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1. Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Day Night function No need The shop s light is always on Audio Yes Knowing the conversation at desk Vandal Proof Yes Prevent it from damage WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity Zoom camera only Rotation Speed PTZ camera only i Camera Model CAM 7100 CAM 2 Storage Box camera type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Day Night function No need The shop s light is always on Audio No need Vandal Proof No need WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity Zoom camera only i Rotation Speed PTZ camera only Camera Model CAM 5100 CAM 3 Customer Speed dome type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Day Night function No need The shop s light is always on Audio No need Vandal Proof No need WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity 10X and Distance is within 30M Zoom camera only above Rotation Speed 50 degree s For small retail shop 50 s PTZ camera only is enough Camera Model CAM 6200 CAM 4 Street IP zoom camera type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Day Night function Yes The street might be very dark at night time Audio No need Vandal Proof No need Just with housing will be alright WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity 10X and Distance is within 30M Zoom ca
2. Day Night camera camera Object distance 3 10M 3 10M 10M and above Lens model 0690 00002 000 Select mount housing Mounting Housing key item table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C Mount housing Mount GL 201 Housing no need CAM 3 Customer Speed dome camera type CAM 6200 Select Lens No need for Box camera only Select mount housing Mounting Housing key item table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C Camera Model number CAM 6200NN Camera Accessorry No need all come with the standard package 122 CAM 4 Street Select Lens No need for Box camera only Select mount housing Mounting Housing key item table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C Camera Model number CAM 6200NN Camera Accessorry No need all come with the standard package 5 2 4 Select video server Normally we recommend user to use IP camera If you want to use IP camera with video server please select according to chap
3. Rotation Speed I Outdoor Indoor If you want to install a camera outdoor it must have waterproof The waterproof standard is called IP66 For cameras integrated into a housing ex Dome camera Speed dome camera IP zoom camera you have to check if its housing complies to IP66 standard For cameras not integrated into a housing ex Box camera you have to buy a IP66 compliant housing when installed outdoor J Day Night function If your camera is installed at a outdoor where the light is very bright in the day and the light is very dark in the night you need cameras with Day Night function otherwise you can t see clear images at night There are two types of Day Night function one is done via Mechanical removable IR Filter and the other is done via Digital processing only Besure to select the camera with Mechanical Removable IR Filter otherwise the image color will not be true during day time and the focus might shift when switching between day mode and night mode K Audio If you need to hear to sound from the camera site you need cameras with audio function L Vandal Proof If you want to install a camera at a place where it might be damaged it would be necessary to have vandalproof casing For cameras integrated into a housing ex Dome camera Speed dome camera IP zoom camera you have to check if its housing has vandal proof function For cameras not in
4. Mounting Housing key concerns table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Outdoor With Water proof With Housing Indoor Without housing Mount Type Flush mount Alr Solid ceiling mount amp r Corner mount f Hr Wall mount l Fr Pole mount amp 7 Temperature Normal 0 C 50 C Outdoor only Extended 20 C 70 C Status Box All Box cameral Bracket Housing cam 5130 Staus CAM 5140 Bracket ae Status CAM 7100 CAM 6100 gats CAM 6200 CENE CAM 6300 CAM 6400 CAM 6500 Housing Status Zoom lens Dome camera IP speed dome Mount Housing selection Table Solid Ceiling Corer wal Pole NIA 89 Outdoor extended Temperatue 20 C 70 C Solid Ceiling Comer Wall Pole Box All Box a a CAM 5130 Zoom lens CAM 5140 CAM 5150 ius Dome camera CAM 7100 eae Bae oe See CAM 6200 Housing CAM 6300 facet fer IP speed dome CAM 6400 oun sae CAM 6500 Fos CAM 6600 You need to add option for heater amp blower if your places is too cold or the This mountis available This mountis not available but you can use other mount as a backup solution This mount is not available 3 2 4 Select video server In normal case we recommend you to buy IP camera instead of video server analog camera If you want to connect the video server to your exisiting analog
5. WAN port default IP 10 0 0 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 Gate way None Support Package Created Dec 12 2005 TS 00104 Category _ Hardware Product All video servers and IP cameras irmware function comparison and OnTheFlyChange available unction list Support URL ttp www acti com support Tech Support Customer service acti com MSN Messenger ID Customer service acti com Purpose Support Package Firmware function comparison and OnTheFlyChange available function list This support package tells you 1 Firmware function comparison table 2 OnTheFlyChange available function list Index Firmware function CONMDOLTS ON sisi in cass ahossdavacsutunssin dias Sebeuatekesabeas Gouakasenen dante nuekctntbhadhcauaauseaa we adelante OnTheFlyChange available function list csccccsscccssccssssscssssscscssccsssccssssccssssccssseccsssecessecsesscssesssesessseeessseeees Support Package OnTheFlyChange available function list 3 LAN IP Address 4 LAN Subnet Mask LAN Port Network Speed amp Duplex WAN Port Network Speed amp Duplex WAN Dynamic IP Address WAN Static IP Address WAN Static IP Address Subnet Ma O K R O bas oO as R alog Video Type 18 Resolution CC Oo tas R Q od O A a K E es ee MP sa SSeS Eee Senne a ae a ee ee ee a 2 a a ee eee ee eee ae ne ee Ee ae Pe eee an ee ee ee er eee eee es eee ee EE EEE ees eee re re eee
6. Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 2 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 2 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate since it is a box camera we don t need to set it E 5 Following the TS 00009 support package we set the port as Video Register 6010 Video Control 6011 Video Streaming port 6012 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6014 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 85 Contrast 55 Date setting
7. 142 5 2 Imaging After having the basic concepts of the network we can now go to the camera selection We follow the instruction at chapter 2 2 go select the camera 5 2 2 Know customer site The camera deployment of each shop is like below Storage CAM3 Customer CAMA Street 5 2 8 Select by the camera type There are four cameras with different application We follow the selection flow at Chapter 2 2 2 to select camera for each device CAM 1 POS The cover range is 0 3M Camera Type Dome camera CAM 2 Storage The cover range is 3 10M Remote zoom control No need just need to see the entrance of the storage room Camera Type Dome or Box camera we will use Box camera for selection example CAM 3 Customer The cover range is 3 10M Remote zoom control Needed we need to see if the customer is stealing something Key area More than 1 Camera Type Speed dome CAM 4 Street The cover range is 10M and above Remote zoom control Needed we might need to see clearly people entering and leaving the entrance Key area 1 Camera Type IP zoom camera 5 2 9 Select by camera function There are four cameras with different application We follow the selection flow at Chapter 2 2 2 and we complete the selection table and refer to the product selection sheet to find the right model 144 CAM 1 POS Dome camera type
8. 4 6 Recording Schedule setup This section describes how to setup recording by schedule _ Camera Guad OSD PTZ Setup Record Sched obo Motion Detect Notfication Account se a fen ife en schede save Delete a Figure 2 Schedule recording Dialog Box 1 Schedule ID This is the schedule ID given by the Streaming Activator this number will show up once you input other columns This ID is not changeable 2 Schedule Name You can input any words for you to remember this schedule with ease 3 Enable Click to select True enable or False disable 4 Period Click to select the start date and the end date of this schedule recording 5 Daily schudule Click to select the start time and the end time of this schedule recording in a day 6 New schedule Click to to start a new schedule Save Click to save this schedule Delete Click to delete this schedule T Schedule List Show all schedule listing NOTE Be sure to save your desired schedule Your schedule will work only after you saved it 52 Step5 Operation Mutli channel previewing and PTZ control This section describes how to view multichannel at one time 5 1 Open Streaming Activator 5 2 Click on the display window first then click on the camera you wish to see ACTi Streaming Activator 1 36 BORPIZ REC E af Recording Setup 1 select the ndowsto display if DI DO Setup i S xPIZRECm S xPIZRECR 1 DOQ 2J G F 8
9. Retail H 8CH Central Storage 115 5 2 Network We start by referring to support package TS 00029 http www acti com support support_package asp to know about LAN WAN and we find that our network system is WAN network system internet at Then we refer to the network builing block Because the system involves internet this network envrironment is WAN network system internet Thus We looked through chapter 2 5 4 to know we have to check 5 1 1 Check what to consider Below are what to check within a WAN environment 5 1 1 1 Device network connectivity In this case we will set the network setting of each device in the same LAN in the same network segment We will set the IP address of devices at each retail shop as below Retail A IP Subnet Retail B IP Subnet Retail C IP Subnet Retail D IP Subnet Retail E IP Subnet Retail F IP Subnet Retail G IP Subnet Retail H IP Subnet Central Site Subnet 192 168 1 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 2 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 3 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 4 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 5 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 6 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 7 xx 255 255 255 0 192 168 8 xx 255 255 255 0 IP 192 168 9 xx 255 255 255 0 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 Bandwidth The bandwidth limitation inside a LAN is 30MB per second The bandwidth limitation between the internet is 3M upload 12M download according
10. SECRI SHARA Firmware Version 81D A0 V1 01 04 AC a gt gt Video Setting panied calla etait 3 Production ID SED3200 05B 8 00020 gt gt User Account Model Number SED 3200 05 gt gt Port Setting s SESO ERO IP Address 172 16 1 227 a n Netmask 255 255 255 0 oe Ene Gateway 172 16 1 253 gt gt Factory Default ENA Serer 5 _ ost i 3 gt gt Save Reboot WAN Connect Status Disconnect 7 DNS Connect Status Disconnect gt gt Logout DDNS Connect Status Disconnect x System Log Starting Modules Manager lad Starting tick timer Starting Default button check a Load OEM Config File J Read OEM Config File La SYSTEM v2 0 Load Config File SYSTEM v2 0 Read Config File Starting Lan Manager Starting DNS Manager Starting Wan Manager Copyright 2003 2005 ACTI Corporation All Rights Reserved We strongly recommend you to either A 1 Use the stable firmware that you have used before A 2 Use the newest firmware available on our website http www acti com Many problems are caused by inappropriate firmware version Always check the firmware version before you start B Firmware Upgrade If the find the firmware version not right either not the newest 108 or not a stable one you used before please follow the hardware manual to upgrade gt o ACTI ALME D1 1 5M 30fps VSO Firmware image upgrade Do you want to do firmware upgrade gt gt Video Display gt gt Host Settin
11. ISP Gateway 210 gt gt User Account gt gt System Info gt gt Firmware Password gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout Primary DNS Server 168 95 1 Bg Secondary DNS Server 3 8 O DDNS Server Setting DDNS Type Disable v Serice lSP members dyndns org Host Name User Name Password D 1 Dynamic IP address Normally we won t suggest customer to use Dynamic IP address D 2 Static IP address Set the IP address according to your network design If you are not sure please go back to chapter 2 1 for more details 34 D 3 PPPoE Set to PPPoE only when the IP camera is connected directly to an aDSL modem Just click to enable the PPPoE and and input the User Name and password of the internet service you bought from your ISP D 4 DDNS When we use PPPoE to connect to the internet most of the time the device IP address is not static but dynamic When using dynamic IP address we recommend you to use DDNS function which enables you to input domanin name actifrontdoor dyndns com to connect to a camera instead of IP address For how to apply and setup DDNS please refer to support packge TS 00007 at http www acti com support support_package asp E Video Setting Please refer to the flow below to know what to set Oo Nn gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt
12. Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C Camera Model number CAM 6200NN Camera Accessorry No need all come with the standard package 147 CAM 4 Street Select Lens No need for Box camera only Select mount housing Mounting Housing key item table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C Camera Model number CAM 6200NN Camera Accessorry No need all come with the standard package 5 2 11 Select video server Normally we recommend user to use IP camera If you want to use IP camera with video server please select according to chapter 2 2 4 5 2 12 Installation Please read the hardware manual of each device IP camera video server housing mount then follow the instruction to install 5 2 13 Connections Please read the hardware manual of each IP camera then follow the instruction to connect to respective devices CAM 1 POS Dome camera type CAM 7100 Power DC12V using the adaptor provided Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens No need DJ DO options Serial connection No need for Dome camera CAM 2 Storage Box camera type CAM 5100 Po
13. IP Surveillance Deployment Guide Version 0 9 Release 20060217 Dq acti www acti com Introduction ACTi provides you a series of guides for your project from proposal stage to maintainese stage They work as below IP surveillance Prosposal Guide Making proposal to your customer IP Surveillance Deployment Guide Fullfill your project from proposal to practical to your customer Tech Support and TroubleShooting Guide Find the root cause of your problem and solve it This IP Surveillance Proposal Guide contains step by step procedure for you to fulfill your project We start with Select your architecture type and then Build up each building block in the architecture you selected To familiarize you with the analog imaging knowledge and the IT knowledge we also provide you the IP Surveillance 101 at the appendix You can look through it to have a brief idea about IP Surveillance In first part Select Architecture Type we will start to differentiate differentiate basic solution diagram for different applications You can have the idea about what customer might want in his application and how it looks like This Proposal guide will include solution proposals with channel 64 and below For solution proposal will channel more than 64 please contact our sales representative for more information In Second Part Diagram Customization it is not possible for the solution diagram to fit exactly
14. Outdoor Indoor Day Night function Audio Vandal Proof WDR function Zoom capacity Rotation Speed A Outdoor Indoor If you want to install a camera outdoor it must have waterproof The waterproof standard is called IP66 For cameras integrated into a housing ex Dome camera Speed dome camera IP zoom camera you have to check if its housing complies to IP66 standard For cameras not integrated into a housing ex Box camera you have to buy a IP66 compliant housing when installed outdoor B Day Night function If your camera is installed at a outdoor where the light is very bright in the day and the light is very dark in the night you need cameras with Day Night function otherwise you can t see clear images at night There are two types of Day Night function one is done via Mechanical removable IR Filter and the other is done via Digital processing only Besure to select the camera with Mechanical Removable IR Filter otherwise the image color will not be true during day time and the focus might shift when switching between day mode and night mode C Audio If you need to hear to sound from the camera site you need cameras with audio function D Vandal Proof If you want to install a camera at a place where it might be damaged it would be necessary to have vandalproof casing For cameras integrated into a housing ex Dome camera Speed dome cam
15. gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt ib Configurator Camera 135 Video Display ie NOES Seng Host Setting Camera Name Camera 136 WAN Setting LAN Streaming Tee Ov Date Setting i WAN Streaming Video Setting has MulticastIP 228 5 6 135 Video Adjust Multicast TTL 255 User Account Analog Video System Info i Resolution Firmware Factory Default Bitrate Save Reboot Frame Integration Logout ToS Type of Service Disabled v_ ToS Priority Normal Service HTTP Port Search Server Porn 1 Search Server Porn 2 Video Register Port Video Control Port Video Streaming Port Video Multicast Port Aon ea E 1 Streaming Type This section is to set whether you use TCP IP or Multicast to stream to video for LAN port or WAN port We recommend you to use TCP IP as your streaming type since the multicast might cause the network to fail without appropriate network setting which requires some IT background E 2 Resolution amp Bit rate amp Frame rate These three items are dependent to each other Higher bit rate means better image quality but you can also lower 100 the frame rate to get good image quality in low big rate Please refer to the description below for each setting then refer to the flow to select the right bit rate resolution combination for each bit rate Bitrate per Do I ne
16. If you want to use a control panel connected to a Streaming Activator please refer to the software manual for more information 1 4 Ketification Account Activator PTZ setup 1 Enable PTZ Click to enable or disable the PTZ control function on this camera 2 Protocol Supported PTZ protocols are Pel co P typel Pelco P type2 Pelco P CAM 6100 Pelco P CAM 6200 48 10 Pelco P CAM 6300 Pelco P CAM 6400 Pelco D Pelco D CAM 6100 Pel co D CAM 6200 Pelco D CAM 6300 Pelco D CAM 6400 Videotrec Samsung EyeviewVCL Eyeview and Dynacolor Parity Select the parity type of your PTZ device command Please refer to your PTZ device manual Normally it should be Noneparity Pan Operation Settings Select your maximum minimum and default pan speed The speed varies from 1 minimum 5 maximum Tilt Operation Settings Select your maximum minimum and default tilt speed The speed varies from 1 minimum 5 maximum Address ID Setup Speed Dome Address ID The Address ID just supports 001 Add Delete Protocol Supports Customer s defined PTZ Protocol Baud Rate Select the baud rate of your PTZ device command Please refer to your PTZ device manual Stop pit Select the Stop bit of your PTZ device command Please refer to your PTZ device manual Normally it should be 1 Byte length Select the Byte length of your PTZ device command Please refer to your PTZ device manual Normally it should be 8 4
17. The video surveillance system exists for many years The system starts from a purely analog system to current hybrid including both analog and IP surveillance system system and in the future 100 IP Surveillance system 1 3 1 Analog CCTV system VCR PICTURE Video generation block Analog camera that generate analog video via coaxial output Data transmission block All the data from camera and sensor to VCR is transferred via directly point to point cabling There are coaxial cables to transfer the analog video RS 485 cables to transfer the control signals to the camera or to a VCR Video Cassete Recorder and alarm in alarm out cables to transfer the signals from sensor to a VCR or from a VCR to a buzzer Because there s are so many cables to install and maintain the cabling cost is huge and increase the difficulties to maintain the system Video monitoring block Use analog TV to view the images Video Management block The management is done via a VCR Video Cassete Recorder The VCR can record one camera s video of full frame at a maximum of 8 hours That is security operators have to replace the cassette every 8 hours and the cassette storage management requires a huge space a lot of human power and good storage environment to prevent the video quality of the images stored in the cassette from worsening Sometimes this system uses a quad multiplexer with a VCR to increase its recording capacity camera number but this
18. the connectivity via Internet or WAN while LAN port can t B Connection within a LAN Use WAN port or LAN port If all the network connection is within the same local network segment you can use either LAN port or WAN port NOTE In this system you will find a NoADSL modem or Cable modem or router b Every device is within the same network segment with IP address of 192 168 1 xxx xxx could be any number between 1 255 Support Package C Connection via routers Use WAN port If your connection is not just within the LAN but come across routers please use WAN port That s because only WAN port has the network connectivity via routers NOTE In this system you will find a Routers b Every device could be at different network segment WAN Wide Area Network Connections are across different LAN via router or Internet instead of being within the same local network segment D Connection via Internet Use WAN port If your connection is not just within the LAN but come across internets please use WAN port That s because only WAN port has the network connectivity via routers NOTE In this system you will find a Routers ADSL or Cable modem b Every device could be at different network segment WAN Wide Area Network Connections are across different LAN via router or Internet instead of being within the same local network segment nterNet or WAN Support Package E Special Case Use WAN and
19. C recordings Chann C recordings Chann C recordings Chann C recordings Chann ell el2 el3 el4 File Type RAW RAW RAW RAW Save Recordings for 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day Save Screen Capture C ScreenCapture C C ScreenCapture C C ScreenCapture C C ScreenCapture C to hannell hannel2 hannel3 hannel4 139 File Type BMP BMP BMP BMP Save Screen Capture 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day for Pre event 10 10 10 10 Post event 10 10 10 10 Minimum event time 10 10 10 10 Frequency of flush 600 600 600 600 record file Delete File Path C Recordings C Recordings C Recordings C Recordings Delete action 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB Minimum Disk space 200 MB 200 MB 200 MB 200 MB 5 5 4 4 Schedule Setup This is subject to each system 140 Chapter 6 Case Study Hybrid IP surveillance solution This chapter we use a chain retail shop as a case study We will follow the building blocks at chapter 2 to step by step by step deploy of this case 5 1 Case introduction A shop owner has 8 jewelry tails store he wants to monitor retail store at central site via analog monitor to prevent accidents or robbert In each store it has 4 cameras and local monitoring and local storage 5 1 1 System proposal oe p IP Camera nterNet or WAN IP Camera TV Monitor 5 2 Network We start by referring to support package TS 00029 at 141 http www acti
20. ES eee es Ge a ee E EE Een Ee Gee ae eee eee es eS ee ee ee ee ey cc ee Es ox eee en a ae aE a ee ae a ae Dae GS a lie LS ee ae nn Ae ee a E Sa ar S Ea OK ce yaa certs rs as a D OK OK Support Package Firmware function comparison Product List SEM 1010 CAM 130 SEM 1110 SED 7500 SEM 1020 CAM 5140 SEM 1120 SED 7 100 CAM 150 SED 7120 SED 2200 SED 2130 SED 8100 SED 7140 SED 23000 SED 27400 CAM 100 I 1 SED 24 10 CAM 4610X SED 2420 CAM 620X CAM SEXX Ai LS FUNCTION SPEC P l Logo modification by an extemal too Full screen w title bar 5 ActiveX Controlinserver sid ActiveX Control in server 7 1 1 firmware upgrade via URL command l 1 firmyare upgrade via URL command 9 Display message while firmware 11 Model No truncate from Serial No 13 Driver supports both 48 56 pin 1 RTC Control Battery built in 19 Support concurrent user no up to 20 v v y 2 Enhance deinterlace y y y
21. No need No BLC worry 120 Zoom capacity 10X and Distance is within 30M Zoom camera only above Rotation Speed 50 degree s For small retail shop 50 s PTZ camera only is enough Camera Model CAM 6200 CAM 4 Street IP zoom camera type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Day Night function Yes The street might be very dark at night time Audio No need Vandal Proof No need Just with housing will be alright WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity 10X and Distance is within 30M Zoom camera only above Rotation Speed PTZ camera only i Camera Model CAM 5150 5 2 3 Select camera accessory There are four cameras with different application We select the accessory respectively following Chapter 2 2 2 to select camera for each device CAM 1 POS Dome camera type CAM 7100 Select Lens No need for Box camera only Select mount housing Mounting Housing key concerns table Item Outdoor Indoor Spec Indoor Remark Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C 121 Camera Accessorry No need all come with the standard package CAM 2 Storage Box camera type CAM 5100 Select Lens Lens key item table Item Spec Remark For Normal camera or Normal
22. We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins CAM 3 Customer Speed dome camera type CAM 6200 Analog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric No need Box camera only Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right 128 PTZ setting We set the PTZ setting as Protocol Pelco P Baud rate 9600 Focus Speed Adjust it if you meet problem Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment w
23. acaiseaobecd E E T 116 D2 2 TINA U EEEE A tia snts oaks canndbs sa beateseat secede a aeanaeesvaceudacbsaiedes E 118 Da 3 Monitorit Pnie des fk cisco a A EE esas OOS ae Dok died oa abana Bu age Neat RAR denen E RR 133 DAI MOANASINENL arenen ov su cabee seguns Cossaess dace ules Sosa aide ages Ceauaiee dost g bes ceeauits ades ade 134 DA DSLOPA BE eisiaa vhastes iussyesicnastdcs laaueets caantious cadens thou aapa Ai aan EEEE 136 CHAPTER 6 CASE STUDY HYBRID IP SURVEILLANCE SOLUTION cccccsscssscssecssecssecssecseeeseeeeees 141 J A CASC UNIT OMUCTION a bccn ce vataics seat de ce swtaite tissu a thew en da sha gece cn ous ck ou A EE a E ce uate ET EEE 14 DAL NCL WOTK cnc ss elon A oes haut E Sab ct aye c0t doin cane cath a Saves ck Biot se tcees Reins Fah Ses cdepeids ete etwas A 14 Da LLIN AGING cc 555 scene deisccashecesa EE E E cag cava dedd vag E lobed EE 143 DDD CCOGING a p3 25 thesia E abe tases sated E a ead aes oak aa lpdade aah aauk A a 158 9 4 Mahagment enre waxed ee e EA EEE EAEAN A RAE aia O E A RAE A NEEE eE 161 Chapter 1 Select your Solution type In this chapter we will divide all deployments into two architecture type One is PureIP Architecture and the other is Hybrid IP solution The deployment instructions will be based on different architecture type Please refer to each types introduction to select 2 1 Pure IP Solution In Pure IP solution everything is transmitted and stored digitally The images are tr
24. acti com IP Surveillance 101 This document is copyrighted 2003 2006 by ACTi Corporation All rights are reserved ACTi Corporation reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the original manufacturer Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However the original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from its use All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners V0 9 10 Edition Dec 2005 N Table of Contents 0 1 How to use this IP Surveillance 101 cccccescceeseeeeseeeees 0 2 Outline of each Chapter osooso CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO IP SURVEILLANCE SOLUTION 1 1 What is IP Surveillance Solution csccesseeeseeeneees 1 2 What is Video Surveillance system ccceeeeeee 1 3 Video Surveillance system evolution 000c000 Chapter 0 Preface 0 1 How to use this IP Surveillance 101 This IP Surveillance 101 aims to provide you a whole picture view about the IP Surveillance system and basic concepts about the everything involved in this system from image generation network transmission to video management We recommend you to see the o
25. acti com MSN Messenger ID Customer service acti com Support Package How to select LAN port or WAN port to connect for your system ACTi products have LAN port and WAN port supporting two different network settings according to your system needs LAN means Local Area Network and LAN port supports LAN connection WAN means Wide Area Network and WAN port supports WAN connection This support package will help you selecting which port to use in your system Table of contents Chapter1 Introduction to LAN And WAN ssscssssscssssscssssscssnsscssnsscsenssessnccessnccessnccesssceesssceesseeeenses 3 What i LAN sos cosas salsa de cuss senes cas vusoy sussivastasceapuy sokeria bax avan sas evansevd vases nK Naana AESi S Saieta sien anaa 3 Wh t is WAN eeraa Eaa aea a e aE pane a Eaa e onana rece ane ae 3 Chapter2 How to select LAN port and WAN port to connect tO ccsssccssssesssssesssccsesscssssscssssecssnss 4 A Not sure about my system Use WAN pott essssessssssssesssessseessoossooessoessseesseceseossoosssoessseessseesseees 4 B Connection within a LAN Use WAN port or LAN PO7t ssc sssccssssssssssscssscssssscesssscesssscessaces 4 C Connection via routers Use WAN pott sssssssesssssessssseoessssocsesssecssssecessseoeessooecesssecessseosssseoe 5 D Connection via Internet Use WAN Port sssccccssssrcssssssscccssssscccsssssecssssssscsessssssecssssscesssosses 5 E Special Case Use WAN and LAN pott
26. and and input the User Name and password of the internet service you bought from your ISP E Video Setting Please refer to the flow below to know what to set gt lt ACTi gt gt Host Setting gt gt Video Setting gt gt WAN Setting Connect Type TCP Streaming v A TCP ConnectiP 172 16 gt gt User Account Multicast Connect IP 228 gt gt Port Setting Connect UserName Admin gt gt System Info Connect Password eeeeee gt gt Firmware Remote Register Port 6000 gt gt Factory Default Remote Control Port 6001 gt gt R ca era info gt Remote Streaming egg gt gt Logout Pot ___J Remote Multicast Port 5000 Video Out Composite SVIDEO v Default TY Type NTSC v v DateTime M ServerlP CameraName M LocallP Motion Detect DIO Status osD Copyright 3 2005 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved E 1 Connect Type This one is dependent to the streaming type settings of 112 the IP camera video server this transcoder connects to Please refer to the setting in the image block for details E 2 Camera information All the settings here are dependent to the IP camera video server setup please refer to the setting in the imaging block E 2 1 TCP connect IP Input the IP of the camera you connect to E 2 2 Mutlicast connect IP Input the Mutlicast IP
27. architecture will sacrifice either the image resolution or the image frame rate which decrease its security performance The video playback of a VCR is through manual Forwarding and Rewinding and the video is analized by operators This playback mechanism will cost operators a lot of time when searching video for a specified time or event 1 3 2 Analog CCTV system DVR PICTURE Video generation block Analog camera that generate analog video via coaxial output Data transmission block All the data from camera and sensor to DVR is transferred via directly point to point cabling There are coaxial cables to transfer the analog video RS 485 cables to transfer the control signals to the camera or to a DVR Digital Video Recorder and alarm in alarm out cables to transfer the signals from sensor to a DVR or from a DVR to a buzzer Because there s are so many cables to install and maintain the cabling cost is huge and increase the difficulties to maintain the system Video monitoring block Use analog TV to view the images Video Management block The management is done via a DVR Digital 6 Video Recorder The DVR digitalize the video and compress the digtal video and store the compression digital video Because the compressed data is small and the HD s space increases significantly these years a DVR can record a camera s video of full frame for some days This means the operator doesn t need to replace the cassette constantl
28. be 192 1681 2 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate since it is a box camera we don t need to set it E 5 Following the TS 00009 support package we set the port as Video Register 6010 Video Control 6011 Video Streaming port 6012 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6014 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 54 Contrast 50 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins CAM 3 Customer Speed dome camera type CAM 6200 Analog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric No need Box camera only Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer BLC If you confront big BLC problem you
29. cabling This hybrid IP solution works only as an extension for certain cameras where coaxial cabling can t reach Decode Digitalized images are converted back to analog images here Monitor Managment All the monitor management and storage are done via conventional DVR VCRs and Matrixs Please refer to respective manuals for details 6 Chapter 2 IP Surveillance Solution This chapter we will tell you how to step by step deploy a IP surveillance solution To start with we divide an IP surveillance solution into several building blocks as below You can refer to the below description about how each building block work We strongly recommend you to view Chapter 5 IP surveillance case study at the same time Chapter 5 contains the detailed step by step selection and setting of a chain retail shop project Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions Network lt Imaging 4 3 ql Co ea aH eo lt ummm P Camera l F os Management gt Storage WA P lt ACTi TUEEEEEEEELEL RS 485 Ss IP Network SN Analog Video gt Monitor 1 Imaging In this block images are produced by IP cameras or a video servers connected to analog cameras The cameras requires different kind of mount lenses and even 7 external lighting for different application Monitor In this block any PC with network connectivity to this network can view 1CH live images via network Management In this block guards
30. camera ACTi provides many video servers for different applications Below is a select diagram for you to choose Video server D1 30fps CH number per channel 3 Audio Video Server 3 2 5 Connections 3 2 5 1 Power A Connect to the respective device according to the specification specified on the hardware manual 3 2 5 2 Ethernet Cable B Please always connect the Ethernet cable to WAN port 3 2 5 3 Lens C Be sure to connect the Iris control cable to the Iris port 3 2 5 4 DI DO D Options if you have any sensors to connect please make sure The voltage spec is correct see hardware manual The connection type is correct we are using TTL 91 4 5 Serial Connection E This section is for box camera when connected to a RS 485 P T bracket and video server when connected to a speed dome or a box camera with a P T bracket only no need for dome camera speed dome 3 2 6 Camera configuration The camera configuration includes two parts analog imaging configuration and the web configurator setting Appropriate settings are required for both parts to ensure the camera performance Below are some key items to configure and how to configure 5 1 Analog imaging configuration The configuration of the analog imaging are done by either switching the DIP Switch at the camera side panel or by entering the camera s OSD menu and setup You can refer to camera s hardware manual for more information about switc
31. can try to switch it on or off to find the best images Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right 153 PTZ setting We set the PTZ setting as Protocol Pelco P Baud rate 9600 Focus Speed Adjust it if you meet problem Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 3 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 3 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate Set to 9600 si
32. can use the management software preview mutli channel images and mutli channel recording by schedule by event or continuously Whenever there s an event it can be programmed to trigger the alarm sending out E mails or files to FTP and start recording Storage In this block images are stored by a computer with a network connectivity to this network The images can be saved continuously by event or by schedule These images can be later searched and played back in the future Network In this block data are transmitted between each building blocks Sufficient network bandwidth and appropriate settings plays an important roles to ensure the performance of other blocks Network 2 1 Network d Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions V4 gt lt ACTi AAMIIN RS 485 9 IP Network S Analog Video This block is very important because it stings up all other building blocks All otther buiding blocks requires appropriate network setting and connection to make the system works The network deployment and network settings are very flexible and subject to each system s design Please go through below instruction to have an overview concept then you can go back to this section if you have any problem about network setup You can also refer to support package TS 00029 at http www acti com support support_package asp to know more about LAN WAN 2 1 1 Network Consideration This section tells you about what to consider w
33. frequency is 50times sec Only in such kind of cases you will need to turn the Flickerless on F White Balance Color rendering White balance settings directly effect whether the color rendering is true or not There are 4 types of white balance setting and each camera might not have them all Please see below for how each setting means and how to adjust AWB Auto White Balance ATW Auto Trace White Balance PWB Push White Balance Manually Adjust Manually set Red and Blue parameters There s no need to change the setting if the color rendering is bad Whenever theirs is a problem please go through the setting below _ G PTZ setting for Zoom camera and speed dome only Zoom camera and PTZ camera can be remote controlled by 29 software To do so the PTZ setting of the camera must be exactly the same with the software or the control panel that controls it There are 5 PTZ settings first two are for manually G 1 Protocol G 2 Baud rate G 3 Parity You have to get from your manufacturer G 4 Byte Length always 8 G 5 Stop bit always 1 Please refer to the monitor and management part for respective software setting The overall settings will be described then F Focus speed For speed dome only PTZ camera always move from one prest to another preset There s no need to adjust this parameter unless you have these problems Problem1 Speed dome camera can t get clear image very fas
34. level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer WDR No need 130 Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right PTZ setting There s no need to set PTZ the protocol is fixed to be Protocol CAMPRO Baud rate 9600 Focus Speed Adjust it if you meet problem Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 4 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 4 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 r
35. of the camera you connect to E 2 3 User Name Enter the User name of the IP camera you connect to E 2 4 Password Enter the Password of the IP camera you connect to E 2 5 Register port Enter the Register port of the IP camera you connect to E 2 6 Control port Enter the Control port of the IP camera you connect to E 2 7 Stream port Enter the Stream port of the IP camera you connect to E 3 Video Output This transcoder support two types of analog output One is Composite output the other is Y C output You can have one output at a time Please select according to the device you connect the analog output to E 4 Video Output standard There are two types of analog signal one is NTSC the other is PAL This setting is dependent to the analog monitor or the DVR you connect to 113 3 4 Management For management please refer to DVR or Matrix s user manual 114 Chapter 5 Case Study IP surveillance solution This chapter we use a chain retail shop as a case study We will follow the building blocks at chapter 2 to step by step by step deploy of this case 5 1 Case introduction A shop owner has 8 jewelry tails stores he wants to monitor all stores to prevent accidents or robbert In each store it has 4 cameras and local monitoring and local storage Besides he wants to central management all 4 stores to prevent inside theft event 5 1 1 System proposal Retail C 8CH nterNet or WAN Central Monitoring
36. ssscccssssssssscssssscssnsscssnsccssnsccssssesssscesssscessssscsssssesscees 6 Chapter3 Comparison table of LAN WAN s ssssscssssssssssscssssscssnsscsssnccsssaccssnccesssssessssccssssssssssesenes 7 Chapter4 Notes on configuration e ssssssssssessseesseeessoessoesssessseessecsseossooesssessseessecsseoesooessoeesseessseesseess 8 A IPaddress Settin 8 rmsrnsnsresiern ateistien en EEKE O EE TEE TSE E EENES Eii 8 Support Package Chapter1 Introduction to LAN and WAN This chapter will introduce the LAN and WAN port idea before we select which port to use What is LAN LAN means Local Area Network It means all the network connections are within the same local network segment For instance all the devices below are 192 168 1 xxx What is WAN WAN means Wide Area Network It means all the network connections are not just within the same local network segment The connection could via routers and internet WAN Wide Area Network Connections are across different LAN via router or Internet instead of being within the same local network segment Support Package Chapter2 How to select LAN port and WAN port to connect to This chapter we will tell you which port to use under different network systems You can also find the comparison table of LAN port and WAN port at the next chapter A Not sure about my system Use WAN port That s because WAN port supports every functionality LAN port supports and WAN port have
37. stealing something Key area More than 1 Camera Type Speed dome CAM 4 Street The cover range is 10M and above Remote zoom control Needed we might need to see clearly people entering and leaving the entrance Key area 1 Camera Type IP zoom camera 5 2 2 Select by camera function There are four cameras with different application We follow the selection flow at Chapter 2 2 2 and we complete the selection table and refer to the product selection sheet to find the right model 119 CAM 1 POS Dome camera type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Day Night function No need The shop s light is always on Audio Yes Knowing the conversation at desk Vandal Proof Yes Prevent it from damage WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity Zoom camera only Rotation Speed PTZ camera only i Camera Model CAM 7100 CAM 2 Storage Box camera type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Day Night function No need The shop s light is always on Audio No need Vandal Proof No need WDR function No need No BLC worry Zoom capacity Zoom camera only i Rotation Speed PTZ camera only Camera Model CAM 5100 CAM 3 Customer Speed dome type Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Day Night function No need The shop s light is always on Audio No need Vandal Proof No need WDR function
38. then you have to select one factor to be considered first Thus we highly recommend you to buy Varfi focal length which you can adjust onsite to ensure the best performance Regardless the angle of view below is an selection based clear images to be seen from the monitor at a certain distance 0 10M 10M 30M i 30M above J Aperture This spec is marked as F in lens spec The smaller the aperture is the more sensitive the lens is because it allows more lights to pass through Aperture is subject to Focal length usually a lens with higher focal length has bigger aperture Please compare this spec with lenses with the same focal length only K IR correct Day Night camera only If a camera has a Day Night function which enables it to switch to B amp E during night time we strong recommend you to use the IR correct lens with it Because without an IR correct lens the focus of the camera will shift when switching between day mode or night mode 2 2 Select mount housing This section tells you how to select the right mount or housing for different applications Below is a mount housing selection table of all our IP cameras For analog cameras video servers please check the analog camera s spec 88 There are 3 key items to select your mount housing we make a mounting Housing key concerns table You can first finish this table and then select by the selection table
39. to the network service from ISP The limitation is the internet bandwidth But since the internet service is not so stable we recommend you to minus the bandwidth by 30 which will make 3M into 2 1M We divided the 2 1M by 4 cameras each camera has 500K bandwidth Each camera bit rate has to be smaller than 500K Device to device connectivity Referring to TS 00009 at http www acti com support support_package asp I will have to do certain sufficient setting for PC at central site to see me Details please refer to support package 117 5 2 Imaging After having the basic concepts of the network we can now go to the camera selection We follow the instruction at chapter 2 2 go select the camera 5 2 1 Know customer site The camera deployment of each shop is like below Management Storage CAM3 Customer CAMA Street 118 5 2 1 Select by the camera type There are four cameras with different application We follow the selection flow at Chapter 2 2 2 to select camera for each device CAM 1 POS The cover range is 0 3M Camera Type Dome camera CAM 2 Storage The cover range is 3 10M Remote zoom control No need just need to see the entrance of the storage room Camera Type Dome or Box camera we will use Box camera for selection example CAM 3 Customer The cover range is 3 10M Remote zoom control Needed we need to see if the customer is
40. 0 CAM 5130 Server IP address 192 168 1 1 192 168 2 1 192 168 3 1 192 168 4 1 Port Control 6001 6011 6021 6031 Streaming 6002 6012 6022 6032 Multicast 5000 5000 5000 5000 Register 6000 6010 6020 6030 HTTP 6004 6014 6024 6034 User Name According to your setting Password According to your setting 5 4 4 2 PTZ setup PTZ setup Cameral Camera2 Camera3 Camera4 Camear model CAM 7100 CAM 5100 CAM 6200 CAM 5130 Enable PTZ Yes Yes Address ID 1 1 Protocol Pelco P CAMPRO CAM 6200 CAM 5130 Baud rate 9600 9600 Parity None None Byte length 8 8 Stop bit 1 1 Pan speed Min 1 1 Pan speed Max 5 5 Pan speed Default 3 3 Tilt speed Min 1 1 Tilt speed Max 5 5 Tilt speed Default 3 3 5 4 4 3 Recording setup Recording setup Cameral Camera2 Camera3 Camera4 Camear model CAM 7100 JCAM 5100 CAM 6200 CAM 5130 Save Recordings to C recordings Chann C recordings Chann C recordings Chann C recordings Chann ell el2 el3 el4 File Type RAW RAW RAW RAW Save Recordings for 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day Save Screen Capture C ScreenCapture C C ScreenCapture C C ScreenCapture C C ScreenCapture C to hannell hannel2 hannel3 hannel4 Oo Nn File Type BMP BMP BMP BMP Save Screen Capture for 7 Day 7 Day 7 D
41. 66 61 218 225 66 61 218 225 66 61 218 225 66 Multicast IP Not needed Not needed Not needed Not needed address Register Port 6000 6010 6020 6030 Control Port 6001 6011 6021 6031 Streaming Port 6002 6012 6022 6032 Multicast Port 5000 5000 5000 5000 HTTP port 6004 6014 6024 6034 User Name According to your setting Password According to your setting Ping Server First Yes Yes Yes Yes Ping Time out 1 1 1 1 Socket Size 25 600 25 600 25 600 25 600 Preview Buffer 3 frames 3 frames 3 frames 3 frames 5 5 4 3 Recording setup Below we list down recording setup of Retail ShopA and Retail shopB Please use them as example for other site Retail Shop A Recording Setup Camera CAMI CAM2 CAM3 CAM4 1 Recor ding E Recordings Channell E Recordings Channell E Recordings Channell E Recordings Channel1 Path oe Recor ding D Recordings Channell D Recordings Channell D Recordings Channell D Recordings Channell Path File Type IP dome IP camera IP speed dome IP camera Frequency of 600 600 600 600 flush record file Pre event 10 10 10 10 buffer Post event 10 10 10 10 buffer Disk Clean All Channel All Channel All Channel All Channel Algorithm Master Device E E E E Limiation 50 50 50 50 Space 5 4 4 3 Schedule Setup Recording setup Cameral Camera2 Camera3 Camera4 Camear model CAM 7100 CAM 5100 CAM 6200 CAM 5130 Save Recordings to
42. 9 4 6 Recording Setup This section describes the setup in relation with recording r Coefigurstion Channeli 1 a 1 Camera Quad OSD PTZ Setup Record Schedule 0100 Motion Detect Notification fin zle fow ziig Figure 1 Recording Setup Dialog Box 1 Save Recordings To The directory to save the recorded files NOTE If you choose Apply to All Channel all the recording files will be saved in the same directory NOTE The directory can be a local hard disk RAID storage NAS storage or mounted storage linked with NetBEUI Following command is a sample to link a virtual drive with NetBEUI C gt net use G nas server D Recordi ng gt gt N File Type Supported file type are raw now NOTE The content of the AVI format is standard MPEG4 raw data In order to view this AVI file on the local machine user has to install FFDSHOW MPEG4 Codec for DirectX platform which can be downloaded from ACTi web site www acti com or retrieved from the bundled CD 3 Save Recordings for Days The recorded files will be removed after the number of days specified in this field If this field is left as blank then 50 10 11 12 13 the recorded files will not be removed Save Screen Capture To The directory to save the screen capture image files Refer to Save Recordings To notice for advanced configuration File Type Specifies the image file type for the screen capture file supported form
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44. EEEE RS 485 Ga IP Network Analog Video In this block a PC with network connectivity to this network can view 16CH live images via Streaming Activator and record these images You can search and playback these images later This section is based on Streaming Activator 1 36 04 04 Step1 Check PC Spec The PC spec should be CPU Intel Pentium 4 3 0G or above FSB 800 RAM 21 GB DDR2 533 Memory Motherboard 915 chip set or above VGA Display Card ATI PCI Express Card 128MB on board ATI MX300 GPU LAN Card 10 100 Mbps Intel Chip Set OS Windows XP SP2 Windows 2000 with SP4 or above IDE HDD Seagate 40 GB 7200 RPM 44 CD ROM 32X Required Utilities FFDShow DirectX 9 0b or later hardware acceleration Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution 32 bit color Step2 Network connection Connect the PC to the network Please follow the network architecture we come out at chapter 2 1 and refer to support packge TS 00009 for how to set up the PC connection http www acti com support support_package asp Step3 Install software 3 1 Check Streaming Activator version We strongly recommend you to use the latest Streaming Activator on the website or use a version which you used and find it reliable This is to make sure the software to be stabile You can always go to www acti com for newest software version 3 2 Install Streaming Activator Double cl
45. G Date Setting This sections lets you know how to the set the time of the IP camera Since the IP camera embeds the timecode within the streaming it is important to set the time of the IP camera right We recommend you to use SNTP NTP because it can make sure all the IP camera are synchronized to the same time Please refer to support packge TS 00006 for how to set up http www acti com support support_package asp The synchronize time means the time interval for the IP camera to sync time with the SNTP NTP server we recommend you to set as 5mins in normal conditions If you are not sure about the SNTP NTP please select Set Manually and manually input the time 40 leb Configurator Camera 135 gt gt Video Display ESSE SNTP NTP Server gt gt WAN Setting IP Address 9 172 16 1 201 gt gt Date Setting SyncTime 5Min gt gt Video Setting Set Manually gt gt Video Adjust Date 2004 v 01 v y 01 v Time 00 00 00 gt gt User Account gt gt System Info gt gt Firmware Time Zone 9 GMT 08 00 v gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout 005 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved 4 2 3 Monitoring Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions Vv gt lt ACTi imini Rs 485 NNN IP Network m Analog Video In this block any PC with network connectivity to this network can view 1CH live
46. LA Enable Wildcard Fj es 5 Mail Exchanger optional El Backup MX one Services My Hosts Add Host Services Dynamic DNS Page 7 Support Package Step 7 Go to the Web Configurator Click on WAN Setting Enable DDNS Choose that you apply ISP ex members dyndns org Input the Host Name ex actidemo dyndns org Input the User Name Input the Password Click on Apply button Click on Save and Reboot Can oa fe NS OCO DDNS Server Setting DDNS Type ce members dyndns ory __ Host Name actidemo dyndns org ony Reser Page 8 Support Package Step 8 1 Run Internet Explorer then input http actidemo dyndns org 2 You should be able to see the Web Configurator screen on this hostname F Web Configurator Video Manager Version ACTi D1 v1 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Bac Q x 2 A JO search She Favorites g 2 jw Fel 3 Address http actidemo dyndns org cgi bin videoconfiguration cai Dq acti er _ s Account Password Language English v 2004 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved v Ba Links gt Page 9 Support Package Created Feb 09 2006 TS 00029 Category System Integration Product All video servers and IP cameras How to select LAN port or WAN port to connect for your system Support URL http www acti com support Tech Support Customer service
47. LAN port For some special cases you might need to use WAN and LAN port at the same time In this kind of cases you can regard WAN and LAN separately according to your system that s because LAN port and WAN port works independently InterNet or WAN D e In this case the IP camera uses WAN port to connect to the internet via an ADSL modem for remote client to preview The IP camera also sends streaming to local PC for local storage and monitoring Support Package Chapter3 Comparison table of LAN WAN Below is the detailed function comparison table of LAN and WAN Video Quality and Frame rate Full D1 720 480 30fps OK OK Malan Saa supper baer stream with different bit OK OK a id di TE Preview in a LAN OK OK ee v eon enol Preview in a WAN via routers OK transmission Preview in a WAN via Internet OK a id di cage Preview in a LAN OK OK nee es pee eee Preview in a WAN via routers OK Multicast transmission Preview in a WAN via Internet i Cantal Control in a LAN OK OK Control Pan Titl Zoom Sending audio from client to Control in a WAN via routers OK encoder send DO event from client to encoder Control in a WAN via Internet x R E Setup video server OK OK ystem Maintain e A ee must be able to connected first Kiripati pede Reboot camera OK OK DDNS OK DNS OK Other function SNTP NTP OK OK E l HOSS ees 10M Full Duplex Half Duplex OK OK Connectio
48. O0C Group Name Grow deseroton SQ to Search Retail store 1 Headquarters Taipei Taiwan 6 2 2 Select search criteria to start seach Samainas amnad escutinn Satna bien Maton scams Mantes Search Elaine Stand Qo p Q en evon 2 continuous schedule Moi E Motion QO o Camera 2j Mt cht M2 ch 2 M3 ar3 M4 chs fs 8 192 M6 cHo6 212 7 cH07 190 fs cHos 193 9 CHOS 191 10 FF192 11 CH11 193 12 27 M3 0H13 216 M14 cHt4 218 15 218 16 217 17 ent 18 ch18 M19 cn 19 20 en 20 21 en 22 ch 22 23 ch 23 24 ch 28 25 em25 26 ch 26 27 eh 27 28 en 28 28 en 29 30 ch 30 2331 cn 31 4 32 en 32 Time Period a 2006123 e 9 2006273 ee S 1 Event Search by Event Continuous Search continuous Event Schedule Search schedule Event Di Search DI Event Motion Search Motion Event 2 Camera Search by Camera Time Period Search by time 70 CALENDAR Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat anma al 9 1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Search Result Search Listing Recorded File Recorded file name Search button Click on to search ann FS Next and back page buttons you can use this to show next or previous page 6 3 View Searched Results After clicking on the Search button described in previous section the search result will be displayed as follow V Camera E Event E Continuous M Schedule Time Peri
49. Speed Dome IP Quad Camera Group choose the camera group within a selection list Connection Information input the information that you want to connect the server Server IP Address IP address of the camera source Multicast IP Address Multicast IP address of the camera source Register Port port for video registration Control Port control port setting Streaming Port port for video streaming Multicast Port port for multicasting HTTP Port port for HTTP services User Name the account to be authorized by the video server Password the password to be authorized by the video server Ping Server first If this check box is checked then NVR will send ICMP packets ping the IP address or host name before it starts to register to the video server NOTE If the IP address is behind firewall and firewall will block the ICMP packets then NVR cannot ping this IP device successfully and will not register to the video server In this case please do not check the check box Ping Timeout Set the timeout value to ping the IP device If it is set to 3 seconds then the maximum timeout value is 3 seconds NOTE During the timeout period the application will hang We suggest that you set it to 1 second for the timeout Socket Size choose the network transport socket size if your network is very busy or you use wireless network you can choose the socket size to let our software get package for better performance Default
50. System Log MSG_LOG WAN auto detect speed MSG_LOG LAN auto detect speed Starting Modules Manager Starting tick timer Starting Default button check Load OEM Config File Read OEM Config File Load Config File Read Config File gt uM We strongly recommend you to either A 1 Use the stable firmware that you have used before A 2 Use the newest firmware available on our website http www acti com Many problems are caused by inappropriate firmware version Always check the firmware version before you start Firmware Upgrade If the find the firmware version not right either not the newest or not a stable one you used before please follow the hardware manual to upgrade 31 Configurator D1 1 5M 30fps O Firmware image upgrade Do you want to do firmware upgrade gt gt Video Display gt gt Host Setting gt gt WAN Setting gt gt Date Setting gt gt Video Setting gt gt Video Adjust gt gt User Account gt gt System Info gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout C Host Setting C 1 Language Select the language of your choice This will be the default web configurator UI next time you login default is English C 2 LAN port setting There are several items to check when setting the LAN port C 2 1 Make sure the IP address is not in the same network segment with the IP address set in the WAN setting Example if WAN port IP add
51. across routers please use WAN port That s because only WAN port has the network connectivity via routers NOTE In this system you will find a Routers b Every device could be at different network segment WAN Wide Area Network Connections are across different LAN via router or Internet instead of being within the same local network segment D Connection via Internet Use WAN port If your connection is not just within the LAN but come across internets please use WAN port That s because only WAN port has the network connectivity via routers NOTE In this system you will find a Routers ADSL or Cable modem b Every device could be at different network segment WAN Wide Area Network Connections are across different LAN via router or Internet instead of being within the same local network segment nterNet or WAN Support Package E Special Case Use WAN and LAN port For some special cases you might need to use WAN and LAN port at the same time In this kind of cases you can regard WAN and LAN separately according to your system that s because LAN port and WAN port works independently InterNet or WAN D e In this case the IP camera uses WAN port to connect to the internet via an ADSL modem for remote client to preview The IP camera also sends streaming to local PC for local storage and monitoring Support Package Chapter3 Comparison table of LAN WAN Below is the detailed functi
52. aging Hybrid Solution CCTV IP AM DA act AMMINI Console mE MPEG 4 Stream ME Analog Video In this chapter we will tell you how to select install and configure the devices in this block These devices includes camera camera accessory housing mounting lenses video server Before we start to select the camera you will need to know how the customer s site is 3 2 1 Know customer site There are two steps to select the camera Step1 Select by camera type Step2 Select by camera function Through these two steps you can have brief ideas about selecting the IP camera 3 2 2 Select the camera There are two steps to select the camera Step Select by camera type Step2 Select by camera function Through these two steps you can have brief ideas about selecting the IP camera 81 Step1 Select by Camera type Please follow the flow chart to select your camera type see Key area Camera Type Coverrange g Zoom control i Step2 Select by Camera function After you select the camera type you have to select the camera model by functions In this step we will provides you what functions to compare when looking at product selection guides Thus we recommend you to look at his chapter with a selection guide on 82 hand Below is a checklist for you to select each camera Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Day Night function Audio Vandal Proof WDR function Zoom capacity
53. aming O Emet without Stre amino Delete sa Figure 5 Schedule Setup Dialog Box 1 View By Channel Apply Setting View the channel schedule and specifies the programmed schedule is applied to a special day or day of week 2 Schedule indicates the type of operation to be applied in this specified schedule Continuous specifies the channel applies continuous recording setting m Schedule add anew schedule to a channel Event with streaming Event without streaming m Delete delete certain schedule Scheduler table indicates the schedule status of each channel 4 Minimize and restore panel you can use this to minimize or restore this panel Step5 Operation Login and preview images Please follow the procedure below to Setup functions for NVR to record 64 CH cameras at the same time For detailed description please refer to the software manual 5 1 Enter the NVR UI 5 1 1 Open Internet Explorer 5 1 2 Enter the IP of the NVR to connect to the NVR 5 1 3 Enter the account name and password 68 5 2 Preview images To start camera preview click on the Camera setup tab then after entering the required fields you can click on Preview button to preview the video The camera screen consists of several items akamata tagup Camera Racnuliag Ashadu SAE ULUN Hew Apply Delete OpenWebConfiguration Preview Close Channel 14 Q Media Source Information amp Image Preview amp Camera lO u ad Car
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55. and then select by the selection table Mounting Housing key concerns table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Outdoor With Water proof With Housing Indoor Without housing Mount Type Flush mount Alr Solid ceiling mount amp r Corner mount f Hr Wall mount l Fr Pole mount amp 7 Temperature Normal 0 C 50 C Outdoor only Extended 20 C 70 C Status Box All Box cameral Bracket Housing cam 5130 Staus CAM 5140 Bracket ae Status CAM 7100 CAM 6100 gats CAM 6200 CENE CAM 6300 CAM 6400 CAM 6500 Housing Status Zoom lens Dome camera IP speed dome Mount Housing selection Table Solid Ceiling Corer wal Pole NIA 25 Outdoor extended Temperatue 20 C 70 C Solid Ceiling Comer Wall Pole Box All Box a a CAM 5130 Zoom lens CAM 5140 CAM 5150 ius Dome camera CAM 7100 eae Bae oe See CAM 6200 Housing CAM 6300 facet fer IP speed dome CAM 6400 oun sae CAM 6500 Fos CAM 6600 You need to add option for heater amp blower if your places is too cold or the This mountis available This mountis not available but you can use other mount as a backup solution This mount is not available 2 2 4 Select video server In normal case we recommend you to buy IP camera instead of video server ana
56. ansmitted via Ethernet Network instead of the coaxial cable The images are stored into a hard drive instead of cassettes Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions Transmission lt Imaging lt ay gt lt ACTi TOEEEEEEEEEEE RS 485 is imagine Monitoring The images are generated by IP camera or a video server connected to an analog 4 camera All images are digitalized before transmitted via network 2 Transmission All the data is transmitted via Ethernet Network There s no coaxial cabling to transmite the video clip The network could be a LAN Local Area Network or a WAN Wide Area Network including Internet 3 Monitor Live images and recorded files are played onto PC monitor instead of Analog TV 4 Storage All the images events are recorded into a PC with network connectivity to this network The images stored can be playback and searched in the future 2 2 Hybrid IP solution Hybrid IP solution simply works as a connection extension solution for coaxial cable and RS 485 RS 232 connection Hybrid Solution GGT IP Transmission lt Decoding _ Monitor gt Management Storage A b lt ACTi THIEL Console mE MPEG 4 Stream S Analog Video 1 Imaging Normally the images are generated by a video server connected to an analog camera All images are digitalized before transmitted via network Transmission Most of the connection is done via coaxial
57. ases you will need to turn the Flickerless on M White Balance Color rendering White balance settings directly effect whether the color rendering is true or not There are 4 types of white balance setting and each camera might not have them all Please see below for how each setting means and how to adjust AWB Auto White Balance ATW Auto Trace White Balance PWB Push White Balance Manually Adjust Manually set Red and Blue parameters There s no need to change the setting if the color rendering is bad Whenever theirs is a problem please go through the setting _ below _ N PTZ setting for Zoom camera and speed dome only Zoom camera and PTZ camera can be remote controlled by 93 software To do so the PTZ setting of the camera must be exactly the same with the software or the control panel that controls it There are 5 PTZ settings first two are for manually G 1 Protocol G 2 Baud rate G 3 Parity You have to get from your manufacturer G 4 Byte Length always 8 G 5 Stop bit always 1 Please refer to the monitor and management part for respective software setting The overall settings will be described then L Focus speed For speed dome only PTZ camera always move from one prest to another preset There s no need to adjust this parameter unless you have these problems Problem1 Speed dome camera can t get clear image very fast when moving to a preset Problem2 The m
58. at is BMP Save Screen Capture for Days The saved screen capture image files will be removed after the number of days specified in this field If this field is left as blank then the saved files will not be removed Pre event recording buffer seconds Specifies a buffer seconds to retain before a certain event occurs NOTE This value works with motion detection event digital in event Post event recording buffer seconds Specifies a buffer seconds to retain after a certain event occurs Maximum event time seconds This value specifies that within a certain period of time all events generated will be ignored NOTE For example if an event occurs repeatedly in a short period of time this value is to prevent the system from recording a new event file every second Frequency of flush record file seconds This value specifies that a new file will be generated after the amount of time specified in this field Delete File Path Delete File Path is the path that Activator will start to delete files NOTE All sub directories under this directory will be enlisted and older files will be deleted Minimum Disk Space the minimum disk space to be kept in the hard disk Delete Action when the Minimum Disk Space is reached it will delete an amount size of previously saved files according to your selection here NOTE Repeat Recording works with Manual Record Mode Background Record Mode and Schedule Recording Nn
59. ation No need 5 3 5 Operation 5 3 5 1 Open an Internet Explorer 5 3 5 2 Enter the network address of the Explorer The connection between the computer to the camera is via the router For camera one IP address 192 168 1 1 6004 viewing camera 1 NOTE IP address 61 218 225 65 6004 if there s anyone outside the shop and want to view the camera images at Retail shopA 5 3 5 1 Enter the accound name and password 5 3 5 4 Click Preview to view the live images 133 5 4 Managment The management site is at each retail store They view and 5 4 1 ok 5 4 2 Please follow the support package TS 00009 and the network architecture at Check PC spec Network connection chapter 2 2 I have to set my computer s network to be IP 192 168 1 6 Subnet 255 255 255 0 5 4 3 5 4 3 1 Check Streaming Activator version Install software The version is 1 36 04 04 the newest one on 2006 3 6 5 4 3 2 Install Streaming Activator OK 5 4 3 1 Install Utilities OK 5 4 4 Software and configuration 5 4 4 1 Setup Camera information According to the network architecture for Retail ShopA all the camera setting at the management site should be as below please use it as a reference for other shops Camera information setup Cameral Camera2 Camera3 Camera4 Camear Name POS Storage Customer Street camera Camear model CAM 7100 CAM 5100 CAM 620
60. ay 7 Day Pre event 10 10 10 Post event 10 10 10 Minimum event time 10 10 10 Frequency of flush record file 600 600 600 600 Delete File Path C Recordings C Recordings C Recordings C Recordings Delete action 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB Minimum Disk space 200 MB 200 MB 200 MB 200 MB 5 4 4 4 Schedule Setup This is subject to each system 5 5 Storage The storage site is done by NVR at the central station where IP address is 210 202 210 99 5 5 1 ok Check PC spec 5 5 2 Please follow the support package TS 00009 and the network architecture at Network connection chapter 2 2 I have to set my computer s network to be IP 192 168 9 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 9 254 5 5 3 Install software 5 5 3 1 Check NVR version The version is NVR 1 0 the newest one on 2006 3 6 5 5 3 2 Install NVR OK 5 5 3 1 Install Utilities 136 No need 5 5 4 Software and configuration 5 5 4 1 Setup Camera Group Camera Group setup Group Name Description Retail ShopA Cameras at Retail ShopA Retail ShopB Cameras at Retail ShopB Retail ShopC Cameras at Retail ShopC Retail ShopD Cameras at Retail ShopD Retail ShopE Cameras at Retail ShopE Retail ShopF Cameras at Retail ShopF Retail ShopG Cameras at Retail ShopG Retail ShopH Cameras at Retail ShopH 5 5 4 2 Setup Camera informat
61. ce network connectivity Each device should have the network setting withint the same local network segment Check devices 5 IP address x interNet or gt 6 Subnet setting WAN Check device s 5 IP address 6 Subnet setting 2 1 4 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused Inside LAN the bandwidth limitation of 100M 14 connection per line is 30MB per second 100MB as theory Thus the total streaming on each line must be smaller then 30M The bandwidth between routers are subject to each system you have to refer to the router s manual Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M interNet or WAN The The bandwidth of internet Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M 2 1 4 3 Device to device connectivity For computer to connect to a camera at different network segment the network settings of each device and routers needs to be right otherwise the network is not connected Please refer to TS 00009 at at http www acti com support support_package asp to know more about the network connection cross routers Check devices interNet or 22 IP address a pa 23 Subnet setting 24 Gateway Check devices 19 IP adtfess 20 Subnet setting The settings between two routers are subject to different 21 Gateway rou
62. ces 3 IP address 4 Subnet setting Check device s 3 IP address 4 Subnet setting 2 1 3 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused Inside LAN the bandwidth limitation of 100M connection per line is 30MB per second 100MB as theory Thus the total streaming on each line must be smaller then 30M The bandwidth between routers are subject to each system you have to 77 Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M The bandwidth between routers are subject to different system 2 1 3 3 Device to device connectivity For computer to connect to a camera at different network segment the network settings of each device and routers needs to be right otherwise the network is not connected Please refer to TS 00009 at at http www acti com support support_package asp to know more about the network connection cross routers Check devices 16 IP address 17 Subnet setting 18 Gateway Check devices 13 IP address 14 Subnet setting The settings between two routers are must enable network between two LAN 15 Gateway is ok 2 1 4 WAN network system internet Below are what to check within a WAN environment interNet or WAN 2 1 4 1 Device network connectivity Each device s
63. ch port to use What is LAN LAN means Local Area Network It means all the network connections are within the same local network segment For instance all the devices below are 192 168 1 xxx What is WAN WAN means Wide Area Network It means all the network connections are not just within the same local network segment The connection could via routers and internet WAN Wide Area Network Connections are across different LAN via router or Internet instead of being within the same local network segment Support Package Chapter2 How to select LAN port and WAN port to connect to This chapter we will tell you which port to use under different network systems You can also find the comparison table of LAN port and WAN port at the next chapter A Not sure about my system Use WAN port That s because WAN port supports every functionality LAN port supports and WAN port have the connectivity via Internet or WAN while LAN port can t B Connection within a LAN Use WAN port or LAN port If all the network connection is within the same local network segment you can use either LAN port or WAN port NOTE In this system you will find a NoADSL modem or Cable modem or router b Every device is within the same network segment with IP address of 192 168 1 xxx xxx could be any number between 1 255 Support Package C Connection via routers Use WAN port If your connection is not just within the LAN but come
64. ched and the click the search button 1 Camera Lists the cameras connected Click on Camera check box to select or de select all cameras 2 Event Lists the Event list for search Available events are DI Manual Record Motion Detection and Background Record Click on Event check box to select or de select all events 3 Time Period Selecta start and end time period 4 Search Button Click this button to start search events 6 3 You will see the searched result as below Double click on the result to view the images 57 Event Search List criteria This list displays the recorded files that match the Event Detail Click on the event detail to start playing video 58 2 5 Storage Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions Storage NVR HQ Site j e V4 b lt ACTi AOOttMMMt RS 485 E IP Network Analog Video In this block a PC with network connectivity to this network can record up to 64CH cameras for future search and playback This section is based on NVR 1 0 Step1 Check PC Spec The PC spec should be CPU Intel Pentium 4 3 2GHz or above FSB 800 RAM 2 2 GB DDR2 Memory Motherboard 915 chip set or above LAN Card Gigabit Ethernet OS WSS 2003 Windows Storage Server 2003 HDD Minimum 250GB x 1 Recommended 320GB x4 _ RAID Configuration Minimum 3 CD ROM 32X Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution 32 bit 59 color Step2 Network connection C
65. color is not right 149 PTZ setting No need Focus Speed No need Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 1 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 1 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate since it is a box camera we don t need to set it E 5 Following the TS 00009 support package we set the port as Video Register 6000 Video Control 6001 150 Video Streaming port 6002 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6004 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the cam
66. com support support_package asp to know about LAN WAN and we find that our network system is WAN network system internet Then we refer to the network builing block Because the system involves internet this network envrironment is WAN network system internet Thus We looked through chapter 2 5 4 to know we have to check 5 1 1 Check what to consider Below are what to check within a WAN environment 5 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 Device network connectivity In this case we will set the network setting of each device in the same LAN in the same network segment We will set the IP address of devices at each retail shop as below Retail A IP 192 168 1 xx Subnet 255 255 255 0 Central Site IP 192 168 2 xx Subnet 255 255 255 0 Bandwidth The bandwidth limitation inside a LAN is 30MB per second The bandwidth limitation between the internet is 3M upload 12M download according to the network service from ISP The limitation is the internet bandwidth But since the internet service is not so stable we recommend you to minus the bandwidth by 30 which will make 3M into 2 1M We divided the 2 1M by 4 cameras each camera has 500K bandwidth Each camera bit rate has to be smaller than 500K Device to device connectivity Referring to TS 00009 at http www acti com support support_package asp I will have to do certain sufficient setting for PC at central site to see me Details please refer to support package
67. dress can t be 10 0 0 2 C 2 2 If you connect this device to network via LAN port please make sure the LAN port IP address is in the same network segment with the network it connected to Example if you are connecting to a network 192 168 1 xxx via LAN port your LAN port IP address be 192 168 1 xxx where Xxx can be any number from 1 255 96 C 2 2 Always set the subnet to be 255 255 255 0 if you are not sure about it gt gt Video Display O Host Setting HostName ACT Language English v gt gt Host Setting gt gt WAN Setting gt gt Date Setting gt gt Video Setting gt gt Video Adjust gt gt User Account LAN Setting gt gt System Info IP Address gt gt Firmware Subnet Mask gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot Apply gt gt Logout Network Link Speed amp Duplex LAN Port Auto Detect v WAN Port Auto Detect v K WAN Setting Please refer to the flow below to know what to set Connection Static or Dynamic IP_ WAN setup Then set each item as below 97 leb Configurator D1 1 5M 30fps gt gt Video Display O WAN Setting S7Host Setting O Dynamic IP Address gt gt WAN Setting Static IP Address gt gt Date Setting IP Address 210 gt gt Video Setting Subnet Mask 255 gt gt Video Adjust ISP Gateway 210 gt gt Us
68. e 1 00ND 212037 CHi ate SPIRE amera Name Camera Model Camera Group Connection Information Server IP Acdress Mutc oat IP Address Register Port Contra Port Steaming Port Mucast Pon See cz Hap Port se Ganmined aod Satu ibe Actives Cortrst User Name Admin Password eeoeeo Ping Server First 4 Ping Timeout i Socket Sre AB v Preview Buffer ifeames Figure 6 Camera Setup Dialog Box 1 Preview Click on the preview button 2 Image Preview Display the preview video 3 Download amp Setup the ActiveX Control If the preview video is not displayed or the ActiveX Control shown in item 2 does not appear then click here to download and setup NVR Client ActiveX Control w IMPORTANT Please refer to NVR QIG Quick Installation Guide for NVR Client ActiveX Control step by step setup guide Step6 Operation Search and Playback Images Please follow the procedure below to Setup functions for NVR to record 64 CH cameras at the same time For detailed description please refer to the software manual 6 1 Enter the NVR UI 6 1 1 Open Internet Explorer 6 1 2 Enter the IP of the NVR to connect to the NVR 6 1 3 Enter the account name and password 69 6 2 Start Search 6 2 1 To start Search setup click on the search setup tab Camera Group f Media Source Device Group Information hf ALL CAMERA Group Name Group Description Camera Group Page 1 of 1 With 2 Record s O0
69. e provider You may find DDNS service provider listing in Web Configurator 2 Visit www dyndns org 3 Click on Account button to add new account A Leader in DNS Services Domain Registration Sagi Get Stared A a j DmDNS Launches Recursive DNS Service p Meret teres y DNS Services Spt ZS Dyes enna a ew Cae anne cnet as aa Pnmary secondary dyna and stat th dynamic P ad Cate cts emoe amp sedet cover tye Moot Page 2 Support Package Click on Account Click on Create Account Check I have read and agree to the Acceptable Use Policy above Input your Name Input your E mail Input your Password Click on Create Account button to continue My Account Create Account Create Account Please complete the form below to create your account You will receive an e mail containing instructions to activate your account If Lost Password you do not follow these directions within 48 hours you will need to recreate your account It is strongly recommended that you visit this page securely You are not currently visiting this page securely Acceptable Use Policy Policy Last Modified May 8 2005 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE All services provided by Dynamic Network Services Inc DynDNS are provided to you the Member under the Terms and Conditions set forth in this Acceptable Use Policy AUP and any other operating rules
70. ed 30fps or Resolution and camera Do I need D1 resolution Frame rate CRETE RETELERELERERE Bit rate This seting is to select the size of the streaming transferred by this device It directly effect the network bandwidth storage size and the image quality together 101 with resolution and frame rate Thus we always set our bit rate according to the bandwidth and the storage size first then we adjust the resolution and the frame rate for the video quality Resolution This is to select how big your image is The bigger the image is the better resolution it can provide NTSC PAL Resolution Resolution D1 720x480 D1 720x576 CIF 360x240 CIF 360x288 QCIF 180x120 QCIF 180x144 Frame rate This setting directly effect how many frame rates you can get per second Normally we would recommend you to use 30fps because it won t miss a thing But if you might eed to lower the frame rate if your bit rate is not enough for 30fps E 3 Frame integration This setting is for the interlacing problem which happens when shooting an high speed moving object Below is a picture indicating the interlacing problem 102 Interlacing problem We strongly recommend you to use the Deinterlace Blending if your are not sure what to use If you are shooting a place where images are all moving very fast you confront servious interlancing problem
71. er Account gt gt System Info gt gt Firmware Password gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout Primary DNS Server 168 95 1 Bg Secondary DNS Server 3 8 O DDNS Server Setting DDNS Type Disable v Serice lSP members dyndns org Host Name User Name Password D 1 Dynamic IP address Normally we won t suggest customer to use Dynamic IP address D 2 Static IP address Set the IP address according to your network design If you are not sure please go back to chapter 2 1 for more details 98 D 3 PPPoE Set to PPPoE only when the IP camera is connected directly to an aDSL modem Just click to enable the PPPoE and and input the User Name and password of the internet service you bought from your ISP D 4 DDNS When we use PPPoE to connect to the internet most of the time the device IP address is not static but dynamic When using dynamic IP address we recommend you to use DDNS function which enables you to input domanin name actifrontdoor dyndns com to connect to a camera instead of IP address For how to apply and setup DDNS please refer to support packge TS 00007 at http www acti com support support_package asp L Video Setting Please refer to the flow below to know what to set 99 gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt
72. era IP zoom camera you have to check if its housing has vandal proof function For cameras not integrated into a housing ex Box camera you have to buy a vandal proof housing E WDR function If you want to install a camera at indoor shooting both indoor and outdoor objects you might have a problem obtaining clear images of both indoor objects and outdoor objects at the same time This problem can be solved by 1 Shooting mainly indoor or mainly outdoor objects Cameras without WDR function might have darkened indoor images or over brightened outdoor images F Zoom capacity Zoom camera Speed dome only For zoom camera and speed dome camera the more zoom capacity it has the more cover range and the more detailed images it can get There are two types of zoom Optical and digital Please select by optical zoom only since digital zoom will decrease the image quality To select sufficient zoom ratio we select by considering cover range first then how detailed the image should be Because how detailed the image should be depends on different 20 viewer below is a simple reference of how to select by cover range 0 30M 30M an above a vV G Rotation Speed Speed dome only Rotation speed directly effect the how fast the speed dome can response to an event You can select according to the below diagram Normal High Security ns i iz H Image Quality Image quality is anot
73. era parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 54 Contrast 50 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins CAM 2 Storage Box camera type CAM 5100 Analog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric Set the camera to auto Iris mode Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right PTZ setting No need 151 Focus Speed No need Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 2 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to
74. esolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we 131 would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate Set to 9600 since the hardware setting of the camera is 9600 E 5 Following the TS 00009 support package we set the port as Video Register 6030 Video Control 6031 Video Streaming port 6032 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6024 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 85 Contrast 55 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins 5 3 Monitoring The monitoring site in at the front desk of each shop If the clerk wants to view any camera in this shop he just need to 5 3 1 Check PC spec My computer is running on Windows XP with SP2 and has internet Explorer 6 0 Thus This computer can monitor the live images 5 3 2 Network connection Please follow the support package TS 00009 and the network architecture at chapter 2 2 I have to set my computer s network to be IP 192 168 1 5 Subnet 255 255 255 0 5 3 3 Install software No need 5 3 4 Software and configur
75. evices includes transcoder 3 3 1 Select the Transcoder Please use SED 3300 as your transcoder since SED 3200 might not support some IP camera or video server 3 3 2 Connections 3 3 5 1 Power A Connect to the respective device according to the specification specified on the hardware manual 3 3 5 2 Ethernet Cable B Please always connect the Ethernet cable to WAN port 106 3 3 5 3 Analog Monitor DVR C Connect the analog output to the DVR or analog monitor 3 3 5 4 RS 485 connection Options if you are connecting to a control panel then follow the instruction on the manual to connect it You can also use one control panel to control all IP cameras like the diagram below 3 3 3 Connect the transcoder to network Connect the Transcoder to the network Please follow the network architecture we come out at chapter 2 1 and refer to support packge TS 00009 for how to set up the Transcoder connection http www acti com support support_package asp 107 3 3 4 Configure the Transcoder These settings are done via Web configurator To do so you have to connect to the transcoder first please refer to hardware manual Below are some key items to configure in each sub cateogry on the web configurator A System information Please go to the system information page to check out the firmware version gt lt ACTI sb Configurator OSO System Information gt gt Host Setting
76. f you set the date time manually when Video Server is Power Off and Power On the Date Time will be reset to default m OoOO gt gt Video Display Date Setting oO Ny gt gt Host Setting SNTP NTP Server gt gt WAN Setting IP Address Syne Time gt gt Video Setting 5 i i Set Manually oni Date 2004 9 01 7 01 gt gt User Account Time 00 E o0 E o0 E Time Zone GMT 0 00 l gt gt Logo Setting gt gt System Info gt gt Firmware Reset SS gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout Copyright 2003 2004 ACTI Corporation All Rights Reserved Page 3 Support Package Step1 Setup in the web configurator 1 When you can see the video screen your setting is success SIP TAREGM Chapter2 Set up a simple NTP server There s a simple way to set a NTP server UP Because the Windows XP has embedded NTP server function inside you can always refer a computer in the same network segment with Windows XP Operation system as a NTP server Chapter3 Self diagnostic If the NTP function fails it should be the connection failure between the device and the NTP server Please check the network connectiion Page 4 Support Package TS 00007 Created May 22 2005 Updated Purpose Support URL Page 1 Support Package How To Use DDNS Service Step 1 1 First you can apply a hostname in DDNS servic
77. front servious interlancing problem then you can try to change it into Deinterlace Motion NOTE Deinterlace blending deliver better images of static items while deinterlace motion sacrifice some resolution to compensate for the motion E 4 Serial port baud rate This setting is important during the PTZ setting Please refer to the table below for how to set it Application How to set Serial baud baud rate Video Server This baud rate should be the same PTZ camera with the PTZ camera s baud rate rate setting IP camera No use IP dome camera No use IP speed dome This baud rate should be the same with the IP speed dome camera s 39 hardware baud rate rate setting IP zoom camera This baud rate should be the same with the IP zoom camera s hardware baud rate rate setting E 5 Network port setting This section lets you set the network port for the network connection This setting is important otherwise the system will fail no images PTZ don t work or Please refer to support packge TS 00009 for how to set up http www acti com support support_package asp F Video Adjust PTZ camera always move from one prest to another preset There s no need to adjust this parameter unless you have these problems NTSC PAL Hue 50 Hue 50 Brightness 55 Brightness 55 Saturation 85 Saturation 85 Contrast 55 Contrast 55
78. g gt gt WAN Setting gt gt Date Setting gt gt Video Setting gt gt Video Adjust gt gt User Account gt gt System Info gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout Ci C Host Setting C 1 Language Select the language of your choice This will be the default web configurator UI next time you login default is English C 2 LAN port setting There are several items to check when setting the LAN port C 2 1 Make sure the IP address is not in the same network segment with the IP address set in the WAN setting Example if WAN port IP address is 10 0 0 1 the LAN port IP address can t be 10 0 0 2 C 2 2 If you connect this device to network via LAN port please make sure the LAN port IP address is in the same network segment with the network it connected to Example if you are connecting to a network 192 168 1 xxx via LAN port your 109 LAN port IP address be 192 168 1 xxx where Xxx can be any number from 1 255 C 2 2 Always set the subnet to be 255 255 255 0 if you are not sure about it C 3 Baud rate setting optional when connecting to a control panel This setting has to be the same with the control panel it connects to You have to refer to the control panel s operation manual for more information gt gt Host Setting OO Host Setting gt gt WAN Setting Host Name 3200 152 gt gt Video Setting Language English v gt gt User Accou
79. ges The images could be live preview or recorded images Video Management block The networking DVR enables a remote PC to view the live preview or playback images in additional to all other features of a conventional DVR This greatly enhance the video surveillance system s functionality and flexibility For conventional DVR introduction please go to 1 3 2 Analog CCTV system DVR 1 3 4 IP Surveillance system PC Servers PICTURE Video generation block There s are two ways to generate the video 1 Use an analog camera video server 2 Use an IP camera Either way the video is digitalized and compressed Data transmission block All the data from video server IP camera to the PC servers is transferred via IP based network LAN WAN Internet Transmission based on IP based network have advantages over analog cabling including 1 The number of cables 2 The length of cables 3 The location of the camera 4 PoE connection 1 The number of cables In IP Surveillance system multiple video input can share one network cable unlike the analog system cabling where each video input requires one coaxial cable Besides sometimes the network infrastructure is pre built in the building the cabling cost is significantly small Also when adding a new camera you just need to connect the IP camera to the nearest network switch instead of adding a new cable all the way from the control room to the camera Both reasons save a
80. gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt ib Configurator Camera 135 Video Display ie NOES Seng Host Setting Camera Name Camera 136 WAN Setting LAN Streaming Tee Ov Date Setting i WAN Streaming Video Setting has MulticastIP 228 5 6 135 Video Adjust Multicast TTL 255 User Account Analog Video System Info i Resolution Firmware Factory Default Bitrate Save Reboot Frame Integration Logout ToS Type of Service Disabled v_ ToS Priority Normal Service HTTP Port Search Server Porn 1 Search Server Porn 2 Video Register Port Video Control Port Video Streaming Port Video Multicast Port Aon ea E 1 Streaming Type This section is to set whether you use TCP IP or Multicast to stream to video for LAN port or WAN port We recommend you to use TCP IP as your streaming type since the multicast might cause the network to fail without appropriate network setting which requires some IT background E 2 Resolution amp Bit rate amp Frame rate These three items are dependent to each other Higher bit rate means better image quality but you can also lower 36 the frame rate to get good image quality in low big rate Please refer to the description below for each setting then refer to the flow to select the right bit rate resolution combination fo
81. guide It s good for you to try the camera first to see if the image quality meets your standard 3 2 3 Select camera accessory There are several types accessory required for each camera installation including lens mounting housing Please see below for how to select each accessory 2 1 Select lens for Box camera only This section is for box camera only since dome camera speed dome camera comes with lens built in Lens selection are based 5 specs C CS mount Auto Manual Iris focal length Aperture and IR correct Please fill in the Lens Key item Table first then select by below flow 8 Nn Lens key item table Item Spec Remark For Normal camera or Day Night camera Object distance 3 10M 10M and above Lens selection flow Normal or Object distance l Lens model Day Night i G C CS Mount C CS mount are different specs for lens to be mounted onto a camera The mount standard of the camera and the lens should be the same otherwise the focus of the image will fail Thus you have to make sure the lens you buy is compatible to your camera Note Most cameras are C and CS compliant at the same time H Auto Manul Iris There are two ways adjusting the iris and adjusting the electric shutter speed for camera to adjust the incoming lighting strength to get the best image quality without either getting too bright images or getting too dark images Adjusting the iris is a
82. hen deploy an network 2 1 1 1 Device network connectivity Each device has to have a right setting for it to connect to the network 2 1 1 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused 2 1 1 3 Device to device connectivity Even though each device is connected into internet the network between two device might not be connected This involves each device s setting and network equipments setting 2 1 2 LAN network system Below are what to check within a LAN environment 2 1 2 1 Device network connectivity Each device should have the network setting withint the same local network segment 10 Check device s 1 IP address 2 1 2 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused Inside LAN the bandwidth limitation of 100M connection per line is 30MB per second 100MB as theory Thus the total streaming on each line must be smaller then 30M Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M 11 2 1 2 1 Device to device connectivity There no need to worry about the device to device connectivity 2 1 3 WAN network system Via Routers Below are what to check within a WAN environment 2 1 3 1 Device network connectivity Each device should have the network setting withint the sa
83. her one thing important but you can t find it in any datasheet or selection guide It s good for you to try the camera first to see if the image quality meets your standard 2 2 3 Select camera accessory There are several types accessory required for each camera installation including lens mounting housing Please see below for how to select each accessory 2 1 Select lens for Box camera only This section is for box camera only since dome camera speed dome camera comes with lens built in Lens selection are based 5 specs C CS mount Auto Manual Iris focal length Aperture and IR correct Please fill in the Lens Key item Table first then select by below flow 21 a Lens key item table Item Spec Remark For Normal camera or Day Night camera Object distance 3 10M 10M and above Lens selection flow Normal or Object distance Lens model Day Night i A C CS Mount C CS mount are different specs for lens to be mounted onto a camera The mount standard of the camera and the lens should be the same otherwise the focus of the image will fail Thus you have to make sure the lens you buy is compatible to your camera Note Most cameras are C and CS compliant at the same time B Auto Manul Iris There are two ways adjusting the iris and adjusting the electric shutter speed for camera to adjust the incoming lighting strength to get the best image quality without either getti
84. hing the settings NOTE You have to login the IP camera to view the image first and adjust according to video displayed H Auto Iris Electric shutter Box camera only Be sure to switch to Auto Iris when using a box camera with an auto iris lens Otherwise the image will be completedly dark I DC level Switch this level to micro adjust the video overall brightness There s no rule to adjust this setting just adjust it when there s a brightness issue J BLC Backlight Compensation Backlight compensation is to solve the backlighting problem This problem happens often when at a scene containing objects with high lighting difference ex shooting from indoor to outdoor the lighting difference between indoor objects and outdoor objects is huge Whether to enable this function or not is subject to each case You have to adjust on site and decide by on site performance That s because sometimes you might get worse images after you turn the BLC on K WDR Wide Dynamic Range Wide Dynamic Range works the same as BLC But it has relatively strong functionality against backlighting problem You can try to turn it on when you have such kind of problem L Flickerless Mostly for Japan only For special area where the TV standard frequency is different then the AC power frequency Example In some Japan area the TV standard is NTSC frequency 60times sec but local power frequency is 50times sec Only in such kind of c
85. hould have the network setting withint the same local network segment Check devices 1 IP address interNet or 2 Subnet setting WAN Check device s 1 IP address 2 Subnet setting 2 1 4 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused Inside LAN the bandwidth limitation of 100M 79 connection per line is 30MB per second 100MB as theory Thus the total streaming on each line must be smaller then 30M The bandwidth between routers are subject to each system you have to refer to the router s manual Each line s interNet or gt gt A bandwidth can t 4 WAN exceed 100M The The bandwidth of internet Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M 2 1 4 3 Device to device connectivity For computer to connect to a camera at different network segment the network settings of each device and routers needs to be right otherwise the network is not connected Please refer to TS 00009 at at http www acti com support support_package asp to know more about the network connection cross routers Check devices interNet or 10 IP address j P nnn 11 Subnet setting 12 Gateway Check devices 7 IP addlvess 8 Subnet setting The settings between two routers are subject to different 9 Gateway routers 3 2 Im
86. ick the Streaming Activator program on the CD bundled and follow the instruction to install for details please refer to the hardware manual 3 3 Install Utilities Double click the Direct X 9 0C program on the CD bundled and follow the instruction to install for details please refer to the hardware manual Step4 Software and configuration Please follow the procedure below to Setup functions for streaming Activator to view and record 4 CH camera at the same time For detailed description please refer to the software manual 4 1 Start Streaming Activator 4 2 Click the Setup Icon To setup the parameters in Streaming Activator click on the Setup tab n eee AECC ARAE gt a 5 i T He ANENG j enmaervncs r 4 3 Click the Camear Setup To setup the parameters in Streaming Activator click on the Setup tab Recording Setup WI Schedule Setup i DI DO Setup Motion Detection Notification Mee User Account 46 4 4 Enter Camera information for each channel Please follow the network architecture at Chapter 2 1 to fill in the network setup below r Configuratioec Channel 1 f n Qued OSO PTZ Setup Record Schedule Notification Account System 4 4 1 Camera Name Input a camera name or description for the camera NOTE The camera name will be displayed on top of the preview media window 4 4 2 Camera Model Choose the camera model within a selection list
87. iguration for each camera NOTE These settings are for Retails ShopA Please use it as an example to set cameras at other Retail shops CAM 1 POS Dome camera type CAM 7100 Analog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric No need Box camera only Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right 124 PTZ setting No need Focus Speed No need Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 1 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 1 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and
88. images via Internet Explorer Please go to through the steps below to build up Step1 Check PC Spec The PC spec should be CPU Intel Pentium 4 1 4G or above FSB 400 and above RAM 2256MB RAM Motherboard 865 chip set or above LAN Card 10 100 Mbps Intel Chip Set OS Windows XP SP2 Windows 2000 with SP4 or above 42 Browser Internet Explorer 6 0 or above Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution 32 bit color Step2 Network connection Connect the PC to the network Please follow the network architecture we come out at chapter 2 1 and refer to support packge TS 00009 for how to set up the PC connection http www acti com support support_package asp Step3 Install software There no need to setup anything All we need is to make sure the Internet Explorer version is 6 0 or above Step4 Software and configuration There no need to setup anything All we need is to make sure the Internet Explorer version is 6 0 or above Step5 Operation 5 1 Open an Internet Explorer 5 2 Enter the network address of the Explorer There two types of network address one is IP address and the other is domain name IP address 202 218 199 19 HTTP port according to the network architecture Domanin name actidoor dyndns com 5 1 Enter the accound name and password 5 4 Click Preview to view the live images p Oo 2 4 Management Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions DA acti TOEEEEEEE
89. including Video Server SED 2100R Video Server 2 way Audio SED 2400 IP Camera CAM 5100 IP Camera 2 way Audio CAM 5200 IP Speed Dome CAM 6100 CAM 5130 IP Quad SED 2300Q 4 4 3 Server IP Address Connect to the video server with unicast TCP connection NOTE You may enter host name address in this field as well Make sure the host name can be resolved by DNS Domain Name A Server in your network environment This operation can also be verified by using ping command C gt ping hostname acti com T icast IP Address Subscribe to a multicast network to retrieve video 47 packets NOTE If Multicast IP address is entered without Server IP address then the preview window can only perform preview function If Multicast IP address and Server IP address are keyed in then the preview window can perform preview and Digital I O and PTZ operations The limit of concurrent connections is 15 4 4 2 Port Setup the port number to be authorized by the video server 4 4 3 User Name the account to be authorized by the video server 4 4 4 Password the password to be authorized by the video server 4 4 5 Open Web Configurator button click this button to open video server s Web Configurator directly 4 4 6 Preview button click this button to see the preview window and adjust frame rate and video quality 4 5 Setup PTZ setting This PTZ setting is based on using the Streaming Activator to control the PTZ setting
90. ion Below we list down camera information setup of Retail ShopA and Retail shopB Please use them as example for other site Refering to the network architecture we set as below Retail Shop A camera information Camera CAMI1 CAM2 CAM3 CAM4 Group ID 1 2 3 4 Group Name ShopA POS _ ShopA Storage ShopA Cus ShopA Street Camera Model IP dome IP camera IP speed IP camera dome Camera Group Retail ShopA Retail ShopA Retail ShopA Retail ShopA Server IP address 61 218 225 65 61 218 225 65 61 218 225 65 61 218 225 65 Multicast IP Not needed Not needed Not needed Not needed address Register Port 6000 6010 6020 6030 Control Port 6001 6011 6021 6031 Streaming Port 6002 6012 6022 6032 Multicast Port 5000 5000 5000 5000 HTTP port 6004 6014 6024 6034 User Name According to your setting Password According to your setting Ping Server First Yes Yes Yes Yes Ping Time out 1 1 1 1 Socket Size 25 600 25 600 25 600 25 600 Preview Buffer 3 frames 3 frames 3 frames 3 frames Retail Shop B camera information Camera CAMI CAM2 CAM3 CAM4 Group ID 5 6 7 8 Group Name ShopA POS _ ShopA Storage ShopA Cus ShopA Street Camera Model IP dome IP camera IP speed IP camera dome Camera Group Retail ShopA Retail ShopA Retail ShopA Retail ShopA Server IP address _ 61 218 225
91. is 25 600 Byte NOTE If the network bandwidth is not stable please set the socket size to a smaller one say 1000 bytes In this case the packet will be transmitted faster and will not be re sent by the TCP protocol layer 64 Preview Buffer Select the video preview buffer size the unit is number of frames Default is 3 frames NOTE If you set this value to a larger value then the video display will be smoother however the video latency will increase 4 Minimize and restore panel you can use this to minimize or restore this panel 5 Image Preview Window When user click on the Preview button the preview video will be displayed in this window 4 5 Setup Recording 4 5 1 Go to Recording Setup rd Administrator Logout Quit A List Camera Group Camere ale gt Alarm Go to Recording setup Refresh Camera ID vi New Apply Delete Media Source Device Group Information amp If ALL CAMERA Group Name Group Description Camera Group Page 1 of 1 With 2 Record s OOO Group Name Group Description Retail store 1 At New York Headquarters Taipe 65 4 5 2 Setup Recording as below Lanera rong Quem Channel 14 Record To Cameta Recording Schedule Alam Motion Account Monitor Search Pioybach system st Recording Path File Type RAW Y YP nd Recording Path D Recordings Channett4 di Q eriusn File Frequency oe O 2 a Rj Frequency of f
92. ith WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 3 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 3 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate Set to 9600 since the hardware setting of the camera is 9600 E 5 Following the TS 00009 support 129 package we set the port as Video Register 6020 Video Control 6021 Video Streaming port 6022 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6024 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 85 Contrast 55 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins CAM 4 Street nalog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric No need Box camera only Shutter DC
93. lem Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer Web configurator setting Web configurator setting System information Check the firmware version Firmware upgrade If the firmware version is not right please upgrade to appropriate firmware Host setting C 1 Select the English as UI C 2 1 The LAN port is not connected thus we just need to make sure its IP address is not in the same network segment with WAN port LAN port 192 168 0 100 WAN port 192 168 1 4 WAN setting Follow the flow we need to setup Fixed IP Static IP The camera is connected to a switch Then set the IP to be 192 1681 4 according to the network architecture at chapter 2 1 Video setting E 1 Streaming Type set as TCP IP E 2 We know the bit rate for each camera is 500K and since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we 156 would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate Set to 9600 since the hardware setting of the camera is 9600 E 5 Following the TS 00009 support package we set the port as Video Register 6030 Video Control 6031 Video Streaming port 6032 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6024 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter
94. log camera If you want to connect the video server to your exisiting analog camera ACTi provides many video servers for different applications Below is a select diagram for you to choose Video server D1 30fps CH number 3 per channel 3 Audio Video Server 2 2 5 Connections 4 1 Power A Connect to the respective device according to the specification specified on the hardware manual 4 2 Ethernet Cable B Please always connect the Ethernet cable to WAN port 4 3 Lens C Be sure to connect the Iris control cable to the Iris port 4 4 DI DO D Options if you have any sensors to connect please make sure The voltage spec is correct see hardware manual The connection type is correct we are using TTL 4 5 Serial Connection E This section is for box camera when connected to a RS 485 P T bracket and video server when connected to a speed dome or a box camera with a P T bracket only no need for dome camera speed dome 2 2 6 Camera configuration The camera configuration includes two parts analog imaging configuration and the web configurator setting Appropriate settings are required for both parts to ensure the camera performance Below are some key items to configure and how to configure 5 1 Analog imaging configuration The configuration of the analog imaging are done by either switching the DIP Switch at the camera side panel or by entering the camera s OSD menu and setup You can refer to camera
95. lot cost The length of cables In IP surveillance system the network cross nation is pre built it is possible for a control room at United Kindom to view cameras at USA or at China But in analog surveillance system because each video input requires a video cable from camera to the control room you can t view a camera cross county or cross country Ex view a camera in USA from China IP surveillance system greatly enhance the system performance The locations of the cameras In IP surveillance system all the data is digitalized and can be transferred via wireless network and delivers the same image quality With wireless connection the camera can be installed at places where cabling is difficult or very costy There s one special wireless not the wireless we are talking about everyday for analog system but this special wireless has relative small transmission distance less than 10M according to practical using and the image quality is bad even the wireless distance is small PoE connection When using PoE connection the power and the network signal can be transferred via one network cable Which saves a lot of cabling cost Video monitoring block Use a PC to access the video server and view the images Video Management block The management is done via any PC server anywhere with a network connection to the video sever IP cameras There PC servers can deliver all the functionality a networking DVR has 9 Purpose S
96. lush record fiie fiS 20 3600KSeconds event ording butler isk Cleanup Algorithm 2 All Channe Po Q onv Channel Cleanup Algorithm Master Device Limitation Space GB Cleanup Space GB e Benn Apply apply the setting to video channel 2 Record To Recording file configuration 1 Recording Path indicates the main recording path Default path is located at E drive 2nd Recording Path indicates a second recording path if the 1 recording HDD capacity is full Default path is located at F drive 3 File Type MPEG 4 raw data format is supported Frequency of flush record file seconds This value specifies that a new file will be generated after the amount of time specified in this field 5 Event Recording Buffer and Duration Pre event recording buffer seconds Specifies a buffer seconds to retain before a certain event occurs A NOTE This value works with motion detection MD event digital in DI event Post event recording buffer seconds Specifies a buffer seconds to retain after a certain event occurs 6 Disk Cleanup Algorithm specifies the threshold and algorithm to take if the hard disk capacity reaches the threshold 7 All Disk Cleanup Algorithm specifies the threshold and algorithm to take if the hard disk capacity reaches the threshold Master Drive indicates the main recording path Default path is located at E drive Limitation Space GB the
97. lways the better way because there might be some side effect 86 while changing the electric shutter speed The difference between auto iris and manual iris is that auto iris will adjust itself instantly according to the environment lighting status controlled by the camera while manual iris s iris is fixed normally people won t change the camera setting all the time after installed thus the camera has to use electric shutter to control the lighting strength If you have a lens supporting auto iris function it can make sure your camera performance through out a day Thus we strongly recommend you to use auto iris lens Focal length Basically focus length directly effect the lens viewing angle and viewing distance and it is always marked as f in lens spec Vari focal lens have a range of f which means it can be adjusted to any f within the range onsite The bigger the f is the bigger viewing distance will be and the smalled viewing angle will be Below is a reference for how the different focal length works when shooting at the same people at 10M away Object on monitor Angle of view 3mm IP Camera 18mm IP Camera 50mm Focal length 87 The selection of the focal length is based on two factors 1 How big the area you wish this camera to cover angle of view 2 How big you with the object to be seen on the monitor Sometimes you can t have two factors satisfied at the same time
98. me local network segment _ Check devices 7 IP address 8 Subnet setting Check device s 7 IP address 8 Subnet setting 2 1 3 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused Inside LAN the bandwidth limitation of 100M connection per line is 30MB per second 100MB as theory Thus the total streaming on each line must be smaller then 30M The bandwidth between routers are subject to each system you have to 12 Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M The bandwidth between routers are subject to different system 2 1 3 3 Device to device connectivity For computer to connect to a camera at different network segment the network settings of each device and routers needs to be right otherwise the network is not connected Please refer to TS 00009 at at http www acti com support support_package asp to know more about the network connection cross routers Check devices 4 IP address 5 Subnet setting 6 Gateway Check devices 1 IP address 2 Subnet setting The settings between two routers are must enable network between two LAN 3 Gateway is ok 2 1 4 WAN network system internet Below are what to check within a WAN environment interNet or WAN 2 1 4 1 Devi
99. mera only above Rotation Speed PTZ camera only i Camera Model CAM 5150 5 2 10 Select camera accessory There are four cameras with different application We select the accessory respectively following Chapter 2 2 2 to select camera for each device CAM 1 POS Dome camera type CAM 7100 Select Lens No need for Box camera only Select mount housing Mounting Housing key concerns table Item Outdoor Indoor Spec Indoor Remark Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C 146 Camera Accessorry No need all come with the standard package CAM 2 Storage Box camera type CAM 5100 Select Lens Lens key item table Item Spec Remark For Normal camera or Normal Day Night camera camera Object distance 3 10M 3 10M 10M and above Lens model 0690 00002 000 Select mount housing Mounting Housing key item table Item Spec Remark Outdoor Indoor Indoor Mount Type Flush ceiling According to customer s structure Temperature No need Normal 0 C 50 C Extended 20 C 70 C Mount housing Mount GL 201 Housing no need CAM 3 Customer Speed dome camera type CAM 6200 Select Lens No need for Box camera only Select mount housing Mounting Housing key item table
100. n 100M Full Duplex Half Duplex OK OK 10 100 Duplex auto sensing OK OK Most ISP doesn t support Multicast over Internet Though we support this function you still can t use it Support Package Chapter4 Notes on configuration Please refer to the notes below during configuration A IP address Setting The IP address of LAN port and the WAN port MUST be at different network segment Below is the default IP address of LAN port and WAN port for your reference LAN port default IP 192 168 0 100 Subnet None Gateway None WAN port default IP 10 0 0 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 Gate way None Support Package Created Feb 09 2006 TS 00029 Category System Integration Product All video servers and IP cameras How to select LAN port or WAN port to connect for your system Support URL http www acti com support Tech Support Customer service acti com MSN Messenger ID Customer service acti com Support Package How to select LAN port or WAN port to connect for your system ACTi products have LAN port and WAN port supporting two different network settings according to your system needs LAN means Local Area Network and LAN port supports LAN connection WAN means Wide Area Network and WAN port supports WAN connection This support package will help you selecting which port to use in your system Table of contents Chapter1 Introduction to LAN And WAN ssscssssscssssscs
101. nce the hardware setting of the camera is 9600 E 5 Following the TS 00009 support 154 package we set the port as Video Register 6020 Video Control 6021 Video Streaming port 6022 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6024 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 54 Contrast 50 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins CAM 4 Street nalog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric No need Box camera only Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images Need to access the OSD menu of IP speed dome via Streaming Explorer WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right PTZ setting There s no need to set PTZ the protocol is fixed to be Protocol CAMPRO Baud rate 9600 Focus Speed Adjust it if you meet prob
102. ne Saach Playah Sintem Channel 1 Camera 10 Camera Name Camera Model Camera Group Server IP Address Mutcast IP Address Register Port Control Port Streaming Port Mutcast Port Hip Port UserName Password Ping Server First Ping Timeout Socket See Preview Butter 62 1 New Apply Delete Open Web Configurator Preview Close operation m New Add a new camera source E Apply Apply current configuration after apply you can see the message Microsoft Internet Explorer fx Figure 3 Apply Camera Setup Delete Delete this camera information you can choose to delete only Camera Setting delete All configuration Setting or delete All Log Records 2 Delete Camera Options Options Delete Only Camera Setting Delete All Configuration Setting Delete All Log Records http 172 16 1 204 AR Figure 4 Delete Camera Setup Open Web Configuration Open the web configurator to setup m Preview Preview your video source Close Close the preview from video source Media Source Information This panel contains basic camera information m Camera ID choose the Camera ID within a selection list Camera Name input a camera name or description of the camera Camera Model choose the camera model within a selection list including 63 Video Server Video Server 2 way audio IP Camera IP Camera 2 way audio IP Dome o o IP
103. ng too bright images or getting too dark images Adjusting the iris is always the better way because there might be some side effect 22 while changing the electric shutter speed The difference between auto iris and manual iris is that auto iris will adjust itself instantly according to the environment lighting status controlled by the camera while manual iris s iris is fixed normally people won t change the camera setting all the time after installed thus the camera has to use electric shutter to control the lighting strength If you have a lens supporting auto iris function it can make sure your camera performance through out a day Thus we strongly recommend you to use auto iris lens Focal length Basically focus length directly effect the lens viewing angle and viewing distance and it is always marked as f in lens spec Vari focal lens have a range of f which means it can be adjusted to any f within the range onsite The bigger the f is the bigger viewing distance will be and the smalled viewing angle will be Below is a reference for how the different focal length works when shooting at the same people at 10M away Object on monitor Angle of view 3mm IP Camera 18mm IP Camera 50mm Focal length 23 The selection of the focal length is based on two factors 1 How big the area you wish this camera to cover angle of view 2 How big you with the object to be seen on the mo
104. nitor Sometimes you can t have two factors satisfied at the same time then you have to select one factor to be considered first Thus we highly recommend you to buy Varfi focal length which you can adjust onsite to ensure the best performance Regardless the angle of view below is an selection based clear images to be seen from the monitor at a certain distance 0 10M 10M 30M i 30M above D Aperture This spec is marked as F in lens spec The smaller the aperture is the more sensitive the lens is because it allows more lights to pass through Aperture is subject to Focal length usually a lens with higher focal length has bigger aperture Please compare this spec with lenses with the same focal length only E IR correct Day Night camera only If a camera has a Day Night function which enables it to switch to B amp E during night time we strong recommend you to use the IR correct lens with it Because without an IR correct lens the focus of the camera will shift when switching between day mode or night mode 2 2 Select mount housing This section tells you how to select the right mount or housing for different applications Below is a mount housing selection table of all our IP cameras For analog cameras video servers please check the analog camera s spec 24 There are 3 key items to select your mount housing we make a mounting Housing key concerns table You can first finish this table
105. nnectivity Each device has to have a right setting for it to connect to the network 74 2 1 1 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused 2 1 1 3 Device to device connectivity Even though each device is connected into internet the network between two device might not be connected This involves each device s setting and network equipments setting 2 1 2 LAN network system Below are what to check within a LAN environment 2 1 2 1 Device network connectivity Each device should have the network setting withint the same local network segment 75 Check device s 1 IP address 2 1 2 2 Bandwidth Each network has its limitation of bandwidth You have to keep the bandwidth below the limitation otherwise may other problem will be caused Inside LAN the bandwidth limitation of 100M connection per line is 30MB per second 100MB as theory Thus the total streaming on each line must be smaller then 30M Each line s bandwidth can t exceed 100M 76 2 1 2 1 Device to device connectivity There no need to worry about the device to device connectivity 2 1 3 WAN network system Via Routers Below are what to check within a WAN environment 2 1 3 1 Device network connectivity Each device should have the network setting withint the same local network segment _ Check devi
106. nt Apply Reset gt gt Port Setting gt gt System Info gt gt Firmware POA I AN Sattina gt gt Factory Default IP Address 192 gt gt Save Reboot SubnetMask 255 gt gt Logout O BaudRate Setting Baud Rate 4800 v 3 Bits Setting 8 None 1 v O OSD Setting 110 D WAN Setting gt ACTi Neb Configurator gt gt Host Setting gt gt WAN Setting Dynamic IP Address aE KORSAD Static IP Address gt gt User Account IP Address 172 gt gt Port Setting Subnet Mask gt gt System Info ISP Gateway gt gt Firmware gt gt Factory Default PPPoE User Name gt gt Save Reboot Password gt gt Logout Primary DNS Server Secondary DNS Server DDNS Type Disable v Service ISP members dyndns org v Host Name g Ti User Name Password Then set each item as below D 1 Dynamic IP address Normally we won t suggest customer to use Dynamic IP address D 2 Static IP address Set the IP address according to your network design If 111 you are not sure please go back to chapter 2 1 for more details D 3 PPPoE Set to PPPoE only when the IP camera is connected directly to an aDSL modem Just click to enable the PPPoE
107. od 2005 11 30 0 00 20051229 0 00 List 112131 Type Start Time End Time Recording 2 12 2 2 M 3 11 109 Continuous 2005 12 28 2005 12 28 EaRecordingsiChanneltt 19 07 59 19 12 00 Channelt 1_20051229_030803_339 raw 7 2005 12 28 2005 12 28 E RecordingsiChanneli2 Ch12 110 Continuous saig7 54 19 12 00 Channel12_20051229_020756_870 raw 2005 12 28 2005 12 28 EaRecordingsiChannelt5 Ch15 134 Continuous 49 08 02 19 1213 Channelt5_20051229_030754_229 raw AV 104 2005 12 28 2005 12 23 EARecordingsiChannel36_ C s neem n maena emey CH36 Continuous 49 97 23 19 11 54 iChannel36_20051229_ 030729 366 raw AV 105 Continuous 2005 12 28 2005 12 28 EARecordings Channel37 CH37 19 07 21 19 11 54 Channel37_20051229_030727_073 raw AV 108 continuous 2005 1228 2005 12 28 _E ARecordingstChannel38 CH38 19 07 20 19 11 51 Channel38_20051229_030726_151 raw AV 106 2005 12 28 2005 1228 EARecordings Channel39 Continuous CH39 19 07 18 19 11 51 ia pee 229_030724_870 raw Figure 7 Search Video Clip 1 Camera Click on the Camera title to minimize the panel 71 2 Page Indicator shortcut to jump to that page Each page displays 20 records 3 Search Result search result including camera name camera type start time end time and recording file name 4 Recording Video Clip simply click on the video clip path to invoke playback window 6 4 Double click on the searched item to playback back Chapter 3 Hybrid IP Sur
108. on comparison table of LAN and WAN Video Quality and Frame rate Full D1 720 480 30fps OK OK Malan Saa supper baer stream with different bit OK OK a id di TE Preview in a LAN OK OK ee v eon enol Preview in a WAN via routers OK transmission Preview in a WAN via Internet OK a id di cage Preview in a LAN OK OK nee es pee eee Preview in a WAN via routers OK Multicast transmission Preview in a WAN via Internet i Cantal Control in a LAN OK OK Control Pan Titl Zoom Sending audio from client to Control in a WAN via routers OK encoder send DO event from client to encoder Control in a WAN via Internet x R E Setup video server OK OK ystem Maintain e A ee must be able to connected first Kiripati pede Reboot camera OK OK DDNS OK DNS OK Other function SNTP NTP OK OK E l HOSS ees 10M Full Duplex Half Duplex OK OK Connection 100M Full Duplex Half Duplex OK OK 10 100 Duplex auto sensing OK OK Most ISP doesn t support Multicast over Internet Though we support this function you still can t use it Support Package Chapter4 Notes on configuration Please refer to the notes below during configuration A IP address Setting The IP address of LAN port and the WAN port MUST be at different network segment Below is the default IP address of LAN port and WAN port for your reference LAN port default IP 192 168 0 100 Subnet None Gateway None
109. onnect the PC to the network Please follow the network architecture we come out at chapter 2 1 and refer to support packge TS 00009 for how to set up the PC connection http www acti com support support_package asp Step3 Install software 3 1 Check NVR version We strongly recommend you to use the latest NVR version or use a version which you used and find it reliable This is to make sure the software to be stable You can always go to www acti com to know the newest software version Then you have to contact our sales representative to get it 3 2 Install NVR The NVR installtion is compliated Please follow the QIG manual and install them step by step 3 3 Install Utilities No utility is required for NVR Step4 Software and configuration Please follow the procedure below to Setup functions for NVR to record 64 CH cameras at the same time For detailed description please refer to the software manual 4 1 Enter the NVR UI 4 1 1 Open Internet Explorer 4 1 2 Enter the IP of the NVR to connect to the NVR 4 1 3 Enter the account name and password 60 4 2 Setup Camera Group 4 2 1 Go to Camera group setup Logout Quit A ho P lt Administrato 30 e saine J OU JS vo List RS kamera Recording Schedule Alarm Motion Account Monitor Search Playback System Refresh can ite Delete Media Source Device Group Information amp ff ALL CAMERA Group Name Group Description Camera G
110. oving items in the scene causes the focus to shift and result in unclear images If you have problem1 please increase the focus sensitivity If you have problem please decrease the focus sensitivity 5 2 Web configurator setting These settings are done via Web configurator To do so you have to connect to the IP camera Video server first please refer to hardware manual Below are some key items to configure in each sub cateogry on the web configurator NOTE Some settings take effects only after you Save and Reboot the camera you can always refer to the support package TS 00104 at http www acti com support support_package asp H System information Please go to the system information page to check out the firmware version 94 gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt feb Configurator D1 1 5M 30fps Video Display Host Setting WAN Setting Date Setting Serial ID SED2100 05F 8 00317 Model Number SED 2100R 01 Video Setting WAN Status IP Address 210 202 25 97 Netmask 255 255 255 224 Gateway 210 202 25 126 Video Adjust User Account gt gt System Info DNS Server 168 95 1 1 DDNS Host gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Firmware WAN Connect Status Connect DNS Connect Status Connect Factory Default DDNS Connect Status Disconnect Save Reboot Logout System Log MSG_LOG WAN auto detec
111. r each bit rate Bitrate per Do I need 30fps or Resolution and camera Do I need D1 resolution Frame rate CRETE RETELERELERERE Bit rate This seting is to select the size of the streaming transferred by this device It directly effect the network bandwidth storage size and the image quality together 37 with resolution and frame rate Thus we always set our bit rate according to the bandwidth and the storage size first then we adjust the resolution and the frame rate for the video quality Resolution This is to select how big your image is The bigger the image is the better resolution it can provide NTSC PAL Resolution Resolution D1 720x480 D1 720x576 CIF 360x240 CIF 360x288 QCIF 180x120 QCIF 180x144 Frame rate This setting directly effect how many frame rates you can get per second Normally we would recommend you to use 30fps because it won t miss a thing But if you might eed to lower the frame rate if your bit rate is not enough for 30fps E 3 Frame integration This setting is for the interlacing problem which happens when shooting an high speed moving object Below is a picture indicating the interlacing problem 38 Interlacing problem We strongly recommend you to use the Deinterlace Blending if your are not sure what to use If you are shooting a place where images are all moving very fast you con
112. ress is 10 0 0 1 the LAN port IP address can t be 10 0 0 2 C 2 2 If you connect this device to network via LAN port please make sure the LAN port IP address is in the same network segment with the network it connected to Example if you are connecting to a network 192 168 1 xxx via LAN port your LAN port IP address be 192 168 1 xxx where Xxx can be any number from 1 255 32 C 2 2 Always set the subnet to be 255 255 255 0 if you are not sure about it gt gt Video Display O Host Setting HostName ACT Language English v gt gt Host Setting gt gt WAN Setting gt gt Date Setting gt gt Video Setting gt gt Video Adjust gt gt User Account LAN Setting gt gt System Info IP Address gt gt Firmware Subnet Mask gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot Apply gt gt Logout Network Link Speed amp Duplex LAN Port Auto Detect v WAN Port Auto Detect v D WAN Setting Please refer to the flow below to know what to set Connection Static or Dynamic IP_ WAN setup Then set each item as below 33 leb Configurator D1 1 5M 30fps gt gt Video Display O WAN Setting S7Host Setting O Dynamic IP Address gt gt WAN Setting Static IP Address gt gt Date Setting IP Address 210 gt gt Video Setting Subnet Mask 255 gt gt Video Adjust
113. roup Page 1 of 1 With 2 Record s OOO Group Name Group Description Retail store 1 At New York Headquarters Taipei Taiwan 4 2 2 Setup camera group You can use it to group your camera according to the site position ex shop1 shop2 or physical location floor1 floor2 Camera Group oe Group Name Group Description Audic upi Audi Device Group Information e Q me STOUR Name Group Description f Camera Group Page 1 of 1 With 4 Record s aarrne Q DO by gate 1 New Apply Delete operation m New Add anew camera group name E Apply Apply current configuration E Delete Delete this camera group information 2 Device Group Information This panel contains basic camera group information m Group Name input a camera group name or description of the camera Group Description description of the camera group 3 CameraGroup All camera group listing 61 4 Minimize and restore panel you can use this to minimize or restore this panel 5 Next and back page buttons you can use this to show next or go back page 4 4 Setup Camera information 4 4 1 Go to Camera Setup Media Source Device Gro uation fafi ALL CAMERA Group Name Group Description Camera Group Page 1 of 1 With 2 Record s OOC Group Name Group Description Retail store 1 At New York Headquarters Taipei Taiwan 4 4 2 Enter Camera information as below AamouaStayp Camera Bacang Schedule Alam Halon Account Mo
114. s Video Surveillance system The video surveillance system is a part of the security surveillance system that includes Fire amp alarm security access control and video surveillance Each one of the security surveillance system are focusing on different aspects and each of the security surveillance system is somehow integrated with other systems in different applications The video surveillance system is focusing on surveillance by video that is we secure our property by video monitoring video recording and video playback Basically there are four building blocks of the video surveillance solution including video generation data transmission and video monitoring and video management as below PICTURE Video generation block In this block the video audio data is generated Data transmission block In this block data is transferred between the video generation block and the video monitoring block or the video management block The data contains the video audio stream event information and control signals Video monitoring block In this block guards or administrator can view image from the video generation block and determine if there s an event happening and the respective response actions Video Management block In this block data could be stored analized and be played back in the future The response action could be triggered upon an event and leaves a record for future event annalistic 1 3 Video Surveillance system evolution
115. s hardware manual for more information about switching the settings NOTE You have to login the IP camera to view the image first and adjust according to video displayed A Auto Iris Electric shutter Box camera only Be sure to switch to Auto Iris when using a box camera with an auto iris lens Otherwise the image will be completedly dark B DC level Switch this level to micro adjust the video overall brightness There s no rule to adjust this setting just adjust it when there s a brightness issue C BLC Backlight Compensation Backlight compensation is to solve the backlighting problem This problem happens often when at a scene containing objects with high lighting difference ex shooting from indoor to outdoor the lighting difference between indoor objects and outdoor objects is huge Whether to enable this function or not is subject to each case You have to adjust on site and decide by on site performance That s because sometimes you might get worse images after you turn the BLC on D WDR Wide Dynamic Range Wide Dynamic Range works the same as BLC But it has relatively strong functionality against backlighting problem You can try to turn it on when you have such kind of problem E Flickerless Mostly for Japan only For special area where the TV standard frequency is different then the AC power frequency Example In some Japan area the TV standard is NTSC frequency 60times sec but local power
116. scoder2 Transcoder3 Transcoder4 Model number SED 3300 SED 3300 SED 3300 SED 3300 IP address 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 2 192 168 0 3 192 168 0 4 Subnet 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Baud rate setting No need No neeed 9600 N 8 1 9600 N 8 1 5 3 4 4 WAN setting WAN setting Transcoder Transcoderl Transcoder2 Transcoder3 Transcoder4 IP address 192 168 2 1 192 168 2 2 192 168 2 3 192 168 2 4 Subnet 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 2 254 192 168 2 254 192 168 2 254 192 168 2 254 5 3 4 5 Video Setting Host setting Transcoder Transcoderl Transcoder2 Transcoder3 Transcoder4 Target Camera at CAM 7100 CAM 5100 CAM 6200 CAM 5130 Retail Shop Connect Type TCP TCP TCP TCP TCP connect IP 61 218 225 65 61 218 225 65 61 218 225 65 61 218 225 65 Multicast No need No need No need No need connectIP User Name This is subject to each system Password This is subject to each system Port Control 6001 6011 6021 6031 Streaming 6002 6012 6022 6032 Multicast 5000 5000 5000 5000 Register 6000 6010 6020 6030 159 HTTP 6004 6014 6024 6034 User Name According to your setting Password According to your setting 160 5 4 Managment Please refer to DVR or Martix manual for details 161 V 20060108 IP surveillance 101 Dq acti www
117. since the D1 resolution is a must we use 500K D1 15fps E 3 Frame integratin since there s no high speed moving objects we would use Deinterlace blending E 4 Serial port baud rate since it is a box camera we don t need to set it E 5 Following the TS 00009 support package we set the port as Video Register 6000 Video Control 6001 N Nn Video Streaming port 6002 Video Multicast port 5000 HTTP port 6004 Search Server port1 6005 Search Server port2 6006 Video adjust The customer site is in USA NTSC standard then I adjust the camera parameter to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 85 Contrast 55 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins CAM 2 Storage Box camera type CAM 5100 Analog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric Set the camera to auto Iris mode Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the color is not right PTZ setting No need 126 Focus Speed No need
118. sssscssnsscssnsscsenssessnccessnccessnccesssceesssceesseeeenses 3 What i LAN sos cosas salsa de cuss senes cas vusoy sussivastasceapuy sokeria bax avan sas evansevd vases nK Naana AESi S Saieta sien anaa 3 Wh t is WAN eeraa Eaa aea a e aE pane a Eaa e onana rece ane ae 3 Chapter2 How to select LAN port and WAN port to connect tO ccsssccssssesssssesssccsesscssssscssssecssnss 4 A Not sure about my system Use WAN pott essssessssssssesssessseessoossooessoessseesseceseossoosssoessseessseesseees 4 B Connection within a LAN Use WAN port or LAN PO7t ssc sssccssssssssssscssscssssscesssscesssscessaces 4 C Connection via routers Use WAN pott sssssssesssssessssseoessssocsesssecssssecessseoeessooecesssecessseosssseoe 5 D Connection via Internet Use WAN Port sssccccssssrcssssssscccssssscccsssssecssssssscsessssssecssssscesssosses 5 E Special Case Use WAN and LAN pott ssscccssssssssscssssscssnsscssnsccssnsccssssesssscesssscessssscsssssesscees 6 Chapter3 Comparison table of LAN WAN s ssssscssssssssssscssssscssnsscsssnccsssaccssnccesssssessssccssssssssssesenes 7 Chapter4 Notes on configuration e ssssssssssessseesseeessoessoesssessseessecsseossooesssessseessecsseoesooessoeesseessseesseess 8 A IPaddress Settin 8 rmsrnsnsresiern ateistien en EEKE O EE TEE TSE E EENES Eii 8 Support Package Chapter1 Introduction to LAN and WAN This chapter will introduce the LAN and WAN port idea before we select whi
119. t when moving to a preset Problem2 The moving items in the scene causes the focus to shift and result in unclear images If you have problem1 please increase the focus sensitivity If you have problem please decrease the focus sensitivity 5 2 Web configurator setting These settings are done via Web configurator To do so you have to connect to the IP camera Video server first please refer to hardware manual Below are some key items to configure in each sub cateogry on the web configurator NOTE Some settings take effects only after you Save and Reboot the camera you can always refer to the support package TS 00104 at http www acti com support support_package asp A System information Please go to the system information page to check out the firmware version gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt feb Configurator D1 1 5M 30fps Video Display Host Setting WAN Setting Date Setting Serial ID SED2100 05F 8 00317 Model Number SED 2100R 01 Video Setting WAN Status IP Address 210 202 25 97 Netmask 255 255 255 224 Gateway 210 202 25 126 Video Adjust User Account gt gt System Info DNS Server 168 95 1 1 DDNS Host gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Firmware WAN Connect Status Connect DNS Connect Status Connect Factory Default DDNS Connect Status Disconnect Save Reboot Logout
120. t speed MSG_LOG LAN auto detect speed Starting Modules Manager Starting tick timer Starting Default button check Load OEM Config File Read OEM Config File Load Config File Read Config File gt uM We strongly recommend you to either A 1 Use the stable firmware that you have used before A 2 Use the newest firmware available on our website http www acti com Many problems are caused by inappropriate firmware version Always check the firmware version before you start Firmware Upgrade If the find the firmware version not right either not the newest or not a stable one you used before please follow the hardware manual to upgrade 95 Configurator D1 1 5M 30fps O Firmware image upgrade Do you want to do firmware upgrade gt gt Video Display gt gt Host Setting gt gt WAN Setting gt gt Date Setting gt gt Video Setting gt gt Video Adjust gt gt User Account gt gt System Info gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout J Host Setting C 1 Language Select the language of your choice This will be the default web configurator UI next time you login default is English C 2 LAN port setting There are several items to check when setting the LAN port C 2 1 Make sure the IP address is not in the same network segment with the IP address set in the WAN setting Example if WAN port IP address is 10 0 0 1 the LAN port IP ad
121. ted video server 5 5 2 Preset Operation 4 jC 2 4m 5 d Gma 6 ete Aare Patrol Position Indicator indicates current position 55 nM PF w Key Pad click on the number key pad to set the position indicator Position indicator is formed in 3 digit number button save the position to the position indicator button clear the position set in current position indicator go to the position set in current position indicator button toggles mouse PTZ mode With mouse PTZ mode user may click on the screen to do pan and tilt operation button toggles patrol mode By clicking this button Activator will starts patrol with preset positions button Click this button to enable the remote control panel function Remote control panel function transmits the control data from a control panel connected to this PC to the remote PTZ device ex IP speed dome or any PTZ device connected video server A NOTE Maximum umber of preset position is 8 NOTE To setup the position for Pelco_P or Pelco_D as follow Move to the point gt Key in the NO gt NOTE To setup the position for Linlin as follow Key in the NO gt 344 Move to the point gt Step6 Search and playback Images 6 1 Click the Playback Button and then Click the Search Button na SEE z zJ xPTZRECR xPTZRECR Then S ePiMRECm BARRTZRECH opan File 6 2 Select the camera and the event type to be sear
122. tegrated into a housing ex Box camera you have to buy a vandal proof housing M WDR function If you want to install a camera at indoor shooting both indoor and outdoor objects you might have a problem obtaining clear images of both indoor objects and outdoor objects at the same time This problem can be solved by 1 Shooting mainly indoor or mainly outdoor objects Cameras With WDR function Cameras without WDR function might have darkened indoor images or over brightened outdoor images N Zoom capacity Zoom camera Speed dome only For zoom camera and speed dome camera the more zoom capacity it has the more cover range and the more detailed images it can get There are two types of zoom Optical and digital Please select by optical zoom only since digital zoom will decrease the image quality To select sufficient zoom ratio we select by considering cover range first then how detailed the image should be Because how detailed the image should be depends on different 84 viewer below is a simple reference of how to select by cover range 0 30M 30M an above es O Rotation Speed Speed dome only Rotation speed directly effect the how fast the speed dome can response to an event You can select according to the below diagram Normal High Security EEEE ES P Image Quality Image quality is another one thing important but you can t find it in any datasheet or selection
123. ter 2 2 4 5 2 5 Installation Please read the hardware manual of each device IP camera video server housing mount then follow the instruction to install 5 2 6 Connections Please read the hardware manual of each IP camera then follow the instruction to connect to respective devices CAM 1 POS Dome camera type CAM 7100 Power DC12V using the adaptor provided Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens No need DJ DO options Serial connection No need for Dome camera CAM 2 Storage Box camera type CAM 5100 Power DC12V using the adaptor provided Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens Be sure to connect the Iris control cable to the Iris port see CAM 5100 manual DI DO options Serial connection No need for Dome camera CAM 3 Customer Speed dome camera type CAM 6200 Power According to hardware manual Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens No need Serial connection No need for Dome camera CAM 4 Street Power According to hardware manual Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens No need DJ DO options Serial connection No need for Dome camera 5 2 7 Camera configuration Please follow the hardware manual to login the camera to view the image first Then refer to the the 2 2 6 for items to adjust Below is required conf
124. ters 2 2 Imaging Best MPEG 4 IP Surveillance Solutions gt Management Storage R i rV Monito A b lt ACTi THEE RS 485 S IP Network S Analog Video gt Monitor In this chapter we will tell you how to select install and configure the devices in this block These devices includes camera camera accessory housing mounting lenses video server Before we start to select the camera you will need to know how the customer s site is 2 2 1 Know customer site There are two steps to select the camera Step1 Select by camera type Step2 Select by camera function Through these two steps you can have brief ideas about selecting the IP camera 2 2 2 Select the camera There are two steps to select the camera Step1 Select by camera type Step2 Select by camera function Through these two steps you can have 16 brief ideas about selecting the IP camera 17 Step1 Select by Camera type Please follow the flow chart to select your camera type see Key area Camera Type Coverrange g Zoom control i Step2 Select by Camera function After you select the camera type you have to select the camera model by functions In this step we will provides you what functions to compare when looking at product selection guides Thus we recommend you to look at his chapter with a selection guide on 18 hand Below is a checklist for you to select each camera Item Spec Remark
125. then you can try to change it into Deinterlace Motion NOTE Deinterlace blending deliver better images of static items while deinterlace motion sacrifice some resolution to compensate for the motion E 4 Serial port baud rate This setting is important during the PTZ setting Please refer to the table below for how to set it Application How to set Serial baud baud rate Video Server This baud rate should be the same PTZ camera with the PTZ camera s baud rate rate setting IP camera No use IP dome camera No use IP speed dome This baud rate should be the same with the IP speed dome camera s 103 hardware baud rate rate setting IP zoom camera This baud rate should be the same with the IP zoom camera s hardware baud rate rate setting E 5 Network port setting This section lets you set the network port for the network connection This setting is important otherwise the system will fail no images PTZ don t work or Please refer to support packge TS 00009 for how to set up http www acti com support support_package asp M Video Adjust PTZ camera always move from one prest to another preset There s no need to adjust this parameter unless you have these problems NTSC PAL Hue 50 Hue 55 Brightness 44 Brightness 38 Saturation 54 Saturation 40 Contrast 50 Contrast 40 N Date Setting This sections lets yo
126. threshold of the disk space to be kept in the hard disk Cleanup Space GB when the limitation Disk Space is reached it will delete an amount size of previously saved files according to 66 x 8 your selection here IMPORTANT With these parameters NVR storage management will start cleanup process when the Limitation Space value is reached For example if you set Limitation Space to 50 GB and Cleanup Space to 5 GB it means that when the hard disk capacity is smaller than 50 GB NVR storage manager will clean up 5 GB of the oldest files with the oldest files being removed first Minimize and restore panel you can use this to minimize or restore this panel 4 6 Setup Schedule Recording 4 6 1 Go to Recording Setup Logout Quit A V gt lt Admin List Camera Group Gamera Recording Motion gt Account liniGo to Schedu le setu p Refresh Camera ID vy New Apply Delete Media Source Device Group Information amp fif ALL CAMERA Group Name Group Description Camera Group Page 1 of 1 With 2 Record s i4 4 gt gt Group Name Group Description Retail store 1 At New York Headquarters Taipei Taiwan 67 4 6 2 Setup Schedule as below hammer Group Camere Recording Schedule Alou Motion Account Monitor gt Soarch gt Playback gt Systam 7 Qer t cnans Apply Setting Channel 20 Schedule Contnuous O Scheduio ii O Event with Stre
127. to be Hue 50 Brightness 44 Saturation 54 Contrast 50 Date setting We will use a computer running windows XP as an SNTP NTP server The IP of the computer is 192 168 1 6 thus we select the SNTP NTP and input the IP to be 192 168 1 6 and selet the time interval to be 5mins 5 3 Decoding The decoding block is at the central site There are 4 decoders and their setting is as below 5 3 6 Select Transcoder SED 3300 5 3 7 Connections 5 3 2 1 Power D Connect to the respective device according to the specification specified on the hardware manual 5 3 2 2 Ethernet Cable E Please always connect the Ethernet cable to WAN port 5 3 2 3 Analog Monitor DVR F Connect the analog output to the DVR or analog monitor 5 3 2 4 RS 485 connection Options if you are connecting to a control panel then follow the instruction on the manual to connect it 5 3 8 Connect the Transcoder to network 5 3 9 Configure the Transcoder 5 3 4 1 System information On 2006 03 06 the firmware version is B1D A0 V1 01 04 not the latest B1D V2 03 04 from ACTi website www acti com then I need to upgrade the firmware to the latest version 5 3 4 2 Firmware Upgrade Follow the operation manual to upgrade the firmware to the latest version 5 3 4 3 Host Setting The host setting of each transcoder is as below Host setting Transcoder Transcoderl Tran
128. u know how to the set the time of the IP camera Since the IP camera embeds the timecode within the streaming it is important to set the time of the IP camera right We recommend you to use SNTP NTP because it can make sure all the IP camera are synchronized to the same time Please refer to support packge TS 00006 for how to set up http www acti com support support_package asp The synchronize time means the time interval for the IP camera to sync time with the SNTP NTP server we recommend you to set as 5mins in normal conditions If you are not sure about the SNTP NTP please select Set Manually and manually input the time 104 leb Configurator Camera 135 gt gt Video Display ESSE SNTP NTP Server gt gt WAN Setting IP Address 9 172 16 1 201 gt gt Date Setting SyncTime 5Min gt gt Video Setting Set Manually gt gt Video Adjust Date 2004 v 01 v y 01 v Time 00 00 00 gt gt User Account gt gt System Info gt gt Firmware Time Zone 9 GMT 08 00 v gt gt Factory Default gt gt Save Reboot gt gt Logout 005 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved 105 3 4 Decoding Hybrid Solution CCTN IP oot gt T 1 1 E gt Decoding THIELE Console mem MPEG 4 Stream SE Analog Video In this chapter we will tell you how to select install and configure the devices in this block These d
129. ull featured managed DNS hosting Page 4 Support Package Step 4 1 After login click on My Services 2 Click on Add Host Services Q DynDNS vst Account Level Services My Services Account Upgrades MaiMop Outbound Credited Account 7 No ET ER Recursive DNS Account Upgrades w No Ai a MailHop Outbound 7 None Vater Agd My Zones AdS Zore Sentes Recursive DNS Q None View att My Hosts ASS Host Seraces DNS Service Level Agreement 7 None vim gg Zone Level Services Aad Zane tanis No zone level service items registered Host Level Services Page 5 Support Package Step 5 1 Click on Add Dynamic DNS Host My Account Add Host Services My Services Account Upgrades oa se j Dynamic DNS 2 Add Dynamic DNS Host ailHop Outboun Recursive DNS Static DNS Add Static DNS Host SLA WebHop Add WebHo My Zones MyWebHop 2 Add My WebHop Add cone Semicoz Network Monitoring Add Network Monitoring My Hosts Add Host Services Dynamic DNS Page 6 Support Package Step 6 1 Input the Hostname field ex actidemo dyndns org 2 Click on Add Host Button 3 DDNS apply successfully DynDNS ere My Services Settings Log Out My Account 7 SM New Dynamic DNS Host My Services Account Upgrades _ a MailHop Outbound Hostname actidemo J dvrans org IE Recursive DNS IP Address 210 202 218 193 S
130. upport Package TS 00006 Created Nov 10 2005 Updated _ System Integration Sub Category _ Network All video servers IP cameras How to setup NTP function in video server IP camera Support URL Customer service acti com Tech Support MSN Messenger ID http www acti com support Customer service acti com Page 1 Support Package How to setup NTP function in video server IP camera NTP Network Time Protocol function is made to synchronize multiple network devices time setting to a time server Our video server IP camera adds the time code into the streaming thus our recording have the exact event time embedded With NTP function you can ensure all your video server IP camera send streaming following the same time base and it would be very useful for future event analysis You can find in this manual tell you A How to setup your video server IP camera NTP B How to set up a simple NTP server C Self diagnostic Page 2 Support Package Chapterl Setup your video server I P camera NTP setting Follow the procedures below to setup Step1 Setup in the web configurator Open Web Configurator Click on Date Setting Enable SNTP NTP Server Function Enter the IP Address of SNTP NTP Server you can use a PC with Windows XP OS 5 Choose the Sync Time This means the frequency to synchronize date time with NTP server 6 After setting click on the Apply button 7 I
131. utine of each chapter below and browse quickly through contents you are familiar with and look carefully for contents you are not familiar with 0 2 Outline of each chapter Chapter1 Introduction to IP Surveillance solution This chapter talks about what IP Surveillance system is and the evolution history about video surveillance system Chapter2 Building blocks of IP Surveillance solution Basically for all Surveillance system there can be 3 parts which are Video Production Video Transmission and Video Preview amp Management This chapter will let you know how each part works Chapter3 Reference book documentation This chapter tells you the basic concepts about the Video Production Chapter4 Contact us This chapter tells you the basic concepts about the Video Transmission Chapter 1 Introduction to IP surveillance solution 1 1 What is IP Surveillance Solution IP Surveillance Solution belongs to the video surveillance system and it contains digitalized video amp audio stream generation stream transfer via network LAN WAN Internet stream storage stream management and stream intelleigence The main difference between IP Surveillance Solution and Analog Surveillance Solution is that IP Surveillance Solution uses network as the backbone to transporting data instead of using point to point coxial cabling IP Surveillance data includes video audio event information device control and user defined informations 1 2 What i
132. veillance Solution This chapter we will tell you how to step by step deploy a Hybrid IP Surveillance Solution To start with we divide a Hybrid IP surveillance solution into several building blocks as below You can refer to the below description about how each building block work Hybrid Solution CCTV AP Transmission lt Decoding Imaging lt A Monitor gt Management Storage V b lt ACTi THEME Console me MPEG 4 Stream SE Analog Video We strongly recommend you to view Chapter 5 IP surveillance case study at the same time Chapter 5 contains the detailed step by step selection and setting of a chain retail shop project 13 3 1 Network Hybrid Solution GGTV IP Network THIELE Console i MPEG 4 Stream ME Analog Video This block is very important because it stings up all other building blocks All otther buiding blocks requires appropriate network setting and connection to make the system works The network deployment and network settings are very flexible and subject to each system s design Please go through below instruction to have an overview concept then you can go back to this section if you have any problem about network setup You can also refer to support package TS 00029 at http www acti com support support_package asp to know more about LAN WAN 2 1 1 Network Consideration This section tells you about what to consider when deploy an network 2 1 1 1 Device network co
133. wer DC12V using the adaptor provided Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens Be sure to connect the Iris control cable to the Iris port see CAM 5100 manual 148 DI DO options Serial connection No need for Dome camera CAM 3 Customer Speed dome camera type CAM 6200 Power According to hardware manual Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens No need Serial connection No need for Dome camera CAM 4 Street Power According to hardware manual Ethernet Cable 10 100M Ethernet Cable connect to WAN port Lens No need DJ DO options Serial connection No need for Dome camera 5 2 14 Camera configuration Please follow the hardware manual to login the camera to view the image first Then refer to the the 2 2 6 for items to adjust Below is required configuration for each camera NOTE These settings are for Retails ShopA Please use it as an example to set cameras at other Retail shops CAM 1 POS Dome camera type CAM 7100 Analog Imaging configuration Analog Imaging configuration Auto Iris Electric No need Box camera only Shutter DC level Adjust it if you see images too bright or too dark BLC If you confront big BLC problem you can try to switch it on or off to find the best images WDR No need Flickerless No need this site is not in Japan White Balance Adjust only if you find the
134. what your customer need Thus we have to customize the diagram into your customer s solution diagram which is your proposal We will not include everything in this guide Please refer to 1 IP Surveillance Proposal Guide for how make a proposal to your customer 2 Tech Support and Troubleshooting guide for how to define the problem analyze the problem then solve the problem Copyright This manual is the intellectual property of ACTi and is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document maybe reproduced or transmitted for any purpose by any means including electronic or mechanical without the official written permission from ACTi Trademarks All names used in this manual for hardware and software are probably registered trademarks of respective companies Liability Every care has been taken during writing this manual Please inform your local office if you find any inaccuracies or omissions We cannot be held responsible for any typographical or technical errors and reserve the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice N Table of Contents INTRODUCTION senan n elseeetineeeet inl ise en N ERA 1 TABLE OF FIGURES winitevoserssoveseusersionerstenevetinaseatarnenntsensueativeze cnt ss ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED CHAPTER 1 SELECT YOUR SOLUTION TYPE cssccssesssesssesscesscesecessceseceaecssecssecseccseeeseeeeseeeseesessenecs 4 D221 Pure IP SOLU OM enin ioin aie a E E
135. y Besides as long as the HD is not broken the images quality stays the same unlike images stored in cassettes The DVR s video inputs are typically 4 9 or 16 which means the quad and multiplexer functionality is built in The video playback of a DVR is more advanced than VCR It can search video by time event and some advanced searching in addition to VCR s manual Forwarding and rewinding This playback mechanism saves enormous time of the operators when searching for a specified time or event 1 3 3 Analog CCTV system networking DVR PICTURE Video generation block Analog camera that generate analog video via coaxial output Data transmission block All the data from camera and sensor to DVR is transferred via directly point to point cabling There are coaxial cables to transfer the analog video RS 485 cables to transfer the control signals to the camera or to a DVR Digital Video Recorder and alarm in alarm out cables to transfer the signals from sensor to a DVR or from a DVR to a buzzer Because there s are so many cables to install and maintain the cabling cost is huge and increase the difficulties to maintain the system All the data from DVR to a Client PC is via IP based network LAN WAN Internet The PC can be anywhere with an network connection to the DVR Video monitoring block There s are two ways to monitoring the video 1 Use analog TV to view the images 2 Use a PC to access the DVR and view the ima
136. yTOOOoOOO Ooo A Can be used later for switching preview from 1CH 4CH 9CH 16CH 5 3 Repeat the 5 1 5 2 to see all cameras 5 4 For PTZ control click the window with the PTZ function then click the Preview button Sad Need Need Nea Need Nee t Nome ORR TIE ram ge Ge Ge 6 Ci Ge 5 5 5 You can use the PTZ panel to control the PTZ function if the PTZ panel is greyed out and can t be controlled please recheck your PTZ setting 5 5 1 Normal Operation eT 54 2 ean 1 Zoom function click to zoom in the view click to zoom out the view Focus function click amp to sharpen the focus on the view click to loosen the focus on the view IRIS function click to open the IRIS click to close the IRIS PAN Speed function click to increase the speed of pan operation click to decrease the speed of pan operation TILT Speed function click amp to increase the speed of tilt operation click to decrease the speed of tilt operation Tilt operation function click A to tilt up click Vv to tilt down Pan operation function click gt to pan right click lt to pan left Camera indicator indicates current active camera ID Remote control panel function Click this button to enable the remote control panel function Remote control panel function transmits the control data from a control panel connected to this PC to the remote PTZ device ex IP speed dome or any PTZ device connec

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