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Table of Contents

Recommended PC

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Preparation

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Connect the Equipment

Connect the EquipmentConnect the Equipment

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Configure the IP

Configure the IPConfigure the IP Addresses

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Access the Camera

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Live View

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Access the Setup Page

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IP Address Filtering ............................................................................... 19

Port Mapping ......................................................................................... 21

HTTPS .................................................................................................. 22

IEEE 802.1X ......................................................................................... 23

SNMP Setting ....................................................................................... 25

RTP ....................................................................................................... 27

Network (ToS, UPnP, Bonjour, ONVIF) .................................................. 28

IP Settings

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Connection Type ................................................................................... 31

DNS ...................................................................................................... 33

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Compression ......................................................................................... 38

Motion Detection ................................................................................... 40

Day/Night .............................................................................................. 45

Image .................................................................................................... 46

Exposure / White Balance ..................................................................... 47

OSD/Privacy Mask ................................................................................ 51

On-Screen Graphics ............................................................................. 54

Audio ..................................................................................................... 56

Event

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Event Server ......................................................................................... 57

Event Configuration ............................................................................... 60

Event List .............................................................................................. 66

Manual Event ........................................................................................ 69

System

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User Account ........................................................................................ 70

System Info ........................................................................................... 71

Factory Default ...................................................................................... 72

Firmware Upload ................................................................................... 73

Save & Reboot ...................................................................................... 74

Logout

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In order to configure or test cameras, a PC with following basic specifications is needed: the

CPU

Core2Duo 2.13GHz above or

Memory

2 GB or above

Operating System

 Windows XP with SP2 or above.

 Windows 2003

 Windows Vista

 Windows 2008

 Windows 7

Browser for Accessing

Firmware

 Internet Explorer 8.0 or newer (full functionality)

 Other browsers with VLC installed (partial functionality)

Video Resolution

1024x768 or higher

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To be able to connect to the camera firmware from your PC, both the camera and the PC have to

be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the same time, the camera has to have its own

power supply. In case of PoE cameras, you can use PoE Injector or a PoE Switch between the a

camera and the PC. The cameras that have the DC power connectors may be powered on by

using a power adaptor.

The Ethernet port LED or Power LED of the camera will indicate that the power supply for the

camera works normally.

Confi

ConfiConfigure the IP

gure the IP

gure the IP gure the IP Addresses

Addresses

AddressesAddresses

In order to be able to communicate with the camera from your PC, both the camera and the PC

have to be within the same network segment. In most cases, it means that they both should have

very similar IP addresses, where only the last number of the IP address is different from each

other. There are 2 different approaches to IP Address management in Local Area Networks – by

DHCP Server or Manually.

Using DHCP server assign IP addresses: to

If you have connected the computer and the camera into the network that has a DHCP server

running, then you do not need to configure the IP addresses at all both the camera and the PC –

would request a unique IP address from DHCP server automatically. In such case, the camera will

immediately be ready for the access from the PC. The user, however, might not know the IP

address of the camera yet. It is necessary to know the IP address of the camera in other to be

able to access it by using a Web browser.

The quickest way to discover cameras in the networkthe is to use the simplest network

search, built in the Windows system just by pressing the Network– “ ” icon, all the cameras of the

local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our

cameras.

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In the example below, we successfully found D11 camera that we had just connected to the

network.

With the left mouse click on D11 it is possible to automatically launch the default browser of the

PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already.

If you work with cameras regularly, then our there is even a better way to discover the

cameras in the network IP Utility by using – . The IP Utility is a light software tool that can not

only discover the cameras, but also list lots of valuable information, such as IP and MAC

addresses, serial numbers, firmware versions, etc, and allows quick configuration of multiple

devices at the same time.

The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http://www.acti.com/IP_Utility

With just 1 click, you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows:

You can quickly notice the D11 model in the list. Click on the IP address to automatically launch

the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of

the browser already.

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Use the default IP address a camera: of

If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user may have to assign the IP addresses to

both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment.

When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services, it will

automatically assign itself a default IP:

192.168.0.100

Whereas the default port number would . In order to access that camera, the IP address of be 80

the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera.

Manually adjust the IP address of the PC:

In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to 192.168.0.99

and set Subnet Mask to by using the steps below: 255.255.255.0

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Manually adjust the IP addresses of multiple cameras:

If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP

server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the cameras would then have the

initial IP address of , which is not a proper situation for network devices all the IP 192.168.0.100 –

addresses have to be different from each other. The easiest way to assign cameras the IP

addresses is by using : IP Utility

With the procedure shown above, all the cameras will have unique IP addresses, starting from

192.168.0.101. In case there are 20 cameras selected, the last one of the cameras would have

the IP 192.168.0.120.

Later, by pressing the Refresh“ ” button of the IP Utility, you will be able to see the list of cameras

with their new IP addresses.

Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addresses manually by using the Web

browser. In such case, please plug in only one camera at a time, and change its IP address by

using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be

confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time.

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Access

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Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the

same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera.

You can use to access the camera, however, the full functionality is any of the browsers

provided only for . Microsoft Internet Explorer

The browser functionality comparison:

Functionality

Internet Explorer

Other browsers

Live Video

Yes

Yes *

Live Video Area Resizable

Yes

No

PTZ Control

Yes

Capture the snapshot

Yes

Video overlay based configuration (Motion

Detection regions, Privacy Mask regions)

Yes

No

All the other configurations

Yes

* The basic (VLC media player http://www.videolan.org) has to be installed in PC first before

using any non-Internet Explorer browsers to be able to get live video feed from the camera with

those browsers. It is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player.

Disclaimer Notice: The camera manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its cameras

with VLC player since it is a third party software, the third party has the right to modify their –

utility any time which might affect the compatibility. In such cases, please use Internet Explorer

browser instead.

When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be

downloaded from the camera directly the user just has to accept the use of such control when –

prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case.

The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to

cover all functions of the camera.

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Assuming that the camera’s IP address is , you can access it by opening the Web 192.168.0.100

browser and typing the following address into Web browser’s address bar:

http://192.168.0.100

Upon successful connection to the camera, the user interface called would Web Configurator

appear together with the login page. The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP

address since the default HTTP port of the camera is 80, which can be omitted from the address

for convenience.

Before logging in, you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera.

Account: Admin

Password: 123456

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Live

Live Live View

View

View View

This section describes how to configure the IP camera. The administrator has unlimited access to

all settings, while the normal user can only view live video.

Login

Login Login

Initially there exists only administrator’s account in

the camera (Account: Admin, Password:

123456) you have to use that account to log in. –

You can later create normal user accounts with

limited access rights if necessary.

Feel free to choose your local language from the list

of languages or keep it as English. After pressing

“ ”Login , you will be able to access the user interface

of Web Configurator.

Upon successful login, you will be able to see the Live View page. In case of

Internet Explorer browser, you may be prompted to allow the installation of

ActiveX control from the camera. Press Install“ ” then. The live video will

appear shortly after that.

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Live View

Live View Live View

The live view will appear automatically with the video resolution of (1MP cameras) or 1280x720

1920x1080 -5MP cameras). (2

While being on the Live View page, the Live View icon appears as being pressed:

If you leave the Live View page, you can later return by pressing that button.

If the resolution of the PC’s monitor is bigger than the resolution of the live video, you will be able

to see the whole size of the video immediately. If not, you will only see part of the video at first and

you would have to use the scroll bars to see the rest of the video area In order to see the whole .

video on your display, you can temporarily -scale the video to better fit your screen by pressing re

the digital zoom buttons:

- Enlarge the video size digitally

- Reduce the video size digitally

Notice: These digital zoom adjustments do not influence the actual video resolution of the camera.

Regardless of how large or small the video appears on the display after pressing the digital zoom

buttons, the actual video stream size of the camera is the same as before.

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You can also digitally re-scale the video to fully match the size of your display with just 1 click:

- Full screen Mode

You may use key from the keyboard to exit the full screen mode. ESC

The cameras have the capability the is usually the high resolution dual stream – Stream 1

stream with the purpose of being recorded by NVR while has lighter video configuration Stream 2

for NVR live view purposes, to reduce the computing power of the NVR PC. Both streams can be

configured under Web Configurator’s Setup page. To see how each of the stream looks like, there

are quick buttons on the Live View page:

- Show the Stream 1 video

- Show the Stream 2 video

When pressing the Stream 2 button, the Live View would look like this:

To capture the snapshots of the current live view, press the snapshot button. The snapshots are

saved in Pictures folder.

- Take a Snapshot

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The cameras with audio function shall have the audio controls on Live View page.

To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in

order to hear the audio from the camera’s microphone or line-in device, use the audio controls as

below:

Audio Muted:

Audio level adjusted to the maximum:

This volume control appears in user interface only when the Audio-in function of the camera has

been “ ”Enabled under Setup page.

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Setup

Setup Setup

The following chapters guide you through the Setup functions of the camera.

Access

AccessAccess the Setup

the Setup

the Setup the Setup Page

Page

Page Page

To configure any of the camera settings, go to the Setup menu by pressing the following button on

Live View page :

- Go to Setup

The left side of the Setup page contains the list of Setup items.

Notice: The exact content of the menu list varies for each camera,

depending on the actual capabilities of each camera. This manual,

however, is designed to explain all the possible functions.

Several items in the Setup page are divided into groups, such as Network, IP Settings, etc. You

can expand the groups to see the sub-items by pressing the [+] button.

The following chapters of this manual explain each Setup item separately. The chapters are listed

in the same order as the list of Setup menu items.

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Host

Host Host

The section “ ”Host allows the administrator to define the name of the

camera and preferred user interface language.

There are two kinds of names Host Name and Camera Name. –

Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server. In some networks with very strict

security policy, it is required that all the network devices should have their host name, and when

the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server, the

DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices. On this page, it is

possible to edit the Host Name. To actually include the Host Name in DHCP discovery packet sent

from a camera, please go to and make sure the device is in IP Settings Dynamic IP Address

mode and “ name”Use host is checked.

Camera Name is used to identify the device by or by Video Management System Software

Tools. Usually, upon installation of the camera, the actual installation location is used as an

easy- -remember Camera Name, such as to “Front Gate” or “Elevator 1 . In many cases the VMS is ”

able to modify the Camera Name directly via its own user interface without needing to access

Web Configurator.

Language selection under Host has the same purpose as the one on the login page of Web

Configurator.

After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes The Reset button .

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Date

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Each video frame contains a time stamp. The accuracy of the time stamp is very important for

incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the camera has to be adjusted to most accurate time

possible.

The section provides the options for adjusting the date Date & Time

and time of the camera.

There are two ways to adjust the date and time by getting date and time – automatically

regularly from any of the worldwide, or by selecting proper time zone, NTP servers manually

date and time. The automatic way can be used only if the camera has an access to NTP servers.

If you are using an isolated Local Area Network without Internet access, you can only use Manual

date and time adjustment mode.

When choosing for automatic date and time updating, you can key in the IP SNTP/NTP Server

address of the NTP server and the time interval for automatic time synchronization. If you want to

key in the domain name of NTP server instead, please make sure the DNS server IP address has

been set under IP Settings; otherwise the camera will not be able to resolve the domain name of

the NTP server.

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If all the cameras are getting the date and time from the same NTP Server, you can be most sure

that the video clips from different cameras can be well synchronized later for comparison

purposes.

To choose the most suitable NTP Server to synchronize date and time with, please refer to the

worldwide pool of NTP Servers: http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/

When choosing mode, you can adjust the date and time by the select boxes. Set Manually

Choose the appropriate from the select box, too. If your location is not listed there, Time Zone

then pick any of the listed zones which GMT is identical with your location.

For the countries with daylight saving policy, there is function with two different Day Light Saving

types:

Type 1 number of the week define the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the –

in the month (First, Second, Third or Last week).

Type 2 define the starting or ending time of daylight saving period by the – exact date in the

month -31). (1

Whether to choose Type 1 or Type 2, please refer to the daylight saving policy of given country.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes The Reset button Apply .

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Network

NetworkNetwork

The section provides the list of network related functions Network

and services. The [+] mark before Network indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it.

Once expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the [- ] mark.

IP Address Filtering

By function it is possible to define which “ ”IP Address Filtering

devices (their IP addresses) are allowed to connect to this camera, and which devices are

forbidden to connect to this camera.

Check the box Enabled to activate the IP address filtering function and press Apply. “ ”

Below you can select either Allowed“ ” “ or Blocked list to add items there and Enable them with ”

the checkbox behind each row.

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“ ”Allowed mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones listed below.

“ ”Blocked mode will accept all incoming access except the IP addresses listed below.

Using (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address at once, Netmask

without the need to enter all of them individually. If you are not sure about the function of Netmask,

then you should use 255.255.255.255, and it will affect only a single IP address per line of entry,

or use 255.255.255.0 to use the same setting for all IP addresses starting with the same three

numbers. .

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes The Reset button Apply .

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

Warning! Do not accidentally block your own IP address that you are connecting from; otherwise

you will not be able to access the camera any more to undo the changes. If this happens by

mistake, you can do the hardware rese it will clear all the filtering rules. t –

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HTT PS

HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure channel over an insecure

network in order to protect the data sent between the camera and its counterpart. Two things are

required to have a secure communication encrypted data, and verified counterpart of the –

communication. To make sure that the messages are being sent and received from true

counterpart, the certificate is needed.

There are two methods to create certificates and – Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Self-Signed Certificate.

Certificate Signing Request (CSR): User uses a signed certificate issued by trusted

Certification Authority (CA).

Self-Signed Certificate: User wants to use the certificate created and issued by user himself.

Press Create“ ” or Create Self-Signed Certificate button and configure settings in the -“ ” pop up

screen to install the certificate.

Note that the new setting will only take effect after Save & Reboot . “ ”

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IEEE 802.1X

IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Access

Control. 802.1X authentication involves three parties: a supplicant, an authenticator, and an

authentication server.

The supplicant is a client device (such as an IP camera) that wishes to attach to the LAN/WLAN.

The authenticator is a network device, such as an Ethernet switch or wireless access point; and

the authentication server is typically a host running software supporting the RADIUS and EAP

protocols.

The authenticator acts like a security guard to a protected network. The supplicant (i.e., client

device) is not allowed access through the authenticator to the protected side of the network until

the supplicant’s identity has been validated and authorized. An analogy to this is providing a valid

passport at an airport before being allowed to pass through security to the terminal. With 802.1X

port-based authentication, the supplicant provides credentials, such as user name / password or

digital certificate, to the authenticator, and the authenticator forwards the credentials to the

authentication server for verification. If the authentication server determines the credentials are

valid, the supplicant (client device) is allowed to access resources located on the protected side

of the network.

Please IEEE 802.1x and configure settings the screen below. Note that the new setting enable on

will only take effect after “Save & Reboot . ”

EAPOL Version V1 and V2 are the 802.1X communication types. and User name User

password area created by user and set in RADIUS server. are Certificates and Private Key

provided by RADIUS Server.

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If certificates or private key exist already, there will be a button behind these items, in “ ”Remove

order to remove these items when necessary.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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SNMP Setting

T item displays the SNMP configuration p he SNMP Setting age.

SNMP provides an easy way to manage network devices. The main features are:

1. Monitoring device uptime

2. System detail description. (Ex: model name, model description and firmware version.)

3. Collect interface information. (Ex: MAC address, interface speed, local port.)

4. Measuring network interface throughput.

To use SNMP, just SNMP function in the camera (SNMP agents) and run SNMP enable

management software in server (NMS: Network Management Station) to connect the devices. to

The SNMP agent supports versions V1, V2 and V3. SNMP V1 is the initial implementation of

SNMP. SNMP V2 is proposed to enhance the performance of management, such as the

communication of server and devices, the confirmation of information delivery and receipt.

Primary additions in SNMP V3 concern security and remote configuration enhancements.

SNMP V1/V2 uses “Community” name as password to authenticate identity. “Read Community” is

the password for server to get information from devices. “Write Community” is the password for

server to edit values on devices. The default is “public” for Read Community and “write” for Write

Community. Of course, you can set any other password as your read/write community.

You can enable V1, V2 or both. Click “ ” after you’ve comApply pleted setup.

The security method of SNMP V3 uses account/password for authentication. “Security Name” is

the account name to be used with your “Password”. The default security name is “public” and the

password must be at least 8 characters long. You also can set any other security name or

password. Click “Apply” after you’ve completed setup.

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RTP

The section allows user to configure RTP Settings RTP .

If the RTSP Authentication is “ ”Enabled , then the RTP streaming will require account name and

password authentication.

If the is then the B2 frame is added to every video frame, containing RTP B2 Frame “ ”Enabled

additional information, such as motion detection status on each frame, digital input and

digital output levels, passive infrared status, other video intelligence data, frame counter,

frame-rate mode and the frame-rate, bitrate, resolution, timestamp and much more. The

user side can operate with video data easily, including event management, storage consumption

estimation, image resizing for preview, etc.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Network (ToS, UPnP, Bonjour, ONVIF)

The section Network contains the controls for following functions:

Type of Service

UPnP

Bonjour

ONVIF

Type of Service

The “Type of Service” provides 4 options to define

the priorities of how the data from the camera

should be handled by the routers that support

ToS concept. By the default, the ToS priority is set

as “ ”Normal Service .

For special priority arrangement, there are 3 more options:

Minimize Delay

Maximize Throughput

Maximize Reliability

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

UPnPTM

The section UPnPTM provides the option to enable

or disable the Universal Plug and Play capability of

the camera. Having the UPnPTM enabled allows the

other network devices to seamlessly discover it on

the network for convenient identification and access.

The is a hum -readable name for the device that will be displayed when the Friendly Name an

camera is found. By default, the serial number of the camera is used as a friendly name; however,

the user can modify the name according to the project needs.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Most of the Windows-based computers have the capability to discover the devices that support

UPnPTM. Below is the example of Windows 7: clicking on the icon of , the by Network Windows 7

PC will discover the cameras instantly.

Bonjour

The section provides the option to enable or Bonjour

disable the ability of the camera to be discovered by

the other network devices using Bonjour protocol,

developed by Apple Inc. Both Bonjour and UPnP serve

the similar purpose to discover devices conveniently. –

Similarly to UPnP, the human readable can be defined by the user. That name will Friendly Name

be displayed when the camera is found in the network. By default, the Friendly Name is the serial

number of the camera; however, the user can modify the name according to the project needs.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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ONVIF

The camera with given firmware is ONVIF 2.2 compliant. By default, the ONVIF function is

disabled.

To enable to the ONVIF support, check the box and

press . Apply

If you need to activate ONVIF on multiple cameras conveniently, you may use the IP Utility

instead, using cgi and system ONVIF_STATE=1 as URL command.

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IP Setti

IP SettiIP Settings

ngs

ngs ngs

The section IP Settings provides the options to define how the camera

would obtain its IP address; and to which DNS server should the camera connect to, in order to

resolve domain names.

Connection Type

The sub-section Connection Type allows defining the method of

obtaining the IP address of the camera. By default, the camera is in mode Dynamic IP Address

and attempts to get the IP address from a DHCP server. If such attempt fails after several

seconds (for example the DHCP server does not exist), the camera will automatically assign itself

an IP address, listed under Static IP Address.

Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP server. In some networks with very strict

security policy, it is required that all the network devices should have their host name, and when

the devices attempt to access the network by requesting an IP address from a DHCP server, the

DHCP server would check if the host name is among the allowed devices. On this page, it is

possible to edit the Host Name and enable or disable the use of host name.

Most installation projects include clear network topology and static IP addresses for each camera.

In such cases, you can change the camera to Static IP Address IP mode and modify the

Address, Subnet Mask Gateway and accordingly.

In some rare cases, the camera may be connected to the control center over Internet. Usually, the

most cost efficient way is to use ADSL connection with . To avoid the unexpected changes PPPoE

of IP addresses by Internet Service Provider upon the restart of the camera, it is recommended to

activate a DDNS service for such scenario, and let the control center connect to the camera by

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the domain name instead. Please refer to the DDNS section for more details.

To set the camera in PPPoE mode, set the radio button to PPPoE and key in the User Name and

Password, provided by Internet Service Provider.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

New IP address settings will only take effect after pressing . System -> Save & Reboot

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DNS

T section allows setting up the Domain Name Service for he DNS

the camera. The camera will connect to the DNS server when there is a need to resolve a domain

name for sending data to.

The most common usage is the ftp or e-mail server in the Event Handler section is defined by

using domain names. Without having DNS service configured, the camera would not know how to

resolve the domain names of FTP or e-mail servers.

It is possible to configure both and . The Secondary DNS Primary Secondary DNS servers

Server will be used when the connection to the Primary DNS Server fails.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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DDNS

There are surveillance solutions that consist of single

cameras scattered over a wide territory, therefore each of those cameras should be connected to

Internet in order to become accessible by Control Center. For example, the chain stores, bus

stops, currency exchange booths, etc.

In such cases, one of the practical networking solutions is to use DSL modem on camera site and

let the camera obtain the dynamic IP address from the Internet Service Provider through the DSL

modem using PPPoE connection, which is much more cost-effective than applying for static IP

address.

However, there is one drawback in this solution in order to do the remote surveillance from the –

Control Center, the NVR Server in the Control Center has to know the address of the IP camera

at all times in order to get the video stream from the camera. If the camera’s network connection

has been reset for any reason, the camera will get a new IP address through DSL Modem, which

may be different from the previous one. NVR will not know about this change, and the connection

between the camera and NVR will fail.

There however exists a solution that makes sure the NVR can find the camera even if the camera

IP changes frequently. Our cameras support service that allows Dynamic DNS or DDNS

frequently changing IP be mapped to a certain unchangeable domain name. The mapping

database and its updating engine are hosted in one of the Dynamic DNS servers, most of which

offer basic services for free, such as www.dyndns.org.

How does it work? Look at the graph below.

Internet

Control Center

(NVR)

IP Camera

DSL Modem

PPPoE Connection with Dynamic IP address

Video Stream from camera to NVR

Commands from NVR to camera’s IP address

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Every time the IP camera gets an IP that is different from previous one, it notifies the public DDNS

Service about the change. The DDNS Service updates its database immediately, mapping the

assigned domain name (for example ) to the new IP address. In NVR camera123.dyndns.org

settings, only the domain name ( ) is used to identify the camera. Every camera123.dyndns.org

time when NVR needs to connect to the camera, it asks from DDNS Service what the current

camera’s IP is. The DDNS Service instantly responds to NVR and tells it the camera’s IP. Now

NVR will use the IP of the camera to connect to the camera and the video stream from the

camera to NVR can be initiated.

As a result, NVR can always find the IP camera regardless of frequently changing IP address of

the camera. Since there are so many public DDNS Services available for free, the PPPoE-based

connection is really a good and low-cost solution for single-camera sites.

Internet

Control Center

(NVR)

IP Camera

DSL Modem

Using Dynamic DNS

DDNS Service

Camera notifies DDNS service when IP changed

NVR uses camera’s domain name to ask DDNS

DDNS tells the NVR what the camera’s IP is

Commands from NVR to camera’s IP address

Video Stream from camera to NVR

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To activate DDNS, please check the „ “Enabled . Select the service reference, input the Host

Name User Name Password (the domain name given to the camera by DDNS service, and of

the DDNS server account.

You will get the needed Host Name, User Name and Password information from the DDNS

service provider once you have registered an account there and requested a domain name for

your camera.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Video

Video Video

The section provides options to adjust the video quality Video the

and configure the streaming details of the camera. The default settings of the camera are

sufficient for most environments and the video adjustments are not necessary. The following

sections explain the ways to configure the video quality or streaming details in case it is required

to do so.

The mark before Video indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it. Once [+]

expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the mark. [-]

The sub-section is also named Video. For Audio supported cameras,

there will also be a sub-section named Audio. The video section is divided into tabs. The

functionality of each tab is explained separately below.

Upon opening the sub-section named Video, the live view of the Stream 1 of the camera will

appear. Since the camera is a dual stream device, it is possible to see how each of the 2

streaming configurations looks like, by selecting either or Stream-1 Stream-2 under the live video

window.

Usually, Stream-1 is configured to be high quality video with maximum resolution and frame rate

for recording purposes while Stream-2 is usually a moderate quality stream for live view purposes

of the VMS, to reduce VMS computing power during video decoding of multiple channels.

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Compression

The section Compression allows the user to define the compression settings of “ ”

the video stream 1 and stream 2. The purpose of compression is to reduce the bandwidth and

VMS storage consumption.

Usually the stream 1 is configured to be the best quality stream for NVR recording purposes while

the stream 2 is configured to be with the basic quality for the live view of NVR, to minimize the

computing power of NVR used for video decoding.

Parameters

Description

Encoder Type

There are two encoder types available: H.264 (High Profile) and

MJPEG.

VGA Aspect Ratio

It is used to define the aspect ratio of VGA stream it can be either –

4:3 ratio (640x480) or 16:9 ratio (640x360). When Auto Detected is “ ”

chosen, the VGA stream will follow the ratio of the higher resolution

stream, to ensure the identical view of stream 1 and stream 2.

Resolution

Depending on the camera model, the number of available resolutions

may be different. The default resolution setting of the camera may not

necessarily be the maximum resolution of the camera. If the user

wants to use the maximum resolution, it is possible to do it here. The

maximum possible resolution of the stream 2 will be smaller than

stream 1.

Frame Rate

Defines the amount of frames per second.

Video Bit Rate Mode

(only for H.264)

Under Constant Bit Rate“ ” mode (CBR), the camera keeps the stable

bitrate regardless of the complexity of the scene. Under this mode, the

video quality may vary if the bit rate value is set too low. It is easier to

do storage and network bandwidth consumption estimations under

this mode compared to Variable Bit Rate mode.

Under Variable Bit Rate“ ” mode (VBR), the camera will keep the video

quality stable while the bit rate may occasionally go up or down,

depending on the complexity of the scene.

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Motion Detection

The section Motion Detection“ ” allows the user to configure the video motion

detection system of the camera. Motion detection regions are based on the Stream 1. By default,

all the regions are disabled.

Click on Setup“ ” to adjust the motion detection regions or its parameters. Microsoft Internet

Explorer browser is required to configure the motion detection regions.

There are three independently configurable motion detection regions in the camera. Each

motion detection region has 6 configuration parameters:

Enabled or disabled

Location of the region

Size of the region

Sensitivity

Trigger threshold

Trigger interval

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Enabled or disabled

Each of the 3 motion detection regions can be enabled or disabled

individually. Look at the example: Only the region 1 is enabled while

2 and 3 are disabled. The disabled regions disappear from the video

display.

Note that the number of the motion detection region is written in

the upper left corner of the region.

Location of the region

You can move the motion detection region anywhere on the field of

view by dragging the top of the motion detection rectangle as

shown on the image. The motion detection regions may even be

overlapping if you like.

Size of the region

By dragging the lower right corner of the motion detection region

you can change the size of the region. The maximum size of the

region can even be as big as the whole screen.

Sensitivity

Sensitivity is the parameter that helps us distinguish actual moving targets (people, vehicles) from

the slightly moving background, such as leaves of the trees waving in the wind. In order to avoid

false alarms, we might want the camera be able to ignore small motion. The higher is the

sensitivity level of the camera the smaller shift of the object is needed to trigger the alarm. For

example, if the object within motion detection region has moved for about 1-3 pixels during two

video frames, then such small motion will be discarded by camera if the sensitivity is low, and will

still trigger an alarm if the sensitivity is high. In other words, you can think of sensitivity level as a

reversed speed limit the smaller is the sensitivity, the faster are the objects allowed to move –

without being detected.

The biggest challenge of motion detection configuration is to find the settings that do not produce

false alarms and at the same time do not miss any actual intrusions. The rule of thumb is: the

sensitivity should be as high as possible while not producing false alarms. The default

sensitivity level of the cameras is 70 (on a scale of 0-100) and it is a good setting for most

standard cases.

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Trigger threshold

Look at the moving object entering the

area of motion detection: although

moving quite slowly, it caused motion

activity several pixel regions reported –

a motion that was faster than allowed

“ ”speed limit of sensitivity (70).

The blue graph on the right side of

the image shows how many percent

of pixels within the motion detection

region were considered as currently in motion . The activity panel itself is a timeline for each “ ” –

moment of time you can see the height of the blue bars. You may notice that at certain moment

the tallest bars in the activity graph reached about 25% (a quarter of the total height in activity

panel) it means, 25% of this motion detection area were filled with moving pixels at that moment. –

By visual observation you can also see that the object standing inside the motion detection region

indeed covers about 25% of its size.

What if the object is really small but moves rather fast (gets triggered by the current sensitivity

level)? For example, we want to detect people but not the cat walking in the room. Although both

people and cat may move with the speed that will trigger motion, they have different size of

triggered pixels. For example, a human passing by the motion detection region will trigger 25% of

pixels in that region while the cat would trigger only 2%. Since we want to have a real alarm in

case of human or vehicle passing by while ignoring birds, cats, butterflies, mice, etc, we need a

filter that can define how many percent of triggered pixels will be considered as a real alarm. This

parameter is called . The default value of trigger threshold is 10%. It means, trigger threshold

only the objects that are bigger than 10% of the motion detection region size and move faster

than allowed by sensitivity level (70) will produce actual alarm.

How to choose the most optimal trigger threshold level? The rule of thumb, keep the trigger

threshold as small as possible while not causing false alarms by the moving objects that

are not humans or vehicles.

You can have different sensitivity level and trigger threshold level for each motion detection

region.

In order to understand all of the above even better, please refer to the table below containing four

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possible combinations of settings using sensitivity level and trigger threshold percentage.

The objects listed in each cell will trigger an alarm under given settings:

Low threshold (0-5 %)

High threshold (5-100%)

Low sensitivity

(0-65)

Big and fast

Small and fast

Big and fast

High sensitivity

(65-100)

Big and fast

Big and slow

Small and fast

Small and slow

Big and fast

Big and slow

The camera’s default sensitivity is 70 and threshold 10%. By these default values, only is

the rabbit and the turtle would trigger an alarm while the butterfly and the snail would be

ignored by the motion detection system.

Important: Please remember that changing the size of the motion detection region has an impact

on the threshold the bigger is the size of the motion detection region the smaller should be the –

threshold value if you want the same object size to trigger motion. For example, if you increase

the motion detection region to twice the previous size, please remember to reduce the threshold

to half its original value (from 10% to 5%). On the other hand, changing the location of the motion

detection region has no impact on threshold.

Trigger interval

The last configuration item is the trigger interval. It is the time period from the beginning of the

triggered event during which the all motion activities are ignored by the camera. This is designed

to avoid needless repetitive reporting of the same intrusion. Trigger interval 20 seconds would

mean that when the even happens, camera will take certain one-time actions and ignore the

continuing activity in the motion detection region for 20 seconds. When 20 seconds are over, the

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camera will produce a new alarm if there are still action in the motion detection region, and take

actions again.

There is one more item on the Motion Detection configuration

page which was not explained above the – Profile of Motion

Detection. Think of them as (Runtime MD Profile) and Profile 1

Profile 2 (Event MD Profile). It means that you can configure two

independent groups of Motion Detection regions with at most 3 regions in each group. Normally,

the Profile 1 (Runtime MD Profile) is used as an active profile of the camera. However, in some

cases it is possible to let camera switch to Profile 2 by using the Event Handler system of the the

camera.

For example, you might want to have different motion detection parameters for day and night time.

Then the two profiles become really handy. In such case, remember to configure the motion

detection parameters for both profiles before moving on to configure the event response system.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Day/Night

e section allows user to control the switching between day mode and Th Day/Night

night mode. This section will be displayed only for day/night models.

Parameters

Description

Day/Night mode

There are three modes:

Auto: The camera will automatically switch between day mode (color)

and night mode (black/white) under certain exposure level, defined by

user at “ ”Switch from Day mode to Night mode .

Day: The camera always stays in day mode (color) regardless of

exposure level.

Night: The camera always stays in night mode (black/white)

regardless of exposure level.

IR LED Control

This feature is visible only in camera with built-in IR LED.

There are two modes:

Auto: The built-in IR LED will be turned on automatically upon day to

night switch and turned off upon night to day switch.

Disabled: The IR LED will be off regardless of day and night mode.

Switch from Day mode

to Night mode

The scale of allows user define the exposure level at which the 0~100

day to night switch should happen. The higher is the value, the darker

the environment has to be to trigger the day to night switch.

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Image

The section allows user to control certain parameters of a video frame. Image

Parameters

Description

Video Flipping

Check this box to flip the video up-down. Usually used together with

Video Mirroring to achieve the 180-degree rotation effect.

Video Mirroring

Check this box to mirror the video left-right. Usually used together with

Video Flipping to achieve the 180-degree rotation effect.

Brightness

Select the Brightness value (0~100). The higher the value, the brighter

the image.

Contrast

Select the Contrast level from following options: Lowest, low, medium,

high, highest

Digital Noise

Reduction

Turn ON or OFF the Digital Noise Reduction. When turned on, the

noise on the video (especially in low light) is reduced and image will

look smoother and clearer.

WDR

Choose the WDR level from following options: Disabled, low, medium,

high, highest.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

The button “Restore image settings to default” is a quick way of restoring factory default image

settings without needing to reset the whole camera to factory default.

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Exposure / White Balance

The section allows the user to c gure Exposure / White Balance onfi

Exposure (shutter, iris and gain control) and White Balance settings. In most cases, the default

settings are sufficient and no adjustment is needed. Some options will only appear under certain

Exposure / White balance modes. Each mode is described in detail below.

Exposure Mode - Auto

In Auto Exposure Mode, you control the image brightness by configuring the AE Reference Target

and Slowest Auto Shutter.

AE Reference Target (Auto Exposure reference target) can be considered as the Target “

Brightness on Sensor The camera will use several internal parameters to achieve best quality ”.

with reference to this. The higher this value, the brighter the overall scene, however, there

may be more noise at night in such case. The range of AE Reference Target is 1~255.

The camera will automatically control shutter speed, auto iris (if available) and signal gain to

achieve the target level set by the user. If the auto iris does not exist or is already opened to a

maximum size, and the image is still darker than the user defined target, it will further slow down

the shutter speed within the allowed range (set by user under Slowest Auto Shutter Speed) and

increase the signal gain.

Slowest Auto Shutter Speed is the user defined threshold for slowest allowed speed of auto

shutter. For example, if by default the shutter speed would vary between 1/5s ~ 1/2000s

depending on the lighting conditions, then setting the Slowest Auto Shutter Speed to 1/30s would

narrow down the auto shutter range to work between 1/30s ~ 1/2000s. The purpose of allowing

user to define the threshold for slowest speed is to avoid motion blur caused by too slow shutter

at night.

It is also important to know that very high shutter speed is not recommended for indoor solutions

with artificial light that flashes with certain frequency, as it may produce flickering effect,

regardless of Exposure mode.

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Shutter speed choices according to environment:

Shutter

Speed

1/5

1/13

1/15

1/25

1/30

1/50

1/60

1/100

1/120

1/250

1/500

1/1000

1/2000

Indoor

Y

-

Outdoor

Y

In extreme low light conditions, the shutter speed is slown down to get more light into one image,

but not slower than the user defined threshold .

If the exposure time extends beyond the interval between frames (too slow shutter), (i.e. 1/30

second), then the frame rate will be automatically reduced. Longer time in this value gives

clearer images at night for slow moving objects, but more motion blur for fast moving

objects.

White balance refers to the true white color iscapability of the camera to understand what “ ”.

When the camera knows the true white color, then the rest of the colors will be accurate, too.

While human eye can easily adapt to different lighting sources (even mixed sources, such as sun

light through the window and indoor lights turned on at the same time), the camera has to

understand what is the dominant light source in given scene and what is the white color“ ” of such

light source.

By default the camera is in mode and attempts to recognize the light source auto white balance

and its color spectrum automatically and adjusts the image accordingly. This function works

continuously in the background. It is re-evaluated for each frame, to make sure if there is any

change in dominant light source (e.g. the user closes the curtains to block the sun light and turns

on the indoor lights).

In most cases the auto white balance works perfectly and the user does not have to adjust

anything! In some rare installation cases, especially when there are no white color objects in the

field of view, and the light sources are mixed, the camera may have difficulty to identify the true

white color to fine tune the rest of the colors.

In such cases, the installer can help“ ” the camera to understand the true colors by placing a white

object (for example a piece of white paper) in front of the camera to cover the whole field of view

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and wait a few seconds the auto white balance system will adjust the colors until the white –

paper will really look white on the display. At that moment, the user can freeze these white

balance settings by pressing the button. After pressing that button, the White Balance will Hold

switch from Auto mode to Manual mode, together with the color values captured at the moment of

Hold. The user can now remove the white object from the field of view, and the colors will stay

correct for given scene.

For advanced users, there is also an option to switch from Auto mode to of White Manual mode

Balance directly and input the R Gain and B Gain values manually.

Line Frequency is the function that adjusts the shutter speed options to match with the

frequence of artificial light source of given country. For example, in Europe the light frequency

(due to power supply frequency of lights) is 50Hz, that is 50 flashes per second. By setting line

frequency to 50Hz in such case, the shutter speed options will be proportional with light source

frequency, such as 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/100s, etc.

It is necessary to have the camera’s Line Frequency adjusted according to the power

frequency of the light source to avoid flickering effect.

The natural light source (sun light) is a seamless flow of light the Line Frequency setting does –

not matter for the cameras that are only exposed to natural li ght.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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Exposure Mode - Manual

When the lighting conditions are stable 24 hours a day, the advanced users may consider using

manual exposure mode, to further fine tune the image quality in order to fulfill the special project

requirements. Please note that in most cases, it is highly recommended to keep the camera in

Auto Exposure mode and let the intelligent system of the camera find the best possible exposure

settings instead.

In manual exposure mode, the user can directly adjust the signal gain and shutter speed manually.

The White Balance and Line Frequency controls have already been explained in previous the

chapter.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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OSD/Privacy Mask

The section allows user to do one of the two on-video OSD / Privacy Mask

operations:

1. Add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video. This function is called Text Overlay or

On-Screen Display (OSD). It is possible to display the camera name, date and time, IP

address or any custom text as Text Overlay. The text is kept as small as possible and is

not resizable. The text can be read normally when the video is enlarged on the display to 1:1

ratio. The purpose of having the text so small is to provide sufficient legal evidence while

blocking the smallest possible area of the video to avoid valuable video evidence being

blocked by text overlay. The text will be embedded into video and cannot be removed later

upon playback or export.

2. Cover up some sensitive areas of the video that should not be captured by the camera, such

as manager’s computer screen or bathroom entrance. This function is called Privacy Mask. It

is possible to configure several independent regions for masking. Microsoft Internet

Explorer browser is required to configure the Privacy Mask. The privacy masks will be

embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export.

Text Overlay (OSD) Setup

It is possible to define up to 4 regions of text. If more than 1 region of text is and enabled

positioned in the same location, then the texts will appear one below another, row by row.

In the example above, one region of text was enabled with blue color and 50% transparency,

located at left lower corner and containing the text of Office View together with current date. The „ “

date would be automatically changing every day, according to camera’s date and time settings.

The result of the example configuration would look like this (Live View page, 1:1 scale):

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Below is the list of characters with special meaning that can be used in the text field:

Parameters

Description

%YYYY

Year in four-digit format. For example, 2008

%YY

Year in two-digit format. For example, 08

%MM

Month in two-digit format. For example, 01 for January, 12 for December

%DD

Date in two-digit format. 01~31

%hh

Hour in two-digit format. 00~23. Note that only -hour indication 24 is

support . ed

%mm

Minutes in two-digit format. 00~59

%ss

Seconds in two-digit format. 00~59

%H

a hyphen, "-"

%C

a colon, ":"

%X

a slash, "/"

%N

show Camera Name (It might be truncated if exceeds max OSD length)

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

Privacy Mask Setup

It is possible to set up up to 4 regions of privacy masks. The adjustment of the privacy mask

region can be done when region is checked under Setup column. „ “

You may resize and drag the region the

same way as the motion detection

regions: upper bar that contains the

number of the region can be used for

dragging the region across the video

while the white box at the right lower

corner of the privacy mask region can be

used for resizing the region.

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There are 4 pre-defined color options for privacy masks. If the user wants to use any other colors,

please use URL commands to set up the privacy mask instead. To do that, please refer to the

Guide that explains the use of URL commands.

When switching back to live view, the privacy mask would look like this:

Please note that the Text Overlay (OSD) and Privacy Masks will take effect for both Stream 1 and

Stream 2.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

Notice: It may take several seconds to update the region location on video display after pressing

Apply!

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On-Screen Graphics

On-Screen Graphics (OSG) is a new feature that allows placing custom image files on the top of

the video as a layer. For example, it can be used as a watermark for security purposes, or a brand

logo in the corner of the video image.

There is no interface within Web Configurator to configure On-Screen Graphics since it is

a rarely used feature. The URL commands can be used to complete the task instead.

The image that can be used as OSG has to be in YUV format (Image raster graphics before )

uploading to the camera. There are several freeware converters available that convert images to

YUV format.

For example, one free trial version of YUV converter can be downloaded from Sunrayimage.com:

http://www.sunrayimage.com/download/YUVTools_3.0_trial.zip

We do not guarantee the performance, terms of usage or availability of this product. The user has

to read the terms of use first and proceed with installation if the terms are acceptable.

Please note that the image should not be larger than 640x480 pixels and should contain an even

number of pixels. The image, once uploaded, cannot be resized. Therefore, please make sure

that you have the image with the right size before uploading to the camera.

For example, we have the BMP logo with the size 204x106 that has been converted into YUV:

When the image is ready, upload it to the camera by the following URL command:

http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_IMAGE

Upon successful entry of user name ans password, the following upload window will appear.

Browse yuv Apply for the file in your computer that you had prepared and press .

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When done, use another URL command to configure its position:

http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_CONFIG=

1,0,0,240,106,EB8080,4

... where the 7 parameters behind OSG_CONFIG mean following:

Parameter

Position

Description

1

1 means enabled, 0 means disabled

2

X position

3

Y position

4

Width of the image

5

Height of the image

6

YYUUVV value of the background color of the image that is to be blended

7

Transparency level: 0 means 0%, 1 means 25%, 2 means 50%, 3 means

75%, 4 means 100%

The result would look like this:

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Audio

The section is available only for audio-supported models. The Audio

user interface for audio control looks as below:

Parameters

Description

Audio In

The option Enabled“ ” would activate incoming audio (either line in or built-in

microphone). The option Disabled“ ” would turn off the incoming audio. In

such case, the video stream is captured without audio.

Audio In

Sensitivity

Choose “ ”High when the target is farther away from the camera and choose

“ ”Low when the target is near the camera. Under High mode, there may be “ ”

more audio noise due to higher level of signal amplification.

Audio Out

Volume

The audio out volume level can be adjusted in the scale of 0-100. It will

influence the volume level of the speakers connected to the camera.

Audio Format

Choose the compression format of audio: PCM, G.711A ( ) or G.711U A-law

( µ-law).

To adjust the volume level of the speakers connected to the PC that runs the Web Configurator in

order to hear the audio from the camera’s microphone or line-in device, go to Live View page and

use the audio controls there:

Audio Muted:

Audio level adjusted to the maximum:

This volume control appears in user interface only when the Audio-in function of the camera has

been “ ”Enabled .

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Event

Event Event

This section describes how to setup the Event Handler, which deals with how the IP devices

respond to situations. Each IP device can have a maximum of 10 Event Rules. Each rule includes

one single trigger, and one or many responses. Several types of responses are available. And

there are multiple external servers for the device to interact with.

When setting up Event Handler, there are four types of settings. Event Server, Event

Configuration, Event Rules and Manual Event

Click the item before to expand the list. Event

Event Server

Event servers define whom the device may interact with. They can be other servers or devices

on the network, or even the camera itself. sets up a list of what to tell the Event Configuration

other party during interaction. Event list lays down the rules and conditions about when to initiate

whic responses from which triggersh . The options available for Event rules are selected from

the event servers and event configurations.

Event servers are classified as FTP servers, SMTP servers and HTTP servers

FTP Server

FTP servers can receive snapshot or video uploads that are issued as part of the response from

event handlers. You may setup one FTP server.

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To setup FTP servers, make sure to enter the network address of FTP server, the Network (FTP)

port, the User Name Password of FTP account, Connection mode (Passive or Active) and and

Connection time before timeout.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

SMTP Server

SMTP servers can send email upon request from the IP device. The email can be a simple

subject and text email, or attached with snapshot / video. You may setup two SMTP servers. The

device will first attempt to send the message via the Primary email SMTP server. If the first

attempt fails (after the Max connecting time), then the device will attempt to send via the

secondary SMTP server. If the device sends email successfully via the primary SMTP server,

then it will not use the secondary SMTP server.

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To setup SMTP servers, make sure to enable the SMTP account and choose the proper

Authentication type. There are many types available. The default is Login. We recommend you to

use Auto Detection. Available authentication types include: Auto Detection, None, Login, Plain,

Cram MD5, Digest MD5 and PoP Relay. Please also enter the User Name, Password, the

email address displayed as sender (can be different than the user name), Network (SMTP server)

address, Network (SMTP server) Port number and Max Connection time before timeout (in

seconds).

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

HTTP Server

HTTP CGI servers are programs that run on web sites or many devices. They can be custom

programmed to perform a large variety of actions based upon the input. You can define which CGI

server to connect to here, and the user / password required to log into the target server. The

actual message / command is setup in the Notification messages / URL commands section. You

may define two separate CGI servers.

IP devices are also CGI servers. This means that IP devices can now issue commands to each

other, which creates endless possibilities for highly coordinated response. The IP device can also

give a loopback command to itself, in effect changing almost all possible settings dynamically. For

detail on the commands used to control the cameras, please contact your customer

representative.

An example will help you gain a better sense of how to utilize this unique function. Camera A is a

fixed camera that looks at a corridor leading to the main hall. It has a motion detection window

located near the point where the corridor arrives at the large hall. Camera B is a PTZ camera

located in the hall, which is usually left on auto-tour patrol. When motion activity in the motion

detection region triggers MD1 in Camera A, this then in turn activates an event rule in Camera A

that gives out a command to Camera B. Camera B would then swivel to the preset point where

the corridor leads into the entrance and switch to higher bit rate to temporarily provide clearer

image. After the event ends, Camera B will go back to its normal routine in lower bit rate.

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To setup HTTP servers, make sure to enable the HTTP server, enter the user name, the user

password, Network (HTTP Server) address, Network (HTTP Server) port number and Max

connection time before timeout (in seconds).

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

Event Configuration

Event configurations are the responses to be performed when an event is triggered. For most

types of responses, you can create several different preset responses, then mix and match in

event rules.

The configurable responses are classified as Notification messages, Upload Video/Snapshot and

Audio and Send URL Commands.

Notification message

Notification messages may be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server. If sent to a CGI

server, it works the same as an URL command, but it does not allow a second message at end of

event. You may configure up to three preset massages. You can configure a message, but disable

*Pre-requisites: SMTP server / HTTP CGI server setup.

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it. This will allow you to keep the settings without using it, which will be useful in testing and

troubleshooting.

To setup Notification Messages, make sure to enable the message and then determine what type

of message to send (HTTP CGI or email).

If you are sending to CGI server, you need to enter the CGI path, the URL command itself, and an

optional message .

If you are sending email, please enter the recipient E-Mail address, the email subject, and the

body message.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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*Pre-requisites: SMTP server / FTP server / HTTP CGI server setup.

Upload Video/snapshot

IP devices may send video recording / snapshots to your chosen server upon event. Video will be

in .RAW format, while snapshots will be .JPG files. You can define up to three groups of settings

to upload video/snapshot. Snapshots can be sent to FTP / HTTP CGI and via e-Mail, while video

can only be uploaded to FTP or HTTP CGI servers. If Audio in is enabled in device, the uploaded

video will include audio.

The parameters needed to setup this function are different for each task combination (snapshot /

ftp or video / HTTP etc), and are explained below: …

Enable

UI

Upload Media Type

Snapshot

Video

Upload Media to

Email

FTP

CGI

FTP

CGI

Upload Period

Y

Image during

Upload Period

Y

Pre-Buer Time

Y

Image File Name

Y

Upload Path

*

Y

CGI Path & Program

Y

E-Mail Recipients

Y

Subject

Y

Video Source

Y

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Upload Video/snapshot and Audio checkbox: this decides if this rule is in effect, or disabled.

Sometimes it is useful to keep the settings for troubleshooting purposes, but keep them as

disabled.

Upload Media to: these define the task at hand, and change the field that needs to be filled out.

Upload Period: IP device will provide video/snapshots for the number of seconds here. It will stop

uploading video/snapshot at the end of this period. If you have video management software

recording from this camera at the same time, the normal recording through NVR will not be

affecte out the event period and afterwards. But the special upload session d, and goes on through

will end as the event ends.

Image during Upload Period: This is used only by snapshots. This tells the camera how many

snapshots it should attempt to capture during the Upload Time. If this value is set to 0, then the IP

device will attempt to capture as many snapshots as possible. Depending upon the device loading,

the number of snapshots taken may not reach the number you specified.

Pre-Buffer Time: This is only used by video. If this is set to more than 0, then the IP device will

start to buffer video in its internal memory. The maximum pre buffer is . When an 10 seconds

event requires video upload, the IP device will first upload the video taken right before the event

then keep uploading until it reaches the upload time.

Image File Name/ Upload Path: You will need to specify rule for file names and upload paths

(upload path is not needed for Email. Just put a slash /“ ” in the field). The rules contain flexible

parameters. A sample rule and corresponding filename will look like this:

Front_Door_%YYYY_%MM_%DD@%hh%mm%ss

Front_Door_2009_10_12@195037.JPG

Upload Path folders may also be named dynamically. For the IP device to create folders on FTP

and HTTP CGI servers properly, your FTP/CGI account will need to have permission to create

folders. For syntax on auto naming, please see online help or the inset box at the end of this

section.

The symbol % cannot be the first character in filename or upload path. Please use either an “ ”

alphabet or a number as the starting character. For Upload Path, be sure to start and end eith a

backslash \ . An example will be : \Backgate%MM%DD\ “ ”

CGI path & Program: Some CGI servers may require special info and settings. Please refer to

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*Pre-requisites: HTTP CGI server setup.

Send URL commands

URL commands can be sent to HTTP CGI servers upon event. This provides the possibility of

highly intelligent response upon event. IP devices and many other devices also have embedded

CGI servers may be controlled. that

When Event Handler sends an command, it will send one set of command when the event is URL

trigged, and another as the event becomes inactive. Depending on the CGI design, the URL

commands may be able to be stringed together, and multiple commands may be issued in a

single line.

An example would be when the access control device at the entrance detects an entry, this device

provides a DI signal to the PTZ camera, and triggers an event. This event then sends a loopback

command to the PTZ Camera itself (by setting its own IP as the HTTP CGI server). The PTZ

Camera then moves to a preset location, stays until the event is over, and then moves back to

another location. At the same time it moves to the pre-set location, it increases the bitrate from

1M to 3M, and the frame rate from 4 fps to 8 fps. The bitrate / fps changes are reverted at the end

of event.

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Event List

You may define a maximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the

Event List panel. It will display under each Event ID, the days of the week it will be active, the start

time and duration of the active period, the type of the source of trigger, and the actions used in

the response. If the row is grayed out, this means the rule is currently not enabled and stays

inactive.

You may start creating a new event by clicking the event ID number in the list, for example 2 . “ ”

There are several parts to the Event rule:

When is it active?

You may choose to enable the rule or not. The settings will be kept in internal memory even if the

event rule is disabled. lect the days in a weekly cycle in which this rule and schedule is active. Se

Determine the start time and duration of the active period. For example, a rule that lets motion

detection trigger snapshot uploads to FTP would only take place after 19:00 each day for 12

hours. Outside of this time the rule will not be active.

In the example below, the event handler rule is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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How is it triggered?

Events may be triggered by one of the several sources. In the example below, Motion Detection

region 1 is used as the event trigger.

You may also ask the event to be repeatedly triggered during this scheduled time. The interval is

determined in minutes. You may use this with email / FTP upload to take snapshots at regular

intervals.

DIs: For selected models only, the IP device may be triggered by Digital Input.

Motion: You may trigger the event if one or many Motion Detection regions encounter a motion

trigger. Trigger from any of them will initiate the event. The duration of event will be the same as

the MD trigger length, or the Trigger interval time, defined in the Motion Detection section on

Video Adjust page.

Video Loss: This is available for video servers only. When the analog video in is lost, the video

state will become lost , and return to normal“ ” “ ” only until device receives analog video signal. A

common scenario is for Video Server to send email to administrator when video is lost, and

activate DO signal to alarm that persists until the analog signal is restored.

Switch to Night mode: This is available to selected models only. When camera changes

between day and night modes, the embedded event handler will notice this change, and may act

upon this information.

Potential uses include changing the motion detection profile to another set of Event MD

parameters. By having two sets of parameters each optimized for day and night, this provide

better overall accuracy in both day and night conditions. Some night time only MD regions may

also be activated this way. The event period will end when the camera returns to day mode, which

will then reset the camera to the original settings.

Device boots successfully: This will trigger the event responses once the device boots up. You

can use this to create a notification system that keeps record of when the device has been

rebooted via email.

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Reboot device: This triggers the event response when the device is shut down via web UI Save “

and Reboot . Use this to keep record of when was the device setting edited. Note that this will not ”

take effect when the device is unplugged, as this is not normal shutdown.

What responses will occur?

Digital Output elected models only): This is a useful link to other devices. Click to include this in (s

the response for this rule.

Send notification Message: Select from the three pre-defined messages which you ve setup in ’

the Event Configuration section. You may enable multiple messages at the same time. For

sending Email, please limit the recipient to one per event rule. If you need to send email to more

than one recipient, please use separate event rules triggered by the same trigger.

Upload video/snapshots: Select which of the event configurations to include in this response set.

If you are sending email via upload video and sending notification message at the same time, the

system will automatically merge the two emails into one. The subject and image will be based

upon the Upload snapshot Event configuration enabled, but the message in the body text will be

based upon the Notification messages.

In general, please stick to the one email per event rule limit for best performance. “ ”

Change Motion Detection profile: This will switch the profile of the selected Motion Detection

region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The profile will return to runtime settings at the end of

this event. You may program one motion detection region to be disabled at runtime, but enable it

with event handler under some circumstances.

Send URL command: Select the URL command to include in the response set. Two different

commands will be sent at the time when the event is triggered and un- iggered. tr

Change to Night Mode (Selected models only): For some models, you may force the Camera

into Night mode. The camera will return to its previous setting (whether auto or forced day/ night)

upon the end of the event.

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The section ovides list of functions that help manage the System pr the

camera. The [+] mark before System indicates that the list can be expanded by clicking on it.

Once expanded, the list can later be collapsed again by clicking on the [-] mark.

User Account

The section User Accounts allows doing following user management

tasks:

1. Change the account name or password of the Root account that has a full access to the

camera.

2. Create up to 10 common users that only have an access for live view and PTZ control.

3. Enable/disable the option of seeing the live view without needing user name and password

(anonymous login), which is especially convenient function for camera installers on the field.

For security reasons, account name and password is always required when entering Setup

page of Web Configurator or when trying to access camera or change settings by URL

commands.

After changing any of the items above, press to save the changes. The Reset button Apply

undoes the changes that had just been made but not Applied yet.

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System Info

The section provides the full information about camera System Info

status, settings and log. This information is very helpful while doing the camera configuration,

maintenance or troubleshooting.

The is a convenient way of exporting the full list of camera related information in a Server Report

text format, so that it can be sent to the technical support team for faster service.

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Factory Default

The section Factory Default allows the camera settings be reset to the

original factory settings.

If you want to keep network settings and restore other settings to factory default, please select the

first option you select the second one instead, all the settings would be removed during factory . If

default. You will have to use factory default IP setting to connect to this camera.

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Save & Reboot

The Save & Reboot section allows saving the settings and

rebooting the camera remotely. This is critical because some settings might not take effect before

save & reboot.

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Logout

Logout Logout

Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device. Be sure to logout

this IP device once you have completed all the tasks via Web Configurator.

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