EverFocus EverPlex 8CQ User Manual


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USER'S MANUAL

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Real Time Color Quad Processor

High Resolution, Broadcast Quality

Playback Zoom Function

RS232 Remote Control

Connect Up To 8 Cameras

Table of Content

Notice ................................................................................................................. 1

Safety Warning................................................................................................... 2

Introduction ....................................................................................................... 3

Specification....................................................................................................... 4

Chapter I Functional Description............................................................... 5

1. Front Panel Kepads ..........................................................................................

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1.1 Full Screen ...................................................................................................

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1.2 Page A/B Switch..........................................................................................

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1.3 Sequential Switch ........................................................................................

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1.4 VCR Play Back............................................................................................

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1.5 Set ........................................................................................................

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1.5.1 Date, Time setting, and OSD display on/off setting ...............................

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1.5.2 Alarm Records .......................................................................................

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1.5.3 Set the Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tinit for each channel in Page A....

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1.5.4 Set the Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tinit for each channel in Page B....

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1.5.5 Set the camera titles for Page A .............................................................

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1.5.6 Set the camera titles for Page B .............................................................

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1.5.7 Set sequential switching parameters.......................................................

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1.5.8 Set alarm parameters ............................................................................

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Chapter II Back Panel Connection............................................................11

1. BNC Connectors ............................................................................................

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1.1 Monitor ......................................................................................................

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1.2 REC. out ....................................................................................................

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1.3 Play back....................................................................................................

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1.4 Video in......................................................................................................

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2. Alarm Connectors (DB-15) ............................................................................

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2.1 Alarm out ...................................................................................................

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2.1.1 Normally open connection ...................................................................

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2.1.2 Normally closed connection.................................................................

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2.2 Alarm in and alrm reset..............................................................................

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2.2.1 Alarm in ...............................................................................................

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2.2.2 Alarm reset...........................................................................................

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3. RS232 Connector............................................................................................

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3.1 The pin assignment of the 9 pin D-SUB connector ....................................

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3.2 Transmission setting...................................................................................

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3.3 Remote control protocol.............................................................................

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3.4 Alarm message sent via RS232..................................................................

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4. Record output selection....................................................................................

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Notice

This manual is presented to the users of EverPlex 8CQ by EverFocus

Electronics Corp. With years of engineering researches, EverFocus has spared no effort to provide the high quality products to the worldwide users. For the policy of continual product improvement, EverFocus reserves the right to make changes to the product specifications and documentation without notice. All the components of the products, including accessories, components, and outlook, are based on the agreements if each deals to satisfy all kinds of users. Meanwhile, please be advised that every step of operation must follow the instruction of this manual to keep EverPlex 8CQ working under the best condition. Please notice that EverFocus will not be charged any claims or renewing cases resulted from inappropriate operation.

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Important Messages:

1. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to the environment of high humidity and dust. So, do not use it in an unprotected outdoor installation or any area classified as a wet area.

2. Installation environment: The temperature should be kept between -10 o

C ~

+50 o

C, humidity under 90%.

4. Ventilation: Openings in the enclosure are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the unit and to protect it from overheating. These openings must not be blocked or covered. This unit should not be placed in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided.

5. Cleanse: Unplug the unit from the outlet before cleansing. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth to clean it.

6. Overload: Do not overload outlets and extension cords as this may result in a fire or electric shock.

7. Power-cord Protection: Power-supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the appliance.

8. Object and Liquid Entry: Never push objects of any kind into this unit through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the unit.

9. Service: Do not attempt to service this unit yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage of other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

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Introduction

Everplex 8CQ, a two page real time color Quad and 8 channel auto switcher, is the best choice for multiple monitoring and recording.

The superior video quality is achieved by adopting the advance multi-media technology. The picture of Quad display is sharp and clear because Everplex 8CQ is featured with CCIR601 full resolution and 16 million colors.

Main Features:

‰ Real-time Quad display.

‰ High Resolution 720 x 576 (PAL), 720 x 480 (NTSC).

‰ 16 million colors.

‰ Up to 8 camera inputs, two-page quad display.

‰ Video loss detection.

‰ Different border colors indicate page selection.

‰ Independent brightness, contrast, color and tint adjustments for every channel.

‰ Built-in timer and and title generator.

‰ Alarm input with built-in buzzer.

‰ Programmable Quad and 8 channel auto switcher output at the same time.

‰ Playback Zoom and Freeze function.

‰ RS232 Remote Control.

‰ User-friendly front panel design.

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Specification

Video input:

Video output:

Title:

Timer:

Alarm input:

8 cameras + one VCR inputs

Video output x 2, 1V p-p/75 ohm

Up to 6 characters

Built-in real time clock

8 alarm inputs and 1 alarm reset input

Alarm output:

Dimension:

2 Alarm Out (1 Normally Open, 1 Normally Closed)

239 x 166 x 55 mm

Power source: AC 10~24V or DC 12V

Power consumption: 17W max.

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Chapter I Functional Description

1. Front Panel Keypads

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1.1 Full Screen

Press any key of FULL SCREEN, the picture of the corresponding quadrant will fill the whole screen of the monitor display. Press the same key again, the quad display will come out.

1.2

Page A/B Switch

Press A(B), the live pictures from Page A(B) will be displayed on the main monitor and VCR output for recording.

1.3

Sequential Switching

Press SEQ key will enter the auto sequential switching mode, the switching sequence is programmed in SET function, it will display live quad & full screen sequentially on the main monitor according to the programmed switching sequence. Press the SEQ key again, To exit the auto sequential mode and stay the last screen display.

1.4

VCR Play Back

Press PLAY BACK key, To play back the recorded video from VCR.

There are two special functions implemented in the play back mode.

A. ZOOM function

Press any FULL SCREEN key during playback, will zoom the picture of the corresponding quadrant to the whole screen of the monitor display.

Press the same key again, To stop the zoom function and back to the normal playback video.

B FREEZE function

Press the SEQ key during zoom mode, To freeze the current frame, press any key again will de-freeze the video and perform the corresponding function for that key.

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1.5 Set

Press the SET key to set time/date, title on/off, picture, camera titles, switching sequence, switching time period, alarm sensor type, alarm hold time, and display the alarm/video loss records.

There are 8 pages in the setting mode :

Page 1 :

Page 2:

Page 3:

Page 4:

Page 5:

Page 6:

Page 7:

Page 8:

Set Time and Date.

Turn ON/OFF the time, date, title display for Quad or Full screen display.

Display the alarm records.

Set the brightness, contrast, color, and tint for cameras in page A

Set the brightness, contrast, color, and tint for cameras in page B

Change camera titles of Page A.

Change camera titles of Page B.

Program the sequential switching sequence and switching hold time. Set the screen refresh mode.

Set the alarm sensor type, alarm hold time, buzzer on/off and

Security.

The follow keys are re-defined in setting mode (Definition under the keypad)

Press next page to select the page to set.

NEXT P.

Press the default to set the default setting if they are available.

DEFAULT

Press the +/- keys to set the value.

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Press the cursor key to select the item to set.

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1.5.1 Date, Time setting, and OSD display on/off setting

DATE: 1997 01 01

TIME: 01 : 01 : 01

QUAD SCREEN DATE: ON

QUAD SCREEN TIME: ON

QUAD SCREEN TITLE: ON

FULL SCREEN DATE: ON

FULL SCREEN TIME: ON

FULL SCREEN TITLE: ON

VERSION N.NN

DATE data format is CCYY-MM-DD, where

CC : Century code from 19 to 20

YY : Year data from 00 to 99

MM : Month data from 01 to 12

DD : Day data from 01 to 31

TIME data format is HH-MM-SS, where

HH : Hour data from 00 to 23

MM : Minute data from 00 to 59

SS : Second data from 00 to 59

VERSION shows current firmware version

ALARM RECORDS

C A DATE TIME

3 S 1997-03-24 10:00:00

The Alarm Record format is : (C A DATE TIME)

C : the channel number from 1 to 8 which invokes the alarm

A : Alarm type, 'S' - alarm from sensor input, 'V' - alarm from video loss detection

DATE, TIME - the date and time when the alarm happens

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1.5.3 Set the Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tint for each channel in Page A

PAGE A

BRIGHT: 32 BRIGHT: 32

CONTRAST: 27 CONTRAST: 27

COLOR: 31 COLOR: 31

TINT: 32 TINT: 32

BRIGHT: 32 BRIGHT: 32

CONTRAST: 27 CONTRAST: 27

COLOR: 31 COLOR: 31

TINT: 32 TINT: 32

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1.5.4 Set the Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tint for each channel in Page B

PAGE B

BRIGHT: 32 BRIGHT: 32

CONTRAST: 27 CONTRAST: 27

COLOR: 31 COLOR: 31

TINT: 32 TINT: 32

BRIGHT: 32 BRIGHT: 32

CONTRAST: 27 CONTRAST: 27

COLOR: 31 COLOR: 31

TINT: 32 TINT: 32

1.5.5 Set the camera titles for Page A

CH1: CH1

CH2: CH2

CH3: CH3

CH4: CH4

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1.5.6

Set the camera titles for Page B

CH5: CH5

CH6: CH6

CH7: CH7

CH8: CH8

SEQUENTIAL SWITCH MENU

CH1: OFF CH5: OFF

CH2: OFF CH6: OFF

CH3: OFF CH7: OFF

CH4: OFF CH8: OFF

QUAD A: ON QUAD B: ON

SWITCH TIME : 03 SEC

REFRESH MODE : FIELD

CH1 - CH8 to turn each channel ON or OFF in the sequential switching

QUAD A, B to turn each QUAD ON or OFF in the sequential switching

SWITCH TIME : The time period to switch for each switching item

REFRESH MODE : to set the screen refresh by 'FRAME' or by 'FIELD'

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1.5.8 Set alarm parameters

ALARM SETTING MENU

CH SENSOR CH SENSOR

1 N.O. 5 N.O.

2 N.O. 6 N.O.

3 N.O. 7 N.O.

4 N.O. 8 N.O.

ALARM RESET IN : N.O.

BUZZER : ON

KEY LOCK : OFF

ALARM HOLD TIME: 05 SEC

CH1 - CH8 to set the sensor input type as

'N.O.' : normally open, closed will invoke alarm

'N.C.' : normally closed, open will invoke alarm

'closed' means to short the alarm signal line to the ground

ALARM RESET IN : to set alarm reset input type as 'N.O.' or 'N.C.'

BUZZER : turn the buzzer ON/OFF

KEY LOCK : turn the KEY LOCK function ON or OFF, when key lock is turned on

1. all keys except SET key are locked

2. KEY LOCK stays ON until we turn it OFF by pressing the SET key

ALARM HOLD TIME : the time period to buzz (if buzzer is on) and send alarm out signal when an alarm in

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Chapter II Back Panel Connection

10~24 VAC

VIDEO INPUT

PAGE B PAGE A

PLAY BACK REC. OUT MONITOR

ALARM I/O

DC12V

1. BNC Connectors

1.1

MONITOR

Connect this output port to the main monitor .

1.2

REC. OUT

Connect this output port to the VIDEO IN of VCR. The quad video output of current active page is obtained from this connector.

1.3

PLAY BACK

Connect this input port to the VIDEO OUT of VCR.

1.4

VIDEO IN

Connect camera video out to this connector by a 75 ohm coaxial cable.

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2. Alarm Connectors (DB-15)

PIN # NAME

1 Alarm Out Common contact

2 Alarm Out Normally Closed

3 Alarm Reset

4 GROUND

5 ALARM IN 4

6 ALARM IN 3

7 ALARM IN 2

8 ALARM IN 1

15 9

PIN # NAME

9 Alarm Out Normally Open

10 TXD *

11 RXD *

12 ALARM IN 8

13 ALARM IN 7

14 ALARM IN 6

15 ALARM IN 5

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2.1 Alarm out

There are two ways to do the alarm out connection:

2.1.1 Normally Open Connection (use pin # 1 and # 9)

2 1 8

Alarm out

15 9

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2.1.2 Normally Closed Connection (use pin # 1 and # 2)

RELAY

Alarm out

8 2 1

15 9

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RELAY

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2.2 Alarm in and Alarm reset

There are 8 alarm sensors in for 8 channels and 1 alarm reset in, all these

9 alarm input can be set to Normally Open or Normally Closed by user and the setting menu.

ALARM

CIRCUIT

SENSOR 1

SENSOR 2

SENSOR 3

SENSOR 4

SENSOR 5

SENSOR 6

SENSOR 7

SENSOR 8

ALARM RESET

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2.2.1 ALARM IN

There are eight alarm inputs, one for each camera of page A & B. Please connect the alarm input in the same sequence as the cameras input BNC of page A & B.

When any alarm signal is input, machine will do the following:

1. switch to the full screen display of this channel.

2. blink the channel ID with alarm message.

3. turn on the buzzer if the buzzer setting is on.

When more alarms come up in the alarming status, the monitor screen will switch to quad display to show all the channels which have alarms in.

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The ALARM IN can be selected as normally open input or normally closed input:

Normally Open : if the alarm input is selected as Normally Open input, then the

(N.O.) input is opened normally, and shorted to the ground means an alarm happens

Normally Closed : if the alarm input is selected as Normally Closed input, then the

(N.C.) input is shorted to the ground normally, and opened means an alarm happens

2.2.2 ALARM RESET

External alarm reset signal used to reset the alarm and turn the buzzer off. if it is selected as Normally Closed input, then the input is shorted to the ground normally, and opened when an alarm reset signal comes in. if it is selected as Normally Open input, then the input is opened normally, and shorted to the ground means an alarm reset signal comes in .

3. RS232 Connection

EverPlex 8CQ may be controlled by a computer or a terminal via the standard 9 pin

D- sub/RS232 connector, which is connected to the alarm I/O by a cable with 15 pin and 9 pin connectors. EverPlex 8CQ will send the alarm message to the host via RS232 when any alarm occurs.

10~24 VAC

PAGE A

VIDEO INPUT

PAGE B

PLAY BACK REC. OUT MONITOR

ALARM I/O

DC12V

15-PIN MALE

CONNECTOR

14

9-PIN D-SUB

CONNECTOR

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9 6

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3.1. The pin assignment of the 9 pin D-SUB connector

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PIN # NAME

1 NOT CONNECTED

2 TXD

3 RXD

4 NOT CONNECTED

5 GROUND

6 NOT CONNECTED

7 NOT CONNECTED

8 NOT CONNECTED

9 NOT CONNECTED

HOST

PIN # NAME

1 NOT CONNECTED

2 RXD

3 TXD

4 DTR

5 GROUND

6 DSR

7 RTS

8 CTS

9 NOT CONNECTED

3.2. Transmission Setting

The transmission setting in EverPlex 8CQ is 9600 baud rate, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit and no parity

3.3. Remote control protocol

A computer or a terminal can be used to control the EverPlex 8CQ by sending two-character

ASCII command through RS232 connector, these ASCII commands are started with 'K' or 'k'. there are 9 ASCII commands mapped to the 9 keypads in the front panel and 1 additional commands to reset the EverPlex 8CQ to the QUAD A display state. these 10 ASCII commands are:

K4

K5

K6

K7

K8

K9

K0

EverPlex 8CQ Remote Control Command Table

ASCII CODE FUNCTION

K1 Full Screen 1

K2 Full Screen 2

Keypad in front panel

Full Screen 4

PAGE A

PAGE B

Sequential Switching

A

B

SEQ

VCR Play Back

SET SET

Reset EverPlex 8CQ to Quad display none

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3.4. Alarm message sent via RS232

EverPlex 8CQ will send out alarm message thru RS232 when any alarm occurs, the alarm message format are three ASCII characters followed carriage return and line feed, they are first charater is the leading code , '!' second character is the alarm type, 'S' indicates a sensor alarm, 'V' indicates a video loss third character is the channel number having the alarm, '1' ~ '8' fouth byte is the carriage return code, 0DH fifth byte is the line feed code, 0AH

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4. Record output selection

The record out will output quad display according to the page selection. The relation between the outputs of record out and monitor out are:

Monitor out

Channel 1 Full Screen

Channel 2 Full Screen

Channel 3 Full Screen

Channel 4 Full Screen

Page A Quad Screen

Channel 5 Full Screen

Channel 6 Full Screen

Channel 7 Full Screen

Channel 8 Full Screen

Page B Quad Screen

Record out

Page A Quad Screen

Page A Quad Screen

Page A Quad Screen

Page A Quad Screen

Page A Quad Screen

Page B Quad Screen

Page B Quad Screen

Page B Quad Screen

Page B Quad Screen

Page B Quad Screen

NOTE: To record all 8 cameras into VCR thru record out, turn on Quad A and Quad B simultaneously in sequential switching mode.

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8F-4, No.79 Sec. 1 Shin-Tai Wu Road,

Hsi-Chi, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan

TEL : 886-2-26982334

FAX : 886-2-26982380

Suite 102, 2975 Huntington Drive

San Marino, CA. 91108

U.S.A.

TEL : (626) 844-8888

FAX : (626) 844-8838

Toll free : 1-(888) 383-6287 or

1-(888) EV-FOCUS

P/N : MMEPG0010B

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