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The operating system user names and passwords cannot be changed and the DVR cannot be added to a domain because either action will reduce functionality and potentially render the DVR inoperable. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Port Forwarding the Router ............. 20 Sample D-Link Router............21 Sample Linksys Router ............22 o Windows TCP/IP ................25 o Network Troubleshooting ..............27 • Elite Technology DVR Ports ............... 31 www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Liquor POS ..................44 o Micros 8700 IDN ................45 o Retail Pro ................... 46 o TVS Interface..................49 o Generic PC Based Data Tap............. 50 • Contact Information ..................51 www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Support Brackets (Feet) Any 16 channel DVR will also include: 1- BNC Camera Rack door Keys Rack mount Brackets connector assembly Optional Accessories 1-RCA Audio POS Y-connector Kit connector assembly www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
14. BNC connectors NOT USED These connectors are NOT USED on a 16 channel DVR 15. 16 Channel Video Input Attach two DB-15/BNC flying lead connectors 16. Sensor/Relay Module (Optional Component DIO-0804) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Attach DB-15/BNC flying lead connectors. Top connector is for Video channels 17~24 Bottom connector is for video channels 25~32 (Video connectors for channels 17~32 may be in different location depending on other installed options.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
If that happens, make sure your cameras are attached and powered, and then restart the DVR. Then open ‘Settings’ and assign a frame rate to the affected channels to reactivate them. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Attach AC Power Cable from Line Conditioner. (Power Switch ) Power Switch – If the DVR does not power up when you plug it in, toggle the power switch off and then back on. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Firewall in place to protect against virus and trojan infections. Internet Virus attacks are NOT covered under warranty !! ( Most Routers have a Firewall built in.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
2. In DVR software open ‘Settings’ and click on ‘Camera Control’ tab. 3. Select camera type and set ‘COM Port’ to ‘Onboard RS-422’ 4. Set camera ID and click on ‘Apply’. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Pull the black ‘Jumper’ from the berg pins that are next to the relay you want to set. Move the jumper to connect pins 2 and 3. That will set the relay to a ‘normal closed’ state. (Pin location ) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Attach the second card to the middle connector on the ribbon cable and secure the card in place in an open slot in the DVR. In DVR software, open ‘Settings’ – ‘DVR Settings’ – ‘Hardware’. Set ‘Slave DIO Board’ to ‘0804’. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
If you do not see these connection indicators, check the cable to make sure it is good. If the indicators do not light, you have not established a connection. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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DVR. If you are connecting to an existing network server, consult with your network administrator before proceeding. Connecting directly to a Cable or DSL modem without a firewall can void your warranty) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
(Your command prompt may have different drive letter and directories showing, usually C:\documents and settings\dvr\>_ or similar.) At the command prompt type: Ipconfig /all (leave a space between ipconfig and the / ) Press ‘Enter’ on your keyboard. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Once you have noted the Gateway and IP Address, close the DOS prompt by clicking the [X] on the top right corner. (For instructions on how to check the network adapter status, see the ‘Troubleshooting’ section.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
You should get a logon prompt from the router. Consult the router manual for the default username and password. (Or consult the onsite IT person if connecting to an existing network) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
(This would cause your incoming signal to be ‘Port Forwarded’ to the wrong computer.) For our example, any address between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.99 will be outside the routers IP Address Range. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
‘Advanced Configuration’, ‘DHCP’, ‘NAT’, ‘Applications and Gaming’, ‘Virtual Servers’ or ‘Pinholes’ depending on the router model and manufacturer.) In this example the ‘Port Forwarding’ is done on the ‘Virtual Server’ page. (D-Link Di-604) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
192.168.x.xx range. See ‘Troubleshooting’ section for more on this.) In this example (Cayman DSL-Modem/Router) port forwarding is referred to as ‘Pinhole Configuration’. Each port must be entered separately on this router. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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End Port, Trigger Port, Public Port, Private Port, Internal Port) for each entry or pinhole. Example= Name Start Port End Port Protocol Private IP Private Port DVR1 2000 2000 192.168.0.50 2000 www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Internal Port for each entry.) Your router will probably look different from these examples. Refer to the router manual for more details on how to find and configure Port Forwarding. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Right click on the ‘Local Area Connection’ icon and choose ‘Properties’ from the pop-up menu. Find ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the list. Click on it once to highlight it, then click on the ‘Properties’ button. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Close out of all open properties boxes and start the DVR software. If you have entered all of the IP addresses and configured Port forwarding correctly, the DVR is now configured for Remote Access. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Highlight ‘Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)’ and click the ‘Properties’ button. Put a check in ‘Show icon in taskbar when connected’ OK your way out of the Network properties boxes and check for the icon. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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(That leaves 192.168.1.2 and above open for computer addresses.) Now port forward the router to the internal address of the DVR. If you did it right it should map out like this: www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Internal IP Address = 10.10.10.1 - - - - -(The DVRs’ gateway) Port Forwarded to = 10.10.10.2 The DVR configuration is: External IP Address = 10.10.10.2 Gateway IP Address = 10.10.10.1 www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Your external ‘Internet IP Address’ is displayed at the bottom of the page on Network-Tools.com and at the top of the page at Whatismyip.com. Use this address when connecting to the DVR from a remote location. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Port 22800 (Port can be changed in Radmin software) (Radmin is a third party remote administration and diagnostic software) (This port is not necessary for the DVR unless you have Radmin installed) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
The next step is to connect the POS T-tap assembly between the register and the receipt printer. (The POS data is captured when information is sent to the printer. NO DATA will be captured unless a receipt is printed.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
COM Port on the rear panel. (See ‘Rear panel Connections’ diagram for your model to determine location.) Attach the other end of your Cat-5 cable to this adapter and you are done with the wiring. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Plug the RJ-12 end of the adapter into the back of the register. Verify that the display still works. If so, connect the rest of your cables using the same steps as described above for the standard POS connections. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
If you are connected to the standard COM port DB-9 on the DVR, choose COM 1. If you are using a USB pigtail, choose COM 3 or higher. (COM 1 is always the built in DB-9) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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Click on the ‘Live Data’ button again to see if your data shows up. Remember-NO DATA will appear until a receipt is printed or a pole display is activated. (Depending on your connection type.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Data Capture with HyperTerminal Although the Electronics Line ETV Series DVR comes ready to connect to most registers, you may encounter a register that may be showing in the list of supported registers but still won’t show any data in the ‘Live Data’...
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Copy the file to a floppy disk and send it to Electronics line USA. We will forward the file to our software engineers and contact you when we have solution ready. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Always connect with HyperTerminal first to ensure you are getting a data stream. (POS collector won’t show if the data is streaming or not.) The POS Collector software is located on the ETV Series support CD. (The DVR will need to be out of ‘Kiosk’ mode.) Insert the support CD into the drive and open ‘My Computer’.
(Entries that are blank on the settings chart above indicate that the register may have a variety of choices determined by printer type or other factors. Also, some data was unavailable at the time this guide was written.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter, and how they relate to the Cat-5 connector colors. Below is a standard pinout for the male and female DB-9 connectors. (The DB-9s are also, usually, numbered on the face of the connector.) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
You will need to have a qualified technician program the register to send ‘Security Data’ to the Journal port. Refer to your ETV series Server Manual for instructions on how to set up the Com port on the DVR to receive and display the data.
Liquor POS Pole Display Connection To connect the ETV series DVR to a Liquor POS computer for data capture you will need: 2 - DB-9 Female to RJ-45 Adapters 1 - Cat 5 cable from register to DVR 1 - USB to DB-9 Adapter (If COM port is already in use on register)
Stop Bits = 1 Parity = None If cable run to DVR is MORE than 75 feet you will need to use a signal booster. (RS-232 to RS-485 converter or Extend-IT device) www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Retail Pro Pole Display Connection To connect the ETV series DVR to a Retail Pro POS computer for data capture you will need: 2 - DB-9 Female to RJ-45 Adapters 1 - Cat 5 cable from register to DVR 1 - USB to DB-9 Adapter (If COM port is already in use on register)
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Set Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits and Parity the same as the ATEN USB device shown above. Click on ‘OK’ to close the ‘Settings’ dialogue. Open the ‘Live Data’ window. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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The ‘Live Data’ will show the Date, Time, Register #, Item, Price, Tax, and Total For more information on how to set up the Retail Pro software consult your Retail Pro dealer. www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
Pin 1 from TVS will connect to Pin 5 of DVR Black lead Pin 2 from TVS will connect to Pin 3 of DVR White lead Pin 3 from TVS will connect to Pin 2 of DVR Red lead www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
14) Username and Password for Routers If you are not sure how to find these details, call Patrick McAllister for assistance @ 303 670 1099 ext 11. Or email: patrick.mcallister@turnstiles.us www.TURNSTILES.us * 8641 South Warhawk Road * Conifer, CO 80433...
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