ACTi Camera Firmware User Manual V.5.12.12
Encoder Firmware V4.08.06 User’s Manual
Firmware User’s Manual
A1D-311-V5.12.12-AC
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Table of Contents
Recommended PC Specification 4
Preparation before setup 5
Connect to device and setup IP .............................................................. 5
Sample screenshots to setup IP of your PC (Win XP) .......................... 7
Configuring the IP device 11
Login ....................................................................................................... 11
Live view ................................................................................................. 12
PTZ Control Panel .................................................................................. 14
How to Use Pan/Tilt (for PTZ models only) ......................................... 15
How to Zoom the Camera In or Out .................................................... 15
How to Set the Home Position ............................................................ 16
How to Set Idle Time and Return Camera to Preset Position
(for PTZ models only).......................................................................... 16
How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol ......................................... 16
How to Adjust the Focus ..................................................................... 16
How to Set Touring Preset Points ....................................................... 17
How to Set and Enable Tours .............................................................. 17
Setup Menu ............................................................................................ 19
Host ......................................................................................................... 20
Date & Time ............................................................................................ 21
Network Section ..................................................................................... 23
IP Address Filtering ............................................................................. 23
Port Mapping ....................................................................................... 25
ToS ...................................................................................................... 27
UPnPTM ............................................................................................... 28
Bonjour................................................................................................ 28
HTTPS ................................................................................................ 29
IEEE 802.1X ....................................................................................... 29
SNMP Setting ..................................................................................... 30
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RTP ..................................................................................................... 31
Speed & Duplex .................................................................................. 32
IP Settings .............................................................................................. 33
Connection Type ................................................................................. 33
DNS .................................................................................................... 34
DDNS .................................................................................................. 35
Video & Audio ........................................................................................ 36
Stream Mode ...................................................................................... 36
Camera Options .................................................................................. 39
Compression ....................................................................................... 43
Motion Detection ................................................................................. 47
Image .................................................................................................. 52
Exposure / White balance ................................................................... 56
Audio ................................................................................................... 59
OSD/Privacy Mask .............................................................................. 60
Event ....................................................................................................... 62
Event Server ....................................................................................... 62
Event Configuration ............................................................................ 66
Event List ............................................................................................ 74
Manual Event ...................................................................................... 77
Local Storage Management .................................................................. 78
Status .................................................................................................. 79
Utilities ................................................................................................ 80
Setup................................................................................................... 85
File Management ................................................................................ 86
Event Handler with Local Storage ........................................................ 91
System ................................................................ ................................ .... 97
User Account ....................................................................................... 97
System Info ......................................................................................... 98
Factory Default .................................................................................... 99
Firmware Upload ............................................................................... 100
Save & Reboot .................................................................................. 101
Logout ............................................................................................... 101
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CPU
Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz and above
Memory
2 GB or above
Operating System
Windows XP with SP2 or above. Windows Vista / Windows
2003 / Windows 7 / Windows 2008
Internet Explorer 8.0 / Internet Explorer 9.0 (32-bit)
Video Resolution
SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution
Recommended PC Specification
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Preparation before setup
Connect to device and setup IP
Our IP device provides access through Internet Explorer. The IP address for your PC must be
within the same subnet as the IP device. You need to match the TCP/IP settings between PC and
IP device before you can access it via IE.
There are two ways to add devices to the network.
With DHCP server / router:
DHCP server assigns IP addresses to devices automatically. You can find them on the network
with our IP Utility. It is available on NVR CD and our website:
http://www.acti.com/IP_Utility
Run IP Utility to start auto device search. Click on the underlined IP links to access your IP
devices. You do not need to change IP.
Without DHCP server / router:
Please assign a static IP for each device and add them one by one. Connect to the first device by
following steps 1 to 5 below.
Before adding more devices into the network, you need to change the current device to a new IP
address so no two devices have IP conflict. (Steps 6 to 9).
For adding devices without DHCP, please see following steps.
1. Connect the PC to the Network Switch with the CAT5 cable, and change your PC’s IP to
192.168.0.99 / Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 (101 is just a sample, it may be any number from
1 to 254 except 100.)
2. Connect the device to your Network Switch. If it is a PoE enabled Switch, then the device is
powered on. If it is NOT a PoE enabled Switch, please also plug in the Power Adapter.
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3. Open Internet Explorer, and type in Default IP:
http://192.168.0.100
4. When you see the login window, please input default user and password:
Default Username: Admin Password: 123456
5. After you log in, you will see the video from IP device. To go to the main menu, click the
“Setup” button on the top left.
6. Please go to IP settings -> Connection Type. Change the IP mode to Static and the IP
address to 192.168.0.101 or any other unused IP (Avoid 192.168.0.100, the IPs of your PCs
and other devices already in network.). Click “Apply” then click System -> Save & Reboot.
7. Internet Explorer will close after a few seconds. This is normal.
8. Wait for 30 seconds and open IE again by typing in the new IP. (In this example,
192.168.0.101). For later device you add into the network, please choose an IP that does not
is not used by any existing device.
9. If you have more than one device, continue again from step 2. Assign different new IP to each
camera (for instance -> 192.168.0.102, 192.168.0.103 …). You do not need to unplug the
existing devices from the switch because there is no IP conflict.
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Sample screenshots to setup IP of your PC (Win XP)
The procedures below show how to setup your IP on Windows XP. If you use operating system
other than Windows XP, please refer to OS manuals for proper setup procedures.
STEP1
Start up your PC.
STEP2
Click the [Start] and select the "Control Panel"
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STEP3
Double-click the "Network and Internet connections" icon.
STEP4
Double-click the "Network connections" icon
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STEP5
Click “Local Area Connections”, and then click “Change settings of this connection” in the
Network Task menu.
STEP6
Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”, and then click [Properties]
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Please set the settings as below.
IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx
Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0
(NOTE: xxx should be a number
from 1 to 254 except 100, which is
used by the IP device. Please also
make sure that no two equipments
use the same IP address in the
same network.)
STEP7
Click the “Use the following IP address” radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet
mask.
STEP8
Click the [OK] button and the window dialog box will close.
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Configuring the IP device
This section describes how to configure the IP device. The administrator has unlimited access to
all settings, while the normal user can only view live video. The IP device is configured under a
standard browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 / 9.0).
Login
STEP1
Open Internet Explorer 8.0 / 9.0. You may download the latest version from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx
(For Internet Explorer 10.0, please enable "Compatibility View" on the Tools menu in IE browser)
STEP2
Enter the IP address of the IP device and press enter to go to Login Page.
The default IP address is “192.168.0.100”
STEP3
Enter the Account name and the Password
(Default Account: Admin / Password: 123456).
STEP4
Select the language of the IP device user interface.
You can select between English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German,
Portuguese, Greek, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia and Swedish. This user interface setting will
disappear once you log out, if you want to change the default user interface language, please go
to [Host] in the ”Host” section under the setup tab.
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Function
Description
Full Screen
Click the icon to stretch the preview to full screen. You can
click “Esc” button on the keyboard to return to previous display.
Snapshot
Click the icon “ ” to take a snapshot. The snapshot picture
will be saved to the default folder
“C:\Users\”account name”\Picture”, in the format of
YYYYMMDD_HH_mm_ss.jpg.
STEP5
Click the button to login or click the button to re-enter
again. Once you’ve logged in, the “Live page” will be displayed as below.
Live view
Click the [Live] tab to show [Live page]. Refer to the table below for how to configure each
setting.
Function List
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Audio out
Click the icon to enable the audio out from PC to IP
camera or video server. When it is enabled, your voice will be
transferred to the audio out of the IP camera or video server.
NOTE: you will need to have a microphone connected to your PC
to send out audio.
Media
If dual stream mode is enabled, click to select which stream to
display (Media 1 or 2). The default is single stream only. To change
to dual stream mode, please refer to “Media 1” section under
“Setup” tab
Encoder Type
Click to select the compression codec used in video encoding.
The Encoder type option includes MPEG-4, MJPEG and H.264.
Once selected, the video server/IP camera will start to send video
in new stream type.
Display size
Click or to adjust display screen size
Audio in
Click the speaker icon to toggle mute / audio in. Click and drag to
decide volume below. You must first enable audio in setting to
change here.
PTZ Control
Panel
Click on the PTZ button to pop up the Control panel, and enable
Mouse PTZ at the same time. For zoom lens camera, Panning and
Tilting via PT platform will only be activated by mouse PT
command.
*Note: This is not available in 4 cropped VGA mode.
DO Settings
Click to set DO output level to High. Click to set DO
output level to Low. If your device has more than one DO available,
each DO is controlled separately.
Network status
Indicates the network state. If the light on the right is green,
it means the network is ok. If the light is gray, it means the network
is broken. The light on the left is not used
Live View
Live view from Camera is displayed here. The title bar shows the
time and date.
If you want to setup this IP camera/video server, please click the [Setup] tab to switch to
“Setup Page”
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PTZ Control Panel
For PTZ and zoom camera models, click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to display the
PTZ Control Panel. On the PTZ Control Panel, users can do any the following:
Set the home position
Set the serial hex command protocol and address
Zoom the camera in or out as well as adjust the zoom speed and step size
Set the focus to auto refocus or manual
Set Preset points for touring
Set Camera Tour
Pan the camera
Set the camera to go to a preset position during idle time
Enable Digital zoom
The PTZ Control Panel may differ depending on camera model.
Other Zoom Camera Models KCM-8211 / KCM-8111 Models
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How to Use Pan/Tilt (for PTZ models only)
Click the pan/tilt controls (shown on the right) to pan/tilt the PTZ
camera.
Other pan/tilt features include:
Auto pan/tilt speed: When “Enabled”, the camera
automatically sets the pan/tilt speed according to the zoom ratio
and the selected pan/tilt speed while retaining the clarity and
quality of image even as the camera is panning or tilting. When “Disabled”, the pan/tilt
speed follows the value selected on the Pan/Tilt Speed field.
Auto-Flip: When “Enabled”, the camera automatically flips the image when the camera
is panned at 180 and then continues panning to the same direction up to 360 . When
“Disabled”, users can only pan the camera to one direction up to 180 .
Pan/Tilt Speed: Select the desired pan/tilt speed. The bigger the number, the faster the
speed is.
TIP: While the PTZ Control Panel is open, instead of using the pan/tilt controls, move the mouse
cursor over the Live View, the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in/out or directional icons
(e.g. / / / / etc.). Click or drag the mouse to zoom in/out or pan/tilt the camera
view.
How to Zoom the Camera In or Out
Zooming can be done continuously or by one step (one click) at a time.
To zoom continuously, do the following:
1. On Zoom Control , select the Speed, wherein the bigger the number, the faster is the
zooming speed.
2. Click and hold the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out . When the
mouse button is released, zooming stops.
To zoom by step zooming, do the following:
1. On Zoom Control , enter the desired step size. Size is the amount of zoom scale
taken in each step.
2. Click the left mouse button on zoom in or zoom out . One zoom step is
taken for each click.
For PTZ camera models, users can enable the Digital Zoom feature. When enabled, once
the optical zoom reached its maximum, the camera continues to zoom in the image using digital
zoom.
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TIP: While the PTZ Control Panel is open, instead of using buttons, move the
mouse cursor over the Live View, the mouse cursor will turn into zoom in/out (e.g. / ).
Click or drag the mouse to zoom in/out the camera view.
How to Set the Home Position
1. Using the Zoom Control , zoom on the area that you want to set as the home
position.
2. Click the Apply button on the Save current position as home position .
How to Set Idle Time and Return Camera to Preset Position
(for PTZ models only)
This feature allows the camera to go directly to Home or to a preset position after an idle period of
time. Idle time refers to the time when the camera has no operation like pan, tilt, zoom, or tour.
1. On Idle Time, type the time in seconds.
2. On Return Position, select “Home Position” or a preset point to direct the camera
position.
How to Set Serial Hex Command Protocol
ACTi cameras and video management systems fully support the URL Command, a high level PT
command set. However, in case the cameras will be used with devices from third party vendors
that only support Serial Hex Command (low level PT command set), users must select the PTZ
Vendor/Protocol to use and its address . Otherwise, leave the default settings.
How to Adjust the Focus
After zooming the camera in or out, it is recommended to readjust the focus in Focus Control .
Options are:
Auto Refocus after Zoom: Select this option to let the camera automatically adjust the
focus after zooming.
Manual: Select this option to manually adjust the focus. This feature is useful if the
automatic focus position is not the position that the user wants to achieve. To adjust the
focus manually, select the Step Size and then click the step focus in or focus out
icons until the desired focus is achieved.
When an option is selected, click the Refocus button to apply the focus adjustment.
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How to Set Touring Preset Points
Preset points are user-defined areas that the camera can zoom in to. A series of preset points
can be grouped as one Tour. Up to 32 preset points can be configured.
To create a preset point, do the following:
1. On Preset , click a icon to start creating a preset point.
2. Under the Name field, type a preset point name.
3. Using the Zoom Control , zoom on the area that you want to set as the preset point.
4. Once done, click the icon again to close and complete the preset point.
5. Repeat the above procedures to create more preset points.
To go to the preset point directly, click .
To delete the preset point, click .
How to Set and Enable Tours
Once a preset point is created, the Touring Control page tab appears. Click the Touring
Control page tab to configure the Preset Tour. A Preset Tour directs the camera to cycle
through a sequence of preset points and how long to stay on each preset point.
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To set or modify a tour, do the following:
1. On Select a Preset Point, select a tour and then click Edit Tour.
2. Select a preset point from the list, set the duration (in seconds) of how long the camera
will stay in that point, and then click .
3. On the Preset Points, the preset points added to the Tour are listed.
To change the sequence of preset points, click the (first / up /
down / last) icons.
To directly go to a preset point, click the icon.
To delete a preset point from the list, click the icon.
4. Repeat the steps 2 and 3 to add more preset points to the tour.
5. On Pan/Tilt Speed, select the pan/tilt speed. The bigger the number the faster the speed
is.
6. Once done, click the Save button on Select a Preset Point.
7. On Touring Control, select the tour name to activate. Once activated, the camera will
start the tour.
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Setup Menu
Click Setup to display the Setup menu on the left side panel.
By default, submenu options are hidden for ease of navigation.
Click the “+” icon to expand the menu.
The fully expanded menu is shown on the right.
Note: Menu items may vary depending on camera model.
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Parameters
Description
Host name
Enter a host name, and this host name will be shown when you
use the IP utility or the SDK to search for the IP device.
Language
Select the language of default user-interface. Each user login
will see the default user-interface first.
Camera name
The camera name is reserved for customer use.
Parameters
Description
Serial Port Control
Select the control value of corresponding serial port.
Serial Port Baud Rate
Select the Baud Rate of serial port.
Host
Click the [Host] to enter Host settings page. Refer to the table below for how to configure each
setting.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter
the parameters.
For cameras with serial port interface (like RS-232, RS-485, RS-422), the “Serial Setting” also
appears on the Host page.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter
the parameters
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Click the [Date & Time] item under Setup to see Date Setting Page. Refer to the table below for
how to configure each setting. The default method is to set manually.
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Date Setting
Parameters
Description
SNTP/NTP
server
Click this to enable IP device’s SNTP/NTP function. This enables this IP
device to synchronize its time settings with a SNTP/NTP server. You can
use this function to make sure all your IP devices’ time is the same.
Additionally, with our embedded digital-time-code in the streaming, you
can tell the event sequence accurately.
IP address: Enter the IP address of the SNTP/NTP server.
Sync time: Select the time interval for this IP device to synchronize
its time.
Set manually
Click this to manually setup the date & time.
Date : Select the date
Time: Select the time
Time zone
Select the time zone offset for local settings
Day Light
Saving
Select Type 1 to specify daylight saving time by week number in a
month; select Type 2 to specify daylight saving time by date.
Start Time: Select the daylight savings start time.
End Time: Select the daylight savings end time.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter
the parameters.
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WARNING: Please be very careful when using this function, as you may lose access
to your camera if you make mistakes in setup. You may either accidentally deny
yourself access, or forgot to include your own IP address in the allowed address list.
You will need to perform hard reset to be able to access the device again.
Network Section
Click the [Network] item on the “Setup Page”.
IP Address Filtering
Click the [IP Address Filter] item to display the “IP Address Filtering Page”. Refer to the table
below for how to configure each setting.
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Parameters
Description
IP address
filter enable
Check this box to enable IP Address Filtering.
Filter Method
The filter can be set in either “Allow” mode or “Block” mode.
1. “Allow” mode will refuse access to all IP addresses except the ones
listed below.
2. “Block” mode will accept all incoming access except the IP
addresses listed below.
Make sure you include the Netmask in your consideration.
IP Address
The IP address you wish to allow or block. Please note that the actual
range is modified by the Netmask.
Netmask
Using Netmask allows you to set filtering for a whole range of IP address
at once, without the need to enter all of them individually. If you are not
sure about the function of netmask, then you should use
255.255.255.255, and it will affect only a single IP address per line of
entry, or use 255.255.255.0 to use the same setting for all IP addresses
starting with the same three numbers. .
Enable
For each entry, you must check this box for it to be effective. For an entry
that you no longer need but does not wish to delete, you can uncheck it,
and the system will remember it for future use. If a new entry that has
never been used before does not have Enable checked, then it will not
be stored in memory.
Apply
Click this to use the current displayed info to do IP Address filtering. If
you setup correctly, it will change into a grayed out “Success” in a few
seconds.
Reset
Click this button to re-enter the parameters.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the
parameters.
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Parameters
Description
HTTP port
Select the port assigned for HTTP protocol access
HTTPS Port
Select the port assigned for HTTPS protocol access
Search server port1
Select the first port used by server search applications to detect
this IP device. (e.g. IP utlity)
Port Mapping
Click the [Port Mapping] item to display the “Port Mapping Page”. Refer to the table below for how
to configure each setting.
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Search server port2
Select the first port used by server search applications to detect
this IP device. (e.g. IP utlity)
Video server port
Select the port used to support video control function by
application programs. (e.g. NVR)
Streaming server port (TCP
Only)
Select the port used by this IP device for Video Streaming.
Multicast Server Port of
Media 1
Select the port for multicast video streaming of stream 1
Multicast Server Port of
Media 2
Select the port for multicast video streaming of stream 2
RTSP port
Select the port assigned for RTSP protocol access
RTP Multicast Video Port
for Media1
Select the port for the multicast video streaming of stream 1 via
RTP protocol
RTP Multicast Audio Port
for Media1
Select the port for the multicast audio streaming of stream 1 via
RTP protocol
RTP Multicast Video Port
for Media2
Select the port for the multicast video streaming of stream 2 via
RTP protocol
Multicast IP
Select the multicast IP. Default settings is 228.5.6.1
Multicast TTL
Select the multicast TTL. Default setting is 255.
IGMP
Select video type connected to the video-in of this IP device. If
you use an incorrect video type, some images might be lost.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the
parameters.
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Parameters
Description
Enabled
Select whether to enable or disable the “Type of Service” (ToS)
function. This function defines the priorities of how the data from
the camera is handled by the routers that support the ToS
concept.
ToS Priority
By default, the ToS priority is set as “Normal Service”. Other
priority options are:
1.Minimize Delay
2.Maximize throughout
3.Maximize Reliability
4.Normal Service
ToS
Click the [ToS] (Type of Service) item to display the “Type of Service” page. Refer to the table
below for how to configure each setting.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the
parameters.
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UPnP
Click the [UPnPTM] item to display the “UPnPTM Setting Page”.
Click checkbox to enable or disable the UPnPTM function. Edit the UPnP Friendly Name in
text field.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the
parameters.
TM
Bonjour
Bonjour is a protocol developed by Apple.Inc. This protocol allows for easy searching of devices
on network. You may enable Bonjour and search for this device via its Friendly Name.
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HTTPS
HTTPS is to create a secure channel over an insecure network. There are two methods to create,
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and Self-Signed Certificate.
Certificate Signing Request (CSR): User uses a signed certificate issued by trusted
Certification Authority (CA).
Self-Signed Certificate: User wants to use the certificate created and issued by user himself.
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”.
IEEE 802.1X
Please enable IEEE 802.1x and configure settings in the screen below. Note that the new setting
will only take effect after “Save & Reboot”.
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SNMP Setting
Click the SNMP Setting item to display the SNMP setting Page
Click to enable SNMP function.
Select to use SNMP V1/V2 or to use SNMP V3
Check the check box to enable traps
Enter the Destination IP address in
Enter the Trap Community used in
Select the Available trap in
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to
re-enter the parameters.
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