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1 Network Video Recorder NVS User Manual NVSPRO8-2U-X NVSPRO8-4U-X model no. Please carefully read these instructions before using this product. Save this manual for future use. ...
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31472A B 3 Surve illix™ NVS PRO Operations Ma nual (G5 Ha rdware & Vers ion 4 .5 Software ) Manual Editi on 31472 AB – OCTOBER 20 12 Printed in USA No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, except as expressed in the Software License Agreement. Tos hiba Am er i c a I nf orm at i ...
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4 LIMITED W ARRANTY NETWORK V IDEO RECORDER The Imaging S ystems Division of Toshiba America Information S ystems, In c. ("ISD") makes the following limited warr an ties. These limited warranties extend to the Original End - Use r ("You[ r]"). Limited Three (3) Year Warranty of Labor and Parts The Imaging Sy stems Divi sion of T ...
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31472A B 5 I MP O R T ANT S AF E G U AR D S 1. Read Owner’s M anual – After unpac kin g this produ ct, read th e own er’s ma nua l car efull y, and foll ow all the o perati ng and o ther ins truction 2. Power Sou rc es – This produc t shoul d be oper ated o nly from t he typ e of power sourc e indicat ed on the la bel. If y ou ar e not sur ...
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6 IMPORTANT SAFEGU A RDS, c ontinued 16. Damage Requiri ng Service – Unplug the unit from th e out let and refer serv icing to qualif ied s ervice personnel under the f ollowin g condit ions: a. When th e power - suppl y co rd or plu g is dama ged. b. If liqui d has be en spil led, or objects ha ve fall en into the unit. c. If the un it has b een ...
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31472A B 7 A VOID VOLATILE LIQUID Do not use vol atile li quids, suc h as an insect s pray, near the unit. Do not l eave rub ber or plasti c products touching t he unit for a l ong time . They wi ll leav e marks on the fi nish. Do not use a chemi cally saturated cl oth . NOTES ON M A INTEN ANCE To keep the rec order alw ays operati onal we recommen ...
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8 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN O R MOISTURE. DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGES ARE PRESENT INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE. DO NOT O PEN THE CA BINET . REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY. CAUTION CAUT ION: TO R EDUCE TH E R ISK O F E LECT RIC SHOCK , DO NOT RE MO V E COVER ( OR BAC K). NO U SER-S ERV ICEA ...
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31472A B 9 RACK MOUNT INSTR UCTIONS Elevated Oper ating Amb ient – If ins talled in a c losed or mul ti - unit rack as sembly, t he operating a mbient tempe rature of th e rack environment may be greater t han roo m ambient. The refore, consi deration should be giv en to install ing the equi pment in an environment c ompatible with the max imum a ...
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10 Disclaimer We discl aim any responsi bility and shall be held har mless for any damages or losses i ncurred by the user in any of the followi ng cases: 1. Fire, earth quake or any ot her act of God; acts by third parti es; misuse by the user, whether int entional o r accidental ; use under ext reme operating condi tions. 2. Malfuncti on or non - ...
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31472A B 11 Table of Content s PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 About this Guide ..................................................................................................................................... ...
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12 Edit Liv e View Channe ls ................................................................................................................................ 33 Screen Div ision But tons ................................................................................................................................ . 33 64 Channel S creen Div ision ...
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31472A B 13 Save to JPG or AVI ........................................................................................................................................ 68 Bookmarks ....................................................................................................................................... 69 Cli p Bac kup ................ ...
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14 Emergency Agent Window .............................................................................................................. 98 Search Alarm W in dow ..................................................................................................................... 99 Remote Softw are Ov erview ........................................ ...
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31472A B 15 PREFA CE ABOUT THIS G UIDE This manual is a setup and maintenanc e guide that c an be used fo r referenc e when setting up t he recorde r and for troubleshoo ting wh en a problem occ urs. Only auth orized pe rsonnel should at tempt to r epair thi s unit. Toshiba reserv es the right t o make c hanges to the r ecorde r s re presented by t ...
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16 INT RODUCT ION PRODUCT DESCR IPTI ON A Sur veillix NVS Pr o is a network vi deo reco rder , a serve r that pe rforms as a High Definiti on Network Di gital Rec order. By uti lizing t he many features of a comput er, includi ng processi ng power, s torage capaci ty, graphi cs compr ession, and sec urity feat ures, the rec order is more powerful t ...
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31472A B 17 FEATURES Surveill ix recorders inc lude the fol lowing new fe atures: • Optimized and des igned for Microsoft ® Windows 7 E mbedded • Supports up to 6 4 network cam eras • Remote system oper ation & confi gurati on • Supports multi ple simul taneous remo te connections • PAN / TILT / Z OOM controls • Simultaneous vi deo ...
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18 CONTRO LS AND C ONNEC T IONS This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Input / Output C onnector Locati ons • Front Panel Contr ols and LE Ds • Rear Panel Connec tors ...
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31472A B 19 F RONT P ANEL C ONTROLS The front panel of the rec order cont ains the devic es that will be commonl y used for data removal, retrieval, a nd backup repl acement. T he most common co mponents and buttons are shown belo w. 2U Front Panel 4U Front Panel Cooling fan intake USB ports Power switch Reset LEDs Power Failure Fan Failure NIC2 NI ...
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20 REAR PANEL CONNE CTO R S The rear panel of the recor der contai ns the connecto rs used to attach ca meras, sensors , and rel ays to the rec order . B elow ar e diagrams that outline th e locati on and descri ption of eac h connecto r. 2U Rear Pan el 4U Rear Pan el AC power Optical output USB USB Network eS AT A USB Cooling fan 5.1 Surround soun ...
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31472A B 21 GETTING ST AR TED This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Included Compone nts • Setting up the DV R Hardware • Optional Compo nents ...
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22 IDENTI FY I NG INCLUDED COMPO NENTS Surveill ix recorders come with a mou se, keyboard and selected s oftwa re and cables . Identify th e following c omponents to m ake sure everything has b een prope rly incl uded with the new recorder . If any of the followi ng items are mi ssing, c ontact the deal er to arra nge a replacement. NVR Case Key (v ...
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31472A B 23 KEYBO ARD SETUP To attach the key board to t he record er , plug t he end of th e Keyboard into a USB p ort l ocated on the back of th e machi ne. MOUSE SETUP To attach the m ouse to the r ecorder , plug the end of the mouse int o a USB port locate d on the back of the mach ine. The mouse uses a c ursor cal led a point er. Pointers c om ...
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24 MONI TO R SETUP The recorder h as the foll owing conne ctions av ailable to at tach a monitor. HDM I Output To TV / Digital Moni tor DVI - I Output To TV / Digital Moni tor DVI to SVGA Adapter Connect adapte r to DVI out put to con nect an analog VGA Monit or . Attach the m onitor or monitors to t he r ea r of the recorde r using the ca ble supp ...
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31472A B 25 H AR D DRIV E ARRA Y ( 2U ONLY) Hard drives i n the NVS Pro 8 - 2U are arranged t op to bottom i n the HDD ca ge. A mini mum of one and a maximu m of four ha rd drives may be instal led in the h ard drive cag e. The har d drive instal led in bay o ne contai ns the operati ng sys tem and if removed will render the recorder inop erable. R ...
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26 R ACKMOUNT KI T INST A LL AT I O N This s ection provides information on install ing the Surve illix 2U and 4U NVR s i nto a rack uni t with the rack rail s provided. The re are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembl y procedur e wi ll differ slightl y. You should refer t o the install ation instructi ons that came wi t ...
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31472A B 27 Installing the Inner Rail Extensions Each rackmount kit inc ludes a set of i nner rail s in two sec tions: inner rails and i nner rail extens ions. The i nner rai ls are pre - attach ed to the chassis , and do not inte rfere with nor mal use of the chassi s if you deci de not to use a se rver rack. T he inner rail extens ion is attac he ...
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28 4U FRONT BEZEL I NS T ALLA TION The 4U is shi pped with handl es attached t o the front of the unit. I f you cho ose to mount the fro nt bezel to yo ur recor der, you wil l need to re move the handl es and attach the bez el before att aching the rackmount rai ls. 1. Remove the two screws f rom each h andle. 2. Ins tall the include bezel clips an ...
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31472A B 29 NVR BAS ICS This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Becoming famil iar with the Di splay sc reen • Defining Scree n Divisi ons ...
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30 SETTING THE TIME AND D ATE 1. Exit to Wi ndows by cli cking Exit on th e Display screen and then c licki ng Rest a rt in Window s Mode . 2. Click the Start butt on > Cont rol Panel . 3. Click Date and Time i nside Control Pa ne l . 4. Adjust the Dat e and Time. 5. When finis hed, click Apply , then OK , then cl ose all open windows a nd resta ...
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31472A B 31 DISPLAY SC REEN Each time the recorder sta rts, the pro gram defaults to the Dis play screen. The foll owing diagram outl ines the buttons and f eatures us ed on the Dis play screen. You s hould be come famili ar with thes e options as this is the screen that will be displayed the maj ority of the time. CPU Mete r Use the CPU me ter to ...
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32 CAMERA VIEW Recording Sta tus I ndicator The camera stat us for each c amera i s displ ayed in the upper ri ght corne r on the Video Display Area. The fol lowing are the di fferent states for each camera : Rec ording Displayed when the came ra is cur rently being recorded to the record er . Moti on D ete ction Displayed when a c amera (set up f ...
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31472A B 33 EDIT LI V E VIE W CH ANN ELS By default, the recorder only all ows live v ideo from four network chann els at one time on the l ocal server. T his protec ts the proces sor resources fo r recording data. The SC S software al lows you to v iew live v ideo fro m multiple rec orders at once an d with the sam e limitat ions that the rec orde ...
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34 64 Chann el Scr een Div isio n To access channels 17 - 32, 3 3 - 48, and 49 - 6 4 on a 64 - ch annel NVS, Mouse over the c hannel sec tion indic ator next to the screen div ision butto ns. The channel sec tion will display as 16X 1, 16X 2, an d 16X 4 to indicate t he channel s ection you a re current ly viewi ng. Click t he desired channel secti ...
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31472A B 35 SETUP O PTIONS This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Setup Overview • Camera Setup • Network Video • Motion • Schedule • Network • Administrativ e • Information • PTZ ...
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36 SETUP OVERV IEW The Setup optio ns all ow you to optimi ze your recorde r by adjusti ng things like camera n ames, restart s chedules , recording s chedules and more. It is extremely important that you setup your recorder co rrectly for s everal reaso ns . • Rec ording Sc hedule s – Increase the amount of perti nent reco rded video that i s ...
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31472A B 37 CAMERA SETUP • Select Camera – Selects t he camera t o be edited. • Selected Camera Di splay – Displ ays t he live camera fe ed from th e camera sel ected. • Sens or Connec tion – Sepecify which sensors are c urrently i n use • Camera Name – Speci fy a name for each c amera. Defin e Cam era N am e Selec ted Camer a Displ ...
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38 NETWORK VI DE O Conn ecting a Net wor k Dev ice Connecting Manual l y 1. From the Live V iew screen, click Setup . 2. Click Network Video . 3. Select your net work dev ice from the Device Type list. 4. Type a Device Name . 5. Type the IP/URL address , Port# , User ID and Password of the devi ce. 6. Click Add . 7. Click Apply . 8. Proceed to As s ...
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31472A B 39 A ssigning a Network Dev ice to a Ch annel 1. From the Live V iew screen, click Setup . 2. Click Network Video . 3. Click the Channe l Set up tab. 4. Click an available c hannel on the Channel List . 5. Type the desi red Positi on Name . 6. On the Sele ct Device li st, selec t the appropriate n etwork devi ce added pr eviousl y. 7. If t ...
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40 A ssigning Audio Channels to a Network Dev ice 1. From the Live V iew screen, click Setup . 2. Click Network Video . 3. Click the Audio Setup tab. 4. Click an available c hannel on the Channel List . 5. On the Sele ct Device li st, selec t the appropriate n etwork devi ce added pr eviousl y. 6. To record the net work audi o, select t he Record N ...
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31472A B 41 A ssigning Dua l Streams Dual stream s upport enabl es you to t ake advantage of two diffe rent strea ms from an IP c amera. On e stream c an be high def inition forensic vi deo, while the other stre am can be a l ower resol ution for li ve displ ay. This allows for SCS or Remote to di splay more cam eras while util izing l ower bandwid ...
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42 Camera Configura tion The Camera C onfiguration t ab displ ays informati on on all c ameras connec ted to the Survei llix recorder. Note T he maximum bit ra te with a non - RAID reco rding solution i s 90 megabi ts per sec ond. Disable/ En ab l e Liv e Vid eo • To disable the l ive vi ew of a network dev ice (to conserv e resourc es), unsel ec ...
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31472A B 43 Accessing the Configuration Me nu Use the Survei llix interface to acc ess basic network devi ce menu functi ons. 1. From the Live V iew screen, click Setup . 2. Click Network Cameras . 3. Click the Came ra Conf igurat ion tab. 4. Highlight t he desired came ra. 5. Click Setup Network Device . Upgrade and Registra tion Have the fol lowi ...
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44 Obtaining the Unloc k Code 1. Open an Intern et browswe r and go to http:// register.su rveilli xdvrsupport.co m 2. Type the Product Se r ial N umber that was provided by Surveillix . 3. Type the Syst em ID genera ted by the recor der. 4. Click Subm it . 5. Verify t he info rmation. 6. Click Next if the informati on is correct. 7. Once vali date ...
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31472A B 45 MOTION S E TUP The recorder all ows the user to adjus t several di fferent Mo tion Settings an d create mot ion detect ion areas. Create a Moti on A rea 1. From the Di splay sc reen, click Setup . 2. Click Moti on . 3. Select a camera from the S elect Ca mera list. 4. Select the De tec t Detail Moti on Ar ea check box. 5. Click Clear . ...
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46 GENERA L SETUP Display IP Camera Key F rame Decod ing Th is will onl y show key frames (I - frames ) in t he live vi ew in order to reduc e the CPU load. E nabling thi s fun ctio n does not impact recorded o r remote streami ng video. Use Full Screen Stretch the S urveilli x interface to us e the f ull monitor screen bas ed on the r esolution s ...
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31472A B 47 Voice Warn in g The record er allows us ers to play a s ound file whe n either a Mo tion event or Sensor event occur s . Thi s file c an be a custom cr eated sound file that is unique to the appli cation. The s elected WAV fi le is pl ayed through speak ers attach ed to the r ecorder . 1. Click the Open Sound Fi le icon to browse for a ...
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48 Hybrid Sensor S e tup This i nterface is used t o link Hard Co ntact Sensor Inputs f rom supported N etwork Devi ces to the recorder s oft ware. The Network Dev ice List i s a lis t of availabl e IP camera devi ces that have s ensors ena bled. Whe n a device is selected, the l ower t able will populate with a list of t he sensors for the devi ce ...
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31472A B 49 A uto Se quence Se tting Auto Sequenc ing is avai lable either i n the Displ ay screen when Auto Se quenci ng has been ena bled. Auto S equencing c onveniently display s video channel s at specif ied intervals and sequences through eac h sel ected channel. Cust om Mode Create non - standa rd scre en divisi on layouts. Skip 0 FPS Cha nne ...
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50 SCHEDULE SE TUP Recording Sc hedule The Recording Schedule win dow allows you to create diffe rent reco rding s chedules based on the day, time, and type of rec ording desired . In addition, this window cont ains the Sy stem Resta rt options. Singl e Day S elec t ion / Multi Day se lection Creat e Spec i al Day recor ding s ched ules R ecor ding ...
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31472A B 51 Sensor Schedule The Sensors wil l supersed e all other types of rec ording m odes (Motion an d Continuo us). Regardl ess of the recording sc hedule of a particular came ra, if a sensor event occurs the as sociated c ameras wil l begin rec ording as a Se nsor Event. Sensor Reco rdings will be flagged and s earchable us ing the Ind ex Sea ...
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52 Scheduling A larm Events There are th ree types of A larm Event s: • ALARM EVENT: Thi s option logs the A larm Events on t he local s erver. • CENTRAL STATI ON: This opti on sends a Map Alarm to S CS. • EMERGENCY AGE NT: This option sends the Al arm Event t o the Emerg ency A gent software. Motion can be designated as an alar m event. Ofte ...
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31472A B 53 Deletin g a ‘Spec ial D ay’ Sched ule 1. Select a date f rom the Sp ecial Days list. 2. Click Delete Special Day . Sy stem Restar t Setup Restart Setup al lows you to define a schedule whe rein the rec order autom aticall y restarts acc ording to spec ified parameters . Create S ystem Re star t Schedul e 1. From the Di splay sc reen ...
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54 NETWORK SETUP Network Setup allows the use r to adjust s ettings suc h as Ports, setu p emergency P PP informati on for use with the Emer gency Agent an d enable Remote Ac cess. View IP Add ress Display s the IP address of the reco rder. Transp ort Rate Throttles the bandwi dth on the reco rder. Thi s option is based on pe rcentages of i mages s ...
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31472A B 55 AD M INI S TR ATIVE SETUP Disk Manag ement The Disk Manageme nt wind ow is a nati ve Windows func tion. Thi s window display s the partition s cheme and h ealth st atus of the H a rd Disk Drives in the reco rder. This window is often used to t roublesho ot a recorder, or verify the a mount of H ard Driv e storage instal led. For more in ...
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56 Setting Up DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Sys tem (DDNS) is a service that provides a s tatic address to simpl ify remot e connecti on to the recor der . Thi s service i s most useful for install ations where the WA N (publi c) IP address is dynamic (changes from ti me to time ). Most publ ic IP addresses a re dynamic unless a stati c address has be e ...
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31472A B 57 Us er Manage ment The User Manage ment Consol e allo ws the admini strator to create, edit, a nd delete use r accounts. E ach user a ccount c an be assigned different pri vileges to l imit the us age of the rec order system. Users can b e giv en administrato r privi leges by enabl ing all right s, however only the tru e administrat or a ...
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58 User Rank The User Ranki ng structu re allows th e option to as sign a privi lege level to users who access the recorde r remotel y (1 - 10 where on e has the highest p rivilege ). For ex ample : S ince only one user is all owed to use t he PTZ c ontrols at any on e time, a user with a rank of 1 wi ll kick a user with a rank of 2 out of the PTZ ...
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31472A B 59 Log Management The Log Manage m ent window provi des you the o ptions to ove rwrite log fi les or schedule lo g deletion . Set U p Log Management Options 1. From the Admi nistrativ e setup cli ck Log Man agement . 2. Select Log File Ov erwrit e Opt ion to enable. 3. Select Over write o r Do No t Ov erwri te . 4. If Overwrite is sel ecte ...
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60 Status C heck / Em ail General 1. From the Di splay sc ree n, click Setup . 2. Click Administrative . 3. Click Status Check/Email. 4. Select En able Email Alar m . 5. Enter a From Name and email Addr ess . N ote T his name and ad dress will appea r in the From line of email al ert messages. 6. Enter the SMT P informati on for the email account t ...
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31472A B 61 Storage Check 1. Set up the Gene ral and Us ers tabs fi rst. 2. Select Use Stor age Chec k . 3. Define the freq uency of st orage chec ks (in minut es). 4. Select an addi tional A lert Op tion i f desi red: Beep o r Popup Message . 5. Add a Comment that will be seen i n the email message if d esired. 6. When you are fi nished, cl ick Ap ...
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62 SMART Alert 1. Set up the G eneral and Users tabs fi rst. 2. Select En able SMART Alarm . 3. Define the freq uency of SMA RT statu s check s (in hours). 4. Select the ty pe of SMART ev ent to tri gger an acti on. 5. If select ing for tempe rature check s, defi ne the maximum H DD temperature. Note Recommend 65 ˚ C/150 ˚ F i f using Te mpe ratu ...
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31472A B 63 INFORM ATIO N The Informati on display allows users to define th e site code nec essary for connecti ng to remo0te s oftware, save comments r elative to the recorder, sto re tech su pport and co ntact numbe r informati on, and see t he currently running se rver softwar e versi on. Site Code A user - specifi ed unique i dentificati on na ...
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64 SEARCH This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Search Overview • Daylight Savi ng Time • Index Search • Preview Search • Graphic Search • Motion Search ...
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31472A B 65 SEARCH OVER VIEW The recorder h as several opti ons that allow the use r to eas ily search t hrough, and fin d, a partic ular section of video. F rom Motion/Se nsor indexing to c alendar vi ews highlight ing days with reco rded video; the recor der is equippe d to hel p the user quic kly find a specif ic video or event . The followi ng ...
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66 A djus t the Bri ghtness of an Image Select an image t o adjust by double - c licking on the desi red image. Multipl e images cannot be adjuste d at one ti me. 1. Move the Bri ghtness sli de bar to the right or left t o adjust t he bright ness. 2. Reset the B ri ghtness by m oving the s lider back to the center of the bar. Zooming in on an I mag ...
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31472A B 67 PERFORM ING A BA SIC S E AR C H There are sev eral different types of s earches tha t can be perf ormed on t he recorder . The most bas ic inv olves sel ecting the date , time, camera, and click ing play. 1. Click the Calendar button t o select a date. 2. Select a ti me by clic king the up and down arro ws to the right of the tim e disp ...
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68 SAVE TO JPG OR A VI The recorder can export s ingle image s in a JP G Image file for mat and sav e video c lips i n an AVI format. Both JPG and AV I file for mats are the most comm only us ed graphic al formats to day. Virtu ally ev ery computer offers s ome type of support fo r these fi le formats which make them the mos t ideal formats to use. ...
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31472A B 69 Bookmar ks Use bookmarks to mark a vi deo clip duri ng a search. Ex port book marked data using the Cli p Backup fe ature. 1. P erform a sea rch for the desired vide o. 2. Stop playback at the beginni ng of the desired cli p. 3. Right - clic k the video and s elect S tart Boo kmar k . 4. Click the Play button to contin ue play back. 5. ...
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70 Clip B ackup Within the Sav e option, Cl ip Backup can also be uti lized to bac kup a singl e camera or multi ple chan nels. The Cli p Backup opti on gives you t he abili ty to choose a backup ti me fra me, choose a s pecific camera or cameras , add memos, and ev en include th e Backu p Viewer if n eeded. 1. From the Searc h screen, c lick S ave ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 71
31472A B 71 INDEX S E A RCH Using the Ind ex Search c an greatly d ecrease the amount of time spent se arching th rough saved v ideo. The In dex Search al lows you t o perform a sea rch based on cri teria su ch as Sens or, Motion an d Instant Re cord events. Perform ing an Ind ex S earch 1. Click the Calendar button on the Sea rch screen t o select ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 72
72 PREVIEW SEA R CH Preview Sea rch can be used i n a nu mber of circums tances to q uickly find an exact mom ent wher e an event, s uch as a thef t, occurr ed. The Preview Sea rch gives a 24 Hour visual overview of a singl e camera by separating a 24 hour peri od (1 day ) into 24 imag es, one i mage for each ho ur of the d ay. The search c an then ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 73
31472A B 73 Perform ing a Pr evie w Search 1. Select a si ngle camera ch annel. 2. Click Preview . 24 images di splay. If there is no recorded vi deo during a portion of th e day, “No Image ” will be dis played where the image woul d be. 3. Refine the se arch by doubl e - click ing on an image t o select it . 6 images di splay. If needed, retur ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 74
74 OBJECT SE ARCH Object Search i s a powerf ul search ut ility that is used to s earch a region o n the vi deo for any mo tion chang es. Resul ts are neatl y display ed and can be vi ewed quickly . Perform ing an Obj ect Searc h 1. Select a si ngle camera ch annel. 2. Click Object Search . 3. Click and drag the mous e on the vide o displ ay to def ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 75
31472A B 75 MOTION S E A RCH The Motion Sea rch provi des a dynami c display of the levels of motion in re corded video. A djust the l evel of mot ion to only pl ay clips of video at or abov e that lev el. To enable motion data to be s aved fo r Motion sea rch, ensure t hat you sele ct the foll owing settings : 1. O n the Motion setup page un der M ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 76
76 SEARCH IN LI VE The Search in Li ve feature allows us ers to rev iew events imme diately while monitori ng li ve video. Pause, rewind, and resume li ve video within sec onds of an alarm event or s uspic ious acti vity. 1. Move the mous e cursor ove r the desi red live vi deo display on the Live Di splay s creen. 2. Right - clic k and choose Sear ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 77
31472A B 77 PAN / TILT / ZOOM This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Overview • Setting up the PT Z • Creating and Vie wing a Pres et Position • Creating and Vie wing a Pres et Patter n ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 78
78 PAN /TILT / ZOOM O V E R VIE W The PTZ controls withi n the recorde r allow for p owerful c ontrol over th e cameras. This can be ex tremely be nefici al to you by i ncreasing the usefulness of the rec orded video. Using the PT Z controls , you can c reate custom p reset confi gurations th at c an continuously sweep across large a reas. Note PT ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 79
31472A B 79 Creating and V iewi ng Preset Positions A Preset Posi tion is a user - defined l ocation whe re the camer a can be poi nted, zo med - in, and foc used. Preset postions can be define d and labeled if t he came ra supports th is. Creatin g a Pres et 1. Inside Setup, c lick PT Z and select t he camera. 2. If the came ra is already selected ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 80
80 CONTROLLING A PTZ CA ME RA Surve illix recorders provide c ontrol fo r a PAN/TILT /ZOOM camera in two different ways. • Use the Graphic al PTZ Control ler tha t appears whe n the PTZ butto n is cl icked on the Display screen. • Use the mouse to con trol the camera directly from th e liv e video display (On -Sc reen Compass ) Using the Graphi ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 81
31472A B 81 Understanding Tours Travel Speed – The speed b etween one Pres et Posi tion to the nex t Dwell T ime – The length of time (i n seconds) tha t a PTZ T our displays a Preset Positi on Sett ing: S tart Pos / End Pos – Define a Mimi c Tour. The St art Positi on button begins the rec ording process . The St op Position ends it. Pan Swi ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 82
82 BACKIN G UP VID EO DA T A This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Overview • Saving Video to a DVD • Saving Video fro m a Single C amera • Scheduling Regula r Video B ackup ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 83
31472A B 83 BACKU P OVERVIEW The Backup Cente r allows y ou to bac k up recorded vi deo data f rom multi ple dates and t imes to one o r more loc ations inc luding the DV D- RW drive, Netwo rk Storage L ocation s, and Extern al Hard D r ives. The recorder can easily backup impo rtant video data to an inte rnal o r external media l ocation. T he mos ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 84
84 General Screen Ov erv iew The General Bac kup Screen i s used for pe rforming bul k backup o f video re corded by all cameras fo r a selected period , or pe riods , to a specifi ed storage location. Hour / M inutes R ecording data displ ays in hou rly (24 v ertical col umns) and 10 - minute ( 6 horizont al rows ) segments. G reen cell s indicate ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 85
31472A B 85 Clip Screen Ov ervie w The Clip Sc reen is used fo r backing u p video reco rded by indi vidual camer as for a selec ted period of time to a s peci fied storage loc ation Performing a Clip Backup 1. Click Backup on the Displ ay screen. 2. Click the Clip tab at the top of the Back up Center windo w. 3. Set the S tart Tim e and End Time u ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 86
86 Scheduled Scr een Ov ervie w The Scheduled B ackup Screen i s us ed for performing bulk back up of vide o recorded by all cameras on a regul ar scheduled bas is (1 - 24 hours). The Sc heduled Bac kup Screen i s simi lar to the General Backup Sc reen. Performing a Sche duled Backup 1. Click Backup on the Displ ay screen. 2. Click the Schedul e ta ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 87
31472A B 87 LAN / I SDN / PS TN CO NNECTIO NS This c hapter includes the fol lowing inf ormation: • Overview • Configuring T CP/IP Settings • Connecting to a LA N • LAN / ISDN / PSTN Connections ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 88
88 LAN OVERVIEW The recorder can be easil y connecte d to a Local A rea Network ( LAN) and us es Microsoft’ s® powerful an d secur e Windows® 7 Embedded ope rating system. This all ows for easy and well - docume nted in structions on setting u p LAN connecti ons no matt er what typ e of LAN you want to use. A LAN is a gr oup of compute rs and o ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 89
31472A B 89 LDAP INTEG RATION This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Installing LDA P ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 90
90 FEATURES The instruc tions below a re for LDAP with Serve r Software version 3.6 .36 and above. • The recorder se rver does not need to be joined to t he Domain. T he recorder s erver will query the LDAP server f or accounts and authorizat ion levels . • The recorder se rver creates g roups wi thin LDAP for eac h of the permissions on t he r ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 91
31472A B 91 4. Go to the Acti ve Direct ory Users and Computers ap plicati on. You should n ow see an OU cal led DVR wit h an OU insi de of it named the same as the Site C ode ab ove (example 100 - 000). 5. You can now add users withi n Active Directory to the groups t he record er has created. W hen a user b elongs to a group he o r she will have ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 92
92 WEB VIEWER This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • Overview • Configuring the W eb Viewe r ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 93
31472A B 93 WEB VIEWER OVERVIEW The recorder al lows you t o access vi deo using Mic rosoft® Inte rnet Expl orer® 7 and a bove. Highli ghts: • View Live Video f rom most com puter s • Username and Pas sword protec ted • Easy to use graphi cal interfac e Basics: 75 users can access the Web Vi ewer s imultaneousl y (if network ban dwidth allo ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 94
94 Configuring the Server for Re mote Connection 1. From the Di splay sc reen, click Setup . 2. Click Network . 3. Ensure that Disable Re mote Cont rol is cleared. Note If you are usi ng a Firewal l, it may be necessary to adjust th e port setti ngs on both t he record er and the Fire wall. Contac t the Network Admini strator fo r more info rmation ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 95
31472A B 95 INCLU DED SOF TWARE SE TUP This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • The Surveill ix App Ov erview • Emergency Agent O verview • Remote Software Ov erview • Digit al Ver ifier • Backup Viewer ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 96
96 THE SURVEI LLIX A PP O VERVIEW The Surveil lix App s oftware, avail able for iPhone , Android, an d Black berry, all ows you to acces s your Survei llix recorder from al most anywhere on you r mobil e device. T he Surveilli x App gives you the abili ty to view l ive video from y our came ras usi ng a simple i nterface. For a lis t of supported m ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 97
31472A B 97 Configuring the Client PC All confi gurations take pl ace in th e Emergenc y Agent wind ow on the Cl ient PC for descri ptions and loc ations of t he butto ns and featur es of the Emergency A gent window refer to the Emerg ency Agent window sec tion later in this chapter. 1. Open the Emerg ency Agent window on the Client PC - S tart > ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 98
98 Emergenc y Agent Window Filter Event Lis t 1. Select a recor der from the DVR List i n the Filter O ptions section. 2. Select the Da te to incl ude. 3. Select the ty pe of Events t o include. 4. Select the ev ent levels ( Review, Dis miss, Criti cal, Defaul t ). 5. Click the On button to displ ay filtered event lis tings. Add Items to Alarm Conf ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 99
31472A B 99 Search Alarm Window Export Qualit y It may be nec essary to reduc e the ov erall si ze of an AVI fil e; for exampl e, to emai l to someo ne. AVI fil e sizes c an be reduced by reducing the image qual ity. Howeve r, reducing the image quality caus es the AVI vi deo to ap pear more pix ilated. When si ze i s not an issue, s etting quality ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 100
100 REMOTE SOFTWA RE OVER VIEW The recorder was s pecifical ly desi gned to be fully operat ed and maint ained remo tely. It connec ts using th e stan dard TCP/IP prot ocol thorough conn ection types such as D SL, Cable Mode, T 1, ISDN, LAN, and more. The Surveillix Remote software allows you to view li ve video, search th rough archi ved video, ex ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 101
31472A B 101 R emote S of tware S e tup Installing Re mote Software 1. On the cli ent workstati on, insert t he Surveil lix S oftware CD into th e CD - ROM. The CD sh ould play automatic ally. 2. When prompte d, select the I nstall Remote Soft ware option. F ollow the i nstal lation ins tructions careful ly. 3. When the soft ware finis hes instal l ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 102
1 02 Configuring the Recorder In order to ac cess the rec orde r remot ely, the reco rder Server mus t be setu p to allow remote c onnections. Time Out Value Specifies a value (in sec onds) to wait for a signal from the Surveillix Remote Client. If a si gnal is not r eceived by that time, the connecti on is dropped. Center Port Used to transfe r th ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 103
31472A B 103 DIGI T AL VERIFIER OVE RV IEW JPG images and AVI vi deo files that are exported from the Digital Vi deo Recorde r are automati cally embedded wi th a d igital s ignature. Digital Si gnatures are a way to veri fy the authenti city of t he images to ens ure that they have not be en tamper ed with or e dited in any way. Included on th e S ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 104
104 BACKU P VIEWER OVERVI EW The Backup Vi ewer allows you to pla y back the export ed video in i ts propri etary format. Video sav ed in this fo rmat i s extremely di fficult to tamper with an d therefo re is the ideal soluti on when law enfo rcement and the legal departme nt are invol ved. This video cannot be read by any other vi ewer. The Bac k ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 105
31472A B 105 SOFTWA RE UPGRADE S This c hapter includes the f ollowing inf ormation: • SCS Multi - Site Ma nagement Sof tware Upg rade ...
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Toshiba NVSPRO8-2U-X - page 106
106 SCS OVERVIEW SCS softwa re is Network DVR Mana gement Softwa re ; a powerful uti lity th at allows 100 or more recorder s to be controll ed using on e computer. T his software allows you t o view li ve video, s earch saved video , edit and conf igure set up on each r ecorder , and import m aps of buildings and other locati ons. The SCS softwa r ...
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