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  • Page 1 Volume Instruction Manual...
  • Page 2 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. QuickTime is a registered trademark of the Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    T able of Contents Introduction System Setting Menu C H A P T E R C H A P T E R Recording Overview Product Overview Basic Recording Setup Features Timer Recording Setup Specifications Motion Recording Setup Front Panel Keys Alarm Recording Setup Back Panel Keys C H A P T E R...
  • Page 4 Subnet Masks Gateway Address A P P E N D I X Virtual Ports RJ45 (RS485) Pin Assignment Pre-Installation What type of Network Connection T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G Simple One to One Connection Troubleshooting Direct High Speed Modem Connection Router or LAN Connection...

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Product Overview DVRs are the industry’s first full-featured digital video recorder designed specifically for use within the security industry.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Specifications...

  • Page 7: Front Panel Keys

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Front Panel Keypads Keys:...
  • Page 8 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...

  • Page 9: Back Panel Keys

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Back Panel Connections...
  • Page 10 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...

  • Page 11: Installation

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Installation The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers.

  • Page 12: Basic Wiring Instructions

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Basic Wiring Instructions Please refer to diagram 1 on page 9 to assist you with this portion of the installation. Power: Connect the power source or adapter into the power socket shown in diagram 1.

  • Page 13: Hard Disk Drive Installation

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Hard Disk Drive Installation The first step in installing the hard drive is to insert the hard drive sleeve into the machine.

  • Page 14: Dvr Menu Setup

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter DVR Menu Setup Assuming you have completed the first two chapters of this manual. You are now ready to begin setting up the digital video recorder menu.

  • Page 15: Clock/Language Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Clock Setting Menu Diagram 3 Diagram three is a screen shot of the Clock/Language Setting Menu. In the Clock/Language Setting Menu the following fields are defined as follows: Date: This field represents the current date on the DVR.
  • Page 16 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Menu Language: This field is set to English from factory and can not be changed.

  • Page 17: Timer Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Timer Setting Menu Diagram 4 Diagram four is a screen shot of the Timer Setting Menu. In this menu you can set a unique timer any day of the week to start recording from a specified start time to an end time.
  • Page 18 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Speed: This field is used to set the speed at which you would like the timer record to be recording at.

  • Page 19: Sequence Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Sequence Setting Menu Diagram 5 Diagram five is a screen shot of the Sequence Setting Menu. This menu is for setting up the way in which video is sequenced through the main monitor and call monitor outputs.
  • Page 20 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N can be set from 0 to 99 seconds. To change this, simply use the Jog Dial on the DVR.

  • Page 21: Title Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Title Setting Menu Diagram 6 Diagram six is a screen shot of the Title Setting Menu. In this menu you can set a unique title for each of your cameras.

  • Page 22: Covert Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Covert Setting Menu Diagram 7 Diagram seven is a screen shot of the Covert Setting Menu. In this menu you can set which cameras to be covert or hidden on the main monitor.

  • Page 23: Alarm Record Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Alarm Setting Menu Diagram 8 Diagram eight is a screen shot of the Alarm Record Setting Menu. This menu contains all the alarm operations and options needed to successfully complete an alarm recording.
  • Page 24 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Please Note: Refer to Appendix C for more information about setting up the alarm board.

  • Page 25: Motion Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Motion Setting Menu Diagram 9 Diagram nine is a screen shot of the Motion Setting Menu. This menu is for setting up the digital recorder for motion recording.
  • Page 26 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N To change this, simply use the Jog Dial on the DVR. Press the Enter key to make your selection.

  • Page 27: Menu Button

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Diagram 11 To exit this screen after you have finished editing simply press the MENU button.

  • Page 28: Normal Record Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Record Setting Menu Diagram 12 Diagram twelve is a screen shot of the Record Setting Menu. This menu contains the speed and quality for recording all the time.
  • Page 29 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N 19KB Basic 23KB Standard 27KB High 31KB Superior 35KB To change this, simply use the Jog Dial on the DVR.
  • Page 30 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Superior 35KB To change this, simply use the Jog Dial on the DVR. Press the Enter key to make your selection.

  • Page 31: Network Setting Menu

    IP Address: This field is to set a static IP Address for the DVR. A static IP address is an IP address whose value does not change. Everfocus suggest using a static IP address. If your Internet provider does not offer a static IP address you have the option to use a dynamic IP address.
  • Page 32 Example: USER-NAME Password Level admin admin super Changed to Adam Everfocus super Please remember there are only three different levels guest, general, and super. o “Admin” and “General” – can view live/playback video o “Guest” – can only view live.

  • Page 33: Control Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Control Setting Menu Diagram 14 Diagram fourteen is a screen shot of the Control Setting Menu. This menu is for setting up a connection from the digital recorder to a computer to transfer instructions or information using the HyperTerminal program in Windows.
  • Page 34 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N RS232 Parity: This field is to select the parity level at which you will be connected.
  • Page 35 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Please Note: Settings for remote keyboards KS-KBK and KS-KBJ: RS-485 baud rate: 9600, Stop bit: 1, Parity: none, ID range: 1~32.

  • Page 36: Buzzer Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Buzzer Setting Menu Diagram 15 Diagram fifteen is a screen shot of the Buzzer Setting Menu. This menu is to set the internal buzzer.
  • Page 37 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Disk Full: This field is to turn the buzzer on or off when the Hard Disk Drive is full.

  • Page 38: Archive Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Archive Setting Menu Diagram 16 Diagram sixteen is a screen shot of the Archive Setting Menu. This menu is for setting up the way in which video is archived within the machine.
  • Page 39 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Time Stamp Position: This field is to set the position of the time stamp. You can set the time position either on top or bottom.

  • Page 40: Matrix Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Matrix Setting Menu Diagram 17 Diagram 18 Diagram 19 Diagrams seventeen through nineteen are screen shots of the Matrix Setting Menu.
  • Page 41 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Dwell Time: This field represents the rate at which the cameras will sequence on the call monitor.

  • Page 42: Disk Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Disk Setting Menu Diagram 20 Diagram twenty is a screen shot of the Disk Setting Menu. This menu is for viewing Disk information and formatting the disks.

  • Page 43: System Setting Menu

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N System Setting Menu Diagram 16 Diagram sixteen is a screen shot of the System Setting Menu. This menu is for setting up any additional options and restoring defaults to the digital recorder.

  • Page 44: Chapter

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N let you into the menu options. The password supports up to 6 characters. The available alphanumeric characters are: 0 to 9, A to Z, and /( ) .
  • Page 45 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N set to No. To Load the defaults simply use the arrow buttons to change this option to yes.

  • Page 46: Recording Overview

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Recording Overview Before continuing please be sure to have reviewed DVR Menu Setup (Chapter 3). You are now ready to begin setting up the machine for normal recording.

  • Page 47: Timer Recording Setup

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N To stop recording simply press the Stop button. Please Note: When the Hard Drive is full, the DVR will either stop recording automatically or overwrite from the beginning of the hard drive.

  • Page 48: Motion Recording Setup

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Please Note: When the Hard Drive is full, the DVR will either stop recording automatically or overwrite from the beginning of the hard drive.

  • Page 49: Alarm Recording Setup

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Diagram 19 To stop recording simply press the Stop button. Please Note: When the Hard Drive is full, the DVR will either stop recording automatically or overwrite from the beginning of the hard drive.
  • Page 50 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Diagram 20 To stop recording simply press the Stop button. Please Note: When the Hard Drive is full, the DVR will either stop recording automatically or overwrite from the beginning of the hard drive.

  • Page 51: Playback Overview

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Playback Overview Before continuing please be sure to have reviewed DVR Menu Setup (Chapter 3). You are now ready to begin setting up the machine for playback.
  • Page 52 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Diagram 21 Use the up and down arrow keys to select segment list and press the enter key.

  • Page 53: Alarm List Playback

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N 2. Alarm List Playback Assuming you have completed the setup options in Chapter 1 through 4. Press the search button to enter the search menu.

  • Page 54: Date/Time Playback

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Date/Time Playback Assuming you have completed the setup options in Chapter 1 through 4. Press the search button to enter the search menu.

  • Page 55: Copying Video

    DVR. This chapter will show you how to copy a still image or movie from the recorder. Please Note: Lexar Compact Flash Cards are not compatible with Everfocus digital recorders. Everfocus suggests using Sandisk or Kingston Compact Flash Cards.

  • Page 56: Copy As A Mov File

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N The Second Step is to play the video you want to archive. Please refer to chapter 5 to for playing back video.

  • Page 57: Other Archiving Methods

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Diagram 29 You will see a screen similar to diagram 29 when you have pressed the copy button.
  • Page 58 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Open up My computer in windows and you will notice a new drive has been added to the computer.

  • Page 59: Audio Overview

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Audio Overview This chapter will try to give you details on how to setup audio on the DVR. Before we begin the process of connecting audio to your digital recorder we should have the following items.

  • Page 60: How To Upgrade Firmware

    Copy the .HEX to CF card using the Compact Flash reader that came with your DVR (from a computer). Please Note: Lexar Compact Flash Cards are not compatible with Everfocus digital recorders. Everfocus suggests using Sandisk or Kingston Compact Flash Cards.
  • Page 61 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Highlight YES again and press enter (use jog wheel to select). Next to System Upgrade you will notice it say "Reading..then Programming...then Success..."...

  • Page 62: Networking Overview

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Networking Overview This chapter will try to give you a detailed instruction on how to network the DVR.

  • Page 63: Gateway Address

    For example, some Web sites a person visits on the Internet use a URL like the following: http://www.everfocus.com:8100/ In this example, the number 8100 refers to the port number used by the Web browser to connect to the Web server. Normally, a Web site uses port number 80 and this number need not be included with the URL (although it can be).

  • Page 64: Pre-Installation

    That way, you can host a website, email server, or other type of server connection. Everfocus suggest using a static IP address. If your Internet provider does not offer a static IP address you have the option to use a dynamic IP address.

  • Page 65: What Type Of Network Connection

    What type of DVR are you installing? ______________ Everfocus EDR series: EDR 400, 1600 or 1680 Everfocus EDSR series: EDSR 110, 400H, 400M, 400, 900, or 1600 What Type of Network Connection do you have? Everfocus DVR’s can operate using three distinct types of networking connections.

  • Page 66: Simple One To One Connection

    Now Log into the Everfocus DVR menu and using the jog dial from the previous chapter go to the Network Setting Menu. (See page 28 for more...
  • Page 67 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Assign an IP address of 192.168.001.003 to the DVR, a Subnet mask of 255.255.255.000, and a default gateway of 192.168.001.001.
  • Page 68 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...
  • Page 69 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...
  • Page 70 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...
  • Page 71 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Once you have reached this point click ok and restart both the computer and the digital recorder.

  • Page 72: Direct High Speed Modem Connection

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Direct High Speed Modem Connection Hi-speed modem Internet Cat 5 Straight Through Cable Straight Through Ethernet Cable Pin outs: The Diagram below shows the pin configurations for a straight cable.
  • Page 73 E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Now Log into the Everfocus DVR menu and using the jog dial from the previous chapter go to the Network Setting Menu. (See page 28 for more...

  • Page 74: Router Or Lan Connection

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Router or LAN Connection Hi-speed modem Internet Cat 5 Straight Through Cable Router Straight Through Ethernet Cable Pin outs:...
  • Page 75 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 router. Now Log into the Everfocus DVR menu and using the jog dial from the previous chapter go to the Network Setting Menu. (See page 28 for more...
  • Page 76 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Please Note: Make sure the modem is in bridge mode. If your Internet Service Provider is BellSouth you will have a modem/router.

  • Page 77: C H A P T E

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Linksys Port Forwarding This chapter will cover a few simple configurations for the Linksys router. Please understand we do not support this product and will not give tech support on it.
  • Page 78 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N The first screen that appears displays the Setup tab. This allows you to change the Router's general settings.
  • Page 79 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Application - In this field, enter the name you wish to give the application. Each name can be up to 12 characters.
  • Page 80 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N DVR 3333 to 3333 Both 192.168.1.50 Enable DVR 4444 to 4444 Both 192.168.1.50 Enable DVR 6666 to 6666 Both...

  • Page 81: Dynamic Dns

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N 1. Enter the name of the application in the appropriate Application Name field.
  • Page 82 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N DDNS Service - From this pull-down menu, enter the DDNS service with which you have membership.

  • Page 83: D-Link Port Forwarding

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter D-Link Port Forwarding This chapter will cover a few simple configurations for the D-Link router. Please understand we do not support this product and will not give tech support on it.
  • Page 84 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N The next step is to open ports within your router. Go to Virtual Server in the router.
  • Page 85 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Name - Enter the name referencing the virtual service Private IP - The server computer in the LAN (Local Area Network) that will be providing the virtual services.

  • Page 86: Dynamic Dns

    DynDNS. Once you have enabled it enter the server address of DynDNS.org: members.dyndns.org Then enter the hostname you created with DynDNS.org Example: Everfocus.homeip.net Then enter the username and password you use to log into DynDNS.org...
  • Page 87 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...

  • Page 88: C H A P T E

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter DDNS This chapter will cover a few simple configurations for setting up DDNS. Please understand we do not support this product and will not give tech support on it.
  • Page 89 Add Host link right next to Dynamic DNS. The next step is to add a host name with an extension. Example: Everfocus.homeip.net The IP address should already be entered for you. All you have to do is click add host and you are done registering DDNS.
  • Page 90 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N To access the DVR from a computer simply open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type: http:// The DDNS you created example everfocu.homeip.net...

  • Page 91: C H A P T E

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Viewing through Internet Explorer To access the DVR from a computer simply open Internet Explorer and in the address bar type: http:// (LAN or IP address of your internet service provider) The digital video login page will appear on the screen similar to the one...
  • Page 92 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Then click on the submit button and you will be logged into your recorder.
  • Page 93 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N...
  • Page 94 E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Please Note: If any icon is grayed, it means that particular function is not accessible.

  • Page 95: C H A P T E

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Chapter Interface Specifications This Digital Video Recorder may be controlled by a computer or a terminal via the standard D-SUB 9-pin RS-232 connector.

  • Page 96: Transmission Setting

    E V E R F O C U S E L E C T R O N I C S C O R P O R A T I O N Transmission Setting There are 6 different speeds that can be used to transmit instruction or information through the RS232/RS485 port on the device, 1200 baud, 2400 baud, 4800 baud, 9600 baud, 19200 baud, and 3840 baud.

  • Page 99: Appendix

    Appendix Remote Control...

  • Page 100: Appendix

    Appendix Time Lapse Mode Recording Time...

  • Page 102: Appendix

    Appendix Alarm Board Configuration...

  • Page 103: Virtual Ports 59 Rj45 (Rs485) Pin Assignment

    Appendix RJ45 (RS485) Pin Assignment...
  • Page 104 Troubleshooting If you have difficulty operating your system, run through the following checklist to see if you can solve the problem. The DVR will not go into record mode? Make sure the HDD is locked in with the keys. Also check to make sure the hard drives are set to Master.
  • Page 105 The DVR displays no picture? First question you should ask yourself is the equipment wired properly. Please see your installation manual for help. The second question to ask yourself0, do all the wires used work properly. The next step is to verify the recorder is getting the correct amount of power. There is no display coming from one of the channels on the DVR? The first step is to verify is the problem coming from the recorder or the camera.
  • Page 106 www.tzo.com. (Preferred routers: Linksys BEFSR41 V3 or DLINK DI624 or any router that offers DDNS.

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