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1. 28 User password with viewer level of access http camera_ip get viewer http camera_ip set viewer text string of 1 8 ASCII symbols empty NOTE to erase the password use the reserved word empty Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 29 Camera s register access http camera_ip getreg page 0 6 amp reg 0 255 http camera_ip setreg page 0 6 amp reg 0 255 amp value 0 65535 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Chapter IV Troubleshooting and Useful Tips Connecting Directly to a Laptop or PC In a typical scenario cameras are connected using network cables to a network switch A camera can also be connected to a PC or laptop directly by using a cross over network cable between the camera and PC When a camera is connected directly you may need to change the TCP IP configuration on your PC For example the PC may need to be configured to use a static IP address When a PoE injector is used and connected directly to a PC there are two networking cables One cable connects the PC to the PoE injector while the other connects the injector to the camera Only one of these cables should be cross over The other cable must be a regular straight through cable NOTE AV8360 cameras require a higher PoE
2. Auto lris menu Figure 24 Figure 24 Auto ris menu The status of the auto iris is displayed on a color panel at the bottom of the Auto Iris settings There are six states possible Exposure Image Luality e Disabled The auto iris is either disabled by un checking Auto Iris the Enabled check box or is not present e Evaluating The camera is preparing to close the iris Archive e Too Dark The camera cannot close the iris because the scene illumination is too low Save to e Closing The iris is closing down by the number of F stops Advanced appropriate for the lens model Authentication e Closed The iris is closed Remote viewing e Opening The iris is opening Camera Auto iris will open the lens fully once the on camera analog gains aN exceed a certain level The gain scroll bar adjusts the point where the EREA auto iris will open fully the higher the gain the later the auto iris will open as the illumination diminishes The iris can be disabled by un checking Enabled The camera will open the iris fully and have electronic auto exposure working This Gain Higher configuration is identical to using a manual lens Statue Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Right Click Menu Right clicking anywhere within the AV100 Video System screen brings up an additional menu Figure 25 Figure 25 Addition
3. Illumination http camera_ip get lt channel gt illum http camera_ip set lt channel gt illum auto indoor outdoor mix Mains frequency Hz for indoor lighting compensation http camera_ip get lt channel gt freq http camera_ip set lt channel gt freq 50 60 10 Exposure mode low light mode http camera_ip get lt channel gt lowlight http camera_ip set lt channel gt lowlight highspeed speed balance quality moonlight 11 Shutter time in high speed exposure mode in milliseconds http camera_ip get lt channel gt shortexposures http camera_ip set lt channel gt shortexposures 1 10 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 12 Auto exposure control http camera_ip get lt channel gt autoexp http camera_ip set lt channel gt autoexp on off 13 Auto exposure mode http camera_ip get lt channel gt exposure http camera_ip set lt channel gt exposure auto on off 14 Exposure window http camera_ip get expwndleft http camera_ip set expwndleft 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get expwndtop http camera_ip set expwndtop 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get expwndwidth http camera_ip set expwndwidth 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get expwndheight http camera_ip s
4. megapixel technology beyond imagination Ad USER MANUAL Megapixel IP Cameras and AV100 Video System Software Rev 5 1 2 March 30 2009 AV100 SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AS IS BASIS ARECONT VISION LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS IN NO EVENT SHALL ARECONT VISION BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTUOUS ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Table of Contents eer PTO seeriana A A AAE Ei 5 FFOGUG OVC TC Wi cosir raa enne e ERE E E E EE RE Or OE 5 Product COMENTS eric geiceteiscrsrsserg ssponenseicenieneesnacsnaeseaaneaanedmausmcosasminsedneesaioedaieesncoenen 5 Server Requirements cccccecceeceeeceeceeeeeeceeeeeeceeteeeeueteeeeeseeeteeeseeseeeeeenaes 6 Network PoE Switch or PoE ROute ccccccceccceecceeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeaeeeaees 6 Recommended Accessories ccccccceccsecceecaceceeceecaeeceecueeeueseeseeseeseeseeneas 7 7 AVANT aR STS INS ioc eacrcecceceectarsccrstns depose ta chenepetaaenaneinedte aammenngeuttinmnganededeaaneheceued T COMMIMCCIONS eegenen a E E E E E 9 POWO a E E E A E 9 PIOUSIIMG ANIC MOUMINO serseri Soe ade 10 NCIWOK CANNING arara rE EE EE T E EEE EEEE E EER 10 Manu
5. 30 How do l reset the camera settings to the original factory configuration Resetting the AV camera to its original configuration can be achieved through the built in web interface To reset the AV camera open your web browser and type http ip_address set params factory Replace ip_address with the camera s current IP address 31 How can download the latest copy of AV100 and this manual The latest copy of the software and manual are available as of this manual revision from http www arecontvision com under Support in the Product Literature Downloads section Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 32 How can obtain an RMA for a camera Initial RMA requests should be directed to the vendor from whom you purchased your camera Your vendor may be capable of processing your request directly resulting in a quick turnaround time for a replacement camera If this is not possible please fill out a support request on http support arecontvision com and a support representative will follow up to verify your claim prior to issuing an RMA number Please do not ship a camera back to Arecont Vision without an approved RMA number or your return will be severely delayed in processing Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Chapter V
6. Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement All AV cameras have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his her own expense Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under FCC rules 1 It is suggested that the user use shielded CAT6 cables to comply with FCC rules It is suggested that the user use power over Ethernet supply To comply with FCC rules when using auto iris with AV1300 AV2100 and AV3100 it is also suggested using a ferrite common mode choke Fair Rite 0444164281 with 1 turns place on the auto iris lens cable three centimeters from the lens Terms and Conditions of Sale 1 Terms and Conditions This sale is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below which supersede any and all terms and conditions set forth in any documents issued by Purchaser including Purchase
7. USA without reference to conflict of laws These terms and conditions including those on the face page hereof if any set forth the entire agreement and understanding of AV and Purchaser with respect to the sale and distribution of Products the Licensed Products and Parts and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements relating thereto written or oral between the parties Purchaser may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder without the express written consent of AV Any assignment by Purchaser without such consent shall constitute a breach hereof by Purchaser Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com
8. any newly installed cameras Mietes Deselect all highlighted cameras View Selected er ee Opens a web browser to view live video from the selected camera and configure the camera settings using its webpage interface This also allows for camera setting configuration using the camera s web page interface TIP Double clicking the selected camera in Result or Model Version column has the same effect Edit Selected l l l Opens an Advanced dialog to edit the selected camera s IP address and or type in camera description which will then be stored in the camera s memory TIP Double clicking the selected camera in IP address or Description column has the same effect Bemeve cles Uninstall the cameras highlighted in the top panel the removed cameras will then appear in the bottom panel Press Save Exit to save changes save Jim Saves the information about the installed cameras into a file LocalMachine ini used by AV 100 Video System and exports a plaintext list of cameras into a file CameraList txt for third party software then exits the Installer These files are located by default in C Documents amp Settings All Users Application Data Video Application in Windows XP Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com Add Remote Units Snapshot Lock IP Address Unlock IP Address Turnoff Firewall Con
9. to remote chent if archival L Passes full access to each AV camera Selecting the AV camera of choice will display the option to disconnect as well as make changes to settings such as the Resolution Speed Archive Zoom and viewing images in separate windows Access from outside the local network will require that the server PC is accessible on the selected port Please ensure that any routers or firewalls have this port open for outside user access Right clicking anywhere on the Explorer web page will provide access to the options menu Click Save to take a snapshot image Click Manage Servers to provide server information and allows changes to the servers Click Auto Hide Menu to automatically hide the main menu Click Settings to adjust camera and video settings Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Day Night Day Night Figure 23 settings apply only to dual sensor cameras as well as single sensor DN camera models equipped with a switching IR filter Figure 23 Day Night setting menu Automatic enables the camera to automatically switch from daylight e to nighttime conditions and vice versa based on the Threshold Image Quality settings Rate Control Day forces day mode and disables night mode Night forces night mode and disables day mode Archive Motion Detection Note for dual sensor camera m
10. 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL QP is the quantization parameter for H 264 encoder To achieve a higher quality image a lower QP is needed Recommended values are in the range 16 37 Doublescan is the parameter that allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the frame output until a new frame is available from the sensor doublescan 0 or the request should be serviced by outputting the content of the memory buffer that has been already once output doublescan 1 useful for picture in picture display SSN specifies stream identifier MPEG codecs including H 264 codecs are context dependent decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame s The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG decoder Accordingly SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another Use a unique SSN for each stream with a unique image size quality and or frame rate Each camera supports up to eight simultaneous non identical streams Each client must have a unique ip ssn Iframe set to 1 will force the camera to return an Intra frame with a corresponding SPS and PPS as an IDR slice so that the stream is decodable from this point When opening a new stream for example when changing the image size and or frame rate the Intra frame will be sent automatically regardless of the input value of iframe To reduce the stream size
11. 40 of RFC 2068 While RFC 2068 requires that all HT TP 1 1 implementations support chunked encoding in reality many older implementations Indy 9 WinHTTP 5 0 etc are not fully compliant with the requirements of the standard As a result if the HTTP 1 1 protocol is requested from a non compliant implementation the chunks separators will remain in the data stream and the jpeg image will be corrupted If the user receives corrupted images over HTTP 1 1 the user should either remove HTTP 1 1 specification from the request or upgrade the HTTP implementation to fully compliant e g WinHTTP 5 1 HTTP Access of Panoramic Cameras Notational conventions camera_ip IP address of the camera get get a parameter from camera via http set set a parameter on camera via http lt channel gt panoramic camera channel number from 1 to 4 m a symbol string in ASCII means one or another but not both Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 66 allowable values a range of values incrementable by 1 positive values do not need the sign while the negative values do need the sign in front of the value non mandatory value which could be dropped In order to access the built in camera s web page type either of the two following http commands into the web browsers address field http camera_i
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13. AV1305 AV2105 AV3105 AV5105 4 W e AV1355 AV2155 AV3155 AV5155 5 W e AV3130 3 2 W e AV8180 AV8360 7 8 W e AV8185 AV8365 8 0 W Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Housing and Mounting All AV camera models feature a durable aluminum housing that minimizes fire hazards The housing is not hermetically sealed The ambient temperature should be maintained between 0 C and 50 C 32 F to 122 F Cameras used outdoors require appropriate protective enclosures Cameras are mounted using a 1 2 x 20 threaded hole on the bottom of the housing When mounting the camera make sure that the mounting screw is no longer than 7 The cameras are to be installed according to the applicable code and regulations The mounting hardware should be able to support 1 lb camera except AV8360 that weights 4lbs Model AV3130 requires a 3 enclosure window all other cameras can use most any outdoor housing Network Cabling Category 5e cabling or better is recommended All network cabling must be installed according to applicable codes and regulations Manual and Auto Iris lenses All AV cameras should be used with a 1 2 or 2 3 megapixel resolution lenses AV3130 requires two manual iris lenses and has a limitation on lens diameter lt 38mm AV8360 is supplied with 4 preinstalled 4mm high quality megapixel resolution le
14. AV1305 1355 supports both MJPEG and H 264 MPEG4 Part 10 compression AV1355 is a dome camera AV2100 2105 is a 2 megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution of 1600 by 1200 achieving a maximum frame rate of 24 fos AV2100 supports MJPEG compression only AV2105 2155 supports both MJPEG and H 264 MPEG4 Part 10 compression AV2155 is a dome camera AV3100 3105 is a 3 megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution is 2048 by 1536 AV3100 is typically viewed at 1920 by 1200 resolution with a frame rate of up to 20 fps AV3100 3105 supports MJPEG compression only AV3105 supports both MJPEG and H 264 MPEG4 Part 10 compression AV3155 is a dome camera Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL ae AV3130 is a dual sensor day night camera featuring a 3 megapixel color sensor paired with a 1 3 megapixel monochrome sensor sensitive to near infrared illumination When the scene is well illuminated the 3 megapixel sensor is selected to deliver color images of up to 2048x1536 pixels To provide seamless transition between day and night modes the color sensor is set to default resolution of 1920x1200 pixels In low light conditions AV3130 can automatically switch to the 1 3 megapixel 1280x1024 monochrome sensor enabling the delivery of clear imagery at illumination levels as low as 0 00 lux infrared only AV3130 typically delivers 20 fps in
15. Cameras Arecont Vision cameras support dual level password protected access control Camera authentication is compatible with RFC 2068 HTTP 1 1 and is supported by all standard browsers and video surveillance software There are two types of users with the following reserved names admin has full access to all camera settings and the video viewer has viewing access to all current camera settings and the video Setting and removing the passwords is the privilege of the admin user The viewer user can only use a password set by the admin and has no rights to modify their own password Resetting to factory default will erase all current passwords for both admin and viewer A newly shipped camera will have no password protection and will allow full anonymous access Setting the viewer password without an admin password will still allow full anonymous access to the camera s live feed Access control setup consists of three steps 1 Set an admin password using http commands or using the camera s web page 2 Log in using the admin password and set the viewer password 3 Convey the viewer password to the users In order to delete viewer password log in as admin and change the viewer password to a reserved password empty this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera The admin user can change the viewer password at any time without knowing the current viewer password Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t F
16. St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Archive Select Archive Figure 17 from the Setting menu Archive is a lower level menu to configure video archival settings Please note that archival is only available with a license file Figure 17 Archive menu eae Resolution selects between archiving the video at full resolution or at Image Cuality quarter resolution Rate Contral Filter is a group of archiving options we a Save all frames archives the entire video stream received JgVe D Advanced from the camera Authentication Save all and mark motion archives the entire video Remote Viewing ee ee stream marking the frames where motion was detected Camera 1 4recont Vision H 264 hal Archive Save motion frames only archives only when motion is detected by the on camera motion detector and disables Fesalution Fullresolution Quarter resolution archiving in the absence of motion CS e o o Save all frames Save all and mark mation Save motion frames only Frequency is a drop down list of options for archive recording rate Frequency Time urit The Off option disables the archive recording The Max option sets 1 Second ha when tine unit i DAY arhcive at 34 00 a different for different camera models the archive frequency limited only by the camera and the network Continue after motion detected ti
17. Zoom In 4a a lt u gt gt gt Click here to start Video Settings cea m t Size of frame Video compressor Se Ee ave 100 MJPEG H 264 best quality Select Archive Camera 1 v Frame period O XviD http www xvid org r p If archive not found please try 1000 ee 3 i ri 3 E i D tC ist Browse Drives to Find Archive s N EE Ta ay Timestamp on video Status i NOTE Make sure that the archive is not empty when making avi Clips Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL To make video clips from your archives click Run on AVI Maker from AV Application Manager Under Click here to start Loading an Archive 1 Specify which drive contains the video archive under Load Archive on Drive If AV100 has the default settings then C would be the default archive drive Otherwise type in the correct drive letter in the edit box including the colon i e D 2 Click bead Archie on Die This will initiate a search on the specified drive for all available archives The archives will be listed in the combo box numbered according to the camera numbers they were recorded with starting with the smallest number 3 Use the pull down menu to select the desired camera archive number 4 Click ester Suche Gamera An image will appear on the screen corresponding to the earliest record of your video archi
18. and enable the Run this program as an administrator option The setup process installs the software and places a shortcut Arecont Vision Application Manager on the desktop and creates a group named Arecont Vision AV Video System in the Start menu Configure Firewall As you start AV applications your PC may prompt you to permit access to the network AV100 Video System includes two applications that need access to the network AVInstaller exe the camera finding and installation program LocalMachine exe the viewing and archiving program Both executables are located in the AV100 installation folder You should grant access to these two applications when the firewall prompts you Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL For McAfee Personal Firewall For example Click Grant Access McAfee Personal Firewall Plus For older version of Norton Internet Security McAfee Personal Firewall Plus select Permit Always and click Ok Application Has Been Modified The application Local achine has changed since you first gave it access to the Internet Do you still want to let it access the Internet Figure 2 Older version of Norton Internet Security Morton Internet Security Program Control 7 9 High Risk 2 Alert Assistant AV Installer exe is attempting to access the Internet Path C Program Files
19. by right clicking on the live video image and then selecting photo save The directory path to the snapshot folder is specified in the Settings menu see Settings or using the Right Click menu under Save To see Right Click menu By default this is the directory C Documents and Settings User Profile My Documents My Pictures Arecont Vision Photos Reports the current CPU usage and network usage The first two LED bars on the left show the CPU usage and total network usage respectively The rest of LED bars show the network usage for each camera The displayed values are relative to the camera which uses the most bandwidth displayed as 100 usage Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Settings The settings menu Figure 13 is displayed by clicking on the Settings button in the toolbar Figure 13 Settings menu Exposure The settings menu is the top level menu for all settings provided in the AV Video System Selecting one of the menu items opens up a lower level drop down Image Quality Fate Control menu containing detailed settings and options Depending on the bach camera model some of the listed groups of settings may become AICHIVE PO l unavailable for example Day Night settings are available only for the Wotion Detection Motion Detection AV3130 and DN cameras The bar between the cam
20. by using the daynight request The switching point between day and night modes is determined based on overall AE AGC gain and can be adjusted via the parameter nightgain To avoid oscillations between day and night modes the night to day transition is specified via parameter daygain in terms of hysteresis relative to day to night transition threshold e daynight if set to auto the camera will select between color and monochrome channels 7 1 automatically based on daygain and nightgain thresholds valid values are auto day and night e nightgain specifies the automatic switching point for day to night transition in proportion to overall exposure gain value The user may need to adjust this value if the lenses on day and night channels have different f stops Higher values will cause the transition to night mode at lower illumination levels valid values for the AV3130 are 0 18 for DN models the valid range is 64 512 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL aS e daygain allows to specify the automatic switching point for night to day transition as hysteresis relative to night to day transition Higher values will cause the transition to day mode at higher illumination level valid values for AV3130 are 0 6 for DN models are 1 4 As AV3130 camera has two sensors with different resolutions it
21. camera License files are located in the C Program Files Arecont Vision Video Surveillance license folder However for evaluation purposes AV100 will operate any number of AV cameras without a license displaying live video with no archiving capabilities After the cameras are successfully installed the AV100 Video System can be activated by clicking the Run button next to Live Video in the AV Application Manager Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL The Arecont Vision logo screen will display while the program is loading Shown below Figure 11 is the AV 100 Video System displaying live video from eight AV cameras Clicking minimize will place the application in the system tray of the Windows task bar Figure 17 Live video display em Mon GA2008 16 46 57 Toolbar The toolbar of the AV100 Video System is located in the upper portion of the screen above the video display area It contains the following icons Toggles a drop down list of the installed cameras Individual cameras are disabled enabled by left double clicking on the camera number When disabled the live video image from the disabled camera is replaced with a blue rectangle and the camera number in the drop down list is marked with a red X Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECON
22. day mode at 1920x1200 and over 30 fps in night mode AV5100 5105 is a 5 megapixel resolution camera Its maximum resolution is 2592 by 1944 AV5100 is typically viewed at 2560 by 1600 resolution with the frame rate up to 12 fos AV5100 supports MJPEG compression only AV5105 5155 supports both MJPEG and H 264 MPEG4 Part 10 compression AV5155 is a dome camera AV8180 8185 is a quad sensor 8 megapixel camera consisting of four 2 megapixel sensors operating at up to 22 fps at 1600 by 1200 resolution It is capable of providing 180 degree field of view AV8185 supports both MJPEG and H 264 MPEG4 Part 10 compression AV8360 8365 is a quad sensor 8 megapixel panoramic camera consisting of four 2 megapixel sensors and operating at up to 22 fps at 1600 by 1200 resolution It is capable of providing 360 degree field of view AV8365 supports both MJPEG and H 264 MPEG4 Part 10 compression All cameras are equipped with a LAN connector and can deliver image data at a maximum data rate of up to 70 Mbps Images are sent over the network using TFTP HTTP and RTSP RTP available for H 264 camera models only protocols All cameras feature e Automatic Exposure AE and Gain AGC control e Automatic backlight compensation e Automatic multi matrix white balance e 50 60HZz selectable flicker control e Electronic Zoom Pan and Tilt PTZ e Programmable brightness saturation gamma sharpness windowing and decimation e Simultaneous delivery of
23. detection setting allows for a significant reduction in CPU load and network load when motion detection is enabled e Motion detection is only enabled via the Archive settings when one of the two following options is selected Save all and mark motion or Save only motion If the Archive is enabled for Save all frames motion detection is disabled The Enabled Disabled status is displayed in the bottom right corner of the Motion Settings window e Motion detection is computed independently in multiple detection zones on a square grid The largest grid supported for any AV camera model and image size is 8 by 8 The actual grid for any particular model is determined by the chosen zone size a drop down list in the lower right corner of the Motion Settings screen and the camera s pixel resolution The actual grid is displayed in the lower left corner When motion is present the Motion Settings window displays green marks selectable between crosses and boxes in the zones where motion occurs Figure 18 e A privacy mask can be set up to block motion detection in some of the zones by drawing a rectangle with the mouse by left clicking and holding down the mouse button The privacy mask is marked with red crosses A more complex shape can be created by drawing multiple rectangles Erasing the mask or part of the mask is done by drawing a rectangle with the right mouse button Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor G
24. full field view and zoomed images at video frame rate e Up to eight simulations connections per camera e Electronic image rotation by 180 degrees Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL a e Onboard motion detection e Optional auto iris e Optional day night IR switching filter Connectors All AV Megapixel cameras have the following connectors located on the rear panel of the camera housing e LAN connector accepting a network UTP or STP cable carrying 100 Base T The LAN connector also accepts Power over Ethernet PoE e Power terminals please refer to enclosed documentation and product labeling for specific power options o accepting 15V 48V DC supply o accepting 12V 48V DC and 24V AC supply e Optionally a DC auto iris connector AV3130 does not support auto iris and does not have this connector e Auxiliary input and output connector Power Power for all AV cameras can be supplied as follows e Via LAN connector according to IEEE 802 3af PoE For a list of recommended PoE switches see Network PoE Switch or Router PoE on page 7 e Via an auxiliary power jack Power consumption will vary depending on the mode of operation The maximum power consumption takes place when the camera is streaming video at a maximum frame rate and at full resolution The maximum power consumption is e AV1300 AV2100 AV3100 AV5100 3 W e
25. open on a secured network as it is used by default for most web browsing See page 37 for more details on configuring remote viewing Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 25 What is the night performance Lux of the AV3130 camera In low light conditions AV3130 switches to 1 3 megapixel monochrome sensor resulting in good image quality down to 0 01 Lux AV3130 is also sensitive to near infrared illumination allowing the use of standard infrared illuminators as a light source 26 When attempt to update the firmware on the AV camera with the firmware update option receive the Ack Timeout message Why do get this error If you get the timeout message take the following steps Make sure that no application aside from FirmwareLoader exe is accessing the camera during the update Make sure that the camera is connected via switch and not with a cross over cable Re run AV Installer prior to the upgrade to make sure the camera is accessible and there is no IP conflict 27 Do AV cameras support multicast No AV cameras do not support multicast 28 Are there any moving mechanical parts in the AV3130 The AV3130 does not have any mechanical moving parts inside 29 What is Ethereal and where can get it Ethereal is a network protocol analyzer It can be obtained through their web site at http www ethereal com
26. pg 15 Video System watch live video see pg 19 AVI Maker make video clips from archive see pg 42 Camera Upgrade upgrade cameras see pg 46 Camera Installer The Camera Installer is a utility for discovering AV cameras that are present on the local area network and assigning IP addresses to the cameras The assigned IP address is stored on camera and maintained when the power is off The camera s IP can only be changed through one of the following methods via the Camera Installer via 3 party software via a web browser using the camera s webpage or via a HT TP command There are two supported modes of operation of the Camera Installer Basic and Advanced To start the Camera Installer press the Run button under Camera Installer Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Basic Mode In basic mode the camera Installer detects all AV cameras that can be reached by a broadcast request sent over the network by the computer running the Camera Installer It automatically assigns IP addresses to these detected cameras selecting addresses that belong to the same sub network as the computer running the camera Installer and those which are not assigned to other network devices To detect and install the cameras automatically click on Install Cameras The installer will detect any cameras configure their IPs and verify their oper
27. power class Class 3 from 6 49 to 12 95 Watt than other AV camera models Switches and Routers Note that some Gigabit switches and network adapters incompletely emulate 100BaseT signaling levels and may not work correctly with high bandwidth 100BaseT equipment Low Sharpness If the image sharpness appears to be low e Check if the lens is in focus e Check if the lens is appropriate for a megapixel camera e Under the Image Quality menu decrease compression and increase sharpness e Check if the lens iris is fully open or closed down too much For best resolution and depth of field the iris depending on lens make and model should be closed by 2 3 F stop Frequently Asked Questions 1 What type of video compression is used in AV cameras AV cameras use MJPEG in the case of model numbers AVxxx0 and H 264 for models AVxxx5 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 2 How much storage space is required when using AV cameras The storage space requirements will vary depending on the compressibility of your imagery Shown below Figure 31 is an example of a system running at 22 FPS However the user can specify the archival frequency to be lower than the full frame rate Most AV cameras also provide highly sophisticated on board motion detection To further reduce the required storage the user has an option to archive only those images
28. snapshot folder The snapshot is taken from the camera which is highlighted in the drop down list of the installed cameras on the left side see Toolbar on pg 20 To highlight another camera left click on the camera number To take the snapshot from all cameras highlight cameras at the top of the drop down camera list e Save Print takes a snapshot and prints it instantly e Browse opens the snapshot folder for browsing Browse presents three options e Archive enables access to browsing archives See Browsing Archives e Photos enables access to snapshots taken with the AV cameras The default snapshots location is C Documents and Settings User Profile My Documents My Pictures Arecont Vision Photos a different directory path to the snapshot folder can be specified in the Settings menu see Settings on pg 22 e HTTP opens the default web browser to view the video stream from the selected camera via the web browser Hide minimizes the AV100 Video System application and hides it in the system tray of the Windows task bar Log off logs off the current user Exit exits the AV100 Video System application About shows the version of the AV100 Video System software and additional information for each of the installed camera s version of firmware and hardware MAC address and IP address Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Languag
29. that contain motion Furthermore AV cameras support real time resolution changes and image windowing on a frame by frame basis The user may wish to archive windows of interest or reduced resolution images at the high frame rate while archiving full resolution images at the lower frame rate A bandwidth calculator is provided on http www arecontvision com to help with determining storage bandwidth requirements Figure 31 Example of a system running at 22 FPS Busy scene lot of motion e g busy parking lot FPS LL Resolution 2040x153 202 15 998 383 962 278 22 018 528 422 463 _36 670 _ 880 070 1920x1200 154 12 197 292 723 216 17 107 410 573 352 27 878 669 082 1920x1089 148 11 722 281 318 202 15 998 383 062 329 26 057 625 363 6 4 1600x1200 128 10 138 243 302 176 13 939 334 541 293 23 20 556 93 1280x1024 100 7 920 190 080 139 11 009 264 214 227 17 978 431 482 640x480 29 2 297 55 123 405 168 76 032 4 752 114 048 Quiet scene not a lot of motion e g hallway Resolution 2040x1530 148 11 722 281 318 205 16 236 389 664 369 29 225 701 395 1920x1200 111 8791 210 989 151 11 959 287 021 267 21 146 507 514 1o20x108q_ 103 8 158 195 782 142 _11 246 269 914 247 _19 562 469 498 1600x1209 97 7 682 184 378 134 10 613 254 707 233 18 454 442 886 1280x1024 69 5 465 131 155 97 7 682 184 378 165 13 068 313 632 640x480 Notes Quality refers to JPEG compression Theref
30. varies Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL with time the resulting video will be played accordingly faster or slower depending on how much the actual frame rate deviate from the average e Timestamp adds date time information to the resulting video clip Notice that it works differently in case MJPEG H 264 codec is selected When the selected archive is JPEG format AviMaker will decompress and recompress the top 64 lines of each frame to incorporate the timestamp but the rest of the image will remain intact When the selected archive is in H 264 format the timestamp option is ignored Video Compression offers four options for creating the AVI file MJPEG H 264 best quality offers a video format as recorded in the archive without decompression and recompression procedures For this reason this format offers best video quality XviD http Awww xvid org is a codec recommended by Arecont Vision it is distributed together with the AV100 Software and is typically installed during the AV100 software installation This codec has been found to produce reasonably good quality to compression ratio MSVC standard is a standard Microsoft video codec Choose from codecs list allows selection of any of the alternative codecs that are installed on the computer The drop down list opens after Make AVI is
31. 0 or if the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output useful for picture in picture display FPS specifies the requested frame rate values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate while omitting fos parameter as well as fps values of 0 and all values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate that is model dependent The following example illustrates the request to camera with IP address 192 168 0 36 for the new full resolution 1600x1200 video stream with compression quality 12 at a maximum frame rate GET mjpeg res half amp x0 0 amp y0 08 amp x1 1600 amp y1 1200 amp quality 12 amp doublescan 0 HTTP 1 1 r n Host 192 168 1 11 r n r n In response to the above request the camera sends a continuous stream of images separated by the boundary separator fodr in accordance with MIME multipart x mixed replace format Please note that MIME multipart x mixed replace format is not directly supported by Internet Explorer For video viewing based on IE only the users should use on camera script that can be accessed via http ip_address index html request HTTP 1 0 200 Ok r n Content Type multipart x mixed replace boundary fbdr r n r n fodr r n Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Content Type image jpeg r n r n lt JPEG image 1 data gt r n fodr r n
32. 1316 POE Switch Hub 10 100Base TX 8 PoE ports and 8 non PoE ports True IEEE 802 3af www compuplus com e TRENDnet TPE S88 POE Switch Hub www trendnet com 10 100Base TX 8 PoE ports and 8 non PoE ports True IEEE 802 3af www provantage com Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL e PowerDsine PD 6001 AC PoE Single port hub www powerdsine com 10 100Base TX Single Midspan POE port True IEEE 802 3af www provantage com PoE network equipment must be CE marked for use in European Community Note that the cameras are designed for use with indoor network cabling only Recommended Accessories We recommend the following monitors e Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24 inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand www dell com e Samsung s 243T 24 Inch LCD Display www samsung com Please note that the AV100 software requires a resolution of 1600x1200 or greater in order to properly display all the on screen menus Camera Reference AV1300 1305 1355 AV2100 2105 2155 AV3100 3105 3155 AV3130 AV5100 5105 5155 AV8180 8185 and AV8360 8365 are megapixel resolution IP cameras capable of delivering crisp low noise images at video frame rate AV 1300 1305 1355 is a 1 3 megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024 achieving a maximum frame rate of 30 fos AV1300 supports MJPEG compression only
33. 3 6 amp doublescan 0 1 amp ssn 1 65535 amp fps value amp bitrate 1 51200 HTTP 1 1 r n Host ip_address r n r n Where e Res can have value of either half or ful and specifies whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image e XO YO X1 Y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if Res full and 64 if Res half e QP is the quantization parameter for H 264 encoder To achieve a higher quality video a low gp is needed Recommended values are in the range 16 37 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL e Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available from the sensor doublescan 0 or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that has been already once output useful for picture in picture display e SSN specifies the stream identifier MPEG codecs including H 264 codecs are context dependent decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame s The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of
34. 4recont Vision yideo Surveillance LocalMachine exe Show Details A McAfee Does not recognize this application Tell McAfee about this program I want to e Grant Access Block All Access For newer versions of Norton Internet Security Figure 3 go to Settings gt Personal Firewall under Web What do you want to do Browsing and select Turn Off Figure 3 Newer version of Norton Internet Security Norton ia Internet Security W Subscription 27 days remaining f Tasks amp Scans Open Settings i Basic Security At Risk Auto Protect On Protection Updates 7 11 2007 Automatic LiveUpdate On Web Browsin FIX NOW Veb Browsing Personal Firewall Quick Links intrusion Prevention Norton Account Spyware Protection Help Phishing Protection Technical Support Email amp Messaging Quick Tasks Outgoing Email Scanning On E Run LiveUpdate Scan Now View History al Reports amp Statistics Hl Support 7 D o me Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL If you are using Windows XP firewall follow these instructions 1 Click the Windows Start button and select Control Panel gt Windows firewall Figure 5 Windows Firewall General Tab 2 The Windows Firewall settings dialog will Windows Firewall appear If the firewall is on make sure Don t allow General Exception
35. AMAGES RESULTING FROM AV S PERFORMANCE OF FAILURE TO PERFORM WHETHER DUE TO BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE 4 Repaired or Replaced Product The warranty for repaired or replaced Product shall be limited in scope to the warranty set forth above and shall have a duration of the greater of i the remaining Warranty Period in the original warranty that was applicable to the original Product extended by the time elapsed between AV receiving notice of the non conformity and Purchaser s receipt of the Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com 0 o ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL repaired or replaced Product or ii ninety 90 days following delivery to Purchaser s of the repaired or replaced Product Shipment and Risk of Loss All Products shipped by AV shall be packaged in AV s shipping cartons so as to prevent damage and shall be delivered to a common carrier FOB AV s facility in Altadena CA USA at which time risk of loss shall pass to Purchaser All freight insurance and other shipping expenses as well as expenses for any special packing requested by Purchaser and provided by AV shall be paid by Purchaser Licensed Programs Upon the sale of any Product to Purchaser AV grants to such Purchaser a non exclusive non transferable royalty free license to i install copies of the Licensed Programs in appropriate hardware and ii us
36. All Users Application Data Video and in Vista under Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL C Users YourUserName ApplicationData Video Application Or C Users YourUserName AppData Local VirtualStore ProgramData Video Application Additionally Arecont Vision s online support portal at http support arecontvision com allows for quick online submission of issues with email notification of responses and fixes 13 How do disable the auto startup of the Arecont Vision software Click on Advanced on the AV Software Settings and uncheck Auto Startup 14 Is there a link to view live video from your camera systems We have three sites that are accessible Please contact our sales team at sales arecontvision com 15 What is the maximum physical distance between computer and AV camera Typical Ethernet 100Base T has a maximum distance of 100 meters 330 feet The range can be increased by using a standard powered mid span switch Alternatively 3Com IntelliJack Switch that accepts the power over Ethernet can be used to avoid the need to provide mid span power supply 16 Are AV cameras RoHS compliant Arecont Vision products confirm to the Europeans Union Restrictions on Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic equipment ROHS Directive 2002 95 EC for six regulated substances The certification i
37. Content Type image jpeg r n r n lt JPEG image 2 data gt r n fodr r n Content Type image jpeg r n r n lt JPEG image n data gt r n fodr r n HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual H 264 Frames NOTE The h 264 http requests described below are supported only by camera models AVxxx85 To maintain a continuous H 264 stream the requests for individual video frames should be sent one after another If the delay between requests exceeds 5 sec the camera will initiate a new stream by sending an Intra coded frame first in response to the next frame request Individual H 264 video frames are requested from AV cameras by using the following HTTP request format http camera_ip h264f res half full amp x0 0 2596 amp y0 0 1944 amp x1 32 2596 amp y1 32 1944 amp aqp 4 36 amp doublescan 0 1 amp ssn 1 65535 amp iframe 0 1 amp bitrate 1 51200 amp intra_period 0 255 Where e Res can have a value of either half or full to specify whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image e XO YO X1 Y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if Res full and 64 if Res half Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3
38. ER MANUAL Requesting Images from Panoramic Cameras AV8180 85 amp 8360 65 66 Getting and Setting Camera Parameters ccccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeees 69 Chapter IV Troubleshooting and Useful Tips cc ceccseeceeeeeteeeseeseeeseeeeeeeseeaeeeeess 75 Connecting Directly to a Laptop Or PC cc eccccccecseeeeeeseeeeeeeeeneeeeeeneees 75 Witenes aNd ROUTO sesser err rn ne att 75 LOW SNOG S ae eee eee ee T 15 Frequently Asked QUESTIONS cccccccecccececeeeeeeseeeceeeceeesaeeseesaeesaeesaeess 75 Chapter V Regulatory Compliance ccceccsecseecseceeeceeceecceecaeceeesaeseeesaesaeeseesaeeeeees 85 FCC Compliance Statement sssrini irisi diaisna iaiia idini 85 Terms and Conditions of Sall ccccccccecccecccececeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeseessees 85 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Chapter Introduction Product Overview Arecont Vision offers AV100 a full featured video surveillance software system to complement its line of megapixel IP cameras AV100 supports full motion real time multi camera viewing and policy based archiving remote access to live and archived video via Internet Explorer post event zooming from digital archives simultaneous viewing of full field of view and multiple Zoomed images and a multitude of other features that take advantage of unique fu
39. IORECICK MENU eee ie on ec ee 38 Language Selecione EEE aE 40 DrOwWsSINg AFCNIVOS ssirisisecsieresisi n enr EEE 40 AVI Maker Making video clips from the archive cccccceeeaeeeeeeeeees 42 Viewing Your Recorded Video cccccceccecceeeceeceecceecueceeeseeseeeceeseeseeeees 45 Firmware Loader Upgrading Camera Firmware Hardware in the Field 46 ghee ola il BA cae ACOOSS noone ee ere eee oe cr 48 ge Ore gle Web Page eee eee 48 HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual JPEG Frames 49 HTTP Request Format for Continuous MJPEG Video Streaming 49 HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual H 264 Frames 51 HTTP Request Format for Continuous H 264 Video Streaming 53 RTSP Request Format for Continuous H 264 Video Streaming 55 Basic Camera Control Parameters cccccecceecceeeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeees 57 Parameters Specific to AV3130 and DAY NIGHT Cameras 08 59 Motion Detection Control Parameters cccccccceecceeeceeeceeeseeeeeeeeeeseeees 60 ACCS CONTON ere E E ee ee 62 Access Control for Panoramic CameraS cccccceecceeeceeeceeeaeeeeeeeeeeseeees 64 Ts Ws Al PP e EE E 65 HTTP Access of Panoramic Cameras c cccceccceecceeeeeeeceeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeees 65 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION US
40. Play in Reverse Plays the recorded archive continuously in reverse H 264 archives will jump in reverse in 1 minute intervals Play by Frame in Reverse Steps backward one frame at a time oO Pause Pauses the playback Play by Frame Forward Steps forward one frame at a time oC Play Plays the recorded archive continuously forward D gt Fast forward Jumps forward in 5 minute intervals E Forward Starts archive video from the end of recording Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL The slider on the bottom of the screen displays positions the current frame position in the archive It has a date and time display located to the right side of the slider to reference a particular event Press the E button on the Toolbar to take a snapshot from the archive Alternatively snapshots can be taken by right clicking on the video image and then selecting photo save AVI Maker Making video clips from the archive The AVI Maker Figure 28 is started by clicking the corresponding Run button in the AV Application Manager Please note that you will not have access to the AVI Maker if you do not have a license for archiving Figure 28 AVI Maker r AVI Maker Ox Click here to select your clip naur Minuie Second Click here to playback Speed of Playback Start End Select All Cancel Zoom Out
41. T VISION USER MANUAL Displays the Settings menu see the Setting section on page 22 Enables a full screen display without the toolbar and menus Press escape or double click the image to exit full screen mode Selects screen layout for viewing live archived video from multiple cameras From left to right single camera layout 2x2 camera layout 3x3 camera layout 4x4 camera layout 10 camera layout with 2 large and 4x2 smaller images 8 camera layout with 1 large 3x1 and 1x4 smaller images 13 camera layout with 1 large 2x2 and 4x2 smaller images 8 camera layout with 2x4 images for panoramic cameras 10 camera layout with 2 large and 2x4 smaller images for regular and panoramic cameras Any unused sections of the layout will be filled with a watermark of the Arecont Vision logo Displays the Archive controls see Browsing Archives below Takes a snapshot of live video or an archive video The snapshot is taken from the camera which is highlighted in the drop down list of the installed cameras see above To highlight another camera left click on the camera number in the list To take the snapshot from all cameras highlight cameras at the root top of the drop down camera list The snapshot file names contain the date and time of the snapshot To locate view the snapshots in the snapshot folder right click 3 GG anywhere on the live video then select photo browse Alternatively snapshots can be taken
42. The Balanced setting falls between Quality and Speed There are also two special modes High Speed and MoonLight which can be used for very fast moving targets and very low illumination respectively High Speed mode allows the user to specify a fixed exposure time in terms of milliseconds from 1 to 80 While this will allow crisp video of fast moving vehicles the side effect of this setting is that low light performance of the camera will be significantly worse up to 800 times than in default mode Therefore High Speed should only be used for well lit scenes The other special mode MoonLight implements long exposure times of up to 0 5 seconds in combination with proprietary noise cancellation technology This mode allows viewing under extremely low illumination conditions It is important to note that MoonLight is NOT digital frame integration and will offer significantly better image quality than cameras that employ digital frame integration However the motion blur will still be significant Setting the Low Light Mode to Speed is the first thing to try to eliminate motion blur If that doesn t produce enough improvement the user may want to open the lens aperture more to allow more light in The user may also want to consider going with the camera equipped with auto iris lens the lens will open automatically as illumination diminishes If that is not sufficient the user may want to consider using a lower resolution came
43. a the on camera web page The web page allows changing camera settings and to view live video by means of Java script stored in camera s non volatile memory The web page is accessed by typing in any web browser http ip_address or http ip_address index html In addition to the web page AV cameras also implement html video container that can be used for incorporation of the camera URL into user s own html page This video container is accessed from http ip_address livevideo To incorporate the video container in an html page use the following line in the body of the page lt iframe src http 200 168 1 10 width 800 height 600 marginheight O0 marginwidth 0 scrolling no gt lt iframe gt where the width and height parameters specify the image size requested from the camera Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual JPEG Frames NOTE A complete set of http requests described in this document is supported for firmware versions 61430 and above If you have an AV camera with a lower firmware version contact your distributor for a firmware upgrade An individual image can be requested from AV cameras by using the following HIT TP request format http ip_address image res resolution_value amp x0 X0 amp y0 Y0 amp x1 X1 amp y1 Y 1 amp quality quality_value amp doublescan doublescan_
44. ability Once the installation is complete the list of newly installed cameras will appear in the top panel with the result Installed online This list can be sorted by the MAC address or IP address by clicking on the respective column name The list may also include previously installed cameras which may be listed as Installed online or Installed offline depending on whether the camera is still accessible The installer offers a lock mechanism to protect previously installed cameras if any from accidental changes of their IP address To change the IP address manually or type in a description of the camera which will be stored on camera double click on the IP address of the camera and make the changes Press the Save Exit button to save the installation information and exit the Camera Installer Figure 9 Basic mode arecont Vision Camera Installer SO Arecont Vision Installed Cameras aleonl 192 168 1 88 255 255 255 0 Index Ethernet Address Result Model ersion Description 1 0O 1Aa 07 00 OB A2 192 168 1 14 Installed online AV 5100M 62603 Install Cameras Pa 00 1ia 07 00 4E B7 192 168 11 20 Installed online AYV3100M 63005 3 00 18 07 00 AC 2E 192 168 1 19 Installed online BAV2105 63829 Save 7 Exit New Cameras Index Ethernet Address Current IP s Model ersion Description Status End Automatic Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www areco
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46. al menu within AV100 Video System screen settings Settings enables access to configuring the main settings groups as described in Settings see pg 22 Camera enables access to a combined menu that includes e Exposure see pg 26 e Image Quality see pg 27 e Rate Control see pg 28 e Archive see pg 29 e Day Night see pg 36 e Auto Iris see pg 37 elt also includes some options from Advanced settings see pg 33 Miscellaneous enables access to the following e Save To see pg 32 e Advanced see pg 33 e Authentication see pg 34 e Remote Viewing see pg 35 Motion enables access to Motion Settings see pg 30 e Printer opens the Print Setup menu Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL e Dump logs camera settings to a file named LocalMachine ini located in the installation directory When contacting Arecont Vision s technical support this file should be included e Video displays live video in full screen mode e Import License will import a specified license file so that the software s archive functionality is accessible e Save to Flash saves camera setting to camera flash memory e Factory Default resets the camera setting without changing camera IP Address to factory settings Photo enables saving and printing individual snapshots as well as browsing e Save takes a snapshot of live video and saves it in the
47. an MPEG decoder Accordingly SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another Use a unique SSN for each stream with a unique image size quality and or frame rate Each camera supports up to eight simultaneous non identical streams Each individual client must have a unique ip ssn e Bitrate is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H 264 stream in kilobits per second If this parameter is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the QP parameter is ignored and the camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate e FPS specifies the requested frame rate Values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate Omitting the fps parameter or using fps values of 0 or any values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate which is model dependent The first frame or the stream is always an IDR Intra frame followed by multiple P Inter frames The default number of P frames is 50 and can be modified via register 3 21 using the following HTTP command http camera setreg page 3 amp reg 21 amp val number of P frames The current P frames setting can be checked using the following HTTP command http camera getreg page 3 amp reg 21 Each frame sent by the camera may contain multiple zero bytes at the end There is no Unit Delimiter UD used Although this does not contradict the ITU T H 264 standard ISO IEC 14496 10 some decoders may delay decoded frames by one due to th
48. ave e mac retrieves the MAC address of the camera read only e make retrieves the manufacturer abbreviation requires firmware version 64116 e model retrieves a four digit camera model number read only e g AV2100M camera will return model 2100 e fwversion retrieves firmware version of the camera e procversion retrieves version of the image processor e netversion retrieves version of the network processor e revision retrieves the revision code of the PCB e factory restores camera parameters to factory defaults http ip_address set params factory The camera registers can be accessed via the HTTP requests of the following format http camera_ip getreg page 0 6 amp reg 0 255 http camera_ip setreg page 0 6 amp reg 0 255 amp val 0 65535 Parameters Specific to AV3130 and DAY NIGHT Cameras The AV3130 camera utilizes two distinct sensors for its day and night modes Specifically a 3 Megapixel color sensor with IR cut filter is used in the day mode and a 1 3 Megapixel monochrome sensor without IR cut filter is used in the night mode Single sensor Day Night cameras use a mechanical IR switcher to switch between day mode color with IR cut filter and night mode monochrome without IR cut filter By default the camera automatically switches between day and night channels as illumination changes However it is also possible to force the camera to operate in either day or night channel
49. clicked Figure 29 Figure 29 Video Compression Video Compression Compressor x Full Frames Uncompressed Cancel lndeo video 5 10 evil MPEG 4 Codec Morgan Multimedia M IPEG Vv LusRiot DYRA JPEG Codec Ley LusRiot OR JPEG Codec Le Full Frames 6 Click mit to start creating the video clip If no records are available for the selected range of dates or times a warning will be displayed Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 7 Inthe Save As window type in a file name for your new AVI file then click Save If Codec List was selected under Video Compression a drop down list of available codecs will appear Selecta codec from the list to proceed 8 The AVI Maker will begin to create the AVI and show the progress in the progress bar Clicking Stop will terminate the AVI creation Viewing Your Recorded Video A AVI Maker ai E Language JPEG 45 48 Hour Ss 7 17 2008 09 56 45 602 Selected NONE 7 25 2008 17 00 00 117 Click here to select your clip Hace Minute Second Click here to playback Speed of Playback Start End Select All Cancel Zoom Out Zoom In 4a al ur gt gt Click here to start Video Settings Size of frame Video compressor Load Archive on Drive C i r 100 MJPEGZH 264 best quality Select Archive Camera 1 X Frame period O XviD http www xvid
50. ctX functions that utilize graphics card hardware for displaying images rather than using software processing This reduces the load on the CPU The drop down list DirectX size provides options for the graphics area supported by DirectX the selected size should correspond to the resolution used for live video f using a 5 Megapixel camera please increment the value as the default value corresponds to a 3 Megapixel camera Auto Startup is an option to automatically start the AV Video System at Windows startup with its previous settings Real time if folded is an option to continue running the AV Video System application at the Real Time priority level within Windows even when AV100 is minimized and placed in the system tray of the Windows task bar Show motion marks areas where motion is detected in live video requires enabling motion detection Use double packets is an option to use data packets with 2904 bytes instead of the regular 1450 bytes for image transmission This allows for increased image transmission bandwidth but may lead to less stable performance on high traffic networks Warning on disconnect is an option to display a red screen warning in place of live video that has been disconnected or temporarily lost When disabled the last captured frame will be displayed Static ARP is an option to enable a static link between the camera s MAC address and its IP address An alternative is dynamic ARP which is not supporte
51. d by some older models of the AV cameras Don t update sensor window is an option that determines how the changes to the image size are applied ata software level or in hardware the image sensor Enabling this option helps to avoid conflicts when multiple users are viewing the same camera each user will be able to set a different image size Alternatively disabling this option allows an increase in camera frame rate due to a smaller image size Panoramic Mode is used for panoramic camera model AV8180 to automatically position and display the four images on screen Language selects the language which will be used throughout AV100 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Authentication Authentication allows for password protected access to AV100 Video System There are three levels of access available Figure 20 Figure 20 Authentication menu Termimenme a Administrator grants full access to all features of AV Video System Image Guality b Viewer grants access to live video and browsing the archives but not to the settings Da Nia c Live only grants access to live video only Archive Adding changing and removing users is done via the Add Change Motion Detection and Remove buttons on the bottom of the menu Save bo Advanced Authentication If one or more user accounts were created the AV Video Syst
52. d select On Adda Program To allow communications with a program by adding it to the Exceptions list elect the program or click Browse to search for one that t rot listed Programs and Services Programs Mame 4M Installer 4 Manager 4M Video System O File and Printer Sharing iTunes Remote Assistance CI Remote Desktop True ector Service O UPnP Framework av Manager pay Video System Path C Program Files Common Files 4dobe SD Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL AV Application Manager After the software installation is complete a shortcut to the AV Application Manager will appear on the user s Desktop All programs and utilities Comprising the AV100 Video System can be launched from the AV Application Manager By default the installation will include the Camera Installer Video System and AVI Maker The optional Firmware Loader is not included in the installation but is available upon request It will appear in the Application Manager as shown below figure 8 by placing the FirmwareLoader exe in Arecont Vision Video Surveillance folder C Program Files Arecont Vision Video Surveillance Figure 8 Application manager i AV Application Manager z The AV Application Manager selections include Camera Installer setup cameras see
53. detection zones measured in number of 32x32 pixel blocks in each zone All zones are squares of the same size from 7x7 to 15x15 valid values are 7 to 15 for AV1300 and AV2100 and 8 to 15 for AV3100 and AV3130 e mdlevelthreshold motion detection threshold that determines the sensitivity to local inter frame brightness changes valid values are 2 31 Lower settings may cause false motion detection due to noise This parameter corresponds to Level under the Motion Settings in the AV100 Video System GUI e mdsensitivity sensitivity of the motion detection to sudden overall lighting changes This prevents false triggering due to a sudden overall brightness change that triggers motion detection in a large number of zones simultaneously If more than this number of zones have motion it is assumed that the change is due to lighting change and the detected motion is ignored Recommended values are 40 for AV3100 AV3130 30 for AV2100 and 20 for AV1300 This parameter corresponds to Limit under the Motion Settings in the AV Video System GUI e mddetail allows controlling the size of detectable moving objects The value is the number of 32x32 sub zones within each zone that should contain motion for the entire zone to be considered to contain motion valid values are 1 through square of mdzonesize This parameter corresponds to Detail under Motion Settings in AV Video System GUI e mdprivasymask Privacy matri
54. e 1 requests then intra_period parameter is not required and the bitrate control will rely on the default number of P frames set in register 3 21 The following example illustrates a request to a camera with IP address 192 168 0 36 for a full resolution 1600x1200 image as a part of the stream with a constant bitrate set to 2 Mbits sec http 192 168 0 36 n264f res full amp x0 0 amp y0 0 amp x1 1600 amp y1 1200 amp quality 12 amp doublescan 0 amp bitrat e 2048 amp ssn 1 Each frame sent by the camera may contain multiple zero bytes at the end there is no Unit Delimiter UD Although this does not contradict ITU T H 264 standard ISO IEC 14496 10 some decoders may delay decoded frames by one due to the absence of the UD If this presents a problem replace all zero bytes at the end with the UD a sequence of the following five bytes 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x09 0x10 In addition the number of zero bytes at the end of a frame may be significant up to a few hundred bytes Replacing them with the UD will also reduce the stream size HTTP Request Format for Continuous H 264 Video Streaming NOTE The h 264 http requests described below are supported only by camera models AVXxxx8 A continuous h 264 video stream with frames separated by the boundary separator can be requested from AV cameras by using the following GET method request format GET h264stream res half full amp x0 0 2596 amp y0 0 1944 amp x1 32 2596 amp y1 32 1944 amp qp 4
55. e Selection The AV100 Live Video System supports user interfaces in Arabic Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional English Finnish German Japanese Spanish Russian and other languages To select language press the F2 button to bring up the language menu Figure 26 Figure 26 Language menu Browsing Archives Archive browsing is enabled by pressing the Mt Right Click Menu on pg 38 button in the Toolbar or via the right click menu see Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Figure 27 Archive screen Camera Filter All gt Nore 1d 44 lt LI ol gt DD DI Begin Quality Skip Frames Speed 10 Date D CAIPAVSIEEIE Full E 2007 05 71 3 1 7 20 5 14 2007 12 59 14 PM 421 2007 05 1 431 5 24 i Archive browsing controls are located on the bottom of the playback screen Figure 27 Archives are best viewed when the video is displayed in full screen mode The date and time stamp is located on the top left hand side of the image The user can select playback speed and frame skipping as well as the image quality If the archive was recorded using motion detection see Motion Detection browsing can be based on detected motion by selecting Motion from the drop down list under Filter Ci Rewind Starts archive video from the earliest recording Ki Fast Reverse Jumps backward 5 minute intervals KI
56. e absence of the UD If this presents a problem replace all zero bytes at the end with the UD a sequence of the following five bytes 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x09 0x10 In addition the number of zero bytes at the end of a frame may be significant up to a few hundred bytes Replacing them with the UD will also reduce the stream size The following example illustrates a request to a camera with IP address 192 168 1 11 for full resolution 1600x1200 images as a part of the stream with a constant bitrate set to 2 Mbits sec with maximum frame rate Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL GET h264stream res full amp x0 0 amp y0 08 amp x1 1600 amp y1 1200 amp qp 26 amp ssn 1 amp doublescan 0 amp bitrate 2048 HTTP 1 1 r n Host 192 168 1 11 r n r n In response to the above request the camera sends a continuous stream of images separated by the boundary separator fodr in accordance with MIME multipart x mixed replace format RTSP Request Format for Continuous H 264 Video Streaming Reference documents for the RTSP RTCP SDP RTP protocol implementation are e RFC 3550 for RTCP e RFC 1889 for RTP e RFC 2327 for SDP e RFC 2326 for RTSP e RFC 3984 for the data format of H 264 streaming over RTP Unicast camera access The AVxxx5 series cameras support the RTSP protocol via TCP connections Any RTSP request sent to camera via UDP will be ignored The ac
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58. e user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available doublescan 0 or the image request should be serviced by Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output useful for picture in picture display Id is an arbitrary number used to control the web browser s cache SSN a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HTTP request with the same number which got hung NOTE Image requests without the lt channe l gt parameter specified will cause the camera to transmit the next available image from any of the currently enabled channels The channel number of the transmitted image could then be identified trom the HTTP header Etag see RFC 2068 HTTP 1 1 ETag Channel lt channe gt 1 2 Requesting images using an implicit parameter list parameters are loaded on camera in advance using separate http commands see section B 16 below http camera_ip img jpg id 0 99999999999999 amp ssn 0 65535 Where id an arbitrary number used to control the web browser s cache ssn a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HT TP request with the same number which got hung 2 Requesting a continuous Motion JPEG image stream http camera_ip mjpeg lt channel gt res half fu
59. ecifying default image parameters via parameter set requests and then obtaining the image by using a simple request without additional parameters http ip_address img jpg HTTP Request Format for Continuous MJPEG Video Streaming Continuous sequence of JPEG images MJPEG separated by the boundary separator can be requested from AV cameras by using the following GET method request format Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7 Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com where ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL GET mjpeg res resolution_value amp x0 X0 amp y0 Y0 amp x1 X1 amp y1 Y 1 amp quality quality_value amp doublescan doublescan_value amp fps value amp id value HTTP 1 1 r n Host ip_address r n r n Res can have value of either full or half and specifies whether camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each direction or display the full resolution XO YO X1 Y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera and should be divisible by 16 if Res full and 32 if Res half These parameters allow for the video to be cropped to a specific size Quality is the compression quality of the jpeg image with the range from 1 to 20 Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available doublescan
60. em will display Remote Viewing a log in dialog prompting for the user name and password upon startup Figure 21 Mame Figure 21 User authentication Password Lonfirrn Were Authentication Administrator VIEWET Only Live Password Add Change Remove Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Remote Viewing AV100 has a built in web server allowing AV cameras and archives to be viewed remotely Figure 22 Figure 22 Remote viewing menu To enable the built in HTTP server select Remote viewing from the Setting Seer menu and do the following Image Quality 1 Select Allow Remote Viewing On the bottom of the menu click Apply then Ok Day Night Archive 3 Start Internet Explorer and type in the address of the web server For Motion Detection a a example if AV Video System is installed on a PC with IP address Save to Advanced 200 168 1 102 type in the following address Authentication http 200 168 1 102 4250 guix htm 4 Then click Enter to have Internet Explorer open that page Allow Remote Viewing Upon successful connection a web page will open Internet Explorer will Port SSL Fort prompt to install an ActiveX component Click on the webpage as ss ie prompted to install Activex ie Ree aS eau The main AV menu located on the left hand side of the IE window will provide
61. era list and the save tg settings area can be dragged up and down to resize the area Advanced Suthentication Remote Viewing The lower level menus contain a Camera field that displays the camera number which the settings are applied to Figure 14 The Camera field can be expanded to a drop down list of all installed cameras to select from The list includes an All cameras option to apply settings to all cameras Figure 14 Display the camera number Camera NOTE Selecting Reset all restores default settings for that camera Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL AV cameras offer two options for image resolution full and reduced quarter resolution where the image resolution is reduced by a factor of two in horizontal and vertical dimensions Either resolution image can also be cropped to any size In order to save bandwidth the images are displayed at a reduced resolution The format of the reduced resolution display is determined by the chosen screen layout see Toolbar on pg 20 An individual camera image can be expanded to a full resolution display by double clicking on the image The full resolution image can be scaled back to its reduced resolution display by double clicking the image again The image size in pixels is displayed in the upper left corner of the image An alternative mode of
62. era_ip get fwversion 20 Getting image processor engine version http camera_ip get procversion 21 Getting network processor version http camera_ip get netversion 22 Getting PCB revision http camera_ip get revision Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 23 Store current settings into the flash memory http camera_ip set params save 24 Restore factory default settings http camera_ip set params factory 25 Custom mode settings http camera_ip get lt channel gt kneepoint http camera_ip set lt channel gt kneepoint 1 100 http camera_ip get lt channel gt analoggain http camera_ip set lt channel gt analoggain 1 10 http camera_ip get lt channel gt maxkneegain http camera_ip set lt channel gt maxkneegain 2 7 http camera_ip get lt channel gt maxexptime http camera_ip set lt channel gt maxexptime 0 100 http camera_ip get lt channel gt maxdigitalgain http camera_ip set lt channel gt maxdigitalgain 32 127 26 Alternative receiving port of the camera s web server http camera_ip get webserverport http camera_ip set webserverport 0 65535 2 User password with admin level of access http camera_ip get admin http camera_ip set admin text string of 1 8 ASCII symbols empty NOTE to erase the password use the reserved word empty
63. et expwndheight 0 max of the corresponding sensor size 15 Sensor cropping http camera_ip get sensorleft http camera_ip set sensorleft 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get sensortop http camera_ip set sensortop 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get sensorwidth http camera_ip set sensorwidth 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get sensorheight http camera_ip set sensorheight 0 max of the corresponding sensor size 16 Image settings used as the implicit parameter list in img jpg image requests http camera_ip get imgleft Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL http camera_ip set imgleft 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get imgtop http camera_ip set imgtop 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get imgwidth http camera_ip set imgwidth 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get imgheight http camera_ip set imgheight 0 max of the corresponding sensor size http camera_ip get imgquality http camera_ip set imgquality 0 21 http camera_ip get imgres http camera_ip set imgres full half 17 Obtaining MAC address http camera_ip get mac 18 Getting camera model http camera_ip get model 19 Getting firmware version http cam
64. etails Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Accessing AV Cameras AV Cameras can be accessed and controlled by means of e AV100 Video System software e Third party software utilizing Arecont Vision SDK Software Developer Kit e HTTP requests issued from Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox and other web browsers e RTISP RTP capable media players such as Apple QuickTime VLC or other third party RTSP RTP software for camera models supporting H 264 compression Chapter II AV100 Video Surveillance Software Software Installation To install AV100 video surveillance software 1 Make sure your Windows XP Vista account has Administrative privileges 2 Open Control Panel Add or Remove Programs remove old versions of AV100 Video System software if any There may be issues installing a newer version of AV100 over an older version so make sure any older versions are removed prior to installing the newest version Turn off all Anti Virus Software and Windows Firewall 4 Run Setup exe and follow the directions to complete the installation Under Windows Vista users must navigate to the installation directory then open C ProgramFile ArecontVision VideoSurveillance AVInstaller exe type choose Application Right click on this file named AVInstaller exe choose Properties gt Compatibility gt Privilege Level
65. ete a Success message will be displayed next to the new revision of hardware IMPORTANT DISCONNECTING THE POWER TO THE CAMERA DURING THE UPGRADE WILL RESULT IN PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE CAMERA Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Chapter Ill HTTP Access Arecont Vision cameras support three protocols TFTP HTTP and RISP RTP TFTP protocol is recommended for application scenarios where high quality video at full frame rate is required The drawback if any is that the implementation of TF TP protocols requires custom software application development based on Arecont Vision s SDK RTSP RTP protocol is supported only in camera models that are equipped with h 264 encoder as described at the end of this chapter Camera performance in terms of frame rate is somewhat slower via HTTP than via TFTP and is comparable to other multi megapixel products available on the market Notational conventions e camera_ip IP address of the camera e means one or another but not both i e logical OR e allowable values e a range of values which can be incremented by 1 e j positive values do not need the sign while the negative values do need the sign in front of the value e non mandatory value which can be omitted On Camera Web Page AV cameras can be accessed from a web browser vi
66. f size 32x32 pixels The size of zones is specified in terms of the square root of the number of sub zones via parameter mdzonesize The zones can be defined to be as small as 7x7 sub zones to as large as 15x15 sub zones By setting the limit on how many sub zones should contain the motion for the entire zone to be considered to contain motion the user can effectively decide on the size of the moving objects that should be detected This is done via the parameter mddetail e motiondetect enables on camera motion detection valid values are on and off e mdmode motion detection mode for mjpeg streams valid values are on and off if set to on the camera will only output an image in the presence of motion If the motion is not detected the field following the frame boundary separator fbdr will be followed by Content Type text plain instead of usual Type image jpeg and the image data will be substituted with the text message no motion e mdtotalzones number of independent motion detection zones Currently must be 64 There are 8 rows of zones 8 zones per row Note that depending on zone size and the camera model image Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL resolution in terms of the number of pixels some zones may not correspond to the active image area valid value 64 e mdzonesize size of motion
67. figure Firewall Factory Default ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL This option opens a dialog to add cameras manually Remote units are cameras that may not be present on the local area network or may not have been installed normally Users should use this feature only if the camera s MAC and an available IP address is known and connectivity has been verified Take snapshots for all installed cameras and display them The displayed snapshots can be saved or printed This option sets a lock on camera to protect its IP Address from being changed by the Camera Installer or any other software or manually unless the lock is first removed An asterisk will appear next to the IP Address of any locked cameras This option is available for firmware version 64116 or higher This option removes the lock set on camera as well as the asterisk next to the IP address An unlocked camera s IP address can be then modified manually or by the camera Installer or any other software Opens a command prompt window to disable Windows Firewall Opens a command prompt window that will configure the Windows Firewall to allow exceptions for Arecont Vision software Restores all camera settings to factory default This will retain the current IP address Operating AV100 Video System Note The AV100 Video System requires a license file for each AV Camera that is used for archiving video The license is tied to the unique MAC address of a particular
68. g AV shall bear the cost of freight and insurance for the return to AV Purchaser shall enclose with the returned Product the applicable RMA form and any other documentation or information requested by AV AV may refuse to accept returns of any Product not packed and shipped as provided in this paragraph Upon verification that the Product does not comply with the Limited Warranty AV shall repair replace or provide a refund for such Product at AV s option no later than thirty 30 days after the time AV receives from Purchaser written notice of Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL such return or rejection AV shall be responsible for returning at AV s cost repaired or replaced Products to Purchaser 9 General Provisions Notwithstanding any other provision hereof performance by AV shall be excused to the extent that performance is rendered commercially unreasonable by acts of God war fire flood riot power failure embargo material shortages strikes governmental acts man made or natural disasters earthquakes failure or limitation of supply or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control and not caused by the negligence of AV The time for performance shall be extended for the time period lost due to the delay This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California
69. gured by right clicking on the green outline of a selected region of interest and selecting ROI from the menu A separate ROI sub menu will open e Lock this ROI will freeze the ROI position in place and disable PTZ functions e Delete this ROI deletes the selected ROI and is the same as closing an ROI window e As New Camera creates a new video window of the selected ROI as a virtual camera and assigns new numbers to the cameras starting at ROI 101 The virtual camera video can be archived independently as any other camera and its archival frame rate and video display frame rate can be independently adjusted e Archive View Settings opens up archival settings menu to set the rate of ROI archiving and viewing Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL ROI Settings CE NOTE The actual number of frames per eg second minute depends on camera model image resolution exposure settings etc 5 frames per a E amp mirute z In addition to archive stream view this ROI at 10 frames per second NOTE If both boxes are checked the displayed frame rate the frame rate display is enabled by pressing Ctrl S corresponds to the view rate value e As Exposure Reference enables the on camera auto exposure system to use the brightness within the ROI to adjust the overall brightness of the entire camera image while ignoring the brigh
70. he camera 6 At least every 5 seconds of the RTP streaming send RTCP feedback packets If the camera does not receive any RTCP packets over a 10 second period the session will be terminated The camera sends IDR frames followed by multiple P frames All frames are transmitted in the form of FU A fragmented RTP packets as described in RFC 3984 The default number of P frames is 50 and can be modified using the following HTTP command http camera_IP setreg page 3 amp reg 21 amp val number of P frames The current P frame setting can be checked using the following HTTP command http camera_IP getreg page 3 amp reg 21 Basic Camera Control Parameters The camera parameters can be accessed via the HTTP requests of the following format http ip_address set parameter value http ip_address get parameter Examples http 192 168 0 36 set brightness 15 http 192 168 0 36 get brightness The following parameter requests are supported via HTTP protocol by AV cameras e brightness image brightness valid values are from 50 to 50 e sharpness image sharpening valid values are from 0 to 4 e saturation color saturation valid values from 0 to 6 e blue blue tint adjustment valid values from 10 to 10 e red red tint adjustment valid values from 10 to 10 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL illum illuminatio
71. igger motion detection in a large number of zones simultaneously For example a bright flash in the scene would not trigger motion detection If the number of zones activated simultaneously is larger than the Limit setting motion detection will be blocked This parameter cannot exceed the number of zones in the grid displayed in the lower left corner of Motion Settings Save To Exposure Image Quality Archive Motion Detection Advanced Ree eee The lower level Save to menu specifies the directory for video archives and for snapshot images Note that the name of archival directory should be the ee and Setting same for all cameras it is possible to specify different Hard Drives for each Camera 4 cchive folder Wideo Storage Arche Orives Camera Hard Orive al T Show all drives E Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com Advanced ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Select Advanced figure 19 to set the following options Figure 19 Advanced menu Exposure Image Quality Day Night Archive Motion Detection Authentication Remote Viewing Use Directs if possible Directs size 204861536 eal Auto Startup Fi Real time if folded Show motion Use double packets Warning on disconnect Static ARP es Don t update sensor window Panoramic Mode Language English Apply Use DirectX if possible causes AV100 to use Dire
72. is most convenient to specify the required image size in terms of percentages of the full image size as shown in the following example http 200 168 1 10 image res full amp x0 0 amp y0 0 amp x1 100 amp y1 100 amp quality 12 amp doublescan 0 Motion Detection Control Parameters The unique design of AV cameras allows for highly accurate 64 zone motion detection also see Motion Detection Motion detection is achieved by analyzing inter frame brightness changes on a pixel by pixel basis To provide accurate motion detection in low contrast and low light environments EACH pixel of EACH frame is analyzed The user can set the size of motion detection zones via mdzonesize select the sensitivity to motion via mdlevelthreshold select the zones where the motion detection has to be blocked via mdprivasymask and specify the size of the moving objects of interest via mddetail Motion detection information can be obtained from the camera in terms of amount of motion in each zone via mdresult In addition to retrieving motion detection information the camera can also be configured to output images only if motion is detected via mdmode The On camera motion detection unit utilizes up to 64 distinct zones All zones are square have equal size and are arranged in 8 rows with 8 zones per row The zones are numbered from 0 to 63 upper leftmost zone having number 0 and lower rightmost zone having number 63 The zones are broken into sub zones o
73. lendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Figure 18 Image of motion detection CT Motion settii Detected by Senaitivity Software bee Detall Camera Limit Grd 8x6 Motion detection settings apply only to the camera which number is displayed in the Camera field on the left of the Motion Settings menu use drop down list to change the camera number The settings are Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Detected by provides two options for toggling between software motion detection and on camera motion detection Sensitivity is a group of controls to adjust motion detection computation e Level adjusts the inter frame brightness change threshold that triggers motion detection Lower settings may cause false motion detection due to noise A higher setting will require a larger brightness change on the moving object for motion detection e Detail adjusts the size of the detectable objects within each motion detection zone Lower settings may cause false motion detection due to noise Higher settings require larger objects for motion detection This is useful when motion detection should only detect something of the size of a car and ignore smaller objects like an animal e Limit serves as a guard against false triggering due to a sudden overall change in lighting that would tr
74. ll amp x0 0 1600 amp y0 0 1200 amp x1 32 1600 amp y1 3 2 1200 amp quality 1 21 amp doublescan 0 1 amp fps 0 15 amp id 0 99999999999999 amp ssn 0 65535 Where Res can have value of either half or full and specifies whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or display the full resolution x0 y0 x1 y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array Quality image quality the inverse of image compression level Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available doublescan 0 or the image request should be serviced by Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 68 outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output useful for picture in picture display FPS specifies the desired frame rate Id is an arbitrary number used to control the web browser s cache SSN a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HTTP request with the same number which got hung NOTE MJPEG requests without lt channel gt parameter specified will cause the camera to transmit next available image trom any of the currently enabled channels The channel number of the tran
75. loor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL NOTE If the admin password has been set and forgotten it can only be erased through reprogramming the camera s firmware or by accessing the camera registers via developers register access from AV100 software HTTP 1 1 vs HTTP 1 0 Arecont Vision cameras support both HT TP 1 0 and HTTP 1 1 protocols as defined by RFC 1945 and RFC 2068 respectively While HTTP 1 0 is simple it limits the speed of image transmission for cases when the user requests individual images rather than an mjpeg stream This is due to the fact that connection is closed after the transmission of each image forcing the client to incur round trip delay repeatedly However HTTP 1 0 is supported by all HTTP implementations and can be used reliably albeit with limited speed By default Arecont Vision cameras are configured to respond using HTTP 1 0 protocol regardless of the HTTP version used by the client Users who desire faster full duplex communication and image delivery may request responses using the HTTP 1 1 protocol To do so the user should append the parameter ver HTTP 1 1 to the request string as shown in the following example http 192 168 0 36 image res full amp x0 0 amp y0 08 amp x1 1600 amp y1 12008 amp quality 12 amp doublescan 0 amp Vver HT TP 1 1 It is important to note that AV cameras implement chunked transfer encoding as defined by paragraph 14
76. lorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Auto exposure On Off is an option to enable disable the on camera automatic exposure control Auto exposure maintains the user set image brightness under changing lighting conditions This must be enabled to ensure the Low Light Mode settings function Image Quality Figure 16 Image Quality menu Exposure Image Quality Rate Control Archive Motion Detection Save to Advanced Authentication Aemote Viewing Camera 1 4recont Vision H 264 Compression Format H 264 JPEG Frame rate in addition to archive stream 1 60 Quality EE Fall Wiers Higher E Pilti Wiers Higher E T oom Y i Ela H ig h ET Adjustment k Aide 7 Brightness Brighter Sharpness Sharper S aturatian 100 E Red More Blue More Gamma 1 67 Size of picture Left T op oO Width Height 2048 1536 p Select size 204821 536 Rotate 190 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Select Image Quality from the Setting menu to open up a lower level menu for adjusting image quality settings Compression Format offers two options for compressing the video JPEG and H 264 H 264 is only available on the xx05 series of AV cameras and offers an average of 1 5 to 1 10 the bandwidth usage of a standard Motion JPEG camera Frame Rate adjusts and displays the f
77. m coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if Res full and 64 if Res half e QP is the quantization parameter for H 264 encoder To achieve a higher quality video a low gp is needed Recommended values are in the range 16 37 e Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available from the sensor doublescan 0 or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output useful for picture in picture display e SSN specifies the stream identifier MPEG codecs including H 264 codecs are context dependent decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame s The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG decoder Accordingly SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another Use a unique SSN for each stream with a unique image size quality and or frame rate Each camera supports up to eight simultaneous non identical streams Each client must have a unique ip ssn e Bitrate is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H 264 stream in kilobits per second If this parameter is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the QP parameter is ignored and the camera adjusts quantizatio
78. me zec 0 a Continue after motion detected determines the duration for which u ee e recording will continue after motion is detected when the camera is set 10 GB E to Save motion frames only and the frame rate at which such recording is done NOTE If new motion is detected during such after motion recording the rate of recording will revert to the one specified under Frequency Minimum free disk space sets the minimum free disk space that is required on a disk to start overwriting old video recordings With a setting of 10GB archives will not be overwritten until the free space on the drive goes below 10GB It is recommended that at least 5GB of free space is always available Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Motion Detection Motion detection is achieved by analyzing inter frame brightness changes on a pixel by pixel basis Clicking Motion Detection from the left menu brings up the Motion Settings window as seen in Figure 18 There are two modes of Motion Detection supported in the AV100 Video System a software mode and an on camera mode e The software mode performs motion detection by processing the images after they are transmitted from the camera to the computer In contrast the on camera mode performs motion detection prior to transmitting the images to the computer As such the on camera motion
79. n a frame by frame basis to maintain the desired constant bit rate The video quality may deteriorate at very low bit rate settings Exposure Camera 1 Im age ldu ality zJ Use bitrate control in full view video 2200 kbps 22 00 GB D ay Rate Control zJ Use bitrate control in multi view video 1000 kbps 10 00 GBD ay a a ke Archive Motion Detection zg Use bitrate control in archive wideo 2200 kbps 22 00 GBD ay Save to Advanced Authentication Remote Viewing There are three options available for Rate Control e Use bitrate control in full view video enables a constant bit rate for live video display at full resolution e Use bitrate control in multi view video enables a constant bit rate for live video display at a reduced resolution when viewing multiple cameras at once e Use bitrate control in archive video enables a constant bit rate for archiving The frame rate and bandwidth usage can be displayed by pressing Ctrl S If the last option is enabled the displayed values are calculated by adding the archival bit rate to the display bit rate for full resolution or multi view resolution In case the archival rate is set to the maximum frame rate the displayed values correspond to the archival rate settings NOTE Certain bit rate values may not be possible depending on the camera resolution image cropping light conditions exposure settings and amount of motion Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado
80. n parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate e FPS specifies the requested frame rate Values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate Omitting the fps parameter or using fps values of 0 or any values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate which is model dependent The camera recognizes the following RTSP methods OPTIONS requesting supported RTSP methods DESCRIBE requesting available resources and their format SETUP resolving the camera s and the client s ports PLAY starting RTP video stream The camera also recognizes PAUSE and TEARDOWN but terminates the RTSP session when it receives these commands To resume the stream it is necessary to repeat stream initialization Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL The following is a sequence of resolving camera s parameters and starting an RTP stream 1 Open a TCP connection on port 554 RTSP of the camera 2 Request the camera s data format via DESCRIBE The camera will respond with SDP parameter set of the H 264 stream SPS PPS and the method of forming RTP data packets and synchronization 90 KHz timer 3 Specify via SETUP the client ports for receiving the video stream 4 Request PLAY to start the RTP video stream 5 Receive and decode H 264 video frames packed into fragmented RTP packets that are transmitted via UDP or optionally over TCP by t
81. n setting for auto white balance valid values are auto indoor outdoor mix freq frequency of AC powered light sources valid values are 50 and 60 lowlight low light mode of the camera allows tradeoff between frame rate and image quality valid values are balance speed quality highspeed moonlight If highspeed is used an additional parameter shortexposures can be set with valid values from 1 to 10 rotate image rotation valid values are 0 and 180 autoexp allows to turn on and off auto exposure valid values are on and off expwndleft left coordinate of user defined auto exposure measurement window valid values should fall within sensor window expwndtop top coordinate of user defined auto exposure measurement window valid values should fall within sensor window expwndwidth width of user defined auto exposure measurement window valid values should fall within sensor window expwndheight height of user defined auto exposure measurement window valid values should fall within sensor window sensorleft left coordinate of sensor window valid values defined by sensor size sensortop top coordinate of sensor window valid values defined by sensor size sensorwidth width of sensor window valid values defined by sensor size this value affects sensor frame rate sensorheight height of sensor window valid values defined by sensor size this value affects sensor frame rate imgleft left coordinate
82. nctionality and performance of Arecont Vision cameras A typical system consists of a number of cameras connected over a local or wide area network to a server PC which is running the AV100 software To achieve full motion archival rate the server may be placed locally to the cameras so that the interconnecting LAN has sufficient bandwidth and a small roundtrip delay between the cameras and the server PC Alternatively a remote PC can connect to a Server PC over a slower network connection such as Internet Once connected the remote PC can display the live video stream and browse archives using Internet Explorer Note that when connected to the AV100 software the remote PC does not connect to the cameras directly Rather the remote PC connects to the server PC on which AV100 is running Figure1 System Configuration including a remote PC Server Running Remote PC Running AV100 Video AV100 Video Product Contents The AV Megapixel Camera system packaging consists of the following e Arecont Vision camera s e CDwith AV100 software Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL oe Inspect the package and its contents for visible damage If any components are damaged or missing do not use the unit contact the supplier immediately If you need to return the unit you must ship it in the original box server Requirements We recomme
83. nd a dedicated PC to receive the image streams from cameras for archiving and display The suggested minimum computer requirements are detailed for standard and high performance installations Standard Performance 24fps at full resolution for an AV2100 e CPU Core 2 Duo 2Ghz e RAM 1 GB e Video Card NVIDIA 128 MB RAM e Network card 100 base T 2 network cards one for cameras and one for remote viewing A PC with a single slower CPU is sufficient in the case when images are to be archived but not viewed live HDD size depends according to the desired capacity of the video archives approximately 200Kbytes image As an example two 400GB drives will yield approximately 6 days of archiving capacity for an 8 camera system recording at 1 frame per second in JPEG mode or over 30 days recording in h 264 mode Network PoE Switch or PoE Router Using a 100 Mbps Ethernet Switch with PoE ports or a Router with PoE ports is recommended A gigabit Ethernet Switch with PoE ports for multiple camera connections is highly recommended especially in the case of a multi camera installation Simple hubs do not provide collision management and are not suitable for a multi camera AV system Suggested models e Netgear ProSafe 8PT 100Base TX Switch with PoE FS108PNA 10 100Base TX w 4 PoE 100Base TX www netgear com e Netgear ProSafe 24 2 Gigabit Switch with PoE 1 Gigabit output w 12 PoE 100Base TX www netgear com e D Link Web Smart DES
84. nses Manual Iris Lenses A wide variety of C CS mount lenses with megapixel resolution may be used with AV cameras Note that all C mount lenses require a 5mm adaptor ring Additionally some lenses may also require 0 4mm 0 8mm adjustment spacers Arecont Vision lens suggestions include e Arecont LENS4 10 4mm 10mm e Computar H0514 MP 5mm M0814 MP 8mm M1214 MP 12mm M1614 MP 16mm M2514 MP 25mm M5018 MP 50mm HG2Z0414FC MP 4mm 8mm M3Z1228C MP 12mm 36mm e Fujinon HF12 5SA 1 12 5mm Fujinon HF16SA 1 16mm Fujinon HF25SA 1 25mm HF35SA 1 35mm Fujinon HF50SA 1 50mm Fujinon HF75SA 1 75mm e Fujinon DF6HA 1B 6mm HFQHA 1B 9mm HF12 5HA 1B 12 5mm HF16HA 1B 16mm HF25HA 1B 25mm HF35HA 1B 35mm HF50HA 1B 50mm HF75HA 1B 75mm e Tamron 12VM1040ASI 10mm 40mm Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Using Manual Iris Lenses Choosing the lens correctly is very important for megapixel cameras Poorly selected lenses may cause the image to appear blurry when the lens iris is fully open or closed too much To deliver sharp megapixel resolution images it is recommended to e Use megapixel resolution lenses e Obtain best resolution and depth of focus by having the iris slightly closed When setting up the camera direct the camera at the scene fully open the iris and then try closing the iris slightly A
85. ntvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Figure 10 Advanced mode M Arecont Vision Camera Installer SM Arecont Vision Installed Cameras aleonl 192 168 1_88 255 255 255 0 Index A Ethernet Address Current IP Result Model ersion Description 1 00 1A 07 00 0B A2 192 166 1 17 Installed online av5100m 62603 2 00 1A 07 00 4AE B 192 168 1 24 Installed online AV3100M 63005 Find Cameras Install Cameras Unselect All View Selected Edit Selected Remove Selected Save 7 Exit New Cameras Hide Advanced Features Index A Ethernet Address Current IP Result Model ersion Description 1 00 1a 07 00 AC 2E 192 168 1 19 Ready to install AV2105 63829 Add Remote Units Snapshot Lock IP Address Unlock IP Address Turnoff Firewall Configure Firewall Factory Default Status End Detecting Cameras Found 1 New Cameras Sorting Advanced Mode In advanced mode the user has the ability to manually control which cameras are installed in contrast with the basic mode where the installation is performed automatically In the advanced mode the installer offers a mechanism to protect previously installed cameras if any from accidental changes of their IP address To access Advanced Mode on your menu bar select Mode then select Advanced The Advanced Features can be displayed by clicking on Show Advanced Features To hide these options click Show Advanced again Figure 10 Find Cameras The Advanced mode provide
86. o iris is unnecessary It is important to keep in mind that the best image quality will still be achieved with megapixel lenses The auto iris Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL lenses available on the market today are not megapixel and will yield the images that are less crisp than those that can be obtained with manual megapixel lens 11 What adjustments can be made to reduce motion blur The shutter speed is automatically controlled by the camera Motion blur may occur when the camera operates at slow shutter speeds long exposure times such as the scene being relatively dark AV cameras provide a number of options that allow the user to control auto exposure behavior when illumination is low The user can set the preferred exposure time that the camera will attempt to maintain as long as illumination level allows This setting essentially allows the user to choose the tradeoff between gains and exposure time at reduced light levels There are 3 basic settings Speed Balance and Quality Figure 35 These settings can be selected from Low Light Mode menu Mode list The Speed setting will result in higher image noise but will attempt to maintain 10ms exposure time for as long as possible reducing motion artifacts The Quality setting will maintain 40 ms exposure time resulting in low noise image with some motion blur in low light
87. odels the values are displayed in F Threshold adjusts the automatic switching of the camera Save to gt Stops while for single sensor DN models the values are in terms of AdYanCEI Authentication camera gain Remote Viewing e Switch At adjusts the level of darkness to switch from day to ASL night mode Values to the left will cause the camera to switch Camera to night mode when there is still much light in the scene Dar t Might Values to the right will cause the camera to stay in day mode Automatic Day j much longer requiring near darkness in order to switch Night e Toggle Guard adjusts the level of brightness required to Threshold Switch At 192 switch from nighttime to daylight mode Setting this to 0 corresponds to Switch At set to 100 Toggle Guard should be adjusted to prevent the mode from toggling during Toggle Guard 1 transitional lighting Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Auto Iris The Auto Iris menu allows you to monitor the state of the automatic DC iris If the scene is too dark the camera will open the iris fully This allows more light onto the sensor and will substantially improve the low light performance If the scene is too dark when the camera is started the camera will not close the iris until there is enough illumination Camera DC auto iris can be configured using
88. of the default image returned in response to the simple request http ip_address img jpg valid values should fall within the camera s sensor window imgtop top coordinate of the default image returned in response to the simple request http ip_address img jpg valid values should fall within the camera s sensor window imgwidth width of the default image returned in response to the simple request http ip_address img jpg valid values should fall within the camera s sensor window imgheight height of the default image returned in response to the simple request http ip_address img jpg valid values should fall within sensor window imgquality quality setting of the image returned in response to the simple request http ip_address img jpg valid values 1 to 21 imgres resolution of the default image returned in response to the simple request http ip_address img jpg valid values are full and half where half is used to request images decimated by a factor of 2 in both directions auto iris allows to enable and disable auto iris valid values are on and off irisgain allows to specify threshold for closing the auto iris valid values are from 8 to 255 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL e save saves current camera configuration all parameter values in the non volatile memory http ip_address set params s
89. ommended to run the AV camera installer to install the camera immediately prior to running the firmware loader Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL To upgrade a camera 1 Start the AV Firmware Loader by clicking the corresponding Run button in the AV Application Manager Alternatively run FirmwareLoader exe Click Find Cameras It may take up to a minute to find any cameras Once the cameras have been found select the appropriate cameras to upgrade To upgrade the firmware e Click Upgrade Firmware and choose the firmware upgrade file The file name starts with fwupdate and the file extension is txt MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMERA MODEL YOU ARE UPGRADING IS INCLUDED IN THE FWUPDATE FILE NAME e The firmware upgrade will start automatically Do not disconnect the AV camera at any point during the upgrade process When the upgrade is complete a Success message will be displayed next to the new version of firmware To upgrade the hardware e Click Upgrade Hardware and choose the hardware upgrade file The file name starts with hwupdate and the file extension is bin MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMERA MODEL YOU ARE UPGRADING IS INCLUDED IN THE HWUPDATE FILE NAME e The hardware upgrade will start automatically Do not disconnect the AV camera at any point during the upgrade process When the upgrade is compl
90. ore Quality 21 refers to high quality image 3 Why do I get a license warning A license is only needed for archiving video This warning will display until the software is licensed You can obtain a license file by contacting your distributor or contacting websales arecontvision com 4 Why is my Arecont Vision camera not detecting in the Camera Installer If the camera is not detected it may be because of the PC s firewall settings To allow Camera Installer access to the network the user should configure the firewall properly To configure the Windows firewall access the Windows Security Center in the Windows Control Panel and click on Windows Firewall In the Windows Firewall window Figure 33 click the Exceptions tab and add AV programs AV Installer AV Manager and AV Video System to the list of exceptions Once the selections have been made click OK and re run the Camera Installer If the Camera Installer still cannot find the camera make sure that there are no hardware firewalls blocking the connection on your network Additionally try isolating the Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL camera and your PC from the rest of the network if you are continuing to have difficulty detecting the Camera Figure 33 Windows firewall t Windows Firewall General Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall is blocking incoming ne
91. org ta s Peca a s If archive not found please try 1000 me 1 0 fps l aan ie i gt No 2 N oO t v Browse Drives to Find Archive V Timestamp on video E xy Status if To view your exported AVI download the latest Apple Quick Time v7 4 5 or higher for Windows XP or Vista from http www apple com quicktime download 1 Select the drive where you stored your video recording by pressing and locate the recording Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 2 Double Click on the video recording to start the player 3 Click on the play button Firmware Loader Upgrading Camera Firmware Hardware in the Field av FirmwareLoader Options Help IP 192 168 1 26 Mac Ip Model Version Result C 00 14 07 00 1 7 97 192 168 1 15 Aw 2100M 63005 C 00 14 07 00 3E C4 192 168 1 22 Aw 1 OOM B3005 C 00 14 07 00 5C 60 192 768 7120 AMI 30 64116 00 14 07 00 E 3 14 192 168 1726 AMS OOM B2429 C 00 14 07 01 01 44 192 168 1 50 AVEIO5DN 64017 Find Cameras Upgrade Firmware Upgrade Hardware All models of AV cameras are field upgradeable The AV Firmware Loader is the utility for upgrading the camera s firmware and or hardware All AV cameras with firmware revision 51821 or higher support firmware upgrades Please contact your distributor to obtain the latest firmware upgrade file and utility NOTE It is rec
92. out dialog iT gg 14 07 00 44 61 IP 61906 00 1 4 07 00 16 38 IP EL 13 a 0 1 6190 16 MAC 00 14 07 00 1 Bap IF 200 168 1 15 3 F Buel IB u g0 14 07 00 34 D0 7 IFP 200 168 1 14 YIP 200 168 1 16 MP 200 168 1 16 e IF 200 168 1 16 hig wl 16 Arecont Vision Version 7 1 21 creen resolution 19201200 8 What is the cost of an Arecont Vision camera The cost varies from camera to camera but for unparallel clarity our prices are unbeatable Almost all cameras have MSRP well below 1000 Visit us online at http www arecontvision com buy html Fill out the form and our sales staff will contact you 9 Is there any third party software that can be used Arecont Vision cameras are supported by many third party software packages Contact websales arecontvision com for an updated list or visit www arecontvision com 10 When should I use an auto iris camera The following cameras support the auto iris function AV1300 Al AV2100 Al AV3100 Al and AV5100 Al The auto iris option allows for the camera to keep the lens optimally closed when there is sufficient scene illumination providing good depth of focus When the illumination diminishes the camera automatically opens the iris allowing more light to reach the sensor thus extending the sensitivity range of the camera This option should only be used for outdoor applications where there is a large variation in illumination In many applications the aut
93. p http camera_ip index html Requesting Images from Panoramic Cameras AV8180 85 amp 8360 65 The AV8360 AV8180 AV8365 AV8185 camera models support two types of image requests individual JPEG image requests image or img jpg and continuous MJPEG stream requests mjpeg In addition models AV8365 AV8185 support h 264 streaming using RTSP RTP protocol The maximum number of supported simultaneous requests of single images or mjpeg streams is eight for AV8180 and AV8360 and up to twelve in AV8185 and AV8365 NOTE Even though the camera supports multi user access the maximum frame rate Is achieved only when there is a single request arriving to each channel at any given time 1 Requesting individual JPEG images 1 1 Requesting images using explicit parameter list within the HTTP string http camera_ip image lt channel gt res half full amp x0 0 1600 amp y0 0 1200 amp x1 32 1600 amp y1 3 2 1200 amp quality 1 21 amp doublescan 0 1 amp id 0 99999999999999 amp ssn 0 65535 Where Res can have value of either half or full and specifies whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or display the full resolution x0 y0 x1 y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array Quality image quality the inverse of image compression level Doublescan allows th
94. parameter or using fps values of 0 or any values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate which is model dependent Getting and Setting Camera Parameters NOTE All commands listed below that allow parameter setting without explicitly specifying the channel number apply to all four channels NOTE The parameter setting is allowed only for the users with the admin access level see below under Camera Access Control 1 Enabling camera channels http camera_ip get channelenable http camera_ip set channelenable 1 15 as a 4 bit mask where each bit corresponds to one camera channel LSB is channel 1 2 Image rotation http camera_ip get lt channel gt rotate http camera_ip set lt channel gt rotate 0 180 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Brightness http camera_ip get lt channel gt brightness http camera_ip set lt channel gt brightness 50 50 Sharpness http camera_ip get lt channel gt sharpness http camera_ip set lt channel gt sharpness 0 4 Saturation http camera_ip get lt channel gt saturation http camera_ip set lt channel gt saturation 0 6 Blue balance http camera_ip get lt channel gt blue http camera_ip set lt channel gt blue 10 10 Red balance http camera_ip get lt channel gt red http camera_ip set lt channel gt red 10 10
95. r s purchase order ANY ADDITIONAL DIFFERENT OR CONFLICTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREBY ARE OBJECTED TO BY ARECONT VISION LLC AV AND SHALL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT No waiver or amendment of these terms and conditions shall be binding on AV unless made in writing expressly stating that it is such a waiver or amendment and signed by AV 2 Limited Warranty AV warrants to Purchaser and only Purchaser the Limited Warranty that a each Product shall be free from material defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 86 12 months from the date of shipment the Warranty Period b during the Warranty Period the Products will materially conform with the specification in the applicable documentation c all licensed programs accompanying the Product the Licensed Programs will materially conform with applicable specifications Notwithstanding the preceding provisions AV shall have no obligation or responsibility with respect to any Product that i has been modified or altered without AV s written authorization ii has not been used in accordance with applicable documentation iii has been subjected to unusual stress neglect misuse abuse improper storage testing or connection or unauthorized repair or iv is no longer covered under the Warranty Period
96. ra For example the 2 megapixel AV2100 has larger pixels Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 80 and has better low light sensitivity than the 3 mega pixel product AV3100 If that still does not yield sufficient low light performance then the user should consider the AV3130 day night camera that uses a monochrome sensor in low light conditions and is sensitive to 0 00 lux Figure 35 Exposure menu Exposure Image Quality Archive Motion Detection Save to Advanced Authentication Remote Viewing Reset All Camera 1 lluminatior r Lighting Automatic N S0Hz Indoor Outdoor x pi E Low Light Mode Mode Slot epoce Balanced 1 High speed ACF L 5 pee Balanced Guality ee Moon Light TM Se po O E B Add timestamp to photos 12 What information can provide to AV customer support for a faster response to my issues AV Camera MAC address and firmware release shown in the About dialog box Switch or POE model number Type of network cable eg Cat 5e min and max distance of run Type of power used VDC milliamps Watts or POE Computer Information 100base T or Gigabit card CPU speed RAM Video Card specs Hard disk size and available free space Please provide the Imlog dat file and localmachine ini file This file can be found in XP under C Documents and Settings
97. rame rate at which the software is requesting frames from the camera s for viewing only Quality adjusts the compression level for three display modes applies to both JPEG and H 264 compression formats e Full View affects the display and archive of full resolution video e Multi View affects the display of multiple cameras e Zoom View affects any ROI windows Brightness adjusts image brightness Sharpness adjusts image sharpness or the crispness of an image Saturation adjusts image color saturation or the amount of color in an image Lower saturation gives a duller faded image Red Blue adjusts the red blue tint This setting changes the target for camera s automatic white balance computation The effect is gradual and takes 20 30 seconds for the camera to fully adjust to the new setting Gamma adjusts image contrast to reveal more or less shades of gray in the dark and light areas of the image requires firmware 64116 and hardware 64107 Size of Picture adjusts image cropping Rotate 180 is an option for flipping the image vertically and horizontally to rotate it 180 degrees Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Rate Control Rate Control is an option available only for H 264 video streams which is enabled individually per camera If rate control is enabled any image quality settings under Image Quality are ignored and the camera will automatically adjust its video quality o
98. reduce the frequency of iframe 1 in the requests The default number of P frames for any of the streams sent by the camera is set using HTTP command http camera setreg page 3 amp reg 21 amp val number of P frames The camera will return an Intra frame even if iframe in the request is set to 0 when the on camera counter of P frames fills up To find out whether an Intra frame was received check the HTTP Content Type Bitrate is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H 264 stream in kilobits per second If this parameter is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the QP parameter is ignored and the camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate Intra_period is valid only in bitrate control when a non zero bitrate is present in the request string and iframe 1 is periodically requested by the user In this case the user must specify the intra frame period at which the user is sending requests with iframe 1 If the user does not specify intra_period in this case then bitrate control will not function correctly unless the actual period of sending iframe 1 requests is the same as the default number of P frames specified in register 3 21 of the camera via http camera setreg page 3 amp reg 21 amp val number of P frames Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL If there are no ifram
99. s advanced r 3 iy i oe pno akecter son Windows Firers exce ptions is unchecked Figure 5 four PE is not protected turm on Windows Firewall 3 Click the Exceptions tab Make sure AV Manager EEL See eR a a EE AV Video System and AV Installer appear in the list On recommended of programs and Services and have a checkmark next to This setting blocks all outside sources from connecting bo this computer with the escepton of those selected on the Exceptions tab them Figure 6 If these applications are not in the list C Don t allow exceptions click Add Program button Select this when You connect to public networks in less secure locations such as airports ou will not be notified when Windows 4 Find AV Installer in the list of programs and click Ok EEREN programs Selections on the E sceptions tab will be Repeat the same steps for AV Video System x Off not recommended 5 Click Ok to close the Windows Firewall d ialog Avoid using this setting Turing off Windows Firewall may make this computer more vulnerable to viruses and intruders What else should know about Windows Firewall Figure 7 Exceptions Tab Windows Firewall Figure 6 Add a program General Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall i turned off your computer is at risk of attacks and intrusions from outside sources such as the Internet Wie recommend that you click the General tab an
100. s applicable to all Arecont Vision products shipped after April 15 2006 17 Can we mount a motorized zoom lens from another supplier Motorized zoom is not supported by the camera but you can mount an external PTZ unit with independent controls 18 How do I access the Arecont Vision MegaPixel WEB camera home page to view my cameras remotely Type http 200 168 100 10 index html in your web browser replacing 200 168 100 10 with the camera s IP address 19 Is the MegaPixel WEB camera home page compatible with Mozilla Firefox You can take snapshots view live video and adjust camera settings via the internet using Mozilla Firefox Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 20 Does your software include motion detection Our software does include motion detection Most AV cameras also support on board motion detection that in contrast to software motion detection does not take up CPU cycles The on camera feature was implemented to reduce the overall network bandwidth so the camera itself will not send images until motion is detected The user can adjust 3 motion detection sensitivity settings and specify up to 64 motion detection zones 21 Can image archival be configured for cyclic recording AV 100 software will overwrite old files every few minutes once the available disk space reaches a limit value that the end user can
101. s the following Camera Installer functions This function searches for all AV cameras that are present on the local network and are accessible by the broadcast request sent over the network by the Camera Installer The top panel will list the previously installed cameras if any that may be marked as Installed online or Installed offline depending on whether the camera is still accessible The bottom panel will list any newly detected cameras that were not previously installed with the result Ready to install Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Install Selected This function installs any cameras highlighted by the user in the bottom panel and verifies their operation in a similar way to the Install Cameras function in Basic mode After the installation process is completed the installed cameras will appear in the top panel while any cameras that were not highlighted will remain uninstalled in the bottom panel If no cameras were selected the Installer will do nothing The IP addresses of the installed cameras in the top panel will not be changed during the installation of the new cameras from the bottom panel If the IP address of an installed camera was changed by another computer on the network the Installer will display red alert message showing the previous and the changed IP address Click Save Exit to save
102. set This value is set under the Archive menu in Minimum Free Disk Space in the AV100 software 22 How can access the SDK download Access to the SDK requires an NDA Non Disclosure Agreement to be signed and approved prior to obtaining access More information can be provided through websales arecontvision com or by accessing the support section of http www arecontvision com 23 How do the Arecont Vision cameras utilize PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom There is no mechanical PTZ However AV cameras allow instantaneous electronic pan tilt and zoom by specifying PTZ window coordinates Multiple users can each select their own windows allowing for independent PTZ control 24 How can get the AV100 built in web server to work AV 100 software has a built in web server that allows multi user remote access to live video and video archives This web server can be accessed from any web browser by typing HTTP ip_address port guix htm where ip_address is the IP address of the computer running AV100 and the port corresponds to the port number set in the Remote Viewing menu Please note that in order to access the AV100 server remotely the user should enable the server by checking the Allow Remote Viewing field and selecting a port that is not blocked by their firewall For increased security the default value of remote access port is 4250 but any port may be selected for this purpose Often port 80 HTTP port is most likely to be
103. smited image could then be identified trom the HTTP header Etag see RFC 2068 HTTP 1 1 ETag Channel lt channe gt 3 In addition to JPEG streaming panoramic camera models AV8185 and AV8365 support h 264 streaming using RTSP RTP protocol Any RTSP request sent to camera via UDP will be ignored The actual video stream is transmitted by the camera using RTP protocol AV cameras support two options for RTP transmission RTP over UDP and RTP over TCP RTP AVP The maximum number of simultaneously serviced unicast requests or video streams is up to twelve per panoramic camera allocated among its enabled channels For example three video streams per channel for each of the four channels are supported Accessing video stream via RTSP commands in AV8185 and AV8365 An H 264 video stream is requested via RTSP using the following URL Please note that this URL will not work in a typical web browser A media player such as VLC or Apple Quicktime is required for this to function properly rtsp camera_ip n264 sdp lt channel gt res half full amp x0 0 1600 amp y0 0 1200 amp x1 32 1600 amp y1 32 1200 amp qp 4 51 amp ssn 1 65535 amp bitrate 0 65536 amp fps 1 100 Where e Res can have value of either half or ful and specifies whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Re
104. t some point the image will look its sharpest However do not close down the iris too much to the point where the image becomes too noisy due to insufficient light Auto lris Lenses Standard DC auto iris lenses can be used with AV1300Al AV2100AI AV3100AI AV5100AI AV1305Al AV2105Al AV3105Al and AV5105Al cameras equipped with the auto iris feature Arecont Vision recommends the following high resolution optics e Computar HG2Z0414FC MP 4mm 8mm e Tamron 12VM412ASIR SQ 4mm 12mm e Tamron 12VG1040ASIR SQ 10mm 40mm Using Auto lris Lenses AV1300Al AV2100AI AV3100AI and AV5100AI are available with DC auto iris option To use the DC auto iris lens e Attach the lens to the AV camera e Plug in the lens cable into the connector on the back of the camera Make sure that the lens cable is long enough Many DC lenses are available with short and long cable options The camera will automatically detect the presence of an auto iris DC lens and start using it An auto iris lens typically operates as follows e If illumination is sufficient the camera will partially close the iris within half a minute e When the iris is partially closed the image should become visibly sharper As the iris is gradually closed the image brightness may fluctuate slightly Monitoring Auto lris Status with AV100 Video System You can monitor the state of the auto iris in AV100 Video System Settings dialog see Operating AV100 Video System on pg 23 for d
105. the users Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL In order to delete viewer password log in as admin and change the viewer password to a reserved password empty this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera The admin user can change the viewer password at any time even without knowing the current viewer password NOTE If the admin password has been set and forgotten it can only be erased through reprogramming the camera s firmware or by accessing the camera registers via developers register access trom AV100 software HTTP commands for password setting 1 For admin passwords http camera_IP get admin http camera_IP set admin a string of 1 8 ASCII symbols or empty The reserved password empty is used to erase the existing password 2 For viewer passwords Figure 30 http camera_IP get viewer http camera_IP set viewer a string of 1 8 ASCII symbols or empty The reserved password empty is used to erase the existing password Figure 30 Camera s web page menu for setting passwords Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL About Access control User admin password contirmation User viewer password corntirmation save to flash Factory default Access Control for Panoramic
106. tness outside of the ROI A typical use of this feature is backlight compensation when the camera is facing a window where bright backlight makes objects in the foreground appear dark By positioning ROI over the foreground object and selecting As Exposure Reference the foreground objects can be made brighter e Restore Auto Exposure reverses the exposure control based on the ROI to a default exposure mode based on a default window in the center of the image and its background Exposure reference settings persist when closing a particular ROI Ensure that Restore Auto Exposure is used prior to closing an ROI window Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com Exposure Figure 15 Exposure menu Image Quality Rate Control Archive Save to Advanced Authentication Remote Viewing 1 4recont Vision H 264 pa Correctior Lighting 50Hz Camera lluminatior a Automatic Indoor Outdoor hi Low Light Mode Mode Balanced 60Hz Short Bmore E ia Auto exposure On Off ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL The Exposure Figure 15 menu adjusts exposure related settings for the selected camera Illumination adjusts the camera s white balance computation based on the scene s illumination Automatic enables the camera to adjust for illumination automatically while indoor outdoor settings use presets ass
107. tual video stream is transmitted by the camera using RTP protocol AV cameras support two options for RTP transmission RTP over UDP and RTP over TCP RTP AVP The maximum number of simultaneously serviced unicast requests or video streams is eight Multicast Camera access The AVxxx5 series cameras support multicast h 264 video streaming Valid multicast destination IP address range is 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 default is 224 0 0 1 Destination multicast IP address range for SAP is 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 default is 224 0 0 255 Accessing video stream via RTSP commands An H 264 video stream is requested via RTSP using the following URL Please note that this URL will not work in a typical web browser A media player such as VLC or Apple Quicktime is required for this to function properly rtsp camera_ip n264 sdp res half full amp x0 0 max_sensor_width amp y0 0 max_sensor_height amp x1 32 max_sensor_width amp y1 32 max_sensor_height amp qp 4 51 amp ssn 1 65535 amp doublescan 0 1 amp bitrate 0 65536 amp fps 1 100 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Where e Res can have value of either half or ful and specifies whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image e XO YO X1 Y1 are the left top right and botto
108. twork connections except for the programs and services selected below Adding exceptions allows some programs to work better but might increase your security risk Programs and Services 4M Manager AM Video System O File and Printer Sharing iTunes Remote Assistance O Remote Desktop Tuevector Service O UPnP Framework Add Program Add Fort Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program What are the naks of allowing exceptions 5 Which DVRs support your cameras Several DVRs support Arecont Vision cameras such as Bosch March networks and Sanyo DVRs Please visit www arecontvision com for further information 6 Can update all my cameras with the same version of firmware No you will need to make sure you use the appropriate firmware file for your camera There are several variations of firmware update files with the camera model being listed in the update file name Please ensure that the firmware file you are using contains the model number of your camera in its file name 7 How do find out which version of the software is installed What are the IP and MAC addresses of my cameras This information is displayed in the About dialog Figure 34 To open the About dialog right click anywhere in the live video application and select About Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Figure 34 Ab
109. uming the camera is indoors or outdoors Correction aids in flicker control for AV5100 05 camera models Lighting prevents flicker caused by the oscillation frequency of indoor lighting European 50 Hz or US Japan 60 Hz Low Light Mode adjusts performance under low light conditions Exposure time refers to the amount of time the sensor is exposed to light Short exposures result in less light giving darker images whereas longer exposures can flood an image with light giving washed out images in the presence of a lot of light Additionally motion blur is reduced under short exposures and increased under long exposures High Speed enables a fixed exposure time selectable from the Short Exposure menu with values between 1 and 80ms Low values will reduce motion blur but may result in a noisier video Ample illumination is required to improve quality under very short exposures due to the lack of captured light Speed enables short exposures ranging from 10 80ms The exposure time will increase with low light conditions Balanced enables medium exposures ranging from 20 80ms with low light conditions resulting in a higher exposure time Quality enables longer exposures ranging from 40 200ms Motion blur may increase but video will contain less noise under low light conditions Moon Light enables exposures of up to 500 ms if necessary This mode will result in more motion blur for fast moving objects Arecont Vision 425 E Co
110. value amp id value where e Res can have value of either half or full and specifies whether camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each direction or display the full resolution e XO YO X1 Y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera and should be divisible by 16 if Res full and 32 if Res half These parameters allow for a particular image to be cropped to a selected size e Quality is the compressed JPEG image quality with a range from 1 to 20 e Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available doublescan 0 or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output useful for picture in picture display e D is an optional field that is ignored by the camera but may be set by the user to a random value to force some browsers to display a new image Some browsers may display a cached image if a previous URL is reused without modifying the ID field The following example illustrates the request to camera with IP address 192 168 0 36 for a new full resolution 1600x1200 image with compression quality 12 http 192 168 0 36 image res full amp x0 0 amp y0 08 amp x1 1600 amp y1 12008 amp quality 12 amp doublescan 0 The user also has the option of sp
111. ve If no archive is found the screen will remain blank 5 To explicitly specify which folders to search for archive video click tne Bf S Drives to Find Archive button and select folders that contain your video archive Selecting a Clip 1 To play archive press the play uiton MLA use the Speed scrollbar to increase or decrease the speed of playback 2 Select a specific time interval by pressing Zion and then scroll the timeline scrollbar to the End desired point in time Then press under Click here to select your clip Alternatively use Select All to select the entire recorded archive 3 To narrow down the time interval use the 72m button Clicking the aLi button results in the time scale changing from Hours to Minutes to Seconds To reverse backwards from Seconds to Minutes to Hours use the csom Sul button Within each zoomed time scale the start and end point can be re selected to fine tune the selected time interval Exporting a Video 1 Video Settings offers three options e Size of Frame adjusts the AVI frame size relative to the archived frame size This option only affects XviD and MSVC video codecs and does NOT affect MJPEG H 264 format e Frame Period adjusts the AVI frame rate in milliseconds AviMaker will automatically calculate the average frame period for selected archive If the calculated number is longer than 1000 milliseconds 1000 millisecond will be used If the actual archive frame rate
112. viewing the full resolution content is the zoom window see ROI pg 24 Figure 12 Zoom window of screen snapshot Thu 7 31 2008 11 04 1 Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL ROI Region of Interest To zoom in on a region of interest ROI draw a rectangle with the mouse by left clicking and holding down the mouse button A separate zoom window will open up showing live video of the selected area at full resolution A green outline of the selected area will appear in the underlying reduced resolution image Zooming in and out is performed by pressing Page Up and Page Down on the keyboard or alternatively by rotating the mouse wheel if available Panning of the zoomed area is performed by dragging the green outline across the underlying camera image with the mouse by left clicking within the outline and holding down the left mouse button or alternatively with the keyboard arrow keys A maximum of three independent live regions of interest ROI windows can be opened per each camera NOTE Panoramic camera models AV8360 8365 and AV8 180 8185 allow only one zoom window per channel and no ROI settings Settings Phato ROI Lock this ROI Browse Delete this ROI Hide Separate Window Lo go FF Exit 4s New Camera Archives view Settings About 3 45 Exposure Reference Restore Suto exposure ROI can be confi
113. vised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 69 e XO YO X1 Y1 are the left top right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window respectively These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if Res full and 64 if Res half e QP isthe quantization parameter for H 264 encoder To achieve a higher quality video a low gp is needed Recommended values are in the range 16 37 e SSN specifies the stream identifier MPEG codecs including H 264 codecs are context dependent decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame s The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG decoder Accordingly SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another Use a unique SSN for each stream with a unique channel image size quality and or frame rate Each camera supports up to eight simultaneous non identical streams Each client must have a unique ip ss e Bitrate is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H 264 stream in kilobits per second If this parameter is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the QP parameter is ignored and the camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate e FPS specifies the requested frame rate Values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate Omitting the fps
114. x An 8 byte array where each byte corresponds to one row of motion detection zones Each bit in a byte enables motion detection in a corresponding zone if set to 1 Leftmost zone is controlled by MSB rightmost zone by LSB Example set mdprivasymask 2a8f3d135b71ee04 results in the following enabled zones relative to camera image 01010100 11110001 10111100 11001000 11011010 10001110 01110111 00100000 e mdresult Motion detection information returned by the camera The return value is no motion if motion has not been detected otherwise the motion detection information is returned in the following format Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St 7t Floor Glendale CA 91205 Revised 3 31 2009 www arecontvision com ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL mdresult lt SP gt lt hexadecimal byteOQ gt lt SP gt lt hexadecimal byte1 gt lt SP gt lt hexadecimal byte63 gt where lt SP gt is the SPACE symbol and the byte value byteN indicates the number of sub zones blocks of 32x32 pixels with motion within zone N Note the sub zone size is fixed to 32x32 and cannot be changed Important the user should keep in mind that the total number of zones is always 64 8 vertically and 8 horizontally Therefore if the zone size is large some zones may not correspond to the active pixel array In that case their motion detection value is not meaningful and should be ignored For example for AV1300 camera if the image size is 1280
115. x1024 then for zone size 8x8 there are 5 by 4 active zones 3 zones after every 5 zones must be ignored as well as all zones after zone 32 Example mdresult 00 1A 01 means that in zone 0 motion was not detected in zone 1 there are 26 32x32 sub zones with motion in zone 2 there is one sub zone 1 with motion Access Control Arecont Vision cameras support two levels of password protected access control Camera authentication is compatible with RFC 2068 HTTP 1 1 and is supported by all standard browsers and video surveillance software There are two types of users with the following reserved names admin full access to all camera settings and live video viewer viewing access only to all current camera settings and live video Setting and removing the passwords is the privilege of the admin user while the viewer can only use the existing password but not change it Factory defaults erase all current passwords for both the admin and the viewer A newly shipped camera has no password protection and allows full anonymous access from the network In case the admin password has not been set the camera has full anonymous access from the network even if the viewer password has been set Access control setup consists of three steps 1 Set admin password using http commands or using the camera s web page see below 2 Log in using the admin password and set the viewer password 3 Communicate the viewer password to

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