Vivotek PT7137 User Manual

Product name: Wireless Network Camera with Pan/Tilt(PT7137)
Release Date: 2005/12/27
Manual Revision: 1.02

Web site: www.vivotek.com
Email: [e-mail]

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Before You Use This Product

The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The
Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be
part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the
operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use.

It is important to first v erify that all co ntents received are complete according to the
list in the "Package Contents" chapter. Take notice of the warnings in “Quick
installation guide” before the Network Camera is installed, then carefully read and
follow the instructions in the “I nstallation” chapter to avoid damages due to faulty
assembly and installation. This also ensures the product is used properly as
intended.

The Network Camera is a network device and its use should b e straightforward for
those who have basic network knowledge. The “Troubleshooting” chapter in the
Appendix provides remedies to the most common errors in set up and configuration.
You should consult this chapt er first if you run into a system error.
The Network Camera is designed for various applications including video sharing,
general security/surveillance, etc. The “How to Use” chapter suggests ways to best
utilize the Network Camera and ensure proper operations. For the creative and
professional developers, the "URL Commands of The Network Camera " chapter
serves to be a helpful reference to customize existing homepages or integrating with
the current web server.

For paragraphs preceded by the reader should use caution to understand
completely the warnings. Ignoring the warnings may result in serious hazards or

injuries.

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Table of Contents

Before Yo u Use This Product......................................................................2

Package Contents....................................................................................6

Installation.............................................................................................7

Hardware installation..........................................................................7

Software Installation ..........................................................................9

Initial Access to the Network Camera..................................................13

Check Network Settings ..............................................................13

Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access................................13

How to Use .....................................................................................14

Authentication............................................................................14

Installing plug-in.............................................................................. 15

Primary user’s capability ...................................................................16

Main Screen with Camera View.....................................................16

Client settings............................................................................20

Administrator’s capability.................................................................. 22

Fine-tuning for Best Performance..................................................22

Opening accounts for new users ................................................... 25

Build a security application ..........................................................26

Software revision upgrade ...........................................................27

Definitions in Configuration.....................................................................28

System parameters.......................................................................... 29

Security settings.............................................................................. 30

Network settings.............................................................................. 31

Network type.............................................................................31

HTTP ........................................................................................ 32

RTSP Streaming .........................................................................32

WLAN Configuration.................................................................... 34

DDNS.............................................................................................37

Access List......................................................................................38

Audio and Video............................................................................... 39

General.....................................................................................39

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Video Settings............................................................................39

Video orientation........................................................................39

Audio settings............................................................................40

Image Settings ..........................................................................41

Camera Control ............................................................................... 42

Email & FTP .................................................................................... 44

Email........................................................................................ 44

FTP ..........................................................................................44

Motion detection.............................................................................. 46

Application settings.......................................................................... 47

Snapshot...................................................................................47

Weekly schedule.........................................................................47

Snapshot file name prefix............................................................ 47

Send out the snapshot while motion detection ................................47

Sequential operation...................................................................48

Method for sending snapshot........................................................48

System log......................................................................................50

Viewing system parameters...............................................................51

Maintenance.................................................................................... 52

Appendix.............................................................................................. 53

A. Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 53

Status LED ................................................................................ 53

Reset and restore....................................................................... 53

B. URL commands of the Network Camera...........................................54

Get server parameter values........................................................54

Set server parameter values ........................................................55

Available parameters on the server ............................................... 57

Camera Control.......................................................................... 68

Recall ....................................................................................... 69

Application page CGI command ....................................................70

Capture single snapshot ..............................................................72

Account management .................................................................72

System logs............................................................................... 73

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Configuration file........................................................................ 74

Upgrade firmware.......................................................................75

D. Technical specifications................................................................. 76

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Package Contents

PT7137

Power adapte r

Mounting Kit & Pads

Software CD

Quick installation guide

Warranty card

Antenna

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Installation

In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and
"Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant
user access to the camera.

Hardware installation

Please verify that your product package contains all the
accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents.
Depending on the user’s application, an Ethernet cable
may be needed. The Ethernet cable should meet the specs
of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length.

Connect the power adapter jack to the Network
Camera before plugging in to the power socket. This will
reduce the risk of accidental electric shock.

Upon powering up, the front red LED will become lighted first and then the device will go
through booting process. During the booting process, red, blue and green LEDs will be
on. After booted, the Network Camera will standby for getting IP address. After getting IP
Address, the green LED will blink every second.

The Network Camera will first detect Ethernet. If it does not connect to Ethernet, the
Network Camera will try WLAN. During the searching and connecting process to the
wireless access point or station, the red LED of the Network Camera will flash every
second. Until the Network Camera connects to the other wireless device, the red LED

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will become lighted. Operating in either network mo de, the green LED will flash ever y
second as heartbeat to indicate alive. If the red LED is blinking, please check the network
connections.

To install in Ethernet

Make sure the Ethernet is firmly connected to a switch hub. After attaching the Ethernet
cable plug in the power adapter. If the LED turns out to be steady blue, go to next
paragraph “Software installation”. If the Ethernet is not available, Network Camera will
switch to wireless LAN mode.

To install in wireless LAN

If the Ethernet is not available while power on, the Network Camera will search for any
access point with the SSID “default”. Once any access point is found, the LED will tu rn
blue to wait for installation. If the network environment cannot meet the default settings,
install Network Camera in Ethernet to proceed with wireless LAN configuration.

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Software Installation

In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and
"Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant
user access to the camera.

At the end of the hardware installation, the Administrator must place the product
software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in MS Windows. An auto-run
program will pop up (If the program is not on auto-run, go to th e root directory of the
software CD and click on “autorun.exe”).

Click on “Software Utility” item, after the window contains changed, click on “Installation
Wizard” to run Vivotek’s installation program.

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Upon Installation Wizard’s start up, a searching box will pop up. This program searches
for Vivotek’s product on the same LAN:

After searching, Vivotek Video Servers or
Network Cameras will be located by the
Installation Wizard. There may be several
entries shown in the window. The
Administrator may differentiate the
Network Cameras with the serial number.

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For the series number in the “Serial Number” field, please check the label on the bottom
of the camera.

The IP addresses shown in the "Current IP Address" field reflect those on the local
network. They may be from the DHCP server. If there is no DHCP server, the camera
will try to find a free IP address (this takes from 15 second to 3 minutes, depending on
the LAN status). The method of finding IP address is seeking from 192.168.0.99, to

192.168.0.254. If any of the address inside this range is free, the Network Camera will be
assigned to this IP address, and its subnet mask would be 255.255.255.0. If none of the
addresses is free, the Network Camera will try the range from 192.168.0.2 to

192.168.0.98. After an IP address is assigned to the camera, the “Activity” status LED
blinks.

The UPnP function will always assign an IP address for the Network Camera. The
Administrator can click on button “Link to selected device” to conne ct the I.E. to the
camera.
If the camera is not on the IP installer list, click on the “Search” button to search for the
camera on the LAN.

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For more detailed usage of the Installation Wizard, please refer to the user’s manual of
the Installation Wizard included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Network
Camera. There may be many Network Cameras in the local network. Users can
differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number. The serial number is printed
on the labels on the carton and the back of the Network Camera body . Please refer to the
user’s manual of Installation Wizard for detail.

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Initial Access to the Network Camera

Check Network Settings

The Network Camera can be connected either before or immediately after software
installation onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the
network settings on the configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP
address of gateway and DNS. Ask your network administrator or Internet service
provider for the detail information. By default the Network Camera requires the
Administrator to run installation every time it reboots. If the network settings are to
remain unchanged, disable the Install option. Refer to “Network settings” on the
System Configuration page for details. If any setting is entered incorrectly and cannot
proceed to setting up the Network Camera, restore the factory settings following the
steps in the “Troubleshooting” chapter of the Appendix.

Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access

The default Administrator’s password is blank and the Network Camera initially will not
ask for any password. The Administrator should immediately implement a new
password as a matter of prudent security practice. Once the Administrator’s password
is saved, the Network Camera will ask for the user’s name and password before each
access. The Administrator can set up a maximum of twenty (20) user accounts. Each
user can access the Network Camera except to perform system configuration. Some
critical functions are exclusive for the Administrator , such as system configuration, user
administration, and software upgrades. The user name for the Administrator is
permanently assigned as “root”. Once the password is changed, the browser will
display an authentication window to ask for the new password. Once the password

is set, there is no provision to recover the Administrator’s password. The
only option is to restore to the original factory default settings.

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How to Use

Authentication

After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a
dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful
authentication, the following figure is displayed.

The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if
authentication fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future
convenience. This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason.

*If the administrator (root user) assigns no password, everybody can access the
homepage directly.

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Installing plug-in

For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt
for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. Permission request
depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the highest
security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt.
This plug-in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in th e

browser. Users may click on

to proceed. If the web browser does not allow the

user to continue to install, che ck the Internet security opti on and lower the security
levels or contact your IT or networking supervisor for help.

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Primary user’s capability

Main Screen with Camera View

The main page layout has three parts:

Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces.
Camera View: What the camera sees.
Pan/Tilt control buttons: These buttons provide a command interface to control the

aim of the camera.
Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration
page.

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The Configuration:

“Snapshot” The button provides users a fast way to capture a single image of the
video from the Network Camera.
“Client Settings”
Clicking on this button links you to the client setting pages, please check the following
session for more details.
“Configuration” Only the Administrator can access camera configurations.

The camera view:

The information bar at the top o f the camera view shows the connection type to the
Network Camera and the current date/time.
The camera view provides not only the live video, but also a way to aim the Network
Camera to different target. Using mouse to click on the target insi de the video will
command the Network Camera to aim at the target.

View capabilities

This feature allows users to open a digital zoom control windo w to specify the zoom

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factor for specified area in the camera view. Users can also move the white frame to
select the area of the video that she/he wants to view.
“Disable digital zoom” The checkbox selection allows users to disable/enable the
digital zoom function.
“Zoom Factors” The range of zoom factor is from 100% to 400%, users can selec t
any integer factor inside this area.
“Hide” Click on this button can close the digital zoom control window.

Mute

Digital Zoom

Play volume

Play/Pause

Stop

“Play” The option will connect to the Network Camera. The button is the same one as
“Pause”.
“Pause” The option will pause the video, but the connection remains. The button is the
same one as “Play”.

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“Stop” The option will disconnect to the Network Camera.
“Play volume” Click on this button can adjust the audio volume.
“Mute” Disable audio at client side.

The pan/tilt control buttons:

The direction buttons are for Left, Right, Up, Down, and Home functions. The Home
button centers the camera.
“Go to” Once the Administrator has de termined the preset positions; the Use r can aim
the camera using this control.
“Pan speed”
This button sets the moving range of the “Left” and “Right” commands.
“Tilt speed”
This button sets the moving range of the “Up” and “Down” commands.
“Pan”
This button commands the camera to pan from the current position to the left-most
and then to the right-most position. After panning, the camera returns to the original
position.
“Patrol”
This button commands the camera to patrol between the preset positions on the Patrol
List, which can be modified on the “Camera control page”. After one patrol cycle, the
camera returns to the original position.
“Stop” This stops the “Auto Pan” command or “A uto Patrol” command.

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Client settings

At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask
for a new plug-in inst all ation , the pl ug-i n bein g the Net work Camera. This plug-in has
been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the

client’s site. The user may click on

to install the plug-in. If the web browser

does not allow the user to complete the installation, check the Internet security to
lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor.

There are two settings for the client side. One is “Media Options” for users to
determine the type of media to be streaming. The other is “Protocol Options” which
allows choices on connection protocol between client and server. There are two
protocols choices to optimize your usage – UDP and TCP.

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The UDP protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, some
packets may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be obscured.
The TCP protocol allows for less packet loss and produces a more accurate video
display. The downside with this protocol is that the real-time effect is worse than that
with the UDP protocol.
If no special need is required, UDP protocol is recommended. Generally speaking, the
client’s choice will be in the order of UDP → TCP. After the Network Camera is
connected successfully, “Protocol Option” will indicate the selected protocol. The
selected protocol will be recorded in the user's PC and will be used for the next
connection. If the network environment is changed, or the user wants to let the web
browser to detect again, manually select the UDP protocol, save, and return HOME to
re-connect.

<url>

http://<Network Camera>/client.html

<Network Camera> is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network
Camera.

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Administrator’s capability

Fine-tuning for Best Performance

Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best
video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors,
“Maximum frame rate”, “Con stant bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Audio and Video
Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance
possible.

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For Viewing by Mobile Phone

Most 3GPP cell phone supports media streaming with MPEG4 video and GSM-AMR
audio. Due to the limitation of the bandwidth for 3GPP, only 176x144 size video is
supported for cell phone viewing. Select the “Configure for mobile viewing” option will
change the range of other related video settings.

For Best Real-time Video Images

T o achiev e good real-time visual eff ect, the network bandwidth should be large enough
to allow a transmission rate of greater than 20 image frames per second. If the
broadband network is over 1 Mbps, set the “Fix bit rate” to 1000Kbps or 1200Kbps. The
maximum frame rate is 30. If your network bandwidth is more than 512Kbps, you can
fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth and set the maximum frame rate to 30 fps.
If the images vary dramatically in your environment, you may want to slow the
maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission.
This allows for better video quality and the human eyes cannot readily detect the
differences between those of 20, 25, or 30 frames per second. If your network
bandwidth is below 512 Kbps, set the “Fix bit rate” according to your bandwidth and try
to get the best performance by fine-tuning with the “Maximum frame rate”. In a slow
network, greater frame rate results in blur images. Another work-around is to choose
“160x120” in the “Size” option for better images. Video quality performance will vary
somewhat due to the number of users viewing on the network; even when the
parameters have initially been finely tuned. Performance will also suffer due to poor
connectivity because of the network’s burst constraint.

Only Quality Images Will Do

To have the best video quality , you should set “Fix quality” at “Detailed” or “Excellent”
and adjust the “Maximum frame rate” to match your network’s bandwidth. If your
network is slow and you receive “broken” pictures, go to the TCP protocol in
“Connection type” and choose a more appropriate m ode of transmission. The imag es
may suffer a time delay due to a slower connection. The delay will also increase with
added number of users.

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Somewhere Between Real-time and Clear Images

If you have a broadband network, set “Fix quality” at ”Normal” or better, rather than
setting “Fix bit rate”. Yo u can a ls o f ix t h e ba nd wi d t h ac c or di n g to y o ur ac tu al ne t wo rk
speed and adjust the frame rate. Start from 30 fps down for best results but not below
15 fps. If the image qualities are not improved, select a lower bandwidth setting.

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Opening accounts for new users

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2

3

Protect Network Camera by passwords

The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means
everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP
address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is
intended to be accessed by others. Ty pe a new word twice in ○
This password is used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user

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name and password for your friends in ○

. Network Camera can provide twenty

accounts for your valuable customers or friends. You may delete some users from ○

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to enable protection.

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Build a security application

The Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement to
perform many useful security applications. T o upload the snapshots, users can choose
either email or FTP according to user’s needs. Both e-mail and F TP use the network
settings on the Email and FTP page. Refer to the definition section for detail
configuration.

1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage,

2. Click on “Motion detection” at the left column,

3. Check “Enable motion detection”,

4. Click on new to have a new window to monitor video,

5. Type in a name to identify the new window,

6. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window corner to resize or the title bar to
move,

7. Fine-tune using the “Sensitivity” and “Percentage” fields to best suit the camera’s
environment. Higher ”Sensitivity” detects the slighter motion. Higher “Percentage”
discriminates smaller objects,

8. Clicking on “Save” enables the activity display. Green means the motion in the
window is under the watermark set by Administrator and red means it is over the
watermark,

9. Click on “Application” at the left column,

10.Check the weekdays as you need and give the time interval to monitor the motion
detection every day,

11.Select the Trigger on Motion detection.

12.Set the delay before detecting next motion to avoid continuous false alarms
following the original event,

13.Set the number of pre-event and post-event images to be uploaded,

14.Check the window name set in step 5,

15.Check the way to upload snapshot,

Click on save to validate.

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Software revision upgrade

Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of Vivotek. An
easy-to-use Upgrade Wizard is provided to upgrade the Network Camera with just a
few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the
system, follow the procedures below.

1. Download the firmware file named “xxx.pkg” from the appropriate product folder.

2. Run the Upgrade Wizard and proceed following the prompts. Refer to the

instructions of the Upgrade Wizard for details.

3. Or upgrade firmware from HTTP web page directly

3. The whole process will finish in a few minutes and it will automatically restart t he

system.

If power fails during the writing process of Flash memory, the program in the

memory of the Network Camera may be destroyed permanently. If the Network
Camera cannot restart properly, ask your dealer for technical service.

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Definitions in Configuration

Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left
column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases
on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly
enter the frame page of configuration. If the Administrator also wants to set certain
options through the URL, read the reference appendix for details.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/config.html
<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.
<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/system.html
<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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System parameters

"Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page.
“Turn off the LED indicator” Check this option to shut off the LED on the rear . It can

prevent the camera’s operation being noticed.
"Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and time of
the Network Camera. An internal real-time clock maintains the dat e and time even
when the power of the system is turned off.
"Sync with computer time" Synchronizes the date and time of the Network Camera
with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displa yed as updated.
“Manual” Adjust the date and time according to what is entered by the Administrator .
Notice the format in the related fields while doing the entry.
“Automatic” Synchronize with the NTP server over the Internet whenever the
Network Camera starts up. It will fail if the assigned time-server cannot be reached.
“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.
"Time zone" Adjust the time with that of the time-servers for local settings.
“Update interval” Select hourly , daily , weekly , or monthly update with the time on the
NTP server.

Remember to click on

to immediately validate the changes. Otherwise, the

correct time will not be synchronized.

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Security settings

“Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new

password identically in b oth text boxes. The typed entr ies will be displayed as asterisk s
for security purposes. After pressing

for the new password for access.
“Add user” T ype the new user's name and password and press

entry. The new user will be displayed in the user name list. There is a maximum of
twenty user accounts.

“Manager user” Pull down the user list to find the user’s name and press
complete.

, the web browser will ask the Administr ator

to insert the new

to

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/security.html
<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Network settings

Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes.
Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on

.

Network type

“LAN” & “PPPoE”

The default type is LAN. Select PPPoE if using ADSL

"Get IP address automatically" & “Use fixed IP address”

The default status is “Get IP address automatically”. This can be tedious having to
perform software installation whenever the Network Camera starts. Therefore, once
the network settings, especially the IP address, have been entered correctly, select
“Use fixed IP address” then the Network Camera will skip installation at the next
boot. The Network Camera can automatically restart and operate normally after a
power outage. Users can run IP installer to check the IP address assigned to the
Network Camera if the IP address is forgotten or using the UPnP function provided by
the Network Camera (MS Windows XP provides UPnP function at My Network Place).

“IP address” This is necessary for network identification.
“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.
“Primary DNS” The primary domain name server that translates hostnames into IP
addresses.

“Secondary DNS” Secondary domain name server that backups the Primary DNS.
“Enable UPnP presentation” Enable the UPnP camera short cut
“Enable UPnP port forwarding” Enable uPnP port forwarding
“PPPoE” If using the PPPoE interface , fill the following settings from ISP
“User name” The login name of PPPoE account

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“Password” The password of PPPoE account
“Confirm password” Input password again for confirmation

HTTP

“Http port” This can be other than the default Port 80. Once the port is changed, the

users must be notified the change for the connection to be successful. For instance,
when the Administrator changes the HTTP port of the Network Camera whose IP
address is 192.168.0.100 from 80 to 8080, the users must type in the web browser
“http://192.168.0.100:8080” instead of “http://192.168.0.100”.

RTSP Streaming

“Access name” This is the access URL for making connection from client software.

Using rtsp://<ip address>/<access name> to make connection
“RTSP port” This can be other than the default Port 554

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<url>

http://<Network Camera>/setup/network.html

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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WLAN Configuration

“SSID” (Service Set Identifier), it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access

Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local
Area Network) must use the same SSID. The default setting is default. Note: The

maximum length of SSID is 32 single-byte characters and SSID can’t be any of “, <, >
and space character.

“Wireless mode” Clicking on the pull-down menu to select from the following
options:

▶ “Infrastructure” Make the Network Camera connect to the WLAN via an Access
Point. (The default setting)
▶ “Ad-Hoc” Make the Network Camera connect directly to a host equipped with a
wireless adapter in a peer-to-peer environment.

“Channel” While in infrastructure mode, the channel is selected automatically to
match the channel setting for the selected Access Point. In Ad-Hoc mode, the channel
must be manually set to the same channel for each wireless adapter. The default
channel setting depends on the installed region.
“TX rate” This field is for selecting the maximum transmission rate on the ne twork.
The default setting is “auto” , that is the Network Camera will try to connect to th e other
wireless device with highest transmitting rate.
“Security” Select the data encrypt method

▶ “None” – No data encryption.

▶ “WEP” – allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings.

▶ “WPA-PSK” – Use WPA pre-shared key.

“Auth Mode” Choosing one of the following modes, (Open is the default setting).
▶ “Open” – communicates the key across the network.

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▶ “Shared” – allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP
settings.

“Key length” The administrator can select the key length among 64 or 128 bits.
64bits is the default setting.
“Key format” Hexadecimal or ASCII. “HEX” is the default setting.

▶ “HEX” digits consist of the numbers 0~9 and the letters A-F.

▶ “ASCII” is a code for representing English letters as numbe rs from 0-127 ex cept “,

<, > and space characters that are reserved.

“Network Key” Entering a key in either hexadecimal or ASCII format. When selecting
different key length, acceptable input length is listed as following:
64 bits key length: 10 Hex digits or 5 characters.
128 bites key length: 26 Hex digits or 13 characters.
Note: When 22(“), 3C(<) or 3E(>) are input in network key, the key format can’t be
changed to ASCII format.

“Algorithm” Choosing one of the following algorithm for WPA-PSK modes

▶ “TKIP”

▶ “AES”

“Pre-shared Key” Entering a key in ASCII format. The length of the key is 8 ~ 63

Some invalid settings may cause the system failing to respond. Change the

configuration only if necessary and consult with your network supervisor or experienced
users for correct settings. Once the system has lost contact, refer to Appendix A for reset
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<url>

http://<Network Camera>/setup/wireless.html

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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DDNS

“Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function.
“Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please

connect to the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges.
“Host Name” If the User wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please
input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.
“Username/E-mail” The Username or E-mail field is necessary for logging in the
DDNS server or notify the User of the new IP address. Note: when this field is input as
“Username” the following field must be input as “Password”.
“Password/Key” Please input the password or key to get the DDNS service.
“Save” Click on this button to save current settings for the DDNS service and UPnP
function.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/ddns.html
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Access List

The access list is to control the acce ss permission of clients by checking the client IP
address.
There are two lists for permission control: Allow List and Deny List. Only those
clients whose IP address is in the Allow List and not in the Deny List can connect to
the Video Server or Network Camera for receiving the audio/video streaming.
Both Allow List and Deny List consist of a list of IP ranges. If you want to add a new
IP address range, type the Start IP Address and End IP Address in the text boxes
and click on the Add button. If you want to remove an existing IP address range, just
select from the pull-down menu and click on the Delete button.
Both the Allow List and Deny List can have 20 entries.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/accesslist.html
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Audio and Video

General

“Configure for computer viewing” To make quick setting for computer viewing
“Configure for mobile viewing” To make quick setting for cell phone viewing

Video Settings

“Video title” The text string can be displayed on video
“Color” Select either for color or monochrome video display.
“Frame Size” There are four options for video sizes. “160x120”, “176x144”,
“320x240”, “640x480”.
“Power line frequency (for fluorescent light)”, the fluorescent light will flash

according to the power line frequency that depends on local utility. Change the
frequency setting to elim inate uncomfortable fl ash image when the light source is only
fluorescent light.
There are three dependent parameters provided for video performance adjustment.

“key frame interval”
“Max frame rate” This limits the maximal refresh frame rate, which can be combined

with the “Video quality” to optimize bandwidth utilization and video quality. Choose
“Constant bit rate” If the user wants to fix the bandwidth utilization regardless of the
video quality or choose “Fixed quality” and select the desired bandwidth. The video
quality may be poor due to the sending of maximal frame rate within the limited
bandwidth when images are moving rapidly. Consequently, to ensure detailed video
quality (quantization rate) regardless of the network, it will utilize more bandwidth to
send the maximal frames when images change drastically.

Video orientation

“Flip” Vertically rotate the video.

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“Mirror” Horizontally rotate the video. Check options both if the Network Camera is
installed upside down.

“White balance” Adjust the value for best color temperature.

Audio settings

“mute” Audio mute
“Audio type” Select audio codec “AAC” or “GSM-AMR” and the bit rate

<url>

http://<Network Camera>/setup/audiovideo.html

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Image Settings

Click on this button to pop up another window to tune “Brightness”,

“Contrast”, “Hue” and
“Saturation” for video

compensation. Each field
has eleven levels ranged
from -5 to +5. In

“Brightness” and
“Contrast” fields the

value 0 indicates auto
tuning. The user may

press

to

fine-tune the image.
When the image is O.K.,
press
image settings.

to set the

Click on this to recall the
original settings without
incorporating the
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Camera Control

Camera control
area

Preset function area

On the Camera Control page, there are two main function control areas:

Camera control area

The pan and tilt functions can be controlled with these buttons. The “Left” button aims
the camera to the left; the “Right”, “Up”, and “Down” buttons aim the camera
accordingly. The “Home” button aims the camera to the center.
“Pan speed” This controls the range of the horizontal movement of the camera. The
greater the value, the greater angular movement when performing the “Left” or “Right”
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“Tilt speed” This controls the range of the vertical movement of the camera. The
greater the value, the greater angular movement when performing the “Up” or “Down”
functions would be.
“Auto pan/patrol speed” This defines the speed of panning and patrol, the greater
the value, the faster the speed.

Preset function area

”Current position”, If the User wants to save the current view as a preset location,
enter a name for each of the current video view at “current position” and click on the
“Add” button. The camera allows for 20 preset locations.
”Preset position” This keeps a list for preset positions. Clicking on the “Delete”
button will remove the current selected position from the preset list.
“Set as home” Click on the button will set the current aimed position as home of the
Network Camera. Each time the Network Camera reboots or after calibration, it will
automatically aim to the defined home position.
“Default home” Restore home position to factory default home by clicking on this
button.
”Dwelling time” The value set here specifies:

1. The stop time of each preset location during auto patrol of the Network Camera.

2. The stay time at the most left and the most right positions when the Network
Camera is doing auto panning.
”Patrol selection”, After the User has saved a list of preset positions, the “Preset
locations” box will also keep a list of the preset positions. And once the “Select>”
button is clicked, the “Selected location” box will keep a list of the patrol stops. The
“Remove” button removes the preset position from the patrol stops. The “UP” , “DOWN”
buttons adjust the order of the patrol stops. Several preset po sit i ons can be adde d to
the patrol stops. The camera can accept up to 40 patrol stops.
“Save” button
The button is valid for “ Auto pan/patrol speed” , “Enable IR control” , “Dwelling time” and
“Patrol selections”. In other words, after changing these settings, and the “Save”
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Email & FTP

Email

When the SMTP server support SMTP authentication, users need to give the valid user
name and password to send email via the server.
“Sender email address”, the email address of the sender.

There are two external mail server can be configured, primary and secondary email
server, The network camera will use primary server as default , and use secondary
server when primary server is unreachable.

“Server address” The domain name or IP address of the external email server.
“User name” This granted user name on the external email server.
“Password” This granted password on the external email server.
“Recipient email address” The email address of the recipients for snapshots or log

file. Multiple recipients must be separated by semicolon, ‘;’.

FTP

“Built-in FTP server port number” This can be other than the default port 21. The

user can change this value from 1025 to 65535. After the changed, the external FTP
client program must change the server port of connection accordingly.

There are two external FTP server can be configured, primary and secondary FTP server ,
The network camera will use primary server as default , and use secondary server
when primary server is unreachable.

“Server address” The domain name or the IP address of the external FTP server. The
following user settings must be correctly configured for remote acce ss.
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this value from 1025 to 65535.

“User name” Granted user name on the external FTP server.
“Password” Granted password on the external FTP server.
“Remote folder name” Granted folder on the external FTP server. The strin g must

conform to that of the external FTP server. Some FTP servers cannot accept preceding
slash symbol before the path without virtual path mapping. Refer to the instructions for
the external FTP server for details. The folder privilege must be open for upload.

<url>

http://<Network Camera>/setup/mailftp.html

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Motion detection

“Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection.

Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist

simultaneously. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window frame to resize or
the title bar to move. Clicking on the ‘x’ at the upper right-hand corner of the window
to delete the window. Remember to save in order to validate the changes.

Click on this button to save the related window settings. A graphic bar will rise or
fall depending on the image variation. A green bar means the image variation is under
monitoring level and a red bar means the image variation is over monitoring level.
When the bar goes red, the detected window will also be outlined in red. Going back to
the homepage, the monitored window is hidden but the red frame shows when motion
is detected.

"Window Name" The text will show at the top of the window.
“Sensitivity” This sets the endurable difference between two sequential images.
“Percentage” This sets the space ratio of moving objects in the monitoring window.

Higher sensitivity and small percentage will allow easier motion detection.
The following figure shows the screen when

is clicked. The monitoring window

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Application settings

Snapshot

“Enable snapshot” Enable/Disable snapshot application.

Weekly schedule

“Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application.
Select “Always” or input the time interval.

Snapshot file name prefix

The prefix name will be added on the file name of the snapshot images.

Send out the snapshot while motion detection

There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name. Select the
windows which need to be monitored. If motion detection has not been set up,
“undefined” will be shown instead of the window title. If this happens, clicking on
“Motion detection” and a note will show to direct the User to the configuration page for
motion detection.
“Send pre-event image(s)” The number of pre-snapshots will be captured and send
when a condition is triggered.
“Send post-event image(s)” The number of post-snapshots will be captured and
send when a condition is triggered.
“Delay second(s) before detecting next motion” Set the time delay before
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Sequential operation

“Snapshot interval : second(s)” Network Camera will send snapshots at the

specified intervals to the external server using the method se lected below. R emember:
This operation is still subject to the conditions set in the weekly schedule.

Method for sending snapshot

“Email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above. The

snapshot named “prefix-yyyymmdd-hhmmss.jpg” will be attached in the email.
“FTP” The snapshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file n ame
defined in the next option. This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored
in the external web server to build creative homepages.
“FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix” This option set s up the snapshot
capture date and time, which can be used to easily differentiate the snapshot file
names in the sequential operation. For instance, “prefix-20030102-030405.jpg”
means the JPEG image was captured in the year 2003, January the 2

nd

, at 3 o’clock, 4
minute, and 5 second. If this suffix is omitted, the file named “video.jpg” on the
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System log

The Network camera support log the system messages on remote server. The protocol
is compliant to RFC 3164. If you have external Linux server with syslogd service, use
“-r” option to turn on the facility for receiving log from remote machine. Or you can use
some software on Windows which is compliant to RFC 3164.
Check “Enable remote log” and input the “IP address” and “port” number of the
log server to enable the remote log facility.
In the “Current log”, it displays the current system log file. The content of the log
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Viewing system parameters

Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set.
The content is the same as those in CONFIG.INI.

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Maintenance

Four actions can be selected

“reboot” click the reboot button to restart system
“factory default” Click on Factory default button on the configuration page to restore

the factory default settings. Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be
reset to the initial factory settings. The system will restart and require the installer
program to set up the network again.

“Calibrate”

Recalibrate the home position to the default center to recover the tolerance cased by
some external forces. This function is the same as the “Center” button on the Remote
Controller. Please note that there is no confirming message box after clicking on the
“Calibrate” button, the Network Camera will calibrate immediately.
“upgrade firmware” Select the firmware file and click upgrade button

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Appendix

A. Troubleshooting

Status LED

The following table lists the LED patterns in general.

Condition LED color
Loading system after power on Steady red
During booting procedure Steady green, blue and red
Detecting and setting network Steady green and blue. Blink red till IP

address is confirmed
After network is setup (system up) Blink green every second and steady red
During the upgrade firmware process Blink green every second and fast blink red
Enable audio Steady blue. Disable audio will turn off blue

LED.

Reset and restore

There is a button in the back side of the Network
Camera. It is used to reset the system or restore the
factory default settings.
RESET: Click on the button.
RESTORE:

1. Press on the button continuously.

2. Wait for all LED blink fast.

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Restoring the factory defaults will erase any previous settings.

B. URL commands of the Network Camera

For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application,
the Network Camera can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section
lists the commands in URL format corresponding to the basic functions of the Network
Camera.

Get server parameter values

Note: This request require administrator access
Method: GET/POST

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

where the <parameter> should be <group>[_<name>] or <group>[.<name>] If you
do not specify the any p arameters, all the par ameters on the serv er will be returned. If
you specify only <group>, the parameters of related group will be returned.

When query parameter values, the current parameter value are returned.
Successful control requests returns parameter pairs as follows.
Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
Context-Length: <length>\r\n
\r\n

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where <parameter pair> is
<parameter>=<value>\r\n
[<parameter pair>]

<length> is the actual length of content.

Example: request IP address and it’s response

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

Response:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
Context-Length: 33\r\n
\r\n
network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n

Set server parameter values

Note: This request require administrator access
Method: GET/POST

Syntax:
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/setparam.cgi?
[nosync=<value>&]<parameter>=<value>
[&<parameter>=<value>…][&return=<return page>]

parameter value description

<group>_<name>.

value to assigned Assign <value> to the parameter

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full URL path or relative path according the the current
path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an
empty page.

(note: The return page can be a general HTML
file(.htm, .html) or a Vivotek server script executable
(.vspx) file. It can not be a CGI command. It can not
have any extra parameters. This parameter must be
put at end of parameter list)

Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
Context-Length: <length>\r\n
\r\n

<parameter pair>

where <parameter pair> is
<parameter>=<value>\r\n

[<parameter pair>]

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

Example: Set the IP address of server to 192.168.0.123
Request:

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

Response:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
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\r\n
network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n

Available parameters on the server

NOTE: The bold characters in table are the default value of each parameter.

Group: System
NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
hostname
(r/w)

(r/w)
date

(r/w)

time
(r/w)

ntp
(r/w)
timezone
(r/w)
updateinterval
(r/w)

<text string shorter
than 40 characters>

host name of server

<<Wireless>Network Camera >

0 Do not turn off the led indicator ledoff

1 Turn off the led indicator
<yyyy/mm/dd> year, month and date separated by slash.
<keep> keep date unchanged
<auto> Using NTP to sync date/time automatically
<hh:mm:ss> hour , minute and second separ ated by colon.
<keep> keep date unchanged
<auto> Using NTP to sync date/time automatically
<domain name or IP
address>

NTP server

<skip to invoke default server>

-12 ~ 12 time zone, 8 means GMT +8:00

<8>

0 ~ 2592000 0 to Disable automatic time adjustment,

otherwise, it means the seconds between
NTP automatic update interval.

<0>

serialnumber
(r)
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<mac address> 12 characters mac address without hyphen

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he version of firmware, including model,

company, and version number

T

restore

0 Restore the system parameters to default

(w)

value.
Positive integer Restore the system parameters to default

value and restart the server after <value>

seconds.

reset
(w)

0 ~ 65535

Restart the server after <value> seconds.

-1 Not restart the server.

0 Using the profile of viewing by computer viewmode

(r/w)

1 Using the profile of viewing by mobile phone

Group: Security

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
username_<1~20
>

<text string shorter
than 16 characters>

change user name.

<blank>

(r/w)
userpass_<0~20>

<text string shorter

change user’s password.

(r/w)

than 14 characters>

The UserPass_0 is root’s password.

<blank>
userattr_<1~20>
(r)

[conf] show user’s privilege. The privilege can be

<blank> - only permit to view live media

conf – Permit to change server’s configuration

<blank>
usercount
(r)

1 ~ 21

he current account number on the server

including root.<1>

Group: Network

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION

0 LAN type
(r/w)
pppoeuser
(r/w)

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<text string shorter than

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PPPoE account user name

<blank>

pppoepass

<text string shorter than

PPPoE account password
(r/w)
resetip
(r/w)(restart)

ipaddress
(r/w) (restart)
subnet
(r/w) (restart)
router
(r/w) (restart)
dns1
(r/w) (restart)
dns2
(r/w) (restart)
smtp1

15 characters>

<blank>

1 enable to get ipaddress, subnet, router, dns1,

dns2 from DHCP server at next reboot

0 Using preset ipaddress, subnet, router, dns1,

dns2

<IP address> IP address of server

<192.168.0.99>

<IP address> subnet mask

<255.255.255.0>

<IP address> default gateway

<blank>

<IP address> primary DNS server

<blank>

<IP address> secondary DNS server

<blank>

<domain name or IP

primary SMTP server
(r/w)

address, string shorter

<blank>

than 40 characters>
mailto1
(r/w)
mailuser1
(r/w)
mailpass1
(r/w)
smtp2
(r/w)

<string shorter than 80

characters>

<text string shorter than

63 characters>

<text string shorter than

15 characters>

<domain name or IP

address, string shorter

mail recipient address
<blank>
User name of primary smtp server
<blank>
Password of primary smtp server
<blank>
secondary SMTP server
<blank>

than 40 characters>
mailto2
(r/w)
mailuser2
(r/w)

<text string shorter than

80 characters>

<text string shorter than

63 characters>

mail recipient address
<blank>
User name of secondary smtp server
<blank>

mailpass2 <text string shorter than Password of secondary smtp server

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(r/w) 15 characters> <blank>
returnemail
(r/w)
localftpport
(r/w)
ftp1
(r/w)

ftpport1
(r/w)
ftpuser1
(r/w)
ftppass1
(r/w)
ftpfolder1
(r/w)

<text string shorter than

80 characters>

<positive number less

than 65535>

<domain name or IP

address, string shorter

than 40 characters >

<positive number less

than 65535>

<text string shorter than

63 characters>

<text string shorter than

15 characters>

<text string shorter than

40 characters>

1 Enable passive mode of primary FTP server ftppasvmode1

return email address
<blank>
FTP port

<21>

primary FTP server
<blank>

primary FTP port
<21>
user name for primary FTP server
<blank>
password for primary FTP server
<blank>
upload folder in primary FTP server
<blank>

(r/w)
ftp2

(r/w)

0 Disable passive mode of primary FTP server

<domain name or IP

secondary FTP server
address, string shorter
than 40 characters >

ftpport2
(r/w)
ftpuser2
(r/w)
ftppass2
(r/w)
ftpfolder2
(r/w)

<positive number less
than 65535>
<text string shorter than
63 characters>
<text string shorter than
15 characters>
<text string shorter than
40 characters>

secondary FTP port

<21>

user name for secondary FTP server

<blank>

password for secondary FTP server

<blank>

upload folder in secondary FTP server

<blank>
1 Enable passive mode of primary FTP server ftppasvmode2

(r/w)
httpport
(r/w) (restart)

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<positive number less
than 65535>

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HTTP port

<80>

rtspport

<positive number less

RTSP port

(r/w) (restart)
videoport
(r)
audioport
(r)
accessname
(r/w)

than 65535>
<positive number less
than 65535>
<positive number less
than 65535>
<text string shorter than
20 characters>

Group: Wireless (restart)

ssid
(r/w)

<text string shorter than
32 characters>
0 Infrastructure mode wlmode

(r/w)
txrate
(r/w)

1 Adhoc mode
"NONE", "1M", "2M",
"5.5M", "11M", "22M"
for 802.11b+

<554>

video Channel port for RTP

<5558>

audio Channel port for RTP

<5556>

RTSP access name

<live.sdp>

SSID for wireless lan settings

<default>

Transmit rate in Mbps

<Auto>

encrypt
(r/w)

(r/w)
keylength
(r/w)

(r/w)

"NONE", "1M", "2M",
"5.5M", "11M", "6M",
"9M", "12M", "18M",
"24M", "36M", "48M",
"54M", "Auto" for

802.11g
0 None data encryption
1 WEP data encryption
2 WPA-PSK data encryption
Open Open mode authmode
Shared Shared mode
(64, 128) for 802.11g Key length in bits

<64>
HEX Key1 ~ Key4 will be represented in HEX format keyformat

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keyselect

1 ~ 4 Default key number

(r/w)
key1
(r/w)

key2
(r/w)

key3
(r/w)

key4
(r/w)

<text string shorter than
58 characters> (depends
on keyformat &
keylength)
<text string shorter than
58 characters> (depends
on keyformat &
keylength)
<text string shorter than
58 characters> (depends
on keyformat &
keylength)
<text string shorter than
58 characters> (depends
on keyformat &
keylength)

<1>

WEP key1 for encryption

<0000000000>

WEP key2 for encryption

<0000000000>

WEP key3 for encryption

<0000000000>

WEP key4 for encryption

<0000000000>

TKIP TKIP data encryption algorithm for WPA-PSK algorithm

(r/w)
presharedkey

(r/w)

AES AES data encryption algorithm for WPA-PSK
<text string shorter than
58 characters>

WPA-PSK key for encryption

<00000000>

Group: IPFilter

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
allowstart_<0~9>
(r/w)
allowend_<0~9>
(r/w)
denystart_<0~9>
(r/w)
denyend_<0~9>
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1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.255

1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.255

1.0.0.0 ~

255.255.255.255

1.0.0.0 ~

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Allowed starting RTSP connection IP address

<1.0.0.0>

Allowed ending RTSP connection IP address

<255.255.255.255>

Denied starting RTSP connection IP address

<blank>

Denied ending RTSP connection IP address
<blank>

Group: Video

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
text
(r/w)

(r/w)
keyinterval

(r/w)
size
(r)

resolution
(r/w)

<text string shorter
than 14 characters>

enclosed caption

<blank>
0 MPEG4 codectype
1 MJPEG

1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60, 90,
120

Key frame interval

<60>
1 half
2 half x 2
3 normal
4 normal x 2
5 double

256 This field is obsolete (use resolution)
176x144 (for mobile) Video resolution 176 x 144

160x120 Video resolution 160 x 120
320x240 Video resolution 320 x 240

640x480 (for

Video resolution 640 x 480

computer)

0 monochrome color

(r/w)

1 color
0 fix bit rate quality

(r/w)
quant
(r/w)

1 fix quantization
1 lowest quality of video
2 lower quality of video
3 normal quality of video
4 higher quality of video
5 highest quality of video

bitrate
(r/w)

20000 set bit rate to 20K bps
30000 set bit rate to 30K bps
40000 set bit rate to 40K bps

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50000 set bit rate to 50K bps
64000 set bit rate to 64K bps
128000 set bit rate to 128K bps
256000 set bit rate to 256K bps
512000 set bit rate to 512K bps

768000 set bit rate to 768K bps
1000000 set bit rate to 1000K bps
1500000 set bit rate to 1500K bps
2000000 set bit rate to 2000K bps
3000000 set bit rate to 3000K bps
4000000 set bit rate to 4000K bps

maxframe
(r/w)

(r/w) (in CMOS
version only)
whitebalance
(r/w) (in CMOS
version only)

1 set maximum frame rate to 1 fps
2 set maximum frame rate to 2 fps
3 set maximum frame rate to 3 fps
5 set maximum frame rate to 5 fps
10 set maximum frame rate to 10 fps
15 set maximum frame rate to 15 fps
20 set maximum frame rate to 20 fps

25 set maximum frame rate to 25 fps
30 (for 60Hz only) set maximum frame rate to 30 fps

50 synchronize with 50Hz utility mode

60 synchronize with 60Hz utility

0 auto white balance

1 fixed indoor(3200K)
2 fixed fluorescent (5500K)
3 fixed outdoor( > 5500K)
1 flip image flip

(r/w)

0 normal image
1 mirror image mirror

(r/w)

0 normal image

imprinttimestam 1 Overlay time stamp on video

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p

0 Do not overlay time stamp on video

(r/w)

Group: Audio

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION

AAC4 (for computer) set codec to AAC type

(r/w)

GAMR (for mobile) set codec to GSM-AMR
16000 set AAC bitrate to 16K bps aacbitrate

(r/w)
amrbitrate

(r/w)

32000 set AAC bitrate to 32K bps
4750 set AMR bitrate to 4.75K bps
5150 set AMR bitrate to 5.15K bps
5900 set AMR bitrate to 5.9K bps
6700 set AMR bitrate to 6.7K bps
7400 set AMR bitrate to 7.4K bps
7950 set AMR bitrate to 7.95K bps
10200 set AMR bitrate to 10.2K bps
12200 set AMR bitrate to 12.2K bps

Group: Image

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
brightness
(r/w)

<-5 ~ 5> Adjust brightness of image according to mode

settings. <0>
saturation
(r/w)
contrast
(r/w)
hue
(r/w)

<-5 ~ 5> Adjust saturation of image according to mode

settings. <0>

<-5 ~ 5> Adjust contrast of image according to mode

settings. <0>

<-5 ~ 5> Adjust hue of image according to mode

settings. <0>

Group: CAMCTRL

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION

panspeed

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-5 ~ 5 Pan speed

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(r/w)

tiltspeed

(r/w)

zoomspeed

(r/w)
autospeed
(r/w)
dwelling
(r/w)
presetname_<0~9>
(r/w)
presetpan_<0~9>
(r/w)
presettilt_<0~9>
(r/w)
patrolname_<0~19>
(r/w)

-5 ~ 5 Tilt speed

-5 ~ 5 Zoom speed

-5 ~ 5 Auto pan speed

0 ~ 9999 Time to dwelling when patrol

Text string shorter than

The name of preset location

40 characters.

-1024 ~ 1024 The pan coordinate of preset location.

-56 ~ 144 The tilt coordinate of preset location.

Text string shorter than

The name of patrol location

40 characters.

Group: Motion

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION

0 disable motion detection enabled

(r/w)

1 enable motion detection
0 disable motion window #1 winenabled_<0~2>

(r/w)
winname_<0~2>

(r/w)
winleft_<0~2>
(r/w)
wintop_<0~2>
(r/w)
winwidth_<0~2>
(r/w)

1 enable motion window #1
<text string shorter
than 14 characters >

name of motion window #1
<blank>

0 ~ 320 Left coordinate of window position.

<0>

0 ~ 240 Top coordinate of window position.

<0>

0 ~ 320 Width of motion detection window.

<0>

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winheight_<0~2>

0 ~ 240 Height of motion detection window.
(r/w)
winobjsize_<0~2>
(r/w)
winsensitivity_<0~2
>

0 ~ 100 Percent of motion detection window

0 ~ 100 Sensitivity of motion detection window

<0>

<0>

<0>

(r/w)
update
(w)

1 Update the above motion detection settings

to take effect

Group: DDNS

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
enable
(r/w)
provider
(r/w)

0, 1 Enable or disable the dynamic dns.

<0>

1 ~ 6 dyndns.org (dynamic)

dyndns.org (custom)
tzo.com
dhs.org
safe100.net
dyn-interfree.it

<1>
hostname
(r/w)
usernameemail
(r/w)

Text string shorter than
127 characters.
T ext string shorter than 63
characters.

Your dynamic hostname.

<blank>

Your user or email to login ddns service

provider

<blank>
passwordkey
(r/w)

T ext string shorter than 20
characters.

Y our password or key to login ddns service

provider

<blank>
update
(w)

0, 1 Update the above ddns settings to take

effect

Group: UPNP

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NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
enable
(r/w)

0, 1 Enable or disable the UPNP presentation

service.

<1>

Group: UPNPfor

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
enable
(r/w)

0, 1 Enable or disable the UPNP port forwarding

service.

<0>

Group: App

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
scriptname
(r)

<text string shorter than
255 characters>

File name of script

<script.vssx>

0 Disable script enablescript

(r/w)

1 Enable script

Group: Syslog

NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION

0 disable remote log enableremotelog
(r/w)
serverip

1 enable remote log

<IP address> Log server IP address
(r/w)

serverport

<514> Server port used for log
(r/w)

Camera Control

Note: This request requires camera control access privilege
Method: GET/POST

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Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/camctrl.cgi

? [move=<value>][&focus=<value>]
[&iris=<value>][&speedpan=<value>][&speedtilt=<value>][&speedzoom=<value>]
[&speedapp=<value>][&auto=<value>][&zoom=<value>][&return=<return page>]

parameter value description
move

home Move to camera to home position
up Move camera up
down Move camera down
left Move camera left

right Move camera right
speedpan -5 ~ 5 Set the pan speed
speedtilt -5 ~ 5 Set the tilt speed
speedapp -5 ~ 5 Set the auto pan/patrol speed
auto

pan Auto pan

patrol Auto patrol

stop Stop camera
return <return page> Redirect to the page <return page> after the

parameter is assigned. The <return page> can be
a full URL path or relative path according to the
current path. If you omit this parameter, it will
redirect to an empty page.

Recall

Note: This request requires camera control access privilege

Method: GET

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Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/recall.cgi

?

recall=<value>[&return=<return page>]

parameter value description
recall Text string less

One of the present positions to recall.

than 30 characters
return <return page> Redirect to the page <return page> after the

parameter is assigned. The <return page> can be
a full URL path or relative path according to the
current path. If you omit this parameter, it will
redirect to an empty page.

Application page CGI command

Note: This request requires administrator privilege.
Method: GET/POST

Syntax:
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/gen-eventd-conf.cgi?[ snapshot_enable=<value>]
[&weekday=<value>][&time_method=<value>][&begin_time=<value>]
[&end_time=<value>]
[&ss_prefix=<value>][&trigger_type=<value>]
[&md_prenum=<value>][&md_postnum=<value>][&md_delay=<value>]
[&sq_interval=<value>]
[&send_method=<value][&ftp_suffix=<value>]

Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/plain\r\n

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Content-Length: <length>\r\n
\r\n
<depends on method value>
If(method == get || method == set)
{

tue=<value>\r\n
wed=<value>\r\n

…
}
Else if(method == normal)
{
Application page contents
}

parameter Value description

snapshot_enable

0 Enable snapshot application
1 Disable snapshot application

weekday
time_method

0,1,2,3,4,5,6 The array indicate weekly schedule
always 24 hours full day
interval Select begin time and end time

begin_time
end_time
ss_prefix

hh:mm Begin time of weekly schedule
hh:mm End time of weekly schedule
<text string
shorter than 60

Snapshot file name prefix for both event and
sequential operation

characters>

trigger_type

motion Set trigger by motion detect
sequential Snapshot sequentially

md_win
md_prenum
md_postnum
md_delay
sq_interval

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0,1,2 The array indicate which motion windows are used
1~5 The numbers of snapshot before event
1~5 The numbers of snapshot after event
1~999 The delay seconds for detecting next motion event
1~999 The interval seconds of sequential snapshot

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mail Send snapshot by mail
ftp Send snapshot by ftp

ftp_suffix

0/1 Enable/Disable file name prefix

Capture single snapshot

Note: This request require normal user privilege
Method: GET/POST

Syntax:

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

Server will return the most up-to-date snapshot in JPEG format. The size and quality of
image will be set according to the video settings on the server.

Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n
[Content-Length: <image size>\r\n]

<binary JPEG image data>

Account management

Note: This request requires administrator privilege
Method: GET/POST

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/editaccount.cgi

method=<value>&username=<name>[&userpass=<value>][&privilege=<value>]

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?

T

T

[&privilege=<value>][…][&return=<return page>]

parameter value Description
method

add Add an account to server. When using this method,

“username” field is nece ssary. It will use default value
of other fields if not specified.

delete Remove an account from server. When using this

method, “username” field is necessary , and others are
ignored.

edit Modify the account password and privilege. When

using this method, “username” field is necessary, and
other fields are optional. If not specified, it will keep
original settings.

username <name> The name of user to add, delete or edit
userpass <value>

he password of new user to add or that of old user to

modify. The default value is an empty string.

privilege

<value>

he privilege of user to add or to modify . The privilege
can be the addition of the following values. Ex: A user
with configure access can be assigned privilege as
privilege=conf.

conf configuration privilege

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

parameter is assigned. The <return page> can be a
full URL path or relative path according the the current
path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an
empty page.

System logs

Note: This request require administrator privilege
Method: GET/POST

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Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/syslog.cgi

Server will return the up-to-date system log.

Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/plain\r\n
Content-Length: <syslog length>\r\n
\r\n
<system log information>\r\n

Configuration file

Note: This request requires administrator privilege
Method: GET/POST

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/configfile.cgi

Server will return the up-to-date configuration file.

Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/plain\r\n
Content-Length: <configuration file length>\r\n
\r\n
<configuration data>\r\n

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Upgrade firmware

Note: This request requires administrator privilege

Method: POST

Syntax:

http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/upgrade.cgi

Post data:

fimage=<file name>[&return=<return page>]\r\n
\r\n
<multipart encoded form data>

Server will accept the upload file named <file name> to be upgraded the firmware and
return with <return page> if indicated.

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D. Technical specifications

- System

CPU: Vivotek VVTK-1000
RAM: 32MB SDRAM
ROM: 4MB FLASH ROM

- Networking

Protocol

TCP/IP, HTTP , SM TP, FTP, DDNS, UPnP , Telnet, NTP, DNS,
DHCP and RTSP

Physical

10 baseT or 100 baseT Fast Ethernet auto negotiation

WLAN

802.11g wireless LAN

- Video

Algorithm supported

MPEG4(simple profile) for streaming video
JPEG for still image

Features

Adjustable image size, quality and bit rate
Time stamp and text overlay
3 motion detection windows

Resolution

Up to 30/25 frames at 160x120
Up to 30/25 frames at 320x240
Up to 30/25 frames at 640x480

- Camera Specification

1/4 inch color CMOS sensor
Resolution: 640x480

1.5Lux/F2.0
AGC, AWB, AES
Electronic shutter: 1/60 ~ 1/15000 second

- Lens

Fixed focal with fine tuning, 4.0mm, F2.0

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- Audio

AAC, GSM-AMR

- Microphone

Omni-directional
Frequency: 50 – 16000Hz
S/N ratio: more than 60dB

- LED indicator

Three color LEDs

- Dimension

100mm(D) * 110mm(W) * 120mm(H)

- Weight

NET. 271g

- Power

Input: 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz, 0.5A
Output: 12VDC, 1.5A
Consumption: Max 7 W

- Operating Environment

Temperature: 0-50°C/32-122°F
Humidity: 95%RH

- EMI & Safety

CE, FCC

- Viewing system requirement

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

Browser

Internet Explorer 5.x or above

Technology License Notice

AMR Technology

This product includes AMR narrowband speech coding technology licensed by
VoiceAge. Please refer to http://www.voiceage.com/

for more details.

MPEG-4 AAC Technology

This product includes MPEG-4 AAC audio codi ng technology licensed by Via Licensing.
Please refer to http://www.vialicensing.com/

for more details.

MPEG-4 Visual Technology

This product includes one MPEG-4 encoder and one MPEG-4 decoder license.
Installation of more than one decoder is prohibited. Please contact your reseller to
purchase additional decoder licenses.

THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO
LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR (i)
ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDARD ("MPEG-4
VIDEO") AND/OR (ii) DECODING MPEG-4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A
CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NONCOMME RCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR
WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG LA TO PROVIDE
MPEG-4 VIDEO. NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FO R ANY OTHER
USE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL,
INTERNAL AND COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG
LA, LLC. SEE HTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COM.

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Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions.

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

operation.

USA - This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,

pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residentia l installa tion. Th is equipme nt generates, uses and c an radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance w ith the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in
a partial installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-- Increase the seperation between the equipment and receiver.

-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits.

Europe - This digital equipment ful fills the requirement for radiated emission according to limit

B of EN55022/1998, and the requirement for immunity according to EN50082-1/1992.

Liability

Vivotek Inc. cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to
make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. Vivotek Inc. makes no warranty of any
kind with regard to the material contained within this document, including, but not limited to, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose.