EverFocus EDR1600 manual

Administrator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions i Administrator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions Digital Video Recorder EDR1600 Version 3.xx[...]

Administrator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions ii WARNING TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a C[...]

Administrator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions ii PRECAUTIONS ? ? Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. ? ? Do not block the ventilation opening or slots on the cover. ? ? Do not drop metallic parts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the po[...]

Administrator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions iii Table of Contents 1. Product Overview ………………… . ……………………… . …… ... 1.1 Features ………………… .. ……… . ………… .. ………………… ... 1.2 T echnical Overview …… . … . …… . ………………………… . …… .. 2. Fron[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 1 1. Product Overview The PowerPlex E DR1600 is a state - of - the - art di gital video recorder that brings unparalleled price/performance video surveillance, recording and playback to the CCTV systems. With parallel processing architecture, high performance video engine, and intelligent recor[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 2 1.2 Technical Overview 1.2.1 Video Input and Output The digital video recorder is desi gned to support either NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR standard. T o make the auto detection of video standard work, at least one camera must be connected to the video input. The product features video camera inputs w[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 3 During video playback, the selected pictures can be saved to floppy disk, ZIP disk, CD - RW, DVD RAM etc. in .MPG format for MPEG - 1 encoded video or .MOV format for JPEG encoded video. For Time - Lapse Mode Recording Time, please refer to Appendix B. 1.2.4 Motion Detection The digital video[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 4 1.2.7 Expandable IDE Hard Disk Architecture All the other HDD - based digital video recorders support only 1 - 4 hard disks. If those recorders do supp ort more hard disks, they usually use RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) or SCSI disks, which are very expensive. With the Expandab[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 5 2. Front & Rear Panels The following is a brief overview of the front panel and rear panel of EDR1600. Rear Panel 1. Power Switch From Rear Panel 2. Power Selector Switch: 115V AC or 230V AC selector switch. Warning: T o avoid damaging the system, set this switch before pluggin g in the p[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 6 6. 2 USB Connectors: Connect to USB port devices, e.g. CD - RW, DVD RAM, printer, ZI P . 7. RS - 232 Connector: Com 1, connects to modem. 8. Printer Port Connector: Connects to printer port devices (e.g. ZIP/printer port). 9. RS - 232 Connector: Com 2, connects to PTZ camera. 10. Audio Out: C[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 7 Front Panel 26. Hard Disk Trays: Hard disk holders for HDD#1 (upper tray) and HDD#2 (lower tray). (Note1.2) Please make sure to set HDD#1 as master and HD D#2 as slave. The settings should be described on the hard disk itself or in the manual come with the hard disk. 27. Floppy Drive: 3.5 ”[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 8 3. System Installation The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 3.1 Before Installation Please make sure t o set the Power Selector Switch before plugging in the power plug to avoid damaging the EDR1600. Use a screwdriver to set the[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 9 3.2 Basic Connections ? ? Cameras Connect each of the camera video input connector to the video output from a camera or other composite video source. At least one camera must be connected before the system is running for the auto detection of video standard to take effect. ? ? VGA Monitor Con[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 10 ? ? EDA800 Connect the External Hard Disk Connector to EDA800 if the user has purchased EDA800. If EDR1600 is running, please power on EDA 800 first, and then make the connection. ? ? PTZ Camera Connect the PTZ camera to the RS - 232(Com #2) connector at system start up. The system supports [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 11 4. Main Screen The diagram above is the main screen display. The icons on the lower corner of the screen are mainly for control and configuration, those on the right corner for status indication. If an y icon is grayed, it means that the specific function is not accessible in the current mod[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 12 TV Overscan/Underscan – T o change the display size of the Main TV Monitor. Login – T o login the system as Administrator, Supervisor or Operator. Seq uence Mode / Static Page Mode – T o toggle between Sequence Mode and Static Page Mode. In Sequence Mode, each page in the designated se[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 13 order is Camera, Alarm Output, Hard Disk, Alarm Input, then back to Camera. Each status bar stands for the status of one device, the bottommost for ID#1. There are 5 different colo rs: GR AY/BLACK – Not existent or not installed, GREEN – Normal, YELLOW – Video Loss detected for Camera,[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 14 5. Basic Operations & Log Display If the user does not login the system, he will be treated as a guest and can only view the live video display and device status. T o login as an Operator or Supervisor , please click on the Login icon, and enter the appropriate Operator ’ s Login na me[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 15 There are 6 kinds of event logs: User Login (Local/Remote), Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, Hard Disks Full and Power On/Off. T o view the event Log display, please click on t he Log icon. The screen will be shown as below: If you logged in as Administrator, the Delete button and Delete All butto[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 16 6. Setup (Administrator) T o login as an Administrator, please click on the Login icon, and enter the appropriate Administrator ’ s Login name and Password (the factory default value for both of them is admin ). T o setup the behavio rs of the system, please click on the Config icon. The c[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 17 6.1 Time Type Setup The behavior for the system is the same when it ’ s in the same time Type (or Time Mode). Please refer to Camera Setup and Motion Setup for how they depend on Time Typ e. There are 2 default Time Types, On duty and Off duty, in the system. However, you may configure up [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 18 6.2 Day Type Setup The daily behaviors for the system are the same for those days configured as of the same Day Type. There are 2 de fault Day Types, WORK D AY (Monday through Friday) and HOLID AY (Saturday and Sunday), in the system. However, you may configure up to 16 Day Types to suit you[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 19 6.3 Calendar Setup The Calendar setup is provided for the administrator to set the Day Type of each calendar day. It ’ s designed to be a Perpetual Calendar. However, up to 10 years of calendar days can be c onfigured at any specific time. Operations: After the Calendar menu item is select[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 20 6.4 Alarm Action Setup The Alarm Actions allow the administrator to define how the digital video recorder responds to the triggered alarm from the Alarm Inputs. There are up to 16 Alarm Actio ns that correspond to 16 (Focus) Cameras for most applications. For each Alarm Action, you may confi[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 21 ? ? Go to Pres et - The option will be available while the focus camera is a PTZ camera. Check the box and enter the desired preset location. The corresponding PTZ camera will automatically go to the preset location while the alarm action is triggered. For more details of the preset location[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 22 ? ? Record Audio – T o enable audio recording function while the alarm action is triggered. ? ? Call Display – If it is checked, the Call Monitor will switch to the Focus Camera when the Alarm Ac tion is triggered. Otherwise, the Call Monitor will switch among the cameras according to se[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 23 6.5 Motion Action Setup The Motion Actions allow the administrator to define how the digital video recorder responds to the detected motion for the cameras. There are u p to 8 Motion Actions that correspond to 8 Alarm Outputs for most applications. The Focus Camera is always the camera with [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 24 6.6 Video Loss Action Setup The Video Loss Actions allow the administrator to define how th e digital video recorder responds to the detected video loss for the cameras. There are up to 8 Video Loss Actions that correspond to 8 Alarm Outputs for most applications. The Focus Camera is always [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 25 6. 7 Hard Disks Full Act ion Setup The Hard Disks Full Actions allow the administrator to define how the digital video recorder responds when the hard disk drives reach the maximum storage capacity . Operations: After the HDDs Full Action menu item is selected, the HDDs Full Action Setup dia[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 26 ? ? Output – Alarm Out output state when the hard disk capacity is full . For NC signal, it ’ s always open , for NO signal close . The Normal State above shows whether the selected Alarm Out is NC signal or NO signal. ? ? Buzzer On – T o activate the internal buzzer or not when the fu[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 27 6. 8 Camera Setup The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the behaviors for each Camera at each Time Type. There are up to 16 Cameras connected to the system. For each Camera and each Time Type, you may configure the behaviors as shown on the screen and described below. Operation[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 28 ? ? Tag Color – T o select the text color of the corresponding camera tag name. Use the Up/Down arrow buttons to select, the color will be shown on the screen above. ? ? Installed – Check this item if the selected Camera is installed. If the selected Camera is installed, all the items in[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 29 ? ? Video Loss Action – The corresponding Video Loss Action (always enabled). ? ? Normal Record (FP S ) – The normal recording rate for the selected Camera at the selected Time Type. Use the Up/Do wn arrow buttons to adjust the value ( 0 - 30 ). The default value is 0.1 Frame Per Second [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 30 6. 9 Alarm In Setup The Alarm In Setup allows the administrator to define the behaviors for each Alarm Input at each Time Type. There are up to 24 Alarm Inputs connected to the system. For each Alarm Inp ut and each Time Type, you may enable/disable and select its corresponding Alarm Action.[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 31 ? ? Normal State – NC or NO, please check the signal types connected to the Alarm Input Terminal on the rear panel of the system. Use the Down arrow button to select the signal typ e. ? ? Enable Alarm Action – Check to Enable Alarm Action for the selected Alarm Input at the selected Time[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 32 6. 10 Alarm Out Setup The Alarm Out Setup allows the administrator to define the tag name for each Alarm Output. There are up to 4 Normally Closed (NC) signals (AO 1 - 4) and 4 Normally Open (NO) signals (AO 5 - 8) for the system. Operations: After the Alarm Out menu item is selected, the Al[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 33 6.11 Display Sequence Setup The Display Sequence Setup allows the administrator to define the Sequence Mode display. Please refer to Chapter 4 for Sequence Mode display. For the defini tion of the Display Pages in each Display Sequence, please refer to Display Page Setup. Operations: After t[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 34 6.12 Display Page Setup The Display Page Setup allows the administrator to define the Display Pages in Sequence Mode display and Static Page Mode display (please refer to Chapter 4). Operations: After the Display Pages menu item is selected, the Display Page Setup dialog box will be shown on[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 35 ? ? Static Page Mode – T o set the Display Pages for Static Page Mode display. ? ? Sequence No – T o select the Sequence Number in Sequence Mode display. Use the Down arrow button to select the number. ? ? Page No - T o select the Page Number for the selected Sequence Number in Sequence [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 36 6.1 3 Motion Setup The Motion Setup allows the administrator to configure how motion detection works for each Camera at each Time Type. For each Camera and each Time Type, you may configure the Detection Area (16x12 grids) an d Sensitivity as shown on the screen and described below. Operatio[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 37 ? ? Camera – Use the Down arrow button to select the camera. ? ? Time Type - Use the Down arrow button to select the Time Type. ? ? Set – T o set the Detection Area – active at down position. Clear – T o clear the Detection Area – active at down position. ? ? Video Window – Showi[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 38 6.1 4 Password Setup The Password Setup allows the administrator to set the new Login names and Passwords for the Administrator , Supervisor and Operato r. The system allows up to 5 user accounts for each login level. The default (Login, Password) for the Administrator is (admin, admin), the[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 39 6.15 System Configurations The System Configurations Setup allows the administrator to set up the communication, main monitor sharpness - adjusting , daylight saving time, TV system and backup the configurations to floppy diskette or restore the configurations from the backup floppy diskette[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 40 ? ? Dom ain Name Server IP Address – Enter the correct Domain Name Server for mapping Domain Names to IP addresses. The default setting is 168.095.001.001. The user can also defines their local Domain Name Sever for name - to address translation, however, please make sure to define a corre[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 41 ? ? Dialin detail – If ISDN is selected as the dialup method, please define EAZ/MSN number and ISDN Channels. The default value of Local IP address is 192.168.0.1, Remote IP address is 192.168.0.2, and the default User Name and Password are both a dmin. The IP addresses, User Name and Pass[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 42 ? ? E - mail receiver – Th e system can send e - mail n otification to up to 8 receivers for each action. Enter the e - mail addresses in #1 ~ #8 columns. For WAP messages, check the box on the right of the e - mail address. - Network Alarm – Reserved for the Power Com (Optio nal) user. [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 43 the box in front. Basically, the system can detect it automatically, doesn ’ t require user to define it. However, the system might sometimes misjudge due to the ambiguous signal, which mainly caused be over - length or bad quality cable. In this case, the user can define it manually to me[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 44 6.16 Audio Setup The Audio Setup allows the administrator to define the behavior of the Audio Mode at each Time Type. There is 1 Audio Input connected to the system. Operations: After the Audio item is selected, the Audio Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen. Please check the box on [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 45 6.17 Set Call M onitor The Call Monitor Setup function allows the administrator to define the regular behavior of the call monitor. Operations: After the Set Call Monitor item is selected, the Call Monitor Setup dialog box will be shown on the screen. Click on the item on the Camera List, th[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 46 7. PTZ Control Functions The system supports cer tain models of PTZ camera, which the user can easily operate the control functions through the user interface. Please refer to Chapter 6.8 for detail settings of the PTZ camera. Operations: While the installed camera is a PTZ camera, there wil[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 47 ¦ Auto Pan – T o enable Auto Pan function. Select the speed (high, Medium or Low) from the above column by using the down arrow button, then click on Auto Pan button to start. The camera will ru n between the defined start and end position. Click on Auto Pan button again to stop running. [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 48 8. Date/Time Setup (Administrator) If you are an Administrator, please click on the Time displaying on the Main Screen to enter the Date/Time Se tup for the system. The date is in YYYY/MM/DD format, whilst the time in military hour format (HH:MM:SS). The built - in real time clock will be up[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 49 9. Image Playback and Archive (Administrator , Supervisor ) On the Main Screen, please click on the Playback Panel icon, the screen will be shown as below:[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 50 Play Saved Video – T o preview the retrieved images in the floppy disk, ZIP disk (PC format), etc. Stop – T o stop playing the video. If the user plays the video again, it will start from the begi nning. Play – T o play the selected video. Step Forward – The next single image corresp[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 51 Slider Bar – Showing the current playing position in the selected range. Click on it and drag the mouse to play the video from anywhere in the selected range when it ’ s playing. The date and time will be shown on the screen and the playback will be temporarily stopped when you drag the [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 52 When the user click on the Select HDD & Range icon on the Playback Panel, the Select HDD & Range dialo g box will be shown on the screen. The system provides user to search the image either by HDD location or by time. Use the Down arrow of the upper left column in the diagram box to [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 53 No. ? ? Start/End Slice No – 1 MB/Slice for the system. Use the Down arrow button to s elect the Start/End Slice No. ? ? Options to Play – T o playback all recorded video images, or to playback only motion or alarm detected video images of the assigned location. ? ? Slider Bar (and the m[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 54 Use the Down arrow to select the desired start /end date and time, click on the Submit button to start searching. Or you may select the Use Duration Time item, there will be a column shown in below to al low the users select the desired duration time instead of entering the End Time. The oth[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 55 file of ED R 1600 from any PC in anywhere. The remote computer does not need to have the EDR1600 software or any special hardware and software installed. 10.1 Connecting the Remote PC and Server Before you start, please verify the connection between EDR16 00 and the ISDN , modem or network. [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 56 Example: The main page will be shown on the screen, e nter the appropriate Login name and password, then click on the Submit button. (Note. 2 ) The main control page will be shown as below. The video image can be displayed in full or quad screen mode, and the time shown on each window refers[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 57 completed. PTZ - Click on the PTZ button, a PTZ control panel will be shown on the screen as below . Playback Date/Time – T o set the searching date/time for Image Playback. Enter the desired date and time in the proper columns, click on the Submit button to change the setting. The Playbac[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 58 / – The next/previous single image corresponds to the selected playback cameras will be played and displayed on its corresponding video window. – T o pause the playback image. Slider Bar – S howing the current playing position for image playback. Click on it and drag the mouse to play [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 59 T o connect to the system, enter the system IP address in the location/address field of the i - mode system, follow with “ /iwapindex.htm ” . Example: The welcome page will be shown on the screen, enter the proper login name and password, click on “ OK ” to login to the system and en[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 60 odd - numbered (1, 3, 5, .., 15) cameras, and the other 30/25FPS to even - numbered (2, 4, 6, .., 16) camer as. That makes a total of 60FPS(NTSC)/50FPS( PAL) for the new model. Note 2: If the machine is V1.10 or older, please Setup CMOS before make the necessary hardware upgrade to make it t[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 61 recording purposes. EDA800 and IBM ’ s hard disks have the best compatibility. No limitation for motion setup There are only 50 sets of motion configuration settings for V1.20 or earlier version . Now , there is no limitation for V1.21 (or later version) . Appendix A – Specifications Vid[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 62 Video Display 1/4/7/9/10/13/16 video windows, 16 million colors Display Resolution 640x480 for NTSC, 800x600 for PAL Video Freeze Y es Sequential Switch Progra mmable, with adjustable dwell time (5 - 100 seconds) Alarm Input 24 inputs, Contact or TTL/CMOS signal, polarity selectable Alarm Ou[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 63 Appendix B – Time Lapse Mode Recording Time NTSC PAL day hour min. day hour min. day hour min. 30 25 7 5 20 52 2 12 40 15 12.5 14 10 1 17 45 5 1 21 10 8.3 21 16 2 14 38 7 14 3 6 5 1 11 26 4 8 24 12 15 24 3 2.5 2 22 52 8 16 48 25 6 49 2 1.7 4 10 18 13 1 12 37 22 13 1.2 1 7 9 10 21 17 59 63 [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 64 NTSC PAL day hour min. day hour min. day hour min. 30 25 9 53 1 7 50 2 7 29 15 12.5 18 14 2 15 4 04 14 58 10 8.3 27 21 3 23 3 06 22 26 6 5 1 21 35 6 15 10 11 13 24 3 2.5 3 19 10 13 6 20 23 2 48 2 1.7 5 16 45 19 21 30 34 16 12 1.2 1 9 11 55 33 3 49 57 19 0 1 0.83 11 9 30 39 18 59 69 8 24 0.6 [...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 65 Appendix C – Simulated Keyboard There are situations that the user will be asked to enter a numeric or alphanumeric string. So, a Simulated Keyboard is designed for the user to use the mouse for all the operations. Please refer to the following diagram for the details. Appendix D – Q &am[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 66 Q: How to setup time - lapse recording? A: Please setup the Normal Recording rates for the Cameras at different Time Types. The normal recording rates are also time - lapse recording rates. Q: How to setup event recording? A: Please setup the Alarm Recording rates for the Cameras at differen[...]

Admin i strator ’ s Guide and Operating Instructions 67 Q: H ow to login to the system if the administrator ’ s login name and password are lost? A: For the security reason, it ’ s impossible to retrieve the login name and password once they ’ re lost. Once the administrator ’ s login name and password are lost, the only wa y to re - logi[...]

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