Avtech AVI322, AVI311, AVI321 Quick Manual

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AVI322, 321, 311 quick_V1.0

AVI322 / 321 / 311

Network Camera Series

Quick Guide

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European law on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, which
means our manufacture processes and products are strictly “lead-free” and without the
hazardous substances cited in the directive.

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product must be collected separately at the product end-of-life. This applies to your
product and any peripherals marked with this symbol. Do not dispose of these products
as unsorted municipal waste. Contact your local dealer for procedures for recycling this
equipment.

Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference.

For the actual display & operation, please refer to your product in hand.

PACKAGE CONTENTS

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1. PACKAGE CONTENTS

‧ AVI322 / 321

◎ In the camera package:

□ Speed dome camera □ User Manual

□ CD-ROM disc (including user manuals &

CMS software “Video Viewer”)

◎ In the bracket package (Optional) :

□ Wall mounting screws x 4 □ Wall plugs x 4

□ Cap x 1 □ Bracket screw x 1

□ M6 Nylok screws (short) x 2 □ M6 Nylok screws (long) x 3

□ M4 screw x 1 □ Mounting base screw x 2

□ Spirit level x 1 □ Hex screw nuts x 3

‧ AVI3 11

□ Network camera

□ Screw * 3

□ Quick Start

□ Wall Plug * 3

□ CD Manual (including user manual &

licensed software “Video Viewer”)

□ Decoration Cover * 3

Note: The DC12V 1A adapter, power cord and RJ45 network cable are not included with the sales

package. Please prepare by yourself.

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2. INSTALLATION & SETUP

2.1 CONNECTOR OVERVIEW

CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION

Power Connector Connect the DC 12V adapter for power supply.

Video Output Connector Connect to the video input connector of your monitor with a video cable (i.e. a RCA line with the

BNC connector, or a coaxial line) for video output.
* The video cable is not included with the sales package.

Audio Input Connector Support the connection to an audio device, such as a microphone, for voice transmission of the

local side.
* The audio function is currently not available.

RJ11 Connector

Get a RJ11 line with the proper length to your connection.
Different RJ11 line may have different line layout, so the connection might be different. If you

cannot control the PTZ network camera after connection, please reverse the RJ11 line layout and
try again.

RJ45 Jack Connector Get a R45 network cable with the proper length to your connection. And connect the network

camera to the network.

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2.2 Install the Hardware (For AVI322 / 321)

Before installation, you need the following items before installation:

‧ Bracket & mounting base (supplied with the bracket sales package)

‧ The accessory packages supplied with the bracket sales package, including:

(1) Wall mounting screws x 4 (2) Wall plugs x 4

(3) Cap x 1 (4) Bracket screw x 1

(5) M6 Nylok screws (short) x 2 (6) M6 Nylok screws (long) x 3

(7) M4 screw x 1 (8) Mounting base screw x 2

(9) Spirit level x 1 (10) Hex screw nuts x 3

‧ Power Drill

e). When you make sure the surface is horizontal, use the M4 screw supplied with the bracket package to

fix the camera and the bracket tightly.

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2.3 Install the Hardware (For AVI311)

Before installation, you need the following items before installation:

‧ The accessory package which includes:

(1) Wall mounting screws
(2) Wall plugs
(3) Decoration covers

‧ Power Drill or screwdriver

STEP 1: Mount the camera to the ceiling.

Attach the camera to the ceiling, and fasten the camera with the supplied 3 screws.

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STEP 2: Push the decoration covers to the camera to lock.

When the camera is mounted, find the supplied 3 decoration covers in the accessory package, and push

them to the camera to lock as shown below.

STEP 3: Connect the power, video, audio, RJ11, RJ45 connectors.

Please refer to Step 4 in “2.2 Install the Hardware (For AVI322 / 321)”.

2.4 Log In and Access the Camera

Step 1. Install the Software.

a) Place the supplied CD into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The program will be automatically run.

b) Click “Licensed Software AP” to install Video Viewer, or click “Download Latest Version” under “Licensed

Software AP” to download the latest version of Video Viewer from the Internet.

c) Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation. When the installation is completed, a shortcut

icon “ ” will be placed on your PC desktop.

Step 2. Connect the network camera to the Internet via a RJ-45 network cable.

Step 3. Enter the IP address of the camera for login.

There are two ways to enter the IP address of the camera as follows:

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‧ Search the available IP address to login

a) Double-click “

” icon on your PC desktop to enter the Video Viewer control panel. By defaults, the

“Address Book” ( ) panel will be displayed on the right side of the Video Viewer control panel.

b) Click ” ”  ” ” to search the available IP address(es). The found address(es) will be listed,

and can be added into the address book by clicking ” ”.

For details, please see “ ” at page 10.

c) Select the IP address you just added into the address book, and click “ ” to edit the settings.

d) Double-click the IP address in the address book for login.

Note: For detailed network settings under different network types (Static IP / PPPOE / DHCP), please

refer to your user manual.

‧ Add the IP address and other network settings for login

a) Double-click “ ” icon on your PC desktop to enter the Video Viewer control panel. By defaults, the

“Address Book” panel will be displayed on the right side of the Video Viewer control panel.

The default network camera settings are as follows:

Item Default Setting

IP Address 192.168.1.10

User Name admin

Password admin

Port Number 80

b) Click ” ”  ” ” to key in the IP address, user name, password, and port number of the network

camera you intend to connect.

c) Double-click the IP address you just added into the address book for login.

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3. VIDEO VIEWER BASIC OPERATION

3.1 The Live View Page

After setting up the network information, login user name and password, double-click “ ” on the PC desktop to

open and log into the Video Viewer control panel. You will see a screen similar to the following with 6 major sections:

‧ Connect to only one network camera ‧ Connect to multiple network cameras (ex. 4 cameras)

‧ 1-cut display ‧ 4-cut display

NO. Button Function Description

1

Image Display

To switch to another camera view if two or more network cameras are
connected, click the corresponding blue tab. The camera title shown in the blue
tab can be customized (For example, “321”, “311”, “Play1” and “Digi”). The
default camera title is “Camera1”.

/ / /

/ /

Expand All

Views

To see all views in the image display area if you have many views and do not
want to switch each view by clicking the blue tab described above, click to
choose a proper split view (1-cut / 4-cut / 6-cut / 9-cut / 13-cut / 16-cut) which best
suits your needs.

The selected view will be indicated with a red frame around it.

Original Size

Click to return to original size of the monitoring view.

Close

Click to close the current image display view.

If the image display view is closed, you will be logged out automatically.

Close All

Click to close all the current image display view.

If the image display view is closed, you will be logged out automatically.

2

Address Book

Click to show the predefined IP address(es). You can add, remove or search the
IP address to login the network camera remotely.

3

Miscellaneous

Control

Click to show the main operation functions: audio volume control, color setting,
backup, record setting, server setting, upgrade, and find status log list.

4

/

Record

Click to start / stop the manual recording.

5

Snapshot

Click to take a snapshot of the current view. The snapshot will be saved in the
path you specified in Record Setting.

6

Information

Click to show the current network connection details.

7

PTZ

Click to show the PTZ control functions: auto tracking, auto move, auto pan,
zoom in, zoom out, focus near and focus far …etc.

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3.2 Address Book

This view is displayed when the Video Viewer is activated for you to log in / out the network camera from the

current address list, or search the available IP address as follows:

Address Book Search

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Click to view the pre-defined network camera access details.

To login, choose one IP address from the address list, and click the address twice; to logout, click the

connected IP address twice.

You can also create new IP address information, or modify or remove the current IP address information.

Button Function Description

Add

Click to directly add one IP address for login. Key in all the network camera
access information needed, and click “Apply” and “Close” to add the selected
address to the address book.

Edit

Select one current IP address from the address list, and click this button to edit
the settings.

Remove Select one IP address from the address list, and click this button to delete it.

Record

Check this checkbox to enable the record settings. For details, please refer to

your user manual. The default setting is unchecked.

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Click to search and view the available IP address(es) for the network connection. You can choose one

address to add into the address book, edit the details, or update the address list.

Button Function Description

Add into

address book

Select from the available IP address list, and click this button. Key in the
network camera access information needed, and click “Apply” and “Close” to
add the selected address to the address book.

Setting

Select from the available IP address list, and click this button to edit the setting.

Refresh Click to update the available IP address list.

3.3 Manual Record

1) Choose the record type and assign the file saving location

Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Record Setting) to go to the “Record Setting” page. Check the

record type(s) (Manual), and assign the location to save the recordings by double-clicking the “Video Path” cell.

Note: Make sure a record path is chosen, and the available disk capacity (Free (MB)) is larger than the

reserved capacity (Reserve (MB)). The minimum reserved capacity is 2048MB.

2) Enable the record settings

Once the “Manual” checkbox is checked in the “Record On/Off” section, checked the “REC” box in the address

book panel “ ” to enable the record settings.

3) Click “ ” (Record) button to start manual recording

Click “ ” (Record) on the main control panel to start the manual recording immediately, and the recordings
will be saved in the specified location. When the record function is started, a flashing indication icon will be

shown at the bottom right corner of the image display view.

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3.4 Playback

To play a recording, click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Status List), and select the “Record” tab. A

list of all the recordings will be shown by defaults, and you can also sort out the logs you want to speed up the

search time. For details, please refer to your user manual.

To immediately play a recording file, select a log from the list, and click “Play”, or double-click the selected log.

Then, the playback control panel will be shown at the bottom of the main control panel similar to the following.

For the playback control panel details, please refer to your user manual.