American Dynamics VideoEdge manuals

Owner’s manuals and user’s guides for Networking American Dynamics VideoEdge.
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Table of contents

Installation and User Manual

1

Configuring Storage

7

Live Video

7

Camera Password Groups

10

Basic System Settings

10

Licensing the NVR

10

Network Settings

10

Archiving

11

NVR Failover

11

Table of Contents

12

Operational Statistics

13

Email Alerts

13

Dark Image Detection

14

Software Updates

14

Appendix A: Storage

14

Overview of the VideoEdge NVR

17

System Specifications

21

Installing the VideoEdge NVR

23

Initial Boot Up of the NVR

24

Installing the VideoEdge NVR

25

Logging into the NVR Desktop

26

Verify the BIOS Configuration

27

Procedure 3-5 

28

Procedure 3-6 

29

Procedure 3-7 

31

Procedure 3-8 

32

Procedure 3-9 

35

Procedure 3-10 

38

Set Up NVR OS User Accounts

39

Log into the NVR Desktop

41

VideoEdge Setup Wizard

42

Accessing the Setup Wizard

43

Preparation

44

Procedure 3-14 

45

Selecting the Language

45

Setup Page

45

Procedure 3-15 

45

Configuring the Setup Page

45

Network General Page

46

Procedure 3-16 

47

Network General Settings

47

LAN Interface Page

48

Procedure 3-17 

48

DHCP Server Page (Optional)

49

Procedure 3-18 

50

WAN Settings Page (Optional)

51

Procedure 3-19 

51

Dynamic Bandwidth Page

52

Procedure 3-20 

52

Dynamic Bandwidth Settings

52

Failover Page (Optional)

54

Procedure 3-21 

54

Failover Settings

54

System Info Page

55

Procedure 3-22 

55

System Info Settings

55

Users and Roles Pages

56

Procedure 3-23 

57

Roles Settings

57

Discovery Page

58

Procedure 3-24 

59

Discovery Settings

59

Video List Page

59

Procedure 3-25 

60

Video List Settings

60

Alarms Page

61

Procedure 3-26 

61

Alarms Settings

61

Basic Page

62

Procedure 3-27 

63

Basic Settings

63

Storage Sets Page

64

Procedure 3-28 

64

Storage Set Settings

64

Assign Cameras Page

65

Procedure 3-29 

65

Assign Cameras Settings

65

Summary Page

67

Procedure 3-31 

68

Completing the NVR Setup

68

Figure 4-1 NVR Login Dialog

70

Procedure 4-2 

71

Navigating the NVR Interface

72

Live Video Menu

73

Devices Menu

73

Storage Menu

73

Archive Menu

73

System Menu

73

Network Menu

74

Advanced Menu

74

Procedure 4-3 

75

Figure 4-4 Main Menu

76

Figure 4-5 Tabs on Main Pane

76

Basic Storage Configuration

78

Data Culling

81

Vaulted Media

82

Creating Storage Sets

85

Calibrating Cameras

87

Deleting Storage Sets

88

Storage Monitoring

89

Procedure 6-1 

92

Viewing Live Video

92

Procedure 6-2 

93

Device List Summary Tables

96

Audio List

98

Sorting the Device Lists

99

Filtering the Device Lists

100

Device Types

100

Adding Devices to the NVR

101

Procedure 7-3 

102

Manually Adding an IP Device

102

Step Action

102

Procedure 7-4 

104

Removing a Device

105

Procedure 7-6 

106

Adding a Sensor

106

Procedure 7-7 

107

Deleting a Sensor

107

Devices

108

Device Configuration

109

Procedure 8-2 

110

Procedure 8-3 

111

Batch Camera Configuration

112

Procedure 8-4 

113

Batch Editing Camera Settings

113

Device Configuration

114

Figure 8-5 Confirm Changes

115

Advanced Camera Configuration

116

Edit a Camera Name

117

Procedure 8-5 

117

Editing a Camera Name

117

Procedure 8-10 

120

Procedure 8-11 

123

Procedure 8-14 

125

Configuring Stream Settings

125

Configuring Archive Settings

126

Procedure 8-16 

127

Configuring Sensors

128

Configuring PTZ Settings

128

Return to Home

129

Procedure 8-19 

130

Enabling PTZ ‘Return to Home’

130

Motion Detection

131

Enabling Motion Detection

132

Procedure 9-1 

133

Disabling Motion Detection

134

Motion Detection Alarms

134

Table 9-2 Drawing Tools

136

Procedure 9-3 

137

Procedure 9-4 

139

Video Intelligence

141

Procedure 10-3 

146

Procedure 10-6 

150

Edge Analytics

151

Enabling Edge Based Analytics

152

Procedure 11-1 

153

Edge Based Analytic Alarms

154

Edge Based Analytic Metadata

155

Camera Scheduler

157

Figure 12-1 Schedules Page

158

Procedure 12-1 

159

Creating a Recording Schedule

159

Procedure 12-2 

160

Edit the Group Name

161

Remove a Schedule Group

162

4 Select

163

Remove Group(s)

163

Delete a Password Group

167

Hostname

170

Location

171

Current Date and Time

171

Procedure 14-4 

172

Users and Roles

173

Add a New User

174

Procedure 14-6 

174

Add New User

174

Reset a Password

175

Procedure 14-7 

175

Roles Page

177

Procedure 14-10 

178

Editing the Lockout Policy

178

Locked Accounts

178

Procedure 14-11 

179

Procedure 14-12 

179

Apply a Software Licence

183

Edit the SSA Message

183

Edit SSA Contacts

184

Set the SMTP Server Address

185

Send an SSA Test Message

185

General Network Settings

188

Procedure 16-1 

189

Default Gateway

190

RTSP Port

190

NTP Status and NTP Servers

191

LAN Interface Settings

192

Procedure 16-6 

193

Enabling NIC’s

193

DHCP Server Settings

195

Procedure 16-9 

196

WAN Settings

197

WAN IP Address

198

HTTP Port

199

Secure HTTP Port

200

Streaming Configured Port

201

Allowed IP Addresses

201

Dynamic Bandwidth

202

Traffic Smoothing Only

203

Procedure 16-16 

203

Preserve Framerate

204

Procedure 16-17 

204

Selecting Preserve Framerate

204

Preserve Resolution

205

Procedure 16-18 

205

Selecting Preserve Resolution

205

Allow Any Throttle Type

206

Procedure 16-19 

207

Adding an Archive Destination

210

Procedure 17-2 

211

Locked and Unlocked Archives

212

Global Settings

214

Procedure 17-9 

215

Manually Archiving Video

216

Automatic Archiving of Video

217

Procedure 17-11 

218

Procedure 17-12 

218

Procedure 17-13 

219

Renaming an Archive Schedule

219

Procedure 17-14 

220

Assigning Cameras to a Group

220

Procedure 17-15 

221

Procedure 17-16 

222

Procedure 17-17 

222

Archive Management

224

Procedure 17-19 

225

How Failover is Initiated

228

Virtual IP Addresses

229

Using an NVR in Failover Mode

229

Backup/Restore

230

Upgrade Considerations

230

Procedure 18-1 

232

Procedure 18-2 

234

Procedure 18-3 

234

Terminating Failover Mode

234

Procedure 18-4 

235

Procedure 18-5 

235

Procedure 18-6 

236

If Failover Doesn’t Occur

237

Failover Events Report

238

Procedure 18-9 

239

Disabling Failover Mode

239

Overview

241

Procedure 19-1 

242

Restore an NVR

243

Tem p l ate s

244

Save a Configuration Template

245

Import a Template File

246

Restart NVR Services

247

Stop NVR Services

248

Reboot the NVR

249

Shutdown the NVR

249

Reset Factory Defaults

250

Procedure 20-5 

252

Reset to Factory Defaults

252

Video Recording Statistics

254

Procedure 21-2 

256

Disk Activity

257

Storage Statistics

258

Storage Device Statistics

260

Procedure 21-4 

262

Viewing Storage Statistics

262

Figure 21-8 Total Throughput

263

Procedure 21-5 

264

Viewing Archiving Statistics

264

Retrieving Logs

265

Procedure 22-1 

266

FTP Log Management

267

Event Logs

268

Camera Connection Errors

269

Camera Logs

270

Audit Trail

271

Viewing Connected Clients

272

Procedure 22-7 

273

Advance Preparation

276

Setting Up Email Alerts

277

Building the Recipient List

278

Procedure 23-4 

279

Procedure 23-5 

280

Alert Logs

282

Clearing the Alert Logs Page

283

Enable Dark Image Detection

286

Procedure 25-1 

290

Update the NVR

290

Updating Camera Handler Packs

291

Failover Considerations

291

Direct Attached Storage

294

Storage Types

294

Figure 26-1 RAID 5

295

Figure 26-2 RAID 6

295

Storage Strategy

296

Understanding Storage Sets

297

Procedure 26-1 

299

Recommendations

300

Procedure 26-2 

300

Procedure 26-3 

303

Prerequisite Software

309

Configuring the Paging File

310

Procedure 27-3 

311

Setting QuickTime Preferences

313

Procedure 27-5 

314

7 Click OK

316

Procedure 28-1 

318

Procedure 28-2 

321

Procedure 28-3 

325

Procedure 28-4 

326

Procedure 28-5 

328

Use the Ipconfig /All Command

328

Procedure 28-6 

329

Use of the Ping Command

329

Figure 28-16 PING Remote Host

330

Procedure 28-7 

331

Use of the Tracert Command

331

• Hardware Connectivity

332

• Software Configuration

332

Monitor Resolution Settings

333

Enabling Remote Desktop

334

Enabling RDP Remote Desktop

335

Enabling VNC Remote Desktop

336

Figure 29-4 Control Center

337

Accessing the Remote Desktop

338

10 Click Yes

339

12 Click OK

339

Procedure 29-5 

340

VNC Remote Desktop

341

Procedure 29-6 

342

Procedure 29-7 

343

Procedure 29-8 

344

Procedure 29-9 

347

Procedure 29-10 

348

Editing Media Partitions

348

System Disk Recovery

349

Procedure 29-11 

350

NVR 4.1 to NVR 4.2.1 Upgrade

354

Procedure 30-3 

355

Launching the Upgrade Tool

355

Procedure 30-4 

356

Figure 30-5 Backup Complete

357

Using the YaST Wizard

358

Procedure 30-5 

359

Completing the Upgrade

362

Figure 30-16 Upgraded Storage

365

Changing the Disk Boot Order

366

Procedure 30-8 

367