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EVC300 EVC900

User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1

Features ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Package Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 2

INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 3

Getting Familiar With the EVC -Series .......................................................................................................... 3

Main System ............................................................................................................................................ 3

MIC .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Camera .................................................................................................................................................... 5

Remote Controller .................................................................................................................................... 6

Connections ................................................................................................................................................. 8

Connecting Monitors (VGA Out/HDMI Out) .............................................................................................. 9

Connecting the Camera (Camera In) ..................................................................................................... 10

Connecting the MIC (MIC In) ................................................................................................................. 10

Connecting the LAN (RJ-45) .................................................................................................................. 10

Connecting the Power (DC 12V) ............................................................................................................ 11

Connecting PC (VGA in/DVI In) ............................................................................................................. 11

Connecting the Audio (Audio In/Out) ...................................................................................................... 12

USB Storage (USB Ports) ...................................................................................................................... 12

CAMERA AND MICROPHONE INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 13

Using the Camera ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Infrared Sensor (IR) .................................................................................................................................... 13

Positioning the MIC .................................................................................................................................... 14

AVER EVC WIZARD SETUP ................................................................................................. 15

Start ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

Language ............................................................................................................................................... 15

Site Name .............................................................................................................................................. 16

Network Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 16

Public IP Configuration (Outside of Firewall): ......................................................................................... 17

Private IP Configuration (behind firewall port forwarding): ...................................................................... 18

SIP Setting ............................................................................................................................................. 20

AVER EVC OPERATION ....................................................................................................... 23

Before You Begin ....................................................................................................................................... 23

Home Screen ............................................................................................................................................. 23

Configuration Icons ................................................................................................................................ 23

Camera and MIC Icons .......................................................................................................................... 24

WAN Address ........................................................................................................................................ 24

ReaL-Time Clock ................................................................................................................................... 25

System Info ............................................................................................................................................ 25

Dial ............................................................................................................................................................. 26

Hang up the call ..................................................................................................................................... 28

Video Layout .......................................................................................................................................... 28

Phonebook ................................................................................................................................................. 29

Group ..................................................................................................................................................... 29

New Site (Contact in Phonebook) .......................................................................................................... 34

Contacts List .......................................................................................................................................... 38

Favorite .................................................................................................................................................. 38

Call History ................................................................................................................................................. 39

General Setting .......................................................................................................................................... 41

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Call Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 41

System Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 44

Administrator .......................................................................................................................................... 45

Monitor ................................................................................................................................................... 47

Date and Time ....................................................................................................................................... 48

Reset System ........................................................................................................................................ 51

Video/Audio ................................................................................................................................................ 52

Camera .................................................................................................................................................. 52

Microphone ............................................................................................................................................ 54

Video/Audio Codecs .............................................................................................................................. 55

Network ...................................................................................................................................................... 56

LAN Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 56

LAN Configuration (IPv6) ....................................................................................................................... 58

Firewall .................................................................................................................................................. 60

SIP ......................................................................................................................................................... 61

SIP Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 65

Gatekeeper ............................................................................................................................................ 69

Test........................................................................................................................................................ 71

WEB CONFIGURATIONS ..................................................................................................... 72

Using the WebTool ..................................................................................................................................... 72

Managing Phonebook ................................................................ ................................................................ . 74

Edit and Save ........................................................................................................................................ 74

Download Phonebook Entries ................................................................................................................ 75

Upload Phonebook Entries .................................................................................................................... 75

Update System ........................................................................................................................................... 76

TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................... 77

Audio .......................................................................................................................................................... 77

Video/Display ............................................................................................................................................. 77

Network ...................................................................................................................................................... 78

Others ........................................................................................................................................................ 81

SCENARIOS FOR LAN CONNECTION .................................................................................. 82

Public IP Configuration (Outside of Firewall) .............................................................................................. 82

Private IP Configuration (Behind Firewall with Port Forwarding) ................................................................. 83

H.460 Gatekeeper with Firewall Traversal .................................................................................................. 85

REMOTE CONTROL BATTERY SAFETY INFORMATION ...................................................... 86

LIMITED WARRANTY .......................................................................................................... 87

Limitations of Warranty ................................................................................................ ............................... 87

Disclaimer of Warranty ................................................................................................ ............................... 87

Limitation of Liability ................................................................................................................................... 88

Governing Law and Your Rights ................................................................................................................. 88

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATEMENT (CLASS A) ............................... 89

Class A ITE ................................................................................................................................................ 89

CE Class A (EMC) ...................................................................................................................................... 89

COPYRIGHT ........................................................................................................................ 90

Trademarks ................................................................................................................................................ 90

Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................................. 90

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing EVC300 / EVC900 which offers professional videoconferencing experience in new cost performance benchmark.

EVC300 / EVC900 gives you the latest technologies; slim form factor, flexible integration options and backward compatibility to most videoconferencing install bases. It makes any business meetings and special events much more reliable, effective, and secure.

Features

EVC300 - 4 points embedded MCU support H.323 and SIP protocol video conferencing system

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EVC900 - 10 points embedded MCU support H.323 and SIP protocol video conferencing system Support full content sharing experience (send and receive) at 30fps, send content from VGA or

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HDMI Dual monitor support via HDMI1 and HDMI2/VGA

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Support CIF (352x240) up to Full HD (1920x1080 30fps) video call

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EVC300 / EVC900 PTZ camera is 16x Optics PTZ camera with 2Mp low lux sensor

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Include one microphone array, much better audio pick up than competitor offering

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10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet; video bandwidth from 128Kbps to 4Mbps

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Support IPv4 / IPv6 and Wake-on-LAN (WOL)

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User-friendly on screen operation, support up to 21 languages

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Support Phonebook download, upload and edit

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Call history lookups of received, placed and missed calls, allow directly saving it to favorite

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contact list

Support H.460 Gatekeeper for NAT and firewall traversal

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G.722.1C* wideband support

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Infrared (IR) remote control has power button; system supports remote API for AV integration

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Secure communication using AES 128bit encryption

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*:G.722.1/G.722.1C, licensed from Polycom®

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1. Main System

2. Camera

3. Microphone

4. Remote Control

5. Power Adapter

6. Power Cord

7. VGA Cable

8. Mini Din 8 pin MIC Cable (5m)

9. HDMI Cable * 2

10. Camera Cable (3m)

11. RJ-45 Cable (3m)

12. DVI to HDMI Connecter

13. Warranty Card

14. Quick Installation Guide

15. AAA Batteries

16. Back Panel Label

Package Contents

The following items are included in the package. Please check if each item is available before using.

 The power cord will vary depending on the standard power outlet of the country where it is sold.

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Name

Function

(1) LED Indicator

Show you the status of your LAN connection.

Solid Green:

LAN connection is successfully

Flash Green:

Data transmission is processing through the LAN

connection.

(2) POWER Button

Press this button to turn on/off main system. Red: power off; Blue: power on

(3) & (4) USB Port

Use to connect the USB storage for system log saving and FW upgrade.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)(7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

(12)

Name

Function

(1) LAN Port

Use the RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect an IP-based network to the LAN port.

(2) CAMERA IN Port

Connect the camera to the main system via a camera cable.

(3) MIC IN Port

Receive audio signal from MIC device via a mini din 8 pin MIC cable.

(4) DVI IN Port

Using the DVI to HDMI connector to transfer the DVI to HDMI interface and through the HDMI cable connects to the PC or NB.

(5) VGA IN Port

Connect the VGA cable to the VGA input port located on the back panel, and connect the other end of VGA cable to a VGA input source (ex. Document camera, Laptop or Desktop) to input video signal.

Installation

Getting Familiar With the EVC -Series

EVC includes Main System, MIC, Camera and Remote Controller.

Main System

Front Panel:

Back Panel:

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Name

Function

(6) AUDIO IN Port

Receive audio signal from an external audio source through the audio cable.

(7) AUDIO OUT Port

Use to connect the main system to external speakers or amplifiers for audio signal output.

(8) HDMI-1 Port

Connect an HDMI cable from the HDMI monitor to HDMI-1 output port located on the back panel. The HDMI interface allows you to transmit both audio and video signals over a single cable (HDMI cable). In dual screen configuration, the output screen connected to this port will be set up to primary screen automatically.

(9) HDMI-2 Port

Connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI-2 output port located on the back panel, and connect the other end of HDMI cable to a display device to output both video and audio signal. In dual screen configuration, the output screen connected to this port will be set up to secondary screen automatically.

(10) VGA OUT Port

Connect the VGA cable to the VGA output port located on the back panel, and connect the other end of VGA cable to a display device to output video signal. In dual screen configuration, the output screen connected to this port will be set up to secondary screen automatically.

(11) RESET Button

Press it to reboot the main system unit.

(12) POWER Port

Connect the power supply cord and adapter to the power port located on the back panel. And connect the other end of the power cord to a suitable power outlet.

Name

Function

(1) Mute

Mute/Unmute the Mic. Blue: Unmute; Red: Mute

(2) MIC OUT Port

Outputs audio signal from the MIC to main system.

(3) MIC IN Port

Receive audio signal from the second MIC and pass it through the MIC OUT to the main system.

MIC

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Name

Function

(1) IR Sensor

Receive IR signal from the remote control for system operation. Amber light blinks when it detects key pressing event from remote.

(2) CAMERA OUT Port

Connect the camera cable to the CAMERA OUT port located on the back of camera and CAMERA IN port located on the back panel of main system for a video transmission.

Camera

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Layout

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Name

Function

(1) Info

Press this button to display the call statistics information.

(2) Power

Press this button to power on/off the main system.

(3) Numeric Pad

Use to enter alphanumeric. Press button and hold can switch between numeric mode

and alphanumeric mode.

(4) Keypad

In enter mode, press this button to display the on-screen keyboard.

(5) Phonebook

Search contacts to make a call. Add, edit, delete or create group contact

entries.

(6) Delete

Press this button to back delete one character at a time.

(7) Call

Start a call.

(8) Home

Bring up the main screen.

(9) Hang up

End the call.

(10) Help

In Home menu and video screen mode, press it to display on-screen help information.

(11) Back

Return to previous OSD menu.

(12) Navigation

Buttons

( , , , )

a. Use these buttons to navigate through

the selections in OSD menus or on-screen keyboard.

b. Pan and tilt the camera to adjust the

viewing.

c. Pan, tilt the zoomed in camera image or

captured image.

(13) Enter

a. Make a selection in OSD menus. b. Accept incoming calls. c. Display the site name and icon during

the meeting.

d. Auto Focus function(PTZ camera only)

(14) Far/Near

Select to control either near site or far site camera. The cam ctrl icon will appear on the

screen to indicate which site’s camera you

are controlling. The cam ctrl icon will disappear after press the Far/Near key 5 sec.

Remote Controller

The remote controller requires two

“AAA”

batteries (included). Make sure the batteries are installed properly before using the remote controller. Aim the remote controller at the infrared sensor of your AVer EVC camera to remote control the unit.



The remote controller included is only available for EVC300 / EVC900.

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Name

Function

(15) Input

Switch screen display between camera screen and input source screen.

(16) Zoom +/-

Increase/decrease the camera zoom or the captured image magnifications.

(17) Vol +/-

Increase/decrease the speaker volume.

(18) Mute

Mute/Unmute the MIC. The mute icon will appear when the MIC is muted. The mute icon will become translucent after enabling 5 sec.

(19) Record

Start/Stop video recording. The video recording can only be saved to a USB flash drive. You do not need to be on a video conference to record.

(20) Presentation

Share the content that comes from either the VGA input source or the DVI input source. The present icon will appear on the screen when the presentation function is enabled. The icon will disappear after 5 sec.

(21) Layout

Change the screen layout.

(22) AVer Point

Specified for some special functions. For example, on the Phonebook configuration screen of EVC application, press this button to create a new Group. (AVer Point To be developed)

(23) Preset

Press and hold for 3 sec. to set the position of the camera to a preset from 0~9.

Press to move the camera to a selected preset point number.

(24) Snapshot

Capture the image from the camera. To view the captured image, press Present button. (To be developed)

(25) Dual

 Switch to dual screen mode. This splits

the video conferencing screen and present screen onto two separate monitors (two monitors must be connected to use the feature, one through HDMI and one through VGA/HDMI-2).

 Press and hold can switch to OSD menu

between primary and secondary screen.

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Connections

Before making the connections, make sure all devices are powered off. Refer to the illustrated connections below and also to the user manual of the device you are connecting to the EVC300 / EVC900 system.



Make sure all connections have been connected successfully before powering on the system.

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Connecting Monitors (VGA Out/HDMI Out)

Locate the VGA/HDMI input port of the graphics display device and connect it to VGA OUT/HDMI OUT port of the AVer EVC with the supplied VGA/HDMI cable. You can connect the VGA OUT and HDMI-1 OUT ports or HDMI-1 OUT and HDMI-2 ports at the same time upon a dual screen configuration. The HDMI-2 output and VGA output port displays screen scene and resolution are same.

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Connecting the Camera (Camera In)

Locate the port on the back of the camera and connect it to the CAMERA IN port of the EVC with the supplied camera cable.

Connecting the MIC (MIC In)

Use the supplied MIC cable and connect the red tag connector to the MIC IN port of the EVC. Then connect the other end of the MIC cable with the blue tag to MIC OUT port.

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Press the button on the top of AVer EVC-MIC to mute/un-mute the MIC.

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Please connect the cable to the port follow by the color on the cable and port, ex. red to red.

Connecting the LAN (RJ-45)

Connect the LAN port of AVer EVC to a RJ-45 wall jack or Ethernet hub with the supplied RJ-45 cable.

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It is requires an IP-based network before beginning LAN connection.

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Connecting the Power (DC 12V)

Connect the power adapter to a standard 100V~240V AC power outlet with the supplied power adapter and power cord.



To prevent shock, make sure all the connections on the main system are connected

(1)

successfully before connecting the power cable and turning on the power.

(2)

Make sure to use the supplied available power adapter.

Connecting PC (VGA in/DVI In)

Locate the VGA output port of the Laptop or Desktop and connect it to VGA IN port of EVC with the supplied VGA cable for an image display.

Use the supplied DVI to HDMI connector and connect to the HDMI port of Laptop or Desktop with HDMI cable.



To share the video signal from the computer, press PRESENTATION and select

“VGA”

”DVI”

source.

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Connecting the Audio (Audio In/Out)

AUDIO IN: Locate the AUDIO output port of the Laptop or Desktop and connect it to AUDIO IN port of AVer EVC

with the supplied 3.5mm Audio cable.

3. AUDIO OUT: Locate the AUDIO in port of the LCD TV speaker or normal speaker and connect them to AUDIO OUT

port of EVC with a RCA cable.

USB Storage (USB Ports)

EVC main system supports two USB2.0 interface for saving data.

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Camera and Microphone Introduction

This chapter explains the best way to position EVC300 / EVC900 in a conference room.

Using the Camera

EVC300 / EVC900 includes a detached camera that can pan (+-100 deg. range), tilt (+-25 deg. range) and zoom (16x Optics) by using the , , , and zoom +/- buttons on remote controller.

 Avoid physically turn camera while system is powered on to prevent permanent damaging the motors and gears and void the warranty. Always use the remote control to pan and tilt the camera head.

Infrared Sensor (IR)

Aim the remote controller at the camera infrared sensor to operate the unit.

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Positioning the MIC

The best distance for EVC-MIC to receive audio signal is within 3m. The EVC-MIC can connect up to 4 in one chain.

Single Microphone

Two Microphones

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Start

Please follow the below description to complete the wizard setup.

Connect your EVC system well and turn on the power. After your EVC system starting, user will see the Installation Wizard screen shown up.

Language

Select the language of the EVC system.

Press to expand the drop-down list. Then, use or button to move the selection and press to make the selection. After selecting,

press to move to Next option and press to go next step.

AVer EVC Wizard Setup

For the first time using AVer EVC system, the Installation Wizard will guide the user to setup EVC system step by step. After completing the wizard setup, user may start to use the EVC system.

In Installation Wizard, user can use the following buttons on remote controller to move between the selections and make/confirm selection.

: To expand the drop-down list, make/confirm the selection.

/ : Move the cursor up or down. : Move the cursor to right or on : Move the cursor to left or on

Back

button.

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Site Name

Assign a name for EVC system. Use the numeric pad on remote controller to enter the site name.

After entering the site name, press to move to Next button and press to go next step.

To go back to last step, press to move to Back option and press to confirm.

[Note]

(1) Repeat press the number button to select the

character that user wants to enter.

(2) The site name is character only

Network Setting

Select the network environment that user has used.

Use or button to move to the selection and press to confirm the selection.

[Note]

User can refer to chapter of Scenarios For LAN Connection for the description of network environment.

After selecting the network setting option, user need to configure the network parameters. Follow the below description to setup the network settings.

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Public IP Configuration (Outside of Firewall):

Your EVC system is connecting directly to the internet. Select the IP mode.

Obtain IP address by DHCP:

Configure the system to automatically obtain an IP address from the DHCP server. The EVC system will automatically get a IP address which assigned by your DHCP server on LAN. The IP address and related information will display. Click OK to accept the setting.

Static IP:

Configure the system to use the assigned IP address. Select this when the public IP

address is available

Enter the following information and click

Apply

to save the settings. To go to next step, click

and click

Back

to go back to

Network Setting

page.

Your IP Address is:

Enter your IP address

manually.

Subnet Mask:

Enter the subnet mask address when the system does not automatically obtain the subnet mask

Default Gateway:

A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. Enter the gateway address when the system does not automatically obtain the gateway.

Preferred DNS Server:

Domain Name System (DNS) servers convert human friendly names (for example: www.example.com) to IP addresses (218.77.272.166) that let machines be found on the network. The preferred DNS server is the one your computer asks first. The alternate is a backup. Enter the Preferred and Alternated DNS Server address.

Alternate DNS Server:

Enter another Domain

Name server for second choice

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IPv6:

IPv6 is an evolutionary upgrade to the Internet Protocol. IPv6 will coexist with the older IPv4 for

some time. IPv6 addresses are 128-bit IP address written in hexadecimal and separated by colons.

Select and enter the following information and click

Apply

to save the settings. To go to next step,

click

option and click

Back

to go back to

Network Setting

step.

Obtain Address is

(1) Static IP:

Configure the system to use the assigned IP address. Select this when the public IP address is available.

(2) Auto:

Obtain the dynamic IP address automatically. User needs to enter the IP address and prefix length in following

Your IP Address is:

Enter your IP address

manually.

Prefix Length:

Prefix Length allows you to place as many IPv6 devices as the underlying network medium allows.

Private IP Configuration (behind firewall port forwarding):

Your EVC system is connecting to the internet through a firewall.



Please make sure you have set the following ports in port forwarding in your firewall. Then, click

Next to select the IP mode of your network

Obtain IP address by DHCP:

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Static IP:

Configure the system to use the assigned IP address. Select this when the public IP

address is available.

Enter the following information and click

Apply

to save the settings. To go to next step, click

and click

Back

to go back to

Network Setting page.

Your IP Address is:

Enter your IP address

manually.

Subnet Mask:

Enter the subnet mask address when the system does not automatically obtain the subnet mask

Default Gateway:

A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. Enter the gateway address when the system does not automatically obtain the gateway.

Preferred DNS Server:

Alternate DNS Server:

Enter another Domain

Name server for second choice.

IPv6:

IPv6 is an evolutionary upgrade to the Internet Protocol. IPv6 will coexist with the older IPv4 for

some time. IPv6 addresses are 128-bit IP address written in hexadecimal and separated by colons.

Select and enter the following information and click

Apply

to save the settings. To go to next step,

click

option and click

Back

to go back to

Network Setting

step.

Obtain Address is

(1) Static IP:

Configure the system to use the assigned IP address. Select this when the public IP address is available.

(2) Auto:

Obtain the dynamic IP address automatically. User needs to enter the IP address and prefix length in following.

Your IP Address is:

Enter your IP address

manually.

Prefix Length:

Prefix Length allows you to place as many IPv6 devices as the underlying network medium allows.

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SIP Setting

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) allows you around the world to communicate using your supported devices over the Internet. After setting network, user can choose to setup

SIP

Skip SIP

setting.

To setup SIP, enter or select the following information

SIP Site Name:

Enter the SIP site name for others to identify. The SIP site name may be the same or different then the domain for Web activity. Use numeric pad to enter the SIP site name in column.

Internet Protocol:

Select to use

IPv4

IPv6

as IP protocol. Press to expand drop-down list and use , to move the selection. Press to confirm the selection.

SIP Transport Protocol:

Select the SIP Transport Protocol type from the drop-down list for using. There are two types of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic. They are Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). To ensure proper connection, verify if both calling parties are using the same transport protocol. By default, it is set to UDP.

(1) TCP:

TCP is connection oriented. Once a connection is established, data can be sent bidirectional.

(2) UDP:

UDP is a simpler, connectionless Internet protocol. Multiple messages are sent as packets in chunks using UDP.

SIP Port:

Change this value only if you use specific settings in your network system. By default, the SIP port is set to 5060.

STUN Server:

STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) is a standardized set of methods and a network protocol to allow an end host to discover its public IP address if it is located behind NAT.

STUN Port:

Enter the port number of STUN

server.

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SIP Server Registration

A typical SIP session involves a client requesting a session with a SIP server. After the request is received, the SIP server returns a response to the user indicating the availability of the session. After setting SIP, user can choose to setup

SIP Server Registration

Skip

To setup SIP Server Registration, enter the following information and click Register to save the settings. After completing, click Next to go next step.

Terminal Name:

Enter the terminal server

name.

Terminal Password:

Enter the password of

terminal server.

Registrar Server:

Registrar Server accepts registrations from users and places these registrations, (which is essentially location information), in a database known as a location service. Enter the Registrar Server name that you want to use.

Proxy Server:

Proxy Server is computing device (typically a server) that interfaces between data processing devices and others within a communications network. These devices may be located on the same local area network or an external network. Enter the used Proxy Server name.

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Date and Time Setting

Setup the EVC system date and time. User can choose to use NTP server to adjust the date/time or manually enter the current date/time.

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol that is used to synchronize system clock times in a network of device.

NTP Server:

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows administrators to synchronize all network computers to a main server. This keeps all network machine clocks on the same time. Enter the NTP Server name that you want to follow.

Time Zone:

Timezone allows you to adjust the time when you are in a different country or area so that you can keep the same time with your original area. Most of the time zones on land are offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by a whole number of hours (UTC-12 to UTC+14)

Manually Setting

Enter the present year, month, date, hour, minute, and second by yourself

After completing date/time setup, click

Finish

to complete the Installation Wizard setup. Before that, user can back to previous page or go to home menu. How to dial a call; refer to chapter of

Making a Call

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Call include Dial, Phonebook and Call History

Setting include General Setting, Video/Audio and Network.

AVer EVC OPERATION

Connecting the camera, microphone, main system, display and power, press the power button to turn on EVC. Power button starts blinking blue light, AVer logo shows up followed by an animation and music. In 30 seconds camera image and home screen appear on screen. Aim the remote controller to camera and start configuring AVer EVC.

Before You Begin

Basic Operation

Navigation buttons:

controller.

Enter button: Apply:

Save: Cancel:

Make the changed value to take effect. (For EVC Application)

Accept the created value and save it to the system.

Cancel the changed value and exit the present screen.

Use the to confirm the selection on the remote controller.

Use the , , and buttons to move the selection on the remote

Home Screen

There are 2 selections divided on the Home screen: buttons to move between selections and press to confirm the selection. You can easily place a call and select the site contact either in

system in password to prevent changes made to the system setting and WebTool access.

Configuration Icons

General Setting, Video/Audio

Dial, Phonebook

, and

Network

and

Call

Setting

Call History

. The administrator can set a security

. Simply use the navigation

. You can easily setup up the

Menu function is divided into 2 parts – Call function is included Setting function is included

Dial, Phonebook

General Setting, Video/Audio

Call

and and

Setting

Call History

, and

Network

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On the upper left-hand corner of your home screen, you may see camera and MIC indications.

When camera is removed,

“Camera

Disconnected”

warning message is displayed

and screen is blue. When is displayed on that screen, it

means far site remote can be operated by remote controller.

is displayed indicating microphone is mute.

Try pressing the mute button on microphone or remote controller to unmute it (LED indicator on microphone turns blue).

On the lower left corner of your home screen, you can find current WAN IP address.

Camera and MIC Icons

WAN Address

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On the lower right corner of your home screen, you can find the current Date and Time once system sets up properly.

Press (Info) button to switch to system information page.

The System Info shows you the relative information about your EVC main system including Site Name, Model name, IP Address, MAC Address and System Version.

Also, you can view call status while call is connected.

1. Make a call.

2. When call is connected, press (Info) button.

3. Select the call and you should see the current call status.

ReaL-Time Clock

System Info

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Dial selection allows you to enter dial screen and make a call.. Press button on the remote controller has the same effect.

Use the number keys on the remote controller to enter the IP address or number or SIP URI (sip:username.password@host) you want to call. AVer remote controller supports alpha-numeric operation, press numeric key multiple times to select the alphabet or symbol.

[Note]

Press button and hold can switch

between numeric mode(123) and alphanumeric mode(ABC/123).

AVer EVC supports H.323 and SIP calls. H.323 is commonly used to communication to other videoconferencing room systems. SIP is commonly used to communicate with other VoIP devices. Use the button to select which type of call type you want to make then

press to confirm.

[Note]

H.322 and SIP call type can be existed

in a same conference call meeting.

Dial

IP Address

Call Type

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For the

Call Quality

selection, enter the desired call quality (or network bandwidth) from the drop-down list (default or 64K up to 4M bit per second).

Select the

“Call”

on the Dial configuration

screen then press to make a call.

Make sure the network jack is plugged in and network is working properly before making a call; otherwise, the

“Network Jack

Unplugged”

information will appear. Click

“OK”

to reconfirm the network connection.

Call Quality

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1. When in multi-point call conference, press

button(Hang up) on remote control

and a call-point list screen is pop-up.

2. Use the ▲ and ▼ buttons to select which

you want to disconnect and press . To end the meeting, select Disconnect All.

3. You will notice the site names in the

meeting are color coded. If you are not sure of which name you want to disconnect, refer to the color of the frame.

4. In multiple call conference, you can choose

to hang out which call.

Hang up the call

Video Layout

Video layout on multisite connections is shown as following figure:

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Phonebook allows you to create and edit contact information, group contacts by category, search contacts then make a call. The group and contact (site) name in the directory will be sorted in alphabetical order. You may use the WebTool to edit or import the phonebook entries too.

Select

Phonebook

and press .

Select

Group

and press .

If you have lots of contacts, it is better to categorize them to groups such as client, vendor, company, branch, etc. to make the lookup easier.

Phonebook

Group

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In the

Group

configuration screen, Press

“

Red”

button on the remote controller to

pop up the

“Input Group Name”

dialogue

box.

Enter the group name that you want to create.

Select

“Save”

to save the new group. Or

select

“Cancel”

to exit the

“Input Group

Name”

dialogue box.

The new group name will be saved and displayed in the group list.

Create a New Group

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Press

“Yellow”

button on the remote

controller and enter the group name that you want to search.

If the name you enter has not been created, the system will show you

“No Group

Available”

, please search again.

If the Group data are over one page, you can also press

“Green”

button or “

Blue”

button to Page Up or Page Down.

Select

Phonebook│Group

and press .

Select the name you want to modify in the group list.

Select

“Edit Group”

and press .

Search a Created Group

Edit Group

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Modify the group name and select

“Save”

save the revised group name.

The revised group name will be saved and displayed in the group list.

Select

Phonebook│Group

and press .

Select the Group name you want to add to Contacts List.

Select

“Edit Group”

and press .



If the revised name is the same as the saved name, the revised name will be ignored.

Add Contact from Group List

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Confirm the Group Name what you want to add to the contacts list and then select

“Contacts List”

In the Group Site list, select the item that you want to add to the contracts list and then press

“Red”

button on the remote controller to

save the selection.

Select

“Save"

to save the Group name and

added site to the contacts list.

The selected Group name and added site will be added into the contacts list.

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Select

Phonebook│Group

and press .

Select the name you want to remove in the group list.

Select

“Delete Group”

and press .

Select

“Yes”

to remove the selected group

name and

“Cancel”

to cancel group name

deletion. The selected group name will disappear in the

group list when deleted.

Select

Phonebook│New Site

and press

Select the

Group

name, if you don’t want to

add the entry into a group, please select

“Non-Group”

item.

Delete Group

New Site (Contact in Phonebook)

New Site allows you to create and edit the information to each site. Add New Site

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Select

Site Name

box. Enter the site name

with the remote controller and press .

Enter the used call type information either H.323 or SIP.

Select the desired call quality value in the drop-down list.

Select

“Save”

to store the newly added site

contact.

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Select Phonebook│Contacts List and press

Select the contact you want to modify and press .

Select

“Edit Site”

and press .

In the Edit Site screen, you many change the Group name, Site Name, H.323. SIP and Call Quality.

After making the changes, select

“Save”

apply the new changes or

“Cancel”

to reserve

the original settings.

The saved changes will be shown in the Group Site list.

Edit New Site

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Select Phonebook│Contacts List and press

Select the contact you want to delete and press .

Select

“Delete Site”

and press .

Select

“Yes”

to remove the selected contact

and

“No”

to cancel contact deletion.

The selected contact will disappear in the Group-Site list when deleted.

Delete New Site

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Contacts List shows you all of the contacts that you have created and saved. You can select the contact from the

Contacts List

directly for modifying or deleting. In the Contacts List configuration screen, you can

also use the “

Yellow”

button on the

remote controller to search the contact that you want. If the Group-Site over one page, you

can also press “

Green”

button or

“Blue”

button to Page Up or Page Down.

Select

Phonebook│Favorite

and press .

Select which line (0~9) do you want to save the favorite contact and press .

Select the contact from the pop-up

Group Site

list and press

“Red”

button on the remote

controller to save the selection.

Contacts List

Favorite

AVer EVC allows you save up to 10 most used contacts in the favorite list.

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The item selected will be added into favorite list.

You can make the calls from the favorite list #(0~9) which you have set the favorite list, to press and hold the button #(0~9) via remote controller in Home menu screen.

The Call History allows you to check the incoming/outgoing calls made and their status. You can also make a call by selecting it in the Call History list.

Select

Call History

and press .

The Call History will show you the IP address or the Site name with call type, Call Date/Time and Call status. Refer to the table below to check the call status.

Call Status

Answered

Failed

OUT

Call History

Call Status

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Select

Call History

and press .

Use the and buttons to move the selection and scroll up and down in the call history list.

Press and select

“Call”

to make a call.

Or press button on the remote controller to make a call.

The call will be connected.

Select

Call History

and press .

Use the and buttons to move the selection and scroll up and down in the call history list.

Press and select

“Save”

to pop-up

contact editing form. All relative information has filled in the contact form already based on the selected call entry from the Call History.

Confirm the

Group

selection then select

“Save”

to save the call entry into your contact.

Make a Call From the Call History

Make a Contact from the Call History You can also save the call in/out information into your contacts list.

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The General Setting allows you to modify system setting, authority of administrator, monitor setting, and adjust date and time.

Select General Setting│Call Settings and press .

Select

Auto Answer

and press . In the

Auto Answer drop-down list, select

“OFF”

turn off Auto Answer.

“ON”

to answer the call

automatically and

“First Call Only”

to automatically answer the first call and answer or reject other incoming calls manually. If you are already in a conference, even if the Auto Answer is turned on, you also need to accept the next call manually.

EVC main system supports 64K,128k, 256k, 384k, 512k, 768k, 1024k, 1536k, 1920k, 2048k , 3072k, 4096k selection for default call quality. By default, it is set to 512k.

General Setting

Call Settings

Call Setting set the system to enable/disable auto answer, set the default call quality, and enable/disable Advanced Encryption Standard which ciphers the data to protect against unauthorized data access.

Auto Answer

Default Call Quality

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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encrypts the data that is being transmitted during a video conferencing to provide protection against unauthorized data access. Encrypted data can only be read with the device that also supports the AES standard. All parties on the call must support AES to use this feature, or else the data will not be encrypted.

Select

General Setting│Call Settings

and

press . Select the

Enable AES

check box

to active this function.

Quality of Service (QoS) provides different priority data flows to guarantee a certain level of performance in video conferencing data flow. To activate QoS, select

General Setting

│

Call Settings

and press . Select the

Enable QoS

check box to active this function.

By default, this function is disabled.

Enable/disable the call duration showing, by default, this function is enabled.

Enable/Disable AES



This function may be restricted and unavailable in some countries.

Enable/Disable QoS

Show Call Duration

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This function allows you to specify the maximum bandwidth of the outbound and inbound calls. AVer EVC system supports up to 4Mb.

During the video conferencing, the EVC system will detect which connected point is talking and show the video of talking point into enlarge screen view.

Max. Transmitting/Receiving Bandwidth

Voice Activated Layout Switch

[Note]

1. When function of Voice Activated Layout Switch is enabled, the multiple connections must over 3 points.

2. When voice activate function is disabled, the screen is displayed the video of first connected call.

3. In Figure 1, the layout 2 ,3 and 4 are displayed the talking point at largest video screen area and rest of points are displayed in small video screen area. If connecting point doesn’t enable “Voice Activated Layout Switch” function, it will display in small screen.

4. In Figure 1, the layout 4 is displayed talking point on largest video screen area. If Voice Activated Layout Switch doesn’t enable, the largest video screen area is displayed video of local site.

For example:

Figure 1

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Select General Setting│System Settings and press . The site name is represented as name of this EVC system. Enter the site name

as you wanted.

Select General Setting│System Settings and press .

EVC main system supports up to 21 languages for your selection. Select the language from the drop-down list directly and the language for the system will turn into the selected language automatically.

Select General Setting│System Settings and press .

Select the time from the

Auto Power Off

Mode

drop-down list (OFF/30Minutes/

1Hour/2Hours/3Hours/4Hours). Disable this

function, please select “

OFF

”. The function will

completely turn off the system once you have set the auto power off time. To turn on the system you need to press the Power button on the EVC main unit again.

System Settings

System Settings allows you to enter or change your system’s site name which will appear on the screen during the call session for the other party to identify you, set Language, the time for Auto Power off and enable/disable Keypad Tone function for your main system.

Site Name

Language

Auto Power Off Mode Auto Power Off Mode allows you to set the time to power off your system automatically after idling.

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Select General Setting│System Settings and press .

Select the Keypad Tone check box to enable the tone sounds. By default, this function is enabled.

Select General Setting│Administrator and press .

Here allows you to change Admin. Password. [Note] The password is for WebTool loggin

only.

Keypad Tone Keypad Tone allows you to enable/disable tone sounds when you are dialing a number using the

remote controller.

Administrator

Change Admin. Password

Save System Log If you encounter unknown issues and are unsure of how to troubleshoot the unit, sending us the

saved system log data to help us solve your problem faster. Insert a USB Flash drive into the USB Port(on front panel)) of the EVC main system.

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Select

“Save”

located next to

“Save System

Log”

to save the system log into your USB

Flash drive. After the file is saved, select

“OK”

. Remove the USB Flash drive and insert it into your computer’s USB port. Located the file message.tar.gz and send it to the technical support team.

Select this function check box to enable firmware updated notice function. By default, this function is enabled.

Select the “

Far End Camera Control

” check

box to enable the far site to control your camera. By default, this function is enabled.

Wake-on-LAN is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows your computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message. By default, this function is disabled.

Firmware Update Notice

Far End Camera Control

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

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Select General Setting│Monitor and press

Select the Monitor Aspect Ratio (Auto /4:3/16:9) that you want from the drop-down

list and press . If you want the system to detect the right setting automatically, please

select

“Auto”

Select the Screen Saver time (OFF/10 Minutes/20Minutes/30Minutes/60Minutes)

from the drop-down list and press . You can select

“OFF”

to disable this function or

define a standby mode time.

Monitor

EVC main system allows you to connect dual monitor. In the configure the

Aspect Ratio

and

Screen Saver

to each monitor.

Monitor

configuration screen, you can



The screen will turn black when the system is in standby mode. Press any button on the remote

controller to wake up the system.

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TV Underscan For older type TVs/CRT monitors, this function

can help to auto adjust screen view when the GUI is exceeded the monitor view range.

Select General Setting│Date and Time and press .

Select the Date Format (yyyy-mm-dd/ mm-dd-yyyy/dd-mm-yyyy) you prefer from the drop-down list.

Select General Setting│Date and Time and press .

Select the Time Format (24-hour/12-hour) you prefer from the drop-down list.

Date and Time

Date and Time allows you to set the Date and Time formats, adjust the time setting and change the time zones around the world and countries.

Date Format

Time Format

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Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol that is used to synchronize computer clock times in a network of computers. Select the

Enable

NTP

check box to make your main system time

the same as the network time.

Enable NTP

NTP Server

Timezone

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Enter the date and time including year, month, day, hour and minute that you want to show on the present system.

Select “

Apply

” to active your settings.

Year and Hour

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The Reset System allows you to reset your main system to factory settings, which will clear phonebook entries and call history. Make sure to back up the information before resetting the system.

Default Setting Reset:

LAN configuration,

video/audio codec selection, call settings and

so on will be reset. Click “

Yes

” to reset your

system to factory default values.

Clear Phonebook:

All the phonebook entries

saved in the system will be deleted.

Click “

Yes

” to delete all content of your

phonebook.

Clear Call History:

All the incoming and

outgoing call records will be deleted. Click

“

Yes

” to delete all calling information of the call

history.

Reset System

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Video/Audio

configuration screen, you can set the MIC gain level, select the preferred video and audio codecs and adjust the camera functions.

Select

Video/Audio│Camera

and press .

Select the

White Balance

type from the drop down list. EVC main system supports up to 5 types of white balance for your selection.

Video/Audio

Camera

Camera allows you to set the camera.

White Balance Whit balance is a camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order to make white objects appear white

in photos.

White Balance, Exposure, Sharpness,

and

Frequency

for your

Auto:

all the other colors to match.

Cloudy:

the camera to compensate for blueness in the shadows, warming up the scene to better match what your eye would see.

Daylight:

bluish results on overcast days.

Fluorescent:

produce sickly-looking results on human skin.

Tungsten:

tungsten lamps that normally emit a yellow light. This is usually used to correct for the same color cast.

Most cameras default to automatic white balance. It makes white objects bright white and alter

You can use the

You can use

This setting assumes a color temperature of around 3,200k and is suitable for most

Daylight

Cloudy

white balance setting instead of auto on a cloudy day. This allows

settings only when shooting in very bright sunlight, as it can produce

Fluorescent

setting to cancel out the green or blue cast, which can

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A photograph’s exposure determines how light or dark an image will appear when it is been captured by your camera. Select the exposure level you prefer from 1 to 9 or auto.

Select the correct frequency setting (Auto/50Hz/60Hz/OFF) form the Frequency drop-down list.

Adjust camera sharpness. The more sharpness the screen image more easy has noise.

Exposure

Frequency

Sharpness

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When camera is handed at up-side-down position, enable Camera Upside-down to flip the image view.

Select Video/Audio│Microphone and press

Adjust the

MIC Gain Level

form the drop-down

list.

Select the source of the microphone from the MIC in or Audio in. If you connect a microphone in AUDIO IN port, we recommend selecting Audio in selection to avoid the echo issue.

Camera Upside-down

Microphone

EVC main system allows you to adjust the audio reception on the microphone (s).

MIC Gain Level

MIC Input Source

MIC Gain Level

up to 9 for proper MIC volume to improve

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This function allows you to hear own talking voice during video conferencing through the stream media device that is connected on HDMI-2 port of EVC main unit.

In MIC Input Source, please select “MIC In”.

If the stream media device didn’t connect to HDMI-2 port of EVC main unit, it will cause howling when voice come out from TV or speaker.

Select

Video/Audio│Video Codecs

for Video

Codecs configuration or

Video/Audio│Audio

Codecs

for Audio Codecs configuration and

press .

Select the

Video/Audio Codecs

to specify the codecs you want to support. While the EVC supports the H.323 standard coding algorithm, each codec has unique properties and performs best given a certain set of circumstances.

For Video

: H.264, H.263+, H.263

For Audio:

G.728, G.722.1C, G.722.1*,

G.722, G.711

Broadcast Support(HDMI-2)

Video/Audio Codecs

You can specify the screens.

Video/Audio Codecs

Video Codecs

and

Audio Codecs

configuration



*:G.722.1/G.722.1C, licensed from Polycom®

Please contact system administrator if you have any question on these codecs.

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Network

allows you to set the

SIP Server,

Gatekeeper, Firewall

and

LAN

Configurations

. Before configuring Network and Firewall, please refer to page 69 – Scenarios for LAN connection and follow the instructions of your actual network connection scenario.

Select Network│LAN Configuration and press

Configure the following relative items to setup the LAN Configuration.

DHCP:

Configure the system to automatically

obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.

Static IP:

Configure the system to use the assigned IP address. Select this when the public IP address is available.

Network

LAN Configuration

AVer EVC supports deployed internet protocol used to connect devices to the internet. IPv4 uses a 32-bit address scheme, written in decimal as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 192.168.0.1 could be an IP address.

Obtain IP Address

IPv4

and

internet protocol for your configuration. IPv4 is the most widely

IPv6

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Show the current IP address; enter into when you need to configure your IP address manually.

Show the designated IP address routing prefix; enter the subnet mask address when the system does not automatically obtain the subnet mask

A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. Enter the gateway address when the system does not automatically obtain the gateway.

Your IP address is

Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

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After finishing all settings, select

“Apply”

active the changed settings.

Select Network│LAN Configuration (IPv6) and press .

Configure the following relative items to setup the LAN Configuration (IPv6).

Preferred/Alternate DNS Server

LAN Configuration (IPv6)

IPv6 is an evolutionary upgrade to the Internet Protocol. IPv6 will coexist with the older IPv4 for some time. IPv6 addresses are 128-bit IP address written in hexadecimal and separated by colons. An example IPv6 address could be written like this: 300E:1389:3030:72EB:1D71:414B:1079:6AF3. Some types of addresses contain long sequences of zeros that can be compressed (the address of fc00:0000:0000:0000:0000: 0000:0000:0001 can be compressed to fc00::1.

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Static IP:

Configure the system to use the assigned IP address. Select this when the public IP address is available.

Auto:

Obtain the dynamic IP address

automatically.

Show the current IP address; enter into when you need to configure your IP address manually.

Prefix Length allows you to place as many IPv6 devices as the underlying network medium allows.

Obtain IP Address

Your IP Address is

Prefix Length

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After finishing all settings, select

“Apply”

active the changed settings.

Select

Network

│

Firewall and press .

Configure the following relative items to setup the Firewall.

By default, the system communicates through TCP/UDP ports in the range from 30000 to

30299. You can specify the range for your specific network environment.

Firewall

Configure the following items to setup the Firewall.

TCP/UDP Ports



You must configure your firewall to allow inbound/outbound traffic through “UDP (port 1719)”/ “TCP

(port 1720)” for H.323 call setup.

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AVer EVC supports NAT systems that use the internal IP addresses to communicate with other devices outside the LAN.

The NAT public address must be entered when you enable the feature on NAT configuration.

Select

Network│SIP

and press .

Configure the following relative items to setup the SIP.

NAT Configuration

NAT Public (WAN) Address

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) allows you around the world to communicate using your supported devices over the Internet.

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Enter the SIP site name for others to identify. The SIP site name may be the same or different then the domain for Web activity.

Select internet protocol check box to enable IPv4 or IPv6 protocol using.

TCP:

TCP is connection oriented. Once a connection is established, data can be sent bidirectional.

UDP:

UDP is a simpler, connectionless Internet protocol. Multiple messages are sent as packets in chunks using UDP.

SIP Site Name

Inter Protocol

SIP Transport Protocol Select the SIP Transport Protocol type from the drop-down list for using. There are two types of

Internet Protocol (IP) traffic. They are Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). To ensure proper connection, verify if both calling parties are using the same transport protocol. By default, it is set to UDP.

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Change this value only if you use specific settings in your network system. By default, the SIP port is set to 5060.

Select Enable SIP check box and press to activate/deactivated using SIP.

Enable presentation sharing function in SIP. It allows you to share the presentation file screen to other caller in video conference meeting.

SIP Port

Enable SIP

BFCP

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STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) is a standardized set of methods and a network protocol to allow an end host to discover its public IP address if it is located behind a NAT.

Enter IP address of SIP NAT traversal server.

Enter port number of STUN server.

Mark to enable STUN server function.

STUN Server

STUN Port

Enable STUN Server

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1. Select Network│SIP Configuration and

press .

2. Configure the following relative items to

setup the Server.

Select Operating Mode and press to select the mode from drop-down list.

Become a Client:

to SIP external server.

Become a Server:

Set EVC main system as a

SIP server.

[Note]

Only allow the users are registered on EVC300 / EVC900 SIP server can make a connection.

SIP Configuration

Operating Mode

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Select User Name and press to enter user name.

Select Authorization Name and press to enter authorization name.

Select Password and press to enter using password.

Become a Client:

Select Operating Mode is “Become a Client” in SIP Configuration. Then, enter the

following information to register to SIP server. User Name

Authorization Name

Password

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Select “

Account Active

” check box and press

to activate/deactivated.

Next, go to

button and press to

Registrar Server

Proxy Server

Account Active

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Select authenticate way to authorize SIP client.

Anonymous:

No password required for any

SIP client.

Password:

Password is required for SIP client to connect SIP server. Set the password in Password column.

When authentication mode is Password mode, a password is required to be set. The default password is “

1234

”.

The SIP server’s ID that wants to connect. The EVC300 / EVC900 default server ID is “

1000

”.

Become a Server:

Select Operating Mode is “Become a Server” in SIP Configuration. Then, enter the

following information to be a SIP server.

Authentication Mode

Password

Server ID

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List all registered SIP client.

Select Network│Gatekeeper and press .

Configure the following relative items to setup the Gatekeeper.

Specify the name that gatekeepers and gateways can use to identify this system. Enter the name; the gatekeeper will use this name for identification.

Registered Users

Gatekeeper

The

Gatekeeper

in AVer EVC serves the purpose of translating services from E.164 IDs to IP

addresses in an H.323 network.

H.323 Name

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Enter a numeric value for the gatekeeper to identify your system further.

Enter the IP address for the gatekeeper server.

Select this check box to Activate/deactivate gatekeeper.

H.323 Extension

Gatekeeper IP Address

Connect to Gatekeeper



Make sure to setup the Gatekeeper before setting up the Firewall.

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If you want to enable the H.460 Firewall Traversal, please set the following ports in port forwarding in your firewall before start installing your EVC.

Port

Function

Type

1719

Gatekeeper

UDP

1720

H.323 Call

setup

TCP

30000~30299

Control and

media for

audio, video,

content, and

data/FECC

TCP and UDP

HTTP

Interface

(WebTool)

TCP

Telnet

TCP

5060

SIP

TCP and UDP

Select Network│Test and press .

Select Run to start testing.

Wait until it finishes the network test. The check mark will appear if the network test is successful. If it fails, save the report in a USB flash drive and contact our technical support.

Enable H.460 Firewall Traversal



Make sure your gatekeeper supports H.460 Firewall Traversal before enabling it.

Test

This feature tests the network ability between local and far site.

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Web Configurations

You can use the internet browser to access your AVer EVC system through a LAN RJ-45 cable to setup a AVer EVC system remotely. You can also access the Phonebook to add, edit and delete entries, view and download the call history, update the system, and restore your previous settings. For web configurations, your AVer EVC system default IP address is: 192.168.0.1.



Please change your EVC’s IP address at the start.

Using the WebTool

Enter your EVC’s IP address in the URL field. You will need to enter admin password to log in. In WebTool login screen, user can select the Language of Web Tool and enter the password, click

Submit button to login.



Default password is 1234

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After login, user should see the video screen of local site.

is indicated in background view mode. is indicated in live view mode.

3. Click icon can call out on-screen remote controller. You can use mouse to click the on-screen remote controller to operate functions on WebTool.

In the WebTool page, you can access the following:

 Phonebook  Dial  Call History  Video/Audio  General Setting  Network



You can use the mouse to click the specified icon for a selection.



In WebTool, all functions are same as on EVC system.

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1. Locate and open the file using MS Excel and select Office XML Handler to create a schema based on the XML source data.

2. Edit the file.

3. Make sure to save the file as XML Data so it can be uploaded back to the system.

Managing Phonebook

In the Phonebook page of WebTool, all functions are the same as your AVer EVC Application. One different is the Upload/Download.

Edit and Save

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1. Click Phonebook│Upload/Download.

2. The saving Phonebook data from AVer EVC system dialogue box will appear.

3. Click “Save” to save the file.

4. After saving, you have to re-arrange your browser to update your WebTool Phonebook so that it can be the same as your EVC system.

Download Phonebook Entries

Download allows you to download contact data from your AVer EVC system.

Upload Phonebook Entries

Upload allows you to upload the data that you have edited or added from your WebTool to your AVer EVC system.

1. Click Phonebook│Upload/Download

2. Click “Upload Phonebook” to upload edited or added contents to your AVer EVC system directly.

3. You can also click “Browser” to open the Phonebook file .xml saved in your PC to upload it to your AVer EVC system.

4. After completing upload, the contents of Phonebook on your AVer EVC system will be modified in time.



You can also download the phonebook entries and upload them to another AVer EVC unit.

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Update System

You can update the latest EVC firmware to your AVer EVC system from AVer EVC WebTool.

1. Click General Setting│System Update

2. Click “System Update”.

3. Click

“Select”

to browse and locate the

downloaded firmware file .dat.

4. Click

“Submit”

to begin the system update or Cancel to stop this operation.

WARNING!

Please do not perform any operations during the updating process.

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Troubleshooting

Audio

Can’t hear the audio during a call

- Make sure the MICs are not muted.

- Make sure the MIC and speaker connections are properly connected as illustrated in the

manual.

- Make sure the MIC and speaker device are workable.

- Ensure proper volume level on the system.

The audio quality is poor

- Ensure the MIC is not damaged.

- Try to adjust the “Mic Gain Level”.

- Make sure the MIC is not facing the output speakers to prevent echo.

Video/Display

Video conference call is established but no video or voice.

- If you are connecting to AVer EVC with firewall, make sure you have done the port forwarding

correctly. For non H.323 ALG firewall, please set the NAT configuration and the WAN IP address on AVer EVC system is entered.

- We suggest having a fixed public IP address for AVer EVC system. With Dynamic public IP

address, it will change after a certain period which depends on your local ISP.

- There is a routing issue if you installed two AVer EVC systems sharing one public IP address.

Unable to connect to other video conferencing systems.

- Check to see if you dial the correct IP address.

- Ensure the power status of the device from the other sited is on.

- Verify if the firewall blocks the inbound traffics from the other site.

- Verify if the other site rejected your video conferencing call.

Unable to see the OSD.

- Check to see if your cable is connecting correctly.

- Make sure your system and display are well-connected and then reboot your system. (Your

display should be switched on before you reboot your system.)

- Press “Dual” button on remote controller (User needs to keep pressing until OSD menu is

shown).

Why can’t I see the UI configuration screen after connecting the VGA cable and powering on AVer EVC systems upon screen saver mode?

- Please plug and unplug the VGA connector again to re-connection the VGA cable.

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Network

The LAN connection is fail.

- Make sure you have changed your default IP address. The default IP address is 192. 168.0.1,

in order not to conflict with other devices in the same LAN, please change your IP address at the start.

Cannot open WebTool by IE9 and IE10.

1. Click (General Setting icon) in IE.

2. Select “F12 developer tools”.

3. Change Document Mode to Internet Explorer 9 standards.

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4. Disable intranet sites in Compatibility View. Go to “Tools│Compatibility view settings”.

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5. Unclick the checkbox “Display intranet sites in Compatibility View” and then click “Close”.

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Others

Unable to connect the call and the “Call failed” error message appears on the screen.

- Ensure the IP address for the calling is correctly.

- Ensure the other end of your calling does not set their system to “Do Not Disturb” mode or pick

up the phone.

- Ensure you are not calling to a system that has already up to maximum call-in limitation.

Forget the administrator password.

- Please contact AVer technical support for assistance.

Unable to control the far end camera.

- Make sure the “Cam Ctrl” icon is positioned on the screen you want to control. Press

“Far/Near” button on the remote controller to switch to the desired screen.

- Make sure the far site has enabled the “Far End Camera Control” setting. To enable this

function, press “Home” button and got to General Setting│Administrator and then select “Far End Camera Control”.

AVer EVC cannot detect the USB device.

- Unplug and plug the USB flash drive again and wait for 10 to 15 seconds for the system to

re-detect the new USB device.

- We do not recommend using an external HDD; it may cause system errors or recording failures.

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1. From the remote press “Home”-> “ ” -> “Setting”.

2. Press “ ” -> “Network”.

3. Press “LAN Configuration”.

4. And In the drop-down list “Obtain IP address”, choose “Static IP” or “PPPoE”.

- Static IP: Input the “IP address”, “Subnet Mask”

and “Default Gateway”.

Static IP setting

Scenarios for LAN Connection

Public IP Configuration (Outside of Firewall)

Your EVC system is connecting directly to the internet.

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- PPPoE: Input the PPPoE login “User name” and

“Password”.

5. Select “Apply” and press (Enter).

6. Press “Home” on the remote to return to the home menu.

7. Press the (Call) button on the remote and you are ready to make your first call.

PPPoE setting

Port

Function

Type

1719

Gatekeeper

UDP

1720

H.323 Call setup

TCP

30000~30299

Control and media for audio, video, content, and data/FECC

TCP and UDP 80

HTTP Interface (WebTool)

TCP

Telnet

TCP

5060

SIP

TCP and UDP

1. From the remote press “Home”-> “ ” -> “Setting”.

Private IP Configuration (Behind Firewall with Port Forwarding)

Please make sure you have set the following ports in port forwarding in your firewall.

Your EVC system is connecting to the internet through a firewall.

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2. Press “ ” -> “Network”.

3. Press “LAN Configuration”.

4. And In the drop-down list “Obtain IP address”, choose “Static IP” or “DHCP”.

- Static IP: Input the “IP address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Default Gateway”.

- DHCP: Configure the system to automatically obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.

5. Select “Apply” and press (Enter).

6. Press (Back) on the remote to return to previous menu. (If you have H.323 ALG enabled, skip to step 10).

7. In the same page, go to “Firewall” and press (Enter).

8. Select “ON” in the NAT check box and enter the

IP address in the “NAT Public (WAN) address”

field.

9. Press the “Home” button on the remote to return the home menu.

10. Press the Call button on the remote and you are ready to make your first call.

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1. From the remote press “Home”-> “ ” ->

“Setting”.

2. Press “ ” -> “Network”.

3. Press “LAN Configuration (IPv4)”.

4. And In the drop-down list “Obtain IP address”, choose “Static IP”.

5. Manually input the “IP address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Default Gateway”.

6. Select “Apply” and press (Enter).

7. In the same page, go to “Gatekeeper” and press

(Enter).

H.460 Gatekeeper with Firewall Traversal

Your EVC system is connecting to the internet through a firewall and your have a Gatekeeper outside the firewall.

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8. Enter the IP address of your Gatekeeper in the

“Gatekeeper IP Address” field and enable the “Use Gatekeeper” check box.

9. Enable the “Enable H.460 firewall Traversal” option.

10. Press the “Home” button on the remote to return the home menu.

11. Press the (Call) button on the remote and you are ready to make your first call.

Remote Control Battery Safety Information

1. Store batteries in any cool & dry place.

2. Do not dispose used batteries in domestic waste. Dispose batteries at special collection points or return to stores if applies.

3. Remove the batteries if they are not in use for long period of time. Battery leakage and corrosion can damage the remote control, dispose batteries safely.

4. Do not mix and use old and new batteries.

5. Do not mix and use different types of batteries: alkaline, standard (carbon -zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium).

6. Do not dispose batteries in a fire.

7. Do not attempt to short circuit the battery terminals.

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Limited Warranty

For a period of time beginning on the date of purchase of the applicable product and extending as set

forth in the “ Information Inc. (“AVer”) warrants that the applicable product (“Product”) substantially conforms to AVer’s documentation for the product and that its manufacture and components are free of defects in

material and workmanship under normal use. “You” as used in this agreement means you individually or the business entity on whose behalf you use or install the product, as applicable. This limited warranty extends only to you as the original purchaser. Except for the foregoing, the Product is

provided “AS IS.” In no event does AVer warrant that You will be able to operate the Product without problems or interruptions, or that the Product is suitable you’re your purposes. Your exclusive remedy

and the entire liability of AVer under this paragraph shall be, at AVer’s option, the repair or replacement of the Product with the same or a comparable product. This warranty does not apply to (a) any Product on which the serial number has been defaced, modified, or removed, or (b) cartons, cases, batteries, cabinets, tapes, or accessories used with this product. This warranty does not apply to any Product that has suffered damage, deterioration or malfunction due to (a) accident, abuse, misuse, neglect, fire, water, lightning, or other acts of nature, commercial or industrial use, unauthorized product modification or failure to follow instructions included with the Product, (b)

misapplication of service by someone other than the manufacturer’s representative, (c) any shipment

damages (such claims must be made with the carrier), or (d) any other causes that do not relate to a Product defect. The Warranty Period of any repaired or replaced Product shall be the longer of (a) the original Warranty Period or (b) thirty (30) days from the date of delivery of the repaired or replaced product.

Warranty Period of AVer Product Purchased

” section of the warranty card, AVer

Limitations of Warranty

AVer makes no warranties to any third party. You are responsible for all claims, damages, settlements, expenses, and attorneys’ fees with respect to claims made against you as a result of your use or misuse of the Product. This warranty applies only if the Product is installed, operated, maintained, and used in accordance with AVer specifications. Specifically, the warranties do not extend to any failure caused by (i) accident, unusual physical, electrical, or electromagnetic stress, neglect or misuse, (ii) fluctuations in electrical power beyond AVer specifications, (iii) use of the Product with any accessories or options not furnished by AVer or its authorized agents, or (iv) installation, alteration, or repair of the Product by anyone other than AVer or its authorized agents.

Disclaimer of Warranty

Except as expressly provided otherwise herein and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, AVer disclaims all other warranties with respect to the product, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including without limitation, satisfactory quality, course of dealing, trade usage or practice or the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness

noninfringement of third party rights.

for a particular purpose or

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Limitation of Liability

In no event shall AVer be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages of any nature including, but not limited to, loss of profits, data, revenue, production, or use, business interruption, or procurement of substitute goods or services arising out of or in connection with this limited warranty, or the use or performance of any product, whether based on contract or tort, including negligence, or any other legal theory, even if AVer has advised of the possibility of such damages. AVer’s total, aggregate liability for damages of any nature, regardless of form of action, shall in no event exceed the amount paid by you to AVer for the specific product upon which liability is based.

Governing Law and Your Rights

This warranty gives you specific legal rights; you may also have other rights granted under state law. These rights vary from state to state.

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Federal Communications Commission Statement (Class A)

NOTE- 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 tuning 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/television technician for help.

 For warranty period, please refer to the warranty card.

Class A ITE

Class A ITE is a category of all other ITE which satisfies the class A ITE limits but not the class B ITE limits. Such equipment should not be restricted in its sale but the following warning shall be included in the instructions for use:

Warning -

interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio

CE Class A (EMC)

This product is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council

Directives on the Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC.

Warning -

interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures to correct this interference.

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio

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The mark of Crossed-out wheeled bin indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, you need to dispose of the waste equipment by handing it over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. For more information about where to drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please contact your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

© 2014 by AVer Information Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of AVer INFORMATION Inc.

Trademarks

AVer is registered trademarks of AVer Information Inc. Other trademarks used herein for description purpose only belong to each of their companies.

Disclaimer

No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the contents of this documentation, its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Information presented in this documentation has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. The information contained in this documentation is subject to change without notice. In no event will AVer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

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