EverFocus ECOR264-4X1 manual

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ii ii ii ii Safety Precautions  Refer all work rel ated to the i nstallation of this prod uct to qualified service personnel or sys tem installers.  Do not block the ventilation openings or slots on the cover.  Do not drop metallic parts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immedia tely and contact[...]

iii iii iii iii Unplug the unit from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners, abrasive or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning  Attachments Do not use at tachments not recommended by the product ma nufacturer as they may cause haza rds.  Water and Moisture Do not use this unit near wa ter-for example, n ear a bath tu[...]

iv iv iv iv This Product is Ro HS compliant . WEEE The inform ation in this manua l was current upon publication. T he manufactur er reserves the right to revise and imp rove his products . Therefor e, all specifications are subject to chan ge without prior notice. Manu facturer is not r esponsible for misprints or typo graphical errors. Please rea[...]

v v v v TABLE OF CONT ENTS 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 FEATURES ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................[...]

vi vi vi vi 3.6 PTZ .................................................................................................................................. 24 3.6.1 General P TZ control (if PT Z cameras are installed) ..................................................................................24 3.6.2 Express Contr ol of PTZ ......................[...]

vii vii vii vii 4.10 SYSTEM SETT ING ..................................................................................................... 90 4.10.1 Date/Time .............................................................................................................................................. 90 4.10.2 Daylight Saving ......................[...]

1 1 P R O D U C T O V E R V I E W This new E verFocus digital video recorder is based o n H.264 compression technology, re sulting in increased reco rding capacity and improved network imag e transmission speed while retain ing high image quality. Compreh ensive features and extended even t recording settings enable the almost universal application[...]

2 - Remote config uration support from the built-in we b interface - 10/100M E thernet interface for remote network vie wing and control - On-screen PTZ co ntrol via mouse or front panel - Support fo r up to 1 Hot Swappable HDD or 2 fixed in ter nal HDD* - Built-in DVD b urner* - 2 USB 2.0 po rts (1 located on front panel, 1 located on back panel) [...]

3 1 . 3 S P E C I F IC A T I ON S ECOR264X1 Channels 16 9 4 Compression F ormat H.264 480 NTSC /400 PAL (CIF) 270 NTSC /225 PAL (CIF ) 120 NTSC /100 PAL (CIF) 240 NTSC /200 PAL (2CIF) 240 NTSC /200 PAL (2CIF) 120 NTSC /100 PAL (2CIF) Recording Rate/ Resolution (Max. total) (FPS rates per cam era can be set inde pendently up to th e max total rat e)[...]

4 RS-232 YES RS-485 Terminal co nnector Power Source 12VDC – Power Supply Included Dimensions (L x W x H) 353.0 x 354.8 x 70.60 mm / 13 .89" x 13.96" x 3.055 " Tempera ture 0°C~40°C / 32 °F~104°F (20 ~80% humidity) Certifications CE, FCC, UL Supported PTZ Protocols EverFocus, Pel co D, Pelco P, Sa msung, Tr ansparent[...]

5 1 . 4 F R ON T P A N E L Your primary interaction with your new DVR will be through the Front Pa nel buttons and their corresponding buttons on the included IR Remo te Control. Take a moment to learn where the keys are as the remainde r of the manual will refer to them often . Figure 1- 1 Front Panel 1) Remote Control Re ceiver: Receiver for I R [...]

6 10) View: Press this ke y to switch between 4x, PiP (Picture In P icture),full screen, 9x, 10x, 13x and 16x. Note: PIP displa y is not available in playback mode. 11) SEQ: Press this ke y to enter the auto sequential switching mode. The sequence dwell time can be set in “Display Setting” tab of the Menu. For more detail about SEQ, please see [...]

7 1 . 5 R E A R P A N E L During initial setu p you will be connecting your DVR to multiple input and output devices. Th is is done through the rear panel. Figure 1- 2 Rear Panel ○ ○ ○ ○ 1 Video In: Connect came ra’s video output or other composite video source to the video input connection. ○ ○ ○ ○ 2 eSATA: Used for exte rnal SAT[...]

8 ○ ○ ○ ○ 8 RS485 socke t: For remote control via RS-485 keyboards and teleme try control for attached PTZ devices ○ ○ ○ ○ 9 Main: Main monito r for live and playback display and on -screen display. ○ ○ ○ ○ 10 Call: Call monitor output. Spot mon itor for full screen live display, sequence mode and alarm camera switchin g. ?[...]

9 1 . 6 V I D E O I N P U T S / O U T P UT S I N ST A LL A T I O N Cameras and CCTV monitors mu st use coppe r center condu ctor/copper b raid 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 anten na cable and other ty[...]

10 Alarm input with N.O. (Normal O pen) contact Alarm input with N.C. (Normal Close d) contact in idle state in idle state All setting s are programmed in the ALARM menu (Se ction 0). 1. 8.2 Al ar m O ut p ut Re l a y The relay outpu t provides either Normally Open or Normally Close d dry contacts. Output relay in idle state 1 . 9 R S - 48 5 k e y [...]

11 RS-485 bus serial wiring with co nnector boxes and connection cable Direct RS-485 bus star wiring is not supported unle ss using an EverFocus Model EDA997A (see b elow). Improper RS-485 bus st ar wiring An EDA997A RS -485 signal distributor may be used to use a star wiring configuration. Star wiring with RS-485 signal distr ibutor A RS-485 dist [...]

12 ATTENTION: EDA997A signa l distributors are unidirectional! This means that the signal only flows from the input towa rds the outputs. Therefore, e.g. the intercon nection of several keyboards is not possib le with these types of signal distributor! 1. 9.2 RS -4 8 5 so ck e t pi n as si g nm e n t The RS485 pin assig nment is as follows: 1. 9.3 [...]

13 ATTENTION: Some Pelco-D / -P protocol d omes and receivers require an address offset o f -1, i.e. the address assigned to the dome / receiver in th e DVR camera menu must be 1 be low the address set in the dome / receive r itself! 1 . 1 0 U S B - Mo u s e i n s t a l l a t i o n Connect the US B mouse to one of the 2 USB po rts. (This can be don[...]

14 1. 11. 2 N et wo rk C on n e ct i o n t hr ou gh P at ch Ca ble The connection to an e xisting network requires a normal p atch cable (straight-through). The illustration shows the conn ection to a network switch or route r. Figure 1- 4 Network Connection t hrough Patch Cable Pinout of straight patch cable 1 . 1 2 F I N A L IN S T A L L P R O C [...]

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 ECOR264 DVRs support multiple sources to control the DVR. It can be controlled with a mouse, the front panel, an EKB5 00, and the handheld IR remote control. This chapter will cov er the basic operation using the mouse and the front panel button s. 2 . 1 G EN E R A L U SB M O U S E O P E R [...]

16 2. 1.3 Op er a t io n in t h e C o nf i g ur a t i on M e nu s Click on the icon to access the Configuration Menu. The Configu ration 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 ten setup options available. Move t he mouse over an icon and c lick to select it. 2.[...]

17 Button : Click the bu tton to execute the function. Bar : Click and hold on the bar to adjust the set point Left or Right. * Note about on-scr een keyboard: Click on a button to input that character. The buttons on the right and bottom have the following funct ions: Space Enter a space Caps Switch to capital letters Delete the letter Confirm the[...]

18 2 . 2 G e n e ra l F ro n t P an e l O pe ra t i o n 2. 2.1 H ow t o sel ect a c h an nel / En a b l e au di o 1. In a view consisting of mo re than o ne channel, press the a rrow keys (Up/Down/Right/ Left) to scroll through each channel that is displayed . Th e se lected ch annel will be highlighted by white frame. Pressing t he “left” or ?[...]

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

20 Bar : Press “ Enter ” key to activat e t he slider, then use arrow keys to adjust the se tting. Press “ Enter ” again to finalize the changes. * Note about on-scr een keyboard: Use the arrow buttons to hig hlight each charact er and press the “ Enter ” key on the f ront panel to input the selected chara cters. Wh en f inished, highli[...]

21 3 . G E N E R A L D V R O P E R A T I O N S This ch apter introduces the operations on major functions including pla yback, layout change, sequence, triplex operatio ns, copy, and search. 3 . 1 R E C OR D By default, the DVR will always be in record mode. When the DV R is turned on, it will sta rt to record. The exceptions a re: 1. DVR will not [...]

22 + To input passwo rd by mouse : click the password field to b ring up the on-screen keyboard (see Figure 3-2 On-screen Keyboard). Click on ea ch button to input the desired characters f or the password. Whe n finished, click “ Done” on the on-screen keyboard to confirm the password. + To input passwo rd using front panel: use the arrow keys [...]

23 3 . 5 P LA Y B A C K The playback bar is the fastest way to show video from the e xact time which users wa nt to see. The playback bar allows a user to see both a time line and the current playback indicator. The user can then click the time line to move the indicator to the po sition which they want to see. The ope ration is as follows: To play[...]

24 L4: Entire t ime bar is 10 minutes. L5: Entire t ime bar is 1 minute. 11. Express copy : Press to start express copy when camera d uring playback (only one camera) 12. Playba ck speed indicator 13. Press “X” to close the playback bar. 14. Start time for bar (the left-most point of the time bar) 15. Current p layback time (the time indicated [...]

25 10. Pattern Opera tion (Pattern is the “0” Tour in Everfocus and Pelco PTZ cameras) a. Click “ Pattern ” button 11. Steps to run a tour a. Click “ Tour ” button b. Click the nu mber of the desired tour c. Click “ Go ” butto n 12. Steps to remove a tour (if supported by the camera) a. Click “ Tour ” button b. Click the nu mber[...]

26 Figure 3- 3 Express Control PTZ The screen is d ivided into a 4x4 grid. The function of each se ction is defined as below: • 1: PTZ pan/tilt lef t and up • 2, 3: PTZ tilt up • 4: PTZ pan/tilt righ t and up • 5, 9: PTZ pan left • 8,12: PTZ pan right • 13: PTZ pan/tilt left and down • 14, 15: PTZ tilt down • 16: PTZ pan/tilt right [...]

27 3 . 7 L A Y O U T The ECOR264 DVR ha s several d isplay modes available, depending on the number of cameras the DVR supports. The d ifferent available layouts for a 16 came ra model are shown below: NOTE: PIP d isplay is not available in Playback mode The first three layouts are available on all models; the next th ree (6, 8 and 9 cameras) are a[...]

28 3 . 9 D I S P L A Y Press the Display button on the menu by using th e mouse or selecting this icon with the f ront panel keys and pre ssing ‘Enter’. Pressing/clicking cyc les through the four OSD formats: 1. Press to show camera information. Please see the f ollowing table for camera information icons. Recording Playback Fast forward Fast b[...]

29 3. Right-click to bring up t he menu bar and click button. Or, p ress the ZOOM button on the front panel. 4. When in ZOOM mode, the mouse curso r will change to a different icon in diffe rent areas of the screen. Or, use the arrow keys to bring a different portion of the magnified image into view. Users can control the portion of the magnified i[...]

30 3 . 1 2 S E A R C H By mouse: Righ t-click to bring up the menu bar and click to enter Search Menu . By front pane l: Press ” Search ” key to enter Search Menu directly. 3. 12. 1 T i me S ea r c h Figure 3- 5 Search Menu – T ime Search Play From : Select the time to begin the search by choosing the Date and Time. Click on the “ Play ” [...]

31 3. 12. 2 E v en t Se a r ch Figure 3- 6 Search Menu – Even t Search From: Select starting date and time To: Select end ing date and time. Camera: Select which cameras to include in the search. Event: Sele ct which event type(s) to search for. Choose f rom Alarm, Motion or Video Loss. Click on the “ Searc h ” button to start searching. The [...]

32 Prev Page : Go to previous page Next Page : Go to next page Play : Playback selected item Copy : Copy select ed item 3. 12. 3 S m ar t S ea r ch Smart Search allows the review o f a segment of the record ed video from individu al camera s to detect motion in an area specified at t he time of the sea rch. The resulting ‘mot ion events’ are di[...]

33 Camera: Select which cameras to review. Grid Setting: Pre ss Grid Setting button to open the motion grid setup window. Edit Motion Gri d: Press this b utton to edit the motion grid (S ee Figure 4-5 Camera Menu – Motion Grid Setting ). Set All: Press this b utton to select the entire area. Clear All: Press this button to clear all the grids sel[...]

34 Click on the “ Searc h ” button to start searching. The search results will be shown as a list of events. Prev Page : Go to previous page Next Page : Go to next page Play : Playback selected item Copy : Copy select ed item[...]

35 3. 12. 4 S na p sh ot Se a r ch Snapshot Search shows snapshot s of the specified interval, it helps users to quickly find the interested scene. Figure 3- 8 Search Menu – Sna pshot Search Result Type : Select result type. Search Date: Sele ct search date and time Search Direction: Se lect search direction, either fo rward or backward. Search C[...]

36 Figure 3- 8 Search Menu – Sna pshot Search r esult[...]

37 3 . 1 3 C O P Y To bring up Copy menu: By mouse: Righ t-click to bring up the menu bar and click on to enter Copy Menu . By front pane l: Press the “ Copy ” key to e nter Copy Menu directly. Figure 3- 10 Copy Menu Camera: Select which cameras will be archived. Choose “ Select All ” to select all the ca meras. Player: Che ck the box to in[...]

38 3 . 1 4 L O G O UT Right-click to bring up the menu b ar and click the button to b ring up the Logout Confirmation window (see Figure 3-11). Figure 3- 11 Logout Confirm ation window Press “ Yes ” button when y ou are ready to logout f ro m the system. You will need to login again bef ore accessing an y other configuration options.[...]

39 4 D V R C O N F I G U R A T I O N This chap ter will walk you through t he DVR Menu Sett ings step by step and show yo u how to se t the DVR for your specific app lication. 4 . 1 C O N F I G U R A TI O N M E N U 1. To bring up the Main Menu, press the “ Menu ” key on the fron t panel or right-click with the USB mous e to bring up the O SD me[...]

40 Date: Sets the current date of DVR. Time: Set s the current time of DVR. Record Mode: Cho ose from Normal+Event : Normal recording plus event recording . Event Only: Event recording only. Schedule Re c: Schedule recording. For Event reco rding, enter the estimated number of hours per d ay for event recording. Resolution: Sele ct recording resolu[...]

41 Network Type : Static IP: Use r sets a static IP for network connection. DHCP: DHCP server in LAN will automatically assign IP fo r network connection. PPPoE: This is for d irect DSL connection application ONL Y (no route r). Check with your I SP to see if they use PPPoE. IP Address : This fie ld shows the cu rrent IP Address for the DVR. If Fix[...]

42 4 . 3 C A M E R A S E T T I N G Figure 4-2 is a screenshot of the CAMERA SETTING MENU . This menu is used to configu re individual camera set tings. Figure 4- 2 Camera Menu -Basic Setting 4. 3.1 Ba s i c S et ti ng Camera: Select the camera to be configured. Title: Th e t itle setting allows yo u to assign a t itle to the selected camera. Each t[...]

43 Covert: Check t he box to hide the ca mera picture in live and se quence modes. However, th e image will still be recorded and can be played back by any user who ha s playback rights . Record Mode: 2 record modes are available. Normal + Event: Th is recording mode includes continuous and event recording. Event Only: Video will be recorded only w[...]

44 Recording capacity remaining for all cameras (shown to the right of the Normal Speed field ) : The number here indicate s the remaining unallocated recording ca pacity available for all cameras, s caled according to the image size selected for the current camera . That is, the number shown is the number of available FPS at that image size (which[...]

45 4. 3.2 Vi de o Ad j us t Figure 4- 3 Camera Men u – Video Adjust Camera: Select the camera you wish to adjust. “Title” will cha nge to the name of the sele cted camera. Brightness: Ad justs how bright/dark the p icture appears. If d etails appear to be lo st in the shadows or darker regions, try increasing the B rightness. If the image app[...]

46 4. 3.3 Mo ti on Figure 4- 4 Camera Men u – 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 dete ction. Other motion options will no t be available u nless this feature is sele cted. Log: Check this box to record motion events in the log[...]

47 Network Alarm: Check th is box t o send out a network a larm to a clie nt PC whe n motion occurs. (This feature requires PowerCon software on the c lient PC and proper setting s for the Alarm Server in the Network Setup menu; see Section 4.6.4 Alarm Server for more information.) Auto Lock: Check the box and th e events will be recorded in a writ[...]

48 3. Press Enter key to display grid. 4. Use arrow keys to choo se one corner of desired area 5. Press Enter key at the starting point. 6. Use arrow keys to se lect motion area; the shape of th e proposed area will be disp layed. 7. Press Enter key at the end point, and the area will be select ed. 8. Press the Menu key to exit th e area selection;[...]

49 4. 3.4 Vi de o Lo ss Figure 4- 6 Camera Menu – Video Loss Camera: Select the camera 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 bo x to record video loss events in the log. Pre-alarm Record: Check box to start copying recorded video to the[...]

50 Transparent: Alarm o utput continues as long a s there is a video loss. Trans+Timeout : Alarm output continues until the event ends, then continues for a set t ime duration. Apply To: This bu tton can be used to copy the video loss settings to other ca meras. Select wh ich cameras you wish to copy to. "Select All" selects all cameras, [...]

51 4. 4.1 Re co r d Record Ove rwrite: Che ck the box and the d isk will begin overwriting when full. NOTE: Unless t his box is checked, THE DVR MUST STOP RECORDING WHEN THE DI SK IS FULL. The use of re cord overwrite is strongly recommended. If you do not use th is feature, please be sure to make specific a rrangements to monitor/be notifie d when[...]

52 Figure 4- 8 Record & Play Menu- Built-in Cal. Motion: Enter th e expected number of hours per day due to motion recording. Alarm: Enter the expected number of hours per da y due to alarm recording. If the total of Mot ion and Alarm hours is more than 24 ho urs, t he calculator will assume that mot ion and alarm recording take place for the e[...]

53 4. 4.3 Pl ay Figure 4- 9 Record & Play Menu - Play Quick Playback: Ch eck the box to enable the Quick Playba ck function as described belo w. Playback From X Seconds ago: When the DVR is put into playback (press PLAY), it will begin playing from the select ed time. Choose from 60 to 3600 secon ds prior to the present time. If Quick P layback[...]

54 4 . 5 A L A R M & EV E N T S E T TI N G Figure 4-10 is a screenshot of the ALARM & E VENT SETTI NG MENU . This menu will guide you through alarm and event setup. Figure 4- 10 Alarm & Event Menu - Alarm 4. 5.1 Al a r m Alarm: Select the alarm input trigger connection number from 1 to 4 (or 9 or 16 – one t rigger per c amera input). [...]

55 Record: Sele ct which camera(s) will start recording in response to this alarm event. Email Notify: Check b ox to enable email notification when an alarm o ccurs. Email operation requires t hat valid email se ttings have been e ntered in the Netwo rk Setting/Email setup scre en. (See Section 4.6.2 Email for more informatio n.) Input Type: This f[...]

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57 4. 5.2 Ev en t This section cov ers notifications due to internal system event warnings. Figure 4- 11 Alarm & Event Menu – Event Event: Sele ct from the following event types. Fan Failure: Fan is not working. HD Temperatu re: Hard drive is over the safety warning tempe rature. HD Failure: If DVR fails to detect the HDD on start up, the sys[...]

58 Fan Failure : Figure 4- 12 Alarm & Event Menu – Event – Fan F ailure Log: Check bo x to record fan failure events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer when fan is not working . Email Notify: Check box to enable e mail notification when fan is not working. E mail operat ion requires that valid ema il settings have been entered i[...]

59 HD Temperature : Figure 4- 13 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD Tem perature Log: Check bo x to record HDD temperature events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer when hard drive’s temp erature is over the “Temp. Warning Limit” . Email Notify: Check box to en able email notification when HDD te mperature is over the “Temp. [...]

60 HD Failure: Figure 4- 14 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD Failu re Log: Check bo x to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable the buzzer if no hard d rive is detected on system startup. Email Notify: Check box to enable email notificat ion function when HD fa ils. Email op eration requires that valid email se ttings have been [...]

61 HD Full: Figure 4- 15 Alarm & Event Men u – Event - HD Fu ll Log: Check bo x to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable the buzze r when h ard d rive is full (recommen ded if the Record Ove rwrite function is d isabled. See Section 5.4.1). Email Notify: Check b ox to enable email notification when HD is fu ll. Email operation[...]

62 HD Off: Figure 4- 16 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD Off Buzzer: Ch eck box to e nable b uzzer if the hard drive is tu rned off (disconne ct ed) or becomes disabled (cannot be dete cted by the system). Email Notify: Ch eck box to en able email n otification when HD is o ff. Email op eration requ ires that va lid email settings have been en[...]

63 Power Loss: Figure 4- 17 Alarm & Event Menu – Event – Powe r Loss Log: Log is perman ently checked for this feature. Po wer Loss events are always recorded by the DVR. Email Notify: Check box to enable e mail notification when power has been restored. Email ope ration requires that valid email settings have been entered in the Network Se[...]

64 Record Stop: Figure 4- 18 Alarm & Event Menu – Event – Record Stop Log: Check bo x to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer if the recording process is terminated. Email Notify: Che ck box to enable email notificat ion when the re cording proce ss is termina ted. Email operation requ ires that valid email settings [...]

65 Network Loss : Figure 4- 19 Alarm & Event Menu – Event – Network L oss Log: Check bo x to record events in the log. Buzzer: Check box to enable buzzer when network is lost. Alarm Output: This will tra nsmit a sign al through the alarm outp ut relay. It can be set to either “ NONE ” (not active), “ 1 ” (active) or “ 2 ” (activ[...]

66 4 . 6 S C H E D U LE S ET TI N G Figure 4 -20 is a screenshot of the SCHEDULE SETTING MENU . I n this menu you can set a unique configuration to enable recording during a sp ecified time p eriods. This menu is used to configure Express Setup, Holidays and detailed Schedule settings. Figure 4- 20 Schedule Menu- Express Setup 4. 6.1 Ex p r es s Se[...]

67 Event Frame Rate: FPS recording rate for e vents. Selectable frame rate includes 30f ps, 15 fps, 1 0fps, 7.5fps, 5fps, 1fp s or 0fps. (0fps means no event re cording). Event Action: Ch eck this box to enable Buzzer, Alarm out , E-mail and Netwo rk actions selected else where when an event o ccurs during the selected time pe riod. Apply: P ress ?[...]

68 One time: This ent ry is used only once, on that specific date. Month/date: Uses this e ntry on the same month and day, e very year (e.g. January 1 for New Y ear’s Day) Month/weekday: Uses this e ntry on a specific day of a specific wee k in the month specified (e.g 4 th Thursday in Nove mber for Thanksgiving). Details: Specif ies the date to [...]

69 To Set Schedule using Mouse 1. Click on d esired start t ime b lock (no numbers on it) on a time bar. A t this time, the selected time block will b e h ighlighted in blue frame a nd the entire time ba r will be highlighted by red frame. The re are 24 blocks on the t ime bar representing 24 hours respect ively. 2. Set a schedule sta rt time by cl[...]

70 3. Selecting camera : Use Right/Le ft arrow keys to select desired camera to configure. Select ed camera number will be highlighted by a blue frame. See abo ve image. 4. Enter time bar editing m ode : Use Up/Down arrow key to switch to tim e ba r e diting m ode . When this mode is se lected, all 9 time bars will be highlighted within a blue fram[...]

71 7. Changing recordi ng mode (color) of a timezone : Use Right /Left arrow key to switch to the first block (with nu mber on it) o f a timezone. Clicking Enter bu tton, and this t imezone will switch to another color, which mean s switching to another record mode. The color switch s equence is gray->orange->blue. 8. To exit the scre en, pre[...]

72 Resolution: Sele ct recording resolution. NTSC: 704 x480 / 704x240 / 352x240 PAL: 704x576 / 704x288 / 352x288 Normal: Frame rate in images per second for continuous recording. It is important to keep track of the normal recording resources being a llocated at each hours of the day. Increasing the Normal reco rdin g resolution an d/or rate can in[...]

73 CIF equiva lent FPS still available to be assig ned to one or more of th e nine CIF resolution cameras. If not all e vent conditions occur simultaneously, greater resolution and/or FP S increases are po ssible for individual camera s, as long as the net total of 480 CIF equivalents is not exceeded. Action : Check this box to enable notifications[...]

74 4. 6.4 Al ar m Ac t i on Figure 4- 24 Schedule Menu-Alar m Action Defines recording response to “alarm” input trigge r signals by t ime of day on specific d ays of the we ek and/or ho lidays and ‘other’ days. Alarm: S elect a number to change the sch edule for that alarm input trigger. Each alarm can be set o n a 2 4 hour time blo ck for[...]

75 4. Change the sect ion to different mode (with a d ifferent color) by clicking on the first blo ck of the section. The color switches from g ray -> o range -> g ray, e very time us er clicks the first block of a section. Orange indicates ‘alarm action recording ON’. 5. To set the end of a timezone, select the t ime blo ck following the[...]

76 6. Editing blocks in a time bar : when a time bar is chosen (highlighted in red frame), the pre ss Enter b utton to se lect that time bar f or configuration; then t he first block of this bar will be selected (highlighted in blue frame). Use Right/Left arrow key to move t o the desired block for the starting time, and pre ss the Enter b utton ag[...]

77 Apply to Ca meras: This but ton can be used to copy sche dules to other c ameras. Select wh ich cameras you wish to copy to. "Select All" selec ts a ll cameras, “Clear All” d eselects all cameras. Click “OK” to cop y the settings or "Ca ncel" to exit without copying.[...]

78 4 . 7 N E T W O R K S E T TI N G Figure 4-25 is a screenshot of the NETWORK SETTING MENU . This menu is for configuring the DVR for a network connectio n. NOTE: Since every Network Configu ration is different, please check with your Network Administrato r or ISP to see if your DVR should use specific IP addresses and/or port numb ers. Figure 4- [...]

79 DNS Server 2 : This field shows the secondary DNS server for your n etwork. HTTP Port: Port numb er for HTTP/WEB commun ication. Additional in formation: 1. Set up the DV R Network Menu according to the instructions detailed in the Networking chapter of this DVR’s manua l. a. If using DHCP, a ll settings will be detected auto matically. While [...]

80 • Well Kno wn Ports 0 thru 1023 • Registe r ed Ports 102 4 thru 49151 • Dynamic and/ or Private Ports 49152 thru 65535 So, rather than encounter a po rt co nflict by ch oosing a po rt co mmonly u sed for anoth er purpose (like po rt 25 for S MTP mail or p ort 44 8 for secure sockets), choose an ‘unusual’ port n umber. For example , add[...]

81 Authentication: Check this box if the SMTP server requires au thentication (user name / password). SSL: Check the box if mail server needs communicat ion to be encrypted by SSL. User name: Inpu t the login user name if the S MTP server requires authentication. Password: Input the password if the SMTP server requires aut hentication. Confirm: Re-[...]

82 The DDNS name you choose must be unique; that is, it must n ot already be in use. Please go to the website http://e verfocusddns.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 spec ial characters pa rticularly ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + < > "[...]

83 Confirm : Re-ent er password. Note: For more de tails on DDNS setup, please see “Chap ter 7 - Everfocus DDNS Setup”. 4. 7.4 Al arm S er ver Figure 4- 29 Network Menu – Alarm Server This menu def ines the parameters for communicating with a PC running PowerCon software. Server IP1~3 : IP address of client PC with installed PowerCon S oftwar[...]

84 4 . 8 D I S K I NF O R M A TI O N 4-30 is a s creenshot of the DISK INFORMATION MENU . Th is menu is used to review th e DVR’s hard drive settings and st atus. No values in this screen can be changed by the operator. Figure 4- 30 Disk Menu-Disk 4. 8.1 Di sk Record Time (Start): Shows earliest recorded time on the DVR. Record Time (End): Shows [...]

85 4. 8.2 Loc k 4-31 is a screenshot of the DISK LOCK/FORMAT MENU . This menu is used to control the portion of the DVR’s hard d rive reserved for locked event recordings, and to format drives(s) if necessary. Figure 4- 31 Disk Menu-Lock/F ormat Maximum Lock (%): S ets the maximum lock percentage of the HDD volum e. After se tting the lock percen[...]

86 4 . 9 D I S P L A Y S E T TI N G Figure 4-32 is a screenshot of the DISPLAY SETTING ME NU . This menu will walk you throug h the Main Monitor On -Screen Display (OSD) and Main Monitor Sequ ential setup. Figure 4- 32 Display Menu – M onitor OSD 4. 9.1 Mo ni t o r OS D These are the display options for the Main Monitor. Main Monitor Camera Ti tl[...]

87 Call Monitor These are the display options for the Call Monitor. Camera Ti tle: Check the box to display camera title s. Date/Time: Check the box to display current date/time .[...]

88 4. 9.2 Ma in M / T SE Q Figure 4- 33 Display Menu – M ain M/T SEQ Step: Sequen ce order. For reference. Camera: Select which camera appears in the current step . Dwell (sec): Se t the dwell time for each step. Sequence dwe ll time can be set from 0 to 99 second s. Sequence repea ts continuously from steps 1 through 20 until interrupted.[...]

89 4. 9.3 Cal l M /T S E Q Figure 4- 34 Display Menu – M ain M/T SEQ Step: Sequen ce order. For reference. Camera: Select which camera appears in the current step . Dwell (sec): Se t the dwell time for each step. Sequence dwe ll time can be set from 0 to 99 second s. Sequence repea ts continuously from steps 1 through 20 until interrupted.[...]

90 4 . 1 0 SY S T E M S E T T I N G Figure 4-35 is a scre enshot o f the SYSTE M SETTING MENU . This menu is fo r se tting up the general system para meters for the DVR. Figure 4- 35 System Menu – Date/Time 4. 10. 1 D at e/T i m e Date: Set current Date. Time: Set curren t Time. Date Format: Cho ose date format from yyyy/mm/dd, dd/mm/yyyy, an d m[...]

91 4. 10. 2 D ay l i gh t S av i n g Figure 4- 36 System Menu – Daylight Saving Daylight Saving: Ch eck the box to enable automatic dayligh t saving time adjustment . Start Date: Set the start date for daylight saving time. Start Time (hh:mm): S et the time when daylight saving time begins. Set To (hh:mm): This is wha t the time will ch ange to w[...]

92 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 cha rts below for a listing of the rights asso ciated with each access level. Figure 4- 37 System Menu – Use r Add Click “Add” bu tton to add a n ew u ser. Set the name (case-sen sitive), passwo rd, access level[...]

93 Edit Click “Edit” but ton to make changes to an e xisting user acco unt. Press “Save” button to sav e changes or “Cancel” to exit with out making changes. Figure 4- 39 System Menu – Use r - Edit User Login: Check this box to require user login for menu access from the front p anel. Wh en this is disabled, no userna me or passwo rd [...]

94 There are th ree system access levels. The following ch arts show the rights of each level. Main Menu at the DVR User Level and Right RIGHT ADMINISTRAT OR MANAGER OPERATO R Playback OK OK NO PTZ OK OK NO Layout OK OK O K Channel OK OK OK Display OK OK O K Sequence OK OK O K Monitor OK OK O K Zoom OK OK NO Search OK OK NO Copy OK OK NO Config. OK[...]

95 4. 10. 4 I/O C on t r ol Figure 4 -40 is a screenshot of the I/ O Control Se tting Menu. This menu is used to define the se ttings for controlling the DVR through RS485, and for DVR control of a ttached PTZ cameras. Figure 4- 40 System Menu – I/ O Control RS232 Baud Rate: This fie ld is to set the speed at which is used to transmit instru ctio[...]

96 Baud Ra te: The speed u sed to transmit inst ructions or information through the RS485 p ort on the DVR. Choose from the following speeds: 1200, 2400, 4800, 960 0, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 BP S. Data Bit: The numb er of data bits used in a data packet or word. This can be set to 8 or 7. Stop Bit: This field is to set the number of stop b its [...]

97 unit during the upgrade ; th is can cause the system to fail to recover, requiring fa ctory service to repa ir. Configurations Load Factory Defa ult: Click “ Load ” to restore all menu settings to the default values. User Account , Network IP Set tings, and Time are not affected. 3GP streaming is disabled by default. Load From USB: Click “[...]

98 4 . 1 1 I N F O R M A T I ON Figure 4.42 is a screenshot of t he INFORMATION MENU . Th is menu displa ys important (read only) syst em information . Figure 4- 42 Information M enu – System 4. 11. 1 Sy st em System Version: Displa ys firmware version number. Model: Displays DVR mo del number. NTSC/PAL: Displays cu rrent video format selected ba[...]

99 4. 11. 2 Lo g Figure 4- 43 Information M enu – Log This screen is used to choose, display and/or export log entries. From Date: Select starting date of log to be displayed. Time: Sele ct starting time of log to be displayed. To Date: Select end date of log to be displayed. Time: Sele ct end time of log to be displayed. Log Type: Configuration [...]

100 Export Log to USB: Pre ss “ Export’ bu tton to export log data to USB . Figure 4- 44 Log List Prev Page : Go to the previous page of log. Next Page : Go to the next page of log. Close : Close the win dow[...]

101 5 N e t w o r k i n g O v e rv i e w This ch apter will g ive you a b asic instruct ion on how to set up the DVR for network conn ection. It is highly recommended t hat yo u have a wo rking knowledge of wha t a netwo rk is a nd h ow it works. Th is will b e helpful in co mpleting the networking process. 5 . 1 I nt ro d u ct i o n t o T C P / I [...]

102 5 . 4 V i r t u a l P o r t s A port number represen ts a "channel" or entryway for network commun ications. P ort numbers allow different computers to utilize network resources without interfering with each o ther. Port numbers most commonly appear in network progra mming, particularly socket programming. Sometimes, t hough, port num[...]

103 The modem/rou ter wa s either installed by you r Internet service provider or pu rchased b y you t o establish a conne ction to the Internet. A router assigns different internal IP addresses to local computers; this allows multiple computers to a ccess th e I nternet th rough the same external IP address. Do you have a static IP address? ______[...]

104 2. Direct High Speed Mo dem Con nection: A direc t modem conne ction uses a standard network cable to co nnect the modem directly to a co mputer (or in this case a mod em to th e DVR). This type of connection only co vers single-port modems. For a combination modem/route r, use the setup described be low. 3. Router or L AN Connec tion – A loc[...]

105 Connection Proc edure:  The First step is to purch ase or make a cross-over cable. We recommend purcha sing one if you have neve r made a cross-over cable. Please remember you can n ot use a straight through network cable for this ap plication  Once you have a cross-over cable plug one end into the LAN port on the back of the DVR and the [...]

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108  Click on the option that says “Use the following IP add ress”  Assign an IP address of 192.168.1.2, a Subnet Mask of 255.255 .255.0, an d a Default Gateway of 192.168.1.1, the n click OK.  Restart both the co mputer and the DVR.  To access the DVR f rom the computer, simply open In ternet Explorer and in the address b ar type: [...]

109 5 . 8 D i r e c t Hi gh S pe e d M o de m C o nn e c ti on Straight Through Ethe rnet Cable Pin outs: The Figure be low shows the pin configurations for a st raight cable. Connection Proc edure:  The first step is to purchase or make a straight through cable. We recommend purchasing one if you have ne ver made a straight through cable. Pleas[...]

110  Log into the Eve rFocus DVR menu and go to the Network Sett ing Menu.  Input the Static IP address, the Subnet Mask, and the Gateway that you obtained fro m the in ternet service provide r.  Note: If yo u have a dynamic I P address, you can set the DVR to DHCP to automatically de tect the network settings. Therefore, it can use a dyna[...]

111 5 . 9 R o u t e r o r LA N C o n ne c t i o n Straight Through Ethe rnet Cable Pin outs: The Figure be low shows the pin configurations for a st raight cable. Connection Proc edure:  The First step is to purchase or make a straight through cable. We recommend purcha sing one if you have ne ver made a straight through cable. Please re member [...]

112  Once you have a straight through cable plug one end into the LAN port on the ba ck of the recorder and the other in to the router.  Log into the Eve rFocus DVR menu and go to the Network Sett ing Menu.  To let the route r automatically assign an address:  Set the Network Typ e to DHCP. Make sure to write do wn the IP address and th[...]

113 number o f 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 rom a computer simply open Inte rnet Explorer and in the address bar t ype: http:// (IP address of the DVR)  Note: The DVR’s IP address will on ly work at the location of th[...]

114 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 O NN E C T I N G T O EC O R 26 4 To access the DVR from a computer, open an Internet Explorer window and in the addre ss bar type: Local connectio n: http:// (IP address from the DVR’s Ne twork Menu): IP port used e.g. http://192 .168.1.163:2468 Internet connectio n: http:// (IP ad[...]

115  Enter a user name and password to access the re corder. These can b e changed in the S ystem section of the Main Menu.  The default user na me is “ admin”. The d efault password is “11111111 ”.  Click on the Login button and you will log in to the re corder’s Network Viewer. 6 . 2 B R O W S E R S E C U R I T Y S E T T I N G [...]

116 Install the ePlus DVR.cab file when prompted to do so. Once the file fin ishes installing, you will return to the screen like the one below.[...]

117 Right click on the yellow bar and select “Run Add -on…” Install the MSX ML file when prompted to do so. Now, you will able to see the remote live page.[...]

118 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 NO T see the yellow ActiveX bar at the top of your browse r 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 Se curity tab at the top of the window, then choose [...]

119 In the Security Set tings window, scroll to “ActiveX cont rols and plug-ins” Set the cont rols as follows: “ Enable ”:  Allow previou sly unused ActiveX controls to run withou t prompt ( Internet Explorer 7 only )  Allow scriptlets ( I E7 only )  Automatic promp ting for ActiveX controls  Binary and scrip t behaviors  Dis[...]

120 Close the window so you are back at the login sc reen. Click the Refre sh button to reload the page. Install the ePlus DVR.cab file when prompted to do so. Once the file fin ishes installing, you will return to the sam e login page as before. Type in the use r name and password and click Lo gin to view the cameras. Default user name : admin Def[...]

121 6 . 3 R E M O T E L IV E V I E W 1. Click on a ca mera number on the left side of the display to switch that camera to full screen. Click o n “4UP” to display 4 screens, click on “9UP” to display 9 screen s or click on “16IP” to display 16 screens. 2. You can click the “ M ic ” butto n to transfer audio to DVR from clien t side [...]

122 Sche dule Setup Network S etup Hard Disk S etup Display Se tup System S etup Info rmation Setup Video Export Playb ack Search P TZ Control 5. In the main page, you will see live images in a 16-screen disp lay (or 4 or 9 screens, depending on the model).[...]

123 6 . 4 R E M O T E P LA Y B A C K To playback the vid eo, click th e “Search ” butt on. Select from “Time Search”, “Even t Se arch”, or “Motion Search”. For more details about Search setting, please refer t o “3.12 Search Setting”. “Event Search” and “M otion S earch” will sh ow maximum 40 0 search result items (beg i[...]

124 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 acco rding to the in structions detailed in th e 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 step is optional, though rec[...]

125 settings and DDNS name and resubmit the DDNS name until you get “Success” . Step 5. You shou ld now be able to connect by typing the name you created into the address bar. Example: http:// hostname.everfocusddns.com It is not necessa ry to append the HTTP port number to the DDNS name. The EverFocus DDNS server not only keeps t rack of your [...]

126 8 L I N K S Y S & D - L I N K P O R T F O R W A R D I N G 8 . 2 T Y P IC A L L I N K S Y S P OR T F O R WA R D I N G This section will cover a few simple conf igurations for th e Linksys router. This chapter is only to offer some help to the installer and end user. Please u nderstand we DO NOT support this product a nd will not g ive tech s[...]

127 Applications an d G aming allows yo u t o se t up public services o n your network, such as web servers, f tp servers, e -mail servers, or other specia lized Internet applications. (Some Internet applications may not require any forwarding) To forward a port, enter the information on each line fo r the criteria required. Descriptions of each cr[...]

128 8 . 3 T Y P IC A L D - L I NK P O R T F O R W A RD I N G This section will cover a few simple configurations for the D-Link router. This chapter is only to offer some help to the installer and end user. Please u nderstand we DO NOT support this product a nd will not g ive tech support on it. If you need additional techn ical support on this rou[...]

129 Click Virtual Se rvers on the left to bring up the follo wing screen. Virtual Se rvers allows users who are connecting re motely to access services on the route r’s Local Network. The functions o f each field are described below. Virtual Server - S elect Enabled or Disabled Name - Enter the name referencing the virtual service Private IP - Th[...]

130 Here is an exa mple of the information for each service: Name Private IP Protocol Private Port Public Port Schedule HTTP 192.168.1.50 Both 80 80 Enable Where 192.168 .1.50 is the IP address of the ECO R264 on the LAN, and the defau lt port 80 is in use . Note: If you change d port 80 in the DVR’s Network Menu, open that port instead of 80 .[...]

131 9 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G If you ha ve p roblems with the system, run through the following checklist to see if you can so lve the problem.  The DVR w ill not go into record mode.  Bring up the DVR’s Menu and check under the Camera Menu. Verify that all connected cameras are checked as “ Installe d” and that Record Mode is set[...]

132  Make sure you are using t he correct WAN IP a ddress given by the ISP, o r, if you hav e a Dynamic IP, check if the IP address has changed; use DDNS to avoid problems caused by changing ISP addresses.[...]

133 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 Mo de Input Event Alarm Duration t t Event = t Reaction t Event : Duration of a larm input source (motion, contact, system events...) t reaction : Re sulting duration for this alarm mo de, related to event record, alarm outputs, OSD message, buzzer Timeout + Transp arent Mode t[...]

134 Timeout Mode t Input Event Alarm Duration t Duration = t Reaction t Event t Event : Duration of a larm input source (motion, contact, system events...) t Duration : Alarm duration f or timeout, defined in the event setup menus t reaction : Re sulting duration for this alarm mo de, related to event record, alarm outputs, OSD message, buzzer Perm[...]

135 Timeout Mode: Retrigger of Alarms t Event : Duration of a larm input source (motion, contact, system events...) t Duration : Alarm duration f or timeout, defined in the event setup menus t reaction : Resulting duration for this alarm mod e, related to event record, alarm outputs, OSD message, buzzer Timeout+Tran sparent Mode: Retrigger of Alarm[...]

136 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: Normal + Event Record With: Recor ding days The DVR will Auto adjust image Quality and Event frame rate to match the number of Rec ording days which user selected: According to resolution, event hours and other assu mptions a[...]

137 Case 3: Record Mode: Normal + Event or Event Only Record With: Preset Setting DVR will apply the settings in the table below to a ll cameras according to the Preset Set tings. Preset Sett ing Option Camera Item Apply value Quality Superior Normal Fram e Rate Max recordi ng frame ra te of DVR Best Quali ty Event Fra me Rate 30 Quality Standard N[...]

138 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 of the DVR. You can perform all th e settings and opera tions fro m the remote control. The effective distance is up to 33 feet line of sight. The keypad functions are same as the front pane l buttons of the DVR. A p p e n d i[...]

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