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InVid PN1A Series User Manual

InVid PN1A Series
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Paramont NVRs
User Manual: PN1A/PN2A Series

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InVid PN1A Series Specifications

General IconGeneral
Video Input4/8/16 Channels
Video OutputHDMI, VGA
Audio Output1 channel
Recording Frame RateUp to 30fps per channel
Mobile App SupportiOS, Android
Operating SystemEmbedded Linux
CompressionH.264
Power SupplyDC 12V
Hard Drive SupportUp to 6TB SATA HDD
Network Interface1 RJ-45 10/100Mbps Ethernet
Operating Temperature-10°C to 55°C
Audio Input4 channels
Recording Resolution1080p, 720p, D1

Summary

Introduction to Paramont NVRs

Summary of NVR Features

Provides an overview of the NVR series, highlighting its advanced SOC technology, human interface, and smart management capabilities.

Key NVR Features Overview

Details the NVR's capabilities, including basic functions, live preview, disk management, record configuration, and record playback features.

Front Panel Component Descriptions

Describes the components and indicators on the NVR's front panel, covering Type I and Type II interfaces.

Rear Panel Interface Explanations

Explains the various ports and interfaces located on the rear panel of the NVR for connectivity and power.

NVR Connection Setup Guide

Details the video output, audio input/output, and alarm connections required for the NVR setup.

Basic NVR Operation Guide

Startup and Shutdown Procedures

Covers the procedures for powering the NVR on and off, including steps for remote controller and mouse.

Using the Remote Controller

Explains how to use the remote controller, including battery installation and troubleshooting common issues.

Mouse Control for NVR Interface

Describes how to operate the NVR using a mouse in live display, playback, and text-input interfaces.

Text Input and Navigation Instructions

Details the function of various buttons used for text input and system navigation.

Common Button Functions Overview

Explains common button functions for navigating menus, changing display modes, and managing recordings.

Wizard and Main Interface Navigation

Initial Startup Wizard Configuration

Guides users through the initial NVR setup process, including system login, date/time, and network configuration.

NVR Main Interface Overview

Introduces the NVR's main graphical user interface, detailing its various areas and their functions.

Detailed Main Interface Elements

Provides detailed explanations of the buttons and areas within the NVR's main interface for operation and navigation.

Setup Panel Navigation

Describes the setup panel, which organizes system configurations into seven modules for easy access and operation.

Overview of Main Functional Modules

Outlines the main functional modules of the NVR, including Camera, Record, Alarm, Disk, Network, Account, and System.

Camera Management in NVR

Adding and Editing IP Cameras

Explains how to add and manage IP cameras connected to the NVR, including quick and manual addition methods.

Process for Adding IP Cameras

Details the process of adding IP cameras, covering network setup, quick addition, and manual configuration steps.

Modifying Camera Settings

Describes how to modify camera settings, passwords, and upgrade firmware for connected IP cameras.

Creating and Managing Camera Groups

Guides users on organizing cameras into groups for easier management and display sequencing.

Adding Camera Groups

Explains how to create camera groups, set dwell times, and add cameras to these groups for organized viewing.

IP Planning for Camera Integration

Covers searching for and adding IP cameras from other NVRs/DVRs to unoccupied channels of the local NVR.

Live Preview Introduction and Modes

Live Preview Interface Overview

Introduces the live preview interface, explaining camera window exchange and record symbol meanings.

Configuring Preview Display Modes

Details different screen modes and camera display sequences for customized live viewing.

Setting Display Modes

Explains how to set and save display modes, including adding and editing custom display configurations.

Quick Sequence View Setup

Describes how to set up quick sequence views for cameras when a specific scheme has not been created.

Camera Group Sequence Viewing

Guides on viewing cameras in sequence based on pre-created camera groups for organized monitoring.

Scheme View in Sequence Configuration

Explains how to create, configure, and start sequence views using schemes for camera display management.

POS Settings and Integration

Details how to configure Point of Sale (POS) integration, including setting positions and triggering cameras for transaction data.

Preview Image Configuration Options

Covers settings for customizing the image display of cameras, including OSD, image properties, and masking.

OSD Settings for Camera Display

Explains how to configure On-Screen Display (OSD) settings, such as camera names and time/date formats.

Camera Image Settings Adjustment

Details how to adjust camera image parameters like brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue.

Privacy Masking Configuration

Describes how to set privacy masks on specific areas of the camera image to protect sensitive information.

Fisheye Camera Settings

Covers configuration for fisheye cameras, including view modes and installation settings.

Advanced Image Adjustment Parameters

Provides detailed instructions on adjusting image parameters like sharpness, wide dynamic range, and noise reduction.

PTZ Control and Configuration

PTZ Control Interface Introduction

Introduces the PTZ control interface, explaining its buttons for dome rotation, zoom, focus, and iris adjustment.

Setting and Managing PTZ Presets

Guides users on setting and saving PTZ presets, including naming, positioning, and managing up to 255 presets.

Configuring PTZ Cruise Paths

Explains how to configure PTZ cruise paths, adding up to 8 cruises with specific presets and timings.

Record and Disk Management

Record Configuration Settings

Covers setting up recording parameters, including mode configuration, advanced settings, and encode parameters.

Configuring Recording Modes

Details the different recording modes available (auto and manual) and how to configure them based on events or schedules.

Advanced Recording Settings

Explains advanced recording settings like cycle record, pre-alarm, post-alarm, and expiration times for recorded video.

Encode Parameters for Recording

Details how to set encode parameters like resolution, FPS, bitrate, and quality for main and sub streams of each camera.

Schedule Settings for Recording

Guides on creating and managing recording schedules, including daily and weekly configurations for different record types.

Adding New Recording Schedules

Explains how to add new recording schedules, set day schedules, week schedules, and copy settings across days.

Record Schedule Configuration Details

Covers configuring sensor, motion, timed, and intelligence recording schedules for cameras.

Understanding Record Modes

Outlines the different recording modes available: manual, timing, motion-based, sensor-based, and intelligence recording.

Manual Recording Procedure

Describes how to manually start and stop recording for cameras via the live preview interface or tool bar.

Timing Recording Explanation

Explains that timing recording operates based on the set schedules for each camera.

Motion Based Recording Setup

Details how to set up motion-based recording, including schedules, sensitivity, and motion areas.

Sensor Based Recording Configuration

Covers setting up sensor-based recording by configuring schedules and enabling sensor alarms.

Intelligence Recording Setup

Explains how to set up intelligence recording based on schedules and detection types like object detection.

Disk Management Overview

Introduces disk management features, including disk information, formatting, and RAID configurations.

Managing NVR Disks and RAID

Details how to view disk status, format HDDs, and manage physical disks, arrays, and disk modes.

Storage Mode Configuration

Covers configuring storage modes, including disk grouping and assigning cameras to specific disks for recording.

Viewing Disk and S.M.A.R.T. Information

Explains how to view HDD information and monitor the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) status.

Playback and Backup Operations

Instant Playback Functionality

Describes how to quickly play back recorded video directly from the live preview interface or by setting a default time.

Playback Interface Introduction

Introduces the playback interface, detailing the tool bar buttons for controlling playback and navigating recorded footage.

Smart Playback Search Features

Explains how to use smart playback features, including drawing rectangles or lines to search for specific events.

Search, Playback, and Backup Methods

Covers methods for searching, playing back, and backing up recorded data using various criteria.

Time-sliced Image Search

Details how to search and play back records using time-sliced images, with options for thumbnail or list views.

Smart Search for Events

Guides on using smart search features, including behavior detection analysis for motion, tripwire, and intrusion events.

Time-based Search and Playback

Explains how to search, play back, and back up records by specifying dates, times, and event types.

Event-based Search and Backup

Covers searching and backing up records based on specific event types, such as motion or sensor triggers.

Tag-based Search and Playback

Describes how to search and play back records by adding custom tags to mark specific moments in the footage.

Managing Snapped Images

Explains how to manage snapped images, including viewing, exporting, and deleting them.

Viewing Backup Task Status

Details how to check the status of ongoing or completed backup tasks and manage backup operations.

Alarm Management and Notifications

Sensor Alarm Configuration

Covers the configuration of sensor alarms, including selecting alarm types and setting up trigger actions like recording or snapshots.

Motion Alarm Setup

Details how to enable and configure motion detection alarms, including sensitivity, duration, and motion area setup.

Motion Configuration Details

Guides on setting up motion detection parameters for cameras, including sensitivity, duration, and defining motion areas.

Motion Alarm Handling Configuration

Explains how to configure alarm handling for motion detection, such as triggering recording, snapshots, or notifications.

Intelligence Alarm Types Overview

Introduces advanced alarm types such as object detection, exception, tripwire, and intrusion detection.

Object Detection Alarm Setup

Details configuration for object detection alarms, including setting detection types (abandoned/missing objects) and alarm areas.

Exception Detection Configuration

Covers exception detection types like scene change, video blur, and video color cast, and their configuration.

Tripwire Alarm Configuration

Explains how to set up tripwire alarms for line crossing detection, including defining directions and alarm lines.

Intrusion Detection Setup

Details the configuration of intrusion detection alarms, including setting alarm areas and defining intrusion detection parameters.

Exception Alarm Handling

Covers specific exception alarms like IPC offline status and general exception handling settings.

IPC Offline Alarm Settings

Guides on configuring alarm handling for IPC offline events, including snapshots, push notifications, and email alerts.

General Exception Handling Settings

Details general exception handling settings for alarms, similar to sensor alarm configurations.

Alarm Event Notification Methods

Explains how to configure various alarm event notification methods, including alarm-out, email, display, buzzer, and push messages.

Configuring Alarm-out Notifications

Covers setting up alarm-out triggers, delay times, and schedules for external alarm devices.

Email Notification Setup for Alarms

Guides on configuring email notifications for alarms, including recipient settings and SMTP server details.

Display Settings for Alarm Pop-ups

Details how to configure pop-up video and message box durations for alarm event notifications.

Buzzer Configuration for Alarms

Explains how to configure buzzer settings for alarm events, including delay time and testing.

Push Message Notification Setup

Covers enabling push message notifications for alarms to mobile clients.

Manual Alarm Triggering

Describes how to manually trigger or clear alarms from the live preview interface.

Viewing Current Alarm Status

Explains how to view the current status of various alarms and access detailed alarm information.

Account and Permission Management

User Account Management

Covers managing user accounts, including adding, editing, and deleting users, and assigning permissions.

Adding New User Accounts

Guides on adding new user accounts with specific usernames, passwords, and permission group assignments.

Editing Existing User Accounts

Details how to modify existing user accounts, edit security questions, and manage passwords and graphical locks.

User Login and Logout Procedures

Explains the procedures for logging into and out of the NVR system using different interfaces.

Permission Group Management

Covers managing user permission groups, including adding new groups and assigning various system permissions.

Creating New Permission Groups

Guides on creating new permission groups, defining group names, and assigning local and remote permissions.

Editing Existing Permission Groups

Explains how to edit existing permission groups, save changes, and delete groups as needed.

IP Access Control (Black/White List)

Details how to configure IP/MAC address filtering to control remote access to the NVR.

Preview Settings on Logout

Covers settings for enabling or disabling camera preview display when the system is logged out.

Viewing Online User Information

Explains how to view information about currently logged-in users and their occupied channels.

Device Management and Configuration

Network Configuration Settings

Covers NVR network settings, including TCP/IP configuration, port settings, and various network protocols.

TCP/IP Network Configuration

Details how to configure IP addresses, subnet masks, gateways, and DNS settings for the NVR's network ports.

Port Configuration for Network Access

Explains how to set up various ports like HTTP, HTTPS, Server, RTSP, and POS for NVR network access.

PPPoE Internet Configuration

Guides on configuring PPPoE settings for internet access, requiring username and password from the ISP.

DDNS Configuration for Domain Access

Details how to configure Dynamic DNS (DDNS) services to access the NVR using a domain name.

Email Notification Setup

Covers setting up email notifications for alarms, including recipient settings and SMTP server details.

UPnP Network Configuration

Explains how to enable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic network configuration and remote access.

NAT Configuration for WAN Access

Details Network Address Translation (NAT) configuration for remote access via WAN, including server address setup.

FTP Configuration Settings

Covers configuration for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) settings, including server name, port, and user credentials.

Platform Access Configuration

Describes how to configure platform access, typically for connecting to management software like Paramont CMS.

SNMP Network Monitoring Setup

Explains how to configure SNMP settings for network monitoring and device information retrieval.

Viewing Network Status

Details how to view the current network status and connectivity of the NVR.

Basic System Configuration

Covers essential system settings, including device name, language, video format, and wizard options.

Common System Settings

Guides on setting common configurations like device name, language, video format, and auto-login/dwell settings.

Date and Time Configuration

Explains how to set the NVR's system time, date format, time format, and time zone, including DST.

Factory Default Reset

Details how to reset the NVR to its factory default settings, with an option to retain network configuration.

Device Software Upgrade Procedures

Covers procedures for upgrading the NVR's firmware via USB storage or cloud services.

Backup and Restore Configuration

Explains how to back up and restore the NVR's configuration files to other storage devices.

Automatic NVR Restart Scheduling

Details how to schedule automatic restarts for the NVR to ensure regular maintenance and optimal performance.

Viewing System Log Files

Guides on viewing system logs, including filtering by type, date, and exporting log files.

Viewing System Information

Explains how to access and view various system information, such as basic settings, camera status, and disk information.

Face Detection and Comparison Features

Face Detection Settings

Details how to configure face detection, including enabling detection, setting duration, alarm areas, and saving face information.

Target Database Management

Covers creating and managing target databases for face comparison, including adding faces to allow lists or block lists.

Face Comparison Functionality

Introduces the face comparison feature, explaining how to perform single and multi-channel comparisons and adjust similarity settings.

Configuring Face Match Alarms

Explains how to configure alarm linkages for face matching, including setting similarity thresholds and enabling various notification methods.

Face Search and Playback

Details how to search for and play back recorded footage based on detected faces, using target databases or snapshot galleries.

Smart Playback for Face Search

Covers using smart playback features specifically for face search, including enabling face playback and selecting targets.

Remote Surveillance and Control

Mobile Client Surveillance Setup

Guides on setting up and using the mobile client application for remote surveillance via smartphones.

Web LAN Access for Remote Monitoring

Explains how to access the NVR remotely via a web browser on the local area network (LAN).

Web WAN Access for Remote Monitoring

Details how to access the NVR remotely over the Wide Area Network (WAN) using NAT and domain name services.

Web Remote Control Interface

Introduces the web remote control interface, covering operations like remote preview, playback, backup, and configuration.

Remote Preview Operations

Guides on performing remote live preview of cameras using the web interface, including starting preview and panel introductions.

Remote Playback Operations

Explains how to perform remote playback of recorded footage using the web interface, including search and control functions.

Remote Backup Procedures

Details how to back up recorded data remotely via the web interface by event or by time.

Remote Configuration Settings

Covers remotely configuring NVR settings such as camera, record, alarm, disk, network, and system parameters.

Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Appendix B: Calculate Recording Capacity

Appendix C: Compatible Device List