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1. D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Upload Video snapshot and Audio checkbox this decides if this rule is in effect or disabled Sometimes it is useful to keep the settings for troubleshooting purposes but keep them as disabled Upload Media to these define the task at hand and change the field that needs to be filled out Upload Period 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 throughout the event period and afterwards But the special upload session will end as the event ends Image during Upload Period 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 may not reach the number you specified Pre Buffer Time 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 is 10 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 u
2. Sensitivity Sensitivity is the parameter that helps us distinguish actual moving targets people vehicles from the slightly moving background such as leaves of the trees waving in the wind In order to avoid false alarms we might want the camera be able to ignore small motion The higher is the sensitivity level of the camera the smaller shift of the object is needed to trigger the alarm For example if the object within motion detection region has moved for about 1 3 pixels during two video frames then such small motion will be discarded by camera if the sensitivity is low and will still trigger an alarm if the sensitivity is high In other words you can think of sensitivity level as a reversed speed limit the smaller is the sensitivity the faster are the objects allowed to move without being detected The biggest challenge of motion detection configuration is to find the settings that do not produce false alarms and at the same time do not miss any actual intrusions The rule of thumb is the sensitivity should be as high as possible while not producing false alarms The default sensitivity level of the cameras is 70 on a scale of 0 100 and it is a good setting for most 7 standard cases Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Trigger threshold Look at the moving object entering the area of motion detection although moving quite slowly it caused motion activity several pixel regi
3. A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC IP Speed Dome TCM6630 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 147 00 0F 7C EF 82 A7 A1D 311 V5 06 01 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM3911 228 5 6 1 JOO OOOO 0 0 0 GB 7 O U 172 16 26 207 00 0F 7C 08 D9 FE A1D 500 V6 01 02 AC Megapixel IP Cube Camer 00 0F 7C 66 68 89 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM7911 228 5 6 1 228 5 6 1 You can quickly notice the D11 model in the list Click on the IP address to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already 1 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision gt Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Use the default IP address of a camera If there is no DHCP server in the given network the user may have to assign the IP addresses to both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services it will automatically assign itself a default IP 192 168 0 100 Whereas the default port number would be 80 In order to access that camera the IP address of the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera Manually adjust the IP address of the PC In the following example based on Windows 7 we will configure the IP address to 192 168 0 99 and set Subnet Mask to 255 255 255 0 by
4. The following chapters of this manual explain each Setup item separately The chapters are listed in the same order as the list of Setup menu items 30 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Host The section Host allows the administrator to define the name of the camera and preferred user interface language Host Name Camera Language English Camera Name Front Gate There are two kinds of names Host Name and Camera Name Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server In some networks with very strict security policy it is required that all the network devices should have their host name and when the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server the DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices On this page it is possible to edit the Host Name To actually include the Host Name in DHCP discovery packet sent from a camera please go to IP Settings and make sure the device is in Dynamic IP Address mode and Use host name is checked Camera Name is used to identify the device by Video Management System or by Software Tools Usually upon installation of the camera the actual installation location is used as an easy to remember Camera Name such as Front Gate or Elevator 1 In many cases the VMS is able to modify the Camera Name directly via its own user interface without needing to ac
5. To create a privacy mask do the following 1 Select the Preset Point where the mask should appear 2 Select a target Region number then check Setup 3 Aboxed region appears on the screen Use the upper bar to drag the region you want to cover with the mask The region may be resized by dragging the white box on the lower right corner 1 2000 01 05 20 21 26 Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Preset Point Home Position V Don t overlap privacy mask regions Region Enabled 1 vi 2 3 4 4 Check Enabled and select the Color for the mask B2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 5 Click Apply to save and apply the changes 1 2000 01 05 20 21 49 Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Preset Point Home Position V Don t overlap privacy mask regions Region Enabled 1 v OO OI 2 3 4 Appy 6 Repeat the above procedures to create more masks Note that the privacy mask created is only valid on the selected preset point Once the camera is panned or zoomed in or out or moves to another preset point the configured privacy mask will disappear The mask will appear again once the live view goes back to that preset point B3 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09
6. Firmware User s Manual A1D 500 V6 09 45 AC 2015 10 30 ACTI Connecting Vision WA lt gt D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Table of Contents Recommended PC Specifications 5 Preparation 6 Connect the Equipment siti ccssseschestcssarmsscanecenaccnsdensssndeensisnesanauendswwansndeeneraves 6 Configure the IP Addresses sccsssecceeseeceeseesenneesenneesenseesenseesensessonsess 6 Access the Camel a s ccccececscscsccccncecsceceescenencucecseseeneneaceceeseeneneasenseseeesesaes 10 Live View 13 Ea e a PO EENE E E T A I IE O E T O ces dead cesueweneusucvens 13 ENO VICU oi E EAE E EEE EE E EEE E EEEE 14 VION NOOO S sae 18 ePTZ View MOE ccccccccecececcccececcacececeacececeacececeaceueaeaceneneaneneansnenss 19 Panorama View MOde cccececcccececcccececcacececcaceceueacuceueacsteneaesnentanens 20 Fisheye View MOde ccccecccceeeeceseeceeeceeeeceeeeseueeseueeseeeesueesseeeseeeesees 21 PTZ Control Panel For PTZ and Zoom CameraS cccccccssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 22 POWIS Pam T aiga a E 23 HOw to Ser IGF All Miadenonineconittmatet ono ato atm ion 23 How to Zoom the Camera IN or Out ccccececececccccccecscececeauavaceceeens 24 How to Set the Home Position cccccccecececececcccccececsceceucaeaeacsceeens 25 How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol cccccececececccecececeeees 25 POW OAU STINE FOCUS eeaeee EE E
7. New IP address settings will only take effect after pressing System gt Save amp Reboot 5 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 DNS DNS The section DNS allows setting up the Domain Name Service for the camera The camera will connect to the DNS server when there is a need to resolve a domain name for sending data to The most common usage is the ftp or e mail server in the Event Handler section is defined by using domain names Without having DNS service configured the camera would not know how to resolve the domain names of FTP or e mail servers lt is possible to configure both Primary and Secondary DNS servers The Secondary DNS Server will be used when the connection to the Primary DNS Server fails Primary DNS Server 0 Secondary DNS Sever 0 Apply After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet s2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 DDNS DDNS There are surveillance solutions that consist of single cameras scattered over a wide territory therefore each of those cameras should be connected to the Internet in order to become accessible by Control Center For example the chain stores bus stops currency exchange booths etc In such cases one of the practical networking solutions is to use DSL modem on camera site and let th
8. Upon successful entry of user name ans password the following upload window will appear Browse for the yuv file in your computer that you had prepared and press Apply z ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 When done use another URL command to configure its position http 192 168 0 100 cgi bin cmd encoder 0SG_CONFIG 1 0 0 240 106 EB8080 4 where the 7 parameters behind OSG_CONFIG mean following Parameter Description Position 20 X position o Width of the image Transparency level 0 means 0 1 means 25 2 means 50 3 means 75 4 means 100 7 Audio Audio Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 ACTI Connecting Vision vA The section Audio is available only for audio supported models The user interface for audio control looks as below Audio In Audio In Sensitivity Audio Out Volume Enabled Audio In Microphone Type High TO F Passive w Audio In Level Audio In Format Audio Format PCM Reset Apply Apply Reset Description The option Enabled would activate incoming audio either line in or built in microphone The option Disabled would turn off the incoming audio In such case the video stream is captured without audio Choose High when the target is farther away from the camera and choose Low when the target is near the camera Under High mode there may be more audio noise due
9. to adjust the motion detection regions or its parameters Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is required to configure the motion detection regions There are three independently configurable motion detection regions in the camera Each motion detection region has 6 configuration parameters Enabled or disabled Location of the region Size of the region Sensitivity Trigger threshold amp Trigger interval z ACTI gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Enabled or disabled lin aa by nD ist w aa i oll Oe ja ee oe a Although all 3 motion detection regions are enabled by default each can be disabled and enabled individually Look at the example Only the region 1 is enabled while 2 and 3 are disabled The disabled regions disappear from the video display Note that the number of the motion detection region is written in ab the upper left corner of the region m 70 Location of the region You can move the motion detection region anywhere on the field of view by dragging the top of the motion detection rectangle as shown on the image The motion detection regions may even be overlapping if you like 1 2012 10 23 10 28 02 Size of the region T I rT E eR By dragging the lower right corner of the motion detection region iF you can change the size of the region The maximum size of the region can even be as big as the whole screen
10. NOTE WDR is disabled and will not appear on screen if Exposure Mode is set to Manual See Exposure White Balance on page 74 3D Noise Reduction Enable this feature for smooth and clear image Disable this feature if for l series only the scene contains extreme details that may be smoothed over with Digital Noise Reduction D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Parameters Description 3DNR Edge Enhancement Select the Edge Enhancement value The higher the value the for l series only sharper the image This feature provides a clear image even when the camera is installed in a foggy environment Select the Defogging level Disabled Low Medium High and Highest Wherein Low is ideal for a slightly foggy Defogging environment and Highest for the foggiest environment for l series only NOTE After upgrading the camera firmware to V 6 08 30 make sure to update the ISP file which is included in the firmware package file For more information refer to the Release Note downloadable from the website This feature has no obvious effect under normal viewing conditions However if the camera is installed inside a moving vehicle such as a train etc enable this feature to make the image stable even when the environment is in constant motion Image Stabilization for l series PTZ Speed Domes only After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The
11. you may use the IP Utility instead using system cgi and ONVIF_STATE 1 as URL command Firmware Upgrade IP Address Date Time Motion a mez a mezz a mezas el mes O tres6 257 CO mess ands ONVIF_STATE 1 O 1721626 10 Commands ONVIF_ OD men 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 IP Settings 2 Oe The section IP Settings provides the options to define how the camera would obtain its IP address and to which DNS server should the camera connect to in order to resolve domain names Connection Type Connection Type The sub section Connection Type allows defining the method of obtaining the IP address of the camera By default the camera is in Dynamic IP Address mode and attempts to get the IP address from a DHCP server If such attempt fails after several seconds for example the DHCP server does not exist the camera will automatically assign itself an IP address listed under Static IP Address Connection Type Dynamic IP Address Use host name Static IP Address PPPoE Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server In some networks with very strict security policy it is required that all the network devices should have their host name and when the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server the DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices On t
12. 45 Privacy Mask of I Series PTZ and Speed Dome Cameras For PTZ cameras under the I9x series the privacy mask is dynamic Thus when the camera is panned to other directions the region that is originally covered remains covered for privacy Up to 32 privacy masks can be created on a PTZ camera with black color mask 1 2015 01 20 00 00 10 Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure VWhite Balance OSD Privacy Mask Go to Privacy Mask Target Privacy Mask Don t overlap privacy mask regions Enabled Setup LI Apply To create a privacy mask do the following 1 Pan the live view window towards the direction you want to mask 2 Select a Target Privacy Mask number then check Setup 3 A boxed region appears on the screen Use the bar to drag the region you want to cover with the mask The region may be resized by dragging the white box on the lower right corner 1 2015 01 20 00 07 45 4 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 4 Check Enabled and press Apply to save the changes The region is now covered with a black mask 1 2015 01 20 00 08 28 5 Repeat the above procedures to create more masks When the live view is panned to other direction and you wish to view the region with a privacy mask select the region on Go to Privacy Mask and then click Goto z D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual
13. Digital Input Port When this box is checked the timeline bar will show green bars if the digital input is triggered on a timeslot D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 e Sound Detection When this box is checked the timeline bar will show orange bars if the sound detection is triggered on a timeslot 5 Goto Current Time Click the button to go the current time Timeline Bar Allows users to browse and select the recorded videos by S1 Video Stream 1 timeslot Video recorded from stream 1 is shown on 1 S2 Video Stream 2 timeline bar while video from stream 2 is shown on 2 The bars on the timeline bar indicate each video timeslot e Blue bar indicates the current selected video timeslot the snapshot is shown on the window Dark gray bar indicates a recording is present Light gray bar indicates no recording Red bar indicates motion is detected on that timeslot Green bar indicates the digital input is triggered on that timeslot Orange bar indicates the sound detection is triggered on that timeslot 7 End Time of Time Bar The ending time right side of the timeline bar Time Unit Select the unit of time to use to display the timeline bar The default time unit is by Hour How to Export Video 1 Select the starting point of the video to export from timeline bar The bar turns blue 2 Click the right mouse button and select Mark Export Start 3 Click the endin
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15. IP Address NetMask 172 16 26 192 255 255 255 0 Vv Basic Search z O Refresh Device Settings Change Network Address Firmware Upgrade Config Backup Config Restore Save amp Reboot a Total s6 Account Password 123456 Http Port IP Address MAC Address FW Version Model Serial No Multicast IP Status 172 16 26 2 00 0F 7C 07 DE 65 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM3911 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 4 00 0F 7C 08 17 C2 A1D 310 V4 12 02 AC Mega IP Camera TCM1111 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 6 00 OS AAT ma KCM7311 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 7 00 TCM6630 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 10 00 Dynamic IP Address Tcm4201 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 11 00 4 KCM3911 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 13 00 KCM5111 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 40 KCM5211 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 41 RE veeeen coe KCM5311 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 50 0 Netmask z KCM5111 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 52 0 KCM5311 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 53 00 TCM5311 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 54 Toms611 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 55 l TCM5111 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 57 00 0F7 1D 310 V4 12 05 TCD2100 228 5 6 1 17216 2661 TCM1231 2285 61 With the procedure shown above all the cameras will have unique IP addresses starting from 192 168 0 101 In case there are 20 cameras selected the last one of the cameras would have the IP 192 168 0 120 Later by pressing the Refresh button of the IP
16. Mount When the Mount storage media button shows Mount button then it means that the mass storage has been inserted to the camera but the connection between camera and the storage has not been established yet By pressing the Mount button the storage becomes active It is then possible to check the Status of the disk write or read data on the disk remotely access the storage by Web Configurator or FTP client etc When pressing the Mount button the mounting process will start Mount Storage Media Format Storage Media Scan Storage Media Message from webpage A Storage media was mounted successfully O D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Unmount Once the drive has been mounted it can later be unmounted by pressing the Unmount button if necessary Unmount Storage Media Unimount Format Storage Media Ne Scan Storage Media Message from webpage Unmount Storage Media Format Storage Media Scan Storage Media Message from webpage A Storage media can be safely removed now OO z That Unmount function is used when the camera is to be shut down for maintenance or when the mass storage has to be physically removed for some reason The purpose of unmounting is to protect the currently processed data on mass storage at the moment of removal of the storage If the local storage is being used by camera and some videos or snapshots are b
17. Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet The button Restore image settings to default is a quick way of restoring factory default image settings without needing to reset the whole camera to factory default 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Exposure White Balance Exposure White Balance The section Exposure White Balance allows the user to configure Exposure shutter iris and gain control and White Balance settings In most cases the default settings are sufficient and no adjustment is needed Some options will only appear under certain Exposure White balance modes Each mode is described in detail below Image Quality Priority Frame Rate Priority Expert Settings Apply Reset White balance refers to the capability of the camera to understand what true white color is When the camera knows the true white color then the rest of the colors will be accurate too While human eye can easily adapt to different lighting sources even mixed sources such as sun light through the window and indoor lights turned on at the same time the camera has to understand what is the dominant light source in given scene and what is the white color of such light source By default the camera is in auto white balance mode and attempts to recognize the light source and its color spectrum automatically and adjusts the image accordingly Th
18. Speed to 1 30s would narrow down the auto shutter range to work between 1 30s 1 2000s The purpose of allowing user to define the threshold for slowest speed is to avoid motion blur caused by too slow shutter at night lt is also important to know that very high shutter speed is not recommended for indoor solutions with artificial light that flashes with certain frequency as it may produce flickering effect regardless of Exposure mode In extreme low light conditions the shutter speed is slown down to get more light into one image but not slower than the user defined threshold lf the exposure time extends beyond the interval between frames too slow shutter i e 1 30 second then the frame rate will be automatically reduced Longer time in this value gives clearer images at night for slow moving objects but more motion blur for fast moving objects Exposure Mode Manual When the lighting conditions are stable 24 hours a day the advanced users may consider using manual exposure mode to further fine tune the image quality in order to fulfill the special project requirements Please note that in most cases it is highly recommended to keep the camera in Auto Exposure mode and let the intelligent system of the camera find the best possible exposure settings instead Exposure Mode Exposure Gain Shutter Speed 80 IRIS Control Apply Reset In manual exposure mode the user can directly manually adjust the signa
19. Test Command as eventis triggered co bin cmd encoder VIDEO_BITRATE 3M amp V ll including path of CGI program max 119 characters Command as event becomes inactive cg bin cmd encoder VIDEO_BITRATE 1M amp Vil including path of CGI program max 119 characters Send Command 3 to HTIF CGI1 Test Apply Reset URL commands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event This provides the possibility of highly intelligent 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 eniry 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 and then moves back to another location At the same time it moves to the pre set location it increases the bitrate from 1M to 3M and the frame rate from 4 fps to 8 fps The bitrate fos changes are reverted at the end of event a9 gt ACTi Connecting Vision
20. The section Image allows user to control certain parameters of a video frame For D E B Series Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Video Flipping Video Mirroring v Digital Noise Reduction ON Brightness 50 v WDR Disabled Contrast Lowest v Apply Reset Restore image settings to default For l Series Only Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure VVhite Balance OSD Privacy Mask Video Flipping Video Mirroring Digital Noise Reduction Brightness 50 w 3D Noise Reduction Contrast Edge Enhancement Saturation WDR Image Stabilization Apply Reset Restore image settings to default Parameters Description Video Flipping Video Check this box to flip the video up down and left right to achieve the Mirroring 180 degree rotation effect Select the Brightness value 0 100 The higher the value the Brightness brighter the image Select the Contrast level from following options Lowest low medium Contrast l high highest Saturation Saturation makes colors appear more vivid Select the Saturation for l series only level from the following options Disabled low medium high highest Turn ON or OFF the Digital Noise Reduction When turned on the noise on the video especially in low light is reduced and image will look smoother and clearer Choose the WDR level from following options Disabled low medium high highest
21. Utility you will be able to see the list of cameras with their new IP addresses Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addresses manually by using the Web browser In such case please plug in only one camera at a time and change its IP address by using the Web browser before plugging in the next one This way the Web browser will not be confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time 9 www acti com Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Access the Camera Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the same network segment it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera You can use any of the browsers to access the camera however the full functionality is provided only for Microsoft Internet Explorer The browser functionality comparison Functionality Internet Explorer Other browsers es PTZ Contro Capture the snapshot Video overlay based configuration Motion Detection regions Privacy Mask regions All the other configurations When using non Internet Explorer browsers free third party software plug ins must be installed to the PC first to be able to get the live video feed from the camera Required Plug In Safari QuickTime http www apple com quicktime download Any Other Browser Basic VLC Media Player http www videolan org Disclaimer Notice The camer
22. V6 09 45 On Screen Graphics On Screen Graphics OSG is a new feature that allows placing custom image files on the top of the video as a layer For example it can be used as a watermark for security purposes or a brand logo in the corner of the video image There is no interface within Web Configurator to configure On Screen Graphics since it is a rarely used feature The URL commands can be used to complete the task instead The image that can be used as OSG has to be in YUV format Image raster graphics before uploading to the camera There are several freeware converters available that convert images to YUV format For example one free trial version of YUV converter can be downloaded from Sunrayimage com htto www sunrayimage com download YUV Tools 3 0 _trial zip We do not guarantee the performance terms of usage or availability of this product The user has to read the terms of use first and proceed with installation if the terms are acceptable Please note that the image should not be larger than 640x480 pixels and should contain an even number of pixels The image once uploaded cannot be resized Therefore please make sure that you have the image with the right size before uploading to the camera For example we have the BMP logo with the size 204x106 that has been converted into YUV When the image is ready upload it to the camera by the following URL command http 192 168 0 100 cgi bin cmd encoder 0SG_IMAGE
23. cameras with serial ports For box cameras the scan function works when a PT scanner is connected to the camera via serial port connection See Serial Setting on page 32 How to Manage Scan To start scanning click 5 To restart scanning from the starting point while scanning is in progress click To stop scanning click When scanning is interrupted by other camera operation like pan tilt zoom etc checking Return to Auto Scan after box enables the camera to resume scan function after the defined period of time Seconds Scan iw Return to Auto Scan after second s 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Setup The following chapters guide you through the Setup functions of the camera Access the Setup Page To configure any of the camera settings go to the Setup menu by pressing the following button on Live View page lt Go to Setup Host The left side of the Setup page contains the list of Setup items Date amp Time Network IP Settings Video Event depending on the actual capabilities of each camera This manual System Notice The exact content of the menu list varies for each camera Laa however is designed to explain all the possible functions Several items in the Setup page are divided into groups such as Network IP Settings etc You can expand the groups to see the sub items by pressing the button
24. has a full access to the camera 2 Create up to 10 common users that only have an access for live view and PTZ control 3 Enable disable the option of seeing the live view without needing user name and password anonymous login which is especially convenient function for camera installers on the field For security reasons account name and password is always required when entering Setup page of Web Configurator or when trying to access camera or change settings by URL commands W Live view without account name and password user a Password O Root admin 123456 User 1 User User User User User User 2 a 4 User 5 6 7 8 9 User User 10 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 System Info System Info The section System Info provides the full information about camera status settings and log This information is very helpful while doing the camera configuration maintenance or troubleshooting System Information Firmware Version A1D 500 V6 200 x HA MAC Address 00 0F 7C 0C D9 D1 Production ID B47 A XX 140 00014 Model Number B47 Factory Default Type Two Ways Audio 0x71 Company Name ACTi Corporation WEB Site www acti com Build Revision 1 WAN Status WAN_TYPE 2 WAN_IP 172 16 2
25. http fe80 0000 0000 0000 020f cft fe0d f711 2 Live View Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision This section describes how to configure the IP camera The administrator has unlimited access to all settings while the normal user can only view live video Login Initially there exists only administrator s account in Admin 123456 you have to use that account to log in the camera Account Password You can later create normal user accounts with limited access rights if necessary Feel free to choose your local language from the list of languages or keep it as English After pressing Login you will be able to access the user interface of Web Configurator Account Password Language Login Login Admin English Se ps2 ep Aa Espanol taliano e tina Fran ais Magyar Nederlands Pyccrnh Folski Romana Upon successful login you will be able to see the Live View page In case of Internet Explorer browser you may be prompted to allow the installation of Install ActiveX control from the camera Press Install then The live video will bee appear shortly after that 13 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Live View The live view will appear automatically with the video resolution of 1280x720 1MP cameras or 1920x1080 2 5MP cameras Web Configurator KE
26. may be triggered by one of the several sources Scheduler You can trigger an event based on the set schedule For example in the example below the schedule is set for an alarm to sound at 4 00 and will sound once every 5 minutes within the next 10 minutes Enabled v Activeon V Mon M Tue M wed M Thr vl Fri MI sat M sun Time 16 v 00 v Duration 00 _Y 10 max 168 00 hours Triggered by Scheduler v Once Every 5 Minutes Dis For selected models only the IP device may be triggered by Digital Input Select the digital input and make sure to configure it on the Event Configuration page 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 In the example below Motion Detection region 1 is used as the event trigger Triggered by Motion od W Region 1 Region2 Trigger by Motion Region 3 You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time The interval is determined in minutes You may use this with email FTP upload to take snapshots at regular intervals Sound Detection The event may be triggered when sound is detected This feature is available on cameras with Audio in capabili
27. not Applied yet Once selected the trigger button on the video display screen will show as clickable Click to trigger the selected event This is useful during event rule testing The live view panel would look like this Web Configurator gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Local Storage Management The cameras that come with built in local storage capability will have the Local Storage menu shown on the Setup Page when a memory card is inserted into the memory card slot of the device Video recording configurations such as the length of recording video stream etc must be setup on the Event Configuration menu see Upload Video snapshot and Audio on page 96 After setting the Upload Video configurations create an event on the Event List menu see Event List on page 100 to either record the video on a scheduled time or when triggered by an event Note that only videos can be recorded on the memory card snapshots cannot Make sure to format the memory card first when using the card for the first time or if the card has been used in other devices Click the Local Storage menu on the Setup Page Three 3 submenu items are available Status Utilities and File Management If the memory card has not been formatted or mounted the File Management submenu is grayed out and cannot be accessed Local Storage Status Utilities File Management Status Fir
28. one preset point to another quickly and focusing only on the present point area scan function goes over point 1 to point 2 on a steady pace with the whole viewing angle in complete focus The scan speed can also be configured according to user preference Click the Scan Control page tab to configure scan function PTZ Preset Touring Control Scan Control Scan Control gt mi Scan W Return to Auto Scan after l s Scan Direction second s Speed Dome only Scan Points Scan Speed No 1 2 To set or modify scan points do the following On Scan Points click the F icon of scan point 1 to set the scan starting point Pan and tilt on the area that you want to set as scan point 1 Once done click the Ea icon again to close and complete first scan point S Ma Click the E icon of scan point 2 to set the scan ending point Pan and tilt on the area that you want to set as the ending point Once done click the E icon again to close and complete scan point 2 Select the preferred Scan Speed the bigger the number the faster the speed ee ee p Select the preferred Scan Direction Clockwise or counter clockwise this features is available only in soeed dome cameras 2 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 When a scan point has been set the corresponding Delete LX icon appears To remove the scan point click Ea Scan function is supported only in PTZ cameras and box
29. 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 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 un triggered For example going to a preset point if the device is a PTZ camera and there are preset points already configured in PTZ setup page then you may include this in the response section of the event rule by using Send URL Command method It is possible to let the camera return to another preset point at the end of the event Change to 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 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Manual Event You may select one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be triggered via web user interface Eventi can be triggered manaully After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but
30. this is the same as having a lower bit rate with a High Profile For example a video on High Profile with 2M bit rate will have the same video quality as a video with Baseline Profile at 3 5M bit rate It is used to define the aspect ratio of VGA stream it can be either 4 3 ratio 640x480 or 16 9 ratio 640x360 When Auto Detected is chosen the VGA stream will follow the ratio of the higher resolution stream to ensure the identical view of stream 1 and stream 2 Depending on the camera model the number of available resolutions may be different The default resolution setting of the camera may not necessarily be the maximum resolution of the camera If the user wants to use the maximum resolution it is possible to do it here The maximum possible resolution of the stream 2 will be smaller than stream 1 Under Constant Bit Rate mode CBR the camera keeps the stable bitrate regardless of the complexity of the scene Under this mode the video quality may vary if the bit rate value is set too low It is easier Video Bit Rate Mode to do storage and network bandwidth consumption estimations under only for H 264 this mode compared to Variable Bit Rate mode Encoder Type H 264 Profile VGA Aspect Ratio Resolution Under Variable Bit Rate mode VBR the camera will keep the video quality stable while the bit rate may occasionally go up or down depending on the complexity of the scene D4 ACTi Co
31. to higher level of signal amplification NOTE Not available in all models NOTE Available in vehicle supported models only For vehicle support models use this function to adjust the sensitivity level of audio input NOTE Available in vehicle supported models only The audio out volume level can be adjusted in the scale of 0 100 It will influence the volume level of the soeakers connected to the camera NOTE Available only in camera models with audio out support Choose the compression format of audio PCM G 711A A aw or Audio Format G 711U p law To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in Parameters Audio In Audio In Sensitivity Audio In Level Audio Out Volume order to hear the audio from the camera s microphone or line in device go to Live View page and use the audio controls there Audio Muted ee Audio level adjusted to the maximum 4 4 This volume control appears in user interface only when the Audio in function of the camera has been Enabled 88 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Event This section describes how to setup the Event Handler which deals with how the IP devices respond to situations Each IP device 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 exte
32. where the corridor arrives at the large hall Camera B is a PTZ camera located in the hall which is usually left on auto tour patrol When motion activity in the motion detection region triggers MD1 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 image After the event ends Camera B will go back to its normal routine in lower bit rate 31 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 HTTP Server Configuration 1 Enabled User Name User Password Network Address Network Port 80 Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 60 sec Apply To setup HTTP servers make sure to enable the HTTP server enter the user name the user password Network HTTP Server address Network HTTP Server port number and Max connection time before timeout in seconds After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 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 The configurable responses are classified as Digital I O ports Notification messa
33. 239 255 255 255 Multicast TTL 1 255 New settings will only take effect after Save amp Reboot Apply NOTE Some items appear only if the camera model supports the function HTTP port Select the port assigned for HTTP protocol access HTTPS Port Select the port assigned for HTTPS protocol access Select the first port used by server search applications to detect this IP Search Server Port1 device e g IP Utility Select the second port used by server search applications to detect this IP Search Server Port2 device e g IP Utility Select the port used to support video control function by application Control Server Port programs e g NVR Streaming Server Port Select the port used by this IP device for Video Streaming TCP RTSP Server Port Select the port assigned for RTSP protocol access www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Multicast Setting allows users to configure the IP addresses and ports for multicast video and audio Supported models only streams Multicast is a protocol where a data stream is sent only once and shared to requesting devices This in turn saves network bandwidth However to use this feature network devices such as routers and switches should support IP multicast Refers to the video stream 1 Refers to the video stream 2 Audio Refers to the audio stream NOTE Appears only if the camera model supports audio input out
34. 6 09 45 The digital output controls appear on the Live View page of the cameras with digital input output function The controls allow users to manually trigger a DO device Select DO Port Each DO ports are controlled separately For cameras with more than one DO ports select the DO port and press to set the output power level to high or 2 to set the output power level to low Consequently setting the port to a high power level activates the DO device and setting the port to a low power level deactivates the DO device For example if an alarm is set as DO1 and is pressed the alarm will continuously sound until z is pressed to deactivate the device 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 View Modes For Hemispheric and Fisheye cameras the Miniature Fisheye View and View Mode buttons appear on the Live View screen Web Configurator z ia Qe 1 2012 03 31 21 15 09 a By default a miniature of the Fisheye view is shown on the lower right corner of the Live View press m to hide the miniature fisheye view or to display it You can change the viewing mode into ePTZ View Mode d Panorama View Mode Fisheye View Mode s ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 ePTZ View Mode ePTZ mode works as an optical PTZ pan tilt zoom function You can change the viewing direction by moving the mouse ov
35. 6 4 WAN _NETMASK 255 2755 255 0 WAN_GATEWAY 172 16 26 252 DNS_PRIMARY DNS_SECONDARY MAC 00 0F 7C 0C D9 D1 BONJOUR_CONFIG 1 547 A XX 14C 00014 System Log Mount jffs filesystem Devcap Version B47_ 207150717 01 Loading System Config files Bootloader Version BOOTLOADER 500 V01 15 Staring network interface Starting 802 1 Authentication 602 1 disabled Loading GetJifies driver Config file The unit s parameters and their current settings Parameter List Always attach the server report when contacting your support channel i Server Report Third party software licenses Show License The Server Report is a convenient way of exporting the full list of camera related information in a text format so that it can be sent to the technical support team for faster service D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Factory Default Factory Default The section Factory Default allows the camera settings be reset to the original factory settings Preserve network setting and HTTP HTTPS port Reset parameters to the original factory settings Apply If you want to keep network settings and restore other settings to factory default please select the first option If you select the second one instead all the settings would be removed during factory default You will have to use factory default IP setting to connect to this camera D4 AC
36. 72 16 26 95 MAC Address 00 0F 7C 09 16 5B FW Version A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Model Hemispheric Camera Serial No KCM7911 Multicast IP 228 5 6 1 0O 172 16 26 96 00 0F 7 09 16 57 A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC Hemispheric Camera KCM7911 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 101 00 0F 7C 08 32 DA A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC Megapixel IP Cube Camer TCM4511 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 102 00 0F 7C 02 A1 51 A1D 220 V3 14 13 AC Mega IP Cube Camera ACM4201 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 112 00 0F 7C 03 F9 BE A1D 220 V3 14 13 AC Video Server ACD2100 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 114 00 0F 7C 03 0B 2A A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC_ Video Server TCD2500 228 5 6 1 WOOO OO 172 16 26 115 172 16 26 139 00 0F 7C 02 98 5D 00 0F 7C 78 14 00 A4Q 220 V3 03 02 AC A1D 310 V4 09 13 AC Quad Server Mega IP Camera ACD2000 TCM5311 228 5 6 1 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 140 00 0F 7C 45 45 43 A1D 310 V4 09 22 AC Mega IP Camera TCM5611 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 141 172 16 26 142 00 0F 7C 48 60 74 00 0F 7C 78 97 89 A1D 310 V4 10 07 AC A1D 311 V5 07 05 AC IP Cube Camera Mega IP Camera TCM4201 KCM5211 228 5 6 1 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 143 00 0F 7 04 11 18 A1D 310 V4 09 22 AC Mega IP Dome TCM7411 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 144 00 0F 7C ED 738 94 A1D 310 V4 12 09 AC Megapixel IP Dome TCM7811 228 5 6 1 172 16 26 146 00 0F 7C 07 73 18
37. ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 In the example below we successfully found D11 camera that we had just connected to the network D ACM3701 10H X 00473 Q ACM3701 12G E 00300 Q ACM4201 09C X 00538 Q ACM8511 09K X 00006 a AA 02 12G 00015 O ENR 00 1D B6 0B 0A 12 I GNR2000 00 19 0F 09 EE 19 4 WD Desktop gt Se Libraries gt BNP gt i Computer p ia Network b EF Control Panel With the left mouse click on D11 it is possible to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already lf you work with our cameras regularly then there is even a better way to discover the cameras in the network by using IP Utility The IP Utility is a light software tool that can not only discover the cameras but also list lots of valuable information such as IP and MAC addresses serial numbers firmware versions etc and allows quick configuration of multiple devices at the same time The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http www acti com IP_Utility With just 1 click you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows IP_Utility IP Address NetMask 172 16 26 192 255 255 255 0 z Refresh Device Settings Change Network Address Firmware Upgrade Config Backup Config Restore Reset Save amp Reboot aec T essor E woon T Total 57 IP Address 1
38. Change the camera model with higher resolution or longer focal length Use Auto Exposure Mode and increase AE Reference Target set the Slowest Auto Underexposed Shutter Speed to slowest possible 1 5s Add external light source to illuminate the area the camera is shooting Overexposed Use Auto Exposure Mode and reduce AE Reference Target if necessary image Enable DNR Enlarge the aperture Lower AE Reference Target in Auto Exposure mode Lower the Exposure Gain in Manual Exposure mode Lower video resolution Add extra visible or IR lights Increase the bitrate Wrong colors or Manually correct the colors by using white paper Hold button in Auto White Balance color rolling mode Adjust the camera s position or viewing direction Adjust the light source Make sure there is sufficient light Make sure the Day Night Mode and IR LED Control are both in Auto mode Make sure that the Switch from Day mode to Night mode does Black image NOT have the most extreme value 100 Manual iris open the iris by rotating the ring towards O Remove the protective cap of the lens during installation D4 ACTi Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Make sure the dome or bullet cover is tightly mounted Reduce the AE reference target IR light reflection in Auto Exposure mode Reduce the Exposure Gain in Manual Exposure mode Streaming Quality Troubleshooting In auto exposure mode set the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to be not slow
39. Control enter the desired step size Size is the amount of zoom scale taken in each step 2 Click the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out ESj One zoom step is taken for each click For PTZ camera models users can enable the Digital Zoom feature When enabled once the optical zoom reached its maximum the camera continues to zoom in the image using digital Zoom TIP While the PTZ Control Panel is open instead of using buttons move the mouse cursor over the Live View the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in out e g c Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out the camera view Or if in Mouse mode draw a box on the area you want to zoom in to For PTZ cameras with zoom ratio of 18x and above like the I9x models users can set the Max Zoom Ratio on the user interface Setting the maximum zoom ratio helps to ensure that focus is kept all throughout the zoom in out process For other cameras with optical zoom lens setting the maximum zoom ratio can be done through the URL command 24 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 How to Set the Home Position Save current position as home position Apply Remove 1 Pan tilt and zoom on the area that you want to set as the home position 2 Click the Apply button on the Save current position as home position How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol PTZ Vendor Protocol ACTWACTI Addr 0 f ACTi cameras and video manag
40. Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Event List 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 grayed out this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays inactive 1234567 00 00 24 00 MD1 CMD1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 You may start creating a new event by clicking the event ID number in the list for example 2 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 in which this rule and schedule is active Determine the start time and duration 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 In the example below the event handler rule is active 24 hours a day 7 days a week Event List 1 Enabled Actveon W Mon W Tue W Wed E Thr W Fri F sat F Sun Time OO Duration lt Y max 168 00 hours D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 How is it triggered Events
41. Night mode Day The camera always stays in day mode color regardless of exposure level Night The camera always stays in night mode black white regardless of exposure level This feature is visible only in cameras with built in IR LED There are two modes Auto The built in IR LED will be turned on automatically upon day to night switch and turned off upon night to day switch IR LED Control Disabled The IR LED will be off regardless of day and night mode Zoom cameras have adaptive IR profile which means that when IR LED Control is set to Auto default setting the IR LED automatically adapts to the required IR LED power as the camera is zoomed in or out This feature is visible only in fixed and vari focal lens cameras with adaptive IR profile and when IR LED Control is set to Auto The scale of 1 10 allows the user to manually define the power level IR LED Strength Level of the IR LED The higher the value the brighter the IR LED is Set the IR LED Strength Level according to the installation environment requirement or set it to OFF to turn off the IR LED The scale of 0 100 allows user define the exposure level at which the Ewin from Day mode gay to night switch should happen The higher is the value the darker to Night mode the environment has to be to trigger the day to night switch www acti com pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Image Image i
42. Ti Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Firmware Upload Firmware Upload The section Firmware Upload allows remote upgrade or downgrade of camera firmware The upgrade to newer version is usually done in order to gain new functions or fix existing bugs or limitations while downgrade to older version is used mostly for integration purposes where the newly purchased camera model comes with the newer firmware version than supported by a third party video management system of a given project Firmware uploading can be done in two ways choose to download and select the firmware image manually or use auto upgrade function through Firmware Upload from the Download Center so that the camera will connect to internet and find the latest firmware image automatically Firmware Upload Firmware Upload from Local Firmware Upload from the Download Center Apply Firmware Upload from Local To upload the firmware manually download the firmware image file which contains the file extension upg from the website Choose Firmware Upload from Local and press the Apply button Firmware Browse Apply Click Browse to select the downloaded firmware image file Click the Apply button to start the upload Once the process is finished you will get an OK message and the system will reboot itself D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Firmware Upl
43. a manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its cameras with QuickTime and VLC since they are third party softwares the third party has the right to modify their utility any time which might affect the compatibility In such cases please use Internet Explorer browser instead When using Internet Explorer browser the ActiveX control for video stream management will be downloaded from the camera directly the user just has to accept the use of such control when prompted so No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case 10 DA ACTI Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to cover all functions of the camera Assuming that the camera s IP address is 192 168 0 100 you can access it by opening the Web browser and typing the following address into Web browser s address bar http 192 168 0 100 Upon successful connection to the camera the user interface called Web Configurator would appear together with the login page The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP address since the default HTTP port of the camera is 80 which can be omitted from the address for convenience Web Configurator x Web Configurator Account Password Language English x Login Reset Before logging in you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera Account Admin P
44. an configure two independent groups of Motion Detection regions with at most 3 regions in each group Normally the Profile 1 Runtime MD Profile is used as an active profile of the camera However in some cases it is possible to let the camera switch to Profile 2 by using the Event Handler system of the camera For example you might want to have different motion detection parameters for day and night time Then the two profiles become really handy In such case remember to configure the motion detection parameters for both profiles before moving on to configure the event response system After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet NOTE For PTZ Speed dome cameras it is recommended to turn off motion detection when scan and tour modes are enabled to avoid false motion alarm 7 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Day Night ee The section Day Night allows user to control the switching between day mode and night mode This section will be displayed only for day night models Day Night Mode IR LED Control IR LED Strength Level Switch irom Day mode to Night mode There are three modes Auto The camera will automatically switch between day mode color and night mode black white under certain exposure level defined by user at Switch from Day mode to Night mode Day
45. are being sent and received from true counterpart the certificate is needed There are two methods to create certificates Certificate Signing Request CSR and Self Signed Certificate Certificate Signing Request CSR Management Create Certificate Management Common Name Create Self Signed Certificate Certificate Signing Request CSR User uses a signed certificate issued by trusted Certification Authority CA Self Signed Certificate User wants to use the certificate created and issued by user himself Press Create or Create Self Signed Certificate button and configure settings in the pop up screen to install the certificate Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save amp Reboot 10 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 IEEE 802 1X IEEE 802 1X IEEE 802 1X is an IEEE standard for port based Network Access Control 802 1X authentication involves three parties a supplicant an authenticator and an authentication server The supplicant is a client device such as an IP camera that wishes to attach to the LAN WLAN The authenticator is a network device such as an Ethernet switch or wireless access point and the authentication server is typically a host running software supporting the RADIUS and EAP protocols The authenticator acts like a security guard to a protected network The supplicant i e client device is not allowed access thro
46. assword 123456 I D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Using IPv6 to Access the Camera The camera is IPv6 ready and has been assigned its unique static IPv6 address The IPv6 address can be found under the System gt Sytem Info menu see System Info on page 115 for more information System Information System Information Firmware Version A1D 500 V6 07 23 AC MAC Address 00 0F 7C 0D F7 11 Production ID 44 A XX 14F 00008 Model Number 44 Factory Default Type Two Ways Audio 0x71 Company Name ACTi Corporation WEB Site www eacti_com PT _IMAGE None WAN Status WAN_GATEWAY 172 16 26 253 DNS_PRIMARY 172 16 5 19 DNS_SECONDARY 172 16 5 20 MAC 00 0F 7C 0D F7 11 BONJOUR_CONFIG 1 144 A XX 14F 00008 IPv6 fes0 0000 0000 0000 020F fcif teld 1711 64 System Log Mount jfis2 filesystem Devcap Version l44_20140709_01 Bootloader Version BOOTLOADER 500 V01 10 Loading System Config files Starting network interface Starting 802 1 Authentication 802 1x disabled Loading GetJiffies driver Config file The unit s parameters and their current settings Parameter List Always attach the server report when contacting your support channel Server Report Third party software licenses Show License To access the camera with the IPv6 address type the IPv6 address enclosed in square brackets on the web browser address bar For example
47. ated at left lower corner and containing the text of Office View together with current date The date would be automatically changing every day according to camera s date and time settings The result of the example configuration would look like this Live View page 1 1 scale 7 DA ACTI Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Below is the list of characters with special meaning that can be used in the text field Parameters Description YYYY Year in four digit format For example 2008 Year in two digit format For example 08 Month in two digit format For example 01 for January 12 for December Date in two digit format 01 31 Ahh Hour in two digit format 00 23 Note that only 24 hour indication is supported Minutes in two digit format 00 59 Seconds in two digit format 00 59 a hyphen a colon a slash show Camera Name It might be truncated if exceeds max OSD length After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Privacy Mask Privacy Mask ae _ Privacy Mask allows or OSD pusers to cover up some sensitive areas of the video that should not be captured by the camera such as manager s computer screen or bathroom nirance It is possible to configure several independent regions for mask
48. button can be one of the following kd Joystick Mode This is the basic PTZ button When the PTZ Control Panel is open instead of using the pan tilt controls move the mouse cursor over the Live View the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in out or directional icons e g FP mm D sz etc Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out or pan tilt the camera view a Mouse Mode When the PTZ Control Panel is open a red cross hair icon appears Just like using a PC with a mouse users may draw a box using the mouse on the Live View area and the camera will zoom in on the boxed area Scroll down the mouse wheel to zoom out and scroll up to zoom in To pan the camera double click the mouse towards the direction you want to pan On the PTZ Control Panel users can do any the following Set the home position Set the serial hex command protocol and address Pan the camera Set the pan limitation PTZ and speed dome only Zoom the camera in or out as well as adjust the zoom speed and step size set the focus to auto refocus or manual Set Preset points for touring Set Camera Tour Set Scan function PTZ and Speed Dome only NOTE The PTZ Control Panel may differ depending on camera model 22 PTZ Preset Touring Control Scan Control Save current position as home position Apply Remove PTZ Vendor Protocol Addr Pan amp Tilt Auto pantilt speed r E j h al T Move Limi
49. by the camera Make sure that the disk has been properly formatted and mounted to the camera ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 File Management The File Management submenu allows users to graphically see the amount of videos recorded on the memory card through its timeline as well as the type of triggers that may have occured during the recording NOTE Make sure to format the memory card first when using the card for the first time or if the card has been used in other devices Click a video timeslot from the timeline bar to select and view its snapshot A selected video timeslot is indicated by a blue bar File Management 1 2 5 6 Da PES K 3 2015 1 21 17 00 00 2015 1 21 17 59 00 7 4 Motion Detection H Digital Input Port A WM Sound Detection a 8 NOTE The Snapshot window is available only when using Internet Explorer browsers Item Description Snapshot Window Displays the snapshot of the selected video timeslot Time of Selected Video Shows the time of the selected video timeslot Click the arrow buttons to scroll the timeline bar to the previous or next page Start Time of Timeline Bar The starting time left side of the timeline bar View Event Check the box to view events recorded when the following is triggered e Motion Detection When this box is checked the timeline bar will show red bars if motion is detected on j a timeslot
50. can define the quality with the numeric scale from 1 to 100 The default MJPEG quality is 60 The higher is the quality level the more bit rate the camera will use to achieve the target quality Under VBR mode it is possible to adjust the GOP length that is the occurrence rate of I frames By default there is one I frame per second For example in case of 30fps there will be 1 l frame and 29 GOP P frames every second by default When the GOP is changed to 1 only for H 264 l frame per 5 seconds then there will be one I frame followed by 149 P frames In case of the static scenes long GOP can further minimize the bandwidth and storage consumption After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet z n ACT Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Motion Detection Motion Detecti The section Motion Detection allows the user to configure the video motion detection system of the camera Motion detection regions are based on Stream 1 By default there are three 3 enabled pre defined regions covering the whole camera view 2014 04 15 20 13 10 Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Runtime MD Profile V Sensitivity Trigger Interval s Trigger Threshold Click on Setup
51. cess Web Configurator Language selection under Host has the same purpose as the one on the login page of Web Configurator After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 31 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Serial Setting This section allows the user to set the serial port configuration of the camera to synchronize it with the serial port configurations of a Pan Tilt PT device NOTE This section appears only if the camera has a serial port connector Serial Setting Serial Port Control Serial Port Baud Rate Apply Serial Port Control Select the serail port control that matches with the serial port configured on the PT device This function is equivalent to the DIP switch of the PT device Serial Port Baud Rate Select the serial port baud rate that matches with the baud rate set on the PT device After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet 32 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 GPS Position This section allows users to manually set the GPS position of the camera and find the location of the camera on the map when using a Network Video Recorder NVR GPS Position W Enabled Degree of Latitude Format
52. deo stream 1 and stream 2 The purpose of compression is to reduce the bandwidth and VMS storage consumption Usually the stream 1 is configured to be the best quality stream for NVR recording purposes while the stream 2 is configured to be with the basic quality for the live view of NVR to minimize the computing power of NVR used for video decoding 5 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Stream 2 Encoder Type H 264 Encoder Type MJPEG ei Slee VGAAspectRatio 4 3 VGAAspectRatio 4 4 7 Resolution N640x480 Resolution N2592x1944 Frame Rate 5 Frame Rate 3 Quality 70 Video Bit Rate Mode Constant Bit Rate Video Max Bit Rate Unlimited Video BitRate 2M Parameters Description There are two encoder types available H 264 High Profile and MJPEG This item is available only if the Encoder Type is H 264 The H 264 Profile defines the video compression scheme High Profile Main Profile and Baseline These schemes vary from least compressed Baseline to most compressed High Profile By default the H 264 Profile is High Profile which provides the most compression with the best video quality but more computing power Some third party video management system has longer latency or takes more time to decode High Profile compression scheme in this case you can select Main Profile or Baseline In order to get the same video quality you can select a higher bit rate with lower compression
53. e 1 2012 10 01 07 23 51 While being on the Live View page the Live View icon appears as being pressed If you leave the Live View page you can later return by pressing that button The buttons shown on the Live View page vary depending on the functions supported by the camera If the resolution of the PC s monitor is bigger than the resolution of the live video you will be able to see the whole size of the video immediately If not you will only see part of the video at first and you would have to use the scroll bars to see the rest of the video area In order to see the whole video on your display you can temporarily re scale the video to better fit your screen by pressing the digital zoom buttons Q Enlarge the video size digitally Q Reduce the video size digitally 14 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Notice These digital zoom adjustments do not influence the actual video resolution of the camera Regardless of how large or small the video appears on the display after pressing the digital zoom buttons the actual video stream size of the camera is the same as before You can also digitally re scale the video to fully match the size of your display with just 1 click zx Full screen Mode You may use ESC key from the keyboard to exit the full screen mode The cameras have the dual stream capability the Stream 1 is usually the high resolution stream
54. e 114 NCCE fee a a E 115 Fac ON DoT e E E E 116 FEW TO UPO a ciceaiateteretenaesciqeatateteiecesatetacstatatetaletesate 117 3 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 sade satan E E E D PI EE DADA E A EE PE N E E P EE A E TT 119 PPE N E A staal A PNE A AE O E E E E E A EN A E N E E E 120 Troubleshooting 121 4 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Recommended PC Specifications In order to configure or test the cameras a PC with following basic specifications is needed Core 2 Duo 2 13 GHz or above Windows XP with SP2 or above Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 Windows 8 Operating System Internet Explorer 8 0 or newer full functionality Browser for Accessing Safari with QuickTime installed partial functionality Firmware Other Browsers with Basic VLC Media Player partial functionality Video Resolution 1024x768 or higher 5 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Preparation Connect the Equipment To be able to connect to the camera firmware from your PC both the camera and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable At the same time the camera has to have its own power supply In case of PoE cameras you can use a PoE Injector or a PoE Switch between the camera and the PC The cameras that have the DC power connectors
55. e click the E icon again to close and complete the preset point R P YS Repeat the above procedures to create more preset points To go to the preset point directly click baid To delete the preset point click x How to Set Idle Time and Return Camera to Predefined Position This feature allows the camera to go directly to a predefined position after an idle period of time Idle time refers to the time when the camera has no operation like pan tilt Zoom or tour activity Return to a preset position after PTZ idle time Retum Position DISABLE v Idle Time seconds To set the camera to go to a predefined position do the following 1 On Return Position select one of the following options a Home Position The camera will go to the Home position as defined in How to Set the Home Position on page 25 b Preset point name The camera will go to the preset point which is already configured see How to Set Preset Points on page 26 c DISABLE To disable this functiion 2 On Idle Time type the duration of time seconds wherein the camera is considered idle 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 How to Set and Enable Tours Once a preset point is created the Touring Control page tab appears Click the Touring Control page tab to configure the Preset Tour A Preset Tour directs the camera to cycle through a sequence of preset points and stay on each preset point for a specific t
56. e AE reference target is automatically adjusted to control the sensor s shutter speed and gain to compensate IR effect Exposure Mode Auto Exposure Mode AE Reference target Slowest Auto Shutter Speed Apply Reset In Auto Exposure Mode you control the image brightness by configuring the AE Reference Target and Slowest Auto Shutter AE Reference Target Auto Exposure reference target can be considered as the Target Brightness on Sensor The camera will use several internal parameters to achieve best quality with reference to this The higher this value the brighter the overall scene however there may be more noise at night in such case The range of AE Reference Target is 1 255 The camera will automatically control shutter speed auto iris if available and signal gain to achieve the target level set by the user If the auto iris does not exist or is already opened to a maximum size and the image is still darker than the user defined target it will further slow down the shutter speed within the allowed range set by user under Slowest Auto Shutter Speed and increase the signal gain re D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Slowest Auto Shutter Speed is the user defined threshold for slowest allowed speed of auto shutter For example if by default the shutter speed would vary between 1 5s 1 2000s depending on the lighting conditions then setting the Slowest Auto Shutter
57. e camera obtain the dynamic IP address from the Internet Service Provider through the DSL modem using PPPoE connection which is much more cost effective than applying for static IP address PPPoE Connection with Dynamic IP address Internet IP Camera DSL Modem Control Center NVR Video Stream from camera to NVR Commands from NVR to camera s IP address However there is one drawback in this solution in order to do the remote surveillance from the Control Center the NVR Server in the Control Center has to know the address of the IP camera at all times in order to get the video stream from the camera If the camera s network connection has been reset for any reason the camera will get a new IP address through DSL Modem which may be different from the previous one NVR will not know about this change and the connection between the camera and NVR will fail There however exists a solution that makes sure the NVR can find the camera even if the camera IP changes frequently Our cameras support Dynamic DNS or DDNS service that allows frequently changing IP be mapped to a certain unchangeable domain name The mapping database and its updating engine are hosted in one of the Dynamic DNS servers most of which offer basic services for free such as www dyndns org How does it work Look at the graph below 53 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Using Dynamic DNS
58. e items when necessary After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 2 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 SNMP Setting SNMP Setting The SNMP Setting item displays the SNMP configuration page SNMP provides an easy way to manage network devices The main features are 1 Monitoring device uptime 2 System detail description Ex model name model description and firmware version 3 Collect interface information Ex MAC address interface speed local port 4 Measuring network interface throughput To use SNMP just enable SNMP function in the camera SNMP agents and run SNMP management software in server NMS Network Management Station to connect to the devices SNMP Setting v Enabled SNMP V1 V2 V1 Enabled V2 Enabled Read Community public Write Community write SNMP V3 Security Name public Password Must longer than 8 characters Trap Enabled Apply Reset The SNMP agent supports versions V1 V2 and V3 SNMP V1 is the initial implementation of SNMP SNMP V2 is proposed to enhance the performance of management such as the communication of server and devices the confirmation of information delivery and receipt Primary additions in SNMP V3 concern security and remote configuration enhancements SNMP V1 V2 uses Community name as password to authentica
59. e the mouse cursor over the Live View Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out or pan tilt the camera view How to Set the Pan Limit For PTZ Speed dome cameras users can limit the pan movement of the camera from one point to another Move Limit No Position 1 12804 8781 2 17372 8781 Disabled To set the pan movement limit do the following 1 Pan the camera to the starting target area of limitation then click the E to set that area as the first limit The position coordinates appear on the Position box 2 Pan the camera to the ending target area of limitation then click the corresponding F button to set that area as the other limit The position coordinates appear on the Position box To disable this limitation click the Disabled button To go to the limitation points directly click kaid 23 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 How to Zoom the Camera In or Out Zooming can be done continuously or by one step one click at a time Available only on l9x PTZ cameras Digital Zoom Disabled w Speed Continous Zooming Step Size Stepped Zooming To zoom continuously do the following 1 On Zoom Control select the Speed wherein the bigger the number the faster is the zooming speed 2 Click and hold the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out ba When the mouse button is released zooming stops To zoom by step zooming do the following 1 On Zoom
60. e the priorities of how the data from the ToS Priority Normal Service camera should be handled by the routers that support ToS concept By the default the ToS manny Normal Service priority is set as Normal Service For special priority arrangement there are 3 more options Minimize Delay Maximize Throughput Maximize Reliability After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet UPnP The section UPnP provides the option to enable or disable the Universal Plug and Play capability of F Enabled the camera Having the UPnP enabled allows the Friendly Name 011 A 4 02 126 00015 other network devices to seamlessly discover it on Apply Reset the network for convenient identification and access The Friendly Name is a human readable name for the device that will be displayed when the camera is found By default the serial number of the camera is used as a friendly name however the user can modify the name according to the project needs 47 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Most of the Windows based computers have the capability to discover the devices that support UPnP Below i
61. ed its active level becomes 1 which means the DI is triggered Active level 1 returns back to 0 inactive mode after the specified Interval The Interval is the duration of time when the trigger remains in active mode which is also the minimum time interval between the previous trigger and the next For example if the interval is set to 5 seconds the DI will not respond if the panic button is pressed within 3 seconds after the previous trigger To issue another trigger press the button after 5 seconds from the previous trigger DO To configure the digital output device define the active level and response interval The default Active Level is 1 which means the DO will turn to active mode and respond once triggered The duration of its response will last according to the set Interval A good example is an alarm siren wherein the siren will start sounding only when it is triggered by an event or another device like a DI The siren will stop sounding once the set interval time elapsed After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not yet applied or saved DA ACTI Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Sound Detection Sound detection is available on cameras with Audio in capability and is shown on the user interface only if the Audio In function is enabled in Audio setup menu see Audio on page 88 Sound detec
62. eing recorded to the disk then the sudden shutdown or removal of the disk without unmounting may corrupt the file that is currently being used by the camera The rest of the files are not influenced in any way Please note that Save amp Reboot function of the camera also does unmounting automatically for the user D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Mount Failure lf the inserted disk s file system is not EXT3 then the Mounting would fail and an error message would appear The common reason is that the disk may have previously been used in other file systems such as Windows based PC or photo camera If the disk does not have the right file system then you will get an error message In that case the disk has to be formatted first ACTi camera provides convenient formatting function within Web Configurator Format When the disk is inserted to the camera for the first time it is recommended to format it to make sure the file system of the disk would be compatible with camera If the disk has already been mounted the Format button is grayed out unmount the disk first to enable the Format button Mount Storage Media Mount Format Storage Media Format Scan Storage Media Scan Message from webpage It will take few minutes Please DO NOT reboot or power off the device during format Storage media was formatted completely show Log Close D4 ACTi C
63. ement systems fully support the URL Command a high level PT command set However in case the cameras will be used with devices from third party vendors that only support Serial Hex Command low level PT command set users must select the PTZ Vendor Protocol to use and its address Otherwise leave the default settings How to Adjust the Focus After zooming the camera in or out it is recommended to readjust the focus in Focus Control Focus Control Mode Manual step Size 5 e Stepped Focusing Options are e Auto Refocus after Zoom Select this option to let the camera automatically adjust the focus after zooming e Manual Select this option to manually adjust the focus This feature is useful if the automatic focus position is not the position that the user wants to achieve To adjust the ate icons until the desired focus is achieved When an option is selected click the Refocus button to apply the focus adjustment 25 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 How to Set Preset Points Preset points are user defined areas that the camera can pan or zoom in to A series of preset points can be grouped as one Tour sii ki L2 F F F LZ To create a preset point do the following On Preset click a F icon to start creating a preset point Under the Name field type a preset point name Pan tilt and zoom on the area that you want to set as the preset point Once don
64. er than the Frame Rate Too interval of frames In manual exposure mode set the Shutter Speed to be not slower Low at Night than the interval of frames Use dual stream stream 1 for recording stream 2 for live view Lower the bitrate Lower the resolution if acceptable for user Check the cable quality Make sure to use Latency industrial grade switches and routers Check the NVR server amp client PC requirements from NVR manual Use the NVR that has the video smoothening algorithm for live view and playback Use the Playback function of NVR use frame by frame validation of jitter looking sections to see if any frames are dropped To troubleshoot the data switch router and Dropped Frames VMS computer you may also ask for assistance from technical support team of camera manufacturer Connecting Vision Connecting Vision Copyright 2015 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved 7F No 1 Alley 20 Lane 407 Sec 2 Ti Ding Blvd Neihu District Taipei Taiwan 114 R O C TEL 886 2 2656 2588 FAX 886 2 2656 2599 Email sales acti com
65. er the Live View screen and clicking towards the direction you wish to view The mouse cursor is represented by a red mark 2012 03 31 21 31 26 If Miniature Fisheye view is enabled the current direction and scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye view window with the red marking 9 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Panorama View Mode This mode allows you to view the camera in panorama view where details can be seen more clearly When the camera is installed on the ceiling there will be two panorama views one for the upper hemisphere and another for the lower hemisphere The lower hemisphere is displayed with an inverted direction when viewed on panorama 2012 03 31 23 11 54 If Miniature Fisheye view is enabled the current scope of view is shown on the Miniature Fisheye view window with the red marking 20 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Fisheye View Mode This mode shows the camera view as though viewing from a fish s eye with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too small and not be seen clearly 1 2012 04 01 00 05 39 2 Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 ACTI Connecting Vision vA PTZ Control Panel For PTZ and Zoom Cameras For PTZ and zoom camera models click the PTZ button d on the Live View screen to display the PTZ Control Panel For PTZ cameras the PTZ
66. era There are two ways to adjust the date and time automatically by getting date and time regularly from any of the NTP servers worldwide or manually by selecting proper time zone date and time The automatic way can be used only if the camera has an access to NTP servers If you are using an isolated Local Area Network without Internet access you can only use Manual date and time adjustment mode a SNTPINTP Server IP Address sync Time Set Manually Date Time Time Zone GMT 08 00 Beijing Hong Kong Shanghai Taipei Day Light Saving Start Time End Time Apply 64 90 162 55 1 Day ka 2012 03 H 00 00 00 Type 1 Mar Second Sun 0200 Type il Oct First Sun 0300 Reset When choosing SNTP NTP Server for automatic date and time updating you can key in the IP address of the NTP server and the time interval for automatic time synchronization If you want to key in the domain name of NTP server instead please make sure the DNS server IP address has been set under IP Settings otherwise the camera will not be able to resolve the domain name of the NTP server 34 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 lf all the cameras are getting the date and time from the same NTP Server you can be most sure that the video clips from different cameras can be well synchronized later for comparison purposes To choose
67. g point of the video to export The bar turns blue 4 Click the right mouse button and select Mark Export End The scope of the starting to the ending timeslot is marked blue ol Click the right mouse button and select Export Video save the video file raw The exported video can be played back using Archive Player a free video player tool downloadable from the website http www2 acti com corpweb Tools ProductSelector SupportToolsUtilities aspx NOTE The camera memory is allocated to deliver continuous live streaming to all connected users or devices such as for NVR recording purposes The camera will store as many P frames as possible on the memory card However due to camera memory limitation the camera may record only the I frames on the memory card To increase the number of P frames to record on the memory card it is recommended to lower the FPS bit rate and resolution of Stream 1 see Compression on pge 63 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 System System The section System provides the list of functions that helo manage the camera The mark before System indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it Once expanded the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark User Account User Account The section User Accounts allows doing following user management tasks 1 Change the account name or password of the Root account that
68. ges Upload Video Snapshot and Audio and Send URL Commands Event Configuration Digital I O ports Edit sound Detection Edit Notification message Edit Upload video snapshot and Audio send URL commands Edit NOTE Digital I O ports appear only for the camera models that support this function 92 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Digital I O ports Digital input output ports select models only are used to connect digital input DI and digital output DO devices DI is a trigger device like a switch or sensor e g panic button which when pressed or triggered notifies the camera to perform specific actions or the DO device to respond DO s can be alarms or lights etc Digital Input Port DI 1 0 0 DI 2 ov 0 Digital Output Port Port Active Level Interval 0 86400 seconds DO 1 1 0 DO 2 1 F 0 When 0 the digital output port stays at active level until the associated event becomes inactive Apply Reset The Digital I O Ports page displays the number of available DI and DO ports on the camera which varies depending on camera model DI To configure the digital input device define the active level and trigger interval of the DI The default Active Level is 0 which means the DI device remains inactive unless triggered A good example is a panic button which always stays in inactive mode 0 until the button is pressed when the button is press
69. ggered pixels will be considered as a real alarm This parameter is called trigger threshold The default value of trigger threshold is 10 It means only the objects that are bigger than 10 of the motion detection region size and move faster than allowed by sensitivity level 70 will produce actual alarm How to choose the most optimal trigger threshold level The rule of thumb keep the trigger threshold as small as possible while not causing false alarms by the moving objects that are not humans or vehicles You can have different sensitivity level and trigger threshold level for each motion detection region In order to understand all of the above even better please refer to the table below containing four z gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 possible combinations of settings using sensitivity level and trigger threshold percentage The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given settings Low threshold 0 5 High threshold 5 100 Y Low sensitivity De 0 65 Big and fast High sensitivity ER 65 100 Big and slow Small and fast AF ER Big and slow Small and slow v7 The camera s default sensitivity is 70 and threshold is 10 By these default values only the rabbit and the turtle would trigger an alarm while the butterfly and the snail would be ignored by the motion detection system Important Please remember that changing the size of the m
70. his page it is possible to edit the Host Name and enable or disable the use of host name Connection Type Dynamic IP Address Static IP Address IP Address 192 Subnet Mask 255 Gateway 192 Most installation projects include clear network topology and static IP addresses for each camera In such cases you can change the camera to Static IP Address mode and modify the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway accordingly so D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Connection Type Dynamic IP Address Static IP Address PPPoE User Name Password Apply Reset In some rare cases the camera may be connected to the control center over Internet Usually the most cost efficient way is to use ADSL connection with PPPoE To avoid the unexpected changes of IP addresses by Internet Service Provider upon the restart of the camera it is recommended to activate a DDNS service for such scenario and let the control center connect to the camera by the domain name instead Please refer to the DDNS section for more details To set the camera in PPPoE mode set the radio button to PPPoE and key in the User Name and Password provided by Internet Service Provider After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet
71. i com ACTi gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Upload Video snapshot and Audio 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 groups of settings to upload video snapshot Snapshots can be sent to E mail FTP and HTTP CGI servers while videos can be uploaded to FTP HTTP CGI servers and local storage for select models If Audio in is 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 Upload video snapshot and Audio 1 Upload Media Snapshot Video Upload MediaType Snapshot Video Type Upload Media to Email Local UploadMediaTo E Mail Upload Period 0 0 86400 seconds lt Upload Period Ima ge duri ng Images during Upload Period O Upload Period Use 0 for maximum number of images Pre Buffer Time Pre BufferTime 0 0 10 Second Image File Name Image FileName Front_Door YYYY_ MM_ DD Upload Path Upload Path Camera N CGI Path amp CGI Path amp Program Program ae E Mail Recipients E Mail Recipients Y j using for multiple addressed Y Subject Front Door Snapshot Video Source Video Source 1 z
72. ime Preset Touring Control Touring Control Disabled Select a Preset Point Tour 1 Edit Tour Preset Points To set or modify a tour do the following 1 On Select a Preset Point select a tour and then click Edit Tour 2 Select a preset point from the list set the duration Sec of how long the camera will stay in that point and the pan tilt soeed the bigger the number the faster the speed and then click ese Duration Pan Tilt Speed 3 On the Preset Points the preset points added to the Tour are listed Preset Touring Control Touring Control Disabled Select a Preset Point Tour 1 Save Cancel Preset 2 Preset Points 1 2 e To change the sequence of preset points click the AFEA EA first up down last icons 27 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 e To directly go to the preset point click the b icon e To delete the preset point from the list click the x Icon 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add more preset points to the tour 5 Once done click the Save button on Select a Preset Point 6 On Touring Control select the tour name to activate Once activated the camera will start the tour How to Use the Scan Function The Scan function enables the camera to go from one predefined point to another by scanning the view horizontally without losing focus Unlike in preset tours wherein the camera goes to
73. ine which devices their IP addresses are allowed to connect to this camera and which devices are forbidden to connect to this camera Check the box Enabled to activate the IP address filtering function and press Apply El Enabled Below you can select either Allowed or Blocked list to add items there and Enable them with the checkbox behind each row IP Address Filtering W Enabled Set IP address IP Address Netmasks NO IP address a Enabled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O OO N OINA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WO UO OOOO OOOO OUI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apply Reset Allowed mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below Blocked mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below 30 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Using Netmask Subnet Mask allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once without the need to enter all of them individuall
74. ing Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is required to configure the Privacy Mask The privacy masks will be embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export NOTE Privacy Mask is not available on hemispheric cameras in ePTZ mode On some cameras OSD and Privacy Mask appear together on the same page tab as OSD Privacy Mask Privacy Mask of Fixed Varifocal and Zoom Cameras NOTE This section describes the privacy mask setup for fixed and varifocal cameras as well as zoom cameras under the E series and models B210 and B410 For other zoom camera models please refer to Privacy Mask of B Series Zoom and PTZ Cameras on page 81 lt is possible to set up up to 4 regions of privacy masks The adjustment of the privacy mask region can be done when region is checked under Setup column Don t overlap privacy mask regions 1 vi N es a 2 3 4 Apply You may resize and drag the region the same way as the motion detection regions upper bar that contains the number of the region can be used for dragging the region across the video while the white box at the right lower corner of the privacy mask region can be used for resizing the region There are 4 pre defined color options for privacy masks If the user wants to use any other colors please use URL commands to set up the privacy mask instead To do that please refer to the Guide that explains the use of URL comma
75. ion of stream 1 will now be video Stream 2 High Frame Mode 1250x720 60FPS w 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Camera Options of Fisheye and Hemispheric Cameras Choose the Mounting Type according to how the camera is mounted to display the appropriate view There are three options Wall Ceiling or Ground For Wall mount a single panorama view is shown Adjust the Physical Installation Angle to do proper dewarping based on the newly defined center of the view NOTE Physical Installation Angle for Hemispheric camera models is available only if the Stream Mode is Dual see Stream Mode Dual on page 60 for more information Stream mode is available on Hemispheric camera models only 1 2000 01 01 00 54 54 Line Frequency Mounting Type Physical Installation Angle 0 65 o Apply Line Frequency Steam Mode Mounting Type Apply Physical Installation Angle 0 65 o Apply Example of Hemispheric Camera Example of Fisheye Camera Not using the 10 Titled Wall Mount 0 degree With 10 Tilted Wall Mount 10 degree After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes so ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Select Ceiling mount if the camera is installed on the ceiling Adouble panorama is shown on the window showing the upper and lower hemisphere of the video Se
76. is function works continuously in the background It is re evaluated for each frame to make sure if there is any change in dominant light source e g the user closes the curtains to block the sun light and turns on the indoor lights In most cases the auto white balance works perfectly and the user does not have to adjust anything In some rare installation cases especially when there are no white color objects in the field of view and the light sources are mixed the camera may have difficulty to identify the true white color to fine tune the rest of the colors In such cases the installer can help the camera to understand the true colors by placing a white object for example a piece of white paper in front of the camera to cover the whole field of view and wait a few seconds the auto white balance system will adjust the colors until the white paper will really look white on the display At that moment the user can freeze these white balance settings by pressing the Hold button After pressing that button the White Balance will switch from Auto mode to Manual mode together with the color values captured at the moment of 74 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Hold The user can now remove the white object from the field of view and the colors will stay correct for given scene White Balance R Gain 1 255 White Balance Auto YJ Hold i B Gain 1 255 Image Quality Prior
77. ity nage ree V Frame Rate Priority O Frame Rate Priority Expert Settings O Expert Settings Apply Reset Apply Reset For advanced users there is also an option to switch from Auto mode to Manual mode of White Balance directly and input the R Gain and B Gain values manually To simplify exposure settings the camera firmware sets the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to achieve two exposure control settings namely e Image Quality Priority e Frame Rage Priority White Balance Image Quality Priority D Frame Rate Priority Expert Settings Apply Select Image Quality Priority if users want to get a clear image of static objects but accept motion blur for fast moving objects in low light Select Frame Rate Priority if users do not want to have motion blur but accept noise on the image in low light For advance users select Expert Settings to display and manually configure the exposure settings 75 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 IR Exposure Compensation Enabled White Balance Image Quality Priority Frame Rate Priority Expert Settings IR Exposure Compensation Exposure Mod AU AE Reference target Slowest Auto Shutter speed Apply Reset IR Exposure Compensation is available on all cameras with IR LEDs This feature automatically balances the IR exposure to eliminate over exposed images cause by too much IR on the subject When enabled th
78. l Exposure Gain Shutter Speed and even on select models the IRIS Control l series zoom cameras only NOTE WDR is disabled in manual exposure mode see Image on page 72 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 OSD ma The section OSD or OSD Privacy Mask as shown in some cameras allows users to add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video This function is called Text Overlay or On Screen Display OSD It is possible to display the camera name date and time IP address or any custom text as Text Overlay The text is kept as small as possible and is not resizable The text can be read normally when the video is enlarged on the display to 1 1 ratio The purpose of having the text so small is to provide sufficient legal evidence while blocking the smallest possible area of the video to avoid valuable video evidence being blocked by text overlay The text will be embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export lt is possible to define up to 4 regions of text If more than 1 region of text is enabled and positioned in the same location then the texts will appear one below another row by row Region Enabled In the example above one region of text was enabled with blue color and 50 transparency loc
79. lect Ground mount if the camera is installed on a flat surface like on the ground or on a table top with the camera facing up A double panorama is shown on the window showing the upper and lower hemisphere of the video Line Frequency Mounting Type Rotation Degrees per Click Top TiltAngle 0 90 90 J Apply Bottom Tilt Angle 0 90 90 Apply Stream Mode Dual v Apply Line Frequency Mounting Type Rotation Degrees per Click C Top Tilt Angle 0 90 Apply Bottom Tilt Angle 0 90 90 Apply j Stream Mode ya Ceiling Mounting Type Ground Mounting Type Parameters Description This function allows users to specify a rotation angle and rotates the both the top and bottom panorama views when the rotate icons are clicked The original fisheye view remains the same Top Tilt Angle Specify the tilt angle of the top panorama view then click Apply to tilt 0 90 the viewing angle By default the tilt angle is set at 90 Rotation Degrees per Click Bottom Tilt Angle Specify the tilt angle of the bottom panorama view then click Apply to 0 90 tilt the viewing angle By default the tilt angle is set at 90 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes sa D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Stream Mode Dual for Hemispheric Cameras only The Dual view mode of the Hemispheric cameras sim
80. lows users to set the Line Frequency and Stream Mode properties of the camera Depending on the camera type the parameters on the Camera Options screen vary 1 2012 08 31 22 16 57 a so am JA Line Frequency Line Frequency is the function that adjusts the shutter speed options to match with the frequence of artificial light source of given country For example in Europe the light frequency due to power supply frequency of lights is 50Hz that is 50 flashes per second By setting line frequency to 50Hz in such case the shutter speed options will be proportional with light source frequency such as 1 25s 1 50s 1 100s etc ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 It is necessary to have the camera s Line Frequency adjusted according to the power frequency of the light source to avoid flickering effect The natural light source sun light is a seamless flow of light the Line Frequency setting does not matter for the cameras that are only exposed to natural light Camera Options of 1 3MP Cameras Cameras with 1 3MP resolution have a high frame rate mode of 60fps By default high frame mode is disabled To enable this feature select the maximum resolution and frame rate on High Frame Mode some video settings such as Exposure and White Balance etc will be automatically configured This configuration will automatically be set as the video stream 1 and the original configurat
81. may be powered on by using a power adaptor The Ethernet port LED or Power LED of the caxmera will indicate that the power supply for the camera works normally Configure the IP Addresses In order to be able to communicate with the camera from your PC both the camera and the PC have to be within the same network segment In most cases it means that they both should have very similar IP addresses where only the last number of the IP address is different from each other There are 2 different approaches to IP Address management in Local Area Networks by DHCP Server or Manually Using DHCP server to assign IP addresses If you have connected the computer and the camera into the network that has a DHCP server running then you do not need to configure the IP addresses at all both the camera and the PC would request a unique IP address from DHCP server automatically In such case the camera will immediately be ready for the access from the PC The user however might not know the IP address of the camera yet It is necessary to know the IP address of the camera in other to be able to access it by using a Web browser The quickest way to discover the cameras in the network is to use the simplest network search built in the Windows system just by pressing the Network icon all the cameras of the local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our Cameras 6 www acti com
82. mware User s Manual V6 09 45 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision When the mass storage has not been formatted or mounted yet the camera would not know the status of the storage and the output would be as follows Storage Media Type Capacity GB Percentage of Usage File System Status Micro SD 0 00 0 00 Free Total 0 UNKNOWN Unmounted If the mass storage has been formatted or mounted already the Status page will show the details of the storage Storage Media Type Capacity GB Percentage of Usage File System Status Micro SD 3 46 3 57 Free Total w In case of IP cameras with installed memory cards the Storage Media Type will show Micro SD NOTE Supports microSDHC and microSDXC cards only The capacity of the disk is shown in Gigabytes The file system is Linux based EXT3 which is different from Windows based PC file systems If you remove the storage from the camera and plug it directly to Windows based PC it may not be able to read its content The chapter File Management explains the correct ways of accessing files of the local storage D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Utilities The Utilities are responsible for managing the storage itself rather than the files on the storage There are three utilities Mount Format and Scan Mount Storage Media Mount Format Storage Media Format Scan Storage Media Scan
83. nds B0 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 When switching back to live view the privacy mask would look like this Please note that the Text Overlay OSD and Privacy Masks will take effect for both Stream 1 and Stream 2 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet NOTE 1 It may take several seconds to update the region location on video display after pressing Apply 2 The privacy mask set on zoom cameras is retained on its original position The image which is masked may move out of the masked area when the camera is zoomed in or out Privacy Mask of B Series Zoom and PTZ Cameras The Privacy Mask of B Series zoom and PTZ cameras except B210 and B410 is dependent on the configured preset points These cameras can have up to 17 preset points wherein up to four 4 privacy masks can be configured for each preset points Before setting the privacy mask first define the Home position and the preset points as needed see How to Set Preset Points on page 26 8 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Compression Motion Detection Day Night Image Exposure White Balance OSD Privacy Mask Preset Poin Home Position V Don t overlap privacy mask regions Region Enabled 1 2 3 4 Apply
84. nnecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Defines the upper limit of the bitrate only available under CBR mode The bitrate will be floating slightly under that limit For example if the limit is set as 2M the bitrate will be floating around 1 6 2 0 Mbps Video Max Bit Rate only for H 264 Video Bit Rate Mode ConstantBiRate f the Video Max Bit Rate is chosen as Video Max BitRate Unlimited Unlimited then the Video Bit Rate Video BitRate 2M selection box will appear that defines the bit rate level Under CBR mode when Video Max Bit Rate is chosen Unlimited the user can define the AVERAGE bit rate For example if the Video Bit Rate is chosen 2M then occasionally the actual bit rate may go Video Bit Rate below or beyond 2M but in the long run the average bit rate will be only for H 264 very close to 2M This mode allows the most accurate storage estimations however while planning the bandwidth please consider the occasional peaks of bit rate H 264 Compression Under VBR mode the bit rate will be floating while the video quality will be stable and follows the quality standard set by the user The user can choose either High Medium or Low quality The higher is the quality level the more bit rate the camera will use to achieve the target quality Video Bit Rate Mode Variable Bit Rate Quality Medium GOP 1Hrame 1Second Quality MJPEG Compression The user
85. nternet IP Camera DSL Modem Control Center NVR gt Camera notifies DDNS service when IP changed gt NVR uses camera s domain name to ask DDNS gt DDNS tells the NVR what the camera s IP is DDNS Service gt Commands from NVR to camera s IP address gt Video Stream from camera to NVR Every time the IP camera gets an IP that is different from previous one it notifies the public DDNS Service about the change The DDNS Service updates its database immediately mapping the assigned domain name for example camera123 dyndns org to the new IP address In NVR settings only the domain name camera123 dyndns org is used to identify the camera Every time when NVR needs to connect to the camera it asks from DDNS Service what the current camera s IP is The DDNS Service instantly responds to NVR and tells it the camera s IP Now NVR will use the IP of the camera to connect to the camera and the video stream from the camera to NVR can be initiated As a result NVR can always find the IP camera regardless of frequently changing IP address of the camera Since there are so many public DDNS Services available for free the PPPoE based connection is really a good and low cost solution for single camera sites E Enabled As aserice As a protocol reference members dyndns org HostName cameral 3 dyndns org UserName cameral23o0wner Password Soc cece Poe Apply Reset www acti com D4 ACTi Connec
86. oad from the Download Center To upgrade the firmware automatically choose Firmware Upload from the Download Center and press the Apply button The camera will automatically search the latest firmware version Click the Upload button to start the upload Once the process is finished you will get an OK message and the system will reboot itself Firmware Upload Firmware Version ve 0945 Read Firmware Log Upload Cancel If the camera found the running version is already the latest one a message will pop up and firmware upload is not needed Firmware Upload The firmware is the latest firmware If the camera failed to connect to the internet or the DNS server is not set correctly a warning message will pop up please examine your IP address setting and the DNS server settings Firmware Upload Message from webpage x A Fail bo connect bo the download center sii ai D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Save amp Reboot Save amp Reboot The Save amp Reboot section allows saving the settings and rebooting the camera remotely This is critical because some settings might not take effect before save amp reboot Click apply to save all settings and reboot this device Please wait 30 seconds for system reboot And the window will close in 3 seconds Apply D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Logout Logo
87. of GPS Position ddd dddddd or ddd dddddd Apply Reset Check the Enabled box to enable this feature Find the camera location on google maps for example installed in the airport CG https www google com maps place John F Kennedy International Airp TT A John F Kennedy f International Airport Directions ted States panynj gov Open today Open 24 hours 718 244 4444 3 9 kkk 1 087 reviews John F Kennedy New York City hub off ng flights f 20 a nes plus a variety of ork City hub airlines plus a variety o International Airport ps amp eateries Airport serving the New York City area Write a review Add a photo John F Kennedy International Airport is one of the best airports in the world vifi in the JetBlue terminal is largely helpful as we efficient as international airports in other countries Google Copy the first GPS coordinates from the URL bar and paste it on Degree of Latitude Copy the second part of the GPS coordinates to Degree of Longitude Press Apply to save the changes ACTI Connecting Vision RS Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Date amp Time Each video frame contains a time stamp The accuracy of the time stamp is very important for incident investigators Therefore the clock of the camera has to be adjusted to most accurate time possible Date amp Time The section Date amp Time provides the options for adjusting the date and time of the cam
88. ogin Plain Cram MD5 Digest MD5 and PoP Relay Please also enter the User Name Password the email address displayed as sender can be different than the user name Network SMTP server address Network SMTP server Port number and Max Connection time before timeout in seconds After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet HTTP Server HTTP 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 You 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 Ais a fixed camera that looks at a corridor leading to the main hall It has a motion detection window located near the point
89. onnecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Storage media was formatted completely DISK_FORMAT LOG 1 0 records in 1 0 records out Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table nor Sun SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel Changes will remain in memory only until you decide to write them After that the previous content E won t be recoverable The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 120288 Format Failure If the disk is damaged or it is not within the specifications of the camera the formatting may fail When this happens there is no way to continue using that disk and it has to be replaced with a proper one gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Scan To check the health of the disk it is possible to use the Scan function If the disk has already been mounted the Scan button is grayed out unmount the disk first to enable the Scan button Mount Storage Media Mount Format Storage Media Format Scan Storage Media Scan It will take few minutes Please DO NOT reboot or power off the device during scan Storage media was scanned completely show Log Close Storage media was scanned completely DISK_SCAN LOG e2fsck 1 42 6 21 Sep 2012 dev synopblockai clean 16 240960 files 33405 962302 blocks Scan Failure The scanning would fail if the disk is not recognized
90. ons reported a motion that was faster than fen a a an allowed speed limit of sensitivity 70 alki ai dik Runtime MD Profile w The blue graph on the right side of 70 10 v v 10 v the image shows how many percent a m 10 10 v of pixels within the motion detection region were considered as currently in motion The activity panel itself is a timeline for each moment of time you can see the height of the blue bars You may notice that at certain moment the tallest bars in the activity graph reached about 25 a quarter of the total height in activity panel it means 25 of this motion detection area were filled with moving pixels at that moment By visual observation you can also see that the object standing inside the motion detection region indeed covers about 25 of its size What if the object is really small but moves rather fast gets triggered by the current sensitivity level For example we want to detect people but not the cat walking in the room Although both people and cat may move with the speed that will trigger motion they have different size of triggered pixels For example a human passing by the motion detection region will trigger 25 of pixels in that region while the cat would trigger only 2 Since we want to have a real alarm in case of human or vehicle passing by while ignoring birds cats butterflies mice etc we need a filter that can define how many percent of tri
91. ork FTP port the User Name and Password of FTP account Connection mode Passive or Active and Connection time before timeout After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet SMTP Server 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 primary SMTP server then it will not use the secondary SMTP server SMTP Server Configuration Primary SMTP Configurations Enabled Authentication Type Login User Name Event test com User Password Sender Email Address EventHandler test com Network Address smtptest com Network Pot 25 Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 300 sec Secondary SMTP Configurations Enabled www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 To setup SMTP servers make sure to enable the SMTP account and choose the proper Authentication type There are many types available The default is Login We recommend you to use Auto Detection Available authentication types include Auto Detection None L
92. otion detection region has an impact on the threshold the bigger is the size of the motion detection region the smaller should be the threshold value if you want the same object size to trigger motion For example if you increase the motion detection region to twice the previous size please remember to reduce the threshold to half its original value from 10 to 5 On the other hand changing the location of the motion detection region has no impact on threshold Trigger interval The last configuration item is the trigger interval It is the time period from the beginning of the triggered event during which the all motion activities are ignored by the camera This is designed to avoid needless repetitive reporting of the same intrusion Trigger interval 20 seconds would mean that when the even happens camera will take certain one time actions and ignore the continuing activity in the motion detection region for 20 seconds When 20 seconds are over the camera will produce a new alarm if there are still action in the motion detection region and take z actions again D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 There is one more item on the Motion Detection configuration nmeweonm Runtime MD Profile page which was not explained above the Profile of Motion r 70 Detection Think of them as Profile 1 Runtime MD Profile and m 70 Ov Profile 2 Event MD Profile It means that you c
93. ough Video Flipping Video Mirroring function see mage on page 72 then the camera must be recalibrated Camera Calibration Drag tab to resize circle Center of image Move the mouse cursor within the red circle and drag towards the target area you want to cover The radius of the circle may also be resized by dragging one of the square tabs Press Apply to save the changes 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Video Video The sub section is also named Video For Audio supported cameras there will also be a sub section named Audio The video section is divided into tabs The functionality of each tab is explained separately below Upon opening the sub section named Video the live view of the Stream 1 of the camera will appear Since the camera is a dual stream device it is possible to see how each of the 2 streaming configurations looks like by selecting either Stream 1 or Stream 2 under the live video window 1 2012 10 16 16 55 26 N EE g T a 8 As tg t SS ee es See oe eee Usually Stream 1 is configured to be high quality video with maximum resolution and frame rate for recording purposes while Stream 2 is usually a moderate quality stream for live view purposes of the VMS to reduce VMS computing power during video decoding of multiple channels Compression The section Compression allows the user to define the compression settings of the vi
94. peration of Transport Layer Layer 4 using UDP protocol Ex UDP Local Port in out datagram SNMP Provide the related statistics through SNMP UDP is D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 RTP RTP The RTP section allows user to configure RTP Settings lf the RTSP Authentication is Enabled then the RTP streaming will require account name and password authentication If the RTP B2 Frame is Enabled then the B2 frame is added to every video frame containing additional information such as motion detection status on each frame digital input and digital output levels passive infrared status other video intelligence data frame counter frame rate mode and the frame rate bitrate resolution timestamp and much more The user side can operate with video data easily including event management storage consumption estimation image resizing for preview etc RTSP Authentication Enabled RTF B2 Frame Enabled After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 1 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Network ToS UPnP Bonjour ONVIF Network The section Network contains the controls for following functions Type of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF Type of Service The Type of Service provides 4 options to aapeth saree defin
95. pload time Image 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 Asample rule and corresponding filename will look like this Front_Door YYYY MM DD hh mm ss Front_Door 2009 10 12 195037 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 Backgate MM DD 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 CGI path amp Program 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 servers E Mail Recipient Subject When uploading video snapshots via email these fields are required Video Source Choosing the video source from video 1 or video 2 Auto Naming Rules for Files and Folders To properly track images and videos a well thought out naming
96. ply streams a 180 panaroma view for Cameras mounted on the wall in this case the Mounting Type must be set to Wall If the Mounting Type is set as Ceiling or Ground the video is streamed with a 360 panorama view Stream Mode ePTZ for Hemispheric Cameras only The ePTZ mode of Hemispheric Cameras works in similar way as optical PTZ function in Speed Domes As the camera receives commands from remote client it changes the direction of the view or zooms in or out digitally The stream coming out from the camera represents the current viewing direction of the camera not the panoramic view Web Configurator If you are using hemispheric camera in ePTZ mode Preset this screen is available by clicking on ePTZ button in Save current position as home position the live view screen Mouse PTZ is enabled at the Apply Remove Return to a preset position after PTZ idle time same time Return Position DISABLE V Idle Time 10 seconds Zoom Control Step Size mo Stepped Zooming La Es click Set enter the name and move position to what Rotation Rotation Degrees per Click aoo e Preset You can configure up to 32 Zoom presets below Just you desire then click set again You can instantly ask Name i ny the camera to go to that zoom and focus position by clicking on the Goto button K amp amp NN lt Click Delete to remove this zoom preset point from Ri camera memory You can u
97. put When checked the video or audio stream will be streamed only to a particular receiver when that receiver sends a request or in the case of the By Request Network Video Recorder NVR selects to view or record the stream If unchecked the video or audio stream will constantly be streamed to the network whether there are devices viewing the video or not To save on network bandwidth it is recommended to check this function Multicast IP Set the multicast IP of the corresponding stream Network Port Enter the assigned port for the corresponding stream Enter the multicast TTL time to live of the corresponding stream This Multicast TTL value determines the time span in seconds when the packet is retained in the network When the time expires and no request is received the packet is then discarded After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet New port settings will only take effect after pressing System gt Save amp Reboot 39 gt ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure channel over an insecure network in order to protect the data sent between the camera and its counterpart Two things are required to have a secure communication encrypted data and verified counterpart of the communication To make sure that the messages
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99. requisites SMTP server HTTP CGI server setup Notification messages may be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server If sent to a 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 Notification message 1 W Sendmessageto HTIPCGIi Test CGI Path amp Program cgibin cmd encoder including path of CGI program URL Command PT2Z_PRESET_GO 1 Message Look at Front Door Notification message 2 W Sendmessageto E Mail Test E Mail Recipients Subject Message supervisorga test com using for multiple addresses Intrusion Detected Someone just entered Notification message 3 C Fields must be filled in To setup Notification Messages make sure to enable the message and then determine 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 and an optional message If you are sending email please enter the recipient E Mail address the email subject and the body message After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 95 www act
100. rnal 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 Click the item before Event to expand the list Event Event Server Event Configuration Event List Manual Event Event Server 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 rules 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 servers F tye Networkaddress Ports Userliame O O O D FTF Server Configuration 21 SMTP Server Configuration HTTP Server 1 Configuration HTTP Server 2 Configuration B9 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 FTP Server FTP servers can receive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response from event handlers You may setup one FIP server Network Address Network Port User Name User Password Mode Passive Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 60 sec Apply Reset To setup FTP servers make sure to enter the network address of FTP server the Netw
101. 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 YY the last 2 digits of 4 digits year 09 for year 2009 MM two digits for month 01 12 01 for January DD two digits for date 01 31 01 for the 1st day of a month hh two digits for hour 00 23 mm two digits for minute 00 59 SS two digits for second 00 59 W a space character N camera name camera 1 File serial counter It starts from 1 in every uploading task The counter will Y T2345 be increased by 1 for next uploading file Example 1 Entrance YYYY MM DD hh mmi ss for time 2009 06 05 22 50 30 The full name is Entrance 2009 06 05 225030 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 a8 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Send URL commands Pre requisites HTTP CGI server setup Send URL commands Send Command 1 to ATTPCGI1 Test Command as eventis triggered cgi bin cmd encoder PT _PRESET_GO 1 including path of CGI program max 119 characters Command as event becomes inactive cg bin cmd encoder PT2_PRESET_GO 2 including path of CGI program max 119 characters Send Command 7 to HTIFCGI1
102. s suddenly removed from the device What responses will occur Available responses vary depending on what triggered the event Response To send notification message Upload video snapshots Change Motion Detection Profile send URL command Digital Output selected models only This is a 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 for best performance D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Change Motion Detection profile This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event
103. s the example of Windows 7 by clicking on the Network icon of Windows 7 the PC will discover the cameras instantly U ACM3701 10H X 00473 4 Wl Desktop ACM3701 12G E 00300 a Libraries ACM4201 09C X 00538 B NP U ACM8511 09K X 00006 i Computer D11 AA 02 12G 00015 gt Gi Network ENR 00 1D B6 0B 0A 12 El Control Panel GNR2000 00 19 0F 09 EE 19 Bonjour The section Bonjour provides the option to enable or disable the ability of the camera to be discovered by the other network devices using Bonjour protocol vi Enabled Friendly Name D11 AA 02 126 00015 developed by Apple Inc Both Bonjour and UPnP serve the similar purpose to discover devices conveniently Similarly to UPnP the human readable Friendly Name can be defined by the user That name will be displayed when the camera is found in the network By default the Friendly Name is the serial number of the camera however the user can modify the name according to the project needs After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 1 bia ACT Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 ONVIF The camera with given firmware is ONVIF 2 2 compliant By default the ONVIF function is enabled To disable the ONVIF support remove the check on ONVIE the box and press Apply If you need to activate ONVIF on multiple cameras conveniently
104. se ePTZ in live view by moving the mouse over video and clicking on the video anywhere you like Wherever you click that point will become new JINN center of the view This is how you pan and tilt You also can rotate the view via PTZ panel if you like To zoom in or out under eP TZ mode use the scroll wheel of the mouse z ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Preset Tour After you set the Preset Point the Tour function will be enabled See How to Set Preset Points on page 26 for more information NOTE Home position has to be set again after changing the installation type the motion detection configurations and PTZ configurations like preset points Stream Mode Fisheye View for Hemispheric Cameras only The Fisheye View mode shows the camera view as though viewing from a fish s eye with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too small and not be seen clearly Camera Options 1 2000 01 01 01 29 42 Line Frequency Mounting Type Stream Mode Fisheye View W Apply 6 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Camera Calibration sh art Camera Calibration allows users to manually calibrate and find the center image of the camera Since the camera has already been calibrated before shipment calibrating the camera is not usually needed However if the image will be flipped thr
105. t No Position 1 0 9001 2 18000 9000 Disabled Return to a preset position after PTZ idle time Retur Position Idle Time seconds oom Control Max Zoom Ratio Digital Zoom Disabled Speed Pan Tilt Speed Continuous Zooming Step Size Stepped Zooming ra Control www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 How to Use Pan Tilt For PTZ speed dome cameras click the pan tilt controls to pan tilt the camera Pan amp Tilt Auto pan tilt speed Enabled Auto Flip Disabled K FPan Tilt Speed 3 Pan tilt controls Other pan tilt features include e Auto pan tilt speed When Enabled the camera automatically sets the pan tilt speed according to the zoom ratio and the selected pan tilt soeed while retaining the clarity and quality of image even as the camera is panning or tilting When Disabled the pan tilt speed follows the value selected on the Pan Tilt Speed field e Auto Flip When Enabled the camera automatically flips the image when the camera is pan at 180 and then continues panning to the same direction up to 360 When Disabled users can only pan the camera to one direction up to 180 NOTE Available only in PTZ 19x camera models e Pan Tilt Speed Select the desired pan tilt soeed The bigger the number the faster the speed is TIP While the PTZ Control Panel is open instead of using the pan tilt controls mov
106. t by firmware without power disconnection If there other parties attempt to connect to the device with wrong security password under SNMP V1 V2 or V3 setting the device will send an authentication failure message to the management server To enable SNMP Trap function in the camera type the IP address of the computer running the SNMP management software and type trap community as password to allow server to get trap message from device Default is public Select available traps and click Apply Camera s SNMP offers following information Group Description Provide general information about the managed device System cae Ex system description system name Wisnnee Provide general information from the physical interfaces Ex interface speed MAC address Provide information about the mapping between network addresses and physical Address oa addresses for each physical interface Ex The IP MAC addresses to connect to the managed device Provide the status and operation of Network Layer Layer 3 Ex the information and traffic flow of received delivered package www acti com Translation D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 ICMP Provide the status and statistics of ICMP Ex amount of receive error message of ICMP TCP Provide the status and operation of Transport Layer Layer 4 using TCP protocol Ex TCP Local Port incoming outgoing TCP segments Provide the status and o
107. te identity Read Community is the password for server to get information from devices Write Community is the password for server to edit values on devices The default is public for Read Community and write for Write Community Of course you can set any other password as your read write community You can enable V1 V2 or both Click Apply after you ve completed setup 13 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 The security method of SNMP V3 uses account password for authentication Security Name is the account name to be used with your Password The default security name is public and the password must be at least 8 characters long You also can set any other security name or password Click Apply after you ve completed setup SNMP function is now enabled You may now install and run the SNMP management software on computer server SNMP Trap Usage wf Trap Enabled Destination IP address Trap Community public Available Traps Cold Start Warm Start Authentication Failure Apply Reset SNMP traps enable notifications from devices Devices may send message to the management server whenever significant events occur such as cold start warm start and authentication failure The manager will get the information immediately and take action if necessary Cold start means device reboot by power disconnection Warm start means device reboo
108. tes only The Sound Detection must be configured first to use this feature 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 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 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Device boots successfully 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 Reboot device 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 Fail to write storage with storage card only Trigger occurs when there is an error in writing data to the memory card Remove storage media with storage card only Trigger occurs when the memory card i
109. the most suitable NTP Server to synchronize date and time with please refer to the worldwide pool of NTP Servers http www pool ntp org en When choosing Set Manually mode you can adjust the date and time by the select boxes Choose the appropriate Time Zone from the select box too If your location is not listed there then pick any of the listed zones which GMT is identical with your location For the countries with daylight saving policy there is Day Light Saving function with two different types Type 1 define the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the number of the week in the month First Second Third or Last week Type 2 define the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the exact date in the month 1 31 Whether to choose Type 1 or Type 2 please refer to the daylight saving policy of given country After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet 35 DA ACTI Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Network l eA The section Network provides the list of network related functions and services The mark before Network indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it Once expanded the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark IP Address Filtering IP Address Filtering By IP Address Filtering function it is possible to def
110. ting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 To activate DDNS please check the Enabled Select the service reference input the Host Name the domain name given to the camera by DDNS service User Name and Password of the DDNS server account You will get the needed Host Name User Name and Password information from the DDNS service provider once you have registered an account there and requested a domain name for your Camera After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Video amp Audio t Video The section Video or Video amp Audio for audio supported cameras provides the options to adjust the video quality configure the streaming details of the camera and audio settings for Audio supported cameras only which will be described in the succeeding pages The default settings of the camera are sufficient for most environments and the video adjustments are not necessary The following sections explain the ways to configure the video quality or streaming details in case it is required to do so The mark before Video indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it Once expanded the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark Camera Options eS ae In general the Camera Options submenu al
111. tion is used to trigger the camera or another camera to perform specific actions or a digital output device such as alarms or lights etc to respond Sound Detection Enabled Trigger Interval s Trigger Threshold L 0 wY o w aa Check the Enabled box to enable Sound Detection The Trigger Interval refers to the time interval of the first detected sound to the next detected sound For example if trigger interval is set at 5 seconds the next sound detection is triggered only after 5 seconds If the next sound is detected 3 seconds after the first sound the trigger is not activated To set the range or loudness of sound set the Trigger Threshold This helps define which sound is considered loud enough to be a trigger For example the sound of blowing wind should not be considered while the sound of a door creaking is a cause for alarm The red line on the Activity graph shows the threshold set at 15 The blue graph shows the sound activity If the blue graph exceeds the red line sound is triggered Enabled Trigger Interval s Trigger Threshold vi 15 V Apply Reset How to choose the most optimal trigger threshold level The rule of thumb keep the trigger threshold as small as possible while not causing false alarms After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes a4 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Notification message Pre
112. ugh the authenticator to the protected side of the network until the supplicant s identity has been validated and authorized An analogy to this is providing a valid passport at an airport before being allowed to pass through security to the terminal With 802 1X port based authentication the supplicant provides credentials such as user name password or digital certificate to the authenticator and the authenticator forwards the credentials to the authentication server for verification If the authentication server determines the credentials are valid the supplicant client device is allowed to access resources located on the protected side of the network Please enable IEEE 802 1x and configure settings on the screen below Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save amp Reboot IEEE 802 1X Enabled EAPOL Version User Name User Password CA Certificate Upload User Certificate Upload User Private Key Upload New Settings will only take effect after Save amp Reboot Apply Reset EAPOL Version V1 and V2 are the 802 1X communication types User name and User password area created by user and set in RADIUS server Certificates and Private Key are provided by RADIUS Server D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 lf certificates or private key exist already there will be a Remove button behind these items in order to remove thes
113. using the steps below SE lt All Control Panel Items Network and Sharing Center Control Panel H i 3 4 i ir 3 4 CN es a View your basic network information and set up connections Organize v Disable this network device Diagnos i f See full ma Ae SPREE Sgn A A je bel z Local Area Connection h hari lu F ae pian c SISO_NP_PC1 Network Internet oe _ Network This computer af Intel R 8 Disable View your active networks Connect or disconnect Status J Network Access type Internet Diagnose Work network Connections Local Area Connection T z Bridge Connections Change your networking settings Create Shortcut We Set up a new connection or network Delete Set up a wireless broadband dial up ad hoc or VPN connection or set up a router or a Rename access point e Properties gy Connect to a network Connect or reconnect to a wireless wired dial up or VPN network connection gt EE aisoO HomeGroup Choose homegroup and sharing options Internet Options Access files and printers located on other network computers or change sharing settings Windows Firewall Connection Properties Connect using You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports gt Intel R 82567LM 3 Gigabit Network Connection this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automaticall
114. ut Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device Be sure to logout this IP device once you have completed all the tasks via Web Configurator D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Troubleshooting Although the default settings of the camera are ideal for 90 of the cases there may be some rare cases when the settings need to be adjusted or the device has to be examined The following section provides easy troubleshooting solutions for most cases In some occasions the unexpected symptoms may be the result of selecting the product that is not suitable for given environment For more detailed explanations and instructions of each situation please refer to the complete Troubleshooting Guide at http www acti com kb detail aso KB ID KB20130130001 Image Quality Troubleshooting Problem Solution Motion blur Increase shutter soeed Blurry image Auto Focus Refocus button Manual focus adjust manuall Too narrow DoF Reduce aperture size widen the viewing angle install camera farther from objects Vari focal lens widen the viewing angle Zoom lens press the zoom out button Fixed Too narrow viewing lens replace it with wide angle fixed lens or choose another model with wide angle angle lens Increase video resolution Zoom in zoom lens or adjust lens to telephoto position Objects too small vari focal Install the camera closer to target Change to the lens with longer focal length
115. with the purpose of being recorded by NVR while Stream 2 has lighter video configuration for NVR live view purposes to reduce the computing power of the NVR PC Both streams can be configured under Web Configurator s Setup page To see how each of the stream looks like there are quick buttons on the Live View page Show the Stream 1 video Show the Stream 2 video When pressing the Stream 2 button the Live View would look like this Web Configurator 2 2012 10 01 07 47 45 i 9 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 To capture the snapshots of the current live view press the snapshot button The snapshots are saved in Pictures folder Take a Snapshot Cameras with audio function have the audio controls on Live View page g Speak to Camera i To speak to the camera press the _ button If the camera is connected to a network video recorder the audio will be recorded with the video stream To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in order to hear the audio from the camera s microphone or line in device use the audio controls as below Audio Muted Oe Audio level adjusted to the maximum 4 This volume control appears on the user interface only when the Audio in function of the camera has been Enabled under Setup page 8 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V
116. y 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 After changing any of the items above press Apply to save the changes The Reset button undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet Warning Do not accidentally block your own IP address that you are connecting from otherwise you will not be able to access the camera any more to undo the changes If this happens by mistake you can do the hardware reset it will clear all the filtering rules 37 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Port Mapping POr Se The section Port Mapping provides the list of services and protocols that require their own port number for communication By default the camera already has all the ports defined On this page the user can modify the port numbers in case there is a specific need for that Most often the HTTP port is changed to something other than 80 in order to match with easy to remember port forwarding rules of the router that acts as a bridge between local area network and Internet HTTPS Port search Server Forti Search Server Port Control Server Port Streaming Server Port RTSP Server Port Multicast Setting By Requests oiream 1 oiream 2 Audio Multicast IP 224 5 0 1
117. y This connection uses the following items i M 0 Client for Microsoft Networks M dE VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver IP address 192 168 0 99 V E QoS Packet Scheduler M 5 File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks 4 Intemet Version 6 a IPv Default gateway Use the following IP address Subnet mask PTS 0 OD ow i Link re Tepada Discovery Pave 1 0 Driver Obtain DNS server address automatically V 4 Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder Use the following DNS server addresses install Uninstall Properties Preferred DNS server Description Transmission Control Protocol Intemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Alternate DNS server Validate settings upon exit ok Cancel Cancel www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V6 09 45 Manually adjust the IP addresses of multiple cameras If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them all of the cameras would then have the initial IP address of 192 168 0 100 which is not a proper situation for network devices all the IP addresses have to be different from each other The easiest way to assign cameras the IP addresses is by using IP Utility g IP_Utility

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