EverFocus ELR-4, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ...permission of the Everfocus Electronics Corporation Release Date Aug 2009 QuickTime is a registered trademark of the Apple Computer Inc Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation Linksys is a registered trademark of the Linksys Corporation D Link is a registered trademark of the D Link Corporation DynDNS is a registered trademark of the DynDNS org Corporation Other product and ...

Page 3: ...g operation ATTENTION This is a class A product which may cause radio interference in a domestic environment in this case the user may be urged to take adequate measures Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reas...

Page 4: ... upon publication The manufacturer reserves the right to revise and improve his products Therefore all specifications are subject to change without prior notice Misprints reserved Please read this manual carefully before installing and using this unit Be sure to keep it handy for later reference ...

Page 5: ...ch cable 14 2 5 4 EKB 500 connection to several DVRs 14 2 5 5 Speed Dome Installation 14 2 6 USB MOUSE INSTALLATION 15 2 7 NETWORK CONNECTION 15 2 7 1 Direct PC Connection through Crossover Network Cable 15 2 7 2 Network Connection through Patch Cable 16 2 8 FINAL INSTALL PROCESS 17 3 MOUSE AND FRONT PANEL OPERATION 18 3 1 GENERAL USB MOUSE OPERATION 18 3 1 1 How to select a channel Enable audio 1...

Page 6: ...T 37 5 DVR CONFIGURATION 38 5 1 CONFIGURATION MENU 38 5 2 EXPRESS 38 5 3 CAMERA SETTING 40 5 3 1 Basic Setting 41 5 3 2 Video Adjust 43 5 3 3 Motion 44 5 3 4 Video Loss 47 5 4 RECORD PLAY SETTING 48 5 4 1 Record 48 5 4 2 Built in Cal 49 5 4 3 Play 50 5 5 ALARM EVENT SETTING 51 5 5 1 Alarm 51 5 5 2 Event 53 5 6 SCHEDULE SETTING 60 5 6 1 Express Setup 60 5 6 2 Holidays 61 5 6 3 Schedule 62 5 6 4 Ala...

Page 7: ...ETWORK SETUP 90 6 7 SIMPLE ONE TO ONE CONNECTION 91 6 8 DIRECT HIGH SPEED MODEM CONNECTION 96 6 9 ROUTER OR LAN CONNECTION 98 7 REMOTE OPERATION FROM BROWSER 101 7 1 CONNECTING TO ELR 101 7 2 BROWSER SECURITY SETTING 102 7 2 1 Installing ActiveX controls 102 7 2 2 Enabling ActiveX Controls 104 7 3 REMOTE LIVE VIEW 107 7 4 REMOTE PLAYBACK 108 8 EVERFOCUS DDNS SETUP 109 9 LINKSYS D LINK PORT FORWARD...

Page 8: ...al indicators Simply point click and drag the playback bar on the screen to playback our recordings in any time slot All GUI functions can be operated via front panel or mouse Hop on the Express Lane The ELR series DVR is engineered for express operations Setup copy search and playback recordings in seconds with a simple point and click on the command icons 1 1 FEATURES H 264 Compression format Pe...

Page 9: ...ACKAGE CONTENTS Digital Video Recorder x1 User s Manual Disk x1 AC Adapter and Power Cord x1 Hard Drive Rack Mount x1 SATA Connection Cable x1 Pack of screws x 1 marked accessories not included in some models ...

Page 10: ...nd Event Playback Search By Date Time and Event Alarm In 4 Inputs 8 Inputs Alarm Out 1 Alarm Outputs Video Pause Yes Video Loss Detection Yes Motion Detection Yes Event Log Yes Watch Dog Timer Yes Internal HDD 1 Built in DVD Burner Slim Type DVD Burner Optional User Interface GUI Graphical User Interface OS Embedded Linux Network Protocol 10 100Mbps Ethernet TCP IP DHCP PPPoE Everfocus DDNS USB 1 ...

Page 11: ...Press this key to show live view Press to exit from playback mode 3 View Press this key to switch between 4x PiP Picture In Picture full screen and 9x Examples of four different views are listed below 4x PiP Full screen 9x Note1 PIP display is not available in playback mode Note2 9 screen display available in 8 Channel model only 4 SEQ Press this key to enter the auto sequential switching mode The...

Page 12: ...is LED ON indicates Power active 12 ALARM LED This LED ON indicates Alarm active 13 HDD LED This LED ON indicates HDD active 14 Net LED This LED ON indicates Network active 15 18 Channel keys 1 4 1 8 Press channel key CH1 CH4 CH1 CH8 to display that channel in full screen view 19 MENU Press this key to enter exit MAIN SETUP MENU 20 COPY Press this key to enter Copy Menu For more detail about Copy ...

Page 13: ...485 keyboards and telemetry control 5 Audio In Connect a microphone or camera audio output to the audio input connection 6 Audio Out Connect a speaker or other audio listening devices to the audio output connection on the back of the digital video recorder 7 Video In Connect camera s video output or other composite video source to the video input connection 8 Video Out Connect a CCTV monitor to th...

Page 14: ...7 11 LAN RJ 45 network connection ...

Page 15: ...8 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 COVERT INSTALLATION 1 Aim the small rectangular hole of the covert to the protrudent part of the front panel Please see diagram 2 1 Diagram 2 1 Chapter 2 ...

Page 16: ...9 2 Please see diagram 2 2 first Make sure to have part 1 inserted inside the front panel and part 2 has to stay outside the base Finally fix the covert firmly Diagram 2 2 ...

Page 17: ...io signals ATTENTION The direct connection of a non amplified microphone is not supported a microphone amplifier is required The installation must be done with audio coax cable and RCA plugs The output provides a max 500 mV to 10 KOhm line audio signal and may be connected to a monitor s audio input The direct connection of passive speakers is not supported AUDIO RECORDING FUNCTIONALITY Audio reco...

Page 18: ... are programmed in the ALARM menu chapter 5 5 1 2 4 2 Control Input Contact The Control Input CTRL IN is a N O Normal Open contact Changing to N C is not possible Control Input relay in idle state The Control Input Contact CTRL IN is defined in I O Control menu chapter 5 10 4 for following possible functions 1 Playback Playback is active as long the contact is closed This function is helpful in co...

Page 19: ...an be remote controlled by the EKB 500 universal keyboard Using the EEPbus protocol digital video recorders keyboards and speed domes can be installed on one single RS 485 bus One system can comprise up to 8 keyboards 2 5 1 General RS 485 bus installation The EKB 500 keyboard uses a RS 485 simplex wiring the signal is transferred via a single twisted pair line CAT5 network cable is recommended UPT...

Page 20: ...below Improper RS 485 bus star wiring A RS 485 signal distributor may be used to use a star wiring configuration Star wiring with RS 485 signal distributor A RS 485 distributor can also be used to increase the maximum number of devices on the bus as well as the total range Each distributor output provides another RS 485 bus This allows each output to extend an additional 1200m and it also enables ...

Page 21: ...rectly be connected using a standard CAT5 network cable patch cable uncrossed 2 5 4 EKB 500 connection to several DVRs For long distance installations connecting several DVRs please use signal distributor to connect For further details on keyboard connection please refer to the EKB 500 manual RS 485 port communication settings are configured in the I O CONTROL menu chapter 5 10 4 System Setup I O ...

Page 22: ... This can be done while DVR is powered on NOTE Recommended mouse types are Logitech and Microsoft wired USB wheel mouse Wireless USB mouse is not supported 2 7 NETWORK CONNECTION This section only describes physical connection to an Ethernet network This step must be completed before the DVR s can connect to the network There are two basic types of connection 2 7 1 Direct PC Connection through Cro...

Page 23: ...hrough Patch Cable The connection to an existing network requires a normal patch cable straight through The illustration shows the connection to a network switch router or modem Figure 2 2 Network Connection through Patch Cable Pinout of straight patchcable ...

Page 24: ...e completed the basic wiring connections you are ready to turn on the DVR Simply plug in the power source The POWER LED will light up if power is normal Once the system has finished loading you can begin to set up the menu options for the DVR ...

Page 25: ...full screen of this channel 3 To enable audio out click audio icon ex at lower side of the screen This system can have only one audio out for one camera at a time Click this button to select a camera for audio out or to select none audio out mode 3 1 2 OSD Root Menu 1 Right click the mouse to obtain DVR control bar see Figure 3 1 OSD Root Menu When you move the mouse over each icon the appropriate...

Page 26: ...k on a field to make changes 3 1 4 Component Options The following are examples of different fields available in the Configuration menu Textbox Click on the box and an on screen keyboard will appear see below Dropdown box Click on the down arrow to see all selections then directly click on an option to select it Check box Click on the box to enable it checked or disable it unchecked Button Click t...

Page 27: ...put that character The buttons on the right and bottom have the following functions Delete Delete the letter Done Confirm the selection All Caps Switch to capital letters Space Enter a space Move to left Move to right Cancel Cancel and exit from the keyboard ...

Page 28: ...bar 2 Press Enter key on any icon to perform that action These actions are covered in detail in Chapter 4 3 Press Menu to close the DVR control bar 3 2 3 Front Panel Key Review The basic principle of front panel operation is to use arrow keys to navigate among the menu items Use Enter key to confirm a selection or enter the next level menu Press Menu key to enter the Main Menu or exit from the cur...

Page 29: ... option will be available here Use arrow keys to move between items and press Enter to make changes Note press Menu button to go back to the previous menu section 3 2 5 Component Options Textbox Press Enter key and an on screen keyboard will appear see below Dropdown box Press Enter key to show the available options Use arrow keys to highlight the desired option and press Enter again to select it ...

Page 30: ...23 Bar Press Enter key to activate the slider then use arrow keys to adjust the setting Press Enter again to finalize the changes ...

Page 31: ...d any uninstalled cameras Refer to section 5 3 1 for more detail 2 If a schedule is active ELR DVR will follow the record settings of the schedule 4 2 LOGIN In order to access ELR options users may be asked to log in for authority identification To log in follow these steps 1 Click or press Enter key on the Configuration icon to bring up the following screen Figure 4 1 Login page 2 Select the user...

Page 32: ...N ELR is a pentaplex DVR user can control each camera individually User can control camera which has been selected For camera selection Mouse Right click the screen there will show a white frame on screen if the camera has been selected When in split display mode press same layout icon in layout menu to select all Front panel Use Jog to change selection Turn Jog one more step to select all camera ...

Page 33: ...ess to forward playback 8 Fast Forward key press to fast forward playback 9 Time bar Move the cursor on the time bar to select time to playback The start time and end time of time bar is showed below 10 and signs are used to adjust time scale level Press or to select between L1 L5 When change level the start time and end time of time bar will change L1 Whole time bar is 2 days L2 Whole time bar is...

Page 34: ...To program a preset position a Move PTZ camera to the specified position b Click Preset button c Click the number of the desired position This will be displayed in the box d Click Set button 6 Steps to jump to a preset position a Click Preset button b Click the number of the desired position c Click Go button 7 Shortcut steps for presets 1 9 a Click digit 1 9 button without clicking any other butt...

Page 35: ...eas of the screen User can control PTZ direction zoom and focus by clicking directly on screen Figure 4 3 Express Control PTZ The screen is divided into a 4x4 grid The function of each section 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 and down...

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Page 37: ...the DVR 4 7 1 Bring to full screen mode By mouse Double left click on the selected channel to put that camera in full screen mode By front panel Press any channel key to bring that channel to full screen mode 4 8 CHANNEL SWITCHING Use this function to change channel position 1 Select one camera 2 Press Channel button 3 Click on the channel number you wish to switch on channel bar The display of ch...

Page 38: ...tatus representation Alarm Audio 1 Event Fan failure HDD failure HD temp too high Motion New firmware No network Seq Video loss 4 Press again to show both status information and camera information 5 Press again to hide all information 4 10 SEQUENCE 1 By mouse Click Sequence button to enter the auto sequential switching mode 2 By front panel Click Sequence button on front panel to enter the auto se...

Page 39: ... Control The screen is divided into a 4x4 grid The function of each section is defined as below 1 Left and up 2 3 Up 4 Right and up 5 9 Left 8 12 Right 13 Left and down 14 15 Down 16 Right and down 6 7 10 11 Not used 4 12 SEARCH By mouse Right click to bring up the menu bar and click to enter Search Menu By front panel Press Search key to enter Search Menu directly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 15...

Page 40: ...e to be searched by choosing the Date and Time Click on the Play button to start search The DVR will automatically play the video being searched DVR will play the nearest time if there is no data in selected time In search playback mode press stop button to come back to search menu ...

Page 41: ...g date and time To Select ending date and time Camera Select which cameras to search for Event Select which event type s to search for Choose from Alarm Motion Video Loss or Others Click on the Search button to start searching The search results will be shown as a list of events ...

Page 42: ...k the item After click Lock button the selected item will show Locked or Partial Delete Delete item if it is not locked Play Playback selected item Copy Copy selected item In Lock status there will show Partial in some cases it means there has a time period which has been locked in whole search result time period ...

Page 43: ...elect All to select all the cameras Player Check the box to include the ePlayer program as part of the copy Start Date Time Select the starting date time to be archived End Date Time Select the ending date time to be archived Archive To Select whether you want to copy to USB or CD DVD Data Size Shows the estimated total size for the selected time period Copy Now Press Copy button to start archivin...

Page 44: ...enu bar and click button to bring up the Logout Confirmation window see Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Logout Confirmation window Press Yes button when you are ready to logout from the system You will need to login again before accessing any other options ...

Page 45: ...ress Enter or left click on the Configuration icon to enter configuration menu 5 2 EXPRESS Figure 5 1 Express Menu is a screen shot of the EXPRESS SETTING MENU This menu is used to configure express setting for all cameras For example if user selects Event Only in Record Mode and presses Apply button all 4 8 cameras will be set to Event only If user selects Blank in Recording Mode and presses Appl...

Page 46: ...8 Record With Blank No change for Record with Preset Settings Select preset setting or recording quality Available options are Best Quality Standard and Extended Record in the next column For more detail please refer to APPENDIX B CHANGING RULE FOR EXPRESS SETUP Recording Days Set the maximum recording days Available selection will be shown in the next column including 1 3 5 7 14 20 30 40 50 and 6...

Page 47: ...ed automatically DNS server 1 This field shows the primary DNS server for your network When DHCP is selected and an internet connection is available this value will be assigned automatically This field must be assigned correctly if you plan to use the DDNS feature see 5 7 3 DDNS for more detail DNS server 2 This field shows the secondary DNS server for your network Note The default addresses in th...

Page 48: ...e box to enable the current camera To take full advantage of the DVR s recording abilities any unused cameras should have this option disabled Covert Check the box to hide the camera picture in live and sequence modes However the image will still be recorded and can be played back by any user who has playback rights Record Mode 2 record modes are available Normal Event This recording mode includes...

Page 49: ... for all 4 8 cameras When this number is positive it means there is still recording capacity If this number is negative it means the recording capacity has been exceeded and the user must lower Normal Speed or Resolution This number must be positive before saving the changes Otherwise a pop up window will display Total FPS exceed maximum recording rate discard changes and the settings for all came...

Page 50: ...urated or if the colors appear overwhelmed by glare try decreasing the Brightness Contrast Adjusts the total amount of light output from the display If details are lost or lines appear distorted try decreasing the contrast Color Adjusts the amount of color information in the picture Apply To This button can be used to copy the video settings to other cameras Select which cameras you wish to copy t...

Page 51: ...n the main monitor Pre alarm Record Check box to record several moments before the motion event Pre alarm recording rate will follow Normal frame rate setting Buzzer Check box to enable buzzer when a motion event is triggered Email Notify Check box to send email notification when a motion event is detected Network Alarm Check box to send out a network alarm to client PC when motion occurs requires...

Page 52: ... motion grid Set All Press this button to select the entire area Clear All Press this button to clear all the grids selected Save Back Press this button to save the motion grid setting and return to motion setting menu Cancel Press this button to cancel all changes and return to motion setting menu How to select motion grid by mouse 1 Select upper left grid 2 Select lower right grid 3 The area bet...

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Page 54: ...nable email notification when a video loss event occurs Network Alarm Check box to send out a network alarm to client PC when video loss occurs requires PowerCon software and setting up Alarm Server in Network Setup menu Alarm Output This will transmit a signal through one of the alarm outputs It can be set to either NONE not active or 1 Output Type Output action when alarm is triggered Timeout Al...

Page 55: ...l cameras Click OK to copy the settings or Cancel to exit without copying 5 4 RECORD PLAY SETTING Figure 5 7 is a screen shot of the RECORD PLAY SETTING MENU This menu is used to configure basic recording and playback settings Figure 5 7 Record Play Menu 5 4 1 Record Record Audio Check the box to record audio Record Overwrite Check the box and disk will begin overwriting when full ...

Page 56: ...omatically erase after the selected number of days To use the maximum hard drive space choose OFF 5 4 2 Built in Cal The built in record period calculator can give a rough estimation of the total recording time of the DVR with current settings Figure 5 8 Record Play Menu Built in Cal Motion Enter the expected amount of hours per day using motion record Alarm Enter the expected amount of hours per ...

Page 57: ...9 Record Play Menu Play Quick Playback Check the box to enable quick playback function Playback From X Seconds ago When the DVR is put into playback it will begin playing from the selected time Choose from 60 to 3600 seconds ...

Page 58: ... moments before the alarm event Pre alarm recording rate will follow Normal frame rate setting Buzzer Check box to enable buzzer when an alarm occurs Main Monitor Monitor display options when a motion occurs No change No change on the main monitor display Full screen A full screen of the active camera will display on main monitor Record Select which cameras will start recording when alarm happens ...

Page 59: ...a signal through one of the alarm outputs It can be set to either NONE not active or 1 Output Type Output action when alarm is triggered Timeout Alarm output lasts for the set time duration Permanent Alarm will remain active until user presses Enter key Transparent Alarm output keeps working according to the signal of alarm input Trans Timeout Alarm output continues until event ends then lasts for...

Page 60: ...Menu an event will be created when all HDDs are filled HD Off If HDDs are switched off or are removed the DVR will create a HD OFF event Power Loss The DVR keeps a record of any time the system is powered off NOTES When using a contact output for this feature make sure the control output is 5V effective Network Loss If connection to network is lost DVR will create a Network Loss event NOTE This fu...

Page 61: ...heck box to send out a network alarm to client PC requires PowerCon software and setting up Alarm Server in Network Setup menu Stop Recording Check box to stop recording when HD s temperature is over the Temp Warning Limit Temp Warning Limit Sets the trigger temperature for all other active settings in HD Temperature Choose from 55 C 131 F 85 C 185 F Alarm Output This will transmit a signal throug...

Page 62: ...ify Check box to enable email notification function when HD fails Network Alarm Check box to send out a network alarm to client PC requires PowerCon software and setting up Alarm Server in Network Setup menu Alarm Output This will transmit a signal through one of the alarm outputs It can be set to either NONE not active or 1 Output Type Output action is locked to Transparent ...

Page 63: ...enu Alarm Output This will transmit a signal through one of the alarm outputs It can be set to either NONE not active or 1 Output Type Output action when alarm is triggered Timeout Alarm output lasts for the set time duration Permanent Alarm will be continuously active until user presses Enter key Transparent Alarm output remains active until event ends Trans Timeout Alarm output continues until e...

Page 64: ...ill transmit a signal through one of the alarm outputs It can be set to either NONE not active or 1 Output Type Output action when alarm is triggered Timeout Alarm output lasts for the set time duration Permanent Alarm will be continuously active until user presses Enter key Transparent Alarm output remains active until event ends Trans Timeout Alarm output continues until event ends then lasts fo...

Page 65: ... checked for this feature Power Loss events are always recorded by the DVR Email Notify Check box to enable email notification when HD is off Network Alarm Check box to send out a network alarm to client PC requires PowerCon software and setting up Alarm Server in Network Setup menu ...

Page 66: ...NE not active or 1 Output Type Output action when alarm is triggered Timeout Alarm output lasts for the set time duration Permanent Alarm will be continuously active until user presses Enter key Transparent Alarm output remains active until event ends Trans Timeout Alarm output continues until event ends then lasts for the set time duration Timeout Duration The amount of time the buzzer sounds whe...

Page 67: ...Daytime Start Select daytime starting time Nighttime schedule ends when Daytime begins Daytime End Select daytime ending time Nighttime schedule begins when Daytime ends Record Type Select the type of recording for each time period Disabled No recording during scheduled time period Normal Event Continuous and Event recording Event Only Event recording only Normal Frame Rate Continuous FPS recordin...

Page 68: ...firmation window Select Yes to confirm and apply express schedule settings or No to cancel changes 5 6 2 Holidays In addition to setting a weekly record schedule user can also schedule recording for specific days of the year Figure 5 19 Schedule Menu Holidays Date Type Select either Holiday or Others Holiday and Others means two different groups you can assign special days in these two groups Recu...

Page 69: ...chedule Menu Schedule Camera Select a number to change the schedule for that camera Each camera can be set on a 24 hour time block for Holiday Hol Other Oth Sunday Sun Monday Mon Tuesday Tue Wednesday Wed Thursday Thu Friday Fri or Saturday Sat Time Bar The time bar uses three different colors to distinguish each recoding mode Gray No Rec No recording during this time block Orange E Only events ar...

Page 70: ...n to gray This means this new gray timezone has a new record mode No record Change the section to different mode with different color by clicking on the first block of each section The color switches from gray orange blue every time user click the first block of a section 3 Repeat clicking on the first block with number on it of any timezone this timezone will change from one color to another whic...

Page 71: ...hted in a red frame See below image Use Up Down arrow key to desired time bar for setting 6 Editing blocks in a time bar when a time bar is selected highlighted in red frame press Enter button then the first block of this bar will be selected highlighted in blue frame Use Right Left arrow key to switch to desired block as starting time and press Enter button again to confirm At this time the curre...

Page 72: ...ezone will switch to another color which means switching to another record mode The color switch sequence is gray orange blue Press Edit Timezone button to edit the time zone Figure 5 21 Schedule Menu Schedule Edit Timezone Editing Timezone From Displays schedule start time To Displays schedule end time Record Displays Record mode Resolution Select recording resolution ...

Page 73: ...eck this box to enable Buzzer Alarm out E mail and Network when an event occurs Apply to Days This button can be used to copy schedules to other days Select which days you wish to copy to Select All selects all days Clear All deselects all days Click OK to copy the settings or Cancel to exit without copying Apply to Cameras This button can be used to copy schedules to other cameras Select which ca...

Page 74: ...will be highlighted by red frame There are 24 blocks on the time bar representing 24 hours respectively Set a schedule start time by clicking on a desired start time block on a time bar and clicking again to confirm it At this time the selected block and all following blocks will turn gray which means this gray timezone has been set to the recording mode of gray alarm action recording off 2 Click ...

Page 75: ... See below image 2 Enter camera selection mode Use Up Down arrow key to switch to Alarm selection mode 3 Selecting camera Use Right Left arrow key to select an alarm to configure Selected alarm number will be highlighted by a blue frame See above image 4 Enter time bar editing mode Use Up Down arrow key to switch to time bar editing mode When this mode is selected all 9 time bars will be highlight...

Page 76: ... Alarm Action off User can also change the timezone to a different record mode by following instruction in next step 7 Changing recording mode color of a timezone Use Right Left arrow key to switch to the first block with number on it of a timezone Clicking Enter button and this timezone will switch to another color which means switching to another recording mode The color switch sequence is gray ...

Page 77: ...is button can be used to copy schedules to other cameras Select which cameras you wish to copy to Select All selects all cameras Clear All deselects all cameras Click OK to copy the settings or Cancel to exit without copying ...

Page 78: ...s field shows the DVR s current IP Address A static IP address must be set manually If DHCP or PPPoE is selected this value will be assigned automatically Subnet Mask This field shows the subnet mask for your network so the DVR will be recognized within the network If DHCP or PPPoE is selected this value will be assigned automatically Gateway This field shows the gateway for your network so the DV...

Page 79: ...r requires authentication user name password SSL Check the box if mail server needs to be encrypted by SSL User name Input the login user name if the SMTP server requires authentication Password Input the password if the SMTP server requires authentication Sender Email Input the e mail address of the sender DVR Receiver Email 1 Input the first e mail address that event messages are sent to Receive...

Page 80: ...r www dyndns org as the DDNS provider If DDNS will not be used simply select Disable EverfocusDDNS Figure 5 24 EverfocusDDNS DVR Name Input the desired name for the DVR Register Update Click the button to submit and register the name to the Everfocus server ...

Page 81: ...rg Host name Host name created through the dyndns account User name User name of the dyndns account Password Password of the dyndns account Confirm Re enter password Note For more details on DDNS setup please see Chapter 8 Everfocus DDNS Setup ...

Page 82: ...Con Software The network alarm can be transmitted to up to 3 addresses Protocol Select the protocol type for alarm transmission UDP User Datagram Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol Port Select the transmission port for network alarm messages Network ID The network ID is an identifier for the alarm transmitter ...

Page 83: ...ecorded time on the hard drive Record Time End Shows latest or most current recorded time on the hard drive Health Status Displays current status of the selected disk Disk Temperature Displays current disk temperature Disk Size Total Shows total disk size Disk Size Usage Shows percentage of used disk space If DVR is set to automatically overwrite the disk this option will show Overwrite mode curre...

Page 84: ...eck the box to display current date time Playback Date Time Check the box to display playback date time Playback Status Check the box to display playback status Event Status Check the box to display event status HDD Status Check the box to display hard drive status Text Insert Check the box to display data transmitted from external RS232 device Main Monitor Output This system supports both VGA and...

Page 85: ...igure 5 29 Display Menu Main M T SEQ Step Sequence order Cannot be changed Camera Select which camera appears on the current step Dwell sec Set the dwell time for each step Sequence dwell time can be set from 0 to 99 seconds ...

Page 86: ...ime Zone Set the time zone that the DVR adjusts to when updating from the time server NTP Select Enable or Disable NTP time synchronization NTP Server Displays the time server address that the uses for time synchronize To find a compatible NTP address please follow these steps a Go to a PC that is connected to the internet b Click on START RUN type command and press OK c In the DOS Prompt type pin...

Page 87: ...start date of daylight saving time Start Time hh mm Set the time when daylight saving time begins Set To hh mm This is what the time will change to when daylight saving begins For most regions this will be one hour ahead of the Start Time End Date Set the end date of daylight saving time End Time hh mm Set the time when daylight saving time ends ...

Page 88: ...e system as well as set administrator rights Figure 5 32 System Menu User Add Click Add button to add a new user Set the name case sensitive password and access level Press Add button to confirm a new user or Cancel to exit without making changes Figure 5 33 System Menu User Add ...

Page 89: ... without making changes Figure 5 34 System Menu User Edit User Login Check this box to activate user login When this is disabled no username or password is required to access the system and all users operate with ADMIN rights Auto Logoff Check this box to automatically logoff the current user after 3 minutes of inactivity ...

Page 90: ...through the RS485 connection each one must be assigned a unique ID number between 0 and 127 Baud Rate The speed used to transmit instruction or information through the RS485 port on the DVR Choose from the following speeds 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 BPS Data Bit The data bit used for transferring This can be set to 8 or 7 Stop Bit This field is to set the stop bit for the RS485 c...

Page 91: ...e or turn off the power of the unit during the upgrade this can cause the system to crash Configurations Load Factory Default Click Load to restore all menu settings to the default values User Account Network Setting and Time are not affected Load From USB Click Load to upload saved DVR configuration settings from a USB flash device Save To USB Click Save to save the current DVR configuration sett...

Page 92: ...1 System System Version Displays firmware version number Model Displays DVR model number NTSC PAL Displays current video format Network IP Displays the DVR s current IP Address MAC Unique address of the DVR s internal network card This option cannot be changed DVR Name Displays DVR name Network ID The ID number for the alarm network Status Disk Displays disk temperature ...

Page 93: ... of log to be displayed Log Type Configurations to see log sorted by configurations Event to see log sorted by event Record to see log sorted by record data Operation to see log sorted by operation User to see log sorted by user View Log Press View Log button to view the log See Figure 5 for more detail Clear Log Press Clear Log button to clear the log Export Log to USB Press Export button to expo...

Page 94: ...87 Figure 5 39 Log List Prev Page Go to the previous page of log Next Page Go to the next page of log Close Close the window ...

Page 95: ...vices the same exact IP address but the first three octets of an IP address should be the same for all computers in the local area network For example if a total of 253 computers exist in a single LAN the IP addresses could be assigned starting with 192 168 1 x where x represents a number in the range of 2 to 254 6 2 Subnet Masks Each host in a LAN has a subnet mask The subnet mask is a set of oct...

Page 96: ...his is the same case with ports on a network If the ports for a specific IP address are not open then you could not gain access to that IP address Note The term port also refers to several other aspects of network technology A port can refer to Ethernet connection points such as those on a hub switch or router The term port is also used to refer to a physical connection point for peripheral device...

Page 97: ...n connect to it by name See Chapter 8 for details on using EverFocus DDNS What type of DVR are you installing ______________ Everfocus EDR series EDR 410 810 920 1620 1640 or 1680 Everfocus EDVR series EDVR 4D1 9D1 16D1 16D3 Everfocus ECOR series ECOR 4 8 6 6 What is your Network Setup Everfocus DVR s can operate using one of three types of networking connections 1 Simple One to One Connection A s...

Page 98: ...mend purchasing one if you have never made a cross over cable Please remember you can not use a straight through network cable for this application Once you have a cross over cable plug one end into the LAN port on the back of the DVR and the other into the network card on the back of the computer Log into the EverFocus DVR menu and go to the Network Setting Menu You must use the Static IP option ...

Page 99: ...000 and a Gateway of 192 168 001 001 You can ignore DNS Server The next step is to set the computer s network settings to match those of the DVR You will need Administrator privileges on your Windows machine to do this To assign a fixed IP address in Windows 2000 XP ...

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Page 102: ...ssign 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 then click OK Restart both the computer and the DVR To access the DVR from the computer simply open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type http 192 168 1 3 ...

Page 103: ...sing one if you have never made a straight through cable Please remember you can not use a cross over network cable for this application Once you have a straight through cable plug one end into the LAN port on the back of the recorder and the other into the high speed modem Log into the EverFocus DVR menu and go to the Network Setting Menu Input the Static IP address the Subnet Mask and the Gatewa...

Page 104: ...ss Exit from the DVR s Menu to save the settings To access the DVR from a computer open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type http IP address given by your internet service provider Note When using this type of connection only one device can be connected to the modem at a time You will need to use a computer at a different location to test the connection ...

Page 105: ... shows the pin configurations for a straight cable Connection Procedure The First step is to purchase or make a straight through cable We recommend purchasing one if you have never made a straight through cable Please remember you can not use a cross over network cable for this application ...

Page 106: ...a computer connected on the same network as the DVR Click on the Start button and choose Run o If using Windows Vista choose Search instead Type command and click on OK o In Vista you will need to double click on the Command Prompt file to open it In the DOS prompt type ipconfig and press Enter The network information will be displayed on a screen similar to the one below o In Windows Vista look f...

Page 107: ...ng a PC and open the following ports o Ports to open 80 1600 o If your Internet service provider blocks port 80 you can change it to a different port in the DVR s Network Menu Setup o If you are using a Linksys or D Link router see Chapter 9 for basic support on setting up ports For any other router you will need to contact the manufacturer for support To access the DVR from a computer simply open...

Page 108: ... Internet connection http IP address given by your Internet Service Provider The login page will appear on the screen similar to the one shown above Enter a user name and password to access the recorder These can be changed in the System section of the Main Menu The default user name is admin The default password is 11111111 Click on the Login button and you will log in to the recorder s Network V...

Page 109: ...to the DVR s IP address you should see a screen like the one below If you do not see a yellow bar like the one the arrow is pointing at your security settings may be too high If so go to Section 7 2 2 Enabling ActiveX Controls Right click on the yellow bar and select Install ActiveX Control ...

Page 110: ... file when prompted to do so Once the file finishes installing you will return to the same login page as before Type in the username and password and click Login to view the cameras Default username admin Default password 11111111 ...

Page 111: ...u DO NOT see the yellow ActiveX bar at the top of your browser screen when you first connect to the DVR At the top of the Internet Explorer Window click on Tools then select Internet Options Click the Security tab at the top of the window then choose Custom Level near the bottom ...

Page 112: ... prompting for ActiveX controls Binary and script behaviors Display video and animation on a webpage that does not use external media player IE7 only Run ActiveX controls and plug ins Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting Prompt Download signed ActiveX controls Download unsigned ActiveX controls Disable Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Click OK and then choose ...

Page 113: ...ton to reload the page Install the ePlusDVR cab file when prompted to do so Once the file finishes installing you will return to the same login page as before Type in the user name and password and click Login to view the cameras Default user name admin Default password 11111111 ...

Page 114: ...e screen Green means normal orange indicates a Motion blue indicates Video Loss red indicates an alarm event Click on a camera number to switch that camera to full screen Click on 4UP to display 4 screens You can also press Mic button to transfer audio to DVR from client side if there has microphone 3 There are 14 icons at the top of screen They have the same functions as the icons in the DVR s Ma...

Page 115: ...r more details about Search setting please refer to 4 12 Search Setting Event Search and Motion Search will show maximum 400 search result items near start time Playback Control Keys 1 Fast rewind the video 2 Play Reverse the video 3 Stop playback 4 Playback the video 5 Fast forward the video 6 Pause Playback Control Keys ...

Page 116: ...n available name Note This step is optional as it is only used to check the availability of host name If the name is available proceed to step 3 for DDNS setup Step 3 In DVR s Network Menu go to DDNS Choose EverfocusDDNS for the Server and put in your chosen name for DVR Name Step 4 Press Register Update button to confirm Step 5 You should now be able to connect by typing the name you created into...

Page 117: ...h a web browser and type the Router s default IP address 192 168 1 1 in the address bar Then press Enter A password request page will appear Non Windows XP users will see a similar screen Leave the User Name field blank The first time you access the router use the default password admin Click the OK button to continue The first screen that appears displays the Setup tab This allows you to change t...

Page 118: ...mber of the range under Start and the ending number under End Protocol Enter the protocol used for this application either TCP or UDP or Both IP Address For each application enter the IP Address of the PC running the specific application Enable Click the Enable checkbox to enable port forwarding for the relevant application When finished making changes click the Save Settings button to apply your ...

Page 119: ...ou need additional technical support on this router you must call D Link Whenever you want to configure your network or the DI 624 you can access the Configuration Menu by opening a web browser and typing in the IP Address of the DI 264 The DI 264 default IP Address is 192 168 0 1 Type admin in the User Name field Leave the Password blank Click OK The first screen that shows up is the Home Tab Thi...

Page 120: ...e virtual service Private IP The IP address of the device running the local services Protocol Type The protocol used for the virtual service Private Port The port number that the service uses on the LAN Local Area Network Public Port The port number that the services uses on the WAN Wide Area Network Schedule The time period the virtual server will be active When you have input all the information...

Page 121: ...tion for each service Name Private IP Protocol Private Port Public Port Schedule HTTP 192 168 1 50 Both 80 80 Enable CTRL 192 168 1 50 Both 1600 1600 Enable Note If you changed port 80 in the DVR s Network Menu open that port instead of 80 ...

Page 122: ...ting Check that the monitor cables are good Verify the recorder is getting the correct amount of power There is no display coming from one of the channels on the DVR In the DVR s Camera Menu make sure that all cameras are checked as Installed and unchecked for Covert Verify that all cameras are connected on the Input row on the back of the DVR If there is still no picture connect a working camera ...

Page 123: ... alarm mode related to event record alarm outputs OSD message buzzer Timeout Transparent Mode t Input Event Alarm Duration t Duration t Reaction t Event t Event Duration of alarm input source motion contact system events t Duration Alarm duration for timeout defined in the event setup menus t reaction Resulting duration for this alarm mode related to event record alarm outputs OSD message buzzer A...

Page 124: ...ction Resulting duration for this alarm mode related to event record alarm outputs OSD message buzzer Permanent Mode t Input Event Alarm Duration t Reaction t Event Alarm Reset t Event Duration of alarm input source motion contact system events t Duration Alarm duration for timeout defined in the event setup menus t reaction Resulting duration for this alarm mode related to event record alarm outp...

Page 125: ... Resulting duration for this alarm mode related to event record alarm outputs OSD message buzzer Timeout Transparent Mode Retrigger of Alarms t Event Duration of alarm input source motion contact system events t Duration Alarm duration for timeout defined in the event setup menus t reaction Resulting duration for this alarm mode related to event record alarm outputs OSD message buzzer ...

Page 126: ... Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Normal Frame Rate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Quality Superior Standard Low Low Low Low Low Low Event Frame Rate 30 30 30 15 10 7 5 5 1 Case 2 Record Mode Event Only Record With Recording days DVR will Auto adjust Quality and Event frame rate to match the Recording days which user need According to resolution event hours and assumption above DVR will select one set of suitable quality a...

Page 127: ...erent Preset Setting Preset Setting Option Camera Item Apply value Quality Superior Normal Frame Rate Max recording frame rate of DVR Best Quality Event Frame Rate 30 Quality Standard Normal Frame Rate Half of max recording frame rate of DVR Standard Quality Event Frame Rate 30 Quality Basic Normal Frame Rate 1 Extended Quality Event Frame Rate 10 ...

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