WizSense + AcuPick · 5-Series · 16-Channel · 16-PoE · 4-HDD · 1.5U
The Dahua DHI-NVR5416-16P-AI/ANZ is a 16-channel 5-Series WizSense AI NVR with AcuPick, 16 built-in PoE+ ports (ports 1–8 ePoE up to 800 m), and a 1.5U chassis with four SATA bays — the perfect middle-ground between the compact 2-HDD 5216-16P and the storage-heavy 8-HDD 5832-16P. Record up to 32 MP per channel, plug 16 cameras straight into the back of the recorder, and scale storage to roughly 64 TB on-board across four 16 TB drives.
This is the official Australia / NZ-market SKU (the AI/ANZ suffix). It's the all-in-one 16-channel option with double the storage of the 5216-16P — same PoE budget, same chassis depth, but room for two extra HDDs and longer retention. Internal 100–240 VAC universal PSU, AS/NZS-compliant kettle cord, and a local 3-year warranty backed by CCTV Guru in Sydney. AcuPick, N+M cluster, iSCSI and ONVIF 23.12 are enabled by Dahua's V5 firmware (current factory ship as of 2025).
16 PoE+ ports + 4-HDD storage — built for upgrades
PoE Ports
16 × · 130 W · 1–8 ePoE 800 m
Storage
4 SATA · up to 64 TB on-board
16 cameras plug straight in
Each Cat6 run carries power and video back to the NVR — no power adaptors at every camera, no separate PoE switch. Full 16-channel PoE coverage with a 130 W total budget — comfortable for typical Dahua WizSense bullets and turrets at 7–9 W each.
ePoE on ports 1–8 (800 m)
Extended PoE on the first 8 ports — 100 Mbps up to 300 m, or 10 Mbps up to 800 m on Cat6. Eliminates intermediate switches and fibre runs on long perimeter or carpark cable runs.
4 SATA bays · 64 TB max
Twice the storage of the smaller 5216-16P. Four surveillance-grade HDDs (WD Purple, Seagate SkyHawk) up to 16 TB each — roughly 90–120 days of 16-channel motion-record at 4 MP H.265+.
Powers PoE+ cameras
25.5 W per port (PoE+ / 802.3at) — handles IR-heavy bullets, mini PTZs, multi-sensor cameras and active-deterrence units that exceed the basic 15 W PoE ceiling. Plan for ~8 W average per camera across the 16 ports.
AcuPick on up to 16 channels — full-licence search
AcuPick Channels
Up to 16 ch · 1 event / channel / sec
Search Method
Image + attribute · front + back AI
Search by reference image
Click any person or vehicle in recorded video, hit AcuPick, and the NVR scans all 16 channels for matches across hours, days or weeks — clothing colour, body shape, vehicle make / model / colour / direction included.
Front- + back-end intelligence
Camera-side AI extracts target attributes during recording; NVR-side AI runs the comparison. Higher accuracy than recorder-only search and orders of magnitude faster than human review.
Investigations finish in minutes
Find a suspect across 16 channels and weeks of footage in a single search. Particularly valuable for retail loss prevention, school investigations and insurance disputes.
Beyond Quick Pick
AcuPick is the next generation of Dahua's Quick Pick — more attributes, more accuracy, and supports both people and vehicles natively. Exclusive to the 5-Series WizSense NVR family.
5-Series WizSense AI — full feature set
Industrial AI Chip
Independent deep-learning processor
Face Database
20 databases · 20,000 images
Face Recognition (16-ch image stream)
16 channels of camera-side face detection feeding NVR-side recognition at 16 face snapshots/sec — full licence coverage. Twenty face databases, 20,000 images, full attribute filtering (gender, age, mask, glasses).
Perimeter Protection (4 ch by NVR)
4 NVR-side channels of tripwire and intrusion analytics (10 IVS rules each), plus 16 channels of camera-side perimeter via WizSense IPCs — human/vehicle classification cuts false alarms from animals, weather and lighting changes.
SMD Plus on 8 channels by NVR
Smart Motion Detection Plus runs a deep-learning second pass on 8 NVR-side channels, plus 16 camera-side channels — classifies targets as person or vehicle so only real events make it to your phone.
ANPR by camera (8 channels)
Pair with Dahua ANPR cameras for 8 channels of licence-plate recognition feeding a 20,000-plate database with blocklist / allowlist control. Ideal for site gates, fleet yards and small carparks.
Video Metadata search
8 channels of camera-side metadata extraction — top colour, bottom colour, hat, bag, umbrella, gender, age, vehicle make / model / colour / plate, helmet wear and more.
N+M cluster failover
Pair multiple 5-Series NVRs in an N+M cluster — backup recorders automatically take over if a primary fails, ensuring zero footage loss for sites where downtime isn't an option.
See AcuPick in action
Dahua AcuPick — Video search technology demonstration
AcuPick — how to configure and search on a Dahua NVR
32 MP recording · dual HDMI · 64 TB on-board storage
Up to 32 MP per channel
True 8K-class input — supports Dahua's highest-resolution cameras, plus 24 MP, 16 MP, 12 MP, 8 MP (4K), 5 MP and 4 MP IP cameras from any ONVIF brand. 384 Mbps total recording bandwidth.
2× HDMI 4K + 2× VGA outputs
Two independent HDMI heads (each up to 4K) with two mirrored VGAs — drive a multi-monitor control room with independent layouts on each screen. Heterogeneous video routing on HDMI1/HDMI2.
16-channel split on main screen
Main monitor supports 1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 16-split layouts (sub monitor up to 16). Plenty of headroom for the 16-channel licence — every camera on one screen.
4 SATA bays · up to 64 TB
Four surveillance-grade HDDs up to 16 TB each (WD Purple, Seagate SkyHawk) — months of 16-channel recording without touching network storage.
eSATA + iSCSI expansion
External SATA archive port plus iSCSI network-storage support — scale beyond 64 TB without rebuilding the recorder. Hot tier on the 4 on-board bays, archive tier on iSCSI / eSATA.
Smart H.265+ for half the storage
AI-tuned H.265+ encoding cuts bitrate on static background pixels while preserving detail on moving targets — roughly half the storage and bandwidth of standard H.264.
Built for installers, ready for compliance — 16 alarm-in, 12V output
16 alarm-in / 6 alarm-out
Physical terminal block for 16 alarm inputs and 6 alarm outputs — one of the outputs is a 12 V 1 A direct power feed for sirens, strobes or gate solenoids. Wire in PIRs, door sensors, glass-break detectors, panic buttons.
Gigabit network uplink
Single 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 to your managed switch or router for remote viewing, multi-site VMS pulls and NAS backup. Cameras 1–16 power off the built-in PoE; the gigabit uplink handles client traffic.
RS-232 + RS-485
One RS-232 plus one RS-485 (half-duplex) — integrate with POS systems, gate controllers, access control panels, PTZ joysticks or third-party VMS that need legacy serial.
3 × USB (1 × 2.0 + 2 × 3.0)
One front USB 2.0 plus two rear USB 3.0 ports — plug in backup drives, USB mice, keyboards or service tools without juggling cables behind the rack.
ONVIF 23.12 (T / S / G)
Latest ONVIF profile support on V5 firmware — drops into any current VMS, plus native integration for Panasonic, Sony, Axis, Pelco, Arecont, Canon and Samsung as well as Dahua.
DMSS + DSS Pro VMS
Free DMSS mobile app for live view, playback and push notifications. For multi-site enterprise deployments, integrate with Dahua DSS Pro for centralised control of multiple 5-Series NVRs.
NVR5416-16P vs the family — how it compares
The 5416-16P (this model) is the upgraded 16-channel option — same PoE budget and AI features as the 5216-16P but with double the HDD bays and a 1.5U chassis. Choose this when your install needs longer retention or higher-resolution recording but you don't need to jump up to 32 channels. For the most compact build, step down to the 5216-16P; for 32 channels with RAID-protected 8-HDD storage, step up to the 5832-16P.
5-Series 16-PoE Comparison
| Specification |
NVR5416-16P-AI/ANZ (this model) |
NVR5216-16P-AI/ANZ |
NVR5832-16P-AI/ANZ |
| IP channels (licence) |
16 |
16 |
32 |
| AcuPick channels |
Up to 16 |
Up to 16 |
Up to 16 |
| Built-in PoE |
16 × ports · 130 W · 1-8 ePoE |
16 × ports · 130 W · 1-8 ePoE |
16 × ports · 150 W · 1-8 ePoE |
| HDD bays · max storage |
4 SATA · ~64 TB |
2 SATA · ~32 TB |
8 SATA · ~128 TB |
| Hardware RAID |
Disk groups |
Disk groups |
RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 6 / 10 |
| Form factor |
1.5U · 4.82 kg |
1U · 2.66 kg |
2U · 6.9 kg |
| Bandwidth (AI off / on) |
384 / 200 Mbps |
384 / 200 Mbps |
384 / 200 Mbps |
| Max camera resolution |
32 MP |
32 MP |
32 MP |
| Face Recognition (NVR) |
2 ch · or 16 ch FD-by-cam + FR-by-NVR |
2 ch · or 16 ch FD-by-cam + FR-by-NVR |
2 ch · or 16 ch FD-by-cam + FR-by-NVR |
| Face Database |
20 DBs · 20,000 images |
20 DBs · 20,000 images |
20 DBs · 20,000 images |
| Perimeter (NVR) · SMD Plus (NVR) |
4 ch · 8 ch |
4 ch · 8 ch |
4 ch · 8 ch |
| ANPR (by camera) |
8 channels |
8 channels |
8 channels |
| Alarm I/O |
16 in / 6 out (incl. 12 V) |
4 in / 2 out |
16 in / 8 out (incl. 12 V) |
| RS-485 ports |
1 (half-duplex) |
1 (half-duplex) |
2 (half + full duplex) |
| USB ports |
1 × 2.0 + 2 × 3.0 |
1 × 2.0 + 1 × 3.0 |
2 × 2.0 + 2 × 3.0 |
| Network ports |
1 × Gigabit |
1 × Gigabit |
1 × Gigabit |
| Video outputs |
2 × HDMI 4K + 2 × VGA |
1 × HDMI 4K + 1 × VGA |
2 × HDMI 4K + 2 × VGA |
| eSATA · iSCSI · N+M (V5 firmware) |
Yes / Yes / Yes |
No / Yes / Yes |
Yes / Yes / Yes |
| ONVIF (V5 firmware) |
23.12 (T / S / G) |
22.06 (T / S / G) |
23.12 (T / S / G) |
| Warranty (Australia) |
3 years |
3 years |
3 years |
Full Specifications
| Model |
DHI-NVR5416-16P-AI/ANZ |
| Series |
WizSense · NVR5000-AI/ANZ (Australia / NZ market) |
| Form factor |
1.5U · 4-HDD · rack or desktop · 16 built-in PoE+ ports |
| IP channels |
16 · up to 32 MP per channel |
| Supported resolutions |
32 MP · 24 MP · 16 MP · 12 MP · 8 MP · 5 MP · 4 MP · 1080p · 720p · D1 · CIF · QCIF |
| Bandwidth (AI off) |
384 Mbps incoming / 384 Mbps record / 384 Mbps outgoing |
| Bandwidth (AI on) |
200 Mbps incoming / 200 Mbps record / 200 Mbps outgoing |
| Decoding (AI off) |
2 × 32 MP @ 20 fps · 2 × 24 MP @ 20 fps · 4 × 16 MP @ 30 fps · 5 × 12 MP @ 30 fps · 8 × 8 MP @ 30 fps · 12 × 5 MP @ 30 fps · 16 × 4 MP @ 30 fps |
| Decoding (AI on) |
1 × 32 MP @ 20 fps · 1 × 24 MP @ 20 fps · 2 × 16 MP @ 30 fps · 4 × 12 MP @ 30 fps · 4 × 8 MP @ 30 fps · 8 × 5 MP @ 30 fps · 12 × 4 MP @ 30 fps |
| Video compression |
Smart H.265+ · H.265 · Smart H.264+ · H.264 · MJPEG |
| Audio compression |
G.711a · G.711u · PCM · G.726 |
| AI engine |
WizSense (industrial AI chip, deep-learning) · AcuPick supported |
| AcuPick |
Up to 16 channels · 1 combined event per channel/sec (V5 firmware) |
| Face Detection (NVR) |
2 channels · up to 12 face snapshots/sec each |
| Face Recognition (NVR) |
16 ch (FD by camera + FR by recorder, 16 fps) · or 2 ch (FD+FR by recorder, 12 fps) |
| Face Database |
20 databases · 20,000 images · 2.5 GB · gender / age / glasses / expression / mask / beard attributes |
| Perimeter Protection |
4 channels by NVR · 16 channels by camera · 10 IVS rules per channel |
| SMD Plus |
8 channels by NVR · 16 channels by camera |
| Video Metadata |
8 channels (camera-side) · human / motor / non-motor vehicle attributes |
| ANPR (by camera) |
8 channels · 20,000-plate database · blocklist / allowlist |
| AI by Camera (passthrough) |
Face detection · Face recognition · Video metadata · Perimeter protection · SMD Plus · Stereo analysis · Crowd distribution · People counting · ANPR · Vehicle density · Heat map |
| N+M cluster · iSCSI · eSATA |
Yes / Yes / Yes |
| HDD bays |
4 × SATA · up to 16 TB per drive (~64 TB max) |
| Video output |
2 × HDMI (4K · 3840×2160) + 2 × VGA (1080p) · heterogeneous HDMI1/HDMI2 · simultaneous VGA1+HDMI1 / VGA2+HDMI2 |
| Multi-screen display |
Main screen: 1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 16 · Sub screen: 1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 16 |
| Audio I/O |
1 × RCA in · 2 × RCA out |
| Alarm I/O |
16 × alarm in · 6 × alarm out (1 × 12 V 1 A power output) |
| USB |
3 ports: 1 × front USB 2.0 + 2 × rear USB 3.0 |
| Network port |
1 × RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet (10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps) |
| PoE |
16 × ports · 10/100 Mbps · IEEE 802.3af/at · 130 W total · 25.5 W per port (max) · ports 1-8 support ePoE (800 m / 100 Mbps to 300 m, 10 Mbps to 800 m) |
| RS-232 / RS-485 |
1 RS-232 · 1 RS-485 (half-duplex) |
| eSATA |
1 port (external archive) |
| Network protocols |
HTTP / HTTPS · TCP/IP · IPv4/IPv6 · RTSP · UDP · SNMP · NTP · DHCP · DNS · SMTP · UPnP · IP Filter · PPPoE · FTP · DDNS · Alarm Server · Multicast · P2P · Auto Registration · iSCSI |
| ONVIF |
23.12 on V5 firmware (Profile T / S / G) · CGI · SDK |
| Third-party camera support |
ONVIF · Panasonic · Sony · Axis · Arecont · Pelco · Canon · Samsung |
| Mobile app |
DMSS (iOS / Android) |
| Record modes |
General · motion detection · intelligent · alarm · POS |
| Backup |
USB device · network |
| Power supply |
100 – 240 VAC · 50 – 60 Hz (internal universal-voltage PSU) |
| Power consumption |
≤ 13 W NVR-side (without HDD) · PoE total 130 W |
| Operating temperature |
−10 °C to +55 °C |
| Operating humidity |
10% – 93% RH |
| Dimensions |
440 × 415.6 × 76 mm (1.5U) |
| Net weight |
4.82 kg |
| Installation |
Rack or desktop |
| Recommended firmware |
DH_NVR5XXX-EI_MultiLang V5.001.0000000.0.R.251220 (or later) — required for AcuPick, N+M cluster, iSCSI and ONVIF 23.12 |
| Certifications |
FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A · CE-EMC · CE-LVD · Security Baseline 2.3 |
| Warranty |
3 years (CCTV Guru Australia) |
Downloads & documentation
Download official Dahua documents for setup, specifications, and recorder details.
Frequently asked questions
What's the real benefit over the smaller NVR5216-16P?
Same 16 channels and same 16 PoE+ ports — but the 5416-16P (this model) doubles the HDD bays from 2 to 4, doubles your on-board storage ceiling (~64 TB vs ~32 TB), upgrades video output from single HDMI/VGA to dual HDMI/VGA, and adds 16 alarm inputs / 6 alarm outputs (vs 4 / 2) plus eSATA. Choose this when you want longer retention or hardware alarm integration on your 16-channel build.
What does ePoE on ports 1–8 give me?
Extended PoE — long-distance Cat6 runs at reduced speed. Ports 1–8 support 100 Mbps up to 300 m or 10 Mbps up to 800 m (most IP cameras work fine at 10 Mbps for sub-stream + main-stream H.265+). Eliminates intermediate switches on long perimeter or carpark runs. Ports 9–16 run standard PoE+ at up to 100 m.
Does this NVR really support AcuPick?
Yes. Dahua's V5 firmware (binary DH_NVR5XXX-EI_MultiLang_V5.001.0000000.0.R.251220 or later) enables AcuPick on the AI/ANZ unit alongside N+M cluster, iSCSI and ONVIF 23.12. The firmware is published on Dahua AU's official product page and ships from CCTV Guru with V5 installed.
How much storage do I need for 16 cameras?
For 16 × 4 MP cameras at H.265+ on motion-record, expect ~12–18 TB for 30 days of retention. Four 6–8 TB surveillance-grade drives (WD Purple, Seagate SkyHawk) gives you ~24–32 TB on-board — roughly 60–90 days. For longer retention or higher resolution, fit 16 TB drives (the maximum supported) for up to 64 TB total.
How does the 16 PoE budget cover 16 cameras?
130 W total ÷ 16 cameras = ~8 W average per camera. That's comfortable for most Dahua WizSense bullets and turrets (5–9 W each). If you're running PTZ, IR-heavy bullets or active-deterrence units (15–25 W each), plan to mix in some lower-draw cameras or use an external PoE injector for the high-power ones.
Is the DHI-NVR5416-16P-AI/ANZ NDAA Section 889 compliant?
No. Dahua products are not currently NDAA Section 889 compliant. If NDAA compliance is required (federal, government or defence installs), choose a Uniview, Hanwha, Axis, Bosch or IDIS NVR instead — CCTV Guru can recommend an equivalent.
Can it be rack-mounted?
Yes — 1.5U / 440 mm wide fits a standard 19-inch rack with ears (rack ears sold separately). At 4.82 kg empty (without HDDs), plan for ~8–10 kg fully loaded with four drives.
What's the 12 V alarm output for?
One of the 6 alarm outputs is a direct 12 V 1 A power feed — drive a siren, strobe light or electric strike directly without needing an external relay or power supply. The other 5 outputs are dry-contact relays you can wire to anything that takes a NO/NC trigger.
