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PowerVideo Plus
EverFocus Central Management Software
for Networked Video Devices Management
User's Manual
Copyright © EverFocus Electronics Corp.
Release Date: January, 2013

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  • Page 1 PowerVideo Plus EverFocus Central Management Software for Networked Video Devices Management User’s Manual Copyright © EverFocus Electronics Corp. Release Date: January, 2013...
  • Page 2 Copyright  2012 EverFocus Electronics Corp. All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the Everfocus Electronics Corporation. EverFocus 12F, No.79, Sec. 1, Shin-Tai Wu Road,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.1 System Requirements ..................1 1.2 Installation ...................... 2 1.3 Activation ......................2 Chapter 2 Getting Started ....................4 2.1 Accessing the PowerVideo Plus ..............4 2.2 Main Screen ....................5 2.3 Adding an IP Device ..................6 2.4 Device List ....................... 9 2.5 Configuring the User Account...............
  • Page 4 Chapter 10 Alarm Settings .....................41 10.1 Activating the Alarm Function ..............42 10.2 Configuring the Notification Settings ............45 10.2.1 Motion Detection ..................45 10.2.2 Alarm Input ....................47 10.2.3 Video Loss ..................... 49 10.2.4 Fan Failure / HD Temperature / HD Full / HD Off ......

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 1 Introduction The PowerVideo Plus is a central management system (CMS) that allows you to remotely manage EverFocus’ DVR, Mobile DVR, NVR and IP cameras connected on the LAN or WAN. Supported Models: All EverFocus branded products (few products are still in the integration process).

  • Page 6: Installation

    PowerVideo Plus 1.2 Installation You have to download the PowerVideo Plus software and then install it in your computer. To download the PowerVideo Plus software, go to EverFocus’s website (www.everfocus.com.tw) and follow the steps below. 1. Click Download, select Software and then click PowerVideo Plus.
  • Page 7 PowerVideo Plus To activate the license: 1. On the Main Screen, click About and click License Activation. The following window appears. Figure 1-1 2. Type a name in the Registration Name field. Copy your license key and paste it in the License Key field.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.1 Accessing the PowerVideo Plus Start the PowerVideo Plus software, the following login dialog box appears. Please type your user name, password and then click the Login button to enter the system. The default user name and password are admin.

  • Page 9: Main Screen

    You may also start the Alarm Server, Event Action Server, Auto Archive Schedule Server, Record Schedule Server, Backup Utility and Bandwidth Monitor. Click to view the version of the PowerVideo Plus and its list of About supported devices.

  • Page 10: Adding An Ip Device

    You need to add a DVR, Mobile DVR, NVR or an IP camera before start using the device related features. You can automatically search for EverFocus’ devices on the network and then add them to the Device List or add EverFocus’ devices manually.
  • Page 11 Find Devices window. The device list should now contain the list of the devices just added. To manually add an EverFocus’ device: 1. Click the Add Device Wizard button in Figure 2-3. The following dialog box appears.
  • Page 12 PowerVideo Plus 5. Click Next. The wizard will verify the IP device automatically. Click Finish. Figure 2-7...

  • Page 13: Device List

    PowerVideo Plus 2.4 Device List The connected IP devices will be listed in the Device List. You can optionally display the added devices in Device View or Group View. Device View Group View Figure 2-8...
  • Page 14 In the Device View List: Right-click an IP Device and click Create Sub Group. Figure 2-9 • In the Group View List: Right-click PowerVideo Plus and click Create Sub Group. Figure 2-10 2. After clicking Create Sub Group, the following window appears.
  • Page 15 PowerVideo Plus 4. To add IP devices to the created Sub Group, right-click the created Sub Group and click Add Device, the Add Device Wizard appears (Figure 2-5). Figure 2-13 5. To delete or rename an added Sub Group, click Delete Sub Group / Rename Sub Group in the above image.

  • Page 16: Configuring The User Account

    PowerVideo Plus 2.5 Configuring the User Account You can create multiple user accounts with different privileges. Click Option (No.7, Figure 2-2) and select User Management. The User Privileges dialog box appears. Figure 2-15 1. To create a group, click the Groups tab and click the Add New Group button 2.
  • Page 17 PowerVideo Plus To change the password: 1. Click the Users tab, select a group and then type the user name and password. 2. Type a new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields. 3. Click the Save User button to save the settings.

  • Page 18: Chapter 3 Live View

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 3 Live View You can manage the live video on the display window. Drag a camera from the Device List and drop it on the display window. Right-click the Live View window, the tool bar appears on the upper right corner.

  • Page 19: Matrix View

    PowerVideo Plus 3.1 Matrix View The Matrix View allows you to monitor up to 64 cameras from EverFocus’ DVR, Mobile DVR, NVR or IP cameras on the same screen. You can edit up to 10 pages of Matrix View in different matrix sizes.
  • Page 20 PowerVideo Plus 7. To edit the name or the interval time of a page in order to activate the Sequencing function, click Live View and click Adjust Page Timer. Click on the page name to type a name or click on the time interval to set up an interval in second. The minimum interval is 30 seconds.

  • Page 21: Floating Matrix

    PowerVideo Plus 3.2 Floating Matrix You can use the Floating Matrix function to create more screen space to display multiple channels on multiple monitors. The number of monitor is unlimited up to Microsoft Windows minimum limit. This function is useful for TV wall control.

  • Page 22: Configuring The Floating Matrix

    You can set up multiple Floating Matrix windows to display the matrix live view on additional monitors. Each Floating Matrix window can be set up with up to 64 channels from Everfocus’ supported IP devices. You can edit up to 10 pages of Matrix View in different matrix sizes for each Floating Matrix window.
  • Page 23 PowerVideo Plus 1. On the Main Screen, click Live View, click Floating Matrix Window and click Add New Floating Window. The above window appears. 2. Type a name for the Floating Matrix window in the name field 3. Click to select a page.

  • Page 24: Digital Zoom

    PowerVideo Plus 3.3 Digital Zoom You can zoom in / out the camera live view through the PowerVideo Plus. On the camera live view, click the Unpin button (No.1, Figure 3-2) to unpin the camera live view from the Display window. Click the Show Digital Zoom button on the right edge of the camera live view, a separate live view window with Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons appears.

  • Page 25: Osd Settings

    PowerVideo Plus 3.5 OSD Settings In the OSD Settings, you can choose to display or hide the connected device Title, Date Time and Alarm Information on the live view window. To configure the settings, please follow the steps below: 1. Click Devices and click OSD Settings, the following window appears.

  • Page 26: Chapter 4 Recording

    4.1 Changing the Recording Path By default, the live view recordings of the IP cameras are saved at C:\Program Files\Everfocus\PowerVideo Plus\Everfocus\Recordings. Follow the steps below to change the recording path. 1. On the Main Screen, click Option and click Configure Record Storage Path.
  • Page 27 PowerVideo Plus 2. Click the Record Storage Path tab, click the Add New Path button and select a storage location. The new path will be listed in the storage path list. Figure 4-3 3. Double click on the added path to enable it as the default path. The color of the wordings will change from black to red to indicate the path has set up as the default path.

  • Page 28: Chapter 5 Local Playback

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 5 Local Playback You can play back the recordings stored in your computer using EverFocus’ EFPlayer with enhanced features. The EFPlayer is designed for playing back the recordings from the DVR / Mobile DVR / NVR. You will have to archive the recordings to your computer before using the EFPlayer.

  • Page 29: Remote Archive

    PowerVideo Plus 5.1 Remote Archive You can remotely archive the recordings from the (Mobile) DVR / NVR to the computer, or remotely copy the recordings to the USB storage device or DVD burner of the (Mobile) DVR / NVR. There are two ways for remote archiving: Automatically and Manually. For automatically remote archiving, please refer to Chapter 9, Archiving Schedule for (Mobile) DVR.
  • Page 30 PowerVideo Plus Copy To: After selecting Copy at DVR, select USB or CD/DVD for the DVR to copy the recordings to. Note that you have to insert a USB storage device or placing a CD/DVD disc to the DVR before start using this function.
  • Page 31 PowerVideo Plus For NVR: 1. Select a device, select the desired channel, select the time period and the audio or OSD for the archived recordings. You can simply set up the date and time period by clicking on them and type the desired date and time. Select an export video format from the drop-down list.

  • Page 32: Playing Back Ip Camera Recordings

    PowerVideo Plus 5.2 Playing Back IP Camera Recordings You can play back the IP camera recordings stored in the local computer using the internal built-in player. On the Main Page, click Devices, click Playback and select IP Camera. Select the desired device, date and time, recording type and file type.

  • Page 33: Chapter 6 Remote Playback

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 6 Remote Playback You can remotely play back recordings from the DVRs / Mobile DVRs / NVR using the internal built-in player. 1. On the Main Page, click Devices, click Playback and select DVR, Mobile DVR or NVR.

  • Page 34: Chapter 7 Dynamic E-Maps

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 7 Dynamic E-Maps You can configure a dynamic E-Map alert to lay out the locations of triggered cameras and alarms within a floor plan. When a motion, video loss or input trigger is detected, the color of the camera icon will turn red or yellow for alert (red for video loss and yellow for triggered cameras and alarms).

  • Page 35: Activating The Dynamic E-Maps

    You have to configure the settings on the Web interfaces of the DVR / Mobile DVR / NVR or IP cameras, and then configure the protocol and port settings for the Alarm Server on the PowerVideo Plus. For details, please refer to 10.1 Activating the Alarm Function. 7.2 Creating a Group You need to create a group before start using the dynamic E-Maps.

  • Page 36: Configuring The Dynamic E-Maps

    PowerVideo Plus 7.3 Configuring the Dynamic E-Maps You can further configure the Dynamic E-Maps. When an event occurs or an alarm is triggered, the Dynamic E-Maps will pop up a window for live view, SOP panel or camera list (contains the triggered cameras / alarms). Click the Options button on Figure 7-1 and click Alarm Option, the Alarm Option dialog box appears.
  • Page 37 PowerVideo Plus To pop up an SOP panel: The SOP panel is designed to inform the operators for what procedures to take when an event occurs or an alarm is triggered. 1. Enable Automatically Display SOP Panel. 2. Click the SOP Config tab and select an alarm type from the Alarm Type drop-down list.
  • Page 38 PowerVideo Plus To pop up a related camera list: You can configure the Dynamic E-Maps to pop up a related camera list which includes the triggered cameras or alarms when an event occurs or an alarm is triggered. Figure 7-6 1.
  • Page 39 PowerVideo Plus When any of the cameras / alarms included in the created list has been triggered, the created camera list will pop up. Select a model or select all, and click the View Selected button, the live view windows of the selected models will pop up. Click the Record Selected / Stop Recording buttons, the live view of the selected IP cameras will be recorded to the setup recording path.

  • Page 40: Chapter 8 Recording Schedule (Ip Camera)

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 8 Recording Schedule (IP Camera) You can set up a weekly recording schedule for the connected IP devices. On the Main Screen, click Option and click Record Scheduler (IP Camera), the following window appears. Figure 8-1 To set up the recording schedule, please follow the steps below: 1.
  • Page 41 Start Schedule Record Server on the Main Screen. The Recording Schedule Server will be minimized to the system tray. By default, the recordings are saved at C:\Program Files\Everfocus\PowerVideo Plus\Everfocus. To change the recording path, please refer to 4.1 Changing the Recording Path.

  • Page 42: Chapter 9 Archiving Schedule (Dvr)

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 9 Archiving Schedule (DVR) You can set up a weekly archiving schedule to automatically archive the recordings from the DVR / Mobile DVRs. On the Main Screen, click Option and click Archive Scheduler (DVR), the following dialog box appears. For details on manually archiving recordings, see 5.1 Remote Archive.
  • Page 43 Right-click the Archive Schedule Server icon and click Show Archive Progress, the Archive Progress window appears. Figure 9-3 By default, the recordings are saved at C:\Program Files\Everfocus\PowerVideo Plus\Everfocus. To change the recording path, please refer to 4.1 Changing the Recording Path.

  • Page 44: Changing The Recording Path Of The Auto Archiving Server

    9.1 Changing the Recording Path of the Auto Archiving Server By default, the automatically archived recordings are saved at C:\Program Files\Everfocus\PowerVideo Plus\Everfocus. Follow the steps below to change the recording path. 1. On the Main Screen, click Option and click Configure Record Storage Path.

  • Page 45: Chapter 10 Alarm Settings

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 10 Alarm Settings You can configure the alarm settings for the connected cameras. When an event occurs or the alarm is triggered, on the Main Screen, the color of the camera icon will change for alert. Or you can set up to pop up a notification window in text or video format. You can also enable the alert sound or E-mail alert when a notification occurs.

  • Page 46: Activating The Alarm Function

    Protocol and enter 1600 in the Port field. Type a 10-digit network ID for network identification. Figure 10-3 Note: All devices connected to the PowerVideo Plus have to be set up with a 10-digit network ID for the Alarm Server to work.
  • Page 47 (Network < Network Alarm). Enter the Alarm Server’s IP address in the Server 1 field. Figure 10-5 Note: All devices connected to the PowerVideo Plus have to be set up with a 10-digit network ID for the Alarm Server to work.
  • Page 48 PowerVideo Plus • On the Alarm Server: a. Right-click the Alarm Server icon, click the Notification Settings, the Login dialog box appears. Figure 10-6 b. Type the User Name, Password and then click the Login button. The Notification Settings window appears.

  • Page 49: Configuring The Notification Settings

    PowerVideo Plus 10.2 Configuring the Notification Settings Left-click the Alarm Server , select Notification Settings and type the ID and password. The Notification Settings dialog box appears. You can configure the alarm settings for each device. 10.2.1 Motion Detection Figure 10-9 Device: Select a device from the drop-down list and select the desired channels.
  • Page 50 WAV, WMA, MP3 or MID formats to alert the operator when an event occurs. 【Send E-Mail】 When an event occurs, the PowerVideo Plus will send a text notification to the setup E-mail address. Check the Send E-Mail box, type the E-mail addresses, subject and text content.

  • Page 51: Alarm Input

    PowerVideo Plus 10.2.2 Alarm Input Figure 10-10 Device: Select a device from the drop-down list and select the desired channels. Save Settings: Click the button to save the settings. 【Pop-up Notification Window】 Check the box to enable a notification pop-up window in text format when an event occurs.
  • Page 52 WAV, WMA, MP3 or MID formats to alert the operator when an event occurs. 【Send E-Mail】 When an event occurs, the PowerVideo Plus will send a text notification to the setup E-mail address. Check the Send E-Mail box, type the E-mail addresses, subject and text content.

  • Page 53: Video Loss

    PowerVideo Plus 10.2.3 Video Loss This function is not available for IP Cameras. Figure 10-11 Device: Select a device from the drop-down list and select the desired channels. Save Settings: Click the button to save the settings. 【Pop-up Notification Window】...
  • Page 54 WAV, WMA, MP3 or MID formats to alert the operator when an event occurs. 【Send E-Mail】 When an event occurs, the PowerVideo Plus will send a text notification to the setup E-mail address. Check the Send E-Mail box, type the E-mail addresses, subject and text content.

  • Page 55: Fan Failure / Hd Temperature / Hd Full / Hd Off

    PowerVideo Plus 10.2.4 Fan Failure / HD Temperature / HD Full / HD Off This function is not available for IP Cameras. Figure 10-12 Device: Select a device from the drop-down list. Save Settings: Click the button to save the settings.
  • Page 56 WAV, WMA, MP3 or MID formats to alert the operator when an event occurs. 【Send E-Mail】 When an event occurs, the PowerVideo Plus will send a text notification to the setup E-mail address. Check the Send E-Mail box, type the E-mail addresses, subject and text content.

  • Page 57: E-Mail Server Settings

    PowerVideo Plus 10.2.5 E-Mail Server Settings Figure 10-13 SMTP Server Address: Type the outgoing server address. SMTP Port: Keep 25 for the SMTP port. From: Type the e-mail address that the notifications sent from. User Name: Type the user name of the e-mail address entered in the From field.

  • Page 58: Enabling The Alarm Function On The Main Screen

    PowerVideo Plus 10.3 Enabling the Alarm Function on the Main Screen When an event occurs or the alarm is triggered, on the Main Screen, the color of the camera icon will change for alert. To enable this function, on Figure 10-2, select the desired devices, configure the event / alarm settings, enable Send alarm to Main Application and click the Save button.

  • Page 59: Chapter 11 Ptz Control

    11.1 PTZ Control The PTZ Control is designed to control the PTZ cameras through the PowerVideo Plus. On the Main Screen, click Devices and click PTZ Control, the following PTZ Settings panel appears.
  • Page 60 PowerVideo Plus Actions Control Buttons Navigation Select a navigation speed for the setup actions. Speed To force the camera to turn to the preconfigured preset position, click the Preset button, select a Preset number and then click the Go button.
  • Page 61 PowerVideo Plus To bring up the PTZ Settings panel, follow the steps below: 1. On the Main Screen, drag and drop a PTZ camera in the Live View window. 2. Click on a live view window to select the camera which you want to set the PTZ controls.

  • Page 62: Auto Pan

    PowerVideo Plus 11.2 Auto Pan To configure the Auto Pan settings to force the camera to pan automatically, click the Auto Pan tab, the following panel appears. Figure 11-4 1. Using the direction buttons to adjust the camera view to a desired position where you want to set up the position as the Left Position.
  • Page 63 PowerVideo Plus To activate the configured Auto Pan function on the Live View window, on the PTZ Controls panel, click the Auto Pan button, click “1” on the numeric buttons and then click the Go button. The camera will continuously move to the left and right positions which you have configured.

  • Page 64: Set Preset

    PowerVideo Plus 11.3 Set Preset You can configure up to 192 preset positions in this field. Click the Set Preset tab, the following panel appears. Figure 11-6 1. Adjust the camera view to a desired position using the direction button. You can select the pan / tilt speed from the PT Speed drop-down list for controlling the direction buttons.

  • Page 65: Set Pattern

    PowerVideo Plus 11.4 Set Pattern You are given 90 seconds to move the camera (via the PTZ buttons) to different positions (and different zoom / focus / Iris positions). The camera then saves that sequence under the Pattern No. you’ve selected. Up to 4 Patterns can be configured. Click the Set Preset tab, the following panel appears.

  • Page 66: Set Tour

    PowerVideo Plus 11.5 Set Tour You can combine up to 16 preconfigured camera positions and patterns into one long sequence. Up to 16 Tour sequences can be set up. To set up a Tour Sequence: Click the Set Tour, the following Tour panel appears.
  • Page 67 PowerVideo Plus Follow Step 3 to 6 to configure up to 16 positions for Tour No.1. To configure another Tour sequences, select a number from the Tour No drop-down list and follow Step Step 3 to 6 to configure up to 16 positions for the selected Tour number.

  • Page 68: Auto Mode Settings

    PowerVideo Plus 11.6 Auto Mode Settings Click the Auto Mode Settings, and the following panel displays. Figure 11-10 Freeze Picture: This function can be used in conjunction with the Preset function. If you select On, the camera will directly jump to the selected position without moving. If you select Off, the camera will move to the selected position.
  • Page 69 PowerVideo Plus Auto Flip: Select ON to tilt the camera by 180° using the direction controls on the PTZ Control window. Owing to the mechanical design, the camera will tilt 90° first, and then the camera will flip by 180 degrees, after that, go down to 180° (see image below). Select OFF to disable the Auto Flip function and the camera will be tilted by 90°.

  • Page 70: Chapter 12 Gps Tracking

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 12 GPS Tracking You can send the GPS data from the mobile DVR to the PoverVideo Plus through Meta Server, and display multiple GPS tracks on single window. The number of GPS tracks is unlimited. You can also play back the GPS tracks or set up GPS fences on the E-Map.

  • Page 71: Activating Gps Tracking Function

    PowerVideo Plus 12.1 Activating GPS Tracking Function You have to configure the Meta Server port on the PowerVideo Plus and then configure the Meta Server settings on the Web interface of the Mobile DVR. • On the Power Video Plus: On the Main Screen, click the Option button and click Configure Meta Server Port.
  • Page 72 PowerVideo Plus 6. You can click the Test Connection button to check out the connection. 7. Click Apply. After setting up the above settings, on the Main Screen, click GPS, click GPS Tracking and select All Devices or a desired mobile DVR, the GPS Tracking window appears (Figure 13-1).

  • Page 73: Playing Back Gps Tracks

    PowerVideo Plus 12.2 Playing Back GPS Tracks You can play back the GPS tracks recorded on the mobile DVR through the PowerVideo Plus. Figure 12-6 To play back the GPS tracks: 1. Start the GPS Tracking function. Please refer to 12.1 Activating GPS Tracking Function.

  • Page 74: Configuring The Gps Fences

    Select GPS Fencing from the drop-down list and configure the settings below. Click the Apply button to apply the settings. Figure 12-7 2. On the Main Screen of the PowerVideo Plus, click GPS and click GPS Fencing, the following window appears. Figure 12-8 3.

  • Page 75: Chapter 13 Backup Utility

    PowerVideo Plus Chapter 13 Backup Utility You can back up the configurations in the PowerVideo Plus. The backup settings can be restored to the current computer or imported to another computer. To export the configurations: 1. On the Main Screen, click Option and select Backup Utility, the following window appears.
  • Page 76 PowerVideo Plus 3. Select Export Settings and click Next, the following window appears. Figure 13-3 4. Click Browse to browse a backup path. 5. Click Export, the configuration file (.bak) will be saved to the selected path. To import the configurations: 1.

  • Page 77: Chapter 14 Bandwidth Monitor

    Chapter 14 Bandwidth Monitor The Bandwidth Monitor displays the bandwidth usage status for the PowerVideo Plus, which provides an instant visibility of the bandwidth used by the PowerVideo Plus. On the Main Screen, click Option and select Bandwidth Monitor, the Bandwidth Monitor icon will be minimized to the system tray and the following window appears.

  • Page 78: Chapter 15 Other Functions

    Chapter 15 Other Functions 15.1 Applying DVR Settings to Multiple DVRs You can remotely apply the DVR settings to multiple DVRs connected to the PowerVideo Plus. Note that you can only apply the settings of the selected DVR to the same DVR models.

  • Page 79: Temporarily Disconnecting (Mobile) Dvr Live Streams

    PowerVideo Plus 15.2 Temporarily Disconnecting (Mobile) DVR Live Streams You can temporarily disconnect (black screen) each single or multiple live streams of the (Mobile) DVRs. To temporarily disconnect a single (Mobile) DVR live stream: Right-click a (Mobile) DVR live stream, the Live View Tool Bar appears. Click the Pause button , the live view displays a black screen and the Pause button turns to a Play button .
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