3.2.1.4 System
There are six parts in the System pages: General, Network, Holiday, Users, Status, Maintenance.

1. General
Click the General button, a window will pop up as below:

Device name and ID can be made up by yourself, and Server Time depends on the time zone and daylight saving time you choose, which can be synchronized through NTP or manually. After complete the settings, click [Apply] to save and apply the settings to CMS.
2. Network
In the Network part, you can use several network functions.
[Basic]
Basic configuration includes Default Route, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Preferred DNS server, Alternative DNS server, MAC Address, MTU(Byte), PoE NIC IPv4 Address.

[PPPoE]
With the function enabled, Ethernet hosts can be connected to a remote access concentrator via a simple bridging device.

[UPnP]
With the function enabled, you don’t need to configure the port mapping for each port in router. It will do the port mapping in router automatically once router supports UPnP.

[DDNS]
DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) solves the dynamic IP address problems.
Check DDNS check-box to enable it, then select a DDNS Server, input the user name, password and host name. Do not forget to save the configuration.
Milesight has its own DDNS server. Please do port forwarding for HTTP port and RTSP port before enabling Milesight DDNS. Then input corresponding information and you can use http://ddns.milesight.com:MAC to access device remotely.

[Email]
Check whether the SMTP port can be set or not. Please enable SSL/TLS according to actual mailbox. (Some SMTP server needs to secure connection)
Set the Sender E-mail Address, User Name, Password, and SMTP Server:

The meanings of the items on the Network page can be referred to the table below:
Item |
Function Introduction |
---|---|
Enable |
Check the checkbox to enable Email Note: You can edit the configuration only when you enable the
function.
|
User Name |
The E-mail address you chose to send emails |
Password |
The password of the E-mail |
SMTP Server |
The SMTP Server of your E-mail |
Port |
The port of SMTP Server, it’s usually 25 |
Encryption |
Check the checkbox to enable SSL or TLS if it is required by the SMTP server. |
Host Name |
The host address of the E-mail |
Sender Name |
Named by yourself for the Sender E-mail |
Sender Address |
It must be the same as [User name] |
Select Receiver |
You can have 3 receivers at one time |
Receiver Name |
Named by yourself for the Receiver E-mail |
Receiver Address |
E-mail Address for the receivers |
[ P2P]
You can watch remote NVR live view in WAN by P2P on M-Sight Pro without doing port forwarding on router.
Click “Enable” and “Save” to enable P2P.
P2P is enabled successfully when P2P Status shows “Activated”.
After enabling, you can add the NVR on the APP M-Sight Pro for live view via scanning the QR code on the “P2P” page directly, or inputting the MAC address manually.

[More]

- SSH Port:The default SSH port is 22. Only for Milesight R&D debugging.
- HTTP Port:The default HTTP port is 80. Please modify HTTP ports according to actual application.
- HTTPS Port:The default HTTPS port is 443. Please modify HTTPS ports according to actual application.
- RTSP Port:Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is an application layer protocol in TCP/IP protocol system. The default RTSP port is 554. Please modify RTSP port according to actual application.
- Push Message:With this option enabled, you can receive the alarm message on the mobile application.
- Push Stream Type:Select video stream which will be pushed to APP M-Sight Pro. Auto, Primary Stream and Secondary Stream are available.
- Push Message Settings:Select Push Event Type which will be pushed to APP M-sight Pro.

(2) NVR Event: Select channels which you want to push the Alarm Input Event of NVR.

- Check the DHCP checkbox if there is a DHCP server running in networks;
- The valid range of MTU is 500~9676;
- Do not input an IP address conflicted with another device;
- “Host Name” must begin with letters, and it can only contain number, letters, and hyphen;
- It will email you a screenshot when motion detection is triggered;
- If your NVR has a port forwarding IP for Host Name, please input the complete address that contains the port;
- The default SSH port is 22, and the default HTTP port for IE browser is 80, while the valid range of RTSP port is 554 or 1024~65535.
- There would be no NVR Event interface if your NVR doesn’t have alarm input interface.
3. Holiday
Click the Holiday button, the Holiday window will pop up. Click the Edit button to edit the selected holiday schedule as below:

4. Users
Click the Users button, the setting window will pop up as below:

[Security Question]
You can set the Security Question for your NVR, in case you forget the password, you can reset the password by answering the Security Question correctly.
Click “Edit” button, input Admin Password, and set three Security Question for your NVR, then click “OK”.

There are twelve default questions below, you can also customize the Security Question.

[Account Management]
There are three user levels in User option: Admin, Operator and Viewer, and you can
click the Delete icon to delete “Operator” and “User” while unable to delete
“Admin”. Click the Edit icon
, setting window will show as Figure below:

The meanings of the items on the Edit User page can be referred to the table below:
Item |
Function Introduction |
---|---|
User Level | There are two user levels to choose from, operator and viewer |
User Name | A name made by yourself to identify users |
Admin Password | You should input the admin password before editing the user type |
Password | Set the password for different user type |
Confirm password | Re-input the same password to ensure the password |
Operation Permission | Show the permission including local permissions and remote permissions in different user types, you can scroll the blue bar to get more information |
Channel Permission | Choose different channels for different user types |
Click the Add button [Add], the setting window will pop up as below:


5. Status
Status includes Device Information, Network Status, Camera Status, Event Status and Disk Status. Status adopts the page form to display the contents.
[Device Information]
From this page, you can check the Device ID, Product Model, Camera Number(The maximum number of camera can be added to the NVR), HDD number(The maximum number of HDD can be supported to the NVR), Alarm Input Number, Alarm Output Number, MAC Address, Firmware Version, Hardware Version, Uptime and SDK Version.

[Network Status]
It will show you information about the network, including: Receive Bandwidth, Connection, Mode, DHCP, MTU(B), IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, MAC Address, Preferred DNS Server, Alternate DNS Server, Receive Rate, and Send Rate.

[Camera Status]
It will show you the Channel, Name, IP address, Record or not, Frame Rate, Bitrate, Resolution of main stream, Status of connection.

[Event Status]
The icon will turn to red when the device is in the event status:
- Camera Event

-
Alarm Input List

-
Alarm Output List

-
VCA

[Disk Status]
It will show you the Disk port, Vendor, Status, Total capability, Used capability, Free capability HDD type, In use or not and Recycle Mode on or off.

[Group Status]
The page will show data about NVR including Group, Disk and Channel.
-
Sort by Group

-
Sort by Channel

6. Log
In Log interface, you can check, search and export logs. By selecting the Main Type , Sub Type, Channel, Start Time and End Time which can narrow down the scale of logs, you can search for logs that you need and then export them locally.
The Logs page is as below:

The meanings of the items can be referred to the table below:
Parameters |
Function Introduction |
---|---|
Main Type |
There are three main log types: [All], [Event], [Operation], [Information], [Exception], [Debug] |
Sub Type |
On the premise of main type has been selected, select the sub type to narrow the range of logs |
Start Time |
The time log starts |
End Time |
The time log ends |
Channel |
Check to select the log of the corresponding channel |
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Click the button to search the matched logs |
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Export the log file |
You can click the button to check the log details, and you can also click the bar to list the log by
items such as Log ID, Time, User, Main Type, Sub Type, Device Name, Device Type,
etc.
7. Maintenance
The Maintenance page is as below:

The meanings of the items on System page can be referred to the table below:
Parameters |
Function Introduction |
---|---|
Reboot the device |
Click |
Auto Reboot |
Set day and time for reboot, and the NVR will reboot automatically at the set time. Day:Everyday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Time: Adjustable range from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59. Note: Make sure the NVR’s version is 7X.9.0.12 or above.
|
Reset |
Click Keep the IP Configuration: keep the IP configuration when resetting the device. Keep the User Information: keep the User configuration
when resetting the device.
Note: If you disable the “Keep the User
Information” option when resetting the device, the device will
be reset to the ‘Inactive’ status, you need to set a password
for it again. |
Local Upgrade |
Click the Enable |
Online Upgrade | Click the ![]() |
Import Configuration File | Click the ![]() ![]() |
Export Configuration File |
Click |
Export Diagnose File | Click![]() |