Safire Smart - NVR B1 series - first setup

Index

The following device was used for this article:

Model number:  SF-NVR3104-B1

Firmware:            FW-safire smart N0L_UI1N_230327_147_57637

 

Activation of the recorder

Reset recorder

Add camera

Quickly Add

Adding Manually and adding cameras of other brands 

Event Recording Settings

Schedule Recording Settings

Image Settings

OSD Settings

Mask Settings

LPR

Search in licence plate database

Statistics Database

Sample Database

Thermal camera

 

Activation of the recorder

1. Connect the monitor and power supply

2. The device will start up and the power indicator lights up blue

3. The Wizard window opens

4. Fill in Username and Password  

5. Specify network settings

We recommend using the DHCP option (automatic creation of an IP address)

7. Switch to the web interface and log in

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Reset recorder

1. Click on Function Panel

2. System

3. Backup and Restore

1. Click on Factory Default

2. You can choose between: 

- All

- All except the network (TCP/IP, port parameter)

Note: This restores the default parameters. The hard disk database will be emptied

3. Click on Restore Default Parameters

 

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Add camera

1. Click on Function Panel

2. Camera

3. Add camera

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Quickly Add

1. Select Quickly Add 

2. Refresh to see all the available option

3. Select the camera you want

4. Add

Be careful with the passwords of the cameras when using this method, as the recorder sets its own. It is therefore important to specify the passwords of the cameras like in the next section.

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Adding Manually and adding cameras of other brands 

1. Select Add Manually 

2. Fill in IP, protocol, port, user and password 

3. Choose protocol

This method is usually more advisable, as the NVR has no way to specify the device's password incorrectly. The recorder offers the following communication protocols

Safire Smart - Only for Safire Smart camera models
Onvif - Standard protocol for communication with cameras of third-party brands
Hikvision - For adding Hikvision and Safire cameras (Onvif communication port)
Dahua - For Dahua and X-Security cameras (Onvif communication port)
Custom - For adding cameras via RTSP

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1. Function Panel

2. Record

3. Encode Parameters H.264 / H.265 / H.265+

For Safire Smart devices, the H.265+ option can be selected. It achieves improvements in bandwidth reduction, data storage efficiency, and video content analysis.

For cameras that are of a different brand, this option is not available. Therefore, the H.265 option can be selected there.

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Event Recording Settings

In case of event recording, the recording is started as soon as there is an activation of the alarm input.

The encoding settings can be adjusted for this event as follows.

1. The resolution can be set high.

2. Enable audio

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Schedule Recording Settings

In a schedule recording, recording is done continuously in the time window that you have specified.

To optimize the disk space, you can adjust the following settings in this case.

1. FPS can be lowered depending on the requirements.

2. The quality can be lowered depending on the requirements.

3. Audio can be deactivated according to requirements

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Image Settings

The image settings normally do not need to be adjusted

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OSD Settings

1. Display camera name on the screen

2. Display time and date on the screen

3. Enable watermark if requested

4. Water Mark Character

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Mask Settings

A mask can be used to cover areas that should not be visible on the recroding.

1. Enable Mask

2. Click on draw

3. Draw the area you want to cover

4. Click on apply

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LPR

1. Functional Panel

2. AI / Event

3. LPR

 

1. Detection

2. Enable

3. Manage Schedule 

4. Enable Area

-  Set Detection Area

- Up to 4 blocked areas can be defined to eliminate sources of error

5. Set Plate Size (min/max)

1. Recognition

2. Enable Successful Recognition 

3. Select Plate Group (All / Add Group) 

4. Manage Schedule

5. Enable alarm output pulse (Access Control)

General trigger with the following options

Recording after triggering successful detection

Alarm triggering to open a gate or door

Triggering snapshot

Triggering via PTZ, to zoom in on the driver for example

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Search in license plate database

1. Search

2. Human Body / Vehicle / Combine

3. By Event or by Entry / Exit

Click on the three dots

Then the snapshot is displayed and based on the details the licence plate can be registered in the database.

Fill in the fields.

There is also a possibility to create a new group.

When all the fields are filled in, click OK.

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Statistics Database

1. Click on Statistics

2. Select camera

3. Choose between the following options

- Plate Detection
- Plate Recognition-Successful Recognition 
- Plate Recognition-Strange Plate

4. Choose Schedule

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Sample Database

Add a group first before adding a plate. Once a group is created, you have the option to create another new group.

And another option to add a bulk is to use an CSV file.

File Type: *.csv
For Example: CSV
(B1)Plate, (B2)Vehicle Owner, (B3)Mobile, (N1)Vehicle Type
A888888, user, 18888888888, SUV
Remark:

1. Reserved Columns with empty data
2. Save as "CSV" after editing with WPS or Excel
3. Plate List File - Need as UTF-8 format(*.CSV)

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Thermal camera

When the Safire Smart thermal camera is added, this will use 2 channels on the NVR 

In the camera configuration, there are two option for the thermal lens that is using the temperature sensor. Unlike the other AI cameras, you can choose one of the two options line or intrusion in addition to the temperature sensor.

In the Type of rules there are the options of Point, Line, and Area till a max of 10 combinations.

Line crossing and intrusion into an area

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