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USER MANUAL
Megapixel IP Cameras and AV100 Video System Software
AV100 Software Rev 5.4.6.3 May 9, 2010
AV100 SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AS-IS BASIS. ARECONT VISION, LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ARECONT VISION BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTUOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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Table of Contents
Chapter I
Chapter I ---- Introduction
Chapter I Chapter I
Introduction ................................
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Product Overview ........................................................................................ 5
Product Contents ........................................................................................ 5
Server Requirements .................................................................................. 6
Network PoE Switch or PoE Router ............................................................ 6
Recommended Accessories ....................................................................... 7
Camera Reference ...................................................................................... 7
Connectors.................................................................................................. 9
Power….. .................................................................................................. 10
Housing and Mounting .............................................................................. 10
Network Cabling ........................................................................................ 10
Manual and Auto-Iris lenses ..................................................................... 11
Accessing Arecont Vision Cameras .......................................................... 12
Chapter II
Chapter II ---- AV100 Video Surveillance Software
Chapter II Chapter II
AV100 Video Surveillance Software ................................
AV100 Video Surveillance SoftwareAV100 Video Surveillance Software
Software Installation .................................................................................. 13
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Configure Firewall ..................................................................................... 13
AV Application Manager ........................................................................... 16
Camera Installer ........................................................................................ 16
Basic Mode ............................................................................................... 16
Advanced Mode ........................................................................................ 18
Operating AV100 Video System ............................................................... 21
Toolbar…. ................................................................................................. 22
Settings…. ................................................................................................ 23
Selecting Full / Reduced Resolution Display ............................................ 24
Exposure ………………………………………………………………………...28
Image Quality ............................................................................................ 29
Rate Control .............................................................................................. 30
Archive…. ................................................................................................. 32
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Motion Detection ....................................................................................... 33
Save To… ................................................................................................. 35
Advanced .................................................................................................. 36
Authentication ........................................................................................... 37
Remote Viewing ........................................................................................ 38
Day/Night .................................................................................................. 39
Auto-Iris… ................................................................................................. 40
Right-Click Menu ....................................................................................... 41
Language Selection .................................................................................. 43
Browsing Archives .................................................................................... 43
AVI Maker - Making video clips from the archive ...................................... 45
Viewing Your Recorded Video .................................................................. 48
Firmware Loader – Upgrading Camera Firmware / Hardware in the Field 49
Chapter III
Chapter III ---- HTTP Access
Chapter III Chapter III
HTTP Access ................................
HTTP AccessHTTP Access
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On-Camera Web Page ............................................................................. 51
HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual JPEG Frames ................ 52
HTTP Request Format for Continuous MJPEG Video Streaming ............. 53
HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual H.264 Frames ................ 54
HTTP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming ................ 56
RTSP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming ............... 58
Basic Camera Control Parameters ........................................................... 61
Parameters Specific to AV3130/35 and DAY/NIGHT Cameras ................ 63
Motion Detection Control Parameters ....................................................... 64
Access Control .......................................................................................... 66
Access Control for Panoramic Cameras ................................................... 68
HTTP/1.1 vs. HTTP/1.0 ............................................................................. 69
HTTP Access of Panoramic Cameras ...................................................... 69
Requesting Images from Panoramic Cameras AV8180/85 & 8360/65 ..... 70
Getting and Setting Camera Parameters .................................................. 73
Chapter IV
Chapter IV ---- Troubleshooting a
Chapter IV Chapter IV
Troubleshooting and Useful Tips
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Connecting Directly to a Laptop or PC ...................................................... 79
Switches and Routers ............................................................................... 79
Low Sharpness ......................................................................................... 79
Frequently Asked Questions ..................................................................... 79
Chapter V
Chapter V ---- Regulatory Compliance
Chapter V Chapter V
Regulatory Compliance ................................
Regulatory ComplianceRegulatory Compliance
FCC Compliance Statement ..................................................................... 91
Terms and Conditions of Sale ................................................................... 91
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Chapter IIII ---- Introduction
Chapter Chapter
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Product Overview
Product Overview
Product OverviewProduct Overview
Arecont Vision offers AV100, a full-featured video surveillance software system, to complement its line of megapixel IP cameras. AV100 supports full-motion, real-time, multi-camera viewing and policy-based archiving, remote access to live and archived video via Internet Explorer, post-event zooming from digital archives, simultaneous viewing of full-field of view and multiple zoomed images and a multitude of other features that take advantage of unique functionality and performance of Arecont Vision cameras.
A typical system consists of a number of cameras connected over a local or wide area network to a server PC which is running the AV100 software. To achieve full motion archival rate, the server may be placed locally to the cameras so that the interconnecting LAN has sufficient bandwidth and a small roundtrip delay between the cameras and the server PC.
Alternatively, a remote PC can connect to a Server PC over a slower network connection, such as Internet. Once connected, the remote PC can display the live video stream and browse archives using Internet Explorer. Note that when connected to the AV100 software, the remote PC does not connect to the cameras directly. Rather, the remote PC connects to the server PC on which AV100 is running.
Figure1. System Configuration including a remote PC.
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Internet
InternetInternet
Remote PC Running
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Inspect the package and its contents for visible damage. If any components are damaged or missing, do not use the unit; contact the supplier immediately. If you need to return the unit, you must ship it in the original box.
Server
Server Requirements
ServerServer
We recommend a dedicated PC to receive the image streams from cameras for archiving and display. The suggested minimum computer requirements are detailed for standard and high performance installations.
Requirements
RequirementsRequirements
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Standard
Standard PPPPerformance
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Minimal Requirement, for low
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CPU: Core 2 Duo 2Ghz
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RAM: 2 GB
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Video Card: NVIDIA, 128 MB RAM
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to----medium system load
toto
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Network card: 100 base-T
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OS: Windows XP
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Storage Space: use storage/bandwidth calculator
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Recommended Requirement, for medium----to
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CPU: Core 2 Quad 2Ghz
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RAM: 4 GB
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Video Card: NVIDIA, 512 MB RAM
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Network card: 1000 base-T
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OS: Windows 7 64bit
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Storage Space: use storage/bandwidth calculator A PC with a single, slower CPU is sufficient in the case when images are to be archived, but not viewed live. HDD size depends according to the desired capacity of the video archives (approximately 200Kbytes/image). As an example, two 400GB drives will yield approximately 6 days of archiving capacity for an 8 camera system recording at 1 frame per second in JPEG mode, or over 30 days recording in h.264 mode.
Network
Network PoE S
NetworkNetwork
PoE Switch or
PoE SPoE S
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PoE Router
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Using a 100 Mbps Ethernet Switch with PoE ports or a Router with PoE ports is recommended. A gigabit Ethernet Switch with PoE ports for multiple camera connections is highly recommended, especially in the case of a multi-camera installation. Simple hubs do not provide collision management and are not suitable for a multi-camera Arecont Vision system.
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Tested models:
Tested models:
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Netgear ProSafe 8PT 100Base-TX Switch with PoE #FS108PNA, 10/100Base-TX w/4 PoE 100Base-
TX (
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Netgear ProSafe 24+2 Gigabit Switch with PoE, 1 Gigabit output w/12 PoE, 100Base-TX
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D-Link Web Smart #DES-1316 (POE Switch/Hub)10/100Base-TX,
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8 PoE ports and 8 non-PoE ports, True IEEE 802.3af (
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TRENDnet #TPE-S88 (POE Switch/Hub,
8 PoE ports and 8 non-PoE ports, True IEEE 802.3af (
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PowerDsine #PD-6001/AC (PoE Single port hub,
10/100Base-TX, Single Midspan POE port, True IEEE 802.3af (
PoE network equipment must be CE marked for use in European Community. Note that the cameras are designed for use with indoor network cabling only.
Recommended Accessories
Recommended Accessories
Recommended AccessoriesRecommended Accessories
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Please note that the AV100 software requires a resolution of 1600x1200 or greater in order to properly
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Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand (
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display all the on screen menus.
Camera Reference
Camera Reference
Camera ReferenceCamera Reference
AV1300/1310/1305/1355, AV2100/2110/2105/2155, AV3100/3110/3105/3155, AV3130/AV3135, AV5100/5110/5105/5155, AV8180/8185, AV8360/8365 and AV10005 are megapixel resolution IP cameras capable of delivering crisp, low-noise images at video frame rate.
AV1300/1310/1305/1355 is a 1.3-megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024, achieving a maximum frame rate of 32 fps. AV1300 and AV1310 support MJPEG compression only. AV1305 and 1355 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV1355 is a dome camera.
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AV2100/2110/2105/2155 is a 2-megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution of 1600 by 1200, achieving a maximum frame rate of 24 fps. AV2100 and AV2110 support MJPEG compression only. AV2105/2155 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV2155 is a dome camera.
AV3100/3110/3105/3155 is a 3-megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution is 2048 by 1536. AV3100 is typically viewed at 1920 by 1200 resolution with a frame rate of up to 20 fps. AV3100 and AV3110 support MJPEG compression only. AV3105 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV3155 is a dome camera.
AV3130/3135 is a dual-sensor, day-night camera featuring a 3-megapixel color sensor paired with a 1.3- megapixel monochrome sensor sensitive to near infrared illumination. When the scene is well illuminated the 3-megapixel sensor is selected to deliver color images of up to 2048x1536 pixels. In low-light conditions AV3130/3135 can automatically switch to the 1.3-megapixel (1280x1024) monochrome sensor, enabling the delivery of clear imagery at illumination levels as low as 0.00 lux (infrared only). AV3130/3135 typically delivers 20 fps in day mode at 1920x1200 and over 30 fps in night mode. AV3135 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression.
AV5100/5110/5105/5155 is a 5-megapixel resolution camera. Its maximum resolution is 2592 by 1944. AV5100 is typically viewed at 2560 by 1600 resolution with the frame rate up to 12 fps. AV5100 and AV5110 support MJPEG compression only. AV5105/5155 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV5155 is a dome camera.
AV8180/8185 is a quad-sensor 8-megapixel camera consisting of four 2-megapixel sensors operating at up to 22 fps at 1600 by 1200 resolution. It is capable of providing 180 degree field of view. AV8185 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV8180 supports MJPEG only.
AV8360/8365 is a quad-sensor 8-megapixel panoramic camera consisting of four 2-megapixel sensors and operating at up to 22 fps at 1600 by 1200 resolution. It is capable of providing 360 degree field of view. AV8365 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV8360 supports MJPEG only.
AV10005 is the first 10Megapixel / 1080P dual mode camera in the world and supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV10005 in 10Megapixel mode is viewed at 3648x2752 with the frame rate up to 6fps; AV10005 in 1080p mode is viewed at 1920x1080 with frame rate up to 30fps.
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AV10005 has binning technique to improve low light performance, increase sensitivity and produce better SNR by combining and averaging pixels.
All cameras are equipped with a LAN connector and can deliver image data at a maximum data rate of up to 55 Mbps and 70Mbps (AV10005 only). Images are sent over the network using TFTP, HTTP and RTSP/RTP (available for H.264 camera models only) protocols.
All cameras feature:
All cameras feature:
All cameras feature:All cameras feature:
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Automatic Exposure (AE) and Gain (AGC) control
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Automatic backlight compensation
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Automatic multi-matrix white balance
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50/60Hz selectable flicker control
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Electronic Zoom, Pan and Tilt (PTZ)
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Programmable brightness, saturation, gamma, sharpness, windowing and decimation
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Simultaneous delivery of full-field view and zoomed images at video frame rate
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Multi-streaming: 8 non-identical streams
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Electronic image rotation by 180 degrees
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Regions of interest windowing down to 32x32 pixel window
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Programmable motion blur control for low-light mode
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Moonlight mode – extended exposure and noise cancellation
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Up to four regions of interest simultaneously for panoramic and digital PTZ view
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On board motion detection with 64 detection zones
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Optional auto iris
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Optional day/night IR switching filter
Connectors
Connectors
ConnectorsConnectors
All Arecont Vision Megapixel cameras have the following connectors located on the rear panel of the camera housing:
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LAN connector, accepting a network UTP or STP cable carrying 100 Base-T. The LAN connector also accepts Power-over-Ethernet (PoE).
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Power terminals: please refer to enclosed documentation and product labeling for specific power options:
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PoE : All Arecont Vision cameras
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Auxiliary Power: 15V-48V DC supply: AVXX00, AV3130, AV8180 and AV8360
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Auxiliary Power: 12V-48V DC and 24V AC supply : AVXX05, AVXX55, AV3135, AV8185 AV8365, and AV10005
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Optionally, a DC auto-iris connector. AV3130, AV3135, AVXX55, AVXX10 and AV10005 do not support auto-iris and does not have this connector.
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Auxiliary input and output connector
Power
Power
PowerPower
Power for all Arecont Vision cameras can be supplied as follows:
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Via LAN connector according to IEEE 802.3af (PoE). For a list of recommended PoE switches, see
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Network PoE Switch or Router PoE” on page 7.
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Via an auxiliary power jack.
Power consumption will vary depending on the mode of operation. The maximum power consumption takes place when the camera is streaming video at a maximum frame rate and at full resolution.
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The maximum power consumption is
maximum power consumption is::::
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AV1300, AV1310, AV2100, AV2110, AV3100, AV3110, AV3130, AV5100, AV5110 -- 3 W
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AV1305, AV2105, AV3105 – 4.5 W
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AV1355, AV2155, AV3155, AV3135, AV5105, AV5155 -- 5 W
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AV8180, AV8360 – 7.8 W
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AV8185, AV8365 – 9.0 W
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AV10005 in 1080p mode - 5.1 W
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AV10005 in 10 Megapixel mode – 4.9 W
Housing and Mounting
Housing and Mounting
Housing and MountingHousing and Mounting
All Arecont Vision camera models feature a durable aluminum housing that minimizes fire hazards. The housing is not hermetically sealed. The ambient temperature should be maintained between 0ºC and 50ºC (32ºF to 122ºF). Cameras used outdoors require appropriate protective enclosures.
Cameras are mounted using a ¼” x 20 threaded hole on the bottom of the housing. When mounting the camera, make sure that the mounting screw is no longer than ¼”. The cameras are to be installed according to the applicable code and regulations. The mounting hardware should be able to support 1 lb camera (except AV8360 that weights 4lbs). Model AV3130 and AV3135 require a 3” enclosure window; all other cameras can use most any outdoor housing.
Network Cabling
Network Cabling
Network CablingNetwork Cabling
Category 5e cabling or better is recommended. All network cabling must be installed according to applicable codes and regulations.
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Manual and Auto
Manual and Auto----Iris lense
Manual and AutoManual and Auto
All Arecont Vision cameras should be used with a 1/2” or lager megapixel-resolution lenses. AV3130 and AV3135 require two manual iris lenses and have a limitation on lens diameter (<38mm). AV8360 and AV8365 are supplied with 4 preinstalled 4mm high-quality megapixel-resolution lenses; AV8180 and AV8185 are supplied with 4 preinstalled 8mm high-quality megapixel-resolution lenses.
Manual
Manual Iris
Manual Manual
A wide variety of C/CS mount lenses with megapixel resolution may be used with Arecont Vision cameras. Note that all C-mount lenses require a 5mm adaptor ring. Additionally, some lenses may also require 0.4mm-
0.8mm adjustment spacers.
Arecont Vision lens suggestions include:
Arecont Vision lens suggestions include:
Arecont Vision lens suggestions include:Arecont Vision lens suggestions include:
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Iris Lenses
Lenses
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LensesLenses
Arecont LENS4-10 (4mm -10mm), MPL6.0 (6mm), MPL 4-10 (4mm-10mm), MPL8-16 (8mm-16mm) Computar H0514-MP (5mm), M0814-MP (8mm), M1214-MP (12mm), M1614-MP (16mm), M2514-
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MP (25mm), M3514-MP(35mm), M5018-MP (50mm), M7528-MP (75mm), HG2Z0414FC-MP (4mm - 8mm), M3Z1228C-MP (12mm - 36mm)
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SpaceCom JHF8M (8mm), JHF12M (12mm), JHF16M (16mm), JHF25M (25mm), JHF35M (35mm), Pyxis8/JHF8M (8mm), Pyxis12/JHF12M (12mm), Pyxis16/JHF16M (16mm), Pyxis25/JHF25M (25mm), Pyxis35/JHF35M (35mm)
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Fujinon HF9HA-1B (9mm), HF12.5HA-1B (12.5mm), HF16HA-1B (16mm), HF25HA-1B (25mm), HF35HA-1B (35mm), HF50HA-1B (50mm), HF75HA-1B (75mm), HF12.5SA-1 (12.5mm), HF16SA-1 (16mm), HF25SA-1(25mm), HF35SA-1(35mm), HF50SA-1(50mm), HF75SA-1 (75mm)
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Kowa: LM8JC10M (8mm), LM12JC10M (12mm), LM16JC10M (16mm), LM25JC10M (25mm), LM35JC10M (35mm), LM50JC10M (50mm)
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Tokina: KCM-0914MP5 (9mm), KCM-12514MP5 (12.5mm), KCM-1814MP5 (18mm)
Using Manual Iris Lenses
Using Manual Iris Lenses
Using Manual Iris LensesUsing Manual Iris Lenses
Choosing the lens correctly is very important for megapixel cameras. Poorly selected lenses may cause the image to appear blurry when the lens iris is fully open or closed too much.
To deliver sharp
To deliver sharp megapixel
To deliver sharp To deliver sharp
megapixel resolution images, it is recommended to:
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resolution images, it is recommended to:
resolution images, it is recommended to:resolution images, it is recommended to:
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Use megapixel-resolution lenses
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Obtain best resolution and depth of focus by having the iris slightly closed
When setting up the camera, direct the camera at the scene, fully open the iris, and then try closing the iris slightly. At some point the image will look it’s sharpest. However, do not close down the iris too much to the point where the image becomes too noisy due to insufficient light.
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Auto
Auto----Iris Lenses
AutoAuto
Standard DC auto-iris lenses can be used with AV1300-AI, AV2100-AI, AV3100-AI, AV5100-AI, AV1305-AI, AV2105-AI, AV3105-AI and AV5105-AI (cameras equipped with the auto-iris feature).
Arecont Vision recommends the following high
Arecont Vision recommends the following high----resolution optics:
Arecont Vision recommends the following highArecont Vision recommends the following high
Using Auto
Using Auto----Iris Lenses
Using AutoUsing Auto
AV1300-AI, AV1305-AI, AV2100-AI, AV2105-AI, AV3100-AI, AV3105-AI, AV5100-AI and AV5105-AI are available with DC auto-iris option.
To use the DC
To use the DC auto
To use the DC To use the DC
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Fujinon
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Computar HG2Z0414FC-MP 4mm-8mm
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Tamron M12VG412 4mm-12mm
DV3.4X3.8SA-SA1 3.8mm-13mm, DV10X8SA-SA1 8mm-80mm
Iris Lenses
Iris LensesIris Lenses
auto----iris lens:
iris lens:
autoauto
iris lens:iris lens:
resolution optics:
resolution optics:resolution optics:
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Attach the lens to the Arecont Vision camera.
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Plug in the lens cable into the connector on the back of the camera. Make sure that the lens cable is long enough. Many DC lenses are available with short and long cable options.
The camera will automatically detect the presence of an auto-iris DC lens and start using it.
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An auto
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Monitoring
Monitoring Auto
Monitoring Monitoring
You can monitor the state of the auto-iris in AV100 Video System “Settings” dialog (see “
Video System
Video System
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Accessing
Accessing Arecont Vision camera
Accessing Accessing
Arecont Vision camera
Arecont Vision cameras can be accessed and controlled by means of
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If illumination is sufficient, the camera will partially close the iris within half a minute.
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When the iris is partially closed, the image should become visibly sharper. As the iris is gradually closed the image brightness may fluctuate slightly.
Auto----Iris Status with AV
AutoAuto
” on pg. 20 for details).
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Iris Status with AVIris Status with AV
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s can be accessed and controlled by means ofs can be accessed and controlled by means of
Operating AV
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Third-party software utilizing Arecont Vision SDK (Software Development Kit)
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HTTP requests issued from Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, other web browsers and third party HTTP software
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RTSP/RTP-capable media players, such as Apple QuickTime, VLC or other third party RTSP/RTP software (for camera models supporting H.264 compression).
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Chapter II
Chapter Chapter
Software I
Software Installation
Software ISoftware I
To install AV100
To install AV100 video surveillance
To install AV100 To install AV100
1. Make sure your Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 account has Administrative privileges.
2. Open “Control Panel\Add or Remove Programs” for Windows XP or “Control
3. Turn off all Anti-Virus Software and Windows Firewall.
4. Run Setup.exe and follow the directions to complete the installation.
5. Under Windows Vista, users must navigate to the installation directory, then open
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video surveillance software:
video surveillance video surveillance
Panel\Programs\Uninstall Programs” for Windows Vista and Windows 7, remove old versions of AV100 Video System software if any. There may be issues installing a newer version of AV100 over an older version so make sure any older versions are removed prior to installing the newest version.
C:\ProgramFile\ArecontVision\VideoSurveillance\AVInstaller.exe (type choose Application).
Video Surveillance Software
Video Surveillance SVideo Surveillance S
software:
software:software:
oftware
oftwareoftware
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Right-click on this file named “AVInstaller.exe”, choose “Properties -> Compatibility -> Privilege Level” and enable the “Run this program as an administrator” option.
The setup process installs the software and places a shortcut “Arecont Vision Application Manager” on the desktop and creates a group named “Arecont Vision/AV Video System” in the Start menu.
Configure Firewall
Configure Firewall
Configure FirewallConfigure Firewall
As you start AV applications, your PC may prompt you to permit access to the network.
AV
AV100
100 Video System includes
AVAV
Both executables are located in the AV100 installation folder. You should grant access to these two applications when the firewall prompts you.
Video System includes below
100100
Video System includesVideo System includes
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AVInstaller.exe: the camera finding and installation program
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LocalMachine.exe: the viewing and archiving program
below applications that need access to the network
applications that need access to the network
belowbelow
applications that need access to the networkapplications that need access to the network
:
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Figure 2. Older version of Norton Internet Security
For older version of Norton Internet Security Select
Permit Always
Permit Always
Permit Always Permit Always
and click
Ok.
Ok.
Ok.Ok.
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Grant Access
Grant Access
Grant AccessGrant Access
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
.
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For newer versions of Norton Internet Security (Figure 3), go to Browsing) and select Turn Off.
Figure 3. Newer version of Norton Internet Security
Settings
Settings---->Personal Firewall
SettingsSettings
>Personal Firewall
>Personal Firewall>Personal Firewall
(under Web
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If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions:
If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions:
If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions:If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions:
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1. Click the Windows
Panel
Panel>Windows firewall
PanelPanel
2. The Windows Firewall settings dialog will appear. If the firewall is on, make sure “Don’t allow exceptions” is unchecked (Figure 5).
3. Click the “Exceptions” tab. Make “AV Installer” appears in the list of programs and services and have a checkmark next to them (Figure 6). If this application is not in the list, click
4. Find “AV Installer” in the list of programs and click
Windows firewall
Windows firewallWindows firewall
Start
Start
button and select
StartStart
.
Add Program
Add Program
Add ProgramAdd Program
button.
Control
Control
Control Control
Repeat the same steps for “AV Video System”.
5. Click
Ok
Ok
to close the Windows Firewall dialog.
OkOk
Figure 7. Exceptions Tab
Ok
Ok
OkOk
Figure 5. Windows Firewall General Tab
.
Figure 6. Add a program
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AV Application Manager
AV Application Manager
AV Application ManagerAV Application Manager
After the software installation is complete, a shortcut to the AV Application Manager will appear on the user’s Desktop. All programs and utilities comprising the AV100 Video System can be launched from the AV Application Manager. By default, the installation will include the Camera Installer, Video System, and AVI Maker.
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Figure 8. Application manager
The AV Application Manager selections include:
Video
Camera Installer
Camera Installer
Camera Installer Camera Installer
The Camera Installer is a utility for discovering Arecont Vision cameras that are present on the local area network and assigning IP addresses to the cameras. The assigned IP address is stored on camera, and maintained when the power is off. The camera’s IP can only be changed through one of the following methods: via the Camera Installer, via 3rd party software, via a web browser using the camera’s webpage, or via a HTTP command. There are two supported modes of operation of the Camera Installer – Basic and Advanced. To start the Camera Installer press the Run button under
Basic Mode
Basic Mode
Basic ModeBasic Mode
In basic mode, the camera Installer detects all Arecont Vision cameras that can be reached by a broadcast
Camera Installer
Camera Installer ----
Camera InstallerCamera Installer Video System
System ----
Video Video
SystemSystem
AVI Make
AVI Makerrrr ----
AVI MakeAVI Make
watch live video (see pg.20).
make video clips from archive (see pg.44).
setup cameras (see pg.15).
Camera Installer.
Camera Installer.
Camera Installer.Camera Installer.
request sent over the network by the computer running the Camera Installer. It automatically assigns IP addresses to these detected cameras, selecting addresses that belong to the same sub-network as the computer running the camera Installer and those which are not assigned to other network devices. To detect and install the cameras automatically, click on “Install Cameras”. The installer will detect any cameras,
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configure their IPs and verify their operability. Once the installation is complete, the list of newly installed cameras will appear in the top panel with the result “Installed, online”. This list can be sorted by the MAC address or IP address by clicking on the respective column name. The list may also include previously installed cameras which may be listed as “Installed, online” or “Installed, offline”, depending on whether the camera is still accessible. The installer offers a lock mechanism to protect previously installed cameras (if any) from accidental changes of their IP address. To change the IP address manually, or type in a description of the camera (which will be stored on camera), double click on the IP address of the camera and make the changes. Press the
Figure 9. Basic mode
Save/Exit
Save/Exit
Save/ExitSave/Exit
button to save the installation information and exit the Camera Installer.
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Advanced Mode
Advanced Mode
Advanced ModeAdvanced Mode
In advanced mode the user has the ability to manually control which cameras are installed, in contrast with the basic mode where the installation is performed automatically. In the advanced mode the installer offers a mechanism to protect previously installed cameras, if any, from accidental changes of their IP address. To access be displayed by clicking on (Figure 10).
Advanced M
Advanced Mode
Advanced MAdvanced M
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on your menu bar select
odeode
Show Advanced Features
Show Advanced Features
Show Advanced FeaturesShow Advanced Features
The “Advanced” mode provides the following
The “Advanced” mode provides the following Camera Installer
The “Advanced” mode provides the following The “Advanced” mode provides the following
This function searches for all Arecont Vision cameras that are present on the local network, and are accessible by the broadcast request sent over the network by the
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Mode
Mode
, then select
ModeMode
. To hide these options click “Show Advanced” again
Advanced
Advanced
AdvancedAdvanced
Camera Installer functions:
Camera InstallerCamera Installer
. The Advanced Features can
functions:
functions:functions:
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Camera Installer. The top panel will list the previously installed cameras, if any, that may be marked as “Installed, online” or “Installed, offline”; depending on whether the camera is still accessible. The bottom panel will list any newly detected cameras that were not previously installed, with the result “Ready to install”.
This function installs any cameras highlighted by the user in the bottom panel and
verifies their operation in a similar way to the Install Cameras function in Basic mode. After the installation process is completed, the installed cameras will appear in the top panel, while any cameras that were not highlighted will remain uninstalled in the bottom panel. If no cameras were selected, the Installer will do nothing. The IP addresses of the installed cameras in the top panel will not be changed during the installation of the new cameras from the bottom panel. If the IP address of an installed camera was changed by another computer on the network, the Installer will display red alert message showing the previous and the changed IP address. Click “Save/Exit” to save
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any newly installed cameras.
Undo selection of all highlighted cameras.
Opens a web-browser to view live video from the selected camera and configure the
camera settings using its webpage interface. This also allows for camera setting configuration using the camera’s web page interface.
TIP:
TIP:
TIP: TIP:
same effect.
Opens an camera description, which will then be stored in the camera’s memory.
TIP
TIP
TIPTIP
same effect.
Double-clicking the selected camera in “Result” or “Model/Version” column has the
Advanced
Advanced
AdvancedAdvanced
: Double-clicking the selected camera in “Current IP” or “Description” column has the
dialog to edit the selected camera’s IP address and/or type in
Uninstall the cameras highlighted in the top panel: the removed cameras will then
appear in the bottom panel. Press Save/Exit to save changes.
Saves the information about the installed cameras into a file “LocalMachine.ini” used by
AV100 Video System, and exports a plaintext list of cameras into a file “CameraList.txt”
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for third party software, then exits the Installer. These files are located by default in “C:\Documents & Settings\All Users\Application Data\Video Application” in Windows XP
This option opens a dialog to add cameras manually. Remote units are cameras that
may not be present on the local area network or may not have been installed normally. Users should use this feature only if the camera’s MAC and an available IP address is known and connectivity has been verified.
Take snapshots for all installed cameras and display them. The displayed snapshots
can be saved or printed.
This option sets a lock on camera to protect its IP Address from being changed by the
Camera Installer or any other software, or manually, unless the lock is first removed. An
asterisk will appear next to the IP Address of any locked cameras. This option is
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Tools
Tools
ToolsTools
available for firmware version 64116 or higher.
This option removes the lock set on camera as well as the asterisk next to the IP address. An unlocked camera’s IP address can be then modified manually or by the camera
Installer, or any other software.
This option deletes .ini file which has camera settings saved in it.
This option opens command prompt window and disables firewall.
This option opens command prompt window and adds AV100 software to firewall exceptions.
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Operating AV
Operating AV100
Operating AVOperating AV
Note: The AV100 Video System requires a license file for each Arecont Vision camera that is used for archiving video. The license is tied to the unique MAC address of a particular camera. License files are located in the C:\Program Files\Arecont Vision\Video Surveillance\license folder. However, for evaluation purposes, AV100 will operate any number of Arecont Vision cameras without a license, displaying live video with no archiving capabilities.
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Videoooo System
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VideVide
System
System System
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After the cameras are successfully installed, the AV100 Video System can be activated by clicking the button next to
The Arecont Vision logo screen will display while the program is loading. Shown below (Figure 11) is the AV100 Video System displaying live video from eight Arecont Vision cameras. Clicking minimize will place the application in the system tray of the Windows task bar.
Figure 11. Live video display
Live V
Live Video
ideo
Live VLive V
ideo ideo
in the AV Application Manager.
Run
Run
RunRun
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Toolbar
Toolbar
ToolbarToolbar
The toolbar of the AV100 Video System is located in the upper portion of the screen above the video display area. It contains the following icons:
Toggles a drop-down list of the installed cameras. Individual cameras are disabled / enabled by left
double-clicking on the camera number. When disabled, the live video image from the disabled camera is replaced with a blue rectangle, and the camera number in the drop-down list is marked with a red X.
Displays the Settings menu (see the Setting section on page 22).
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Enables a full screen display without the toolbar and menus. Press escape or double click the
image to exit full screen mode.
Selects screen layout for viewing live/archived video from multiple cameras. From left to right: single camera layout, 2x2 camera layout; 3x3 camera layout; 4x4 camera layout; 10-camera layout with 2 large and 4x2 smaller images; 8-camera layout with 1 large, 3x1 and 1x4 smaller images; 13-camera layout with 1 large, 2x2 and 4x2 smaller images, 8-camera layout with 2x4 images for panoramic cameras, 10-camera layout with 2 large and 2x4 smaller images for regular and panoramic cameras. Any unused sections of the layout will be filled with a watermark of the Arecont Vision logo.
Displays the Archive controls (see Browsing Archives below).
Takes a snapshot of live video or an archive video. The snapshot is taken from the camera which
is highlighted in the drop-down list of the installed cameras (see above). To highlight another camera, left-click on the camera number in the list. To take the snapshot from all cameras, highlight “cameras” at the root (top) of the drop-down camera list. The snapshot file names contain the date and time of the snapshot. To locate/view the snapshots in the snapshot folder, right-click anywhere on the live video, then select “photo”, “browse”. Alternatively, snapshots can be taken by right-clicking on the live video image, and then selecting “photo”, “save”. The directory path to
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Settings
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the snapshot folder is specified in the Settings menu (see Settings), or using the Right-Click menu under “Save To” (see Right-Click menu). By default, this is the directory C:\Documents and Settings\(User Profile)\My Documents\My Pictures\Arecont Vision Photos.
Reports the current CPU usage and network usage. The first two LED bars on the left show the CPU usage and total network usage, respectively. The rest of LED bars show the network usage for each camera. The displayed values are relative to the camera which uses the most bandwidth, displayed as 100% usage.
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The settings menu (Figure 13) is displayed by clicking on the Settings button in the toolbar.
Figure 13. Settings menu
The settings menu is the top level menu for all settings provided in the AV Video System. Selecting one of the menu items opens up a lower level drop-down menu containing detailed settings and options. Depending on the camera model, some of the listed groups of settings may become unavailable (for example, Day/Night settings are available only for the AV3130, AV3135 and DN cameras). The bar between the camera list and the settings area can be dragged up and down to resize the area.
The lower level menus contain a “Camera” field that displays the camera number which the settings are applied to (Figure 14). The “Camera” field can be expanded to a drop-down list of all installed cameras to select from. The list includes an “All cameras” option to apply settings to all cameras.
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Figure 14. Display the camera number
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: Selecting “
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Selecting
Selecting Full
Selecting Selecting
Arecont Vision cameras offer two options for image resolution: full and reduced (quarter) resolution where the image resolution is reduced by a factor of two in horizontal and vertical dimensions. Either resolution image can also be cropped to any size.
In order to save bandwidth the images are displayed at a reduced resolution. The format of the reduced resolution display is determined by the chosen screen layout (see
An individual camera image can be expanded to a full resolution display by double-clicking on the image. The full resolution image can be scaled back to its reduced resolution display by double-clicking the image again. The image size (in pixels) is displayed in the upper left corner of the image. An alternative mode of viewing the full resolution content is the zoom window (see
Reset all
Reset all
Reset allReset all
Full /
/ Reduced Resolution
Full Full
/ /
” restores default settings for that camera
Reduced Resolution Display
Reduced ResolutionReduced Resolution
Display
DisplayDisplay
.
Toolbar
Toolbar
ToolbarToolbar
on pg.21).
ROI
ROI
ROIROI
, pg. 24).
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Figure 12. Zoom window of screen snapshot
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ROI (Region of Interest)
ROI (Region of Interest)
ROI (Region of Interest)ROI (Region of Interest)
To zoom-in on a region of interest (ROI), draw a rectangle with the mouse (by left-clicking and holding down the mouse button). A separate zoom window will open up showing live video of the selected area at full resolution. A green outline of the selected area will appear in the underlying reduced resolution image. Zooming in and out is performed by pressing Page Up and Page Down on the keyboard, or alternatively by rotating the mouse wheel (if available). Panning of the zoomed area is performed by dragging the green outline across the underlying camera image with the mouse (by left-clicking within the outline and holding down the left mouse button) or alternatively with the keyboard arrow keys.
A maximum of three independent live regions of interest (ROI) windows can be opened per each camera.
NOTE
NOTE::::
Panoramic camera models AV8360/8365 and AV8180/8185 allow only one zoom window per channel
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ROI can be configured by right-clicking on the green outline of a selected region of interest and selecting “ROI” from the menu. A separate ROI sub menu will open.
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Lock this ROI
Lock this ROI
Lock this ROILock this ROI
will freeze the ROI position in place and disable PTZ functions.
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Delete this
Delete this ROI
Delete this Delete this
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As New Camera
As New Camera
As New CameraAs New Camera
new numbers to the cameras starting at ROI-101. The virtual camera video can be archived independently as any other camera, and its archival frame rate and video display frame rate can be independently adjusted.
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Archive/ View Settings
Archive/ View Settings
Archive/ View SettingsArchive/ View Settings
ROI
deletes the selected ROI and is the same as closing an ROI window.
ROIROI
creates a new video window of the selected ROI as a virtual camera, and assigns
opens up archival settings menu to set the rate of ROI archiving and viewing.
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The actual number of frames per
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second / minute depends on camera model, image resolution, exposure settings, etc.
NOTE
NOTE::::
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displayed frame rate (the frame rate display is enabled by pressing Ctrl-S) corresponds
If both boxes are checked, the
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As Exposure Reference
As Exposure Reference
As Exposure ReferenceAs Exposure Reference
enables the on-camera auto-exposure system to use the brightness within the ROI to adjust the overall brightness of the entire camera image while ignoring the brightness outside of the ROI. A typical use of this feature is backlight compensation when the camera is facing a window where bright backlight makes objects in the foreground appear dark. By positioning ROI over the foreground object, and selecting “As Exposure Reference”, the foreground objects can be made brighter.
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Restore Auto
Restore Auto----Exposure
Restore AutoRestore Auto
Exposure
ExposureExposure
reverses the exposure control based on the ROI to a default exposure mode based on a default window in the center of the image and its background. Exposure reference settings persist when closing a particular ROI. Ensure that “Restore Auto-Exposure” is used prior to closing an ROI window.
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Exposure
Exposure
ExposureExposure
Figure 15. Exposure menu
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The
Exposure
Exposure
ExposureExposure
selected camera.
Illumination
Illumination
IlluminationIllumination
scene’s illumination. “Automatic” enables the camera to adjust for illumination automatically while indoor/outdoor settings use presets assuming the camera is indoors or outdoors.
Correction
Correction
Correction Correction
Lighting
Lighting
LightingLighting
(Figure 15) menu adjusts exposure related settings for the
adjusts the camera’s white balance computation based on the
aids in flicker control for AV5100/05 camera models.
prevents flicker caused by the oscillation frequency of indoor
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lighting: European (50 Hz) or US/Japan (60 Hz).
Low Light Mode
Low Light Mode
Low Light ModeLow Light Mode
time refers to the amount of time the sensor is exposed to light. Short exposures result in less light, giving darker images whereas longer exposures can flood an image with light, giving washed out images in the presence of a lot of light. Additionally, motion blur is reduced under short exposures and increased under long exposures.
High Speed
High Speed
High SpeedHigh Speed
“Short Exposure” menu with values between 1 and 80ms. Low values will reduce motion blur but may result in a noisier video. Ample illumination is required to improve quality under very short exposures due to the lack of captured light.
Speed
Speed
SpeedSpeed
exposure time will increase with low light conditions.
Balanced
Balanced
BalancedBalanced
low light conditions resulting in a higher exposure time.
adjusts performance under low light conditions. Exposure
enables a fixed exposure time, selectable from the
enables short exposures ranging from 10-80ms. The
enables medium exposures ranging from 20-80ms with
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Quality
QualityQuality
blur may increase, but video will contain less noise under low light conditions.
Moon Light
Moon Light
Moon LightMoon Light
mode will result in more motion blur for fast moving objects.
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enables longer exposures ranging from 40-200ms. Motion
enables exposures of up to 500 ms if necessary. This
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Auto exposure On/Off
Auto exposure On/Off
Auto exposure On/OffAuto exposure On/Off
exposure maintains the user-set image brightness under changing lighting conditions. This must be enabled to ensure the ‘Low Light Mode’ settings function.
Image Quality
Image Quality
Image Quality Image Quality
Figure 16-1. Image Quality menu
is an option to enable/disable the on-camera automatic exposure control. Auto
Select
adjusting image quality settings:
Compression Format
Compression Format
Compression FormatCompression Format
H.264. H.264 is only available on the xx05 series of Arecont Vision cameras and offers an average of 1/5 to 1/10 the bandwidth usage of a standard Motion
Image Quality
Image Quality
Image QualityImage Quality
from the Setting menu to open up a lower-level menu for
offers two options for compressing the video: JPEG and
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JPEG camera.
Frame Rate
Frame Rate
Frame Rate Frame Rate
requesting frames from the camera(s) for viewing only.
Quality
Quality
QualityQuality
JPEG and H.264 compression formats):
Brightness
Brightness
BrightnessBrightness Sharpness
Sharpness
SharpnessSharpness Saturation
Saturation
SaturationSaturation
Lower saturation gives a duller, faded image.
Red
Red/Blue
RedRed
camera’s automatic white balance computation. The effect is gradual and takes 20-30 seconds for the camera to fully adjust to the new setting.
Gamma
Gamma
Gamma Gamma
dark and light areas of the image (requires firmware 64116 and hardware
adjusts the compression level for three display modes (applies to both
•
•
•
/Blue
/Blue/Blue
adjusts and displays the frame rate at which the software is
“Full View” “Multi View” affects the display of multiple cameras. “Zoom View” affects any ROI windows.
adjusts image brightness.
adjusts image sharpness or the crispness of an image.
adjusts image color saturation or the amount of color in an image.
adjusts the red/blue tint. This setting changes the target for
adjusts image contrast to reveal more or less shades of gray in the
affects the display and archive of full resolution video.
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Equalize Brightness
Equalize Brightness
Equalize Brightness Equalize Brightness
four sensors for the panoramic camera. This setting is only enabled for panoramic cameras.
Equalize Color
Equalize Color
Equalize Color Equalize Color
sensors of the panoramic camera. This setting is only enabled for panoramic cameras.
Enable Alignment
Enable Alignment
Enable Alignment Enable Alignment
enabled for panoramic cameras.
is an option for equalizing the image brightness of the
is an option for equalizing the image color across all four
adjusts the vertical position individually. This setting is only
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Size of Picture
Size of Picture
Size of PictureSize of Picture Rotate 180
Rotate 180
Rotate 180Rotate 180
rotate it 180 degrees.
Binning in night mod
Binning in night mode
Binning in night modBinning in night mod
sensitivity, produce better SNR and provide higher frame rate by combining and averaging pixels of AV10005DN operated in low light environment. This setting makes images become black and white instead of color.
Binning in day mode
Binning in day mode
Binning in day mode Binning in day mode
binning in day mode keeps image as color. This setting is only enabled for AV10005 in 10 Megapixel mode.
1080P mode
1080P mode
1080P mode 1080P mode
enabled for AV10005. AV10005 in 1080p mode is viewed at 1920x1080 with frame rate up to 30fps.
adjusts image cropping.
is an option for flipping the image vertically and horizontally to
e
is an option to get better image quality, increase
e e
is a similar option as binning in night mode. However,
is an option to change AV10005 as 1080p full HD mode and only
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Rate Control
Rate Control
Rate ControlRate Control
Rate Control is an option available only for H.264 video streams which is enabled individually per camera. If rate control is enabled, any image quality settings under Image Quality are ignored and the camera will automatically adjust its video quality on a frame by frame basis to maintain the desired constant bit rate. The video quality may deteriorate at very low bit rate settings.
There are
There are three options
There are There are
three options available
three options three options
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Use bitrate control in full view video
Use bitrate control in full view video
Use bitrate control in full view videoUse bitrate control in full view video
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Use bitrate control
Use bitrate control in multi view video
Use bitrate control Use bitrate control
resolution when viewing multiple cameras at once.
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Use bitrate control in archive video
Use bitrate control in archive video
Use bitrate control in archive videoUse bitrate control in archive video
The frame rate and bandwidth usage can be displayed by pressing Ctrl-S. If the last option is enabled, the displayed values are calculated by adding the archival bit rate to the display bit rate for full resolution or multi view resolution. In case the archival rate is set to the maximum frame rate, the displayed values correspond to the archival rate settings.
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available available
for Rate Control:
for Rate Control:for Rate Control:
enables a constant bit rate for live video display at full resolution.
in multi view video
in multi view videoin multi view video
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Archive
Archive
ArchiveArchive
Select
Archive
Archive
ArchiveArchive
settings. Please note that archival is only available with a license file.
(Figure 17) from the Setting menu.
Archive
Archive
Archive Archive
.
is a lower-level menu to configure video archival
Figure 17. Archive menu
Resolution
Resolution
Resolution Resolution
quarter resolution.
Filter
Filter
Filter Filter
selects between archiving the video at full resolution or at
is a group of archiving options:
Save all frames
Save all frames
Save all framesSave all frames
from the camera.
Save all and mark
Save all and mark motion
Save all and markSave all and mark
stream, marking the frames where motion was detected.
Save
Save motion frames only
motion frames only
Save Save
motion frames onlymotion frames only
archives the entire video stream received
motion
motionmotion
archives the entire video
archives only when motion is detected by the on-camera motion detector and disables archiving in the absence of motion.
Frequency
Frequency
FrequencyFrequency
The “Off” option disables the archive recording. The “Max” option sets the archive frequency limited only by the camera and the network (different for different camera models).
Continue after motion detected
Continue after motion detected
Continue after motion detectedContinue after motion detected
recording will continue after motion is detected when the camera is set to “
Save motion frames only”
Save motion frames only”
Save motion frames only”Save motion frames only”
recording is done.
is a drop-down list of options for archive recording rate.
determines the duration for which
and the frame rate at which such
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If new motion is detected during such after-motion recording, the rate of recording will revert to the
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Minimum free disk space
Minimum free disk space
Minimum free disk space Minimum free disk space
video recordings. With a setting of 10GB, archives will not be overwritten until the free space on the drive goes below 10GB. It is recommended that at least 5GB of free space is always available.
Motion Detection
Motion Detection
Motion Detection Motion Detection
Motion detection is achieved by analyzing inter-frame brightness changes on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Clicking “Motion Detection” from the left menu brings up the Motion Settings window, as seen in Figure 18. There are two modes of Motion Detection supported in the AV100 Video System: a software mode and an on-camera mode.
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The software mode performs motion detection by processing the images after they are transmitted from the camera to the computer. In contrast, the on-camera mode performs motion detection prior to transmitting the images to the computer. As such, the on-camera motion detection setting allows for a significant reduction in CPU load and network load when motion detection is enabled.
sets the minimum free disk space that is required on a disk to start overwriting old
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Motion detection is only enabled via the Archive settings when one of the two following options is selected: “Save all and mark motion” or “Save motion frames only”. If the Archive is enabled for “Save all frames”, motion detection is disabled. The Enabled/Disabled status is displayed in the bottom right corner of the Motion Settings window.
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Motion detection is computed independently in multiple detection zones on a square grid. The largest grid supported for any Arecont Vision camera model and image size is 8 by 8. The actual grid for any particular model is determined by the chosen zone size (a drop-down list in the lower right corner of the Motion Settings screen) and the camera’s pixel resolution. The actual grid is displayed in the lower left corner. When motion is present, the Motion Settings window displays green marks (selectable between crosses and boxes) in the zones where motion occurs (Figure 18).
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A privacy mask can be set up to block motion detection in some of the zones by drawing a rectangle with the mouse (by left-clicking and holding down the mouse button). The privacy mask is marked with red crosses. A more complex shape can be created by drawing multiple rectangles. Erasing the mask (or part of the mask) is done by drawing a rectangle with the right mouse button.
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Motion detection settings apply only to the camera which number is displayed in the Camera field on the left of the
Motion Settings
Motion Settings
Motion SettingsMotion Settings
Detected by
Detected by
Detected byDetected by
menu: use drop-down list to change the camera number. The settings are:
provides two options for toggling between software motion detection and on-camera motion
detection.
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Sensitivity
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is a group of controls to adjust motion detection computation:
Level
Level
adjusts the inter-frame brightness change threshold that triggers motion detection. Lower
LevelLevel
settings may cause false motion detection due to noise. A higher setting will require a larger brightness change on the moving object for motion detection.
Detail
Detail
adjusts the size of the detectable objects within each motion detection zone. Lower
DetailDetail
settings may cause false motion detection due to noise. Higher settings require larger objects for motion detection. This is useful when motion detection should only detect something of the size of a car and ignore smaller objects like an animal.
Limit
Limit
serves as a guard against false triggering due to a sudden overall change in lighting that
LimitLimit
would trigger motion detection in a large number of zones simultaneously. For example, a bright flash in the scene would not trigger motion detection. If the number of zones activated simultaneously is larger than the “Limit” setting, motion detection will be blocked. This parameter cannot exceed the number of zones in the grid (displayed in the lower left corner of Motion
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Save T
Save To
Save TSave T
o
o o
Settings)
.
The lower level Save to menu specifies the directory for video archives and for snapshot images. Note that the name of archival directory should be the same for all cameras; it is possible to specify different Hard Drives for each camera.
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Advanced
Advanced
AdvancedAdvanced
Select
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced Advanced
(figure 19) to set the following options:
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Use DirectX if possible
Use DirectX if possible
Use DirectX if possibleUse DirectX if possible
card hardware for displaying images rather than using software processing. This reduces the load on the CPU. The drop-down list “DirectX size” provides options
causes AV100 to use DirectX functions that utilize graphics
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for the graphics area supported by DirectX –
to the resolution used for live video
Auto
Auto––––Startup
Startup
AutoAuto
StartupStartup
startup with its previous settings.
Show motion
Show motion
Show motionShow motion
enabling motion detection).
Use double packets
Use double packets
Use double packetsUse double packets
regular 1450 bytes for image transmission. This allows for increased image transmission bandwidth but may lead to less stable performance on high traffic networks.
Warning on
Warning on disconnect
Warning on Warning on
disconnected or temporarily lost. When disabled, the last captured frame will be displayed.
Static ARP
Static ARP
Static ARPStatic ARP
alternative is dynamic ARP, which is not supported by some older models of the Arecont Vision cameras.
Don’t update sensor window
Don’t update sensor window
Don’t update sensor windowDon’t update sensor window
software level or in hardware (the image sensor). Enabling this option helps to avoid conflicts when multiple
disconnect
disconnectdisconnect
is an option to enable a static link between the camera’s MAC address and its IP address. An
is an option to display a red screen warning in place of live video that has been
is an option that determines how the changes to the image size are applied: at a
is an option to automatically start the AV Video System at Windows
marks areas where motion is detected in live video (requires
is an option to use data packets with 2904 bytes instead of the
.
the selected size should correspond
users are viewing the same camera (each user will be able to set a different image size). Alternatively, disabling this option allows an increase in camera frame rate due to a smaller image size.
Panoramic Mode
Panoramic Mode
Panoramic ModePanoramic Mode
automatically position and display the four images on screen.
Language
Language
LanguageLanguage
selects the language which will be used throughout AV100.
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uthentication
uthenticationuthentication
Authentication allows for password protected access to AV100 Video System. There are three levels of access available (Figure 20):
Figure 20. Authentication menu
a) “
Administrator
Administrator
AdministratorAdministrator
Adding, changing, and removing users is done via the
System.
b) “
Viewer
Viewer
ViewerViewer
not to the settings.
c) “
Only Live
Only Live
Only LiveOnly Live
Change, and Remove
Change, and Remove
Change, and RemoveChange, and Remove
” grants full access to all features of AV Video
” grants access to live video and browsing the archives, but
” grants access to live video only.
buttons on the bottom of the menu.
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Add,
Add,
Add, Add,
If one or more user accounts were created, the AV Video System will display a log-in dialog prompting for the user name and password upon startup (Figure 21):
Figure 21. User authentication
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Remote Viewing
Remote Viewing
Remote ViewingRemote Viewing
AV100 has a built-in web server allowing Arecont Vision cameras and archives to be viewed remotely (Figure
22).
Figure 22. Remote viewing menu
To enable the built–in HTTP server, select menu and do the following:
1. Select
Allow Remote
Allow Remote Viewing.
Allow Remote Allow Remote
Viewing.
Viewing.Viewing.
Remote viewing
Remote viewing
Remote viewing Remote viewing
from the
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Setting
Setting
SettingSetting
2. On the bottom of the menu click
3. Start Internet Explorer and type in the address of the web server. For example, if AV Video System is installed on a PC with IP address
200.168.1.102, type in the following address:
The main AV menu located on the left hand side of the IE window will provide full access to each Arecont Vision camera. Selecting the Arecont Vision camera of choice will display the option to disconnect as well as make changes to settings such as the Resolution Speed, Archive, Zoom and viewing images in separate windows.
Access from outside the local network will require that the server PC is accessible on the selected port. Please ensure that any routers or firewalls
http
4. Then click
Upon successful connection a web page will open. Internet Explorer will prompt to install an ActiveX component. Click on the webpage as prompted to install ActiveX.
http://200.168.1.102:4250/guix.htm
://200.168.1.102:4250/guix.htm
httphttp
://200.168.1.102:4250/guix.htm://200.168.1.102:4250/guix.htm
Enter
Enter
to have Internet Explorer open that page.
Enter Enter
Apply
Apply
Apply Apply
then
Ok
Ok....
OkOk
Right-clicking anywhere on the Explorer web page will provide access to the options menu: Click
Save
Save
to take a snapshot image.
SaveSave
Click
Manage Servers
Manage Servers
Manage ServersManage Servers
Click
Auto Hide Menu
Auto Hide Menu
Auto Hide MenuAuto Hide Menu
Click
Settings
Settings
SettingsSettings
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to adjust camera and video settings.
have this port open for outside user access.
to provide server information and allows changes to the servers.
to automatically hide the main menu.
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Day/Nigh
Day/Nightttt
Day/NighDay/Nigh
Day/Night (Figure 23) settings apply only to dual-sensor cameras as well as single-sensor DN camera models equipped with a switching IR filter.
Figure 23. Day/Night setting menu
Automatic
Automatic
AutomaticAutomatic
enables the camera to automatically switch from daylight to nighttime conditions and vice versa based on the settings.
Day
Day
forces day mode and disables night mode.
Day Day Night
Night
forces night mode and disables day mode.
NightNight Threshold
Threshold
ThresholdThreshold
(Note: for dual-sensor camera models the values are displayed in F- Stops, while for single-sensor DN models the values are in terms of camera gain):
adjusts the automatic switching of the camera
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Switch At
Switch At adjusts the level of darkness to switch from day to
Switch AtSwitch At
night mode. Values to the left will cause the camera to switch to night mode when there is still much light in the scene. Values to the right will cause the camera to stay in day mode much longer, requiring near darkness in order to switch.
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Toggle Guard
Toggle Guard
Toggle GuardToggle Guard
switch from nighttime to daylight mode. Setting this to 0% corresponds to “Switch At” set to 100%. Toggle Guard should be adjusted to prevent the mode from toggling during
adjusts the level of brightness required to
Threshold
Threshold
ThresholdThreshold
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Auto
Auto----Iris
AutoAuto
The Auto-Iris menu allows you to monitor the state of the automatic DC iris. If the scene is too dark, the camera will open the iris fully. This allows more light onto the sensor and will substantially improve the low- light performance. If the scene is too dark when the camera is started, the camera will not close the iris until there is enough illumination. Camera DC auto-iris can be configured using “Auto-Iris” menu (Figure 24):
Iris
IrisIris
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Figure 24. Auto-Iris menu
The status of the auto-iris is displayed on a color panel at the bottom of the Auto-Iris settings. There are six states possible:
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Disabled
Disabled
DisabledDisabled
the
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Evaluating
Evaluating
EvaluatingEvaluating
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Too Dark:
Too Dark: The camera cannot close the iris because the
Too Dark:Too Dark:
: The auto-iris is either disabled by un-checking
Enabled
Enabled
EnabledEnabled
check box, or is not present.
: The camera is preparing to close the iris.
scene illumination is too low.
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Clos
Closing
ing
ClosClos
appropriate for the lens model.
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Closed
Closed
ClosedClosed
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Opening
Opening
OpeningOpening
Auto-iris will open the lens fully once the on-camera analog gains exceed a certain level. The auto-iris will open fully: the higher the gain, the later the auto-iris will open as the illumination diminishes. The iris can be disabled by un-checking open the iris fully and have electronic auto-exposure working. This configuration is identical to using a manual lens.
: The iris is closing down by the number of F-stops
inging
: The iris is closed.
: The iris is opening.
ga
gain
in
scroll bar adjusts the point where the
gaga
inin
Enabled.
Enabled.
Enabled.Enabled.
The camera will
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Right
Right----Click
RightRight
Right-clicking anywhere within the AV100 Video System screen brings up an additional menu (Figure 25):
Click Menu
Click Click
Menu
MenuMenu
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Settings
Settings
SettingsSettings
enables access to configuring the main settings groups as described in
Camera
Camera
Camera Camera
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
enables access to a combined menu that includes:
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Exposure
Exposure
ExposureExposure
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Image Quality
Image Quality
Image QualityImage Quality
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Rate Control
Rate Control
Rate Control Rate Control
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Archive
Archive
ArchiveArchive
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Day/Night
Day/Night
Day/NightDay/Night
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Auto
Auto----Iris
AutoAuto
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It also includes some options from
enables access to the following:
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Authentication
Authentication
AuthenticationAuthentication
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Save T
Save Toooo
Save TSave T
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Advanced
Advanced
AdvancedAdvanced
•
Remote Viewing
Remote Viewing
Remote ViewingRemote Viewing
(see pg. 27)
(see pg.28)
(see pg.29)
(see pg.31)
(see pg. 38)
Iris
(see pg. 39)
IrisIris
(see pg.36)
(see pg.34)
(see pg.35)
(see pg.37)
Advanced
Advanced
AdvancedAdvanced
settings (see pg.35).
Settings
Settings
SettingsSettings
(see pg.22):
Motion
Motion
enables access to
MotionMotion
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Printer
Printer
opens the
PrinterPrinter
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Print Setup
Print SetupPrint Setup
Motion Settings
Motion Settings
Motion SettingsMotion Settings
menu.
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Dump
Dump
logs camera settings to a file named LocalMachine.ini located in the installation directory.
DumpDump
When contacting Arecont Vision’s technical support, this file should be included.
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Video
Video
displays live video in full-screen mode.
VideoVideo
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Import License
Import License will import a specified license file so that the software’s archive functionality is
Import LicenseImport License
accessible.
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Save to Flash
Save to Flash
Save to Flash Save to Flash
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Factory Default
Factory Default
Factory Default Factory Default
saves camera setting to camera flash memory.
resets the camera setting without changing camera IP Address to factory settings.
Photo
Photo
enables saving and printing individual snapshots, as well as browsing:
PhotoPhoto
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Save
Save
takes a snapshot of live video and saves it in the snapshot folder. The snapshot is taken
SaveSave
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side (see
Toolbar
Toolbar
ToolbarToolbar
on pg.21). To highlight another camera, left-click on the camera number. To
take the snapshot from all cameras, highlight “cameras” at the top of the drop-down camera list.
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Save/Print
Save/Print
Save/PrintSave/Print
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Browse
Browse
BrowseBrowse
takes a snapshot and prints it instantly.
opens the snapshot folder for browsing.
Browse presents
Browse presents three
Browse presentsBrowse presents
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•
•
three options:
options:
threethree
options:options:
Archive
Archive
ArchiveArchive Photos
Photos
PhotosPhotos
snapshots location is
Pictures
Pictures\\\\Arecont Vision Photos
PicturesPictures
in the Settings menu (see
HHHHTTP
enables access to browsing archives (See
Browsing Archives
Browsing Archives
Browsing ArchivesBrowsing Archives
).
enables access to snapshots taken with the Arecont Vision cameras. The default
C:
C:\\\\Documents and Settings
Documents and Settings\\\\((((User Profile
C:C:
Documents and SettingsDocuments and Settings
Arecont Vision Photos
Arecont Vision PhotosArecont Vision Photos
TTP opens the default web browser to view the video stream from the selected camera via the
TTPTTP
, a different directory path to the snapshot folder can be specified
Settings
Settings
SettingsSettings
on pg.22).
User Profile))))\\\\My Documents
User ProfileUser Profile
My Documents\\\\My
My DocumentsMy Documents
My
My My
web browser.
Hide
Hide
minimizes the AV100 Video System application and hides it in the system tray of the Windows task bar.
HideHide
Log off
Log off
logs off the current user.
Log offLog off
Exit
Exit
exits the AV100 Video System application.
ExitExit
About
About
shows the version of the AV100 Video System software and additional information for each of the
AboutAbout
installed camera(s): version of firmware and hardware, MAC address, and IP address.
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Language
Language Selection
Language Language
The AV100 Live Video System supports user interfaces in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian and other languages. To select language press the
F2
F2
button to bring up the language menu (Figure 26).
F2 F2
Figure 26. Language menu
Selection
SelectionSelection
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Browsing Archives
Browsing Archives
Browsing ArchivesBrowsing Archives
Archive browsing is enabled by pressing the button in the Toolbar, or via the right-click menu (see
Right
Right----Click Menu
RightRight
Click Menu
Click MenuClick Menu
on pg.40).
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Archive browsing controls are located on the bottom of the playback screen (Figure 27). Archives are best viewed when the video is displayed in full-screen mode. The date-and-time stamp is located on the top left- hand side of the image. The user can select playback speed and frame skipping, as well as the image quality. If the archive was recorded using motion detection (see Motion Detection), browsing can be based on detected motion by selecting “Motion” from the drop-down list under “Filter”.
Rewind - Starts archive video from the earliest recording
Fast Reverse – Jumps backward 5 minute intervals.
Play in Reverse – Plays the recorded archive continuously in reverse (H.264 archives will jump in
reverse in 1 minute intervals)
Play by Frame in Reverse – Steps backward one frame at a time.
Pause – Pauses the playback.
Play by Frame Forward – Steps forward one frame at a time.
Play – Plays the recorded archive continuously forward.
Fast forward – Jumps forward in 5 minute intervals.
Forward - Starts archive video from the end of recording.
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The slider on the bottom of the screen displays/positions the current frame position in the archive. It has a date-and-time display located to the right side of the slider to reference a particular event.
Press the button on the Toolbar to take a snapshot from the archive. Alternatively, snapshots can be
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taken by right-clicking on the video image, and then selecting
“photo”, “save”.
“photo”, “save”.
“photo”, “save”.“photo”, “save”.
AVI Maker
AVI Maker ---- Mak
AVI Maker AVI Maker
The AVI Maker (Figure 28) is started by clicking the corresponding Run button in the AV Application Manager. Please note that you will not have access to the AVI Maker if you do not have a license for archiving.
Figure 28. AVI Maker
Making
ing video clips from
MakMak
video clips from the
inging
video clips from video clips from
the archive
archive
the the
archivearchive
NOTE:
NOTE:
Make sure that the archive is not empty when making avi clips.
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To make video clips from your archives click Under “Click here to start”:
Loading an Archive
Loading an Archive
Loading an ArchiveLoading an Archive
1. Specify which drive contains the video archive under “Load Archive on Drive.” If AV100 has the default settings, then C: would be the default archive drive. Otherwise type in the correct drive letter in the edit box, including the colon, i.e. D:
2. Click . This will initiate a search on the specified drive for all available archives. The archives will be listed in the combo-box, numbered according to the camera numbers they were recorded with, starting with the smallest number.
3. Use the pull-down menu to select the desired camera/archive number.
4. Click . An image will appear on the screen corresponding to the earliest record of your video archive. If no archive is found, the screen will remain blank.
5. To explicitly specify which folders to search for archive video click the button and select folders that contain your video archive.
Selecting a Clip
Selecting a Clip
Selecting a ClipSelecting a Clip
Run
Run
on AVI Maker from AV Application Manager.
RunRun
1. To play archive press the play button , use the Speed scrollbar to increase or decrease the speed of playback.
2. Select a specific time interval by pressing and then scroll the timeline scrollbar to the
desired point in time. Then, press under
to select the entire recorded archive.
3. To narrow down the time interval use the button. Clicking the button results in the time scale changing from Hours to Minutes to Seconds. To reverse backwards from Seconds
to Minutes to Hours, use the button. Within each zoomed time scale, the start and end point can be re-selected to fine-tune the selected time interval.
Exporting a Video
Exporting a Video
Exporting a VideoExporting a Video
1. VVVVideo Settings
ideo Settings
ideo Settingsideo Settings
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offers three options:
Size of Frame
Size of Frame
Size of FrameSize of Frame
affects XviD and MSVC video codecs and does NOT affect MJPEG/H.264 format
Frame Period
Frame Period
Frame PeriodFrame Period
calculate the average frame period for selected archive. If the calculated number is longer
adjusts the AVI frame size relative to the archived frame size. This option only
adjusts the AVI frame rate (in milliseconds).
Click here to select your clip
Click here to select your clip....
Click here to select your clipClick here to select your clip
AviMaker
will automatically
Alternatively, use
than 1000 milliseconds,
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Timestamp
Timestamp
TimestampTimestamp
adds date/time information to the resulting video clip. Notice that it works
differently in case “MJPEG/H.264” codec is selected. When the selected archive is JPEG
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format, incorporate the timestamp, but the rest of the image will remain intact. When the selected archive is in H.264 format, the timestamp option is ignored.
Video Compression
Video Compression offers
Video CompressionVideo Compression
MJPEG/H.264 (best quality) offers a video format as recorded in the archive without decompression and recompression procedures. For this reason, this format offers best video quality.
“XviD – together with the AV100 Software and is typically installed during the AV100 software installation). This codec has been found to produce reasonably good quality to compression ratio.
“MSVC - standard” is a standard Microsoft video codec.
“Choose from codecs list” allows selection of any of the alternative codecs that are installed on the computer. The drop-down list opens after “Make AVI” is clicked (Figure
29).
Figure 29. Video Compression
AviM
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aker
AviMAviM
will decompress and recompress the top 64 lines of each frame to
akeraker
offers four
offersoffers
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options for
fourfour
optionsoptions
” is a codec recommended by Arecont Vision (it is distributed
for creating
creating the AVI file
for for
creatingcreating
the AVI file::::
the AVI filethe AVI file
6. Click to start creating the video clip. If no records are available for the selected range of dates or times a warning will be displayed.
7. In the
Save A
Save Assss
Save ASave A
window type in a file name for your new AVI file, then click Save selected under “Video Compression”, a drop-down list of available codecs will appear. Select a codec from the list to proceed.
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1. Select the drive where you stored your video recording by pressing and locate the
2. Double Click on the video recording to start the player.
3. Click on the play button.
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Firmware Loader Firmware Loader
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All models of Arecont Vision cameras are field-upgradeable. The AV Firmware Loader is the utility for upgrading the camera’s firmware and/or hardware. All Arecont Vision cameras with firmware revision 51821 or higher support firmware upgrades. Please contact your distributor to obtain the latest firmware upgrade file and utility. Please disable any recording software/NVR applications prior to updating the firmware.
NOTE:
NOTE:
It is recommended to run the Arecont Vision camera installer to install the camera immediately prior to
NOTE:NOTE:
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To upgrade a camera:
AV Firmware Loader by clicking the corresponding
Alternatively, run FirmwareLoader.exe.
It may take up to a minute to find
found select the appropriate cameras
and choose the
MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMERA MODEL YOU ARE UPGRADING IS
INCLUDED IN THE FWUPDATE FILE NAME.
automatically.
When the up
of firmware
ware
wareware
ware
extension
UPGRADING IS INCLUDED IN THE HWUPDATE FILE NAME.
are upgrade will start automatically. Do not disconnect the
any point during the upgrade process
the new revision
IMPORTANT: DISCONNECTING THE POWER TO THE CAMERA DURING THE UPGRADE WILL
IMPORTANT: DISCONNECTING THE POWER TO THE CAMERA DURING THE UPGRADE WILL IMPORTANT: DISCONNECTING THE POWER TO THE CAMERA DURING THE UPGRADE WILL
IMPORTANT: DISCONNECTING THE POWER TO THE CAMERA DURING THE UPGRADE WILL
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Once the cameras h
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message w
ware upgrade file. The file name starts with
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“Succ
Users can also upgrade firmware by Internet
Choose the firmware upgrade file and click “
The firmware upgrade will start automatically. Do not
disconnect the Arecont Vision camera at any point
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1. Start the Manager.
2. Click “
Find Cameras
Find Cameras
Find CamerasFind Cameras
3. To upgrade the firmware:
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Click “
Upgrade Firmware
Upgrade Firmware”
Upgrade FirmwareUpgrade Firmware
and the file extension is .txt.
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The firmware upgrade will start during the upgrade process. next to the new version
4. To upgrade the hardware:
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Click “
Upgrade Hard
Upgrade Hard
Upgrade HardUpgrade Hard
“hwupdate”, and the file
•
The hardw
”.
to upgrade.
firmware upgrade file. The file
Do not disconnect the
grade is complete, a
.
”
and choose the hard
is .bin.
. When the upgrade is complete, a
Run
Run
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any cameras.
ave been
fwupdate
fwupdate””””,,,,
fwupdatefwupdate
at any point
“Success!”
“Success!”
“Success!”“Success!”
ill be displayed
at
ess!” message will
be displayed next to
of hardware.
Explorer and Firefox web browser. To upgrade the firmware:
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Chapter III
Chapter III ---- HTTP Access
Chapter III Chapter III
Arecont Vision cameras support three protocols: TFTP, HTTP, and RTSP/RTP. TFTP protocol is recommended for application scenarios where high quality video at full frame rate is required. The drawback (if any) is that the implementation of TFTP protocols requires custom software application development based on Arecont Vision’s SDK. RTSP/RTP protocol is supported only in camera models that are equipped with h.264 encoder, as described at the end of this chapter.
Camera performance in terms of frame rate is somewhat slower via HTTP than via TFTP and is comparable to other multi-megapixel products available on the market.
Notational conventions:
Notational conventions:
Notational conventions:Notational conventions:
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camera_ip
camera_ip
camera_ipcamera_ip
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HTTP AccessHTTP Access
: IP address of the camera;
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|
|
: means one or another, but not both i.e. logical OR;
| |
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( )
( )
: allowable values;
( )( )
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..
..
: a range of values which can be incremented by 1;
.. ..
•
•
+/
+/----
: positive values do not need the “+” sign, while the negative values do need the “-
+/+/
“ sign in front of the value;
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[ ]
[ ]
: non-mandatory value which can be omitted.
[ ][ ]
On
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OnOn
Arecont Vision cameras can be accessed from a web browser via the on-camera web page. The web page allows changing camera settings and to view live video by means of Java script stored in camera’s non- volatile memory. The web page is accessed by typing in any web browser:
In addition to the web page Arecont Vision cameras also implement html video container that can be used for incorporation of the camera URL into user’s own html page. This video container is accessed from:
amera Web Page
amera Web Pageamera Web Page
http
http://ip_address
://ip_address or
httphttp
://ip_address ://ip_address
http://ip_address/livevideo
http://ip_address/livevideo
http://ip_address/livevideohttp://ip_address/livevideo
or http://ip_address/index.html
http://ip_address/index.html
oror
http://ip_address/index.htmlhttp://ip_address/index.html
To incorporate the video container in an html page, use the following line in the body of the page:
<iframe
<iframe
<iframe<iframe src="http://200.168.1.10/"width="800"height="600"marginheight="0"marginwidth="0"scrolling="no">
src="http://200.168.1.10/"width="800"height="600"marginheight="0"marginwidth="0"scrolling="no">
src="http://200.168.1.10/"width="800"height="600"marginheight="0"marginwidth="0"scrolling="no">src="http://200.168.1.10/"width="800"height="600"marginheight="0"marginwidth="0"scrolling="no"> </iframe>
</iframe>
</iframe></iframe>
where the width and height parameters specify the image size requested from the camera.
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HTTP Request
HTTP HTTP
NOTE
NOTE::::
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If you have an Arecont Vision camera with a lower firmware version contact your distributor for a firmware upgrade.
An individual image can be requested from Arecont Vision cameras by using the following HTTP request format:
where
Request Format for Receiving
RequestRequest
A complete set of http requests described in this document is supported for firmware versions 61430 and above.
hhhhttp
ttp://ip_address/image?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&
://ip_address/image?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&
ttpttp
://ip_address/image?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&://ip_address/image?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&
doublescan=doublescan_value&id=value
doublescan=doublescan_value&id=value
doublescan=doublescan_value&id=valuedoublescan=doublescan_value&id=value
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RRRRes
es
can have value of either “half” or “full” and specifies whether camera should decimate the image
eses
by a factor of 2 in each direction or display the full resolution.
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X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1X0, Y0, X1, Y1
Format for Receiving Individual
Format for Receiving Format for Receiving
are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window,
Individual JPEG
IndividualIndividual
JPEG FFFFrames
JPEG JPEG
rames
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respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera and should be divisible by 16 if “ particular image to be cropped to a selected size.
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QQQQuality
uality
is the compressed JPEG image quality with a range from 1 to 20.
ualityuality
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Doublescan
Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new
DoublescanDoublescan
image is available ( content of the image buffer that was already once output (useful for picture-in-picture display).
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ID
ID
is an optional field that is ignored by the camera but may be set by the user to a random value to
IDID
force some browsers to display a new image. Some browsers may display a cached image if a previous URL is reused without modifying the
•
The following example illustrates the request to camera with IP address 192.168.0.36 for a new full resolution 1600x1200 image with compression quality 12:
http://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0
http://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0
http://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0http://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0
The user also has the option of specifying default image parameters via parameter “set” requests and then
doublescan
doublescan
doublescandoublescan
Res=full
Res=full
Res=fullRes=full
= 0) or the image request should be serviced by outputting the
” and 32 if “
ID
ID
field.
IDID
Res=half
Res=half
Res=halfRes=half
”. These parameters allow for a
obtaining the image by using a simple request without additional parameters:
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HTTP Request Format for
HTTP HTTP
Continuous sequence of JPEG images (MJPEG) separated by the boundary separator can be requested from Arecont Vision cameras by using the following GET method request format:
where
Request Format for Continuous
Request Format forRequest Format for
GET/mjpeg?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&doubl
GET/mjpeg?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&doublescan
GET/mjpeg?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&doublGET/mjpeg?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&doubl =doublescan_value&fps=value&id=value
=doublescan_value&fps=value&id=value
=doublescan_value&fps=value&id=value=doublescan_value&fps=value&id=value HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
HTTP/1.1HTTP/1.1 Host: ip_address
Host: ip_address\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Host: ip_addressHost: ip_address \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
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RRRRes
es
can have value of either full or half and specifies whether camera should decimate the image by
eses
a factor of 2 in each direction or display the full resolution.
•
X0,
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
Y0, X1, Y1
X0,X0,
Y0, X1, Y1Y0, X1, Y1
respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera
are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window,
Continuous MJPEG Video
ContinuousContinuous
MJPEG Video Stream
MJPEG VideoMJPEG Video
Streaming
StreamStream
ing
inging
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escan
escanescan
and should be divisible by 16 if “ to be cropped to a specific size.
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uality
is the compression quality of the jpeg image with the range from 1 to 20;
ualityuality
•
DDDDoublescan
oublescan
oublescanoublescan
image is available ( content of the image buffer that was already once output (useful for picture-in-picture display).
•
FPS
FPS
specifies the requested frame rate; values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate, while
FPSFPS
omitting fps parameter as well as fps values of 0 and all values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate that is model dependent.
The following example illustrates the request to camera with IP address 192.168.0.36 for the new full resolution 1600x1200 video stream with compression quality 12 at a maximum frame rate:
GET /mjpeg?res=half&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0 HTTP/1.1
GET /mjpeg?res=half&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0 HTTP/1.1\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
GET /mjpeg?res=half&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0 HTTP/1.1GET /mjpeg?res=half&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0 HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.1.11
Host: 192.168.1.11\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Host: 192.168.1.11Host: 192.168.1.11
In response to the above request the camera sends a continuous stream of images separated by the
allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new
doublescan
doublescan
doublescandoublescan
Res=full
Res=full
Res=fullRes=full
= 0) or if the image request should be serviced by outputting the
” and 32 if “
Res=half”
Res=half”
Res=half”Res=half”
. These parameters allow for the video
boundary separator “fbdr” in accordance with MIME multipart/x-mixed-replace format. Please note that MIME multipart/x-mixed-replace format is not directly supported by Internet Explorer. For video viewing based on IE only the users should use on-camera script that can be accessed via
HTTP/1.0 200 Ok
HTTP/1.0 200 Ok\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
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Content----Type: multipart/x
ContentContent \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
--
--fbdr
fbdr\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
----
fbdrfbdr
Content
Content----Type: image/jpeg
ContentContent \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn <JPEG image 1 data>
<JPEG image 1 data>
<JPEG image 1 data><JPEG image 1 data> \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
--
--fbdr
fbdr\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
----
fbdrfbdr
Content
Content----Type: image/jpeg
ContentContent \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn <JPEG image 2 data>
<JPEG image 2 data>
<JPEG image 2 data><JPEG image 2 data> \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
--
--fbdr
fbdr\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
----
fbdrfbdr
...
...
......
Type: multipart/x----mixed
Type: multipart/xType: multipart/x
Type: image/jpeg\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Type: image/jpegType: image/jpeg
Type: image/jpeg\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Type: image/jpegType: image/jpeg
mixed----replace;boundary=fbdr
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Content----Type: image/jpeg
ContentContent \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn <JPEG image n data>
<JPEG image n data>
<JPEG image n data><JPEG image n data> \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
--
--fbdr
fbdr\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
----
fbdrfbdr
HTTP Request Format for
HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual
HTTP Request Format for HTTP Request Format for
NOTE
NOTE::::
The h.264 http requests described below are supported only by camera models AVxxx5.
NOTENOTE
Type: image/jpeg\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Type: image/jpegType: image/jpeg
Receiving Individual H.264
Receiving IndividualReceiving Individual
H.264 Frames
H.264 H.264
Frames
FramesFrames
To maintain a continuous H.264 stream, the requests for individual video frames should be sent one after another. If the delay between requests exceeds 5 sec, the camera will initiate a new stream by sending an Intra coded frame first in response to the next frame request. Individual H.264 video frames are requested from Arecont Vision cameras by using the following HTTP request format:
http://camera_ip/h264
http://camera_ip/h264ffff?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&
http://camera_ip/h264http://camera_ip/h264 =(4..36)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..65535)[&ifr
=(4..36)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..65535)[&iframe=(0|1)][&bitrate=(1..51200)][&
=(4..36)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..65535)[&ifr=(4..36)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..65535)[&ifr
?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&qp
?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&
ame=(0|1)][&bitrate=(1..51200)][&
ame=(0|1)][&bitrate=(1..51200)][& ame=(0|1)][&bitrate=(1..51200)][&
qp
qpqp
intra_period=(0..255)]
intra_period=(0..255)]
intra_period=(0..255)]intra_period=(0..255)]
Where
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Res
Res can have a value of either “half” or “full” to specify whether the camera should decimate the
ResRes
image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image.
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X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1X0, Y0, X1, Y1
are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window,
respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera
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model and should be divisible by 32 if
•
QP
QP
is the quantization parameter for H.264 encoder. To achieve a higher quality image, a lower
QPQP
Res = full
Res = full
Res = fullRes = full
and 64 if
Res = half
Res = half
Res = halfRes = half
.
needed. Recommended values are in the range (16..37);
•
DDDDoublescan
oublescan
oublescanoublescan
frame output until a new frame is available from the sensor (
is the parameter that allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the
doublescan
doublescan
doublescandoublescan
= 0) or the request should be serviced by outputting the content of the memory buffer that has been already once output (
doublescan=
doublescan=
doublescan=doublescan=
•
SSSSSSSSNNNN
specifies stream identifier. MPEG codecs including H.264 codecs are context dependent
1, useful for picture-in-picture display).
(decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame(s)). The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG decoder. Accordingly, unique
SSN
SSN
for each stream with a unique image size, quality and/or frame rate. Each camera
SSNSSN
SSN
SSN
is a means to distinguish different streams from one another. Use a
SSNSSN
supports up to eight simultaneous non-identical streams. Each client must have a unique (ip:ssn)
•
Iframe
Iframe
set to 1 will force the camera to return an Intra frame with a corresponding SPS and PPS as
IframeIframe
an IDR slice, so that the stream is decodable from this point. When opening a new stream (for example when changing the image size and/or frame rate) the Intra frame will be sent automatically regardless of the input value of
iframe
iframe
. To reduce the stream size, reduce the frequency of
iframeiframe
iframe
iframe
iframeiframe
QP
QP
QPQP
is
= 1 in the requests. The default number of P-frames for any of the streams sent by the camera is set using HTTP command :
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P----frames)
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of Phttp://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P
frames)
frames)frames)
The camera will return an Intra frame even if
iframe
iframe
in the request is set to 0 when the on-camera
iframeiframe
counter of P-frames fills up. To find out whether an Intra frame was received, check the HTTP Content Type.
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BBBBitrate
itrate
is used to set up a constant
itrateitrate
bitrate
bitrate
of the H.264 stream in kilobits per second. If this parameter
bitratebitrate
is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the QP parameter is ignored, and the camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified
•
IIIIntra_period
ntra_period
ntra_periodntra_period
is valid only in bitrate control when a non-zero bitrate is present in the request string and
bitrate
bitrate
bitratebitrate
.
iframe=1 is periodically requested by the user. In this case, the user must specify the intra-frame period at which the user is sending requests with iframe=1. If the user does not specify intra_period
intra_period
intra_periodintra_period
in this case, then bitrate control will not function correctly unless the actual period of sending iframe=1 requests is the same as the default number of P-frames specified in register 3:21 of the camera via
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http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(numbhttp://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(numb
er of P----frames)
er of Per of P
frames)
frames)frames)
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If there are no will rely on the default number of P-frames set in register 3:21.
The following example illustrates a request to a camera with IP address 192.168.0.36 for a full resolution 1600x1200 image as a part of the stream with a constant bitrate set to 2 Mbits/sec:
http://192.168.0.36/h264f?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&bitrat
http://192.168.0.36/h264f?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&bitrat
http://192.168.0.36/h264f?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&bitrathttp://192.168.0.36/h264f?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&bitrat e=2048
e=2048&ssn=1
e=2048e=2048
&ssn=1
&ssn=1&ssn=1
iframe
iframe
=1 requests, then
iframeiframe
intra_period
intra_period
intra_periodintra_period
parameter is not required and the bitrate control
Each frame sent by the camera may contain multiple zero bytes at the end – there is no Unit Delimiter (UD). Although this does not contradict ITU-T H.264 standard (ISO/IEC 14496-10), some decoders may delay decoded frames by one due to the absence of the UD. If this presents a problem, replace all zero bytes at the end with the UD, a sequence of the following five bytes: 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x09 0x10. In addition, the number of zero bytes at the end of a frame may be significant, up to a few hundred bytes. Replacing them with the UD will also reduce the stream size.
HTTP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming
HTTP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming
HTTP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video StreamingHTTP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming
NOTE:
NOTE:
The h.264 http requests described below are supported only by camera models AVxxx5.
NOTE:NOTE:
A continuous h.264 video stream with frames separated by the boundary separator can be requested from Arecont Vision cameras by using the following GET method request format:
GET/h264stream?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&qp=(4..3
GET/h264stream?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&qp=(4..3
GET/h264stream?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&qp=(4..3GET/h264stream?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..2596)&y0=(0..1944)&x1=(32..2596)&y1=(32..1944)&qp=(4..3
6)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..655
Where:
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6)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..65535)[&fps=value][&bitrate=(1..51200)]
6)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..6556)&doublescan=(0|1)&ssn=(1..655 HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
HTTP/1.1HTTP/1.1 Host: ip_address
Host: ip_address\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Host: ip_addressHost: ip_address \\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
RRRRes
es
can have value of either “half” or “full” and specifies whether the camera should decimate the
eses
image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image.
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1X0, Y0, X1, Y1
respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if
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35)[&fps=value][&bitrate=(1..51200)]35)[&fps=value][&bitrate=(1..51200)]
Res = full
Res = full
Res = fullRes = full
and 64 if
Res = half
Res = half
Res = halfRes = half
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QP
QP
is the quantization parameter for H.264 encoder. To achieve a higher quality video, a low qp is
QPQP
needed. Recommended values are in the range (16..37);
•
DDDDoublescan
oublescan
oublescanoublescan
allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available from the sensor (doublescan = 0) or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that has been already once output (useful for picture-in- picture display).
•
SSN
SSN specifies the stream identifier. MPEG codecs including H.264 codecs are context dependent
SSNSSN
(decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame(s)). The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG
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decoder. Accordingly, unique
SSN
SSN for each stream with a unique image size, quality, and/or frame rate. Each camera
SSNSSN
SSN
SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another. Use a
SSNSSN
supports up to eight simultaneous non-identical streams. Each individual client must have a unique (ip:
ssn)
•
Bitrate
Bitrate
is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H.264 stream in kilobits per second. If this parameter
BitrateBitrate
is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the
QP
QP
parameter is ignored and the
QPQP
camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate.
•
FPS
FPS
specifies the requested frame rate. Values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate. Omitting the
FPSFPS
fps parameter or using fps values of 0 or any values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate which is model dependent.
The first frame or the stream is always an IDR (Intra) frame followed by multiple P (Inter) frames. The default number of P-frames is 50, and can be modified via register 3:21 using the following HTTP command:
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P----frames)
http://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of Phttp://camera/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P
frames)
frames)frames)
For the 8185/8365 cameras, P-frame interval can be modified using the following HTTP command:
http://camera_IP/setreg?page=3&reg=100&val=(number of P
http://camera_IP/setreg?page=3&reg=100&val=(number of P----frames)
http://camera_IP/setreg?page=3&reg=100&val=(number of Phttp://camera_IP/setreg?page=3&reg=100&val=(number of P
frames)
frames)frames)
The current P-frames setting can be checked using the following HTTP command:
http://camera/getreg?page=3&reg=21
http://camera/getreg?page=3&reg=21
http://camera/getreg?page=3&reg=21http://camera/getreg?page=3&reg=21
Each frame sent by the camera may contain multiple zero bytes at the end. There is no Unit Delimiter (UD) used. Although this does not contradict the ITU-T H.264 standard (ISO/IEC 14496-10), some decoders may delay decoded frames by one due to the absence of the UD. If this presents a problem, replace all zero bytes at the end with the UD, a sequence of the following five bytes: 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x09 0x10. In addition, the number of zero bytes at the end of a frame may be significant, up to a few hundred bytes. Replacing them with the UD will also reduce the stream size.
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The following example illustrates a request to a camera with IP address 192.168.1.11 for full resolution 1600x1200 images as a part of the stream with a constant bitrate set to 2 Mbits/sec with maximum frame rate:
GET
GET/h264stream??res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1
/h264stream??res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&qp=26&ssn=1&doublescan=0&bitrate=
GETGET
/h264stream??res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1/h264stream??res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1
2048 HTTP/1.1
2048 HTTP/1.1\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
2048 HTTP/1.12048 HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.1.11
Host: 192.168.1.11\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn\\\\rrrr\\\\nnnn
Host: 192.168.1.11Host: 192.168.1.11
In response to the above request the camera sends a continuous stream of images separated by the boundary separator “fbdr” in accordance with MIME multipart/x-mixed-replace format.
200&qp=26&ssn=1&doublescan=0&bitrate=
200&qp=26&ssn=1&doublescan=0&bitrate=200&qp=26&ssn=1&doublescan=0&bitrate=
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RTSP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming
RTSP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming
RTSP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video StreamingRTSP Request Format for Continuous H.264 Video Streaming
Reference documents for the RTSP/RTCP+SDP+RTP protocol
Reference documents for the RTSP/RTCP+SDP+RTP protocol implementation
Reference documents for the RTSP/RTCP+SDP+RTP protocolReference documents for the RTSP/RTCP+SDP+RTP protocol
implementation are:
implementationimplementation
are:
are:are:
• RFC 3550 for RTCP
• RFC 1889 for RTP
• RFC 2327 for SDP
• RFC 2326 for RTSP
• RFC 3984 for the data format of H.264 streaming over RTP
Unicast camera access
Unicast camera access::::
Unicast camera accessUnicast camera access
The AVxxx5 series cameras support the RTSP protocol via TCP connections. Any RTSP request sent to camera via UDP will be ignored. The actual video stream is transmitted by the camera using RTP protocol. Arecont Vision cameras support two options for RTP transmission: RTP over UDP, and RTP over TCP (RTP/AVP). The maximum number of simultaneously serviced unicast requests or video streams is eight.
Multicast Camera access:
Multicast Camera access:
Multicast Camera access:Multicast Camera access:
The AVxxx5 series cameras support multicast h.264 video streaming. Valid multicast destination IP address range is: 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255, default is 224.0.0.1. Destination multicast IP address range for SAP is: 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255, default is 224.0.0.255.
Accessi
Accessing video stream via RTSP commands
AccessiAccessi
ng video stream via RTSP commands::::
ng video stream via RTSP commandsng video stream via RTSP commands
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An H.264 video stream is requested via RTSP using the following URL. Please note that this URL will not work in a typical web browser. A media player such as VLC or Apple Quicktime is required for this to function properly.
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=(half | full)&x0=(0..max_sensor_width)&y0=(0..
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=(half | full)&x0=(0..max_sensor_width)&y0=(0..
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=(half | full)&x0=(0..max_sensor_width)&y0=(0.. rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=(half | full)&x0=(0..max_sensor_width)&y0=(0.. max_sensor_height)&x1=(32..max_sensor_width)&y1=(32..max_sensor_height)&qp=(4..51)&
max_sensor_height)&x1=(32..max_sensor_width)&y1=(32..max_sensor_height)&qp=(4..51)&
max_sensor_height)&x1=(32..max_sensor_width)&y1=(32..max_sensor_height)&qp=(4..51)& max_sensor_height)&x1=(32..max_sensor_width)&y1=(32..max_sensor_height)&qp=(4..51)& ssn=(1..65535)&[doublescan=(0|1)]&[bitrate=(0..65536)]
ssn=(1..65535)&[doublescan=(0|1)]&[bitrate=(0..65536)]&[fps=1..100]
ssn=(1..65535)&[doublescan=(0|1)]&[bitrate=(0..65536)]ssn=(1..65535)&[doublescan=(0|1)]&[bitrate=(0..65536)]
&[fps=1..100]
&[fps=1..100]&[fps=1..100]
Where:
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Res
Res
can have value of either “half” or “full” and specifies whether the camera should decimate the
ResRes
image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image.
•
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1
X0, Y0, X1, Y1X0, Y0, X1, Y1
respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera
are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window,
model and should be divisible by 32 if
•
QP
QP
is the quantization parameter for H.264 encoder. To achieve a higher quality video, a low qp is
QPQP
Res = full
Res = full
Res = fullRes = full
and 64 if
Res = half
Res = half
Res = halfRes = half
.
needed. Recommended values are in the range (16..37);
•
Doublescan
Doublescan
DoublescanDoublescan
allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available from the sensor (doublescan = 0) or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output (useful for picture-in-picture display).
•
SSN
SSN specifies the stream identifier. MPEG codecs including H.264 codecs are context dependent
SSNSSN
(decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame(s)). The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG decoder. Accordingly, unique
SSN
SSN for each stream with a unique image size, quality, and/or frame rate. Each camera
SSNSSN
SSN
SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another. Use a
SSNSSN
supports up to eight simultaneous non-identical streams. Each client must have a unique (ip:
•
Bitrate
Bitrate
is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H.264 stream in kilobits per second. If this parameter
BitrateBitrate
is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the
QP
QP
parameter is ignored and the
QPQP
camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate.
•
FPS
FPS
specifies the requested frame rate. Values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate. Omitting the
FPSFPS
ssn)
fps parameter or using fps values of 0 or any values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate which is model dependent.
The camera recognizes the follow
The camera recognizes the following RTSP methods:
The camera recognizes the followThe camera recognizes the follow
OPTIONS
OPTIONS
OPTIONSOPTIONS DESCRIBE
DESCRIBE
DESCRIBEDESCRIBE SETUP
SETUP
SETUPSETUP
– requesting supported RTSP methods;
– requesting available resources and their format;
– resolving the camera’s and the client’s ports;
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PLAY
– starting RTP video stream;
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these commands. To resume the stream it is necessary to repeat stream initialization.
The f
The following is a sequence of resolving camera’s parameters and starti
ollowing is a sequence of resolving camera’s parameters and starting an RTP stream:
The fThe f
ollowing is a sequence of resolving camera’s parameters and startiollowing is a sequence of resolving camera’s parameters and starti
ng an RTP stream:
ng an RTP stream:ng an RTP stream:
1) Open a TCP connection on port 554 (RTSP) of the camera.
2) Request the camera’s data format via DESCRIBE. The camera will respond with SDP parameter set of the H.264 stream (SPS/PPS), and the method of forming RTP data packets and synchronization (90 KHz timer).
3) Specify via SETUP the client ports for receiving the video stream.
4) Request PLAY to start the RTP video stream.
5) Receive and decode H.264 video frames packed into fragmented RTP packets that are transmitted via UDP, or optionally over TCP, by the camera.
6) At least every 5 seconds of the RTP streaming send RTCP feedback packets. If the camera does not receive any RTCP packets over a 10 second period, the session will be terminated.
The camera sends IDR frames followed by multiple P-frames. All frames are transmitted in the form of FU-A fragmented RTP packets as described in RFC 3984. The default number of P-frames is 50, and can be modified using the following HTTP command:
http://camera
http://camera_IP
http://camerahttp://camera
_IP/setreg?page=3&reg=
/setreg?page=3&reg=21&val=(number of P
_IP_IP
/setreg?page=3&reg=/setreg?page=3&reg=
21&val=(number of P----frames)
21&val=(number of P21&val=(number of P
frames)
frames)frames)
The current P-frame setting can be checked using the following HTTP command:
http://camera
http://camera_IP
http://camerahttp://camera
_IP/getreg?page=3&reg=21
/getreg?page=3&reg=21
_IP_IP
/getreg?page=3&reg=21 /getreg?page=3&reg=21
The AV3135 dual-sensor cameras support unicast access via RTSP/RTP connections. However, because the AV3135 cameras have two different sensors with different video format, there are additional considerations for RTP/RTSP streaming. These are addressed by sending two different parameter sets upon RTSP DESCRIBE request and sending two corresponding video streams with RTP packets with two different payload types. The AV3135 cameras do not support multicast access.
Following is a sequence of resolving
Following is a sequence of resolving camera’s parameters and starting an RTP stream for the AV3135
Following is a sequence of resolving Following is a sequence of resolving cameras:
cameras:
cameras:cameras:
camera’s parameters and starting an RTP stream for the AV3135
camera’s parameters and starting an RTP stream for the AV3135 camera’s parameters and starting an RTP stream for the AV3135
1) Open a TCP connection on port 554 (RTSP) of the camera.
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2) Request the camera’s data format via DESCRIBE. The camera will respond with two SDP parameter sets of the H.264 stream (SPS/PPS) with different Payload types (97 and 96), and the method of forming RTP data packets and synchronization (90 KHz timer).
3) Specify via SETUP the client ports for receiving the video stream. The client needs to send two SETUP's corresponding to two parameter sets. For example, for RTP/UDP, ports 1500-1501 for the first parameter set with trackID=2; port 1502-1503 for the second parameter set with trackID=1. For RTP/TCP, interleaved channels 0-1 and 2-3 will be assigned to them.
4) Request PLAY to start the RTP video stream.
5) Receive and decode H.264 video frames packed into fragmented RTP packets that are transmitted via UDP, or optionally over TCP, by the camera. RTP packets sent between two sensors can be identified by RTP Payload types (96 ands 97).
6) At least every 5 seconds of the RTP streaming send RTCP feedback packets. If the camera does not receive any RTCP packets over a 10 second period, the session will be terminated.
Optionally, the AV3135 camera can reset the current RTP/RTSP session during day/night sensor switching.
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In response, the client has an option to restart a new RTP/RTSP stream session upon detecting the RESET. This option is enabled via camera's webpage or by sending the following HTTP command:
http://camera_IP/setre
http://camera_IP/setreg?page=3&reg=185&val=2
http://camera_IP/setrehttp://camera_IP/setre
Basic Camera Control Parameters
Basic Camera Control Parameters
Basic Camera Control ParametersBasic Camera Control Parameters
The camera parameters can be accessed via the HTTP requests of the following format:
http://ip_address/set?parameter=value
http://ip_address/set?parameter=value
http://ip_address/set?parameter=valuehttp://ip_address/set?parameter=value http://ip_address/get?parameter
http://ip_address/get?parameter
http://ip_address/get?parameterhttp://ip_address/get?parameter
Examples:
http://192.168.0.36/set?brightness=15
http://192.168.0.36/set?brightness=15
http://192.168.0.36/set?brightness=15http://192.168.0.36/set?brightness=15 http://192.168.0.36/get?brightness
http://192.168.0.36/get?brightness
http://192.168.0.36/get?brightnesshttp://192.168.0.36/get?brightness
The following parameter requests are supported via HTTP protocol by Arecont Vision cameras:
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brightness
brightness
brightnessbrightness
•
sharpness
sharpness
sharpnesssharpness
g?page=3&reg=185&val=2 (bit1=1 to enable; 0 to disable)
g?page=3&reg=185&val=2g?page=3&reg=185&val=2
– image brightness (valid values are from -50 to 50) – image sharpening(valid values are from 0 to 4)
(bit1=1 to enable; 0 to disable)
(bit1=1 to enable; 0 to disable)(bit1=1 to enable; 0 to disable)
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saturation
saturation
saturationsaturation
•
blue
blue
blue blue
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red
red
red red
•
illum
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- blue tint adjustment (valid values from -10 to +10)
- red tint adjustment (valid values from -10 to +10) – illumination setting for auto white balance (valid values are auto, indoor, outdoor, mix)
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freq
freq
– frequency of AC powered light sources (valid values are 50 and 60)
freqfreq
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lowlight
lowlight
lowlightlowlight
– low light mode of the camera, allows tradeoff between frame rate and image quality (valid
values are balance, speed, quality, highspeed, moonlight). If highspeed is used, an additional
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rotate
rotate
rotaterotate
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autoexp
autoexp
autoexpautoexp
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expwndleft
expwndleft - left coordinate of user-defined auto-exposure measurement window (valid values should
expwndleftexpwndleft
shortexposures
shortexposures can be set with valid values from 1 to 10.
shortexposuresshortexposures
– image rotation (valid values are 0 and 180)
– allows to turn on and off auto exposure (valid values are on and off)
fall within sensor window)
•
expwndtop
expwndtop - top coordinate of user-defined auto-exposure measurement window (valid values should
expwndtopexpwndtop
fall within sensor window)
•
expwndwidth
expwndwidth - width of user-defined auto-exposure measurement window (valid values should fall
expwndwidthexpwndwidth
within sensor window)
•
expwndheight
expwndheight – height of user-defined auto-exposure measurement window (valid values should fall
expwndheightexpwndheight
within sensor window)
•
sensorleft
sensorleft - left coordinate of sensor window (valid values defined by sensor size)
sensorleftsensorleft
•
sensortop
sensortop - top coordinate of sensor window (valid values defined by sensor size)
sensortopsensortop
•
sensorwidth
sensorwidth - width of sensor window (valid values defined by sensor size; this value affects sensor
sensorwidthsensorwidth
frame rate)
•
sensorheight
sensorheight - height of sensor window (valid values defined by sensor size; this value affects sensor
sensorheightsensorheight
frame rate)
•
imgleft
imgleft - left coordinate of the default image returned in response to the simple request
imgleftimgleft
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpghttp://ip_address/img.jpg
imgtop
imgtop - top coordinate of the default image returned in response to the simple request
imgtopimgtop
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpghttp://ip_address/img.jpg
•
imgwidth
imgwidth – width of the default image returned in response to the simple request
imgwidthimgwidth
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpghttp://ip_address/img.jpg
•
imgheight
imgheight - height of the default image returned in response to the simple request
imgheightimgheight
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpghttp://ip_address/img.jpg
•
imgquality
imgquality – quality setting of the image returned in response to the simple request
imgqualityimgquality
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpghttp://ip_address/img.jpg
•
imgres
imgres
imgres imgres
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpg
http://ip_address/img.jpghttp://ip_address/img.jpg
– resolution of the default image returned in response to the simple request
(valid values should fall within the camera’s sensor window)
(valid values should fall within the camera’s sensor window)
(valid values should fall within the camera’s sensor window)
(valid values should fall within sensor window)
(valid values 1 to 21)
(valid values are full and half, where half is used to request images
decimated by a factor of 2 in both directions)
•
auto
auto----iris
iris
– allows to enable and disable auto-iris (valid values are on and off)
irisiris
– allows to specify threshold for closing the auto-iris (valid values are from 8 to 255)
•
autoauto irisgain
irisgain
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save
save
– saves current camera configuration (all parameter values) in the non-volatile memory
savesave
http://ip_address/set?params=save
http://ip_address/set?params=save
http://ip_address/set?params=savehttp://ip_address/set?params=save
•
mac
mac
– retrieves the MAC address of the camera (read-only)
macmac
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make
make
– retrieves the manufacturer abbreviation(requires firmware version 64116)
make make
•
model
model ––––
model model
retrieves a four-digit camera model number (read-only, e.g. AV2100M camera will return
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•
fwversion
fwversion
fwversionfwversion
•
procversion
procversion
procversionprocversion
•
netversion
netversion
netversionnetversion
•
revision
revision
revisionrevision
•
factory
factory
factoryfactory
The camera registers can be accessed via the HTTP requests of the following format:
http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)
http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)
http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255) http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&val=(0..65535)
http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&val=(0..65535)
http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&val=(0..65535)http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&val=(0..65535)
Parameters
Parameters Specific to AV3130
Parameters Parameters
The AV3130 and AV3135 camera utilizes two distinct sensors for its day and night modes. Specifically, a 3- Megapixel color sensor with IR-cut filter is used in the day mode, and a 1.3-Megapixel monochrome sensor without IR-cut filter is used in the night mode. Single sensor Day/Night cameras use a mechanical IR switcher to switch between day mode (color, with IR-
– retrieves the revision code of the PCB
– restores camera parameters to factory defaults
– retrieves firmware version of the camera
– retrieves version of the image processor
– retrieves version of the network processor
Specific to AV3130/35
Specific to AV3130Specific to AV3130
/35 and
and DAY/NIGHT Cameras
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DAY/NIGHT Cameras
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cut filter) and night mode (monochrome, without IR-cut filter).
By default, the camera automatically switches between day and night channels as illumination changes. However, it is also possible to force the camera to operate in either day or night channel by using the
daynight
daynight
daynightdaynight
gain and can be adjusted via the parameter the night-to-day transition is specified via parameter transition threshold.
request. The switching point between day and night modes is determined based on overall AE/AGC
nightgain
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daynight
daynight – if set to “auto” the camera will select between color and monochrome channels
daynightdaynight
automatically based on
•
nightgain
nightgain – specifies the automatic switching point for day-to-night transition in proportion to overall
nightgainnightgain
exposure*gain value. The user may need to adjust this value if the lenses on day and night channels have different f-stops. Higher values will cause the transition to night mode at lower illumination levels (valid values for the AV3130 and AV3135 are 0..18, for -DN models the valid range is 64..512)
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daygain
daygain
daygaindaygain
in terms of “hysteresis” relative to day-to-night
thresholds (valid values are “auto”, “day” and “night”)
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daygain
daygain
daygaindaygain
relative to night-to-day transition; Higher values will cause the transition to day mode at higher illumination level (valid values for AV3130 are 0..6, for –DN models are 1..4)
As AV3130 camera has two sensors with different resolutions it is most convenient to specify the required image size in terms of percentages of the full image size as shown in the following example:
http
http://200.168.1.10/image?res=full&
httphttp
Motion Detection Control Parameters
Motion Detection Control Parameters
Motion Detection Control ParametersMotion Detection Control Parameters
The unique design of Arecont Vision cameras allows for highly accurate 64-zone motion detection (also see Motion Detection). Motion detection is achieved by analyzing inter-frame brightness changes on a pixel-by- pixel basis. To provide accurate motion detection in low contrast and low light environments, EACH pixel of
– allows to specify the automatic switching point for night-to-day transition as “hysteresis”
://200.168.1.10/image?res=full&x0=0%&y0=0%&x1=100%&y1=100%&quality=12&doublescan=0
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x0=0%&y0=0%&x1=100%&y1=100%&quality=12&doublescan=0
x0=0%&y0=0%&x1=100%&y1=100%&quality=12&doublescan=0x0=0%&y0=0%&x1=100%&y1=100%&quality=12&doublescan=0
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EACH frame is analyzed. The user can set the size of motion detection zones (via sensitivity to motion (via (via
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mdprivasymask
mdprivasymaskmdprivasymask
information can be obtained from the camera in terms of “amount” of motion in each zone (via addition to retrieving motion detection information, the camera can also be configured to output images only if motion is detected (via
The On-camera motion detection unit utilizes up to 64 distinct zones. All zones are square, have equal size and are arranged in 8 rows with 8 zones per row. The zones are numbered from 0 to 63, upper leftmost zone having number 0 and lower rightmost zone having number 63. The zones are broken into sub-zones of size 32x32 pixels. The size of zones is specified in terms of the square root of the number of sub-zones via parameter zones. By setting the limit on how many sub-zones should contain the motion for the entire zone to be considered to contain motion the user can effectively decide on the size of the moving objects that should be detected. This is done via the parameter
mdzonesize
mdzonesize
mdzonesizemdzonesize
•
motiondetect
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•
mdmode
mdmode
mdmodemdmode
– motion detection mode for mjpeg streams (valid values are “on” and “off”); if set to “on” the
mdlevelthreshold
mdlevelthreshold
mdlevelthresholdmdlevelthreshold
) and specify the size of the moving objects of interest (via
mdmode
mdmode
mdmodemdmode
. The zones can be defined to be as small as 7x7 sub-zones to as large as 15x15 sub-
– enables on-camera motion detection (valid values are “on” and “off”)
).
), select the zones where the motion detection has to be blocked
mddetail
mddetail
mddetailmddetail
.
mdzonesize
mdzonesize
mdzonesizemdzonesize
mddetail
mddetail
mddetailmddetail
), select the
). Motion detection
mdresult
mdresult
mdresultmdresult
) In
camera will only output an image in the presence of motion; If the motion is not detected, the field following the frame boundary separator --fbdr will be followed by Content-Type: text/plain (instead of usual -Type: image/jpeg) and the image data will be substituted with the text message “no motion”
•
mdtotalzones
mdtotalzones
mdtotalzonesmdtotalzones
rows of zones, 8 zones per row. Note that depending on zone size and the camera model (image
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resolution in terms of the number of pixels)some zones may not correspond to the active image area (valid value 64)
•
mdzonesize
mdzonesize
mdzonesizemdzonesize
– size of motion detection zones measured in number of 32x32 pixel blocks in each zone; All zones are squares of the same size from 7x7 to 15x15 (valid values are 7 to 15 for AV1300 and AV2100 and 8 to 15 for AV3100 and AV3130)
•
mdlevelthreshold
mdlevelthreshold
mdlevelthresholdmdlevelthreshold
– motion detection threshold that determines the sensitivity to local inter-frame brightness changes (valid values are 2…31). Lower settings may cause false motion detection due to noise. This parameter corresponds to “Level” under the “Motion Settings” in the AV100 Video System GUI.
•
mdsensitivity
mdsensitivity
mdsensitivitymdsensitivity
– sensitivity of the motion detection to sudden overall lighting changes. This prevents false triggering due to a sudden overall brightness change that triggers motion detection in a large number of zones simultaneously. If more than this number of zones have motion it is assumed that the change is due to lighting change and the detected motion is ignored. Recommended values are 40 for AV3100/AV3130, 30 for AV2100 and 20 for AV1300. This parameter corresponds to “Limit”
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•
mddetail
mddetail
mddetailmddetail
– allows controlling the size of detectable moving objects. The value is the number of 32x32 sub-zones within each zone that should contain motion for the entire zone to be considered to contain motion. (valid values are 1 through square of under “Motion Settings” in AV Video System GUI.
•
mdprivasymask
mdprivasymask
mdprivasymaskmdprivasymask
– Privacy matrix. An 8-byte array, where each byte corresponds to one row of motion detection zones. Each bit in a byte enables motion detection in a corresponding zone, if set to ‘1’. Leftmost zone is controlled by MSB, rightmost zone by LSB.
Example
:
set?mdprivasymask=2a8f3d135b71ee04 results in the following enabled zones
relative to camera image: 01010100 11110001 10111100 11001000 11011010 10001110 01110111
mdzonesize
mdzonesize
mdzonesizemdzonesize
). This parameter corresponds to “Detail”
00100000
•
mdresult
mdresult
mdresultmdresult
– Motion detection information returned by the camera; The return value is “no motion” if
motion has not been detected, otherwise the motion detection information is returned in the following format:
mdresult=<SP><hexadecimal byte0><SP><hexadecimal byte1>...<SP><hexadecimal byte63>
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where <SP> is the SPACE symbol, and the byte value, byteN, indicates the number of sub-zones (blocks of 32x32 pixels) with motion within zone N. Note: the sub-zone size is fixed to 32x32 and cannot be changed. Important: the user should keep in mind that the total number of zones is always 64 (8 vertically and 8 horizontally). Therefore, if the zone size is large, some zones may not correspond to the active pixel array. In that case their motion detection value is not meaningful and should be ignored. For example, for AV1300 camera: if the image size is 1280x1024, then for zone size 8x8 there are 5 by 4 active zones (3 zones after every 5 zones must be ignored as well as all zones after zone 32). Example:
mdresult= 00 1A 01... means that in zone 0 motion was not detected, in zone 1 there are 26 (32x32) sub-zones with motion, in zone 2 there is one sub-zone 1 with motion ….
Access Control
Access Control
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Arecont Vision cameras support two levels of password-protected access control. Camera authentication is compatible with RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1 and is supported by all standard browsers and video surveillance software.
There are two types of users with the following reserved names:
admin
admin ––––
admin admin viewer
viewer
viewerviewer
Setting and removing the passwords is the privilege of the existing password, but not change it. Factory defaults erase all current passwords for both the
viewer.
viewer.
viewer. viewer.
network. In case the network, even if the
Access control setup consists of three steps:
1. Set
2. Log-in using the
full access to all camera settings and live video.
–viewing access only to all current camera settings and live video.
admin
admin
admin admin
A newly shipped camera has no password protection and allows full anonymous access from the
admin
admin
password has not been set, the camera has full anonymous access from the
adminadmin
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
admin
admin
password (using http commands or using the camera’s web page, see below).
adminadmin
password has been set.
admin
admin
password and set the
adminadmin
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
user, while the
password.
viewer
viewer
can only use the
viewerviewer
admin
admin
adminadmin
and the
3. Communicate the
In order to delete
empty
empty ––––
empty empty
password at any time, even without knowing the current
this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera. The
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viewer
viewer viewer
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
password, log-in as
password to the users.
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change the viewer password to a reserved password
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NOTE
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camera’s firmware, or by accessing the camera registers via developers’ register access from AV100 software.
HTTP commands for password setting:
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1. For
2. For
admin
admin
passwords:
adminadmin
http://camera_IP/get?admin
http://camera_IP/get?admin
http://camera_IP/get?adminhttp://camera_IP/get?admin http://camera_IP/set?admin=(a
http://camera_IP/set?admin=(a string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)
http://camera_IP/set?admin=(ahttp://camera_IP/set?admin=(a
empty
empty
is used to erase the existing password.
emptyempty
viewer
viewer
passwords (Figure 30):
viewerviewer
http://camera_IP/get?viewer
http://camera_IP/get?viewer
http://camera_IP/get?viewerhttp://camera_IP/get?viewer http://camera_IP/set?viewer=(a string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)
http://camera_IP/set?viewer=(a string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)
http://camera_IP/set?viewer=(a string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)http://camera_IP/set?viewer=(a string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)
empty
empty
is used to erase the existing password.
emptyempty
string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)
string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”)
The reserved password
The reserved password
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Access Control for Panoramic Cameras
Access Control for Panoramic Cameras
Access Control for Panoramic CamerasAccess Control for Panoramic Cameras
Arecont Vision cameras support dual-level password-protected access control. Camera authentication is compatible with RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1 and is supported by all standard browsers and video surveillance software.
There are two types of users with the following reserved names:
There are two types of users with the following reserved names:
There are two types of users with the following reserved names:There are two types of users with the following reserved names:
admin
admin ––––
admin admin viewer
viewer
viewerviewer
Setting and removing the passwords is the privilege of the password set by the admin and has no rights to modify their own password. Resetting to factory default will erase all current passwords for both protection and will allow full anonymous access. Setting the still allow full anonymous access to the camera’s live feed.
has full access to all camera settings and the video.
– has viewing access to all current camera settings and the video.
admin
admin
admin
adminadmin
and
viewer.
viewer.
viewer. viewer.
admin
admin admin
A newly shipped camera will have no password
user. The
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
viewer
viewer
viewerviewer
password without an admin password will
user can only use a
Access control se
Access control setup consists of three steps:
Access control seAccess control se
1. Set an
2. Log-in using the
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tup consists of three steps:tup consists of three steps:
admin
admin
password, using http commands or using the camera’s web page.
adminadmin
admin
admin
password and set the
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3. Convey the
In order to delete
empty
empty ––––
empty empty
password at any time, without knowing the current
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:NOTE:
camera’s firmware or by accessing the camera registers via developers’ register access from AV100 software.
this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera. The
If the admin password has been set and forgotten, it can only be erased through reprogramming the
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
password to the users.
password, log-in as
admin
admin
admin admin
and
change the viewer password to a reserved password
admin
admin
user can change the
adminadmin
viewer
viewer
password.
viewerviewer
viewer
viewer
viewerviewer
HTTP/1.1 vs. HTTP/1.0
Arecont Vision cameras support both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 protocols as defined by RFC-1945 and RFC- 2068, respectively. While HTTP/1.0 is simple, it limits the speed of image transmission for cases when the user requests individual images rather than an mjpeg stream. This is due to the fact that connection is closed after the transmission of each image, forcing the client to incur round trip delay repeatedly. However, HTTP/1.0 is supported by all HTTP implementations and can be used reliably, albeit with limited speed. By default, Arecont Vision cameras are configured to respond using HTTP/1.0 protocol regardless of the HTTP version used by the client.
Users who desire faster full duplex communication and image delivery may request responses using the HTTP/1.1 protocol. To do so, the user should append the parameter ver=HTTP/1.1 to the request string as shown in the following example:
http
http://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&ver=HTTP/1.1
://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&ver=HTTP/1.1
httphttp
://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&ver=HTTP/1.1://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0&ver=HTTP/1.1
It is important to note that Arecont Vision cameras implement “chunked” transfer encoding as defined by paragraph 14.40 of RFC-2068. While RFC-2068 requires that all HTTP/1.1 implementations support “chunked” encoding, in reality many older implementations (Indy 9, WinHTTP 5.0, etc) are not fully compliant with the requirements of the standard. As a result, if the HTTP/1.1 protocol is requested from a non-compliant implementation, the chunks separators will remain in the data stream and the jpeg image will be corrupted. If the user receives corrupted images over HTTP/1.1 the user should either remove HTTP/1.1 specification from the request or upgrade the HTTP implementation to fully compliant (e.g. WinHTTP 5.1)
HTTP Access of Panoramic Cameras
HTTP Access of Panoramic Cameras
HTTP Access of Panoramic CamerasHTTP Access of Panoramic Cameras
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Notational conventions:
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camera_ip
camera_ip
camera_ip camera_ip
nventions:
nventions:nventions:
: IP address of the camera;
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get
: get a parameter from camera via http;
getget set
set
: set a parameter on camera via http;
setset <channel>
<channel>
<channel><channel> ""
""
: a symbol string in ASCII;
"""" ||||
: means one or another, but not both;
( )
( )
( )( ) ..
..
: a range of values incrementable by 1;
....
+/
+/----
: positive values do not need the “+” sign, while the negative values do need the
+/+/
[ ]
[ ]
[ ] [ ]
In order to access the built-in camera’s web page type either of the two following http commands into the web browsers’ address field:
: panoramic camera channel number from 1 to 4;
http://camera_ip/
http://camera_ip/
http://camera_ip/ http://camera_ip/
: allowable values;
“- “ sign in front of the value; : non-mandatory value which could be dropped.
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http://camera_ip/index.html
http://camera_ip/index.html
http://camera_ip/index.html http://camera_ip/index.html
Requesting
Requesting IIIImages
Requesting Requesting
The AV8360/AV8180/AV8365/AV8185 camera models support two types of image requests: individual JPEG image requests (image or img.jpg) and continuous MJPEG stream requests (mjpeg). In addition, models AV8365/AV8185 support h.264 streaming using RTSP/RTP protocol. The maximum number of supported simultaneous requests of single images or mjpeg streams is eight for AV8180 and AV8360, and up to twelve in AV8185 and AV8365.
NOTE
NOTE
: Even though the camera supports multi-user access, the maximum frame rate is achieved only when
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there is a single request arriving to each channel at any given time.
1. Requesting individual JPEG images
1.1 Requesting images using explicit parameter list within the HTTP string:
http://camera_ip/image[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3
http://camera_ip/image[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3
http://camera_ip/image[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3http://camera_ip/image[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3
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2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)
2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)]]]]
2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)
Where:
RRRRes
es
can have value of either “half” or “full” and specifies whether the camera should
eses
decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or display the full resolution.
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x0,y0,x1,y1
x0,y0,x1,y1
x0,y0,x1,y1x0,y0,x1,y1
are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window,
respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array.
QQQQuality
uality
– image quality, the inverse of image compression level;
uality uality
DDDDoublescan
oublescan
oublescanoublescan
allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available (doublescan = 0) or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output (useful for picture-in- picture display).
IIIIdddd
is an arbitrary number used to control the web browser’s cache;
SSSSSN
SN
a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HTTP request with
SNSN
the same number which got “hung”.
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:NOTE:
Image
requests
without the <channel> parameter specified will cause the camera to transmit the next available image from any of the currently enabled channels. The channel number of the transmitted image could then be identified from the HTTP header Etag (see RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1):
ETag:
ETag: Channel<channel> .
Channel<channel> .
ETag:ETag:
Channel<channel> .Channel<channel> .
1.2 Requesting images using an implicit parameter list (parameters are loaded on camera in advance using separate http commands (see section B 16 below):
http://camera_ip/img.jpg?[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)]
http://camera_ip/img.jpg?[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)]
http://camera_ip/img.jpg?[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)]http://camera_ip/img.jpg?[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)]
Where:
id
id
– an arbitrary number used to control the web browser’s cache;
idid ssn
ssn
– a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HTTP request with
ssnssn
the same number which got “hung”.
2. Requesting a continuous Motion JPEG image stream
http://camera_ip/mjpeg[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&
http://camera_ip/mjpeg[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3
http://camera_ip/mjpeg[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&http://camera_ip/mjpeg[<channel>]?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..1600)&y0=(0..1200)&
2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[fps=(0..15)]&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535
2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[fps=(0..15)]&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535
2..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[fps=(0..15)]&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..655352..1200)&quality=(1..21)&doublescan=(0|1)&[fps=(0..15)]&[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535 )]
)]
)])]
x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3
x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3x1=(32..1600)&y1=(3
Where:
Res
Res
can have value of either “half” or “full” and specifies whether the camera should
ResRes
decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or display the full resolution.
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x0,y0,x1,y1
x0,y0,x1,y1
x0,y0,x1,y1x0,y0,x1,y1
are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window,
respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array.
Quality
Quality
Quality Quality Doublescan
Doublescan
DoublescanDoublescan
– image quality, the inverse of image compression level;
allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available (doublescan = 0) or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that was already once output (useful for picture-in- picture display).
FPS
FPS
specifies the desired frame rate.
FPSFPS Id
Id
is an arbitrary number used to control the web browser’s cache;
IdId SSN
SSN
a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HTTP request with
SSNSSN
the same number which got “hung”.
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:NOTE:
MJPEG
requests
without <channel> parameter specified will cause the camera to transmit
next available image from any of the currently enabled channels. The channel number of the
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transmited image could then be identified from the HTTP header Etag (see RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1):
ETag:
ETag: Channel<c
Channel<channel> .
ETag:ETag:
Channel<cChannel<c
hannel> .
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In addition to JPEG streaming, panoramic camera models AV8185 and AV8365 support h.264 streaming using RTSP/RTP protocol. Any RTSP request sent to camera via UDP will be ignored. The actual video stream is transmitted by the camera using RTP protocol. Arecont Vision cameras support two options for RTP transmission: RTP over UDP, and RTP over TCP (RTP/AVP). The maximum number of simultaneously serviced unicast requests or video streams is up to twelve per panoramic camera allocated among its enabled channels. For example three video streams per channel for each of the four channels are supported.
Accessing video stream via RTSP commands in AV8185 and AV8365:
An H.264 video stream is requested via RTSP using the following URL. Please note that this URL will not work in a typical web browser. A media player such as VLC or Apple Quicktime is required for this to function properly.
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp<channel>
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdprtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp
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X0, Y0, X1, Y1
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Y1
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is the quantization parameter for H.264 encoder. To achieve a higher quality video, a low qp is
needed. Recommended values are in the range (16..37);
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SSN specifies the stream identifier. MPEG codecs including H.264 codecs are context dependent
SSNSSN
(decoding of the current frame depends on the previous frame(s)). The stream is a sequence of frames of the same resolution which can be decoded sequentially by one instance of an MPEG decoder. Accordingly, unique camera supports up to eight simultaneous non-identical streams. Each client must have a unique (ip:
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Bitrate
Bitrate
BitrateBitrate
is present in the request string and is larger than zero then the camera adjusts quantization parameters automatically to maintain the specified bitrate.
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FPS
FPS
FPSFPS
fps parameter or using fps values of 0 or any values above 16 will result in maximum frame rate which is model dependent.
SSN
SSN for each stream with a unique channel, image size, quality, and/or frame rate. Each
SSNSSN
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is used to set up a constant bitrate of the H.264 stream in kilobits per second. If this parameter
specifies the requested frame rate. Values 1 to 15 result in the specified frame rate. Omitting the
SSN
SSN is a means to distinguish different streams from one another. Use a
SSNSSN
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1. Enabling camera channels:
http://camera_ip/get?channelenable
http://camera_ip/get?channelenable
http://camera_ip/get?channelenablehttp://camera_ip/get?channelenable http://camera_ip/set?channelenable=(1..15 as a 4
http://camera_ip/set?channelenable=(1..15 as a 4----bit mask where each bit corresponds to one
http://camera_ip/set?channelenable=(1..15 as a 4http://camera_ip/set?channelenable=(1..15 as a 4 camera channel, LSB is channel 1)
camera channel, LSB is channel 1)
camera channel, LSB is channel 1)camera channel, LSB is channel 1)
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http://camera_ip/get<
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?rotate
http://camera_ip/get<http://camera_ip/get< http://camera_ip/set[<channel>]?rotate=(0|180)
http://camera_ip/set[<channel>]?rotate=(0|180)
http://camera_ip/set[<channel>]?rotate=(0|180)http://camera_ip/set[<channel>]?rotate=(0|180)
3. Brightness:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?brightness
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?brightness
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?brightnesshttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?brightness http://camera_ip/set<channel>?brightness=(
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?brightness=(----50..+50)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?brightness=(http://camera_ip/set<channel>?brightness=(
4. Sharpness:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?sharpness
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?sharpness
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?sharpnesshttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?sharpness http://camera_ip/set<channel>
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?sharpness=(0..4)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>http://camera_ip/set<channel>
5. Saturation:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?saturation
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?saturation
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?saturationhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?saturation http://camera_ip/set<channel>?saturation=(0..6)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?saturation=(0..6)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?saturation=(0..6)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?saturation=(0..6)
channel>?rotate
channel>?rotatechannel>?rotate
?sharpness=(0..4)
?sharpness=(0..4)?sharpness=(0..4)
50..+50)
50..+50)50..+50)
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6. Blue balance:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?blue
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?blue
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?bluehttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?blue http://camera_ip/set<channel>?blue=(
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?blue=(----10..+10)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?blue=(http://camera_ip/set<channel>?blue=(
10..+10)
10..+10)10..+10)
7. Red balance:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?red
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?red
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?redhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?red http://camera_ip/set<channel>?red=(
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?red=(----10..+10)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?red=(http://camera_ip/set<channel>?red=(
10..+10)
10..+10)10..+10)
8. Illumination:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?illum
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?illum
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?illumhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?illum http://camera_ip/set<channel>?illum=("auto"|"indoor"|"outdoor"|"mix")
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?illum=("auto"|"indoor"|"outdoor"|"mix")
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?illum=("auto"|"indoor"|"outdoor"|"mix")http://camera_ip/set<channel>?illum=("auto"|"indoor"|"outdoor"|"mix")
9. Mains frequency, Hz (for indoor lighting compensation):
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?freq
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?freq
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?freqhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?freq http://camera_ip/set<channel>?freq=(50|60)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?freq=(50|60)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?freq=(50|60)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?freq=(50|60)
10. Exposure mode (low light mode):
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?lowlight
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?lowlight
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?lowlighthttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?lowlight http://camera_ip/set<channel>?lowlight=("highspeed"|"speed"|"balance"|"quality"|"moonli
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?lowlight=("highspeed"|"speed"|"balance"|"quality"|"moonlight")
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?lowlight=("highspeed"|"speed"|"balance"|"quality"|"moonlihttp://camera_ip/set<channel>?lowlight=("highspeed"|"speed"|"balance"|"quality"|"moonli
11. Shutter time in high-speed exposure mode (in milliseconds):
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http://camera_ip/get<channel>?shortexposures
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?shortexposures
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?shortexposureshttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?shortexposures http://camera_ip/set<channel>?shortexposures=(1..10)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?shortexposures=(1..10)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?shortexposures=(1..10)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?shortexposures=(1..10)
12. Auto exposure control:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?autoexp
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?autoexp
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?autoexphttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?autoexp http://camera_ip/set<
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?autoexp=("on"|"off")
http://camera_ip/set<http://camera_ip/set<
13. Auto exposure mode:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?exposure
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?exposure
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?exposurehttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?exposure http://camera_ip/set<channel>?exposure=("auto"|"on"|"off")
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?exposure=("auto"|"on"|"off")
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?exposure=("auto"|"on"|"off")http://camera_ip/set<channel>?exposure=("auto"|"on"|"off")
14. Exposure window:
http://camera_ip/get?expwndleft
http://camera_ip/get?expwndleft
http://camera_ip/get?expwndlefthttp://camera_ip/get?expwndleft http://camera_ip/set?expwndleft=(0..max of the co
http://camera_ip/set?expwndleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndleft=(0..max of the cohttp://camera_ip/set?expwndleft=(0..max of the co
channel>?autoexp=("on"|"off")
channel>?autoexp=("on"|"off")channel>?autoexp=("on"|"off")
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http://camera_ip/get?expwndtop
http://camera_ip/get?expwndtop
http://camera_ip/get?expwndtophttp://camera_ip/get?expwndtop http://camera_ip/set?expwndtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?expwndtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get?expwndwidth
http://camera_ip/get?expwndwidth
http://camera_ip/get?expwndwidthhttp://camera_ip/get?expwndwidth http://camera_ip/set?expwndwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?expwndwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get?expwndheight
http://camera_ip/get?expwndheight
http://camera_ip/get?expwndheighthttp://camera_ip/get?expwndheight http://camera_ip/set?expwndheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?expwndheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?expwndheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
15. Sensor cropping:
http://camera_ip/get?sensorleft
http://camera_ip/get?sensorleft
http://camera_ip/get?sensorlefthttp://camera_ip/get?sensorleft http://camera_ip/set?sensorleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?sensorleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?sensorleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?sensorleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/
http://camera_ip/get?sensortop
http://camera_ip/http://camera_ip/ http://camera_ip/set?sensortop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?sensortop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?sensortop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?sensortop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
get?sensortop
get?sensortopget?sensortop
http://camera_ip/get?sensorwidth
http://camera_ip/get?sensorwidth
http://camera_ip/get?sensorwidthhttp://camera_ip/get?sensorwidth http://camera_ip/set?sensorwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?sensorwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?sensorwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?sensorwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get??sensorheight
http://camera_ip/get??sensorheight
http://camera_ip/get??sensorheighthttp://camera_ip/get??sensorheight http://camera_ip/set?sen
http://camera_ip/set?sensorheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
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16. Image settings used as the implicit parameter list in
http://camera_ip/get?imgleft
http://camera_ip/get?imgleft
http://camera_ip/get?imglefthttp://camera_ip/get?imgleft http://camera_ip/set?imgleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imgleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imgleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?imgleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get?imgtop
http://camera_ip/get?imgtop
http://camera_ip/get?imgtophttp://camera_ip/get?imgtop http://camera_ip/set?imgtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imgtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imgtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?imgtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get?imgwidth
http://camera_ip/get?imgwidth
http://camera_ip/get?imgwidthhttp://camera_ip/get?imgwidth http://camera_ip/set?imgwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imgwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imgwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)http://camera_ip/set?imgwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get?imgheight
http://camera_ip/get?imgheight
http://camera_ip/get?imgheighthttp://camera_ip/get?imgheight http://camera_ip/set?im
http://camera_ip/set?imgheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/set?imhttp://camera_ip/set?im
gheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
gheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)gheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size)
http://camera_ip/get?imgquality
http://camera_ip/get?imgquality
http://camera_ip/get?imgqualityhttp://camera_ip/get?imgquality http://camera_ip/set?imgquality=(0..21)
http://camera_ip/set?imgquality=(0..21)
http://camera_ip/set?imgquality=(0..21)http://camera_ip/set?imgquality=(0..21)
http://camera_ip/get?imgres
http://camera_ip/get?imgres
http://camera_ip/get?imgreshttp://camera_ip/get?imgres
img.jpg
img.jpg
img.jpgimg.jpg
image requests:
http://camera_ip/set?imgres=("full"|"half")
http://camera_ip/set?imgres=("full"|"half")
http://camera_ip/set?imgres=("full"|"half")http://camera_ip/set?imgres=("full"|"half")
17. Obtaining MAC address:
http://camera_ip/get?mac
http://camera_ip/get?mac
http://camera_ip/get?machttp://camera_ip/get?mac
18. Getting camera model:
http://camera_ip/get?model
http://camera_ip/get?model
http://camera_ip/get?modelhttp://camera_ip/get?model
19. Getting firmware version:
http://camera_ip/get?fwversion
http://camera_ip/get?fwversion
http://camera_ip/get?fwversionhttp://camera_ip/get?fwversion
20. Getting image processor engine version:
http://camera_ip/get?procversion
http://camera_ip/get?procversion
http://camera_ip/get?procversionhttp://camera_ip/get?procversion
21. Getting network processor version:
http://camera_ip/get?netversion
http://camera_ip/get?netversion
http://camera_ip/get?netversionhttp://camera_ip/get?netversion
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22. Getting PCB revision
http://camera_ip/get?revision
http://camera_ip/get?revision
http://camera_ip/get?revisionhttp://camera_ip/get?revision
23. Store current settings into the flash memory:
http://camera_ip/set?params=save
http://camera_ip/set?params=save
http://camera_ip/set?params=savehttp://camera_ip/set?params=save
24. Restore factory default settings:
http://camera_ip/set?params=factory
http://camera_ip/set?params=factory
http://camera_ip/set?params=factoryhttp://camera_ip/set?params=factory
25. Custom mode settings:
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?kneepoint
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?kneepoint
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?kneepointhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?kneepoint http://camera_ip/set<channel>?kneepoint=(1..100)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?kneepoint=(1..100)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?kneepoint=(1..100)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?kneepoint=(1..100)
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?analoggain
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?analoggain
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?analoggainhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?analoggain
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http://camera_ip/set<channel>?analoggain=(1..10)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?analoggain=(1..10)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?analoggain=(1..10)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?analoggain=(1..10)
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxkneegain
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxkneegain
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxkneegainhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxkneegain http://came
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxkneegain=(2..??)
http://camehttp://came
ra_ip/set<channel>?maxkneegain=(2..??)
ra_ip/set<channel>?maxkneegain=(2..??)ra_ip/set<channel>?maxkneegain=(2..??)
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxexptime
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxexptime
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxexptimehttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxexptime http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxexptime=(0..100)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxexptime=(0..100)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxexptime=(0..100)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxexptime=(0..100)
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxdigitalgain
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxdigitalgain
http://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxdigitalgainhttp://camera_ip/get<channel>?maxdigitalgain http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxdigitalgain=(32..127)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxdigitalgain=(32..127)
http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxdigitalgain=(32..127)http://camera_ip/set<channel>?maxdigitalgain=(32..127)
26. Alternative receiving port of the camera’s web server:
http://camera_ip/get?webserverport
http://camera_ip/get?webserverport
http://camera_ip/get?webserverporthttp://camera_ip/get?webserverport http://camera_ip/set?webserverport=(0..65535)
http://camera_ip/set?webserverport=(0..65535)
http://camera_ip/set?webserverport=(0..65535)http://camera_ip/set?webserverport=(0..65535)
27. User password with
http://camera_ip/get?admin
http://camera_ip/get?admin
http://camera_ip/get?adminhttp://camera_ip/get?admin
admin
admin
admin admin
level of access:
http://camera_ip/set?admin=(text string of 1..8 ASCII symb
http://camera_ip/set?admin=(text string of 1..8 ASCII symbols | “empty”)
http://camera_ip/set?admin=(text string of 1..8 ASCII symbhttp://camera_ip/set?admin=(text string of 1..8 ASCII symb
NOTE: to erase the password use the reserved word “empty”.
28. User password with
http://camera_ip/get?viewer
http://camera_ip/get?viewer
http://camera_ip/get?viewerhttp://camera_ip/get?viewer
viewer
viewer
viewer viewer
level of access:
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http://camera_ip/set?viewer=( text string of 1..8 ASCII symbols | “empty”)
http://camera_ip/set?viewer=( text string of 1..8 ASCII symbols | “empty”)
http://camera_ip/set?viewer=( text string of 1..8 ASCII symbols | “empty”)http://camera_ip/set?viewer=( text string of 1..8 ASCII symbols | “empty”)
NOTE: to erase the password use the reserved word “empty”.
29. Camera’s register access:
http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)
http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)
http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255) http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&value=(0..65535)
http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&value=(0..65535)
http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&value=(0..65535)http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)&reg=(0..255)&value=(0..65535)
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In a typical scenario cameras are connected using network cables to a network switch. A camera can also be connected to a PC or laptop directly by using a cross-over network cable between the camera and PC.
When a camera is connected directly, you may need to change the TCP/IP configuration on your PC. For example, the PC may need to be configured to use a static IP address.
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Switches
Switches and
Switches Switches
Low Sharpness
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Note that some Gigabit switches and network adapters incompletely emulate 100BaseT signaling levels and may not work correctly with high bandwidth 100BaseT equipment.
If the image sharpness appears to be low:
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Check if the lens is appropriate for a megapixel camera.
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Under the Image Quality menu decrease compression and increase sharpness.
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Check if the lens iris is fully open or closed down too much. For best resolution and depth of field the iris (depending on lens make and model) should be closed by 2-3 F-stop.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked QuestionsFrequently Asked Questions
1.
1.
1.1.
What type of video compression is used
What type of video compression is used in
What type of video compression is usedWhat type of video compression is used
use MJPEG in the case of model numbers AVxxx0 and H.264 for models AVxxx5.
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2.
How much stor
How much storage space is required when using
2.2.
How much storHow much stor
The storage space requirements will vary depending on the compressibility of your imagery. Shown below (Figure 31) is an example of a system running at 22 FPS. However, the user can specify the archival frequency to be lower than the full frame rate. Most Arecont Vision cameras also provide highly sophisticated on-board motion detection. To further reduce the required storage the user has an option to archive only those images that contain motion. Furthermore, Arecont Vision cameras support real-time resolution changes and image windowing on a frame-by-frame basis. The user may wish to archive windows of interest or reduced resolution images at the high frame rate while archiving full resolution images at the lower frame rate. A bandwidth calculator is provided at http://www.arecontvision.com/sales-
tools.html to help with determining storage/bandwidth requirements.
Figure 31. Example of a system running at 22 FPS
age space is required when using Arecont Vision camera
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3. Why do I get a license warning
Why do I get a license warning????
3.3.
Why do I get a license warningWhy do I get a license warning
A license is only needed for archiving video. This warning will display until the software is licensed. You can obtain a license file by contacting your distributor or contacting
4.
4. Why is my Arecont Vision camera not
Why is my Arecont Vision camera not detecting
4.4.
Why is my Arecont Vision camera not Why is my Arecont Vision camera not
If the camera is not detected it may be because of the PC’s firewall settings. To allow Camera Installer access to the network the user should configure the firewall properly. To configure the Windows firewall, access the
Windows
Windows Security Center
WindowsWindows
Security Center
Security Center Security Center
detecting in
detectingdetecting
in the Windows
in the Camera Installer?
the Camera Installer?
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the Camera Installer?the Camera Installer?
Control Panel
Control Panel
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Windows Firewall.
Windows Firewall.
Windows Firewall. Windows Firewall.
In the Windows Firewall window (Figure 33), click the exceptions. Once the selections have been made click Camera Installer still cannot find the camera make sure that there are no hardware firewalls blocking the
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Exceptions
Exceptions Exceptions
OK
OK
and re-run the Camera Installer. If the
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Figure 33. Windows firewall
5.
5.
Which DVRs
Which DVRs/NVRs
5.5.
Which DVRsWhich DVRs
/NVRs support
/NVRs/NVRs
support your
support support
your cameras?
cameras?
youryour
cameras?cameras?
Several DVRs/NVRs support Arecont Vision cameras such as Bosch, March networks and Sanyo DVRs. For a full list of verified NVRs, please see
http://www.arecontvision.com/nvrintegrationmatrix.html.
6.
6.
Can I update all my cameras with the same version of firmware?
Can I update all my cameras with the same version of firmware?
6.6.
Can I update all my cameras with the same version of firmware?Can I update all my cameras with the same version of firmware?
No, you will need to make sure you use the appropriate firmware file for your camera. There are several variations of firmware update files, with the camera model being listed in the update file name. Please ensure that the firmware file you are using contains the model number of your camera in its file name.
7.
7.
How do I find out
How do I find out which
7.7.
How do I find out How do I find out
cameras
cameras????
camerascameras
This information is displayed in the anywhere in the live video application and select
which version of
version of the
whichwhich
version of version of
the software is installed
software is installed???? WWWWhat are the IP and MAC addresses of my
the the
software is installedsoftware is installed
About
About
dialog (Figure 34). To open the
AboutAbout
About
About
AboutAbout
hat are the IP and MAC addresses of my
hat are the IP and MAC addresses of my hat are the IP and MAC addresses of my
About
About
dialog, right click
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8.
8.
What is the cost
What is the cost of
8. 8.
What is the cost What is the cost
The cost varies from camera to camera but for unparallel clarity our prices are unbeatable. Almost all cameras have MSRP well below $1000. Visit us online at out the form and our sales staff will contact you.
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9.
Is there
Is there aaaany
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Is there Is there
ny third party software that can be used?
third party software that can be used?
nyny
third party software that can be used?third party software that can be used?
Arecont Vision cameras are supported by many third-party software packages Contact
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When should
When should I use an
0.0.
When should When should
The following cameras support the auto-iris function: AV1300-AI, AV2100-AI, AV3100-AI and AV5100-AI. The auto-iris option allows for the camera to keep the lens optimally closed when there
of an Arecont Vision camera?
an Arecont Vision camera?
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an Arecont Vision camera?an Arecont Vision camera?
for an updated list or visit
I use an auto
I use anI use an
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autoauto
iris iris
camera????
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is sufficient scene illumination, providing good depth of focus. When the illumination diminishes the camera automatically opens the iris, allowing more light to reach the sensor, thus extending the sensitivity range of the camera. This option should only be used for outdoor applications, where there is a large variation in illumination. In many applications the auto-iris is unnecessary. It is important to keep in mind that the best image quality will still be achieved with megapixel lenses. The auto-iris
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lenses available on the market today are not megapixel and will yield the images that are less crisp than those that can be obtained with manual megapixel lens.
11111111.
. What
What adjustments
. .
adjustments can be made
WhatWhat
adjustments adjustments
The shutter speed is automatically controlled by the camera. Motion blur may occur when the camera operates at slow shutter speeds (long exposure times, such as the scene being relatively dark. Arecont Vision cameras provide a number of options that allow the user to control auto-exposure behavior when illumination is low.
The user can set the preferred exposure time that the camera will attempt to maintain as long as illumination level allows. This setting essentially allows the user to choose the tradeoff between gains and exposure time at reduced light levels. There are 3 basic settings: Speed, Balance, and Quality (Figure 35). These settings can be selected from “Low Light Mode” menu Mode list. The Speed setting will result in higher image noise but will attempt to maintain 10ms exposure time for as long
can be made to reduce motion blur?
can be madecan be made
to reduce motion blur?
to reduce motion blur?to reduce motion blur?
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as possible, reducing motion artifacts. The Quality setting will maintain 40 ms exposure time, resulting in low-noise image with some motion blur in low light. The Balanced setting falls between Quality and Speed.
There are also two special modes, High Speed and MoonLight™, which can be used for very fast moving targets and very low illumination, respectively. High Speed mode allows the user to specify a fixed exposure time in terms of milliseconds (from 1 to 80). While this will allow crisp video of fast moving vehicles, the side effect of this setting is that low-light performance of the camera will be significantly worse (up to 800 times) than in default mode. Therefore, High Speed should only be used for well lit scenes.
The other special mode, MoonLight™ implements long exposure times of up to 0.5 seconds in combination with proprietary noise cancellation technology. This mode allows viewing under extremely low illumination conditions. It is important to note, that MoonLight™ is NOT digital frame integration and will offer significantly better image quality than cameras that employ digital frame integration. However, the motion blur will still be significant.
Setting the Low Light Mode to Speed is the first thing to try to eliminate motion blur. If that doesn't produce enough improvement, the user may want to open the lens aperture more to allow more light in. The user may also want to consider going with the camera equipped with auto-iris lens - the lens will open automatically as illumination diminishes. If that is not sufficient, the user may want to consider using a lower resolution camera. For example, the 2-megapixel AV2100 has larger pixels
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and has better low-light sensitivity than the 3-mega pixel product, AV3100. If that still does not yield sufficient low-light performance then, the user should consider the AV3130 day-night camera that uses a monochrome sensor in low light conditions and is sensitive to 0.00 lux .
Figure 35. Exposure menu
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11112222. What information can I provide to
. What information can I provide to AV
. What information can I provide to. What information can I provide to
- Arecont Vision camera MAC address and firmware release (shown in the
- Switch or POE model number.
- Type of network cable eg Cat 5e (min and max distance of run)
- Type of power used (VDC, milliamps, Watts) or POE
- Computer Information:
- 100base-T or Gigabit card
- CPU speed, RAM, Video Card specs
- Hard disk size, and available free space.
AV customer support for a faster response to my issues?
customer support for a faster response to my issues?
AVAV
customer support for a faster response to my issues?customer support for a faster response to my issues?
About
About
dialog box).
AboutAbout
-Please provide the lmlog.dat file and localmachine.ini file. This file can be found in XP under “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Video” and in Vista under “C:\Users\(YourUserName)\ApplicationData\Video Application” Or “C:\Users\(YourUserName)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Video Application”
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Additionally, Arecont Vision’s online support portal at
http://support.arecontvision.com/
http://support.arecontvision.com/
http://support.arecontvision.com/http://support.arecontvision.com/
quick online submission of issues with email notification of responses and fixes.
11113333. How do I disable the auto startup of the Arecont Vision software?
. How do I disable the auto startup of the Arecont Vision software?
. How do I disable the auto startup of the Arecont Vision software?. How do I disable the auto startup of the Arecont Vision software?
Click on
Advanced
Advanced
AdvancedAdvanced
on the AV Software Settings and uncheck “Auto – Startup”.
11114444. Is
. Is there a link to view live video from your camera systems?
there a link to view live video from your camera systems?
. Is . Is
there a link to view live video from your camera systems?there a link to view live video from your camera systems?
We have three sites that are accessible. Please contact our sales team at
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15.
. What is the maximum
What is the maximum physical distance
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What is the maximumWhat is the maximum
physical distance between computer
physical distance physical distance
between computer and
between computer between computer
and Arecont Vision camera
and and
Typical Ethernet 100Base-T has a maximum distance of 100 meters (330 feet). The range can be increased by using a standard powered mid-span switch. Alternatively, 3Com IntelliJack Switch that accepts the power over Ethernet can be used to avoid the need to provide mid-span power supply.
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16. Are
. Are Arecont Vision camera
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Arecont Vision cameras RoHS compliant?
. Are . Are
Arecont Vision cameraArecont Vision camera
s RoHS compliant?
s RoHS compliant?s RoHS compliant?
Arecont Vision products confirm to the Europeans Union Restrictions on Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic equipment (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC for six regulated
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allows for
substances. The certification is applicable to all Arecont Vision products shipped after April 15, 2006.
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17. Can we mount a motorized zoom lens from another supplier?
. Can we mount a motorized zoom lens from another supplier?
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. Can we mount a motorized zoom lens from another supplier?. Can we mount a motorized zoom lens from another supplier?
Motorized zoom is not supported by the camera but you can mount an external PTZ unit with independent controls.
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18. How do I access the Arecont Vision
. How do I access the Arecont Vision Mega
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. How do I access the Arecont Vision . How do I access the Arecont Vision
Type
http://200.168.100.10/index.html
http://200.168.100.10/index.html
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MegaPixel
Pixel®®®® WEB camera
MegaMega
PixelPixel
WEB camera home page to view my
WEB cameraWEB camera
in your web browser, replacing
camera’s IP address.
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19. Is the
. Is the Mega
1919
. Is the . Is the
MegaPixel
Pixel®®®® WEB camera home page compatible with
MegaMega
PixelPixel
WEB camera home page compatible with Mozilla
WEB camera home page compatible with WEB camera home page compatible with
You can take snapshots, view live video and adjust camera settings via the internet using Mozilla Firefox.
22220000. Does your software include motion detection?
. Does your software include motion detection?
. Does your software include motion detection?. Does your software include motion detection?
Our software does include motion detection. Most Arecont Vision cameras also support on-board motion detection that, in contrast to software motion detection, does not take up CPU cycles. The “on
home page to view my cameras remotely?
home page to view myhome page to view my
200.168.100.10
200.168.100.10
200.168.100.10200.168.100.10
Mozilla Firefox?
MozillaMozilla
Firefox?
Firefox?Firefox?
cameras remotely?
cameras remotely?cameras remotely?
with the
camera” feature was implemented to reduce the overall network bandwidth so the camera itself will
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not send images until motion is detected. The user can adjust 3 motion detection sensitivity settings and specify up to 64 motion detection zones.
22221111.
. Can image archival
Can image archival be configured for cyclic recording?
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Can image archivalCan image archival
be configured for cyclic recording?
be configured for cyclic recording?be configured for cyclic recording?
AV100 software will overwrite old files every few minutes once the available disk space reaches a limit value that the end user can set. This value is set under the “Archive” menu in “Minimum Free Disk Space” in the AV100 software.
22222222. How can I
. How can I access the SDK download?
. How can I . How can I
access the SDK download?
access the SDK download?access the SDK download?
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obtaining access. More information can be provided through accessing the support section of
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23. How do the Arecont Vision cameras utilize PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom)?
. How do the Arecont Vision cameras utilize PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom)?
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. How do the Arecont Vision cameras utilize PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom)?. How do the Arecont Vision cameras utilize PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom)?
There is no mechanical PTZ. However, Arecont Vision cameras allow instantaneous electronic pan, tilt and zoom by specifying PTZ window coordinates. Multiple users can each select their own windows allowing for independent PTZ control.
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24. How can I get the AV100 built
. How can I get the AV100 built----in web server to work?
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. How can I get the AV100 built. How can I get the AV100 built
in web server to work?
in web server to work?in web server to work?
AV100 software has a built-in web server that allows multi-user remote access to live video and video archives. This web server can be accessed from any web browser by typing:
HTTP://ip_address:port/guix.htm
HTTP://ip_address:port/guix.htm
HTTP://ip_address:port/guix.htmHTTP://ip_address:port/guix.htm
where ip_address is the IP address of the computer running AV100 and the port corresponds to the port number set in the Remote Viewing menu. Please note that in order to access the AV100 server remotely, the user should enable the server by checking the “Allow Remote Viewing” field and selecting a port that is not blocked by their firewall. For increased security the default value of remote access port is 4250, but any port may be selected for this purpose. Often, port 80 (HTTP port) is
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most likely to be open on a secured network as it is used by default for most web browsing. See page 37 for more details on configuring remote viewing.
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25. What is the night performance (Lux) of the AV3130 camera?
. What is the night performance (Lux) of the AV3130 camera?
2525
. What is the night performance (Lux) of the AV3130 camera? . What is the night performance (Lux) of the AV3130 camera?
In low-light conditions AV3130 switches to 1.3 megapixel monochrome sensor resulting in good image quality down to 0.01 Lux. AV3130 is also sensitive to near-infrared illumination, allowing the use of standard infrared illuminators as a light source.
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26.
. When I attempt to update the firmware on the
When I attempt to update the firmware on the Arecont Vision camera
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When I attempt to update the firmware on the When I attempt to update the firmware on the
receive the “Ack Timeout” message. Why do I get this error?
receive the “Ack Timeout” message. Why do I get this error?
receive the “Ack Timeout” message. Why do I get this error?receive the “Ack Timeout” message. Why do I get this error?
Arecont Vision camera with the firmware update option I
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Make sure that no application, aside from FirmwareLoader.exe, is accessing the camera
during the update
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Make sure that the camera is connected via switch and not with a cross-over cable Re-run AV Installer prior to the upgrade to make sure the camera is accessible and there is no IP conflict
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. Do Arecont Vision camera
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Arecont Vision cameras support multicast?
. Do . Do
Arecont Vision cameraArecont Vision camera
s support multicast?
s support multicast?s support multicast?
All single sensor H.264 cameras support multicasting.
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28. Are there any moving mechanical parts in the AV3130?
. Are there any moving mechanical parts in the AV3130?
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. Are there any moving mechanical parts in the AV3130?. Are there any moving mechanical parts in the AV3130?
The AV3130 does not have any mechanical moving parts inside.
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29. What is
. What is Ethereal or Wireshark
2929
. What is . What is
Ethereal or Wireshark and where can I get it?
Ethereal or WiresharkEthereal or Wireshark
and where can I get it?
and where can I get it?and where can I get it?
Ethereal or Wireshark are network protocol analyzers. Ethereal can be downloaded at
http://www.ethereal.com/
http://www.ethereal.com/.
http://www.ethereal.com/http://www.ethereal.com/
.
Wireshark is available at
. .
http://www.wireshark.org/
http://www.wireshark.org/....
http://www.wireshark.org/http://www.wireshark.org/
33330000. How do I reset the camera
. How do I reset the camera settings to the original factory configuration?
. How do I reset the camera . How do I reset the camera
settings to the original factory configuration?
settings to the original factory configuration?settings to the original factory configuration?
Resetting the Arecont Vision camera to its original configuration can be achieved through the built-in web interface. To reset the Arecont Vision camera open your web browser and type
http://ip_address/set?params=factory
http://ip_address/set?params=factory
http://ip_address/set?params=factoryhttp://ip_address/set?params=factory
Replace “ip_address” with the camera’s current IP address.
31. How can I download the latest copy of AV100 and this manual?
31. How can I download the latest copy of AV100 and this manual?
31. How can I download the latest copy of AV100 and this manual?31. How can I download the latest copy of AV100 and this manual?
The latest copy of the software and manual are available as of this manual revision from
http://www.arecontvision.com
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under Support, in the Product Literature/Downloads section.
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32. How can I obtain an RMA for a
How can I obtain an RMA for a camera?
32.32.
How can I obtain an RMA for aHow can I obtain an RMA for a
camera?
camera?camera?
Initial RMA requests should be directed to the vendor from whom you purchased your camera. Your vendor may be capable of processing your request directly, resulting in a quick turnaround time for a replacement camera. If this is not possible, please fill out a support request on
http://support.arecontvision.com/ and a support representative will follow up to verify your claim prior
to issuing an RMA number. Please do not ship a camera back to Arecont Vision without an approved RMA number or your return will be severely delayed in processing.
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33. How do I assign a subnet mask and gateway to my camera?
How do I assign a subnet mask and gateway to my camera?
33.33.
How do I assign a subnet mask and gateway to my camera?How do I assign a subnet mask and gateway to my camera?
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a) On the camera’s web interface, click ‘Network’ and enter the desire information, then click ‘Apply’.
b) Save the changes to the camera’s flash memory by going to Administration and clicking ‘Save all settings to flash.
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34. How do I get online technic
How do I get online technical support for Arecont Vision cameras?
34.34.
How do I get online technicHow do I get online technic
al support for Arecont Vision cameras?
al support for Arecont Vision cameras? al support for Arecont Vision cameras?
Create an account on our support portal located at http://support.arecontvision.com/. Once an account has been created, a new ticket can be posted and one of our technical support team will follow up with you promptly. To ensure timely responses, please make sure to login to the support portal to post any replies to your open ticket.
35.
35. How do I save camera settings via the web interface?
How do I save camera settings via the web interface?
35.35.
How do I save camera settings via the web interface? How do I save camera settings via the web interface?
Changes to settings in the web interface are saved by going to ‘Administration’ and clicking ‘Save all settings to flash.’
36. How do I set up multicasting on H.264 cameras?
36. How do I set up multicasting on H.264 cameras?
36. How do I set up multicasting on H.264 cameras?36. How do I set up multicasting on H.264 cameras?
You can configure multicasting via the camera’s web interface. Under ‘H.264’, check the box next to ‘Active’ under the UDP/RTP multicast stream options. You should now be able to access the multicast stream using the URL http://camera_IP/stream.sdp.
37. How do I automatically upload images from the camera to a website
37. How do I automatically upload images from the camera to a website/ftp server?
37. How do I automatically upload images from the camera to a website37. How do I automatically upload images from the camera to a website
/ftp server?
/ftp server? /ftp server?
Arecont Vision’s cameras do not support any automatic image uploads to an FTP or web site. NVR software is required for the camera to stream and record.
38. What is the RTSP command for accessing an Arecont camera using a media player such
38. What is the RTSP command for accessing an Arecont camera using a media player such as VLC?
38. What is the RTSP command for accessing an Arecont camera using a media player such 38. What is the RTSP command for accessing an Arecont camera using a media player such
as VLC?
as VLC? as VLC?
The general command for RTSP (see page 55 for more details) is:
rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=(half|full)&x0=(0..max_sensor_width)&y0=(0..max_sensor_height)&x1 =(32..max_sensor_width)&y1=(32..max_sensor_height)&qp=(4..51)&ssn=(1..65535)&[doublescan=(0 |1)]&[bitrate=(0..65536)]&[fps=1..100]
39. What PoE class are MegaVideo® and SurroundVideo® cameras?
39. What PoE class are MegaVideo® and SurroundVideo® cameras?
39. What PoE class are MegaVideo® and SurroundVideo® cameras? 39. What PoE class are MegaVideo® and SurroundVideo® cameras?
MegaVideo® cameras are PoE class 2 and SurroundVideo® cameras are class 3.
40. What is the default IP address of Arecont Vision cameras?
40. What is the default IP address of Arecont Vision cameras?
40. What is the default IP address of Arecont Vision cameras? 40. What is the default IP address of Arecont Vision cameras?
Arecont Vision cameras do not have a specific default IP address. The AV100 Camera Installer will allow for camera detection, giving the current IP of the camera. The IP address can also be modified through the Camera Installer. This software comes standard on the CD included with every camera and is also downloadable here:
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41. What is the default password of Arecont Vision cameras?
41. What is the default password of Arecont Vision cameras?
41. What is the default password of Arecont Vision cameras? 41. What is the default password of Arecont Vision cameras?
Arecont Vision cameras do not ship with a password set on the web interface. If a password is required to secure the camera or because 3rd party software requires one, log in to the camera’s web interface by typing the camera’s IP address into your web browser. Under ‘Administration’, enter the desired password for admin access. The user name will be admin.
42. What is the voltage requirement for using an external power supply?
42. What is the voltage requirement for using an external power supply?
42. What is the voltage requirement for using an external power supply? 42. What is the voltage requirement for using an external power supply?
12-48VDC is required as marked on the back panel of the camera. Currently shipping H.264 cameras will also accept AC power input. If you are unsure as to whether your camera will accept AC, check the back panel to see if it notes 24VAC below the 12-48VDC requirement.
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43. What lenses and housings work with Arecont Vision cameras?
43. What lenses and housings work with Arecont Vision cameras?
43. What lenses and housings work with Arecont Vision cameras? 43. What lenses and housings work with Arecont Vision cameras?
Arecont Vision offers an assortment of lenses and housing that fulfill almost every security need. These lenses and housings can be found under the Products section of
http://www.arecontvision.com/. By selecting a specific camera from the products section, a list of
recommended lenses and housings/domes are listed. If a specific application requires lenses or housings other than those listed on Arecont Vision’s web site, please contact your local sales representative for further assistance with finding a compatible housing.
44. When I start the AVI Maker to export a video, why do I only get one image?
44. When I start the AVI Maker to export a video, why do I only get one image?
44. When I start the AVI Maker to export a video, why do I only get one image? 44. When I start the AVI Maker to export a video, why do I only get one image?
The exact time must be selected (hour, minute, second). Please refer to the AVI Maker section of this manual for further instructions.
45. Where do I find an H.264 bandwidth calculator?
45. Where do I find an H.264 bandwidth calculator?
45. Where do I find an H.264 bandwidth calculator? 45. Where do I find an H.264 bandwidth calculator?
This calculator along with other sales tools are available at http://www.arecontvision.com/sales-
tools.html.
46. Where do I find H.264 demo movies on the web site?
46. Where do I find H.264 demo movies on the web site?
46. Where do I find H.264 demo movies on the web site? 46. Where do I find H.264 demo movies on the web site?
H.264 demo videos are available upon request. Please access http://support.arecontvision.com/ to request a video.
47. What ports are used by Arecont
47. What ports are used by Arecont Vision cameras?
47. What ports are used by Arecont 47. What ports are used by Arecont
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Vision cameras? Vision cameras?
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Arecont Vision cameras operate using TFTP on port 69, HTTP on port 80 or an alternative HTTP port of 8080 (default) and RTSP on port 554. The alternate HTTP port can be modified through the ‘Network’ portion of the camera’s web interface.
48. Why is multicasting not working in my web browser?
48. Why is multicasting not working in my web browser?
48. Why is multicasting not working in my web browser? 48. Why is multicasting not working in my web browser?
A media player such as VLC or QuickTime will support multicasting via RTSP.
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Chapter
Chapter VVVV ---- Regulatory Compliance
Chapter Chapter
Regulatory Compliance
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FCC Compliance Statement
FCC Compliance Statement
FCC Compliance StatementFCC Compliance Statement
All Arecont Vision cameras have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his/her own expense.
Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment under FCC rules.
1. It is suggested that the user use shielded CAT6 cables to comply with FCC rules.
2. It is suggested that the user use power-over-Ethernet supply
3. To comply with FCC rules when using auto-iris with AV1300, AV2100 and AV3100 it is also suggested using a ferrite common mode choke Fair-Rite # 0444164281 with 1 ½ turns place on the auto-iris lens cable three centimeters from the lens.
Terms and Conditions of Sale
Terms and Conditions of Sale
Terms and Conditions of SaleTerms and Conditions of Sale
1. Terms and Conditions.
1. Terms and Conditions.
1. Terms and Conditions.1. Terms and Conditions.
supersede any and all terms and conditions set forth in any documents issued by Purchaser, including Purchaser’s purchase order. ANY ADDITIONAL, DIFFERENT OR CONFLICTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREBY ARE OBJECTED TO BY ARECONT VISION, LLC (“AV”), AND SHALL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT. No waiver or amendment of these terms and conditions shall be
This sale is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, which
binding on AV unless made in writing expressly stating that it is such a waiver or amendment and signed by AV.
2. Limited Warranty.
2. Limited Warranty.
2. Limited Warranty.2. Limited Warranty.
each Product shall be free from material defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve
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AV warrants to Purchaser (and only Purchaser) (the “Limited Warranty”), that: (a)
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(12) months from the date of shipment (the “Warranty Period”); (b) during the Warranty Period, the Products will materially conform with the specification in the applicable documentation; (c) all licensed programs accompanying the Product (the “Licensed Programs”) will materially conform with applicable specifications. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, AV shall have no obligation or responsibility with respect to any Product that (i) has been modified or altered without AV’s written authorization; (ii) has not been used in accordance with applicable documentation; (iii) has been subjected to unusual stress, neglect, misuse, abuse, improper storage, testing or connection; or unauthorized repair; or (iv) is no longer covered under the Warranty Period. AV MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OTHER THAN THE EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTIES MADE BY AV ABOVE, AND AV HEREBY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND THE IMPLIED CONDITION OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY. ALL LICENSED PROGRAMS ARE LICENSED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY. AV DOES NOT WARRANT THAT (I) THE OPERATION OF THE PRODUCTS OR PARTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; (II) THE PRODUCTS OR PARTS AND DOCUMENTATION WILL MEET THE END USERS’ REQUIREMENTS; (III) THE PRODUCTS OR PARTS WILL OPERATE IN COMBINATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS SELECTED BY THE END USER; OTHER THAN COMBINATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS WITH PARTS OR OTHER PRODUCTS AUTHORIZED BY AV OR (IV) THAT ALL LICENSED PROGRAM ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED.
3. Exclusive Remedy; Limitation of Liability.
3. Exclusive Remedy; Limitation of Liability.
3. Exclusive Remedy; Limitation of Liability.3. Exclusive Remedy; Limitation of Liability.
Purchaser’s exclusive remedy for a breach of the Limited Warranty shall be limited to repair or replacement of, or refund for, the non-conforming Product (at AV’s sole option). Product returned to AV for non-compliance with this Limited Warranty shall be returned in accordance with the “Rejection/Return” provisions below. Any refund shall be equal to the actual purchase price for the applicable Product. IN NO EVENT SHALL AV BE LIABLE TO PURCHASER FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AV’S PERFORMANCE OF FAILURE TO PERFORM, WHETHER DUE TO BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.
4. Repaired or Replaced Product.
4. Repaired or Replaced Product.
4. Repaired or Replaced Product.4. Repaired or Replaced Product.
scope to the warranty set forth above, and shall have a duration of the greater of (i) the remaining Warranty Period in the original warranty that was applicable to the original Product, extended by the time elapsed between AV receiving notice of the non-conformity and Purchaser's receipt of the
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repaired or replaced Product; or (ii) ninety (90) days following delivery to Purchaser's of the repaired or replaced Product.
5. Shipment and Risk of Loss.
5. Shipment and Risk of Loss.
5. Shipment and Risk of Loss.5. Shipment and Risk of Loss.
All Products shipped by AV shall be packaged in AV’s shipping cartons so as to prevent damage and shall be delivered to a common carrier FOB AV’s facility in Altadena, CA, USA, at which time risk of loss shall pass to Purchaser. All freight, insurance, and other shipping expenses, as well as expenses for any special packing requested by Purchaser and provided by AV, shall be paid by Purchaser.
6. Licensed Programs.
6. Licensed Programs.
6. Licensed Programs.6. Licensed Programs.
Upon the sale of any Product to Purchaser, AV grants to such Purchaser a non- exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to (i) install copies of the Licensed Programs in appropriate hardware; and (ii) use the Licensed Programs for their intended purpose. Purchaser may make copies of any Licensed Programs only as necessary to exercise its rights authorized hereunder and as necessary to backup the Licensed Programs.
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7. Payment.
7. Payment.
7. Payment.7. Payment.
Payment shall be in U.S. Dollars, and shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms set forth on the applicable AV Quotation. Payment shall be in an amount equal to the purchase price for the applicable Product plus all applicable taxes, shipping charges, and other charges to be borne by Purchaser.
8. Rejection/Return.
8. Rejection/Return.
8. Rejection/Return.8. Rejection/Return.
All Products shall be deemed accepted by Purchaser twenty (20) business days after receipt unless Purchaser rejects such Product within such twenty (20) business day period for failure to comply with the Limited Warranty set forth in above. Upon such rejection, Purchaser shall immediately notify AV of the rejection and shall, at AV’s option, return the Product or allow AV to inspect the rejected Product and shall follow AV’s instructions regarding disposition of the rejected Product. Prior to the return of any Product to AV as provided for hereunder, Purchaser shall obtain from AV’s Technical Support Department a Return Material Authorization (“RMA”) number. Within ten (10) business days after receiving an RMA number for the Product, Purchaser shall package the Product in its original packing material or an equivalent and return such Product to AV or such other location as AV may designate in writing. AV shall bear the cost of freight and insurance for the return to AV. Purchaser shall enclose with the returned Product the applicable RMA form, and any other documentation or information requested by AV. AV may refuse to accept returns of any Product not packed and shipped as provided in this paragraph. Upon verification that the Product does not comply with the Limited Warranty, AV shall repair, replace, or provide a refund for such Product, at AV’s option, no later than thirty (30) days after the time AV receives from Purchaser written notice of
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such return or rejection. AV shall be responsible for returning, at AV’s cost, repaired or replaced Products to Purchaser.
9.
9. General Provisions.
General Provisions.
9. 9.
General Provisions.General Provisions.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, performance by AV shall be excused to the extent that performance is rendered commercially unreasonable by acts of God, war, fire, flood, riot, power failure, embargo, material shortages, strikes, governmental acts, man-made or natural disasters, earthquakes, failure or limitation of supply, or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control and not caused by the negligence of AV. The time for performance shall be extended for the time period lost due to the delay. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California, USA, without reference to conflict of laws. These terms and conditions, including those on the face page hereof (if any), set forth the entire agreement and understanding of AV and Purchaser with respect to the sale and distribution of Products, the Licensed Products and Parts and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements relating thereto, written or oral, between the parties. Purchaser may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder without the express written consent of AV.
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Any assignment by Purchaser without such consent shall constitute a breach hereof by Purchaser.
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