Vivotek FD7132 User Manual

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Table of Contents

Overview.......................................................................................................................................................3

Read before use ......................................................................................................................................3

Package contents ....................................................................................................................................3

Physical description .................................................................................................................................4

Installation ....................................................................................................................................................6

Hardware installation ...............................................................................................................................6

Network deployment ................................................................................................................................9

Software installation ..............................................................................................................................12

Accessing the Network Camera .................................................................................................................13

Using web browsers .............................................................................................................................. 13

Using RTSP players .............................................................................................................................. 15

Using 3GPP-compatible mobile devices ...............................................................................................16

Using VIVOTEK recording software ...................................................................................................... 17

Main Page ..................................................................................................................................................18

Client Settings ............................................................................................................................................22

Conﬁguration ..............................................................................................................................................24

System ..................................................................................................................................................25

Security .................................................................................................................................................27

HTTPS ..................................................................................................................................................28

Network .................................................................................................................................................33

DDNS ....................................................................................................................................................41

Access list ............................................................................................................................................43

Audio and video .....................................................................................................................................44

Motion detection .................................................................................................................................... 50

Application ............................................................................................................................................54

Recording ............................................................................................................................................. 64

System log ............................................................................................................................................67

View parameters ..................................................................................................................................68

Maintenance ..........................................................................................................................................69

Appendix ....................................................................................................................................................73

URL Commands of the Network Camera ..............................................................................................73

Technical Speciﬁcations ......................................................................................................................112

Technology License Notice .................................................................................................................. 113

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) .................................................................................................. 114

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Overview

VIVOTEK FD7132 is a 3-axis fixed dome network camera with true day and night function for indoor 24-hour continuous surveillance. Coupled with a removable IR-cut filter and IR illuminators up to 15 M (50ft), the high-sensitive FD7132 provides superior quality images in both day and night conditions. The sophisticated 3-axis mechanism design offers very ﬂexible, easy hardware installation for either ceiling or wall mount. You may pan, tilt, or roll your camera and still have a wide range ﬁeld of view by a 3.3~12 mm vari-focal, auto-iris board lens. Additionally, the built-in PIR (Passive Infrared) sensor can effectively help you detect any motion objects by their thermal to prevent occurrences of false alarms. By offering many advanced functions including simultaneous dual streams, 3GPP mobile surveillance, 802.3af compliant PoE, twoway audio by SIP protocol, and HTTPS encryption, this full-featured FD7132 allows you to easily build up a cost-effective IP surveillance system for indoor day and night applications such as ofﬁces, banks, retail stores and much more.

Read before use

The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a ﬂexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use. It is important to ﬁrst verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package contents listed below. Take notice of the warnings in Quick Installation Guide before the Network Camera is installed; then carefully read and follow the instructions in the Installation chapter to avoid damages due to faulty assembly and installation. This also ensures the product is used properly as intended.

The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those who have basic network knowledge. It is designed for various applications including video sharing, general security/surveillance, etc. The Conﬁguration chapter suggests ways to best utilize the Network Camera and ensure proper operations. For the creative and professional developers, the URL Commands of the Network Camera section serves to be a helpful reference to customize existing homepages or integrating with the current web server.

Package contents

■ FD7132

■ Power adapter

■ Software CD

■ Alignment sticker

■ Warranty card

■ Quick installation guide

■ Screwdriver

■ Screws and I/O connector

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Physical description

Tilt screw

Built-in MIC

PIR sensor

Indented reset button

Image adjustment screw

Lens

I/O

1 2 3 4

Audio Out Mic. In Ext. Int.

Light sensor

IR LEDs

Status LED

Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 socket

Power cord socket

Focus controller

Zoom controller

MIC in

External/Internal MIC switch

Pan screw

Audio out

General I/O terminal block

Keep a note of the MAC address before installing the camera.

Drill holes

Dome cover

Network Camera

Model No: FD7132

MAC:0002D107258A

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Pat. 6,930,709

RoHS

Made in Taiwan

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General I/O Terminal Block

This Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block which is used to connect external input / output devices. The pin deﬁnitions are described below.

1: Power 2: Digital output

1 2 3 4

3: Digital input 4: Ground

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DI/DO Diagram

Refer to the following illustration for connection method.

12V

PIN 1

Power+12V

PIN 2

Digital output

+12V

PIN 3

Digital input

PIN 4

Ground

Status LED

The LED indicates the status of the Network Camera.

Description Status LED Blinking green and orange (twice) Power on or reset Non light During booting procedure Steady orange till IP address is confirmed Detecting and setting network Blinking orange and red continuously After network is setup (system up) Rapidly blink orange till firmware is upgraded During the upgrade firmware process

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Hardware Reset

Status LED

Reset button

There is a button in the back of the Network Camera. It is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system could set the system back to normal state. If the system problems remain after reset, restore the factory settings and install again.

Reset: Press and release the indented reset button with a needle. Wait for the Network Camera to reboot.

Restore: Press on the reset button continuously until the status LED rapidly blinks orange. It takes about 30 seconds. Note that all settings will be restored to factory default. Upon successful restore, the status LED will blink orange and red.

Installation

Hardware installation

1. Use the supplied screwdriver to detach the dome cover from the camera base. Then, follow the steps below to install the camera; either to a ceiling or to a wall.

Installation Tips

Before installing the camera, look for a spot that best suits your needs. The built-in PIR sensor is designed to be triggered when a person enters its detection range. Therefore, it is crucial to install the camera at a place with the PIR sensor facing the desired direction. (The sensitivity of PIR sensor depends on object size and temperature differences between the object and the background environment.)

Top view

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Side view

Audio Out Mic. In Ext. Int.

1 2 3 4

I/O

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When mounting to a ceiling

Through the two holes on each side of the camera base, insert the supplied two screws to corresponding holes and secure them with a screwdriver.

When mounting to a wall

■ Attach the alignment sticker to the wall.

■ Through the two circles on the sticker, drill two pilot holes into the wall.

■ Hammer the supplied plastic anchors into the holes.

■ Align the two holes on each side of the camera base with the two plastic anchors on the wall, insert the supplied screws to corresponding

holes and secure them with a screwdriver.

Alignment sticker

3. Feed power to the Network Camera and connect it to the Internet. For more information, please refer to Network deployment on page 9 for details.

4. Install the “Installation Wizard 2“ to assign IP address to the Network Camera. For more information, please refer to Software installation on page 12 for details.

5. Access to the Network Camera from the Internet. For more information, please refer to Accessing the Network Camera on page 13 for details.

6. It is suggusted to select Fix Iris in the Audio and Video page (Choose Configuration > Advanced mode > Audio and video) to set up the iris at the maximum value; then follow the instustions on the next page to adjust the zoom factor and focus range. Upon completion, uncheck this item to enable auto iris.

7. Based on the live image retrieved from the camera, adjust the camera lens as following steps.

To adjust the viewing angle

■ Loosen the pan screw and then turn the lens module left and right. Upon completion,

tighten the pan screw.

■ Loosen the tilt screws on both side of the camera and then turn the lens module up and

down. Upon completion, tighten the tilt screws.

■ Loosen the image adjustment screw and then turn the lens to adjust the image orientation.

Upon completion, tighten the image adjustment screw.

Audio Out Mic. In Ext. Int.

1 2 3 4

I/O

1 2 3 4

I/O

Audio Out Mic. In Ext. Int.

1 2 3 4

I/O

Rotate the screw Turn the lens

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To adjust the zoom factor and focus range

■ Loosen the zoom controller and then adjust zoom factor by moving the controller left and

right. Upon completion, tighten the zoom controller.

■ Loosen the focus controller and then adjust focus range by moving the controller left and

right. Upon completion, tighten the focus controller.

Audio Out Mic. In Ext. Int.

1 2 3 4

I/O

Loosen

Tighten

DO NOT over tighten the controllers. Doing so can damage the structure of camera lens.

7. Attach the dome cover to camera. Secure the two dome screws with a screwdriver.

Finally, make sure all parts of the camera are securely installed.

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The supplied screwdriver is exclusively designed to match the dome screws. In case you will need to adjust the lens at a later time, do not discard the screwdriver.

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Network deployment

Setup the Network Camera over the Internet

This section explains how to conﬁgure the Network Camera to Internet connection.

1. If you have external devices such as sensors and alarms, make connection from general I/O

terminal block.

2. Connect the camera to a switch via Ethernet cable.

3. Connect the supplied power cable from the Network Camera to a power outlet.

Ethernet switch

POWER

COLLISION

LINK

RECE

IVE

PARTITION

1: Power

I/O

1 2 3 4

Audio Out Mic. In Ext. Int.

1 2 3 4

2: Digital output 3: Digital input 4: Ground

There are several ways to setup the Network Camera over the Internet the Network Camera behind a router use PPPoE

. The second way is to utilize a static IP. The third way is to

. The ﬁrst way is to setup

Internet connection via a router

Before setting up the Network Camera over the Internet, make sure you have a router and follow the steps below.

1. Connect your Network Camera behind a router, the Internet environment is illustrated as

below. About how to get your IP address, please refer to Software installation on page 12 for details.

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N (

dre

N (Wide Area Network )

dre

IP address : 192.168.0.3 Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 Default router : 192.168.0.1

IP address : 192.168.0.2 Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 Default router : 192.168.0.1

Internet

Cable or DSL Modem

WAN (Wide Area Network ) Router IP address : from ISP

L IN

POW

C O

LLI

I V E

P ART

I T

I O

ocal Area N

LAN (Local Area Network) Router IP address : 192.168.0.1

2. In this case, if the Local Area Network (LAN) IP address of your Network Camera is

192.168.0.3, please forward the following ports for the Network Camera on the router.

■ HTTP port

■ RTSP port

■ RTP port for audio

■ RTCP port for audio

■ RTP port for video

■ RTCP port for video

If you have changed the port numbers on the Network page, please open the ports accordingly on your router. For information on how to forward ports on the router, please refer to the user’s manual of your router.

3. Find out the public IP address of your router provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider).

Use the public IP and the secondary HTTP port to access the Network Camera from the Internet. Please refer to Network Type on page 33 for details.

Internet connection with static IP

Choose this connection type if you are required to use a static IP for the Network Camera. Please refer to LAN on page 33 for details.

Internet connection via PPPoE (Point-to-Point over Ethernet)

Choose this connection type if you are connected to the Internet via a DSL Line. Please refer to PPPoE on page 34 for details.

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Set up the Network Camera through Power over Ethernet (PoE)

When using a PoE-enabled switch

The Network Camera is PoE-compliant, which allows it to be powered via a single Ethernet cable. Network Camera to a PoE-enabled switch/router via an Ethernet cable.

If your switch/router supports PoE, refer to the following illustration to connect the

PoE switch

POWER

COLLISION

LINK

RECEIVE

PARTITION

power + data transmission

When using a non-PoE switch

If your switch/router does not support PoE, use a PoE power injector (optional) to connect between the Network Camera and a non-PoE switch/router.

PoE power injector

(optional)

POWER

COLLISION

non-PoE switch

PARTITION

LINK

RECEIVE

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Software installation

Installation Wizard 2 (IW2), free-bundled software packaged in the product CD, helps to set up your Network Camera in LAN.

1. Install the IW2 under the Software Utility directory from the software CD.

Double click the IW2 shortcut on your desktop to launch the program.

2. The program will conduct analyses on your network environment.

After your network environment is analyzed, please click Next to continue the program.

3. The program will search all VIVOTEK devices in the same LAN.

4. After searching, the main installer window will pop up. Click on the MAC and model name

which match the product label on your device to connect to the Network Camera via the Internet Explorer.

Network Camera

RoHS

Model No: FD7132

MAC:0002D107258A

Pat. 6,930,709

C I

0002D107258A

Made in Taiwan

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Accessing the Network Camera

This chapter explains how to access the Network Camera through web browsers, RTSP players, 3GPP-compatible mobile devices, and VIVOTEK recording software.

Using web browsers

Make use of Installation Wizard 2 (IW2) to access to the Network Cameras in LAN. If your network environment is not in LAN, follow the steps to access the Netwotk Camera:

1. Launch your web browser (ex. Microsoft

2. Enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the address ﬁeld. Press Enter.

3. The live video will be displayed in your web browser.

4. If it is the ﬁrst time for you to install VIVOTEK’s network camera, some information bar will

pop up as below. Follow the instruction to install required plug-in on your computer.

Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Netscape).

NOTE

► For Mozilla Firefox or Netscape users, your browser will use Quick Time to stream the live

video. If you donn’t have Quick Time on your computer, please download it ﬁrst, and then launch the web browser.

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► By default, the Network Camera is not password-protected. To prevent unauthorized

accesses, it is highly recommended to set a password for the Network Camera. For more information about how to enable password protection,

please refer to Security on

page 27.

► If you see a dialog box indicating that your security settings prohibit running ActiveX

Controls, please enable your ActiveX

Controls for your browser.

1. Choose Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level.

2. Look for Download signed ActiveX

controls; select Enable or Prompt. Click OK.

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Using RTSP players

To view the MPEG-4 streaming media using RTSP players, you can use one of the following players that support RTSP streaming.

Quick Time Player

Real Player

VLC media player

1. Launch a RTSP player.

mpegable Player

2. Choose File > Open URL. An URL dialog box will pop up.

3. The format is rtsp://<ip address>:<rtsp port>/<RTSP streaming access name for stream1 or

pvPlayer stream2>

As most ISP and players only support port number 554 to allow RTSP streaming to go through, please set the RTSP port to 554. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 39. For example:

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

4. The live video will be displayed in your player.

For more information on how to configure RTSP access name, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 39 for details.

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Using 3GPP-compatible mobile devices

To view the streaming media through 3GPP-compatible mobile devices, make sure the Network Camera can be accessed from the Internet. For more information on how to set up the Network Camera over the Internet, please refer to Setup the Network Camera over the Internet on page 9.

To utilize this feature, please check the following settings on your Network Camera:

1. Because most players on 3GPP mobile phones do not support RTSP authentication, make sure the authentication mode of RTSP streaming is set to disable. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 39.

2. As the 3G network bandwidth is limited, you can’t use large video size. Please set the video and audio streaming parameters as listed below. For more information, please refer to Audio and video on page 44.

Video Mode MPEG-4 Frame size 176 x 144 Maximum frame rate 5 fps Intra frame period 1S Video quality (Constant bit rate) 40kbps Audio type (GSM-AMR) 12.2kbps

3. As most ISP and players only support port number 554 to allow RTSP streaming to go through, please set the RTSP port to 554. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 39.

4. Launch the players on 3GPP-compatible mobile devices (ex. Real Player).

5. Type the URL commands in the player. The format is rtsp://<public ip address of your camera>:<rtsp port>/<RTSP streaming access name for stream1 or stream2>. For example:

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

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Using VIVOTEK recording software

The product software CD also contains recording software, allowing simultaneous monitoring and video recording for multiple Network Cameras. Please install the recording software; then launch the program to add the Network Camera to the Channel list. For detailed information about how to use the recording software, please refer to the user’s manual of the software or download it at

http://www.vivotek.com.

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Main Page

This chapter explains the layout of the main page. It is composed of the following sections: Logo of VIVOTEK INC., Host name, Camera control panel, Menu, and Live video window.

Logo of VIVOTEK INC.

Camera control area

Configuration area

Logo of VIVOTEK INC.

Click this logo to visit VIVOTEK website.

Host name

The host name can be customized to ﬁt your needs. For more information,

25.

please refer to

Host name

Live view windo

System on page

Camera control area

Video Stream: This Network Cmera supports MJPEG or MPEG-4 dual streams simultaneously. You can select either one for live viewing.

Digital Output: Click to turn on or off the digital output device.

Conﬁguration area

Client Settings: Click this button to access the client setting page. For more information, please refer to Client Settings on page 22.

Conﬁguration: Click this button to access the conﬁguration page of Network Camera. It is suggested that a password is applied to the Network Camera so that only the administrator can conﬁgure the Network Camera. For more information,

Language: Click this button to choose a language for the user interface. Language options are available in: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano,

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please refer to Conﬁguration on page 24.

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, Português,

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and

ᖅᡝϛМ

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Live Video Window

■ The following window is displayed when the video mode is set to MPEG-4:

MPEG-4 protocol and media options

Video title:

Video title

Title and time

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The video title can be conﬁgured. For more information, please refer to Video settings on page 44.

Time

Video and audio control buttons

MPEG-4 protocol and media options: The transmission protocol and media options for MPEG-4 video streaming. For further conﬁguration, please refer to Client Settings on page 22.

Time: Display the current time. For further conﬁguration, please refer to Video settings on page 44.

Title and time: Video title and time can be stamped on the streaming video. For further conﬁguration, please refer to Video settings on page 44.

Video and audio control buttons: Depending on the Network Camera model and Network Camera conﬁguration, some buttons may not be available.

Snapshot: Click this button to capture and save still images. The captured images will be displayed in a pop-up window. Right-click the image and choose Save Picture As to save it in JPEG (*.jpg) or BMP (*.bmp) format.

Digital zoom: Click and uncheck Disable digital zoom to enable the zoom operation. The navigation

screen indicates which part of the image is being magniﬁed. To control the zoom level, drag the slider bar. To move to a different area you want to magnify, drag the navigation screen.

Pause: Pause the transmission of streaming media. The button becomes

Resume button after

clicking the Pause button.

Stop: Stop the transmission of streaming media. Click the Resume button to continue

transmission.

Start MP4 recording: Click this button to record video clips in MP4 ﬁle format to your computer. Press

the

Stop MP4 recording button to end recording. When you quit the web browser, video recording

stops accordingly. To specify the storage destination and the file name, please refer to MP4 Saving Options on page 23 for details.

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Volume: When the Mute function is not activated, move the slider bar to adjust the volume at

local computer.

Mute: Turn off the volume at local computer. The button becomes Audio on button after clicking

the Mute button.

Talk: Click this button to talk to people around the Network Camera. Audio will come out from the

external speaker connected to the Network Camera. Click this button

again to stop talk.

Mic Volume: When the Mute function is not activated, move the slider bar to adjust the

microphone volume at local computer.

Mute: Turn off the Mic volume at local computer. The button becomes Mic on button after

clicking the Mute button.

Full Screen: Click this button to switch to full screen mode. Press “Esc” key to switch back to normal

mode.

■ The following window is displayed when the video mode is set to MJPEG:

Video title

Title and time

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Time

Video control buttons

Video title: The video title can be configured. For more information, please refer to Video settings on page 44.

Time: Display the current time. For more information, please refer to

Video settings on page 44.

Title and time: Video title and time can be stamped on the streaming video. For more information, please refer to

Video settings on page 44.

Video and audio control buttons: Depending on the Network Camera model and Network Camera conﬁguration, some buttons may not be available.

Snapshot: Click this button to capture and save still images. The captured images will be displayed

in a pop-up window. Right-click the image and choose Save Picture As to save it in JPEG (*.jpg) or BMP (*.bmp) format.

Digital zoom: Click and uncheck Disable digital zoom to enable the zoom operation. The navigation screen indicates which part of the image is being magniﬁed. To control the zoom level, drag the slider bar. To move to a different area you want to magnify, drag the navigation screen.

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Start MP4 recording: Click this button to record video clips in MP4 ﬁle format to your computer. Press the

Stop MP4 recording button to end recording. When you quit the web browser, video recording

stops accordingly. To specify the storage destination and the file name, please refer to MP4 Saving Options on page 23 for details.

Full Screen: Click this button to switch to full screen mode. Press “Esc” key to switch back to normal

mode.

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Client Settings

This chapter explains how to select the stream transmission mode and saving options at local computer. When completed with the settings on this page, click Save on the page bottom to take effect.

MPEG-4 Media Options

Select to stream video or audio data. This works only when the video mode is set to MPEG-4.

MPEG-4 Protocol Options

Depending on your network environment, there are four transmission modes of MPEG-4 streaming:

UDP unicast: This protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, network packets may be lost due to network burst trafﬁc and images may be broken. Activate UDP connection when occasions require time-sensitive responses and the video quality is less important. Note that each unicast client connecting to the server takes up additional bandwidth and the Network Camera allows up to ten simultaneous accesses.

UDP multicast: This protocol allows multicast-enabled routers to forward network packets to all clients requesting streaming media. This helps to reduce the network transmission load of the Network Camera while serving multiple clients at the same time. Note that to utilize this feature, the Network Camera must be conﬁgured to enable multicast streaming at the same time. For more information, see RTSP Streaming on page 34.

TCP: This protocol guarantees the complete delivery of streaming data and thus provides better video quality. Nevertheless, the downside with this protocol is that its real-time effect is not as good as that of the UDP protocol.

HTTP: This protocol allows the same quality as TCP protocol and you don’t need to open speciﬁc port for streaming under some network environments. Users inside a ﬁrewall can utilize this protocol to allow streaming data to come through.

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MP4 Saving Options

Users can record the live video as they are watching it by clicking Start MP4 Recording on the main page. Here, you can specify the storage destination and ﬁle name.

Folder: Specify a storage destination for the recorded video ﬁles.

File Name Preﬁx: Enter the text that will be put in front of the video ﬁle name.

Add date and time sufﬁx to the ﬁle name: Select this option to add date and time to the ﬁle name sufﬁx.

CLIP_20080108-180853

File name preﬁx

Date and time sufﬁx The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS

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Conﬁguration

Click Configuration on the main page will enter the camera setting pages. Note that only Administrators can access the conﬁguration page.

VIVOTEK offers an easy-to-use user interface that helps you setup your network camera without much efforts. To simplify the setting procedure, VIVOTEK designs two kinds of user inferface-

-advanced mode for professional users and basic mode for entry-level users. Some advanced functions (HTTPS/ Access list/ Homepage layout/ Application/ Recording/ System log/ View parameters) won’t be displayed in basic mode.

If you want to set up advanced functions, please click

[Advanced mode] on the bottom of the

conﬁguration list to quickly switch to Advanced mode.

Another smart design to keep this user interface neat and easy to conﬁgure is that the detailed information will be hidden unless you click on the function item. When you click on the first function item, the detailed information of the first function item will be displayed; when you click on the second function item, the detailed information of the second function item will be displayed and that of the ﬁrst function item will roll up simultaneously.

Following is the interface of Basic mode and Advanced mode:

Basic mode

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Configuration list

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Click to switch to Advanced mode

Firmware Version

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Configuration list

Click to switch to Basic mode

Firmware Version

Each function on the configuration list will be explained in the following sections. Those functions that only show in Advanced mode are marked with

up advanced functions, please click

[Advanced mode] on the bottom of the conﬁguration list to

Advanced mode

. If you want to set

quickly switch to Advanced mode.

System

This section explains how to conﬁgure the basic settings for the Network Camera, such as the host name and system time. It is composed of the following three columns: System, System Time and DI and DO. When completed with the settings on this page, click Save on the page bottom to take effect.

System

Host name: Enter a desired name for the Network Camera. The text will be displayed at the top of the main page.

Turn off the LED indicators: If you don’t want to let others know that the network camera is working, you can select this option to turn off the LED indicators.

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System Time

Keep current date and time: Select this option to reserve the current date and time of the Network Camera. The Network Camera’s internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system is turned off.

Sync with computer time: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.

Manual: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Note that the date and time format are [yyyy/mm/dd] and [hh:mm:ss].

Automatic: The Network Time Protocol is a protocol serves synchronize computer clocks by periodically querying an NTP Server.

NTP server: Assign the IP address or domain name of the time-server. Leaving the text box blank connects the Network Camera to the default time-servers.

Update interval: Select to update the time with the NTP server on hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Time zone

Advanced mode

: According to your local time zone, select one from the drop-down list. If

you want to upload the daylight saving time rules on Maintenance page, please refer to Upload / Export Daylight Saving Time Conﬁguration File on page 71 for details.

DI and DO

Digital input: Select High or Low to deﬁne normal status of the digital input. The Network Camera will report the current status.

Digital output: Select Grounded or Open to define normal status of the digital output. The Network Camera will show whether the trigger is activated or not.

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Security

This section explains how to enable password protection and create multiple accounts.

Root Password

The administrator account name is “root”, which is permanent and can not be deleted. If you want to add more accounts in Manage User column, please apply a password for the “root” account ﬁrst.

1. Type the password identically in both text boxes, and click Save to enable password protection.

2. A window will be prompted for authentication; type the correct user’s name and password in related ﬁelds to access the Network Camera.

Manage User

Administrators can add up to 20 user accounts.

1. Input the new user’s name and password.

2. Select the Privilege for new user account. Click Add to take effect.

Access rights are sorted by user privilege (Administrator, Operator, and Viewer). Only administrators can access the Conﬁguration page. Though operators can not access the Conﬁgurationpage, they are capable of using the url commands to get and set the value of parameters. For more information, please refer to URL Commands of the Network Camera on page 73. Viewers can only access the main page for live viewing.

Here you also can change user’s access rights or delete user accounts.

1. Select an existing account to modify.

2. Make necessary changes and then click Update or Delete to take effect.

Manage Privilege

In this section, you can modify the manage privilege (Digital Output) of operators or viewers. Check or uncheck the item, and then click Save to take effect. If you give Operators the privilege to control Digital Output, they will have the right to choose turn on or turn off the Digital Output devices on the main page. (Please refer to Main Page on page 18.)

Advanced mode

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HTTPS

Advanced mode

This section explains how to enable authentication and encrypted communication over SSL. It helps protect streaming data transmission over the Internet.

Enable HTTPS

Check this item to enable HTTPS communication, and then select a connection option: "HTTP & HTTPS" or "HTTPS only". Note that you have to create and install certiﬁcate ﬁrst in the second column.

Create and Install Certiﬁcate Method

There are three ways to create and install certiﬁcate:

Create self-signed certificate automatically

1. Select this option.

2. In the ﬁrst column, check Enable HTTPS secure connection, and then select a connection option:

“HTTP & HTTPS” or “HTTPS only”.

3. Click Save to generate certiﬁcate.

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4. The Certificate Information will automatically show up in the third column as below. You can click

Property to see the detailed information of the certiﬁcate.

5. Click Home to return to the main page. Change the address from “

http://” to “https://“ on the Address

bar and press Enter on your keyboard. Some Security Alert dialogs will pop up. Click OK or Yes to enable HTTPS.

https://

https://192.168.5.151/index.html

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Create self-signed certificate manually

1. Select this option.

2. Click Create to open a Create Certiﬁcate page, and then click Save to generate the certiﬁcate.

3. The Certificate Information will automatically show up in the third column as below. You can click

Property to see the detailed information of the certiﬁcate.

4. Please refer to step 5. on last page.

Create certificate and install : Select this option if you want to create a certiﬁcate from a certiﬁcate

authority.

1. Select this option.

2. Click Create to open a Create Certiﬁcate page, and then click Save to generate the certiﬁcate.

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3. If you see the following Information Bar, click OK and the menu bar on the top of the page to allow the

Pop-ups.

4. The Pop-up window shows an example of a certiﬁcate request.

5. Look for a trusted certiﬁcate authority that issues digital certiﬁcates. Enroll the Network Camera. Wait

for the certiﬁcate authority to issue a SSL certiﬁcate; then upload the issued certiﬁcate on the second column.

6. Please refer to step 4. and 5. on page 29.

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NOTE

► How to cancel HTTPS settings?

1. Uncheck Enable HTTPS secure connection in the ﬁrst column and then click Save, then a warning

dialog will pop up.

2. Click OK to disable HTTPS.

3. The address will

change from “https://” to “http://“ automatically.

► If you want to create and install other certificate, please remove the existing one. To remove the

signed certificated, uncheck the Enable HTTPS secure connection in the first column and click Save. Then click Remove to erase the certiﬁcate.

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Network

This section explains how to conﬁgure wired network connection for the Network Camera.

Network Type

LAN

Select this option when the Network Camera is deployed in a local area network (LAN) and is intended to be accessed by local computers. The default setting of Network Type is LAN. Rememer to click Save when you complete the Network setting.

Get IP address automatically: Select this option to obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server each time the camera is connected to the LAN.

Use ﬁxed IP address: Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera.

1. You can make use of VIVOTEK installation wizard II on the software CD to easily set up the Network Camera in LAN. Please refer to Software installation on page 12 for details.

2. Enter the static IP, Subnet mask, Default router, Primary DNS provided by your ISP.

Enable UPnP presentation: Select this option to enable UPnP

presentation for your Network Camera so that whenever a Network Camera is presented to the LAN, shortcuts of connected Network Cameras will be listed in My Network Places. You can click the shortcut to link to the web browser. Currently,

UPnP UPnP

is supported by Windows XP or later. Note that to utilize this feature, please make sure the

component is installed on your computer.

Network Camera (192.168.5.151)

Enable UPnP port forwarding: To access the Network Camera from the Internet, select this option to allow the Network Camera to open ports on the router automatically so that video streams can be sent out from a LAN. To utilize of this feature, make sure that your router supports UPnP

and it is activated.

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PPPoE (Point-to-point over Ethernet)

Select this option to conﬁgure your Network Camera to make it accessible from anywhere as long as there is an Internet connection. Note that to utilize this feature, it requires an account provided by your ISP.

Follow the steps below to acquire your Network Camera’s public IP address.

1. Set up the Network Camera in LAN.

2. Go to Home > Conﬁguration > Application > Server Settings (please refer to Server Settings on page

59) to add a new server -- email or FTP server.

3. Go to Conﬁguration > Application > Media Settings (please refer to Media Settings on page 52). Select System log so that you will receive a list of system log in TXT ﬁle format which contains the Network Camera’s public IP address in your email or on the FTP server.

4. Go to Conﬁguration > Network > Network Type. Select PPPoE and enter the user name and password provided by your ISP. Click Save to take effect.

5. The Network Camera starts to reboot.

6. Disconnect the power source of the Network Camera; remove it from the LAN environment to the Internet.

NOTE

► If the default ports are already used by other device connecting to the same router, the Network

Camera will select other ports for the Network Camera.

► If UPnP

is not supported by your router, you will see the following message:

Error: Router does not support UPnP port forwarding.

► Steps to enable UPnP

Note that you must log on to the computer as a system administrator to install the UPnP

user interface on your computer:

components.

1. Go to Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

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2. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click Add/Remove Windows Components.

In the Windows Components Wizard dialog box, select Networking Services and then click Details.

4. In the Networking Services dialog box, select Universal Plug and Play and then click OK.

5. Click Next in the following window.

6. Click Finish. UPnP

is enabled.

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► How does UPnPTM work?

UPnP

networking technology provides automatic IP conﬁguration and dynamic discovery of devices added to a network. Services and capabilities offered by networked devices, such as printing and ﬁle sharing, are available among each other without bothersome network configuration. In the case of Network Cameras, you will see Network Camera shortcuts at My Network Places.

► Enabling UPnP port forwarding allows the Network Camera to open secondary HTTP port on the

router, not HTTP port, meaning that you have to add the secondary HTTP port number behind the Network Camera’s public address in order to access the Network Camera from the Internet. For example, when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is set to 8080, refer to the list below for the Network Camera’s IP address.

From the Internet In LAN

http://203.67.124.123:8080 http://192.168.4.160 or

http://192.168.4.160:8080

► If the PPPoE settings are incorrectly conﬁgured or the Internet access is not working, restore the

Network Camera to factory default; please refer to Restore on page 69 for details. After the Network Camera is reset to factory default, it is accessible in LAN.

HTTP

Advanced mode

To utilize the HTTP authentication, make sure that your have set a password for the Network Camera ﬁrst; please refer to Security on page 27 for details.

Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides two types of security settings for a HTTP transaction: basic and digest. If

basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format; there can be potential risks

of being intercepted. If

digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted in MD5 algorithm

and thus provide better protection against unauthorized accesses.

HTTP port / Secondary HTTP port: By default, the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is set to 8080. Also, they can be assigned with another port number between 1025 and 65535. If the ports are incorrectly assigned, the following warning messages will be displayed:

To access the Network Camera in LAN, both HTTP port and secondary HTTP port can be used to access the Network Camera. For example, when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is set to 8080, refer to the list below for the Network Camera’s IP address.

In LAN

http://192.168.4.160 or http://192.168.4.160:8080

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Access name for stream 1 / Access name for stream 2: The access name is used to differentiate the streaming source. When using Mozilla Firefox or Netscape to access the Network Camera, and the video mode is set to JPEG, users will receive continuous JPEG pictures. This technology, known as “server push”, allows the Network Camera to feed live pictures to Mozilla Firefox and Netscape.

URL command --

http://<ip address>:<http port>/<access name for stream1 or stream2>

For example, when the Access name for stream 2 is set to video2.mjpg:

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox or Netscape.

2. Type the URL command in the address bar. Press Enter.

3. The JPEG images will be displayed in your web browser.

http://192.168.5.151/video2.mjpg

NOTE

► Microsoft

address>:<http port>/<access name for stream1 or stream2>

Internet Explorer does not support server push technology; therefore, using http://<ip

will fail to access the Network Camera.

HTTPS

By default, the HTTPS port is set to 443. It also can be assigned with another port number between 1025 and 65535.

Two way audio

By default, the two way audio port is set to 5060. Also, it can be assigned with another port number between 1025 and 65535.

The Network Camera supports two way audio communication so that operators can transmit and receive audio simultaneously. By using the Network Camera’s built-in or external microphone and an external speaker, you can communicate with people around the Network Camera.

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Note that as JPEG only transmits a series of JPEG images to the client, to enable two-way audio function, make sure the video mode is set to “MPEG-4” on Audio and Video settings page and the media option is set to “Video and Audio” on the Client Settings page. Please refer to Client Settings on page 22 and Audio and Video Settings on page 45.

Audio send to operators

Click

to enable audio transmission to the Network Camera; click to adjust the volume of

microphone; click

FTP

America

Audio send from operators

Audio is being transmitted to the Network Camera

Talk button

Mic volume

Taiwan

Mute

to turn off the audio. To stop talking, click again.

FTP server allows the user to save recorded video clips. And you can utilize VIVOTEK Installation Wizard 2 to upgrade ﬁrmware via FTP server. By default, the FTP port is set to 21. It also can be assigned with another port number between 1025 and 65535.

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RTSP Streaming

To utilize the RTSP streaming authentication, make sure that your have set a password for the Network Camera ﬁrst; please refer to Security on page 27 for details.

Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides three types of security settings for streaming via RTSP protocol: disable, basic and digest. If

basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format; there can be potential risks

of being intercepted. If

digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted in MD5 algorithm

and thus provide better protection against unauthorized accesses.

The accessibility of the RTSP streaming for the three authentication modes are listed in the following table:

Disable O O Basic O O Digest O X

Quick Time player Real Player

Access name for stream 1 / Access name for stream 2: This Network camera supports dual streams simultaneously. The access name is used to differentiate the streaming source. If you want to use a

RTSP player to access the Network Camera, you have to set the video mode to

MPEG-4, and use the following RTSP URL command to request a transmission of streaming data.

rtsp://<ip address>:<rtsp port>/<access name for stream1 or stream2>

For example, when the access name for stream 1 is set to live.sdp:

1. Launch a RTSP player.

2. Choose File > Open URL. An URL dialog box will pop up.

3. Type the URL command in the text box. For example:

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

4. The live video will be displayed in your player as below.

Video 16:38:01 2008/01/03

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RTSP port /RTP port for video, audio/ RTCP port for video, audio The RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) controls the delivery of streaming media. By default, the port number is set to 554.

■ The RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) is used to deliver video and audio data to the clients. By default, the RTP port for video is set to 5556 and the RTP port for audio is set to 5558.

■ The RTCP (Real-time Transport Control Protocol) allows the Network Camera to transmit the data by monitoring Internet trafﬁc volume. By default, the RTCP port for video is set to 5557 and the RTCP port for audio is set to 5559.

The ﬁve ports can be changed between 1025 and 65535. The RTP port must be an even number and the RTCP port is RTP port number plus one, and thus always be odd. When the RTP port changes, the RTCP port will change accordingly.

If the RTP ports are incorrectly assigned, the following warning message will display:

Multicast settings for stream 1 / Multicast settings for stream 2: Click the items to display the detailed conﬁgutations. Select the Always multicast to enable multicast for stream 1 or stream 2.

Unicast video transmission delivers a stream through point-to-point transmission; multicast, on the other hand, sends a stream to the multicast group address and allows multiple clients to acquire the stream at the same time by requesting a copy from the multicast group address. Therefore, multicast can effectively save Internet bandwith.

The five ports can be changed between 1025 and 65535. The multicast RTP port must be an even number and the multicast RTCP port number is the multicast RTP port number plus one, and thus it is always be odd. When the multicast RTP port changes, the multicast RTCP port will change accordingly.

If the multicast RTP video ports are incorrectly assigned, the following warning message will display:

Multicast TTL [1~255]: The multicast TTL (Time to live) is the value that tells the router the range a packet can be forwarded.

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DDNS

This section explains how to conﬁgure dynamic domain name service for the Network Camera. DDNS is a service that allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a ﬁxed host and domain name.

DDNS: Dynamic domain name service

Enable DDNS: Select this option to enable the DDNS setting.

Provider: Select a DDNS provider from the Provider drop-down list. VIVOTEK offers recommended that you register Additionally, we offer other DDNS providers, such as Dyndns.org(Dynamic), Dyndns.org(Custom), TZO. com, DHS.org, CustomSafe100, dyn-interfree.it. Note that before utilizing this function, please apply a dynamic domain account ﬁrst.

Safe100.net, a free dynamic domain name service to VIVOTEK customers. It is

Safe100.net to access VIVOTEK’s network camera from the Internet.

■ Safe100.net

1. In the DDNS column, select Safe100.net from the drop-down list. Click I accept after reviewing the

terms of the Service Agreement.

2. In the Register column, ﬁll in the Host name (xxxx.safe100.net), Email, Key and Conﬁrm Key, and then

click Register. After a host name has been successfully created, a successful message will show in the DDNS Registration Result column.

[Register] Successfully Your account information has been mailed to registered e-mail address

3. Click Copy and all the registered information will automatically be uploaded to the corresponding ﬁelds

in the DDNS column on the top of the page as the picture shows.

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[Register] Successfully Your account information has been mailed to registered e-mail address

4. Select Enable DDNS and then click Save to take effect.

■ CustomSafe100

VIVOTEK offers documents to establish CustomSafe100 DDNS server for distributors and system integrators. You can use CustomSafe100 to register a dynamic domain name if your distributor or system integrators offer such services.

1. In the DDNS column, select CustomSafe100 from drop-down list.

2. In the Register column, fill in the Host name, Email, Key and Confirm Key; then click Register.

After a host name has been successfully created, you will see a successful message in the DDNS Registration Result column.

3. Click Copy and all the registered information will be uploaded to the corresponding ﬁelds in the DDNS

column.

4. Select Enable DDNS and then click Save to take effect.

Forget key: Click this button if you forget the key of Safe100.net or CustomSafe100. Your account information will be sent to your email address.

Refer to the following links to apply a dynamic domain account when selecting other DDNS providers:

■ Dyndns.org(Dynamic) / Dyndns.org(Custom): visit http://www.dyndns.com/

■ TZO.com: visit http://www.tzo.com/

■ DHS.org: visit http://www.dhs.org/

■ dyn-interfree.it: visit http://dyn-interfree.it/

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Access list

Advanced mode

This section explains how to control the access permission by checking the client PC’s IP addresses.

Allowed list / Denied list

There are two lists for permission control: Allowed list and Denied list. Only those clients whose IP addresses are in the Allowed list and not in the Denied list can access the Network Camera.

1. In the Allowed list or Denied list column, type the starting IP address and ending IP address in the text

boxes. A total of ten lists can be conﬁgured for both columns.

2. Click Add to take effect.

NOTE

► For example, when the range of allowed list is set from 1.1.1.0 to 192.255.255.255 and the range

of denied list is set from 1.1.1.0 to 170.255.255.255, Only users’ IP located between 171.0.0.0 and

192.255.255.255 can access the Network Camera.

Alowed

List

Denied

List

Delete allowed list / Delete denied list

1. In the Delete allowed list or Delete denied list, select a list from the drop-down list.

2. Click Delete to take effect.

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Audio and video

This section explains how to coﬁgure audio and video performances of the Network Camera. It is composed of the following two columns: Video settings and Audio settings.

Video Settings

Video title: Enter a name that will be displayed on the title bar of the live video.

Video title

Color: Select to display colorful or black/white video streams.

Power line frequency: Set the power line frequency in consistent with local utility settings to eliminate uncomfortable image ﬂickering associated with ﬂuorescent lights. Note that after the power line frequency is changed, it is required to disconnect and reconnect the power cord of the Network Camera in order for the new setting to take effect.

Video orientation: Flip--vertically reﬂect the display of the live video; Mirror--horizontally reﬂect the display of the live video. Select both options if the Network Camera is installed upside-down (ex. on the ceiling) to correct the image orientation.

Maximum Exposure Time: 1/120 S, 1/60 S, 1/30 S, 1/15 S, 1/5 S, and Auto.

Overlay title and time stamp on video: Select this option to place the video title and time on video streams.

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Note that when the frame size is set to 176 x 144 as the right picture below, only time will be stamped on video streams.

17:08:56 2008/06/25

Fix iris

Advanced mode

: If it is the ﬁrst time to install the Network Camera, it is suggusted to select this item to set up the iris at the maximum value; then adjust the zoom factor and focus range. Upon completion, uncheck this item to enable auto iris.

Image Settings

Click Image settings to open the Image Settings page. In this page, you can tune White balance, Brightness, Saturation, Contrast, and Sharpness for video compensation.

White balance: Adjust the value for best color temperature.

■ Auto The Network Camera automatically adjusts the color temperature of light in response to different light sources. The white balance setting defaults to Auto and works well in most situations.

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■ Keep current value Follow the steps below to manually set the white balance to compensate for the ambient lighting conditions.

1. Set the White balance to Auto and click Save.

2. Place a sheet of white paper in front of the lens; then allow the Network Camera to adjust the color

temperature automatically.

3. Select Keep current value to conﬁrm the setting while the white balance is being measured.

4. Click Save to take effect.

Image Adjustment

■ Brightness: Adjust the image brightness level, which ranges from -5 to +5. The default value is set to 0.

■ Saturation: Adjust the image saturation level, which ranges from -5 to +5. The default value is set to 0.

■ Contrast: Adjust the image contrast level, which ranges from -5 to +5. The default value is set to 0.

■ Sharpness:

Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from -3 to +3. The default value is set to +3.

You can click Preview to fine-tune the image, or click Restore to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes. When completed with the settings on this page, click Save to take effect and click Close to quit the page.

Privacy mask

Click Privacy Mask to open setting page. In this page, you can block out some sensitive zones for privacy concerns.

■ To set the privacy mask windows, follow the steps below:

1. Click New to add a new window.

2. To resize and drag-drop the window, which is recommended to be at least twice the size of the object (height and width) you want to cover.

3. Enter a descriptive Window Name and click Save to take effect.

4. Select Enable privacy mask to enable this function.

NOTE

►

Up to 5 privacy mask windows can be set in the same screen.

► If you want to delete the window, please click on the ‘x’ at the upper right-hand corner of the window

to close the window.

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Video quality settings for stream 1 / stream 2

The Network Camera offers two choices of video compression standards for real-time viewing: MPEG-4 and MJPEG.

Click the items to display the detailed configutations. You can set up two seperate streams for the Network Camera for different viewing devices. For example, set a smaller frame size and a lower bit rate for remote viewing on mobile phones; or set a larger video size and a higher bit rate for live viewing on web browsers.

MPEG-4 mode is selected, it is streamed in RTSP protocol. There are four dependent parameters

provided in MPEG-4 mode for video performance adjustment.

■ Frame size Select the video size. Note that a larger frame size takes up more bandwidth. The frame sizes are selectable in the following resolutions: 176 x 144, 352 x 240 and 640 x 480.

■ Maximum frame rate This limits the maximal refresh frame rate per second. Set the frame rate higher for a smoother video quality.

If the power line frequency is set to 50Hz, the frame rates are selectable at the following rates: 1fps, 2fps, 3fps, 5fps, 8fps, 10fps, 15fps, 20fps and 25fps. If the power line frequency is set to 60Hz, the frame rates are selectable at the following rates: 1fps, 2fps, 3fps, 5fps, 8fps, 10fps, 15fps, 20fps, 25fps and 30fps.

■ Intra frame period

Determine how often to plant an I frame. The shorter the duration, the more likely you will get a better video quality, but at the cost of higher network bandwidth consumption. Select the intra frame period from the following duration: 1/4 second, 1/2 second, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds and 4 seconds.

■ Video quality

A complex scene generally produces larger ﬁle size, meaning that higher bandwidth will be needed for data transmission. Therefore, if Constant bit rate is selected, the bandwidth utilization is ﬁxed at a selected level, resulting in mutable video quality performances. The bit rates are selectable at the following rates: 20Kbps, 30Kbps, 40Kbps, 50Kbps, 64Kbps, 128Kbps, 256Kbps, 512Kbps, 768Kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 3Mbps and 4Mbps.

On the other hand, if Fixed quality is selected, all frames are transmitted with the same quality; bandwidth utilization is therefore unpredictable. The video qualities are selectable at the following settings: Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed and Excellent.

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If JPEG mode is selected, the Network Camera continuously sends JPEG images to the clients, producing dynamic effects similar to movies. Every single JPEG image transmitted guarantees the same image quality, which in turn comes at the expense of variable bandwidth usage. And because the media contents are a combination of JPEG images, no audio data is transmitted to the clients. There are three dependent parameters provided in MPEG-4 mode for video performance adjustment.

■ Frame size Select the video size. Note that a larger frame size takes up more bandwidth. The frame sizes are selectable in the following resolutions: 176 x 144, 352 x 240 and 640 x 480.

■ Maximum frame rate This limits the maximal refresh frame rate per second. Set the frame rate higher for a smoother video quality.

■ Video quality

The video qualities are selectable at the following settings: Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed and Excellent.

Day/Night settings

Switch to B/W in night mode Select it to enable the Network Camera to automatically switch to B/W in night mode.

IR cut ﬁlter With a removable IR-cut filter and built-in IR illuminators, up to 15m, this Network Camera can automatically remove the ﬁlter and turn on the IR illuminators to let IR light into the sensor for low light sensitivity.

■ Auto

The Network Camera automatically removes the ﬁlter by judging the level of ambient light.

■ Day mode

In day mode, the Network Camera switches on the IR cut ﬁlter at all times to block the infrared light from reaching the sensor so that the colors will not be distorted.

■ Night mode

In night mode, the Network Camera switches off the IR cut ﬁlter at all times for the sensor to accept the infrared light, thus helps improve low light sensitivity.

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■ Schedule mode

The Network Camera switches between day mode and night mode based on specified schedule. Enter the starting time and ending time for the day mode. Note that the time format is [hh:mm] and is expressed in 24-hour clock time. By default, the starting time and ending time of day mode are set to 07:00 and 18:00.

Light sensor sensitivity Select Low, Normal, or High for the light senser sensibility.

Disable IR LED If you don’t want to use IR illuminators, you can select this option to turn off.

Audio settings

Mute: Select this option to disable audio transmission from the Network Camera to all clients. Note that if mute mode is turned on, no audio data will be transmitted to all clients even though the audio transmission is enabled in the Client Settings page. In that case, the following message is displayed.

Internal microphone input gain: Select the gain of the internal audio input according to ambient conditions. Adjust the gain from +21 db (most sensitive) ~ -33 db (least sensitive).

External microphone input: Select the gain of the external audio input according to ambient conditions. Adjust the gain from +21 db (most sensitive) ~ -33 db (least sensitive).

Audio type: Select audio codec AAC or GSM-AMR and the bit rate

Advanced mode

■ AAC targets at performing good sound quality at the cost of higher bandwidth consumption. The bit rates are selectable at the following rates: 16Kbps, 32Kbps, 48Kbps, 64Kbps, 96Kbps and128Kbps.

■ GSM-ARM is designed to optimize speech quality and requires less bandwidth. The bit rates are selectable at the following rates: 4.75Kbps, 5.15Kbps, 5.90Kbps, 6.7Kbps, 7.4Kbps, 7.95Kbps,

10.2Kbps and 12.2Kbps.

When completed with the settings on this page, click Save to take effect.

NOTE

► The Network Camera offers two inputs to capture audio - internal microphone or external microphone.

The internal/external microphone switch is located on the side of the Network Camera.

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Motion detection

This section explains how to conﬁgure the Network Camera to enable motion detection. A total of three motion detection windows can be conﬁgured.

Video(TCP-AV)

Follow the steps below to enable motion detection:

1. Click New to add a new motion detection window.

2. In the Window Name text box, enter a descriptive name for the motion detection window.

■ To move and resize the window, drag-drop the window.

■ To delete window, click X at top right of the window.

3. Deﬁne the sensitivity to moving objects and the space ratio of all alerted pixels by moving the Sensitivity and Percentage slider bar.

4. Click Save to take effect.

5. Select Enable motion detection to enable this function.

For example:

Video(TCP-AV)

The Percentage Indicator will rise or fall depending on the image variation. When motions are detected by the Network Camera and are judged to exceed the deﬁned threshold, a red bar rises. Meanwhile, the motion detection window will be outlined in red. Photos or videos can be captured instantly and conﬁgured to send to the remote server (Email, FTP) by utilizing this feature as a trigger source. For more information about how to plot an event, please refer to Application on page 54.

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A green bar indicates that even though motions are detected, the event will not be triggered because the image variations are still falling under the deﬁned threshold.

Percentage = 30%

NOTE

► How does motion detection work?

There are two parameters for setting the motion detection: Sensitivity and Percentage. In the illustration above, frame A and frame B are two sequential images. Pixel differences between the two frames are detected and highlighted in gray (frame C), and will be compared with the sensitivity setting. Sensitivity is a value that expresses the sensitivity to moving objects. Higher sensitivity settings are expected to sense a slight movement while smaller sensitivity settings tend to neglect it. When the sensitivity is set to 70%, the Network Camera deﬁnes the pixels in the purple areas as “alerted pixels” (frame D).

Percentage is a value that expresses the proportion of “alerted pixels” to all pixels in the motion detection window. In this case, 50% of pixels are identiﬁed as “alerted pixels”. When the percentage is set to 30%, the motions are judged to exceed the deﬁned threshold; therefore, the motion window will be outlined in red.

For applications that require higher security management, it is suggested to set higher sensitivity settings and smaller percentage values.

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Homepage layout

Advanced mode

This section explains how to set up your own customized homepage layout.

Preview

This column shows the settings of your hompage layout. You can manually setup the background and font colors in Theme Options, the third column on this page. The settings will automatically show up in this Preview column. Following shows the default setting.

Logo graph

Here you can change the logo on the top of your homepage.

Follow the steps below to upload a new logo:

1. Click Custom to open the Browse blank.

2. Select a logo in your computer folders.

3. Click Upload to replace the logo with a new one.

4. Enter a website link if necessary.

5. Click Save to enable the settings.

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Theme options

Here you can change the color of your homepage layout. There are three kinds of preset patterns for you to choose. The new layout will simultaneously present in the Preview column. Click Save to enable the settings.

preset patterns

Font color

Bk color of control area

Font color of configuration area

Bk color of configuration area

Font color of video title

Bk color of video area

Frame color

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■ Follow the steps below to set up customed homepage:

1. Click Custom on the left column.

2. Click a blank you want to change color on the right column.

customed pattern

3. The palette window will pop up as below.

color picker

4. Drag the slider bar and click on the left square to select a desired color.

5. The selected color will show up in the corresponding blank and in the Preview column.

6. Click Save to enable the settings.

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Application

Advanced mode

This section explains how to conﬁgure the Network Camera to react in response to particular situations (event). A typical application is that when a motion is detected, the Network Camera sends buffered images to a FTP server or e-mail address as notiﬁcations.

In the illustation on the right side, an event can be triggered by many sources, such

Event Trigger

Action

(what to do)

as motion detection or external digital input devices. When an event is triggered, you can specify what kind of action will be performed. You can configure the Network Camera to send snapshots or videos to your email address or FTP site.

ex. Motion detection, Periodically, Digital input, System reboot

(what to send)

ex. Snapshot, video clips, system log, digital output

Media

Server

(where to send)

ex. Email, FTP, HTTP server, network storage, CF card

Event Settings

In the Event Settings column, click Add to open the Event Settings page. In this page, you can arrange three elements -- Trigger, Schedule and Action to plot an event. A total of 3 event settings can be conﬁgured.

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Event name: Enter a descriptive name for the event setting.

Enable this event: Select this option to enable this event setting.

Priority: Select the relative importance of this event (High, Normal, or Low). Events with higher priority setting will be executed ﬁrst.

Detect next event after

seconds: Enter the duration in seconds to pause motion detection after a

motion is detected.

An event is an action initiated by user-deﬁned trigger source; it is the causal arrangement of the following three elements: Trigger, Event Schedule, and Action.

Trigger

Also referred as the cause or stimulus, deﬁnes when to trigger the Network Camera. The trigger source can be conﬁgured to use the Network Camera’s built-in motion detection mechanism or external digital input devices. There are four choices of trigger sources as below.

Select the item to display the detailed conﬁgurations.

■ Video motion detection

This option makes use of the built-in motion detection mechanism as a trigger source. To enable this function, you need to conﬁgure Motion Detection window ﬁrst. For more information, please refer to Motion detection on page 50 for details.

■ Periodically

This option allows the Network Camera to trigger periodically for every other deﬁned minute. At most 999 minutes can be set.

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■ Digital input

This option allows the Network Camera to use external digital input device or sensor as a trigger source. Depending on your applications, there are many choices of digital input devices on the market which helps to sense any changes in temperature, vibration, sound and light, etc.

■ System boot

This option allows the Network Camera to trigger when the power of Network Camera is disconnected.

Event Schedule

Specify the effective period for the event.

■ Select the days on weekly basis.

■ Select the time for recording in 24-hr time format.

Action

Deﬁne what actions to be performed by the Network Camera when a trigger is activated.

■ Trigger digital output for

seconds Select this option to turn on external digital output device when a trigger is activated. Specify the length of trigger interval in the text box.

■ Turn on IR Illuminators for

seconds Select this to turn on IR Illuminators when a trigger is activated every time or only in low light conditions. Specify the length of trigger interval in the text box.

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NOTE

To plot an event with recorded video or snapshots, it is necessary to configure the server and media settings, so that the Network Camera will know what action shall be performed (send media files to which

server) when a trigger is activated.

■ Add

Server / Add Media

Click Add Server to configure

Server Settings. For more information, please refer to Server Settings

on page 59. Click Add Media to configure

Media Settings. For more information, please refer to Media Settings on

page 62.

Here is an example of Event Settings page:

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When completed, click Save to take effect and then click Close to quit Event Settings page. The new event settings / server settings / media settings will appear in the event drop-down list on the Application page. Here is an example of Application page with an event setting:

When the Event Status is

ON, once an event is triggered by motion detection, the Network Camera will

automatically send snapshots via e-mail.

If you want to stop the event trigger, you can click

ON to turn it into OFF status or click Delete to remove

the event setting.

To remove a server setting from the list, select a server name from the drop-down list and then click Delete. Note that only when the server setting is not being applied to an event setting can it be deleted.

To remove a media setting from the list, select a media name from the drop-down list and then click Delete. Note that only when the media setting is not being applied to an event setting can it be deleted.

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Server Settings

In the Server column, click Add Server on Event Settings page to open the server setting page. In this page, you can specify where the notiﬁcation messages will be send when a trigger is activated. A total of 5 server settings can be conﬁgured.

Server name: Enter a descriptive name for the server setting.

Server Type

There are four choices of server types available: Email, FTP, HTTP, and Network storage.

Select the item

to display the detailed conﬁgurations. You can conﬁgure either one or all of them.

Email: Select to send the media ﬁles via Email when a trigger is activated.

■ Sender email address: Enter the email address of the sender.

■ Recipient email address: Enter the email address of the recipient.

■ Server address: Enter the domain name or IP address of the email server.

■ User name: Enter the user name of the email account if necessary.

■ Password: Enter the password of the email account if necessary.

To verify if the email settings are correctly conﬁgured, click Test. The result will be shown in a pop-up window. If it works, you will also receive an email indicating the result.

Click Save to enable the settings.

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FTP: Select to send the media ﬁles to a FTP server when a trigger is activated.

■ Server address: Enter the domain name or IP address of the FTP server.

■ Server port By default, the FTP port server is set to 21. Also, it can be assigned with another port number between 1025 and 65535.

■ User name: Enter the login name of the FTP account.

■ Password: Enter the password of the FTP account.

■ Remote folder name Enter a folder to place the media ﬁle. If the folder name does not exist, the Network Camera will create one on the FTP server.

■ Passive Mode

Most firewalls do not accept new connections initiated from external requests. If the FTP server supports passive mode, select this option to enable passive mode FTP and allow data transmission to pass through the ﬁrewall.

To verify if the FTP settings are correctly conﬁgured, click Test. The result will be shown in a pop-up window as below. If it works, you will also receive a test.txt ﬁle on the FTP server.

Click Save to enable the settings.

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HTTP: Select to send the media ﬁles to a HTTP server when a trigger is activated.

■ URL: Enter the URL of the HTTP server.

■ User name: Enter the user name if necessary.

■ Password: Enter the password if necessary.

To verify if the HTTP settings are correctly conﬁgured, click Test. The result will be shown in a pop-up window as below. If it works, you will also receive a test.txt ﬁle on the HTTP server.

Click Save to enable the settings.

Network storage: Select to send the media ﬁles to a network storage when a trigger is activated. Please refer to Network Storage Setting on page 64 for details.

Click Save to enable the settings.

When completed, click Close to quit the page. The new server settings will automatically show up on the Event Settings page as below.

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Media Settings

In Media Settings column, click Add Media on Event Settings page to open the media settings page. In this page, you can specify what kind of media to send when a trigger is activated. A total of 5 media settings can be conﬁgured.

Media name: Enter a descriptive name for the media setting.

Media Type

There are three choices of media types available: Snapshot, Video Clip, and System log.

Select the item

to display the detailed conﬁgurations. You can conﬁgure either one or all of them.

Snapshot: Select to send snapshots when a trigger is activated.

■ Source: Select to take snapshots from stream 1 or stream 2.

■ Send

pre-event images The Network Camera has a buffer area; it temporarily holds data up to a certain limit. Enter a number to decide how many images to be captured before a trigger is activated. Up to seven images can be generated.

■ Send

post-event images Enter a number to decide how many images to be captured after a trigger is activated. Up to seven images can be generated.

For example, if both the Send pre-event images and Send post-event images are set to seven, a total of ﬁfteen images are generated after a trigger is activated.

1 pic. 2 pic. 3 pic. 4 pic. 5 pic. 6 pic. 7 pic. 8 pic. 9 pic.

10 pic. 11 pic. 10 pic. 12 pic. 13 pic. 14 pic. 15 pic.

The moment the trigger

is activated.

■ File Name Preﬁx Enter the text that will be put in front of the ﬁle name.

■ Add date and time sufﬁx to the ﬁle name Select this option to add date and time to the ﬁle name sufﬁx.

For example:

Snapshot_20080104_100341

File name preﬁx

Date and time sufﬁx The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS

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Video Clip: Select to send video clips when a trigger is activated.

■ Source: Select to record video clips from stream 1 or stream 2.

■ Pre-event recording The Network Camera has a buffer area; it temporarily holds data up to a certain limit. Enter a number to decide how many seconds for video clips recording before a trigger is activated. Up to nine seconds can be set.

■ Maximum duration Specify the maximal recording duration in seconds. Up to ten seconds can be set. For example, if the Pre-event recording is set to ﬁve seconds and the Maximum duration is set to ten seconds, the Network Camera continues to record for another four seconds after a trigger is activated.

1 sec. 2 sec. 3 sec. 4 sec. 5 sec. 6 sec. 7 sec. 8 sec. 9 sec. 10 sec.

The moment the trigger

is activated.

■ Maximum ﬁle size Specify the maximal ﬁle size allowed.

■ File Name Preﬁx Enter the text that will be put in front of the ﬁle name.

For example:

Video_20080104_100341

File name preﬁx

Date and time sufﬁx The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS

System log: Select to send a system log when a trigger is activated.

When completed, click Save to take effect and then click Close to quit this page. The new media settings will show up on the Event Settings page as below. Select a server and media type for the event.

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Recording

Advanced mode

This section explains how to conﬁgure the recording settings for the Network Camera.

Recording Settings

NOTE

Before setting up this page, please set up the Network Storage ﬁrst.

Network Storage Setting

Click

Server to open the Server Settings page and follow the steps below to set up:

1. Fill in the information of your server.

For example:

the path of the network storage (\\server name or IP address\folder name)

2. Click Test to check the setting. The result will be shown in a pop-up window.

the user name and password of your server

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If it works, you will also receive a test.txt ﬁle on the network storage server.

3. Enter a descriptive server name.

4. Click Save to ﬁnish the setting and click Close to quit the page.

Recording Settings

Click Add to open the recording setting page. In this page, you can define the recording source, recording schedule and recording capacity. A total of 2 recording settings can be conﬁgured.

Recording name: Enter a descriptive name for the recording setting.

Enable this recording: Select this option to enable video recording.

Priority: Select the relative importance of this recording setting (High, Normal, and Low).

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Source: Select the recording source (stream 1 or stream 2).

Recording Schedule: Specify the recording duration.

■ Select the days on weekly basis.

■ Select the time for recording in 24-hr time format.

Destination: Select the network storage you’ve just setup for the recorded video ﬁles.

Max. recording capacity: Please note that when the maximum capacity is reached, the oldest ﬁle will be overwritten by the latest one.

File size for each recording: Specify the ﬁle size for each recording media.

File name preﬁx: Enter the text that will be put in front of the ﬁle name.

When completed, select Enable this recording. Click Save to take effect and then click Close to quit this page. The system begins recording and send recorded ﬁle to the Network Stroage. The new recording name will appear in the recording drop-down list on the recording page as below. To remove a recording setting from the list, select a recording name from the drop-down list then and click Delete.

■ Click

Video: Open the Recording Settings page to modify.

ON: The Status will become OFF and stop recording.

NAS: Open the recorded ﬁle list as below.

The recorded ﬁles on Network Storage

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System log

Advanced mode

This section explains how to conﬁgure the Network Camera to send system log to the remote server as a backup.

Remote Log

You can conﬁgure the Network Camera to send the system log ﬁle to a remote server as a log backup. Before utilizing this feature, it is suggested to install a log-recording tool to receive system log messages from the Network Camera. For example, a tool -- Kiwi Syslog Daemon. Visit

kiwi-syslog-daemon-overview/

http://www.kiwisyslog.com/

Follow the steps below to set up the remote log:

1. In the IP address text box, enter the IP address of the remote server.

2. In the port text box, enter the port number of the remote server.

3. When completed, select Enable remote log and click Save to take effect.

Current Log

This column displays the system’s log in chronological order. The system log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain amount.

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View parameters

Advanced mode

The View parameters page lists the entire system’s parameters in alphabetical order. If you need technical assistance, please provide the information listed in this page.

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Maintenance

This chapter explains how to restore the Network Camera to factory default, upgrade ﬁrmware version, etc.

Reboot

This feature allows you to reboot the Network Camera, which takes about one minute to complete. When completed, the live video page will be displayed in your browser. The following message will show during the rebooting process.

If the connection fails after rebooting, manually enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the address ﬁeld to resume the connection.

Restore

This feature allows you to restore the Network Camera to factory default.

Network Type: Select this option to retain the Network Type settings (please refer to Network Type on page 33).

Daylight Saving Time: Select this option to retain the Daylight Saving Time settings (please refer to System on page 25)

Custom language: Select this option to retain the Custom language settings.

If none of the options is selected, all settings will be restored to factory default.

The following message is displayed during the restoring process.

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Upgrade Firmware

This feature allows you to upgrade the ﬁrmware on your Network Camera. It takes about ﬁve minutes to complete the process. Note that do not power off the Network Camera during the upgrade.

Follow the steps below to upgrade ﬁrmware:

1. Download a new ﬁrmware ﬁle from VIVOTEK website. The ﬁle is in pkg ﬁle format.

2. Click Browse… and specify the ﬁrmware ﬁle.

3. Click Upgrade. The Network Camera starts to upgrade and will reboot automatically when the upgrade

completes.

The upgrade is successful as you see “Reboot system now!! This connection will close”. After that, reaccess the Network Camera. The following message is displayed when the upgrade is succeeded.

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The following message is displayed when you have selected an incorrect ﬁrmware ﬁle.

Starting firmware upgrade... Do not power down the server during the upgrade. The server will restart automatically after the upgrade is completed. It will takes about 1 - 5 minutes. Wrong PKG file format Unpack fail

Export / Upload Files

Advanced mode

This feature allows you to Export / Upload daylight saving time rules and custom language ﬁles.

Export daylight saving time conﬁguration ﬁle: Click to set the starting time and ending time of DST.

Follow the steps below to export:

1. In the Export files column, click Export to export a daylight saving time configuration file from the

Network Camera.

2. A File Downlaod dialog will pop up as below. Click Open to review the XML ﬁle or click Save to store

the ﬁle for further settings.

3. Open the ﬁle with Microsoft

Notepad and locate your time zone; set the starting time and ending time

of the DST. When completed, save the ﬁle.

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In the example below, the DST begins each year at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the ﬁrst Sunday in November.

Upload daylight saving time rule: Click Browse… and specify the XML ﬁle to upload.

If the incorrect date and time is assigned, you will see the following warning message when uploading the ﬁle to the Network Camera.

The following message is displayed when attempting to upload an incorrect ﬁle format.

Export language file: Click to export language strings. VIVOTEK provides nine languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano,

᮹ᴀ䁲

, Português,

ㇵԧЁ᭛

and

ᖅᡝϛМ

Upload custom language ﬁle: Click Browse… and specify your own XML ﬁle to upload.

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Appendix

URL Commands of the Network Camera

Overview

For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, Network Camera/ Video server can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section specifies the external HTTP based application programming interface. The HTTP based camera interface provides the functionality to request a single image, to control camera functions (PTZ, output relay etc.) and to get and set internal parameter values. The image and CGI-requests are handled by the built in Web server.

Style convention

In URL syntax and in descriptions of CGI parameters, a text within angle brackets denotes a content that is to be replaced with either a value or a string. When replacing the text string also the angle brackets shall be replaced. An example of this is the description of the name for the server, denoted with <servername> in the URL syntax description below, that is replaced with the string myserver in the URL syntax example, also below.

URL syntax' are written with the “Syntax:" word written in bold face followed by a box with the referred syntax as seen below. The name of the server is written as <servername>. This is intended to be replaced with the name of the actual server. This can either be a name, e.g., "mywebcam" or "thecam. adomain.net" or the associated IP number for the server, e.g., 192.168.0.220.

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg

Description of returned data is written with "Return:" in bold face followed by the returned data in a box. All data returned as HTTP formatted, i.e., starting with the string HTTP is line separated with a Carriage Return and Line Feed (CRLF) printed as \r\n.

Return:

HTTP/1.0 <HTTP code> <HTTP text>\r\n

URL syntax examples are written with "Example:" in bold face followed by a short description and a light grey box with the example.

Example: request a single snapshot image

http://mywebserver/cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg

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General CGI URL syntax and parameters

CGI parameters are written in lower-case and as one word without any underscores or other

separators. When the CGI request includes internal camera parameters, the internal

parameters must be written exactly as they are named in the camera or video server. The CGIs

are organized in function related directories under the cgi-bin directory. The file extension of the

CGI is required.

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/<subdir>[/<subdir>...]/<cgi>.<ext>

[?<parameter>=<value>[&<parameter>=<value>...]]

Example: Setting digital output #1 to active

http://mywebserver/cgi-bin/dido/setdo.cgi?do1=1

Security level

SECURITY

LEVEL

0 anonymous Unprotected.

1 [view] anonymous, viewer,

4 [operator] anonymous, viewer,

6 [admin] anonymous, viewer,

7 N/A Internal parameters. Unable to be changed by any

SUB-DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION

1. Can view, listen, talk to camera

dido, camctrl

dido, camctrl,

operator

dido, camctrl,

operator, admin

2. Can control dido, ptz of camera

Operator’s access right can modify most of camera’s

parameters except some privilege and network

options

Administrator’s access right can fully control the

camera’s operation.

external interface.

Get server parameter values

Note: The access right depends on the URL directory.

Method: GET/POST

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/anonymous/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]

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[&<parameter>…]

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]

[&<parameter>…]

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/operator/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]

[&<parameter>…]

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]

[&<parameter>…]

where the <parameter> should be <group>[_<name>] or <group>[.<name>] If you do not

specify the any parameters, all the parameters on the server will be returned. If you specify only

<group>, the parameters of related group will be returned.

When query parameter values, the current parameter value are returned.

Successful control request returns paramter pairs as follows.

Return:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n

Content-Type: text/html\r\n

Context-Length: <length>\r\n

\r\n

where <parameter pair> is

<parameter>=<value>\r\n

[<parameter pair>]

<length> is the actual length of content.

Example: request IP address and it’s response

Request:

http://192.168.0.123/cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?network_ipaddress

Response:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n

Content-Type: text/html\r\n

Context-Length: 33\r\n

\r\n

network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n

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Set server parameter values

Note: The access right depends on the URL directory.

Method: GET/POST

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/anonymous/setparam.cgi? <parameter>=<value>

[&<parameter>=<value>…][&update=<value>][&return=<return page>]

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/setparam.cgi? <parameter>=<value>

[&<parameter>=<value>…][&update=<value>] [&return=<return page>]

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/operator/setparam.cgi? <parameter>=<value>

[&<parameter>=<value>…][&update=<value>] [&return=<return page>]

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/setparam.cgi? <parameter>=<value>

[&<parameter>=<value>…][&update=<value>] [&return=<return page>]

PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION

update

return

value to assigned Assign <value> to the parameter <group>_<name>

<boolean> set to 1 to actually update all fields (no need to use update

parameter in each group)

<return page> Redirect to the page <return page> after the parameter is

assigned. The <return page> can be a full URL path or

relative path according the the current path. If you omit

this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page.

(note: The return page can be a general HTML

file(.htm, .html) or a Vivotek server script executable

(.vspx) file. It can not be a CGI command. It can not have

any extra parameters. This parameter must be put at end

Return:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n

Content-Type: text/html\r\n

Context-Length: <length>\r\n

\r\n

of parameter list)

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where <parameter pair> is

<parameter>=<value>\r\n

[<parameter pair>]

Only the parameters that you set and readable will be returned.

Example: Set the IP address of server to 192.168.0.123

Request:

http://myserver/cgi-bin/admin/setparam.cgi?network_ipaddress=192.168.0.123

Response:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n

Content-Type: text/html\r\n

Context-Length: 33\r\n

\r\n

network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n

Available parameters on the server

Valid values:

VALID VALUES DESCRIPTION

string[<n>] Text string shorter than ‘n’ characters. The characters “,’, <,>,& are

invalid.

password[<n>] The same as string but display ‘*’ instead

integer Any number between (-231 – 1) and (231 – 1)

positive integer Any number between 0 and (232 – 1)

<m> ~ <n> Any number between ‘m’ and ‘n’

domain name[<n>] A string limited to contain a domain name shorter than ‘n’ characters

(eg. www.ibm.com)

email address [<n>] A string limited to contain a email address shorter than ‘n’

characters (eg. joe@www.ibm.com)

ip address A string limited to contain an ip address (eg. 192.168.1.1)

mac address A string limited to contain mac address without hyphen or colon

connected

boolean A boolean value 1 or 0 represents [Yes or No], [True or False],

[Enable or Disable].

<value1>, Enumeration. Only given values are valid.

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<value2>,

<value3>,

…

blank A blank string

everything inside <> As description

NOTE: The camera should prevent to restart when parameter changed.

Group: system

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

hostname string[40] <product

1/6 host name of server

dependent

ledoff <boolean> 0 6/6 turn on(0) or turn off(1) all

led indicators

lowlight <boolean> 1 6/6 (0) Turn on white light LED

in all condition

(1) Only turn on white light

LED in low light

condition

date <yyyy/mm/dd

keep,

auto

<current

date>

6/6 Current date of system. Set

to ‘keep’ keeping date

unchanged. Set to ‘auto’ to

use NTP to synchronize date.

time <hh:mm:ss>,

keep,

<current

time>

auto

datetime <MMDDhhmmY

YYY.ss>

ntp <domain

<current

time>

<blank> 6/6 NTP server

name>,

<ip address>,

<blank>

timezoneindex -489 ~ 529 <product

dependent

6/6 Current time of system. Set

to ‘keep’ keeping time

unchanged. Set to ‘auto’ to

use NTP to synchronize time.

6/6 Another current time format

of system.

*do not use “skip to invoke

default server” for default

6/6 Indicate timezone and area

-480: GMT-12:00 Eniwetok,

Kwajalein

-440: GMT-11:00 Midway

Island, Samoa

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-400: GMT-10:00 Hawaii

-360: GMT-09:00 Alaska

-320: GMT-08:00 Las Vegas,

San_Francisco,

Vancouver

-280: GMT-07:00 Mountain

Time, Denver

-281: GMT-07:00 Arizona

-240: GMT-06:00 Central

America, Central Time,

Mexico City, Saskatchewan

-200: GMT-05:00 Eastern

Time, New York, Toronto

-201: GMT-05:00 Bogota,

Lima, Quito, Indiana

-160: GMT-04:00 Atlantic

Time, Canada, Caracas

,La Paz, Santiago

-140: GMT-03:30

Newfoundland

-120: GMT-03:00 Brasilia,

Buenos Aires,

Georgetown, Greenland

-80: GMT-02:00 Mid-Atlantic

-40: GMT-01:00 Azores,

Cape_Verde_IS.

0: GMT Casablanca,

Greenwich Mean

Time:Dublin,

Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

40: GMT 01:00 Amsterdam,

Berlin, Rome,

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Stockholm, Vienna, Madrid,

Paris

41: GMT 01:00 Warsaw,

Budapest, Bern

80: GMT 02:00 Athens,

Helsinki, Istanbul, Riga

81: GMT 02:00 Cairo

82: GMT 02:00 Lebanon,

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Minsk

83: GMT 02:00 Israel

120: GMT 03:00 Baghdad,

Kuwait, Riyadh,

Moscow, St. Petersburg,

Nairobi

121: GMT 03:00 Iraq

140: GMT 03:30 Tehran

160: GMT 04:00 Abu Dhabi,

Muscat, Baku,

Tbilisi, Yerevan

180: GMT 04:30 Kabul

200: GMT 05:00

Ekaterinburg, Islamabad,

Karachi,

Tashkent

220: GMT 05:30 Calcutta,

Chennai, Mumbai,

New Delhi

230: GMT 05:45 Kathmandu

240: GMT 06:00 Almaty,

Novosibirsk, Astana,

Dhaka, Sri Jayawardenepura

260: GMT 06:30 Rangoon

280: GMT 07:00 Bangkok,

Hanoi, Jakarta,

Krasnoyarsk

320: GMT 08:00 Beijing,

Chongqing, Hong Kong,

Kuala Lumpur, Singapore,

Tai p e i

360: GMT 09:00 Osaka,

Sapporo, Tokyo,

Seoul, Yakutsk

380: GMT 09:30 Adelaide,

Darwin

400: GMT 10:00 Brisbane,

Canberra, Melbourne,

Sydney, Guam, Vladivostok

440: GMT 11:00 Magadan,

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Solomon Is., New

Caledonia

480: GMT 12:00 Aucklan,

Wellington, Fiji, Kamchatka,

Marshall Is.

520: GMT 13:00 Nuku'Alofa

daylight_enable <boolean> 0 6/6 enable automatic daylight

saving to time zone

daylight_dstactual

<boolean> 0 6/7 check if current time is under

mode

daylight_auto_beg

string[19] NONE 6/7 display the current daylight

intime

daylight_auto_en

string[19] NONE 6/7 display the current daylight

dtime

daylight_timezone

strings N/A 6/7 list of time zone which has

updateinterval 0,

3600,

86400,

604800,

2592000

restore 0,

<positive

integer>

daylight saving time.

saving begin time.

saving end time.

daylight saving time

0 6/6 0 to disable automatic time

adjustment, otherwise, it

means the seconds between

NTP automatic update

interval.

N/A 7/6 Restore the system

parameters to default value

after <value> seconds.

reset 0,

<positive

integer>

N/A 7/6 Restart the server after

<value> seconds if <value>

is non-negative.

restoreexceptnet <Any value> N/A 7/6 Restore the system

parameters to default value

except (ipaddress, subnet,

router, dns1, dns2, pppoe).

This command can cooperate

with other

“restoreexceptXYZ”

commands. When

cooperating with others, the

system parameters will be

restored to default value

except a union of combined

results.

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restoreexceptdst <Any value> N/A 7/6 Restore the system

parameters to default value

except all daylight saving

time settings.

This command can cooperate

with other

“restoreexceptXYZ”

commands. When

cooperating with others, the

system parameters will be

restored to default value

except a union of combined

results.

restoreexceptlang <Any Value> N/A 7/6 Restore the system

parameters to default value

SubGroup of system: info

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

(get/set)

modelname string[40] <product

0/7 model name of server

dependent

except custom language file

user uploaded.

This command can cooperate

with other

“restoreexceptXYZ”

commands. When

cooperating with others, the

system parameters will be

restored to default value

except a union of combined

results.

DESCRIPTION

extendedmodelnamestring[40] <product

0/7 equal to “modelname”

dependent

serialnumber <mac

address>

<product

mac

0/7 12 characters mac address

without hyphen connected

address>

firmwareversion string[40] <product 0/7 The version of firmware,

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dependent

language_count <integer> <product

0/7 Default number of webpage

dependent

language_i<0~(cou

nt-1)>

string[16] <product

dependent

0/7 Available default language

customlanguage_m

axcount

<integer> <product

dependent

0/7 Maximum number of custom

customlanguage_co

<integer> 0 0/7 Number of custom language

unt

including model, company,

and version number in the

format

<MODEL-BRAND-VERSION>

language available on the

server

lists

language supported on the

server

which has been uploaded to

the server

customlanguage_i<

string N/A 0/7 Custom language name

0~(maxcount-1)>

Group: status

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

di_i<0~(ndi-1)> <boolean> 0 1/7 0 => Inactive, normal

1 => Active, triggered

do_i<0~ndi-1)> <boolean> 0 1/7 0 => Inactive, normal

1 => Active, triggered

onlinenum_rtsp integer 0 6/7 current RTSP connection

numbers

onlinenum_httppush integer 0 6/7 current HTTP push server

connection numbers

Group: di_i<0~(ndi-1)>

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

(get/set)

normalstate high,

high 1/1 indicate whether open circuit

low

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inactive status

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NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

normalstate open,

grounded

open 1/1 indicate whether open circuit

or closed circuit represents

inactive status

Group: security

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

privilege_do_viewer <boolean> 0 6/6 DO privilege of viewer

privilege_do_operator <boolean> 1 6/6 DO privilege of operator

user_i0_name string[64] root 6/7 User’s name of root

user_i<1~20>_name string[64] <blank> 6/7 User’s name

user_i0_pass password[64] <blank> 6/6 root’s password

user_i<1~20>_pass password[64] <blank> 7/6 User’s password

user_i0_privilege viewer,

admin 6/7 root’s privilege

operator,

admin

user_i<1~20>_

privilege

viewer,

operator,

viewer 6/6 User’s privilege.

admin

Group: network

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

type lan,

lan 6/6 Network connection type

pppoe

resetip <boolean> 1 6/6 1 => get ipaddress, subnet,

router, dns1, dns2 from DHCP

server at next reboot

0 => use preset ipaddress,

subnet, rounter, dns1, and

dns2

ipaddress <ip

address>

subnet <ip

<product

6/6 IP address of server

dependent>

<blank> 6/6 subnet mask

address>

router <ip <blank> 6/6 default gateway

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address>

dns1 <ip

<blank> 6/6 primary DNS server

address>

dns2 <ip

<blank> 6/6 secondary DNS server

address>

wins1 <ip

<blank> 6/6 primary WINS server

address>

wins2 <ip

<blank> 6/6 secondary WINS server

address>

Subgroup of network: sip

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

(get/set)

port 554, 1025~

554 6/6 SIP port

65535

Subgroup of network: ftp

DESCRIPTION

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

port 21,

21 6/6 local ftp server port

1025~65535

Subgroup of network: http

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

port 80, 1025~

80 6/6 HTTP port

65535

alternateport 1025~65535 8080 6/6 Alternative HTTP port

authmode basic,

basic 1/6 HTTP authentication mode

digest

s0_accessname string[32] video.mjpg 1/6 Http server push access

name for stream 1

s1_accessname string[32] video2.mjpg 1/6 Http server push access

name for stream 2

Subgroup of network: https

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

port 443, 1025~ 443 6/6 HTTPS port

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NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

port 554, 1025 ~

554 1/6 RTSP port

65535

authmode disable,

disable 1/6 RTSP authentication mode

basic,

digest

s0_accessname string[32] live.sdp 1/6 RTSP access name for

stream1

s1_accessname string[32] live2.sdp 1/6 RTSP access name for

stream2

s0_audiotrack <integer> 0 6/6 The current audio track for

stream1.

-1 => audio mute

s1_audiotrack <integer> 0 6/6 The current audio track for

stream2.

-1 => audio mute

Subgroup of rtsp_s<0~(n-1)>: multicast, n is stream count

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

alwaysmulticast <boolean> 0 4/4 Enable always multicast

ipaddress <ip address> For n=0,

4/4 Multicast IP address

239.128.1.

For n=1,

239.128.1.

100,

and so on.

videoport 1025 ~

5560+n*2 4/4 Multicast video port

65535

audioport 1025 ~

5562+n*2 4/4 Multicast audio port

65535

ttl 1 ~ 255 15 4/4 Multicast time to live value

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Subgroup of network: rtp

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

videoport 1025~ 65535 5556 6/6 video channel port for RTP

audioport 1025~ 65535 5558 6/6 audio channel port for RTP

Subgroup of network: pppoe

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

user string[128] <blank> 6/6 PPPoE account user name

pass password[64] <blank> 6/6 PPPoE account password

Group: ipfilter

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

allow_i<0~9>_start 1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.

allow_0_start

=> 1.0.0.0

6/6 Allowed starting IP

address for RTSP

255

allow_i<0~9>_end 1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.

255

deny_i<0~9>_start 1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.

255

deny_i<0~9>_end 1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.

connection

allow_<1~9>_

start =>

<blank>

allow_0_end

255.255.255.2

6/6 Allowed ending IP

address for RTSP

connection

allow_<1~9>_

end =>

<blank>

<blank> 6/6 Denied starting IP

address for RTSP

connection

<blank> 6/6 Denied ending IP

address for RTSP

255

connection

Group: videoin

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

cmosfreq 50, 60 60 4/4 CMOS frequency

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whitebalance auto,

manual

atwbvalue 0 ~ 65535 <product

0 4/4 auto, auto white balance

manual

4/4 The auto white balance

dependent>

value.

autoiris <boolean> 1 4/4 Enable auto Iris

Group: videoin_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products, m is stream number

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

color 0, 1 1 4/4 0 =>monochrome

1 =>color

flip <boolean> 0 4/4 flip the image

mirror <boolean> 0 4/4 mirror the image

ptzstatus <integer> <product

dependent

1/7 An 32-bits integer, each bit

can be set separately as

follows:

Bit 0 => Support camera

control function 0(not

support), 1(support)

Bit 1 => Build-in or

external camera.

0(external), 1(build-in)

Bit 2 => Support pan

operation. 0(not support),

1(support)

Bit 3 => Support tilt

operation. 0(not support),

1(support)

Bit 4 => Support zoom

operation. 0(not support),

1(support)

Bit 5 => Support focus

operation. 0(not support),

1(support)

text string[16] <blank> 1/4 enclosed caption

imprinttimestamp <boolean> 0 4/4 Overlay time stamp on video

maxexposure 1~120 30 4/4 Maximum exposure time

s<0~(m-1)>_codec

type

mpeg4,

mjpeg

mpeg4 4/4 video codec type

s<0~(m-1)>_resol 176x144, stream1 => 4/4 Video resolution in pixel

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ution 320x240,

640x480

stream2 =>

176x144

s<0~(m-1)>_mpeg

4_intraperiod

250, 500,

1000, 2000,

1000 4/4 The period of intra frame in

3000, 4000

s<0~(m-1)>_mpeg

cbr, vbr vbr 4/4 cbr, constant bitrate

4_ratecontrolmode

s<0~(m-1)>_mpeg

1~5 3 4/4 quality of video when

4_quant

s<0~(m-1)>_mpeg

1000~400000051200 4/4 Set bit rate in bps when

4_bitrate

milliseconds

vbr, fix quality

choosing vbr in

“ratecontrolmode”.

1 is worst quality and 5 is the

best quality.

choose cbr in

“ratecontrolmode”

s<0~(m-1)>_mpeg

4_maxframe

1, 2, 3, 5, 10,

15, 20, 25,

25 => 50Hz

30 => 60Hz

4/4 set maximum frame rate in

fps (for MPEG-4)

30 (only for

NTSC or 60Hz

CMOS)

s<0~(m-1)>_mjpe

g_quant

1 ~ 5 3 4/4 quality of jpeg video.

1 is worst quality and 5 is the

best quality.

s<0~(m-1)>_mjpe

g_maxframe

1~25,

26~30 (only

for NTSC or

60Hz CMOS)

25 => PAL

CCD or

50Hz CMOS

30 =>

4/4 set maximum frame rate in

fps (for JPEG)

NTSC CCD

or 60Hz

CMOS

s<0~(m-1)>_forcei 1 N/A 7/6 Force I frame

Group: audioin_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

source micin,

linein

linein 4/4 micin => use external

microphone input

linein => use line input

mute 0, 1 0 1/4 Enable audio mute

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gain 0~31 0 4/4 Gain of input

boostmic 0, 1 0 4/4 Enable microphone boost

s<0~(m-1)>_codec

type

s<0~(m-1)>_aac4_

bitrate

s<0~(m-1)>_gamr

_bitrate

aac4, gamr gamr 4/4 set audio codec type for

input

16000,

128000 4/4 set AAC4 bitrate in bps

32000,

48000,

64000,

96000,

128000

4750,

12200 4/4 set AMR bitrate in bps

5150,

5900,

6700,

7400,

7950,

10200,

12200

Group: image_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

brightness -5 ~ 5 0 4/4 Adjust brightness of image

according to mode settings.

saturation -5 ~ 5 0 4/4 Adjust saturation of image

according to mode settings.

contrast -5 ~ 5 0 4/4 Adjust contrast of image

according to mode settings.

sharpness -3 ~ 3 3 4/4 Adjust sharpness of image

according to mode settings.

Group: imagepreview_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

brightness -5 ~ 5 0 4/4 Preview of adjusting

brightness of image

according to mode settings.

saturation -5 ~ 5 0 4/4 Preview of adjusting

saturation of image

according to mode settings.

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contrast -5 ~ 5 0 4/4 Preview of adjusting

contrast of image according

to mode settings.

sharpness -3 ~ 3 0 4/4 Preview of adjusting

sharpness of image

according to mode settings.

videoin_whitebalanc

auto,

manual

auto 4/4 Preview of adjusting white

balance of image according

to mode settings

videoin_restoreatwb 0, 1~ 0 4/4 Restore of adjusting white

balance of image according

to mode settings

Group: motion_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

enable <boolean> 0 4/4 enable motion detection

win_i<0~2>_enable<boolean> 0 4/4 enable motion window 1~3

win_i<0~2>_name string[14] <blank> 4/4 name of motion window 1~3

win_i<0~2>_left 0 ~ 320 0 4/4 Left coordinate of window

position.

win_i<0~2>_top 0 ~ 240 0 4/4 Top coordinate of window

position.

win_i<0~2>_width 0 ~ 320 0 4/4 Width of motion detection

window.

win_i<0~2>_height 0 ~ 240 0 4/4 Height of motion detection

window.

win_i<0~2>_objsize0 ~ 100 0 4/4 Percent of motion detection

window.

win_i<0~2>_sensiti

vity

0 ~ 100 0 4/4 Sensitivity of motion

detection window.

Group: privacymask_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

enable <boolean> 0 4/4 Enable the privacy mask

win_i<0~4>_enable <boolean> 0 4/4 Enable the privacy mask

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win_i<0~4>_name string[14] <blank> 4/4 The name of privacy mask

window

win_i<0~4>_left 0 ~ 320/352 0 4/4 Left coordinate of window

position.

win_i<0~4>_top 0 ~ 240/288 0 4/4 Top coordinate of window

position.

win_i<0~4>_width 0 ~ 320/352 0 4/4 Width of privacy mask

window

win_i<0~4>_height 0 ~ 240/288 0 4/4 Height of privacy mask

window

Group: ddns

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

enable <boolean> 0 6/6 Enable or disable the

dynamic dns.

provider Safe100,

DyndnsDynamic,

DyndnsDy

namic

DyndnsCustom,

TZO,

DHS,

DynInterfree,

PeanutHull,

CustomSafe100

6/6 Safe100 => safe100.net

DyndnsDynamic =>

dyndns.org (dynamic)

DyndnsCustom =>

dyndns.org (custom)

TZO => tzo.com

DHS => dhs.org

DynInterfree

=>dyn-interfree.it

PeanutHull => peanut hull

CustomSafe100 =>

Custom server using safe100

method

<provider>_hostnamestring[128] <blank> 6/6 Your dynamic hostname.

<provider>_userna

meemail

<provider>_passwo

rdkey

<provider>_servern

ame

string[64] <blank> 6/6 Your user or email to login

ddns service provider

string[64] <blank> 6/6 Your password or key to login

ddns service provider

string[128] <blank> 6/6 The server name for

safe100.

(This field only exists for

provider is customsafe100)

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Group: upnppresentation

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

enable <boolean> 1 6/6 Enable or disable the

UPNP presentation

service.

Group: upnpportforwarding

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

enable <boolean> 0 6/6 Enable or disable the UPNP

port forwarding service.

upnpnatstatus 0~3 0 6/7 The status of UpnP port

forwarding, used internally.

0 is OK, 1 is FAIL, 2 is no IGD

router, 3 is no need to do

port forwarding.

Group: syslog

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

enableremotelog <boolean> 0 6/6 enable remote log

serverip <IP address> <blank> 6/6 Log server IP address

serverport 514,

514 6/6 Server port used for log

1025~65535

level 0~7 6 6/6 The levels to distinguish the

importance of information.

0: LOG_EMERG

1: LOG_ALERT

2: LOG_CRIT

3: LOG_ERR

4: LOG_WARNING

5: LOG_NOTICE

6: LOG_INFO

Group: capability

NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

(get/set)

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api_httpversion 0100a 0100a 0/7 The HTTP API version.

bootuptime <positive integer> 60 0/7 The server bootup time

nir 0,

npir 0,

ndi 0,

ndo 0,

naudioin 0,

naudioout 0,

nvideoin <positive integer> <product

<product

dependent>

<product

dependent>

<product

dependent>

<product

dependent>

<product

dependent>

<product

dependent>

0/7 number of IR interface

0/7 number of PIR

0/7 number of digital input

0/7 number of digital output

0/7 number of audio input

0/7 number of audio output

0/7 number of video input

dependent>

nmediastream <positive integer> <product

0/7 number of media stream

dependent>

per channel

nvideosetting <positive integer> <product

dependent>

naudiosetting <positive integer> <product

dependent>

nuart 0,

<product

dependent>

ptzenabled < positive integer ><product

dependent>

0/7 number of video settings

per channel

0/7 number of audio settings

per channel

0/7 number of UART interface

0/7 An 32-bits integer, each bit

can be set separately as

follows:

Bit 0 => Support camera

control function

0(not support), 1(support)

Bit 1 => Build-in or

external camera.

0(external), 1(build-in)

Bit 2 => Support pan

operation. 0(not support),

1(support)

Bit 3 => Support tilt

operation. 0(not support),

1(support)

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Bit 4 => Support zoom

operation.

0(not support), 1(support)

Bit 5 => Support focus

operation.

0(not support), 1(support)

protocol_https < boolean > <product

dependent>

protocol_rtsp < boolean > <product

dependent>

protocol_sip <boolean> <product

dependent>

protocol_maxco

nnection

protocol_rtp_mu

lticast_

<positive integer> <product

dependent>

<boolean> <product

dependent>

scalable

protocol_rtp_mu

lticast_

<boolean> <product

dependent>

backchannel

protocol_rtp_tcp <boolean> <product

dependent>

0/7 indicate whether to support

http over SSL

0/7 indicate whether to support

rtsp

0/7 indicate whether to support

sip

0/7 The maximum allowed

simultaneous connections

0/7 indicate whether to support

scalable multicast

0/7 indicate whether to support

backchannel multicast

0/7 indicate whether to support

rtp over tcp

protocol_rtp_http<boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

protocol_spush_

mjpeg

<boolean> <product

dependent>

protocol_snmp <boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

videoin_type 0, 1, 2 <product

0/7 0 => Interlaced CCD

dependent>

videoin_resolution<a list of the

available resolution

<product

dependent>

0/7 available resolutions list

separates by

comma)

videoin_codec <a list of the

available codec

<product

dependent>

0/7 available codec list

types separaters

rtp over http

server push motion jpeg

snmp

1 => Progressive CCD

2 => CMOS

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videoout_codec <a list of the

available codec

<product

dependent>

0/7 available codec list

types separaters

by comma)

audio_aec <boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

audio_extmic <boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

audio_linein <boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

audio_lineout <boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

audio_headphon

eout

audioin_codec <a list of the

<boolean> <product

0/7 indicate whether to support

dependent>

available codec

<product

dependent>

0/7 available codec list

acoustic echo cancellation

external microphone input

external line input

line output

headphone output

types separaters

by comma)

audioout_codec <a list of the

available codec

<product

dependent>

0/7 available codec list

types separaters

by comma)

uart_httptunnel <boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

transmission_m

ode

Tx,

Rx,

<product

dependent>

0/7 Indicate what kind of

Both

network_wire <boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

support the http tunnel for

uart transfer

transmission mode the

machine used. TX: server,

Rx: receiver box, Both:

DVR?.

support the Ethernet

network_wireless<boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

wireless_802dot

11b

wireless_802dot

11g

<boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

<boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

support the wireless

802.11b+

support the wireless

802.11g

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wireless_encrypt

_wep

wireless_encrypt

_wpa

wireless_encrypt

_wpa2

<boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

<boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

<boolean> <product

0/7 Indicate whether to

dependent>

support the wireless WEP

support the wireless WPA

support the wireless WPA2

Group: event_i<0~2>

PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

name string[40] NULL 6/6 The identification of this

entry

enable 0, 1 0 6/6 To enable or disable this

event.

priority 0, 1, 2 1 6/6 Indicate the priority of this

event.

“0” indicates low priority.

“1” indicates normal

priority.

“2” indicates high priority.

delay 1~999 10 6/6 Delay seconds before detect

next event.

trigger boot,

di,

motion,

seq

boot 6/6 Indicate the trigger

condition.

“boot” indicates system

boot.

“di” indicates digital input or

PIR

“motion” indicates video

motion detection.

“seq” indicates periodic

condition.

di <integer> 0 6/6 Indicate which di detected.

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This field is required when

trigger condition is “di”.

One bit represents one

digital input. The LSB

indicates DI 0.

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mdwin <integer> 0 6/6 Indicate which motion

detection windows

detected.

This field is required when

trigger condition is “motion”

One bit represents one

window.

The LSB indicates the 1

window.

For example, to detect the

and 3rd windows, set

mdwin as 5.

inter 1~999 1 6/6 Interval of period snapshot

in minute.

This field is used when

trigger condition is “seq”.

weekday <interger> 127 6/6 Indicate which weekday is

scheduled.

One bit represents one

weekday.

The bit0 (LSB) indicates

Saturday.

The bit1 indicates Friday.

The bit2 indicates Thursday.

The bit3 indicates

Wednesday.

The bit4 indicates Tuesday.

The bit5 indicates Monday.

The bit6 indicates Sunday.

For example, to detect

events on Friday and

Sunday, set weekday as 66.

begintime hh:mm 00:00 6/6 Begin time of weekly

schedule.

endtime hh:mm 24:00 6/6 End time of weekly

schedule.

(00:00 ~ 24:00 means

always.)

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lowlightcondition 0, 1 1 6/6 0 => Do action at all times

1 => Do action in low-light

conditions

action_do_i<0~(

ndo-1)>_enable

action_do_i<0~(

ndo-1)>_duratio

0, 1 0 6/6 To enable or disable trigger

digital output.

1~999 1 6/6 The duration of digital

output is triggered in

seconds.

action_cf_enable 0. 1 0 6/6 To enable put media on CF.

action_cf_folder string[128] NULL 6/6 The path to store media.

action_cf_media NULL, 0~4 NULL 6/6 The index of attached

media.

action_server_i<

0~4>_enable

0, 1 0 6/6 To enable or disable this

server action.

The default value is 0.

action_server_i<

0~4>_media

NULL, 0~4 NULL 6/6 The index of attached

media.

Group: server_i<0~4>

PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY

DESCRIPTION

(get/set)

name string[40] NULL 6/6 The identification of this

entry

type email,

ftp,

http,

email 6/6 Indicate the server type.

“email” is email server.

“ftp” is ftp server.

“http” is http server.

“ns” is network storage.

http_url string[128] http:// 6/6 The url of http server to

upload.

http_username string[64] NULL 6/6 The username to login in the

server.

http_passwd string[64] NULL 6/6 The password of the user.

ftp_address string[128] NULL 6/6 The ftp server address

ftp_username string[64] NULL 6/6 The username to login in the

server.

ftp_passwd string[64] NULL 6/6 The password of the user.

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