Vivotek sd6112v, sd6122v User Manual
Product name: Speed Dome Camera (SD61x2V)
Release Date: 2006/04/17
Manual Revision: 1.01
Web site: www.vivotek.com
Email: technical@vivotek.com
sales@vivotek.com
Made in Taiwan. ©Copyright 2000-2006. All rights reserved
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Before You Use This Product
The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited in your country by law. The Network
Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a
flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation
of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use.
It is important to first verify that all contents received are complete according to the list
in the "Package Contents" chapter. Take notice of th e warnings in “Quick installation
guide” before the Network Camera is installed, then carefully read and follow the
instructions in the “Installation” chapter to avoid damages due to faulty assembly and
installation. This also ensures the product is used properly as intended.
The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for
those who have basic network knowledge. The “Troubleshooting” chapter in the
Appendix provides remedies to the most common errors in set up an d configuration.
You should consult this chapter 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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Package Contents
SD61x2V
DC Power adapter
Data Cable
Hard Ceiling Mount
Software CD
Quick installation guide
Alarm Cable
Fixing Plate
Warranty card
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Table of Contents
Before You Use This Product....................................................................2
Package Contents ....................................................................................3
Table of Contents............................................................................................1
Installation..............................................................................................4
Hardware Installation ...........................................................................4
Alarm Cable Wiring ...................................................................4
Indoor Dome Installation ......................................................................5
Hard Ceiling Mounting................................................................5
In-Ceiling Mounting...................................................................8
To install in Ethernet................................................................ 11
Software Installation .......................................................................... 12
Initial Access to the Network Camera.................................................... 16
Installing Plug-in .......................................................................... 16
Check Network Settings ................................................................ 17
Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access.................................. 18
How to Use ............................................................................................19
Authentication................................................................................... 19
Primary User’s Capabilities .................................................................. 20
Main Screen with Camera View....................................................... 20
The Configuration: .................................................................. 21
The camera view..................................................................... 22
The pan/tilt/zoom control buttons: ............................................ 22
The CCD control buttons:......................................................... 23
Client Settings ............................................................................. 24
Administrator’s Capabilities ................................................................. 26
Fine-tuning for Best Performance.................................................... 26
For Best Real-time Video Images............................................... 27
Only Quality Images Will Do ..................................................... 27
Somewhere Between Real-time and Clear Images ....................... 28
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Select for Motion JPEG............................................................. 28
Opening Accounts for New Users .................................................... 29
Protect Network Camera by Passwords....................................... 29
More Flexible Options for Viewers.............................................. 30
Build a Multimedia Web Attraction Site............................................. 30
Demo on Multiple Sites – Mid-scale Service................................. 30
Product Demo for E-business – Large-scale Service ..................... 30
If the web space has FTP service............................................... 31
If the web space has no FTP service .......................................... 32
Build a Security Application............................................................ 34
Send Snapshots When Motion is Detected .................................. 35
Definitions in Configuration...................................................................37
System Parameters............................................................................ 38
User Group Administration .................................................................. 39
Edit User..................................................................................... 41
General....................................................................................... 42
HTTP .......................................................................................... 42
Streaming ................................................................................... 43
DDNS & UPnP.................................................................................... 44
Mail & FTP......................................................................................... 46
SMTP.......................................................................................... 46
FTP ............................................................................................ 46
Video Codec Parameters ..................................................................... 49
Image Settings ............................................................................ 51
Camera Settings........................................................................... 52
Audio ............................................................................................... 53
Motion Detection................................................................................ 55
Camera Control ................................................................................. 56
Camera control area................................................................ 56
Preset function area ................................................................ 56
Application Setup............................................................................... 59
Weekly Schedule.......................................................................... 59
Event Operation ........................................................................... 59
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Sequential Operation .................................................................... 60
Viewing System Log ........................................................................... 62
Viewing System Parameters ................................................................ 62
Factory Default.................................................................................. 62
Appendix ...............................................................................................63
A. Troubleshooting ............................................................................. 63
B. Frequently Asked Questions............................................................. 64
B. Cleaning the Lens........................................................................... 67
C. Pan/Tilt/Zoom Data........................................................................ 67
D. URL Commands of the Network Camera............................................ 69
Overview..................................................................................... 69
Style Convention.......................................................................... 69
General CGI URL Syntax and Parameters ......................................... 70
Get Server Par a meter Values.......................................................... 70
Set Server Parameter Values.......................................................... 72
Available Parameters on the Server................................................. 73
Drive the Digital Output................................................................. 82
Query Status of the Digital Input .................................................... 83
Capture Single Snapshot ............................................................... 84
Account Management.................................................................... 85
System Logs................................................................................ 86
Configuration File ......................................................................... 87
Upload File (firmware)................................................................... 87
Camera Control............................................................................ 88
Recall ......................................................................................... 89
Position....................................................................................... 90
System Information...................................................................... 92
Preset Locations........................................................................... 93
E. Technical Specifications................................................................... 94
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Installation
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 device runs through a self-test procedure and the front LEDs
will blink between green and red for a few times. If self-test passes, the LEDs will shut
off and the Network Camera will be on stand-by and ready for software installation. If
self-test fails the red LED will blink several times. Refer to Appendix A for
troubleshooting.
Alarm Cable Wiring
The alarm pins are serviceable for connecting alarm input and output devices, such as
alarm sensors, sirens or flashing lights with the surveillance system. The table shown
as follows lists the definition of alarm pins on the 22-pin connector located on the
bottom of the dome camera.
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Pin Cable Color Definition
2 White ALM NO
4 Black ALM NC
6 Green ALM COM
11 Green/Black ISOG
12 Purple ALM-1
13 Gray ALM-3
14 Red ALM-2
15 Blue ALM-4
16 Blue/White ALM-5
17 Brown/White ALM-6
18 Red/White ALM-7
19 Purple/White ALM-8
20 Black/White ALM GND
Indoor Dome Installation
Generally, indoor dome is mounted to ceiling. There are two kinds of indoor dome
installation are given as follows.
Hard Ceiling Mounting
Here lists the items and tools needed to mount the dome camera onto the ceilings. The
supplied items are all in the dome camera package.
Items Needed:
Dome Camera
2. Hard Ceiling Mount and Decoration Ring (Supplied)
3. Fixing Plate (Supplied)
4. 50-cm Data Cable (Supplied)
5. Network Cable (for IP Dome---Self-prepared)
NOTE: The length of RJ-45 connector should be no longer than 2 cm.
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Tools Needed:
1. Tool for drilling
2. Screw Driver
Follow the steps to install the high speed dome camera for hard ceilings.
STEP 1
Screw the Fixing Plate to
your dome body.
STEP 2
Remove the Hard Ceiling
Mount from the Decoration
Cover.
STEP 3
Attach the Mount to the
ceiling. Mark the locations
where all three ceiling holes
should go.
STEP 4
Drill these holes on the hard
ceiling.
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STEP 5
Fix the Mount with three
screws.
STEP 6
Connect the data cable
through the center hole of
the Mount to the dome body .
NOTE: If use an IP
dome, a network cable is
needed other than the data
cable.
STEP 7
Attach the dome body to the
Mount and rotate the dome
body clockwise. Tighten the
fixing screw on the fixing
plate.
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STEP 8
Assemble the Decoration
Cover to the Mount.
Completion
In-Ceiling Mounting
Here lists the items and tools needed to mount the dome camera into the ceilings. The
supplied items are all in the dome camera package.
Items Needed:
1. Dome Camera
2. T-Bar (Accessory)
3. Red Sticker (Accessory)
4. 50-cm Data Cable (Supplied)
5. Network Cable (for IP Dome---Self-prepared)
NOTE: The length of RJ-45 connector should be no longer than 2 cm.
Tools Needed:
1. Tool for cutting a circle on the ceiling
2. Screw Driver
Follow the steps to install the high speed dome camera for suspended ceilings.
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STEP 1
Place the Red Sticker on the
ceiling plate, and cut the
circle part out of the ceiling.
STEP 2
Put up the T-Bar into the
ceiling hole.
Note that the T-Bar
wings should be inward when
putting up the T-Bar into the
ceiling hole, as shown in the
picture.
STEP 3
Rotate the T-Bar’s wings to
fix the T-Bar at the edge of
the ceiling hole.
STEP 4
Tighten the screws on the
wings.
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STEP 5
Connect the data cable to the
dome body through the
center hole of the bracket.
Note: If use an IP
dome, a network cable is
needed other than the data
cable.
STEP 6
Mount the dome body onto
the bracket and rotate it
clockwise.
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STEP 7
Assemble the Decoration
Cover to the T-Bar.
Completion
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 green after
self-test, go to next paragraph “Software Installat ion”.
Consult with the dealer of the peripherals for correct installation.
1 DI+ INPUT (Max. 50mA, 12VDC)
2 DI- INPUT (Initial state of DI is low)
3 SW_COMMON OUTPUT (open from
SW_OPEN at initial state)
(close with SW_OPEN when set DO
to ON)
4 SW_NOPEN OUTPUT (Max. 1A, 24VDC or
0.5A, 125VAC)
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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 the 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.
For the series number in the “Serial Number” field, please check the label on the
bottom of the camera.
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The IP addresses shown in the "Current IP Address" field reflect tho se 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 192.16 8.0.99, 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 Vivotek’s new UPnP function will always assign an IP address for the Network
Camera. The Administrator can click on button “Link to selected device” to connect
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.
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Initial Access to the Network Camera
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 after a period of time of
downloading. 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 the browser . Users may click on
to proceed.
If the web browser does not allow the user to continue to install, check the Internet
security option and lower the security levels or contact your IT or networking
supervisor for help.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Primary User’s Capabilities
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/Zoom control buttons: These buttons provide a command interface to
control the aim of the camera.
CCD control buttons: These buttons provide a command interface to control the aim
of the camera.
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The Configuration:
“Digital Output”
Clicking on the “On” or “Off” b utton turns the digital output to either on or off
status.
“Snapshot”
Clicking on the “Snapshot” can get a JPEG format image of the current camera view
in another window.
“Client Settings”
Clicking on this button links you to the client setting page, please check the
following session for more details.
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“Configuration” Only the Administrator can access camera configurations.
The camera view
The information bar at the top of the camera view shows the assigned caption and
the current date/time. The information bar at the bottom of the camera view shows
the current streaming mode and audio transmission mode. You can push/toggle
the talk button to talk to the remote server . The volume of speaker and microphone
can also be adjusted.
Digital zoom
Talk button
Speaker volume
Microphone volume
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 inside the
video will command the Network Camera to aim at the target and with the mouse
wheel up or down, the camera view will zoom out or in.
The pan/tilt/zoom 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 determined the preset positions; the User can
aim the camera using this control.
“Pan speed”
This selection box sets the moving range of the “Left” and “Right” commands.
“Tilt speed”
This selection box sets the moving range of the “Up” and “Down” commands.
“Zoom speed”
This selection box sets the moving range of the “zoom in” and “zoom out”
commands.
“Focus speed”
This selection box sets the moving speed of the “focus near” and “focus far”
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commands. The focus function is obvious when the optical zoom time is larger than
7.
“Auto 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.
“Auto 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 “Auto Patrol” command.
The CCD control buttons:
The set of the buttons is for controlling focus, iris and zooming.
Click to zoom widely
and see more.
Click to focus
Click to set IRIS
Click to do auto
Click to zoom
telescopically and see
Click to set IRIS bigger.
Click to set auto
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Client Settings
There are four settings for the client side.
Media Options - For the User to determine whether to receiv e video, audio or both.
Protocol Options – Which allows choosing on connection protocol between client and
server. There are two protocol choices to optimize your usage – UDP and HTTP.
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 HTTP protocol must be selected if the network is protected by a firewall which
allows only HTTP Port (80) to be opened. If there is no restriction, UDP protocol is
recommended. Generally speaking, the client’s choice will be in the order of UDP →
HTTP. After the Network Camera is connected su ccessfully, “Protocol Options” will
indicate the selected protocol. The selected protoco l 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 UD P protocol
and save, then return to HOME to connect to the Network Camera.
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Streaming Options – For users to select the video streaming types. Select
“Streaming Video” options, the video connection will keep alive to enable you to see
smooth video, while “Single JPEG” options will let you see the video in JPEG format by
client periodic update the JPEG image from server according to the “Frame rate”
settings.
Talk Button Control Style – For the User to determine whether to “click once and
talk” or “push to talk”.
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Administrator’s Capabilities
Fine-tuning for Best Performance
There are a few choices the Administrator is allowed to maximize the capabilities of the
Network Camera. Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate
with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The six
factors, “Size” , “Maximum frame rate” , “Video codec type” , “Key fr ame interval” , “Fix bit
rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for
achieving the best performance possible.
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