Firmware User Manual v3.13.16
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1. e STEP6 Click Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click the Properties button If you have both IPv4 and IPv6 choose IPv4 A Local Area Connection Properties General Connect using BS Broadcom 440 10 700 Integrated Cc This connection uses the following thems los Packet Scheduler Y AEGIS Protocol IEEE 802 1 v3 1 5 0 Internet Protocol TCPF IF Install Uninstall Description Transmission Control Pratacal Intemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited ar no connectivity e STEP7 Click the Use the following IP address radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet mask f internet Protocol TCP IP Properties ania 4 ams eran son Please set the settings as below IP address 192 168 O xxx Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 NOTE xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100 which is used by the IP device Please also make sure that no two equipments use the same IP address in the same network e STEPS Click the OK button and the window dialog box closes 1 3 Configuring the IP device This section describes how to configure the IP device The administrator has unlimited access to all settings while the normal user can only view live video The IP device2. B Hi 22 e STEP2 Configure these settings with reference to the table below If you are still unsure what to set contact your system administrator EWAN Setting Parameters Description Click this to enable IP device s DHCP function Dynamic IP It will acquire its WAN port IP address from a DHCP server within the same network You must have a DHCP server in address order to enable this function Name Click this to manually enter the IP device WAN port IP address Qp address Enter the WAN port IP address Static IP subnet mask Enter the subnet mask of WAN port If address IP address is changed adjust the subnet mask accordingly Osp gateway Enter the IP address of the gateway the router Click this when you connect IP device directly to the xDSL modem Ouser name Enter the user name of your xDSL account Opassword Enter the password of your xDSL account Note You have to click the Save Reboot after you click the Apply button to let this IP device start xDSL connections BDNS server Setting Parameters Description p Primary DNS Defines the IP address of the primary DNS server This is used server for identifying this computer by name instead of IP address e Secondary DNS The IP address of the secondary DNS server It will be used server once the primary DNS server fails BDDNS server Setting Parameters Description DDNS t Click this to enable IP device s DDN
3. Encoder Firmware A1D 220 V3 13 16 AC User s Manual DA acti www acti com Table of Contents I INSTALLATION 1 1 Minimum System Requirements 1 2 Preparation before setup 1 2 1 Setup your PC network 1 3 Configuring the IP device 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 4 L33 1 3 6 1 3 7 1 3 8 1 3 9 1 3 10 1 3 11 1 25 12 1 3 13 1 3 14 1 3 15 1 3 16 LES 1 3 18 1 3 19 1 3 20 1 3 21 1 95 22 1 95 23 Video Display PTZ PTZ Camera only Host Setting WAN Setting Date Setting Video Setting Video Adjustment OSD Privacy Mask Camera Setup HQ1 CCD camera models Camera Setup CMOS camera models Camera Setup PTZ camera models UPnP Bonjour IEEE 802 1x IP Address Filtering Event User Account System Info Firmware Upgrade Profile Factory Default save Reboot Logout 11 15 20 22 25 27 30 33 35 38 40 41 42 42 43 45 62 63 65 67 68 68 69 INSTALLATION 1 1 Minimum System Requirements The IP device provides access through an embedded web server To access the device your PC needs to meet minimum requirements to perform satisfactorily CPU Pentinum 4 2 4GHz and above Memory 256 MB or above Windows XP with SP2 or above Windows Vista Windows 2003 Operating System Windows 7 Internet Explorer 6 0 SP2 Internet Explorer 7 0 Internet Explorer 8 0 Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution 1 2 Preparation before setup Our IP device provides access thro
4. Main Setup page The Camera Setup page is displayed as below a MA m Camera Setup Q Video Mirror g F BLC amp White Balance Mode AUTO a Exposure Mode Shutter Priority w AGC Gain 128 1 255 Q9 17 IRIS DC Level 64 0 255 Q 17 Shutter Speed 1 60 sec v Line Frequency OHz w oeocce Detection Source CDS QU Day to Night Threshold 99 10 100 16 17 D tremere io 1 2524 D p DP Night to Day Threshold 96 0 100 16 17 e Night to Day Timer 10 0 255 sec 16 17 1 4 Current Exposure Level 1 IR LED Control AUTO OFF Day Night Control AUTO Detection Source DSP Day to Night Threshold 93 0 100 100 Disable Night to Day Threshold 60 0 4100 0 Disable Screen UI when Detection Source is DSP 35 mCamera setting Parameters Description Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left right sc che this box to enable back light compensation Select the white balance mode After you set the parameter you need to wait for 5 10seconds to see the final result 1 AUTO Auto white balance default 2 INDOORH Select the indoor white balance profile 1 3 INDOOR2 Select the indoor white balance profile 2 4 OUTDOOR 1 Select the outdoor white balance profile 1 5 OUTDOOR2 Select the outdoor white balance profile 2 Mode 6 HOLD CURRENT Select this to let the IP camera automatically obtain a best white balance setting according to current env
5. NTSC Composite Two Ways Audio 0x71 Company Name ACTi Corporation WEB Site www acti com IP Address 192 168 0 100 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 254 WAN Connect Status Disconnect DNS Connect Status Disconnect DDNS Connect Status Disconnect Oat laaaine OEM Canta E Found OEM Config File load itt Load OEM Config File Done Start loading S YS File Found SYS Config File load it sync default SYS Config to SYS Config done l Load SYS File Done Starting Modules Manager Config File Get device parameters and current settings Parameter List Always attach the server report when contacting your support channel Server Report J 63 e STEP2 View the information in the 3 columns This information is very useful to understand the IP device status and to resolve any problem that might occur mSystem info Column Description G Svstem inf It shows the firmware version MAC address production ID and Jose factory default type of IP device It shows the WAN port s IP address netmask gateway DNS server DDNS host and connection status S It shows the system event log This column is very useful as a yotemupg diagnostic tool e STEP3 Click Q Parameter List where you may see all configurations of the IP device e STEP4 Click e Server Report to export related information of the IP device while contacting your support channel 64 1 3 19 Firmware Upgrade This
6. End Time Type 1 20 Oct Ed Last sun Ed 0200 B Aij Reset B ns Copynight 2003 2007 ACTI Corporation All Right Reserved e STEP2 Configure these settings with reference to the table below If you are still unsure what to set contact your system administrator m Date Setting Parameters Description Click this to enable IP device s SNTP NTP function SNTP NTP function enables this video to synchronize its time settings with a SNTP NTP server You can use this function to make sure all your IP devices time is the same Additionally with our embedded digital time code in the streaming you can tell the event sequence accurately Qv address Enter the IP address of the SNTP NTP Server Osync time Select the time interval for this IP device to synchronize its time Click this to manually setup the date amp time Obate Select the date Oime Select the time 25 Oseiect Type 1 to specify daylight saving time by week number in a month select Type 2 to specify daylight saving 8 time by date ay Light Saving Ds Time Select the daylight savings start time Dena Time Select the daylight savings end time e STEP3 Click the e Apply button of each setting to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters NOTE Once you finish all settings be sure to click the Save A Reboot button Otherwise some settings may not take effect Manually set date and time
7. STEP7 Click the DO2 Button to set DO status by DO2 to High 1 or Low 0 The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots STEPS Click the Q Setup to exit the live view and return to Main Setup page NOTE If the streaming is disabled you cannot see the live images here NOTE For all network router switches connected to this Camera Video Server be sure to use Auto Negotiation as the Network Connections Type This will enable the whole network to always run at the highest possible speed 12 1 3 1 2 PTZ or PT camera This section tells you how to view live video via Internet Explorer The PTZ function is available only to root user Factory default Admin 123456 Other users cannot see this command e STEP1 Click the Video Display on the Main Setup page The Video Display page is displayed as below gt gt PIZ NEZS Video Display 2 3 gt gt Setup MpPEG4 w v Mute Audio Out amp Volume 84 v Doi CD GD po Ga C02 Q 2009 09 05 08 33 45 e STEP2 Check the M MPEG4 MJPEG to select the Compression type Once selected the IP camera video server will start to stream with the new compression method e STEP3 Check the o Mute c checkbox to mute or play audio from the video server IP camera e STEP4 Click the e Audio Out checkbox to enable disable audio transmission from this PC to the IP camera video server s audio out and chan
8. Increasing it will make camera switch to night mode at a darker illumination level The camera will only switch day night status if the p Day to Night illumination level stays either above or below the boundary Timer for this much time This is to prevent a temporary brightness change from triggering unnecessary day night 10 Day to Night Threshold 36 ange 0 O p Night to Day Threshold 13 Night To Day Timer Dp Current Exposure Level B IR LED Control This value controls the level of light where camera switches into Day mode Increasing it will make camera switch to Day mode at a darker illumination level The camera will only switch day night status if the illumination level stays either above or below the boundary for this much time This is to prevent a temporary brightness change from triggering unnecessary day night changes Clicking this button will refresh the illumination level reading from the camera sensor The larger the number the darker the environment IR LED may be configured as AUTO or Disabled here If it is set as AUTO LED will turn on in night mode and turn off in day mode If set to Disabled LED will stay off when camera switches into night mode STEP2 Click the 16 Apply button of each section to confirm the settings or click the 17 Reset button to re enter the parameters NOTE This section is available for ACM 5811 ACM 7511 only Other CCD Models may not h
9. PC e STEP2 Click the Start and select the Control Panel Paul Chen j Internet Internet Explorer o E mail T Microsoft Office Outlool CY Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Professional x Microsoft Office Excel 2003 All Programs D p My Documents D My Recent Documents gt d My Pictures 3 My Music 43 My Computer My Network Places gt Control Panel Set Program Access and Defaults v Connect To tS Printers and Faxes P Log Off 9 Shut Down STEP3 Double click the Network and Internet connections icon amp Control Panel File Edit view Favorites Tools Help E P Search f Folders G Control Panel v Control Panel A G Switch to Classic View See Also Pick a category x E Appearance and Themes Printers and Other Hardware Windows Update E m 9 Help and Support Network and Internet Connections o Other Control Panel Options Options E ut Sounds Speech and Audio Devices Accessibility Options j Add or Remove Programs Date Time Language and Regional Performance and Maintenance Security Center STEP4 Double click the Network connections icon amp Network and Internet Connections PES File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae lt Back 4 JJ Search Folders HH Address Go Network and Internet Connections See Also My Network Places 4X Printers and Other M se bl Pick a task G Remote Desktop L
10. are many types available The default is Login We recommend you to use Auto Detection Available authentication types include Auto Detection None Login Plain Cram MD5 Digest MDS and PoP Relay Please also enter e the User Name Password the email address displayed as sender can be different than the user name Osmrp server address Osmirp Port number and Max Connection time before timeout in seconds Click O Apply to use these settings or click D Reset to clear changes Primary SMTP Configurations ah Enable e Authentication Type Login User Name Event testcom Qu erPassword eesseese Ge sender Email Address EventHandler testcom 3 SMTP Server Address smtp test com Jg SMTP Port Number 25 Max Connecting Time 20 msec 0 300 msec Secondary SMTP Configurations Enable F Authentication Type Login User Name User Password sender Email Address SMTP Server Address SMTP Port Number 25 Max Connecting Time 10 msec 0 300 msec Q 47 Primary SMTP Configurations Enable Authentication Type Auto Detection UserName Tester gmail com UserPassword sesesseeeee sender Email Address Tester gqmail com SMTP Server Address smtp gmail com SMTP Port Number 465 Max Connecting Time 10 sec 0 300 sec HTTP CGI server CGI servers are programs that run on web sites or many devices They can be custom programmed to perform a large variety of actions based upon the input Y
11. body m Click p Apply to use these settings or click Reset to clear changes 51 Notification messages Enable Message 1 a Send messageto HTTPCGI1 cGisetinas csi pinicmarencoder including path of CGI program URLCommand prz PRESET Go 1 Message ook at Front Door Enable Message2 is send message to EMAL pReceipt of E Mail addresses supernisor test com using for multiple addresses subject Entrance Detected co PHA omm Message Someone comes through the front door Enable Message 3 fields must be filled in D Arp Reset 52 Upload video snapshot Pre requisites SMTP server FTP server HTTP CGI server setup IP devices may send video recording snapshots to your chosen server upon event Video will be in RAW format while snapshots will be JPG files You can define up to three group of settings to upload video snapshot Snapshots can be sent to FTP HTTP CGI and via Email while video can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP COGI servers If Audio in 1s enabled in device the uploaded video will include audio The parameters needed to setup this function are different for each task combination snapshot ftp or video HTTP etc and are explained below Enable Enable Video Snapshot1 CGI Upload image to FTP Server v Upload Time 3 0 86400 seconds Imagerate Y Y Y mageRate 0 me ofimages per upload ime 0 means the
12. encoder PTZ PRESET GO 2 including path of CGI program max 119 characters Command as event is noor Send Command 9 HTTP CGI 1 Command as event is triggered Icgi bin cmd encoader VIDEO BITRATE 3M amp VIDEO FPS_NUM inciuding path of CGI program max 119 characters dnce ee poe pesca MI Icgi bin cmd encoder VIDEO BITRATE 750K amp VIDEO FPS_NU 9incu ding path of CGI program max 119 characters Send Command 3 to HTTP CGI 1 i URL commands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event This provides the possibility of highly intelligient response upon event IP devices and many other devices also have embedded CGI servers that may be controlled When Event Handler sends an URL command it will send one set of command when the event is trigged and another as the event becomes inactive Depending on the CGi design the URL commands may be able to be stringed together and multiple commands may be issued in a single line An example would be when the access control device at the entrance detects an entry this device provides a DI signal to the PTZ camera and triggers an event This event then sends a loopback command to the PTZ Camera itself by setting its own IP as the HTTP CGI server The PTZ Camera then moves to a preset location stays until the event is over then move back to another location At the same time it moves to the preset 56 location it increases the bitrate from 750k to 3M and the frame
13. for a minimum duration of time before returning to normal mode This duration is controlled by setting the trigger interval value During this time the device will NOT respond to a second trigger The device will stay in the triggered state for as long as the trigger continues to be effective So the Trigger interval only limits the minimum amount of time the device will spend in the triggered state Below are sample diagrams on trigger response mechanism No minimum interval Minimum interval 60s Trigger 20s Trigger 20s Response 20s Response 60s ma m Trigger 80s Response 80s Trigger 20s 20s Response 60s O Digital I O ports Digital Input Port Port Active Level Interval 0 86400 seconds DI Q O9 Digital Output Port Port Active Level Interval 0 86400 seconds 1 e LAN Apply Q Reset DI To setup DI please define the Dactive level as O or 1 If the active level 1s set as 1 then camera will consider high voltage difference a trigger which can be used to initiate other events The event will end when the DI voltage goes back to O Ormcva determines the minimum delay that must pas
14. is configured under a standard browser Microsoft IE6 IE7 IES Follow the procedures below to configure the IP device e STEP1 Open a browser e STEP2 Enter the IP address of the IP device The default IP address is 192 168 0 100 You need to allow the Active X install in IE to properly access this device If you encounter any issues please modify your security setting and allow ActiveX from this device Please see this knowledge base article for details link The Login Page is now displayed as below E Web Configurator Yideo Manager Yersion ACTi D1 2_0 Microsoft Internet Explorer SEE BRO RHO RAG RABEMA IAM RAD T Qin 2 3 m LJ a v Ejus 56 Qsest is b Configurator Camera 1 Account Password Language English v Aa ANNE A e STEP3 Enter account name factory default Admin and password factory default 123456 NOTE Internet Explorer 6 0 7 0 8 0 is highly recommended You may download it from http www microsoft com windows ie downloads default mspx e STEP4 Select the language of the IP device user interface You can select from English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Spanish Italian German Portuguese Czech French Finnish Hungarian and Danish This user interface setting will disappear once you log out if you want to change the default user interface language please change the setting of Host setting after login e STEPS Click th
15. on the video display screen will show as clickable Click to trigger the selected event This is useful during event rule testing gt gt Setup NOSZN Video Display MPEG4 Audio Out amp Volume 84 po1Ghy Q03 61 1 3 17 User Account This section tells you how to setup the accounts e STEP1 Click the User account on the Main Setup page The Account management page is displayed as below Camera 1 I User Account Setting FI Je e STEP2 Setup the account names and their respective passwords There are root administrator account e and 10 common user accounts allowed Root administrator account allows the user to watch the live view and modify all settings The common user account only allows live video view and cannot change settings e STEP3 Click the OF Apply button to confirm the settings or click the OrReset button to re enter the parameters NOTE Once you finish all settings be sure to click the Save Reboot button Otherwise some settings may not take effect 62 1 3 18 System Info This section tells you how to see the system information of this IP device including firmware version MAC address Product ID WAN status and system log e STEP1 Click the System info on the Main Setup page The System information page is displayed as below system Information MAC Address 0D of Ft 00 03 18 Production ID Factory Default Type
16. rate from 4 fps to 8 fps The bitrate fps changes are reverted at the end of event Go to a preset point selected models only oO Gotoa preset point Enable PresetPoint 1 b d Park Time 10 0 300 seconds 0 disable For PTZ cameras there will be an extra option available This will require the camera to move to a preset location In this interface you will setup which preset point to go to and how long do you want the camera to stay there At the end of event the PTZ camera will return to the position right before the event The difference between this and the PTZ via URL command scenario 1s that this only performs the PTZ move without the ability to aggregate multiple other changes into the same trigger Be sure to do Save and Reboot after you ve updated the event settings Only then will the settings be commited to physical memory You may lose the settings to power loss or other situations if you do not do this step 57 Event Rules You may define a maximum of 10 Event rules which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event List panel It will display under each Event ID the days of the week it will be active the start time and duration of the active period the type of the source of trigger and the actions used in the response If the row is greyed out this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays inactive Event List ID WeekDay Start Duration Source Action 1 4234
17. the background will show through the OSD text Position Select the location where the text will appear in the image String This is where you enter the user defined string U as described in the next section Format This controls what 1s shown in the OSD text You can click the Format 33 Notice to the corner for a full list of available parameters The OSD text is primarily based upon this field 9 Apply button Click apply button to confirm the setting Privacy Mask Region 1 cane Og SEU naso Mask Color Setup Fj Green v 9o 1 Enable Check this box to enable each OSD Privacy mask region 2 Type Each region can be in one of two types OSD On Screen Display or Privacy mask 3 Color Privacy Mask This determines the color of the Privacy Mask Area You may choose between Black Green Red and Blue 4 Setup Click this checkbox to enable Oprivacy mask area setup Click and drag the adjust square at the lower right to change dimensions click and drag the adjust column at the top to move Similar to Motion Detection Region 5 Privacy Mask Area The privacy mask area will show on screen as a solid block of color 6 Privacy mask area setup Click and drag to modify the position and size of Privacy mask 7 Apply button Click apply to confirm the setting 34 1 3 9 Camera Setup HQ1 CCD camera models This section tells you how to adjust the camera e STEP1 Click the Camera Setup on the
18. 567 ooo 2400 obi GO MSGIIMGIMDICMD 2 412345 osoo 1000 SCH pot 3 1234567 0347 otoo SCH MSG1 MSG2 CMD1 CMD2 4 1234567 00 00 2400 NONE IMG1 CMD1 5 4234567 0000 2400 DH IMG1 GO MD1 6 1234567 0000 2400 MD1MD2MD3 GOCMDi There are several parts to the Event rule When is it active You may choose to enable the rule or not The settings will be kept in internal memory even if the event rule is disabled Select the days in a weekly cycle o in which this rule and schedule is active Determine the Oi time and Quuaion of the active period For example a rule that lets motion detection trigger snapshot uploads to FTP would only take place after 19 00 each day for 12 hours Outside of this time the rule will not be active OS EventRule 3 eEnadle 7 cycle of Time Mon iv Tue Wi Wed lv Thr b Fri iv Sat iv Sun Siar Time 00 00 Duration 24 00 max 168 00 hours Triggered by Scheduled 58 How is it triggered Events may be triggered by several sources Schedule The event will start at the start time noted in the weekly scheduler and end after the duration 1s reached The active period and the triggered period are one and the same You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time The interval 1s determined in minutes You may use this with email FTP upload to take snapshots at regular intervals T
19. HostName ACTI Q Language English Y 2 Apply Reset Q 20O Wetwork Link Speed amp Duplex WAN Port Auto Detect di 5 Apply Reset Q 2 gt ToS Type of Service ToS Priority Normal Service Y Q Apply Reset Q HTTP Port 80 w Search Server Port1 6005 Search Server Pot2 6006 Apply Reset Q Setting marked with require user to Save Reboot this IP device to save the settings to system Otherwise these settings will be lost if the device reboots might be power lost or others e STEP2 Configure these settings with reference to the table below If you are still unsure what to set contact your system administrator ilHost Setting Parameters Description Q Josi Enter a host name and this host name will be shown when you ea use the IP utility or the SDK to search for the IP device Select the language of default user interface Every user will Language see the default user interface first when logging in E Network link speed amp duplex This item lets you select the network transmission speed of WAN port You can select from 1 Auto detect default setting 20 2 100Mbps Full duplex 3 100Mbps Half duplex 4 10Mbps Full duplex 5 10Mbps Half duplex ITOoS Type of Service Select the TOS tag s priority to be added onto the streaming You can select between 1 Normal Service 9 TOS priority 2 Minimize Cost 3 Maximize Reliability 4 Maximize throughput 5 Minimiz
20. Phena EH Modem ERIS Set up or change your Internet connection i Create a connection to the network at your workplace Troubleshooters Set up a wireless network for a home or small office 2 Networking Change Windows Firewall settings 2 Internet Explorer 2 Network Diagnostics or pick a Control Panel icon Internet Options Network Connections Connects to other computers networks and the as Windows Firewall Wireless Network Setup Wizard e STEPS Click Local Area Connections and then click Change settings of this connection in the network Task menu s Network Connections File Edit View Favorites Tools Advanced Help o Bak ap wi Search lg Folders Gi Address Network Connections LAN or High Speed Internet Network Tasks ocal Area Connection 1394 Connection s istis deis etwork cable unplugged Fire Connected Firewalled connection ise ant SO NIE ndienke L roadcom 440x 10 100 Integr Mies 1394 Net Adapter Change Windows a h Firewall settings wireless Network Connection v Disable this network Connected Firewalled device CL t Intel R PRO Wireless 2200BG mj Rename this connection Change settings of this connection Other Places G Control Panel My Network Places L My Documents P My Computer Details Local Area Connection LAN or High Speed Internet Network cable unplugged Firewalled Broadcom 440x 10 100 Integrated Controller
21. S function ype DDNS function enables user to connect to this IP device by 23 PM name even if its IP address is not static Click one of the DDNS service providers ib Service ISP You can visit their website to get a DDNS service account for this IP device Qu Enter the host name of your DDNS service account ex PAE Xxxx dyndns oro Enter the login user name for your DDNS service account Enter the login password for your DDNS service account e STEPS Click the D Apply button for each section to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters A NOTE Once you finish all settings be sure to click the Save Reboot button Otherwise some settings may not take effect NOTE For all network router switches connected to this Camera Video A Server be sure to use Auto Negotiation as the Network Connections Type This will enable the whole network to always run at the highest possible speed 24 1 3 5 Date Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device s date and time settings e STEPI Click the Date Setting on the Main Setup page The Date setting page is displayed as below 9 SNTP NTP Server IP Address 192 16802 3 Sync Time 1 Day ig o Set Manually Date 2004 2 7 01 2 7 0 DO Time 00 00 0 DO Time Zone GMT 00 00 Dublin Lisbon London Reykjavik 29 Day Light Saving Start Time Type 1 209 Mar EJ Last E sun amp 0200 QO
22. Server Q enter the user name the password Q Network address port number and Omax connection time before timeout in seconds Click Oi Apply to use these settings or click OrrReset to clear changes HTTPD 1 Enable Quse Name Admin User Password eeeasa CE Network Address 10 1 1 85 Grot Number 80 max Connecting Time 15 msec 0 60 msec O Q Resa Event Configuration Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered For most types of responses you can create several different preset responses then mix and match in event rules Some responses are not supported in all IP devices e g DO PTZ Event Motion Detection profile is also a triggerable response but the parameters are defined through the Video Adjust page not in Event page The configurable responses are classified as Digital I O ports Notification messages Upload Image Snapshot Send URL Commands and go to PTZ Presets Digital I O ports Digital I O ports selected models only read and control the voltage difference in the circuit and respond to it They are useful in connecting to a wide variety of devices D I is a trigger while D O is a response Both are setup here Both have a low voltage state and a high voltage state noted as 0 and 1 49 Trigger Interval How does it work When a motion is detected or the device receives a DI trigger usually users want the camera to stay on high alert
23. The amount of time that must pass before another motion event can be detected This is used to prevent the IP device from generating too many motion detection signals Night time Noisy environments In such cases the background noise will be much greater than day time So random noise will create some non existent motion activity To avoide getting false alarms please lower your sensitivity levels and slightly reduce the threshold until you get a good balance Object Size The size of object that may be detected is determined not only by threshold but also by the motion detection region size Generally a smaller region will always be much more accurate and sensitive than a big region Try to cover the scene with two or three MD regions instead of using one to cover the whole screen 22 1 3 8 OSD Privacy Mask Region1 Enable iz Type O oso Color gc Position White 0 TOP T string A Z 0 9 T 7 7 max 24char o Formal 96 YYYY96X96MM96X96DD961A Format Notice QU Live View Window Enable Check this box to enable each OSD Privacy mask region Type Each region can be in one of two types OSD On Screen Display or Privacy mask Color OSD This determines the color of the OSD Text You may choose between Black Green Red and Blue Transparent This number determines the level of transparency for this OSD Text means that the background between the texts will not be visible while 100 means
24. ady This will trigger the event responses once the device boots up You can use this to create a notification system that keeps record of when the device has been rebooted via email Stop This triggers the event response when the device is shut down via web UI Save and Reboot Use this to keep record of when was the device setting edited Note that this will not take effect when the device is unplugged as this is not normal shutdown What responses will occur Digital Output selected models only This is an useful link to other devices Click to include this in the response for this rule Send notification Message Select from the three pre defined messages which you ve setup in the Event Configuration section You may enable multiple messages at the same time For sending Email please limit the recipient to one per event rule If you need to send email to more than one recipient please use separate event rules triggered by the same trigger Upload video snapshots Select which of the event configurations to include in this response set If you are sending email via upload video and sending notification message at the same time the system will automatically merge the two emails into one The subject and image will be based upon the Upload snapshot Event configuration enabled but the message in the body text will be based upon the Notification messages In general please stick to the one email per event rule limit fo
25. ave Camera Setup section 37 1 3 10 Camera Setup CMOS camera models This section tells you how to adjust the camera e STEPI Click the Camera Setup on the Main Setup page The Camera Setup page 1s displayed as below b ACTI AAL V gz Lo 8 Camera 1 gt gt Quit C Video Flipping o Video Mirror v Lens Compensation iv NightTime Gain Threshold 80 9 1 1000 9 White Balance Mode MANUAL RGain 28 1 2530 B Gain 128 1 255 Exposure Mode MANUAL 2 O 6 Exposure Gain 76 1 259 Shutter Speed 1520 BQ Maximum Auto Shutter Speed E Default Fast Normal Slow O Slowest Flickless Mode vrinhfhonf NNT ATI opyrignt 2003 2007 AC H Ct 60Hz d All Right Reserved mCamera setting Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up down Q Video Miro Check this box to mirror the video left right Lens Check this box to use best pre set settings for bundled Compensation lens l l This value controls the level of light where camera NightTime Gain l i i Ve switches into night mode Increasing it will make camera Threshold switch to night mode at a darker illumination level Select the white balance mode After you set the parameter you need to wait for 5 10seconds to see the White Balance Mode final result 1 AUTO Auto white balance default 2 INDOORt Select the indoor white balance profile 38 1 INDOOR2 Select
26. ck the box to enable disable UPnP 2 Friendly Name Enter the UPnP friendly name 3 Apply Button Apply Button Click apply to confirm the setting 4 Reset Button Click reset to re enter the paramaters 4 1 3 13 Bonjour Q Enable Bonjour 3 Friendly Name E Apply 1 Enable Bonjour Check the box to enable disable Bonjour 2 Friendly Name Enter the Bonjour friendly name 3 Apply Button Apply Button Click apply to confirm the setting 4 Reset Button Click reset to re enter the paramaters 1 3 14 IEEE 802 1x Please enable IEEE 802 1x and configure settings in the screen below Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save amp Reboot oO IEEE 802 1 Enabled EAPOL Version vi O V2 User Name User Password u 4 T RE alipinad User Certificate Upload Upload User Private Key pio New IEEE802 1x will only take effect after Save amp reboot Rese 42 1 3 15 IP Address Filtering Click the IP Address Filter item to display the IP Address Filtering Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting IP Address filter enable Se ee II o LLL rirER DENY NO Qao IP address Qum Netmask o Enable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 eR LU Any Reset 43 IP Address filter enable Check this box to enable IP Address Filtering FILTER The filter can be set in either Allo
27. ction for up to three regions that can overlap with each other Each region has three parameters sensitivity trigger interval and threshold For parameters in each region you may always use the same values or you may switch between Runtime Profile and Event Profile via our Event handler Please see sidebar for how to setup the proper values and Events section Page 32 on how to use Dual Motion Detection profile sets Follow these steps to setup Motion Detecion e STEP 1 Check this e box to enter Motion Setup mode After you click on Motion Setup the text on button will change to Apply and greyed out info will now be editable e STEP 2 Check this e box to enable Motion Detection e STEP 3 Make sure you are editing the correct set of profile via the drop down iQ Choose Runtime MD Profile unless you are using alternative profiles through Event handler W Motion Enable Profile Runtime MD Profile sitivity Trigger Interval Trigger Threshold 1U 0 1 300sec 0 100 1 Fi 75 1 10 2 Ed 75 1 10 3 Iv 75 1 10 Apply e STEP 4 Enable individual Motion Detection Region to show the 31 Motion Detection Region on the video window If some regions are not displayed on screen just uncheck and check each box again e STEP 5 Setup the sensitivity interval and threshold D for each motion detection region See below box e STEP 6 When you are satisfied with the motion detection settings c
28. ding to current environment The IP camera will use this setting to adjust color NOTE This setting will be lost after you reboot the camera MANUAL Select this to enable manual setting of the white balance Select exposure mode Auto The IP camera will adjust the exposure i Exposure mode automatically Shutter Priority The IP camera will adjust the exposure by shutter priority first 40 Iris Priority The IP camera will adjust the exposure by lris priority first Manual Manually select the Exposure Gain and Shutter Speed below When exposure mode is auto IP camera will adjust its Q AGC Gain shutter speed according to AGC gain and the Maximum auto shutter speed Higher AGC gain brighter images Auto IRIS Level Select the Iris level D Sense up Level Select the sense up level Select light sensor mode Auto The IP camera will automatically switch between day or night mode according to lighting level Day The IP camera will always stay in day mode Night The IP camera will always stay in night mode This value controls the level of light where camera switches into night mode Increasing it will make camera switch to night mode at a darker illumination level p NightTime Gain Threshold STEP2 Click the U Apply button of each section to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 1 3 12 UPnP Q Enable upnP 3 Friendly Name o Reset 1 Enable UPnP Che
29. e Maximum Auto When exposure mode is auto IP camera will adjust its Shutter Speed shutter speed according to AGC gain and the Maximum In auto Exposure auto shutter speed This setting is to set the maximum shutter speed range of this camera mode only D Flickless Mode Change settings between 60Hz or 50Hz depending on the AC power type of your region STEP2 Click the e Apply button of each section to confirm the settings or click the Q Reset button to re enter the parameters 39 1 3 11 Camera Setup PTZ camera models e STEP1 Click the Camera Setup on the Main Setup page The Camera Setup page is displayed as below Camera 1 Quit LO Camera Setup 9 Video Flipping Video Mirror 1 BLC White Balance 6 AUTO Exposure Mode AUTO v 7 8 AGC Gain 258 1 255 Auto IRIS Lev F171 D E 8 Sense up Level O 0 255 Light Sensor AUTO MightTime Gain Tireshdl 50 s 1 100 o Rese mCamera setting Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up down Q Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left right BLC Check this box to enable back light compensation Select the white balance mode After you set the parameter you need to wait for 5 10seconds to see the final result 1 AUTO Auto white balance default White Balance 2 HOLD CURRENT Select this to let the IP Q Mode camera automatically obtain a best white balance setting accor
30. e Delay m Port Mapping HTTP port select the port for this IP device to use HTTP protocol Search server Select the first port on which software applications can find this port1 IP device with e g IP utility Search server Select the second port on which software applications can find port2 this IP device with e g IP utility e STEP3 Click the Apply button for each section to confirm the settings or click the O Reset button to re enter the parameters NOTE Once you finish all settings be sure to click the Save Reboot button Otherwise some settings may not take effect NOTE For all network router switches connected to this Camera Video Server be sure to use Auto Negotiation as the Network Connections Type This will enable the whole network to always run at the highest possible speed Please also refer to Network Speed amp Duplex settings in Host Setting section on Page 20 of this manual B 21 1 3 4 WAN Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device s WAN DNS server and DDNS server settings e STEP1 Click the WAN Setting The WAN setting page is displayed as below CH WAN Setting Dynamic IP Address 3 Use Host Name 2 Static IP Address IP Address 192 168 0 to Q SubnetMask 255 255 255 0 ISP Gateway 192 168 0 4 PPPoE User Name Password Asp jb DNS Server Setting
31. e button to login or click the Raset button to re enter account and password Once you log in successfuly the Video Display page will be shown as below Neb Configurator ee ER ce n m Camera 1 gt gt Quit ACTI Corporation All Right Reserved 10 1 3 1 Video Display 1 3 1 1 Megapixel CMOS camera This section tells you how to view live video via Internet Explorer e STEPI Click the Video Display on the Main Setup page The Video Display page 1s displayed as below Camera 1 Setup amp As Video Display p Vij e STEP2 Check the o MPEG4 MJPEG to select the Compression type Once selected the video server IP camera will start to stream with the new compression method e STEP3 To display the full view on a limited screen size click the o Scale Down checkbox to scale down the SXGA 1280x1024 to 640 x 512 and 720P 1280x720 to 640 x 360 resolution e STEP4 Check the e Mute checkbox to mute or play audio from the video server IP camera e STEPS Click the Audio Out amp Volume checkbox to 1 enable disable audio transmission from this PC to IP device s audio out and change audio out volume Ex With this function enabled you can speak to the people at the IP device site STEPO Click the e DOI Button to set DO status by DOI to High 1 or Low 0 The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots
32. ers Recipient Address Subject When uploading video snapshots via email these information are required Auto Naming Rules for Files and Folders To properly track images and videos a well thought out naming rule is necessary There are a number of automatic variables available to design a proper naming system which may be used both on files and folders Symbol Description Example YYYY 4 digits for year 2009 for year 2009 96Y Y the last 2 digits of 4 digits year 09 for year 2009 96MM two digits for month 01712 01 for January 96DD two digits for date 01731 01 for the 1st day of a month hh two digits for hour 00 23 96mm two digits for minute 00759 SS two digits for second 00 59 W a space character e N camera name camera 1 File serial counter It starts from 1 in every Y uploading task The counter will be 15259 75 increased by 1 for next uploading file Example 1 Entrance 96YYYY 95MM 96DD 9 96hh96mm096ss for time 2009 06 05 22 50 30 The full name is Entrance 2009 06 05 0225030 2 X w N_TEST Y for camera name is my camera and three successive uploaded files The full names of these three files are X my camera TEST1 X my camera TEST2 X my camera TEST3 55 Send URL commands Pre requisites HTTP CGI server setup o0 Send URL commands SendCommandito HITPCGI1 icgi binjcmd encoder PT PRESET GO 1 including path of CGI program max 119 characters dnce ee poe pesca esc Icgi bin cmd
33. ge audio out volume Ex With this function enabled you can speak to the people at the IP device site 13 STEPS Click the DO1 Button to set DO status by DOI to High 1 or Low 0 The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots STEP6 Click the DO2 Button to set DO status by DO2 to High 1 or Low 0 The device DO level will remain in this status until changed by another command or device reboots STEP Click the Q Quit to exit the live view and return to Main setup page STEP Click the Uo PTZ to Show PTZ Control Window NOTE If the streaming is disabled you cannot see the live images here NOTE For all network router switches connected to this Camera Video Server be sure to use Auto Negotiation as the Network Connections Type This will enable the whole network to always run at the highest possible speed Please also refer to Network Speed amp Duplex settings in Host Setting section on Page 20 of this manual 14 1 3 2 PTZ PTZ Camera only Click the PTZ on the Main Setup page to show PTZ control panel in a separate pop up and enable mouse PTZ in the main live view window Select a page in PTZ Panel There are three main pages PTZ Preset and Tour You also can control camera from preview display with mouse PTZ Page PTZ Panel NOTE For all PTZ settings Preset Tour RE Lunes lu including Presets Tour and basic settings yo
34. ice can have a maximum of 10 Event Rules Each rule includes one single trigger and one or many responses Several types of responses are available And there are multiple external servers for the device to interact with When setting up Event Handler there are four types of settings Event Server Event Configuration Event Rules and Manual Event aaa 10 1 1 17 Arturo smip test com 254110 EE HIT HTTPd 1 10 1 1 85 Lm HTTPd 2 10 1 1 91 Event Configuration Digital WO pots 4b 000000 Notification messages yO Upload video snapshot SendURLcommands eee Go to a preset point 00000000000 Event List ID Week Day Start Duration Source Action 1234567 00 00 24 00 MD MS3G1 MSG2 08 00 10 00 03 47 01 00 M36G1 MS6G2 CMD1 CMD2 00 00 24 00 IMG1 CMD1 00 00 24 00 IMG1 GO MD 00 00 24 00 MD1 MD2 MD3 CMD1 inm T 1234567 00 00 24 00 NONE NONE 8 1234567 00 00 24 00 NONE NONE g 1234567 00 00 24 00 NONE NONE 1234567 00 00 24 00 NONE NONE Manual Event Event can be triggered manually 45 Event Servers Event servers define whom the device may interact with They can be other servers or devices on the network or even the camera itself Event Configuration sets up a list of what to tell the other party during interaction Event list lays down the rule
35. idth but delivers higher quality images 28 17 RTSP port Select the port for this IP device to support RTSP Enable disable the multicast video streaming via RTP Multicast protocol Enable disable the multicast audio streaming via RTP Multicast protocol Select the port through which software applications may L D Video contro port control this IP device d Video streaming Select the port through which software applications may port TCP Only establish video streaming with this IP device Video multicast amp port Multicast Only STEP2 Click the d Apply button to confirm the settings or click the a Reset button to re enter the parameters Select the port for this IP device to support video multicast function of the application program GOP Length GOP means thevideo frames between one completely encoded frame and other compressed P frames Normallly the GOP length is equal to number of frames in one second Using longer GOP length may save you bandwidth and storage at a slight risk of losing the later part of one GOP if the network dropped one frame before video refreshes Long GOP is available only in Constant FPS mode and variable Bit rate under MPEGA Frame Rate Mode Constant FPS Mode Frame Rate 8 Encoder Type MPEG4 Video Bitrate Mode Variable Bit Rate Video Quality HIGH GOP Length 0 O 60 0 one frame in a second 20 1 3 7 Video Adjustment This section tells you how to fine
36. ironment The IP camera will use this setting to adjust color NOTE This setting will be lost after you reboot the camera 7 MANUAL Select this to enable manual setting of the white balance You will need to enter the R Gain and B gain setting below o E d Select the Exposure Gain of the IP camera The higher Xposure I99 ine value brighter images AGC Gain When exposure mode is auto IP camera will adjust its In auto Exposure shutter speed according to AGC gain and the Maximum mode only auto shutter speed Higher AGC gain brighter images N Control in detail the level of DC Iris opening strength here Increase or decrease the shutter speed The higher the Shutter Speed value the better the nighttime performance Although higher values also causes motion to become blurry Line F Change settings between 60Hz or 50Hz depending on erie fe AC power type of your region Select the method used by Camera to determine illumination level It can be either CDS light sensor or through image analysis by DSP Not every model will allow selection for this e White Balance Detection Source An additional Day Night control selction will appear when the source is set as DSP You may choose AUTO to change between day and night by threshold value or choose either DAY or NIGHT to stay in that mode no matter the light This value controls the level of light where camera switches into night mode
37. lick the Apply button to confirm the settings Click Reset to restore previous settings For settings about video brightness saturation and contrast just select from the dropdown list and see the result You do not need to click apply NOTE Once you finish all settings be sure to click the Save Reboot button Otherwise some settings may not take effect Motion Detection Explained Motion detection works by determine if the amount of motion in target region exceeds a predefined threshold If the activity is above the threshold it triggers motion detection Sensitivity This value decides if a given pixel is considered to have motion activity For the same motion sequence more pixels will be marked with motion activity under higher sensitivity The IP devices are calibrated to provide good performance in normal scenes at sensitivity level 70 For scenes with little light reduce sensitivity to prevent overreaction to background noise Threshold Threshold decides how many percent of pixels in this scene needs to be marked as changed to trigger a motion event A smaller threshold means camera will respond to movement by smaller items Usually you don t want this value to be too close to zero otherwise movement of extremely small objects or even natural background noise will trigger a motion event creating false alarms Default value is 10 Lower this to detect smaller objects increase this to filter out small objects Interval
38. max rate Prepuffer v v Pre Buffer Time 0 0 3 seconds 0 0 File Name y Y Y y v image File Name Front_Door_ cola Eco da Masini Refer to name rule description Upload Path y y y v UploadPathofImage File EVent Snapshot Refer to name rule description CGI Settings Y Y CGI Settings including path of CGI program Recipient address Y Receipt of E Mail addresses Superisorfpest com using for multiple addresses Enable Video snapshot checkbox this decides if this rule is in effect or disabled Sometimes it 1s useful to keep the settings but not to enable it for troubleshooting purposes Type Upload image to these define the task at hand and change the fields that needs to be filled out 53 Upload Time IP device will provide video snapshots for the number of seconds here It will stop uploading video snapshot at the end of this period If you have video management software recording from this camera at the same time the normal recording through NVR will not be affected and goes on through out the event period and afterwards But the special upload session will end as the event ends Image Rate This is used only by snapshots This tells the camera how many snapshots it should attempt to capture during the Upload Time If this value is set to 0 then the IP device will attempt to capture as many snapshots as possible Depending upon the device loading the number of snapshots taken ma
39. nd system is rebooting 66 1 3 20 Profile Profiles are sets of parameters that control how the image sensor behave Sometimes profiles are fine tuned again to suit a specific environment or for generally better image They are not updated as frequently as firmwares and a good profile can stay in use for a very long time Occasionally you may wish to load a new profile pack into your camera This section tells you how to upgrade IP Camera s Profile Pack e STEPI Click the Profile Pack item The Profile image upgrade page is displayed as below OO Profile image upgrade Profile Pack File i EX Reset e STEP2 Click the Browse Osutton and choose the proper profile pack file You may get the latest profile pack from our website e Click Apply Odutton to start uploading e STEP3 The upgrade process window shows a progress bar indicating upgrade status e STEP4 Once profile is upgraded device will reboot 67 1 3 21 Factory Default This section tells you how to load IP device s factory default setting e STEP1 Click the Factory Default on the Main Setup page The Factory default setting page 1s displayed as below Camera 1 292 Factory Default Setting Preserve WAN and HTTP settings from factory default Do you want to do factory default e STEP2 Click the checkbox 0 to preserve WAN and HTTP settings from factory default e STEP3 Click the Apply button to go to loadi
40. ng confirmation page or click the Reset button to exit to previous page e STEP4 A confirmation page will be displayed Click the Save Reboot button to start loading factory default settings 1 3 22 Save Reboot This section tells you how to save all the settings and reboot this IP device This is critical because some settings might not take effect before save and reboot e STEP1 Click the Save and reboot on the Main Setup page The Save and reboot page is displayed as below 68 Man o Camera 1 U System Save And Reboot Please waiting 30 seconds for system save and reboot v R JU 3 ZUU Corpo e STEP2 The Action LED indicator will go off to indicate that the IP device 1s rebooting After around 30 seconds the Action LED will light up again to indicate that the reboot is completed 1 3 23 Logout This section tells you how to logout from the IP device Be sure to logout this IP device once your setting 1s completed e STEPI Click the Logout on the Main Setup page You will logout and return to the Login Page displayed as below b Configurator Camera 1 Language English v Copyright 2003 2005 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved 69
41. o Mame Set Goto Dele 1 Hub 2 zi xw 2 Camera 7 k Lx 3 Book 7 x lx LZ l xg 5 LZ k lx 8 Lz l xj 7 LZ Loe 1x3 8 LZ b Lx 9 LZ lx xg 10 Lim x 11 LZ b x 12 Lz b x 13 LZ lx x 14 LZ l xg 15 LZ b x 16 LZ k xj 17 Le b x 18 LZ b xg 19 Cal 2 x 1 16 mPreset Page Help Parameters Description amp Preset Info Show preset number and preset name You can click to edit the preset name 2 Set Preset Click this button to save current preset name and PTZ oosition to this preset point Click this button to go to the PTZ position memorized for this preset point Goto Preset Click to clear the preset point Information including preset o Delete Preset I E dd name and preset PTZ position Tour Page PTZ Panel m Tour Page Help Parameters Description Enter the interval of time for the camera to stay in this Ej Time preset point in this preset tour This time includes the time it move from previous preset point to this preset point Q Add Preset Point Click to add preset point in this preset tour SHEEP Click to select preset point Select Q Apply Click to apply the tour setting Move one earlier Click to move this preset point one earlier in queue 17 D Move one later Click to move this preset point one later in queue 11 Move to first Click to move this preset point to the first in queue 12 Move to last Click to move this preset poin
42. o do multicast Analoa Vid This colum shows the Analog Video standard of this ii VCRO device This is not changeable H Resolution Select the video resolution of the IP device Select the frame rate mode Constant The streaming s frame rate remains constant at all conditions Variable The streaming frame rate will vary according to the amount of motion and change in the scene to maintain proper image quality Framerate Select the frame rate of the video streaming select the encoder s compression type e Encoder Type 1 MPEG4 2 MJPEG oelect the video bitrate mode Constant Bit Rate The streaming s bitrate remains constant at all conditions The quality will vary slightly according to amount of motion in scene Variable Bit Rate The streaming bit rate will vary according to the amount of motion and change in the scene to maintain image quality Video Quality Select video quality between High Middle and Low GoP Length Number of frames between Frames l l Select the Maximum bitrate of the video streaming Video Maximum i pue ib If the bitrate limit is too low actual frame rate may also be Bitrate limited Doing so will also disable Bit Rate setting below Select the bit rate of the video streaming You can select from 28Kbps to 3Mbps Dp Beas Note Lower bit rate consumes less bandwidth but Frame rate mode m Video Bitrates Mode delivers lower quality images High bit rate consumes more bandw
43. ou can define which CGI server to connect to here and the user password required to log into the target server The actual message command is setup in the Notification messages URL commands section You may define two separate CGI servers IP devices are also CGI servers This means that IP devices can now issue commands to each other which creates endless possibilities for highly coordinated response The IP device can also give a loopback command to itself in effect changing almost all possible settings dynamically For detail on the commands used to control the cameras please contact your customer representative An example will help you gain a better sense of how to utilize this unique function Camera A is a fixed camera that looks at a corridor leading to the main hall It has a motion detection window located near the point where the corridor arrives at the large hall Camera B 1s a PTZ camera located in the hall which is usually left on auto tour patrol When motion activity in the motion detection region triggers MDI in Camera A this then in turn activates an event rule in Camera A that gives out a command to Camera B Camera B would then swivel to the preset point where the corridor leads into the entrance and switch to higher bit rate to temporarily provide clearer 1mage After the event ends Camera B will go back to its normal routine in lower bit rate To setup HTTP CGI servers make sure to Qoo the HTTP CGI 48
44. r best performance 60 Change Motion Detection profile This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of this event You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime but enable it with event handler under some circumstances Change Day Night Mode Selected models only For some models you may force the Camera into Day or Night mode The camera will return to its previous setting whether auto or forced day night upon the end of the event Send URL command Select the URL command to include in the response set Two different commands will be sent at the time when the event is triggered and untriggered Go to a preset point if the device is a PTZ camera and the Go to Preset point Event Configuration is setup then you may include this in the response section of the event rule The camera will return to the position right before the event starts when the event 1s untriggered Be sure to do Save and Reboot after you ve updated the event settings Only then will the settings be commited to physical memory You may lose the settings to power loss or other situations if you do not do this step Manual Event You may select one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be triggered via web UI Manual Event can be triggered manually Once selected the trigger button
45. riggered by Scheduled Repeat Time 0 0 1440 minutes DI For selected models only the IP device may be triggered by Digital Input Motion You may trigger the event if one or many Motion Detection regions encounter a motion trigger Trigger from any of them will initiate the event The duration of event will be the same as the MD trigger length or the Trigger interval time defined in the Motion Detection section on Video Adjust page Video Loss This is available for video servers only When the analog video in is lost the video state will become lost and return to normal only until device receives analog video signal A common scenario 1s for Video Server to send email to administrator when video 1s lost and activate DO signal to alarm that persists until the analog signal 1s restored Switch to Night mode This is available to selected models only When camera changes between day and night modes the embedded event handler will notice this change and may act upon this information Potential uses include changing the motion detection profile to another set of Event MD parameters By having two sets of parameters each 59 optimized for day and night this provide better overall accuracy in both day and night conditions Some night time only MD regions may also be activated this way The event period will end when the camera returns to day mode which will then reset the camera to the original settings Re
46. s and conditions about when to initiate which responses from which triggers The options available for Event rules are selected from the event servers and event configurations Event servers are classified as FTP servers SMTP servers and HTTP CGI servers FTP servers can receive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response from event handlers You may setup one FTP server To setup FTP servers make sure to enter Dine network address o the FTP port e the User Name Q Password M onuecion mode Passive or Active and Oconnection time before timeout in milliseconds Click Oi Apply to use these settings or click Orreset to clear changes Network Address 10 1 1 17 Qro 21 User Name Arturo Quse Password esessseesesseese Mode Passive Max Connecting Time 1000 msec 0 60000 msec LT SMTP servers can send email upon request from the IP device The email can be a simple subject and text email or attached with snapshot video You may setup two SMTP servers The device will first attempt to send the message via the Primary email SMTP server If the first attempt fails after the Max connecting time then the device will attempt to send via the secondary SMTP server If the device sends email successfully via the 46 primary SMTP server then it will not use the secondary SMTP server To setup SMTP servers make sure to Qc the SMTP account and o choose the proper Authentication type There
47. s before the IP device will accept another trigger from DI in seconds 0 means there is no minimum delay limit DO To setup DI please define the O cive level as O or 1 If the active level 1s set as 1 then camera will change the output voltage to high when this response is activated by an event rule The voltage will go back to 50 low when the event ends O interval determines the minimum duration of each DO response in seconds DO will remain at the active level during this time and if another event triggers DO before the end of the first DO the second trigger will no take effect 0 means there is no minimum duration Notification messages Pre requisites SMTP server HTTP CGI server setup Notification messages may be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server If sent to an CGI server it works the same as an URL command but it does not allow a second message at end of event You may configure up to three preset massages You can configure a message but disable it This will allow you to keep the settings without using it which will be useful in testing and troubleshooting To setup Notification Messages make sure to Qc the message then ictermine what type of message to send HTTP CGI or email If you are sending to CGI server you need to enter the CGI path the URL command itself ww and an optional message If you are sending email please enter the receipient address the email subject ww and the
48. section tells you how to update IP device s firmware You can always visit our web site for the latest firmware e STEP1 Click the Firmware on the Main Setup page The Firmware upgrade page 1 1s displayed as below Firmware image upgrade Do you wantto do firmware upgrade Apply e STEP2 Click Oi Apply button The firmware upgrade page 2 will be displayed as below Firmware image upgrade Firmware Images File e MD5 File amp Apply Reset m Firmware Upgrade Parameters Description Firmware You can upload the firmware images here Click the browse to select the an image file and press Enter images file You can always get the latest version at our website You can upload the MD5 file here MD5 file Click the browse to select an MD5 file and press Enter You can always get the latest version at our website NOTE The version of the firmware image and the MD5 file to be uploaded must be the same otherwise the firmware upgrading will fail and the IP device will continue using previous firmware version e STEP3 Click the Apply button to start upgrading or click the Reset to re select the files e STEP4 The upgrade process window shows a progress bar indicating upgrade status 65 Firmware image upgrade Dont power off and waiting 4 min to Upgrade firmware Progress 0 iS co 0 STEPS The progress bar shows the upgrading is completed a
49. t to the last in queue e Goto Preset Click to go to the PTZ position for this preset point o p t Del Click to remove the preset point from this preset tour iind Note the settings of this preset point will NOT be deleted Mouse Control You can click on the preview window to directly control Camera PTZ movements The closer your cursors are to the edge the faster the camera will move in Pan and Tilt To Zoom in and out move the cursor close to the center and click when the cursor changes to the or sign NOTE This function is available only AFTER you click the PTZ and the PTZ panel is displayed gt gt Out MPEG4 v v Mute C Audio Out amp Volume 2008 09 08 05 46 22 f if 4 Copyright 2003 2008 ACTI Corporation All Rights Reserved 18 ilMouse PTZ Help Parameters Description Click area 1 to P T with fast speed Click on area 2 to P T with normal speed Click on area 3 to P T with slow speed Click on area 4 to do zoom in Click on area 5 to do zoom out Mouse wheel Use mouse wheel to do zoom in and zoom out NOTE Once you finish all settings be sure to click the Save Reboot button Otherwise some settings may not take effect 19 1 3 3 Host Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device s host settings and LAN settings e STEPI Click the Host Setting on the Main Setup page The Host setting page 1s displayed as below
50. the indoor white balance profile 2 OUTDOOR Select the outdoor white balance profile 1 OUTDOOR2 Select the outdoor white balance profile 2 HOLD CURRENT Select this to let the IP camera automatically obtain a best white balance setting according to current environment The IP camera will use this setting to adjust color NOTE This setting will be lost after you reboot the camera MANUAL Select this to enable manual setting of the white balance You will need to enter the R Gain and B gain setting below Add or decrease redness to the video when under Manual Add or decrease blueness to the video when under Manual White balance Manual White Balance mode This function is only mode only available in Manual White balance mode Select exposure mode to auto or manual Auto The IP camera will adjust the exposure automatically Manual In Manual White balance mode only Manually select the Exposure Gain and Shutter opeed below DeExposure Gain een the Exposure Gain of the IP camera The higher APR ae the value brighter images Increase or decrease the shutter speed The higher the 12 Shutter Speed value the better the nighttime performance Although higher values also causes motion to become blurry AGC Gain When exposure mode is auto IP camera will adjust its gy In auto Exposure shutter speed according to AGC gain and the Maximum mode only auto shutter speed Higher AGC gain brighter images D Exposure mod
51. tune video display and setup Motion detection To access this section click Video Adjust on the Main Setup _ page The Video adjustment page will display as below Activi ae Motion Enable Qrrotie Runtime MD Profile vw Region Enable Sensitivity Trigger interval Trigger Threshold p 100 d 1 300seci f 0 10096 1 rhe 13 MOTION SETUP Brightness NN D SS Saturation TS s HL Contrast NN e s D 0 50 100 Reset ip This screen has three parts The video window the motion activity window and the settings area Video window Q show the live image from the IP device The black bar above shows the current time The motion detection regions 1f enabled are also displayed here 30 To the right of Video window is the Motion Activity window The vertical blue bars show recent amount of activity detected in the selected motion region The red line shows the trigger threshold for the Runtime MD profile and the blue line shows the threshold for the Event MD profile If the activity is above the threshold currently used an motion event will be triggered This means that if this MD region is currently using Event MD profile a motion will be trigger when activity climbs above the blue line not the red line For detail settings please see Motion Detection Explained at the end of this section Motion detection You can set motion dete
52. u will have to do Save and Reboot to write this into the camera Camera will lose all unsaved settings upon reboot E Zoom Speed a FT e e Auto Focus fy v E L ifi 3 Return to Auto Scan atte METTI NFRIETN ETB eda lel aaa ai 25 26 27 28 28 30 31 32 v PTZ function Help Parameters Description Q Page switch Click these buttons to switch between PTZ Preset and Button Tour pages Set the pan speed 1 is slowest and 5 is fastest This only affects Pan speed if user click on Control Panel Mouse Pan Speed PTZ and auto scan speeds are unaffected Tilt and Zoom speed also only affect commands given from Control Panel Ey Tilt Speed Set the tilt speed from 1 slowest to 5 fastest 15 Zoom Speed Set the zoom speed from 2 slowest to 7 fastest Click to start continuous auto scan between left limit and 11 Auto scan right limit 12 Auto scan Speed Set the auto scan speed from 1 slowest to 5 fastest Click the check box to enable auto scan recovery function Auto Scan Any manual operation will interrupt camera autoscan If recovery there s no further manual operation for X seconds recovery time the camera will resume autoscan WD Recover time Set the recovery time Must be larger than 1 15 p tooi Click these buttons to move your camera to your desired i i oreset points Preset Page PTZ Panel la M
53. ugh Internet Explorer You need to set up the network settings and the IP address for the IP device Please make sure all connections are properly connected then follow the procedures below 1 Setup your PC network The IP address for your PC must be within the same subnet as the IP device You need to match the TCP IP settings between PC and IP device before you can access it via IE 2 Setup IP device s IP address This IP device s IP address can be assigned manually or acquired automatically by network service DHCP If it acquires the IP address by using the DHCP service please use the IP utility software bundled in the product CD to find the IP address for all IP devices 1 2 Setup your PC network To set up the network of IP device via a PC you have to change the TCP IP settings of the PC The following are the default network settings of IP device IP Address 192 168 0 100 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 To access the IP device the IP address of the PC should match the address below IP Address 192 168 0 xxx Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 P NOTE xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100 which is used by the IP device Please also make sure that no two equipments use the same IP address in the same network The procedures below is the setup procedure on Windows XP If you use operating system other than Windows XP please refer to OS manuals for proper setup procedures e STEPI Start up your
54. w mode or Deny mode Allow mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below Block mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below Make sure you include the Netmask in your consideration IP Address The IP address you wish to allow or block Please note that the actual range is modified by the Netmask Netmask Using Netmask allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once without the need to enter all of them individually If you are not sure about the function of netmask then you should use 255 255 255 255 and it will affect only a single IP address per line of entry or use 255 255 255 0 to use the same setting for all IP addresses starting with the same three numbers Enable For each entry you must check this box for it to be effective For an entry that you no longer need but does not wish to delete you can uncheck it and the system will remember it for future use If a new entry that has never been used before does not have Enable checked then it will not be stored in memory Apply Button Click this to use the current displayed info to do IP Address filtering If you setup correctly it will change into a grayed out Success in a few seconds Reset Button Click this button to re enter the parameters 44 1 3 16 Event This section describes how to setup the Event Handler which deals with how the IP device respond to situations Each IP dev
55. will NOT be kept if device loses power 26 1 3 6 Video Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device s video and streaming settings e STEPI Click the Video Setting on the Main Setup page Version V2 0 Video Setting Q Camera Name e Streaming Method RTSP Authen Enable 82 Frame Enable audio In o Iticast IP Q icmp C Analog Video D Resolution D Frame Rate Mode 1 2 Frame Rate Encoder Type QD video Bitrate Mode video Maximum Bitrate JU RTEP Port FD Video RTP Over Multicast D audio RTP Over Multicast TU video Control Port TET Camera 1 RTP Over UDP amp Multicast Disabled v 228 5 E 224 5 0 1 239 255 255 255 16 1 255 Disabled NTSC 720x480 Constant MPEG4 Constant Bit Rate UNLIMITED Sh 7070 5000 5002 6001 dp Reset 2 mVideo setting Parameters Description amp Camera name The camera name is reserved for customer use Select the streaming mode 1 TCP only 2 Multicast only 2 Streaming Method 3 RTP Over UDP 4 RTP Over Multicast 5 RTP Over UDP amp Multicast RTSP Authen Check box to enable RTP streaming s Account Password Enable authentication IGMP This option appears only in Multicast Enabling it will enable using IGMP membership t
56. y not reach the number you specified Pre Buffer This is only used by video If this is set to more than 0 then the IP device will start to buffer video in its internal memory The maximum pre buffer 1s 3 seconds When an event requires video upload the IP device will first upload the video taken right before the event then keep uploading until it reaches the upload time File Name Upload Path You will need to specify rule for file names and upload paths upload path is not needed for Email Just put a slash in the field The rules contain flexible parameters A sample rule and corresponding filename will look like this Front Door 96e YYYY MM_ DD hh mm ss Front Door 2009 10 12 99195037 JPG Upload Path folders may also be named dynamically For the IP device to create folders on FTP and HTTP CGI servers properly your FTP CGI account will need to have permission to create folders For syntax on auto naming please see online help or the inset box at the end of this section The symbol cannot be the first character in filename or upload path Please use either an alphabet or a number as the starting character For Upload Path be sure to start and end eith a backslash An example will be BackgateMM DD 54 CGI settings Some CGI servers may require special info and settings Please refer to CGI server designer for this section IP devices do not allow upload of Snapshots Video into their embedded CGI serv
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