Uniview - Configure Email Alerts

Open up either Internet Explorer or Firefox and type in the IP address of your NVR and hit “Enter”. (In this example, the IP address is “http://192.168.1.66:8080”)

If this is the first time accessing your NVR with a web browser, you will be prompted to download a plugin. Please click on the “Download” link to start the download.

If this is the first time accessing your NVR with a web browser and you have downloaded the plugin, you may receive a popup asking whether or not to Run/Open or Save the plugin. Just choose “Run/Open” and follow directions on the screen. After plugin has installed, restart your browser and type in the IP address of the NVR again and hit “Enter“.

Type in your username and password and click on the “Login” button. The default username and password are:

Username: admin

Password: 123456

Once you have successfully logged in, you will see a grid layout with blank squares. You will see some tabs near the top left hand portion of the page. Click on the Settings tab and then you will be taken to the configuration section similar to the picture on the left.

From the column on the left, click on the Network category and then click on the Email subcategory. You should then see a screen similar to the image on the left.

We will now need to enter information for the email server to use to send email. If you know that your ISP or business supports an SMTP server, then you can contact them to get that information and fill in the fields marked in the image to the left. If you are using Gmail as your email service, they already support sending email using SMTP. Information about this can be found here

If using Gmail, this would be the configuration:

Server Authentication: On

Username: [enter your Gmail email address in full]

Password: [enter your Gmail account’s password]

SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com

SMTP Port: 587

Enable SSL: Yes/Checked

Sender: [Name you would like to appear in email]

Sender’s Address: [your full Gmail address]

Below this section, you will see spaces for up to 6 email addresses you can send an email to. For each email address, you will also need to enter in the recipient’s name.

After each recipient’s name and email address you have entered, you can now test to see if your settings are correct. Click on the Test button next to each recipient you are trying to send an email to. If successful, you will see a status message at the top of the web page stating that the email was sent. At this time, you can check the recipient’s email to confirm the email. If you receive an error message, then confirm your email server’s information in the section above and click on the test button again to see if the test is successful. If all tests run successfully, click on the Save button to save all changes made.

Most customers who enable email alerts will want to be alerted if a certain camera detects motion. Follow this and the next step in order to enable motion alert emails.

First, click on the Camera category from the column on the left and then select the Motion subcategory. You should see an image similar to the one on the left. For each camera that you will want to enable a motion alert for, you will need to choose the camera number from the Camera ID drop-down menu.

Now for the camera that you are trying to enable email alerts for, click on the Trigger Actions tab. Next, make sure that the Motion option is turned on, and that the Send Email checkbox is checked. Make sure you do this for each camera that you want to enable email alerts for. After you have done this, click on the Save button below to save all changes and wait for the confirmation message that it has saved successfully.

In the Alert Type drop-down field, you can see all available choices for enabling email alerts. The most common alerts you should enable are Storage Error, Disk Offline and Disk Abnormal.

For every Alert Type you want to enable, just make sure that the Send Email box is checked. After you have configured the alerts to your liking, make sure to click on the Save button and wait for confirmation of changes.