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1. vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Sample screenshots to setup IP of your PC Win XP The procedures below show how to setup your IP on Windows XP If you use operating system other than Windows XP please refer to OS manuals for proper setup procedures STEP1 Start up your PC STEP2 Click the Start and select the Control Panel Paul Chen Internet J My Documents amp Internet Explorer GY a My Recent Documents gt E mail uD r Microsoft Office Outlook AY EI My Pictures bs F Notepad T My Music PX Adobe Acrobat 7 0 og My Computer Professional a My Network Places lac Microsoft Office Excel 2003 ee Control Panel Set Program Access and Defaults wA Connect To AA 5 ba Printers and Faxes O Help and Support Search All Programs gt IJ Run P Log OFf fo Shut Down 1 www acti com A Ach Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Double click the Network and Internet connections icon File Edit View Favorites Tools Help iF P Search Ke Folders Address e Control Panel v Go BE Control Pan el Switch to Classic view val l z f A gt gt Double click the Network connections icon E Net ork and internet Connection File Edit view Favorites Tools Help d Q sak gt S Search ij Folders Address G Network and Internet Connections v Go ss Zz x a a an lo i S X GA Connects to other computers networks and the
2. Once selected the video server IP camera will start to send video te Encoder Type in new stream type Display size Click or _ to adjust display screen size Click the speaker icon to toggle mute audio in Click and drag to decide volume below You must first enable audio in setting to change here 10 PTZ Control Click on the PTZ button to pop up the Control panel and enable Panel Mouse PTZ at the same time For zoom lens camera Panning and Tilting via PT platform will only be activated by mouse PT command Note This is not available in 4 cropped VGA mode DO Settings Click to set DO output level to High Click to set DO output level to Low If your device has more than one DO available each DO is controlled separately 12 Network status Indicates the network state If the light on the right is green it means the network is ok If the light is gray it means the network is broken The light on the left is not used Live view from Camera is displayed here The title bar shows the EVE VGN time and date If you want to setup this IP camera video server please click the 2 Setup tab to switch to Setup Page 9 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 PTZ Control Panel For PTZ and zoom camera models click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to display the PTZ Control Panel On the PTZ Control Panel users can do any the following e Set
3. www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Click this when you connect IP device directly to the xDSL modem User name Enter the user name of your xDSL account Password Enter the password of your xDSL account Note You have to click the Save Reboot after you click the Apply button to let this IP device start xDSL connections Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the 11 Reset button to re enter the parameters DNS Click the DNS item to display the DNS Server Settings Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting DNS Gh Primary DNS Server 0 0 19 0 Secondary DNS Server 0 9 9 0 Apply Reset Defines the IP address of the primary DNS server This is used for Primary DNS server 00 identifying this computer by name instead of IP address The IP address of the secondary DNS server It will be used once Secondary DNS server the primary DNS server fails Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 34 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 DDNS Click the DDNS item to display the DDNS Server Setting Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting DDNS DDNS Status Disabled As a serice l As a protocol referen ceQ
4. Image This section concerns the general video settings KCM 5111 KCM 5211 KCM 5311 KCM 7111 KCM 7211 KCM 3211 Models 2009 02 24 05 40 08 E Video Flipping Video Mirroring Brightness 50 v Contrast 0 v Digital Noise Reduction ON v Restore image settings to default Apply Reset 1 Video Flipping Check this box to flip the video up down Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left right Brightness Select the Brightness value The higher the value the brighter the image Contrast Select the Contrast value The higher the value the sharper the contrast a es Digital Noise Reduction Select ON or OFF to enable or disable this function Enable this for smooth and clear image Disable this if your scene contains many extreme details that may be smoothed over with DNR 6 Restore image settings to default When press this button it will use the default image settings Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters s2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Other Models I 2009 02 24 05 40 08 Video Flipping V Video Mirroring Brightness 50 v Contrast 20 v Saturation 50 v Digital Noise Reduction 2 v 3D Noise Reduction ON v Edge Enhancement 104 v Advanced WDR Medium v Defogging 2 v Restore image settings to default Apply Reset 1 Video Flipping Check this box to flip the
5. Firmware User s Manual A1D 311 V5 11 17 AC 2013 10 28 ACTI Connecting Vision WA lt gt P ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Table of Contents Recommended PC Specification 4 Preparation before setup 5 Connect to device and setup IP ii secace secs tees ce cscasstecwstesocusissecusesweesevecwsvcusens 5 Sample screenshots to setup IP of your PC Win XP 0000 7 Configuring the IP device 11 Eo OU a EEE E E E E E E E 11 Live VICQW ccccccecceceeeeeeeeenecneeeeeeesensenseesesensenseaseeenseuseaseeseenseuseuseeseeenseassees 12 PTZ Control PAC l isisisi arinei ania aiai E 14 How to Use Pan Tilt for PTZ models only cccecceeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeees 15 How to Zoom the Camera In or Out cccccccseecsseceseeeeeeeseeeseeaneesees 15 How to Set the Home Position cc cccecccesceceecseeeeeseueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 16 How to Set Idle Time and Return Camera to Preset Position TOE IP TZ TNO CIS ONN eaaa eee 16 How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol ccccceceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 16 HOW CO PACS TNS FOCUS cease ect ioertendateacstoncitsncaine e E EEE EEE EEE 16 How to Set Touring Preset POInts cccccceececseeeeeaeeeesaeeeesaeeeesaaeees 17 How to Set and Enable Tours cccccccccccccceseeceeceeeeeessueeeeseeeeeeeeeesuanes 17 SWD MENU ceana E E 19 FOS EEE E E E E eee veea cee se eeue 8 sees 20 DECE PIMC e 21 Network SectiOn sn
6. Apply Click the Apply button The Firmware Upgrade Page 2 will be displayed as below Firmware Upload Firmware EE Apply Reset Click Browse to select the upgrade image file You can always get the latest version at our website Click the Apply button to start upgrade The upgrade process window will show a progress bar indicating upgrade status Once the process is finished you will get an OK message and system will reboot itself NOTE If you cancel the firmware upgrade during upgrade process the browser window will be closed ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Save amp Reboot This section tells you how to save all the settings and reboot this IP device This is critical because some settings might not take effect before save and reboot Click the Save amp Reboot item to display the Reboot Page Please wait 30 seconds for system reboot And the window will clase The Action LED indicator will go dark to indicate that the IP device is rebooting After around 30 seconds the Action LED will light up again to indicate that the reboot is completed Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device Be sure to logout this IP device once your setting is completed
7. Apply Cancel Format Storage Media It will takes few minutes Please DO NOT reboot or power off the device during format Format Storage Media Storage media was formatted completely Show Log Close p2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Format Storage Media tune2fs 1 41 8 11 July 2009 a Setting maximal mount count to 1 Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds 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 proper one Format Storage Media Failed to format storage media Show Log Close Format Storage Media mke2fs 1 41 8 11 July 2009 a mke2fs No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size Scan To check the health of the disk it is possible to use the Scan function Unmount storage media Unmount Format storage media Format Scan storage media Scan Scan Storage Media It will takes few minutes Please DO NOT reboot or power off the device during scan Scan Storage Media Storage media was scanned completely Show Log Close ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Scan Storage Media e2fsck 1 41 8 11 July 2009 dev cpesda1 clean 17 1949696 files 166423 7790591 blocks Scan Failure The scanning would
8. Command as event becomes inactive cgi bin emd encoder VIDEO_BITRATE 750K amp including path of CGI program max 119 characters SendCommand3to HTTPCGI1 Test t 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 entry this device provides a DI signal to the PTZ camera and triggers an event This event then sends a loopback command to the PTZ Camera itself by setting its own IP as the HTTP CGI server The PTZ Camera then moves to a preset location stays until the event is over then move back to another location At the same time it moves to the preset location it increases the bitrate from 750k to 3M and the frame rate from 4 fps to 8 fps The bitrate fos changes are reverted at the end of event 7 ACTI Connecting Vision Kal Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Event List You may define a maximum of 10 Event rules which will be shown in abbreviated form in
9. E video 12 06 22 07 51 45 677 raw 20120622 07 51 45 E video 074920 146 120622 raw 20120622 07 49 20 Length Events MD1 SCH MD1 SCH MD1 MD MD1 2 Status Writing Closed Closed Closed Closed The largest possible recording file is approximately 30 minutes You can see the length of each file in the file list In case of snapshots the length is not available Under continuous recording mode the camera will make sure that the file size would not exceed 30 31 minutes it would start writing a next file when the first file is full There is also a way to force the continuous recording files to be with shorter length It is explained in the Event Handler section on page 91 The file that is currently being saved will show the status Writing Search Recordings by Time If you are looking for the recordings of specific time period then you may check the Search recordings by time and select the starting time of the searchable range as well as the length of the time period Search recordings by time Date 2012 6 22 7T 0 10 Time Period 60 Minutes E Search recordings by triggered events E Filetame Start Tene Length Min E video 2012 06 22 07 56 35 _818 raw 20120622 07 56 35 1 E video 12 06 22 07 51 45 677raw 20120622 07 51 45 1 video 074920 146 120622 raw 20120622 07 49 20 1 Events MD4 MD1 MD1 Status Closed Closed Closed With search
10. Logi ae button to login or click the button to re enter Click the again Once you ve logged in the Live page will be displayed as below Live view Click the a Live tab to show Live page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting pea eein Web Configurator DA Acti Encoder DO1 DO2 MPEG4 DO ee Function List Full Screen Click the icon kad stretch the preview to full screen You can click Esc button on the keyboard to return to previous display Snapshot Click the icon SE to take a snapshot The snapshot picture will be saved to the default folder C Users account name Picture in the format of YYYYMMDD_HH_mm_ss jpg www acti com pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 audio out Click the icon A to enable the audio out from PC to IP camera or video server When it is enabled your voice will be transferred to the audio out of the IP camera or video server NOTE you will need to have a microphone connected to your PC to send out audio If dual stream mode is enabled click to select which stream to Media display Media 1 or 2 The default is single stream only To change to dual stream mode please refer to Media 1 section under Setup tab Click T to select the compression codec used in video encoding The Encoder type option includes MPEG 4 MJPEG and H 264
11. _ 8 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 STEP5 Click Local Area Connections and then click Change settings of this connection in the Network Task menu s Network Connections File Edit View Favorites Tools Advanced Help Q Back I oA P Search Key Folders Ez Address Network Connections LAN or High Speed Internet Network Tasks ocal 4rea Connection 1394 Connection T pS Keat etwork cable unplugged Fire Connected Firewalled connection p nr sed Mak Aiia L roadcom 440x 10 100 Integr im 1394 Net Adapter Change Windows at a Firewall settings Wireless Network Connection Disable this network Connected Firewalled device mi Rename this connection Change settings of this connection Other Places G Control Panel J My Network Places My Documents 3 My Computer Details Local Area Connection LAN or High Speed Internet Network cable unplugged Firewalled Broadcom 440x 10 100 Integrated Controller STEP6 Click Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties Local Area Connection Properties General Advanced Connect using EJ Broadcom 440 10 100 Integrated Cr Thiz connection uses the following items dl oS Packet Scheduler w AEGIS Protocol IEEE 802 1 v3 1 6 Internet Protocol TCP IP ht Install Description Transmission Control Protocol lntem
12. 2012 06 22 08 03 11 493 frag ce aoe 20120622 08 33 14 12 MD1 SCH Writing video 2012 06 22 08 03 11 493 raw 20120622 08 03 11 31 MD1 SCH Closed WV video 2012 06 22 07 56 35 818 raw 20120622 07 56 35 1 MD1 Closed W video 12 06 22 07 51 45 677raw 20120622 07 51 45 1 MD1 Closed v video 074920 146 120622 raw 20120622 07 49 20 1 MD1 Closed Remove z ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Search Snapshots If the event rule of the Event Handler defines that there should be Snapshots stored on local storage instead of Video then the snapshots will appear in File Management s file list The extension of snapshot file is jpg E Search recordings by time Search recordings by triggered events Length rr FileName Start Time Min Events Status snapshot 2012 06 22 09 03 42 245 E ipa 20120622 09 03 42 0 MD1 Closed snapshot 2012 06 22 09 03 11 044 E ipa 20120622 09 03 11 0 SCH Closed snapshot 2012 06 22 09 02 26 708 E ipa 20120622 09 02 26 0 MD1 Closed video 2012 06 22 03 03 11 493 frag E mR 20120622 08 33 14 29 MD1 SCH Closed E video 2012 06 22 08 03 11 493 raw 20120622 08 03 11 31 MD1 SCH Closed F video 2012 06 22 07 56 35 818raw 20120622 07 56 35 1 MD1 Closed E video 12 06 22 07 51 45 677 raw 20120622 07 51 45 1 MD1 Closed F video 074920 146 120622 raw 20120622 07 49 20 4 MD1 Closed 1 i Remove View and Download Snapshots By clicking on the snapshot fi
13. Balance White Balance x Hold RGain TI 1 255 B Gain 142 1 255 Line Frequency is the power supply frequency Select the right frequency to avoid image flickering P IRIS For Support P Iris Lens Model P IRIS Disable Enable P IRIS function using P Iris Lens Otherwise please disable it Exposure Mode Shutter Priority Exposure Mode SHUTTER_PRIORITY White Balance AUTO Hok AE Reference target 1240 w Shutter Speed 130 Line Frequency 60Hz Apply Reset In Shutter Priority Mode the shutter speed is locked at the user defined value Camera will compensate for different brightness with Iris size or signal enhancements This is useful when the target moves very fast and has to be viewed with short exposure shutter time 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Exposure Mode Iris Priority Exposure Mode Iris Priority White Balance Auto Hold AE Reference target 123 IRIS Control F26 Y Line Frequency S0Hz Apply In Iris Priority Mode Iris size is fixed to ensure sufficient depth of view Camera varies exposure time shutter to compensate for brightenss change Exposure Mode Manual Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Exposure Gain 40 shutter Speed IRIS Contral Line Frequency In Manual Exposure mode you may configure the shutter soeed and exposure image gain yourself for optimum performance so ACTI Connecting
14. DO PTZ Event Motion Detection profile is also a triggerable response but the parameters are defined through the Video Adjust page not in Event page The configurable responses are classified as Digital I O ports Notification messages Upload Image Snapshot Send URL Commands and go to PTZ Presets Event Configurator Digital O ports Edit Notification message Edit Upload video snapshot and Audio Edit Send URL commands Edit Digital I O ports Digital I O ports selected models only read and control the voltage difference in the circuit and respond to it They are useful in connecting to a wide variety of devices D I is a trigger while D O is a response Both are setup here Both have a low voltage state and a high voltage state noted as 0 and 1 z ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Trigger Interval How does it work When a motion is detected or the device receives a DI trigger usually users want the camera to stay on high alert for a minimum duration of time before returning to normal mode This duration is controlled by setting the trigger interval value During this time the device will NOT respond to a second trigger The device will stay in the triggered state for as long as the trigger continues to be effective So the Trigger interval only limits the minimum amount of time the device will spend in the triggered state Below are sample diagrams on trigger respo
15. Default Type Two Way Audio 0x71 Company Name ACTi Corporation WEB Site www acti com Profile ID OV3653 KB2 V110106A Sensor Board OV5653 7 WAN Status b IP Address 192 168 0 100 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 254 DNS Server Mm DDNS Host WAN Connect Status Disconnect DNS Connect Status Disconnect i DDNS Connect Status Disconnect r system Log H Bootloader Version BOOTLOADER 310 01 12 Loading GPIO driver Devcap Version xXx1FF1 Loading R5232 driver E Loading MAC driver Loading I2C BUS driver Loading Audio driver WW Loading 5D Card driver Config file The unifs parameters and their current settings Parameter List Always attach the server report when contacting your support channel Server Report Third party software licenses Show Licenses o8 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 It shows the firmware version MAC address production ID and factory System info default type of IP device It shows the WAN port s IP address netmask gateway DNS server WAN status l DDNS host and connection status It shows the system event This column is very useful to as a diagnostic System log tool At the bottom of this area is the ISP firmware version which is an useful diagnostic parameter Click Parameter List to see all configurations of the IP device Click Server Report to export related inform
16. IP device to synchronize its time settings with a SNTP NTP server You can use this function to make sure all your IP devices time is the same Additionally with our embedded digital time code in the streaming you can tell the event sequence accurately IP address Enter the IP address of the SNTP NTP server Sync time Select the time interval for this IP device to synchronize its time Set manually Click this to manually setup the date amp time Date Select the date O Time Select the time O sinezone Soo the time zone offset for local settings Select Type 1 to specify daylight saving time by week number in a month select Type 2 to specify daylight saving time by date D Start Time Select the daylight savings start time End Time Select the daylight savings end time Click the 12 Apply button to confirm the settings or click the 13 Reset button to re enter the parameters 22 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Network Section Click the Network item on the Setup Page IP Address Filtering Click the IP Address Filter item to display the IP Address Filtering Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting IP Address Filtering IP address filter enable Set IP address 2 Blocked P Address Netmasks NO IP address Netmask Enabled amp o lo lo lo o o o 5 JE 2 o o o o o o o
17. Reset This ttem lets you select the network transmission speed You can select from 1 Auto detect default setting Speed amp Duplex 2 100Mbps Full duplex 3 100Mbps Half duplex 4 10Mbps Full duplex 5 10Mbps Half duplex Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 32 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 IP Settings Connection Type Click the Connection Type item to display the Connection Type Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting Connection Type Dynamic IP Address Q Usehostname ACTi Static IP Address Q IP Address 192 168 _ 0 _ 100 Subnetmask 255 285 25 _0 ts cateway 192 168 0 _ 254 PPPoE Ouser Name Opassword D 11 Apply Reset Click this to enable IP device s DHCP function Dynamic IP _ It will acquire its WAN port IP address from a DHCP server within the address same network You must have a DHCP server in order to enable this function Use host l o 7 Enter the host name to display in utility tools ex IP Utility name Click this to manually enter the IP address IP address Enter the WAN port IP address Subnet mask Enter the subnet mask of WAN port If IP address is changed adjust the subnet mask accordingly Static IP address ISP gateway Enter the IP address of the gateway the router
18. Sensitivity 1 7 70 the upper left corner of the region 2 70 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 E DI a 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 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 setting
19. V5 11 17 The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given settings __ Low threshold 0 5 High threshold 5 100 Low sensitivity Big and fast iS Bt Big and fast sb 0 65 ey Small and fast on Big and fast High sensitivity ER H a n 65 100 Big and slow Small and fast A7 ER Big and slow Small and slow 3 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 motion 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
20. example we pick the rule 3 for setup 92 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Make sure to have the rule Enabled by filling the checkbox Enabled M Active on V Mon W Tue W Wed W Thr V Fri V Sat V Sun Time 00 00 Duration 24 v 00 v max 168 00 hours Triggered by Motion v f E Region1 E Region 2 Trigger by Motion Region 3 Response To Digital Output F Send notification message Upload video snapshots WV Image 1 E Image 2 L Image 3 C Send URL command E Change Day Night mode S Apply Reset By the example above the camera will be 24 7 on guard to watch for motion events When motion detection region 1 detects intrusion it will trigger the response of uploading image 1 according to the parameters defined under Event Configuration earlier In other words whenever motion occurs the camera will record 3 seconds of video before the moment of motion detection and 57 seconds after that The video file can then be found under Local Storage gt File Management 93 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Scheduled Video Recording Although it is not really recommended to have full time recording for MicroSDHC due to it is not physically as capable as hard disk the firmware still allows it to be configured for full time recording mode Let s use t
21. fail if the disk is not recognized by the camera Make sure that the disk has been properly formatted and mounted to the camera Scan Storage Media Failed to scan storage media Show Log Close Scan Storage Media ERROR internal error Disk type is not ext3 a 4 Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Setup Local Storage Status Utilities File Management The Setup function provides the option to manage the file writing behavior of the camera By default the camera is set to Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatically By using this mode the camera s recording process will not be interrupted when the disk becomes full the oldest files will be overwritten by new recordings Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatically Send a notification when the free storage space is lower than 1 v storage capacity Device is alerted when the free space is lower than this setting To getthis notification you need to set the Event function Please refer to Event configuration page Apply Reset Please note that under this mode there is a risk that important evidence may be deleted automatically over a period of time Therefore as long as recycling mode is used the user should download the critical evidence files from the camera before they are erased by the camera When the Send a notification when the free s
22. members dyndns org X Host Name User NAME 5 Password Apply ut Reset Click this to enable IP device s DDNS function DDNS type DDNS function enables user to connect to this IP device by domain name even if its IP address is not static Protocol Click one of the DDNS service providers Service You can visit their website to get a DDNS service account for this IP Reference device Enter the host name of your DDNS service account ex xxxx dyndns org Enter the user name to login your DDNS service account Enter the password to login your DDNS service account Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the 7 Reset button to re enter the parameters 35 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Video amp Audio Click the Video amp Audio item on the Setup Page Please note that some elements may not appear on all models Stream Mode This section determines how many streams are available from this device There are three modes Single Dual or 4 Stream 4 Stream mode is available only to 4 Megapixel models Stream Mode Stream Mode Single Single k Dual 4 Stream In single stream mode resolutions available include 4 Megapixel 2032 x 1920 for some models Full HD 1920 x 1080 HD720 1280 x 720 and VGA 640 x 480 In 4 Stream mode there is a Standard View and a Positioning View This image below shows the Standard Vi
23. one or many responses Several types of responses are available And there are multiple external servers for the device to interact with When setting up Event Handler there are four types of settings Event Server Event Configuration Event Rules and Manual Event Click the Event item on the Setup Page 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 Type Network Address Ports User Name FIP Server Configuration 21 SMTP Server Configuration HTTP Server 1 Configuration HTTP Server 2 Configuration 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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 FTP server FTP Server Configuration Q Network Address Network Port 21 User Name User Password Node Passive v Q ax Connection Time 10 sec 0 60 sec Z
24. recipient E Mail address ii the email subject and the body M Click Apply to use these settings or click B Reset to clear changes z pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Upload Video snapshot Pre requisites SMTP server FTP server HTTP CGI server setup IP devices may send video recording snapshots to your chosen server upon event Video will be in RAW format while snapshots will be JPG files You can define up to three group of settings to upload video snapshot Snapshots can be sent to FTP HTTP CGI and via Email while video can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP CGI servers 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 7 Enable Message 1 v Upload Media Type Upload Media Type Snapshot O Video Test Upload Media to Upload Media To E MAIL Upload Period Upload Period 0 0 86400 seconds Image during P y Images during Upload Period O Use 0 for maximum number of Upload Period images Pre Buffer Time Pot ft yyy Pre BufferTime 0 0 3 seconds Image FileName Front_Door Y Wy _ MM_ DD Image File Name Y YIYIYJ JY naming rule Upload Path Event_Snapshot Upload Path 2 Y Y Y Y naming rule CGI Path amp Program EENEN CGI Path amp Program S E Mail Recipients E Mail Recipi
25. settings above only those files will be listed which were recorded between 2012 6 22 7 00 and 2012 6 22 8 00 8 7 www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Search Recordings by Triggered Events Another convenient way of searching specific recording files is to define the events that were either the triggers of the recordings or occurred during the scheduled recording Check the Search recordings by triggered events and choose one of the 4 event types Dis Motion Schedule or Ready for Service All these events and can be managed under Event Handler Event Handler with Local Storage on page 91 E Search recordings by time S W Search recordings by triggered events ODs WlMotion Scheduler Ready for Service Search Start Ti n Events Statu tart Time ven atus Min 20120622 06 33 14 21 MD1 SCH Writing E video 2012 06 22 08 03 11 493 raw 20120622 08 03 11 31 MD1 SCH Closed E video 2012 06 22 07 56 35 818 raw 20120622 07 56 35 1 MD1 Closed C video 12 06 22 07 51 45 677 raw 20120622 07 51 45 1 MD1 Closed F video 074920 146 120622 raw 20120622 07 49 20 1 MD1 Closed Download Recordings You can download the files manually to remote PC by clicking on the File Name Delete Recordings You can manually delete the files by filling the checkboxes and then pressing the Remove button A Length FileName Start Time i Events Status Min video
26. the Event List panel It will display under each Event ID the days of the week it will be active the start time and duration of the active period the type of the source of trigger and the actions used in the response If the row is greyed out this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays inactive Event Rule ID Week Day start Duration Source Action 1 1234567 00 00 24 00 NIGHT VPROFILE z 12345 08 00 20 00 SCH DO 2 a 5 amp 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 Ota time and O uration 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 74 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 EventRule 1 S Enabled V active on WI Mon W Tue V Wed Thr V Fri V Sat V Sun Time w O Duration 24 v 00 max 168 00 hours How is it triggered Events may be triggered by several sources Triggered by Swich to night mode 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 emai
27. the video taken right before the event then keep uploading until it reaches the upload 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 A sample 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 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 information are required r Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Video Source Choosing the video source from video 1 or video 2 Auto Naming Ru
28. 15 v Video BitRate Mode Constant Bi Rate v Video Max BitRate UNLIMITED v Video BitRate 3M v Apply Reset 1 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Motion Detection The section Motion Detection allows the user to configure the video motion detection system of the camera Motion detection regions are based on the Stream 1 By default all the regions are disabled Enabled Runtime MD Profile Enabled Sensitivity Trigger Interval S Trigger Threshold w Click on Setup and then check Enabled 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 Trigger interval 47 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Enabled or disabled Me ete ft ahi DPT ws aa i emme j Each of the 3 motion detection regions can be enabled or disabled 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
29. 6 Stream Mode 6 Stream mode is very similar to multi channel video encoder can act as 6 different VGA cameras each pointing in different direction One of the benefits of 6 stream mode is to focus only on regions that are important and discard VGA region to the desired location Mounting Type Ceiling You also can rotate the view if you like Rotation Degrees per Click 1 StreamMode 4Streams To setup other stream please select in Stream ID list StreamID 1 MD Preset Mode Using MD preset mode please set preset points in live view page first 1 Live View gt PTZ gt Preset Please use the live view on video controls Mouse PTZ to shift the region to the desired location for each preset point Name ar J J La 2 LZ k 2 Setup gt Video amp Audio gt Motion Detection Set up the detail setting of motion detection Video amp Audio Camera Options D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 3 Motion Detection Setup Press Setup to edit the settings There are set six regions on ceiling mounting type and three regions on wall mounting type Region Q Enabled sensitivity trigger Interval s trigger Threshold Priority 2 Preset 1 7 70 1 v 10 4 v a 2 70 v 1 v 10 v Sw 02 3 70 v 1 v 10 v 6 v 03 04 05 v Apply Reset 06 STEP1 Click the ab checkbox to
30. ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Constant Bit Rate The bit rate remains constant at all conditions Video quality will be better when image is still Large amount of motion Video Bit Rate or complex scene will degrade quality slightly eee Variable Bit Rate The video bit rate will vary based upon scene complexity and amount of movement The quality will remain the same This puts a hard cap on the maximum bit rate allowed in any given Video Max second of video streaming Assigning a limited bit rate may result in a Bitrate few dropped frames rate when the stream data overflows the allowed bit rate Doing so will also disable Bit Rate setting below This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when Video Bitrate using Constant Bitrate mode The actual value will fluctuate slightly based on scene changes Click the 11 Apply button to confirm the settings or click the 12 Reset button to re enter the parameters 1 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 4 Stream Mode Configuring compression settings in 4 stream mode is basically the same as configuring compression settings in other modes The setting is the same across all 4 channels but you may switch view of the individual channels by selecting the channel on top Video Compression 1 2010 09 19 23 26 06 Stream1 v Encoder Type H 264 Resolution N640x480 7 Frame Rate
31. Apply Reset To setup FTP servers make sure to enter Din network address the Network FTP port the User Name Password Connection mode Passive or Active and Oconnection time before timeout in milliseconds Click OB rvoiy to use these settings or click Orreset to clear changes 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 5 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 SMTP Server Configuration Primary SMTP Configurations amp Enabled V Q Authentication Type Login E UserName Event test com User Password eeeeeeece Sender Email Address EventHandier test com Network Address smtptestcor Network Port 25 Max Connection Time 10 sec 0 300 sec Secondary SMTP Configurations Apply Reset To setup SMTP servers make sure to a enable the SMTP account and 2 choose the proper Authentication type There are many types available The default is Login We recommend you to use
32. Auto Detection Available authentication types include Auto Detection None Login 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 O network SMTP server address Orretwork SMTP server Port number and Max Connection time before timeout in seconds Click Opvoiy to use these settings or click D Reset to clear changes 4 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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 c
33. DA acti n Size 3 PTZ D01 D02 E AE a _ z If you are using hemispheric camera in ePTZ mode this screen is available by clicking on PTZ button in the Preset live view screen Mouse PTZ is enabled at the same Save current position as home position time Apply Remove PTZ Vendor Protocol ACTVACTI i You can configure up to 32 Zoom presets below Just Loe Step Size 100 click Set enter the name and move position to what SteppedZooming 6S a you desire then click set again You can instantly ask Rotation o Rotation Degrees per Click 1 iG the camera to go to that zoom and focus position by clicking on the Goto button a bai ow Click Delete to remove this zoom preset point from Camera memory II we You can use 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 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 Preset Tour After you set the Preset Point the Tour function will be enabled Please refer Preset Tour Note Home position has to be set again after changing the installation type the motion detection configurations and PTZ configurations like preset points 10 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17
34. Image 2 E Image 3 C Send URL command Change Day Night mode x Oo Apply Reset Qs Scheduled Snapshots Media configuration ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Upload video snapshot Upload video snapshot1 V Upload Media Type Upload Media To Upload Period Images during Upload Period Image File Name Upload Path Video Source Upload video snapshot2 Upload video snapshot3 Schedule configuration Snapshot Video Test Local Storage v 1l 0 86400 seconds 1 Use 0 for maximum number of images snapshot_ Y YY Y MM DD hr naming rule naming rule 1 2 Reset Event Rule3 Enabled Vv Active on Mon Tue Wed Thr IV v Fri V Sat Time 00 Duration 24 Triggered by Once Every 1 Response To lt Apply As a result There will be one snapshot fro Scheduler v 00 w v 00 v max 168 00 hours Minutes Digital Output Send notification message Upload video snapshots W Image 1 E Image 2 E Image 3 Change Motion Detection Profile Send URL command L Change Day Night mode Reset m Media 1 stored on local storage once every minute 24 hours a day The snapshots can be accessible from Local Storage gt File Management 96 www acti com ACTI Conn
35. 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 how long to stay on each preset point Preset Touring Control Touring Control Disabled Pan Tilt Speed s e Select a Preset Point Tour 1 Edit Tour Preset Points www acti com pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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 in seconds of how long the camera will stay in that point and then click EJ 3 On the Preset Points the preset points added to the Tour are listed Preset Touring Control Touring Control Disabled Pan Tilt Speed 5 gt Select a Preset Point Tour 1 Save Cancel Preset Preset 2 10 Preset Points Preset 1 EES 10 al e To change the sequence of preset points click the Fai PS Rae first up down last icons e To directly go to a preset point click the Ey Icon e To delete a preset point from the list click the Lx icon 4 Repeat the steps 2 and 3 to add more preset points to the tour 5 On Pan Tilt Speed select the pan tilt soeed The bigger the number the faster the speed is 6 Once done click the Save button on Select a Preset Point 7 On Touring Cont
36. Vision RS Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Audio Audioln Disabled Audio Out Volume 4 Audio Format PCM Audio In Enable or disable Audio In via the check box Audio Out Volume Control the output volume of Audio Out here Audio Format Select the audio s compression type PCM G 711A G 711U Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters sa ACTI Connecting Vision pa Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 OSD Privacy Mask OSD On Screen Display and Privacy masks are configured in this section There are four regions available Each may be used either as a Privacy mask or an OSD text Privacy Mask is not available in Dual Stream mode Please disable Stream 2 if you wish to use Privacy mask OSD OSD Privacy Mask 2010 04 28 11 45 20 ta Region 1 Enable Q W Type Privacy Mask ve Color 3 Region 2 Enable W Type Privacy Mask ve Region 3 Enable V Type osob 9 Color 6 Transparent 7 Position CE 100 Top USER DEFINED String A Z 0 9 7 max 16 char UY YY Y AMM DDN Format D lt Format Notice gt Region 4 Enable Type OSD e p Apply 2 Reset B0 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Enable Check this box to enable each OSD Privacy mask region OSD Privacy Each region can be in one of two types OSD On S
37. ation while reporting to your support channel Factory Default Click the Factory Default item to display the Factory Default Page Factory Default 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 Please refer to previous login section Click the Apply button to show a warning dialog that reminds you again before restoring the device to factory default o9 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Firmware Upload Click the Firmware Upload item to display the Firmware Upgrade Page Upgrade the IP device s firmware through this page with the following instructions You may upgrade firmware for individual cameras with this function To upgrade camera firmware in batches please use IP utility which can be freely downloaded from website The firmware file you download from website will contain one upg file and one md5 file Uploading firmware through Web Configurator uses only the upg file You will need both files if you are doing multiple upgrades with IP Utility Firmware Upload Do you want to do firmware upload
38. creen Display or Color Privacy This determines the color of the Privacy Mask Area You may choose Click this checkbox to enable Privacy mask area setup Click and drag the adjust square at the lower right to change dimensions click and aeiu drag the adjust column at the top to move Similar to Motion Detection Region This determines the color of the OSD Text You may choose between Color OSD Black Green Red and Blue This number determines the level of transparency for this OSD Text 1 Transparent means that the background between the texts will not be visible while 100 means the background will show through the OSD text This is where you enter the user defined string U as described in the sim M section Total length cannot be more than 63 characters This controls what is shown in the OSD text You can click the Format Format Notice to the corner for a full list of available parameters The OSD text is primarily based upon this field 1 0 Format Notice Click here to see the syntax list of how to configure the OSD text Click the p Apply button to confirm the settings or click the 12 Reset button to re enter the parameters 6 RAACH Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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
39. device via its Friendly Name 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 HTTPS HTTPS is to create a Secure channel over an insecure network There are two methods to create Certificate Signing Request CSR and 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 HTTPS Certificate Signing Request CSR Management Common Name Create Certificate Management Common Name Create Self Signed Certificate New settings will only take effect after Save amp Reboot 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 IEEE 802 1X Please enable IEEE 802 1x and configure settings in the screen below Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save amp Reboot IEEE 602 1 Enabled EAPOL Version vi v2 UserName User Password CA Cerificate Upload User Certificate Upload User Private Key Upload New settings will only take effect after Save amp Reboot Apply Reset 29 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 SNMP Setting Click the SNMP Setting item to display
40. e which will then reset the camera to the original settings Device boots completely 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 What responses will occur Response To Digital Output Send notification message Upload video snapshots Change Motion Detection Profile send URL command W Change to Night Profile Digital Output selected models only This is an useful link to other devices Click to include this in the response for this rule Send notification Message Select from the three pre defined messages which you ve setup in the Event Configuration section You may enable multiple messages at the same time For sending Email please limit the recipient to one per event rule If you need to send email to more than one recipient please use separate event rules triggered by the same trigger Upload video snapshots Select which of the event configurations to include in this response set If you are sending email via upload video and sending notification message at the same time the system will automatically merge the two ema
41. e AE Reference Target and Slowest Auto Shutter AE Reference Target means the Auto Exposure reference target which 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 and the more noise at night Slowest Auto Shutter means the longest allowed exposure time for each frame In extreme low light conditions the exposure time is automatically increased to get more light into one image If it extends beyond the interval between frames 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 White balance weights the proportion of color in scene and recreates the most realistic color Usually this function is performed seamlessly in the background in auto mode In some cases you may want to fix the color proortions of your view Wait until you like the color on screen You can hold a piece of white paper in front of camera for reference then wait until you like the current value to click on the Hold button to the right This will lock the current value and enter the manual white balance mode Before Hold D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 White Balance AUTO Hold Entering Manual mode with Hold White
42. e camera in or out it is recommended to readjust the focus in Focus Control 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 focus manually select the Step Size and then click the step focus in or focus out we icons until the desired focus is achieved When an option is selected click the Refocus button to apply the focus adjustment 1e D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 How to Set Touring Preset Points Preset points are user defined areas that the camera can zoom in to A series of preset points can be grouped as one Tour Up to 32 preset points can be configured Name ue Preset 1 Preset 2 SST SES To create a preset point do the following On Preset click a icon to start creating a preset point Under the Name field type a preset point name Using the Zoom Control zoom on the area that you want to set as the preset point Once done click the E icon again to close and complete the preset point Repeat the above procedures to create more preset points Ie A e To go to the preset point directly click EJ To delete the preset point click Lx How to Set and Enable Tours Once a preset point is created the
43. e remains constant at all conditions Video quality will be better when image is still Large amount of motion Video Bit Rate or complex scene will degrade quality slightly Mode Variable Bit Rate The video bit rate will vary based upon scene complexity and amount of movement The quality will remain the same Quality Variable Bit Rate Only When encoder type is MPEG4 or H 264 and video bitrate mode is Variable Bit Rate Select the quality value from High Middle Low When encoder type is MPEG4 or H 264 and video bitrate mode is GOP Length Variable Bit Rate Only Variable Bit Rate Select the Interval between two l frames This is also called GOP Length Group of Picture Default value is one frame per second The maximum length of GOP is limited to 60 Video Max This puts a hard cap on the maximum bit rate allowed in any given Bitrate second of video streaming Assigning a limited bit rate may result in a Constant few dropped frames rate when the stream data overflows the allowed Bitrate only bit rate Doing so will also disable Bit Rate setting below Video Bitrate This is the target bitrate that the camera will attempt to provide when Constant using Constant Bitrate mode The actual value will fluctuate slightly Bitrate only based on scene changes www acti com pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Dual Steam Mode Stream 1 oO Encoder Type H254 Resoluti
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45. ecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 System Click the System item on the Setup Page System User Account System Info Factory Default Firmware Upload Save amp Reboot Logout User Account Click the User Account Setting item to display the User Account Setting Page User Account Password Root admin 123456 User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User5 User6 User Users User9 User 10 Apply E Reset Setup the account names and their passwords There are 1 roo administrator account and 10 common user accounts Administrator account allows the user to watch the live view and setup everything but common user account allows user only to watch the live image Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 7 ACTI Connecting Vision gt gt Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 System Info Click the System Info item to show details about this IP device including system information WAN status and system log Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting View the information at the 3 textboxes This information is very useful to understand the IP device status and to resolve any problem that might occur System Information system Information Firmware Version ALD 311 V 5 02 26 AC a MAC Address 00 0F 7C 06 13 7B E Production ID KCM5111 114 X 00008 Factory
46. ecurity of your passwords and data use WebDAV instead F Log on anonymously E Save password Log On Cancel Kfjsnapshot_2012 06 22 09 02 26_708 jpg 514KB JPG Gii snapshot_2012 06 22 09 03 11_044 jpg 518KB JPG Ghi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 03 42_245 jpg 512KB JPG Gi snapshat_2012 06 22 09 05 11_079 jpg 515KB JPG Gdi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 05 36_497 jpg 503KB JPG Giisnapshot_2012 06 22 09 07 11_096 jpg 514KB JPG Gi snapshat_2012 06 22 09 08 22 788 jpg 498KB JPG Gdi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 09 02_207 jpg 501KB JPG Gii snapshot_2012 06 22 09 09 11_065 jpg 512 KB JPG Gii snapshot_2012 06 22 09 11 11_053 jpg 512KB JPG Gi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 12 30_617 jpg 510KB JPG Gdi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 13 11_076jpg 516KB JPG Giisnapshot_2012 06 22 09 13 34_260 jpg 511 KB JPG Gi snapshot_2012 06 22 09 15 11_094 jpg 517 KB JPG Notice You may download files via FTP for your convenience but do not delete any of the files via FTP because it would cause inconsistency between camera s file database and actual file availability 30 ba ACT Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Event Handler with Local Storage In order to save video clips or snapshots on a local storage there has to be a task created under Event Handler system of the camera that defines what type of files and when are they to be recorded on local storage Event Handler supports following Recording methods 1 Event triggered video recording or sna
47. ed Local Storage Status Utilities Setup 7 ba ACT Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Status 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 Micro SD Capacity GB Free Total 0 00 0 00 Percentage of Usage NaN File System UNKNOWN Status Unmounted If the mass storage has been formatted or mounted already the Status page will show the details of the storage Storage Media Type Micro SD Capacity GB Free Total 29 08 29 25 Percentage ofUsage 1 File System EXT3 Status Normal In case of IP cameras with MicroSDHC the Storage Media Type will show Micro SD In case of video encoder with 2 5 SATA hard disk the Storage Media Type would show HDD 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 7 ACTI Connecting Vision Kal Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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 M
48. enable motion detection for different preset point region STEP2 Choose the O preset point you want to use STEP3 Set the sensitivity of motion detection region STEP4 Set the interval time of motion detection After a motion event is triggered no more events will be triggered within this time in the same region STEP5 Set the 5 trigger threshold of motion detection region The larger this value the larger the object size needed to trigger motion detection STEP6 Set the priority of these preset point to trigger the motion detection The higher number is the higher priority Click the 7 Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters Fisheye View In Fisheye View mode camera will provide the panorama view image and the available video resolution is 2032 x 1936 2 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Compression Single Stream Mode Stream 1 at Encoder Type 264 f3 Resolution Frame Rate v Video BitRate Mode Constant Bit Rate Video Max Bit Rate UNLIMITED Video Bit Rate oll Select the encoder s compression type Encoder Type MPEG 4 MJPEG H 264 eea Select the video resolution of the camera between 4M 2032 x 1920 esolution 2M 1080p 1920 x 1080 1M 720p 1280 x 720 and VGA 640 x 480 Framerate Select the available frame rate from the drop down menu Constant Bit Rate The bit rat
49. ents Y using for multiple addresses Subject ry it Subject Front Door Snapshot Enable Video snapshot checkbox this decides if this rule is in effect or disabled Sometimes it is useful to keep the settings but not to enable it for troubleshooting purposes Upload Media to these define the task at hand and change the field that needs to be filled out 7 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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 through out 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 O 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 3 seconds When an event requires video upload the IP device will first upload
50. es how to configure the IP device The administrator has unlimited access to all settings while the normal user can only view live video The IP device is configured under a standard browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 0 9 0 Login STEP1 Open Internet Explorer 8 0 9 0 You may download the latest version from http www microsoft com windows ie downloads default mspx For Internet Explorer 10 0 please enable Compatibility View on the Tools menu in IE browser STEP2 Enter the IP address of the IP device and press enter to go to Login Page The default IP address is 192 168 0 100 Account Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Password Japanese Spanish Language English seji talian German Portuguese Czech Login Reset French Greek Dutch Russian Turkish STEP3 Indonesian Enter the Account name and the Password Polish Romanian Default Account Admin Password 123456 STEP4 Select the language of the IP device user interface You can select between English Traditional Chinese Japanese Spanish Italian German Portuguese Greek Russia Turkey Indonesia and Swedish This user interface setting will disappear once you log out if you want to change the default user interface language please go to Host in the Host section under the setup tab I ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 STEP5 Reset
51. et Protocol The detault wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity 9 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 STEP7 Click the Use the following IP address radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet mask Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties TBS Genera You can gat IP settings ersigned automatically you neterodk supon Please set the settings as below thes Capability Othenene you need to ack your nehwork acheewetrator for the appropriate IP seting IP address 192 168 0 xxx Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 NOTE xxx should be a number C Obtain an iP adders automaticaly Use the llong IP address IP addres 192 168 0 39 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Deadh gateway from 1 to 254 except 100 which is P used by the IP device Please also Use the lolong ONS server addresses Pretoned DNS server l Abemate DNS server Advanced make sure that no two equipments use the same IP address in the same network STEP8 Click the OK button and the window dialog box will close 0 bia Act Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Configuring the IP device This section describ
52. ettings Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters s4 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Day Night This section concerns the day and night switch timing for your camera Day Night Day NightMode Auto Switch from Day mode to Night mode 50 v Apply Reset 1 Day Night Mode The camera will change between day and night modes by default You may command camera to stay in day or night mode here or allow it to change automatically 2 Switch from Day mode to Night mode This value controls the level of light where camera switches into night mode Increasing it will make camera switch to night mode at a darker illumination level Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters Pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Exposure White balance Configure Exposure and White Balance and Digital Noise Reduction for best image quality here Some options will only appear under certain exposure White balance modes We will describe each in detail below Exposure Mode Auto Exposure Mode AUTO White Balance AUTO Hold AE Reference target 126 w Slowest Auto Shutter Wis Line Frequency S0Hz P IRIS Disable Apply Reset In Auto Exposure Mode you control the image brightness by configuring th
53. ew This display shows where each crop window located is but does not allow you to change move it To reposition the crop windows click Setup 6 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 4 Stream Mode Standard View Stream Mode 1 2010 09 19 10 14 03 StreamMode 4Stream Setup In Standard View you can see where the window for each channel is located To edit cropping location click Setup 37 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 4 Stream Mode 4 VGA Window Positioning View In 4 VGA Window Positioning View you may position each window to where you desire to view The current view is the 4M view area to allow you the most flexibility in positioning Click and drag the top bar of each window to activate it and drag to place The currently active window is highlighted in yellow while the other windows are shown in red 1 2010 09 19 10 17 03 StreamMode 4Stream v Apply 38 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Camera Options This item is available on hemispheric camera only This section determines how many streams are available from this device There are six modes Single Dual eP TZ MD Preset 6 Stream and Fisheye View Stream Mode Streams v Stream ID Dual ePTz MD Preset 6 Streams Fisheye View Single Mode In single stream mode there are two o
54. f video to the file to capture the moment right before the event occurred With the settings of Pre Buffer Time 3 Upload Period 57 the length of the video clip will be 1 minute You can freely decide the name of the file Whatever name you choose the camera will automatically append milliseconds in the end It is recommended to include day code in file name so that later when the files are downloaded to remote computer it is easier to pick up the right video For example you may consider using following file name video YYYY MM DD hh mm ss where YYYY displays current year MM displays current month DD displays current day hh displays current hour mm displays current minute and ss displays current second Notice Please note that the camera uses its own date and time settings to write the file name so please make sure the camera s date and time are correct Upload Path can be simply P which means that the files will be saved in root folder of the storage The video source can be either 1 or 2 If you want to have different video parameters for remote NVR recording and Local Storage recording then you may consider adjusting camera s media 1 and media 2 settings accordingly and then choose the right video source in Event Handler page When done just press Apply and move on to the Event List and pick any of the empty spots in the list of rules to create a new rule In our
55. ge Camera name The camera name is reserved for customer use Click the Q Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the will see the default user interface first parameters For cameras with serial port interface like RS 232 RS 485 RS 422 the Serial Setting also appears on the Host page Serial Setting O serial Port Control 8 None 1 v Serial Port Baud Rate 9600 Reset Gh Serial Port Control Select the control value of corresponding serial port 2 Serial Port Baud Rate Select the Baud Rate of serial port Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 20 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Date amp Time g SNTPINTP Server IP Address 192 168 0 2 Z Sync Time 1Day amp Set Manually Date 2010 06 011 Time 00 00 00 Day Light Saving Stat Time Typel Mar Second Sun 0200 1 0 EndTime Typi Oct Fist Sun 03 00 12 Apply Reset Click the Date amp Time item under Setup to see Date Setting Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting The default method is to set manually 2 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Date Setting Click this to enable IP device s SNTP NTP function This enables this
56. ggered events Search Length E FileName Start Time Min Events Status 1 E Remove When clicking on the mark on the upper right corner the useful help message would appear Description of Events Fields When the task of recording was triggered by continuous recording event named Ready for Service the firmware lists the Dis and Motion Detection statuses in the Events field That helps user to search the specific event from the long recording period files When the task of recording was triggered by the specific event like Dis motion detection or scheduler the firmware only lists the triggered event in the Events field associated with the given recording file The other Dis and Motion Detection statuses within duration of recording file are NOT listed then In order to let the camera record files either by event or by schedule please go to Event Handler to set it up Event Handler with Local Storage on page 91 When the camera starts to record either videos or snapshots you will be able to manage the files under File Management here z Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 bia Act File Management E Search recordings by time E Search recordings by triggered events E FileName Start Time video 2012 06 22 08 03 11 493 fra X 41 raw 20120622 08 33 14 E video 2042 06 22 08 03 11 493 raw 20120622 08 03 11 E video 2012 06 22 07 56 35 818 raw 20120622 07 56 35
57. he same media parameters as in previous example Since the time unit of event rule is minute based we should make sure that the media settings in seconds would add up as a round number in minutes In this case 3 57 seconds is exactly 1 minute Upload video snapshot Upload video snapshot1 V Upload MediaType Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Pre Buffer Time 3 v 0 3 seconds Upload Period 57 0 86400 seconds Image File Name _ video_ YYYY MM DD hh r naming rule Upload Path naming rule Video Source 1 v Upload video snapshot2 Upload video snapshot3 Apply Reset In the event rule page choose Trigger by Scheduler and choose Once Every 1 Minute The rest of the items are the same as in previous example Event Rule3 Enabled V Active on V Mon Tue V Wed V Thr V Fri Z Sat V Sun Time 00 00 w Duration 24 v 00 w max 168 00 hours Triggered by Scheduler x Once Every 1 Minutes Response To Digital Output Send notification message V Upload video snapshots V Image 1 Image 2 C Image 3 Change Motion Detection Profile Send URL command _ Change Day Night mode Apply Reset a4 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 As a result the camera will be continuously recording having each video file with the length of 1 minute Event Triggered Snapshots Choose the Up
58. iggers DO before the end of the first DO the second trigger will no take effect 0 means there is no minimum duration Notification message Pre requisites SMTP server HTTP CGI server setup Notification messages may be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server If sent to 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 z ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Notification messages Enabled 1 VI O sena messageto HTTPCGI1 Test Q CGI Path amp Program cgi bin cmd encoder including path of CGI program C URL Command PTZ_PRESET_GO 1 message Look at Front Door Enabled 2 VO send message to E MAIL v Test E mail Recipients supervisor test com using for multiple addresses Subject Entrance Detected L Message nes through the front door Enabled 3 Fields must be filled in Apply 12 Reset To setup Notification Messages make sure to Oenavie the message then innin 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 4 and an optional message If you are sending email please enter the
59. ils 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 Change Motion Detection profile This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection rs ba ACT Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 region from Runtime profile to Event profile The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of this event You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime but enable it with event handler under some circumstances Send URL command Select the URL command to include in the response set Two different commands will be sent at the time when the event is triggered and untriggered Change to Night Mode Selected models only For some models you may force the Camera into Night mode The camera will return to its previous setting whether auto or forced day night upon the end of the event Go to a preset point if the device is a PTZ camera and the Go to Preset point Event Configuration is setup then you may include this in the response section of the event rule The camera will return to the position right before the event starts when the event is untriggered Be sure to do Save and Reboot after you ve updated the event settings Only then will the settings be commited to physical
60. ing Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Preparation before setup Connect to device and setup IP Our IP device provides access through Internet Explorer The IP address for your PC must be within the same subnet as the IP device You need to match the TCP IP settings between PC and IP device before you can access it via IE There are two ways to add devices to the network With DHCP server router DHCP server assigns IP addresses to devices automatically You can find them on the network with our IP Utility It is available on NVR CD and our website http www acti com P_Utility Run IP Utility to start auto device search Click on the underlined IP links to access your IP devices You do not need to change IP Without DHCP server router Please assign a static IP for each device and add them one by one Connect to the first device by following steps 1 to 5 below Before adding more devices into the network you need to change the current device to a new IP address so no two devices have IP conflict Steps 6 to 9 For adding devices without DHCP please see following steps 1 Connect the PC to the Network Switch with the CAT5 cable and change your PC s IP to 192 168 0 99 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 101 is just a sample it may be any number from 1 to 254 except 100 2 Connect the device to your Network Switch If it is a PoE enabled Switch then the device is powered on If it is NOT a PoE enabled Sw
61. 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 panned 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 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 move the mouse cursor over the Live View the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in out or directional icons e g fom Ps etc Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out or pan tilt the camera view How to Zoom the Camera In or Out Zooming can be done continuously or by one step one click at a time 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 La or zoom out La When the mouse button is released zooming stops To zoom by step zooming do the following 1 On Zoom 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 ES One zoom step is taken for each click For PTZ camera models users can enable the Digital Zoom feature When enabled once the op
62. itch please also plug in the Power Adapter D www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 3 Open Internet Explorer and type in Default IP http 192 168 0 100 4 When you see the login window please input default user and password Default Username Admin Password 123456 5 After you log in you will see the video from IP device To go to the main menu click the Setup button on the top left 6 Please go to IP settings gt Connection Type Change the IP mode to Static and the IP address to 192 168 0 101 or any other unused IP Avoid 192 168 0 100 the IPs of your PCs and other devices already in network Click Apply then click System gt Save amp Reboot Connection Type Dynamic IP Address IPAddress 192 _ 166 0 Jot Subnet hask 255 PEs S U ISF Gateway 7 Internet Explorer will close after a few seconds This is normal 8 Wait for 30 seconds and open IE again by typing in the new IP In this example 192 168 0 101 For later device you add into the network please choose an IP that does not is not used by any existing device 9 Ifyou have more than one device continue again from step 2 Assign different new IP to each camera for instance gt 192 168 0 102 192 168 0 103 You do not need to unplug the existing devices from the switch because there is no IP conflict 6 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision
63. l FTP upload to take snapshots at regular intervals Dis For selected models only the IP device may be triggered by Digital Input Motion You may trigger the event if one or many Motion Detection regions encounter a motion trigger Trigger from any of them will initiate the event The duration of event will be the same as the MD trigger length or the Trigger interval time defined in the Motion Detection section on Video Adjust page Video Loss This is available for video servers only When the analog video in is lost the video state will become lost and return to normal only until device receives analog video signal A common scenario is for Video Server to send email to administrator when video is lost and activate DO signal to alarm that persists until the analog signal is restored Switch to Night mode This is available to selected models only When camera changes between day and night modes the embedded event handler will notice this change and may act upon this information Potential uses include changing the motion detection profile to another set of Event MD parameters By having two sets of parameters each optimized for day and night this provide 7s pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 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 mod
64. le name in file list it is possible to view the snapshot within Web Configurator To download the snapshot right click on the picture and save it to the computer Deleting Snapshots You can manually delete the snapshots by filling the checkboxes and then pressing the Remove button Special Rule When the event triggered snapshot happens during the video recording process then the camera will not save the snapshot to the local storage to avoid redundant information and waste of B9 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 storage space as the snapshot frame can be later extracted from video file instead Downloading Files by FTP Client In addition to Web Configurator s File Management it is also possible to use any of the FTP Clients to list and download the recordings from the local storage thanks to the built in FTP Server of the camera Use the ftp followed by camera s IP and then type the camera s account and password default is Admin 123456 Organize v System properties Uninstall or change a program Map network drive Either the server does not allow anonymous logins or the e mail address was not accepted FTP server 172 16 26 88 User name Admin Password LETTET After you log on you can add this server to your Favorites and return to it easily A FTP does not encrypt or encode passwords or data before sending them to the server To protect the s
65. les for Files and Folders To properly track images and videos a well thought out naming rule is necessary There are a number of automatic variables available to design a proper naming system which may be used both on files and folders Symbol YYYY YY MM DD hh MM SS W N Y Description 4 digits for year the last 2 digits of 4 digits year two digits for month 01 12 two digits for date 01 31 two digits for hour 00 23 two digits for minute 00 59 two digits for second 00 59 a space character camera name File serial counter It starts from 1 in every uploading task The counter will be increased by 1 for next uploading file Send URL commands Pre requisites HTTP CGI server setup 72 Example 2009 for year 2009 09 for year 2009 01 for January 01 for the 1st day of a month camera 1 1 2 3 4 5 www acti com ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Send URL commands 1 Send Command 1 amp HTTP CGI1 Test Command as eventis triggered cgi bin cmd encoder PTZ_PRESET_GO 1 including path of CGI program max 119 characters Command as event becomes inactive cgi bin cmd encoder PTZ_PRESET_GO 2 including path of CGI program max 119 characters Send Command 2to HTTPCGI1 Test Command as eventis triggered _sin cmd encoder7VIDEO_BITRATE 3M amp VIDEO_ including path of CGI program max 119 characters en ees
66. lete you can uncheck it and the system will remember it for future use If a new entry that has never been used before does not have Enable checked then it will not be stored in memory Click this to use the current displayed info to do IP Address filtering If you setup correctly it will change into a grayed out Success in a few seconds Reset cick this button to re enter the parameters Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Q Reset button to re enter the parameters 24 ba ACT Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Port Mapping Click the Port Mapping item to display the Port Mapping Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting Port Mapping HTTP Pori HTTPS Port Search Server Portt Search Server Port2 Control Server Port steaming Server Port Multicast Server Port for Media Multicast Server Port for Media RTSP Server Port RTP Multicast Video Port for Media RIP Multicast Audio Port for Mediat RTP Multicast Video Port for Media Multicast Setting Multicast IP 228 5 6 1 224 5 0 1 239 255 255 255 Multicast TTL 16 1 255 IGMP Disabled New settings will only take effect after Save amp Reboot Apply 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 Search ser
67. load video snapshot item in the Event Configuration page and check the Upload Media Type as Snapshot if you want to save images to camera s local storage Upload video snapshot Upload video snapshot1 V Upload Media Type Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Upload Period al ss 086400 seconds Images during Upload Period 1 Use 0 for maximum number of images Image File Name snapshot_ YYYY MM DD ht naming rule Upload Path naming rule Video Source 1 v Upload video snapshot2 Upload video snapshot3 Apply Reset With the settings above it would create 1 snapshot within 1 second from the moment of triggered event using following file name snapshot_ YYYY MM DD hh mm ss The naming rule of the file is similar to the video files Video Source can be either 1 or 2 depending on customer s requirements If you want VGA snapshots on local storage while NVR is getting megapixel video stream you can configure Media 2 as VGA and set Video Source as 2 The event rule can be exactly the same as in case of video upload Event Rule3 Enabled iv Activeon V Mon V Tue X Wed Thr v Fri Sat W Sun Time 00 00 Duration 24 00 w max 168 00 hours Triggered by Motion v i V Region 1 C Region 2 Trigger by Motion Region 3 Response To Digital Output Send notification message Upload video snapshots W image 1 E
68. memory You may lose the settings to power loss or other situations if you do not do this step Manual Event You may select one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be triggered via web UI Manual Event Event can be triggered manually Apply Reset 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 Live setip Web Configurator Function Media Stream Type Size IED Do1 WE a a 1 H264 KO 7 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Local Storage Management The KCM Series devices that come with built in local storage capability will have the Local Storage item shown in the Setup Page when the mass storage has been inserted into the storage drive slot of the device Under Local Storage item it is possible to manage the storage itself and the files that are stored there In order to define the schedule or event rules that initiate or stop the recording process onto local storage please refer to the chapter Event Handler with Local Storage on page 91 Click the Local Storage item on the Setup Page There will be the list of 4 items Status Utilities Setup and File Management As long as the inserted mass storage has not been formatted or mounted yet the File Management item is grayed out and cannot be access
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70. nse mechanism a ned Minimum interval 60s Trigger 20s Trigger 20s d B Response 60s L Trigger 80s Response 80s Trigger 20s 20s Response 60s Response 20s Digital I O ports Digital Input Port Port Active Level Interval 0O 86400 seconds DI 1 Digital Output Port Port Active Level Interval 0 86400 seconds DO 1 Q When 0 the digital output port stays at active level until the associated event becomes inactive Apply Reset DI To setup DI please define the Dactive level as O or 1 If the active level is set as 1 then camera will consider high voltage difference a trigger which can be used to initiate other events The event will end when the DI voltage goes back to 0 Ornieral determines the minimum delay that must pass before the IP device will accept another trigger from DI in seconds 0 7 means there is no minimum delay limit D4 ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 DO To setup DI please define the Oactive level as O or 1 If the active level is set as 1 then camera will change the output voltage to high when this response is activated by an event rule The voltage will go back to low when the event ends O interval determines the minimum duration of each DO response in seconds DO will remain at the active level during this time and if another event tr
71. o F 3 o o o o o o o o F 4 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 E 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F 8 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 F 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F 10 o o o o o o oOo o E 11 0 Mi 0 0 0 Mi 0 0 E 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F 13 o o o o o o o o F 14 o o o o o o o o F 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 16 o o o o o o o o F 2 Parameters o IP address filter enable Filter Method IP Address pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Check this box to enable IP Address Filtering The filter can be set in either Allow mode or Block mode 1 Allow mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below 2 Block mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below Make sure you include the Netmask in your consideration The IP address you wish to allow or block Please note that the actual range is modified by the Netmask Using Netmask allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once without the need to enter all of them individually If you are not sure about the function of netmask then you should use 255 255 255 255 and it will affect only a single IP address per line of entry or use 255 255 255 0 to use the same setting for all IP addresses starting with the same three numbers For each entry you must check this box for it to be effective For an entry that you no longer need but does not wish to de
72. of removal of the storage If the local storage is being used by camera and some videos or snapshots are being recorded to the disk then the sudden shutdown or removal of the disk without unmounting may corrupt the file that 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 Mount Failure If the inserted disk s file system is not EXT3 then the Mounting would fail as follows 8 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Utilities Mount storage media 4 Format storage media A ERROR internal error Disk type is not ext3 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 the error message such as above 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 Unmount storage media Unmount Format storage media Format Scan storage media Scan Format Storage Media Warning The data in the storage media will be lost Do you want to format storage media
73. on N amp 40x480 Frame Rate video BitRate Mode Variable Bit Rate ouality Middle COP 1Hrame Second Stream 2 Encoder Type H 264 Resolution N amp 40x420 es Frame Rate 30 video BitRate Mode Constant Bit Rate Video Max BitRate UNLIMITED QD video BitRate 3M 11 Apply Reset 12 Select the encoder s compression type Encoder Type MPEG 4 MJPEG H 264 Select the video resolution of the camera between 4M 2032 x 1920 2M 1080p 1920 x 1080 1M 720p 1280 x 720 and VGA 640 x 480 ine T the available frame rate from the drop down menu Constant Bit Rate The bit rate remains constant at all conditions Resolution Video quality will be better when image is still Large amount of motion Video Bit Rate or complex scene will degrade quality slightly Mode Variable Bit Rate The video bit rate will vary based upon scene complexity and amount of movement The quality will remain the same amw He encoder type is MPEG4 or H 264 and video bitrate mode is Variable Bit Rate Select the quality value from High Middle Low When encoder type is MPEG4 or H 264 and video bitrate mode is Variable Bit Rate Select the Interval between two l frames This is GOP Length also called GOP Length Group of Picture Default value is one frame per second The maximum length of GOP is limited to 60 Framerate Select the available frame rate from the drop down menu pq
74. orridor leading to the main hall It has a motion detection window located near the point where the corridor arrives at the large hall Camera B 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 HTTP Server Configuration 1 Q Enabled 2 User Name User Password Network Address Network Port 80 Max Connection Time 19 sec 0 60 sec amp Reset Apply z RA Act Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 To setup HTTP servers make sure to Oenavie the HTTP server 2 enter the user name the user password Q Network HTTP Server address Network HTTP Server port number and Oax connection time before timeout in seconds Click Drop to use these settings or click O reset to clear changes Event Configuration Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered For most types of responses you can create several different preset responses then mix and match in event rules Some responses are not supported in all IP devices e g
75. ount storage media Mount Format storage media Format Scan storage media Scan 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 Se Utilities Mount storage media Q Format storage media SERS A Storage media was mounted successfully Unmount Once the drive has been mounted it can later be unmounted by pressing Unmount button if necessary B0 ACTi Cio Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Unmount storage media Unmount Format storage media Format Scan storage media Scan Unmount Storage Media The storage media becomes not accessible Do you want to remove storage media Apply Cancel Unmount storage media n Format storage media FERS A Storage media can be safely removed now 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
76. pshots recommended solution 2 Scheduled video recording including non stop recording or snapshots To set up the event handler rule you have to configure both Event Event TE i NE Event Server Configuration and Event List TEPEE Event List Manual Event Event Triggered Video Recording Under Event Configuration you can define the type of media video snapshot and its properties Event Configurator Digital VO ports Edit Notification message Edit Upload video snapshot and Audio Edit send URL commands Edit Select Upload video snapshot and Audio to adjust the parameters of media Upload video snapshot Upload video snapshot1 V Upload Media Type Snapshot Video Test Upload Media To Local Storage v Pre Buffer Time 3 v 0 3 seconds Upload Period 57 0 86400 seconds Image File Name _ video_ YYYY MM DD hh r naming rule UploadPath naming rule Video Source 1 v Upload video snapshot2 Upload video snapshot3 Apply Reset 31 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Check the Upload Video Snapshot1 Please note that later on scheduler page this item will be referred to as Image 1 Lets see the example of video format first Upload Media Type shall be Video Upload Media To shall be Local Storage The camera has the capability to buffer up to 3 seconds of video at any time so that we can include these 3 seconds o
77. ptions you can choose depend on your device s mounting type Ceiling Wall In Single Mode resolutions available include Full HD 1920 x 1080 and HD720 1280 x 720 In Ceiling Mount you can see the double panorama view in pre view windows You can adjust the viewing angle via typing the rotation degrees Mounting Type Ceiling Rotation Degrees perClick 1 Top TitAngle jOo 90 0 Apply Bottom TiltAngle 0 90 0 Apply Stream Mode Single In Wall Mount you can see the panorama view in pre view windows Adjust the Physical Installation Angle will do proper dewarping based on the newly defined center of the view Mounting Type Wall Physical Installation Angle 0 65 10 Apply Stream Mode Single Description Physical Installation Angle Not using the 10 Hemispheric Camera Wall Mount 9 degree With 10 Hemispheric Camera Wall Mount 10 degree www acti com D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 ePTZ Mode ePTZ mode of Hemispheric Camera 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 current viewing direction of the camera not the panoramic view The resolutions are available include 4M 2032 x 1920 Full HD 1920 x 1080 HD720 1280 x 720 and 640 x 480 Tvs Poem Web Configurator
78. 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 triggered 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 possible combinations of settings using sensitivity level and trigger threshold percentage 1 pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual
79. rol select the tour name to activate Once activated the camera will start the tour 3 ACTI lt gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Setup Menu Click Setup to display the Setup menu on the left side panel Live Setup By default submenu options are hidden for ease of navigation Click the icon to expand the menu Date amp Time The fully expanded menu is shown on the right Network IP Address Filtering Port Mapping ToS UPnaP Bonjour HTTPS IEEE 802 1X SNMP Setting RTP Speed amp Duplex IP Settings Connection Type DNS DDNS Video amp Audio Stream Mode Note Menu items may vary depending on camera model Compression Motion Detection Image Day Night Exposure White Balance Audio OSD Privacy Mask Event Event Server Event Configuration Event List Manual Event System User Account System Info Factory Default Firmware Upload Save amp Reboot Logout 9 ACTI di gt Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Host Click the Host to enter Host settings page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting Q HostName ACTI 2 Language English CameraName Camera 1 Enter a host name and this host name will be shown when you Host name o use the IP utility or the SDK to search for the IP device Select the language of default user interface Each user login Langua
80. s 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 r standard cases pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Trigger threshold Look at the moving object entering the area of motion detection although moving quite slowly it caused motion activity several pixel regions reported a motion that was faster than allowed speed limit of sensitivity 70 o er F Runtime MD Profile v The blue graph on the right side of Trigger Threshold 70 v 10 v v 10 v the image shows how many percent 2 A 70 10 3 70 v 10 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
81. the SNMP setting Page SNMP Setting 1 Enabled SNMP viv SNMP v3 Trap Enabled Destination IP address IPv4 Address Trap Community public Available Traps T E Cold Start El Warm Start E Authentication Failure Apply Reset Click Q to enable SNMP function Select to use SNMP V1 V2 or to use SNMP V3 Check the check box to enable traps Enter the Destination IP address in Enter the Trap Community used in Select the Available trap in 7i Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 30 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 RTP Click RTP Item to configure RTP Settings Q RTSP Authentication Enabled JRTPB2Frame Disabled Apply Reset RTSP Authen Check box to enable RTP streaming s Account Password Enable authentication RTP B2 Frame Enab Check box to enable the B2 frame in RTP streaming nable Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 31 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Speed amp Duplex Click the Speed amp Duplex item in the network section to display the Speed and Duplex Page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting Speed amp Duplex Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect Apply
82. the home position i e Set the serial hex command protocol and address e Zoom the camera in or out as well as adjust the zoom speed and step size e Set the focus to auto refocus or manual e Set Preset points for touring e Set Camera Tour e Pan the camera e Set the camera to go to a preset position during idle time es e Enable Digital zoom The PTZ Control Panel may differ depending on camera model Other Zoom Camera Models KCM 8211 KCM 8111 Models E Webpage Dialog Preset Save current position as home position Save current position as home position Q PTZ Vendor Protocol PTZ Vendor Protocol 2 ACTVACTI Addr 1 ACTVACTI Addr 1 f 5 amp Continous Zooming Leu Step Size 100 Stepped Zooming LSJ Lau ja PanmitSpeed 3 Mode Auto Refocus after Zoom Return to a preset position after PTZ idle time Return Position Disabled a Idle Time 10 seconds Digital Zoom Disabled Speed 5ml Continous Zooming rr 14 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 How to Use Pan Tilt for PTZ models only Click the pan tilt controls shown on the right to pan tilt the PTZ camera Other pan tilt features include e Auto pan tilt speed When Enabled the camera automatically sets the pan tilt soeed according to the zoom ratio and the selected pan tilt soeed while retaining the clarity and quality of image even as the camera
83. tical zoom reached its maximum the camera continues to zoom in the image using digital zoom 9 D4 ACTi Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 TIP While the PTZ Control Panel is open instead of using ra Es buttons move the mouse cursor over the Live View the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in out e g BP yo Click or drag the mouse to zoom in out the camera view How to Set the Home Position 1 Using the Zoom Control 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 0 How to Set Idle Time and Return Camera to Preset Position for PTZ models only This feature allows the camera to go directly to Home or to a preset 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 1 On Idle Time type the time in seconds 2 On Return Position select Home Position or a preset point to direct the camera position How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol ACTi cameras and video management 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 th
84. torage space is lower than option is chosen then the existing files would not be overwritten by the camera and the recording process would stop when the disk is full Remove old recordings when ran out of storage space automatically Send a notification when the free storage space is lower than 5 v storage capacity Device is alerted when the free space is lower than this setting To get this notification you need to set the Event function Please refer to Event configuration page Apply Reset By this option the possibility of sending notification e mails automatically has been enabled The refers to the remaining size of available storage at which the camera should send a notification e mail in case such task has been listed in Event Handler of the camera To actually make the e mail notification work please go to Event Handler See Event Handler with Local Storage on page 91 of the camera and set up the event rule where the selected trigger type is disk space is z low ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 File Management Local Storage Status Utilities Setup File Management The File Management function is available only when the disk has been properly mounted to the camera At first the File Management page would be empty because there are no files to be shown File Management s E Search recordings by time E Search recordings by tri
85. ual V5 11 17 ToS Click the ToS Type of Service item to display the Type of Service page Refer to the table below for how to configure each setting Type of Service Enabled Uisabled ToS Priority Normal Service k Apply Reset Select whether to enable or disable the Type of Service ToS er function This function defines the priorities of how the data from the camera is handled by the routers that support the ToS concept By default the ToS priority is set as Normal Service Other priority options are 1 Minimize Delay ToS Priority 2 Maximize throughout 3 Maximize Reliability 4 Normal Service Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 7 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 UPnP Click the UPnP item to display the UPnP Setting Page a Enable UPnP Friendly Name KCM5111 11A X 00008 am Reset Click checkbox 1 to enable or disable the UPnP function Edit the UPnP Friendly Name in text field Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters Bonjour Bonjour Enable Bonjour Friendly Name KCM5111 10J X 00001 Apply Reset Bonjour is a protocol developed by Apple Inc This protocol allows for easy searching of devices on network You may enable Bonjour and search for this
86. ver port1 this IP device e g IP utlity www acti com pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 Select the first port used by server search applications to detect search server port2 this IP device e g IP utlity Select the port used to support video control function by Video server port a application programs e g NVR Streaming server port TCP Only Select the port used by this IP device for Video Streaming nly Multicast Server Port of l Select the port for multicast video streaming of stream 1 Media 1 Multicast Server Port of ieda2 Select the port for multicast video streaming of stream 2 edia RTSP port Select the port assigned for RTSP protocol access RTP Multicast Video Port Select the port for the multicast video streaming of stream 1 via RTP Multicast Audio Port Select the port for the multicast audio streaming of stream 1 via RTP Multicast Video Port Select the port for the multicast video streaming of stream 2 via Multicast IP Select the multicast IP Default settings is 228 5 6 1 Multicast TTL Select the multicast TTL Default setting is 255 ave Select video type connected to the video in of this IP device If you use an incorrect video type some images might be lost Click the Apply button to confirm the settings or click the Reset button to re enter the parameters 2 ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Man
87. video up down NOTE Item not available in KCM 3911 and KCM 7911 models 2 Video Mirror Check this box to mirror the video left right NOTE Item not available in KCM 3911 and KCM 7911 models Brightness Select the Brightness value The higher the value the brighter the image Contrast Select the Contrast value The higher the value the sharper the contrast Saturation Select the saturation value The higher the value the more saturated the image oe a pa Digital Noise Reduction Select the DNR value The higher the value the smoother and pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 clearer the image 7 3D Noise Reduction Select ON or OFF to enable or disable this function Enable this for smooth and clear image Disable this if your scene contains many extreme details that may be smoothed over with 3DNR 8 Edge Enhancement Select the Edge Enhancement value The higher the value the sharper the image 9 Advanced WDR Select the WDR level Options are Disabled Low Medium High Highest NOTE Advanced WDR is disabled and will not appear on screen if Exposure Mode is set to Manual see Exposure White balance on page 56 10 Defogging Select the Defogging value The higher the value the clearer of image in foggy situation If you want to disable this function please choose value 0 11 Restore image settings to default When press this button it will use the default image s
88. 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 actions again so pq ACTI Connecting Vision Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17 There is one more item on the Motion Detection configuration Sensitivity 1 J 70 v Detection Think of them as Profile 1 Runtime MD Profile and 2 70 page which was not explained above the Profile of Motion 3 70 vx Profile 2 Event MD Profile It means that you can 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 s ACTI Connecting Vision vA Firmware User s Manual V5 11 17

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