EverFocus ECOR 264-8/4 D2 manual

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E VE R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N E C O R 2 6 4 F 2 / D2 D V R S e r i e s I n s t r u c t i o n M a n u a l  2010 Ev erF ocu s E le ct ron ic s Co rp www . eve rfo cus. co m Al l rig ht s r ese rve d. No p art o f t he co nt en ts of th i s ma nua l may be r epr od uce d o r t ra ns mit te d i n any for m o r by any m[...]

ii Safety Precautions  Refer all work related to the installation of this pro duct to qualified service pe rsonnel or system installers.  Do not block the ventilation opening or slots on the cov er.  Do n ot drop metallic pa rts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immediately and contact qualified[...]

iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 F EATURES .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 P ACKAGE CO[...]

iv 3.4 P LAYBACK ................................ ........................................................................................................................ 22 3.5 PTZ ................................................................................................................................................................ . 24 3.[...]

v 4.10.3 User ................................................................................................................................................................ ........ 77 4.10.4 I/O Control ................................................................................................................................................[...]

1 1 P R O D U C T O V E R V I E W The ECOR 264 F2/D2 series‘ digital video recorders are equipped with the latest H .264 compression technology and offer both enhanced recording capacity and fast high quality image transmission over network. Numerous functions and the enhanced recording settings make these digital video recorders the perfect choi[...]

2 1 . 2 P A C K A G E C O N T EN T S - Digital Video Recorder x1 - User Manual x 1 - AC Adapter x 1 - Mouse x 1 - Terminal Block x 6 - IR Remote Control x 1 - Battery x 2 - HDD Fixing Bracket x 1 set - Power Cord x 1 - SATA cable x 1 - Screws x 4 for HDD - Screws x 2 for HDD fixing bracket - Shockproof rubber x 4[...]

3 1 . 3 S PECIFICA TIONS ECOR 264-4F2 ECOR 264-4D2 ECOR 264-8F2 ECOR 264-8D2 Video format PAL / CCIR Display format main monitor 1, 4x multiscreen, PiP 1, 4, 6, 8, 9x multiscreen, P iP Video input 4 inputs 1 Vp-p composite PAL, BNC, automatic 75 Ohm term ination 8 inputs 1Vp-p composite PAL, BNC, automatic 75 Ohm term ination Video output 1 main mo[...]

4 Archive USB 2.0 interface, internal D VD- RW drive ( only “D” models) Ethernet RJ -45 network connector Interfaces 1 x RS-232 (9-pin Sub- D) (for service purpose only) 1 x RS- 485 screw terminal connector Password protection 3 levels Watchdog function for HDD status, HDD temperatu re, recording and HDD fault Power source 12 V DC, via included[...]

5 1 . 4 F R ON T P A N E L Your primary interaction with yo ur new DVR will be through the Front Pa nel buttons and th eir corresponding buttons on the included IR Remote Control. Take a moment to learn where the ke ys are as the remainder of the manual will refer to them often. Figure 1-1 F ront Panel 1) IR Receiver: Receiver for IR remote control[...]

6 10 ) Menu: Press this key to enter/exit MAIN SETUP MENU . 11) Live: Press this key to show live view. Press to exit from playback mode. 12) View: P ress this key to switch between 4x, PiP (Picture In Picture ), full screen and 9x . Note: PIP display is not available in playback mode. Note: This key is also used for BNC and VGA selection at the in[...]

7 1 . 5 R E A R P A NE L During initial setup you will be connecting your DVR to multiple input and output devices. This is done through the rear panel. Figure 1-2 Rear Panel 1 Video in Connect camera’s video output or other composite video source to the video input connection. 2 Alarm Out N.C. or N.O. type alarm out (form “C” ). 3 Alarm In C[...]

8 1 . 6 V IDEO INPUT / O U T P UT IN S T A L L A T I O N Cameras and CCTV monitors must use copper center conductor/copper braid 75 Ohm video cable (e.g. RG -59, RG-6, RG-11) with BNC connectors. To avoid impedance mismatch and undesired loss/reflections, 50 Ohm coax cable (e.g . RG -58), or 75 ohm foil shield antenna cable and other types of coaxi[...]

9 1 . 7 A L A RM C O N T A C T I N S T AL L A T I O N The alarm input can be used to start recording or for recording rate adjustment. In addition, alarm reactions such as camera display on the mon itor, buzzer, e-mail and network alarm are availa ble. The alarm output relay can be switched if required. Alarm input response actions can be controlle[...]

10 1 . 8 RS - 485 K E YB O AR D / PT Z I N S T A L L A T I O N All functions can be remote-controlled by the EKB-500 universal keyboard. Using th e EEPbus protocol, digital video recorders, keyboards and speed domes ca n be installed on one single RS-485 bus. One system can comprise up to 8 keyboards. 1. 8.1 Ge ne r al R S- 48 5 b u s i nst al la t[...]

11 A RS-485 distributor can also be used to increase the maximum number of devices on the bus as well as the total range. Each distributor output provides another RS -48 5 bus. This allows each output to extend an additional 1200m, and it also enables the additional connection of 31 further devices to each output (t he output itself represents one [...]

12 1. 8.5 Sp ee d D om e I n s ta l l at ion Speed dome or telemetry receiver pan/tilt/zoom control is available t hrough web browser or the optional PowerCon software if the DVR is connected to a netwo rk. Local telemetry control is provided by USB - mouse contro l or by the optional EKB-500 keyboard. Supported protocols: EverFocus, Pelco-D, Pelco[...]

13 1 . 1 0 N E T W O R K C O N N E C T I O N This section only describes physical connection to an Et hernet network. This step must be completed before the DVR can connect to the network. The re are two basic types of connection: 1. 10. 1 D i re c t P C Co nn ec ti on t hr ou g h C r os so v er N et wo rk C ab l e The point- to -point connection o[...]

14 Figure 1-4 Networ k Connection through Patch Cable Pinout of straigh t patch cable 1 . 1 1 F I N A L I N ST A L L P R O C E S S Once you h ave completed the basic wiring con nections, you are ready to turn on the DVR. Simply plug in the power source. The P OWER LED will light up if power is normal. Once the system has finished loading, you can b[...]

15 2 M O U S E A N D F R O N T P A N E L O P E R A T I O N ECOR 264 F2/ D2 DVRs support multiple sources to control the DVR. It can be controlled with a mouse, the front panel, an EKB 500 (optional) , and the handheld IR remote control. This chapter will cover the basic operation using the mouse and th e front panel buttons . 2 . 1 G ENERAL US B M [...]

16 2. 1.3 Op er at io n i n th e C o n fi gur ati on Me nu Click on the icon to access the Configuration Menu. Th e Configuration menu screens (shown in Figure 2-2 OSD Menu) are divided into 3 main sections . Figure 2-2 OSD Menu 1. In section 1, there are t en setup options available. Move the mouse over an icon and click to select it . 2. In secti[...]

17 Bar : Click and hold on the bar to adjust the set point Left or Right. * Note about on -screen keyboard: Click on a button to input that character. The buttons on the right and bottom have the following functions: Space Enter a space Caps Switch to capital letters Delete the letter Confirm the selection Move to right Move to left[...]

18 2 . 2 G ENERAL F R O N T P ANEL O P E R A T I O N 2. 2.1 Ho w t o se l ec t a ch an n e l 1. In a view consisting of mor e than one channel, press the arrow keys (Up/Do wn/Right/Left) to scroll through e ach channel that is displayed . The se lected ch annel will be highlighted by white frame. Pressing the “ left ” or “right” arrow when [...]

19 Figure 2-3 OSD Menu 1. In section 1, there are t en setup options available. Use arrow keys to highlight an icon and press “ Enter ” to select it. 2. In section 2, the main choices for the selected icon will be displayed. Use Up/Down arrow keys to highlight a choice and press “ Enter ” to select it. 3. In section 3, all the options for t[...]

20 * Note about on -screen keyboard: Use the a rrow buttons to h ighlight each character and press the “ Enter ” key on the front p anel to input the selected characters. When finishe d, highlight “ Done ” and press the “ Enter ” key on the front panel t o confirm . The buttons on the right and bottom have the fo llowin g functions: Spa[...]

21 3 G E N E R A L D V R O P E R A T I O NS This chapter introduces the operations on major functions including playba ck, layout change, sequence, triplex operations, copy, and search. 3 . 1 R ECORD By default, the DVR will always be in record mode. When the DVR is turned on, it will start to reco rd. The exceptions are: 1. DVR will not record any[...]

22 (If you operate the de vice via front panel: Press the ENTER ke y to o pen the dropdown box. Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the desired name and press the ENTER key to confirm your selection ). + To input password by mouse: click the password field to bring u p the on -screen keyboard (see Figure 3-2 On-screen Keyboard) . Click on each [...]

23 The playback bar will show (see figure below): 2009/05/25 09:09:30PM 2009/05/25 09:09:40PM 2009/05/25 09 :10:30PM 1. Stop key: press to stop playback 2. Slow Reverse key: press to start slow reverse playback 3. Pause key: press to pause playback 4. Slow Forward key: press to start slow forward playback 5. Fast Reverse key: press to start fast re[...]

24 3 . 5 PTZ 3. 5.1 Ge ne r al P T Z con t r ol ( if P T Z cam e r as ar e in s t al l e d) Right-click to bring up the menu bar an d click on to display PTZ Controls . The following actions can be performed using the PTZ Menu: 1 . Use Direction Arrows (up, down, left, right) to mov e the camera to th e d esired direction and angle. 2. To Zoom , Cl[...]

25 REMEMBER: Click “ X ” at the top-right corner to hide the PTZ menu (see Express control below) Click “ Exit ” to leave PTZ function. “ X ” only HIDES the PTZ control panel. “ EXIT ” closes the p anel and exits PTZ mode!! Other controls will not respond until you EXIT the PTZ mode!! 3. 5.2 E x pr e ss Co n t r ol of PTZ If the PTZ[...]

26 3 . 6 L A Y O U T The E COR 264 F2/D2 DVR has several display modes a vailable, depending on the n umber of cameras the DVR supports. The different available layouts for a 8 camera model are shown below: NOTE: PIP display is not available in Playback mode The first three layouts are available on all models; the next three ar e available on the 8[...]

27 3 . 8 D I S PL A Y Press the Display button on the menu by using the mouse or selecting this icon with the front panel keys and pressing ‘Enter’ . Pressing/clicking cycles through the four OSD formats: 1. Press to show camera information. Please see the following table for ca mera inform ation icons. Recording Playback Fast forward Fast back[...]

28 4. When in ZOOM mode, the mouse cursor will change to a different icon in d ifferent area s o f the screen . Or, use t he arrow keys to bring a different portion of the magnified image into view. Users can control the portion of the magnified image to be displayed by clicking directly on screen: Figure 3-4 Z oom Express Control The screen is div[...]

29 3. 11. 1 T i me S ea r c h Figure 3-5 Search M enu – Time Search Play From: Select the time to begin the search by choosing the Date and Time. Click on the “ Play ” button to start th e search. The DVR will automatically b egin to play the video selected. The DVR will play the nearest time if there is no data at the selected time. In searc[...]

30 From: Select starting date and time To: Select ending date and time. Camera: Select which cameras to include in the search . Event: Select which event type(s) to search for. Choose from Alarm, Motion or Video Loss. Click on the “ Search ” button to start searching. The search result s will be shown as a list of events. Prev Page : Go to prev[...]

31 Figure 3-7 Search M enu – Smart Search From: Select starting date and time . To : Select end date and time. Camera: Select which cameras to review. Grid Setting: Press Grid Setting button to open the motion grid setup window. Select the area to be reviewed. The smart search zones have to be a ctivated in the “Motion” settings within the ca[...]

32 How to select motion grid by mouse: 1. Select the grid square in the u pper-left of the desired rectangle. 2. Select the grid square in the lower-right of the desired rectangle. 3. The area between upper-left and lower-right grid will be selected. How to select motion grid by front panel: 1. Press Enter key to edit the motion grid . 2. Use arrow[...]

33 Result Type: Thumbnail is used as resu lt type. Search Date: Select search date and time Search Direction: Select search direction, either forward or backward . Search Camera: Select which camera to be searched . Result Interval: Select interval of the snapshot to be searched. Available from 1 min, 5 min, 10 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hour, 4 hour, [...]

34 Figure 3-9 Copy Menu Camera: Select which cameras will be archived. Choose “ Select All ” to select all the cameras. Player: Check the box to include the ePlayer program as part of the copy (recommended). Start Date/Time: Select the starting date/time to be archived. End Date/Time: Select the ending date/time to be archived. Copy T o: Select[...]

35 4 D V R C O N F I G U R A T I O N This chapter will walk you through the DVR Menu Settings step b y step and sho w yo u how to set the DVR for your specific application. 4 . 1 C ONFIGURA TION M ENU 1. To bring up the Main Menu, press the “ Menu ” key on the front panel or right-click with the USB mouse to bring up the OSD menu bar. 2. Press [...]

36 Time: Sets the current time of DVR. Record Mode: Choose from Normal+Event: Normal recording plus event recording. Event Only: Event recording only. Schedule Rec: Schedule recording. For Event recording, enter the estimated nu mber of hours per day for event recording. Resolution: Select recording resolution based on video format. NTSC: 7 04 x480[...]

37 PPPoE: This is for direct DSL connection application ONLY (no router). Check with your ISP to see if they use PPPoE. IP Address: This field shows the current IP Address fo r the DVR. If Fixed IP address is used then this value must be set manually. If DHCP or PPPoE is selected, this value will be assigned automatically. Subnet Mask: T his field [...]

38 4 . 3 C AMERA S E T T I N G Figure 4-2 is a screenshot of the CAMERA SE TTING MENU . This menu is used to configure individual camera settings. Figure 4-2 Cam era Menu-Basic Setting 4. 3.1 Ba si c Se t t i ng Camera: Select the camera to be configured. Title: The title setting allows you to assign a title to the selected camera. Each title suppo[...]

39 Normal Speed: Recording speed for continuous recording. The speed is limited by the maximum total recording capacity of the DVR (displayed in the lower left corner) a s a llocated across a ll the installed cameras. Changing the resolution will also effect th e value (fps) which is displayed nex t to the field showing the r emaining image rate fo[...]

40 4. 3.2 Vi de o A dj us t Figure 4-3 Cam era Menu – Video Adjust Camera: Select the camera you wish to adjust. “ Title ” will change to the name of the selected camera. Brightness: A djusts how bright/dark the picture appears. If details appear to be lost in the shadows or darker regions, try increasing the Brightness. If the image appears [...]

41 4. 3.3 Mo t io n Figure 4-4 Camer a Menu – Motion Camera: Select the camera you wish to configure. “Title” will change to the title name of the selected camera. Enable: Check box to enable motion detection . Other motion o ptions will not b e available unless t his feature is selected. Log: Check this box to record motion events in the log[...]

42 Permanent: A la rm will rema in on until the user p ress es the “ Enter ” key on front panel or otherwise resets the alarm condition. Transparent: Alarm output will remain switched a s long as the event lasts. Trans+Timeout : Alarm output will remain switched until end of event plus indicated time. Timeout Duration: Time duration selectable [...]

43 Figure 4-5 Cam era Menu – Motion Grid Setting Apply To: This button can be used to copy t he motion settings to other cameras. Select which cameras you wish to copy to. "Select A ll " selects all cameras, “ Unselect All ” de selects all ca meras. Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or "Cancel" to exit without copying.[...]

44 4. 3.4 Vi de o L os s Figure 4-6 Cam era Menu – Video Loss Camera: Select the ca mera you wish to configure, “Title” will change to the title name of the selected camera. Enable: Check box to enable Video Loss detection. Log: Check box to record video loss events in the log. Pre-alarm Record: Check box to start copying recorded video to th[...]

45 Apply To: This button can be used to copy t he video loss settings to other cameras. Select which cameras you wish to copy to. "Se lect A ll " selects all cameras, “ Unselect All ” de selects all cameras . Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or "Cancel" to exit without copying. 4 . 4 R ECORD & P L A Y S ETTING Figur[...]

46 mode . When schedule recording is disabled, a s the default the DVR will automatically begin recording when it is first turned on. Time Stamp: Select if the time and date will display while recording. Choose the location for the time display from Top, Bottom or Off. Record Status Relay Output: Se lect from “ NONE ” an d “ 1 ” . By monito[...]

47 4. 4.3 Pl a y Figure 4-9 Recor d & Play Menu - Play Quick Playback: Check the box to enable the Quick Playback function as described below. Playback From X Seconds ago: When the DVR is put into playback (press PLAY), it will begin playing from the selected time. Choose from 60 to 3600 seconds prior to the present time . If Quick Playback is [...]

48 4 . 5 A L A RM & E VENT S ETTING Figure 4- 10 is a screenshot of the ALARM & EVENT SETTING MENU . This menu will guide you through alarm and event setup. Figure 4- 10 Alarm & Event Men u - Alarm 4. 5.1 Al ar m Alarm: Select the alarm input trigger connection number from 1 to 4 (or 8 – one trigger per camera input). Enable: Check bo[...]

49 Network Alarm: Check this b ox to send out a network alarm to a client PC when motion occurs . (This feature re quires PowerCon softw are on the client PC and proper settings for the Al arm Server in the Network Setup menu; see Section 4.6.4 Alarm Server for more information) Active Camera: This field is for associating an alarm trigge r with a [...]

50 4. 5.2 Ev en t This section covers notifications due to interna l system event warnings. Figure 4- 11 Alarm & Event Men u – Event Event: Select from the following event types. HD Temperature: Hard drive is over the safety warning temperature. HD Failure: If DVR fails to detect the HDD on start up, the system will create an HD failure event[...]

51 HD Temperature: Figure 4-12 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD Temperature Log: Check box to record HDD temperature events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer when hard drive’s temperature is over the “ Temp. Warning Limit ” . Email Notify: Check box to enable email notification when HDD temperature is over the “ Temp. Warn[...]

52 HD Failure: Figure 4-13 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD F ailure Log: Check box to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable the buzzer if no hard drive is detected on system startup. Email Notify: Check box to e nable email notification function when HD fails. Email operation requ ires that valid email settings have been enter[...]

53 HD Full: Figure 4-14 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD F ull Log: Check box to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to e nable the buzzer when h ard drive is full (recommended if th e Record Ove rwrite function is disabled. See Section 5.4.1). Email Notify: Check bo x to enable email notification when HD is fu ll. Email operation requ[...]

54 HD Off: Figure 4-15 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD Off Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer if the hard drive is turned off (disconne ct ed) or becomes disabled (cannot be detected by the system). Email Notify: Check box to enable email notification whe n HD is off . E mail operation requ ires that valid email settings have been entered in [...]

55 Power Loss: Figure 4-16 Alarm & Event Menu – Event – Po wer Loss Log: L og is permanently checked for this feature. Power Loss events are always recorded by the DVR. Email Notify: Check box to enable email notifica tion when power has b een restored. Email operation requires that valid email settings have been entered in the Network Sett[...]

56 Network Loss: Figure 4-17 Alarm & Event Menu – Event – Networ k Lo ss Log: Check box to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer when network is lost. Alarm Output: This will transmit a sign al through the alarm output relay . It can be set to either “ NONE ” (not active) or “ 1 ” (active). Output Type: Ou tpu[...]

57 4 . 6 S CHEDULE SETTI NG Figure 4- 18 is a screenshot of t he S CHEDULE SETTING MENU . In this menu you ca n set a unique configuration to enable recording during a specified tim e periods . This menu is used to configure Express Setup, Holidays and detailed Schedule se ttings. Figure 4- 18 Schedule Men u-Express Set up 4. 6.1 Ex pr e s s Set up[...]

58 Apply: Press “ Apply ” button bring up a confirmation window . Select “ Yes ” to confirm and apply the express schedule settings or “ No ” to cancel changes. 4. 6.2 Ho l id a ys In addition to setting a weekly record sched ule, user can a lso sche dule a specific recording configuration for specific days of the year . Figure 4- 19 Sc[...]

59 Prev : Previous Page (30 Holidays Total) Next : Next Page (30 Holidays Total) 4. 6.3 Sc he d u le Controls camera recording mode by time of day o n specific days of the week and/or holidays and ‘other’ days. Figure 4-20 Schedule M enu-Schedule Camera: Select a camera number to change the schedule for that camera. Each camera can be c ontroll[...]

60 3. Change the timezone/section to different record mode (which shows a different color) by clicking on the first (numbered) block of any section. The color switc hes from gray -> orange -> blue, every time the user clicks the first block of a section. 4. Repeat clicking on the first block (indicated by a sequence number on it) of any timez[...]

61 5. Select desired time bar for setting : press the “Enter” b utton; th e first time bar will be selected for setting and highlighted in a red frame. See below image. Use Up/ Down arrow key to select the de sired time bar for setting . 6. Editing blocks in a time bar : when a time bar is selected (highlighted in red frame), press the “ Ente[...]

62 Figure 4-21 Schedule M enu-Schedule -Edit Timezone Editing Timezone : From: Displays time zone start time To : Displays time zone e nd time Record: Displays Record mode Resolution: Select recording resolution. NTSC: 7 04 x480 / 7 04 x240 / 3 52 x24 0 PAL: 704x576 / 704x288 / 352x288 Normal: Frame rat e in images per second fo r continuous record[...]

63 Apply to Days Th is button can be used to copy schedules to other days. Select which days you wish to copy to. "Select A ll " selects all days , “ Clear All ” de selects all days. Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or "Cancel" to exit without copying. Apply to Cameras This button can be used to copy schedules to other [...]

64 Select w hich cameras y ou wish to copy to. "Select A ll " selects all cameras , “ Clear All ” deselects all cameras. Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or "Cancel" to exit without copying. 4. 6.4 Al ar m Ac t i on Figure 4-22 Schedule M enu-Alarm Action Defines recording response to “alarm” input trigg er signals [...]

65 Apply to Days This button can be used to copy schedules to other days. Select which days you wish to copy to. "Select A ll " selects all da ys , “ Clear All ” de selects all days. Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or "Cancel" to exit without copying. Apply to Cameras[...]

66 This button can be used to copy schedules to other cameras. Select w hich cameras y ou wish to copy to. "Select A ll " selects all cameras , “ Clear All ” de selects all cameras. Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or "Cancel" to exit without copying. 4 . 7 N ET W O RK S E T T I N G Figure 4-23 is a screenshot of the NE[...]

67 PPPoE: For direct connection to DSL ONLY. Verify with your ISP if they use PPPo E. User name: user name at ISP (only visible if PPPoE is selected) Password: password at ISP (only visible if PPPoE is selected) IP: This field shows the DVR’s current IP Address. A static IP address must be set manually. If DHCP or PPPoE is selected, this value wi[...]

68 SMTP Server: Assign the SMTP (e- mail) server’s name. NOTE : For more reliable email service, use the server’ s IP address. SMTP Port: Assign the port number used by the SMTP server. Authentication: Check th is box if the SM TP server requires authentication (user name / password). SSL: Check the box if mail server needs co mmunication to be[...]

69 The DDNS name you choose must be unique; that is, it must not already be in use. Please go to the website http://everfocusddns.com and check that the name you wish to use is available. PLEASE NOTE: The name of the DVR cannot include a space, or a dot (period) or any special character s particularly ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + < > " ; [...]

70 4. 7.4 Al ar m Se r v er Figure 4-27 Networ k Menu – Alarm Server This menu defines the parameters for communicating with a PC running PowerCo n software. Server IP1 ~3 : IP address of client PC with installed PowerCon Software. The network alarm can be transmitted to up to 3 addresses. Protocol: Select the protocol type for alarm transmission[...]

71 4. 7.5 Re mo t e / Mo b i le d u al s t re a m and mo bi l e p ho n e s e t t in g s The ECOR 264 F2/D2 dual stream function enables fast image transmission even wi th low network bandwidth. The second (sub) stream works independently from the recording settings. The sub stream may be used both in the web browser and for transmission to mobile p[...]

72 4 . 8 D ISK INFORMA TION 4- 28 is a screenshot of the DISK INFORMATION MENU . This menu is used to review the DVR’s hard drive settings and status. No values in this screen can be changed by the operator. Figure 4- 28 Disk Menu -Disk Record Time (Start): Shows earliest recorded time on the DVR. Record Time (End): Shows latest or most current r[...]

73 4 . 9 D I S PL A Y S E T T IN G Figure 4- 29 is a screenshot of the DISPLAY SETTING MENU . This menu will walk you through the Main Monitor On-Screen Display (OSD) and Main Monitor Sequential setup. Figure 4- 29 Display Men u – Monitor OSD 4. 9.1 Mo ni to r OS D These are the display options for the Main Monitor. Main Monitor Camera Title: Che[...]

74 4. 9.2 Ma i n M / T SE Q Figure 4-30 Display Menu – Main M/T SEQ Step: Sequence order. For reference. Camera: Select which camera appears in the current step. Dwell (sec): Set the dwell time for each step . Sequence dwell time can be set from 0 to 99 seconds. Sequence repeats continuously from steps 1 through 20 until interrupted .[...]

75 4 . 1 0 S Y S T E M S E T TI N G Figure 4 -31 is a screenshot of the SYSTEM SE TTING MENU . This menu is for setting up the general system parameters for the DVR. Figure 4-31 System M enu – Date/Time 4. 10. 1 D at e/T i m e Date: Set current Date. Time: Set current Time. Date Format: Choose date format from yyyy/mm/dd, dd/mm/yyyy, and mm/dd/yy[...]

76 4. 10. 2 D ay l i gh t S av i n g Figure 4-32 System M enu – Daylight Saving Daylight Saving: Check the box to enable automatic daylight saving time adjustment . Start Date: Set the start date for daylight saving time. Start Time (hh:mm): Set the time when daylight saving time begins. Set To (hh:mm): This is what the time will change to when d[...]

77 4. 10. 3 U s er User Menu is where you can add or delete different login IDs on the system as well a s set access levels. See the charts below for a listing of the rights associated with each access level. Figure 4-33 System M enu – User Default, there are 3 users available: User name Password Access rights level admin 11111111 Admin user1 222[...]

78 Edit Click “ Edit ” button to make changes to an e xisting user account. Figure 4-35 System M enu – User - Edit Effect the requested chang es and p ress “ Save ” button to save changes o r “ Cancel” to exit without making changes. User Login: Check this box to require user login for menu access from the front panel. ATTENTION : If [...]

79 User rights for local operation Admin Manager Operator Local operation Live view OSD display on / off OSD settings - Sequence PTZ - View covert cam eras - Playback / s earch - Information men u Show event lis t - - Delete event list - - Configuration menu - - Edit own user nam e / password 4. 10. 4 I /O C on t r ol Figure 4- 36 is a screensho t [...]

80 Data Bit: This field is the data bit at whic h you will be t ransferring. There are two settings for this option: 8 or 7. Stop Bit: This field is to set the stop bit for the RS232 connection. There are two different stop bits, 1 or 2. Parity: This field is to select the parity level at which yo u will be connected. You can choose be tween None, [...]

81 Firmware Upgrade: P ress “Upgrade” to upgrade the firmware. NOTE: To perform a Firmware Upgrade, you will need to connect a USB flash d evice with th e desired fi rmware. Do not disc onnect the USB d evice or turn off the power to the unit during the upgrade ; this ca n cause the system to fa il to recover, requiring factory service to repai[...]

82 Network IP: Displays the DVR’s current IP Address as set in the Network or Express Setup screen. MAC: Unique address of the DVR’s internal network card. T his option cannot be changed. DVR Name: Displays DVR DDNS name if configured. Network ID: The ID number for the PowerCon alarm network as set in the Alarm Server screen . Status Disk: Disp[...]

83 View Log: Press “View Log” button to view the log. See Figure 4- 44 for more detail. Clear Log: Press “Clear Log” button to clear the log. Export Log to USB: Press “ Export ’ button to export log data to USB. Figure 4-40 Lo g List Prev Page : G o to the previous page of log. Next Page : G o to the next page of log. Close : Close the [...]

84 5 N E T W O R K I N G O V E R V I E W This cha pter will give you a basic instruct ion on how to se t up the DVR for network con nection. It is highly recommended that you h ave a working knowledge of what a network is and h ow it works. This will be helpful in completing the networking process. 5 . 1 I NT R O D U C T I O N T O T C P / IP TCP/IP[...]

85 5 . 4 V I R T U A L P O R T S A port number represents a "channel" o r e ntryway fo r network co mmunications. Port n umbers allow different compute rs to utilize network resources without interfering with each other. Port numbers most commonly appear in network programming, particula rly socket pro gramming . Sometimes, though, port n[...]

86 computers; this allows multiple computers to access the Internet th rough the same exte rnal IP address. Do you have a static IP address? ______________ A Static IP address means you use the same IP a ddress every time you connect to the Internet. With a static IP address, other Internet users always know the address of your loc ation and can ea[...]

87 3. Router o r LAN Connection – A local area n etwork connection requires e ither a rou ter or a pre - existing LAN connection. This is the most common type of connection. A router allows multiple computers and DVR’s to access each other as well as th e Internet. It assigns d ifferent internal IP add resses to the computers. 5 . 7 S IMPLE O N[...]

88  You must use the Static IP option for this type of conne ction.  Assign an IP of 1 92.168.001.003, a Subnet Mask of 2 55 .255.255.000, and a Gateway of 192.168.001.001. You can ignore DNS Server.  The next step is to set the computer’s n etwork setting s to match those of th e DV R. You will need Administrator privileges on your Wind[...]

89  Click on the option that says “ Use the fo llowing IP address”  Assign an IP address of 192.168.1.2, a S ubnet Mask of 255.255.255.0, an d a Default Gateway of 192.168.1.1, then click OK.  Restart both the computer and the DVR.  To access the DVR from the computer, simply open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type: http:[...]

90 5 . 8 D IRECT H IGH S P E E D M ODEM C ON N E C T I O N Straight Through Ethernet Cable Pin outs: The Figure below shows the pin configurations for a straight cable. Connection Procedure:  The first step is to purchase or make a straight through cable. We recommend purchasing one if you have never made a straight through cable. Please remembe[...]

91  Input the Static IP address, the Subnet Mask, and the Gate way that you obtained from the inte rnet service provider.  Note: If you have a dynamic IP address, you can set the DVR to DHCP to automatically de tect the network settings. Therefore, it can use a dynamic IP address.  Exit from the DVR’s Menu to save the settings.  To ac[...]

92 Connection Procedure:  The First step is to purchase or mak e a straight through cable. We recommend purchasing one if you have never made a straight through cable. Please remember you can n ot use a cross -over network cable for this application  Once you have a straight throug h cable p lug one end into the LAN port on the back of the re[...]

93  Take the values for Subnet Mask and Default Gateway and input them into the DVR; these values should be e xactly the s ame in bo th devices. However, you should change the l ast number of the IP address. For example, if th e IP address of the computer is 192.168.2.101, the DVR’s IP address should be 192.168.002.050.  To access the DVR f[...]

94 6 R E M O T E O P E R A T I O N F R O M B R O W S E R 6 . 1 C ONNECTING TO E C O R 264 F2/ D2 To access the DVR from a computer, open an Internet Explorer window and in the address bar type: Local connection: http:// (IP addre ss from the DVR’s Network Menu) : IP port used e.g. http://192.168.1.163:2468 Internet connection: http:// (IP address[...]

95 6 . 2 B R O W S E R S E C U R I T Y S E T T I N G 6. 2.1 In st all in g A ct iv eX c on t r ol s When you first connect to the DVR’s IP address, you should see a screen like the one below. If you do not see a yellow bar like the one the arrow is pointing at, your security settings may be too high. If so, go to “S ectio n 6.2.2 - Enabling Act[...]

96 Once the file finishes installing, you will return to the screen like the one below. Right click on the yellow bar and select “ Run A dd - on …”[...]

97 Install the MSXML file when prompted to do so. Now, you will able to see the remote live page.[...]

98 6. 2.2 En ab l i ng A ct iv eX C on t r ol s Note: This section is only necessary if you DO NOT see the yellow ActiveX bar at the top of your browser screen when you first connect to the DVR. At the top of the Internet Explorer Window, click on Tools, then select Internet Options. Click the Security tab at the top of the window, then choose Cust[...]

99 In the Security Settings window, scroll to “ActiveX controls and plug - ins” Set the controls as follows: “ Enable ”:  Allow previously unused ActiveX controls to run without prompt ( In ternet Explorer 7 only )  Allow scriptlets ( IE7 only )  Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls  Binary and script behaviors  Display v[...]

100 Install the ePlusDVR.cab file when prompted to do so. Once the file finishes installing, you will return to the same login page as before. Type in the user name and password and click Login to view the cameras. Default user name: admin Default password: 11111111.[...]

101 6 . 3 R E M O T E L IVE V I E W 1. In the main page, you will s ee live images in a 4-screen or 9-screen displa y (de pending on the model) . 2. The status of each camera i s represented by different colours on the left side of the screen: Green = Normal Orange = Motion event Blue = Video loss event Red = Alarm event Grey = Camera is disabled 3[...]

102 6 . 4 S U B – M A IN S W I T C H I N G D U A L S TR E A M The new dual stream function enables fast image transmission even with reduced network bandwidth. The second (sub) stream works independently from the recording settings. There are 2 compression methods available: MJPEG or H.264. Thanks to the optimized compression method, a faster tra[...]

103 Despite the high compression rate, the sub stream provides high quality video images. Neverthel ess, the main stream offers higher detail accuracy and resolution (at high recording resolution). Example: Main stream: Detail resolution Sub stream: Detail resolution[...]

104 6 . 5 R E M O T E P L A YB A C K To p layback the video, click th e “Search” button. Select from “Time Search”, “Eve nt Search”, or “Motion Search”. For more de tails about Search se tting, p lease refer to “ Fehler! Ve rweisquelle konnte nicht gefunden werden. Search Setting” . “ Event Search ” and “ Motion Search ”[...]

105 6 . 6 R E M O T E PTZ C O N TR O L 1. Select a PTZ camera from the dropdown list. 2. Use Direction Arrows (up, down, left, right) to move the camera to the desired direction and angle. 3. Use the Zoom keys to zoom in (“ Z+”) or to zoom out (“Z - “). 4. Use the Focus keys to set the focus on Tele (”F+”) or on Wide (“F - “). 5. Us[...]

106 a. Click “Tour” button b. Enter the number of the requested tour c. Click “Go” button 13. Delete a tour a. Click “Tour” button b. Enter the number of the tour to be deleted c. Click “Delete” button to delete the selected tour. 14. OSD Bedienung Speed Dome Open configuration menu PRESET > [95] > SET Enter in Speed Dome OSD [...]

107 7 E V E R F O C U S D D N S S E T U P Setup Steps: Step 1. Set up the Network Menu according to the instructions detailed in the Networking chapter. (Make sure that DNS Server 1 is set correctly or DDNS will not work) Step 2. Go t o the website http://everfocusddns.com and check for an available name. Note: This ste p is optional, th ough recom[...]

108 Step 5. You should now be able to connect by typing t he name you created in to the address bar. Example: http://hostname.everfocusddns.com It is not necessary to append the HTTP port number to the DDNS name. The EverF ocus DDNS server not only keeps track of your DVR’s IP address, it keeps track of the ports too![...]

109 8 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G If you have problems wit h the system, ru n through the following checklist to see if you can solve the problem.  The DVR will not go into record mode.  Bring up the DVR’s Menu and check under the Camera Menu. Verify that all connected ca meras are checked as “Installed” and that Record Mode is set to[...]

110 A P P E N D I X A : T I M I N G O F A L A R M M O D E S Transparent Mode Input Event Alarm Duration t t Event = t Reaction t Event : Duration of alarm input source (motion, contact, system events...) t reaction : Resulting duration for this alarm mode, related to event record, alarm outputs, OSD message, buzzer Timeout + Transparent Mode t Inpu[...]

111 Timeout Mode t Input Ev ent Alarm Dur ation t Duration = t Reaction t Event t Event : Duration of alarm input source (motion, contact, system events...) t Duration : Alarm duration for timeout, defined in the event setup m enus t reaction : Resulting duration for this alarm mode, related to event record, alarm outputs, OSD message, buzzer Perma[...]

112 Timeout Mode: Retrigger of Alarms t Event : Duration of alarm input source (motion, contact, system events...) t Duration : Alarm duration for timeout, defined in the event setup m enus t reacti on : Resulting duration for this alarm mode, related to event record, alarm outputs, OSD m essage, buzzer Timeout+Transparent Mode: Retrigger of Alarms[...]

113 A P P E N D I X B : E X P R E S S S E T U P R E C O R D I N G V A L U E S E L E C T I O N R U L E S Case 1: Record Mode: Norma l + Event Record With: Recording days The DVR will Auto adjust image Quality and Event frame rate to match the number of Recording days which user selected: According to resolution, event hours and other assumptions abo[...]

114 Case 3: Record Mode: Normal + Event or Event Only Record With: Pres et Setting DVR will apply the settings in the table below to all cameras according to the Preset Settings. Preset Setting Option Camera Item Apply value Best Quality Quality Superior Normal Frame Rate Max recording frame rate o f DVR Event Frame Rate 30 Standard Qualit y Qualit[...]

115 A P P E N D I X C : R E M O T E C O N T R O L The IR remote control is an accessory to enhance the convenient operation o f the DVR. You can perform all the settings and operations from the remote control. The effective d istance is up to 33 fe et line of sight. The keypad functions are same as the front panel buttons of the DVR. A p p e n d i [...]

116 A P P E N D I X D : M O B I L E P H O N E B R O W S E R V I E W The ECOR 264 F2/D2 digital video recorders provide an independent stream for mobile phone view. This function supports live view of a single camera in CIF resolution. Activate mobile phone stream: Check the „Enable 3GPP Streaming“ checkbox in the NETWORK SETTING LAN menu. Acce[...]

117 All sub stream settings are effected in the new NETWORK SETTINGREMOTE/MOBILE menu : H.264: Sub stream with H.264 compression. This streaming method is also supported by the “ MobileFocus ” app for IPhone. Note : The standard mobile phone stream (address:http://[ IP -address]/m/live.htm ) is disabled in this mode! MJPEG: MJPEG mode is requi[...]

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