Techage PoE NVR CCTV Camera Security System User Manual
- June 12, 2024
- Techage
Table of Contents
POE NVR
User Manual
Security Expert for Your Home and Business
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Preface
Thanks for purchasing our PoE Network Video Recorder Surveillance products. This user manual is for 4CH/8CH/16CH PoE NVR and PoE cameras system. The firmware and software for the cameras and NVRs will be updated for better user experience. Please write to us or visit the store to get the latest user manual.
NVR Overview
PWR: It will be on when the NVR is plugged in power adapter (DC 48V~52V).
Directions: Choose different options on NVR, left or right, up or down.
USB: For connecting USB mouse to control NVR or USB disk to backup video.
IR: To receive infrared remote control signal.
QUAD: Switch the video display on monitor to 1/4/8/16 channels.
ESC: Leave the current option/window, cancel or back to previous option.
MENU: Enter main menu directly.
ENTER: Enter the options.
Switch: Turn on/off NVR.
DC IN: For power supply DC 48~52V, the size of the DC plug is 5.5*2.1mm.
PoE 1-8: Ethernet ports for connecting the PoE Cameras.
UP LINK: Ethernet port for connecting to the router.
AUDIO OUT: For connecting speakers to play the recorded audio.
VGA: For connecting the monitor or display with VGA cable.
HD-PORT: For connecting the monitor or display with HDMI cable.
USB: For connecting USB mouse to control NVR or USB disk to backup video.
Wiring and Connection Diagram
After the wiring and connection as above, the live images should be shown on the monitor or display. Then you can install the cameras and do the wiring.
Cameras Installations
When you install the cameras, please make sure to avoid the inaccurate ways of
installations.
Wrong Viewing Angles
Wrong Way: The wall will reflect the light from the IR lights to the lens at
night if the camera lens are installed too close to the wall.
Right Way: Adjust the directions of the camera lens and make sure the lens of
the camera are away from the wall.
Close Object Reflects
Wrong Way: There are objects too close to the camera lens. The object will
reflect light from the IR light to the lens.
Right Way: Move the objects away from the camera lens or change the camera’s
installation position.
Close Wire Cable Reflects
Wrong Way: The wire cables of the camera, like power cable or Ethernet cable
are too close to the camera lens. The cables will reflect light from IR light
to the lens.
Right Way: Move the power cable or Ethernet cable away from the camera lens
and fix it on the back of the camera.
NVR Installation
Please install the hard disk first. If not, the video recorder can only monitor normally, but cannot record or playback.
Notice: Please choose a specialized monitoring hard drive disk in order to
record for a longer time. The video recorder supports 3.5″ or 2.5″ SATA hard
disk.
Warning: please make sure the power is off before installation.
1.2 Boot & Preview
Make sure the power supply matches the requirements of the hard disk video
recorder.
After connecting the power, the indicator on the front of the NVR will light
on and you will hear a buzzer sound, then the display will boot up and the
device will access to the preview image. After the recovery of the non-normal
power failure, the device will automatically return to the state it was in
before the power outage.
Function Setting
2.1 Login System
After the normal boot, you have to log in first and the system will provide the
corresponding function according to the user’s rights.
Right click the mouse → 【Main Menu】
2.2 HDD Setup
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Advanced】→【HDD Info】
Choosing the Hard Disk, clicking Format Storage, starting to format the HDD.
Notice: Please confirm the hard disk is connected. The hard disk should be
formatted before first use, so that it can record properly. It will
automatically overwrite previous videos when the storage of hard disk is full
if you set overwrite.
2.3 General
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【System】→【General】
[Language] You can set the system language to the native language.
[Storage Full]
Choose Overwrite: Keep recording video and automatically overwrite the former
video while the storage of HDD is full.
Choose Stop: Stop recording video while the storage of HDD is full.
[Auto Logout] You can set up a 0-60 min auto standby. 0 min means you haven’t
set up the standby time.
[Startup Wizard] Tick it to get startup wizard when reboot the system (untick
it as default).
2.4 Record Setup
In the Record Configuration, you can set up the record mode for each channel to
save space of the HDD and only record the important videos.
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Record Conf.】
[Channel] The channel which you want to do settings of record configuration.
[Length] The standard length of each video segment.
[Mode] The way you want to record videos.
Schedule: The selected channel will only record during the chosen time period.
Regular: The system will keep recording during the chosen time period.
Detect: The system will record a video segment when the camera detects
movements during the chosen time period.
Alarm: The system will record a video segment when the camera alarmsduring the
chosen time period.
Manual: The selected channel will record 24/7.
Stop: The selected channel will not record any video.
Notice: If you would like to set the recording mode to “Alarm”, please
make sure that you have enabled the alarm function of the corresponding
channel.
2.5 Video Playback
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【PlayBack】
In the “Common Playback”, you can playback recorded video according to date, time, channel and mode.
- Choose Play Mode
- Choose Video Date
- Playback Channel Option
- Video Playback Time
- Playback Control Key
Click the “Smart Express”, you can choose different alarm type files for fast
playback.
Click the “Smart Search”, all recorded videos, which detected motions or
humans will be displayed.
Click the “Face Search”, all recorded videos, which detected human faces will
be displayed.
Click the “Car Replay”, all recorded videos, which detected vehicles will be
displayed.
2.6 Video Backup
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【System】→【Backup】
Choose 【Video Type】→【Channel】→【Time】, clicking Add button to search video file,
choosing the file in the list, clicking Start button to backup and it will
automatically prompt after backup completed.
Notice: USB disk must be FAT32 format. Please choose AVI format while
backup, so that the backup video could be played on PC directly.
2.7 Snapshot Configuration
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【System】→【SnapShot Conf.】
[Cycle capture] The camera will take snapshots periodically when you choose
Cycle capture. For example, if the default snapshot period is 64 seconds, it
means the camera will automatically take snapshot every 64 seconds.
[EMAIL] Tick it and the NVR will send the snapshots captured by
the cameras to your e-mail address.
[FTP] Tick it to enable this function. Buyers need to build their own ftp
service by themselves.
[storage] Tick it and the NVR will store the snapshots captured by the cameras
in the HDD.
[Timing capture] The camera will take snapshots at the time that you set when
you choose Timing capture.
2.8 Network Setup
Connect NVR to Router→ Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Network】
[DHCP Enable] Tick it to automatically obtain the lP address assigned by the
server.
[IP Address] It has to be a unique IP address on the same LAN segment to avoid
conflicts with other equipment in local area.
[HTTP Port] A port number for remote visit, default value is 80.
[NetService] Here you can enable functions like RTSP, FTP, Email and other
services.
2.9 Check Nat Status
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Advanced】→【Version】
[Serial Number] Device Serial Number for remote view.
[Nat Status] Check the network status, begin a remote monitoring when shows
connected.
[Device Info] Edit function like playback preview, face and human detection.
2.10 Email Setup
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Network】→【NetService】→【EMAIL】
[SMTP Server] Sender’s mailbox (for example: gmail / email).
[Port] Sender’s mailbox SMTP port.
[Encryption] SSL.
[User Name] Username of the sender’s mailbox (must support and open SMTP
function).
[Password] Password of the sender’s mailbox. Go to get 16-digit app password
on your email setting.
[Receiver] Receiver’s mailbox.
[Mail Testing] Click and it will send an email to receiver to test the Email
setting.
Notice: Before testing the Email, please confirm the Network has been connected
successfully.
How To Get 16-Digit App Password
Enable IMAP access of your e-mail. 
Log in your Google account. In “Security” section, find “Signing in to Google”.
If the “2-Step Verification” is off, please enable it.
You will get a 16 digits password that you need to use later to set up your
email notice in NVR system.
Notice: You are not able to review the password after you click “DONE” so
please write it down or leave this page open.
2.11 User Management
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【System】→【Account】
[Modify Pwd] Enter to Modify Password page, and modify password.
[Add User] Add User account and set up the User’s permissions. Enter the Add
User page and input the User Name and Password.
Notice: Password can be setup as number+letter combination, please record
your password in other ways and keep it in a safe place to avoid forgetting.
2.12 Audio Setting
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【System】→【Encode】
[Video/Audio] Tick four blanks to show the file for streaming video and audio.
2.13 Alarm
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】
The NVR supports intelligent alerts, such as human detection, face detection,
vehicle detection and traditional alarm. You can set different intelligent
alerts if your cameras also support these functions through the following
operations.
2.13.1 Intelligent Alert Setting
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】→【Intelligent Alert】
[Channel] Choose the camera which you want to do alert settings.
[Enable] When it is unticked, the camera will not detect any movements.
[Human Detect] The camera will detect human activities by recognizing humanoid
body shape.
[Face detection] The camera will detect human face when this option is ticked
on.
[Record] When it is ticked on, the camera will record a video segment when
human/face detected.
[Mobile reported] When it is ticked on, the camera will send alert
notifications to your mobile App when it detects movements or human activities.
[Alarm Sound] When it is ticked on, the camera will make a voice alarm when it
detects movements or human activities.
[Sensitivity] Adjust the detection sensitivity of the camera.
[Rule]Set advanced detection rules like safe zone or line cross alarm.
Notice: If the “Enable” option is on and the “Human Detect” is off, the
camera will detect all movements, including pets, vehicles, plants, etc.
Therefore, we recommend you to active “Human Detect” to reduce false alerts.
It shows that “Human Detect” function can reduce 98%-99% of the false alerts.
If you need to enable this function please make sure your camera support
human/face detection.
2.13.2 Advanced Setting of Human Detection/Face Detection
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】→【Intelligent Alert】→【Human
Detect】/【Face detection】→【Advanced】, click Set button. 
[Period] The time period of the detection.
[MD Interval] The interval between 2 human motion movements alerts.
[PostRec] To adjust the length of the video after the camera detects abnormal
movements.
[Tour] Not applicable.
[Snapshot] When it is ticked on, the camera will take snapshots when it
detects abnormal movements.
[Send Email] When it is ticked on, the camera will send alerts to your e-mail
address when it detects abnormal movements.
[Write Log] When it is ticked on, the NVR will mark down the alarm record. You
can review the records by following this path: Right click the mouse→【Main
Menu】→【Advanced】→【Log】.
[FTP upload] Not applicable.
[Alarm] Shutdown: It means to turn off all alarm sounds.
Voice Prompts: You can select to turn on different alarm sounds.
[IPC AlarmOut]For setting Blue＆Red Alarm Light. Some models of our PoE AI
Cameras are built in Red LED lights and Blue LED lights. When human detected,
the red lights and blue lights will flash alternately to scare off intruders
whether day or night.
If your cameras support the function of Red-Blue Light Alarm, and you want to
disable the function, please right click the mouse→【Main
Menu】→【Alarm】→【Intelligent Alert】→【Human detection】 →【Advanced】, click Set
button, untick the 【IPCAlarmOut】.
[Voice Prompts] To choose the different alarm sounds for the voice prompts.
If you have set the function of face detection, on screen of the monitor with
live video, you can view the human faces detected by the cameras. You can
easily and quickly get whether the persons detected by the camera are your
friends or intruders. If he is an intruder, the face detection function can
help take some actions as soon as possible to protect your safety and
property. 
When the cameras detect human faces, the NVR will show you these faces on the right side of the screen like the image above.
2.13.3 Advanced Settings of Vehicle Detection
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】→【Vehicle shape inspection】
2.13.4 Advanced Settings of Safe Zone & Line Cross Alarm
You can set up a safe zone for camera. The camera will only detect or make
alarm sound when there are abnormal activities in the safe zone.
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】→【Intelligent Alert】→【Rule
Set】
Choose the safe zone shape which you would like to use. In this user manual,
we use rectangle as example.
Click & hold the sides of the different patterns then drag the sides to change
the shape and the size of the safe zone.
You can also choose other size such as circle to protect our valuable
objects.
When you choose “Tripwire” in stead of “Intrusion”, there will be a line on
the screen and the camera will only detect or make alarm sound when people
cross this line.
2.13.5 Abnormality Settings
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】→【Abnormality】, in this part, you can
set the alarm for other events.
In the 【Event Type】, there are several options:
[No Storage] The NVR can’t detect HDD.
[Storage Device Error] The NVR detects that the HDD is not working correctly.
[Storage No Space] The HDD is full.
[Net Disconnection] The NVR is disconnected to the Internet.
[IP Conflict] There are other devices in the LAN using the same IP address as
this NVR.
You can also choose different notification types:
[Show Message] The error message will show on the monitor screen.
[Alarm] Shutdown: It means to turn off all alarm sounds.
Voice Prompts: You can select to turn on different alarm sounds.
[Mobile reported] The NVR will send error message to the App.
[Send Email] The NVR will send error message to your e-mail address.
2.13.6 Traditional Alarm Setting
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Alarm】→【Traditional alarm】, in this part,
you can adjust the settings for other alarm types.
[Video Blind] The camera is covered and blinded.
[Video Loss] The camera loses connection with the NVR.
[Alarm Input] The alarm input from the cameras.
[Intelligent] Not applicable.
Digital Channel Setup
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Advanced】→【Digital】→ 【ChannelType】4CH PoE
NVR supports to be expanded to 10 channel.
8CH PoE NVR
supports to be expanded to 16 channel.
[Maximum number of preview] Number of cameras can be viewed simultaneously.
Add IP Camera
This PoE NVR is expandable and supports Onvif. It means that the recorder is
compatible with all the PoE IP cameras which support Onvif protocol. If you
want to connect more cameras to the recorder, you need to pair the recorder
and the cameras first. Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Quick Set】
Click “Search” and the cameras will be able to be chosen on the upper chart.
Click “Add” then the camera will be paired with the NVR.
[AddMode] Auto and Manual for optional.
Remote View
Right click the mouse→【Main Menu】→【Advanced】→【Version】
Serial Number: Enter device Serial Number
Username: admin (Default)
Password: Just leave it blank as default (But you need to fill in your own
password if you have changed the password before).
5.1 Remote View via PC
Open the Google Browser, enter website: https://www.xmeye.net, arrive at
browsing page of remote view, choose “By Device”. Then enter Serial No., User
name, Password and Verify to realize remote view.
5.2 Remote View via PC Client Software
Download Center:
https://www.techage.com/pages/download-for-poe-wired-camera-system
Open VMS PC client software after installation.
Click [Device Manager] and choose [Add devices automatically] to add the
device.
Live view via VMS.
5.3 Remote View Via Smart Phone
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Install the software: scan the QR code or search XMEye Pro in App store to download.
When turn on NVR for the first time→【Camera Test】→【Time Setup Wizard】→【Network】
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Install successfully, register user, add device and begin a remote view.
Step 1:
Tap register and input your Username, Password to create a new account.
Step 2:
Click “+” to add devices: input Serial No., username and password .
Step 3:
After device added, click it to link the sever.
Step 4:
Connect successfully and start to view video.
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References
- Techage - Your Trusted Security Camera Provider | Buy Online – Techage.com
- Software for POE Wired Camera/NVR Device – Techage.com
- xmeye.net