Vivotek FE8172V, FE8172 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Rev. 1.0

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Table of Contents

Revision History ......................................................................................................................................3

Overview.......................................................................................................................................................4

Read Before Use ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Package Contents ................................................................................................................................... 5

Symbols and Statements in this Document ............................................................................................. 5

Physical Description ................................................................................................................................ 6

Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................... 9

Network Deployment ..................................................................................................................................13

Setting up the Network Camera over the Internet ................................................................................. 13

Software Installation .............................................................................................................................. 16

Ready to Use ......................................................................................................................................... 17

Accessing the Network Camera .................................................................................................................18

Using Web Browsers .............................................................................................................................18

Using RTSP Players ..............................................................................................................................21

Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices ............................................................................................... 22

Using VIVOTEK Recording Software .................................................................................................... 23

Main Page ..................................................................................................................................................24

Client Settings ............................................................................................................................................34

H.264 / MPEG-4 Media Options ........................................................................................................... 34

H.264 / MPEG-4 Protocol Options .......................................................................................................34

MP4 Saving Options ............................................................................................................................. 35

Local Streaming Buffer Time ................................................................................................................35

Conguration ..............................................................................................................................................36

System > General settings ....................................................................................................................37

System > Homepage layout .................................................................................................................39

System > Logs ......................................................................................................................................42

System > Parameters ........................................................................................................................... 43

System > Maintenance .......................................................................................................................... 44

Media > Image ....................................................................................................................................48

General settings ..................................................................................................................................48

Day/Night Settings ................................................................................................................................ 49

Image settings ...................................................................................................................................... 50

Exposure

Privacy mask .....................................................................................................................................56

............................................................................................................................................53

Pixel Calculator .................................................................................................................................57

Media > Video .......................................................................................................................................58

FOV

Stream settings

Media > Audio........................................................................................................................................ 63

Audio Settings ......................................................................................................................................63

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Network > General settings .................................................................................................................................. 64

Network > Streaming protocols .......................................................................................................................... 72

Network > QoS (Quality of Service) .................................................................................................................. 77

Network > DDNS ................................................................................................................................................ 79

Manual setup ....................................................................................................................................................... 80

Network > SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

Security > User Account ....................................................................................................................................... 83

Security > HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) .......................................................................84

Security > Access List ........................................................................................................................................ 91

Security > IEEE 802.1x .................................................................................................................................... 94

PTZ > PTZ settings ............................................................................................................................................. 96

Digital PTZ Operation (E-PTZ Operation) ........................................................................................................... 96

Event > Event settings ......................................................................................................................................... 99

Event .................................................................................................................................................................. 99

Add server ......................................................................................................................................................... 102

Add media ......................................................................................................................................................... 106

Applications > Motion detection.......................................................................................................................... 112

Applications > DI and DO ................................................................................................................................. 115

Applications > Tampering detection ................................................................................................................... 115

Recording > Recording settings ........................................................................................................................ 116

Local storage > SD card management ............................................................................................................... 121

SD card staus .................................................................................................................................................... 121

SD card control .................................................................................................................................................. 121

Local storage > Content management ............................................................................................................... 122

Searching and Viewing the Records ................................................................................................................. 122

Search Results .................................................................................................................................................. 123

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Appendix ................................................................................................................................................................. 125

URL Commands for the Network Camera .......................................................................................................... 125

1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 125

2. Style Convention ........................................................................................................................................... 125

Technical Specications .....................................................................................................................................214

Technology License Notice .................................................................................................................................215

MPEG-4 AAC Technology ................................................................................................................................. 215

MPEG-4 Visual Technology ............................................................................................................................... 215

AMR-NB Standard ............................................................................................................................................. 215

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ................................................................................................................. 216

Revision History

Rev. 1.0: Initial release

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Overview

VIVOTEK FE8172/72V is the latest sheye xed dome network camera from VIVOTEK, featuring a detailed 5-Megapixel resolution sensor with superb image quality. Equipped with a sheye lens for 180° panoramic view (wall mount) or 360° surround view (ceiling/oor/table mount) without blind spots, the camera is able to provide coverage of wide, open areas, such as airports, shopping malls, parking lots, retail stores, ofces and more.

The FE8172/72V offers various display layouts, including original surround view, panoramic view, and regional view for various mounting applications. With the cutting-edge image processing capabilities, hemispherical images captured from the sheye camera can be converted into conventional rectilinear projection for viewing and analysis. In addition, in both the panoramic as well as regional viewing modes, users can utilize the ultra-smooth ePTZ function to easily zoom

in and focus on a region of interest (ROI). The new pixel calculator function helps the user to ensure the image quality of a desired area.

As with all VIVOTEK true day/night cameras, the FE8172/72V features a removable IR-cut lter,

maintaining clear images 24 hours a day. FE8172V’s IP66-rated housing is designed to help the camera body withstand rain and dust and ensure operation under a multitude of harsh weather

conditions; additionally, the vandal-proof IK10-rated housing effectively provides robust protection from physical damage. Together with 802.3af compliant PoE, MicroSD/SDHC/SDXC card slot for on-board storage, EN50155 mobile surveillance (FE8172V only) and iPad applications,

the FE8172/72V is indisputably the top choice for constructing a robust surveillance system with the greatest coverage possible.

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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 can also be part of a exible 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 rst verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents

listed below. Take note of the warnings in the Quick Installation Guide before the Network Camera is installed; then carefully read and follow the instructions in the Installation chapter to avoid damage 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

networking 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 creative and professional developers, the URL Commands of the Network Camera section serves as a helpful reference to customizing existing homepages or integrating with the

current web server.

Package Contents

■ FE8172 - the Network Camera

■ Alignment Sticker

■ Screwdriver

■ Screws / Anchors / Cable Ties

■ Power & I/O Cables

■ Quick Installation Guide / Warranty Card

■ Software CD

Symbols and Statements in this Document

INFORMATION: provides important messages or advices that might help prevent inconvenient

or problem situations.

NOTE: Notices provide guidance or advices that are related to the functional integrity of the

machine.

Tips: Tips are useful information that helps enhance or facilitae an installation, function, or

process.

WARNING! or IMPORTANT!: These statements indicate situations that can be dangerous or

hazardous to the machine or you.

Electrical Hazard: This statement appears when high voltage electrical hazards might occur

to an operator.

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Physical Description

Inner View

Lens

Spring Contacts (A)

Contacts for Internal Microphone (B)

Header (J6)

Header (J7)

Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 Socket

Cabling Cutout

Status LEDs

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Reset Button

MicroSD/SDHC/SDXC

Card Slot

Outer View

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Dome Cover

Built-in Microphone

IMPORTANT:

Record the MAC address under the camera base before installing the camera.

083236

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DI/DO Diagram

Please refer to the following illustration for the connection method.

Hardware Reset

BJT transistor

3.3V

Camera Power

Output

Input

Gnd

PIN 1

Power+3.3V

PIN 2

Digital output

Switch

VDC

Relay

+3.3V VDC

BJT transistor

Camera Power

Input

Output

+3.3V

Gnd

VDC

Relay

PIN 3

Digital input

PIN 4

Ground

+30 VDC Max.

Switch

Reset Button The reset button is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation. If the system problems remain

after reset, press the reset button longer to restore the factory settings and install again.

Reset: Press and release the recessed reset button with a straightened paper clip. Wait for the Network Camera to reboot.

Restore: Press and hold the recessed reset button for at least several seconds to restore. Note that all settings will be restored to factory defaults.

Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC Card Capacity

This network camera is compliant with Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC 32GB and other preceding standard SD cards.

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Hardware Installation

Opening Dome Cover

First, open the dome cover by pressing the release button. You may squeeze the opposite edge of the dome cover if the dome cover does not come off easily. Then, follow the steps below to in-

stall the camera to either a ceiling or a wall.

Slide cover

Release button

If you plan to route cables from the side of camera,

remove the rubber slide cover from the dome cover.

Connecting Ethernet Cable & the Power and IO Cable

Connect the supplied power & IO cables if your

switch does not support PoE. Connect the white header connectors to J6 and J7 on the camera.

Power and IO cables

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Connecting Cables

If you need to route cables through the side opening, proceed with the following:

1. Connect the Ethernet and the Power & IO cables. The Ethernet cable is user-supplied.

2. Use an included cable tie to secure the Ethernet and IO cable to the base plate. Insert the ca-

ble tie through the vertical mounting tab located on the edge of the cabling cutout.

3. Make a clearance between cables and the vertical mounting tab. Arrange the cables neatly to

avoid getting in the way when the dome cover is attached.

4. Cut the extra length from the cable tie.

If you route cables through a drill hole

on a wall/ceiling, simply route cables

through the cabling cutout.

Make a clearance between cables and the vertical tab

Mounting Positions

Refer to the diagram on the right for the mounting hole positions and the dimensions of the base plate.

Ethernet

Power & IO Cable

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Ceiling or Wall Mount

1. Attach the supplied alignment sticker for the camera base to the a ceiling or wall.

2. Using the circles on the sticker, drill pilot holes into the ceiling. Then hammer the supplied

plastic anchors into the holes.

3. (Optional) Drill a cable hole on the ceiling/wall, and feed the cables through the hole.

4. Secure the camera base to the ceiling/wall with the supplied screws.

IM P OR TA N T:

Arrange the cables neatly to avoid getting in the way when the dome cover is attached.

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Attach the Dome Cover

NOTE:

You may also install the camera to a U.S. standard 4 in. junction box. You can align the camera’s curved slots with the mounting

holes on a junction box. Use diagonal mounting positions on the camera to match those on a junction box.

Dome cover

Install the plastic dome cover by aligning the snap-

t tabs on the dome cover with the slotted tabs on the

camera base. Install the dome cover by pressing it evenly to the camera base.

Make sure the dome cover and the base plate are ush-

aligned before pressing down. The dome cover is se-

cured using a snap-t mechanism.

Slotted tabs

Snap-t tabs

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LAN (Local Area Network)

Router IP address : 192.168.0.1

Router IP address : fr om ISP

Network Deployment

Setting up the Network Camera over the Internet

There are several ways to set up the Network Camera over the Internet. The rst way is to set up the Network Camera behind a router. The second way is to utilize a static IP. The third way is to use PPPoE.

Internet connection via a router

Before enabling the access to 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 below.

Regarding how to obtain your IP address, please refer to Software Installation on page 16 for

details.

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 : fr om ISP

LINK

POWER

COLLISION

RECEIVE

PARTITION

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.

■ Secondary HTTP port: 8080

■ RTSP port: 554

■ RTP port for audio: 5558

■ RTCP port for audio: 5559

■ RTP port for video: 5556

■ RTCP port for video: 5557 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 your router’s user’s manual.

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 64 for details.

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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 conguration on page 64 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 85 for details.

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

When using a PoE-enabled switch

The Network Camera is PoE-compliant, allowing transmission of power and data via a single

Ethernet cable. Follow the below illustration to connect the Network Camera to a PoE-enabled switch via an Ethernet cable.

NOTE:

1. The camera is only to be connected to PoE networks without routing to outside plants.

2. For PoE connection, use only UL listed I.T.E. with PoE

output.

I N

RECEIVE

PARTITIO

Power + Data Transmission

POW

I S

ION

PoE Switch

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.

PoE Power Injector

(optional)

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I N

POW

ION

RECEIVE

PARTITI O

Non-PoE Switch

General Connection (without PoE)

1. If you have external DI devices, make the connection from general I/O terminal block.

2. Ethernet, power and IO cables are user-supplied.

3. Connect DC power cord to a DC Adapter, and then to a power outlet.

Ethernet

Switch

I N

POW

I S

ION

RECEIVE

PARTITI O

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+3V3

GND

+3V3 : Power, 3.3V DC D O : Digital Output D I : Digital Input G N D : Ground

General I/O Terminal Block

Power Cord Socket (Black)

Microphone In (Pink)

Audio Out (Green)

NOTE:

The power adapter should comply with L.P.S.

regulations featuring O/P: 12V DC, 1.5A min.

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Software Installation

Installation Wizard 2 (IW2), free-bundled software included on the product CD, helps you set up

your Network Camera on the LAN.

1. Install 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 an analysis of your network environment. After your network environment is analyzed, please click Next to continue the program.

Installation

Wizard 2

3. The program will search for all VIVOTEK network devices on the same LAN.

4. After a brief search, the main installer window will pop up. Double-click on the MAC address that matches the one printed on the camera label or the S/N number on the package box label to open a browser management session with the Network Camera.

Network Camera

Model No: FE8172 MAC: 0002D1083236

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

Made in Taiwan

00-02-D1-08-32-36 192.168.5.109 FE8172

0002D1083236

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Ready to Use

1. A browser session with the Network Camera should prompt as shown below.

2. You should be able to see live video from your camera. You may also install the 32-channel

recording software from the software CD in a deployment consisting of multiple cameras. For

its installation details, please refer to its related documents.

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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

IMPORTANT:

Currently the Network Camera utilizes 32-bit ActiveX plugin. You CAN NOT open a

•

management/view session with the camera using a 64-bit IE browser.

If you encounter this problem, try execute the Iexplore.exe program from C:\Windows\

•

SysWOW64. A 32-bit version of IE browser will be installed.

On Windows 7, the 32-bit explorer browser can be accessed from here: C:\Program

•

Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Use Installation Wizard 2 (IW2) to access to the Network Cameras on the LAN. If your network environment is not a LAN, follow these steps to access the Netwotk Camera:

1. Launch your web browser (e.g., Microsoft

2. Enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the address eld. Press Enter.

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

4. If it is the rst time installing the VIVOTEK network camera, an information bar will prompt as

shown below. Follow the instructions to install the required plug-in on your computer.

Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Netscape).

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NOTE:

For Mozilla Firefox or Netscape users, your browser will use Quick Time to stream live video. If you do not have Quick Time on your computer, please download Quick Time from Apple Inc's website, and then launch your web browser.

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NOTE:

1. By default, your Network Camera is not password-protected. To prevent unauthorized access,

it is highly recommended to congure a password for your camera later.

about how to enable password protection, please refer to Security on page 83

For more information

2. If you see a dialogue box indicating that your security settings prohibit running ActiveX

Controls®, please enable ActiveX Controls for your browser.

To enable the ActiveX® Controls for your browser:

2-1. Choose Tools > Internet Options >

Security > Custom Level.

2-2. Look for Download signed ActiveX®

controls; select Enable or Prompt. Click OK.

2-3. Refresh your web browser, then install the ActiveX

complete installation.

control. Follow the instructions to

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Using RTSP Players

To view the H.264/MPEG-4 streaming media using RTSP players, you can use one of the

following players that support RTSP streaming.

Quick Time Player

Real Player

1. Launch the RTSP player.

2. Choose File > Open URL. A URL dialog box will prompt.

3. The address format is rtsp://<ip address>:<rtsp port>/<RTSP streaming access name for stream1 to stream4>

As most ISPs and players only allow RTSP streaming through port number 554, please set the RTSP port to 554. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 73.

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 congure the RTSP access name, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 73 for details.

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The RTSP players will show the original oval-shape image. You can access the Regional views

via the ST7501 or VAST software. See page 74 for an example.

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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 over 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

13.

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 73.

2. As the the bandwidth on 3G networks is limited, you will not be able to use a large video size.

Please set the video and audio streaming parameters as listed below.

For more information, please refer to Stream settings on page 59.

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 ISPs and players only allow RTSP streaming through port number 554, please set the RTSP port to 554. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 73.

4. Launch the player on the 3GPP-compatible mobile devices (e.g., Real Player).

5. Type the following URL commands in the URL eld.

The address format is rtsp://<public ip address of your camera>:<rtsp port>/<RTSP streaming access name for stream 3>.

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 from http://www.vivotek.com.

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Main Page

This chapter explains the screen elements on the main page. It is composed of the following

sections: VIVOTEK INC. Logo, Host Name, Camera Control Area, Conguration Area, and Live

Video Window.

VIVOTEK logo

Resize Buttons

Host name

Configuration Area

Camera Control Panel

Live View window

VIVOTEK INC. Logo

Click this logo to visit the VIVOTEK website.

Host Name

The host name can be customized to t your needs. For more information, please refer to System > General

Settings on page 37.

Camera Control Area

Display mode:

to the sheye lens’ wide coverage of 180º hemispheric and 360º panoramic views and to manipulate the details within, the following display modes are provided:

This is a brand new conguration menu exclusively designed for Fisheye cameras. Due

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1O - One Original sheye view. 1P - One Panoramic view 1R - One Regional view 2P - Two Panoramic views 1O3R - One Original and three Regional views 4R - Four Regional views 4R PRO - Four Regional views interactively displayed when the eld

of view changes in any of the views 1O8R - One Original and eight Regional views

* See following discussions for detailed explanation of these modes. The Wall mount type provides another two distinctive modes.

NOTE:

The following fisheye modes will not be available if you select the "1080P Full HD" mode in the Media > Video configuration window. The 1080P Full HD mode is like using

the sheye as an ordinary HD camera.

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1O (Original) Display mode:

When mounted on a ceiling, the sheye camera can

cover an approximately 50 m² of surveillance area (hung

at a height of approximately 3 meters), while still keeping details in videos with recognizable facial features of people trafcking through the area.

The 1O view is especially adequate for taking an overview glimpse of surveillance area with a ceiling mount camera.

1O View (Original View)

180° Hemispheric

1P (Single Panoramic) Display mode:

With image correction rmware algorithms, the hemispheric image is transformed into a rectilinear stripe

in the 1P display mode. Viewers can use the PTZ panel or simply use mouse control to quickly move through the 360º panoramic view.

Note that the 1P view is apt for an overview, the Zoom in/out function does not apply in this mode.

Swipe to scroll horizontally

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1R (Single Regional) Display mode:

The 1R mode provides access to one image section within the hemisphere. You can zoom in or out

(using the mouse wheel or PTZ panel) or travel through to other areas within the hemisphere using simple mouse clicks and drags. A single click on a particular object can bring the object to the center

of your view window. Click and hold down the left mouse button, and you can swipe the view both horizontally and vertically.

1R View (Single Regional View)

Zoom Out

Zoom in/out

all-directional

navigation control

2P (Dual Panoramic View) Display mode:

Zoom In

Similar to 1P, the 2P display mode provides simultaneous access to both the front and rear sections of

a hemisphere. Both panoramic views are corrected into a more viewable dewarped image. Viewers can

use a mouse click and drag to quickly scroll horizontally through the surveillance area.

2P View (Panoramic View)

Extended to rectilinear view (Dewarp)

Front hemi

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Rear hemi

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1O3R (One Original & Three Regional) Display mode:

The 1O3R mode provides access to multiple live view sections within the hemisphere and the reference to their relative positions on an Original oval view. The FOV indicators (#1 ~ #3) interact with your current

operation as you may zoom in/out or move the live view sections elsewhere.

You can zoom in or out or travel to other areas within the hemisphere using identical methods as

previously described in the 1R mode.

You can also change the locations of Regional views by dragging the FOV indicators on the "Original"

round-shape oval view.

1O3R (Original & Regional) Mode Screen Control

Zoom In

Click to bring into center of view

Zoom Out

Pan or tilt

Interactive regional FOV indicators

Current screen selection

Tips:

In a Regional view displaying 100% of video feed (via the Resize buttons - see page 30), your

mouse wheel can be used to scroll the view window vertically before you click on a live image.

After you click on the live image, the mouse wheel becomes the zoom in/out tool.

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4R (Four Regional) Display mode:

The view control and look and feel are identical to that as described in the 1O3R mode except the absence of the Original oval view.

4R PRO (Four Regional Proactive) Display mode:

The 4R PRO mode is similar to the 4R mode except that the quad view windows consecutively rotate in

correspondence to the change of view area in one window. Note that zoom in/out and tilt control is not

available in this mode.

1O8R (One Original and Eight Regional) Display mode:

The view control and look and feel are identical to that as described in the 1O3R mode.

Note that if you change the position of a view in hemisphere, e.g., #3 window, you may lose the conguration change by switching to another display mode. The live view window does not automatically

save your view section layout.

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1P2R (One Panoramic and Two Regional) Display mode:

1P3R (One Panoramic and Three Regional) Display mode:

These two modes are only available with the Wall Mount type! The Mount type conguration is found in

Conguration > Media > Image > General Settings. Please refer to page 48 for details.

The view control in these two modes is identical to that as described in the 1O3R mode.

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Video Stream: This Network Cmera supports multiple streams (stream #1 ~ #3) simultaneously. You can select any one of them for live viewing. For more information about multiple streams, please refer to

page 58 for detailed information.

Manual Trigger: Click to enable/disable an event trigger manually. Please configure an event setting

before enabling this function. A total of 3 or 4 event settings can be congured. For more information about event setting, please refer to page 99. If you want to hide this item on the homepage, please go

to the System > Homepage Layout > General settings > Customized button to deselect the “show manual trigger button” checkbox.

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

PTZ Control Panel:

Return to Home Position

Left

Right

Down

Zoom Out

Start to Auto Pano

Zoom In

Start to Auto Rotate

Stop Auto Pano/Rotate

Pano.: Click this button to start the automated circular rotation through a regional view (360° continuous rotation). Note that this function does not apply in a Panoramic view because a Panoramic view already shows the full coverage.

Stop: Click this button to stop the Auto Pano and Auto Rotate functions.

Rotate: Once the Administrator has determined a list of preset PTZ positions, click this button to command the camera to consecutively display views of these positions. The Network Camera will display

these views continuously. For more information, please refer to PTZ settings on page 96.

Pan speed Tilt speed Zoom speed Panoramic

speed

-5 -5 -5 - - Slower

-4 -4 -4 - -

-3 -3 -3 - -

-2 -2 -2 - -

-1 -1 -1 - -

0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1 1

2 2 2 2 2

3 3 3 3 3

4 4 4 4 4

5 5 5 5 5

Pan /Tilt /Zoom /Panoramic/Rotate: Adjust the speed of these controls:

Rotate speed

Faster

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H.264/MPEG-4 Protocol and Media Options

Conguration Area

Client Settings: Click this button to access the client setting page. For more information, please refer to Client Settings on page 34.

Conguration: Click this button to access more of the conguration options provided with the 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, please refer to the description for the Conguration menus on page 36.

Language: Click this button to choose a language for the user interface. Language options are available

in: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano,

日本語

, Português,

簡体中文

, and

繁體中文

. You can

also change a language on the Conguration page; please refer to page 36.

Hide Button

You can click the hide button to hide the control panel or display the control panel.

Resize Buttons

Click the Auto button, the video cell will resize automatically to t the monitor. Click 100% is to display the original homepage size. Click 50% is to resize the homepage to 50% of its original size. Click 25% is to resize the homepage to 25% of its original size.

Live Video Window

■ The following window is displayed when the video mode is set to H.264 / MPEG-4:

Time

Video Title

Title and Time

Video (TPC-AV)

Video 13:59:05 2012/07/04

Video and Audio Control Buttons

Video Title: The video title can be congured. For more information, please refer to Video settings on page 59.

H.264 / MPEG-4 Protocol and Media Options: The transmission protocol (TCP or UDP, etc.)and media

options for H.264 / MPEG-4 video streaming. For further conguration, please refer to Client Settings on

page 34.

Time: Display the current time. For further conguration, please refer to Media > Image > Genral settings on page 48.

Video 13:59:05 2012/07/04

Title and Time: The video title and time can be stamped on the streaming video. For further conguration, please refer to Media > Image > Genral settings on page 48.

Video and Audio Control Buttons: Depending on the Network Camera model and Network Camera

conguration, some buttons may not be available.

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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.

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

after clicking the Pause button.

Stop: Stop the transmission of the 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 exit the web browser, video

recording stops accordingly. To specify the storage destination and le name, please refer to MP4 Saving

Options on page 35 for details.

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

local computer.

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

clicking the Mute button.

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

the external speaker connected to the Network Camera. Click this button

again to end talking

transmission.

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

microphone volume on the local computer. Note that inernal microphone is mounted on the dome cover.

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

after clicking the Mute button.

Full Screen: Click this button to switch to full screen mode. Press the “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

Video (HTTP-V)

Video 17:08:56 2011/03/10

2011/03/10 17:08:56

Time

Video Control Buttons

Video Title: The video title can be congured. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 48.

Time: Display the current time. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 48.

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Title and Time: Video title and time can be stamped on the streaming video. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 48

Video Control Buttons: Depending on the camera model and your current conguration, 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.

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 exit the web browser, video

recording stops accordingly. To specify the storage destination and le name, please refer to MP4 Saving

Options on page 35 for details.

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

mode.

Go to: Select one preset position from the Go to drop-down list, and the Network Camera’s eld of view will move to the position. The PTZ preset positions are also related to the Rotate button: Click the button,

then the Network Camera's eld of view will patrol continuously through the selected positions. Note that

the move to a preset position only takes place on the "R" (Regional Display mode) window.

Please refer to page 96 for PTZ preset position settings.

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NOTE:

180° Hemisphere

Field of View

1. Edges of a sheye oval view will be slightly cropped because the sheye lens FOV is larger

than the sensor can take.

2. The camera lens’ angle of view is larger than 180°. Therefore, the camera’s oval view is

actually larger than a 180° hemisphere.

3. Since the eld of view is larger than a hemisphere, for the FE8172V, the top edge of dome

cover (the round opening where the lens is installed) will appear as a white circle around an oval view.

4. When using the dewarped modes, e.g., the Regional and Panoramic views, the rmware will

not capture the far edges of the FOV which extends beyond the 180° hemisphere.

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Client Settings

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

H.264 / MPEG-4 Media Options

H.264/MPEG-4 Media Options

Select to stream video or audio data or both. This is enabled only when the video mode is set to H.264 or MPEG-4.

H.264 / MPEG-4 Protocol Options

H.264/MPEG-4 Protocol Options

Depending on your network environment, there are four options with the transmission protocols with

H.264 or 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 trafc 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, please refer to

RTSP Streaming on page 73.

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

HTTP: This protocol allows the same quality as TCP protocol without needing to open specic ports for

streaming under some network environments. Users behind a rewall can utilize this protocol to allow

camera’s streaming data to pass through.

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MP4 Saving Options

Users can record live video as they are watching it by clicking the “Start MP4 Recording” button on

the main page. Here, you can specify the storage destination and le name.

Folder: Specify a storage destination for the recorded video les.

File name prex: Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the video le name.

Add date and time sufx to the le name: Select this option to append the date and time to the end of the le name.

CLIP_20110328-180853

File name preﬁx

Date and time sufﬁx

The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS

Local Streaming Buffer Time

Due to possible occurrences of unsteady network transmission, live streaming may lag and not be very smoothly. If you enable this option, the live streaming will be stored on the camera’s buffer for a few

seconds before being played on the client computer’s live view window. This helps produce a smoothlier

live streaming. If you enter a vlue of 3,000 milliseconds, the streaming will delay for 3 seconds.

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Conguration

Click Configuration on the main page to enter the camera setting pages. Note that only

Administrators can access the conguration page.

VIVOTEK provides an easy-to-use user interface that helps you set up your network camera

with minimal effort. To simplify the setting procedure, two types of user interfaces are available:

Advanced Mode for professional users and Basic Mode for entry-level users. Some advanced functions (PTZ/ Event/ Recording/ Local storage) are not displayed in Basic Mode.

If you want to set up advanced functions, please click on [Advanced Mode] at the bottom of the conguration list to switch to Advanced Mode.

In order to simplify the user interface, detailed information will be hidden unless you click on the function item. When you click on the rst sub-item, the detailed information for the rst sub-item will be displayed; when you click on the second sub-item, the detailed information for the second sub-item will be displayed and that of the rst sub-item will be hidden.

The following is the interface of the Basic Mode and the Advanced Mode:

Basic Mode

Navigation Area

Configuration List

Click to switch to Advanced Mode

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Navigation Area

Configuration List

Click to switch to Basic Mode

Firmware Version

Each function on the conguration list will be explained in the following sections. Those functions that are

displayed only in Advanced Mode are marked with

Advanced Mode

. If you want to set up advanced

functions, please click on [Advanced Mode] at the bottom of the conguration list.

The Navigation Area provides access to all different views from the Home page (for live viewing),

Conguration page, and multi-language selection.

System > General settings

This section explains how to congure the basic settings for the Network Camera, such as the

host name and system time. It is composed of the following two columns: System and System Time.

System

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

Turn off the LED indicator: Click to disable the onboard LEDs.

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System time

Keep current date and time: Select this option to preserve 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 which synchronizes 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 using the NTP server on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Time zone

Advanced Mode

: Select the appropriate time zone from the list. If you want to upload

Daylight Savings Time rules, please refer to System > Maintenance > Import/ Export les on page 45

for details.

When nished with the settings on this page, click Save at the bottom of the page to enable the settings.

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System > Homepage layout

Advanced Mode

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

General settings

This column shows the settings of your hompage layout. You can manually select the background and

font colors in Theme Options (the second tab on this page). The settings will be displayed automatically

in this Preview eld. The following shows the homepage using the default settings:

■ Hide Powered by VIVOTEK: If you check this item, it will be removed from the homepage.

Logo graph Here you can change the logo at the top of your homepage.

Follow the steps below to upload a new logo:

1. Click Custom and the Browse eld will appear.

2. Select a logo from your les.

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

4. Enter a website link if necessary.

5. Click Save to enable the settings.

Customized button If you want to hide manual trigger buttons on the homepage, please uncheck this item. This item is

checked by default.

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Font Color of the

Background Color of

Theme Options

Here you can change the color of your homepage layout. There are three types of preset patterns for you to choose from. The new layout will simultaneously appear in the Preview led. Click Save to enable the settings.

Video Title

Font Color

Background Color of the

Control Area

Font Color of the Configuration Area

Background Color of the Configuration Area

Preset patterns

the Video Area

Frame Color

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■ Follow the steps below to set up a custom homepage:

1. Click Custom on the left column.

2. Click to select a color on on the right column.

Custom Pattern

3. The palette window will pop up as shown below.

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Color Selector

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

5. The selected color will be displayed in the corresponding elds and in the Preview column.

6. Click Save to enable the settings.

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System > Logs

Advanced Mode

This section explains how to congure the Network Camera to backup system log to a remote

server.

Log server settings

Follow the steps below to set up the remote log:

1. Select Enable remote log.

2. 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, click Save to enable the setting.

You can congure the Network Camera to send the system log le to a remote server as a log backup. Before utilizing this feature, it is suggested that the user install a log-recording tool to receive system log

messages from the Network Camera. An example is Kiwi Syslog Daemon. Visit http://www.kiwisyslog.

com/kiwi-syslog-daemon-overview/.

System log

This column displays the system log in chronological order. The system log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer and dated events will be overwritten when the number of events reaches a limit.

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Access log

Access log displays the access time and IP address of all viewers (including operators and administrators) in a chronological order. The access log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer and older events will be overwritten when the number of events reaches a limit.

System > Parameters

Advanced Mode

The View Parameters page lists the entire system’s parameters in an alphabetical order. If you

need technical assistance, use a text-editor program to copy and save the parameters listed on this page. Send the parameter text le to VIVOTEK’s technical support.

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System > Maintenance

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

General settings > Upgrade rmware

This feature allows you to upgrade the firmware of your Network Camera. It takes a few minutes to complete the process.

Note: Do not power off the Network Camera during the upgrade!

Follow the steps below to upgrade the rmware:

1. Download the latest rmware le from the VIVOTEK website. The le is in .pkg le format.

2. Click Browse… and specify the rmware le.

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

completes.

If the upgrade is successful, you will see “Reboot system now!! This connection will close”. After that, re-

access the Network Camera.

The following message is displayed when the upgrade has succeeded.

Reboot system now!! This connection will close.

The following message is displayed when you have selected an incorrect rmware le.

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

General settings > 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 be displayed

during the reboot process.

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

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General settings > Restore

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

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

64).

Daylight Saving Time: Select this option to retain the Daylight Saving Time settings (please refer to

Import/Export les below on this page).

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.

Import/Export les

Advanced Mode

This feature allows you to Export / Update daylight saving time rules, custom language file, and conguration le.

Export daylight saving time conguration le: Click to set the start and end time of DST.

Follow the steps below to export:

1. In the Export les column, click Export to export the daylight saving time conguration le from the

Network Camera.

2. A le download dialog will pop up as shown below. Click Open to review the XML le or click Save to

store the le for editing.

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3. Open the le with Microsoft® Notepad and locate your time zone; set the start and end time of DST.

When completed, save the le.

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

Update daylight saving time rules: Click Browse… and specify the XML le to update.

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

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

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

日本語,

Português,

簡体中文

, and

繁體中文

Update custom language le: Click Browse… and specify your own custom language le to upload.

Export conguration le: Click to export all parameters for the device and user-dened scripts.

Update conguration le: Click Browse… to update a conguration le. Please note that the model and rmware version of the device should be the same as the conguration le. If you have set up a xed IP or other special settings for your device, it is not suggested to update a conguration le.

Export server staus report: Click to export the current server status report, such as time, logs, parameters, process status, memory status, le system status, network status, kernel message..., and so

on.

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Media > Image

Advanced Mode

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This section explains how to configure the image settings of the Network Camera. It is

composed of the following tabbed windows: General settings, Image settings, Exposure, and Privacy mask, and Pixel Calculator.

General settings

Video title: Enter a name that will be displayed on the title bar of the live video as well as the view cell on the ST7501 and VAST recording software.

Show timestamp and video title in video and snapshot: Enter a name that will be displayed on the title bar of the live video as the picture shown below.

Video Title and Time

Video 17:08:56 2011/03/13

2011/03/13 17:08:56

Mount type: There are 3 Mount types - Ceiling, Wall, and Floor.

Ceiling: The Ceiling mount type automatically delivers upside-down images. Wall: The Wall mount type applies to the monitoring of long, side-to-side surveillance areas, such as

a corridor. Different Mount types have effects on the Display mode settings. For example, the 1P2R (1 Panoramic & 2 Regional) and 1P3R (1 Panoramic & 3 Regional) Display modes are only available

for the “Wall“ Mount type. Floor: The Display modes with the Floor mount type are identical to those for the Ceiling mount

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except that the images are not vertically ipped.

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

Power line frequency: Set the power line frequency consistent with local utility settings to eliminate image

ickering associated with uorescent lights.

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 (e.g., on the

ceiling) to correct the image orientation. Please note that the preset locations will be cleared after you

congure the ip/mirror option.

Day/Night Settings

This only provides a link to the Exposure window. See page 53 for details.

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Image settings

On this page, you can tune the White balance, Image adjustment and WDR enhanced parameters. You can congure two sets of preferred settings: one for normal situations, the other for special situations,

such as day/night/schedule mode.

Pixel Calculator

Sensor Setting 1: For normal situations

Sensor Setting 2: For special situations

White balance: Adjust the value for the best color temperature.

■ Auto: It will automatically adjust the color temperature of the light in response to different light sources.

You may follow the steps below to adjust the white balance to the best color temperature.

1. Set the White balance to Auto.

2. Place a sheet of white paper (or a color of a cool color temperature, such as blue) in front of the lens,

then allow the Network Camera to adjust the color temperature automatically.

3. Check the Off button on Fix current value to confirm the setting when the camera automatically

measured and adjusted the white balance.

■ Manual: This item allows users to manually input the R gain & B gain ratios.

Image Adjustment

■ Contrast: Adjust the image contrast level, which ranges from -5 to +5.

■ Brightness: Adjust the image brightness level, which ranges from -5 to +5.

■ Saturation: Adjust the image saturation level, which ranges from 0% to 100%. You can also select

Customize and manually enter a value.

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■ Sharpness:

■ Gamma curve: Gamma curve:

Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from 0% to 100%.

Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from

0% to 100%

You may let rmware Optimize your display or select the Manual mode, and pull the slide bar pointer to

change the preferred level of Gamma correction towards higher contrast or towards the higher luminance for detailed expression for both dark and lighted areas of an image.

■ Enable low light compensation: Select this option in low light mode, and the values of sharpness and brightness will change automatically. This function also benets from an automated noise reduction

feature.

WDR enhanced:

This function allows users to identify more image details with an extreme contrast from

an object of interest with one shadowed side against a bright background, e.g., an entrance. You may select the Enable WDR enhanced checkbox, and then adjust the sensitivity (low, high) and the strength (low, medium, high) to reach the best image quality.

You can click on Restore to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes. When completed with the settings on this page, click Save to enable the setting.

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If you want to congure another sensor setting for day/night/schedule mode, please click Prole to open the Prole Settings page as shown below.

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Please follow the steps below to setup a prole:

1. Select the Enable and apply this prole checkbox.

2. Select the applied mode: Day mode, Night mode, or Schedule mode. Please manually enter a range of

time if you choose Schedule mode.

3. Congure the White balance and Image adjustment settings in the following columns. Please refer to the

previous page for detailed information.

4. Click Save to enable the settings and click Close to exit the page.

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Exposure

Advanced Mode

On this page, you can set the Exposure measurement window, Exposure level, Exposure mode, Exposure time, Gain control, and Day/Night mode settings. You can configure two sets of Exposure settings: one for normal situations, the other for special situations, such as day/night/schedule mode.

Pixel Calculator

Sensor Setting 1: For normal situations

Sensor Setting 2: For special situations

Measurement Window: This function allows users to set measurement window(s) for low light

compensation. For example, where low-light objects are posed against an extremely bright background. You may want to exclude the bright sunlight shining through a building's corridor.

■ Full view: Calculate the full range of view and offer appropriate

light compensation.

■ Custom: This option allows you to manually add customized windows as inclusive or exclusive regions.

A total of 10 windows can be set. Please refer to the next page for detailed illustration.

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The inclusive window refers to the “weighted window“; the exclusive window refers to “ignored window“. It adopts the weighted averages method to calculate the value. The inclusive windows have a higher

priority. You can overlap these windows, and, if you place a exclusive window within a larger inclusive window, the exclusive part of the overlapped windows will be deducted from the inclusive window. An

exposure value will then calculated out of the remaining of the inclusive window.

Include

Exclude

Weighted region

Ignored region

■ BLC (Back Light Compensation): This option will automatically add a “weighted region“ in the middle of

the window and give the necessary light compensation.

Exposure control:

■

Exposure level: You can manually set the Exposure level, which ranges from -2.0 to +2.0 (dark to

bright).

Flickerless: Under some circumstances when there is a differnece between the video capture

frequency and local AC power frequency (NTSC or PAL), the mismatch causes color shifts or ickering images. If the above mismatch occurs, select the Flickerless checkbox, and the range of Exposure

time (the shutter time) will be limited to a range in order to match the AC power frequency. See the screen capture below.

You can click and drag the semi-circular pointers on the Exposure time and Gain control slide bars

to specify a range of shutter time and Gain control values within which the camera can automaticallly

tune to an optimal imaging result. For example, you may prefer a shorter shutter time to better capture moving objects, while a faster shutter reduces light and needs to be compensated by electrical

brightness gains.

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Day/Night

Switch to B/W in night mode

Select this checkbox to enable the Network Camera to automatically switch to Black & White display

during the night mode.

Turn on external IR illuminator in night mode

If your camera is installed with an IR illuminator and the digital output signals are connected to it, you can let system rmware turn on the supplementary illuminator during low-light conditions.

IR cut lter With a removable IR-cut lter, this Network Camera can automatically remove the lter to let Infrared light

pass into the sensor during low light conditions.

■ Auto mode (The Day/Night Exposure Prole will not be available if Auto mode is selected) The Network Camera automatically removes the lter by judging the level of ambient light.

■ Day mode In day mode, the Network Camera switches on the IR cut lter at all times to block 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 lter at all times for the sensor to accept infrared light, thus helping to improve low light sensitivity.

■ Synchronize with digital input The Network Camera automatically removes the IR cut filter when a digital input is triggered, for example, when the camera is accompanied by an external IR light that comes with its own sensor and

provides a signal to the camera. Some camera housings come with such mechanism.

■ Schedule mode The Network Camera switches between day mode and night mode based on a specied schedule.

Enter the start and end time for day mode. Note that the time format is [hh:mm] and is expressed in

24-hour clock time. By default, the start and end time of day mode are set to 07:00 and 18:00.

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

If you want to congure another sensor setting for day/night/schedule mode, please click Prole to open the Prole settings page as shown below.

Please follow the steps below to setup a prole:

1. Check Enable and apply this prole.

2. Select the applied mode: Day mode, Night mode, or Schedule mode. Please manually enter a range of time through which you want the Schedule mode to apply.

3. Congure Exposure control settings in the folowing columns. Please refer to the previous page for

detailed information.

4. Click Save to enable the setting and click Close to exit the window.

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Privacy mask

Click Privacy Mask to open the settings page. On this page, you can block out certain sensitive zones to address privacy concerns.

Advanced Mode

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

1. Click New to add a new window. A text box will appear allowing you to enter a name for the mask.

2. Use four mouse clicks to mark a square area, which is recommended to be at least twice the size of

the object (height and width) you want to cover.

3. Enter a Window Name and click Save to enable the setting.

4. Check Enable privacy mask to enable this function.

NOTE:

►

Up to 5 privacy mask windows can be congured on the same screen.

►

To delete a mask, use the red cross button and then click on the Save button.

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Pixel Calculator

Advanced Mode

Click the Add button at the lower screen to create a pixel calculator window. Place your cursor on the

window to move it to an area of your interest, and change the size of window to t the area of interest. Once they are drawn, the numbers of pixels of the sides of windows will appear. This allows you to

calculate if your current conguration fullls a requirement, for instance, recognizing the faces of persons

passing through a location. A facial recognition usually requires around 130 pixels per meter or higher.

Pixel Calculator

The pixels thus calculated is listed at the lower screen on a per-stream basis

depending on the frame size you congure

for each video stream.

Pixel Calculator

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Media > Video

Advanced Mode

FOV

The Field of View window allows you to select either the Fisheye mode or a 1080P Full HD mode. The 1080P Full HD mode provides a dewarpped section (1920x1080 pixels) out of the 180 degrees hemispheric view. The 1080P Full HD mode provides a higher frame rate of up to 30fps. It is as if using

the sheye camera as a standard xed dome camera.

In the 1080P Full HD mode, regional and panoramic view modes are not available. Also, changing the FOV option will erase the motion detection, privacy mask, and preset postions you previously congured.

Below is a conceptual drawing showing the coverage of the 1080P Full HD mode.

Hemispheric view

1080P Full HD window

117°

180°

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Stream settings

Advanced Mode

This Network Camera supports multiple streams with frame size ranging from 192 x 192 to 1920 x 1920.

Please follow the steps below to set up those settings for an individual stream:

1. Select a stream to congure its viewing region.

2. Choose a proper Frame Size from the drop-down list according to the size of monitored device.

3. Select the Maximum frame rate.

■ The parameters of the multiple streams:

Frame size

Stream 1 1920 X 1920 ~ 192 x 192 (Selectable) Stream 2

Stream 3

1920 X 1920 ~ 192 x 192 (Selectable)

To change frame size, frame rate, and other related settings, click on video settings for a video stream to its individual conguration panel.

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Click the stream item to display the detailed information.

This Network Camera offers real-time SVC, H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG compression standards (Triple

Codec) for real-time viewing. If H.264 or MPEG-4 mode is selected, the video is streamed via RTSP protocol. There are four parameters for you to adjust the video performance:

■ Frame size You can set up different video resolution for different viewing devices. For example, set a smaller frame size and lower bit rate for remote viewing on mobile phones and a larger video size and a higher bit rate for live viewing on web browsers. Note that a larger frame size takes up more bandwidth.

■ Maximum frame rate

This limits the maximum refresh frame rate per second. Set the frame rate higher for smoothlier video quality.

Regardless of the power line frequency setting (60Hz or 50Hz), the frame rates are selectable at 1fps, 2fps, 3fps, 5fps, 8fps, 10fps, and 15fps. You can also select Customize and manually enter a value.

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

■ Video quality A complex scene generally produces a larger le size, meaning that higher bandwidth will be needed for data transmission. Therefore, if Constant bit rate is selected, the bandwidth utilization is xed at a selected level, resulting in mutable video quality performance. The bit rates are selectable at the following rates: 20Kbps, 30Kbps, 40Kbps, 50Kbps, 64Kbps, 128Kbps, 256Kbps, 512Kbps, 768Kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 3Mbps, 4Mbps, 6Mbps, 8Mbps, 10Mbps, 12Mbps, 14Mbps, and 16Mbps. You can also

select Customize and manually enter a value.

Bit rate restriction: The bit rate conguration is characterized either by the Average or the Upper bound approaches: the target bit rate utilized can be uctuating around an average bit rate value or

using the bit rate value as an Upper bound threshold.

Policy: You may select Frame rate priority or Image quality priority. The rmware dynamically controls bit rate and image quality to maintain the frame rate. If quality priority is selected, frame rate will be slightly compromized.

On the other hand, if Fixed quality is selected, all frames are transmitted with the same quality; bandwidth utilization is therefore unpredictable. The video quality can be adjusted to the following settings: Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed, and Excellent. You can also select Customize and

manually enter a value.

SVC

The SVC (Scalable Video Coding) feature enables streaming of videos for multiple clients from one single set of layered IP packets. Designed for saving bandwidth and CPU load on client

stations, the frame rate of a video stream appearing through a view cell can be individually

adjusted. This feature applies when an administrator experiences unstable video streaming due

to the lack of network bandwidth, less-than-ideal hardware, or during an occurence of network

problems.

30fps

Client PC

25fps

Notebook

5fps

3G Cell Phone

Network Camera

SVC Packet

LAN

VAST Server

LAN/WAN

Stream

on Demand

Stream on Demand

Stream

on Demand

60fps

NVR Storage

VIVOTEK's VAST server (rev. 1.6.1 and later) automatically negotiates with a camera and determines whether a network camera comes with the SVC feature. The SVC checkbox appears if the network camera supports the feature. The same checkbox also appears in the Batch Insert Cameras window. Note that the maximum frame rate varies with different cameras.

The rest of the video conguration options in the SVC column is identical to that of the H.264

protocol.

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A sample screen of an SVC conguration option on a VAST LiveClient session is shown below:

If JPEG mode is selected, the Network Camera continuously sends JPEG images to the client, producing a moving effect similar to a filmstrip. Every single JPEG image transmitted guarantees the same

image quality, which in turn comes at the expense of variable bandwidth usage. Because the media contents are a combination of JPEG images, no audio data is transmitted to the client. There are three

parameters provided in MJPEG mode to control the video performance:

■ Maximum frame rate

This limits the maximum refresh frame rate per second. Set the frame rate higher for smoother video quality.

The frame rates are selectable at 1fps, 2fps, 3fps, 5fps, 8fps, 10fps, and 15fps. You can also select

Customize and manually enter a value. The frame rate will decrease if you select a higher resolution.

■ Video quality The video quality can be adjusted to the following settings: Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed, and

Excellent. You can also select Customize and manually enter a value.

NOTE:

►

Video quality and xed quality refers to the compression rate. If you select to enter a Customized value in the Fixed quality menu, a lower value will produce higher quality.

►

Converting high-quality video may significantly increase the CPU loading, and you may encounter streaming disconnection or video loss while capturing a complicated scene. In the event of occurance, we suggest you customize a lower video resolution or reduce the frame rate to obtain smooth video.

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Media > Audio

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 even if audio transmission is enabled on 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 -33dB (least) to 21dB (most). External microphone input gain: Select the gain of the external audio input according to ambient conditions. Adjust the gain from -33dB (least) to 21dB (most).

Audio type: Select audio codec AAC, GSM-AMR, or G.711 and the bit rate.

■ AAC provides good sound quality at the cost of higher bandwidth consumption. The bit rates are selectable from: 16Kbps, 32Kbps, 48Kbps, 64Kbps, 96Kbps, and 128Kbps.

■ GSM-ARM is designed to optimize speech quality and requires less bandwidth. The bit rates are selectable from: 4.75Kbps, 5.15Kbps, 5.90Kbps, 6.7Kbps, 7.4Kbps, 7.95Kbps, 10.2Kbps, and

12.2Kbps.

■ G.711 also provides good sound quality and requires about 64Kbps. Select pcmu (μ-Law) or pcma

(A-Law) mode.

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

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Network > General settings

This section explains how to congure a wired network connection for the Network Camera.

Network Type

LAN

Select this option when the Network Camera is deployed on a local area network (LAN) and is intended to be accessed by local computers. The default setting for the 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 the DHCP server each time the camera is connected to the LAN.

Use xed 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 2 on the software CD to easily set up the Network

Camera on LAN. Please refer to Software Installation on page 16 for details.

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

Subnet mask: This is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet. The default value is “255.255.255.0”.

Default router: This is the gateway used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet. Invalid router setting will fail the transmission to destinations in different subnet.

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Primary DNS: The primary domain name server that translates hostnames into IP addresses.

Secondary DNS: Secondary domain name server that backups the Primary DNS.

Primary WINS server: The primary WINS server that maintains the database of computer name and IP address.

Secondary WINS server: The secondary WINS server that maintains the database of computer name and IP address.

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.

Mega-pixel 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.

PPPoE (Point-to-point over Ethernet)

Select this option to congure 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 on the LAN.

2. Go to Conguration > Event > Event settings > Add server (please refer to Add server on page 102) to

add a new email or FTP server.

3. Go to Conguration > Event > Event settings > Add media (please refer to Add media on page 106).

Select System log so that you will receive the system log in TXT

Network Camera’s public IP address in your email or on the FTP server.

4. Go to Conguration > Network > General settings > Network type. Select PPPoE and enter the user

name and password provided by your ISP. Click Save to enable the setting.

le format which contains the

5. The Network Camera will reboot.

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

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NOTE:

► If the default ports are already used by other devices connected 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.

► Below are steps to enable the 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, then click Add or Remove Programs.

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 click Details.

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

5. Click Next in the following window.

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6. Click Finish. UPnP

► How does UPnP

UPnP

networking technology provides automatic IP conguration and dynamic discovery of devices

is enabled.

work?

added to a network. Services and capabilities offered by networked devices, such as printing and le sharing, are available among each other without the need for cumbersome network conguration. In the case of Network Cameras, you will see Network Camera shortcuts under My Network Places.

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

router-not HTTP port-meaning that you have to add the secondary HTTP port number to 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 45 for details. After the Network

Camera is reset to factory default, it will be accessible on the LAN.

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Enable IPv6

Select this option and click Save to enable IPv6 settings. Please note that this only works if your network environment and hardware equipment support IPv6. The browser should be Microsoft

Internet Explorer 6.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or above.

When IPv6 is enabled, by default, the network camera will listen to router advertisements and be

assigned with a link-local IPv6 address accordingly.

IPv6 Information: Click this button to obtain the IPv6 information as shown below.

If your IPv6 settings are successful, the IPv6 address list will be listed in the pop-up window. The IPv6

address will be displayed as follows:

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Link-global IPv6 address/network mask

Link-local IPv6 address/network mask

Please follow the steps below to link to an IPv6 address:

1. Open your web browser.

2. Enter the link-global or link-local IPv6 address in the address bar of your web browser.

3. The format should be:

http://[2001:0c08:2500:0002:0202:d1ff:fe04:65f4]/

IPv6 address

4. Press Enter on the keyboard or click Refresh button to refresh the webpage.

For example:

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► If you have a Secondary HTTP port (the default value is 8080), you can also link to the webpage in

the following address format: (Please refer to HTTP streaming on page 72 for detailed information.)

http://[2001:0c08:2500:0002:0202:d1ff:fe04:65f4]/:8080

IPv6 address

Secondary HTTP port

► If you choose PPPoE as the Network Type, the [PPP0 address] will be displayed in the IPv6

information column as shown below.

Manually setup the IP address: Select this option to manually set up IPv6 settings if your network environment does not have DHCPv6 server and router advertisements-enabled routers.

If you check this item, the following blanks will be displayed for you to enter the corresponding

information:

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Port

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

Two way audio port: By default, the two way audio port is set to 5060. Also, it can also be assigned to 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.

Note that as JPEG only transmits a series of JPEG images to the client, to enable the two-way audio function, make sure the video mode is set to “MPEG-4” or "H.264" on the Media > Video > Stream

settings page and the media option is set to “Media > Video > Stream settings” on the Client Settings page. Please refer to Client Settings on page 34 and Stream settings on page 59.

Audio transmitted to operators

America

Audio transmitted from operators

Taiwan

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Audio is being transmitted to the Network Camera

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Video (TCP-AV)

Talk Button

Mic Volume

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Mute

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

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

FTP port: The FTP server allows the user to save recorded video clips. You can utilize VIVOTEK's

Installation Wizard 2 to upgrade the rmware via FTP server. By default, the FTP port is set to 21, or

assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535.

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Network > Streaming protocols

Advanced Mode

HTTP streaming

To utilize HTTP authentication, make sure that your have set a password for the Network Camera rst;

please refer to Security > User account on page 83 for details.

Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides two types of security settings for an HTTP transaction: basic and digest. If basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format and there can be potential risks of being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using 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. They can also be assigned to 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 on the LAN, both the 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

On the LAN http://192.168.4.160 or

http://192.168.4.160:8080

address.

Access name for stream 1 ~ 3: This Network camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The access name is used to differentiate the streaming source. Users can click Media > Video > Stream settings to set up the video quality of linked streams. For more information about how to set up the video

quality, please refer to Stream settings on page 59.

When using Mozilla Firefox or Netscape to access the Network Camera and the video mode is set to JPEG, users will receive video comprised of continuous JPEG images. This technology, known as “server push”, allows the Network Camera to feed live pictures to Mozilla Firefox and Netscape.

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URL command -- http://<ip address>:<http port>/<access name for stream 1 ~ 5>

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

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox or Netscape.

2. Type the above 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

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► Microsoft

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

address>:<http port>/<access name for stream 1 ~ 4> will fail to access the Network Camera.

► Users can only use URL commands to request the stream 5. For more information about URL

commands, please refer to page 126.

RTSP Streaming

To utilize RTSP streaming authentication, make sure that you have set a password for the Network Camera rst; please refer to Security > User account on page 83 for details.

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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, but there can be potential risks of it being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using

MD5 algorithm, thus providing better protection against unauthorized access.

The availability of the RTSP streaming for the three authentication modes is listed in the following table:

Quick Time player Real Player

Disable O O Basic O O Digest O X

Access name for stream 1 ~ 4: This Network camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The access name is used to differentiate the streaming source. If you want to use an RTSP player to access the Network Camera, you HAVE TO set the video mode to

H.264 / MPEG-4 and use the following RTSP URL command to request transmission of the streaming

data.

rtsp://<ip address>:<rtsp port>/<access name for stream1 ~ 4>

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

1. Launch an RTSP player.

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

3. Type the above URL command in the address eld.

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

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

below.

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NOTE:

An original, oval view will be displayed using all RTSP players. For access to the Regional Views, you can install VIVOTEK's ST7501 or VAST software. You can right-click on a live view

window to see the Display mode options.

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RTSP port /RTP port for video, audio/ RTCP port for video, audio

■ 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 the Internet trafc volume. By default, the RTCP port for video is set to 5557 and the RTCP

port for audio is set to 5559.

The ports can be changed to values between 1025 and 65535. The RTP port must be an even number

and the RTCP port is the RTP port number plus one, and thus is always an odd number. When the RTP port changes, the RTCP port will change accordingly.

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

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Multicast settings for stream 1 ~ 3: Click the items to display the detailed configuration information. Select the Always multicast option to enable multicast for streams 1 ~ 3.

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, enabling multicast can

effectively save Internet bandwith.

The ports can be changed to values 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 is always 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 be

displayed:

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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Network > QoS (Quality of Service)

Quality of Service refers to a resource reservation control mechanism, which guarantees a certain quality to different services on the network. Quality of service guarantees are important if the network capacity

is insufcient, especially for real-time streaming multimedia applications. Quality can be dened as, for instance, a maintained level of bit rate, low latency, no packet dropping, etc.

The following are the main benets of a QoS-aware network:

The ability to prioritize trafc and guarantee a certain level of performance to the data ow.

■

The ability to control the amount of bandwidth each application may use, and thus provide higher

■

reliability and stability on the network.

Advanced Mode

Requirements for QoS

To utilize QoS in a network environment, the following requirements must be met:

All network switches and routers in the network must include support for QoS.

■

The network video devices used in the network must be QoS-enabled.

■

QoS models

CoS (the VLAN 802.1p model)

IEEE802.1p defines a QoS model at OSI Layer 2 (Data Link Layer), which is called CoS, Class of Service. It adds a 3-bit value to the VLAN MAC header, which indicates the frame priority level from 0

(lowest) to 7 (highest). The priority is set up on the network switches, which then use different queuing disciplines to forward the packets.

Below is the setting column for CoS. Enter the VLAN ID of your switch (0~4095) and choose the priority for each application (0~7).

If you assign Video the highest priority level, your network switch will handle video packets rst.

NOTE:

► A VLAN-capable Switch (802.1p) is required. Web browsing may fail if the CoS setting is incorrect.

► Class of Service technologies do not guarantee a level of service in terms of bandwidth and delivery

time; they offer a “best-effort.” Users can think of CoS as “coarsely-grained” trafc control and QoS as “nely-grained” trafc control.

► Although CoS is simple to manage, it lacks scalability and does not offer end-to-end guarantees since

it is based on L2 protocol.

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QoS/DSCP (the DiffServ model)

DSCP-ECN defines QoS at Layer 3 (Network Layer). The Differentiated Services (DiffServ) model is

based on packet marking and router queuing disciplines. The marking is done by adding a eld to the IP header, called the DSCP (Differentiated Services Codepoint). This is a 6-bit field that provides 64 different class IDs. It gives an indication of how a given packet is to be forwarded, known as the Per Hop Behavior (PHB). The PHB describes a particular service level in terms of bandwidth, queueing theory,

and dropping (discarding the packet) decisions. Routers at each network node classify packets according

to their DSCP value and give them a particular forwarding treatment; for example, how much bandwidth

to reserve for it.

Below are the setting options of DSCP (DiffServ Codepoint). Specify the DSCP value for each application (0~63).

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Network > DDNS

This section explains how to configure the 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 xed host and domain name.

Express link

Express Link is a free service provided by VIVOTEK server, which allows users to register a

domain name for a network device. One URL can only be mapped to one MAC address. This service will check out if the host name is valid and automatically open a port on your router.

Unlike DDNS, which requires a user to manually check out details about UPnP port forwarding,

the Express Link is more convenient and easy to set up.

Please follow the steps below to enable Express Link:

1. Make sure that your router supports UPnP port forwarding and it is activated, or you may see the

following warning message: Express link is not supported under current network environment.

2. Check Enable express link.

3. Enter a host name for the network device and click Save. If the host name has been used by another

device, a warning message will show up. If the host name is valid, it will show a message as shown

below.

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Manual setup

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 Safe100.net, a free dynamic domain name service, to VIVOTEK customers. It is recommended that you register Safe100.net to access VIVOTEK’s Network Cameras from the Internet.

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 for a dynamic domain account rst.

■ 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, ll in the Host name (xxxx.safe100.net), Email, Key, and Conrm Key, and

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

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

in the DDNS column at the top of the page as seen in the following screen.

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4. Select Enable DDNS and click Save to enable the setting.

■ CustomSafe100

VIVOTEK offers documents to establish a 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 the drop-down list.

2. In the Register column, ll in the Host name, Email, Key, and Conrm Key; then click Register. After a

host name has been successfully created, you will see a success message in the DDNS Registration

Result column.

3. Click Copy and all for the registered information will be uploaded to the corresponding elds in the

DDNS column.

4. Select Enable DDNS and click Save to enable the setting.

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

Refer to the following links to apply for 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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Network > SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

Advanced Mode

This section explains how to use the SNMP on the network camera. The Simple Network Management Protocol is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of management information between network devices. It helps network administrators to remotely

manage network devices and nd, solve network problems with ease.

■ The SNMP consists of the following three key components:

1. Manager: Network-management station (NMS), a server which executes applications that monitor and

control managed devices.

2. Agent: A network-management software module on a managed device which transfers the status of

managed devices to the NMS.

3. Managed device: A network node on a managed network. For example: routers, switches, bridges,

hubs, computer hosts, printers, IP telephones, network cameras, web server, and database.

Before conguring SNMP settings on the this page, please enable your NMS rst.

SNMP Conguration

Enable SNMPv1, SNMPv2c

Select this option and enter the names of Read/Write community and Read Only community according to your NMS settings.

Enable SNMPv3

This option contains cryptographic security, a higher security level, which allows you to set the

Authentication password and the Encryption password.

■ Security name: According to your NMS settings, choose Read/Write or Read Only and enter the

community name.

■ Authentication type: Select MD5 or SHA as the authentication method.

■ Authentication password: Enter the password for authentication (at least 8 characters).

■ Encryption password: Enter a password for encryption (at least 8 characters).

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Security > User Account

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 the Manage User column, please apply the password for the “root” account rst.

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

2. A window will prompt for authentication; type the correct user’s name and password in their respective

elds to access the Network Camera.

Privilege management

Digital Output & PTZ control: You can modify the management privilege as operators or viewers. Select or de-select the checkboxes, and then click Save to enable the settings. If you give Viewers the privilege,

Operators will also have the ability to control the Network Camera through the main page. (Please refer

to Conguration on page 36).

Allow anonymous viewing: If you select this item, any client can access the live stream without entering a User ID and Password.

Advanced Mode

Account management

Administrators can create up to 20 user accounts.

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

2. Select the privilege level for the new user account. Click Add to enable the setting.

Access rights are sorted by user privilege (Administrator, Operator, and Viewer). Only administrators can access the Conguration page. Though operators cannot access the Conguration page, they can use 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 125. Viewers access only the main page for live viewing.

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

1. Select an existing account to modify.

2. Make necessary changes and click Update or Delete to enable the setting.

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Security > HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL)

Advanced Mode

This section explains how to enable authentication and encrypted communication over SSL (Secure Socket Layer). It helps protect streaming data transmission over the Internet on higher security level.

Create and Install Certicate Method

Before using HTTPS for communication with the Network Camera, a Certicate must be created rst. There are three ways to create and install a certicate:

Create self-signed certificate

1. Select the rst option.

2. Check Enable HTTPS secure connection, then select a connection option: “HTTP & HTTPS” or “HTTPS only”.

3. Click Create certicate to generate a certicate.

4. The Certicate Information will automatically be displayed in the lower screen as shown below. You can click Certicate properties to view detailed information about the certicate.

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https://

5. Click Save to preserve your conguration, and your current session with the camera will change to the

encrypted connection.

6. If your web session does not automatically change to an encrypted HTTPS session, click Home to re-

turn to the main page. Change the URL address from “http://” to “https://“ in the address bar and press Enter on your keyboard. Some Security Alert dialogs will pop up. Click OK or Yes to enable HTTPS.

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Create certificate request and install

1. Select the option from the Method pull-down menu.

2. Click Create certicate to proceed.

3. The following information will show up in a pop-up window after clicking Create. Then click Save to

generate the certicate request.

4. The Certicate request window will prompt.

If you see the following Information bar, click OK and click on the Information bar at the top of the page

to allow pop-ups.

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5. Look for a trusted certificate authority, such as Symantec’s VeriSign Authentication Services, that

issues digital certificates. Sign in and purchase the SSL certification service. Copy the certificate request from your request prompt and paste it in the CA’s signing request window. Proceed with the rest of the process as CA’s instructions on their webpage.

6. Once completed, your SSL certicate should be delivered to you via an email or other means. Copy the contents of the certicate in the email and paste it in a text/HTML/hex editor/converter, such as

IDM Computer Solutions’ UltraEdit.

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7. Open a new edit, paste the certicate contents, and press ENTER at the end of the contents to add an

empty line.

8. Convert le format from DOS to UNIX. Open File menu > Conversions > DOS to Unix.

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9. Save the edit using the “.crt” extension, using a le name like “CAcert.crt.”

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10. Return to the original rmware session, use the Browse button to locate the crt certicate le, and click Upload to enable the certication.

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11. When the certifice file is successfully loaded, its status will be stated as Active.

Note that a

certicate must have been created and installed before you can click on the “Save" button for the conguration to take effect.

12.To begin an encrypted HTTPS session, click Home to return to the main page. Change the URL ad-

dress from “http://” to “https://“ in the address bar and press Enter on your keyboard. Some Security Alert dialogs will pop up. Click OK or Yes to enable HTTPS.

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Security > Access List

Advanced Mode

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

General Settings

Maximum number of concurrent streaming connection(s) limited to: Simultaneous live viewing for 1~10 clients (including stream 1 and stream 2). The default value is 10. If you modify the value and click Save, all current connections will be disconnected and automatically attempt to re-link (IE Explore or Quick Time Player).

Connection management: Click this button to display the connection status window showing a list of the current connections. For example:

IP address

192.168.1.147

61.22.15.3

192.168.3.25

Elapsed time

12:20:34

00:10:09

45:00:34

User ID

root

anonymous

greg

Add t o De ny List DisconnectRefresh

■ IP address: Current connections to the Network Camera.

■ Elapsed time: How much time the client has been at the webpage.

■ User ID: If the administrator has set a password for the webpage, the clients have to enter a user name

and password to access the live video. The user name will be displayed in the User ID column. If the

administrator allows clients to link to the webpage without a user name and password, the User ID

column will be empty.

There are some situations which allow clients access to the live video without a user name and password:

1. The administrator does not set up a root password. For more information about how to set up a root

password and manage user accounts, please refer to Security > User account on page 83.

2. The administrator has set up a root password, but set RTSP Authentication to “disable“. For more

information about RTSP Authentication, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 73.

3. The administrator has set up a root password, but allows anonymous viewing. For more information

about Allow Anonymous Viewing, please refer to page 83.

■ Refresh: Click this button to refresh all current connections.

■ Add to deny list: You can select entries from the Connection Status list and add them to the Deny List

to deny access. Please note that those checked connections will only be disconnected temporarily and will automatically try to re-link again (IE Explore or Quick Time Player). If you want to enable the denied list, please check Enable access list ltering and click Save in the rst column.

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■ Disconnect: If you want to break off the current connections, please select them and click this

button. Please note that those checked connections will only be disconnected temporarily and will automatically try to re-link again (IE Explorer or Quick Time Player).

Enable access list ltering: Check this item and click Save if you want to enable the access list ltering function.

Filter

Filter type: Select Allow or Deny as the lter type. If you choose Allow Type, only those clients whose IP addresses are on the Access List below can access the Network Camera, and the others cannot access. On the contrary, if you choose Deny Type, those clients whose IP addresses are on the Access List below will not be allowed to access the Network Camera, and the others can access.

Then you can Add a rule to the following Access List. Please note that the IPv6 access list column will not be displayed unless you enable IPv6 on the Network page. For more information about IPv6

Settings, please refer to Network > Enable IPv6 on page 68 for detailed information.

There are three types of rules: Single: This rule allows the user to add an IP address to the Allowed/Denied list. For example:

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Network: This rule allows the user to assign a network address and corresponding subnet mask to the

Allow/Deny List. The routing prex is written in CIDR notation. For example:

accesses from IP address 192.168.2.x will be bolcked.

If IPv6 lter is preferred, you will be prompted by the following window. Enter the IPv6 address and the two-digit prex length to specify the range of IP addresses in your conguration.

Range: This rule allows the user to assign a range of IP addresses to the Allow/Deny List. Note: This rule is only applied to IPv4. For example:

Administrator IP address

Always allow the IP address to access this device: You can check this item and add the Administrator’s IP address in this eld to make sure the Administrator can always connect to the device.

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Security > IEEE 802.1x

Advanced Mode

Enable this function if your network environment uses IEEE 802.1x, which is a port-based network access control. The network devices, intermediary switch/access point/hub, and RADIUS server must

support and enable 802.1x settings.

The 802.1x standard is designed to enhance the security of local area networks, which provides authentication to network devices (clients) attached to a network port (wired or wireless). If all certicates between client and server are veried, a point-to-point connection will be enabled; if authentication fails, access on that port will be prohibited. 802.1x utilizes an existing protocol, the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), to facilitate communication.

The components of a protected network with 802.1x authentication:

■

Supplicant

(Network Camera)

Supplicant: A client end user (camera), which requests authentication.

Authenticator (an access point or a switch): A “go between” which restricts unauthorized end users

Authenticator

(Network Switch)

Authentication Server

(RADIUS Server)

from communicating with the authentication server.

Authentication server (usually a RADIUS server): Checks the client certicate and decides whether to

accept the end user’s access request.

VIVOTEK Network Cameras support two types of EAP methods to perform authentication: EAP-PEAP

■

and EAP-TLS.

Please follow the steps below to enable 802.1x settings:

1. Before connecting the Network Camera to the protected network with 802.1x, please apply a digital certicate from a Certicate Authority (i.e., MIS of your company) which can be validated by a RADIUS

server.

2. Connect the Network Camera to a PC or notebook outside of the protected LAN. Open the

conguration page of the Network Camera as shown below. Select EAP-PEAP or EAP-TLS as the EAP method. In the following blanks, enter your ID and password issued by the CA, then upload related certicate(s).

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3. When all settings are complete, move the Network Camera to the protected LAN by connecting it to an

802.1x enabled switch. The devices will then start the authentication automatically.

NOTE:

► The authentication process for 802.1x:

1. The Certicate Authority (CA) provides the required signed certicates to the Network Camera (the supplicant) and the RADIUS Server (the authentication server).

2. A Network Camera requests access to the protected LAN using 802.1X via a switch (the authenticator).

The client offers its identity and client certicate, which is then forwarded by the switch to the RADIUS Server, which uses an algorithm to authenticate the Network Camera and returns an acceptance or

rejection back to the switch.

3. The switch also forwards the RADIUS Server’s certicate to the Network Camera.

4. Assuming all certificates are validated, the switch then changes the Network Camera’s state to

authorized and is allowed access to the protected network via a pre-congured port.

Certificate Authority

(CA)

Certificate

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Network Switch

Protected LAN

RADIUS Server

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PTZ > PTZ settings

This section explains how to control the Network Camera’s Pan/Tilt/Zoom operation.

The PTZ function allows users to quickly move the focus to a target area for close-up viewing

without physically zooming the camera.

Digital PTZ Operation (E-PTZ Operation)

Advanced Mode

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Preset positions and rotation settings

In the PTZ settings page, you can create preset positions in the hemisphere covered by the sheye lens. A total of 20 preset positions can be congured.

Please follow the steps below to congure preset positions and arrange them in a rotational tour through

different positions.

1. First select a video stream on which the PTZ settings will take place.

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2. Adjust the shooting area to the desired position using the PTZ keypad, the FOV indicators, or mouse clicks on the live screen. To begin the mouse control, click on the two interactive windows. If you click on the Original view window, an FOV indicator will appear. You can click and hold down the left

mouse button to drag the FOV indicator to a desired position. The rest of mouse control methods are identical to those for the Regional windows.

Due to the highly-sensitive mouse control, the PTZ control buttons can help ne-tune to an optimal

location.

Please note that your PTZ preset settings will only take effect on Regional windows, and not on the

Panoramic views.

3. After you selected an area of interest, enter a name for the new position, which can contain up to forty

characters.

4. Click Add to enable the settings. The preset positions will be listed on the User preset locations. (To

add more positions you wish, please repeat steps 1~3.)

5. Select the preset positions by their checkboxes.

6. Click on the move button (>>)

to move positions to the Rotate locations window.

7. You may select some or all of the imported positions as the stop points during the tour.

8. Select other speed options using their specic pull-down menus.

9. Select a preferred Rotate speed for consecutively displaying views of multiple positions. The Rotate speeds and the dwell time of each position on a Regional view window are shown below:

Rotate speed Dwell time in sec.

1 6 2 3 3 2 4 1.5 5 1.2

9. Click on the Save button to preserve your conguration.

To remove a preset position from the list, select it and click Remove. You can re-arrange the order of

the position hop on the list using the

buttons.

Misc settings

Use this checkbox to display or hide the zoom ratio indicator on the screen. You can use your mousewheel to zoom in or zoom out on a live view window.

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Home page in Regional Display Mode

Shown below is the display order of preset positions when you click on the Rotate button on the main page.

Preset positions

■ The preset positions will also be displayed on the home page. Select one from the Go to drop-down list, and the preset position will display on one of the Regional view windows.

■ If you have set up different preset positions for different streams, you can select one of the video

streams to display its distinctive positions.

■ If there are multiple preset positions, these positions will take turn lling in your live view windows.

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Event > Event settings

Advanced Mode

This section explains how to congure the Network Camera to respond to particular situations (event). A typical application is that when a motion is detected, the Network Camera sends

buffered images to an FTP server or e-mail address as notifications. Click on Help, there is an illustration shown in the pop-up window explaining that an event can be triggered by many

sources, such as motion detection or external digital input devices. When an event is triggered,

you can specify what type of action that will be performed.

Event

An event is an action initiated by a user-dened trigger source. In the Event column, click Add to open the event settings window.

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

■ Enable this event: Select this checkbox to enable the event setting.

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

■ Detect next event after

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

motion is detected. This prevents too many events to be triggered within a short time.

Follow the steps 1~3 to arrange the three elements -- Schedule, Trigger, and Action to set an event. A total of 3 event settings can be congured.

1. Schedule

Specify the period for the event. Please select the days of the week and the time in a day (in 24-hr time format) to specify when will the event-triggering conditions take effect.

2. Trigger

This is the cause or stimulus which denes what will trigger the event. The trigger source can be congured to use the Network Camera’s built-in motion detection mechanism or external digital inputs.

There are several choices of trigger sources as shown below.

Select each item to display its related

options.

■ 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 congure a Motion Detection Window rst. For more information, please refer to

Motion Detection on page 112 for details.

■ Periodically This option allows the Network Camera to trigger periodically for every other dened minute. Up to 999

minutes are allowed.

■ Digital input

This option allows the Network Camera to use an external digital input device or sensor as a trigger

source. Depending on your application, there are many choices with digital input devices on the market which help detect changes in temperature, vibration, sound, light, etc.

■ System boot

This option triggers the Network Camera when the power to the Network Camera is disconnected.

■ Recording notify

This option allows the Network Camera to trigger when the recording disk is full or when recording starts to overwrite older data.

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