EverFocus EDR-920 Installation / Operation Manual

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INSTALLATION / OPERATION EDR-920 9-channel Digital Video Recorder Rev 1.00 EDR-1640 16-channel Digital Video Recorder ...

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Safety warnings Safety warnings To avoid any damage, please consider the following safety warnings: Never place the recorder near to heaters, furnaces, other heat sources or under direct solar irradiation. Operate the device only in locations provi...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Features 4 1.2 Delivery scope 4 1.3 Technical data 5 1.4 Front panel operating elements 7 1.5 Connections 10 1.6 Screen displays 12 2. Installation 15 2.1 Delivery scope 15 2.2 Video connection installatio...

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4. Recording 56 4.1 Normal recording 56 4.2 Timer – scheduled recording 56 4.3 Event recording 57 5. Playback 58 5.1 Playback without search function 58 5.2 Recording search 60 6. Video export 62 7. Call- / matrix monitor setup 64 8. Display...

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• Duplex operation: simultaneous recording and playback •MPEG4 compression method with configurable quality • variable recording rate up to 400/200 images / second (EDR1640/920) • 4-channel audio recording • motion detection • 2 x 3,5...

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1.3 TECHNICAL DATA 5 Video format PAL/CCIR Video input EDR920: 9 x 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC, 75 Ohm EDR1640: 16 x 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC, 75 Ohm Main monitor: 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC at 75 Ohm CALL/MATRIX monitor: 5 x 1 Vpp FBAS, BNC at 75 Ohm Video output 9...

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Title generator Max. 12 characters per camera Network RJ45 socket Image export USB 2.0 interface RS-232 9-pin Sub-D socket RS-485 2 x RJ45 Audio 4 x input 500 mV max /10KOhm, 1 x output 500 mV max at 10KOhm Power source 100 ~ 240 VA...

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1.4 FRONT PANEL OPERATING ELEMENTS Keys 2 3 4 7 6 5 8 REC: recording key STOP: recording / playback stop PLAY: playback PAUSE: image freeze, stops playback for freeze mode SEARCH: opens on-screen display for playback search COPY: opens image expo...

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SEQ: Sequence operation, automatic image switching SELECT: In multiscreen mode: selection of the camera to be displayed in a partial screen. ENTER switches to the following partial screen. In full screen mode: brightness, contrast and colour adjus...

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20 21 22 USB socket: USB-2.0 port for image export via USB stick resp. external DVD-R EPR200 HDD LEDs: LEDs for HDD power (green) and HDD activity (red) IR receiver: Receiver for infrared remote control 23 9 LCD display: Status, time/date display ...

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1 1.5 CONNECTIONS Main switch: Power switch, below IEC socket for 100~240 VAC power source EDR1640 back panel (EDR920 identical, 9 video inputs) 10 Video inputs: EDR920: VIDEO IN(1~9): BNC video inputs for 1 Vpp Composite video signals, automatic 75 ...

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11 Fan: Fan air outlet, please do not cover 11 13 Mouse: PS-2 mouse connection (optional) 10 LAN: RJ45 network socket 7 RS232 socket: 9-pin Sub-D control input for RS-232 remote control 8 RS485 socket: 2 x RJ45 socket (equal) for remote control via ...

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1.6 SCREEN DISPLAYS 1. Channel display 2. Event (here: video loss) 3. Display selection 4. Playback status 5. Recording status Channel display: shows the selected video channel’s description 2 Event: Event display, may be channel-related or global...

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3 4 SELECT: Within a multiscreen view, the SELECT key activates the camera selection mode. The active camera field shows “S”. Use the JOG to switch between the camera fields. Use the channel keys 1~9 or 1~16 to switch the channel.. PLAYBACK ST...

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1. Current date: as set in time/date menu 2. Recording status: In case of activated recording, "R" + current HDD no. is displayed “R01”: R - RECORD, figure shows the currently recording HDD no., here: No. 1 3. Event: current event di...

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ATTENTION: The installation should be effected by qualified personnel only. Connect power source only after having finished the further installation. 2.1 Delivery scope 2. INSTALLATION Check the delivery scope (see 4.) before starting the installatio...

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DVR cascading The digital video recorders provide "CASCADE IN" and "CASCADE OUT" video connections. In combination with RS-485 remote control, up to 8 EDR920/1640 can be cascaded and administrated via one single main monitor. Cas...

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2.3 Audio connection installation Sample installation with audio connection to video cameras providing audio output: The EDR920/1640 DVRs provide 4 audio inputs and 1 audio output. The inputs are designed for max. 500 mV to 10 KOhm line audio signal...

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2.4 RS-485 keyboard installation All EDR920/1640 functions can be remote-controlled by the EKB 500 universal keyboard. Using the EEPbus protocol, digital video recorders, keyboards and speed domes can be installed on one single RS-485 bus. One sys...

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A direct RS-485 bus star wiring is not supported; star wiring requires the use of signal distributors. Improper RS-485 bus star wiring If star wiring is inevitable, EDA 997A RS-485 signal distributors may be used. The maximum system cable length ...

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For a simple, short distance installation, recorder and keyboard can directly be connected using a standard network cable (patch cable, uncrossed!). 2.4.3 EKB-500 connection with network patch cable 2.4.2 RS-485 plug connection assignment The two R...

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2.4.4 EKB-500 connection to several DVRs For long distance installations connecting several DVRs, the use of the optional EDA998 connection kit is recommended: EKB 500 installation with several DVRs and EDA998 connection kit For further details ...

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2.5 Speed dome installation Speed dome or telemetry receiver pan/tilt/zoom control is available through web browser or the optional PowerCon software if the DVR is connected to a network. Local telemetry control is provided by the optional EKB 500 ...

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2.6 Alarm input / output installation The EDR920/1640 alarm inputs can be used for recording start or recording rate adjustment. Furthermore, alarm reactions such as camera switching to monitors, buzzer, e-mail and network alarm are available. An a...

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2.7 PS/2 mouse installation EDR920/1640 may optionally be controlled through PS/2 wheelmouse which must be connected before system start-up. 2.8 Installation EDA800s harddisk expansion unit The EDR920/1640 image storage capacity can be expanded us...

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2.9 Network connection EDR920/1640 DVRs provide fast MPEG-4 format image transmission and network remote configuration. This chapter doesn‘t go into basic network technique details. For further information, especially about router installation ...

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26 2.10 Harddisks Insert the pre-assembled harddisks incl. frames into the HDD tray. Both harddisks must be jumpered as „CS – Cable Select“. Make sure that both harddisks have reached the stop position and use the key switch to lock the hard...

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3. SETUP MENU MENU The MENU key starts the main menu. Press the MENU key again to leave the menu or to change from sub menu to a higher menu level. Use the JOG to select a menu item. Use the ENTER key to confirm a selection and to proceed to the...

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Define the following settings in the TIME / DATE menu: (1) TIME FORMAT: Select either 12-hour or 24-hour format for time display (2) TIME: Current time Hour: 00 ~ 23 (1 ~ 12 for 12-hour format) Minute : 00 ~ 59 Second: 00 ~ 59 (3) DATE ...

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(7) END DATE: End of daylight saving time 29 LAST Select week: Use the JOG to adjust the week of the selected month: 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . Select day: Use the JOG to adjust the weekday: THSU FR TUMO WE SA Select month: Use the JOG to adjust the month: FEB...

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(10) TIME ZONE: Enter your local time zone (Germany, Austria, Switzerland: GMT+1). ATTENTION: The correct entry is compulsory for NTP synchronisation. (11) UPDATE INTERVAL: Time synchronisation interval DAY MONTHWEEK (8) TIME SYNCHRONISATION: The...

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3.2 CAMERA MENU The most important recording operation settings are defined in the CAMERA menu. Before changing the settings in this menu, recording has to be stopped. Each camera is set individually: (1) NAME: Enter the video channel descrip...

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(6) REC SPEED ON TIME ZONE: The EDR DVR offers 8 different timers for scheduled recording. The settings of the last row “N” (normal) apply to those periods not captured by a timer schedule (setup in TIMER menu) For recording rate, the following...

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(7) SUMMARY: The SUMMARY menu item gives a summary on the settings for control purpose. Use the JOG to browse the individual settings. ATTENTION: This menu does not allow any editing of settings. (8) COPY function Besides camera title, PTZ ID and ...

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3.3 RECORDING MENU Define the following settings in the recording menu: (1) RECORD AUDIO: YES: Audio is recorded together with video. Audio recording is effected independent of image recording rate. NO: Audio recording is deactivated. (2) TIME STAMP...

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(5) RESOLUTION: DVR PAL recording resolution is adjustable as follows: 720x288 (Half D1), Default setting, total recording rate 100 IPS for EDR920 total recording rate 200 IPS for EDR1640 720x576 (D1) , total recording rate 50 IPS for EDR920 total ...

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3.4 ALARM MENU Define the dry alarm contacts’ attributes and the alarm reactions in the ALARM menu. For alarm contact pin assignment, please refer to appendix D. Each contact is adjusted individually and selected from the list on the left: (1) A...

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(4) DURATION: Alarm duration for N.O. and N.C. contact types. Duration applies to recording, screen change, buzzer and output contact and is adjustable from 1~99 seconds. (5) ALARM OUTPUT: Output relay activation. 1: Output relay 1~4 (selection) is ...

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3.5 MOTION DETECTION Define all motion detection settings for the individual cameras in the MOTION DETECTION menu. Use the JOG to select the cameras from the list on the left. (1) MOTION: ENABLE: Motion detection is activated. DISABLE: Motion dete...

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(5) EMAIL: By selecting “ON”, an email is sent in case of motion alarm, containing the alarm message, the camera’s alarm image and the DVR IP address as sender. Define the email recipiant’s details in the NETWORK menu. (6) BUZZER: Alarm buz...

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(10) AREA SETUP With activated motion detection, the sub menu for setting up detection areas can be entered by pressing the SELECT key. Use the DISPLAY key to show all function keys available for this menu at any time. Active areas are shown in g...

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3.6 VIDEO LOSS MENU Define the reaction upon video signal loss for each camera in this menu: (1) VLOSS: ENABLE: Video loss detection is activated. DISABLE: Video loss detection is deactivated. (2) DURATION: Alarm duration. Duration applies to buzze...

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3.7 NETWORK MENU Define the basic DVR TCP/IP settings in the NETWORK menu: (1) DHCP: DHCP ( Dynamic Host Communication Protocol), automatic IP number assignment (if supported by the network). YES: DHCP activated NO: DHCP deactivated. (2) IP ADDRE...

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(6) HTTP PORT: Default setting for this port is: 80. The port can be changed if necessary. (7) CONTROL PORT: Default setting for this port is: 1600. The port can be changed if necessary. (8) DATA PORT: Default setting for this port is: 37260. The...

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(4) SERVER 1 : Alarm server 1 IP address (recipiant) (5) SERVER 2 : Alarm server 2 IP address (recipiant) (6) SERVER 3 : Alarm server 3 IP address (recipiant) 3.7.3 EMAIL (Email alarm) Define the recipiant’s email account settings for email alar...

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3.7.4 PASSWORD Define user names, passwords and user rights for network access in the PASSWORD menu item. Up to 6 different users can be defined: (1) NAME: User name for network login (2) PASSWORD: Password for network login (3) LEVEL: Define th...

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3.8 TIMER MENU Define the time frames for scheduled recording in the TIMER menu: (1) DAY: MO (Monday), TU (Tuesday), WE (Wednesday), TH (Thursday), FR (Friday), SA (Saturday), SU (Sunday). WDAY: Monday to Friday. WEND: Weekend, Saturday and Sunday. ...

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3.9 HDD (harddisk) MENU Check harddisk status and delete harddisk indexes in the HDD menu. (1) DISK INFORMATION: Harddisk number in blocks of 4 HDD (more than 2 HDD only in combination with harddisk expansion EDA800), use the JOG for selection (2) ...

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3.10 RS232/RS485 MENU 48 CONTROL SETUP MENU RS232 BAUD RATE 9600 BPS STOP BIT 1 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 RS485 BAUD RATE 9600 BPS STOP BIT 1 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 RS232/RS485 ID 1 PTZ PROTOCOL EVERFOCUS (1) RS232 BAUD RATE: RS-232 interface transmissi...

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3.11 WARNING MENU 49 3.11.1 FAN FAILURE The EDR provides warning functions allowing signalling upon operation failure. Define the alarm reactions in the WARNING menu. Both fans provide failure detection. Define the alarm reactions upon fan failure...

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The enduring HDD temperature surveillance guarantees an alarm reaction in case the threshold value is exceeded. There may be several reasons for HDD temperature excess: - Exceedance of the max. tolerable ambient temperature (40°C), e.g. upon insta...

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3.11.3 NO HDD 51 WARNING SETUP MENU FAN FAULT BUZZER ENABLE HDD TEMP. ALARM OUTPUT 1 NO HDD ALARM DURATION PERMANENT HDD FULL NETWORK ALARM NO EMAIL NO The DVR detects when both harddisks are removed, switched off or not detected. Define the ...

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3.11.4 HDD FULL 52 WARNING SETUP MENU FAN FAULT BUZZER ENABLE HDD TEMP. ALARM OUTPUT 1 NO HDD ALARM DURATION PERMANENT HDD FULL NETWORK ALARM NO EMAIL NO In operation mode HDD FULL: STOP (setting in RECORDING menu), the recording process is st...

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3.12 SYSTEM MENU Define the following settings in the SYSTEM menu: (1) SYSTEM VERSION: Display of the installed firmware version. (2) SYSTEM VIDEO FORMAT: Display of the detected video system PAL or NTSC. The EDR automatically detects the video syst...

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ATTENTION: After updating the system, restart, loading of default settings and further restart are required. Furthermore, HDD should be deleted. (5) LANGUAGE: System language selection. (6) QUICK PLAY: The "QuickPlay" function is a conveni...

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LEVEL-3 LEVEL-2 LEVEL-1 WITHOUT ADMINISTRATOR OPERATOR GENERAL ---- DISPLAYOKOKOKOK MODE OK OK OK OK ZOOM OK OK OK OK FULL OK OK OK OK SELECT OK OK OK NO SEQ OKOKOKNO CALL OK OK NO NO MENU OK NO NO NO COPY OK NO NO NO SEARCH OK NO NO NO PLAY OK NO NO...

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4.1 RECORDING Actuate the REC key to switch the DVR to recording resp. recording standby mode. The red LED within the REC key is illuminated. Alternatively, the DVR can be switched to recording / recording standby mode through the REC IN input con...

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Define the scheduled recording settings in the TIMER menu. With activated timer, recording starts and stops automatically. 4.2 TIMER – scheduled recording 4.3 Event recording If event-triggered recordings are programmed in the ALARM and/or MOTI...

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Press the PLAY key to switch the DVR to playback mode. Depending on the “QuickPlay” function settings (see SYSTEM menu), playback starts at one of the following positions: QuickPlay OFF: playback starts at the last playback position QuickPlay ...

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59 (4) Slow forward playback Press the PAUSE key during playback to freeze the image at the current playback position. Turn the SHUTTLE clockwise for slow forward playback. Depending on the shuttle speed, the playback speed is reduced to 1/2, 1/4,...

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5.2 PLAYBACK SEARCH (1) TIME / DATE SEARCH Press the SEARCH key to enter the search menu. SEARCH NAVIGATION: Use the JOG to select values or entries. Use the ENTER key to go to the next menu item and the DISPLAY key to go to the previous menu item. ...

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(2) EVENT SEARCH Enter EVENT in the first row of the search menu if you search for specific events such as alarm, motion detection or video loss. Preselect the type of event to be listed in the EVENT row. The following types of event are available...

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Video data can be exported as *.arv format movie file to both a USB stick or the external USB DVD drive EPR200. PC playback requires the dedicated viewer software which may be copied to USB stick through the COPY menu described below or which can b...

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Define the following settings in the COPY menu: COPY: Select “VIDEO” to export video data. Select “VIEWER” to copy the EDR viewer playback software. DISK NO: Harddisk number; the respective harddisk’s recording timeframes are indicated in...

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7. CALL / MATRIX MONITOR SETUP Enter the call and matrix monitor setup menu by pressing the CALL key: Define the following settings in the CALL menu: Press ENTER to select the respective monitor and the selection options: (1) SEQ: “ON" activ...

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8. DISPLAY SETTINGS 8.1. BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, COLOUR Press SELECT to adjust brightness, contrast and colour for each video channel in full screen mode of the respective camera (channel keys 1 ~ 9 resp. 1 ~ 16): Press ENTER to switch between the set...

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9. SCREEN DISPLAY Press the MODE key to switch between 4x, 7x, 9x, 10x, 13x, 16x and PiP (Picture-in-Picture) main monitor display. 10x, 13x and 16x display are available for EDR1640 only. 66 ...

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The optional EDA966 IR remote control allows the EDR remote control covering a maximum distance of 10m. Basically, the keys comply with the EDR DVR front panel keys. Key assignment differing to EDR front panel: JOG : JOG clockwise. JOG ...

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PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Operating system Windows XP SP2 / Windows 2000 SP6, DirectX 9.0c, Internet Explorer min. 6.x. ActiveX applications must be permitted in the Internet Explorer settings. The loading and installation of ActiveX components during ...

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SCREEN ELEMENTS The illustration shows the screen user interface with the following icons and operating elements: 2. STOP: Stop playback mode and switch to live mode. 3. PLAYBACK 1. REVERSE PLAYBACK 4. SINGLE I...

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PLAYBACK SEARCH Select search mode either by time/date or by event list. Event list search mode 70 Select the types of event to be displayed: ALARM, MOTION (motion detection), VLOSS (video loss). Press UPDATE to start / refresh the event list. The ...

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71 TIME / DATE SEARCH Selecting "Search by Time" opens an entry mask for playback position date and time input. Press the PLAY key to start the playback after data input. Year Month Day Second Minute Hour ...

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The EDR DVR allows the speed dome and PTZ device control via network. Select “PTZ CONTROL” to activate the telemetry mode. Select the camera in the PTZ CAM field. The following control functions are available: 1. Camera selection 2. Key mode: ...

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73 APPENDIX A: EDR VIEWER SOFTWARE EDR video data exported with the COPY function are saved as *.arv files, an MPEG-4 file format which cannot be run with common software, but requires a special viewer software. This „EDR viewer“ software (fre...

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EDR VIEWER INSTALLATION PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Operating system Windows XP SP2 / Windows 2000 SP6, DirectX 9.0c (free download on www.microsoft.com/directx), Internet Explorer min. 6.x, DivX codec (for AVI export, free download on e.g. www.divx.co...

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PIN NAME PIN # NAME 1 FREE 1 FREE 2 TXD 2 RXD 3 RXD 3 TXD 4 FREE 4 FREE 5 SIGNAL GROUND 5...

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The following remote control protocol applies to RS232 and RS485 remote control. The EEPBus protocol is a universal control protocol for EDSR and EDR (MPEG4) series’ digital video recorders. Therefore, it may occur that some of the following comm...

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77 2-1. The format of message packet is as follows: Length Byte (Prefix: 0x86, 0x87, or 0x88 ..... ) Receiver ID high byte Receiver ID low byte Opcode Byte Data Byte1 Data Byte2 Data Byte3 Checksum Byte 2-2. Length Byte This Length Byte is also a pr...

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78 2-3. Receiver ID 1.) Individual receiver ID Decimal 14bit binary value Hbyte Lbyte Receiver ID (EDSR) 0 0000000 0000000 00 00 ID = 0 1 0000000 0000001 00 01 ID = 1 2 0000000 0000010 00 02 ID = 2 .... 126 0000000 1111110 00 7e ID = 126 127 0000000 ...

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79 2-4-1. OPcode OPcode Data1 Function 0x4B Keycode A remote key pressed 0x4D command Matrix command 2-4-2. Remote keys (OPcode=0x4B) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D...

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2-4-3. Matrix command (OPcode=0x4D) Data1 Matrix function 0x00 Matrix monitor0 - ch01 spot 0x01 Matrix monitor0 - ch02 spot 0x02 Matrix monitor0 - ch03 spot 0x03 Matrix monitor0 - ch04 spot 0x04 Matrix monitor0 - ch05 spot 0x05 ...

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APPENDIX D: Recording times Average recording times, based on 100GB harddisk capacity. Using the VBR (Variable Bit Rate) method, the storage requirement per image depends on the image’s colour and contrast content and captured motion. The followi...

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