Vivotek SD8161 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

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

Revision History ..............................................................................................................................................4

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

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

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

Physical Description

Installation .......................................................................................................................................................10

Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................................................... 10

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

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

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

Conguration Option: Recessed Mount Installation ...................................................................................... 18

Accessing the Network Camera ......................................................................................................................... 25

..................................................................................................... 6

Using Web Browsers ..................................................................................................................................... 25

Using RTSP Players ...................................................................................................................................... 27

Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices ....................................................................................................... 28

Using VIVOTEK Recording Software ............................................................................................................ 29

Main Page ..........................................................................................................................................................30

Client Settings ....................................................................................................................................................37

Conguration ...................................................................................................................................................... 42

System > General settings ............................................................................................................................ 43

System > Homepage layout ......................................................................................................................... 44

System > Logs ..............................................................................................................................................47

System > Parameters ................................................................................................................................... 48

System > Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................49

Media > Image ............................................................................................................................................53

Media > Video ...............................................................................................................................................61

Media > Audio................................................................................................................................................ 64

Network > General settings ........................................................................................................................... 65

Network > Streaming protocols ................................................................................................................... 73

Network > DDNS ......................................................................................................................................... 77

Network > SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) .......................................................................... 82

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

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

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

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

Event > Event settings ................................................................................................................................101

Applications > Motion detection................................................................................................................... 116

Applications > DI and DO .......................................................................................................................... 119

Applications > Audio detection .................................................................................................................. 120

Applications > VADP (VIVOTEK Application Development Platform) ........................................................ 122

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Recording > Recording settings ........................................................................................................................ 124

Local storage > SD card management ............................................................................................................... 129

Local storage > Content management ............................................................................................................... 130

Appendix ................................................................................................................................................................. 132

URL Commands for the Network Camera .......................................................................................................... 132

Technical Specications ..................................................................................................................................... 230

Technology License Notice ................................................................................................................................. 231

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ................................................................................................................. 232

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Overview

VIVOTEK’s SD8161 is part of the SUPREME series product line offering 1080p Full HD resolution with superb image quality. Adopting a 18x optical zoom lens and sophisticated pan/ tilt mechanism, the SD8161 is able to capture ne detail at top-notch quality, and is especially

suitable for wide open indoor spaces such as airports and lobbies where highest levels of reliability and precision are always required.

The SD8161 supports high-performance H.264/MJPEG compression technology and offers extra smooth video quality with resolution of up to 30 fps @ 1080p. With WDR Enhancement

technology, the SD8161 can also cope with challenging lighting conditions and generate image

quality close to the capabilities of the human eye. With a sophisticated pan/tilt mechanism, the

camera provides fast, precise movement with continuous 360-degree pan and 220-degree tilt. Users can also easily control the lens position via a mouse or a joystick to track the object of interest and set up to 256 preset positions. With its built-in auto tracking feature, the SD8161 further provides instantaneous reaction to suspicious moving objects in wide area locations,

even before operators are aware of activity. With other advanced features such as MicroSD/ SDHC/SDXC card slot, 802.3at compliant PoE Plus and 30 fps high quality video, the SD8161

is the best choice for the most demanding indoor surveillance applications.

Revision History

■ Rev. 1.0: Initial release

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Read Before Use

The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not

only a high-performance web-ready camera but can also be part of a exible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for

its intended use.

It is important to rst verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents

listed below. Take note of the warnings in the Quick Installation Guide before the Network Camera is installed; then carefully read and follow the instructions in the Installation chapter to avoid damage due to faulty assembly and installation. This also ensures the product is used properly as intended.

The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those who have basic

networking knowledge. It is designed for various applications including video sharing, general security/ surveillance, etc. The Configuration chapter suggests ways to best utilize the Network Camera and ensure proper operations. For creative and professional developers, the URL Commands of the Network Camera section serves as a helpful reference to customizing existing homepages or integrating with the

current web server.

Package Contents

■ SD8161

■ Screws / Alignment Sticker / T25 Stardriver

■ Quick Installation Guide

■ Software CD

■ PC/ABS /Smoked Dome Cover (Separately Purchased)

Symbols and Statements in this Document

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

or problem situations.

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

machine.

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

process.

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

hazardous to the machine or you.

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

to an operator.

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Physical Description

Outer View

This drawing shows a camera with its dome cover removed.

Reset Button

Network LED

Status LED

Lens

The MicroSD card slot is accessed by removing the dome cover

using the T25 stardriver. Peel the rubber cover open to acess the

MicroSD slot.

icro

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Status LED

Item LED status Description 1 Steady red Power on and system booting

Red LED OFF Power off

2 Steady red & Green blinking every 1 sec. Network normal (heartbeat)

Steady red & Green LED OFF Network failed

3 Red blinking every 0.15 sec. & Green blinking

Upgrading rmware

every 1 sec.

4 Red blinking every 0.15 sec. & Green blinking

Restoring default

every 0.15 sec.

Hardware Reset

The reset button is used to reset the system or to restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation. If the system problems remain after reset, restore the factory settings and install again.

Reset: Press and release the reset button with a paper clip or thin object. Wait for the Network Camera to reboot.

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

SD/SDHC/SDXC Card Capacity

This network camera is compliant with SD/SDHC/SDXC 32GB, 64GB, and other preceding standard SD cards.

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Terminal Block Pinouts

Name Description Note:

Chassis ground

Audio GND Audio ground Common ground for MIC

IN and Line OUT

MIC IN Microphone input

Line OUT Audio output

RS485- RS485 receive

RS485+ RS485 transmit

DI GND Digital input ground Common ground for all DI

and DO pins

DI1 ~ DI4 Digital input pins 1

to 4

DO1 ~ DO2 Digital output pins

1 & 2

DO+(12V) Digital output pin w/

12V output

Power IN 12V DC or 24V AC

power input

(max. load current 50mA)

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DI/DO Diagram

Please refer to the following illustration for the connection method. Please note that the

maximum load on the DO pins is 50mA.

BJT transistor

DI-

DO+

DI+

DO-

VDC

Switch

NO NC

Relay

+12 VDC Max.

Source

Device

BJT transistor

DI-

DO+

DI+

DO-

VDC

Switch

Relay

+12 VDC

Source

Device

IMPORTANT:

The camera can be driven by an Ethernet connection to a PoE Plus switch (30W output).

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You can connect both the PoE Plus and the 24V power for fail-safe redundancy.

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Installation

Hardware Installation

The camera weighs 2.4kg. Select a rigid mounting location to prevent vibration to the camera.

1. Remove the retention screw on the side of camera.

2. Turn and detach the top section.

3. Attach the alignment sticker to the wall. Drill 3 pilot holes into the wall, and drill another hole

for routing cables.

NOTE:

1. IO wires are user-supplied.

2. Avoid touching the circuit boards to prevent damage by electro static discharge.

3. Use CAT5e and CAT6 cables only.

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4. Hammer in the threaded anchors.

5. Secure the top section to ceiling using the included screws.

6. Pass cables through the pre-drilled hole or the side openings, and then connect to the camera.

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IMPORTANT:

The product is not likely to require connection to an Ethernet network with outside plant routing, including the campus environments; and the ITE is to be connected only to PoE networks

without routing to the outside plant.

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Mounting the Camera

7. Align the camera body with the top section. Align the alignment mark on the camera with that

on the top section. Push the camera up to match the top section.

8. Rotate the camera clockwise.

9. Use the included T25 stardriver to tighten the anti-tamper screw on the side to secure the

connection. Make sure all parts have been securely tightened.

Alignment Mark

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Network Deployment

Setting up the Network Camera over the Internet

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

to use PPPoE.

Internet connection via a router

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

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

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

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

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

Internet

Cable or DSL Modem

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

LINK

POWER

COLLISION

RECEIVE

PARTITION

LAN (Local Area Network) Router IP address : 192.168.0.1

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

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

■ Secondary HTTP port: 8080

■ RTSP port: 554

■ RTP port for audio: 5558

■ RTCP port for audio: 5559

■ RTP port for video: 5556

■ RTCP port for video: 5557

If you have changed the port numbers on the Network page, please open the ports accordingly

on your router. For information on how to forward ports on the router, please refer to your router’s user’s manual.

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

Use the public IP and the secondary HTTP port to access the Network Camera from the

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Internet. Please refer to Network Type on page 65 for details.

For example, your router and IP settings may look like this:

Device IP Address: internal

port

IP Address: External Port (Mapped port on the router)

Public IP of router 122.146.57.120 LAN IP of router 192.168.2.1 Camera 1 192.168.2.10:80 122.146.57.120:8000 Camera 2 192.168.2.11:80 122.146.57.120:8001

... ... ...

Congure the router, virtual server or rewall, so that the router can forward any data coming into a precongured port number to a network camera on the private network, and allow data

from the camera to be transmitted to the outside of the network over the same path.

From Forward to

122.146.57.120:8000 192.168.2.10:80

122.146.57.120:8001 192.168.2.11:80

... ...

When properly congured, you can access a camera behind the router using the HTTP request as follows: http://122.146.57.120:8000

If you change the port numbers on the Network conguration page, please open the ports accordingly on your router. For example, you can open a management session with your router to congure access through the router to the camera within your local network. Please consult your network administrator for router conguration if you have troubles with the conguration.

For more information with network conguration options (such as that of streaming ports), please refer to Conguration > Network Settings. VIVOTEK also provides the automatic port forwarding feature as an NAT traversal function with the precondition that your router must

support the UPnP port forwarding feature.

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Internet connection with static IP

Choose this connection type if you are required to use a static IP for the Network Camera.

Please refer to LAN on page 65 for details.

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

Choose this connection type if you are connected to the Internet via a DSL Line. Please refer to

PPPoE on page 66 for details.

General Connection

1. Connect the Network Camera's Ethernet cable (CAT5e) to a PoE Plus switch.

2. Connect the power wires to an AC 24V power adaptor (user-supplied).

You can connect both power sources for redundancy in power supply.

IEEE 802.3at PoE Switch (30W output)

and / or

AC 24V 3.5A Adapter

(User-supplied)

Power over Ethernet (High Power PoE)

When using a non-PoE switch

Use a PoE Plus power injector (separately purchased) capable of 30W output to connect between the Network Camera and a non-PoE switch.

PoE Plus Power

Injector

Non-PoE Switch

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Software Installation

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

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

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

2. The program will conduct an analysis of your network environment.

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

Installation

Wizard 2

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

4. After a brief search, the main installer window will prompt. Double-click on the MAC and

model name which matches the product label on your device to connect to the Network Camera via a web browser.

Network Camera

Model No: SD8161

MAC:0002D1730202

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

Pat. 6,930,709

R o HS

Made in Taiwan

00-02-D1-73-02-02 192.168.5.151 SD8161

0002D1730202

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Ready to Use

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

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

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

its installation details, please refer to its related documents.

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IMPORTANT:

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

•

management/view session with the camera using a 64-bit IE browser. If you encounter this problem, try execute the Iexplore.exe program from C:\Windows\

•

SysWOW64. A 32-bit version of IE browser will be installed. On Windows 7, the 32-bit explorer browser can be accessed from here: C:\Program Files

•

(x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe If you experience compatibility issues between the plug-in control, you may try to uninstall

•

the Camera Stream Controller located in: C:/Program Files (x86)/Camera Stream Controller.

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Conguration Option: Recessed Mount Installation

AM-104 Recessed-mount Bracket Mechanical Drawing

36.7

138.3

136.7

297

Package Contents

• Recessed-mount bracket

• 1x tether line to the camera

• Alignment sticker

User Supplied Items

• Tether line to the bracket

• #2 Phillips screwdriver.

• Tools for handling the ceiling board.

IMPORTANT:

1. This recessed mount bracket is for indoor use only.

2. Any hardware that is not provided by VIVOTEK (this bracket is installed to) is the responsibility

of the installer.

3. Do not install the camera to lightweight ceiling boards that can not support the weight of this

installation.

4. Use Ethernet cables that come without the strain relief boot or molding.

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Mounting Hole Denitions

1. Determine a secure location for the recessed-mount bracket.

2. Drill or cut a 260mm hole (in diameter). The maximum thickness of the ceiling/board is 48mm.

The ceiling should be able to sustain at least a weight of 6kgs.

260mm

Up to

Ceiling Hole Template Sticker

260mm

48mm

3. Remove cover ring from the mount

bracket by turning it clockwise.

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4. Use a #2 Phillips screwdriver to move the clamping plates down so that the ceiling board is

caught between the clamps and the ange on the other side of the ceiling.

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Clockwise

Counterclockwise

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5. Make sure the recessed mount bracket is secured to the ceiling board by its clamping plates.

You can then route an Ethernet cable and I/O wires through the opening on the bracket.

For safety concerns, you should also pass a tether line through the hanger piece on the

bracket. Connect the other end of the line to a secure anchor point.

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6. Remove the top section and connect cables to the camera.

Use the package foam to protect the dome cover when working on the camera.

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7. Attach the camera body to the recessed mount bracket.

7-1. Install and secure the camera's tether line to the hanger piece of the bracket. 7-2. Push the camera up into the bracket, turn the camera clock-wise. 7-3. When doing so, apply a steady and even force upwards. 7-4. When the grooves on top of the cameras reach the locking tabs on the bracket, the

camera will t into position. Turn further clock-wise. You can feel a slight resistance force. The

camera will then be secured to the bracket.

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8. Once the camera is secured, align and attach cover ring to the bracket by turning it counter-

clockwise.

NOTE:

1. Connect and route cables before you secure the recessed-mount bracket to a ceiling.

2. For details on the cable connections with the camera, please refer to their Quick Installation

Guide.

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Accessing the Network Camera

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

Using Web Browsers

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

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

2. Enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the address eld. (A temporary IP will be

generated for the camera. Find it in your Network Neighborhood). Press Enter.

3. Live video will display in your web browser.

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

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

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Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox).

NOTE:

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

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

it is highly recommended to set a password for the Network Camera.

For more information about how to enable password protection, please refer to Security on

page 83.

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

Controls, please enable the ActiveX

Controls for your browser.

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

2. Look for Download signed ActiveX

controls; select Enable or Prompt. Click OK.

3. Refresh your web browser, then install the ActiveX

complete installation.

control. Follow the instructions to

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Using RTSP Players

To view the H.264 streaming media using RTSP players, you can use one of the following players that support RTSP streaming.

Quick Time Player

VLC Media Player

VLC media player

1. Launch the RTSP player.

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

mpegable Player

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

pvPlayer

stream1 or stream2>

As most ISPs and players only allow RTSP streaming through port number 554, please set the RTSP port to 554. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 74. For example:

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

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

For more information on how to configure the RTSP access name, please refer to RTSP

Streaming on page 74 for details.

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Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices

To view the streaming media through 3GPP-compatible mobile devices, make sure the Network

Camera can be accessed over the Internet. For more information on how to set up the Network

Camera over the Internet, please refer to Setup the Network Camera over the Internet on page

13.

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

1. Because most players on 3GPP mobile phones do not support RTSP authentication, make

sure the authentication mode of RTSP streaming is set to disable.

For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 74.

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

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

For more information, please refer to Stream settings on page 62.

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

3. As most ISPs and players only allow RTSP streaming through port number 554, please set

the RTSP port to 554. For more information, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 74.

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

5. Type the following URL commands into the player.

The address format is rtsp://<public ip address of your camera>:<rtsp port>/<RTSP streaming

access name for stream 3>.

For example:

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

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Using VIVOTEK Recording Software

The product software CD also contains recording software, allowing simultaneous monitoring and video recording for multiple Network Cameras. Please install the recording software; then

launch the program to add the Network Camera to the Channel list. For detailed information about how to use the recording software, please refer to the user’s manual of the software or

download it from http://www.vivotek.com.

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Main Page

This chapter explains the layout of the main page. It is composed of the following sections: VIVOTEK INC. Logo, Host Name, Camera Control Area, Configuration Area, and Live Video

Window.

VIVOTEK INC. Logo

Camera Control Area

Resize Buttons

Hide Button

Host Name

Configuration Area

Live View Window

Mouse and Screen Control

In addition to the use of a joystick, mouse control is also supported by the web session. You can click

on any spot on the screen to move camera's eld of view to that direction. To pan 360 degrees, you can

click and hold down the left mouse button when clicking a PTZ button. The same applies to arrow keys,

Zoom, and Focus buttons on the PTZ panel.

Click and hold down the button

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Click to bring to center of view

Note that if your screen control malfunctions, it is possible that the CPU of your current view station can

not cope with the HD video feeds or that an incompatibility issue occurred with the ActiveX control plug-

ins.

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VIVOTEK INC. Logo

Click this logo to visit the VIVOTEK website.

Host Name

The host name can be customized to t your needs. For more information, please refer to System on page 43.

Camera Control Area

Video Stream: This Network Camera supports multiple streams (stream 1 ~ 4) simultaneously. You can select either one for live viewing. For more information about multiple streams, please refer to page 61

for detailed information.

Manual triggers: Manual triggers can be turned on/off by users from the main page. The manual triggers can be associated with the Event settings, and, as the result, can be used to perform recording actions, sending notications, and so on. See Event settings on page 101.

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

PTZ Control Panel:

Return to Home Position

Left

Right

Down

Zoom Out

Zoom In

Auto Focus

Focus Near

Start to Auto Pan

Focus Far

Auto Tracking

Start to Auto Patrol

Stop Auto Panning/patrolling/tracking

Pan: Click this button to start the auto pan (360° continuous rotation).

Stop: Click this button to stop the Auto Pan, Auto Patrol, and Auto Tracking functions.

Patrol: Once the Administrator has determined the list of preset positions (including the zoom-in action

on a particular position), click this button to command the camera to patrol among those positions on the Patrol List. The Network Camera will patrol continuously. For more information, please refer to PTZ

control on page 96.

Track: Allows the camera to move along following the moving objects in the current eld of view. If you observe an object of your interest, click this button to track the object. Note that this function does not

apply in an extremely crowded area, such as a market or sidewalk full of pedestrian activities. Constant

shift of tracked objects will decrease the usability of this feature.

Once started, you can use the Stop button to stop the current action. A click on the screen can also stop

the tracking action.

Another key concept is that the camera only detect movements within the current eld of view.

Please refer to PTZ > Auto tracking on page 99 and further for tracking conguration details.

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Pan /Tilt /Zoom /Focus speed: Adjust the speed of Pan/ Tilt/ Zoom/ Focus:

Pan speed Tilt speed Zoom speed Focus speed

-5 -5 -5 -5 Slower

-4 -4 -4 -4

-3 -3 -3 -3

-2 -2 -2 -2

-1 -1 -1 -1

0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1

2 2 2 2

3 3 3 3

4 4 4 4

5 5 5 5

Faster

Note that mouse screen control is also supported. You can refer to page 96 for related information.

Conguration Area

Client Settings: Click this button to access the client setting page. For more information, please refer to Client Settings on page 37.

Conguration: Click this button to access the conguration page of the Network Camera. It is suggested

that a password be applied to the Network Camera so that only the administrator can configure the

Network Camera. For more information, please refer to Conguration on page 42.

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

日本語

, Português,

簡体中文

, and

繁體中文

. You can

also change a language on the Conguration page; please refer to page 42.

Hide Button

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

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H.264/MPEG-4 Protocol and Media Options

Resize Buttons

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

Go to

If you have preset PTZ positions, these positions will be available in the Go to menu. Please refer to page 96 for more information.

Live Video Window

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

Video Title

Title and Time

Video (TPC-AV)

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2014/03/10 17:08:56

Time

Video and Audio Control Buttons

Video Title: The video title can be congured. For more information, please refer to Video settings on page 53.

H.264 Protocol and Media Options: The transmission protocol and media options for H.264 video streaming. For further conguration, please refer to Client Settings on page 37.

Time: Display the current time. For further configuration, please refer to Media > Image > General settings on page 53.

Title and Time: The video title and time can be stamped on the streaming video. For further conguration,

please refer to Media > Image > General settings on page 53. The zoom ratio is also displayed with the

title bar.

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Video and Audio Control Buttons: Depending on the Network Camera model and Network Camera conguration, some buttons may not be available.

The camera also supports digital zoom. See page 97 for the digital zoom option.

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

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

(*.bmp) format.

Digital Zoom: Click and deselect the “Disable digital zoom” to enable the zoom operation. The

navigation screen indicates the part of the image being magnied. To control the zoom level, drag the

slider bar. To move to a different area you want to magnify, drag the navigation screen.

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

after clicking the Pause button.

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

transmission.

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

Press the

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

recording stops accordingly. To specify the storage destination and le name, please refer to MP4 Saving Options on page 38 for details.

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

local computer.

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

clicking the Mute button.

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

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

again to end talking

transmission.

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

microphone volume on the local computer.

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

after clicking the Mute button.

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

mode.

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

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Video Title

Title and Time

Video (HTTP-V)

Video 17:08:56 2014/03/10

2014/03/10 17:08:56

Time

Video Control Buttons

Video Title: The video title can be congured. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 53.

Time: Display the current time. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 53.

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

refer to Media > Image on page 53

Video and Audio Control Buttons: Depending on the Network Camera model and Network Camera conguration, some buttons may not be available.

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

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

(*.bmp) format.

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

screen indicates the part of the image being magnied. To control the zoom level, drag the slider bar. To

move to a different area you want to magnify, drag the navigation screen.

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

Press the

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

recording stops accordingly. To specify the storage destination and le name, please refer to MP4 Saving Options on page 38 for details.

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

mode.

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NOTE:

1. For a megapixel camera, it is recommended to use monitors of the 24" size or larger, and are capable

of 1600x1200 or better resolutions.

2. The video input is "muted" by default. To receive audio into from external microphone, you need to

enable the audio input from Media > Audio. Refer to page 64 for more information.

3. Below are the defaults for the Audio settings:

For cameras with a built-in microphone: Not Muted. For cameras without a built-in microphone: Muted.

To receive audio input from an external microphone, you may need to enable the audio input from

Media > Audio. Refer to page 64 for more information.

NOTE:

Quick Time player only supports playback of H.264 stream, and not the MJPEG stream. In terms of audio codec, Quick Time only supports AAC. Since this camera supports G.711 codec, audio is not avail-

able on Quick Time.

The VLC player supports H.264/MJPEG, and all audio codecs supported by VIVOTEK’s cameras.

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Client Settings

This chapter explains how to select the stream transmission mode and saving options on the

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

H.264 Media Options

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

H.264 Protocol Options

Depending on your network environment, there are four transmission modes of H.264 streaming:

UDP unicast: This protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, network packets may be lost due to network burst trafc and images may be broken. Activate UDP connection

when occasions require time-sensitive responses and the video quality is less important. Note that each unicast client connecting to the server takes up additional bandwidth and the Network Camera allows up to ten simultaneous accesses.

UDP multicast: This protocol allows multicast-enabled routers to forward network packets to all clients requesting streaming media. This helps reduce the network transmission load of the Network Camera

while serving multiple clients at the same time. Note that to utilize this feature, the Network Camera must be configured to enable multicast streaming at the same time. For more information, please refer to

RTSP Streaming on page 75.

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

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

streaming under some network environments. Users inside a firewall can utilize this protocol to allow

streaming data through.

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Two way audio

Half duplex: Audio is transmitted from one direction at a time, e.g., from a PC holding a web console with

the camera.

Full duplex: Audio is transmitted in both directions simultaneously.

MP4 Saving Options

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

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

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

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

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

CLIP_20110328-180853

File name preﬁx

Date and time sufﬁx

The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS

Local Streaming Buffer Time

In a busy network, fluctuations in available bandwidth can occur. Video streaming may lag and may not proceed very smoothly. If you enable this option, video streams from the camera will be temporarily

stored on the computer’s cache memory for a configurable period of time (seconds or milliseconds)

before being played on a web session. This will help you see the streaming more smoothly. If you enter

3,000 Millisecond, the streaming will delay for 3 seconds.

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Joystick Settings

Enable Joystick

Connect to the USB plug of the joystick to a USB port on your management computer. Once a USB joystick is connected, the related joystick conguration will be available on the Client settings window.

The joystick should work properly without installing any other driver or software.

Then you can begin to congure the joystick settings of connected devices. Please follow the instructions

below to enable joystick settings.

1. Click on the Congure buttons button. If your joystick is working properly, it will be displayed on the

drop-down list.

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Buttons Conguration

In the Joystick Settings window, you can use the combinations of pull-down menus, Actions and Button

number, to assign joystick buttons with different functions. The number of buttons may differ from the joystick you attached.

Please follow the steps below to congure your joystick buttons:

1. Select the number of the button you want to congure from its pull-down list. For example: Assign Preset 1 (move to preset 1 position) to Button 1.

2. Select an action from the Actions menu. Click Assign to associate the button with an action.

3. Your conguration will be automatically saved.

To disable an assignment, select the number of a button, and then click the Delete button. The

associated action will then be cleared.

5. Repeat the above process to assign actions to other buttons.

When done, simply close the conguration

window.

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NOTE:

• If you want to assign Preset actions to your joystick, the PTZ preset locations should be congured in

advance.

• If your joystick is not working properly, it may need to be calibrated. Click the Calibrate button to open

the Game Controllers window located in Microsoft Windows control panel and follow the instructions for

trouble shooting.

• The joystick will appear in the Game Controllers list in the Windows Control panel. If you want to check

out for your devices, go to the following page: Start -> Control Panel -> Game Controllers.

• Follow the onscreen instructions to calibrate your joystick.

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Conguration

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

Administrators can access the configuration page. Please refer to page 83 Security > User Account for how to congure access rights for different users.

Navigation Area

Configuration List

Firmware Version

Each function on the conguration list will be explained in the following sections.

Navigation Area provides an instant switch among Home page (the monitoring page for live viewing),

Conguration page, and multi-language selection.

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System > General settings

This section explains how to congure the basic settings for the Network Camera, such as the host name and system time. It is composed of the following two columns: System and System

Time.

System

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

System time

Keep current date and time: Select this option to preserve the current date and time of the Network Camera. The Network Camera’s internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the

power of the system is turned off.

Synchronize with computer time: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network

Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.

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

Automatic: The Network Time Protocol is a protocol which synchronizes computer clocks by periodically

querying an NTP Server.

NTP server: Assign the IP address or domain name of an established time server. Leaving the text box blank connects the Network Camera to the default time servers. The precondition is that your camera must have access to the Internet.

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

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

rules, please refer to System > Maintenance > Import/ Export les on page 50 for details.

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

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System > Homepage layout

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

General settings

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

font colors in Theme Options (the second tab on this page). The settings will be displayed automatically in this Preview eld. The following shows the homepage using the default settings:

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

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

Follow the steps below to upload a new logo:

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

2. Select a logo from your les.

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

4. Enter a website link if necessary.

5. Click Save to enable the settings.

Customized button Deselect the checkbox if you do not need the Manual trigger buttons on the main page.

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Theme Options

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

Font Color of the Video Title

Font Color

Background Color of the

Control Area

Font Color of the

Configuration Area Background Color of the Configuration Area

Preset patterns

Background Color of the Video Area

Frame Color

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■ Follow the steps below to set up the customed homepage:

1. Click Custom on the left column.

2. A double-click on the color selection area (the right hand side column) will bring up a color palette

window.

Color Selector

Custom Pattern

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

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

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

6. Click Save to enable the settings.

Below are the options for system integrators or VARs. You can use the checkboxes to replace VIVOTEK’s company logo, the embedded website address or the slogan “Powered by VIVOTEK.“ When done, use the Save button to complete the conguration.

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System > Logs

This section explains how to configure the Network Camera to send the system log to the

remote server as backup.

Log server settings

Follow the steps below to set up the remote log:

1. Select Enable remote log.

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

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

3. When completed, click Save to enable the setting.

You can congure the Network Camera to send the system log le to a remote server as a log backup. Before utilizing this feature, it is suggested that the user install a log-recording tool to receive system log messages from the Network Camera. An example is Kiwi Syslog Daemon. Visit http://www.kiwisyslog.

com/kiwi-syslog-daemon-overview/.

System log

This column displays the system log in a chronological order. The system log is stored in the Network

Camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when the number of events reaches a preset limit.

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Access log

Access log displays the access time and IP address of all viewers (including operators and administrators) in a chronological order. The access log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer area

and will be overwritten when reaching a certain limit.

System > Parameters

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

need technical assistance, please provide the information listed on this page.

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System > Maintenance

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

General settings > Upgrade rmware

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

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

Follow the steps below to upgrade the rmware:

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

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

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

completes.

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

refresh the management session with the Network Camera.

The following message is displayed when the upgrade has succeeded.

Reboot system now!! This connection will close.

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

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

General settings > Reboot

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

If the connection fails after rebooting, manually enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the

address eld to resume the connection.

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General settings > Restore

This feature allows you to restore the Network Camera’s factory defaults.

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

65).

Daylight Saving Time: Select this option to retain the Daylight Saving Time settings (please refer to Import/Export les below on this page).

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

VADP: Retain the VADP modules (3rd-party software stored on the SD card) and related settings.

If none of the options is selected, all settings will be restored to factory default. The following message is displayed during the restoring process.

Import/Export les

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

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

Follow the steps below to export:

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

Network Camera.

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

store the le for editing.

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3. Open and edit the le using Microsoft® Notepad and locate your time zone in the strings; set the start

and end time of DST. When completed, save the le.

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

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

If the incorrect date and time are assigned, you will see the following warning message when uploading

the le to the Network Camera.

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

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

日本語,

Português,

簡体中文

, and

繁體中文

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

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

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

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

on.

Tips:

• If a firmware upgrade is accidentally disrupted, say, by a power outage, you still have a last resort

method to restore normal operation. See the following for how to bring the camera back to work:

Applicable scenario:

(1) Power disconnected during rmware upgrade. (2) Unknown reason causing abnormal LED status, and a Restore cannot recover normal working

condition.

You can use the following methods to activate the camera with its backup rmware:

(1) Press and hold down the reset button for at least one minute. (2) Power on the camera until the Red LED blinks rapidly. (3) After boot up, the firmware should return to the previous version before the camera hanged.

(The procedure should take 5 to 10 minutes, longer than the normal boot-up process). When this process is completed, the LED status should return to normal.

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Media > Image

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This section explains how to configure the image settings of the Network Camera. It is composed of the following four columns: General settings, Picture settings, Exposure, and

Privacy mask.

General settings

Video title Show_timestamp and video title in videos_and_snapshots: Enter a name that will be displayed on the

title bar of the live video as the picture shown below.

Video Title

Title and Time

Video 17:08:56 2014/03/09

2014/03/09 17:08:56

Position of timestamp and video title on image: Select to display time stamp and video title on the top or at the bottom of the video stream.

Timestamp and video title font size: Select the font size for the time stamp and title.

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

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

Video orientation: Flip - vertically reflect the display of the live video; Mirror - horizontally reflect the display of the live video. Change the settings if the Network Camera is installed in a different orientation

(which is rare for a speed dome) to correct the image orientation.

Day/Night settings: This is a hyperlink to the Exposure > Day/Night setting page.

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Image settings

On this page, you can tune the White balance and Image adjustment settings.

Sensor Setting 1: For normal situations

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

■ Select one of the white balance modes:

■ Auto (system default): This mode lets rmware automatically nd the optimal balance.

■ Fix current value: This option is available when the Wide lighting range is selected. When selected, the

camera will use the current color temperature setting. Note that you should use the Save button below

to preserve current conguration. Otherwise, the white balance mode will return to Auto after you leave the conguration page.

■ Manual: In the manual mode, you can manually tune the R gain and Blue gain values by dragging the

slide bars. Index numbers will be shown on the right hand side while changes in image is immediately

displayed.

Image Adjustment

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

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

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

■ Sharpness:

Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from

■ Gamma curve:

Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from

0% to 100%

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

change the preferred level of Gamma correction towards higher contrast or towards the higher luminance

for detailed expression for both dark and lighted areas of an image.

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Enable 3D Noise reduction

■ Check to enable noise reduction in order to reduce noises and ickers in image. This applies to the

onboard 3D Noise Reduction feature. Use the pull-down menu to adjust the reduction strength. Note that applying this function to the video channel will consume system computing power.

3D Noise Reduction is mostly applied in low-light conditions. When enabled in a low-light condition

with fast moving objects, trails of after-images may occur. You may then select a lower strength level or disable the function.

Note that the Preview button has been cancelled, all changes made to image settings is directly shown on screen. You can click Restore to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes. When completed with the settings on this page, click Save to enable the setting. You can also click on Prole

to adjust all settings above in a pop-up window for special lighting conditions during a specic period of

time in a day.

Sensor Setting 2: For customized situations such as

night mode.

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Exposure

On this page, you can configure the Exposure level, Max gain, and Exposure mode related settings. Detailed congurations will be automatically adjusted since the sensor library will automatically adjust the

value according to the ambient light.

Sensor Setting 1: For normal situations

Sensor Setting 2: For special situations

Exposure control:

■

Exposure level: You can manually set the Exposure level, which ranges from -2.0 to +2.0 (dark to bright). You can also select other values from the Exposure mode menus and select a preferred scenario or manually congure the associated settings. You may prefer a shorter shutter time to better

capture moving objects, while a faster shutter reduces light and needs to be compensated by electrical brightness gains.

■

Exposure mode:

Select Auto or Fixed mode according to your needs.

- Auto: System default, which automatically adjusts the iris, shutter speed, and gain for an optimmal

exposure level.

- Fixed: In the xed mode, you can manually congure the Maximum Exposure Time (1/3,2000 to 1/5 sec.) and Maximum Gain Control (0% to 100%).

■ Iris mode (When the Auto Exposure mode is selected):

Select Indoor or Outdoor iris mode to adapt to

the installation. The preset iris aperture setting will apply.

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Day/Night Settings

Switch to B/W in night mode Select this to enable the Network Camera to automatically switch to Black/White during night mode.

Turn on external IR illuminator in night mode Select this to turn on an external IR illuminator (connected via Digital Output lines) when the camera

detects low light condition and enters the night mode.

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

reach the sensor during low light conditions.

■ Auto mode The Network Camera automatically removes the lter by judging the level of ambient light.

■ Day mode In day mode, the Network Camera switches on the IR cut lter at all times to block infrared light from

reaching the sensor so that the colors will not be distorted.

■ Night mode In night mode, the Network Camera switches off the IR cut lter at all times for the sensor to accept

infrared light, thus helping to improve low light sensitivity.

■ Synchronize with digital input The Network Camera automatically removes the IR cut lter when a Digital Input is triggerred.

■ Schedule mode The Network Camera switches between day mode and night mode based on a specied schedule. Enter the start and end time for day mode. Note that the time format is [hh:mm] and is expressed in 24-hour clock time. By default, the start and end time of day mode are set to 07:00 and 18:00.

Sensitivity of IR cut lter

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

IMPORTANT:

1. When set to the Night mode, the image display automatically changes to Black and White.

2. There is no Preview button in the Exposure window. Conguration changes are directly reected in the

live view window.

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Exposure Prole:

If you want to congure another sensor and exposure setting for a different lighting condition, e.g., low

light condition during the night, please click Profile to open the Profile of exposure settings page as shown below.

Activated period:

Select the mode this profile to apply to: Day mode, Night mode, or Schedule mode.

Please manually enter a range of time if you choose the Schedule mode. Then click Save for the

conguration to take effect.

Please follow the steps below to set up a prole:

1. Check Enable and apply this prole to.

2. Select the applicable mode: Day mode, Night mode,

or Schedule mode. Please manually enter a range of time if you choose Schedule mode.

When a span of time is congured using the Schedule

mode, you can configure the Day/Night setting for controlling the behavior of the IR cut lter during that

time.

3. Configure Exposure control settings in the folowing

columns. Please refer to previous dicussions for detailed information.

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

the window.

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Privacy mask

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

NOTE:

1. The navigation buttons here also support the continuous move. You can click and hold down the button to move across the screen until you release the button.

2. You can not create privacy masks at angles between +70° and -70°.

0°0°

-70°

+70°

90°

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

1. Click on the Enable privacy mask checkbox to enable this function.

2. Use mouse clicks on the screen to move to a place where you want to create a mask. You can also use the PTZ panel to ne-tune the move to the target area.

3. Enter a name for the masking window. Click Add to create a new window.

4. Click on the Modify button and then use the mouse cursor to re-size the masking window, which is

recommended to be at least twice the size of the object (height and width) you want to cover. You can select the Drawing mode as "Fixed in center" or "Drag to move."

• When using the Fixed in center mode, you can move to the area of your interest, and then manually change the size and shape of the masking window.

• When using the Drag to move mode, you can move to an area of your interest using the PTZ

buttons above, and then click and drag to draw a masking window. The click to move maneuver is not available when you select the Drag to move mode.

5. You can also change the color of the mask from the Color menu.

6. If preferred, move the eld of view to other places to create more privacy masks.

You may be prompted by the message when trying to create a privacy mask at angles between +70° and -70°.

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NOTE:

• The camera supports "3D Privacy Mask." Privacy masks should stay at the same positions

regardless of how the camera lens may move.

• When the "Enabled privacy mask" checkbox is deselected, no privacy masks will appear on screen.

• Up to 24 privacy mask windows can be congured over the camera's hemispheric coverage.

• If you want to delete a privacy mask window, select its name from the pull-down menu at the bottom,

and then click Delete to remove it.

Privacy mask

Current field of view

Privacy mask

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Stream settings

This Network Camera supports multiple streams with frame sizes ranging from 176 x 144 to 1920 x 1080 pixels.

The denition of multiple streams:

■ Stream 1: Users can dene the Frame sizes, compression format, image quality, etc.

■ Stream 2: The default frame size for stream 2 is congured to 1280 x 720.

■ Stream 3: The default frame size for Stream 3 is set to the minimized 640 x 360 for viewing on mobile

devices.

■ Stream 4: The default frame size for stream 4 is congured to 1920 x 1080 in the H.264 mode.

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Click the stream item to display the detailed information. .

This Network Camera provides real-time H.264 and MJPEG compression standards (Multiple Codec)

for real-time viewing. If the H.264 mode is selected, the video is streamed via RTSP protocol. There are

several parameters through which you can adjust the video performance:

NOTE:

►

Video quality and fixed quality refers to the compression rate, so a lower value will produce higher

quality.

►

Converting high-quality video may significantly increase the CPU loading, and you may encounter

streaming disconnection or video loss while capturing a complicated scene. In the event of occurance,

we suggest you customize a lower video resolution or reduce the frame rate to obtain smooth video.

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

■ Maximum frame rate This limits the maximum refresh frame rate per second. Set the frame rate higher for smoother video quality and for recognizing moving objects in the eld of view.

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

selectable at 1fps, 2fps, 3fps, 5fps, 8fps, 10fps, 15fps, 20fps, 25fps, and 30fps. You can also select Customize and manually enter a value.

■ Intra frame period Determine how often for rmware to plant an I frame. The shorter the duration, the more likely you

will get better video quality, but at the cost of higher network bandwidth consumption. Select the intra

frame period from the following durations: 1/4 second, 1/2 second, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds,

and 4 seconds.

■

Video quality

Constant bit rate:

• Constant bit rate: A complex scene generally produces a larger file size, meaning that

higher bandwidth will be needed for data transmission. The bandwidth utilization is

configurable to match a selected level, resulting in mutable video quality performance.

The bit rates are selectable at the following rates:

128Kbps, 256Kbps, 512Kbps, 768Kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 3Mbps, 4Mbps, 6Mbps, 8Mbps, 10Mbps, 12Mbps, 14Mbps, and 16Mbps

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

20Kbps, 30Kbps, 40Kbps, 50Kbps, 64Kbps,

- Target bit rate: Select a bit rate from the pull-down menu. The bit rate ranges from

20kbps to a maximum of 16Mbps. The bit rate then becomes the Average or Upper bound

bit rate number. The Network Camera will strive to deliver video streams around or within the bit rate limitation you impose.

- Policy: If Frame Rate Priority is selected, the Network Camera will try to maintain the

frame rate per second performance, while image quality will sometimes be compromised. If Image quality priority is selected, the Network Camera may drop some video frames in order to maintain the image quality of individual frames.

• Fixed quality: On the other hand, if Fixed quality is selected, all frames are transmitted with the same quality; bandwidth utilization is therefore unpredictable. The video quality

can be adjusted to the following settings: Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed, and Excellent. You can also select Customize and manually enter a value.

- Maximum bit rate: With the xed image quality, you can still impose an upper threshold

on the maximum bit rate as a ceiling value. For example, in low light conditions where a Fixed quality setting is applied, video packet sizes can tremendously increase when

noises are produced with electrical gains.

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Media > Audio

Audio Settings

Mute: Select this option to disable audio transmission from the Network Camera to all clients. Note that

if muted, no audio data will be transmitted even if audio transmission is enabled on the Client Settings

page. In that case, the following message is displayed:

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

Audio type: Select audio codec as AAC, G.711, or G.726, and the sampling bit rate .

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

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

■ G.726 is a speech codec standard covering voice transmission at rates of 16, 24, 32, and 40kbit/s.

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

IMPORTANT:

The network camera does not come with embedded microphone. An external microphone will be

necessary especially if you prefer the Audio Detection feature. By default, the Audio setting is muted, and you need to manually uncheck the Mute option.

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Network > General settings

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

Network Type

LAN

Select this option when the Network Camera is deployed on a local area network (LAN) and is intended to be accessed by local computers. The default setting for the Network Type is LAN. Please rememer to

click on the Save button when you complete the Network setting.

Get IP address automatically: Select this option to obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by

the DHCP server each time the camera is connected to the LAN.

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

1. You can make use of VIVOTEK Installation Wizard 2 on the software CD to easily set up the Network

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

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

administrator.

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 disable the transmission to destinations across different subnets.

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

Secondary DNS: Secondary domain name server that backs up the Primary DNS.

Primary WINS server: The primary WINS server that maintains the database of computer names and IP addresses.

Secondary WINS server: The secondary WINS server that maintains the database of computer names and IP addresses.

Enable UPnP presentation: Select this option to enable UPnP

presentation for your Network Camera

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

Currently, UPnP sure the UPnP

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

component is installed on your computer.

Mega-pixel Network Camera (192.168.5.151)

Enable UPnP port forwarding: To access the Network Camera from the Internet, select this option to

allow the Network Camera to open ports automatically on the router so that video streams can be sent

out from a LAN. To utilize of this feature, make sure that your router supports UPnP

and it is activated.

PPPoE (Point-to-point over Ethernet)

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

ISP.

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

1. Set up the Network Camera on the LAN.

2. Go to Conguration > Event > Event settings > Add server (please refer to Add server on page 110) to

add a new email or FTP server.

3. Go to Conguration > Event > Event settings > Add media (please refer to Add media on page 101).

Select System log so that you will receive the system log in TXT le format which contains the Network Camera’s public IP address in your email or on the FTP server.

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

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

5. The Network Camera will reboot.

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

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NOTE:

► If the default ports are already used by other devices connected to the same router, the Network

Camera will select other ports for the Network Camera.

► If UPnP

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

Error: Router does not support UPnP port forwarding.

► Steps to enable the UPnP

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

user interface on your computer:

components.

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

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

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

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

5. Click Next in the following window.

6. Click Finish. UPnP

► How does UPnP

UPnP

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

is enabled.

work?

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

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

router-not HTTP port-meaning that you have to add the secondary HTTP port number to the Network

Camera’s public address in order to access the Network Camera from the Internet. For example,

when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is set to 8080, refer to the list below for

the Network Camera’s IP address.

From the Internet In LAN http://203.67.124.123:8080 http://192.168.4.160 or

http://192.168.4.160:8080

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

Network Camera to factory default; please refer to Restore on page 50 for details. After the Network Camera is reset to factory default, it will be accessible on the LAN.

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Enable IPv6

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

browser should be Microsoft

Internet Explorer 6.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or above.

When IPv6 is enabled, by default, the network camera will listen to router advertisements and be assigned with a link-local IPv6 address accordingly.

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

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

address will be displayed as follows:

Refers to Ethernet

Link-global IPv6 address/network mask

Link-local IPv6 address/network mask

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

1. Open your web browser.

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

3. The format should be:

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

IPv6 address

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

For example:

NOTE:

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

the following address format: (Please refer to HTTP streaming on page 73 for detailed information.)

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

IPv6 address

Secondary HTTP port

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

information column as shown below.

Manually setup the IP address: Select this option to manually set up IPv6 settings if your network

environment does not have a DHCPv6 server and router advertisements-enabled routers. If you select this item, the following blanks will be displayed for you to enter the corresponding

information:

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

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

The Network Camera supports two way audio communication so that operators can transmit and receive

audio simultaneously. By using the Network Camera’s built-in or external microphone and an external

speaker, you can communicate with people around the Network Camera.

Note that as JPEG only transmits a series of JPEG images to the client, to enable the two-way audio function, make sure the video mode is set to “H.264" on the Media > Video > Stream settings page and the media option is set to “Media > Video > Stream settings” on the Client Settings page. Please refer to

Client Settings on page 37 and Stream settings on page 62.

Audio transmitted to operators

America

Audio transmitted from operators

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Mic Volume

Audio is being transmitted to the Network Camera

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Mute

Talk Button

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

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

FTP port: The FTP server allows the user to save recorded video clips. You can utilize VIVOTEK's Installation Wizard 2 to upgrade the rmware via FTP server. By default, the FTP port is set to 21. It also

can be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535.

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Network > Streaming protocols

HTTP streaming

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

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

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

If basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format and there can be potential risks of being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using MD5

algorithm and thus provide better protection against unauthorized accesses.

HTTP port / Secondary HTTP port: By default, the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is

set to 8080. They can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535. If the ports are

incorrectly assigned, the following warning messages will be displayed:

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

On the LAN http://192.168.4.160 or

http://192.168.4.160:8080

Access name for stream 1 ~ 5: This Network camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The

access name is used to identify different video streams. Users can click Media > Video > Stream settings to set up the video quality of linked streams. For more information about how to set up the video

quality, please refer to Stream settings on page 61.

When using Mozilla Firefox to access the Network Camera and the video mode is set to JPEG, users

will receive video comprised of continuous JPEG images. This technology, known as “server push”, allows the Network Camera to feed live pictures to Mozilla Firefox.

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URL command -- http://<ip address>:<http port>/<access name for stream 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5>

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

1. Launch the Mozilla Firefox browser.

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

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

NOTE:

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

address>:<http port>/<access name for stream 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5> will not work.

RTSP Streaming

To utilize RTSP streaming authentication, make sure that you have set a password for controlling the access to video stream rst. Please refer to Security > User account on page 83 for details.

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

If basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format, but there can be potential risks of it being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using

MD5 algorithm, thus providing better protection against unauthorized access. The availability of the RTSP streaming for the three authentication modes is listed below:

Quick Time player VLC

Disable O O Basic O O Digest O X

Access name for stream 1 ~ 5: This Network camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The

access name is used to differentiate the streaming source. If you want to use an RTSP player to access the Network Camera, you have to set the video mode to

H.264 and use the following RTSP URL command to request transmission of the streaming data.

rtsp://<ip address>:<rtsp port>/<access name for stream 1 to 5>

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

1. Launch an RTSP player.

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

3. Type the above URL command in the text box.

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

Video 16:38:01 2012/01/25

rtsp://192.168.5.151:554/live.sdp

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

■ RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) controls the delivery of streaming media. By default, the port

number is set to 554.

■ The RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) is used to deliver video and audio data to the clients. By

default, the RTP port for video is set to 5556 and the RTP port for audio is set to 5558.

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

port for audio is set to 5559.

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

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

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Multicast settings for stream 1, 2, 3, and 4: Click the items to display the detailed configuration information. Select the Always multicast option to enable multicast for video streams.

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

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

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

displayed:

Multicast TTL [1~255]: The multicast TTL (Time To Live) is the value that tells the router the range a

packet can be forwarded.

Initial TTL Scope 0 Restricted to the same host 1 Restricted to the same subnetwork 32 Restricted to the same site 64 Restricted to the same region 128 Restricted to the same continent 255 Unrestricted in scope

IMPORTANT:

The Multicast metadata port is utilized by VIVOTEK VADP modules to transfer video analytics results, PTZ stream, textual data, and event messages between the camera and the client side running and

observing the video analysis. If your client side computer is located outside the local network, you may

need to open the associated TCP port on routers and rewall.

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Network > DDNS

This section explains how to configure the dynamic domain name service for the Network Camera.

DDNS is a service that allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP

address, to have a xed host and domain name.

Express link

Express Link is a free service provided by VIVOTEK server, which allows users to register a domain name for a network device. One URL can only be mapped to one MAC address. This service will examine if the host name is valid and automatically open a port on your router. If using DDNS, the user has to manually congure UPnP port forwarding. Express Link is more convenient and easier to set up.

Please follow the steps below to enable Express Link:

1. Make sure that your router supports UPnP port forwarding and it is activated.

2. Check Enable express link.

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

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

https://vivotek_test3454.2bthere.net

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Manual setup

DDNS: Dynamic domain name service

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

Provider: Select a DDNS provider from the provider drop-down list. VIVOTEK offers Safe100.net, a free dynamic domain name service, to VIVOTEK customers. It is

recommended that you register Safe100.net to access VIVOTEK’s Network Cameras from the Internet.

Additionally, we offer other DDNS providers, such as Dyndns.org(Dynamic), Dyndns.org(Custom),

CustomSafe100, dyn-interfree.it.

Note that before utilizing this function, please apply for a dynamic domain account rst.

■ Safe100.net

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

terms of the Service Agreement.

2. In the Register column, ll in the Host name (xxxx.safe100.net), Email, Key, and Conrm Key, and

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

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

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

in the DDNS column at the top of the page as seen in the picture.

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

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

■ CustomSafe100

VIVOTEK offers documents to establish a CustomSafe100 DDNS server for distributors and system

integrators. You can use CustomSafe100 to register a dynamic domain name if your distributor or system integrators offer such services.

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

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

Register. After a host name has been successfully created, you will see a success message in the DDNS Registration Result column. Enter ns1.safe100.net as the Server name.

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

DDNS column.

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

Forget key: Click this button if you have forgotten the key to Safe100.net or CustomSafe100. Your

account information will be sent to your email address.

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

providers:

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

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Network > QoS (Quality of Service)

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

is insufcient, especially for real-time streaming multimedia applications. Quality can be dened as, for

instance, a maintained level of bit rate, low latency, no packet dropping, etc.

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

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

■

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

■

reliability and stability on the network.

Requirements for QoS

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

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

■

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

■

QoS models

CoS (the VLAN 802.1p model)

IEEE802.1p defines a QoS model at OSI Layer 2 (Data Link Layer), which is called CoS, Class of Service. It adds a 3-bit value to the VLAN MAC header, which indicates the frame priority level from 0 (lowest) to 7 (highest). The priority is set up via a web console with the network switches, which then use

different queuing disciplines to forward the packets.

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

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

NOTE:

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

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

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

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

it is based on L2 protocol.

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QoS/DSCP (the DiffServ model)

DSCP-ECN defines QoS at Layer 3 (Network Layer). The Differentiated Services (DiffServ) model is based on packet marking and router queuing disciplines. The marking is done by adding a eld to the IP header, called the DSCP (Differentiated Services Codepoint). This is a 6-bit field that provides 64

different class IDs. It gives an indication of how a given packet is to be forwarded, known as the Per Hop

Behavior (PHB). The PHB describes a particular service level in terms of bandwidth, queueing theory, and dropping (discarding the packet) decisions. Routers at each network node classify packets according to their DSCP value and give them a particular forwarding treatment; for example, how much bandwidth

to reserve for it.

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

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Network > SNMP

(Simple Network Management Protocol)

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This section explains how to use the SNMP on the network camera. The Simple Network Management Protocol is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of

management information between network devices. It helps network administrators to remotely

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

■ The SNMP consists of the following three key components:

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

control managed devices.

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

managed devices to the NMS.

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

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

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

SNMP Conguration

Enable SNMPv1, SNMPv2c Select this option and enter the names of Read/Write community and Read Only community according to

your NMS settings.

Enable SNMPv3

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

Authentication password and the Encryption password.

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

community name.

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

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

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

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Security > User Account

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

Root Password

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

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

2. A window will prompt for authentication; type the correct user’s name and password in their respective elds to access the Network Camera.

Privilege management

Digital Output & PTZ control: You can modify the manage privileges of operators or viewers. Select or deselect the checkboxes, then click Save to enable the settings. If you give Viewers the privilege, Operators will also have the ability to control the Network Camera through the main page. (Please refer to Conguration on page 42).

Allow anonymous viewing: If this checkbox is selected, any client can access the live stream without

entering a User ID and Password.

Account management

Administrators can add up to 20 user accounts.

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

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

Access rights are sorted by user privilege (Administrator, Operator, and Viewer). Only administrators can access the Conguration page. Although operators cannot access the Conguration page, they can use the URL Commands to get and set the camera parameters. For more information, please refer to URL Commands of the Network Camera at the Appendix of this manual on page 132. Viewers access only the

main page for live viewing.

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

1. Select an existing account to modify.

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

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Security > HTTPS

(Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL)

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

security level.

Create and Install Certicate Method

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

Create self-signed certificate

1. Select this option from a pull-down menu.

2. In the rst column, select Enable HTTPS secure connection, then select a connection option: “HTTP & HTTPS” or “HTTPS only”.

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

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

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https://

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

encrypted connection.

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

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

https://192.168.5.151/index.html

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Create certificate request and install

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

2. Click Create certicate to proceed.

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

generate the certicate request.

4. The Certicate request window will prompt.

If you see the following Information bar, click OK and click on the Information bar at the top of the page to allow pop-ups.

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

issues digital certificates. Sign in and purchase the SSL certification service. Copy the certificate

request from your request prompt and paste it in the CA’s signing request window. Proceed with the rest of the process as CA’s instructions on their webpage.

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

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

empty line.

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

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

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

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

Note that a

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

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

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

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Security > Access List

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

General Settings

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

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

IP address

192.168.1.147

61.22.15.3

192.168.3.25

Elapsed time

12:20:34

00:10:09

45:00:34

User ID

root

anonymous

greg

Add to Deny List DisconnectRefresh

■ IP address: Current connections to the Network Camera.

■ Elapsed time: How long the client has been at the live view webpage (note that only clients currently at the live view window will be listed here).

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

and password to access the live video. The user name will be displayed in the User ID column. If the administrator allows clients to make a connection without a user name and password, the User ID column will be empty.

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

password:

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

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

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

information about RTSP Authentication, please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 74.

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

about Allow Anonymous Viewing, please refer to page 83.

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

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

deny their access. Please note that those checked connections will only be disconnected temporarily

and they will automatically retry a connection (IE Explorer or Quick Time Player). If you want to enable the denied list, please check Enable access list ltering and click Save in the rst column.

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

Please note that those checked connections will only be disconnected temporarily and they will

automatically retry a connection (IE Explore or Quick Time Player).

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

function.

Filter

Filter type: Select Allow or Deny as the lter type. If you choose Allow Type, only those clients whose IP addresses are on the Access List below can access the Network Camera, and exclude the access

from those that are not on the list. If you choose Deny Type, those clients whose IP addresses are on

the Access List below will not be allowed to access the Network Camera, while those that are not on the

list can.

Then you can Add a rule to the following Access List. Please note that the IPv6 access list column

will not be displayed unless you enable IPv6 on the Network page. For more information about IPv6 Settings, please refer to Network > Enable IPv6 on page 69 for detailed information.

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

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Network: This rule allows the user to assign a network address and corresponding subnet mask to the Allow/Deny List in the CIDR format, e.g. 192.168.xx.xx/24. For example:

IP address 192.168.2.x will be blocked.

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

Administrator IP address

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

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Security > IEEE 802.1x

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

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

The components of a protected network with 802.1x authentication:

■

Supplicant

(Network Camera)

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

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

Authenticator

(Network Switch)

Authentication Server

(RADIUS Server)

from communicating with the authentication server.

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

accept the end user’s access request.

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

■

and EAP-TLS.

Please follow the steps below to enable 802.1x settings:

1. Before connecting the Network Camera to the protected network with 802.1x, please apply a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority (i.e., network administrator of your company) which can be validated by a RADIUS server.

2. Connect the Network Camera to a PC or notebook outside of the protected LAN. Open the conguration page of the Network Camera as shown below. Select EAP-PEAP or EAP-TLS as the EAP method. In the following blanks, enter your ID and password issued by the CA, then upload related certicate(s).

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

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

NOTE:

► Below is the authentication process for 802.1x:

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

2. A Network Camera requests access to the protected LAN using 802.1X via a switch (the authenticator). The client offers its identity and client certicate, which is then forwarded by the switch to the RADIUS

Server, which uses an algorithm to authenticate the Network Camera and returns an acceptance or rejection back to the switch.

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

4. Assuming all certificates are validated, the switch then changes the Network Camera’s state to authorized and is allowed access to the protected network via a pre-congured port.

Certificate Authority

Certificate

(CA)

Certificate

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Network Switch

Protected LAN

RADIUS Server

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PTZ > PTZ settings

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

The camera comes with built-in PTZ mechanisms.

NOTE:

The navigation buttons here also support the continuous move. You can click and hold down the button to move across the screen until you release the button.

Preset positions and patrol settings

In the PTZ settings page, you can select preset positions for the camera to patrol. A total of 256 preset positions can be congured. 40 of them can be used in a patrolling tour.

Please follow the steps below to congure preset positions and arrange them in a pan/tilt/zoom tour:

1. Adjust the shooting area to the desired position using the keypad on the upper right side of the

window. The default Home position refers to the center position defaulted in the factory. You might as

well select another area of interest as the “Home“ position. You should also select the speeds for the actions that occur during the patrol; i.e., pan, tilt, zoom, focus, and the auto pan/patrol.

2. Enter a name for a new preset position, which can contain up to forty characters. Click Add to enable the settings. The preset positions will be listed on the User preset locations. (To add positions you wish, please repeat steps 1~2.)

3. Select the preset positions and click on the Save button at the bottom of the screen.

4. Click on the move button (>>)

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

6. Enter a preferred dwell time before the camera lens moves to the next position.

7. Select a speed level for the auto patrol tour.

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

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

to move positions to the Patrol locations window.

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Misc. settings: Use the checkboxes and the pull-down menus for the camera to automatically resume the

previous action or return to the home position after the camera has stayed idle for a period of time.

PTZ control panel operation mode: This determines how your mouse and PTZ control panel works on a live view window.

The Continuous move allows your screen control action to continue as long as you click and hold down

the left mouse button. For example, if you click on the left button on the PTZ control panel, the camera's

view should continuously rotate to the left until you release the button. The same applies to arrow keys, Zoom, and Focus buttons on the PTZ panel. If you select Click to move, every single mouse click takes effect for once without the ensuing move.

Click and hold down

Zoom In

Zoom Out

the button

Click to bring to center of view

Note that if your screen control malfunctions, it is possible that the CPU of your current view station can

not cope with the HD video feeds or that an incompatibility issue occurred with the ActiveX control plug-

ins.

If you select the Enable digital zoom checkbox, you will be able to zoom in on an image by up to 216X

magnication with the combination of the 18x mechanical zoom and another 12X digital zoom.

The Enable Zoom enhancement option takes effect only when a camera is showing a live stream of a

smaller frame size, e.g., 640 x 360, than the maximum frame size. This option is enabled by default. This allows a slightly more zoom in ratio than the original mechanical zoom.

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The Zoom factor display: This option is enabled by default, and zoom ratio is displayed along with the video title on the upper left corner of a view cell.

Apply previous action if the camera idles for __(1~999) seconds: You can assign an action to be taken when the camera sits idle for a congurable period time. For example, you can let camera resume

a patrol tour. The resumed patrol will continue from the last preset position. You may also let the camera return to the home position. The idle state does not include the situations when the camera is performing pan or patrol action.

Return to home position: When no activities occur after a congurable period of time, let the camera’s

lens return to the default home position.

Positions on the Home page

The Preset positions will also be displayed on the home page. Select one from the Go to drop-down list, and the Network Camera will move to the selected position.

Pan button: Click this button to start the 360° horizontal auto pan.

Patrol button: Click this button, then the Network Camera will patrol continuously among the selected

positions.

Pan button

Patrol button

PTZ > Calibrate

This function re-calibrates the home position to the default center to recover any displacement caused by

external forces. Please note that there is no conrm message after using the function, and the calibration immediately takes place. If, after a long use, a user nds it is difcult to move camera’s eld of view to a specic point, use this function to restore the camera’s orginal coordinates in pan and tilt motions.

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Auto tracking

In this window, you can modify the minimum object size as the triggering factor while performing the Auto Tracking function. You can move the camera view to an area of your interest, estimate, and dene the possible size of objects. For example, you can designate the object size such as that of a human trespasser. The silhouette of the tresspasser must be larger than the whole of the object size square box. The minimum object size is 30x30 pixels within a 320x420 view window.

Use the slide bar to tune the sensitivity of the tracking function.

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This function stops when the user clicks on any buttons on the PTZ panel, or a mouse click takes place on a view window.

Users can choose to perform other functions, such as pan or patrol, simply by clicking their buttons on the PTZ panel while the camera is performing the auto tracking function.

When Auto Tracking is taking place, a “Tracking” message is displayed on the message bar.

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Auto tracking is congured by designating the minimum object size. Moving objects larger than the min. size that entered the current region of view will trigger the tracking action.

Auto tracking, if applied, is designed to track an intruder in a place where human trafc is not heavy, such as a warehouse or a load area. Heavy trafc can result in a constant shift of tracked objects, and reduce

the effectiveness of the feature.

NOTE:

The conditions for using this function are listed below:

1. The speed dome can track one object at a time.

2. If multiple objects are present in the FOV, the camera tracks the object that is farthest from the

camera.

3. If a tracked object stays motionless for 10 seconds, camera will abandon it and start tracking another

object that is farthest away from the center.

4. The zoom-in ratio while tracking is determined by the zoom ratio of the camera lens when the tracking

is triggered.

5. Manual control always has a higher priority than Auto tracking, such as using a joystick to pan or tilt or

using a click on VAST view cell.

6. Objects can easily move away from an FOV when the zoom-in ratio is high. Therefore, it is

recommended not to zoom in too much on where the Auto tracking is expected to take place.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Overview

Revision History

Read Before Use

Package Contents

Symbols and Statements in this Document

Physical Description

Installation

Hardware Installation

Network Deployment

Software Installation

Ready to Use

Accessing the Network Camera

Using Web Browsers

Using RTSP Players

Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices

Using VIVOTEK Recording Software

Main Page

Client Settings

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

System > General settings

System > Homepage layout

System > Logs

System > Parameters

System > Maintenance

Media > Image

Media > Video

Media > Audio

Network > General settings

Network > Streaming protocols

Network > DDNS

Security > User Account

Security > Access List

PTZ > PTZ settings