EverFocus ECOR264-16X1/1T инструкция обслуживания

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ii ii ii ii Safety Precautions  Refer all work rel ated to the i nstallation of this pro duct to qualified service personnel or system installers.  Do not block the ventilation openings or slots on the cover.  Do not drop metallic parts t hrough slots. Th is could p ermanently damage the appliance. Turn t h e power off immedia tely and con[...]

iii iii iii iii Unplug the unit from the out let be fore clean ing. Do not use liq uid 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 Mois ture Do not use this unit near water-for e xample, near a bat[...]

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 Contro l of PTZ ... .......[...]

vii vii vii vii 4.10 SYSTEM SETT I NG .. ............................................................. ...................................... 90 4.10.1 Date/Time ...... .......... ........... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... .......... .... 90 4.10.2 Dayligh t 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 PE C IF I C A T I O N 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 O N 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 I R Remote 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 Rec eiver: Receiver for I R[...]

6 10) V iew: 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) S EQ: 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 se[...]

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 external SATA[...]

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 monito r output. Spot monitor for full scre en live display, sequence mode and alarm camera switchin g. ?[...]

9 1 . 6 V ID 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 u se copp er center cond uctor/copper braid 75 Ohm video cable (e.g. RG-59, RG-6, RG-11) with BNC connectors. To avoid impedance mismatch and undesired loss/reflections, 50 Ohm coax cable (e.g. RG-58), or 75 ohm foil shield anten na cable and other typ[...]

10 Alarm input with N.O. (Normal O pen) contact A larm input with N. C. (Normal Closed) contact in idle state in id le state All setting s are programmed in the ALARM menu (Se ction 0). 1. 8.2 Al arm O u tp u t R e 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[...]

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 85 s o ck et p in ass ign m e nt The RS485 pin assig nment is as follows: 1. 9.3 EK[...]

13 ATTENTION: Some Pelco-D / -P protocol d omes and rece ivers req uire a n add ress offset of -1, i.e. the address assigned to the d ome / receive r in the 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[...]

14 1. 11. 2 N et wor k C o nn ect io n th ro u gh P at ch C a b l e The connection to an existing network re quires a normal patch cable (straight-throu gh). 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 DV Rs su pport mu ltiple 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 E N E R A L US B MO U S E OP E [...]

16 2. 1.3 O pe r at ion i n th 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 con sisting o f more than o ne channel, press the a rrow keys (Up/Down /Right/Left) to scroll through each channel that is displayed. The selected channel will be highlighted by white frame. Pressing t he “left” or “r[...]

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 activa te the slide r, then use arrow keys to adjust the setting. Press “ Enter ” again to finalize the changes. * Note about on-scr een keyboard: Use the arrow buttons to highlight each character and p ress the “ Enter ” key o n the front panel to inpu t the selected characters. When finishe d, h ighligh[...]

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 reco rd mode. When the DVR is turned on, it will start to record. The exceptions a re: 1. DVR will no t [...]

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 pas sword. + 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 vid eo from the exact time which users want to see. The playback bar allows a user to see both a time line and the current p layback 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 number of the desired tour c. Click “ Go ” button 12. Steps to remove a tour (if supported by the camera) a. Click “ Tour ” button b. Click the number of[...]

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 left and up • 2, 3: PTZ tilt up • 4: PTZ pan/tilt right 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 an[...]

27 3 . 7 L A Y O UT The E COR264 DVR has several display mode s ava ilable, 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 o n the menu b y using the mouse or selecting this icon with the front 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 the me nu b ar and click button. Or, p ress the ZOOM button on the front panel. 4. When in ZOOM mode, the mouse cursor will ch ange to a differen t icon in different areas of th e screen. Or, use the arrow keys to bring a different portion of the magnified image into view. Users can control the portion of the magnifie[...]

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 Ti me Sea 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 ” bu[...]

31 3. 12. 2 Ev ent S ea r c h 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 s[...]

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 Sm ar t S ea r ch Smart Search allows the revie w of a segmen t of the recorded video fro m individua l cameras to detect motion in an area specified at t he time of the sea rch. The resulting ‘mot ion events’ are dis[...]

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 button to edit the motion grid (See 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 sele [...]

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 Sn ap s h ot S ea 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 enter 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 inc[...]

38 3 . 1 4 L O G O UT Right-click to bring up the men u bar and click the button to b ring up the Logout C onfirmation window (see Figure 3-11). Figure 3- 11 Logout Confirm ation window Press “ Yes ” button when y ou are ready to logout from the system. You will need t o login again before 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 throu gh the DVR Menu Settings step by step and show you how to set the DVR for your specific app lication. 4 . 1 C ON F I GU R A T I O N M E NU 1. To b ring up the Main Menu, press the “ Menu ” key on the front panel or right-click with the USB mouse to bring up the O SD menu bar[...]

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 direct DSL connection application O NLY (no router). Check with your ISP to see if they use PPPoE. IP Address : This f ield shows the cu rrent IP Address for the DVR. If Fixed [...]

42 4 . 3 C A M E R A S E TT 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 s elected 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: This recording mode includes continuous a nd 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 A dj u st 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 picture app ears. If details appear to be lost in the shadows or darker regions, try increasing the Brightness. If the image a ppea[...]

46 4. 3.3 Mo t i on Figure 4- 4 Camera Men u – Motion Camera: Select the camera you wish t o configure. “Title” will chan ge to the titl e name of the selected camera. Enable: Ch eck box to enable motion detection. Other mot ion options will no t be available un less this feature is sele cted. Log: Check this box to record motion events in th[...]

47 Network Alarm: Check this bo x to send o ut a network alarm to a client PC when motion occurs. (Th is feature requires PowerCon software on t he client PC and proper settings for the Alarm Server in the Network Setup menu; see Section 4.6.4 Alarm Server for more information.) Auto Lock : Check the b ox and the events will be recorded in a write [...]

48 3. Press E nter key to display grid. 4. Use a rrow keys to choose one corner of de sired area 5. Press E nter key at the starting point . 6. Use a rrow keys to select motion area ; the shape of the proposed area will be displayed. 7. Press E nter key at the end point, and the a rea will be selected. 8. Press t he Menu key to exit the a rea selec[...]

49 4. 3.4 Vi de o L os s Figure 4- 6 Camera Menu – Video Loss Camera: Select the camera you wish t o configure, “Title” will chan ge to the titl e 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 sta rt copying reco rded video [...]

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 button can be used to copy the video loss settings to other cameras. Select which 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 th e disk will beg in o verwriting when full. NOTE: Unless this box is checked, THE DVR MUST STOP RECORDING WHEN THE DI SK IS FULL. The use of rec ord overw rite is strongly recommended. If you do not use th is feature, please be sure to make specific a rrangements to monitor/be notifie d wh[...]

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 Mo tion and Alarm h ours is more than 2 4 hours, th e calculator will assume that mo tion and alarm recording take place for the [...]

53 4. 4.3 Pl a y 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 th e DVR is put into p layback (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 layb[...]

54 4 . 5 A LA R M & EV EN T S E T T IN G Figure 4-10 is a screenshot o f the ALARM & EVENT SETTING ME NU . 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 t he ala rm input trigger connect ion nu mber from 1 to 4 (or 9 or 16 – one trigger per c amera input).[...]

55 Record: Sele ct which camera(s) will start recording in response to this alarm event. Email Notify: Check box to ena ble e mail notification when an alarm occurs. Email operation requires that 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 fi[...]

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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 ema il notification when fan is not working. Email o peration requires that valid ema il settings have been entered in[...]

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 enable ema il notification when HDD temp erature is ov er 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 e nable email notification funct ion when HD fails. Email op eration requires t hat 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 drive is full (reco mmended if the Record Ove rwrite function is d isabled. See Section 5.4.1). Email Notify: Ch eck box to enab le e mail notification when HD is full. Email operation[...]

62 HD Off: Figure 4- 16 Alarm & Event Menu – Event - HD Off Buzzer: Ch eck box to e nable buzzer if th e hard drive is tu rned off (disconne ct ed) or becomes d isabled (cannot be dete cted by the system). Email Notify: Check box to en able ema il notif ication when HD is of f. Email operation requires that valid email settings have been ente[...]

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 h as been restored. Email operation 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 notificatio n when the recording proce ss is terminat ed. Email operation requ ires that valid email settings h[...]

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 T I NG Figure 4 - 20 is a scree nshot of the SCHEDULE SET TING MENU . In this menu you can set a unique configuration to enable recording d uring a specified time period s. This menu is used to config ure Express Setup, Holidays and detailed Schedule settings. Figure 4- 20 Schedule Menu- Express Setup 4. 6.1 E x pr e ss[...]

67 Event Frame Ra te: FPS re cording rate for e vents. Selectable frame rate in cludes 30fps, 15fps, 10fps, 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 en try 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 desire d start time block (no numbers on it) on a time b ar. At this t ime, the selected t ime block will b e h ighlighted in b lue frame and the entire time bar will be h ighlighted by red frame. The re are 24 blocks on the t ime bar representing 24 hours respect ively. 2. Se t a schedu le start t ime by [...]

70 3. Se lecting camera : Use Right/Left arrow keys to se lect desired camera to configure. Selected camera number will be highlighted by a blue frame. See abo ve image. 4. Enter time bar editing mode : Use Up /Down arrow key to switch to time bar editing mode . Wh en this mode is se lected, all 9 time bars will be highlighted within a blue frame. [...]

71 7. Changing recording mode (color) of a timezone : Use Right/Lef t arrow key to switch to t he first block (with nu mber on it) o f a timezone. Clicking Enter b utton, and t his timezone will switch to another color, which mean s switching to another record mode. The color switch s equence is gray->orange->blue. 8. To e xit the screen, 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. I t is important to keep track of the normal recording resources b eing a llocated at each hours of the day. I ncreasing the Normal recording resolution an d/or rate can i[...]

73 CIF equiva lent FPS still available to be assig ned to one or more of th e nine CIF resolution cameras. I f 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 t o enable notifica ti[...]

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 t ime block f o[...]

75 4. Cha nge the se ction to different mode (with a different co lor) by clicking on the first block of the section. The color switches from gray -> orange -> g ray, every time user clicks the f irst blo ck o f a section. Orange indicates ‘alarm action recording ON’. 5. To set the end of a timezone, select the time block following the en[...]

76 6. Editing blocks in a time bar : when a time bar is chosen (highlighted in red frame), the press 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 f rame). Use Right/Left a rrow key to move to the desired block for the starting time , and press the Enter button a g[...]

77 Apply to Ca meras: This button can be used to copy sche dules to o ther ca meras. Select which c ameras you wish to copy to . "S elect All" select s a ll cameras, “Cl ear A ll” de selects all cameras. Click “OK” to copy 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 me nu is for con figuring 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 tha n encoun ter a p ort co nflict by choosing a port co mmonly u sed for another 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 “Chapter 7 - Everfocus DDNS Setup”. 4. 7.4 Al ar m Se r v er 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 oftwa[...]

84 4 . 8 D I S K I N FO R M A T IO N 4-30 is a screenshot of the DISK INFORMATION MENU . Th is menu is used to re view the 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 l[...]

85 4. 8.2 Loc k 4-31 is a screenshot of the DIS K LOCK/FORMAT MENU . This menu is used to cont rol 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 (%): Se ts the maximum lock percentage of the HDD volume. After setting the lock percen[...]

86 4 . 9 D IS PL A Y S E T TI N G Figure 4 -32 is a screenshot of t he DISPLAY SETTING MENU . This menu will wa lk you t hrough the Main Monitor On -Screen Display (OSD) and Main Monitor Sequ ential setup. Figure 4- 32 Display Menu – M onitor OSD 4. 9.1 M o ni tor O S 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 M a i n M / T S EQ 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 C a ll M /T S EQ 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 f or se tting up the general system para meters for the DVR. Figure 4- 35 System Menu – Date/Time 4. 10. 1 Da t e/ T i me 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 Da y l ig h t S avi ng 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 what the time will change to when [...]

92 4. 10. 3 Us er User Menu is where you can add or delete d ifferent login IDs on th e system as well as 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” button to add a ne w user. Set the name (case-sensitive), pass word, access le vel a[...]

93 Edit Click “Edit” button to make ch anges to an existing user accou nt. Pres s “Save” b utton to save 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 f or men u access from t he front panel. Whe n this is disabled, no u sername or passwo r[...]

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 O K 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. O[...]

95 4. 10. 4 I/O C on t r ol Figure 4-40 is a screenshot o f the I/O Control Setting Men u. Th is menu is used to define the settings 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: Th is field is to se t the speed at which is used to transmit instruction[...]

96 Baud Ra te: The speed u sed to transmit instructions or inf ormation through th e RS4 85 port 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 s treaming 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 L o 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 basic instruction on h ow to set up t he DVR f or net work connection. 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 n t r o d uc t i o n t o T C P /[...]

102 5 . 4 V i r t ua l P o r t s A port number represents a "channel" or ent ryway for network communications. Port numbers allow different computers to utilize network resources without interfering with e ach othe r. Port numbers most commonly appear in network programming, particular ly socket programming. Sometimes, though, port number[...]

103 The modem/rou ter wa s either installed b y you r Inte rnet se rvice pro vider o r p urchased by you to establish a connection to the Internet. A router assigns different internal IP addresses to local computers; this allows multiple co mputers t o a ccess th e Internet throug h the same external IP address. Do you have a static IP address? ___[...]

104 2. Direct High Speed Modem Connection: A direct modem co nnection uses a standard network cable to connect the mo dem directly to a computer (or in this case a modem to th e DVR). This t ype of connection only co vers single-port modems. For a combination modem/route r, use the setup described be low. 3. Rou ter or LAN Connection – A local ar[...]

105 Connection Proc edure:  The First step is to purchase or make a cross-over cable. We recommend purcha sing o ne 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 address”  Assign an IP address of 192.168.1.2, a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0, and a Default Gateway of 192.168.1.1, the n click OK.  Restart both the comp uter and the DVR.  To access the DVR fro m the computer, simply open In ternet Explorer and in the address b ar type: ht[...]

109 5 . 8 D i re c t H i g h S pe ed Mo d e m C o n n e 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 purchasing one if you have ne ver made a straight through cable. P [...]

110  Log into the EverFo cus DVR menu and go to the Network Setting Menu.  Input the Static IP address, the Subnet Mask, and the G ateway that you obtained fro m the int ernet 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 te r o r L A N C o nn e 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 purcha se or make a straight through ca ble. We recommend purchasing one if you have ne ver made a straight through cable. P lease reme mbe[...]

112  Once you have a s traight 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 EverFo cus DVR menu and go to the Network Setting Menu.  To let the router automat ically assign an address:  Set the Network Type to DHCP. Make sure to write down the IP address and the [...]

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 fro m a computer simply open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type: http:// (IP address of the DVR)  Note: The DVR’s IP address will only work at the locat ion o f the[...]

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 p assword to access the re corder. These can be ch anged in the System section of the Main Menu.  The default user na me is “ admin”. The d efault password is “11111111 ”.  Click on the Login bu tton and you will log in to the reco rder’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 E na bl ing A c t iv eX C o nt rol s Note: This section is only necessary if you DO NOT 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 Cu[...]

119 In the Security Set tings window, scroll to “ActiveX cont rols and plug-ins” Set the cont rols as follows: “ Enable ”:  Allow previo usly unused ActiveX controls to run wit hout prompt ( Internet Exp lorer 7 only )  Allow scriptlet s ( IE7 only )  Automatic p rompting for ActiveX controls  Binary and script 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 I V E V IE W 1. Click on a camera number on the left sid e of the display to switch tha t camera to full screen. Click on “4UP” to display 4 screens, click on “9UP” to display 9 screen s or click on “16IP” to display 16 screens. 2. Yo u can click the “ Mic ” button to tra nsfer audio to DVR from client sid e [...]

122 Schedule Setup Network Se tup Hard Disk Se tup Display Se tup System S etup Informat ion Setup Video Export Playb ack Search P TZ Control 5. In the main page, you will see live images in a 16-screen display (or 4 or 9 screens, de pending 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 ” but ton. Select from “Time Search”, “Eve nt S earch”, o r “Motion Search”. For more details about Search setting, please refer t o “3.12 Search Setting”. “Event Se arch” a nd “Motion Search” will show maximum 400 se arch result items (begin[...]

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 accord ing 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 to the web site http://everfocusddns.com an d 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 I C A L L I N K S Y S P O R T FO R W AR D IN 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. P lease understand we DO NOT support this produ ct and will no t give tech s[...]

127 Applications a nd Gaming allows you t o set up public se rvices on your network, such as web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized Internet applica tions. (Some Internet applications ma y not require a ny forwarding) To f orward a port, enter the information on each line for the crite ria required. Descriptions of each crit[...]

128 8 . 3 T Y P I C A L D - L I N K PO R T F O R WA RD I N G This section will cover a few simple configu rations for the D-Link router. This chapter is on ly to offer some help to the installer and end user. P lease understand we DO NOT support this produ ct and will no t give tech support on it. If you need additional techn ical support on this r[...]

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 Bo th 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 have proble ms with the system, run through the following checklist to see if you can solve the problem.  The DVR w ill not go into record mode.  B ring up the DVR’s Menu and check under the Ca mera Menu. Verify that all connected ca meras are checked as “ Installe d” and that Record Mode is se[...]

132  Ma ke sure you are using the correct WAN IP add ress given b y the ISP , or, if you have a Dynamic IP, check if the IP address h as changed; u se DDNS to avoid p roblems caused by cha nging 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 th is alarm mode, 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 : A larm duration for timeout, defined in the event setup menus t reaction : Re sulting duration for th is alarm mode, 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 : A larm duration for 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 e nhance t he convenient operation of the DVR. You c an perform all the settings a nd operations from 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 [...]

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