EverFocus TUTIS-16F3 User Manual

USER MANUAL

TUTIS-16F3 DVR

EVERFOCUS ELECTRONICS

CORPORATION

TUTIS-16F3

Instruction Manual

@2012EverFocus

Electronics Corp

www.everfocus.com

All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means without written permission of the Everfocus Electronics Corporation

Release Month: July 2012

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Notes:

1. The power supply of this DVR is provided through DC12V adapter, please check the
power output before installation and ensure it can meet the requirements.

2. Do not place the DVR at a place subject to rain and moisture;

3. Do not install the DVR at a place subject to violent vibration;

4. Do not install the DVR at a place subject to direct sunlight, and be far away from high
temperature environment;

5. The DVR should be installed in a space without much dust, and the environment
should be kept clean and tidy;

6. The DVR’s back panel should be placed 15cm or more away from other objects or
wall for cooling;

7. The DVR should work under temperature, humidity and voltage according to its
technical specifications;

8. The space where DVR is installed should not be stored with corrosive chemicals that
may produce volatile gases to avoid affecting the DVR’s life;

9. Proper grounding should be guaranteed during operation;

10. The DVR shall be installed to ensure proper connection with other devices.
Please buy HDD from official channel to meet DVR’s long time and large data reading
and writing requirements.

Statement:

1. This manual only introduces basic operation, and please refers to the E-manual in the
CD for detailed operation.

2. Products are subject to the real products and this manual is just for reference.

3. Products update without further notice. Nuances of partial functions are permitted
before and after updating.

4. Please contact the Customer Service Department for the latest program and
supplementary instruction files.

5. This manual is applicable to various models, and the specific operation of each
product is not listed here. Users can operate the DVR based on this manual for the
actual products.

6. We have tried our best to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this manual.
However, due to the unstable environment and other reasons, the real value of some
data may differ. If any problem or dispute arises, the company’s final explanation will
prevail.

7. If carrying out operation not according to the instruction of this manual, the user shall
bear the losses sustained.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Open-case inspection and quick installation............................................5

1.1 Open-case inspection..................................................................................5

1.1.1 Notes.................................................................................................5

1.1.2 Package and accessories.................................................................5

1.2 Product appearance and port......................................................................5

1.3 Quick installation.........................................................................................6

1.3.1 HDD installation.................................................................................6

1.3.2 Connection to the camera and monitor.............................................6

Chapter 2 Software interface basic operation...........................................................6

2.1 Power on and login......................................................................................6

2.2 Main menu...................................................................................................7

2.2.1 Shortcut menu...................................................................................7

2.2.2 Main menu........................................................................................7

2.3 Recoring setup............................................................................................8

2.3.1 Basic.................................................................................................8

2.3.2 Advanced..........................................................................................8

2.3.3 Plan...................................................................................................8

2.4 playback and backup...................................................................................9

2.4.1 playback............................................................................................9

2.4.2 Recording backup.............................................................................9

2.5 Alarm setup...............................................................................................10

2.5.1 Alarm wiring diagram.......................................................................10

2.5.2 Motion Detection.............................................................................10

2.6 PTZ setup..................................................................................................11

2.6.1 Channel setup.................................................................................11

2.6.2 PTZ Control.....................................................................................11

2.7 Network.....................................................................................................11

2.7.1 Basic...............................................................................................11

2.7.2 Advanced........................................................................................12

2.8 Mobile phone surveillance.........................................................................13

2.8.1 DVR end setup................................................................................13

2.8.2 Mobile Phone end operation...........................................................14

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2.9 IE login......................................................................................................14

2.9.1 IE Controls download and installation.............................................14

2.9.3 Playback and download..................................................................15

2.10 Client end and playing software..............................................................16

2.10.1 Client end installation & running....................................................16

2.10.2 Playback software.........................................................................16

2.11 Central Management Software (TUTIS CMS).........................................16

Appendix: System Connection Picture...................................................................18

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Chapter 1 Open-case inspection and quick installation

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1.1 Open-case inspection

1.1.1 Notes

◆ When you receive the products, please check if the DVR is complete and make sure
if there is any accidental damage during transportation.

◆ Secondly, you can open the package and check if the accessories are complete, and
then remove the protective film of the DVR package.

1.1.2 Package and accessories
The Package contains the following accessories:

◎One IR remote controller
◎One pair of remote controller batteries
◎One piece of Product Certificate
◎One piece of User Manual
◎Two SATA HDD cables (already installed in the case)
◎One DC12V5A /DC 12V3A power adapter
◎One HDD bracket (already installed) and mounting screws, etc.
◎One piece of CD

Note: Specific model of the above accessories may differ, so please refer to the list of
accessories in the package.

1.2 Product appearance and port

Front panel 1：（Please refer to the real products and this is just for reference）

1. Play back 2. Step back 3. Search / Stop 4.Step forward 5.Play forward 6.Log

7. Display mode 8.Record 9.Arrow keys 10.Enter / PTZ control 11.Menu / Exit

12.System Info 13.Mute
Back panel 1:

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1.16CH video in 2.Main video out 3. Auxiliary video out 4.16CH Audio in

5.Intercom in and audio out 6.Network port 7.USB port 8.RS485 9.Power in

10.4CH alarm out & 16CH alarm in 11.HD output port 12.VGA output 13.Power
switch

1.3 Quick installation

1.3.1 HDD installation
(1)Open the cover of DVR, fix the HDD into the bracket;.
(2) Connect the HDD data and power cable to the HDD;
(3)Tighten the screws to fix the HDD in the case;
(4)Lock the HDD case.
Note: Do not plug HDD when the DVR is on the power state.

1.3.2 Connection to the camera and monitor
Connect the signal of camera with a BNC cable to the DVR video input, connect the
signal of DVR video output with a BNC cable to the monitor (Please refer to the back
panel figure). Connect the RS485A (+) and the B (-) respectively to corresponding
DVR interface with wires, if camera is the PTZ which can be controlled.

Chapter 2 Software interface basic operation

2.1 Power on and login

When the DVR is power on, the system enters the preview status. If there is video input,
the corresponding channel will display monitoring video on the main interfacce. If there
is no video input, blue by default. Full screen and multi-screen switch can be realized
through double-click and right click on the main interface. Right click and enter the
shortcut menu, and select Main menu to enter corresponding Main menu interface.
When operating on relevant menus, the system will remind the user to login, interface
as below (picture on the right):

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【User name】: admin by default.
【Password】：The initial administrator password is: 00000000

2.2 Main menu

2.2.1 Shortcut menu
Right click the mouse, and shortcut menu pops up：

【Main menu】：System main menu interface
【Single screen】：Click to enter the corresponding channel

and display single screen
【Multi screen】：Screen display with options of 4, 9 and 16
screens

【Next screen】：Switch to the next screen channel
【Start / Stop Record】：It is effective after starting the

recording setup
【Record Search】：Recording playback and backup are
available when entering

【PTZ Control】：enter the PTZ control interface
【Digital Zoom】：Under single-channel preview screen, when

choosing an area, users can enlarge the area
【PIP】：After clicking, main interface will appear and a small

screen will display on the lower right corner.

【System Inform】：including the version, network address, and recording files, etc.
【System Reset】：including user locking, system restart and system shutdown

2.2.2 Main menu
Click mouse right button and select the main menu, main menu pops up as below:

【Record】：“ Basic” including resolution, quality,
frame rate, pre-Record setup ； “Advanced”
including overwrite, overlay; “Recording

schedule”: set the recording types of every
period every day.
【Alarm】：including Alarm in, Motion Detection,
HDD error, password error and video loss setup.
【Channel】：Select channel and set channel
name, PTZ protocol, PTZ Baud Rate, PTZ
Address and Color setup.

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【Network】：Set IP, port number, DDNS and Mobile phone surveillance, etc.
【User】：Add, modify and delete users and set the user privileges.
【System】：including Basic setup, Advanced setup, HDD management, and System

Maintenance.
【Display】：Main display switching interval, ignoring video loss, and display resolution
setups.
【Log】：Information regarding login and starting system will be kept. Users can view the
system log information.
【Record Search】：Recording playback and backup are available when entering
Note: For detailed operation, please refer to the detailed operation manual in the CD.

2.3 Recording setup

2.3.1 Basic

【Main menu】à【Record】，enter the basic setup Interface:

【Video Channel 】：the channel you want to

setup

【Resolution】：CIF, Half-D1 and D1；
【Quality】：Recording quality is divided into

lowest, low, normal, high, and highest quality.
【Frame Rate】：Refer to the frames per second
of encoding. 6, 12 and 25 frames respectively
under PAL system, and 1, 15, 30 frames under

NTSC system.
【Audio】Refer to the audio channel of related video. Mouse click and the drop-down
box pops up, and there are 1-4 audio channels to choose.(The DVR without audio does
not have this option)
【Pre-Record】：Refer to the encoding frames per second before trigger alarm and after
finishing alarm event when one channel is set to be timer & alarm recording.
【Copy To】：After setting up the parameters of a certain channel and all parameters of
other channels are consistent with this channel, the parameter of this channel can be
copied to other channels through this function.

2.3.2 Advanced

【Overwrite】：Select Auto. when the capacity of
HDD is full, the new recording file will overwrite
the earliest recording file. If selecting Off, it will
not record for insufficient space.
【Overlay】：select Yes，the playback screen will
display time and date when playback the
recording file; select No, it will not display the

time and date.

2.3.3 Plan
“Plan” interface including not recording, timer recording, alarm recording as well as

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timer & alarm recording setup.

Plan is divided into 7 days a week and 1 hour per

period one day. Users can choose the recording

type of every period every day. After the

parameters are set and saved, copy to the other

days or other channels.

2.4 playback and backup

2.4.1 playback
Select【Record search】from shortcut menu or Main menu and enter the interface, with

two types of Search by type and Search by time.

By Type: with 5 options of All, manual, timer, alarm, timer & alarm. Select the type that
you want to search in the drop-down box, and choose from the recording list form the
left picture below.
By Time: enter the specific time, and detailed file list as the above right picture will pop
up. Select and playback.

2.4.2 Recording backup
In the " file list" (left picture above) , select the recording file to backup.

If selecting single file backup, the interface as the following picture(on the left) will pop
up; for multiple files backup, select multiple files and click “multiple files backup”. The
progress of recording backup as shown in the following picture( on the right):

Note: 1. DVD-RW or USB flash disk is optional for recording devices.

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2. Do not exit or power off during backup, or it will affect the backup of recording

Alarm input

Alarm

output

Alarm trigger

file.

3. Please see the detailed operation manual in the CD.

2.5 Alarm setup

2.5.1 Alarm wiring diagram
The input side on the back panel of DVR shown as below, please refer to the physical
interface of the faceplate:

Power

Note:
The above is the 1CH alarm in and 8CH alarm in figure. The back panel of 16CH is 4CH
alarm out and 16CH alarm in with the same priciple. The above is the normal on status
connection figure.

2.5.2 Motion Detection
Main Menu --> Alarm

Alarm

Nomal open

+ - G 12V G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sensitivity refers to the motion detection sensitivity which can be set when the recording
mode is ALARM or SCHEDULE&ALARM. Choose the sensitivity from the drop-down
list, confirm and save the parameter.
Setting procedures:

1. Select channel, sensitivity and detection areas. Sensitivity is off by default with 1-9
options. Detection areas are all by default.

2. Save the parameters and set recording schedule by time. (Please see the 2.3.3
recording schedule for reference.)

(1) Select partial areas in the detection area column on (1) the motion detection
interface.
(2) On the motion detection interface(left picture), draw the areas to be detected. Red

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blocks represent activated areas, while transparent blocks represent unactivated areas.
Confirm and save the parameters after successful setting.

2.6 PTZ setup

2.6.1 Channel setup
Enter from the Main menu to Channel setup. The channel setup interface contains the
channel No., channel name, PTZ protocol, PTZ baud rate, PTZ address and color
setup.

【Video channel】: Select the channel. 1-16 is

optional.

【Channel Name】: Enter the channel name.

Chinese, English, digit and special characters

can be entered.

【PTZ protocol】 : It’s used to achieve the

communication with the PTZ. Mainly supported

baud rate: PELCO-D ,PELCO-P and EverFocus.

【PTZ Baud Rate】: Select an appropriate baud

rate.

【PTZ ID】: PTZ address code range is 0-255.
【Color Setup】: Through the brightness, contrast, saturation, chromaticity setup to

adjust channel display effect.

【Position】: Adjust the position of the image on the channel
【Copy】：After the parameters of a centain channel and all parameters of other

channels are consistent with this channel, the parameter of this channel can be copied
to other channels through this function.

2.6.2 PTZ Control
Right-click to enter the preview screen and select "PTZ control" in the pop-up shortcut
menu, and enter the PTZ control interface (below):

Directional keys are used to control the moving

direction of dome. PTZ button can control

automatic rotation of common PTZ. Lens zoom,

focus, IRIS can be adjusted respectively by using

increase "+" reduce "-" buttons. PTZ’s moving

speed is adjustable and the value range is 0～9.

Use the preset: enter the corresponding preset

value and the dome lens can be adjusted to the
appropriate position; set the preset position: Enter the corresponding preset number ,
the targeted position of the dome camera can be set as preset points. Click the “REC
PATH” on the interface ( the button will display “END PATH” after clicking). Click the "
TRACK" (after clicking, it changes to "End track"). The PTZ will operate according to
track set and click the "End tracking", and the PTZ will stop.

2.7 Network

2.7.1 Basic
Enter from the Main menu to Network setup. Network setup is divided into Basic setup

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and Advanced setup. Basic setup interface mainly includes network access mode, IP
address, subnet mask, gateway address and other parameters, as shown below:
【Connect mode】：with two types of static IP and dynamic IP. IP address, gateway

address and subnet mask should be entered

manually for the static IP. Dynamic IP is the IP

allocated by DHCP server.

【NTP Server】：Set the time and correct the

server address to achieve the time

synchronization of DVR.

【HTTP Port】：For IE brower connecting ,enter
the URL http://192.168.1.220:8000.
【Media Port】：The port number adopted when there is private protocol between DVR
and
PC end. When ex-factory, the DVR has a default value. If this port is occupied by other
Services , modify it to an unused port.
【Intercom port】: the intercom function for remote device and the DVR
Note: The range of above ports is between 1024 and 65535. the ports can not be the
same.

2.7.2 Advanced
【Sub stream】：Set image quality and frame speed. When the network is not good, the

secondary stream can reduce the image quality and frame rate and open by default.
【 Email】：Support email alarm when an event is triggered, DVR system will
automatically intercept the pictures when an event is triggered and then send it to the
specified mailbox to prompt the users. For specific setup procedures, please refer to the
detailed operation in the CD.

【DNS】：Set the IP of DNS server's
【Mobile】：Set the mobilephone service port
【UPNP】: When the UPNP is on (the UPNP at the Router is also on), the DVR host will

map the port and IP automatically to the Router.
Note: If the Router doesn’t support UPNP, please manually map the corresponding port

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from the port forwarding or virtual server. If conflicting with other ports, please modify
the port on the DVR.

【DDNS】：DDNS is a Dynamic Domain Name
Server. Set DDNS type, server address, domain
name, user name and password, as shown in
the picture below ( Please refer to the detailed
manual in the CD for application method of
domain name).
DDNS Type：with options of dyndns.org and
tutisddns.com. When you select the DDNS
TYPE the lable will show you the registered web

site below.
NOTE: When you select the item“tutisddns.com” it will show you the domain name
automatically. You can use it to access your DVR.

Domain Name： the domain name applied by the user for the DVR .
User Name: the user name registered on the DDNS.
Password: the password registered.

【PPPOE】:
WCDMA.After success to apply,exit from PPPOE,and then you can see IP info in the V
iewnet Info(if there is IP address in the WAN-IP, it means 3G network connected).

Setup dial mode and 3G function(support CDMA 2000 and WCDMA),select

Note: Please ask your ISP for more details about the dial-up parameters.

2.8 Mobile phone surveillance

2.8.1 DVR end setup
Confirm the DDNS is enabled . Do not forget forwarding the mobile port 6600 in the
router.

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2.8.2 Mobile Phone end operation

M

edia port

Public IP adress or
domain

Default :
00000000

Note: Please refer to the Mobile Phone Surveillance Manual for detailed installation
method and application instruction.

2.9 IE login

2.9.1 IE Controls download and installation

Enter the URL:
http://192.168.1.220:8000

Click “install”

NOTE: the URL also can be Domain or the public IP address

2.9.2 login window

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NOTE: all the ports mentioned on the DVR must to be forwarded if you want to

Open local files

access from internet.

After the successful login, the
following preview screen will
display:
In the preview interface, target
at the video window and click
the right mouse button, and
then you can switch on or off
the preview video and audio

channels.

2.9.3 Playback and download

Search: choose the date and click the 【Seatch】button.

PlayFile: Select a video file in

the video file list, click and
playback. Operate in the
plaback screen.
Download: Select the file and
click to download.

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2.10 Client end and playing software

2.10.1 Client end installation & running
Open the “DVRClient.exe” in the CD, as shown in the following interface：

DVR Addr：IP address assigned to the DVR.
Use Domain：Enable the Domain of the DVR
DVR Port：DVR media port
Username：Default is admin
Sub Stream： When selected, the DVR’s

network will transmit in sub stream;
otherwise, the DVR will transmit in sub
stream.
Off-line：If selected, it can become a player

to play local video files.

2.10.2 Playback software
Since the video is in H.264 format, it will need a special player.Open the player file
"player.exe"( ) in the CD, as shown below：

Open

Convert the video to AVI

2.11 Central Management Software (TUTIS CMS)

This system supports connection to DVR through Internet, not through the support of
intermediate server. It is convenient for user’s management.
Software installation: Double click to run CD file “TUTIS CMS. msi”, and finish as

prompted. After successful installation, double click desktop icon and run the
software. As shown in the following picture:

【User name】: Create the user name to login

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【Password】: Create the initial password

Add DVR

L

ock

Screen

split Capture

Volume

S

top video

【Re-Enter】: Confirm the initial password
【Language 】 : Several languages are

optional.

Note: If the earlier version of this software has already been installed or forgot, please
delete the file “user.cfg” in the installation menu . The default is “C:\Program
Files\TUTIS CMS\”.

System configuration

Del DVR

DVR list

DVR
configuration

Playback

PTZ control

Recording

n the TUTIS CMS, there are adding device, live preview, video playback, system setup,
advanced setup, PTZ control and other functions. Please refer to the detailed instruction
of TUTIS CMS in the CD for specific operation.

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Appendix: System Connection Picture

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EverFocus Electronics Corp.

hnology Trade

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Head Office:
12F, No.79 Sec. 1 Shin-Tai Wu Road, Hsi-Chih, Taipei,
Taiwan
TEL: [phone]
FAX:[phone]
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1801 Highland Ave. Unit A Duarte, CA 91010, U.S.A.
TEL: [phone]
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USA N.Y. Office:
415 Oser Avenue Unit S Hauppauge, NY 11788
TEL: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

www.everfocus.com

INDIA Office:

Suite 803, 8th Floor,
Housefin Bhavan,
C-21 Bandra Kurla Complex,
Bandra ( East), Mumbai 400 051
TEL: [phone] - 704
FAX: [phone]

Beijing Office:

Room 609, Tec
Building,
Shangdi Information Industry Base,
Haidian District, Beijing China
Tel: [phone]
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Japan Office:

5F Kinshicho city building, 2-13­Koto-bashi,
Sumida-Ku, Tokyo, 130-0022, Japan,
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

European Office:

Albert-Einstein-Strasse 1,
D-46446 Emmerich, Germany,
Tel: [phone]
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