EverFocus EDR-920 manual

INSTALLATION / OPERATION EDR-920 9-channel Digital Video Recorder Rev 1.00 EDR-1640 16-channel Digital Video Recorder[...]

Safety warnings Safety warnings To avoid any dam age, please consider the fol lowing safety warnings: Never place the recorder near to heaters, furnaces, other heat sources or under direct solar irradiation. Operate the device only in locations pr oviding the tolerabl e operating temp erature range 0 ° C~40 ° C. Make sure that the device‘s vent[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Features 4 1.2 Delivery scope 4 1.3 Technical data 5 1.4 Front panel operating elements 7 1.5 Connections 10 1.6 Screen displays 12 2. Installation 15 2.1 Delivery scope 15 2.2 Video connection inst allati on, DVR cascading 15 2.3 Audio connection installati on 17 2.4 RS-485 keyboard installation 18 2.4.1 Gen[...]

4. Recording 56 4.1 Normal recording 56 4.2 Timer – scheduled recording 56 4.3 Event recording 57 5. Playback 58 5.1 Playback without search function 58 5.2 Recording search 60 6. Video export 62 7. Call- / m atrix monitor setup 64 8. Display settings 65 9. Screen display 66 10. EDA 966 infrared remote control (optional) 67 11. Network access 68 [...]

• Duplex operation: simultaneous recording and playback •M P E G 4 c o m p r e s s i o n m e t h o d with configurable quality • variable r ecordi n g rate u p to 400/200 imag es / s econd (EDR1640/920) • 4-channel audio recording • motion detection • 2 x 3,5“ HDD, expandable to max. 50 HDD with EDA800S (optional) • network interfac[...]

1.3 TECHNICAL DATA 5 Video format PAL/CCIR Video input EDR920: 9 x 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC, 75 Ohm EDR1640: 1 6 x 1 Vpp FBAS , BNC , 75 Ohm Main monitor: 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC at 75 Ohm CALL/MATRIX monitor: 5 x 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC at 75 Ohm Video output 9/16 x loop-through outputs 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC at 75 Ohm Video compres sion MPEG4 Recording r esoluti on 720x 288, 72[...]

Title generator Max. 12 charact ers per camera Network RJ45 sock et Image export USB 2.0 interfa ce RS-232 9-pin Sub-D soc ket RS-485 2 x RJ45 Audio 4 x input 500 mV max /10KOhm, 1 x output 500 mV max at 10KOhm Power source 100 ~ 240 VAC Power consumption 185 W max. Dimensions 430 (W) x 88 (H) x 300 (D) mm Weight 6,24 KG Ambient temperatur e 0 o C [...]

1.4 FRONT PANEL OPERATING ELEMENTS Keys 2 3 4 7 6 5 8 REC: recording key STOP: recording / playback stop PLAY: playback PAUSE: image fre eze, stops playback f or freeze mode SEARCH: op ens on-screen display for playb ack search COPY: opens image export menu. In playback mode , the current playback position is stored as imag e export start positi on[...]

SEQ: Sequence operati on, automatic image s witching SELECT: In multiscreen mode: selecti on of the came ra to be disp layed in a partial screen. ENTER switches to the follo wing partial screen. In full screen mode: brightness, contrast an d colour adjustment for this video channel. 12 13 15 14 16 17 HDD lock: HDD lock and switch CALL: On-screen di[...]

20 21 22 USB socket: USB-2.0 port for image export via USB stick resp. external DVD-R EPR200 HDD LEDs: LEDs for HDD power (green) and HDD activity (red) IR receiver: Receiver for infrared remote control 23 9 LCD display: Status, time/date display[...]

1 1.5 CONNECTIONS Main switch: Power switc h, below IEC socket f or 100~240 VAC power source EDR1640 back panel (EDR920 id entical, 9 video inputs) 10 Vide o inputs: EDR920: VIDEO IN(1~9): BNC video inputs for 1 Vpp Comp osit e video signals, autom atic 75 Ohm termination (high impedance switching upon loop-through output load) EDR1640: VIDEO IN (1[...]

11 Fan: Fan air out let, please do not cove r 11 13 Mouse: PS-2 mouse connection (optional) 10 LAN: RJ45 network socket 7 RS232 socket: 9-pin Sub-D control input for RS-232 remote control 8 RS485 socket: 2 x RJ45 socket (equal) for remote control via RS-485 keyboards and telemetry control (network-controlled) 9 Matrix monitors 1 ~4: Matrix monit or[...]

1.6 SCREEN DISPLAYS 1. Channel display 2. Event (her e: video loss) 3. Disp lay se lect ion 4. Playback status 5. Recording status Channel display: shows the selected vi de o channel’s description 2 Event: Event display, may be channel-related or gl obal Channel-related types of event: Alarm: Display of an alarm triggered by al arm input contact [...]

3 4 SELECT: Within a multiscreen view, the SELECT key activates the camera selection mod e. The active camera field shows “ S”. Use the JOG to switch between the camera fi elds. Use the channel keys 1~9 or 1~16 to switch the channel.. PLAYBACK STATUS: The playback-relevant information are d isplayed in this status bar. Playback da te Playbac k [...]

1. Current date: as set in time/date menu 2. Recording stat us: In case of activated rec ording, "R" + current HDD no. is displayed “ R01 ”: R - R ECORD, figure shows the currently recording HDD no., here: N o. 1 3. Event: current event display 4. Current time: as set in time/dat e menu 5. HDD fan message: “No Disk” : no HDD av ai[...]

ATTENTION: The ins talla tion sho uld be e ffecte d by qu alifie d pers onne l only . Connect power source only after having finished the f urther installation. 2.1 Delivery scope 2. INSTALLATION Check the delivery scope (see 4.) befor e starting the installation. 2.2 Video connection installation, DVR cascadin g 15 Sample installation with maximum[...]

DVR cascading The digital video recorders provide "CASCADE IN" and "CASCADE OUT" video connections. In combination with RS-485 remote control, up to 8 EDR920/1640 can be cascaded and administrated via one singl e main monitor. Cascad ing is effected by connecting the DVRs „CASCADE OUT“ to the „CASCADE IN“ of the follo wi[...]

2.3 Audio connection i nstallatio n Sample installation with audi o connection to vide o cameras providi ng audio output: The EDR920/1640 DVRs provide 4 audio inputs and 1 audio output. The inputs are designed for max. 500 mV to 10 KOhm line a udio signals. ATTENTION: The dire ct co nnec tion o f a non -amplifie d micro phon e is n ot s uppor ted ([...]

2.4 RS-485 keyboard installation All EDR920/1640 functions can be remote-controlled by the EKB 500 universal keyboard. Using the EEPbus protocol, d igital video recorders, keybo ards and speed dom es can be installed on one single RS-485 bus. One system can comprise up to 8 keyboards. 2.4.1 General RS-485 bus installation EKB-500 uses an RS-4 85 si[...]

A direct RS-485 bus star wiring is not supported; star wiring requires the use of signal distributors. Improper RS-485 bus star wiring If star wiring is inevitable, EDA 997A RS-485 sign al distributors may be used. The maxi mum system cable length can also be expanded by using th ese distributors, physical ly providing a new RS-485 bus with 1200 m [...]

For a simple, short distance installation, record er and keyboard can directly be connected using a standard network cable (patch cable, uncrossed!). 2.4.3 EKB-500 connection with network pat ch cable 2.4.2 RS-485 plug co nnection assignment The two RS-485 input RJ-45 plugs are looped through and pin-compatib le. The following RJ-45 plug assignment[...]

2.4.4 EKB-500 connection to several DVRs For long distance installati ons connecting se veral DVRs, the use of the optional EDA998 connection kit is recommended: EKB 500 insta llation with several DVRs and EDA998 connection kit For further details on keyboard connectio n, please ref er to the EKB 500 manual. RS-485 port communication settings are c[...]

2.5 Speed dome installation Speed dome or tele metry receiver pan/tilt/zoom control is available through web browser or the optional PowerCon software if the DVR is c onne cted to a network. Local telemetry control is provided by the optional EKB 500 keyboard. ATTENTION : The basic RS-485 wiring rules described in chapter 2.3.1. also apply to the c[...]

2.6 Alarm input / output i nstallation The EDR920/1640 alarm inputs can be used for re cording start or recording rate adjustment. Furthermore, alarm reactions such as camera swit ching to monitors, buzzer, e-mail and network alarm are available. An alarm output relay can be switched if required. EDR920 provides 9 alarm inputs, EDR1640 provid es 16[...]

2.7 PS/2 mouse installation EDR920/1640 may optionally be controlled through PS/2 wheelmo use which mu st be connected before system start-up. 2.8 Installation EDA800 s harddisk expansion unit The EDR920/1640 image storage capacity can be expanded using EDA800s harddisk expansion units. Max. 6 EDA800s with 8 harddisk s each can be connected via SC [...]

2.9 Network connection EDR920/1640 DVRs provide fast MPEG-4 format i m age transmission and network remote configuration. This chapter doesn‘t go into basic network techni que details. For further informati on, especially about router installation an d internet connecti on, please refer to the publication "EverFocus network technique". [...]

26 2.10 Harddisks Insert the pre-assembled harddisks incl. frames into the HDD tray. Both harddisk s must be jumpered as „CS – Cable Select“. Make sure that both harddisks have reached the stop position and use the key switch to lock the harddisk tray. ATTENTION: Use only harddisks approved f or the use with EDR920/1640 DVRs. ATTENTION: Hardd[...]

3. SETUP MENU MENU The MENU key starts the main menu. Press the MENU key again to leave the menu or to change fr om sub menu to a higher menu level. Use the JOG to select a menu item. Use the ENTER key to confirm a selecti on and to pr oceed to the next entry in sub menus. Use the DISPLAY key to return to the previous entry in sub menus. All EDR DV[...]

Define the foll owing settings in the TIME / DATE menu: (1) TIME FORMAT: Select either 12-hour or 24-hour format for time displ ay (2) TIME: Current time Hour: 00 ~ 2 3 (1 ~ 12 for 12- hour format) Minute : 00 ~ 59 Second: 00 ~ 59 (3) DATE FORMAT: Select the date display f ormat: YYYY-MM-DD , MM-DD-YY YY or DD-MM-YYYY (4) DATE: Current date Day: 01[...]

(7) END DATE: End of daylight saving time 29 LAST Select week: Use the JOG t o adjust the week of the selected month: 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . Select day: Use the JOG to adjust the weekday: TH SU FR TU MO WE SA Select month: Use the JOG to adjust th e month: FEB MAR JAN APR MAY JUN DEC NOV OCT SEP AUG JUL Adjust switching time: Select the switching time (FR[...]

(10) TIME ZONE: Enter your local time zone (Germany, Austria, Switzerland: GMT+1). ATTENTION: The correct entry is compulsory for NTP synchronisation. (11) UPDATE INTERVAL: Time synchronisation interval DAY MONTH WEEK (8) TIME SY NCHRONISATION: The DVR offe rs time synchronisati on via NTP server. ATTENTION: The synchronisation should be activated [...]

3.2 CAMERA MENU The most important recordin g op eration settings are defined in the CAMERA menu. Before changing the settings in this menu, recording has to be sto pped. Each camera is set individually: (1) NAME: Enter the video channel description with max. 12 characters each. Available characters are (select with JOG ): 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, A,B,[...]

(6) REC SPEED ON TI ME ZONE: The EDR DVR offers 8 diff e rent timers for scheduled recording. The settings of the last row “N” (normal) apply to those periods not captured by a timer schedule (setup in TIMER menu) For recording rate, the fol lowing steps are available: 1;2;3;4;5;6;8;10;12,5;25 images/s. In case no timer is activated, the DVR on[...]

(7) SUM MARY: The SUMMARY menu item gives a summary on the settings for control purp os e. Use the JOG to browse the individual settings. ATTENTION: This menu does not allow any ed iting of settings. (8) COPY functi on Besides camera title, PTZ ID and INSTAL LED/COVERT, the settings can be copied from one cam era to another. Select the camera to be[...]

3.3 RECORDING MENU Define the foll owing settings in the recording menu: (1) RECORD AUDIO: YES: Audio is recorded tog ether with video. Audio recording is eff ected independent of image reco rding rate. NO: Audio recording is deactivated . (2) TIME ST AMP: ON: Recording is overlaid by ti me and date. OFF: Recording doesn’t provi de time/date stam[...]

(5) R ESOLUTION: DVR PAL recording resolution is adjustable as fol lows: 720x288 (Half D1), Default setting, total recording rate 100 IPS for EDR920 total recording rate 200 IPS for EDR1640 720x576 (D1) , total recording rate 50 IPS for EDR920 total recording rate 100 IPS for EDR1640 or 360x288 (CIF) , total recording rate 200 IP S for EDR920 total[...]

3.4 ALARM MENU Define the dry alarm contacts’ attributes and the alarm reactions in the ALARM menu. For alarm contact pin assignment, please ref er to appendix D. Each contact is adjusted individually an d selected fr om the list on the left: (1) ALARM: ENABLE: Contact is activated. DISABLE: Contact is deactivated. (2) ALARM TYPE: N.O. : Normally[...]

(4) DURATION: Alarm duration for N.O. and N.C. contact types. Duration applies to recording, screen change, buzzer and output contac t and is adjustable from 1~99 seconds. (5) ALARM OUTPUT: Outpu t relay activation. 1: Output relay 1~4 (selection) is switched in case of alarm NONE: Output relay is deactivated. (6) ALARM EMAIL: By selecting “ON”[...]

3.5 MOTION DETECTION Define all motion detecti o n settings for the ind ividual cameras in the MOTION DETECTION menu. Use the JOG to select the cameras fr om the list on the left. (1) MOTION: ENABLE: Motion detecti on is activated. DISABLE: Motion detection is deactivated . ATTENTION: Motion detection is automatically deactiva ted upon opening an o[...]

(5) EMAIL: By selecting “ON”, an email is sent in case of motion alarm, containing the alarm message, the camera’s alarm image and the DVR IP address as sender. Define the email reci piant’s details in the NETWORK menu. (6) BUZZER : Alarm buzzer activation ENABLE : Alarm buz zer is activated. DISABLE : Alarm buzzer is deactivated. (7) NETWO[...]

(10) AREA SETUP With activated motion detecti o n, the sub menu for setting up detection areas can be entered by pressing the SELECT key. Use the DISPLAY key to show all function keys available f o r this menu at any time. Active areas are shown in green. Press the COPY key to start the selection. Use the JOG to raise a window and use the ENTER key[...]

3.6 VIDEO LOSS MENU Define the reaction upon video signal loss f or each camera in this menu: (1) VLOSS: ENABLE: Video loss detec tion i s ac tivat ed. DISABLE: Video loss detection is deactivated . (2) DURATION: Alarm duration. Duration applies to buzzer and output contact and is adjustable from 1~99 seconds. (3) ALARM OUTPUT: Outpu t relay activa[...]

3.7 NETWORK MENU Define the basic DVR TCP/IP settings in the NETWORK menu: (1) DHCP: DHCP ( Dynamic Host Communication Protocol), automatic IP number assignment (if supported by the network). YES: DHCP activated NO: DHCP deactivated. (2) IP ADDRESS: Enter the DVR’s IP address. If DHCP is activated, IP address is assigned automatically . (3) SUBNE[...]

(6) HTTP PORT: Default setting for this port is: 80. The port can be changed if necessary. (7) CONTROL PORT: Def a ult setting for this port is: 1600. The port can be changed if necessary. (8) DATA PORT: Default setting for this port is: 37260. The port can be changed if necessary. ATTENTION: If several users simultaneously access the DVR via netwo[...]

(4) SERVER 1 : A l arm server 1 IP address (recipiant) (5) SERVER 2 : A l arm server 2 IP address (recipiant) (6) SERVER 3 : A l arm server 3 IP address (recipiant) 3.7.3 EMAIL (Email alarm) Define the recipiant’s email account settings for email alarm in the EMAIL menu item. Email alarms can be sent upon motion, a larm contact and technical alar[...]

3.7.4 PASSWORD Define user names, passwords and user righ ts f or network access in the PASSWORD menu item. Up to 6 dif ferent users can be defined: (1) NAME: User name fo r network login (2) PASSWORD: Password for network login (3) LEVEL: Define the administrative rights for network access. LIVE: only live view is p ossible, no playb a ck, no even[...]

3.8 TIMER MENU Define the time frames for scheduled recording in the TIMER menu: (1) DAY: MO (Monday), TU (Tuesday), WE (Wednesd ay), TH (Thursday), FR (Friday), SA (Saturday), SU (Sunday). WDAY : Monday to Friday. WEND : Weekend, Saturday and Sunday. DLY: Daily. (2) START: Recording start time (3) END: Recording end time ATTENTION: The start time [...]

3.9 HDD (harddisk) MENU Check harddisk status and delete harddisk indexes in the HDD menu. (1) DISK INFORMATION: Harddisk number in blocks of 4 HDD (m ore than 2 HDD only in combination with harddisk expansion EDA800), use the JOG for selection (2) DISK VIDEO DELETE: After confirmation with SELECT and a further security request, the harddisk’s in[...]

3.10 RS232/RS485 MENU 48 CONTROL SET UP MENU RS232 BAUD RA TE 9600 BPS STOP BIT 1 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 RS485 BAUD RA TE 9600 BPS STOP BIT 1 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 RS232/RS485 ID 1 PTZ PROTOCOL EVERFOCUS (1) RS232 BAUD RATE: RS-232 interface transmission speed. 1200, 2400, 480 0, 9600, 19200 and 384 0 baud can be selected. Default setting: 9600 ba[...]

3.11 WARNING MENU 49 3.11.1 FAN FAILURE The EDR provides warning functions allowing signalling upon op eration failure. Define the alarm reactions in the WARNING m enu. Both fans provide failure detection . Def ine the alarm reactions upon fan failure i n this menu item: (1)BUZZER: By selecti o n “ENABLE”, the buzzer is activated upon fan failu[...]

The enduring HDD temperature surveillance gu arantees an alarm reaction in case the threshold value is exceeded . There may be several reasons for HDD te mperature excess: - Exceedance of the max. tolerable ambient temperature (40 ° C), e.g. upon installati on in an electrical cabinet with inadequate ventilation - After-effect upon fan failure -H [...]

3.11.3 NO HDD 51 WARNING SETUP MENU FAN FAULT BUZZER ENABLE HDD TEMP. A LARM OUTPUT 1 NO HDD ALARM DURATION PERMANENT HDD FULL NETWORK ALA RM NO EMAIL NO The DVR detects when both harddisks are removed, switched off or not detected. De fine the alarm reactions in this menu item: (1) BUZZER: By selecting “ENABLE”, the buzzer is activated. (2) AL[...]

3.11.4 HDD FULL 52 WARNING SETUP MENU FAN FAULT BUZZER ENABLE HDD TEMP. A LARM OUTPUT 1 NO HDD ALARM DURATION PERMANENT HDD FULL NETWORK ALA RM NO EMAIL NO In operation mode HD D FULL: STOP ( setting in RECORDING menu), the recording process is stopped if the harddisk is full. Define the al arm reactions in this menu item: (1)BUZZER: By selecting ?[...]

3.12 SYSTEM MENU Define the foll owing settings in the SYST EM menu: (1) SYSTEM VERSION: Display of the installed firmw are versi o n. (2) SYSTEM VIDEO FORMAT: Display o f the detected video system PAL or N TSC. The EDR automatically detects the video system up on system startup. ATTENTION: Auto detection checks video input 1 upon system startup. T[...]

ATTENTION: After updating the system, restart, lo ading of default settings and further restart are required. Furthermore, HDD should be d eleted. (5) LANGUAGE: System language selection. (6) QUICK PLAY: The "QuickPlay" function is a c onvenient playback function allowing the immedi ate playback of video record ed 5~6 0 minutes ago by pre[...]

LEVEL-3 LEVEL-2 LEVEL-1 WITHOUT A DM INI ST RAT OR O P E RA TO R GE NE RAL - -- - D I S P L A Y O KO KO KO K M OD E OK OK OK OK Z O OM OK OK OK OK FUL L O K OK OK OK SELECT OK OK OK N O S E Q O KO K O KN O CALL OK O K N O N O MENU OK NO NO NO C O P Y O K NO NO NO SE ARC H O K NO NO NO P LA Y O K NO NO NO ST OP O K NO NO NO RE V .P L AY O K NO NO NO[...]

4.1 RECORDING Actuate the REC key to switch the DVR to recording resp. recording standby mode. The red LED within the REC key is illuminated. Alternatively, the DVR can be switched to recording / record ing standby mode through the REC IN input contact. ATTENTION: The DVR must be switched to recording standby mode (LED in REC key ON!), even if only[...]

Define the scheduled recording settings in the TIMER menu. With activated timer, recording starts and stops aut omatically. 4.2 TIMER – scheduled recordin g 4.3 Event recording If event-triggered recordings are programmed in the ALARM and/or MOTION menu, the respective cameras are recorded at the “EVENT” recording rate (programming in CAMERA [...]

Press the PLAY key to switch the DVR to playback mod e. Depending on the “QuickPlay” function settings (see SY STEM menu), playback starts at one of the following positions : QuickPlay OFF : playback starts at the last playback position QuickPlay ON: playback starts 5 ~ 6 0 min (definition in SYSTEM menu) before current recording position (1) P[...]

59 (4) Slow f orward playback Press the PAUSE key during playback to freeze the image at the current play back po sition . Turn the SHUTTLE clockwi se for slow forwa rd play back. Depen ding o n the shuttle speed, the playback speed is reduce d to 1/2, 1/ 4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/ 16, 1/32 of the normal speed. This playback mode is n ot avai lable for rever[...]

5.2 PLAYBACK SEARCH (1) TIME / DATE SEARCH Press the SEARCH key to enter the search menu. SEARCH NAVIGATION: Use the JOG to select values or entries. Use the ENTER key to go to the next menu item and the DISPLAY key to go to the pr evious menu item. Press the SELECT key to confirm a sel ecti o n. Press the MENU key to leave the search menu. ATTENTI[...]

(2) EVENT SEARC H Enter EVENT in the first row of the search menu if you search for specif ic events suc h as alarm, motion detecti on or video loss . Preselect the type of event to b e listed in the EV ENT row. The foll owing types of event are available : All events (alarm, moti on detection, video l oss) A / B / V Motio n det ectio n and video l[...]

Video data can be exported as *.arv format m ovi e file t o both a USB stick or the external USB DVD drive EPR200. PC playback requires the dedi cated viewer software wh ich may be copi ed to USB stick through the COPY menu described below or which can be downl oaded via the browser web applet in case a network connection is prov ided. Single *.jpg[...]

Define the foll owing settings in the COPY menu: COPY: Select “VIDEO” to export video data. Select “VIEWER” to copy the EDR viewer playback software. DISK NO: Harddi sk number; the resp ective harddisk’s recording timeframes are indicated in the bottom list. CAMERA NO: Number of the camera channel from which the video is to be exp orted. [...]

7. CALL / MATRIX MONITOR SE TUP Enter the call and matrix monitor setup menu by pressing the CALL key: Define the foll owing settings in the CALL menu: Press ENTER to select the respective m onitor and the selection options: (1) SEQ: “ON" activates the monitor’s sequence mode (autom atic sequential switch). (2) OSD: “ON" activates t[...]

8. DISPLAY SETTINGS 8.1. BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, COLOUR Press SELECT to adjust brightness, contrast and colo ur for each video channel in full screen mode of the respective camera ( channel keys 1 ~ 9 resp. 1 ~ 16) : Press ENTER to switch between the settings and use the JOG to adjust the values on the slidebars. (1) BRIGHTNESS: Adjust the image brig[...]

9. SCREEN DISPLAY Press the MODE key to switch between 4x, 7x, 9x, 10x, 13x, 16x and PiP (Pictur e-in-Picture) main monitor display . 10x, 13x and 16x display are available for EDR1640 only. 66[...]

The optional EDA966 IR remote c ontrol allows the EDR remote control cove ring a maximum distance of 10m. Basically, the keys comply with the EDR DVR front panel keys. Key assignment differing to EDR front panel: JOG : JOG c lockwi se. JOG : JOG c ounter-c lockwi se. SHUTTLE 1: 2x fast search or 1/2x slow search (in PAUSE) 2: 4x fast search or 1 /4[...]

PC SYSTEM REQUIR EMENTS: Operating system Windows XP SP2 / Windows 2000 S P6, DirectX 9.0c, Internet Explorer min. 6.x. ActiveX applicati ons must be permitted in the Internet Explorer settings. The loading and installatio n of ActiveX components d uring initial installation require local PC administration rights. The following elab orations assume[...]

SCREEN ELEMENTS The illustration shows the screen user interface with the following ic ons and operating elements: 2. STOP: St op pla ybac k mode and s witc h to live mod e. 3. PLAY BACK 1. REVERSE PL AYBA CK 4. SINGLE IMAGE FO RWARD: Switch to next image in PAUSE mode. 6. SINGLE IMAGE REVERSE: Switch to previous im age in PAUSE mo de. 5. PAUSE: St[...]

PLAYBACK SEARCH Select search mode either by time/date or by event list. Event list search mo de 70 Select the types of event to be displayed: ALARM, MOTION (motio n dete ctio n), VLO SS (video loss). Press UPDATE to start / refresh the event list. The load time depends on both the event list size and the netw ork speed. Events are displayed with t[...]

71 TIME / DATE SEARCH Selecting "Search by Time" opens an entry mask for playback positi on date and time input. Press the PLAY key to start the playback after data input. Year Month Day Second Minute Hour[...]

The EDR DVR allows the speed d o me and PTZ device control via network. Select “PTZ CONTROL” to activate the telemetry mode. Select the camera in the PTZ CAM field. The following control functi ons are available: 1. Camera selection 2. Key mode : Pan/tilt/zoom key reaction type Continuo us – control command is sent continuously Step x 10 – [...]

73 APPENDIX A: EDR VIEWER SOFTWARE EDR video data exported with the COPY function are saved as *.arv files, an MPEG-4 file format which cannot be run with comm on software, but requir es a special viewer software. This „EDR viewer“ software (f reeware, no licensing required) is available in the DVR memory and may be copied anytime by one of the[...]

EDR VIEWER INSTALLATION PC SYSTEM REQUIR EMENTS: Operating system Windows XP SP2 / Windows 2000 S P6, DirectX 9.0c (free downl o ad on www.microsoft.com/direct x), Inter net Ex plorer min. 6.x, DivX code c (for AV I export, free download on e.g. www. divx.co m). 74 The EDR viewer enables ARV file p layback, JPG format single im age storage and vide[...]

PIN NAME PIN # NAME 1 FREE 1 FREE 2 TXD 2 RXD 3 RXD 3 TXD 4 FREE 4 FREE 5 SIGNAL GROUND 5 SIGNAL GROUND 6 FREE 6 FREE 7 FREE 7 FREE 8 FREE 8 FREE 9 FREE 9 FREE DVR HOST 15 3 9 2 8 4 7 6 Pin assignment 9-pin RS-232 plug 75 1. RS-232 Pin assignment EDR1640/920 can be c ontrolled by exter nal devic es through RS-232 interface. 2. Interface settings Fo[...]

The following rem o te control protocol ap plies to RS232 and RS485 remote control. The EEPBus protocol is a universal control protocol for EDSR and EDR (MPEG4) series’ digital video recorders. Therefor e, it may occur that some of the f ollowing comm a nds are not available for all DVR types. 76 1-1. Samp le control code packe ts Example 1 : A p[...]

77 2-1. The format of message packet is as follows: Length Byte (Prefix: 0x86, 0x 87, or 0x88 . .... ) Receiver ID high byte Receiver ID low byte Opcode Byte Data Byte1 Data Byte2 Data Byte3 Checksum Byte 2-2. Length Byte This Length Byte is also a prefix. Bit7 must be 1. EX: 0x87 ==> this packet has 7 by tes length. (not included length byte it[...]

78 2-3. Receiver ID 1.) Indivi dual receiver ID Decimal 14bit binary value Hbyte Lbyte Receiver ID (EDSR) 0 0000000 0000000 00 00 ID = 0 1 0000000 0000001 00 01 ID = 1 2 0000000 0000010 00 02 ID = 2 .... 126 0000000 1111110 00 7e ID = 126 127 0000000 1111111 00 7f I D = 127 128 0000001 0000000 01 00 ID = 128 129 0000001 0000001 01 01 ID = 129 255 0[...]

79 2-4-1. OPcode OPcode Data1 Function 0x4B Keycode A remote key pressed 0x4D command Matrix command 2-4-2. Remo te k eys (O Pcode =0x4B ) ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Data1 Key D ata1 Key 0x00 CH1 0x01 CH2 0x02 CH3 0x03 CH4 0x04 MODE 0x05 ZOOM 0x06 SEQ 0x07 MENU 0x08 REC 0x09[...]

2-4-3. Matrix command (OPcod e=0x4D) Data1 Matrix functio n 0x00 Matrix monitor0 - ch01 spot 0x01 Matrix monitor0 - ch02 spot 0x02 Matrix monitor0 - ch03 spot 0x03 Matrix monitor0 - ch04 spot 0x04 Matrix monitor0 - ch05 spot 0x05 Matrix monitor0 - ch06 spot 0x06 Matrix monitor0 - ch07 spot 0x07 Matrix monitor0 - ch08 spot 0x08 Matrix monitor0 - ch0[...]

APPENDIX D: Recording times Average recording times, based on 100GB harddisk capacity. Using the VBR (Variable Bit Rate ) method, the storage re q u irement per image depends on the image’s colour and contrast content and captured motion. The following calculations represent sample values for cont inuous recording. Actually achieved values may di[...]

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