other Local Area Networks 1. After selecting “Add De

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 6 Regulatory Compliance Information Federal Communications Commission Statement Th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 60 2. Click “Get Device Settings” to have NVR contact the device and get the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 61 Brand Select the manufacturer of device. Model Select the device model of the IP

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 62 Device Status To validate if you have successfully added a device to N

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 63 Add Non-ACTi Cameras In this section, we will guide you through how to ad

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 64 If the device you wish to add supports ONVIF, you can select “ONVIF” for Media T

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 65 Manage Multiple Devices After adding several devices to the system, you may get

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 66 Copy Settings Across Devices When setting a large number of devices, many se

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 67 Add Video Streams from a Multi-channel Device There are devices that outp

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 68 Configure Device Settings After adding a device to the NVR system, you may

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 69 Bitrate*5 This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide whe

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 7 Table of Contents 1 About This Manual 2 Target Audience ...

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 70 Event Recording with Frame Rate Adjustment This mode keeps recording all the way

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 71 Scenario B: You would like the system to record 24/7, and the non-event recordin

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 72 Video Adjustment Attributes Field Category Field Name Description Image Video Fl

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 73 Exposure/ White Balance mode. White balance refers to the device’s ab

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 74 Configure Motion Settings To make use of the motion and PIR detection functions

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 75 4. When the setting is finished, click “Apply” to save, and then “Close” to exi

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 76 Configure Storage Card Settings Certain camera models come with the internal sto

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 77 Configure PTZ Device PTZ devices can do panning, tilting and zooming automatica

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 78 Adjustment Attributes Field Name Description Vendor The provider of Protocol.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 79 Address ID Address ID represents the identity of the device, only analog devices

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 8 Start the Unit ...

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 80 To execute optical Zoom in or Zoom out, scroll the mouse wheel forward to z

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 81 Set PTZ Preset Points With PTZ devices, you may define a view b

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 82 Set PTZ Command If your speed dome or PTZ device has a special functio

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 83 4. After a tour is saved, it is available on Live View pagePTZ contr

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 84 Full support for all types of dewarped video stream output from fisheye cameras

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 85 Fisheye Mode Description PTZ Navigation Original View The very raw fisheye v

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 86 Quad Four small user-defined cropped regions ePTZ 3. After the configu

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 87 Schedule Recordings Unlike the traditional analog surveillance system, th

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 88 Post-event Recording Buffer (sec): This will determine how long after the

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 89 : Continuously record that channel.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 9 Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in? 49 Login ..

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 90 Click to apply schedule from 18:00 to 06:00 every day with the setting

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 91

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 92 2. As you drag any settings over the time track, it will not apply to those shi

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 93 To check the result, go to Schedule tab, and click All Devices on Device List.

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 94 Event Management When something happens on the camera site, such as someone wal

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 95 How to Edit an Event Rule 1. Go to Setup page  Event tab. All the editable e

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 96 You can enable multiple responses by first checking the boxes to enable the item

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 97 Makes the NVR server play beep sound or an audio file for a number of repetit

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 98 4. After configuring the actions, click “Apply” to save this response. 5. Go

www.acti.comINR-410/420 System Administrator’s Manual 99 Manage the Event Rules Event List panel gives an overview on event rules set o