MAXPRO® NVR

Troubleshooting Guide

Document 800-09649V2 – Rev A – 02/2012

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Issue Date Description

1.0 July 14, 2011 New document

2.0 October 13, 2011 Updated the “MAXPRO NVR Wizard” section and the “Application Notes” section.

3.0 January 27, 2012 Removed the “Application Notes” section and updated the “General” section.
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Overview

TROUBLESHOOTING MAXPRO NVR

OVERVIEW
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This document is a guide to troubleshoot common problems that might arise while
working with the MAXPRO NVR Software-Only solution and MAXPRO NVR Single-
box solution. This document provides a description of the problem, the possible
cause and solution.

MAXPRO NVR WIZARD

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A Pop up message “No free IP available” appears for the
Camera IP Range in the wizard.
Cause
All the available IP addresses might have been used in your network.

Solution
Increase the IP range of your network.
For example, the start IP and the end IP mentioned in the wizard is x.x.x.1 and
a.a.a.245.
You must change the start ip to x.x.y.1. Now the wizard searches for free IP from
x.x.y.1 to x.x.y.245.

Unable to open the Wizard from the Start>All

Programs>Startup
Cause
The path specified must be wrong.

Solution
Go to the following path:
C:\ProgramFiles\Honeywell\MaxproNVR\TrinityFramework\bin\MaxproNvrQuic
kWizard.exe and check if the wizard starts.

MAXPRO NVR QuickWizard.exe.config file is corrupted

Cause
When you click on step 2 button on the 1st screen of wizard and in between or after
if there is a power failure, on system startup the wizard will not run or sometimes
displays the following error:

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MAXPRO NVR Wizard

-If you try to run the wizard from startup, the error displayed above appears.

Solution
1. Close the error message.
2. Stop the MAXPRO NVR Agent.
To stop the MAXPRO NVR Agent
a. Go to Windows tray icon and right-click the MAXPRO NVR Agent icon, and
select Exit as shown in the following figure.

3. Go to the installation/Windows path:

"C:\ProgramFiles\Honeywell\MaxproNVR\TrinityFramework\bin" and run
MaxproVMSClientAgent.exe. A pop appears in the System Tray as shown in
the following figure.

4. Run the wizard from startup by clicking the MAXPRO NVR Wizard icon or you
can restart the system.

Language.xml file is corrupted

Cause
• In the event of power failure after you click the MAXPRO NVR icon; the
MAXPRO NVR wizard automatically starts on restoration of power, and
displays the following error message:

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MAXPRO NVR Wizard

• When we try to launch the wizard the following screen appears with the
languages drop down showing no options.

Solution
1. Close both NVR login page and wizard (if open).
2. Wait for a minute and try relaunching the application.
3. If the issue still persists, follow the recovery steps outlined in the following
procedure:
a. Go to the installation/Windows path:
"C:\ProgramFiles\Honeywell\MaxproNVR\TrinityFramework\bin" and run
MaxproVMSClientAgent.exe. A pop appears in the System Tray as shown
in the following figure.

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Disk Management

b. Run the wizard from startup by clicking the MAXPRO NVR Wizard icon or you
can restart the system.

DISK MANAGEMENT
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The status of the configured network drive shows
“Invalid Drive”
Cause
• The network drive is not shared with read-write permission.
• The drive location is not accessible in Windows.

Solution
It is recommended that the username and password on the network drive machine
match the username and password on the MAXPRO NVR box.

The Total space and Free space fields display blank

values in the Disk tab
Cause
• The network drive is not shared with read-write permission.
• The drive location is not accessible in Windows.

Solution
It is recommended that the username and password on the network drive machine
match the username and password on the MAXPRO NVR box.

The disk space values are not updated for network drive,
if it is the current recording drive
Cause
• Recording may not be happening on the network drive.
• The drive name might have been changed.
• The drive is not accessible in Windows.
• The drive is not shared with read-write permission.

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General

Solution
1. If the network drive name is changed after it was added initially, then change
the drive name to the original name or delete the drive and add it again.
2. It is recommended that the username and password on the network drive
machine match the username and password on the MAXPRO NVR box.

GENERAL
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Unable to see application tabs in MAXPRO NVR
Cause
You might not have sufficient privilege to see application tabs such as Viewer,
Configurator, Search, Reports etc.

Solution
Contact your administrator to enable the privileges for viewing the required
application tabs. Only a user having the administrator role can enable such
privileges.

Unable to logon to MAXPRO NVR

1. The “User authentication failed” message appears.

Cause
The user name or password entered is incorrect.

Solution
Verify the user name or password.
2. The “Server doesn't exist in the specified IP” message appears.

Cause
The possible causes are:
• The server or trinity services might not be running.
• The server settings might be incorrect.
• The network might be disconnected.
• The MAXPRO NVR Server and Client might be of different versions.

Solution
• Check if the Trinity services (Trinity Server and Trinity Controller) are running on
server computer.
To check whether the server is running
a. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel
b. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Services.
Or
a. Click Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window appears.

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General

b. In the Services window, check the status of Trinity services. Start the Trinity
services if they are not running. To start the Trinity services.
• Right-click on the status column corresponding to TrinityServer, and then
select Start.
• Right-click on the status column corresponding to TrinityController, and then
select Start.
• Check your server settings in the login screen and type the correct Server
IP/Name.
To check the server settings
a. In the login screen, click Server Settings. The ServerSettings dialog box
appears.

b. Type the correct Server IP/Name.

• Connect the network LAN, if it is disconnected.
• Install the same version of MAXPRO NVR Server and Client.

Trinity Rendering Server crashes when you change IP

address mode from DHCP to Static
Cause
Viewer is not closed while changing the IP address mode

Solution
On changing IP address mode from DHCP to Static, Viewer has to be closed and
reopened.

VIEWER

Video does not display on drag and drop of a camera

Cause
• Camera settings are incorrect in the Camera tab.
• Firewall is turned on.
• Stream connection limit reached.

Solution

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General
• Check the video format, Username and Password for that particular camera.
To change the video format
a. Go to the Camera Advanced Settings tab in the Camera page and change the
Video Format of that camera from NTSC to PAL.
• Go to Start menu, type firewall.cpl and turn off the firewall.
• Check number of open streams and ensure it is less than maximum limit.

The “Video loss” message appears on the panels.

Cause
The video streaming to the NVR Engine for that channel is lost.

Solution
Check the cable connection to the NVR box.

Camera status is not shown in the Devices window

Cause
The possible causes are:
• Trinity Controller service in the NVR box might not be running.
• Network connection to the device from NVR box is lost or the device is down.

Solution
• Start Trinity controller services if it is not running.
• Restore the network connection from the server computer to the device or make
sure the device is up and running.
• If there is a random loss in status, right-click on the camera and select refresh
from device.
• If none of the cameras are showing status, right-click the recorder and select
Reload Device.

Cannot perform PTZ operation

Cause
The possible causes are:
• PTZ Camera is configured as a Fixed Camera in MAXPRO NVR.
• The request operator is of low priority and user with higher priority might be
performing the PTZ.
• The Controller is offline.
• Network connection between the server and the client is lost.

Solution
• Change the camera configuration to PTZ camera from Fixed
• Disable digital PTZ.
• Start the controller services. To start the controller services.
• Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Services.
Or

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General

• Choose Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window

appears.
• In the Services window, right-click on the status column corresponding to
TrinityController, and then select Start.
• Restore the network connection between server and client.

Clip Export button disabled

Cause
• You might not have sufficient privilege to export clips.

Solution
Contact your administrator to enable privileges to export clips. Only a user with
administrator role can enable this privilege.

Clip Export failure with message “Camera disabled

during playback time”
Cause
The possible causes are:
• Clip Export Start Time greater than End Time.
• No recording available at the start time of the clip export.

Solution
• Redo the clip export operation by right-clicking on the failed clip and selecting
restart.
• Change start & end time of the clip and retry the operation.

Cameras are not displayed in the Viewer Device Tree

Cause
The possible causes are:
• You do not have association to any of the cameras.

Solution
• Go to the User tab under Configuration and associate the cameras.

Unable to view Viewer properly or Status bar buttons in

the Viewer are not fully visible
Cause
The monitor’s display resolution set in the workstation computer might be incorrect
or inappropriate for running MAXPRO NVR Viewer.

Solution
Set the workstation’s monitor resolution to 1024 x 768 pixels and above.

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Trinity Controller

The “Connecting to Camera” and “Video Loss” message

appears continuously on the panel
Cause
• Rendering server is unable to connect with the Viewer.
• Camera stream has been configured in some other head end system.

Solution
Configure the static IP to Loopback Adapter and restart the computer.

Device tree view not showing all the cameras

Cause
Filter might be applied to the tree.

Solution
Click the toggle filter button in the Intellisense search box below the device tree.

Time jump displays “Video Loss” or “No recording

available” message
Cause
MAXPRO NVR client and recorder is not time synced.

Solution
Synchronize the time between the MAXPRO NVR client and the recorder.

Time line not loading in the Client PC

Cause
MAXPRO NVR client and server is not time synced.

Solution
Synchronize the time between the MAXPRO NVR client and the server.
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TRINITY CONTROLLER
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Controller appears offline on the status bar
Cause
• TrinityController service is not running.
• Network connection between Server and Viewer computers might not be proper.

Solution

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NEOStorage Server

• Restart TrinityControllerservices. To restart TrinityController

• Choose Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window
appears.
• Right-click TrinityContoller, and then select Start.
• Check the network connection between Server and Viewer computers.

TrinityController is not functioning properly even after

restarting
Cause
• Cache files required for TrinityController might not be proper.

Solution
• Ensure that the cache files are present in the computer.
To check the cache files
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Honeywell\MAXPRO
NVR\TrinityFramework\Controller and get the cache files path and ensure
that the cache files are present.
• Check if the file size of SPARAM.TCC and TITLE.TCC files are more than 5 KB.
• Restart TrinityServer and TrinityController if the cache files are not present or if
the SPARAM.TCC and TITLE.TCC files size are less than 5 KB.

The status of the cameras connected is not getting

updated properly
Cause
There might be a problem in communication between MAXPRO NVR Engine and
Trinity Controller.

Solution
Reload the device from the device tree or do a refresh from device. If the problems
persists, restart TrinityController service

NEOSTORAGE SERVER
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None of the camera comes online and Playback does not
work. Additionally, the Windows Event Viewer, displays
frequent logs of NeoStorageEngine.exe crashing and
getting restarted
Cause
The system.xml or rules.xml might have been corrupted (went blank) for
NEOStorageEngine in the Path C:\Program
Files\Honeywell\MaxproNVR\TrinityFramework\bin\REIPEngine.

Solution

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Configurator
Copy the system.xml and rules.xml from D:\Factory rest config Files\REIPEngine
folder or C:\Program Files\Honeywell\MaxproNVR\TrinityFramework\Default
Configuration Files\REIPEngine folder and paste and replace in the path
C:\Program Files\Honeywell\MaxproNVR\TrinityFramework\bin\REIPEngine(Or
installed path). Restart the NEOStorageServer from the Service Manager.

CONFIGURATOR
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Clicking the System or User tab hangs the viewer in the
client or server PC
Cause
The possible causes are:
• TrinityScheduler service might have been stopped in the Server PC

Solution
• Start Trinity Scheduler service in the Server PC.
• Contact your system administrator to get appropriate license supporting the
desired device.

Saved SMTP settings in the System tab not displayed in

Client or Server PC
Cause
TrinityScheduler service might have been stopped.

Solution
Start Trinity Scheduler
To start the scheduler services
a. Click Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window appears.
b. Right-click TrinityScheduler, and then select Start.

Saved Event Associations (Recorder, IO and Camera) in

the User tab not displayed in Client or Server PC
Cause
TrinityScheduler service might have been stopped.

Solution
Start Trinity Scheduler
To start the scheduler services
a. Click Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window appears.
b. Right-click TrinityScheduler, and then select Start.

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Configurator

Save operations done in Camera Advanced Settings tab

takes time to get updated in the database
Cause
TrinityScheduler service might have been stopped.

Solution
Start Trinity Scheduler
To start the scheduler services
a. Click Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window appears.
b. Right-click TrinityScheduler, and then select Start.

Failed to send E-mail

Cause
The possible causes are:
• SMTP server configuration in System tab is incorrect or access is denied to
SMTP server.
• You might not have proper event association.

Solution
• Verify SMTP server configuration and the required access. Also make sure that
the Stop Email Service check box is not selected.
• Go to the Event association tab in the user page and check if the respective
events are associated to that particular user.

Live Update is not working across clients

Cause
The page did is not refreshed.

Solution
Go to the corresponding tab and click on the Reset button.

Failed to save message comes across tabs in Configurator

Cause
Failed to connect to the server.

Solution
Click on OK button of the message and click on Save again.

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Localization

LOCALIZATION
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Language does not get listed in the Viewer login screen
Cause
Language files might not be updated.

Solution
Refer to the MAXPRO NVR Localization Guide.pdf which is available on the DVD
contents to update the language.

Viewer does not display contents in the selected

language which was displayed earlier
Cause
Satellite dlls for selected language might not be present in the bin folder or they
might have been deleted.

Solution
Reinstall MAXPRO NVR. The required dlls get generated.

INSTALLATION
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Pop ups come during installation or un-installation
requesting the user to close the application/services
Cause
NVR installation cannot proceed if the application or services are still running on the
system.

Solution
Click on OK button of the message to proceed.

After installation the user is not able to log into viewer

Cause
TrinityScheduler service might not have started.

Solution
Start Trinity Server.
To start the Trinity Server
• Choose Start>Run, and then type services.msc. The Services window
appears.
• Right-click TrinityServer, and then select Start.

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Installation

Upgrade NVR stopped working message appears during

NVR Client un-installation
Cause
Not applicable.

Solution
If you waits for few seconds, the message automatically disappears and un-
installation continues, else press the Cancel button.

NVR System Threshold values change to 1% after

migration from one PC to another
Cause
The source PC might have storage space in TB and the destination PC might have in
GB. This results in the same threshold percentage leading to different values.

Solution
You have to manually change the percentage of the Threshold values in the System
page.

After migration Status of the cameras are not coming,

Alarms/Events are not raised in the system
Cause
The machine name is still configured as the source PC.

Solution
After migration, you have to change the “Device Address” in System page to the
new machine name. This results in the smooth functioning of the controller
operations.

REIPEngine crashes after migrating NVR from one system

to another
Cause
Cause
If you try migrating NVR from a PC, say PC1 to another PC, say PC2.
In PC1, NVR is installed on the C Drive & recordings are saved on the D Drive. PC2
only has the C drive. After migration to PC2, RE IP Engine crashes since recording
path is missing (D Drive is present in PC2)

Solution
You have to change the recording path manually to C drive from the system page &
restart the REIPEngine service.

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