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E PHD04+ HDcctv DV R Slimline, 4 CH, 1080 p , Real Time User’s Manual Copyright © EverFocus Electronics Corp , Release Date: December , 201 2.
E VE RF OCU S ELE CT RON ICS CORPORA TION EPHD04H+ HDcc tv DV R User ’ s Manual 20 1 2 Ev erFoc us Electronics Corp www.ever focus.c om All right s reserved. No part of the contents of this manu al may be reprodu ced or transmitt ed in any form or by any means with out written pe rmiss ion o f the Ev erf ocus Elec tro nics Cor porati on.
ii Safety Precautio ns Refer all w ork rel ated to t he ins talla tion o f this product to quali fied s erv ice perso nnel or system installers. Do not bloc k the v entila tion o penin gs or slots on the cover . Do not dr op meta llic pa rts through slots.
iii Follow Inst ructions All op erating and use ins tructions s hould be foll owed. Cleaning Unplug the u nit fr om the outle t befor e clean ing.
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v TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introdu ction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Features ...................................................................................
vi 4.1 PTZ ............................................................................................................................... 34 4.1.1 E xpre ss C ontr ol o f PTZ ...........................................................................
vii 6.6.5 R e mote / M obi le ............................................................................................. 94 6.6.6 N etw ork T e sti ng ............................................................................................... 94 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 1 1. Intr oduction The EPHD04+ is a 4 - chan nel HD cctv DVR providing 1080p real - time recor ding per c hanne l . The model features dual s treams from H.264 an d MJPEG . The recor ding frame rate a nd res oluti on can be inde pende ntly co nfig ured fo r each channel .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 2 1.1 F ea tu res • Full HD real - time recor ding & playback • Compact form factor fits easily where space is limited • Quiet oper ation • Embedded Linux for r eliability and efficiency • HDMI 10 80p ma in mo nitor • Multiplex VGA call m onitor • H.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 3 1.3 F ro nt Pa n e l 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 3 4 5 6 8 7 1 2 F i g u re 1-2 No. Name Description 1 Record This butto n is c urre ntly reserv ed . Press to start re cording . Th e LED will turn ON when the DVR is rec ording .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 4 No. Name Description 9 Jog / S huttle Wheel Jog Shuttle Us e the Shuttle ( outer wheel) to: • In Playback mode, use the Shuttle wheel for fast forward / fas t reverse. • Switc h betwe en Me nu optio ns / pa ramet ers. • Highlight individual cameras.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 5 1.4 R ea r Pa nel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 F igu re 1-3 No. Name Description 1 eSATA Port Conn ects to an external eSATA storage devic e , such as EverFocus ’ ED A450 . 2 Audio Outp ut Conne cts to the a udio o utput devic es, s uch as s peak ers.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 6 1.5 O p tional De vices Used to control the PT Z cameras connected to the DVR. P lease ref er to 2.3.4 R S - 485 Port . EKB500 ( RS - 48 5 Key b o ard ) Connec t the E D A45 0 to the EPHD04 + for e xpanding the s torag e capacity .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 7 2. Inst allatio n 2.1 Coa xial Cab le Prep ar ation EverF ocus HDc ctv techn ology i s mos tly bas ed on the SMP TE - 292 M sta ndar d, which defin es HD - SDI (H igh De finitio n – Serial Digital In terface) video transmission.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 8 2.2 Har d Disk Inst allation You can o ptionally instal l two 3.5 ” HDD s insi de the DVR for recor ding vi deos . 1. Make sure t he DVR is po wer - off. 2. Unsc rew the 7 hou sing scre ws (4 on both s ides of the DVR and 3 on the rear panel) and then remove the housing .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 9 5. Scr ew the H DD to t he H DD brack et s on bo th sides . F igu re 2-4 6. Follow Step 5 t o screw another H DD to the H DD bra ckets if necessary . F igu re 2-5 7. Use the supplied S ATA cable, co nnec t one en d to th e SAT A port on the s mall PCB ins ide the DVR, an d the other end t o the SA TA port o n the H DD.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 10 Note: The small PCB provides 4 SATA ports. Pleas e refer to the image below for the two spare SATA ports f or HDDs. 8. Connec t the i nternal po wer c able to the H DD . F igu re 2-7 Note: The interna l po wer ca ble is c onnec ted to the Main boa rd ins ide t he DVR.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 11 2.3 Bas ic Conn ection The ins tructi ons below d escribe the ba sic co nnec tion for th e E PHD04+ . For details o n cable connec tions, please refe r to the following sections.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 12 2.3.1 Cable L ength Exten sion You can o ptionally use EverFocus ’ EHA - RPT re peater , EHA - SRX converter or EHA - FTX/FRX HDcctv t o fiber converte r to ex tend t he ca ble len gth be tween the D VR and c amera .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 13 2.3.2 Mo nit or C onne cti on You ca n connec t the moni tor t o the V GA or H DMI port o n the r ear pa nel o f the DVR. B oth of the VG A and H DMI v ideo ou tputs c an be used si mul taneo usly an d deliv er f ul l HD resol ution (1920 x 1080, progr essive , 60 Hz.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 14 2.3.3 A larm I/O The DVR provides f our alarm inputs and two alarm outputs . Please refer t o the t able below for PIN assignment. Alarm In Alarm Out F igu re 2-12 Al arm In put No. Description No. Description 1 ALM_IN1 2 ALM_IN2 3 ALM_IN 3 4 ALM_IN4 G GND Alarm Inpu t Contac ts This DVR provides on e alarm input per came ra.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 15 2.3.4 RS - 485 Port The RS - 485 p ort, l oc ated o n the r ear panel o f the DVR, ca n be us ed to c onne ct to an RS - 485 keyboard , such as Ev erFocus ’ EKB500, for controlling H D PTZ cameras . For details on the RS - 485 co nfigur ations on t he DVR, pleas e re fer to 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 16 2.5 A ccessing the DVR You have to as sign a n IP address for y our DVR to be accessible. To assign an IP address , you can use th e IP U til ity ( IPU) program, w hich can be dow nloaded from EverFocus ’ Websit e: http://www.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 17 5. To cha nge the IP a ddres s, doubl e - cli ck the IP Addr ess of the DVR . Type a new IP addr ess and then cli ck Set IP Address to save the se tting s. F igu re 2- 16 You ca n also chang e the other setti n gs by doubl e - c licki ng the val ues.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 18 2.6 Conne cting the DVR to the Networ k There are three methods to conn ect the DVR to the network : Router or LAN Conne ction , Dir ect High ‐ Speed Connec tion a nd One ‐ to ‐ One Connec tion . For mo re inform ati on of the netw ork, please refer to Appendix A.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 19 Connection P rocedure: The First step is to purchase or make a straight through cable. We recom mend purchas ing o ne if y ou ha ve nev er mad e a s traig ht throug h cable. P lease remem ber yo u can no t use a cross - over networ k cabl e for this a pplication .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 20 Take th e valu es for Su bnet Ma sk and Def ault Ga teway a nd inp ut them into th e DVR; these values shoul d be e xactl y the s ame in both devices. Ho wever , you should change the last num ber of the IP addres s. For exa mple, if th e IP addres s of the computer is 192.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 21 2.6.2 Direct Hig h - Sp eed Co nnect ion In a Direct High-S peed C onnec tion, t he cam era c onnec ts dire ctly to a mo dem wi thout the nee d for a router. You need to set the static or dy namic WAN IP address assigned by your ISP (Internet Service P rovider) in the camera’s co nfiguration web pages.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 22 2.6.3 One - to - On e Connect ion You ca n c onnect dire ctly without using a switch, r outer or modem. How ev er, onl y the PC conn ected to the camera w ill be able to view t he IP camera. You will also have to manually assign a compatible IP ad dress t o bot h the c ompu ter and the IP camer a.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 23 Go t o Start . Double - cl ick on Control Pa nel . Click Network and In ternet Con nection . Clic k Netwo rk Conn ectio ns.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 24 Right - click on Local Area Connection and select Properties . Click on Internet Proto col (TCP/ IP) an d then clic k Pr oper ties . Select Use the followi ng IP a ddress . Assign an IP address of 192.168.1. 2, a S ubnet Mask of 255.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 25 3. Mouse a nd Fr ont P anel But ton O per ation There are t hree ways to control the OSD men u of t he EPHD04+ : with a Mou se , the Front Pane l Buttons , or the s upplie d hand held IR Remote Cont rol . For details o n the IR remote co ntrol, please refer to Appendix E , IR Rem ote Control .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 26 3.1.3 Field Input Op t ion s You ma y foun d the f ollo wing fiel ds in the C onfig uratio n menu. Follow the i nstruc tions below to co nfigure the s ettings . Tex t B ox: Clic k on the box and a n on - screen keyboard will app ear .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 27 3.2 Fr ont P anel Butt o ns O p e ra t i o n 3.2.1 Front Panel Rev iew The bas ic pr inci ple o f front panel opera tion is to us e the Jog / Shut tle to naviga te am ong t he menu items. Press th e Enter button to c onfir m a s electio n or en ter th e subm enu.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 28 3.2.4 F ield Inp ut Opt ions You ma y foun d the f ollo wing fiel ds in the C onfig uratio n menu. Follow the i nstruc tions below to co nfigure the s ettings . Tex t B ox: Press the Ente r butt on a nd a n on - scree n keyboard will appear .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 29 3.3 Gener al O per ation 3.3.1 Logi n In order to acces s E PHD04+ again af ter logging out, you may be prompted to log in for authori ty ide ntific ation. To log in, follo w the s teps below . 1. Right - cl ick on th e scr een , t h e Lo gin win dow app ears.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 30 Usin g the front pane l bu ttons : U se th e Jog / Shut tle to s elec t the pa sswor d fiel d and then pres s the Enter button to bri ng up the o n - screen keyboard. Use t he J og / Shu ttle t o highlig ht each c haracter and the n pres s the Ente r button to input th e sele cted cha rac ters.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 31 3.3.3 Audio Selecti on In order to utilize the audi o functio n, pleas e follow the instruc tions be low b e fore sw itching on the audi o functio n . N ote : The Audio function is unavailable for Germany. 1. Conne ct t he a udio so urce an d/or a udio ou tput amplifi er t o the DVR.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 32 4. OS D R oot Menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Figure 4-1 Chapter 4 No. Name Description 1 Playbac k Click to display the Playback Bar for r ecording videos. For de tails, please refer to 5. Playbac k . 2 PTZ Click t o display the PTZ C ont rol Pa nel for controlling the connec ted PTZ cameras.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 33 No. Name Description 9 Search Click to display t he Search menu for setting up the Searc h mode for playing back. For details, please re fer to 5.2 Searchi ng the Rec ordings for Pl ayback Bac k. 10 Copy Clic k to displ ay t he Copy menu for archivi ng the r ecordi ngs or log da ta to the USB s torage devic e or DVD.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 34 4.1 PTZ You ca n use the PTZ C ontrol P anel to con trol the connected PTZ cameras . To bring up the PTZ control panel , on the OS D Root M enu, c lick the P TZ butto n . The following actions can be perfo rme d using the PT Z C ontrol P anel: 1.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 35 9. To o perate the Au to Pan func tion, c lick the Auto Pan bu tton. 10. To oper ate the Pa ttern functio n, clic k the Patte rn but ton. The Patt ern is the “0” Tour in Everfocus and Pelco P TZ cameras. 11. To opera te the Tour function : a.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 36 4.1.1 E xpr ess Cont rol of PTZ If the PTZ C ontr ol P anel has fi rst been o pened and the n hidden, the mo use ca n be us ed to control bas ic PTZ functio ns. Move your mouse cu rsor on the screen, the mouse cursor will turn in to a c ontrol icon (direc tion, focus or zoom) in differe nt are as of the screen.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 37 4.2 Channel Swi tching You ca n switc h the s elec ted ca mera t o a s pecific chann el . Follo w the ste ps be low: 1. On the live view screen, selec t a camera, the sele cted camera will be highli ghted with a white frame . 2.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 38 4.4 Monitor Switching You can si multa neousl y connec t two moni tors to the DVR. On the O SD Roo t Men u, clic k the Monitor button to swi tch t o the C all mo nitor .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 39 To enter t he Zoom mode: 1. Select a camera and then click the Zoom button on the OS D Root Menu t o zoom in the camera view up to 2X. The ZOOM x 2 st amp will be di splaye d on the top s creen. 2. Navi gate t he camer a view to the des ired positi on by mo ving y our mo use cursor over the camera view.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 40 4.6 Ar chiving the R ec or dings or Log Data t o the USB or DV D You can archiv e the r ecor dings o r log da ta (event and motion) to the USB storag e devi ce or the DVD . O n the O SD Roo t Menu, click the Copy i con , the following men u appears.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 41 4.7 Log out You can log out the DVR by clic king th e Logo ut ico n on th e OSD R oot Me nu. To enable the logout funct ion, y ou hav e to c heck t he Use r Logi n box in the OSD m enu (S ystem Setti ng > User) . To log in, please re fer to 3.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 42 4.7.1 Temporarily L ogout Y ou can temporarily log out the DVR by c licking the Logout icon on the OSD Root Me nu. This func tion is des igne d for use i n conj unctio n with the Cov ert C amera func tion. O nce yo u click th e Logout ic on, t he camera s treams will be hidde n on t he Live View / Seque nce Mode.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 43 5. Pla yback You ca n use the Qui ck Pl aybac k func tion t o play back the rec ording s star t from th e pre - con figure d time or use the Search functions to search for the d esired recordings for playing back. 5.1 Qu ick Pla yback To sta rt using the Quick Play back fu nctio n, foll ow th e steps below : 1.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 44 5.2 Pla yback Bar The playb ack ba r is the fastest w ay to s how v ideo from t he exa ct tim e whic h users want to see. The playback bar allows users to see b oth a timeline and the cur rent playback indicator. Us ers can then c lick th e tim eline to mov e the indica tor to the des ired posi tion.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 45 No. Name Description 8 Close Click to hide the Play back Bar. 9 Fast Rever se Click to start fast reversing. 10 Reverse Click to start reversing. 11 Forwa rd C lick to start forwardi ng. 12 Fast Forward Click to start fast for war ding.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 46 5.3 Se ar ching th e Recor dings f or Pla y ing B ack You ca n searc h the recor dings for playing back by usi ng the Search m enu . O n the l eft sid e of the Search men u , select Time Search , Even t Search , Smart Search or Snapsh ot Search to enter to the se tup men u.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 47 5.3.1 Time Search Figure 5-4 Start Da te: Click to bri ng up the on - screen keyboard to sel ect the da te. Start Ti me: Click to bri ng up t he on - screen clo ck to sele ct the time .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 48 5.3.2 Ev ent Sear ch Figure 5-5 Start Da te / End Date: C lick to bring up the on - scr een keybo ard to sel ect the start / end date . Start Ti me / End Time: C li ck to br ing up the o n - sc reen cloc k to s elec t the s tart / en d time.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 49 5.3.3 Sma rt Search T he Smart Search function allows users to search for the moti on even t recor dings . You ca n set up the motio n area s in th is se tup menu a nd then searc h for the m otion ev ents w ithin the specified time.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 50 Figure 5-8 Set All : Click to select th e entire area. Clear Al l: Click to clear all the selec ted areas. Save & Back: Click to save the configured mo tion areas and ret urn to the Smart Searc h menu. Cance l: Click to cancel all c hanges and return to the Smart Search m enu.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 51 5.3.4 Sn aps hot Sear ch You can display vide o fram es in s napsho t an d resume a vide o from w here th e s na pshot ha s bee n set up . Figure 5-9 Search D ate: C lick to bri ng up the on - screen keyboard / clock to select the da te / time.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 52 2. Right - cl ick on th e scr een, the R esume P lay back B ar appears in the middle of the scr een. Previous Play Close Next 3.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 53 6. Configu r ation The EPHD04+ c an b e config ured through a ser ies of menus on sc reen by us ing a Mouse , fro nt pan el bu ttons or the supp lie d IR Remote Co ntrol . The following op eration s are e xamples of using a Mous e.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 54 List o f Configu ration Opt ions : Please find the to pic of i nterest by referr ing to the se ction pr efixe d to each op tio n. 6 .1 Express 6 .2 Came ra Setting 6.2 .1 Basic Setti ng 6.2 .2 Motion 6.2 .3 Vide o Lo ss 6.3 Recor d & Play 6 .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 55 6.1 Ex p res s You ca n confi gure the gl obal ex press s ettings f or all cameras . Figure 6-2 Date: Cl ick to bring up the on - screen key board to s et up th e sys tem da te. Time: Click to bring up the on - scree n clock to set up the s ystem clock.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 56 Record With: Selec t a record method. Blank: Sel ect this option for c ameras to keep t he current individual rec ord method without any cha nges. Pres et S ettings : Selec t this op tion and fur ther s et up the reco rding quality .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 57 6.2 Cam er a S et ting s Y ou ca n conf igure the s etti ngs for individual camera . The se tting o ptions incl ude Basic Settin g , Motion and Video Loss . 6.2.1 Basic Set ting Figure 6-3 Camera : Select a camera to be c onfigured .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 58 Record Q uality: Selec t a recording q uality for the Main Stre am and Sub Stream. Th e options i nclude Low, B asic , Stand ard, Hi gh an d Superi or. T he hig her the quali ty, the more the H DD space i s used. Normal Speed: Select a frame ra te per second (FP S) for continuous recordi ng.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 59 6.2.2 Motion You ca n enabl e the Moti on Event functi on and co nfigur ed the r elated se ttings includi ng motio n event notific atio ns and m otion areas in t his menu . Figure 6-4 Camera : Select a camera to be c onfigured. Enable: Check the bo x to en able the Motio n Event se ttings for the selec ted camera.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 60 Timeout: Selec t thi s opti on and then s et up t he Ti meou t Dura tion in the fi eld be low, the a larm output will last for the setu p dura tion ti me ( 1 ~ 150 s eco nds). Perma nent: Alarm will r emain active until t he user presses t he “Enter” key on the IR Remote Control or rese ts the alarm remo tely.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 61 3. To set up a mo tion area, drag a rectangle with yo ur mouse (from top t o bottom / upper - lef t to lo wer - right). The s elected areas will be hi g hlighted in gr een (see im age below). 4. To delete a moti on area, drag a rectangle with yo ur mouse (from bottom t o top / lower - right to upper - le ft).
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 62 6.2.3 Video Loss You ca n enabl e the Vide o Loss E vent functi on an d confi gured the vi deo l oss ev ent notific ations in this men u. Figure 6-6 Camera : Select a camera to be c onfigured. Enable: Che ck the bo x to en able the Video Loss event setti ngs for the sel ected camera.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 63 Output Type: S elect an outp ut typ e whe n an al arm is trigg ered. Timeout: Selec t thi s opti on and then s et up t he Ti meou t Dura tion in the fi eld be low, the a larm output will last for the setu p dura tion ti me ( 1 ~ 150 s eco nds).
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 64 6.3 R ecor d Settings You can configur e th e ba sic re cording setti ngs on the hard disk. You can a lso c onfigur e the setti ngs for Quick Play back . 6.3.1 Record You ca n enabl e the Vide o Loss E vent functi on an d confi gured the vi deo l oss ev ent notific ations in this men u.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 65 6.3.2 B uilt - i n Calc ulator The buil t - in calculator c an be us ed to give a roug h esti matio n of the tota l r ecording time for the DVR with the c urren t set tings.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 66 6.3.3 Play You ca n set up the Quick Playbac k star t time in th is menu. Figure 6-9 Qui ck Playbac k: Check the b ox to ena ble the co nfigure d play back start ti me in the bel ow fiel d. Playbac k fro m X secon ds ago: Set up a time b etw een 60 a nd 360 0 seco nds for the pl ayback start time.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 67 6.4 Alarm & Ev e n t You can c onfigu re the Alarm / Event setting s in this m enu. 6.4.1 A lar m Figure 6- 10 Alarm: S elect an Al arm inpu t num ber from 1 to 4. Enable: Check the bo x to enable the Alarm trigger functio n for the selecte d alarm input.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 68 Alarm Outp ut: Select a n alarm output number. When an alarm is triggered, the signal will be transmi tted throug h the selected alarm ou tput relay.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 69 6.4.2 Ev ent You can c onfigu re the eve nt set tings a nd ena ble t he Buzze r or E mail a lert f or noti ficati ons. The ev ent o ptions i nclud e: Fan Fail ure , HD T emperatu re , HD Fail ure , HD Fu ll , HD Off , Power Loss and Networ k Loss .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 70 6.4.2.2 HD Temper ature Figure 6- 12 Log: Ch eck the box to record alarm events to log data. Buzzer: Check the box to en able buzz er whe n Hard Dis k’s (HD) t empera ture is over the “Temp.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 71 6.4.2.3 HD Fai lur e Figure 6- 13 Log: Ch eck the box to record alarm events to log data. Buzzer: Check the box to enabl e buzze r when HD fails . Email No tify: Check the box to send em ail noti fica tion when HD fails . Email operation requires valid email en tered in the Email setup menu (see 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 72 6.4.2.4 HD Ful l Figure 6- 14 Log: Ch eck the box to record alarm events to log data. Buzzer: Check the box to enabl e buzze r when HD is full . Email No tify: Check the box to send em ail noti fica tion when HD is full. Email operation requires valid email en tered in the Email setup menu (see 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 73 6.4.2.5 HD Off Figure 6- 15 Buzzer: The buzze r will ac tivate when fan is not wor king . Email No tify: Check th e bo x to send email notification when HD is off. Email operation requires valid email en tered in the Email setup menu (see 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 74 6.4.2.6 Power Loss Figure 6- 16 Log: Ch eck the box to record alarm events to log data. Email No tify: Check the box to send email no tification when power has been restored. Email operation requires valid email entered in the Email setup men u (see 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 75 6.4.2.7 Network Loss Figure 6- 17 Log: Ch eck the box to record alarm events to log data. Buzzer: Check the box to enable buzzer when networ k is lo st . Alarm O utp ut: Select a n alarm output number. W hen an alarm is triggered, the signal w ill be transmi tted throug h the selec ted al arm ou tput r elay .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 76 6.5 Schedule S e tt i n g You can se t up the rec ording sch edule w ith the desired time, event types or FPS. 6.5.1 Express S etup You ca n set up a weekly recording sc hedule for th e DVR to automatically record videos. Figure 6- 18 Weekend Start: Select a start date and time for the weekend.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 77 6.5.2 Holidays In ad dition to set up a weekly recording schedule, you ca n also set up a holiday recording schedul e to a utoma ticall y rec ord vi deos on a spe cific day o f the y ear . Figure 6- 19 Date T ype : Select Holida y or Others i f you have c onfigur ed the set tings i n 6.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 78 6.5.3 Schedule You ca n set up the came ra recor ding mode by ti me of day on specif ic da ys of the week and/ or holiday s and other days. Figure 6- 20 Camera : Select a camer a numbe r to change the s chedule fo r t he selected c amera .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 79 3. Chang e the ti mezo ne/se ction to di fferen t recor d mode ( which shows a di ffere nt col or) by clic king on t he firs t (number ed) blo ck o f any s ectio n. The c olor s witches fro m gray - > orange - > blue, eve ry time the user click s the first block of a section.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 80 3. Selectin g camera : Use the Shu ttle wheel to selec t the desired camera to configure. The s elected camera number will b e highl ighted by a bl ue fram e. 4. Enter tim e bar e diting m ode : Use th e Jog whe el to switc h to time bar editing mo de .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 81 6. Editing blocks in a time ba r : when a time ba r is selected (highlig hted in red frame) , press the “En ter” b utton, and the fi rst blo ck o f this bar w ill be sel ected (hig hligh ted in blue frame). Use the Jog wheel to sele ct t he desi red bl ock as the starti ng tim e, a nd press the Enter button to co nfirm.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 82 Editing Time zone : From: Displays ti me zon e start time . To: Displ ays ti me z one end time . Record : Displays Record mode . Resolu tion : Recording resolution is disp layed. Norm al: Frame rate in FPS for c onti nuous r ecordin g.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 83 6.5.4 Alarm Action Defines recording res ponse to “alarm” input trigger signals by time of day on specific days of the w eek an d/or holi days and ‘other’ days. Figure 6- 22 Alarm: S elect a num ber t o chang e the sch edule fo r that alarm input trigge r.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 84 4. Chang e the secti on to dif ferent mod e (with a di ffer ent color) by click ing on the first block of the section. The color switches from gray - > ora nge - > gr ay, ever y time user clicks the first block of a section.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 85 4. Enter tim e bar e diting m ode : Use the J og whee l to swi tch to time bar edi ti ng mode . T he area surrounding the time bars will be hig hlighted with a blue frame. 5. Select des ired ti me bar for set ting : P ress the E nter button, the first ti me bar will be selec ted and hig hlighte d with a red frame.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 86 Apply t o Days: This but ton ca n be us ed to c opy s chedules t o oth er days . Select which days you wish to copy to. " Selec t All " selects all days , “Clear All” desel ects all days. Click “ OK ” to copy the settings or " Can cel " to e xit witho ut c opying .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 87 6.6 Netw ork Settings The DVR allows y ou to use a Web browser to rem otely view and manage t he system. You can als o receive live vid eo streaming from the DVR using your s martph one .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 88 Gatew ay: Displays the g ateway on yo ur netw ork for the DVR to use when communic ating with any devices not on the loc al ne twork . If DHCP is selec ted, t his va lue w ill be assigned automatically. DNS Server 1: Displays the primary DNS s erver for y our ne twork .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 89 2. If yo u are conne cting throug h a r outer, make sure t hat y ou have ‘ opened up’ all t he requir ed ne twork po rts i n the port fo rwardi ng se ction of your router ’s s etup op tions.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 90 6.6.2 Em ail You ca n confi gure the E mail set tings for D VR to send Email alert when an event occurs. Figure 6- 24 SMTP Server : Assign the SMTP (e - mail) server’s n ame. Note tha t f or more reliable em ail service, use the serve r’s IP address.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 91 6.6.3 DDNS DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) is a serv ice used to ma p a domain name to the dynamic IP addres s of a net work dev ice.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 92 Setup Ste ps: 1. Apply for a host name f rom www .dyndns .org . 2. Make sure that the DNS Server 1 is set up correc tly (see DNS Serve r 1 in 6. 6.1 LAN ) or the DDN S will no t wo rk. 3. Select www .dyndns .org f rom the DDNS Service d rop - down l ist.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 93 Register /Update : Clic k the butto n to submi t and re gister the name to the Everfoc us serv er . The DD NS name you c hoos e must be uni que; t hat i s, it must not alre ady b e in use .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 94 6.6.5 Rem ote / Mobile You can configure the compression format f or the sub - stream for mobile phone access. Select H.264 or MJPEG codec to ena ble t he mobi le p hone ac cess f unctio n.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 95 6.7 Disk The Dis k men u is us ed to review the DVR ’ s hard d rive se ttings and sta tus. No val ue in this men u can be config ured by the opera tor. 6.7.1 D isk Figure 6- 30 Record Time (Start ): Shows the earlies t recording time of t he DVR.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 96 6.7.2 Loc k/Fo r mat You can con trol the perc entage of the HDD s pace reserved for Loc ked Eve nt Recordings . You can also format the h ard disk if necessary. Figure 6- 31 Maximum Loc k (%): Sets the maximum perce ntage o f the HDD space r eserved for Loc ked Event Recordi ngs.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 97 6.7.3 RAID The RAID fu nctio n (Red unda nt Arra ys of Ind epend ent Di sks) can en able two h ard d isks to a ct as one, allowing users to achieve data redundancy (R A ID 1) or grea ter effec tive disk spee d (RAID 0). Note: 1.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 98 RAID 1 : RAID 1 i s designed for disk redundancy. T he same data is writt en to two disks. Wh en one hard disk fails , the other hard disk con tains all the data. Note that i f the tw o HDDs are with different capacity, the smaller siz e will be the amo unt of disk space used on both drives.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 99 6.8 Displa y Set ting You ca n confi gure the se tting s for dis playing th e c amera / DVR in forma tion on the live v iew image.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 100 Step: The se quenci ng order . Camera: Select a camera for the specific st ep. Dwell (sec): Sets u p the dwell time b etwee n 0 an d 99 sec onds for eac h st ep. 6.8.3 Ca ll M/T SEQ Y ou can co nfigure up t o 20 st eps of the se quencing o rder f or the Call monito r .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 101 6.9 Syst em Setti ng You ca n confi gure the ge neral s etti ngs for the DVR i n thi s menu . 6.9.1 Date / Time Y ou can set up the date and time for the DV R . Figure 6-37 Date: Click to br ing up the on - screen keyboar d to set up the da te .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 102 6.9.2 Dayligh t Saving T ime Y ou can co nfigure the s etti ngs for DVR to auto matic ally adj ust to day light s aving time . Figure 6-38 Dayligh t Savin g: Check t he box to ena ble a utomati c dayli ght sav ing ti me. Start Da te: Set th e start d ate for daylight sav ing time.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 103 6.9.3 Use r Y ou can create multiple user acco unts with different privileges . To del ete an added u ser accoun t , select a user ac count an d click the Del ete butto n . Figure 6-39 User Logi n : Chec k the b ox to enab le the Us er Logi n funct ion af ter l ogging out t he DVR.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 104 Schedul e OK NO NO Network OK NO NO Disk OK NO NO Display OK OK NO System OK Note 1 Note 2 Info OK OK OK Log OK NO NO Note: 1. Use r submen u only . Man ager o nly has the privi lege to cha nge own passw ord, a nd to access operator I D.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 105 6.9.4 I/O Control T he I/O Con trol s etup m enu is used to defi ne t he setti ngs for co ntrol ling the DVR through RS - 485 / RS - 232 com munication protocol and for DV R to co ntrol the conn ect ed PTZ c amera s . Please note tha t the RS - 232 port o n the DVR i s curr ently reser ved.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 106 RS - 485 PTZ P rot ocol : Select PTZ protocol, ch oose from the follow ing protocols: Tr ansparent, Pelco D, Pelco P, or Everf ocus. (N ote : A ll cameras on the RS - 485 bus m ust use the s ame pr otocol) 485 ID: This is t he ID used by the EK B500 to se nd c ommands to the DVR.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 107 6.9.5 Mis c. Y ou can upgrade the latest firmware , res tore t he fac tory default se ttings t o the DVR, uploa d / save t he DVR configura tion s ettings fr om / to th e USB o r cha nge th e la nguag e in thi s set up menu.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 108 6.9.6 Quick Archiv e You can quick ly archive all the reco rdings to the U SB storage device or a D VD disc on th e DV R ; or remotely archive a ll the recordings to the comp uter on the remote s ide.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 109 6.10 Informatio n You can se e the DVR i nforma tion a nd Log da ta in thi s menu. Or ex port the l og data to the USB storage device. 6.10.1 Sys tem I n the Sys tem Men u, you c an o nly see the i nform ation of the D VR, N etw ork or H DD.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 110 【 Status 】 Disk: Display s the status of the in ternal H DDs. Normal HDD o perati on is in dicate d by “ OK ”. Fans: Displa ys the status of the in ternal fan. Norma l fan o peratio n is i ndica ted by “ OK ”. Ext 1: Displays the s tatus of the exter nal eSA TA stora ge dev ice.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 111 7. R e m ote Acce ss t o the D VR 7.1 A cce ssing th e DVR on the Netw ork Foll ow the step s below to access the DVR from a compu ter . 1. O pen a n Inter net Ex plor er windo w and in t he a ddress bar type the IP addre ss. Local conne ction: http :// (IP addr ess fro m the DV R’s Net work Me nu): IP po rt us ed e.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 112 7.2 Br owser Security S et ti ng 7.2.1 Install ing ActiveX C ontro ls Follow the s teps bel ow to ins tall the ActiveX C ont rols whe n you first c onne ct to t he DVR ’ s IP address. If you d o not see a yellow bar like the one the arrow is pointing at in the image below , you r securi ty setti ngs may be too high.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 113 4. After insta lling, you w ill r eturn to the D VR ’ s Web interface. Figure 7-5 5. Right - click on the yellow bar a nd select “ Run Add - on …”.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 114 7. Now you will be able to see t he remote live page. Figure 7-8.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 115 7.2.2 Enabling ActiveX C ont rols Note t his sect ion is only necessary if you DO NOT see the yellow Ac tiveX bar (Figure 6 - 2) at the to p of yo ur brow ser screen w hen y ou fir st co nnect t o the DV R. 1. At the top of th e Inter net Explor er Wind ow, c lick on Tool s and then s elect Internet Options .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 116 Figure 7-11 Set the controls as follows: “ Enable ”: Allow previously unuse d ActiveX controls to ru n without prompt ( Internet Explorer 7 only ) Allow scriptlets .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 117 4. Click OK and the n choose Yes to chang e the secu rity set tings . 5. Close the wi ndow so you are back at the log in screen . 6. Click the Refresh bu tton t o reload the page. Figure 7-12 7. Install the e Plu s DVR.ca b file when pr ompte d to do so.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 118 7.3 R emot e Live V iew 1 3 4 5 6 7 2 Figure 7-15 No. Name Description 1 Menu Bar For con figuri ng the DVR. Please r efer to 4 . OSD Root Menu . 2 Channel Bu ttons Click t o display t he cha nnel i n full s cree n. 3 4UP Indicates the Live View s creen is in 4 - division.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 119 7.4 Menu Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Figure 7-16 No. Name Description 1 Live View Click to display t he live view w indow. 2 Express Click to configure the global express se ttings for all cameras. Please refer to 6 .1 Express .
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 120 7.5 R emot e Playback To playback the reco rdings remotely, click the Search but ton on the Me nu Bar . Click Ti me Search , Event Sear ch o r Smart Search and the n set up the set tings. For more details about Searc h setting, please refe r to 5.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 121 8. Specifica tions System Operati ng System Linux RAM 2 GB Watchd og Yes Dual Streams Yes OSD Me nu Yes DVD (+ ) RW Slim DVD bur ner ( No te 1 / 2 ) System Control Front P anel.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 122 Stor age Device Inter nal 3. 5 ” HDD 2 (optional , up to 3TB ea ch ) External Storage 1 eSAT A port (up to 12T B for external storage) RAID RAID 0 and RAID 1 suppo rted Netwo.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 123 9. T roubleshoot ing If you have problems with the sy stem, run t hrough t he fol lowi ng check list to see if you can so lve the pro blem. The DV R will not go into record mod e. Bring up the DVR’s Menu and che ck u nder the Camera Men u.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 124 Appendix A: Net work O verview This cha pter will g ive you a ba sic instruc tion on how to set up th e DVR fo r networ k conne cti on. It is highly recommended that you have a work ing know ledge o f what a networ k is and ho w it wor ks.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 125 Gateway Address Addressees are ei ther local or remote. A g ateway address is com posed of four octe ts separated by decimal points.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 126 Pre - I nstall ation Before begin ning t he ins tallati on, please answe r the follow ing qu estio ns: Do you hav e Hi - spee d Intern et? __________ ____ There are many types of high spee d Internet available. T he most common ones are T1, Cable, and DSL (in or der of spee d).
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 127 What ty pe o f DVR ar e yo u insta lling? ______________ The de fault p orts are ECOR264: 8 0 Paragon: 80 ECOR: 80, 1600 EDR/EDVR: 8 0, 1600, and 37260 – 37263 EMV: 80 If the ports were c hanged in t he Ne twork Setup, use thos e po rt num bers.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 128 Appendix B : Linksys & D - L i nk Po rt Fo r wa rd i n g T y pical Linksy s Port Forw ardi ng This se ction will c over a few simple c onfig urati ons for the Li nksy s route r. Thi s cha pter is o nly to offer s ome h elp to the i nstall er and end user.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 129 Click on the “Applica tions & Gaming” tab. Applications and Gami ng allows you to set u p public services on your network, such as w eb servers, ftp servers, e - mail servers, or other specialized In ternet applications.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 130 T y pical D- Li nk Po rt F orw ardi ng This section will c over a few simple co nfigurations for the D - Link router. This c hapter is only to offer s ome h elp to the i nstall er and end user. P leas e unders tand w e DO N OT supp ort this product and wil l not g ive tech su pport o n it.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 131 Click Virtual Se rvers on the left to bri ng up the fol lowi ng scre en. Virtual Servers allows users who are connect ing remotely to access services on the rou ter’s Local Network . The func tions of eac h field are de scrib ed b elow.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 132 Appendix C : T imin g o f Alarm Modes Transparen t Mode Input Event Alarm Duration t t Event = t Reaction t Eve nt : Duration of alarm inpu t s ource (mo tion, c ontact, system e v ents.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 133 Timeou t Mode t Input Event Alarm Duration t Duration = t Reaction t Event t Eve nt : Duration of alarm input s ource (motion, contact, system e v ents.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 134 Timeou t Mode: Ret rigger of Alar ms t Eve nt : Duration of al arm in put s ource ( motio n, con tact, sys tem eve nts... ) t Duration : Alarm duration for timeo ut, defined in.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 135 Appendix D : E xpr ess Setup R ecor ding V alue Selecti on R ule s Case 1: Record Mod e: Normal + Event Record Wit h: Recordi ng days The DVR will Auto adjus t image Quality an.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 136 Case 3: Record Mod e: Normal + Event o r Event Only Record With: P reset Sett ing DVR will apply the setti ng s in the tabl e belo w to all cameras according to the Pre set Se tting s.
E PHD04+ HDcctv DVR 137 Appen di x E : IR R emot e C on t ro l The IR remote contro l is an acc essory to enha nce the c onvenie nt oper atio n of the DVR. Y ou can perfor m all t he s ettings and ope ratio ns from the remot e cont rol. T he effec tive dis tance is up to 33 fee t line of sight .
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