Optelecom-nkf Siqura i-NVR Installation guide

Installation

Manual

Siqura i-NVR

Version 5.0

Intelligent Networked Video Recorder

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Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................. 1

1.1. KNOWN ISSUE..................................................................................................1

2. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... 3

2.1. I-NVR MODELS ................................................................................................3

2.2. I-NVR SOFTWARE .............................................................................................3

3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................ 5

3.1. HARDWARE PREREQUISITES...................................................................................5

3.2. SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES ...................................................................................5

4. INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 7

4.1. FIRST THINGS FIRST...........................................................................................7

4.1.1. BIOS settings .........................................................................................7

4.1.2. Hard disk configuration ............................................................................7

4.1.3. Preparing i-NVR hard disks .......................................................................8

4.1.4. Automatic logon ......................................................................................9

4.2. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................... 10

4.2.1. Wittwin Capture .................................................................................... 10

4.2.2. Multi-User Engineer ............................................................................... 12

4.2.3. COMMander.......................................................................................... 12

4.2.4. MX Configuration Tool ............................................................................ 12

4.2.5. EMX .................................................................................................... 12

4.2.6. UltraVNC.............................................................................................. 13

4.2.7. Application Launchpad ........................................................................... 14

4.2.8. Witness Multi-User Client........................................................................ 14

4.2.9. ffdshow................................................................................................ 14

4.3. ARECA RAID AND SNMP ................................................................................... 15

4.3.1. SNMP Windows components.................................................................... 15

4.3.2. Areca SNMP configuration....................................................................... 17

4.3.3. RAID console configuration ..................................................................... 17

4.3.4. SNMP manager ..................................................................................... 19

5. CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................... 21

5.1. CONFIGURING THE OPERATING SYSTEM.................................................................... 21

5.1.1. Naming the i-NVR.................................................................................. 21

5.1.2. Computer performance .......................................................................... 21

5.1.3. Disabling OS features............................................................................. 22

5.1.4. File deletion.......................................................................................... 24

5.1.5. Regional settings................................................................................... 24

5.2. SETTING THE I-NVR NETWORK CONFIGURATION ......................................................... 25

5.2.1. IP address and subnet mask ................................................................... 25

5.2.2. Selecting the network adapter for the i-NVR software ................................. 26

5.2.3. Selecting the network adapter for MX Configuration Tool............................. 26

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5.2.4.

Order of network connections.................................................................. 27

5.2.5. Configuring IP addresses in MUEngineer ................................................... 28

5.3. CONFIGURING VIDEO CAPTURE FUNCTIONALITY .......................................................... 30

5.3.1. Physical and logical cameras ................................................................... 30

5.3.2. Selecting the number of cameras............................................................. 32

5.3.3. Storage setup ....................................................................................... 32

5.4. OBTAINING A LICENSE ....................................................................................... 36

6. UPGRADING YOUR I-NVR SOFTWARE........................................................... 39

6.1. EXISTING RECORDINGS......................................................................................39

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Introduction

1. INTRODUCTION

Product description

Optelecom-NKF’s intelligent Networked Video Recorder (i-NVR) is a high-performance digital

video recorder capable of recording DVD quality video. It can record both MPEG-2 and MPEG-

4 video streams directly to hard disk, without the need for video decoding and video

compression. The i-NVR is compatible with Optelecom-NKF’s C-series codecs and S-series

video servers. It features powerful Video Motion Detection intelligence and remote access

capabilities. Recorded images are easily retrieved and can be viewed simultaneously by

multiple users anywhere on the network.

Document scope

This document is a guide to installing the i-NVR software on your system. Configuring and

managing an i-NVR system is covered in the ‘i-NVR – Configuration & Administration’

manual. For a full description of user interface features, please refer to the ‘i-NVR Multi-User

Client 2.2.2 – User Manual’.

Target audience

This manual aims to provide guidance to system engineers and network administrators

charged with the installation of i-NVR systems.

1.1. KNOWN ISSUE

On the S/C-44 E-MC models, Video Motion Detect (VMD) fails on MPEG-4 streams. Under

certain circumstances these streams appear to work, but this cannot be guaranteed. As a

result, VMD alarms and triggered recording rates don’t work. This problem does not exist on

MPEG-2 streams.

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Overview

2. OVERVIEW

2.1. i-NVR MODELS

Optelecom-NKF’s i-NVR is available in two models:

 i-NVR Compact

 i-NVR Elite

These terms are used throughout this document set. Your hardware may vary.

The following table briefly lists the key features of both models.

i-NVR Compact i-NVR Elite

Application Small or stand-alone systems Large systems

Channels 16 / 32 16 / 32 / 64

Storage type Stripe RAID 5 (at least 4 disks)

Storage capacity 500 … 3000 GB 1250 … 12000 GB

Housing 19’’ - 2U 19’’ - 2U /4U rack-mounted

Graphics card dedicated expansion card on-board video

i-NVR GUI available via host machine or client machine(s) client machine(s)

Table 2.1 i-NVR Compact and Elite, main features

For an i-NVR Elite machine, on-board video suffices rather than a full-blown dedicated

graphics card.

2.2. i-NVR SOFTWARE

An i-NVR must have the following software components installed and configured. Installation

is covered in chapter 4 of this manual and configuration is covered in chapter 5

Application name Function

Wittwin Capture Records and stores video images. The installer also installs RAMDiskNT to

speed up reading and writing of files.

Multi-User Engineer Used to control and configure the i-NVR

COMMander Controls communication with multi-user clients and other i-NVR systems

Witness Multi-User Client Provides the GUI for the i-NVR

MX Configuration Tool Used to make/configure/break connections between Wittwin and cameras

EMX Optelecom-NKF’s network service

UltraVNC Used for communication between i-NVRs and clients on the network

ffdshow Used to display MPEG-4 streams

Application Launchpad Launches Wittwin and COMMander

GoLive Adds information in the GoLive directory to registry

Table 2.2 Required i-NVR software

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In the case of an i-NVR Elite system, you install the Witness MU component on one or more

client machines. In the case of an i-NVR Compact system, you generally install Witness MU

on the i-NVR Compact machine itself, though you can use client machines as well.

Using client machines involves installing and configuring additional software on each

individual client. For details, see the i-NVR Version 5 Client Software Installation Manual.

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System Requirements

3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

3.1. HARDWARE PREREQUISITES

The i-NVR requires, at minimum, the following hardware.

i-NVR Compact i-NVR Elite

Fixed disk drives One 80GB and at least two 250GB

24/7-capable drives.

At least four 250GB 24/7-capable

drives

Processor 2.4GHz Core2Duo or better 2.4GHz Core2Duo or better

Memory 2GB RAM 2GB RAM

Video card ATI Radeon X1300 1550 1600

family

On-board video

RAID controller Not required 8 or 16 channel Areca PCIx or PCIe

External storage One DVD burner and one 1.44MB

floppy drive

One DVD burner and one 1.44MB

floppy drive

Table 3.1 Minimum i-NVR hardware requirements

The i-NVR systems have been tested with the following hardware:

- Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500GB hard drives

- Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4GHz processors

3.2. SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES

- Windows XP Pro installed and activated.

- DVD burn software installed. The i-NVR is tested with the Nero suite of burn software,

but does not require Nero specifically.

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4. INSTALLATION

It is assumed that prior to installation of the i-NVR software you have installed and activated

the OS on the i-NVR system.

4.1. FIRST THINGS FIRST

Before installing the software, you configure the BIOS settings and the hard disks on the

i-NVR system.

4.1.1. BIOS settings

The i-NVR’s BIOS settings must be configured to ensure the system will reboot after a power

failure.

To configure your BIOS power management settings

1. Boot your machine, and press F2 when prompted in order to open the BIOS menu.

2. From the Advanced menu, select

Power.

3. Set the After Power Failure option to

Power on.

4. Press F10 to Save and Exit.

4.1.2. Hard disk configuration

This section describes how Optelecom-NKF configures its i-NVR’s. Depending on the

hardware you select, these settings may differ.

Elite systems

Configure RAID settings on Elite systems as follows:

1. Employ RAID level 5 using the write back cache mode.

2. Set the stripe size to 128 KB and the block size to 512 B.

3. Set Volume 1 for C:, the system drive, to a 15GB stripe.

4. Set Volume 2 for E: to 6 % of the remaining space.

5. Set Volumes 3 and above for F: (G:, H:, etc.) to 94% of the remaining space.

please note Note that each volume must be less than 2T, and that the space must be equally

divided over the disks.

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Table 4.1 below shows examples used in Optelecom-NKF’s hardware.

Total HD Volume 1 (C: )

System (G)B

Volume 2 (E:)

G(B)

Volume 3, 4, etc.

(F:, G:…) (G)B

No. of Volumes

1250 15.00 60 925 1 (F)

2000 15.00 105 1630 1 (F)

2500 15.00 120 1865 1 (F)

3500 15.00 181 1402 2 (F, G)

5250 15.00 270 1405 3 (F, G, H)

6500 15.00 360 1875 3 (F, G, H)

8000 15.00 453 1758 4 (F, G, H, I)

9750 15.00 540 1689 5 (F, G, H, I, J)

10500 15.00 585 1830 5 (F, G, H, I, J)

12000 15.00 675 1760 6 (F, G, H, I, J, K)

Table 4.1 i-NVR Elite hard disk configuration

Compact systems

Configure the hard disks on an i-NVR compact system as follows:

1. Set disk C: to be the system drive. It should reside on a separate 80GB physical disk.

2. Convert disks E: and F: to be dynamic and striped.

3. Disk E: should constitute 6 % of the available space and disk F: the remaining space,

as shown in table 4.2 below.

Total HD C:

System (G)B

E:, F:, etc.

No. Drives

Total Storage

500 80 2 500

1000 80 2 1000

1500 80 3 1500

2250 80 3 2250

3000 80 4 3000

Table 4.2 i-NVR Compact hard disk configuration

4.1.3. Preparing i-NVR hard disks

Video footage (usually stored on F:) and the database used to keep track of recorded images

(usually stored on E:) are best stored on separate physical disks from the system disk. The

disks need to be formatted prior to installation.

The allocation unit size must be 64k.

Do not change the default NTFS file system.

Striped disks or RAID must be used for best performance.

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4.1.4. Automatic logon

To enable the automatic launching of the i-NVR applications at system startup, the machine

will need to log on automatically. Configure this feature with Microsoft’s Tweak UI power toy.

To configure automatic logon

1. In your CD-ROM's directory, double-click the file TweakUI-Setup.exe.

2. To run Tweak UI, open the Start Menu and select

Programs > PowerToys for Windows XP > Tweak UI.

3. In the TweakUI window, expand

Logon and then click Autologon.

4. Select the checkbox labelled Log on automatically at system startup.

5. Set the User name to the name used to log on. Most of the time this will be

Administrator.

6. Click Set Password,

7. In the Set Password dialog box, click inside the two boxes available for entering the

password, but leave them blank, and then click

OK.

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4.2. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

4.2.1. Wittwin Capture

Wittwin controls the recording and storage of video images. When the i-NVR is operational,

the program runs in the background and requires no user intervention.

To install Wittwin

1. In your CD-ROM's directory, double-click the WittwinCapture-v4.2.3.1.exe

1

setup file.

2. In the Prompt Database dialog, select Yes if you wish to replace an existing database

configuration.

3. In the Backup Replaced Files dialog box, click Yes if you wish to create backups of files

replaced by the installer. This will enable a rollback when uninstalling the software.

4. Copy the password (“gottahaveit”) to be used for the RamDiskNT setup.

5. When prompted to setup RamDisk, press Setup (if not yet installed).

1

New i-NVR software versions will be forthcoming in the near future. (Digits in) file names and folder names for those versions may

slightly differ from the ones appearing in this manual.

Figure 4.2 Copy Ramdisk password

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6. Type or paste the RamDiskNT password.

7. In the RamDisk Configuration Utility (figure 4.4), select drive letter R and disk size 32.

8. Click Save Settings, and then click OK.

9. Click OK to close the Copy/Paste dialog box.

10. Finish the Wittwin installation. When prompted to reboot, click OK.

Figure 4.4 Entering RamDisk drive letter and disk size

Figure 4.3 Enter RamDisk password

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4.2.2. Multi-User Engineer

The Multi-User Engineer program is used to control and configure the i-NVR.

To install MU Engineer

1. From the NKF Package folder, double-click the file MultiUserEngineer-

v1.5.0.3.exe

.

2. When prompted, select Yes if you wish to create backups of files replaced by the

installer. This will enable a rollback when uninstalling the software.

3. Complete the installation.

4.2.3. COMMander

COMMander controls the communication with the multi-user client(s) and other i-NVR

systems. Like Wittwin, running in the background, it requires no user actions.

To install COMMander

1. From the NKF Package folder, double-click the file COMManderInstall-

v2.2.8.1.exe

.

2. Set up COMMander by following the wizard.

4.2.4. MX Configuration Tool

MX Configuration Tool, the configuration and monitoring software for Optelecom-NKF

equipment, enables the engineer to establish, configure and break connections between the

Wittwin Capture program and media sources on the video network.

Refer to the supplied MX Configuration Tool manual for installation instructions.

After installing MX Configuration Tool, select the correct network adapter as described in

section 5.2.3.

4.2.5. EMX

MX Configuration Tool uses EMX, Optelecom-NKF’s network service.

To update EMX

1. From the NKF Package folder, double-click the file EMX-update-2.5.0-setup-

2.exe

1

.

2. Follow the wizard steps.

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New i-NVR software versions will be forthcoming in the near future. (Digits in) file names and folder names for those versions may

slightly differ from the ones appearing in this manual.

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4.2.6. UltraVNC

UltraVNC is used for connections between the i-NVR and the clients on the network.

To install UltraVNC

1. From the NKF Package folder, double-click the file UltraVNC-102-Setup.exe.

2. In the Select Components dialog box, select Server Only from the drop-down menu.

3. Click Next.

4. In the Select Additional Tasks dialog box, check the boxes labelled

Register UltraVNC Server as a system service and Start or restart UltraVNC service.

Figure 4.5 Additional UltraVNC tasks

5. If prompted, set an appropriate UltraVNC password, e.g.

admin.

Figure 4.6 UltraVNC password still to be set

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4.2.7. Application Launchpad

Application Launchpad will automatically launch the i-NVR applications three minutes after

system boot. This is to ensure, together with the BIOS Power settings (see paragraph 4.1.1),

that the i-NVR system will become operational again after, for instance, a power failure.

To install Application Launchpad

• In the NKF Package folder, double-click the file InstallApplicationLaunchpad.bat.

4.2.8. Witness Multi-User Client

The Multi-User Client program provides the graphical user interface (GUI) for the i-NVR,

offering Operator, Engineering and Administrator functions.

You can install MU Client on i-NVR Compact systems and on i-NVR client machines.

To install Witness MU

1. From the NKF Package folder, double-click the file WitnessMUSetup-v2.2.2.1.exe.

2. Set up Witness MU by following the wizard. Accept all default options.

4.2.9. ffdshow

The ffdshow decoding filter is used to display MPEG-4 streams.

To install ffdshow

1. From the NKF Package folder, double-click the file ffdshow.exe.

2. Complete the installation wizard. Accept all default options.

Figure 4.7 Application Launchpad window appearing after system boot

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4.3. ARECA RAID AND SNMP

This section briefly describes the Areca RAID card (ARC1120) and the SNMP (Simple Network

Management Protocol) manager. If you are using a different RAID card, refer to its

documentation for configuration instructions.

• An event can be sent with the RAID console.

• You can read events and MIB variables with the SNMP manager (SNMPc).

To read the Areca MIB variables with an SNMP manager the Areca MIB must be

compiled in the SNMP MIB description.

4.3.1. SNMP Windows components

Before installing the SNMP software, you must first install the SNMP Windows components

and configure these components.

please note This operation requires your operating system installation discs.

To install SNMP Windows Components

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, double-click

Add or Remove Programs.

3. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click

Add/Remove Windows Components.

4. In the Windows Components Wizard, check the box labelled

Management and Monitoring Tools.

5. Set all SNMP Windows settings as follows.

In the Control Panel double-click

Administrative Tools.

In the Administrative Tools window, double-click

Services.

Figure 4.8 Management and monitoring tools

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6. In the Service Properties window, select the General tab.

7. Set the Startup Type to

Automatic.

8. On the Traps tab, set the Community name to

public and add the following Trap

destination:

SNMP server PC.

9. On the Security tab, set community rights to

READ or READ WRITE. (The default setting

is

READ ONLY).

READ WRITE is only necessary when MIB variables must be changed with the SNMP

Manager.

Figure 4.9 SNMP Service Properties - Startup type

Figure 4.10 Trap destination

Figure 4.11 Security tab - Community rights

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