Vivotek RX7101 User Manual
Product name: Video Receiver (RX7101)
Release Date: 2007/09/21
Manual Revision: 1.10
Web site: www.vivotek.com
Email: technical@vivotek.com
sales@vivotek.com
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Before You Use This Product
The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. 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 c ontents received are complete according to the
list in the "Package Contents" chapter. Take notice of the warnings in “Quick
installation guide” before the Video Receiver 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 Video Receiver is a network device and its use should be 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 fir st if you run into a system error.
The Video Receiver is designed for various applications including video surveillance,
camera control, etc. The “How to U se” chapter suggests ways to best utilize the
Video Receiver and ensure proper operations. For the creative and professional
developers, the "URL Commands of The Video Receiver" chapter serves to be a
helpful reference to customize existing homepages or integrating with the curren t
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....................................................................................5
Installation.............................................................................................6
Physical Description............................................................................6
Front Panel..................................................................................6
Rear Panel...................................................................................7
Hardware Installation .........................................................................8
Software installation...........................................................................9
Initial Access to the Video Receiver.....................................................10
Check Network Settings ..............................................................10
Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access................................10
How to Use .....................................................................................10
Authentication............................................................................10
Primary capability of Video Receiver ...................................................12
Video........................................................................................ 12
Audio........................................................................................12
I/O........................................................................................... 12
Administrator’s capability..................................................................14
Software revision upgrade ...........................................................14
Definitions in Configuration.......... ...........................................................15
Overview........................................................................................15
System settings............................................................................... 16
Video and audio settings...................................................................18
Security settings.............................................................................. 20
Network settings.............................................................................. 21
Network type.............................................................................21
HTTP ........................................................................................ 22
Email settings..................................................................................23
I/O settings.....................................................................................24
Digital output.............................................................................24
Keyboard .................................................................................. 24
System log......................................................................................26
Viewing system parameters...............................................................27
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Maintenance.................................................................................... 28
Appendix.............................................................................................. 29
A. Troubleshooting ...........................................................................29
Status LED ................................................................................29
Reset and restore.......................................................................30
B. URL commands of the Video Receiver..............................................30
Get server parameter values........................................................30
Set server parameter values ........................................................32
Available parameters on the server ...............................................33
System logs............................................................................... 45
Upgrade firmware.......................................................................45
D. Technical specifications.................................................................47
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Package Contents
RX7101
Power adapter
Terminal connector
Software CD
Quick installation guide
Warranty card
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Installation
The Video Receiver only supports one privileged account to access and configure it. In
this manual, "Administrator" refers to the person.
Physical Description
Front Panel
“Status LEDs” Two LEDs show the status of Video Receiver. Please refer to the
Appendix Troubleshooting
“Talk” The button is reserved to support two way audio.
“Switch channel”
(1) In the multiple channel mode and “Sequential display” were set, to push the button
to stop or start the display of sequential channel.
(2) In the multiple channel mode and “Quad display” were set, to push th e button to
switch the channel, the behavior is, -> Quad -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> Quad
“S-video output” Video output for S-video connector
“BNC video output” Video output for BNC connector
“RCA audio output” Audio output for RCA connector
“Microphone audio input” Microphone input is reserved to support two way audio.
for details.
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Rear Panel
“Power cord socket” Plug the power jack of the included po wer adapter to Video
Receiver. Connecting the power adapter should be the last operation while physically
installing Video Receiver.
“Reset button” Refer to the Appendix Troubleshooting
for the detailed usage of
system recovery.
“General I/O terminal block” Video Receiver provides a very flexible general I/O
interface to combine with the user ’s security devices such as al arms, ligh ting or door
locks. One green connector is included in the package to connect the external devices.
The general I/O terminal block has 10 pins for device control. These pins can be divided
into three categories based on their functions, including power source, RS485 and
digital outputs.
No. Pin description Regulation
1 AC power input 24V AC
2 AC power input 24V AC
3 Digital output 1 Darlington,Max. 500mA
4 Digital output 2 Darlington,Max. 500mA
5 Digital output 3 Darlington,Max. 500mA
6 Digital output 4 Darlington,Max. 500mA
7 DC power output (+) 12V DC,Max. 0.5A
8 DC power output (-) Ground
9 RS485_A D+,non-inverting
10 RS485_B D-,inverting
“Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 socket” Connect to an Ethernet network with a UTP
category 5 cable of length shorter than 100 meters according to the standard.
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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 Video Receiver
before plugging in to the power socket. This will reduce
the risk of accidental electric shock.
Shut down all the peripheral devices prior to connection. The video BNC/S-Video,
Ethernet cable and power adapter are essential for basic viewing function. Refer to the
related configuration section for detailed description.
Upon powering up, the fron t red LED wil l become lighted first and then the device will
go through booting process. During the booting process, red and green LEDs will be
on. After booted, the Video Receiver will standby for getting IP address. After getting IP
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Address, the green LED will blink every second.
The Video Receiver will first detect Ethernet. If it does not connect to Ethernet, the
system booting will fail. Please connect the Ethernet cable and power on again. When
system boot up, the green LED will flash every second as heartbeat to indicate alive. If
the green LED is off, please check the network connections. When system is alive, go
to next paragraph “Software installation”.
Software installation
At the end of the hardware installation, users can use Installation Wizard program
included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Video Receiver. There may be
many Video Receivers in the local network. Users can differentiate the Video Receiver
with the MAC. The MAC is printed on the label on the back of the Video Receiver body.
For more detail. please refer to the user’s manual of Installation Wizard 2.
Once installation is complete, the Administrator should proceed to the next
section "Initial access to the Video Receiver" for necessary checks and
configurations.
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Initial Access to the Video Receiver
Check Network Settings
The Video Receiver 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 Video Receiver requires the
Administrator to run installation every time it reboots. Please refer to “Network
settings” on the System Configuration page for details. If any setting is entered
incorrectly and cannot proceed to setting up the Video Receiver, restore the factory
settings following the steps in the “T roubleshooting” chapter of the Appendix.
Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access
The default Administrator’s password is blank and the Video Receiver 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 Video Receiver will ask for the user’s name and password before each
access. The user name for the Ad ministrator 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.
How to Use
Authentication
After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Video Receiver, a dialogue
window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful authentication,
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the following figure is displayed.
The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if
authentication fails. The option box can be checked to save the passw ord for future
convenience. But it 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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Primary capability of Video Receiver
Video
The Video Receiver supports maximum four video sources. The display mode can be
single channel and multiple channels. And the multiple channel display can be display
four channel simultaneously or sequentially. In sequential mode the period of showing
a channel can be adjusted.
When single channel mode is selected, only channel 1 is effective.
In single channel mode, the video resolution can be set up to D1, the receiver
automatically scale all other resolutions to full D1 at display.
In multiple channel mode, the maximum video resolution is CIF, the receiver
automatically scale all other resolutions to CIF at quad display mode and scale to
D1 in sequential display mode
Audio
The Video Receiver only supports single audio channel output and the volume can be
tuned.
I/O
Digital output
The Video Receiver has four digital outputs, they can be configured to following any
digital output of video source.
Keyboard
The Video Receiver supports keyboard to send PTZ commands to control PTZ camera.
The Video Receiver only supports PELCO-D protocol now.
The Video Receiver can send CGI command to control the PT functions of PT 7000
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series.
OSD
The Video Receiver provides the following information for showing the connection or
display status.
If the IP address is empty, the video output shows "No Video" on the top-right
corner.
If the IP address is configured but the channel is d isconnected, the vide o output
shows the IP address on the top-right corner.
In sequential multi-channel mode, if the periodic channel switch is stopped, there
should be a channel ID on the top-right corner.
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Administrator’s capability
Software revision upgrade
Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of Vivotek. An
easy-to-use Installation Wizard is provided to upgrade the Video Receiver 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 “rx7101_xxxxx.zip” and upgrade the firmware
from HTTP web page.
2. The whole process will finish in a few minutes and it will automatically restart t he
system.
Note: Please do NOT remove power connection during the upgrade process. Doing so
will damage the device and it may no longer be functional. You need to send the Video
Receiver back for repairing in this case.
If power fails during the writing process of Flash memory, the program in the
memory of the Video Receiver may be destroyed permanently. If the Video Receiver
cannot restart properly, ask your dealer for technical service.
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