NVR web interface - Function: Camera

Contents:

• Manage Camera

• Image

• Motion

• PTZ

Manage Camera

Despite the links on the left, this page opens to the Edit Camera tab.

Add Camera

When you click the Add Camera link on the left, or the Add Camera button at the top right of the Edit Camera tab, it opens a dialog in which you add cameras to your NVR.

Quick Add: When this selected, click Refresh to add all available cameras automatically.

Add Manually: When this is selected, click Add to use all the details and set up custom

Add Recorder: This is not yet functional.

Edit Camera

This table lists data for all of the cameras in your system. If you have a large system use the Search bar in the top right to find your camera.

A few tips: 

• The camera's Name column also shows which NVR port it's plugged into in brackets. Cameras connected through the network do not have this.

• Click the icon in the Preview column to load a pop-up with a live video stream.

• Click Delete to unassign a network camera from the NVR (it remains available in OvrC).

• The Settings icon opens the web interface of the IP camera.

• Upgrtade to update fwe - better thru ovrc

Edit Camera Group

Here you edit camera groups, which are used by display schemes (see System > Basic Settings > Output Settings for details on schemes).

Click Add Group at the top right to create a new group.

You must name the group, set a dwell time, and use the checkboxes to select which camera(s) belong to that group. Click a camera's Preview icon to launch a quick pop-up for that camera. Each group must have at least one camera, and a camera can belong to more than one group.

If you click on a group to select it, you can click the Edit icon to adjust the name or dwell, or the down arrow to add or remove cameras from the group, or the trash icon to delete it entirely.

Image

Here you adjust how the camera images are manipulated.

OSD Settings

Pro Tip: This is more easily done in OvrC. In addition, OvrC gives you more options and control.

The right side of the page shows a list of all cameras on the NVR. The table allows for quick editing of the OSD and watermark settings for each camera. At the bottom, you can navigate multiple pages of the table if needed.

All of these customization options work the same as on the left side.

Image Settings

Pro Tip: This is more easily done in OvrC.

Brightness: Set the brightness level of the camera’s image.

Contrast: Set the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of the image.

Saturation: High saturation makes for vivid color; low makes the image more grayscale.

Hue: Adjust the total color scheme of the image.

Click Default to restore the image settings to factory default.

The right side shows a list of all cameras, with the selected camera displayed in blue. You can edit these same settings in the table, as well.

Click Advanced in the left column, or the down carat in the table's Advanced column, to expand the list to show additional options for the selected camera.

There are three tabs of additional options. Navigate between these by using the buttons at the bottom of the camera listing.

Image Adjustment tab

Here you edit the settings for that camera (once that setting has been enabled using the checkbox at left). You can click on the bars, or click and drag the circles. You cannot enter values in the text boxes.

The dropdown at top lets you edit the Common configuration file (used all the time) or the separate config files for day and night.

• Sharpness: Set the resolution level of the image plane and the sharpness level of the image edge.

• Wide Dynamic: All x20 device have WDR, so this has been disabled.

• Noise Reduction: Decrease the visual noise (snow, random pixel errors, etc.). Increasing the value improves the noise reduction effect but reduces image resolution.

• Fog Reduction: Enable this and test the settings to improve visibility in foggy, dusty, smoggy, or rainy environments.

• Image Shift: This setting is used on the DVR only.

• Backlight: Select which backlight compensation option to use:

  • Off: Disables the backlight compensation function. It is the default mode.

  • HWDR: Hardware Wide Dynamic Range adjusts the image when there are both very bright and very dark areas in the field of view. It dims the bright areas and boosts the dark areas. Recording stops for a few seconds when the camera switches into or out of WDR mode.

  • HLC: Highlight Compensation suppresses the brightness of the image’s bright areas and reducing the size of any halo.

  • BLC: Enabling backlight compensation makes dark areas (especially backlit areas) clearly visible.

  • Grade (requires HWDR enabled): Sets the amount of WDR to use. The higher the level, the less contrast there is between the lightest and darkest areas.

• White Balance: Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically.

• Anti Flicker: If lights pulsate or flicker in your video feed, test the settings here to try to eliminate it.

• Exposure Mode: If you select Manual, another dropdown appears where you select a fixed value for the digital shutter speed.

• Gain Mode: If you select Manual, this activates the Gain Limit slider below. The higher the value is, the brighter the image is.

• Gain Limit: Increasing the gain limit improves nighttime visibility at the cost of adding more noise.

• Corridor Pattern: Enable this for situations like long hallways. Set the video resolution to 1080P or below, and choose the rotation of the camera image (in 90° increments).

• Image Mirror: Reverse the image horizontally.

• Image Flip: Reverse the image vertically.

• High FPS Mode: Enable this to record at settings higher than the standard 30fps.

• Day/Night Mode: This tells the camera when to switch to night mode. Auto lets the camera decide, Day and Night leaves the camera in that mode constantly, and Timing switches according to a set schedule.

• Sensitivity (Auto mode selected): This sets how readily the camera switches. Higher sensitivity requires less change to make the switch.

• Smart IR: This function avoids overexposure and underexposure by controlling the brightness of the IR lights according to the ambient light.

• Delay Time (Seconds) (Auto mode selected): How long a change in light must remain at that light level before the camera switches modes.

• Shutter Mode: If you are using manual controls, you can adjust the shutter speed to avoid flicker.

• Infrared Mode: Choose how the camera chooses to engage its infrared emitter.

Schedule Control tab

Lens Control tab

Mask Settings

Your Luma NVR supports up to four video masks per camera to preserve privacy, whether it’s a secure item of yours, or a window into a neighbor’s house. Areas covered by a mask are excluded from all recordings. You cannot draw a fifth mask.

The right side of the page shows a list of all cameras on the NVR. The table allows for quick editing of the OSD and watermark settings for each camera. At the bottom, you can navigate multiple pages of the table if needed.

Use the dropdown to turn that camera’s mask on or off.

Click Apply to save your changes.

Motion

Motion Settings

Pro Tip: This is more easily done in OvrC (though OvrC doesn’t have the duration setting). In addition, OvrC allows multiple activity zones each using different motion sensitivities.

The right side of the page shows a list of all cameras on the NVR. The table allows for quick editing of motion detection, sensitivity, and duration. At the bottom, you can navigate multiple pages of the table if needed.

All of these customization options work the same as on the left side.

Click Processing Mode to go to the Alarm handling configuration interface of the motion alarm.

PTZ

Although this page is designed for PTZ cameras, the zoom and focus controls can also be used with varifocal cameras.

Preset

Here you set fixed scenes (a combination of aim, speed, focus, iris, and zoom) that your camera can move to with the click of a button.

Below the camera image are the PTZ controls.

1. Control the aim using these buttons. The central button on the left stops the camera's motion.

2. This slider controls the camera's panning speed.

3. The paired buttons let you control the zoom, focus, and iris of the camera.

4. Below the controls, select a camera to adjust.

For that camera, choose the preset (if any) you wish to edit.

To create a preset, aim the camera as desired and click Add. A dialog pops up where you can select a number for the preset and give it a name.

After creating a preset, you can edit the name in the text box and click the disk icon to save the change. To adjust a preset's aim, select that preset, adjust the settings, and click Save Position. Note that the NVR and camera have separate presets.

To delete a preset, select it from the dropdown menu and click Delete.

To the right, a table shows the cameras you have and the various presets created for each. Click the arrow icon to go to that preset, or the × icon to delete it.

Trace

A trace cycles the camera through a designated series of presets. It is therefore only enabled for PTZ cameras.

To add a new trace, click the down carat at the right side of the camera's entry, then click the + button. Name the trace, then click Add Preset for each preset you want the camera to visit. Duration is how long the camera stays at that preset, and speed is how quickly the camera moves to that preset. This overrides the preset's inherent speed setting.

When you have several presets added, click on a preset and use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the order that the trace uses. Click OK to save.

Once you have one or more traces, you can select a trace to edit in the dropdown, and add or remove presets, change their order, rename it, etc.

Trace Group

A trace group cycles the camera through a designated series of traces. Each camera has one trace group.

To add a trace to a group, click the down carat to the right of the camera's entry, and click the + button. Select the trace to add from the dropdown. You can also click the Add Trace button at the bottom of the table.

Click Play and Stop to view the trace group shown in the table below.

In the table, click the trashcan to remove that trace from the group.

Patrol

Here you set fixed scenes (a scene is a combination of direction and zoom) that your camera can move to with the click of a button.

Below the camera image are the PTZ controls.

1. Control the aim using these buttons. The central button on the left stops the camera's motion.

2. This slider controls the camera's panning speed.

3. The paired buttons let you control the zoom, focus, and iris of the camera.

4. Below the controls, select a camera to adjust.

Below the controls, select which pattern (if any) you wish to edit.

To create a pattern, aim the camera as desired and click Add. A dialog pops up where you can select a number for the preset and give it a name.

After creating a preset, you can edit the name in the text box and click the disk icon to change it.

To delete a preset, select it from the dropdown menu and click Delete.

Task

Here you schedule your PTZ camera to undertake certain activities at certain times of day.

Pro Tip: This page does not work with motorized cameras.

Select the camera, then select which function (activity) it should use. If there are several options (for example, several presets), select the specific under the Name dropdown. Then set the start and end time, and click Add.

The table at right shows all the cameras. To see which Tasks are assigned to each camera, click the down carat at the right of the camera's entry. You can enable or disable all tasks on a per-camera basis, and edit individual tasks by clicking the edit icon at right.

Smart Tracking

Your PTZ can track objects that it detects moving.

Select the camera, and select either:

• PTZ Auto Tracking Priority: If selected, when an event triggers tracking, you cannot control the PTZ through the PTZ control panel in the live view interface.

• Manual PTZ Control Priority: If selected, when an event triggers tracking, you can control PTZ by clicking the buttons on the PTZ control panel in the live view interface while it is engaged in smart tracking. After you cease control for 5 seconds, the PTZ camera returns to its pre-defined detection area to await a new target.

Still time: While enabled, when the tracking target stops or hides behind an obstacle for the length of the indicated time, or the target tracking is complete and no target appears in the detection area during the indicated time, the PTZ returns to its home position. If it is not enabled, the PTZ returns to its home position after 5 seconds.