EverFocus eDR1680 Series manual

1 Administrator’s Guide and Operating Instructions Real Time Digital Video Recorder eDR1680 Series V 1.0[...]

2  Refer all work related to the insta llation of this product to qualified ser vice personnel or s ystem instal lers.  Do not block the ventilation opening o r slo ts on the cover.  Do not drop metallic parts through slots.This could permanently damage the appliance. Tu rn the power off immed iately and contact qualified ser vice personne[...]

3 The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to presence of important operating and maintenance(serv icin g)instructions in the literature accompan yi ng the appliance. Safety Precautions Warning : To prevent fire or shock haz ard, do not expose units not specifically designed for outdoor use to rain or moist[...]

4 Read Instruction ---All the safety and operati ng instructio ns should be read before the init is operated Retain Instructions ---The safety and operating instructions shoul d be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings —All warnings on the unit a nd in the oper ating instructions should b e ad hered to. Follow Instructions —All operating[...]

5 Table of Contents 1. Product F eature s …… ……………………………… …………………..…………. 1 2. Part Nam es …………… …………………………………………. .…………………2 2.1 Front p anel……… … ……………………………… …………. .………………...2 2.2 Back panel?[...]

6 1. Product Features  16/8 CH Real-Time Digital Video Recorder  Quadruple operation: Recording, Live view, Playback & Remote viewing  16/8 Color and/or B/W camera inputs (NT SC/PAL)  MPEG-4 compress ion with resolution up to 720*480 (NTSC) / 720*576 (PAL)  Real time record ing (up to 25/30 FPS) per channel  Real time live dis[...]

7 2. Part Names 2.1 Front Panel 1 2 4 3 5 6 1 2 4 3 5 6 8 10 9 11 7 12 15 14 13 Jog Dial (inner) and Shuttle Ring (outer) Jog Dial : A. Rotate in paused pla yback to move forward or backward to the next recorded image B. In Setup Menu, rotate to select the options in the column (Sa me as keys) Shuttle Ring : A. Rotate in pla yback to searc h the re[...]

8 2.2 Back Panel 1 2 Video Input Connector s (Video In 1-8): BN C connectors for video input 1-8 Video Output Connectors (Video Out 1-8): BN C connectors for video looping out 1-8 4 3 Video Input Connector s (Video In 9~16) : BNC connectors fo r video input 9~16 (eDR1680) Video Output Connectors (Video Out 9~16): BN C connectors for video looping o[...]

9 1 2 3 4 5 2.3 Remote Controller The ERC100 remo te controller is an accessor y to enhance the handy operations. You can do all the settings and operations by the r emote controller. The effective distance is up to 10 meters w ithout any obstacle. 1 2 3 4 5 Power Button Main Power ON/ OFF Eject Button Press to control the ejection inse rtion of th[...]

10 3. Installation Call Monitor 75 Ω 75 Ω NTS C /P AL SCSI A udio In 1 2 3 4 In Out V 1 V 2 V 3 V 4 V 5 V 6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V1 1 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 Video 1-8 In Out Vide o 9-1 6 RS232#1 Audio Out LAN USB RS232#2 Power Alar m In 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Alar m Out NO NC 2 1 C 4 3 6 5 C 8 7 CVBS Y/C VGA Main Monit or 1- 8 9-16 Disk Arra[...]

11 Optional Connection VGA Monitor Connect the VGA mon itor output connector to a VGA mon itor. The VGA monitor displays selected live or reco rded cameras in any available format. Call Monitor Connect the Call monito r output connector to a TV monitor. Th is monitor di splays the full scr een images of cameras as sociated with a larms or images fr[...]

12 4. Function Keys Illustration Press to change display split mode according to following c ycle. The Function Ke y Panel can operate 2 leve ls function-General Mode and PTZ Control Mode. The levels are distinguished by icon color s: General Mode – W hite ( For EDR1680 operation) PTZ Control Mode– Cyan (For extensiona l PTZ camera if connected[...]

13 Status There are fou r types of status di splay on the bottom of the screen . Pres s to displa y Date/Tim e & HDD storage stat us . Press again to display Date /Time & Camera Status . Press again to display Date/Time & Alarm Inputs . .Pre ss again to control the Date/Time & Alar m Outputs Press again to close t h e displ ay. From[...]

14 A. Press to move focus w indow Up, Down, Left & Right in live display mode . B. In setup Menu Dialog, press to move between columns (Same as Shuttle) , press to select options (Same as Jog). C. Once the Simulated keyboard pop up, use to move among the alphanumeric keys. (Same as JOG) ( Enter ) A. In Main Menu Setup, press to enter the Menu D[...]

15 5. Live Display 5.1 System Login If the user does not login the s ystem, he will be treated as a guest and can only view the live video and system status. To log in the system, press (Menu) button, the system log in dialog and simulated keyboard will appear on sc reen as below allowing user to enter appropriate Login name and password. (Fo r Ope[...]

16 There is a lways a focus window sur rounded by a white frame and it can be moved among split windows by using buttons.  Multi-window display Press to change display different split wi ndows according to fo llowing cycle.  Full/Zoom Switch the focus window to full screen mode. Press again to Dig ital Zoom-in ( X2) the selected area (Show X2[...]

17 6. Setup Menu For ente ring the s ystem setup menu , the user has to login as an Admin istrator level. To setup the behavio rs of the s ystem, please pr ess “ Menu ” button on the front panel. The Setup Menu shown as below will appear on screen. Use buttons or “ Jog” to switch items in the row. Use buttons or “ Shuttle” to enter the [...]

18 6. 1 Menu flowchart Camera > Calendar General Advanced Global Logout Password General Network Alarm Input > Main Monitor Seq Call Monitor Seq Dial-up E-mail Alarm Action Syste m > Hard Disk Display > Motion Detection Motion Action VLoss Action[...]

19 6.2 Camera Setup 6.2.1 Camera-General Setup Camera Tag Default settings are Ca m1~Cam16 (Cam1 ~Cam8 for eDR880) . User may move to “Edit” icon and press “Enter” button (Simulated keyboard will pop up once you start the edit function - Figure 1 ) to edit the ca mera title ( total 10 character s available) . Move to “ OK ”i c o n a f t[...]

20 6.2.2 Camera-Advanced Setup Camera Tag Select the corr esponding camera Cam1~Ca m16 for fur ther setting. Time Type 4 options of time type are available. De fault value is “On Duty” . The setting of each time type please refer Chapter 7 Calendar setup menu. Motion Select “ON/OF F” to enable/disable the Motion detection for corresponding [...]

21 Motion Detection Setup Mask Type 3 Options (4x3, 8x 6, 16x12). Select t he size of the mask t hat will be used to config ure t he motion detection area in the view window. De fault value is 16x12. Mask Select 3 Options (Select All, Clear ALL, Use r define). Select the initial ma sked area. Sensitivity 3 Options (High, Mid, Low ). Default value i[...]

22 Post-Recording Define the post-recor ding time (0~99 seconds) for cor responding camera. Default value is 10 Sec. Alarm Output To define which Alarm Output will be triggered when the Motion Action is triggered. Alarm Output 1,2,5, 6 are NC type of sign al, Alarm Out p ut 3, 4 , 7, 8 are No ty pe . Se lect N/A to disa ble al arm output.Default va[...]

23 VLoss Act (video loss action) Maximum 4 options . Define the Video Loss Action fo r corresponding camera .Default value is “VlossA01”. Move the f ocus to the Con fig icon will be enable d for user t o configure the video loss action behavio r. Move the focus to the icon and press “ Ente r ” button to show the Video Loss Action Dialo g as[...]

24 6.2.3 Camera-Global Setup The Global Se tup allows ad ministrato r to define the co mmon behaviors for all the installed cameras. The se ttings belo w will apply to all install ed cameras. Time Stamp Select “ON” to e n able Time Stamp, “OF F” to disable. While the Time stamp i s O n, user m ay define its Colo r and Position fro m the opt[...]

25 6. 3 Calendar Setup There are to tal Ten year s calendar and four Da y Type availab le for users ’ setting. The DVR’s behavior will work accordi ng to the setting sche dule (Figure 1). Year 10 options. Default value is curren t year (2004). Month 12 options. Default value is curren t month (April). Da yT ype Co nf ig Move the focus on this i[...]

26 6. 4 System Setup 6.4.1 System-General Setup System Tim e Set the system of the DVR. (After set the n ew sy stem tim e, you need to reboot the ma chine to a ctivate th e setting.) Daylight Sav ing Time Four options. Se lect the desired type if necessary. Language Multi-language support. Selec t the desired language to show on the display. (After[...]

27 6.4.2 System-Hard Disk Setup HDDs Auto Ove rwrite To set aut o o verwrit e wh e n HDD is full. Def a ult valu e is “OFF”. If the setting is “O FF”, th e DVR stop recording when HDD is full. HDD Full Action To define the behavio rs when HDD is full. Triggered when HDDS ar e full and av ail abl e spa c e <: XX%. Default value is 10%. Al[...]

28 6.4.3 System-Alarm Input Setup The Alarm Input Setup allow s the adminis trator to define the behaviors for each Alarm Input at each Time Type. There are up to 16 Alarm Inputs connected to the system. For each Alarm Input and each Time Type, you may enable/d isable and select its corresponding Alarm Action (Figure 1 ). For most applica tions, 16[...]

29 Figure 3 Figure 4 Action Tag Default val ue AlarmA 0 1 ~AlarmA 1 6. Move t he f o cu s to “Edit” icon an d pr ess “ Enter ” button to edit desired action tag. Simulat ed keyboard will pop up once user starts the edit function (Figure 4 ) (total 10 characters available). Move to “OK” icon after finished editing and press “ Enter ”[...]

30 6.4.4 System-Network Setup The Network Config urati on all ows t he a d ministrator to defin e the pa r am eters for communi cation between the syste m and outboard devices via Ethernet. IP address Enter the reasonable parameters in the column s by using s imulated keyboard . To obtain the IP address of the s ystem, please contac t your Inte rne[...]

31 6.4.5 System-Dial-up Setup The Dial -up Setup al lows the admin istrator to define the parameters for dial -up connection between the system and outboa rd devices through Mode m (Modem Functio n Reserved) or ISDN. . Dialup Devi ce The system supports dia l-up connection via Modem or ISDN . Selec t Modem or ISDN to s etup the dial-up meth od. S e[...]

32 6.4.6 System-Email Setup The E-Mail Setup allows administra tor to define the related settings o f E-mail notifica tion function. edr1680@ever focus.com .tw admin@everfoc us.com.tw System Address Enter the reasonable system e-mail address. The address will be shown on the notification mail as the sender’s add ress. Send Mail to The system can [...]

33 6. 5 Display Setup 6.5.1 Display-Main Monitor Seq Setup The Main Monitor Sequence Configuration allows administrato r to define the Display Pages in Sequence Mode display. SEQ Mode There are 7 Sequence Mode display types – Full, 4 -Window, 7- Window, 9- window, 10-window , 13- window and 16 -window. Select the Sequence Mode display type and th[...]

34 6.5.2 Display-Call Monitor Seq Setup The Call Monitor Sequence Setup allows ad ministrator to define the regular behavior of the call (spot) monitor . Dw ell Ti me 11 options (OFF. 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 , 45, 60 seconds). Each camera can set diffe rent dwelling time in sequential display.[...]

35 6.6 Password Setup The Passwo rd Setup allows the adminis trator to set the new Login names and passwords for the Administ rator, Supervisor and Operator le vel. The sys tem allow s up to total 30 use r accounts for all login levels . The default (Login, Password) for the Administrato r is (admin, admin), the Supervisor is (supe rvisor, supervis[...]

36 6.7 Logout To logout the sys tem, press “Ente r” button to in voke the Logout Dialog as shown in below . The default setting for confirm di alog is “No” . Use buttons or “ Shuttle ” to selec t the “Yes” to confirm , then press “ Enter ” to logout.[...]

37 7. Playback and Sear ch recorded images 7.1 Video Playback Single Windo w Playba c k On Static Mode, use buttons to move the focus to the designated view wi ndow, then press “ Live/P lay ” button to start playback mode. There is an “ “ w ill show on the display. Press “ “ on the playback panel to start playback video. Press “ Live/[...]

38 7.2 Search Recorded Images The system pr ovides 4 ways to search the recorded images for playback, Search By Time , Sear ch By Location , Sea rch By Event and Smart Search . To search the recorded images , press “ Searc h ” button, the Image Search Dialog will appear on screen. Please refer to the following details. In general, buttons and ?[...]

39 7.2.3 S e ar ch by Ev ent 2004/04/09 23:10:00 Cam 1 2004/04/09 23:15:00 Cam 2 2004/04/10 07:08:00 Cam 3 2004/04/10 08:51:10 Cam 4 2004/04/10 10:22:37 Cam 1 Operation: 1. Select to search by Event . 2. Select desir ed start event type- Alarm , Vloss , Motion . 3. Sele ct the l ist numb er is the list. For e xampl e: 3/25. 4. Move the focus to “[...]

40 8. Video Archive and Preview 8.1 Video Archive The playback video can be archived to various medias. Move the focus to the desired playback window, p ress “Arch ive” button to invoke the Video Archive Di alog shown as belo w. The selected playback window will be shown in the view window.Use buttons or “ Shuttle ” to move t he focus among[...]

41 8.2 Preview Archived Video Refer to Chap ter 8.1 video archive to invoke the dia log and select Previe w to invoke the Video Archive and Preview Dialog shown as below. The selec ted playback window will be shown in the view window.U se buttons or “ Shuttle ” to mo ve the focus among items, or “ Jog ”t o select option from the lis t in th[...]

42 9. Event Log There are 6 kinds of event logs: Alarm, Motion, Video Loss, Hard Disk Full, P ower on/off and User Log in/out . To view t he ev ent log, press “ Event ” button to invoke the Event Log Dialog as shown in below. U se buttons or “ Shuttle ” to move the focus among ite ms, or “ Jog ”t o select option from the lis t in the it[...]

43 10. PTZ Control The system support diffe rent models of speed dome (Current a vailable models: EverFo cus EPTZ series, ED2200. Pelco D protocol dome, C1487 M. Kalatel Cyber Dome. Philips Auto Dome. Samsung SCC-641P, SPD-2500. Subject to further noti ce if there is update support protocol) that allows users to operate the basic function of PTZ ca[...]

44 11. View from Internet / Intranet Basic Operations and Login Display: Go to the Internet Explorer, key in the network I P address, for exam ple, http:/ /192.1 68.10.5 (m ust be the sam e IP address as the one assigned to t he unit from the Network Setting Menu.) The “ digital video recorder login” page will show on the screen ” User’ mus[...]

45 Main Screen Above diagram is the main screen display. The icons on t he lower corner of th e screen are mainly for control and Configurati on, those on t he right corner are for status indication. If any icon is grayed, it means th at the specific functio n is not ac cessible in the current mode. The followings are a brief descri ption for each [...]

46 7 8 9 10 11 12 REV. PLAY : Reverses video display STOP : Press this key to stop video di splay PAUSE: Press this key to pause the Video display PLAY: Playing t he Video dis play Step Forward the Video display Fast Forward: fast forward the Vi deo displ ay 13 14 15 16 17 18 Remote/Local: select either Remote or Lo cal display Full screen / Quad s[...]

47 21 Search Function Panel: Search Mode showing Event List, Date R ange, and Play Back Panel 20 HDD Mode: Display curren t Hard Drive storage status Event List: List the Event History and time stamps Date Time: Ask user to i nput Date and Time begin to end time[...]

48 REV. PLAY : Reverses video display STOP : Press this key to stop video di splay.. PAUSE: Press this key to pause the Video display. PLAY: Playing back the Video . Step Forward the Video display. Fast Forward: fast forward the Video display. PLAY PANNEL : Play Panel Control Area PTZ Functions: PTZ Panel to Preset, sequentially presend camera, Iri[...]

49 Zoom In: Zoom in to enlarge the displayed image Zoom Out: Zoom out the displayed i mage . Preset: Preset Camer a mode . Sequence Preset: set up the dis play Sequence Iris: Iris Control, user can Increase o r Decrease the IRIS setting by clicking or . Auto Focus: click check box to active Aut o Focus Adjust Focus: By clicking the or to adjust F o[...]

50 Appendix A: LAN Functional Specification Specifications : Network In terface: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (10/100 Base-T) LAN controller Chip: RealTek 80 19 LAN Connector: RJ-45 Protocol: HTTP,TCP/IP.ICMP, ARP Remote Access: Standard browser such as in ternet Explorer / Ne tscape with JAVA support Image Compression: JPEG Used Port s: 80, 1111, 2222, 33[...]

51 Appendix B: Recording Time Table Time Lapse Mode Re cording Time (system storage:160GB) (Estimated with typical image – low noise leve l) 280 318.6 350.7 413.4 16 140 159.3 175.4 206.7 32 93.3 106.2 116.9 137.8 48 46.7 53.1 58.5 68.9 96 28 31.9 35.1 41.3 160 18.7 21.2 23.4 27.6 240 9.3 10.6 11.7 13.8 480 9.92 8.72 7.92 6.72 (fps) Level 3 Level[...]

52 Time Lapse Mode Re cording Time (system storage:320GB) (Estimated with typical image – low noise leve l) 560 637.1 701.5 826.7 16 280 318.6 350.7 413.4 32 186.7 212.4 233.8 275.6 48 93.3 106.2 116.9 137.8 96 56 63.7 70.1 82.7 160 37.3 42.5 46.8 55.1 240 18.7 21.2 23.4 27.6 480 9.92 8.72 7.92 6.72 (fps) Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Level 0 Speed PIC[...]

53 Appendix C: Simulated Keyboard There are situations that the user will be aske d to enter a numeric or alphanumeric str ing. So, a Simulated Keyboa rd is designed for the user to use the mouse for all the operations. Please refer to the following diagram for the details.[...]

54 Appendix D: Q & A Q: Do I need a fix IP address to set up the machine? A: Yes, Only a fixed IP addre ss is availa ble for t he syst em. Q: What are IP address, Submask, Ga teway, and DNS and what parameter shou ld I use to set up the system ? A: Please refer to chapter 6 of Sys tem-Network Setup section for more detail descr iption. Since th[...]

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