Tech Training Safire Smart - 4. Installation and commissioning of equipment

Installation Safire Smart Recorder.

HDD installation

IO Recorder (NVR) 

Connecting IP cameras

After unboxing the Recorder, open the screws on the side and back of the recorder. Slide the cover back slightly and lift the cover.

HDD installation

When installing and connecting the HDD, disconnect the power first.  

A. Insert the blue SATA cable in the HDD and on the main board of the recorder

B. Insert the HDD Power cable in the HDD and on the main board of the recorder

IO Recorder (NVR) 

The sample images are used from A2 NVR models with dual LAN and PoE

Media & Network

• eSATA for back-up HDD
• USB 2.0 for mouse or slow backup USB drive
• USB 3.0 for fast USB storage 
• MAIN HDMI Output
• SUB HDMI Output
• VGA Output
• LAN 1
• LAN 2

PoE input

• Sample of 16x PoE the PoE inputs are for cameras only, do not connect to a router or switch!

Alarm & Serial IO

• RS485 for PTZ and Keyboard 
• ALARM output
• ALARM input

Audio 

• AUDIO in
• AUDIO out

Connecting IP cameras

Connecting IP cameras to a recorder with one LAN connection

• Standard NVR
• PoE Switch with two uplink ports
• PoE Cameras 

For the normal IP cameras, there is not PoE switch needed.

Connect the Router to the uplink from the PoE Switch and the other uplink to the LAN from the NVR.

In this situation, the data traffic will stay within the PoE switch and NVR.

Connecting IP cameras to a recorder with two LAN connections

• Standard NVR
• PoE Switch with one or two uplink ports
• PoE Cameras 

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