EverFocus EVS200A User manual

EVS200A/AW
User’s Manual
Copyright © EverFocus Electronics Corp,
Release: Nov. 2009 Rev.A

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Product Name: EVS200A/AW EverFocus IP Video Encoder
Model Number(s): EVS200A/AW
FCC Notice "Declaration of Conformity Information"
RF Declaration should be added. Please check Safety team.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
Installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Warning: Changes or modifications made to this equipment, not expressly approved
by EverFocus or parties authorized by EverFocus could void the user's authority to
operate the equipment.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with
any other antenna or transmitter.
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with
minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
EverFocus Electronics Corp.
12F, No. 79, Sec. 1, Shin-Tai Wu Rd., His-Chi,
Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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EVS200A/AW complies with CE and FCC.
About this document
All the safety and operating instructions should be read and followed before the
unit is operated. This manual should be retained for future reference. The
information in this manual was current when published. The manufacturer reserves
the right to revise and improve its products. All specifications are therefore subject
to change without notice.
Safety Notice
-These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in
a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio
or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and
on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures: -Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase these separations between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
To reduce risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or
moisture.
Do not attempt to disassemble the appliance. To prevent electric shock, do
not remove screws or covers. There are no user-serviceable parts inside.
Contact qualified service personnel for maintenance. Handle the appliance with
care. Do not strike or shake, as this may damage the appliance.
Do not use strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning the appliance body.
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remove, use a mild detergent and wipe gently.
Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or
power source ratings. Do not use the appliance in an extreme environment where
high temperature or high humidity exists. Use the appliance at temperature within
0℃~ +40℃/ 32 ~ 104 and a humidity below 90%. The input power source for
this appliance is 12 VDC & PoE.
Use only the recommended power supplies. Power supplies must comply
with the requirement of the latest version of IEC60950-1. Substitutions may
damage the unit or cause a fire or shock hazard.
Electrostatic-sensitive device. Use proper CMOS/MOSFET handing
precautions to avoid electrostatic discharge.
Installation should be performed by qualified service personnel only in
accordance with the National Electrical Code or applicable local codes.
Terms and Trademark
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trademarks of the respective holders. Other product names appearing in this User's
Guide may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Java™ and all Java-related logos and trademarks are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Support
If the unit ever needs repair service, the customer should contact the nearest
EverFocus Electronics Corp. Service Center for return authorization and shipping
instruction.
AboutACAdaptor
Specifications for AC adaptor
Power Supply: 12VDC, 1 A
Power Output: 12VDC, 1 A
Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 40 / 32 ~ 104
External Dimensions: 56 mm x 68 mm x 101 mm / 2.24” x 2.72” x 4.04”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................6
2. FEATURES ..............................................................................................................6
3. ACCESSING THE CAMERA MENU...................................................................7
4. SETTING................................................................................................................14
4.1 SYSTEM INFO ......................................................................................................14
4.1.1 Information .................................................................................................14
4.1.2 Log ..............................................................................................................15
4.2 USER CONFIG......................................................................................................16
4.3 NETWORK ...........................................................................................................18
4.3.1 Network.......................................................................................................18
4.3.2 DDNS..........................................................................................................20
4.3.3 Bandwidth ...................................................................................................21
4.3.4 SMTP/FTP ..................................................................................................22
4.3.5 Network Alarm (reserved for PowerCon)...................................................24
4.3.6 Wireless (For EVS200AW only).................................................................24
4.4 VIDEO .................................................................................................................26
4.4.1 Multi Streaming ..........................................................................................26
4.4.2 Video - Camera ...........................................................................................28
4.5 AUDIO .................................................................................................................29
4.6 USER .................................................................................................................30
4.7 EVENT...............................................................................................................32
4.7.1 Event ...........................................................................................................32
4.7.2 Motion.........................................................................................................35
4.7.3 Alarm...........................................................................................................36
4.7.4 Time Mask ..................................................................................................37
4.8 SYSTEM............................................................................................................38
4.8.1 Date/Time....................................................................................................38
4.8.2 Daylight Saving ..........................................................................................40
4.8.3 SD Card.......................................................................................................41
4.8.4 Serial Communication ................................................................................43
4.8.5 Maintenance................................................................................................44
4.9 EKB200..............................................................................................................45
4.9.1 Action List...................................................................................................45

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1. INTRODUCTION
The EVS200A/EVS200AW is a high performance, two channel solution that
integrates analog cameras into an IP-based video surveillance system. The unit
supports NTSC/PAL sources at up to 30fps, per channel, over IP networks and
provides bidirectional audio communication in parallel with video. The
EVS200A/EVS200AW also features a Dual Streaming function allows it to generate
4 independently configurable H.264, MPEG4 or MJPEG video streams (2 per input).
These video signals can be received and displayed with a standard web browser or
Nevio Express management software. The EVS200AW wireless model also has full
support for both Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Wi-FI Protected Access
(WPA/WPA2), making it one of the most secure wireless network devices on the
market. The EVS200A/EVS200AW is ultra-compact, perfect for any application that
depends on space-saving solutions.
2. FEATURES
zHigh quality H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG multi stream output at 4CIF
resolution @ 60fps
zH.264/MPEG4/MJPEG dual stream output per channel for simultaneous
live monitoring and high resolution recording
zSmart Wizard settings for varied Event and schedule recording
zSupport PTZ control
zBuilt-in SD memory card slot for local storage and support SDHC
zTwo-way Audio
zPower over Ethernet (PoE) IEEE 802.3af.
zUltra-compact size for space-saving applications

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3. ACCESSING THE CAMERA MENU
Step 1.Start an Internet Explorer browser.
Step 2. Enter the IP address or host name of the camera in the Location/Address
field of your Internet Explorer browser. (Please refer to EVS200A/AW
Installation Guide for how to find the IP address)
Step 3. Input “Username” and “Password”. Default Username is “user1” and
default password is “11111111”.
Step 4. Click “Login” button.
Step 5. You might be required to download Active X, which is required to view
camera video. Please click "Yes".
Step 6. Congratulation!! You should be able to see the live image now.
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1. Press button to enter Nevio Express system. For more
details, please refer to Nevio Express user manual.
2. Press button to display the "Live" page.
Double click on the image to show a full screen display, double click again or press
ESC to return normal display.
3. Press button to enter Setting page. In Setting page, there
are 8 sections: [System Info], [User Config], [Network], [Video], [Audio], [User],
[Event] and [System]. Please refer to “4. SETTING” for further information.
4. Press button to close the network page.
5. Video Stream
Select Video Stream from CH1 Stream 1, CH2 Stream 2 and Dual CH. Please refer to
“4.4.1 Multi Streaming” for further information.
Highlighted red frame
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ote:
1. Live View in Dual CH mode, it only displays stream 1 for each channel.
2. View Size in Dual CH mode: view size is 704x480 and it is not changeable.
3. Once Dual CH is selected, the active channel will be highlighted with a red frame.
D
igital Zoom function is workable for both channels. However only the active channel that has a
red frame highlighted can be moved to different directions through the control of arrow buttons.

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6. View Size
You can select View size to either reduce or enlarge the image to the appropriate view
size.
Select the view size for live images from:
NTSC: 704*480/640*480/352*240/320*240/176*120
PAL: 704*576/640*480/352*288/320*240/176*144
7. Record
The record button is used to record the current video stream. The location where the
image file is saved can be specified in Setting -> User’s Config. Please refer to “4.2
User Config” for further information.
8. Snapshot
The Snapshot button saves a snapshot of the video image currently being
displayed. The location where the snapshot data is saved can be specified in Setting ->
User’s Config. Please refer to “4.2 User Config” for further information.
9~10. Play Audio/Transmit Audio
Click the “Play Audio” and “Transmit Audio” buttons to switch the sound off and on
for the speaker and microphone, respectively.
11. PTZ Control
Press button to open PTZ control window.
Press button to close PTZ control window.
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ote: Record segment is limited to5 min. If you need to do long time recording,
please set schedule recording. For more details about schedule recording,
please see “4.7 Event”.
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ote: When PTZ function is ON, digital zoom function will be disabled.

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12. PTZ Control – Navigation Mode
Select this to browse in direction user pointing at.
13. PTZ Control – Click-n-Go Mode
Select this and system will center the pointing location for browsing.
Before Click-n-Go mode After Click-n-Go mode
EVS200A/AW provides 3 methods to control PTZ:
1. Control panel
2. On Screen Control
3. PTZ Control Shortcuts.

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1Control Panel
: Zoom in : Zoom out : Focus far
Focus near : Iris + : Iris –
Arrow buttons: Click on an arrow button to
navigate in that direction.
: stop current action.
: User can select PTZ speed from High, Standard, Low
and Minimum.
Preset button: Click this button first, and input a preset position number
by clicking number key and then click “Go” button to move the camera to a preset
location.
Auto Pan button: Click this button first and input a preset auto pan No.
by clicking number key (1 for AB Pan, 2 for Endless Pan) and then click “Go” button
to run a preset auto pan.
Pattern button: Click this button first and input a preset pattern No. by
clicking number key (1 ~4) and then click “Go” button to run a preset Pattern.
Tour button: Click this button first and input a preset Tour No. by
clicking number key and then click “Go” button to run a preset tour.
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ote: To use this function, user need to set Auto Pan in advance.
N
ote: 1. Click on live screen once to stop running pattern.
2. To use this function, user need to set Pattern in advance.
N
ote: To use this function, user need to set tour in advance.
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Number button, Go button and Clear button:
- Click desire number button and it will show in the gray text area at lower-left
corner.
- Click “Clear” button to clear the text area.
- Click “Go” button to run a selected function.
Clear button: Click this button to clear the digit selection indicator.
Menu button: Click this button to enter to OSD menu.
Set button: Click this button to set preset point.
Delete button: Click this button to delete preset point.
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2On Screen Control:
The whole screen is divided into 16 areas. Every area corresponds to a PTZ function,
click on an area to execute the specific function of PTZ. Please see the table of the
PTZ function with its mapping area number below. (Please refer to the above
screenshot for the area number).
1. PTZ pan and tilt
to left and up
directions
2. PTZ tilt up 3. PTZ tilt up 4. PTZ pan and tilt
to right and up
directions
5. PTZ pan left 6. Focus Closer 7. Zoom In 8. PTZ pan right
9. PTZ pan left 10. Focus Further 11. Zoom Out 12. PTZ pan right
13. PTZ pan and
tilt to left and
down directions
14. PTZ tilt down 15. PTZ tilt down 16. PTZ pan and
tilt to right and
down directions

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Motion
Alarm 2
Alarm 1
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3PTZ Control Shortcuts
Right click the mouse to get a PTZ Control Shortcuts panel. User can control the PTZ
through a PC’s keyboard. The keys in red color correspond to the same keys of
keyboard.
14. Manual Control – Trigger Event
Press “Trigger Event” button to trigger an event directly from live view page, and
event actions will be effective if they have been set in “Event” menu. (Please refer to
“4.7.1 Event”)
15. Manual Control – Reset Alarm 1
Press “Reset Alarm 1” button to reset alarm output 1 remotely.
16. Manual Control – Reset Alarm 2
Press “Reset Alarm 1” button to reset alarm output 2 remotely.
17. Status Display
The name of the camera whose settings currently being configured, current date/time
and current frame rate will be displayed.
18. Event signals
When an alarm or motion event is triggered, a signal icon will flash to alert user.
The first icon is for alarm event and rest of the 5 icons are for motion event. The
motion event icons which differed by colors correspond to the motion trigger areas
you have set in Motion menu. Please refer to “4.7.2 Motion” for detailed information
about Motion setup.

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4. SETTING
Click “Setting” button to enter the setting menu. There are 9 sections in setup menu:
[System Info], [User Config], [Network], [Video], [Audio], [User], [Event], [System]
and [EKB200].
4.1 System Info
System information and system log check of the setup menu can be performed on this
page. The “System Info” page has 2 tabs: [Information] tab and the [Log] tab.
4.1.1 Information
System Information: Firmware version, MAC address, Video Type, Model number.
(unchangeable, for reference only)

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4.1.2 Log
System Log:
Date/Time: displaying date and time of the log.
Log message: all information and event message, including login, user’s IP, reboot,
firmware upgrade, load factory default, configuration reset and event detected.
System will keep the newest 256 records.

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Press button to export system log into “.txt” file and select the
location where the exported log file will be saved to.
4.2 User Config
Live view configuration is to be set by user. Each login user can make his/her own
settings for the following items:
Text Setting
Check the box for text of Machine name, Date/Time or Frame Rate to be
displayed on the screen.
Foreground Color: Select the foreground color of text to be displayed by moving
the slide bar between Red, Green and Blue until your desire color is obtained.
Position: Select the position where the text will be displaying from Upper Left /
Lower Right / Lower Left.
Press Apply to apply the setting changes or Reset to reset without saving the
change.

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Date/Time Format Used in Text
Date Format: Select Date/Time Format from the following options:
Time Format: 24 Hours or 12 Hours.
Press Apply to apply the setting changes or Reset to reset without saving the
change.
Recording/Snapshot Export Setting
Enable Event Recording to PC: Allow event video recorded to users' PC if any
events have been set to record to PC.
Export folder: Select Export folder by clicking on button, then direct to the
folder to be exported.
File size: Able to limit the size of the single recording file in minutes. When the
single recording file size exceeds the time you set, system will create a new file to
continue recording.
Overwrite: Select “ON” for overwriting recording/snapshot file when the disk
storage capacity is full.
If the remaining hard disk capacity is less than ____ MB (enter the value you wish
to set between 50~2000), system will stop recording or start overwriting.
Press Apply to apply the setting changes or Reset to reset without saving the
change.
Language Setting
Language: Select the language to be displayed in web page. Default language is
English. To remove a language, press Remove button. To add a new language
which is not listed in the original configuration, press the Browse button to locate

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the new language file (.evb) and then click the Upload button.
Press Apply to apply the setting changes or Reset to reset without saving the
change.
4.3 Network
The network settings and the settings relating to Network, DDNS, Bandwidth,
SMTP/FTP and Network Alarm can be configured on this page.
The "Network setup" page has 5 tabs of the [Network] tab, the [DDNS] tab, the
[SMTP/FTP] tab and the [Network Alarm] tab.
4.3.1 Network
The following information is required to configure the network settings. Contact
the network administrator or your Internet service provider.
• IP Type
• IP address
• Subnet mask
• Gateway (when using the gateway server/router)
Note: Upload a new language file will reboot system automatically. Please
reconnect video encoder after reboot.

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• Primary DNS, Secondary DNS (when using DNS)
IP Setting
IP Type:
DHCP: Configure the DHCP server not to assign the same IP addresses used for
the other network cameras and PCs whose IP address is unique.
Refer to the network administrator for the settings of the server.
Default: DHCP.
Static IP: User can manually set the static IP for network connection.
PPPoE: This is a DSL connection application, ISP will ask user to input user name
and password.
IP address:
When not using DHCP, enter the IP address of the camera. Do not enter the IP
address already used for PC or other network cameras.
Subnet Mask:
This field is to set the netmask for your network so as the IP camera will be
recognized within the network. Example: 255.255.255.000. When DHCP is
selected, the DHCP server will assign this value automatically.
Gateway:
This field is to set the gateway for your network so the IP camera will be
recognized within the network. When DHCP is selected, the DHCP server will
assign this value automatically.
Primary DNS:
An IP address of DNS server that is provided by ISP.
Secondary DNS:
If your ISP provides you an IP address secondary DNS, please set it here.
Note: If PPPoE is used as IP type, IP Utility software will not be able to detect
the device.

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Username:
Enter User name of the account (used only for PPPoE).
Password:
Enter Password of the account (used only for PPPoE).
Press Apply to apply the setting changes or Reset to reset without saving the
change.
Port Setting
HTTP Port:
Port number for HTTP/WEB communication.
Press Apply to apply the setting changes or Reset to reset without saving the
change.
4.3.2 DDNS
DDNS setting
When accessing the camera via the Internet from the network environment of
which the global IP address is obtained using DHCP, the DDNS function is